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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

Hamlin out with blood clot

JORDAN GARRETSON November 12, 2009

Lisa Bluder’s Wednesday press conference may have been better suited for the UI Hospital and Clinics rather than the basement of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The 10th-year Iowa women’s basketball coach was...

Metcalf persevering after title loss

RYAN YOUNG November 12, 2009

Brent Metcalf remembers the boos. He remembers the backflip, the lost team points, and the outside criticism that followed him well past the final day of the NCAA championships. And while last season’s...

Wrestling expects to dominate

J.T. BUGOS November 12, 2009

The Iowa wrestling team has won the past two national championships, but head coach Tom Brands rejects the idea that the Hawkeyes dominated last season. If legendary former head coach Dan Gable had been...

Miss Iowa named ambassador for University Hygienic Laboratory

DI STAFF November 12, 2009

UI officials announced Wednesday Miss Iowa 2009 Anne Michael Langguth will serve as the environmental and public health laboratory ambassador for the University Hygienic Laboratory. As ambassador, Langguth...

Three teens charged in home invasion

DI STAFF November 12, 2009

Iowa City police charged three teens for allegedly breaking into a residence and assaulting and robbing the residents on Monday. Loel Howieson II, 19, Lucas Pumfrey, 16, and Artis Mason III, 17, were...

Spotlight Iowa City: Have knowledge, will travel

SHANE ERSLAND November 12, 2009

Alex Cohen takes off for a road trip at least once a week — but the excursions are hardly relaxing. UI teaching assistant Cohen, a graduate student in political science, zooms around in a rental car...

Number of UI Fulbright applicants stays flat

CHRIS CURTLAND November 12, 2009

A grim job outlook may be one factor pushing an increasing number of graduating seniors and alumni to pursue intellectual, professional, and artistic goals internationally. But despite a significant increase...

Justice official: Slavery persists

CHRIS CURTLAND November 12, 2009

When John Richmond started speaking Wednesday night for the Geneva Campus Ministries Lecture series, he opened with a question. “How many of you have met a slave?” he asked the crowd that nearly filled...

UI eyes paper sludge as fuel

LAUREN MILLS November 12, 2009

Despite a slight odor, sludge left over from production in local paper mills could provide one green solution to coal. Marta Muilenburg, a graduate research assistant in mechanical engineering, started...

UI eyes blood system

SAM LANE November 12, 2009

New technology at the UI Hospital and Clinics may make tracing blood more efficient and the donated blood safer for patients. After receiving part of a $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant...

Interdisciplinary study programs growing

SCOTT RAYNOR November 12, 2009

UI student Heather Clausen changed her major twice before settling on her current choice. She finally found an interdepartmental major — international studies — that will allow her to study ethnic...

Hopeful sees UI as inspiring brand name

KEVIN HOFFMAN November 12, 2009

Tysen Kendig believes the UI is like a brand name and should be promoted to intrigue and inspire people. Kendig, the UI’s third candidate for the position of vice president for Strategic Communication,...

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