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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: It’s all Obama’s fault

BEAU ELLIOT March 11, 2014

Some big news broke last week, and it left most of us slack-jawed. (Those of us without jawbones, anyway.) No, not Ukraine. (Ukraine, I kraine, we all kraine for Ukraine.) Vladimir Putin’s invasion...

Tilly: How to boost Iowa tourism

ZACH TILLY March 11, 2014

Gov. Terry Branstad trotted out a new tourism plan on Monday, which will include a $1.5 million ad campaign to promote Iowa in neighboring TV markets — Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Kansas City, and...

Editorial: Iowans agree on legislative goals

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 11, 2014

According to a recent poll conducted by the Des Moines Register, Iowans have surprisingly clear attitudes on many of the issues that could be weighed by the Iowa Legislature this year, indicating that...

Five Hawkeyes and ex-Hawks to compete internationally

DI STAFF March 11, 2014

Two members of the 2013 Big Ten Tournament runner-up Iowa field-hockey team will compete in the USA-Canada series this week. Freshman Stephanie Norlander and senior Karli Johansen will be members of...

Marble, White earn All-Big Ten honors

DI STAFF March 11, 2014

Iowa senior guard Devyn Marble was named first-team All-Big Ten Monday. Marble, a native of Southfield, Mich., has averaged 17 points, 3.5 assists, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.8 steals through 31 games this...

Track and field seniors embark on a final season together

KATRINA DO March 11, 2014

The classic freshman-year roommate horror story is one that seniors Ashlyn Gulvas and Jasmine Simpson will never be able to tell. When the pair was randomly assigned to live together five years ago, they...

Hawkeyes’ bench crucial for future success

JACOB SHEYKO March 11, 2014

With 9:39 remaining in the first half of the Iowa women basketball’s loss to Nebraska on Sunday, senior Theairra Taylor picked up her third foul. Twelve seconds later, junior Bethany Doolittle...

How ‘True Detective’ explains Iowa basketball

ZACH TILLY March 11, 2014

The first season of HBO’s pitch-dark serial-killer anthology “True Detective” tied up a few of its loose ends in its Sunday night finale, though its creator Nic Pizzolatto insisted from...

Winning becomes habitual

RYAN RODRIGUEZ March 11, 2014

Scott Brickman has a habit of winning. In his 15-plus seasons of coaching college baseball, he has helped lead almost a half dozen programs to winning seasons, many of which went on to impressive postseason...

The case for Brody Grothus

CODY GOODWIN March 11, 2014

When Brody Grothus opened his Big Ten tournament with a second-period pin in Madison this past weekend, the Black and Gold contingent in the Kohl Center stood in applause. Grothus, the fourth 149-pounder...

Woman faces endangerment, drug charges

DI STAFF March 11, 2014

Authorities have accused a local woman of keeping meth and marijuana in areas within her 6-year-old son’s reach. Caryn Freeman, 27, was charged Sunday with possession of a controlled substance, child...

Skorton to head Smithsonian

DI STAFF March 11, 2014

A former University of Iowa president has been named the secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. Skorton will replace the current secretary Wayne Clough, who will retire. The Smithsonian consists of...

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