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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

Elliot: Beau Talks; Kombucha nation

BEAU ELLIOT October 28, 2014

A screaming comes across the sky like Pynchon‘s rockets and into the dimly lit consciousness of the email universe at dawn. It’s a headline:  “Study: Fear of Ebola Highest Among...

Cervantes: In school shootings, lockdowns don’t work

CHRISTOPHER CERVANTES October 28, 2014

All people have something that they are afraid of. For some the fear is spiders. For others, it is clowns. There are, however, certain nightmares that are almost universal in their audience. One such fear...

Endorsement: Send Bruce Braley to the Senate

DI EDITORIAL BOARD October 28, 2014

With the November Senate election approaching, the race is still tight. Republican Joni Ernst and Democrat Bruce Braley have battled each other for an edge the last few months. The most recent RealClearPolitics...

Iowa to kick off at Minnesota at 11 a.m.

DI STAFF October 28, 2014

The Iowa football team will play its next two games shortly after 11 a.m. The first will be against Northwestern in Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, followed by the contest at Minnesota on Nov. 8. The Big...

Holmgren reaches goal

NICK VITTORE October 28, 2014

Freshman golfer Jack Holmgren has long anticipated playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Throughout his time being home-schooled and his time attending high school, he envisioned donning Black and Gold. On Oct....

Lightning delays and heat do not faze the Hawkeyes

NICK VITTORE October 28, 2014

It was a late Saturday night in mid-October. The Iowa men’s golf team had traveled nearly 1,000 miles to play 36 holes on the first day of the Rod Myers Invitational in Durham, North Carolina, followed...

Good eats, better meets

IAN MURPHY October 28, 2014

The poster man of swimming, Michael Phelps, eats in the area of 12,000 calories per day when he is training. But Phelps, along with other swimmers, including the Iowa men’s swimming team, do more...

The Box Score: Spearman’s production and replacement

DANNY PAYNE October 28, 2014

Early in the morning of Oct. 25, Iowa weak-side linebacker Reggie Spearman was arrested and charged with OWI. As a result, head coach Kirk Ferentz suspended the sophomore for a minimum of one game and...

Student voter turnout expected to remain low

JORDYN REILAND October 28, 2014

As Election Day is just a week away, officials say it’ll be another year in which students stay home instead of heading to the polls. Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert said a lack of interest,...

Regents approve public health research institute

AARON WALKER October 28, 2014

The University of Iowa is dedicating funding for a new institute for public-health research and policy, designed to create a smoother transition from research to policy. Last week, the state Board of...

UI student wins national scholarship

ALYSSA GUZMAN October 28, 2014

Through starting his own nonprofit bicycle shop to being an inner-city middle-school teacher working with low-income children in Florida, University of Iowa M.B.A. graduate student Julian Valencia has...

Leaders discuss affordable housing

NICHOLAS MOFFITT October 28, 2014

Community identification cards were at the forefront of a joint meeting among local Johnson County municipalities in North Liberty on Monday. Johnson County Supervisor Janelle Rettig said during the meeting...

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