I’m continually amazed at how Iowa City, as a community, is both full of pride for its many fine qualities, and at the same time insecure enough to jump on any moment of attention from the outside world as a sort of validating life-line.
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Book Wings connects IC with global theatre community
On one side of the stage, a coach is trying to direct a dancer into making correct movements. On the other side of the stage, a comedienne stumbles through a mildly amusing stand-up routine about fires. After thoroughly establishing their separate spheres, the dancer walks over to the comic and asks, “How do you think […]
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Former UI President to lead the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Board of Regents announced today that Dr. David Skorton, former president of the University of Iowa, will serve as Secretary of the Smithsonian, effective July 2015. Skorton, a cardiologist and current president at Cornell University, will become the institution’s 13th Secretary in its 168 year history. He will be the first physician to […]
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Guest opinion: Why I interrupted Sally Mason
By Chelsea Bacon In my backpack were several posters and two rings of duct tape: one black, one yellow. School Pride, you know? Outrage boiled over in the past few days, coming to a head over University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s ineffectual, inaccurate statements about rape. When asked by the Daily Iowan about the […]
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Interview: UI Alum Marcelo Mena-Carrasco discusses his Chilean cabinet position and IC roots
Earlier this month, Chile’s soon-to-be president, Michelle Bachelet, selected University of Iowa alum Marcelo Mena-Carrasco to serve as the country’s…
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Education for all: University of Iowa to offer its first-ever ‘Massive Open Online Course’
The University of Iowa unveiled plans for its first-ever Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) last week, titled “Every Atom: Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself.” Free…
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University of Iowa shuts down viral ‘Fran Face’ t-shirt
Trent Ryan is a Hawkeye basketball fan; self described as a chubby-faced blogger who eats Hy-Vee Chinese by the truckload. The English major writes about his love for the Hawks, among other things Iowa at Flyover Sports. Three days ago, Ryan was using the platform to sell his well-received ‘Fran Face’ shirt, which went viral […]
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Writer, poet Margaret Atwood reads tonight at the Englert Theatre
On Monday, Nov. 18, The Englert Theater and University of Iowa Lecture Committee welcome Margaret Atwood as part of the Dr. Cassandra S. Foens lecture series…
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On the table: For these visitors, writing isn’t the only challenge
While nobody is keeling over dead at the Iowa House Hotel’s continental breakfast or fainting of malnourishment in workshop, the 34 fall writers in the…
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Student learns the hard way not to leave personal items in personal space
Picture this: You’re sitting in your dorm room, doing college dorm stuff, when suddenly there’s a knock a the door. It’s the cops, and they’ve come for The Drugs!
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Brooklyn artist and activist Josh MacPhee to visit Iowa City next week
Visual artist Josh MacPhee — known for his emphasis on creating and curating socially engaged artwork — will be visiting Iowa City next week to participate in…
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The Next Generation of Academic Workers
This past weekend, most likely unbeknownst to a majority of Iowa Citians, COGS, the University of Iowa graduate employee union (also known as the Campaign to Organize Graduate Students), hosted the 22nd annual Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions and 9th annual Canadian Coalition of Graduate Employees conference, C/CGEU. Union delegates traveled from distances as nearby […]
