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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

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Beer of the Week: Big Sky India Pale Ale

DAN VERHILLE September 13, 2012

Name: Big Sky India Pale Ale Product Of: Big Sky Brewing Co., Missoula, Mont. Serving Style: Chilled bottle Size: 12 fluid ounces The Big Sky IPA is an India Pale Ale with a traditional taste at a...

UI Honors Program event benefits Crisis Center of Iowa

ALICIA KRAMME September 13, 2012

The University of Iowa Honors Program will bring its dancing shoes to the Old Brick this weekend to present their take on the popular TV show “Dancing with the Stars.” The event,“Diversity...

Outdoor cinema raises money for a permanent downtown Iowa City location

ALICIA KRAMME September 13, 2012

Drinks? Check. Snacks? Check. Music? Check. Outdoor movies? Check. FilmScene Starlight Cinema, presented by M.C. Ginsberg, will jazz up the Riverside Festival Stage in Lower City Park for the first time...

PC and PS3 users still waiting for Skyrim’s newest downloadable content, Hearthfire

DAN VERHILLE September 13, 2012

Do you like to do chores? Do you like to collect lumber and feed the chickens? Is real-life hide-and-seek just not cutting it? Would you rather organize shelves in Skyrim than clean your real room? If...

UI grad student awarded $30K through Jaffe Writer’s award

RANA MOUSTAFA September 13, 2012

It took three years of careful observation for nonfiction writer Inara Verzemnieks to get the complete story of a group of people living at a rest stop on an interstate in Portland, Ore.  That diligence...

Eight UI International Writing Program residents to share stories and perspectives

EMMA MCCLATCHEY September 13, 2012

One week after arriving in Iowa City from Afghanistan, International Writing Program writer Mohib Zegham went to see President Obama speak on Sept. 7. What he observed as he surveyed the crowd, he said,...

Local metal band Blizzard at Sea looks for funding

EMILY BURDS September 13, 2012

Daily Iowan reporter Emily Burds chatted with Steven Douglas Ross, the guitarist and vocalist of local metal band Blizzard at Sea, about funding the band's upcoming album and why he sees the process as...

Jazz after Five brings UI student’s Brazilian Jazz to the Mill

SAMANTHA GENTRY September 13, 2012

When Jose Gobbo composes a song, he tries to create a story in which he develops a set of characters. But the University of Iowa graduate student studying jazz performance said his method of composing...

Buchanan: Rioters, not speech, to blame for violence in Egypt, Libya

GUEST COLUMN September 13, 2012

In the United States, if a movie makes people mad enough to riot, we blame the rioters, not the movie. In much of the rest of the world, it’s the other way around. That’s the difference our...

Evans: Rollback on tuition set-aside

BENJAMIN EVANS September 13, 2012

Rollback, time. Yes, all you happy campers, it’s time to gather around and be transported back to the near-to-recent past (and present) when a handful of privileged students were (are) benefiting...

Grieve without violent vengeance

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 13, 2012

On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said that in response to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, which killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, it should be condemned...

Iowa basketball Black and Gold Blowout set for Oct. 19

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD September 13, 2012

The Iowa men’s and women’s basketball teams on Tuesday announced the time of their annual Black and Gold Blowout. The event will be the teams’ first public appearances of the season and will take...

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