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

For football’s Seth Olsen, the game is all about Faith

AMIE KIEHN February 19, 2009

Grace Community Church in North Liberty is not ostentatious. The dull, pale blue walls are empty of any iconic wooden crosses, paintings of the Last Supper or stained-glass windows — the one the church...

Facebook farce

LOS ANGELES TIMES February 19, 2009

Be honest. Sometime soon, you — like millions of others around the world — are going to log in to your Facebook account to announce what you’re doing, upload a few photos from your weekend escapades,...

Letter to the Editor: Help Iowa’s working families

DI READERS February 19, 2009

We have a Democratic majority in the Iowa Legislature and a Democratic governor. Yet, they’ve not passed legislation that helps working Iowa families, except a minimum-wage increase. It’s time the...

Filtered news: Taxes, promises, and nuts

NATE WHITNEY February 19, 2009

• UI Faculty Senate President Michael O’Hara spoke with the media Tuesday before a meeting of the Faculty Senate regarding options for budget cuts. “This is going to hurt,” he told the Press-Citizen. “We...

Possible cell-phone ban a drop in the bucket

DI EDITORIAL BOARD February 19, 2009

It’s a Thursday evening. You have just gotten off work, and you are making your way home on Interstate 80. You’re driving the speed limit, jamming to the latest Kanye West tune and minding your own...

Culver picks Writers’ Workshop grad Swander to be poet laureate

MEGAN DIAL February 19, 2009

From a country lifestyle of organic food and banjo music to receiving the esteemed title of Iowa poet laureate, Mary Swander has much to love about the state. Gov. Chet Culver appointed the 1976 Iowa...

Study: Minority victimization rises in recession

CASSIE VALUKAS February 19, 2009

A new study cowritten by a UI sociology professor found that minority victimization increases during times of economic recession. UI sociology Professor Karen Heimer and University of Missouri Professor...

State joins equity in sciences project

LINI GE February 19, 2009

Kristin Mirocha met some other women in a living-learning community before attending her first class freshman year at the UI — and four years later, she’s still good friends with them. Mirocha’s...

Prof finds cognition breakthrough in baboons and pigeons

GEOFF WARING February 19, 2009

That monkey at the zoo or those pigeons on the street may be a lot smarter than scientists originally believed, according to a recent study by a UI professor. Ed Wasserman, a professor of psychology,...

Naomi Klein on the value of ‘shock’

KATIE HANSON February 19, 2009

Augusto Pinochet’s violent 1970s takeover of Chile seems distinctly different from the current bank bailout, but they may in fact share a few similarities. They were both born from shocking events. Klein,...

Plan to consolidate departments causes rift

ADAM SULLIVAN February 19, 2009

Peggy Mills said it’s odd that while Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is touring Asia, UI officials are considering a plan that Mills thinks could damage the Asian and Slavic languages and literatures...

IC not following condom trend

JENNIFER DELGADO February 19, 2009

In today’s faltering economy, it’s good to be in the condom business. Researchers at the Nielsen Co., an organization that measures retail trends, found more people are purchasing prophylactics. From...

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