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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

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Beer of the Week: Baraboo Fireworks Blue Berry Ale

DAN VERHILLE July 11, 2013

Product of: Baraboo Brewing Company, Stevens Point, WI Serving Style: glass
bottle to pint glass Size: 12 fluid ounces The Blueberry Ale is a fantastic example of well-brewed beer
that isn't getting...

The Eleventh Hour to discuss literature to film adaptation

LU SHEN July 11, 2013

The Great Gatsby has been adapted to film six times, including the most recent 3D version. Yet there are a thousand Gatsbys in a thousand people’s eyes. Nick Twemlow, a poet and filmmaker, will...

Electronic dance music on the rise

STEFAN JURAN July 11, 2013

People like to dance, and few musical genres facilitate dancing like electronic music. With the rise of DJ superstars such as Skrillex and Pretty Lights, electronic dance music is steadily becoming a part...

ICPL celebrates the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice

BRETT KARLAN July 11, 2013

It’s a book so popular that Nialle Sylvan, the owner of the Haunted Bookshop, 203 N. Linn St., said it has spawned its own genre of fiction. She is not, however, talking about Harry Potter or Twilight. The...

Q&A: Chasing Shade

DI STAFF July 11, 2013

As local Iowa City band Chasing Shade grows in numbers, so do the players’ ambitions. Seen by many local observers as one of the hardest working bands, Chasing Shade lived up to this title in recent...

10th-annual Camp Euforia music festival kicks off Friday

HOPE WILSON July 11, 2013

Camp Euforia, a festival on a farm near Lone Tree, will celebrate 10 years of music and camping beginning Friday. The festival, founded by the Iowa City-based (originally) band Eufórquestra, got...

Chait Galleries features a range of local art

MEREDITH CULLEN July 11, 2013

Chait Galleries—called “the best kept secret in Iowa City” by gallery co-owner Benjamin Chait—is touted as the hidden gem of Iowa City, providing local and regional artists the chance to...

Tilly: An interest rate mess

ZACH TILLY July 11, 2013

A Senate student-loan plan that would have extended a discounted interest rate for low-income students was filibustered to death Wednesday by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. On July 1, the interest rate...

Sonn: The miracle of flight

BARRETT SONN July 11, 2013

In light of the recent Asiana Airlines accident in San Francisco, I thought I’d take the time to remind everybody of something (and no, it’s not the cliché about air travel being safer than...

Editorial: Limit school closures

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 11, 2013

On Tuesday, the Iowa City School Board put off a decision on two proposals for a long-term facilities plan, one of which it will need to adopt in order to accommodate a growing district. Under the first...

47 Hawkeyes named Big Ten scholars

CODY GOODWIN July 11, 2013

The Big Ten recognized 47 Iowa student-athletes by giving them Distinguished Scholar Awards. Eleven of the Hawkeye honorees maintained 4.0 grade-point averages during the 2012-13 academic year: track...

Meyer on Groza Watch List

MATT CABEL July 11, 2013

Mike Meyer’s three successful seasons as the Iowa football team’s placekicker has earned him a spot on the 2013 Lou Groza Award preseason watch list. This is the third-consecutive year the...

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