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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

Iowa City is favoring the wrong businesses

GUEST OPINION October 24, 2011

Iowa City is not conducive for new business startups. The primary reason for this, as I have studied over the past two years, is the local business community's complacence in supporting innovation. We...

Iowa’s GOP is "so hot" for Herman Cain

CHRIS STEINKE October 24, 2011

I was walking behind the personification of Iowa Republicans — decent butt, 6 out of 10 — yesterday and I saw it drop a piece a little piece of paper. I would've surely returned the document if I...

Is Ron Paul’s plan to eliminate the Dept. of Education meritable?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF October 24, 2011

Yes So what reasons could there possibly be for shutting down a federal department that helps kids get an education? This was one of the topics U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, spoke on in the IMU on Oct....

Molnar still going at ITAs, advances to final

DI STAFF October 24, 2011

Iowa senior Sonja Molnar advanced to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Region Championships finals with two singles wins on Sunday. The tournament's No. 2 overall seed, Molnar defeated Tulsa's...

Hawkeye tennis finishes play in Evanston and Tulsa

DI STAFF October 24, 2011

The Iowa men's tennis team finished play in both the Wildcat Invitational in Evanston, Ill., and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regional in Tulsa, Okla., on Sunday. Three Hawkeyes —...

Ihm in fourth place, rest of Iowa men’s golf in eighth after first day of tournament

DI STAFF October 24, 2011

The Iowa men's golf team finished the first day of the U.S. Collegiate Championship alone in eighth place with a team score of 5-over 293. No. 29 Iowa trails No. 4 Auburn and unranked USC, who are tied...

No. 11 Hawkeye field hockey blanks Pacific

DI STAFF October 24, 2011

The No. 11 Iowa field hockey team shut out Pacific, 4-0, on Sunday at Lakeside Field in Evanston, Ill. Iowa raised its record to 13-3 overall; Pacific fell to 2-12. Iowa took a 1-0 lead into halftime...

Iowa volleyball falls to Northwestern in fifth-straight loss

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD October 24, 2011

The Iowa volleyball team lost its fifth-straight match and 15th-straight set when the Hawkeyes lost, 3-0, to Northwestern on Oct. 22 (16-25, 11-15, 18-25). Iowa (11-12, 1-9 Big Ten) has won only four of...

Hawkeye soccer scores six goals in win

BEN WOLFSON October 24, 2011

Prior to the start of Sunday's game against Northwestern, the Iowa soccer team's six seniors — Morgan Showalter, Emily Moran, Rachel Blakesley, Sarah Langlas, Gabby Tinner, and Alyssa Cosnek — were...

Iowa in for wake-up call if D doesn’t improve

JORDAN GARRETSON October 24, 2011

The Iowa defense needs to improve. Quickly. It's simple, and it's not anything we didn't know a few weeks ago. But the need has become more glaringly obvious with each game — none of which have been...

A.J. Derby set to make impact on defense, special teams

SETH ROBERTS October 24, 2011

Iowa's special-team players streaked downfield on a third-quarter kickoff, surging toward Indiana kick returner Shane Wynn in a mass of black shirts. But all eyes in Kinnick Stadium were on the player...

Police: Coralville man hit man with bat

DI STAFF October 24, 2011

Coralville police charged a local man after he allegedly hit a man with a baseball bat. Leopoldo Galvan, 38, Coralville, was charged Oct. 21 with willful injury causing bodily injury. According to a...

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