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Life in the comedy lane: Former SNL writer and Funny or Die …
Apr 21, 2016 · Since leaving his native Iowa City, Andrew Steele has made a few friends. You may have heard of them: Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, and Maya Rudolph, to name a few. Steele spent 13 years in 30 Rockefeller Center in the “Saturday Night Live” writers’ room, four of them as head writer. He moved on to be Creative Director of Funny or ...
Fact Check | Fact-checking former President Donald Trump’s Iowa …
Oct 10, 2021 · Conjecture that former President Donald Trump is seeking back the White House job he held for four years continued to generate news – and fact checks – in Iowa on Saturday night, Oct. 9. Trump’s latest visit was a Save America Rally that drew thousands of people to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, and was run by Trump’s ...
Opinions - The Daily Iowan
Opinion | Break the cycle of overwork. James McCurtis, Opinions Columnist • October 1, 2024. I woke up in a panic, realizing I was late for the 7:45 a.m. bus that took me from Mayflower to my morning internship. In a frenzy, I threw on my clothes, …
Mercy Iowa City begins new chapter as UI Health Care’s …
Jan 31, 2024 · After months of bankruptcy hearings, biddings, and uncertainty toward the future of Mercy Iowa City, signage crews unveiled the hospital’s new look on Wednesday as the University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown. A bankruptcy judge approved Mercy’s sale on Nov. 6 with a final bid of roughly $28 million. The bid also included...
Regents approve University of Iowa Hawk Shop private partnership
Mar 12, 2021 · The university first issued a request seeking a public-private partnership to manage the Iowa Hawk Shop in September 2020. As previously reported by The Daily Iowan, the Iowa Hawk Shop employs 17 full-time employees and 110 part-time student employees. Kieft said 10 other Big Ten universities operate their bookstores through private partnerships.
Iowa men’s basketball develops culture that makes Hawkeyes not …
Jan 30, 2024 · Fran McCaffery has been the Iowa men’s basketball head coach for 14 years. Over those 14 years, he has added to a widely respected culture that prioritizes life over hoops. Anyone who knows McCaffery — from players to fans and media members — recognize that he’s all about character and family, despite this season’s highs...
The Daily Iowan | ‘We knew that she was the special one’: Caitlin …
Mar 23, 2021 · Caitlin Clark grew up in the Hawkeye State, and now wears the Black and Gold for the Iowa women’s basketball program, but her childhood bedroom in West Des Moines is still painted baby blue. The freshman point guard was a North Carolina fan growing up, and while she’s taken the flurry of posters down, the...
10 years later, the collective memory of the 2008 flood remains
Jun 13, 2018 · ‘The last remaining casualty of the flood’. Lovers of art are still waiting for a home for the UI’s $500 million art collection, including Jackson Pollock’s Mural, that has toured the world for the last decade and is currently on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.. Facilities Management Director Don Guckert called the …
Iowa football announces updates to coaching staff, active roster
Feb 10, 2021 · Head coach Kirk Ferentz announced Wednesday that two of his assistant coaches and one of his offensive linemen will not be returning to the Hawkeye football program for the 2021-22 season. Offensive line coach Tim Polasek is leaving Iowa City to become Wyoming’s offensive coordinator. “Since Tim joined this program four years ago, the players...