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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

Friday concert features Feralings, Awful Purdies

MEREDITH CULLEN July 18, 2013

To change things up in the seven-week long Iowa City’s Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert Series, two distinctive bands, the Feralings and Awful Purdies, will both perform. The concert series...

Yacht Club to host Henhouse Prowlers

EMMA MCCLATCHEY July 18, 2013

Armed with traditional suits and bluegrass instruments, the Henhouse Prowlers of Chicago will perform at the Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., at 10 p.m. Saturday. The group’s set list will include music...

Musicians head to the cage

HOPE WILSON July 18, 2013

It’s survival of the talented at Gabe’s, as 10 local musicians will duke it out for the crowd’s votes. Gabe’s will take the classic battle of the bands to a whole new level with...

Library offers musical downloads

BRETT KARLAN July 18, 2013

A little more than a year ago, the Iowa City Public Library launched an ambitious project: collecting music from a wide variety of local bands and make the songs available online, free to download for...

Writing throws a festival

BRETT KARLAN July 18, 2013

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival consists mostly of lectures and workshops in which writers from around the world learn and fine-tune their craft. But that doesn’t mean participants can’t...

High & a little bit lonesome

STEFAN JURAN July 18, 2013

On Jan. 27, Iowa was hit with one of the biggest snowstorms it had seen in many years. Unfortunately, musician Brad Engeldinger was one of the victims of the storm, and he lost his life in a car accident....

Tilly: Teaching children to fight

ZACH TILLY July 18, 2013

When I was 11, I stood in my parent’s bedroom and watched some night-vision footage of the Army rolling through Iraq on TV. In my memory it was a Saturday, midmorning, and I wasn’t wearing...

Beall: Putting a face on Internet racism

MIKE BEALL July 18, 2013

Perhaps the most unfortunate part of the Internet is that it affords such anonymity to allow comment sections nearly everywhere to devolve into racist or misogynistic rants. But we have a false sense of...

Editorial: Clean up Iowa’s waterways

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 18, 2013

Environmental activists are pushing for stricter enforcement of Clean Water Act regulations in Iowa, but Gov. Terry Branstad is determined to keep federal environmental regulators out of his state. Documents...

Mason speaks on new Athletic Department hirings

CODY GOODWIN July 18, 2013

University of Iowa President Sally Mason spoke Wednesday in an interview with The Daily Iowan on the recent hirings made by Hawkeye Athletic Director Gary Barta — specifically, those that will separate...

Uthoff to play in Estonia

CODY GOODWIN July 18, 2013

Iowa men’s basketball player Jarrod Uthoff will represent the Hawkeyes on the East Coast All-Stars later this month at the Four Nations Cup in Tallinn, Estonia. The event will take place July 25-27. The...

Prime Time League playoffs heat up

MATT CABEL July 18, 2013

The July heat has hit Iowa City. With it come some of the biggest matchups of the Prime Time League. Two teams — Aaron White’s and Darius Stokes’ team and that of Peter Jok, Adam Woodbury,...

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