Archive | January, 2012

Intramural basketball: That Team dominates Honey Badgers

By Tommy Reinking thomas-reinking@uiowa.edu There’s strength in numbers — unless the team on the other side of the court happens to be That Team. That Team (1-0) decimated the Honey Badgers (0-1), 62-37, in the opening game of the co-rec intramural basketball season at the Field House, even though they spent the majority of the [...]

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Intramural soccer: New-look Go Hards pound Pi Kappa

By Matt Cabel matthew-cabel@uiowa.edu The Go Hards had revenge on their mind and something to prove from the beginning of Monday’s match against Pi Kappa Phi in the Bubble. The Go Hards, formerly known as PWB, hadn’t scored in their previous game and needed to beat Pi Kappa Phi in order to advance to the [...]

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Intramural soccer: Minutemen topple Quinn Storage

By Tommy Reinking thomas-reinking@uiowa.edu The Minutemen (2-0) lived up to their name in a 4-0 blowout over Quinn Storage (1-1) on Monday at the Bubble. The team scored its first goal with just under a minute left in the first half and then scored two goals within a minute of each other to open scoring [...]

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UI library launches online archive of university yearbooks

More than 38,000 pages of yearbook history were scanned and put online in the Iowa Digital Library. By Jordyn Reiland jordyn-reiland@uiowa.edu After eight months of work, and more than 100 yearbooks scanned, the University of Iowa has archived <a href= “http://tinyurl.com/88yr6py”>100 yearbooks </a> from 1892-1992. David McCartney, the university archivist, said he and the Digital [...]

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UI officials’ emails about Coker reveal few details

Records released to The Daily Iowan Monday show scant discussion between University of Iowa administrators on how to respond to controversy surrounding former football player Marcus Coker’s departure from the team. Coker, a sophomore, was suspended from the football team’s Insight Bowl experience last December. Coker later left the team around the same time that [...]

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Today in 1990: Then-President George H.W. Bush proposes defense cuts

The Daily Iowan from Jan. 30, 1990. Open publication – Free publishing – More iowa city

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Iowa wrestling credits momentum in 19-17 victory over No. 3 Minnesota

Click here to view an exclusive photo slideshow. By Molly Irene Olmstead molly-olmstead@uiowa.edu It was a meet of rankings, polls, and numbers. It was the No. 5 Hawkeyes, limping into Carver-Hawkeye Arena with their worst conference record in five years, trying to bring down the soaring Minnesota Gophers’ six-win steak. It was the meet of [...]

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McDonough beats Sanders, reclaims No. 1 ranking

By Sam Louwagie samuel-louwagie@uiowa.edu A referee raised Matt McDonough’s hand in victory, and the Carver-Hawkeye Arena crowd exploded. McDonough had just stomped the energy out of the nation’s top-ranked 125-pound wrestler, reclaiming the No. 1 ranking he’s held for much of his career. Earlier this month, when Tony Ramos knocked off a top-ranked opponent, Ramos [...]

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Iowa wrestling squeaks past Minnesota, 19-17

The Iowa wrestling team shook off its two-meet losing streak by defeating Minnesota, 19-17. Iowa’s Matt McDonough opened up the dual by knocking off top-ranked Zach Sanders at 125 pounds. McDonough rode Sanders out for the entire third period of a 7-1 victory, thoroughly dominating the much-anticipated 1-vs.-2 matchup. Tony Ramos and Montell Marion followed [...]

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Hawkeyes carry momentum, knock off No. 13 Purdue

Fans who tuned out from the Iowa-Purdue game after an ugly first 15 minutes should be kicking themselves. After scoring just 7 points before the 5:35 mark in the first half, the Hawkeyes went on a 16-6 run to finish the period with a 23-21 lead. The scoring picked up for both teams in the [...]

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