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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Variety of cultural events part of UI International Fair

EMILY BURDS March 14, 2013

A passport will transport people around the world to taste empanadas and learn to speak Romanian — just a few of the cultural events that will be represented at the first-ever Campus Activities Board...

Beer of the Week: Babayaga Sylvan Stout

DAN VERHILLE March 14, 2013

Name: Babayaga Sylvan Stout Product of: Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project, Cambridge, Mass. Serving Style: 1 pint 6 fluid ounce bottle, 7 percent ABV I'm not sure why, but Babayaga just seems like...

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Micky’s Irish Pub

BENJAMIN VERHILLE March 14, 2013

May the Luck of the Irish be with ye. No, I’m not Irish, but Irish enough to celebrate my second-favorite green-related holiday. And Micky’s Irish Pub & Grill, 11 S. Dubuque St., is definitely...

Stewart: The Perfect Throwback

SAM STEWART March 14, 2013

The Etrian Odyssey series, Atlus' throwback to classic role-playing games, does a great job of mixing the old with the new. Recent games such as Xenoblade Chronicles have succeeded by shedding as many...

Verhille: Starcraft II: The Heart of Swarm

DAN VERHILLE March 14, 2013

Visually spectacular, elegantly refined, and brutally violent are just a few phrases that describe StarCraft II, The Heart of the Swarm. After following the series' original protagonist Jim Raynor throughout...

Cultures link up via video streaming at international theater performance

JUSTUS FLAIR March 14, 2013

Performing arts have long been viewed as a way to bring people together and entertain the masses, and now the University of Iowa International Writing Program and the Theater Department are taking that...

Englert to host evening of speakeasy-style Scotch tasting, music

EMMA MCCLATCHEY March 14, 2013

Peter Balestrieri’s grandfather was a mason by trade, but throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, he operated a very different business from his home: bootlegging. “During Prohibition, families...

I.C. Kings to perform at fundraiser for UI Honors Program domestic violence awareness

AUDREY DWYER March 14, 2013

Leave your worries at the door. Tonight, let the true colors of personality unravel as the euphonious music guides the quest to identity. The University of Iowa Honors Program and the Feminist Majority...

Bianchini: Study drugs not the way

FRANCESCA BIANCHINI March 14, 2013

It’s the night before your next big midterm, and you still have three chapters to study, a five-page paper to write, and an online quiz to take. There’s just one tiny problem: Everything and everyone...

Richson: No guns in schools

BRIANNE RICHSON March 14, 2013

There is a belief in this country that is a product of skewed logic — and perhaps also fear — that the only solution to countering those who mean to do harm through unlawful and malevolent gun use...

Editorial: Partnership not only group credited for drinking numbers dip

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 14, 2013

The Partnership for Alcohol Safety — the University of Iowa’s and the city of Iowa City’s joint project to reduce high-risk drinking — issued its annual report Wednesday, and it found substantial...

Select Hawkeyes head to Indianapolis

JALYN SOUCHEK March 14, 2013

Two members of the Iowa men’s swimming and diving team were selected to compete in the NCAA meet in Indianapolis on March 28-30, along with two relays that qualified during the Big Ten championships....

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