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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

Beer of the Week: Ayinger Oktoberfest

DI STAFF September 8, 2011

The Ayinger Oktoberfest is a Märzen from Aying, Germany. "It's the best Oktoberfest we have," said Joe Hotek of John's Grocery, 401 E. Market St. The Ayinger is an authentic Bavarian festival...

Coralville Center for Performing Arts premieres musical

DI STAFF September 8, 2011

This weekend marks the first performance in the new Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, located at the intersection of Fifth Street and 12th Avenue in Coralville. After years of planning and building,...

Musician Tyrone Wells plays at the Mill

DI STAFF September 8, 2011

Pop/rock artist Tyrone Wells will return to Iowa City with his self-proclaimed Stevie Wonder morphed into James Taylor and Coldplay sound. Wells will play songs from his new album as well as some old...

Q&A with Nonfiction Program Director Robin Hemley

DI STAFF September 8, 2011

The DI sat down with the University of Iowa's Robin Hemley, the director of the Nonfiction Writing Program, to learn what is new in the writing field on the UI's campus and around the globe. DI: How...

Whealy to read at Prairie Lights

HANNAH KRAMER September 8, 2011

A morning glory seed and a German Pink tomato seed brought from Bavaria to the U.S. in the 1870s were passed down by generations of family members into the hands of Diane Ott Whealy. From that moment,...

Riverside Theatre presents play on parenting

JULIA JESSEN September 8, 2011

Megan Gogerty's great-grandmother was 16 when she started working in the kitchen of a steamboat, her baby in tow. One day, there was a fire aboard the boat, and she was forced to jump overboard, even though...

UI junior writes play

SAMANTHA GENTRY September 8, 2011

The Swan Lake score acts as an inspiration for junior theater student Bethany Jackson. As the death scene of the ballet plays, she is usually writing some of her most intense work. With the help of the...

Female musicians team up for IC fest

CARLY HURWITZ September 8, 2011

Many of the women playing at this year's Iowa Women's Music Festival say that without the generations of strong female musicians before them, they would have probably never entered the field. "When...

University Democrats/UI College Republicans Showdown: Job creation – UICR

GUEST OPINION September 8, 2011

Beginning today, the DI will run a twice-monthly University of Iowa Democrat/Republican exchange in which both sides will answer one prompt, due to the editor on the same day. President Obama is scheduled...

Air quality shouldn’t decrease during election

WILL MATTESSICH September 8, 2011

Air quality shouldn't be a political bargaining chip. Just before Labor Day weekend, President Obama announced that he would tell the EPA not to implement its new proposed air-quality standards, citing...

UI housing drug fines a conflict of interest

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 8, 2011

Last year, the University of Iowa collected</a> more than $140,000 in dorm fines from students charged with illegal possession of drugs and alcohol. There were 104 illicit-drug fines included in...

Iowa basketball schedules released

DI STAFF September 8, 2011

The Iowa men’s and women’s basketball teams unveiled their schedules for the 2011-12 season, according to releases from the programs on Wednesday. The Big Ten also completed its television schedule...

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