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

Elliot: Living Winter Olympics

BEAU ELLIOT January 28, 2014

As we slog along through this winter (which feels longer than the Todd Lickliter Era, which seemed like centuries), you’ll be disappointed to learn that walking a mile in the Iowa City wind chills...

Gromotka: Focus on Iowa politics

ADAM GROMOTKA January 28, 2014

There’s a legal battle raging in Texas about pregnancy and life support. Recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado. Utah is still discussing the matter, but it recently made a giant step toward recognizing...

Editorial: The dire state of the Union

DI EDITORIAL BOARD January 28, 2014

In his 1975 State of the Union address, President Gerald Ford declared that the “state of this Union is not good.” Since this rather frank declaration of American decline, State of the Unions...

Hawkeyes fall to no. 15 in AP poll

DI STAFF January 28, 2014

The Iowa men’s basketball team’s first week as a top-10 team since 2002 saw it split a pair of games against Michigan and Northwestern, with the former playing a major role in voters’ slating the...

Point/Counterpoint: Should the ‘sucks chant’ stay or go?

DI STAFF January 28, 2014

On Jan. 17, student season-ticket holders and members of the Hawks Nest were sent an email from Athletics Director Gary Barta. In the message, the recipients were encouraged to abandon the “tradition”...

Iowa showing progress in Big Ten play

MATT CABEL January 28, 2014

Ally Disterhoft stops to autograph a basketball before she heads into the locker room before almost every game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. She’s a hometown hero for those who go to see Lisa Bluder’s...

Men’s hoops eyes biggest challenge of McCaffery Era

RYAN PROBASCO January 28, 2014

During his press conference with various members of the media Monday afternoon, fourth-year head coach Fran McCaffery seemed relaxed, determined to give the impression that today’s matchup against...

Area man allegedly found with marijuana

DI STAFF January 28, 2014

An area man has been accused of possessing marijuana. Gordon Tiernan, 25, Coralville, was charged Sunday with controlled-substance violation and disorderly conduct According to a Coralville police complaint,...

Graduate Student Senate backs Latino studies minor

MEGAN DEPPE January 28, 2014

Stacey Alex, a graduate teaching assistant in Spanish and delegate to the University of Iowa Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students, wants the UI to add a Latino Studies minor. But...

Officials propose changes to football parking

ALISON KEIM January 28, 2014

For nine Saturdays every fall, more than 70,000 fans surge into historic Kinnick Stadium. On those Saturdays, the fans also pour into the parking lots surrounding the stadium, and University of Iowa officials...

City Council considers landfill technology

DANIEL SEIDL January 28, 2014

City officials are carefully considering a new, alternative waste-management technology, which could lower the waste in the Iowa City Landfill by 80 percent. Iowa City Public Works Director Rick Fosse...

County officials consider law-enforcement renovations

DANIEL SEIDL January 28, 2014

The Johnson County Courthouse and Johnson County Jail weigh heavily on the Board of Supervisors following two failed justice-center proposals in recent years. “Just because people didn’t vote...

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