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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

Brown: Blinded by the past

MARCUS VINCENT BROWN April 22, 2015

The once frigid relations shared between Cuba and the United States has warmed considerably with conversations between President Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro, joint medical research, and removal...

Evanson: Part time mailman, full time patriot

KEITH EVANSON April 22, 2015

A mailman landed a gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn. Doug Hughes had a mission. His mission, done purely through activism to the highest extreme, was a failure. Why it was not successful is due in large...

Dugan: Private water, public crisis

JACK DUGAN April 22, 2015

The California water crises has been saturating the news recently with Gov. Jerry Brown mandating a 25 percent urban water cutback statewide. This ordeal has prompted scrutiny of California’s water-consuming...

Editorial: The return of bipartisanship?

DI EDITORIAL BOARD April 22, 2015

The Senate has reached a compromise on an anti-human-trafficking bill and the confirmation of President Obama’’s nominee for attorney general, Loretta Lynch.  This is some of the most promising...

Hicks: Hawks have work to do

JOSH HICKS April 22, 2015

Despite a wealth of seniors, including players at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles spots, the Iowa women’s tennis team ended the year at just 2-9 in conference play and will have to make do next year with...

Digital inspiration for tracksters

COURTNEY BAUMANN April 22, 2015

Per Sunday tradition, Hawkeye track and field distance coach Layne Anderson sent out an email blast to all of his athletes. This week’s opened with a mountainous landscape captioned, “The only...

Softball hopes to show ’em

JORDAN HANSEN April 22, 2015

A year after shockingly sweeping then-No. 13 Missouri, the Iowa softball team will again try to pull off an upset tonight in Columbia, Missouri. Missouri (31-10, 11-7 SEC) is ranked No. 20 this season...

Hawkeyes rich in catchers

IAN MURPHY April 22, 2015

While last season’s primary catcher, Jimmy Frankos, is slowly getting more playing time, the role of behind the plate has been passed between freshman Austin Guzzo and junior Daniel Aaron Moriel. Early...

Mallett headed for world stage

MARIO WILLIAMS April 22, 2015

While in high school, Iowa hurdler and sprinter Aaron Mallett got a passport in hopes of competing at the US Junior World Championships. He never got to use the passport — until now. On July 3-14,...

Coralville man was charged with possession of marijuana and firearms

DI STAFF April 22, 2015

Authorities have accused a Coralville man of possessing marijuana and firearms. Dwain Feijo, 48, was charged with controlled-substance violation and failure to affix drug stamp on March 30. According...

AIB closure looms

DI STAFF April 22, 2015

AIB’s last athletics season is drawing to a close. The Des Moines business college is taking an inventory athletics equipment to figure out what will be sold or donated, according to a press release....

Avian Flu not expected to spread in Iowa

NICK MOFFIT April 22, 2015

The meat, eggs, and other products from millions of Iowa poultry infected with the H5N2 avian influenza won’t make it to the dinner table, but that’s not the only problem two infected farms...

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