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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

Defending champs too much for volleyball

EVELYN LAU November 9, 2009

In front of a record volleyball crowd inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, defending two-time national champion Penn State kept the third-longest NCAA winning streak alive on Nov. 7. With 2,802 fans in attendance,...

3s lead Bluder’s Bunch to exhibition victory

JORDAN GARRETSON November 9, 2009

Former Hawkeyes Kristi Smith and Wendy Ausdemore were the only two players to sink more than 30 3-point field goals last season. Their graduation left a question mark on Iowa’s long-distance ability...

Freshmen start strong for women’s basketball

EVELYN LAU November 9, 2009

When senior center JoAnn Hamlin went down with a lower leg injury, it was up to Iowa’s youth to pick up the team. Three days ago, on Nov. 6, freshman Morgan Johnson learned she would start at center...

For the Hawkeyes, more than an exhibition

BRENDAN STILES November 9, 2009

The Iowa men’s basketball team played Marian University in an exhibition game on Sunday. But the Hawkeyes certainly didn’t treat it as such inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. In beating Marian, 76-53, the...

Commentary: First loss as an Iowa fan

IAN MARTIN November 9, 2009

It’s not that I’m not used to losing. It’s just that I’m not used to losing as a Hawkeye. I’ve been a University of Virginia fan, living an hour from Charlottesville, Va., for the last eight...

Commentary: All is not lost, Hawkeye fans

BRENDAN STILES November 9, 2009

Hawkeye fans, stop acting like the sky is falling. I get the frustration that comes with watching Iowa lose a game for the first time in more than a calendar year (and to Northwestern, no less). I also...

Loss doesn’t deflate Iowa defense

AMIE KIEHN November 9, 2009

Climbing the bare cement steps up from the Iowa locker room, safety Tyler Sash knew the exact words his mother would utter after seeing her crushed son. “Everything happens for a reason,” she’d...

Culver announces buyouts

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

Gov. Chet Culver announced Nov. 6 that $150 million in federal funds will be made available for the purchase of 1,352 homes damaged in last year’s floods. This is the first round of awards made to...

UI looking for wind funds

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

The Iowa Power Fund Board will consider a UI proposal Tuesday for $15 million in state funding to support a $78 million bid for the world’s first test site for large-scale wind turbines. A team in the...

Man charged with stealing debit cards

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

UI police arrested a Coralville man, charging him will stealing debit cards from a car and then using the cards to buy food. Police charged Theodore Pietryga, 48, 1322 Fifth St. Apt. 1, with second-degree...

Man charged with stealing cigarettes

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

Johnson County sheriff’s deputies arrested an Iowa City man after he allegedly stole 350 packs of cigarettes from a Casey’s General Store. Authorities charged Eli Vargason, 18, 1112 Hotz Ave., with...

Spotlight Iowa City: A passion for getting better

DANA JUDAS November 9, 2009

Andre Perry is a modest guy. The 32-year-old is responsible for bringing the Mission Creek Festival to Iowa City. He’s a Princeton University graduate who friends say doesn’t realize how great of...

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