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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

Lighting the holiday

DI STAFF December 12, 2013

The University of Iowa Hawkeye Skating Club will perform a holiday performance at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Coral Ridge Mall Ice Arena.  “Luminaries on Ice” is a part of Coralville’s 33rd-annual...

Your Next Drink: Baileys and Coffee

DI STAFF December 12, 2013

Baileys and Coffee: A delicious, warm, coffee beverage with a little kick to help you get through the cold. Primary Alcohol: Baileys Irish Cream This drink comes from my own home — my mother is a huge...

Another Great Wall of China

SIQI WANG December 12, 2013

Social networks play a large role in the life of a college student. For me specifically, I have found my kindergarten friends through Chinese social networks, researched information on universities through...

A sandwich for every occasion

BEN VERHILLE December 12, 2013

If you forgot your brown-bag lunch at home before heading to the library, I have a solution for you — Nodo. One of the two Nodos, this one is situated at 5 S. Dubuque St. I overheard that the only...

Gusto jazz-tino

JENNIFER HOCH December 12, 2013

Latin Jazz is a style of music containing Caribbean and South American rhythms and influences. This year, the University of Iowa School of Music’s Jazz Department is in full preparation mode for the...

Load of Craft

JUSTUS FLAIR December 12, 2013

They say opposites attract. So perhaps that was the inspiration behind What a Load of Craft, a fair combining arts and crafts with punk-rock. The event will take place at the Johnson County Fairgrounds...

Coralville’s North Pole

EMMA MCCLATCHEY December 12, 2013

Dave Bahnsen lives by one rule of thumb: There are no bad Christmas lights. “Each yard is an empty canvas, and you can paint it however you want,” he said. Bahnsen should know — he and wife Roxanne...

Gangster grass hits IC

MCKENNA PAULUS December 12, 2013

Communicating mid-performance with nothing more than their eyes and ears has become a norm for the band Good Gravy. Percussionist Kyle Vanbuskirk said nonverbal communication among the band members has...

Dancing past boundaries

ISAAC HAMLET December 12, 2013

Dance is a collaborative art. Dancers are often required to lay their physical well-being in the hands of another, requiring trust in their partner. But it is also true that if told to perform an action,...

Richson: Celebrate – don’t hate – the Angels

BRIANNE RICHSON December 12, 2013

Like many college girls and boys — whether they’ll admit it or not — I tuned in to the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Tuesday night. As expected, the show brought with it streams...

Ponnada: Rethinking immigrant stereotypes

SRI PONNADA December 12, 2013

Immigrants in this country face a number of challenges. Beside people often fearing or automatically suspecting that because I’m an immigrant, I am in this country illegally, there are also various...

Editorial: A welcome, if small, budget deal

DI EDITORIAL BOARD December 12, 2013

As of late, the nation’s capital has been in a sad state of affairs. So far, this session of Congress has been among the least productive on record thanks in large part to partisan bullheadedness...

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