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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

Iowa guard Whitney Jennings calmly looks around the court for an open teammate, the Hawkeyes defeated the Colonials 69-50  at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City,Iowa on Dec. 6,2015(The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Women to play in NIT

March 15, 2016

For the first time in nine seasons, the Hawkeye women’s basketball team will not compete in the NCAA Tournament. Officials announced Monday night that Iowa (19-13) missed the cut for the Big Dance,...

Iowa guard Peter Jok drives past Illinois guard Kendrick Nunn during the Big Ten Tournament game in Indianapolis on Thursday. The Hawkeyes lost their first conference tourney yet again. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Iowa gets No. 7 seed, will face Temple

March 13, 2016

By Kyle Mann [email protected] The stumbling Hawkeyes will head to Brooklyn, New York, as a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and they have a decently favorable matchup with Temple (21-11, 14-4...

OUCH, again, in Big Ten

OUCH, again, in Big Ten

Kyle Mann, [email protected] March 11, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS — The Hawkeye basketball team lost to Illinois on Thursday afternoon, making three-consecutive seasons in which Iowa has been ousted in its first game of the Big Ten Tournament. The Hawkeyes...

Editorial: UI should consider the new SAT for admissions

Editorial: UI should consider the new SAT for admissions

March 11, 2016

The new SAT premièred this past weekend, to an audience of 300,000 students. The new standardized test for high-schoolers comes at a time when the importance and relevance of standardized testing for...

Iowa guard Peter Jok drives past Illinois guard Kendrick Nunn during the Big Ten Tournament game in Indianapolis on Thursday. The Hawkeyes lost their first conference tourney yet again. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

3 not the magic number for Hawks

March 11, 2016

Illinois beat the Hawkeyes at their own game By Kyle Mann | [email protected] INDIANAPOLIS — The Hawkeyes fell to the Illini in their first game of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, and while...

The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

COGS takes aim at undergrad TAs

Kaylyn Kluck, [email protected] March 10, 2016

The University of Iowa officials and the graduate-student union don’t agree on why the College of Engineering is seeing more undergraduate teaching assistants than in previous years. This year, the...

Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff lays the ball up against Minnesota on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016 in Carver-Hawkeye in Iowa City, IA. The Hawkeyes defeated the Gophers, 75-71. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)

Simple goal, simple game for men’s basketball

Ian Murphy, [email protected] March 10, 2016

The Iowa men’s basketball team will kick off its 2016 Big Ten Tournament run today against a rather familiar foe. The Hawkeyes will play Illinois, a team they have beaten once this season, 77-65. The...

DITV: March 9, 2016

DITV: March 9, 2016

March 10, 2016

With the heart of a lion 

With the heart of a lion 

March 9, 2016

By Courtney Baumann  |  [email protected] Thomas Gilman and Terry Brands are similar people. Just don’t tell them that. In fact, don’t try to compare them to anyone at all. Side-by-side,...

The face of inaction 

The face of inaction 

March 9, 2016

By Mitch McAndrew | [email protected] For Democrats both nationwide and in Iowa, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has become the face of inaction. Iowa’s beloved senator, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary...

The art of hitting 

The art of hitting 

March 9, 2016

By Blake Dowson [email protected] Sure it is disputed, but hitting a baseball is widely regarded as the hardest thing to do in sports. But what happens when a hitter sits on a fastball, and the...