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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

DI Male Athlete of the Year: Marvin McNutt

SAM LOUWAGIE May 9, 2012

Try to imagine what the 2011 Iowa football season would have been like without Marvin McNutt. It's not easy. And it's not pretty. The Hawkeyes finished the season with a 7-6 record. They lost to Iowa...

Student orgs are more than just organizations

GUEST COLUMN May 9, 2012

It was in the hot, sweat-stained shirt, water-bottle-drained-dry August heat that I took my first steps on campus at the University of Iowa as an incoming freshman: My major was only half-decided; I only...

Don’t worry, there’s always the Bijou

GUEST COLUMN May 9, 2012

Imagine for a second that to see a movie, you would have to be under the age of 18. No longer can you lose yourself in a narrative that can change time and space in the blink of an eye; Never again may...

Iowa (and Bill Gates) could lead the way

GUEST COLUMN May 9, 2012

Everywhere you turn, someone is having a "green" energy conference or an "environmental" awareness day. These events focus on solar and wind energy, on electric cars, on reducing your...

Hawkeye trackster Davis reining in intensity for one chance

DAN DAVIS May 9, 2012

Iowa's Dan Davis took a roundabout way of competing for his hometown team, and he now has just one chance to make a name for himself in the Big Ten. The senior was raised in Iowa City and graduated from...

Iowa’s Larry Wieczorek’s coaching tree sprouting

SAM LOUWAGIE May 9, 2012

Signs of the passage of time stood on both sides of Larry Wieczorek. They were reminders of things he had done right in his 25-year coaching career at Iowa — the 48 All-Americans and 50 Big Ten champions...

Point/counterpoint: Without McNutt, who was Iowa’s Male Athlete of the Year?

DI STAFF May 9, 2012

Matt Gatens, basketball No list of the greatest basketball players in Iowa history is complete without Matt Gatens. The hometown guard left an indelible mark on the Hawkeye program, and he was the driving...

DI Male Athlete of the Year: Marvin McNutt

SAM LOUWAGIE May 9, 2012

Try to imagine what the 2011 Iowa football season would have been like without Marvin McNutt. It's not easy. And it's not pretty. The Hawkeyes finished the season with a 7-6 record. They lost to Iowa...

The Iowa City Fire Department responded to a structure fire Monday

DI STAFF May 9, 2012

The Iowa City Fire Department responded to reports of a structure fire at 8:40 p.m. Monday. According to an Iowa City press release, the department responded to 1001 Oakcrest St. with Quint 2, Engine...

Plummer trial pushed back again

DI STAFF May 9, 2012

The attempted murder trial of a former University of Iowa student has been pushed back again. Branden Plummer, a 20-year-old Iowa City resident, allegedly assaulted police Sgt. Brian Krei on Nov. 18,...

Future UI student faces controversy over LGBT scholarship

CHASTITY DILLARD May 9, 2012

Keaton Fuller is one of this year's recipients of the Matthew Shepard Scholarship in Iowa — and as such, he will receive $40,000 toward his University of Iowa experience. Yet the Catholic Diocese of...

Broadway Center director’s trial underway

BETH BRATSOS May 9, 2012

The mother of an alleged victim in a child sexual-abuse case testified in the Johnson County Courthouse on Tuesday that she began noticing behavioral changes in her daughter around the time of the incident. The...

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