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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

UI Alumni Association Homecoming: Making memories

GUEST COLUMN September 28, 2012

I can still see our transistor radio sitting on the kitchen table of my family’s home in the small, southeastern Iowa community of Wapello. In those days, that radio was our Kinnick Stadium. Long...

Ponnada: Skip the drink, go to sleep

SRI PONNADA September 28, 2012

Have you ever skipped sleeping for a couple nights to cram for an incredibly hard exam? There isn’t ever enough time to do a double major, work a job, and volunteer, too. You might be thinking that...

Evans: Don’t vote early

BENJAMIN EVANS September 28, 2012

My aunt met her second husband on e-Harmony. Correction: She got engaged to her second husband on e-Harmony. Not two weeks into chatting via the interwebs, she and a trucker from Kansas got engaged without...

Hagle: What to ask your incumbent during campaign season

GUEST OPINION September 28, 2012

Now that Congress has adjourned until after Election Day, the senators and representatives will return to their states and districts. In non-election years this would mean holding town-hall meetings and...

Tilly: Gray area in voting fraud

ZACH TILLY September 27, 2012

Three people were charged with felony election misconduct in Council Bluffs last week following an investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation that alleged each of the three had voted...

Kuntz: Support clinical trials

KATIE KUNTZ September 27, 2012

Last week, Innovate Iowa, Iowa Biotech Association, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and PhRMA hosted a panel discussion in at the University of Iowa BioVentures Center in Coralville after the release of a report...

Get over the Anheuser-Busch contract

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 26, 2012

In her Tuesday interview with The Daily Iowan, UI President Sally Mason decided to make few comments on the renewal of the University of Iowa’s latest contract renewal with Anheuser-Busch. “I’m...

Tilly: Trip cost controversy

ZACH TILLY September 26, 2012

The president’s trip to Iowa City a few weeks ago back set the University of Iowa back $55,000 — did you hear? Maybe you saw the shocking fact plastered above the fold on the front page of the...

Inglis: Freeze tuition, cut costs

MCCULLOUGH INGLIS September 26, 2012

The University of Iowa had a budgeted revenues and expenses of approximately $3 billion for fiscal 2012. Given the enormity of the university’s expenses, it comes as little wonder that the debate...

Shipley: The real time for ‘hope and change’

GUEST COLUMN September 26, 2012

Four years ago, “hope and change” swept college campuses across the nation, including the University of Iowa. For the first time in years, students were engaged and excited about the election....

Elliot: Hawks doze on surrealistic pillow

BEAU ELLIOT September 25, 2012

So who knew replacement NFL refs would officiate the Iowa/Central Michigan game? That last 45 seconds was the most surrealistic pillow (thanks, Jefferson Airplane) of a football game I’ve ever seen....

Moustafa: Niqab un-veiled

RANA MOUSTAFA September 25, 2012

Asalamualikum wa rahmut Allahi wa barakatu [May peace and blessings be upon you]. It is likely you have seen a Muslim woman, if not me, choosing to cover her face with a niqab (face veil) on the news...