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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: First loss as an Iowa fan

IAN MARTIN November 9, 2009

It’s not that I’m not used to losing. It’s just that I’m not used to losing as a Hawkeye. I’ve been a University of Virginia fan, living an hour from Charlottesville, Va., for the last eight...

For the Hawkeyes, more than an exhibition

BRENDAN STILES November 9, 2009

The Iowa men’s basketball team played Marian University in an exhibition game on Sunday. But the Hawkeyes certainly didn’t treat it as such inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. In beating Marian, 76-53, the...

Defending champs too much for volleyball

EVELYN LAU November 9, 2009

In front of a record volleyball crowd inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena, defending two-time national champion Penn State kept the third-longest NCAA winning streak alive on Nov. 7. With 2,802 fans in attendance,...

City High moves on to state semifinals

IAN MARTIN November 9, 2009

Iowa recruit A.J. Derby threw a touchdown on his first pass of the game. And his second. And his fourth. Derby led Iowa City High one step closer to a 4A state championship with four passing touchdowns...

Commentary: Wrestle-offs prove superiority

J.T. BUGOS November 9, 2009

I was raised on sports as a kid. I played basketball, baseball, football, and volleyball. But wrestling never entered my sports realm. My high school didn’t have a wrestling team, so I was clueless...

AquaHawks fall to Minnesota

MITCH SMITH November 9, 2009

The women’s swimming and diving team closed out its meet on Nov. 6 in dramatic fashion, despite losing to the Golden Gophers, 176-118. Despite defeat, senior Christine Kuczek said there were plenty...

Hawkeyes drop in polls

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

The Iowa football team dropped considerably in each of the major polls released on Sunday following the Hawkeyes’ first loss of the season, to Northwestern in Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 7. The Hawkeyes,...

Soccer loses to Purdue

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

In its last match of the season, the Iowa soccer team fell in overtime to No. 23 Purdue, 3-2, in West Lafayette, Ind. The Hawkeyes lagged, 2-0, before staging a comeback to send the game into extra time....

Field hockey season ends in Big Ten Tournament

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

No. 8 Michigan State ended the Iowa field hockey team’s 10-match Big Ten Tournament winning streak on Nov. 6, defeating the Hawkeyes, 5-1, in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament in East Lansing,...