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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

Halloween on the Pentacrest

DI STAFF October 24, 2013

This weekend on the Pentacrest, visitors will be able to leap into universes they only ever imagined and to peer into the worlds of characters such as Captain Kirk, Marty Mcfly, and Harry Potter. The...

Your Next Drink: Moscow Mule

DI STAFF October 24, 2013

Moscow Mule: a mixed drink served with 3 parts ginger beer, 1 part vodka, 1 part lime juice, add garnishes of mint or ginseng for specialties; serve over ice and stir. Primary Alcohol: Ginger beer and...

First Language? No, Second Language

SIQI WANG October 24, 2013

Page. Pitch. Peach. Three words, three very different meanings. But do you think I can pronounce them very well? Let’s just say it took a lot of practice — and I’m still having trouble with the...

A 50’s Throwback

BEN VERHILLE October 24, 2013

It was a simpler time … When going out on the town and the regular hang-out spot were the same thing. When the only thing that you needed to eat (aside from Mom’s cooking) were burgers, fries,...

Ghouls of the Corn

JUSTUS FLAIR October 24, 2013

Driving down a dark, winding highway to a hardly visible turnoff surrounded by cornfields, my arrival at Field of Screams could not have been more ominous or cliché. Exiting the car, the crunch of leaves...

More Than Reggae

MCKENNA PAULUS October 24, 2013

Music can be defined by many genres, but normally, every artist or band will stick to one style throughout her or his career. This is not the case for Public Property. Usually labeled a reggae band, the...

Poet, Saxophonist, Visionary

JENNIFER HOCH October 24, 2013

When poetry cannot adequately illustrate, music comes into play. Author, poet, and musician Joy Harjo expresses the aspects of her soul through these arts. The Writers’ Workshop alumna ventures...

A Cult Classic

JUSTUS FLAIR October 24, 2013

It’s a terrible movie. Yet every October, hundreds of people in Iowa City flock to the Englert to watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Costumes, shouting, throwing, and singing are the norm, and...

"The Best of Monty Python"

EMMA MCCLATCHEY October 24, 2013

At a technical rehearsal on Tuesday night, the cast and crew of Spamalot coordinate a scene in which the overly enthusiastic Black Knight battles King Arthur — played by Rip Russell — and gets all...

Ponnada: Celebrating Emma Goldman

SRI PONNADA October 24, 2013

On Oct. 18, the Emma Goldman Clinic — located at 227 N. Dubuque St. — celebrated its 40th anniversary. The clinic, named after the early 20th-century American feminist anarchist, opened its doors eight...

Byrd: Rape custody laws abhorrent

MATTHEW BYRD October 24, 2013

This country is overflowing with laws and policies that are, to put it mildly, lousy, wrongheaded, detrimental, idiotic, destructive, ruinous, and just plain awful. On every issue from climate change to...

Editorial: Climate change an economic threat

DI EDITORIAL BOARD October 24, 2013

Imagine Iowa without agriculture. Suppose the state’s soil, which has been prized for its fertility since the first French explorers arrived here in the late 1600s, turned to sand. It would destroy...

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