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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

A festival of eating, too

DI STAFF July 2, 2015

With the Iowa City Jazz Festival and fireworks drawing crowds for the Fourth of July, attendees can look to downtown restaurants to get their classic American picnic food fixes on special. If you’re...

Drink of the week: Iowa Sunset

DI STAFF July 2, 2015

It’s the beginning of July, and people across the country are celebrating this holiday weekend on a beach somewhere. For those of us who aren’t lucky enough to be watching the sunset on sand, I give...

Fourth of July Playlist

Celebrate the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave with tunes that will make you proud to be an American. Here’s a perfect mix of classics with a modern flair to get you ready to celebrate...

’76 Trombones’ on the Fourth

ALEC GLUESING July 2, 2015

Picture Show: The Music Man, FilmScene, 10 a.m. Fourth of July Directed by Morton DaCosta Admission: $2.50 Kids (and parents) may need a breather after the Picture Show’s spine-tingling...

Music from the heart of heartbreak

ALEC GLUESING July 2, 2015

Show Preview: Holy Broke, Mill, 8 p.m. today Admission: $8, 19-plus after 10 p.m. Kent Ueland plays music as one might expect to hear it at the Mill: country-tinged acoustic chords, with...

Breaking boundaries, in prison

VICTORIA VAUGHN July 2, 2015

‘Orange is the New Black’ reflects major changes on TV.  Written by a woman, directed by a woman, and placing women at the center of the story — a TV show with these characteristics...

Taking it from the top

VICTORIA VAUGHN July 2, 2015

The 25th-Annual Iowa City Jazz Festival celebrates history and change. There was a time when jazz was not received with a warm welcome. During the 1920s, some blamed it for supporting integration, endangering...

Letters to the Editor/Online Comments

DI READERS July 2, 2015

Kudos to an important quartet With all of the big news occurring in the world, from political instability on faraway shores to earthquakes in the most unlikely of places — Oklahoma comes to mind —...

Jarvill: Fairness for students

SAM JARVILL July 2, 2015

The University of Iowa is the most iconic thing about Iowa City. Without the university, there would not be nearly as many amenities in the community, or people, and forms of entertainment would not be...

Editorial: Columbia right on private prisons

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 2, 2015

On June 22, the Columbia University Board of Trustees voted to divest from two companies: G4S, one of the largest private security firms in the world, and Corrections Corp. of America, the largest for-profit...

Prime Time highlights firepower

KYLE MANN July 2, 2015

The Prime Time League is off to an exciting start this summer, and tonight, the players will try to keep the momentum going with a worthy follow-up to last week’s action. Several of Prime Time’s...

Unkrich’s squad notches 1st win

RAPHAEL GELFAND July 2, 2015

Bethany Doolittle’s Comfort Care /Pelling and Brendan Unkrich’s McCurry’s/BlendCard battled it out in Game Time League action on Wednesday —each searching for its first victory of the...

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