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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

Elliot: Imagine snooping

BEAU ELLIOT June 11, 2013

So today, all the rage is the (alleged?) overreach of the NSA, which might be the gross, nearly obscene, overreach of the NSA, or the we’re-on-the-brink-of-dictatorial-tyranny, depending on which...

Tilly: The bomb gawkers

ZACH TILLY June 11, 2013

I was walking home Sunday night when I happened upon the skeletal remains of Arts Fest, the erstwhile gates of which had been converted into a police barricade. Apparently, a suspicious package had caught...

Editorial: End the disparity

DI EDITORIAL BOARD June 11, 2013

A recent national study by the American Civil Liberties Union has found that the state of Iowa ranks worst in the nation in the ethnic disparity of marijuana arrests. According to the study, African Americans...

Former Hawkeye baseball player drafted four times in five years

JACOB SHEYKO June 11, 2013

Former Iowa Hawkeye pitcher Matt Dermody has a dream: to play baseball at the professional level. One year ago, his dream looked as if it was about to come true but vanished as quickly as it appeared....

West High’s Baker, Martins earn Athletes of the Week honors

RYAN YOUNG June 11, 2013

West High seniors Justin Baker and Paris Martins on Monday were named the *Sports Spotlight* and Hy-Vee Horizon Milk Athletes of the Week. The announcement comes just one week after the two helped the...

Iowa track rides strong senior class to succeed in 2013

MATT CABEL June 11, 2013

The hurdles are stacked together and sit in a dark garage adjacent to the Cretzmeyer Track. Bright neon spikes are left untied. The outdoor track and field season is over for the Iowa track and field...

Remembering Jim Zabel: A former DI editor

CODY GOODWIN June 11, 2013

I’ve read many stories about and reflections on the late, great Jim Zabel over the past few weeks. But none are more striking to me, personally, than one that I came across in his autobiography. Zabel...

Man charged with throwing fireworks during crime scene investigation

KRISTEN EAST June 11, 2013

A man was charged with reckless use of fire/explosives after allegedly throwing a “silver bomb cracker” into the street while officers were processing a bomb crime scene at the intersection...

Man charged with carrying large hunting knife

KRISTEN EAST June 11, 2013

A man has been charged after allegedly displaying a knife during an argument on Highway 6. Elisha Secrest, 19, was charged on June 7 with going armed with intent after he allegedly threatened someone...

Man charged after wrestling with another

KRISTEN EAST June 11, 2013

An Ames man has been charged after allegedly punching another man in the face. Daniel Jahren, 22, was charged on Sunday with assault causing bodily injury. According to an Iowa City police complaint,...

Construction to UI music building underway

LARS HEADINGTON June 11, 2013

Officials in the UI School of Music have watched this year’s high waters and flooding along the Iowa River, and they say they are an eerie reminder of the flood of 2008, which ultimately heavily...

Cab strikes local law firm, again

JULIA TRUSZKOWSKI June 11, 2013

As a local taxi veered off Linn Street Monday morning, one local law firm encountered a recurring event, 10 years in the making. An Iowa City Yellow Cab car, driven by 26-year-old Iowa City resident...

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