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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Response to "Grad students favor fee raise," DI, Sept. 18, 2012

DI READERS September 20, 2012

In response to your Sept. 19 article in [The Daily Iowan] press, “Grad students favor fee raise” and online, “UI grad students lobby to add student fee for advising services,” we...

Beer of the Week: Before During And After Christmas Beer

DAN VERHILLE September 20, 2012

Product Of: Evil Twin Brewing, Copenhagen, Denmark. Imported by Twelve Percent LLC, Brooklyn, N.Y. I picked Before During And After Christmas Beer for one reason: the label. This Danish ale is a bit pricy...

True West creates distinct mood Riverside Theater show

JUSTUS FLAIR September 20, 2012

A small room filled with plants bursting out of pots and roaring Western music created a distinct mood when entering the Riverside Theater on Sept. 13 for a performance of Sam Shepard’s True West. The...

Readers celebrate local connection to French history

RANA MOUSTAFA September 20, 2012

Four days; 96 hours; 5,760 minutes. That’s how much time event organizers have allotted for a public reading of War and Peace. This weekend, UI students, staff, and community members will take...

Grammy-award winner and acclaimed singer-songwriter return to Iowa City

JUSTUS FLAIR September 20, 2012

Some kids hate their parents’ taste in music. Not many musicians are able to play music people of numerous generations will enjoy. But 2009 Grammy award winner Loudon Wainwright III seems to have...

Iowa Poetry Prize winner brings light to everyday life

DAN VERHILLE September 20, 2012

What thoughts do you roll over while chewing? Can you recount the history of the wind by the path of footprints in the snow? What treasures and terrors can be uncovered in the crap of everyday life when...

Radio show spreads gaming culture on campus

SAM STEWART September 20, 2012

Three video-game lovers spend every Friday afternoon cramped together in a small room in the middle of campus. But instead of being clustered around the latest Xbox release, they are huddled around microphones,...

New "social club" attempts to bring some atmosphere to downtown Iowa City

SAMANTHA GENTRY September 20, 2012

In a brick-wall room with wrought-iron light fixtures hanging from the ceiling, customers at Clinton Street Social Club are encouraged to take a seat at the leather armchairs and read books. When owner...

Hancher celebrates the kickoff of its 40th season with ‘choreopoem’

EMMA MCCLATCHEY September 20, 2012

Some people are able to identify a specific moment in their lives — the moment — when they felt themselves transition from a kid into an adult. For award-winning writer Marc Bamuthi Joseph, this instance...

Response to "Grad students favor fee raise," DI, Sept. 18, 2012

DI READERS September 20, 2012

In response to your Sept. 19 article in [The Daily Iowan] press, “Grad students favor fee raise” and online, “UI grad students lobby to add student fee for advising services,” we...

McElroy: Gaffes show reality

BENJI MCELROY September 20, 2012

On Monday, as the United States found itself firmly removed from the glory days on Monday, both Joe Biden and Paul Ryan found themselves in Iowa. Though the odds of an off-the-cuff remark were through...

Ponnada: Game on for recycling

SRI PONNADA September 20, 2012

Game days are here. This means more fans, more food, more beer (for some of us), and, last but not least, more trash. George McCrory, a communications specialist for the University of Iowa Office of...

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