The Daily Iowan

Hawkeye men’s gymnastics team heads to Big Tens

JORDAN GARRETSON • April 3, 2009

The Iowa men’s gymnastics team has been striving all season long for a performance in which it fires on all cylinders. Iowa has experienced numerous highs and lows this season, from a 347.90-321.55...

Softball: Weil looks for K record

MIKE SLUSARK • April 3, 2009

Iowa senior pitcher Brittany Weil will likely break the school strikeout record this weekend against Penn State. The Garden Grove, Calif., native has 943 strikeouts in her career, just three Ks behind...

Women’s gymnastics team set for regional

EVELYN LAU • April 3, 2009

The Iowa women’s gymnastics team received an early sign of good news when head coach Larissa Libby was recently named the North Central Regional Coach of the Year. Heading into this weekend’s NCAA...

Trendspotter: “Man” as a prefix

MELEA ANDRYS • April 3, 2009

The men of America have spoken, and they demand a new language. It seems traditional nouns and syntax are not enough to fully encapsulate the surging testosterone that courses through the veins of the...

Far from the herd

CAROLINE BERG • April 3, 2009

The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle leaves the herd and joins long-time collaborator John Vanderslice in Iowa City tonight as part of the Mission Creek Festival. The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle...

All over the art scene

KELLY DIGGINS • April 3, 2009

From the music to the venue, No Age likes to experiment in more ways than one. On Saturday at 6 p.m., when No Age takes the stage at the Picador as part of Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival, the venue...

Not thinking of drying off

BRIAN DAU AND MELEA ANDRYS • April 3, 2009

Wet Hair use cassette tapes and various other electronics for a bizarre live show at the Cave of Spirits. Shawn Reed and Ryan Garbes, otherwise known as Wet Hair, first and foremost consider their act...

Saying goodbye, au revoir, tschüss to NATO

ANDREW J. BACEVICH, SPECIAL TO THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • April 3, 2009

When he visits Strasbourg, France, this week to participate in festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, President Obama should deliver a valedictory address announcing...

Gay marriage is conservative

CHRISTOPHER PATTON • April 3, 2009

By the time most people are reading this column, the Iowa Supreme Court will have announced its decision in the contentious case of Varnum v. Brien. If the court rules that the state Constitution requires...

Testing missiles, testing Obama

DI EDITORIAL BOARD • April 3, 2009

Peaceful launch of a communications satellite or a dry-run for a long-range missile designed for nuclear warheads? In as few as two days, North Korea could put an end to rampant speculation over its intentions...