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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

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...

Musicians and their need for big words

PATRICK BIGSBY September 16, 2009

I really ought to come clean and finally reveal my humiliating secret — for years, I have been a Shakira fan and a poorly closeted one at that. Oops, wrong secret. What I meant to reveal is that I...

Dine on a Dime: Bacon and eggs

DI ARTS STAFF September 16, 2009

We’re already half way to midterms, which had me thinking of exams today. More specifically, it had me thinking how there are few things more distracting during a test than gnawing hunger pains (that...