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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

McCaffery: ‘I have to engage the students. I have to go to them’

SCOTT MILLER April 15, 2010

The Daily Iowan: How have these two weeks been since you’ve been hired? Fran McCaffery: It has been very busy, as you can imagine, on a lot of different fronts. With regard to the players we have, that’s...

Men’s gymnastics psyched for NCAA qualifier

NICK GANS April 15, 2010

The gymnasts are healthy. The lineups are set. Practice is over, and the most important meet of the year is here. The Iowa men’s gymnastics team has set its sights on one target: to show the country...

Men’s golfers find their stroke

JESSIE SMITH April 15, 2010

Winning seasons come in cycles. Certain successful cycles may take a little longer to come by than others. From 2000 to 2007, the Iowa men’s golf team sat in what seemed to be a concrete seat at the...

Iowa’s ‘leprechaun’ leaps over competition

MATT SCHOMMER April 15, 2010

The only things that have stood in trackster Jordan Mullen’s way this season are a series of 42-inch hurdles — and even those have yet to slow him down. The freshman has stormed out of the high-school...

Softball nips Wisconsin in doubleheader

DI STAFF April 15, 2010

The Iowa softball team defeated Wisconsin, 1-0 and 14-1, on Wednesday during a double-header in Madison. The Hawkeyes improved to 22-14-1 overall, 8-1 in the Big Ten, and Wisconsin fell to 10-24 overall,...

Team Miralax runs wild in Co-Rec division

JERRY SCHERWIN JR. April 15, 2010

Team Miralax came into the Co-Rec intramural basketball playoffs with one goal in mind: repeat. The squad, which won its second championship on April 7 after toppling top-seeded Blar, 56-47, used 3-point...

Intramural powerhouse UISSC prepares for nationals tourney

ETHAN SEBERT April 15, 2010

Six years. That’s how long the core members of UISSC have played basketball together — longer than most college and high-school basketball teammates get to play with each other. But they aren’t...

Memorable year for GymHawks

ROBBIE LEHMAN April 14, 2010

Throughout the 2009-10 season, the Iowa women’s gymnastics sought some swagger. The Hawkeyes didn’t have it at the beginning of the campaign, and the results backed it up. Iowa wasn’t heading toward...

Women tracksters seek improvement through recruiting

MICHELE DANNO April 14, 2010

Iowa assistant coach Clive Roberts said he has made approximately 800 phone calls to potential recruits this year. Of those, the staff hopes to sign around 20. “Eighty percent of my time is spent recruiting,”...

From underdog to intramural basketball champion

MATT COZZI April 14, 2010

Ole School wasn’t supposed to win the men’s intramural All-University basketball championship on April 7. Not as the No. 12-seed, at least. Now, the news is out on Ole School. Going into the postseason...

Some holes on football O-line

BRENDAN STILES April 14, 2010

Norm Parker hasn’t needed to evaluate his defense much this spring. But for Ken O’Keefe, it’s another story. O’Keefe’s side of the ball has seen an exodus of players who graduated, and when...

New basketball aide moving ahead

BRENDAN STILES April 14, 2010

Men’s assistant basketball coach, mentor, teacher, friend. That’s the job Andrew Francis said he signed on for at his first press conference on Tuesday. “I try to be a person who teaches more than...