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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

Dairy farmer hangs on

KEVIN HOFFMAN August 31, 2009

Steve Leazer watches as his colossal, curious cows follow each other into crammed, narrow stalls, where they’ll have a day’s worth of milk squeezed from their udders. He is one of the more fortunate...

Teen preps for Broadway

KATHRYN STINSON August 31, 2009

Thirteen-year-old Alex Ko feels a certain connection to Billy Elliot, the lead character he will play on Broadway in October. After all, in Billy Elliot the Musical, Billy defies his father’s wishes...

Mason writes Anheuser-Busch about cans

DI STAFF August 31, 2009

UI President Sally Mason voiced disappointment in a letter to Vice President Carol Clark of Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. on the organization’s “Fan Can” marketing promotion. Mason is concerned...

Reaction mixed on faculty hiring plan

MARLEEN LINARES August 28, 2009

UI faculty leaders had mixed feelings after hearing about a university plan to hire 100 faculty for new positions over the next five years despite budget cuts. The Task Force on Research and Creative...

Three UI students run for City Council

NICOLE KARLIS August 28, 2009

UI students could have a major effect on this November’s election: Three are running for spots on the Iowa City City Council. Thursday night marked the deadline for candidates to secure spots on the...

Hapkido club teaches art of self-defense

MITCHELL SCHMIDT August 28, 2009

The Field House gymnasium filled with hollow echoes on Thursday as participants smacked each other against a hard mat. Nearly a dozen people, wrapped in white robes, shouted spontaneously as they demonstrated...

After ‘fun,’ dealing with trash

CHRIS CLARK August 28, 2009

At 6 a.m. Thursday, puddles peppered the sidewalks of the Pedestrian Mall where, fewer than four hours earlier, students drifted home after the bars closed like the small streams of rainwater meandering...

Original 21-law backer recants

MICHELLE BORYCA August 28, 2009

What if the minimum legal drinking age went the way of Prohibition? Morris Chafetz, the psychiatrist who helped construct the 21-law during the Reagan administration, recently called the legislation “the...

Rain can’t stop job fair

MOLLY BURKE August 28, 2009

Despite a still troubled economy, Thursday’s Student Job Fair saw roughly the same number of students and employers as last year. With résumés and class schedules in hand, around 1,400 UI students...