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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: Quantum nonsense

BEAU ELLIOT January 20, 2015

Sometimes, you find a sense of where to go that’s not vertigo. Although, according to AP, the top 1 percent of the wealthiest of the world’s population own more than 50 percent of the world’s...

Cervantes: Paris and the Pope

CHRIS CERVANTES January 20, 2015

A simple fact of life is that people can hold a lot of anger in them. Anger is fuel that can turn a spark of unhappiness into a cataclysmic inferno that will consume the lives of every individual unfortunate...

Prall: Is Ernst the new Palin?

JACOB PRALL January 20, 2015

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will deliver the GOP response to tonight’s State of the Union Address. The nod from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., places her once more in the national spotlight,...

Lane: Bring ride-sharing to Iowa City

JOE LANE January 20, 2015

I’ll never forget my first cab ride in college. I don’t often take taxis in Iowa City because nearly everything I need is a short walk or free Cambus ride away. However, last year, as our first semester...

Editorial: Searching for the next UI President

DI EDITORIAL BOARD January 20, 2015

Toward the tail end of the university’s winter break, UI President Sally Mason announced that she will step down from the position on Aug. 1. Mason was hired in 2007 by the state Board of Regents,...

Women’s gymnastics finishes second

DI STAFF January 20, 2015

On Sunday, at the Iowa women’s gymnastics team finished second with a score of 194.425 at its home-opener against Michigan State and Ball State. The No. 22 Spartans took the title with a score of 195.625. The...

Women’s swimming and diving competes over break

SHELBY STITES January 20, 2015

Competition is used to determine wins and loses, rankings and power; for the Hawkeyes, the competition that occurred during break allowed them to push to do better and start competing among themselves,...

Iowa finishes fourth at Windy City Invitational

CHARLIE GREEN January 20, 2015

Iowa men’s gymnastics opened its season Jan. 17 with a fourth-place finish at the Windy City Invitational in Chicago. Illinois won the meet, while Big Ten powers Ohio State and Michigan rounded out...

Iowa women’s hoops coming back from successful break

RYAN RODRIGUEZ January 20, 2015

The Iowa women’s basketball team did everything but take a break over winter vacation. The past four weeks has been more than just a little bit eventful for the Black and Gold, with the start of Big...

Hawkeyes hit the long pool over long break

IAN MURPHY January 20, 2015

Every winter, the bulkheads in the middle of the pool in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center are pushed back, turning two pools into one and more than doubling the length of the pool. Moving...

Wrestling is perfect, but not

CODY GOODWIN January 20, 2015

Tom Brands knew he’d get fined if he answered the question honestly after top-ranked Iowa beat sixth-ranked Illinois, 25-12, on Jan. 16. His team won seven of 10 bouts in the dual, but Brands was...

Iowa, Northern Iowa, Iowa State ranked

DANNY PAYNE January 20, 2015

For the first time ever, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, and Iowa are all ranked in the AP Top-25 poll for Division-I men’s college basketball. That is not a typo. The latest edition of the weekly poll was...

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