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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

Trumpet Blossom Cafe is a local vegan cafe, Tuesday September 29, 2015. Trumpet Blossom is located on 310 E Prentiss St, Iowa City, IA 52240.. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale

Loud yet delicate

Gracey Murphy, [email protected] September 30, 2015

How can something so healthy taste so good? The Trumpet Blossom Café, 310 E. Prentiss St., serves desserts, drinks, and sandwiches made entirely of vegan ingredients. It is the only exclusively vegan...

Bringin’ it all back home

Bringin’ it all back home

Adam Buhck, [email protected] September 30, 2015

Trendy pop singles, electronica, and hip-hop dominate the charts every week. Rock and roll, it seems, has taken a back seat. But Long Island collective Wake the Sun is out to prove the genre is still...

Diveristy Fest bids adieu

Diveristy Fest bids adieu

Cassandra Santiago, [email protected] September 30, 2015

For the last 25 years, Iowa City has received a tour around the world without having to travel very far. Food, music, crafts, and educational stations brought to life traditions of the many cultures thriving...

A new way to the end

A new way to the end

September 30, 2015

John Scalzi will appear as part of the Iowa City Book Festival at 4 p.m. Saturday at 136 S. Dubuque St., the former Wedge space. He will promote his new science-fiction book, The End of All Things. This...

China to amaze audiences 

China to amaze audiences 

Jasmine Putney, [email protected] September 30, 2015

Too often textbooks and homework are seen as the only tools in learning. However, a stage filled with music and magic can be just as educational as a classroom. At 7 p.m. Friday, the Amazing China...

Breathtakingly shallow


Breathtakingly shallow


Jordan Ryder, [email protected] September 30, 2015

4/10 I’ll be honest; I fell victim to marketing this time around. The description for The Deer God is “'The Deer God is a breathtaking 3D pixel art adventure that will challenge your religion and...

Review: Just another week in prison

Review: Just another week in prison

September 28, 2015

By Jasmine Putney [email protected]  “College students needed.” Coinciding with the promise of $15 per day, this simple phrase in a newspaper ad lured in more than 70 Stanford University...

Truth as an adventure 


Truth as an adventure 


September 24, 2015

By Isaac Hamlet [email protected] Actors sometimes spend years honing the specificity with which they embody a single character. A more challenging task is to perfect more than 50 characters, all...

The brush swirls of life

The brush swirls of life

September 24, 2015

By Justus Flair [email protected] Accumulating so much stuff took time. Crumpled paint tubes are strewn across a wooden table. Dried flakes of red, black, and green cover the edges of caps not...

Humanity in the dodo

Humanity in the dodo

September 24, 2015

This is the inaugural piece in 80 Hours’s new series on Iowa’s International Writing Program fall residents. IWP brings writers from around the world to Iowa City for classes, workshops, readings,...

Soul music breaks barriers

Soul music breaks barriers

September 24, 2015

By Jasmine Putney [email protected]  With soul and rhythm that carries from the ears down to the dancing feet, music has the inexplicable ability to transcend social and economic barriers. But...

No healing, just yet

No healing, just yet

September 24, 2015

By Tessa Soloman [email protected] When I was young, my mother chanted a special rhyme to heal any injury. Caressing a burnt finger or scraped knee, she sang, Sana, sana, colita de rana, si no...