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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

Elliot: Crimea winter

BEAU ELLIOT March 4, 2014

Ah, winter. I don’t know about you, but I feel most truly alive when I’m out shoveling snow for what seems like weeks at a time and the wind chill is turning my fingers and face into icicles. (It’s...

Byrd: Back to the 19th century in Ukraine

MATTHEW BYRD March 4, 2014

If you’re a history nerd such as myself, this past week has been a weird time loop back to the mid-19th century. I mean, how else can you describe an expansionist Russia invading Crimea, a majority-ethnic...

Editorial: Changing the rape culture

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 4, 2014

After a week of protests, petitions, and outrage over UI President’s Sally Mason’s comments concerning sexual assault, in which Mason implied that sexual assault was part of human nature and...

Hawkeye women move up

DI STAFF March 4, 2014

The Iowa women’s basketball team is the No. 23 team in the country following three-straight wins in the Big Ten. Since dropping its first two conference games to Indiana and Penn State, Lisa Bluder...

Men’s hoops drops to No. 24

DI STAFF March 4, 2014

The Iowa men’s basketball team (20-9, 9-7) slid four spots in the latest AP Top-25 poll after losing three-straight games in Big Ten play. Iowa’s 83-76 over Purdue was enough for pollsters to keep...

Big Ten Tournament pre-seeds announced

DI STAFF March 4, 2014

The Big Ten Tournament pre-seeds were announced on Monday. The seedings are subject to change before the tournament begins in Madison, Wis., on Saturday. Below are members of the Iowa wrestling team seeded...

Logic, Doolittle, Disterhoft earn postseason honors

DI STAFF March 4, 2014

Three members of the Iowa women’s basketball team received postseason honors, the Big Ten announced Wednesday. Junior guard Samantha Logic was named a unanimous first-team All Big Ten player by...

Young gymnast, big expectations

JORDAN HANSEN March 4, 2014

The Iowa Gym-Nest, a gymnastics business in Coralville, has produced a lot of talent in recent years, including several current Hawkeyes. It’s newest protégé? — 11-year-old Adeline Kenlin. “I’m...

Gesell turns iceman at line

RYAN PROBASCO March 4, 2014

With just 42 seconds left Sunday, Iowa — losers of three straight — clung to a 76-74 lead over Purdue. And at that juncture, the Boilermakers had a decision to make.  They could either gamble on Iowa...

Democrats eye Latham’s House seat

DI STAFF March 4, 2014

Rep. Tom Latham’s, R-Iowa retirement opens up a U.S. House seat, and Democrats are taking notice. National Democrats named former Sen. Staci Appel, D-Ackworth to a list of top candidates in the...

Local man accused of stealing car

DI STAFF March 4, 2014

Authorities have accused a local man of stealing a car from the Walgreens parking lot. Eric McDaniel, 28, was charged Monday with second-degree burglary and second-degree robbery. According to an Iowa...

Two Iowa City schools identified as low-achieving

DI STAFF March 4, 2014

Two Iowa City schools were designated Monday as Persistently Low-Achieving Schools by the Iowa Department of Education for the 2014-15 school year. Twain Elementary and Kirkwood Elementary have been identified...

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