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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

Rapper XV plays Blue Moose

DI STAFF February 2, 2012

XV will stop in Iowa City on his "Midwest State of Mind" tour on Saturday, after creating new music in preparation for the release of his début album, The Kid with the Greenback. Donavan...

Mission Creek adds acts

DI STAFF February 2, 2012

Following the most recent announcement, in mid-January, the leaders of the Mission Creek Music Festival announced an additional list of performing acts on Wednesday. Kimya Dawson, Caroline Smith &...

Tommy — The Who

DI STAFF February 2, 2012

Bell’s Brewery: Bell’s Hopslam

DI STAFF February 2, 2012

Coming to us from Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, Mich., this week's Beer of the Week is Bell's Hopslam. The brew is a well-balanced India Pale Ale. It is a "double" or "imperial"...

Chicago-based band performs at the Mill

SAMANTHA GENTRY February 2, 2012

On an average day in the Bailiff household, the band members wake up to blaring Beatles' songs around noon and empty Domino's pizza containers in the kitchen. There is no heat in the band's rehearsal...

Iowa Writers’ Workshop grad reads at Dey House

JULIA JESSEN February 2, 2012

Everyday life morphs into poetry for writer Cathy Wagner. "I'm very interested in poetic processes and finding ways to allow whatever is going on in my life to make poems," she said. "Then...

Folk-rock musician plays the Mill

JORDAN MONTGOMERY February 2, 2012

Matthew Santos was nominated for a Grammy award in 2009 for his collaboration with Lupe Fiasco on the song "Superstar," but Santos doesn't feel responsible for the song's success. The folk-rock...

UI Theater presents Jenga

SAMANTHA GENTRY February 2, 2012

The classic wooden game Jenga stands in the middle of a back room of the University of Iowa Theatre Building, surrounded by multicolored fairy-wing costumes. In this Gallery Series production, two...

Comedy company visits Englert

JULIA JESSEN February 2, 2012

Naked flesh. And lots of it. That image comes to Nick Rees's mind as his most memorable moment while touring with the Second City comedy troupe. "I did a show where we got streaked by 25 students...

UI Democrats: Thoughts on the State of the Union

GUEST OPINION February 2, 2012

On Jan. 24, President Obama outlined his major policy goals for the United States in his State of the Union address. While Obama had many successes this past year, such as eliminating Osama bin Laden...

For real change, abandon Occupy and start over

MATT HEINZE February 2, 2012

The other day as I hobbled my way down the Pedestrian Mall, I had the fortune of overhearing someone passionately describe Occupy Iowa City. Of course, the ensuing quote was priceless "Occupy's...

Don’t ‘frack’ up natural gas extraction

DI EDITORIAL BOARD February 2, 2012

One of the more important issues President Obama explored in last week's State of the Union was energy independence or, at the very least, a decrease on the dependency of foreign oil through natural...

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