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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

KRUI Iowa City hosts back-to-school show

AUDREY DWYER January 31, 2013

With students back from winter break and spring classes underway, what’s the only thing missing from that list of school essentials? A Back-To-School Bash. KRUI radio, the University of Iowa’s...

Beer of the Week: Dugges High Five! India Pale Ale

DAN VERHILLE January 31, 2013

Name: Dugges High Five India Pale Ale Product of: Dugges Ale & Porterbryggeri, Landvetter, Sweden Size: 1 pint 9 fluid ounces Serving Style: Chilled bottle, Pint glass Sweden may not always be...

Coralville acting company prepares for multiple performances

AUDREY DWYER January 31, 2013

A common object — a urinal, symbolizes a town’s outrage at corporate greed. A scene set for a town like that of Gotham City. Jesse Jensen, the director of the satirical comedy Urinetown, written...

Where to dine this weekend: Clinton Street Social Club

BEN VERHILLE January 31, 2013

A typewriter sits beneath “Murderers’ Row,” a 16-year-old bourbon of AH Hirsch is locked in a birdcage, and an Old Fashioned rests on a solid ash bar top. This is the scene of a classic...

UI Theater Gallery Series production Trouble: A Foot to present dark comedy

EMILY BURDS January 31, 2013

Chaos descends on a cabin in the middle of the Rocky Mountains. There are feet in cabinets, axes in hands, and a woman in a chest. This is Marek Muller’s quirky creation Trouble: A Foot. As part...

Writers’ Workshop Graduate returns to Iowa City for debut novel

JUSTUS FLAIR January 31, 2013

Ben Nugent found Iowa City an easy place to fall in love with. “I miss the languorous pace at which evenings used to progress in Iowa City. People getting together in a house with peeling wallpaper...

Verhille: The new Black Ops II downloadable content doesn’t disappoint

DAN VERHILLE January 31, 2013

To the untrained ear, Downhill, Grind, Mirage, Hydro, and Die Rise might sound like words you’d expect to hear from an X Games announcer, but they’re actually the brand-new Call of Duty Black...

UI Music Department to present two one-act operas at the Englert

SAMANTHA GENTRY January 31, 2013

A disparate look at dysfunctional marriage sets the scene for this pair of one-act operas. Placed in New York suburbia in the 1950s, "Amelia Goes to the Ball" and "Trouble in Tahiti,"...

Iowa City’s comedy scene takes off with help of local comedians

AUDREY DWYER January 31, 2013

Down a dimly lit staircase, an eerie-looking basement emerges. Once a mortuary, the brick building is now filled with laughter. The cause? Comedy. "The Catacombs of Comedy" at the Yacht Club...

Iowa gymnasts finding their balance on the beam

MATT CABEL January 31, 2013

It sits 5 feet above the ground. A thin layer of chalk dusts the surface. Remains of small footprints dance across it. On this 4-inch wide beam, some gymnastics meets are won and lost. Gymnasts perform...

Back in the spotlight, Iowa wrestling’s Ballweg ‘tearing it up’

SAM LOUWAGIE January 31, 2013

Mark Ballweg doesn’t talk much. He answers questions about his success on the wrestling mat this season with a shrug, a sentence, and a sheepish smile indicating there isn’t anything more to...

Iowa women’s basketball playing unselfishly

CARLOS SOSA January 31, 2013

Assists are a statistic just as valuable as rebounds and points. This year, Iowa, given its well-balanced roster, has used assists to its advantage. And leading the way is sophomore point guard Sam Logic. “She...

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