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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

Hagle: What to ask your incumbent during campaign season

GUEST OPINION September 28, 2012

Now that Congress has adjourned until after Election Day, the senators and representatives will return to their states and districts. In non-election years this would mean holding town-hall meetings and...

Evans: Don’t vote early

BENJAMIN EVANS September 28, 2012

My aunt met her second husband on e-Harmony. Correction: She got engaged to her second husband on e-Harmony. Not two weeks into chatting via the interwebs, she and a trucker from Kansas got engaged without...

Ponnada: Skip the drink, go to sleep

SRI PONNADA September 28, 2012

Have you ever skipped sleeping for a couple nights to cram for an incredibly hard exam? There isn’t ever enough time to do a double major, work a job, and volunteer, too. You might be thinking that...

UI Alumni Association Homecoming: Making memories

GUEST COLUMN September 28, 2012

I can still see our transistor radio sitting on the kitchen table of my family’s home in the small, southeastern Iowa community of Wapello. In those days, that radio was our Kinnick Stadium. Long...

Former Iowa baseball star named MLB manager in Houston

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD September 28, 2012

Former Iowa athlete Bo Porter, who was a member of the football and baseball teams from 1990-1994 has been named the manager of the Houston Astros, the MLB team announced on Thursday. Porter has an experienced...

Men’s baseball set to return to Duane Banks in fall game

IAN MARTIN September 28, 2012

The Iowa baseball team’s first pitch of the fall will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 30, when the Hawkeyes will host Black Hawk College. Sophomore Sasha Kuebel will gets the start. The native of St. Louis received...

Women’s tennis to compete at ITA tournament

STEPHEN KYLE MCDONALD September 28, 2012

Shelby Talcott and Ruth Seaborne, ranked No. 58 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason doubles poll, are one of the 32 teams who have earned a bid to compete in the All-American Championships....

Iowa women’s cross-country team battles sickness, bug bites

LEVI LYNOTT September 28, 2012

Sophomore Kayla Beattie, one of the Iowa women’s cross-country team’s best runners, can’t compete in the Griak Invitational this weekend. She doesn’t have stress factures or pulled...

Hawkeye men’s cross-country team returns

JALYN SOUCHECK September 28, 2012

The Iowa men’s cross-country team’s three-week break comes to an end as the Hawkeyes return to competition Saturday. The harriers will travel to Minneapolis to compete in the Roy Griak Invitational. During...

For the Iowa v-ball team, the class of 2014 is key to culture change

CARLOS SOSA September 28, 2012

The class of 2014 for the Hawkeye volleyball team stepped on campus with the expectation of revitalizing the program. Rachael Bedell, Nikki Dailey, Chanté Thompson, and Bethany Yeager knew of Iowa’s...

Hawkeye tennis duo to double-dip in the coming week

KEVIN GLUECK September 28, 2012

The Iowa men’s tennis team will head to the Keystone State to compete in the Penn Invitational in Philadelphia for the first time in the team’s history.  But that isn’t the only tournament...

Iowa soccer heads to Michigan for a pair of conference matches

TOM CLOS September 28, 2012

The 2011 Iowa women’s soccer team was historic. They jumped out to the best start in program history and finished with a winning record in conference play for the first time since 1999. Then it...

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