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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

We can’t wait: Pres. Obama takes action

GUEST COLUMN April 27, 2012

Today, President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will visit Fort Stewart in Georgia, where the president will sign an executive order to help ensure all of America's service members, veterans, spouses,...

Romney on his dad growing up poor

GUEST COLUMN April 27, 2012

Mitt Romney likes to talk on the campaign trail about how his father "grew up poor," but that's not the whole story. The father of the presumptive Republican nominee, George Romney, grew up...

Time to be taxed

DANIEL TAIBLESON April 27, 2012

The beating heart of modern Republican rhetoric is the argument that there is nothing more dangerous than a tax increase. This thinking, however rhetorically effective, is fundamentally wrong. Furthermore,...

Drake Relays: Women’s 4×1,600-meter relay wins event title

DI STAFF April 27, 2012

Iowa's female tracksters kicked off the weekend at the Drake Relays with a promising start as the women's 4x1,600-meter relay team won its event on Thursday night. The team of Betsy Flood, Jackie Laesch,...

Big Ten Tournament: Molnar gets win No. 100, but Hawkeyes fall

DI STAFF April 27, 2012

The Iowa women's tennis team played its last matches of the season on Thursday. The No. 11-seeded Hawkeyes fell to No. 6-seed Minnesota, 4-2, in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Dougherty kept...

Big Ten Tournament: Iowa men’s tennis secures worst winning percentage in program history

DI STAFF April 27, 2012

The Iowa men's tennis team completed a season to forget by falling to No. 23 Indiana, 4-0, in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in Evanston, Ill., on Thursday. The Hawkeyes ended the season with...

Hawkeye offense heading south as team goes north to Minnesota

BEN SCHUFF April 27, 2012

A few Iowa baseball players take swings in front of a full-body mirror outside the Hawkeye clubhouse before every practice. The routine is done to help perfect the hitters' technique. The act is slightly...

Watkins and Keim take Pearl for the last time

BEN ROSS April 27, 2012

Liz Watkins stayed around Pearl Field well after Thursday night's double-header was over. She had little choice — the catcher was swarmed by young softball players from the Heartland Havoc team begging...

Iowa, UNI split softball doubleheader

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD April 27, 2012

The Iowa softball team's double-header with Northern Iowa featured pitching duels until the late innings of each game. Northern Iowa won the first, 4-3, on a rally in the international tiebreaker in the...

Regents approve proceeding with new buildings, building renovations at UI

DI STAFF April 27, 2012

The state Board of Regents voted April 26 to approve the funding and planning of several proposed University of Iowa buildings and building modifications: • An Oakdale Campus/UI Research Park vivarium...

UNI students, faculty protest Lab School closure

DI STAFF April 27, 2012

Protesters gathered outside the University of Northern Iowa's Maucker Union in Cedar Falls Thursday to rally against the state Board of Regent's recent decisions involving the closure of the university's...

Iowa Regents Lang and Rastetter re-elected as Board president, president pro-tem

DI STAFF April 27, 2012

Regent President Craig Lang and Regent President Pro Tem Bruce Rastetter were re-elected to serve in their current positions at the state Board of Regents' meeting Thursday. They will begin their two-year...

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