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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

The complexity of art and Legos

BARRETT SONN June 24, 2014

On June 17, The Lego Movie and The Grand Budapest Hotel were released on DVD and Blu-ray for pop-culture consumers to enjoy. A few days before that, an amazing video went viral, showing a team of nine...

Love in the time of flat-earthers

BEAU ELLIOT June 24, 2014

In these racially torn times — but, of course, there’s only one race, and we are all daughters and sons of Africa. (Well, you have to back a ways for most of us. But then, the human race goes...

Editorial: Going green involves more than tax credits

DI EDITORIAL BOARD June 24, 2014

This past weekend, while touring a solar array in Davenport, Sen. Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, noted that tax credits passed by the Iowa Legislature resulted in increased economic activity for the state,...

Jordan triumphs in Ohio

DI STAFF June 24, 2014

Iowa junior Jessie Jordan won the 81st Dayton Women’s Amateur Championship in Bellbrook, Ohio, on June 21. In the championship match, Jordan defeated her opponent by a score of 5 & 4 after...

Iowa picks Carlson to head volleyball operations

DI STAFF June 24, 2014

Iowa volleyball head coach Bond Shymansky announced Monday that Danielle Carlson has been appointed as the Iowa volleyball program’s director of operations. Carlson played volleyball for Shymansky...

Scherff, Davis recognized by Athlon Sports

DI STAFF June 24, 2014

Athlon Sports named Iowa football seniors Brandon Scherff and Carl Davis to its preseason All-America football teams on Monday. Scherff was named a second-team offensive tackle, and Davis was named a...

The Daily Iowan’s NBA mock draft

DI STAFF June 24, 2014

DI staffers Charles Green, Will McDavid, and Kyle Mann predict the lottery selections of Thursday night’s NBA draft. 1. Cleveland Cavaliers: Andrew Wiggins (Swing, Kansas) Mann: Wiggins is the...

McDonough adds to impressive résumé

DANNY PAYNE June 24, 2014

I know Iowa wrestling fans do not doubt what Matt McDonough can do at this point, but do other people around the country? I’m asking this rhetorically, of course, but if there is any doubt, it shouldn’t...

Flexibility Marble’s forte

KYLE MANN June 24, 2014

The NBA draft is Thursday, and for the first time in almost a decade, Hawkeye fans will almost have a reason to tune in. Devyn Marble has been training rigorously since the regular season ended in March...

Connor McCaffery turning heads

KYLE MANN June 24, 2014

The Hawkeye State has never exactly been a hot bed of basketball talent, but recently, with names such as Harrison Barnes, Marcus Paige, and Adam Woodbury receiving national attention while in high school,...

UI grad publishes book

PAUL OSGERBY June 24, 2014

Long nights and sweaty car rides for 45 days on the road have culminated in a new memoir for recent University of Iowa graduate Hunter Sharpless. “It’s a painful coming-of-age story,”...

Experts react to possible Iraq airstrike

TING XUAN TAN June 24, 2014

When Yasir Mohsin completed a master’s program at the University of Iowa this spring and returned to his home in Iraq, he entered a difficult situation. “It’s a little complicated, and...

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