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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Tilly: Requiem for a mall

ZACH TILLY March 8, 2013

Sycamore Mall — the retail tumor attached to that Panera over by Petland — was rescued from foreclosure earlier this week. The RC Cola of Iowa City shopping experiences will live to sell another day....

Editorial: Iowa’s gambling laws are draconian

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 7, 2013

A bill introduced in the Iowa House by Rep. Jake Highfill, R- Johnston, would allow Iowans to collect cash prizes from fantasy sports leagues, a practice currently prohibited under the states rather draconian...

Richson: Treat illness early

BRIANNE RICHSON March 7, 2013

Anyone who has baby-sat younger children for an extended period of time knows it can be exhausting to the point where you want to pass out, too, once you’ve read them the same book five times and...

Bianchini: Dumb isn’t cute

FRANCESCA BIANCHINI March 7, 2013

“BRB,” “JK,” “LOL”: three abbreviations that are highly used in many text messages, Facebook posts, and even verbally in daily conversations. Also known as the reason...

Letter to the Editor/Online Comments

DI READERS March 7, 2013

What about the puppy mills? I was disappointed with your story about students and pets benefiting from visits to Petland. I agree that petting an animal is excellent for stress relief and has been proven...

Editorial: Time to define what it is to be American

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 6, 2013

Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas spoke Monday night at the Englert Theater about America’s need for immigration reform that moves the country’s...

Richson: Raise awareness

BRIANNE RICHSON March 6, 2013

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week may have come to a close on March 2, but the reality is that eating disorders are a year-round, seven-days-a-week, stifling preoccupation for those who suffer from...

Roberts: A night of 1,000 dinners

GUEST COLUMN March 6, 2013

March 8 is just another day. Another day in which a woman is killed every six hours in South Africa by an intimate partner and a woman in Brazil is sexually assaulted every 15 seconds. A day where on average,...

Editorial: Encourage Iowans to stay

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 5, 2013

Across the nation, birth and fertility rates are down, and they have been falling since the 2008 recession. For decades, they were high enough to maintain a stable population, but they have now fallen...

Elliot: Our own private Nebraska

BEAU ELLIOT March 5, 2013

In the big news today, NFL center Jeff Saturday will retire on Thursday. Oh, you thought the big news was sequest or sea quest or see something? Or perhaps Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey...

Editorial: Only you can prevent nightclub fires

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 4, 2013

In cities all over, January's massive nightclub fire in Brazil has brought new attention to a particularly arcane set of policies: fire codes. More than 230 people were killed when a fire started in the...

Ponnada: Cycling superhero

SRI PONNADA March 4, 2013

Superheroes come in all shapes and sizes. And we have one of own here at the University of Iowa — Katherine Strickland, a first-year student who will bike from one end of the country to another this...

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