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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

Bluder remembers 2008 Kansas loss

JORDAN GARRETSON November 17, 2009

The Iowa women’s basketball team (2-0) is set to face No. 19 Kansas (1-0) on Wednesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game marks the second-straight year the two teams have met in a nonconference contest....

Nothing moral about loss

BRENDAN STILES November 16, 2009

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Iowa Hawkeyes aren’t looking for anyone to feel sorry for them. Coming into Ohio Stadium as a double-digit underdog, Iowa bounced back from a two-touchdown deficit in the game’s...

Commentary: Buckeye fans don’t deserve title

SCOTT MILLER November 16, 2009

COLUMBUS, Ohio — I’ve never quite understood why the Ohio State Buckeyes garnered so much hatred. Sure, they’re represented by head coach Jim Tressel, a man so conservative that Iowa head coach...

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...

Men’s basketball to host Texas-San Antonio

SCOTT MILLER November 13, 2009

Hosting Texas-San Antonio for the second-consecutive year, Iowa head coach Todd Lickliter’s men’s basketball team will officially tip off its season at 5:05 p.m. Nov. 15. The Hawkeyes participated...

University presidents worry about athletic spending

CLARK CAHILL November 13, 2009

At a time when colleges nationwide are eliminating athletics teams and spiking tuition for its students, university presidents are worried athletics spending cannot continue at its current rate. A survey...