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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

Lane: The age of adulthood

JOE LANE March 14, 2014

I’ll never forget the day after I got my driver’s permit. I started to pull out of the parking lot after baseball practice and, as I did, I lightly bumped the curb of the median between the...

Lee: We, too, are Iowa

ASHLEY LEE March 14, 2014

Historically, activism has had a significant role in shaping public policy. There’s greatness in numbers, even more when students mobilize themselves. We’ve seen this recently with columns...

Editorial: Graduation rates rising

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 14, 2014

The four-year graduation rate at the University of Iowa has crept up to 51.1 percent for the class that entered the UI in 2009, according to a report from the state Board of Regents presented at the regents’...

Softball travels to Texas

DI STAFF March 14, 2014

Fresh off the Iowa softball team’s bye week, head coach Marla Looper will go back to the place she once called home. The three-game series against the Longhorns will be the team’s  first game...

GymHawks set to compete in the Big Ten Quad Meet

JORDAN BUCHER March 14, 2014

The Iowa women’s gymnastics team (1-9, 0-4) will compete in its first Big Ten Quad Meet on Saturday — a new addition to the schedule this year. Each Big Ten team will compete in one of two meets....

Iowa triple jumper set to compete in NCAA Championships in New Mexico

JORDAN HANSEN March 14, 2014

As the NCAA track indoor championships get set to begin in Albuquerque, N.M., one Hawkeye will once again be thrust into the spotlight. Sophomore Klyvens Delauny is the only Hawkeye who qualified for...

Men’s gymnastics finds new ways to connect with fans

JACK ROSSI March 14, 2014

The Iowa men’s gymnastics team is trying out new ways to reach out its audience, and the most recent idea involves Go Pro cameras and Twitter. “We’re just trying to get the audience...

K-State sweep serves as wake-up call

RYAN RODRIGUEZ March 14, 2014

Last weekend, the Iowa baseball team went into a three-game series against Kansas State sitting comfortably at 9-1, its best start in more than 70 years.  It wasn’t enough. The Black and Gold...

Wooldrik back in town

RYAN RODRIGUEZ March 14, 2014

As an outfielder for the Hawkeyes from 2003-07, Matt Wooldrik started 44 games his senior season, hitting .323 with 22 runs and 22 RBIs. Now, in his first year as director of baseball operations,...

Hawkeyes bounced from Big Ten Tournament by Northwestern

JACOB SHEYKO March 14, 2014

INDIANAPOLIS — Before the Big Ten Tournament, doubt had begun to creep into the minds of Iowa men’s basketball fans. They no longer saw a team that could make a deep tournament run; instead,...

The case of the disappearing Hawks

RYAN PROBASCO March 14, 2014

INDIANAPOLIS — “What the hell just happened here?” Roy Marble Sr. said puzzled as his son’s Hawkeyes fled the floor following their demoralizing 67-62 loss to Northwestern in the...

Group presents benefits of meditation

IAN MURPHY March 14, 2014

Keeping refreshed during midterms is a near impossible task for students, and one local group is offering a way to help students reinvigorate themselves. “As students, we go from one thing to the...

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