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

Lee: Inclusive media isn’t enough

ASHLEY LEE March 28, 2014

A Time article published this week says the “post-racial revolution will be televised,” that the increase in multicultural representation gives audiences the ability to see minorities in influential...

Overton: Morality without religion

JON OVERTON March 28, 2014

It’s hard to imagine a world without religion. Belief in a higher power seems borderline universal, though the exact content and shape of religious thought varies dramatically. The Pew Research...

Tilly: Let Girls into the UI

ZACH TILLY March 28, 2014

The third-season finale of “Girls” ended with Lena Dunham’s Hannah weighing a move to Iowa City, having been accepted earlier in the episode to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, a potentially...

Softball takes on Wisconsin

DI STAFF March 28, 2014

Iowa softball continues conference play in Madison, Wis. The Hawkeyes will travel to Madison this weekend for a three-game series against the Badgers at the Irwin Goodman Softball Complex. Iowa (7-14)...

Baseball preps for Michigan

DI STAFF March 28, 2014

The Iowa baseball team will head to Ann Arbor this weekend for a three-game series with Michigan. The Hawks hold a 14-7 overall record for the season, including a 2-1 mark in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes...

Decision pays dividends for Dierckx

JORDAN BUCHER March 28, 2014

The house would rumble and markings were left on the wall where Jonas Dierckx spent countless evenings as a kid hitting a tennis ball against the side of his house in Lommel, Belgium. Dierckx continued...

Women’s tennis to take on 15th ranked Michigan at home

ALEC CLASEN March 28, 2014

The Iowa women’s tennis team will take on the 15th-ranked Michigan Wolverines at 3 p.m. at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Center. Michigan is arguably the toughest opponent Iowa has faced so...

Men’s track heads to Arizona

JORDAN HANSEN March 28, 2014

Today marks the first outdoor meet of the year for the Iowa men’s track and field squad, despite the less than ideal conditions outside. The Hawkeyes will escape the rainy confines of Iowa City...

Men head for Big Tens

JACK ROSSI March 28, 2014

The men’s gymnastics regular season is over, and Big Ten Championships are set to begin today in Lincoln, Neb. Competition at the Big Ten tournament will be fierce. The Big Ten has continued to...

Commentary: Free to fly away

RYAN PROBASCO March 28, 2014

As soon as heavy underdogs Stanford and Mercer presumably ended the college careers of Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker, everyone with a keyboard and a Twitter account took to social media to disclose...

The game that turned it around

KEVIN GLUECK March 28, 2014

The Iowa men’s basketball team had a disappointing end to the 2013-14 season, falling in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. However, the team’s trip back to the Big Dance for the first...

Archaeology bug bites city

IAN MURPHY March 28, 2014

Johnson County is home to an impressive array of archaeological sites, more than any other area in Iowa, according to an expert. Bill Whittaker, a project archaeologist in the Office of the State Archaeologist,...

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