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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

Goff 5K memorializes former UI professor

IAN MARTIN October 5, 2009

While most students were sleeping in following a football game, the adults were out running. A group of 15 people, the majority over 30 years old, were at the Ashton Cross-Country Course Sunday morning...

Soccer loses heartbreaker

ROBBIE LEHMAN October 5, 2009

In its one and only Big Ten Network-televised match, the Iowa soccer team made sure to give fans and viewers their money’s worth. However, the Hawkeyes (8-4, 0-2) couldn’t get a win, falling to Wisconsin...

Field hockey hangs on

JORDAN GARRETSON October 5, 2009

Just like the Iowa field-hockey team’s 2-1 loss to Indiana on Oct. 2, the Hawkeyes fell into a 1-0 hole fewer than four minutes into their game on Sunday. But unlike the contest against the Hoosiers,...

Stanzi continues to win

BRENDAN STILES October 5, 2009

“Resilient” may not be the word Ricky Stanzi would use to describe himself as a quarterback. But that just might be the best way to summarize what he has done since becoming the Hawkeyes’ signal-caller...

Women’s tennis coach Greenan leaves UI

PATRICK RAFFERTY October 5, 2009

Iowa women’s head coach Daryl Greenan has accepted a job at Mississippi State University effective immediately. Greenan, who previously coached at the University of Mississippi for Women, was entering...

Art workshops for kids

DI STAFF October 5, 2009

The art-education area of the UI will hold Saturday art workshops for children ages 5 to 13 starting Oct. 10. One available workshop, Fashion Runway Design Ranch, allows students to create projects with...

UI gets NIH grant

DI STAFF October 5, 2009

The UI will receive approximately $2.6 million in National Institutes of Health funding for biomedical research, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, recently announced. Funding is provided through the American Recovery...

Labyrinth Days begin

DI STAFF October 5, 2009

Labyrinth Days for the 2009-10 school year began at Old Brick on Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. The events will continue at the same time through December and again in February through May. Hosted by Soul Friends,...

Eagles give first part of diabetes pledge

DI STAFF October 5, 2009

The Fraternal Order of Eagles delivered the first $5 million installment of a $25 million pledge to establish the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center. Eagles leaders presented the gift...

3 charged with bootlegging

DI STAFF October 5, 2009

Three Iowa City men were arrested after throwing a keg party and allegedly selling alcohol to a police officer and people under the legal age, according to Iowa City police. John Solsma, 21, was charged...

Spotlight Iowa City: Making sidewalk music

HANNA ROSMAN October 5, 2009

For UI sophomore and street performer Andrew Wagner, that means a little square of bricks on the Pedestrian Mall next to Brothers Bar & Grill. It’s perfect: not too noisy, with a lot of foot traffic. “It’s...

‘Don’t ask’ questioned

SHANE ERSLAND October 5, 2009

For more than 16 years, policymakers have not asked much about “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” But as politicians begin debating the controversial policy, UI military personnel are also weighing in on...

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