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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

Osgerby: London, a retrospective look

PAUL OSGERBY December 8, 2014

One of the first things I heard upon arriving to London was more than 300 different languages are commonly spoken each day in Britain’s capital. New York City is the only other city in the world...

Cervantes: Love thy murderer

CHRIS CERVANTES December 8, 2014

There are some stories out in the airways that will always cause viewers/listeners to scratch their heads and ponder why — as in, why is this even happening? I’m not talking about truly horrific...

Editorial: Transparency at the local level

DI EDITORIAL BOARD December 8, 2014

Iowa City celebrated its 175th birthday this past weekend: The party included horse-drawn carriage rides, fireworks, and other celebratory activities. Iowa City certainly deserves praise; it was ranked...

Hawkeyes take temperature at intrasquad meet

Iowa director of track and field Joey Woody planned on seeing big performances from his athletes at the Black and Gold meet on Dec. 7. He was not disappointed. The Gold squad won with 80 points, while...

Women’s gymnastics struggles at Black and Gold

CHARLIE GREEN December 8, 2014

The women’s gymnastics team left its Black and Gold Intrasquad matchup Dec. 6 with questions surrounding the team’s performance. “I think we have a lot more potential than where we are...

Black edges Gold in men’s gymnastics intrasquad bout

CHARLIE GREEN December 8, 2014

The Iowa men’s gymnastics team split up for the Black and Gold intrasquad bout Dec. 6, and the Black team won, 253.55 to 251.40. “They did a really good job,” head coach JD Reive said....

Iowa women’s swim takes first

SHELBY STITES December 8, 2014

Sports can be calculated as a game of steps and inches, but as for swimming, it remains the competition of seconds. Seconds set Hawkeye swimmers apart this past weekend from personal best times to school...

Iowa wins in final event

IAN MURPHY December 8, 2014

Grant Betulius, a senior and the team captain, looked his 400-freestyle relay teammates in the eye and had a simple message. He told them they weren’t losing the relay, and they were going to win...

Jok gets things going against Maryland-Baltimore County

DANNY PAYNE December 8, 2014

Ahead of Iowa’s matchup with North Carolina, head coach Fran McCaffery had a message for Peter Jok: simplify and don’t press. Up to that point, the sophomore had shot 7-of-24 from the field...

Midweights show depth, still raw

JORDAN HANSEN December 8, 2014

When the dust settled in a 37-0 Iowa win over Michigan State on Dec. 6, the Hawkeyes unsurprisingly had winners at 141, 149, and 157. Thing is, none of the grapplers who wrestled at those weights competed...

Hawkeyes drop Colorado, 78-63

KYLE MANN December 8, 2014

The Iowa women’s basketball team bounced back from a tough loss to Louisville last week to avenge a loss from last year, defeating Colorado, 78-63, on Sunday. Bethany Doolittle scored the first...

Iowa finds a way to beat Colorado

RYAN RODRIGUEZ December 8, 2014

In October, during Big Ten media day in Chicago, Lisa Bluder talked about how her team was probably never going to win any tight defensive battles. At the time, it didn’t seem like an unreasonable...

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