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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

Nourafshan: A complicated win for Democrats

ALEXANDER NOURAFSHAN November 12, 2012

Among the most interesting outcomes of the 2012 election was Elizabeth Warren’s victory over Scott Brown for a Massachusetts Senate seat. Warren, a Harvard law professor and architect of the Consumer...

Ponnada: Hungry for human rights

SRI PONNADA November 12, 2012

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, which has served the UI community since 1999, is expected to close because of a funding loss, despite the center’s huge impact on the Iowa City area. The...

Kuntz: Reevaluate the jail proposal

KATIE KUNTZ November 12, 2012

Too few voters approved the Johnson County justice center, and now, local officials and planners must debate and devise a new plan to address the many shortcomings of the current Courthouse and Jail. Officials...

Fight poverty locally

DI EDITORIAL BOARD November 12, 2012

As winter approaches and the holiday season begins, Mayor Matt Hayek and the Iowa City City Council will issue a proclamation declaring this week Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in Iowa City. Hunger...

Clark, Ballweg, and Burak impress at wrestle-offs

SAM LOUWAGIE November 12, 2012

The Iowa wrestling team entered wrestle-offs last weekend with some fairly wide-open weight classes. With the first match of the season looming on Friday, the Hawkeyes gained some clarity in the Dan Gable...

Field hockey team clipped in the first-round of the NCAA tournament

CODY GOODWIN November 12, 2012

The Virginia Cavaliers beat the Iowa field hockey team 3-2 in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 10 in Charlottesville, Va. No. 7 Virginia struck first in the game when Paige Selenski scored...

Hawkeye harrier Schrulle earns NCAA Championship birth

LEVI LYNOTT November 12, 2012

The women’s cross country team put together a full team effort, finishing in sixth place out of 31 teams in the NCAA Midwest regional tournament on Sunday. Mareike Schrulle in particular had a successful...

Iowa men’s cross country’s season ends at NCAA regionals

JALYN SOUCHEK November 12, 2012

The men’s cross-country team finished its season at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet in Springfield, Mo., on Nov. 9, failing to qualify for the NCAA meet. Iowa placed 13th out of 29 teams with a score...

Iowa volleyball swept again

CARLOS SOSA November 12, 2012

Twenty-five. That’s the number of consecutive sets the Iowa volleyball team has lost after being swept by Indiana on Nov. 10. The Hawkeyes found more offensive rhythm than they had in their previous...

Hawkeye women’s basketball leans on free-throw performance

BEN ROSS November 12, 2012

The Iowa women’s basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the preseason WNIT Suunday afternoon with a 74-64 victory over the Illinois State Redbirds. The Hawkeyes — playing with fewer than...

Iowa women’s basketball moves on in the preseason WNIT

CODY GOODWIN November 12, 2012

It was a short 40 hours for the Iowa women’s basketball team. Head coach Lisa Bluder was worried about her team’s legs and decided to sit a few of her starters in the latter portion of the...

Iowa men’s basketball has full bag of tricks in frontcourt

TORK MASON November 12, 2012

Junior guard Devyn Marble is arguably the best player on the Iowa men’s basketball team, but the Hawkeyes’ frontcourt players dominated the action in an 86-55 victory over Texas Pan-American...

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