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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

Zlevor: Walkway recycling and Earth Month important

GUEST COLUMN April 15, 2013

With Earth Month closing the year, I usually reflect on the university’s sustainable work and ponder the crux of environmental pursuits: “Why should anyone care?” It calls to mind George...

Ponnada: Wage gap alive

SRI PONNADA April 15, 2013

Statistics from the 2010 Census show that for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes 77 cents. That’s only 18 cents more than what women made in 1963 — around 50 years ago — when President Kennedy...

Editorial: Second Amendment week welcomed but not ideas

DI EDITORIAL BOARD April 15, 2013

On April 12, the University of Iowa College Republicans wound down its first Second Amendment Week, a set of events to celebrate and raise awareness about the right to bear arms. The week began on an...

Iowa men’s tracksters find success

MATT CABEL April 15, 2013

The Iowa men’s track and field team earned second place for the second week in a row, this time at the Lee Calhoun Invitational in Macomb, Ill., on April 13. The team finished with 170.5 points.  Seniors...

Hawkeye women’s track earns top spot at Lee Calhoun Invitational

DANNY PAYNE April 15, 2013

The Iowa women’s track and field team won the Lee Calhoun Invitational held in Macomb, Ill., March 12 and 13. The women finished with a total of 212 points. Several individual first-place finishes and...

Hawkeye men’s tennis drops two conference meets

DOMINICK WHITE April 15, 2013

The Iowa’s men’s tennis team dropped a pair a Big Ten meets this past weekend at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex. Play began with the Hawkeyes taking on No. 48 Michigan State...

Ihm, Hawkeye golfers give strong showing at Hawkeye-GRE Invitational

KEVIN GLUECK April 15, 2013

While most eyes on the golf world were fixed on Augusta National during Sunday’s last round of the Masters, an exciting, down-to-the-wire finish took place in Iowa City’s golf community. The...

Hawkeye softball bounces back against Northwestern

NICK DELAQUILA April 15, 2013

The Iowa softball team rebounded from a tough few weeks with a impressive series victory over Northwestern this past weekend. After hitting a bit of a slide — losing seven of its past 10 — Iowa took...

Dermody and defense don’t falter in Hawkeye baseball’s first game

JALYN SOUCHEK April 15, 2013

The Iowa baseball team knew it had a difficult weekend ahead before facing off against Kansas State, which has the No. 3 offense in the country. But the Hawkeyes didn’t let that intimidate them...

Iowa baseball falls in series finale to Kansas State

TOMMY REINKING April 15, 2013

The Iowa pitching staff kept the potent Kansas State offense off the scoreboard as much as possible, but the offense couldn’t keep the pace in a 5-3 Hawkeyes loss in the rubber match of a three-game...

Hawkeye football spring practice in Des Moines showcases QB battle

CODY GOODWIN April 15, 2013

WEST DES MOINES — The Hawkeye offense saw a different signal-caller nearly every two plays on Sunday afternoon at Valley High Stadium. Each of Iowa’s three potential starting quarterbacks —...

Construction to UI Main Library entrance to begin next week

JORDYN REILAND April 15, 2013

One lane of southbound Madison Street and the sidewalk along the east side of the Main Library will be closed April 22 until Aug. 2 to make room for the installation of the new east entrance. According...

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