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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

Women’s cross-country finishes 18th

DI STAFF October 17, 2011

The Iowa women's cross-country team scraped the top half of the Wisconsin Inter-Regional Meet on Oct. 15, finishing in 18th place out of 44 teams with an overall team score of 489. Senior McKenzie Melander...

Starting center Brommer out a month with knee sprain

DI STAFF October 17, 2011

The Iowa men's basketball team hasn't completed a full week of practice, but it's already ailing. Senior center Andrew Brommer is expected to miss three weeks due to a sprained MCL in his right knee,...

Softball’s May-Johnson kicks off Pan-Am Games

DI STAFF October 17, 2011

Iowa softball assistant coach Stacy May-Johnson is competing in the Pan American games with the USA softball team in Guadalajara, Mexico. Opening ceremonies were held Oct. 14, and the team will challenge...

Confessions of a Northwestern fan

RYAN MURPHY October 14, 2011

I'm a sophomore at Iowa. I love watching the football team play in Kinnick Stadium on fall Saturdays. I'm a Hawkeye fan — and have been for nearly 10 years. But there's one thing separating me from...

Former Hawkeye Greenwood emerges from coma

DI STAFF October 14, 2011

Former Iowa safety Brett Greenwood is out of his medically induced coma, his high-school coach told The Daily Iowan on Thursday night. Greenwood is "talking and standing up," said former Pleasant...

Men’s hoops anxious for year two with McCaffery

BEN SCHUFF October 14, 2011

If history is any indication, all Fran McCaffery needs to turn a program around is two years. In his two previous head coaching jobs — at North Carolina-Greensboro and Siena — McCaffery's teams posted...

Hawkeye basketball works on close games

JORDAN GARRETSON October 14, 2011

One could sense a shred of bitterness in Bryce Cartwright's voice. Seven months after the Iowa basketball team completed its 2010-11 season, the senior point guard recalled what proved to be one of the...

Iowa volleyball blockers face challenge

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD October 14, 2011

Senior middle blocker Mallory Husz will start in Iowa's volleyball matches against No. 14 Minnesota and Wisconsin this weekend, but the second starting middle position is still up in the air. Freshmen...

Soccer to face two tough games

BEN WOLFSON October 14, 2011

Poor passing doomed the Iowa soccer team in its last game as it couldn't hold onto a one-goal lead on Oct. 8 against Minnesota. The Hawkeyes (10-2-2, 2-2-2 Big Ten) gave up two goals in the second half,...

Field hockey to face Hoosiers for final home test

DI STAFF October 14, 2011

The field-hockey season could last as long as another month, but the No. 13 Hawkeyes will take Grant Field for the final time Saturday. The Hawkeyes (10-3, 2-2 Big Ten) will take on No. 18 Indiana (8-4,...

Hawkeye runners eager to compete

BEN ROSS October 14, 2011

The Iowa men's cross-country team will resume competition this weekend after a three-week hiatus, traveling to Fayetteville, Ark., to compete in the Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday. The 10-kilometer...

Women’s cross-country to continue youth movement in Wisconsin

ELDON GIANNAKOUROS October 14, 2011

The Iowa women's cross-country team will have a chance to prove its season of setbacks is a thing of the past on Saturday against the country's best competition at the Wisconsin Inter-Regional. "I...