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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The need for friendly sex shops in Iowa City

GUEST OPINION April 19, 2011

I moved to Iowa City thinking that it was open minded and progressive. I’m involved in the gay community, I attend, and sing in the choir of, the Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City. I am proud...

Tax & tacks

BEAU ELLIOT April 19, 2011

Monday was, as most of us know, Tax Day, and most Americans are today probably still grumbling about their taxes being far too high. (We’ll note that they are not grumbling about having three extra...

Our bright, paper-less future

DI EDITORIAL BOARD April 19, 2011

Iowa businesses are doing away with paper and jumping headlong into the digital age. Many eastern Iowa fixtures, including the Eastern Iowa Airport, are transitioning to a paper-free records system. However,...

Watkins earns second Big Ten honor of season

DI STAFF April 19, 2011

Iowa catcher Liz Watkins on Monday was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time this season. Watkins hit .650 with an .800 on-base percentage and a 1.500 slugging percentage on the week as...

Six recruits will add talent to women’s track and field

AMY TIFFANY April 19, 2011

Six new Hawkeyes will join the women's track and field team in the 2011-12 season. Half of the recruits will travel to Iowa from overseas: Two from Germany — Victoria Sack and Mareike Schrulle — and...

Men’s track underclassmen making strides

BEN SCHUFF April 19, 2011

Sophomore Keaton Rickels and freshman Tevin Mincy won their respective events last weekend at the Jim Duncan Invitational in Des Moines. And while neither are top performers in their groups, the Hawkeyes...

Point/counterpoint: Which NBA No. 1 seed will advance further in the playoffs?

DI STAFF April 19, 2011

San Antonio Spurs Critics say the Spurs are over-the-hill. But the Lone Star State's best squad still has one more run left in it. Experience is so valuable in the NBA, and no team embodies experience...

Novack leads Hawkeye varsity eight

RYAN MURPHY April 19, 2011

Iowa's first varsity 8 has been one of its most consistent boats this spring season. A lot of that credit has to go to senior Jessica Novack. "She's been the stroke of the first 8, and the first...

The Sporting Discourse: Men’s golf is campus’ new best team

IAN MARTIN April 19, 2011

There's something special happening at Finkbine Golf Course. Beyond Kinnick and Carver, just past University Heights and just before West High, sits the home course of the No. 14th Iowa men's golf team. Unless...

Former basketball player Magnusson passes away

SETH ROBERTS April 19, 2011

Former Iowa men's basketball player Floyd Magnusson died on April 16 in Fort Dodge. He was 85. Magnusson, a native of Gowrie, Iowa, earned four letters while playing for the Hawkeyes in 1944 and from...

D-Line play encouraging at spring game

SAM LOUWAGIE April 19, 2011

The Iowa defense wasn't allowed to hit Hawkeye quarterbacks during the team's spring scrimmage on April 16. After watching the pocket collapse and the passers repeatedly forced to hurry their throws,...

Police arrested two after fight outside Union Bar

DI STAFF April 19, 2011

Police arrested two after a fight outside the Union Bar. Elizabeth Dealejandro, 22, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and Yurico Maldonado, 21, were charged Sunday with disorderly conduct, a serious misdemeanor. According...

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