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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

Don’t be a victim of your landlord

GUEST OPINION March 28, 2012

Do you have a child in college? Is he or she renting an apartment or house? If so, have you reviewed the lease your child signed with the property's owners? If the answer to the first two questions is...

Fifty-thousand and it’s time we leave

SAMUEL CLEARY March 28, 2012

The track record of the United States' military presence in Afghanistan has been less than stellar for longer than any of us would care to remember, but headlines in recent months have had me humming my...

Should Iowa make "stand your ground" law?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF March 28, 2012

No In a recent legislative push  by Republicans, Iowa has moved one step closer to passing a stand-your-ground law proposed by Rep. Matt Windschitl, R-Missouri Valley. For those unfamiliar with these...

West High’s Disterhoft chooses Iowa

TOMMY REINKING March 28, 2012

Iowa City West junior Ally Disterhoft orally commited to the Hawkeye women's basketball team on Monday night, and she will become a Hawkeye in the fall of 2013. She joins Nebraska native Alexa Kastanek...

Intramural softball: Midgets With Crew Cuts crush Sig Ep

TOMMY REINKING March 28, 2012

It would have been difficult to find a more one-sided softball game. The Midgets With Crew Cuts destroyed Sig Ep, 18-0, in the first game of the intramural softball season at Hawkeye Softball Complex...

Looper gives Iowa softball control on the field

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD March 28, 2012

Johnnie Dowling slapped a pitch into shallow center field for a single with the game tied, 3-3, on March 24. It was a routine play for Wisconsin's Maria Van Abel; the Badger scooped the ball up and casually...

Yacinich battling fielding woes, crushing opposing pitching for Hawkeye baseball

BEN SCHUFF March 28, 2012

Jake Yacinich's ability to slow down in the field is speeding up the Iowa offense. The freshman has emerged as Iowa's top option at shortstop, a position for which Iowa manager Jack Dahm didn't have a...

Diving ‘legend’ bids farewell

TORK MASON March 28, 2012

The Iowa swimming and diving team will have a new face in the 2012-13 season. Diving coach Bob Rydze — the longest-tenured coach in the Iowa Athletics Department at 37 years — on Tuesday announced...

Magnetic Fields to play at Mission Creek Festival

DI STAFF March 28, 2012

The Magnetic Fields, an American indie-pop group led by musical auteur Stephin Merritt, will perform today as one of the first headliners of Mission Creek Festival. The quintet's performance will begin...

Local chefs and bartenders compete for Top Chef award

JULIA JESSEN March 28, 2012

The sounds and smells of sizzling meat, chopping vegetables, and shaking drink mixers will tease the taste buds of those in attendance at the Top Chef: Downtown event today. "It's really neat to...

Judge: UI must put suspended radiology professor back on paid leave

DI STAFF March 28, 2012

A judge ordered a suspended University of Iowa radiology professor be returned to paid leave until the university decides his status. Malik Juweid, 50, was placed on paid leave on the recommendation...

Hawkeye Caucus makes second-annual trip to Des Moines

BETH BRATSOS March 28, 2012

Des Moines — Iowa policymakers mingled with University of Iowa students at the Capitol Tuesday as students pitched the importance of their programs' impact at the state level. At the UI's second Hawkeye...

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