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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: A new type of tampering in Cuba

JOE LANE April 11, 2014

For quite some time now, the United States and Cuba have had, to put it lightly, a complicated political relationship. U.S.-Cubanties were further complicated by the United States’ latest attempt...

Overton: U.S. weaning off gas

JON OVERTON April 11, 2014

Popular culture has a weird fetish for horrific disasters that destroy civilization. Whether it be death by the Yellowstone super-volcano, killer asteroids, a robot uprising, a nuclear holocaust, or climate...

Editorial: Horror of genocide lingers

DI EDITORIAL BOARD April 11, 2014

One hundred days. That’s all the time it took to murder more than 800,000 people. This blitz of human suffering, the Rwandan genocide, shocked the world not only with the body count but also with the...

Softball heads to Lincoln

DI STAFF April 11, 2014

The Hawkeyes hit the road for the first time since March 30 to take on Nebraska for a three-game series. Iowa (10-20) is coming off a double-header against No.14 Minnesota on Wednesday in which it was...

Men’s golf hosts annual Invitational

DI STAFF April 11, 2014

The Iowa men’s golf team will host the 21st-annual Hawkeye-Great River Entertainment Invitational this weekend at Finkbine Golf Course. The 54-hole tournament will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday with a shotgun...

Iowa to host No. 11 Illinois

DI STAFF April 11, 2014

The Iowa men’s tennis team (9-10, 1-6) will host No. 11 Illinois at 3 p.m. today at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex. The Hawkeyes are coming off of a tough 4-3 loss to No. 62 Nebraska on...

Track preps for crucial stretch

KATRINA DO AND JORDAN HANSEN April 11, 2014

As the Iowa track team heads into the last half of the season, the opportunity for it to start a critical stretch off right begins this weekend at the Illinois Twilight meet. This weekend features a meet...

Big Ten Notebook: East Division spring update

DANNY PAYNE April 11, 2014

While Iowa incumbent starting quarterback Jake Rudock is in a battle to regain his starting spot with sophomore C.J. Beathard breathing down his neck, the Big Ten East Division has a few quarterback controversies...

Hawkeyes hope to carry momentum into Northwestern series

JACOB SHEYKO April 11, 2014

While the Iowa baseball team is coming off of two wins against Kansas earlier this week, the Hawkeyes have not won a Big Ten contest since March 28. However, the Hawkeyes hope that their return to...

Three things to watch at Iowa’s spring football practice

CODY GOODWIN April 11, 2014

Kirk Ferentz and Company, for the second-consecutive spring, will travel to West Des Moines to conduct a practice at Valley Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Ferentz said on March 26 that he was excited to...

Supervisors award grants

DI STAFF April 11, 2014

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors awarded 31 block grants totaling $1.4 million on Thursday. The top three services awarded grants under Social Services Block Grants included MECCA prevention and...

Brotherhood of new chocolate

ALEKSANDRA VUJICIC April 11, 2014

Squares of pure, dark chocolate sat on plates lining Shambaugh Auditorium, with members of the public daintily sampling the slightly bitter yet sweet hunks of handcrafted dessert, courtesy of the Mast...

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