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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

Zombie March for charity

ERIC ANDERSEN September 18, 2009

BRAAAINS! Zombies will invade Iowa City on Saturday for the Fourth-Annual Iowa City Zombie March — an event that raises money for various charities while allowing people to unleash their inner thirst...

Country band Tumbledown heads to the Picador

ALISSA ROSEN September 18, 2009

The first lyrics Mike Herrera sings on his latest album are a call to action: “Let’s drink, let’s drink till we fall down / let’s drink, I’ll see you on the ground / let’s drink, let’s drink...

A tale of two poets

ADAM SALAZAR September 17, 2009

The connection between Robert Redford and Kiki Petrosino can easily be misunderstood. In her first anthology, Fort Red Border, she utilizes an imaginary Redford to serve as the caring, quintessential...

Building artistic bridges

HANNA ROSMAN September 17, 2009

Approximately one year after the devastating flood displaced and disheartened the UI School of Art and Art History, the largest piece of artwork to ever come out of its studio will be installed in the...

Same old Sparks

BEN EVANS September 17, 2009

We all know Nicholas Sparks: that guy who inspires men’s girlfriends everywhere to cry while they read his books or watch his movies, asking themselves when they are going to find a guy like that —...

Weaving hope, music, and fine dining

ADAM SALAZAR September 17, 2009

Battling cancer is a daunting feat for anyone. For Robert and Rebecca Bluestone of Santa Fe, N.M., the feeling could not have been more terrifying. “I thought it was a death sentence,” 62-year-old...

Lecture series blasts off to Mars

HANNA ROSMAN September 17, 2009

The UI Explorers Lecture Series will begin at 7 p.m. today at the UI Museum of Natural History’s Biosphere Discovery Hub. This is the beginning of an annual lecture series put on by the museum, which...

Small plates for big appetites

MICHELLE BORYCA September 17, 2009

Four wine glasses are strategically placed on the wooden tables, each accompanied by a folded chocolate-colored cloth napkin, ready for the three men who walk in the glass doors five minutes later. Iowa...

Raising awareness for modern slaves

ERIC ANDERSEN September 17, 2009

Americans expect the right to be able to live life in the way they choose — but even in “the land of the free,” that is not always the case. There are people, the majority being female, who are...