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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

Drink of the Week: Texas Frozen Sangria Swirl

DI STAFF October 23, 2014

As a blossoming wino, I'm always looking for ways to incorporate wine into a more familiar, sweeter package.  The Texas Frozen Sangria Swirl — crafted at Cheddar's restaurant out by the Coralville...

Review: Walking Dead 2

CONOR MCBRIEN October 23, 2014

You're a little girl, and zombies and crazy people want to kill you. The complete second season of Telltale's The Walking Dead game series has just been released at retail this past week, after being...

Des Moines Marathon: ‘Worst Parade Ever’

ADAM GROMOTKA October 23, 2014

The mob came trotting by. The perfect excuse to close down some 30 streets on a Sunday morning, the IMT Des Moines Marathon (shorthand for an event featuring a full and half marathon, 5K, and kids’...

Iowa Review to host annual reading

ISAAC HAMLET October 23, 2014

When University of Iowa student and staff editors select pieces of writing to publish in The Iowa Review, almost anything goes. “Something [The IowaReview] offered that was really nice was flexibility,...

Mayday Parade sells out Blue Moose

DI STAFF October 23, 2014

Mayday Parade will take the stage at Blue Moose, 211 Iowa, at 6 p.m. Saturday. The alternative rock/punk band — which rose to fame in the early 2000s — was last in Iowa City in 2011, also at Blue Moose....

Rocky Horror Picture Show rocks the Englert

DEVYN YOUNG October 23, 2014

If December is characterized by Christmas music, the "Time Warp," "Sweet Transvestite," and "Science Fiction/Double Feature" are the anthems of October — at least for one...

Americana from Down Under

CLAIRE DIETZ October 23, 2014

Australian singer/songwriter Lucie Thorne spent six weeks jumping among Romania, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and other parts of Europe, before deciding to take her Americana sound to, well, America. "Once...

Open Screen Night to feature horror shorts

JASMINE PUTNEY October 23, 2014

All is calm. The screen is filled with a bright blue sky, clouds drifting across it. The audience members sit in eerie silence as the sky begins to darken. The camera shakes as the wind picks up speed....

UI Museums recreate ‘Frozen’ and fantasy tales

MADDIE CLOUGH October 23, 2014

Halloween will undoubtedly be an excuse for University of Iowa students to don Nicki Minaj spandex, Orange is the New Black scrubs, or Ebola HAZMAT suits — speculated to be the most popular costume this...

Gabe’s celebrates 40 years of rock

ASHLEY MURPHY October 23, 2014

"Here we are now; entertain us." These familiar lyrics likely conjure an image of either a guitar player with long, dirty blond hair or a yellow smiley face with a dangling tongue and Xs for...

Richson: Walking alone shouldn’t be a gamble

BRIANNE RICHSON October 23, 2014

In a story reminiscent of every parent’s worst nightmare, University of Virginia student Hannah Graham has been missing since the second weekend of September, a time that should have been filled with...

Lane: What does it mean to be "well-rounded?"

JOE LANE October 23, 2014

After three semesters of taking almost exclusively required general-education classes, I am finally approaching a point in my college education in which my schedule is starting to look more like the business...

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