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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

Rienow 7 Raptors win Dorm League

MITCH SMITH November 2, 2009

It was a West Side battle on Sunday night in the residence-hall flag-football championship. On an extremely wet and muddy turf, the first flag-football champion was crowned with the Rienow 7 Raptors prevailing...

Sigma Chi wins second straight fraternity league championship

IAN MARTIN November 2, 2009

The fields were muddy, but that didn’t slow down Sigma Chi. Competing on a field that one player dubbed “The Swine Pit,” last year’s Fraternity League flag-football champions repeated with a 19-6...

Women’s golf heads to warmer climates for last fall tournament

J.T. BUGOS November 2, 2009

The Iowa women’s golf team will leave the chilly scenes of Iowa City weather behind when it heads to the relative warmth of Austin, Texas, for the Challenge at Onion Creek. The Hawkeyes will face 20...

Soccer bounces after comeback

ROBBIE LEHMAN November 2, 2009

Going into their last two home matches of their careers, the seven seniors on the Iowa soccer team prepared themselves for an emotional roller coaster. They definitely rode one over the weekend, which...

Commentary: Weezy, where you at?

AMIE KIEHN November 2, 2009

I’m a little disappointed in rappers. Sports talk is so dominant in verses — Wale scribes, “I remain a Giant, and your Jeremy Shockey” in “Chillin’” — but honestly, my hip-hop ambassadors...

Hawkeyes stay perfect with win over Indiana

BRENDAN STILES November 2, 2009

The Iowa Hawkeyes’ second-half success has been well-documented throughout the 2009 season. And in last weekend’s 42-24 victory over Indiana, the second half had fans talking on Halloween as they...

Worshiping God, representing African culture

SHANE ERSLAND November 2, 2009

The smoky aroma of grilling goat meat seeped through the open door of the Church of the Nazarene in Iowa City on Oct. 31. Inside, 50 Christians praised their savior. Since they received formal approval...

Murder trial on hold until Tuesday

REGINA ZILBERMINTS November 2, 2009

GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa — Day two of Michelle Kehoe’s murder trial found her family members staring at her written answers to authorities’ questions, projected onto a screen in the Grundy County Courthouse. Chris...

Iowa coaching icon dies over weekend

BRENDAN STILES November 2, 2009

Legendary Iowa head football coach Forest Evashevski, who led the Hawkeyes to their only two Rose Bowl victories, died Oct. 30 at his home in Michigan. He was 91. His death came about two weeks after...

UIHC to begin indirectly soliciting patients

SAM LANE November 2, 2009

The concept of patients as philanthropists has raised questions at the UI Hospitals and Clinics. “The foundation is asking patients to support the hospital in a philanthropic manner,” UIHC spokesman...

Kinnick fans do not pass go, do not collect $200

MITCHELL SCHMIDT November 2, 2009

Beneath the roaring Hawkeye fans, near Gate B of Kinnick Stadium, is one room most fans have never heard of or want to enter: the holding cell. The cell, used as many as 70 times a game, is the first...

H1N1 vaccine is now available to a select group of UI students

SAM LANE November 2, 2009

There was a slightly larger crowd than normal at UI Student Health Service on Oct. 30. The day before, Westlawn received its first 150 doses of the coveted injectable form of the H1N1 vaccine. Now, students...

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