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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

Kuntz: Eliminate sexual assault in military

KATIE KUNTZ August 31, 2012

The Pentagon estimates that nearly 19,000 women were victims of sexual assault in the armed forces last year. Despite there being just over 3,000 reported cases, military officials know that the issue...

Tilly: UI’s inconsistency with reality

ZACH TILLY August 31, 2012

University of Iowa President Sally Mason told The Daily Iowan Tuesday that she doesn’t “understand the obsessive attention” being paid by some concerned parties to the university’s...

New LGBT sorority should be welcomed

DI EDITORIAL BOARD August 31, 2012

At the beginning of the fall semester, the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership sent out an email trying to gather students who may be interested in starting a new sorority comprising lesbian,...

Iowa women’s cross-country takes only 5 runners on first road trip

LEVI LYNOTT August 31, 2012

The Iowa women’s cross-country team will attend its first meet today, running at the Western Illinois Early Bird Open. However, only five Iowa harriers will participate in the event. The entire...

Hawkeye men’s cross-country coach uses first meet as ‘fact finding mission’

JALYN SOUCHEK August 31, 2012

The men’s cross-country team will travel today to Macomb, Ill., for its first competition of the 2012 season: the Western Illinois Early Bird Open. The Hawkeyes will compete against seven other schools,...

Iowa soccer faces ISU, Valparaiso with shutout streak on the line

TOM CLOS August 31, 2012

Three hundred thirteen days is a long time. That’s how long it’s been since the Iowa women’s soccer team last allowed a regulation goal. The Hawkeye’s goalkeeping trio — sophomore...

Senior Hawkeye tennis player leads squad by example

KEVIN GLUECK August 31, 2012

Garret Dunn, who stands 6-8, is often mistaken for a basketball player. But the senior is proving to be a great leader on and off a different kind of court at the start of his last Hawkeye campaign: the...

Barnett’s vocal and on-field leadership guides the Field Hawks

CODY GOODWIN August 31, 2012

Jessica Barnett’s mindset works like a switch. Before the senior takes to the pitch, whether it’s practice or a game, she gets into her zone. She said it’s her time to get mentally prepared...

Hawkeye Trio to receive Homecoming at Oakland Tourney

CARLOS SOSA August 31, 2012

When the Hawkeye volleyball team takes the court tonight against Eastern Illinois, a trio of players will receive a homecoming for the first time together. Sophomores Alex Lovell, Erin Leppek, and Alessandra...

Big Ten Football Previews: Michigan, Michigan State

DI STAFF August 31, 2012

Michigan Brady Hoke won 11 games and a BCS bowl in his first year at the helm in Ann Arbor last season.  But one goal eluded him: a Big Ten championship. “We had a disappointing year a year ago...

Hawkeye position previews: Quarterbacks

BEN ROSS August 31, 2012

James Vandenberg knows what it’s like to be a part of an elite team. He had a front-row seat behind Ricky Stanzi as a freshman on Iowa’s 2009 Orange Bowl squad, and he even started two games...

Man allegedly threatens to put bullet through another man’s head

MATT STARNS August 31, 2012

An area man was charged Aug. 6 after he allegedly threatened to put a bullet through another man’s head. According to an Iowa City police complaint, Jack Beverlin II, 46, address unknown, was charged...

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