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

Ponnada: The fight against HPV

SRI PONNADA February 12, 2014

People in America have had access to the HPV vaccine for around eight years now. However, data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention show that even after all these years, only one-third of...

Byrd: Don’t execute Tsarnaev

MATTHEW BYRD February 12, 2014

The best tests of stringent moral principles, the type that simply cannot be compromised, are whether those principles stand up in the most morally black-and-white situations. Because if they don’t...

Editorial: The falling minimum wage

DI EDITORIAL BOARD February 12, 2014

Iowa House Democrats introduced a bill last month that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016. The proposal closely resembles a national plan favored by many congressional Democrats,...

Hawks solid in latest rankings

DI STAFF February 12, 2014

InterMat announced Tuesday that the Iowa wrestling team stayed No. 2 in the NCAA Division-I rankings. Penn State holds the top spot, while Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State round out the top five....

Final season stretch crucial for Hawkeyes’ postseason success

JACOB SHEYKO February 12, 2014

The Iowa women’s basketball team is the only team in the Big Ten to make an NCAA Tournament appearance in each of the last six seasons. Chances are, this season they will make that seven straight....

Iowa softball adapts to indoor practice

JACK ROSSI February 12, 2014

It’s a busy time of year for Iowa’s indoor football facility. Every year the Iowa softball team find themselves sharing the building with various other sports forced indoors by the weather....

Iowa sprinter James Harrington has had quite the journey

JORDAN HANSEN February 12, 2014

James Harrington is no Dorothy, but their respective stories played out much the same way. For Harrington, his recruiting process was a whirlwind comparable to a Kansas twister. The native of Cedar Falls...

Dziewa going home

DANNY PAYNE February 12, 2014

Josh Dziewa and Mike Evans were pelted with questions about wrestling in their home state the last time No. 2 Iowa traveled to Pennsylvania. That was in December, when the Hawkeyes traveled to face Edinboro,...

Iowa posts third-consecutive sweep

JORDAN BUCHER February 12, 2014

The Iowa men’s tennis team posted yet another sweep on Tuesday against Missouri-Kansas City, the Hawks’ latest victim in the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex. The Hawkeyes opened the...

Local man allegedly stole items from Hawks Ridge

DI STAFF February 12, 2014

A local man has been accused of stealing cleaning supplies from Hawks Ridge. Alexander Plasa, 20, was charged on Feb. 5 with third-degree burglary, second-degree theft, and third-degree theft. According...

MLK Day will be a holiday next year

DI STAFF February 12, 2014

Among the 2014-15 Calendar report, School Board members announced Martin Luther King Jr. Day will return to a holiday next year. After deciding to hold classes on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year,...

Twain Elementary moving along as expected

DI STAFF February 12, 2014

The plans for renovations on Twain Elementary are moving forward as planned, officials said at Tuesdays School Board meeting. Board member Chris Lynch presented the next steps for approval by the board...

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