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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

Commentary: No time like now for Hawks

BRENDAN STILES September 9, 2009

I hear it all the time. Kirk Ferentz, Ken O’Keefe, and Norm Parker don’t change their philosophies. But I understand why. They like to keep things simple. What you see is what you get. And more...

Freshman steps up volleyball game

EVELYN LAU September 9, 2009

Emma Krieger Kittle knows all about expectations. The Iowa City native could have been a college basketball player. She could have followed the rest of her family — spanning four generations — in...

Point/counterpoint: Biggest concern for Iowa football?

DI SPORTS STAFF September 9, 2009

Defensive play There was a lot to hate about Iowa’s victorious embarrassment at the hands of Northern Iowa. From the Hawkeyes’ defense doing its best to snuggle 172-pound freshman Carlos Anderson...

Men’s tennis coach here to stay

JAKE KRZECZOWSKI September 9, 2009

When it comes time for college, normally most people want to get as far away from home as possible. Upon graduation, they normally get a job somewhere other than where they lived or went to school. Nowadays,...

Waiver worthwhile

PATRICK RAFFERTY September 9, 2009

For the last three months, Merel Beelen has been in limbo. A member of the Iowa women’s tennis team, she applied to the NCAA for a hardship waiver after last season. That organization recently approved...

New wellness center big on aquatics

MITCH SMITH September 9, 2009

When the new Campus Recreation & Wellness Center is completed next summer, the Iowa aquatics program hopes to make a big splash in the community. With physical-education classes, men’s and women’s...

Ferentz favors Robinson in the backfield

SCOTT MILLER September 9, 2009

The Paki O’Meara experiment didn’t necessarily go as planned in Iowa’s opener on Sept. 5 against Northern Iowa. Consequently, three days after the junior running back ran the ball nine times for...

Moeaki emerges for Hawkeyes

BRENDAN STILES September 8, 2009

When the Iowa Hawkeyes left the field on Sept. 5 with a 17-16 victory over Northern Iowa, all the talk afterwards was about the game’s ending. And rightfully so. The Hawkeyes had to block two field-goal...

Commentary: Ferentz had rare off day

JON LINDER September 8, 2009

Kirk Ferentz has had some mighty fine days leading the Black and Gold. Sept. 5 was not one of them. Every coach has off days, and sometimes they occur when you have to lead a team against a supposedly...

Women harriers shut down Panthers in season opener

MICHELE DANNO September 8, 2009

While the Northern Iowa football team gave the Hawkeyes a run for the money in Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 5, the Iowa women’s cross-country ran down the Panthers at home the night before. Roughly 150...

Thode, Iowa dominate first cross-country meet

SEAN MORGAN September 8, 2009

For all the uneasiness Iowa men’s cross-country head coach Larry Wieczorek had about scheduling a tough Northern Iowa squad in the season’s first meet, his fears proved to be unfounded. His team dominated...

Show Stoppaz look to regain intramural trophy

MATT SCHOMMER September 8, 2009

Some people think second place is just the first loser, but for Anna Schmitz and the Show Stoppaz, it’s a chance for redemption. The Show Stoppaz, the winners of the women’s All-University Championship...