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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

Haha sexism

SAMANTHA MILLER November 11, 2009

A very handy tool on everyone’s favorite search engine, Google, will fill in subsequent words in your inquiry you may be intending to search for. For instance, if you begin to type “Brad,” it will...

Guest: On Veterans Day, honor the past and present

DREW HJELM - GUEST OPINION November 11, 2009

While I was in the Army, I had the opportunity of being stationed in Germany for more than two years, and while I was there, I went traveling a bit. Weekend getaways to London, snowboarding in Garmisch,...

Political death

BEAU ELLIOT November 10, 2009

So I hear that President Obama is dead. Not physically dead, of course. Politically dead. Politically dead is an odd little country that the chattering class from time to time consigns politicians to...

Guest: A conservative health-care reform proposal

DON RACHETER - GUEST OPINION November 10, 2009

The government must reform our tort system so that billions of dollars are not wasted. Currently, doctors defensively conduct unneeded tests to cover themselves against lawsuits, causing them to obtain...

City Council should focus on three paramount issues in coming year

DI EDITORIAL BOARD November 10, 2009

Another term, another slew of pressing issues. Iowa City voters elected two new faces and one familiar face to the City Council one week ago. And while the turnout may have been in record low numbers,...

Is changing the rhetoric requirement a good idea?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF November 9, 2009

Requirement change ultimately hurts students I was shocked to hear the UI is cutting its rhetoric requirement down to one semester. When I was a freshman, rhetoric was the UI’s crown jewel. Neither...

Health insurance the problem

JUSTIN SUGG November 9, 2009

Wendell Potter looked like a stereotypical insurance man. He wore dark-rimmed glasses, a simple black suit/tie combination, and spoke in a slight Tennessee drawl. There was nothing flashy about his appearance...

Plan to merge Mathematics Library would hurt the UI

We believe that the plan to “merge” the Mathematics Library constitutes the abolishment and dismantling of the Mathematics Library. We believe that the vast majority of UI faculty are opposed to the...

Poor student turnout: Depressing or not all bad?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF November 6, 2009

Lack of student voters hurts us all People cast 17 votes at the UI Main Library for Tuesday’s City Council election. If Panchero’s had another free burrito day, more UI students would show up. Steak...

Three ‘lonely’ Hoosier fans meet abundance of UI friends

JIM ZEIGER - GUEST OPINION November 6, 2009

I would like share a road-trip story three Hoosier fans took this Halloween weekend to Iowa City. Traveling across 360 miles of beautiful, corn-lined Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa interstates felt like...

UIHC donation plan would inappropriately pressure patients

DI EDITORIAL BOARD November 5, 2009

The idea of asking hospital patients to make donations upon their arrival — as UI Hospitals and Clinics officials apparently considered doing — is like a surgeon placing a tip jar in the operating...

The almighty youth vote

SIMEON TALLEY November 5, 2009

Ballot boxes all over the country felt pretty lonely on Tuesday. Sure, they had election workers tending to them and making sure ballots were fully stocked. And, of course, older voters predictably made...