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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

Some Holocaust-era intolerance still exists

GUEST OPINION January 27, 2012

Adolf Hitler issued the Nuremburg Laws in 1935, declaring both Jews and Romani (which were then known as Gypsies in Europe and the United States) were ineligible to be citizens in the Reich because...

Commending a compassionate former assistant dean

GUEST OPINION January 27, 2012

We are writing to recognize the contributions that Scott King has made to the University of Iowa. For the past nine years, Scott has served as an assistant dean and the director of the Office of International...

Should tax-increment financing be banned until reform?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF January 27, 2012

Yes I was listening to John Lennon's classic utopian ballad "Imagine," searching for some metaphor to figure out what is the exact problem with tax incremental financing, more commonly known...

Ladies Football Academy pledges $1 million to new children’s hospital

DI STAFF January 27, 2012

The new University of Iowa Children's Hospital has received a pledge for $1 million from the Iowa Ladies Football Academy, according to a release. The 2-year-old Academy is a fundraiser consisting...

Men’s tennis kicks off season in Virginia

DI STAFF January 27, 2012

The Iowa men's tennis team is fresh off a promising fall season capped by two particularly strong performances at the Big Ten indoor championships, and it will try to carry that momentum into the spring...

Women’s swimming set for "unique" opportunity in South Bend

DI STAFF January 27, 2012

The Iowa women's swimming team says the Shamrock Invitational in South Bend, Ind., offers a "unique" opportunity. The event, which is scheduled for all-day competition today and Saturday,...

Bluder’s Bunch can’t complete comeback, loses at Nebraska

DI STAFF January 27, 2012

The Iowa women's basketball team more than doubled its first-half scoring output in the second stanza, but it wasn't enough to topple No. 19 Nebraska on Thursday in Lincoln, Neb. The Cornhuskers held...

Iowa men’s gymnasts battle through injuries

RYAN MURPHY January 27, 2012

  The Iowa men's gymnastics team will face Illinois-Chicago on Saturday at the Physical Education Building in Chicago without the services of at least one — and possibly two — NCAA qualifiers. 2011...

Women’s GymHawks to face in-state rival ISU

ALEX FRENCH January 27, 2012

Another chapter of the 2011 Cy-Hawk Series is set to take place in Ames tonight, when the No. 23 Iowa women's gymnastics team will square off against Iowa State. The Cyclones lead the season series,...

Hawkeyes face stiff competition in Arkansas

CODY GOODWIN January 27, 2012

The Iowa women's track and field team faced some tough competition at the Adidas Classic last weekend in Lincoln, Neb. The speed of Houston and the all-around performance from the 25th-ranked Cornhuskers...

Men’s track ready for No. 1 Razorbacks

ELDON GIANNAKOUROS January 27, 2012

After rewriting the Iowa record book with a series of strong individual performance against No. 5 Nebraska last week, the Hawkeye men's track and field team will try to levy a few more breakout performances...

Men’s swimming hopes to show true grit in South Bend

BEN ROSS January 27, 2012

Nearly two months have passed since the Iowa men's swimming team defeated Notre Dame at the Hawkeye Invitational, and the Black and Gold will mark the occasion by traveling to South Bend, Ind., this...

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