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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

Stace of Wonders

DI STAFF October 10, 2013

The Englert Theatre and Mission Creek will present Cabinet of Wonders — a vaudeville-type variety show presented by musician and novelist Wesley Stace. The show, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, will feature...

Electrified JACK

DI STAFF October 10, 2013

This weekend, the JACK Quartet will electrify the Iowa City community in a concert that will feature works of UI student composers. The University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program and the Center...

Your Next Drink: Alabama Slammer

DI STAFF October 10, 2013

My first encounter with this drink was last year after a game, so the kick to get you past the beer plateau is definitely there. A great drink for a country night, often accompanied with some good old...

A Pizza Don’t

BEN VERHILLE October 10, 2013

Does anybody remember Pizza on Dubuque? I vaguely remembered it from my first two years, but I was never adventurous enough to go give it a try. Then it closed, how sad. I guess that means I'm limited...

Rap on the Rise

MCKENNA PAULUS October 10, 2013

What do baseball and hip-hop have in common? Rap artist Mike Stud. The rap artist started his career as a "joke" to pass time after an injury sidelined him from pitching at Duke University....

A New Kind of Country

JENNIFER HOCH October 10, 2013

Eccentric artist Todd Snider says his favorite aspect (or ascot) as a musician is being able to wear bandannas around his neck. The singer/songwriter, who has grown a large fan base in Iowa City, will...

No Judgement, No Shame

JUSTUS FLAIR October 10, 2013

Walking into the lobby of the Theater Building late on a Friday morning, Nick Edinger attracts the attention of the few individuals lounging inside with his miniature sombrero, guitar, bulging backpack,...

Everything But Water

EMMA MCCLATCHEY October 10, 2013

In an online chat room for recovering crack addicts, the usernames Haikumom, Fountainhead, Orangutan, and Chutes and Ladders pass along slogans — “The only way out it is through it”; “One...

A Literary Celebration

ISAAC HAMLET October 10, 2013

Iowa City has a long reputation as a literary center, not only in Iowa, but the entire country, if not the world. It's in celebration of this reputation that the streets of downtown will be flooded with...

Richson: Ignorance on Obamacare

BRIANNE RICHSON October 10, 2013

In light of the recent turmoil occurring in the U.S. government, it might be hard to make people laugh about anything remotely related to politics, but last week Jimmy Kimmel attempted to do so. What he...

Byrd: Clooney awesome, but wrong

MATTHEW BYRD October 10, 2013

I must admit that I am a fan of George Clooney. He was hilarious as the fast-talking con man in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Up in the Air is a criminally underrated classic. Also, he’s Batman,...

Editorial: Money is not speech

DI EDITORIAL BOARD October 10, 2013

In 2010, the United States Supreme Court decided in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporations, labor unions, and other groups could spend unlimited funds on independent political...

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