The Daily Iowan

Monopolies & the state

GUEST OPINION • March 4, 2011

One question that’s frequently raised about market anarchism: How does one prevent the economy from being taken over by monopolies without antitrust regulations and other restrictions on corporate abuses...

Corruption’s fine line

SHAWN GUDE • March 4, 2011

The numbers should speak for themselves. Iowa businessman Bruce Rastetter was the single largest individual donor to Gov. Terry Branstad’s 2010 campaign, contributing a staggering $162,712. Rastetter,...

Convicted faculty should return paid leave earnings

DI EDITORIAL BOARD • March 4, 2011

When professors commit crimes, taxpayers often pay extra. Publicly funded universities and community colleges may soon be able to recoup some of their losses in paid leave to educators convicted of felony...

Baseball heads south for potentially rainy weekend

DI STAFF • March 4, 2011

The Iowa baseball team will travel to Starkville, Miss., this weekend to play Georgia State and Mississippi State. The Hawkeyes (1-4) are scheduled to face both teams twice, beginning with a double-header...

Softball set for DeMarini Invitational

DI STAFF • March 4, 2011

The Iowa softball team will travel to Fullerton, Calif., to compete in the DeMarini Invitational this weekend. The Hawkeyes are 7-5, and they have won six of their last seven games, losing only to Southern...

Last chance meets send two Hawkeyes to Notre Dame, four others to Iowa State

DI STAFF • March 4, 2011

It’s the last chance for members of the Iowa women’s track and field team to run a qualifying time to earn a place in next weekend’s indoor NCAA meet. Two Hawkeyes will travel to Notre Dame and four...

Hawkeye gymnasts face Big Ten foes in triangular meet

DI STAFF • March 4, 2011

The Iowa men’s gymnastics team will face a familiar team and a not-so-familiar team on Saturday night. The No. 10 Hawkeyes will take on No. 8 Minnesota and No. 4 Penn State in a triangular meet at 7...

Tennis Hawks embrace time off in between matches

BEN ROSS • March 4, 2011

The Iowa men’s tennis team will have its hands full when it faces No. 4 Illinois (6-4) at noon on March 6 in the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex. Last season, Iowa (4-3) went 0-2 against the...

Last chance for Iowa track and field looms

BEN SCHUFF • March 4, 2011

Several Hawkeye runners will have a chance to join teammates Erik Sowinski, Troy Doris, and Justin Austin at the NCAA indoor championship meet on March 11 and 12 when they compete at this weekend’s last-chance...

GymHawk seniors say goodbye to the Field House

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD • March 4, 2011

The seniors on the Iowa women’s gymnastics team will say goodbye to the Field House during the Senior Night meet against Northern Illinois at 5 p.m. Saturday. The GymHawks remain undefeated at home,...

Iowa opens up Big Ten tournament against Ohio State

MATT COZZI • March 4, 2011

Why stop now? That’s the mentality the Iowa women’s basketball team has emulated heading into the Big Ten Tournament. Head coach Lisa Bluder’s squad enters Indianapolis’ Conseco Field House on...

Wrestlers look to make their mark at the Big Ten Championships

J.T. BUGOS • March 4, 2011

Iowa wrestling is all about winning championships. It’s a mentality that was cultivated under Dan Gable, the legendary head coach who led the Hawkeyes to 15 NCAA titles and 21 Big Ten titles. It’s...