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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Movie Review: Faster

EVAN CLARK November 29, 2010

* out of ***** Can you smell what Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is cooking? That reference might be a tad dated, because The Rock has ditched the wrestling ring in favor of another career in make-believe...

Movie Review: Love and Other Drugs

HANNAH KRAMER November 29, 2010

** 1/2 out of ***** Maybe Ritalin is one of the "other drugs" this film needed to focus on to tell a fully developed story. Love and Other Drugs bounces from one story to another, trying to...

What not to do about the federal deficit

GUEST OPINION November 29, 2010

The co-chairmen of the president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (the "deficit commission") have sparked a heated debate about how best to address the federal deficit. While...

TSA and American liberty

SIMEON TALLEY November 29, 2010

"If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested." With that, many of us became libertarians — at least as it pertained to invasive and improper airport screening. Public ire over the...

Should our government continue to subsidize corn production?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF November 29, 2010

YES Our agriculture-subsidy programs are a mess. Too often they aggrandize Big Ag rather than protect small farmers from the vagaries of the weather. The programs bankroll energy-intensive livestock...

Thode an All-American, Flood finishes 66th

DI STAFF November 29, 2010

Iowa sophomore Jeff Thode ran a 10,000-meter time of 30:21.4 at the NCAA Cross-Country Championship in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 22. The time was good for 30th place and All-America status. The top...

Bluder’s Bunch moves to 7-0

DI STAFF November 29, 2010

The Iowa women's basketball team (7-0) defeated both of its opponents Nov. 25-26 to win the Caribbean Challenge in Cancún, Mexico. On Thanksgiving Day, Iowa mounted a comeback against James Madison to...

Volleyball falls to Ohio State in Walters’ final match

IAN MARTIN November 29, 2010

The Iowa volleyball team's last match of the season against Ohio State on Nov. 27 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena was an appropriate swan song considering the team's season. It was hard-fought against a good team,...

Commentary: Iowa’s bench players have already exceeded expectations

SETH ROBERTS November 29, 2010

A 61-point victory is always nice, but what does Iowa's 111-50 drubbing of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Nov. 26 actually mean? The Hawkeyes played a Cougar team that won five games last year and...

Men’s basketball posts 111 in rout of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville

DI STAFF November 29, 2010

The Iowa men's basketball team (3-3) defeated Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (1-5) on Nov. 26, 111-50, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The 61-point win was the team's largest margin of victory in 44 years. Edwardsville...

Point/counterpoint: Was Iowa’s loss to Minnesota the worst defeat in the Ferentz era?

DI STAFF November 29, 2010

YES Iowa's loss to Minnesota on Nov. 27 was the final devastating blow to a season full of disappointment. Before the season started, nobody could have predicted that Iowa would fall in TCF Bank Stadium. The...

Commentary: Mystery of the disappearing football team

SCOTT MILLER November 29, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS — If you're looking for an explanation of Iowa's late-season collapse, its pedestrian 7-5 record, or its inexcusable 27-24 loss to Minnesota, you're better suited reading another column....

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