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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

Quiet daze in cliché

BEAU ELLIOT April 24, 2012

So who knew Mitt Romney was an expert on cookies? I'm pretty sure most of us had the idea he was an expert on air-tight dog kennels perched on car roofs and firing people, then bragging about it. But...

Do well by doing good

GUEST COLUMN April 24, 2012

While I had the benefit of growing up in a family in which charitable giving was part of my early life's experience, I still vividly remember a moment — from the spring of my senior year at the University...

Now is not the time to increase interest rates

GUEST COLUMN April 24, 2012

President Obama will address the looming college-affordability crisis that will affect hundreds of thousands of college students in Iowa and beyond. A 2007 plan that steadily lowered the interest rate...

Sharing Iowa’s goodwill

GUEST COLUMN April 24, 2012

Today is Phil's Day at the University of Iowa, a day when we celebrate the generosity that makes the UI such an excellent institution. In many ways, our university's entire mission is about giving —...

Big Ten announces tennis brackets

DI STAFF April 24, 2012

The Big Ten released the brackets for this week's conference tennis tournaments on April 29. Both the Iowa men and women will begin play on Thursday; the men will travel to Northwestern, and the women...

Iowa softball’s Massey named B1G Pitcher of the Week

DI STAFF April 24, 2012

Sophomore hurler Kayla Massey was named Co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on Monday for her performances against Michigan State this past weekend in East Lansing, Mich. Massey went 2-0 in two starts against...

Point/counterpoint: Which NFL-bound quarterback will have the best rookie season?

DI STAFF April 24, 2012

Andrew Luck, Stanford I know it. You know it. Everyone and his grandmother knows it. Andrew Luck will be the first person to hear his name called in Radio City Music Hall on Thursday, when he will be...

Intramural soccer: Squirtin’ McHurtins score in overtime

MATTHEW CABEL April 24, 2012

The Squirtin' McHurtins and Dirty Money Island tied at 2-2 after 40 minutes of play, sending their playoff match into a five-minute sudden death overtime on Monday. But it didn't take the McHurtins' Bryan...

Iowa men’s track getting the right people on the bus

TORK MASON April 24, 2012

Transfers in college track and field may not get the same level of fanfare as those in college football or basketball, but they've given a boost to the Iowa men's track and field team. Six of the team's...

Olympic Trials: A victory for Team Provisor

CODY GOODWIN April 24, 2012

Tammy and Dennis Provisor sat watching nervously as 21-year-old son Ben Provisor grappled with Aaron Sieracki in the Olympic wrestling trials' best-of-three finals on Sunday. It was the third match in...

Olympic Trials: Ellis Coleman adds ‘Olympian’ to high-flying résumé

CODY GOODWIN April 24, 2012

To hell with a high-school state championship. Ellis Coleman is going The New York Athletic Club's flying squirrel was never able to pin It wasn't surprising that Coleman reached Sunday night's finals He...

UI student charged with allegedly hitting ex-boyfriend’s car

DI STAFF April 24, 2012

A University of Iowa student has been charged in a hit-and-run incident. According to an Iowa City police complaint, Ariana Konhilas, 19, 1144 Quadrangle, was charged Sunday with second-degree criminal...

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