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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

Punk lives at the Mill

ALEC GLUESING July 30, 2015

Screaming Females, with Vacation, Lipstick Homicide Rockers from New Jersey, Ohio, and Iowa will shake the rafters at the Mill on Aug. 2 in a three-act punk freakout.  Screaming Females...

20 from town, no frowns

ISABELLE ROBLES July 30, 2015

I love going out to eat, but I find myself cycling through an Iowa City restaurant rotation week after week. After probably having all menu items at my downtown favorites, I realized I needed to branch...

Hairy Murder

VICTORIA VAUGHN July 30, 2015

Around this time last year, actor Mike Long and director Bryan Garey began working on a relatively new theater piece for the Heritage Theater Festival in Virginia. Though new to them, the comedy had received...

Online comments

DI READERS July 30, 2015

On Sanchez: More guns, more problems More guns does sound a bit like making things better for all, by more money to Donald Trump, who says he has taken in 10 billion bucks and wants to be president for...

Lane: Living in the 21st-century civil-rights movement

JOE LANE July 30, 2015

It is, as it turns out, 1960. More than 40 years removed from the heart of the American Civil Rights Movement, the United States is back in the thick of racial tension. On July 19, 2013, President Obama...

Jarvill: $10.10 must be the standard

SAM JARVILL July 30, 2015

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about Johnson County raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. This is a step that is going to set course for our community to progress in the right direction —...

Editorial: De-humanizing immigrant children by detaining them

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 30, 2015

In a globalized world, everything fluid in a nation seems to ebb and flow through its borders, connected through trade, culture, information, and conflict. Everything but human beings, it seems. Immigrants...

Davis, Gustafson shine in championship

BRENT GRIFFITHS July 30, 2015

NORTH LIBERTY — Beat the Bookstore/Wesport coach Kay DiLeo was away on vacation for her team’s appearance in the Game Time League title game on Wednesday. But after observing the first quarter,...

Football circus comes to town

CHARLIE GREEN July 30, 2015

Big Ten media days are the first opportunity for the public to catch up with Big Ten football, and Iowa fans likely have some, if not many,questions No Scherff, no problem? The success of Iowa football,...

Traveling through time, via food

ALLIE BISCUPSKI July 30, 2015

Contrary to classic science fiction films, a time machine isn’t needed in step into the past. Just stopping by a Historic Foodies meeting is enough to be taken to another era through food. The...

Wind whipping through Iowa

ALISON CASSITY July 30, 2015

Fly along those Midwestern winds because the Department of Energy estimates that Iowa’s wind-energy use is set to rise to 40 percent by 2020, helping Iowa with its already impressive status as one...

Disproportionate Minority Contact Committee hosts forum to discuss race

ALISON CASSITY July 30, 2015

On the heels of a viral video between an African-American teen and an Iowa City police officer, Iowa City residents gathered to talk about racial disparity in Johnson County and how citizens can make a...

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