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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

A Tribute to Dave

DI STAFF September 19, 2013

The nation’s “most successful Dave Matthews Tribute Band” will perform in Iowa City this weekend. Originally from Chicago, Trippin Billies first started as an acoustic duo in the early...

Art of Improvisation

DI STAFF September 19, 2013

The Upright Citizens Brigade is back in Iowa City for a night full of “improvised hilarity.” The troupe will take the stage at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Englert, 221 E. Washington St. Admission...

Not the Typical Kung Pao Chicken

SIQI WANG September 19, 2013

Before coming to the United States, I tasted many types of American food in China. The main foods were steak, pizza, and salad. They were delicious but included Chinese ingredients. When I decided to...

Best Burgers in Town

BEN VERHILLE September 19, 2013

I’m finally back in Iowa City after a long and awkward weekend in Ames. Congrats to the Hawkeyes, and I hope they got heckled less than I did.  Not like I didn’t ask for a little of it,...

Teddy Geiger coming to The Mill tonight

MCKENNA PAULUS September 19, 2013

Teddy Geiger may have performed around the world, but he loves the energy of a college town. The platinum selling singer-songwriter Teddy Geiger will perform at 9:30 p.m. today at the Mill,...

Good for more than laughs

ISAAC HAMLET September 19, 2013

The economic crisis of 2008 left no one untouched. It meticulously strummed each bar of the economic ladder. This shared experience will be the subject of Chrissy Hogue’s one-woman show The Stupid...

Poetry in Memory

JUSTUS FLAIR September 19, 2013

Is it better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all? If a relationship — the pleasant and heart-breaking memories alike — could be completely wiped from your memory, would you choose...

10 Years of Vintage

EMMA MCCLATCHEY September 19, 2013

A shop with the label “boutique” may lead people to think of a Rodeo-Drive-esque gallery with $600 blouses on its racks, while the term “consignment store” may conjure images of...

Hassett: How to stop Internet piracy

NICK HASSETT September 19, 2013

Since the dawn of Internet file sharing, software and music piracy has abounded through such services as Napster or Kazaa, where many people have skirted the edges of the law to get a new album or software...

Byrd: Racial hatred lives on

MATTHEW BYRD September 19, 2013

Fifty years ago this past Sunday, at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., a box of dynamite placed underneath the steps exploded, carving a huge gash into the side of the building. When...

Editorial: No cuts to food stamps

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 19, 2013

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 increased benefit funding to all recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which distributes food stamps. Unless Congress acts,...

Dissecting the penalty corner

DANNY PAYNE September 19, 2013

It can be called “penalty corner,” “short corner,” or simply “corner.” However, they all refer to the same thing — a huge advantage for the offensive team. “To...

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