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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

Moeaki named tight end to watch

BRENDAN STILES July 30, 2009

Just days after representing the Iowa Hawkeyes at the 2009 Big Ten Football media days in Chicago, Iowa senior tight end Tony Moeaki has made the watch list for the John Mackey Award, which is presented...

New hoopster Archie a nontraditional athlete

J.T. BUGOS July 30, 2009

Iowa’s Devon Archie breaks the mold. Tons of kids across the country play numerous sports. Whether for fun or for a future, in pick-up contests or competitive leagues, they will eventually drop the...

Men’s hoops wants fans in Carver

PATRICK RAFFERTY July 30, 2009

Attendance is important to a team’s success, because it brings in revenue and gives that team an advantage when playing in familiar surroundings. With 6,370 empty seats reported for an average Iowa...

Ultimate Fighting popularity takes hold

TRAVIS VARNER July 30, 2009

The stopwatch alarm rings. UI student Dmitri Petrov approaches his opponent. He is not huge, hovering around 6 feet. Dark hair. Medium skin. He approaches his opponent, a smaller guy in a white shirt....

Labs not yet back to pre-flood normal

CLAIRE PERLMAN July 30, 2009

Despite the appearance of having returned to normal, the futuristic structure that stands on the east bank of the Iowa River known as the Iowa Advanced Technology Labs is still in the process of recovering...

UI research funds leap

ZHANRAN ZHAO July 30, 2009

UI researchers will have more money to work with in the coming year — a lot more. Officials announced Wednesday morning funding for research from external sources, which is anyone outside the UI, rose...

Mental-health insurance gaps found in Iowa

HOLLY HINES July 30, 2009

Most insurance providers will pay for a broken wrist or a tonsillectomy in Iowa. They’ll also pay for depression medication. But try to persuade them to pay for any mental-health problem not on their...

Site change aids local hepatitis research

TYLER LYON July 30, 2009

Researchers for Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, Mass., are developing a medication that could cut treatment time for hepatitis C in half. But until Wednesday, they were almost crawling over each other...

Some note different side of John Deng

ABE TEKIPPE July 30, 2009

John Deng. There aren’t many people in Iowa City who were familiar with that name prior to July 24, when Deng — after allegedly stabbing a man — was reportedly shot and killed by Johnson County...

Public, police meet to discuss shooting

SCOTT RAYNOR July 30, 2009

Motivated by frustration and memories of discrimination, broken hearts and lost friends, more than 40 citizens — including many Sudanese refugees — gathered at the Iowa City Public Library to remember...

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