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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

Lessons in life and sports

ROBBIE LEHMAN November 17, 2009

Every Monday, a group of Iowa athletes wake up early, ready to lead. But rather than leading their respective sports teams during practice, they lead a classroom filled with lively fifth- and sixth-graders...

Men’s harriers fall short at Regionals

SEAN MORGAN November 17, 2009

For the Iowa men’s cross-country team to qualify for the NCAA championship meet, it needed big-time finishes from the entire Hawkeye roster. But while freshman Jeffrey Thode and junior Mark Battista...

Women harriers end season at the regionals

MICHELE DANNO November 17, 2009

The fate of Iowa’s 2009 women’s cross-country season was decided at 6 p.m. Sunday, when a panel of NCAA judges chose Michigan State over the Hawkeyes. For the first time in four years, the women’s...

Point/Counterpoint: Should Stanzi or Vandenberg start in the bowl game?

DI STAFF November 17, 2009

Ricky Stanzi Call me Kirk Ferentz, but when the Hawkeyes go bowling, Ricky Stanzi is starting. All the junior quarterback has done since being named the starter is win. He is 17-4 since getting the starting...

Moeaki a semifinalist for Mackey Award

DI STAFF November 17, 2009

On Monday, Iowa senior tight end Tony Moeaki was named a semifinalist for the 2009 John Mackey Award, which will be presented on Dec. 10 to the best tight end in college football. The 6-4 tight end has...

Men’s basketball drops historic opener

ROBBIE LEHMAN November 16, 2009

After 8,486 fans silently exited Carver-Hawkeye arena following the Iowa men’s basketball team’s season-opening loss to Texas-San Antonio, 62-50, Hawkeye head coach Todd Lickliter opened his postgame...

Bluder’s Bunch captures Hawkeye Challenge

JORDAN GARRETSON November 16, 2009

Kamille Wahlin was just 5-of-12 from the floor in Sunday’s KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge championship game. But Wahlin’s crunch-time resolve helped propel the Iowa women’s basketball team (2-0) to...

City High moves to 4A title game

PATRICK RAFFERTY November 16, 2009

CEDAR FALLS — Call it déjà vu. When the City High Little Hawks played the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints on Nov. 13 inside the UNI-Dome, it wasn’t the first time the two teams had tangled. After the...

Commentary: Kachine Alexander is a complete player

EVELYN LAU November 16, 2009

Is there anything Kachine Alexander can’t do? At only 5-9, the junior guard can shoot, rebound, steal, block, and dish out assists. Simply put: She’s a complete player. Perhaps one of the most complete...

Volleyball falls to Minnesota

DI STAFF November 16, 2009

The Iowa volleyball team (12-16, 4-12) was swept, 3-0, by No. 13 Minnesota (20-7, 11-4) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Nov. 13. It was the second-straight game the Hawkeyes played without starters Mara Hilgenberg...

Slaton, Gambrall take titles

DI STAFF November 16, 2009

Iowa senior 141-pounder Joe Slaton and redshirt freshman 184-pounder Grant Gambrall seized individual titles at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open in Ames over the weekend. Slaton competed unattached, and...

Amish Mafia, Truman Fury take regional flag-football titles

MITCH SMITH and MATT SCHOMMER November 16, 2009

With a shot at the flag-football national championships in Tampa, Fla., on the line, the Amish Mafia handily defeated Union in the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association’s regional championship...