 Melismatics perform at Industry tonight
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“After a modest start in a basement studio nine years ago, the up-and-coming indie-rock band the Melismatics is garnering national attention.
The group grew into fruition when Ryan Smith teamed up with Jeremy Ylvisaker on a musical project they recorded in a studio at Ylvisaker's mother's house. The project, which they began to work on in 2000, eventually became the Melismatics' first album, Postmodern Rock, released in 2001.”
UI graduate experiments with movement, politics
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“Dawn Poirier found her inspiration in a past relationship that left her angry. She left the man she once hoped to marry with intense frustration because of their extreme differences of opinion.
The visiting faculty member and UI graduate took these emotions to Iowa City and morphed them into a more politically driven dance piece. She will present her work this weekend at the UI dance department's Faculty/Graduate Concert.”
Darwin's 200th and the Assault on Evolution
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“Charles Darwin, father of modern theories of evolution, was born Feb. 12, 1809, and today marks his 200th birthday. By 2009, most spheres of biology have felt the impact of his work, from tracing lines of descent between species long disappeared and those still roaming, to establishing the platypus as more than one of God's strange mistakes, to genetic inheritance and coding, to concluding that the weirdly diverse society of finches Darwin himself observed, during his 1831-1836 voyage on the HMS Beagle to the Galápagos, wasn't that weird at all.”
President McCain's economic plan
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“WASHINGTON DC - Not quite one month has passed since President John McCain's inauguration. The Straight Talk Express has collapsed off of it's axles, exhausted from decades of futile campaigning, it's recent days of straining to haul Sarah Palin's massive wardrobe are over. Barack Obama has gone on tour with U2 and Bono, and is efforting his latest task of starting a 24-hour national television network, BOTV, with a target demographic of extraterrestrial Muslim terrorist robots.”
Favre retires one more time
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“NEW YORK - Brett Favre's done with football - again.
The 39-year-old quarterback called the New York Jets on Wednesday morning to say he's retiring after 18 seasons, ending a record-setting career in which he became one of the NFL's all-time greats.”
Indian Student Alliance puts on its own version of 'Idol'
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“The Indian Student Alliance will host Gathe Raho, an a cappella singing competition, at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St. The show will feature Hindi a cappella groups from various colleges throughout the nation.”
Show Yoo polite Hawkeye hospitality
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“Every year, the University of Iowa College of Law faculty speakers committee assembles a robust schedule of speakers to make presentations to our faculty. These presentations are for the purposes of peer-review of a scholar's ongoing research and are presented in faculty-only workshops that are informal and unstructured.”
Yoo Lecture Should be Available to All
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“Shortly after noon today Professor John Yoo will be taken to the top floor of a concrete building. He will be lead to a room closed off from the public in which he will be questioned about his beliefs, the people he associates with, and the actions carried out with his blessing.”
Grad-student government splits from UISG
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“The Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students leaders unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would cut their relationship with the UI Student Government after continued disagreements over allocation of the student-activity fee.”
'Father of biodiversity,' Wilson, draws 100s to IMU
by Daily IowanFeb 11, 2009“E.O. Wilson, the "father of biodiversity," drew hundreds to the IMU Main Lounge on Wednesday, and his wit and humor were apparent throughout his discussion on the marvels of the biological world. He stressed the fact that billions of species remain undiscovered today.” | News Topics
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