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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

What the Supreme Court got right in its Montana ruling

GUEST COLUMN June 28, 2012

Amid the flap over what was supposedly wrong the U.S. Supreme Court's decision yesterday to throw out Montana's 100-year-old campaign-spending limits, can we take a moment to consider what was right about...

Sandusky packed like a pill

JACOB LANCASTER June 28, 2012

I'm sorry to inform you that Jerry Sandusky's possible 424 year sentence will be one served like the pills that could have came for his "histrionic personality disorder" — tightly contained,...

Is Branstad’s felon voting application unfair?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF June 28, 2012

No Compared with most of the other nations of the world, America has a very forgiving society. We as a nation have made it possible for criminals to receive a second chance after serving time for the...

Morningstar returns to wrestling room

DI STAFF June 28, 2012

Former Iowa wrestler Ryan Morningstar joined the Hawkeyes' coaching staff as a full-time assistant coach, announced head coach Tom Brands on Wednesday. Morningstar competed for the Hawkeyes from 2007-2010...

One current and one Ex-Hawkeye take on Olympic Trials

DI STAFF June 28, 2012

Iowa swimming junior-to-be Emily Hovren raced in her Olympic trials debut on Wednesday when she took 65th in the women's 200-meter individual medley. Hovren finished with a time of 2:19.82 in the event,...

Young Joens makes appearance in Game Time

TAYLOR AXELSON June 28, 2012

Courtney Joens ran among a flurry of black and white jerseys. She didn't look lost like most soon-to-be high school freshmen would in a game playing with college players. She looked calm and collected....

Logic’s court vision shines

CARLOS SOSA June 28, 2012

For the last couple of years, point guards have dominated the basketball world. On Wednesday night, Hawkeye sophomore to be Sam Logic led the Vinton Merchants/McCurry's team to a 92-60 win over Cullen...

New football practice facility construction on track

SETH ROBERTS June 28, 2012

The Iowa football team's new indoor practice facility — a replacement for the ancient, outdated, and recently deflated Bubble — is still about a month away from becoming usable. But the Hawkeyes don't...

Notebook: Ferentz addresses playoff changes

SETH ROBERTS June 28, 2012

The biggest news of the college football off-season has come and gone, but the acceptance of a four-team playoff is still making waves through the Midwest. Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz discussed the playoff...

OWI charge amended to vehicular homicide

DI STAFF June 28, 2012

The Johnson County Attorney's Office on Wednesday changed 50-year-old Miranda Lalla's charges from second-offense OWI to a Class-B felony vehicular homicide. Lalla was charged on June 18 with second-offense...

Area man assaults victim with his hand in a cast

DI STAFF June 28, 2012

A North Liberty man has been accused of hitting a person in the face with his hand, which was in a cast. Dusten Kemp, 26, was charged Sunday with assault causing bodily injury. According to a Johnson...

IC native credits Jeopardy win to watching the show as a kid

ELEANOR MARSHALL June 28, 2012

Fifteen years after racing his friend Dasal Ridgely to answer "Jeopardy" questions, Iowa City native Ernest Nino-Murcia found himself back in Ridgely's living room preparing for the real thing. Nino-Murcia,...

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