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

Lancaster: New jail necessary

JACOB LANCASTER July 26, 2012

Although I’m unsure if refreshments will be served, the county is now holding tours of the Johnson County Jail to gain support for the vote on Nov. 6 to pass the proposed building of a new $48.1...

Responses to Penn State sanctions ridiculous

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 25, 2012

In the wake of the Penn State sanctions, which were deemed “unprecedented” by NCAA officials, there were varied reactions. The sanctions, handed down at a press conference held by the NCAA on Monday,...

Kuntz: Time for a third party

KATHERINE KUNTZ July 25, 2012

Earlier this month, Jill Stein was formally nominated as the Green Party of the United States’ presidential candidate, and she chose Cheri Honkala as her running mate. Though it’s unlikely that a...

University dorm construction warranted

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 24, 2012

The University of Iowa will attempt to stop the overcrowding of the dormitories, hoping that lengthy stays in temporary housing will soon be a thing of the past. The university will build its first residence...

Elliot: What exactly is Romney (not) taking credit for?

BEAU ELLIOT July 24, 2012

Mosquitoes, Michael Specter cheerily tells us in the July 9&16 New Yorker, “have been responsible for half the deaths in human history.” (He cites Researchers estimate …” — a...

Friedman: Enrollment stabilization would be a godsend

IAN FRIEDMAN July 24, 2012

Behold — another school year is in our midst. Yes, another year filled with long nights spent procrastinating, football Saturdays, and freshmen. Oh yes, freshmen. They come in droves flooding once...

Shooting leaves no room for speculation

BENJAMIN EVANS July 23, 2012

I woke up in the early afternoon on July 20 to nearly a dozen notifications on my phone. I began to scroll through them hazily, fighting sleep and a carbohydrate headache from the fettuccini Alfredo I...

Walkway makeover more than necessary

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 23, 2012

The reconstruction of the T. Anne Cleary Walkway has been going on since April 25, just weeks before most students finished up their final exams and headed home, or elsewhere, for the summer months. The...

Public should make the rules

MATTHEW WILLIAMS July 23, 2012

We as Iowa City residents elect individuals to the City Council to be our voice in local government and to carry out the requests and opinions of the represented population. Now, putting every issue up...

Independent film shoots good for Iowa City

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 20, 2012

This summer, Backrow Studios, an independent-film company cofounded by University of Iowa alumni Ravi Patel, Tim Nash, and Joe Clarke, is making a movie that will likely do more than make Iowans laugh...

Making someone’s Friday night better

JACOB LANCASTER July 20, 2012

When I met Angry Cedar master brewer Scott Hamerlinck, he was wearing flip-flops in his garage-sized brewery, apologizing for being unprepared, but ecstatic someone had visited him in his Waverly, Iowa,...

Should Iowa City rezone to prevent payday lenders?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF July 19, 2012

No The city of Iowa City is reviewing a plan to limit the number of payday lenders in the area. The plan would place restrictions on the location of payday lending venues, and that kind of free-market...

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