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Morning Hawkeye News: July 3rd 2009

Football tickets up for grabs [Hawk Central] - Iowa will be able to offer fans more single-game tickets to football games this fall, but it's not a reflection of poor season ticket sales.

Roy Marble Sr. ‘blown away’ by son’s decision [Scott Dochterman] - His son, Roy Marble Jr., phoned to tell him his college choice. Roy Marble Jr., a senior at Southfield Lathrup (Mich.) High School, will follow his father at the University of Iowa.

Marble Jr. surprises dad by committing to Hawkeyes [DM Register] - Roy Marble Sr. could hardly contain his excitement.

HCHS senior chooses Iowa over Missouri - Matt Hoch already knew that black and gold was a likely part of his college football future.

Hawks get more defenders - The University of Iowa football team received verbal commitments from two more highly regarded defensive ends within the past week, giving the Hawkeyes eight players for next year’s recruiting class.

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 07/03/2009 06:19 AM
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Morning Hawkeye News: July 2nd 2009

Liveblog chat thingie 2 p.m. Thursday [Marc Morehouse] - Please join Scott Dochterman, Mike Hlas and me here at 2 p.m. Thursday. Iowa football, basketball and whatever else Hawkeyes will be on the agenda.

Baited with scams, phishers try to hook the UI community [Daily Iowan] - While scams at the university are more common during the fall and spring semesters, they are not unheard of during the summer months, said Robert Vinson, a senior security analyst with Information Technology Services.

Hawkeyes add another defensive piece [Hawk Central] - The Iowa football program picked up another piece to the future of its defensive front Monday when Harlan's Matt Hoch verbally committed to the Hawkeyes.

UI awarded $1.6M mental health grant [IC Press Citizen] - The University of Iowa has been awarded a two-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. The grant is effective July 1.

Ben Brust makes it official [Scott Dochterman] - Ben Brust chose Iowa over Northwestern, Stanford and Butler.

A busy social life does boost one's lifespan - Chun-Fang Wu and Hongyu Ruan at the University of Iowa in Iowa City studied fruit flies with a genetic mutation that reduces their lifespan by interfering with an enzyme that mops up dangerous free radicals.

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 07/02/2009 05:00 AM
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Random Hawkeye Video: Ferentz on ESPN

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 07/01/2009 10:38 PM
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Morning Hawkeye News: July 1st 2009

New Hawkeye Archie’s game still rising [CR Gazette] - Devon Archie’s junior college statistics generated mostly bewilderment from fans after Iowa offered a scholarship to the Vincennes (Ind.) junior-college product.

Panther Charged With Assault [KWWL] - So it isn't just Iowa players getting arrested these days, now is it Sean Keeler.

A first for Iowa: Alcohol revenue for year tops $100 million [DM Register] - The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division generated a record $104 million in revenue for state government operations over the past 12 months, the first time it has exceeded the $100 million mark.

HawkeyeReport: Hoch picks Hawkeyes - Comment about Iowa's commitment list.

Barta faces Catch-22 with tickets [Hawk Central] - We probably can assume that figuring out a way to increase ticket sales for Iowa men's basketball games is at or near the top of Gary Barta's to-do list as athletics director.

UI political scientists engage Chicago teens in polling project [U of Iowa] - Officials in Washington, Iowa, want to know what residents think the town's priorities should be. A University of Iowa outreach project will deliver the answers while teaching 28 high school students from Chicago a lot about polling, public policy and the value of higher education.

2009 College Draft Prep: Big 10 Preview [CBS] - Somebody has to replace leading Big Ten rusher Shonn Greene, who amassed over 1,800 yards and 20 touchdowns last season, as the top tailback in Iowa City.

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 07/01/2009 06:01 AM
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Video: Iowa Football Legends under Coach Ferentz

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 07/01/2009 06:00 AM
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Morning Hawkeye News: June 30th 2009

Plenty of Prime Time for Iowa in 2009 [Yahoo] - With television coverage growing each year, you can be certain that if you aren’t in the stands, you will be able to follow the Hawkeyes.

Cedar Rapids native Williams returning to Iowa [CR Gazette] - Williams was a first-team all-state selection at Cedar Rapids Kennedy in 2008. He averaged 17.5 points, 8.3 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 2.7 steals a game for the Cougars, who he led to fourth place at the Class 4A state tournament.

Iowa's Cole wins program's Chris Street Award [Big Ten Network] - Junior-to-be forward Jarryd Cole has been named recipient of the Chris Street Award for the 2008-09 basketball season.

Who are your Sleeper Teams for 2009 - Another Iowa Sleeper pick.

StoryCorps project preserves personal stories from University's historic floods [U of Iowa] - After living through last summer’s floods, many people never want to think about them again. But in offices, colleges, and departments around campus, people have been meticulously saving data from the floods, knowing that by revisiting those grim days it will be possible to learn ways to protect the University and community in the future.

Commit #8 for 2010: Matt Hoch - Today Matt Hoch became the eighth player to verbally commit to the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 06/30/2009 05:24 AM
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Random Hawkeye Video: Welcome to Kinnick

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 06/30/2009 05:22 AM
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Morning Hawkeye News: June 29th 2009

Iowa needs more intellectually diverse universities [Press Citizen] - Last year, the Press-Citizen reported that the University of Iowa's professors are overwhelmingly registered Democrats. The Department of History did not even have one Republican on its faculty. The College of Law had one (among more than fifty tenure-track professors), but he was hired more than 20 years ago.

UI director named head of medical organization [Press Citizen] - Graham, a professor of radiology and director of nuclear medicine at the University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine, has been involved with SNM for 30 years.

Quick ride on Vier [Marc Morehouse] - For Austin Vier, the thrill of the recruiting chase lasted one day. Maybe it was closer to a day and half.

Ex-Iowa Hawkeyes On CFL Rosters - Two ex-Iowa Hawkeye football players are listed on Canadian Football League team rosters as of right now.

Iowa eschews sports fees [Daily Iowan] - While athletics departments nationwide have been forced into taking such measures, making students pay fees is something that won’t be seen at Iowa anytime soon.

Iowa's big hearts make big day possible [DM Register] - The grateful students attend Leadership Prep Charter School in Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood. Their teacher, Jennifer Quinn, 24, is a Spencer native and University of Iowa graduate.

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 06/29/2009 06:15 AM
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Web News About Iowa: Volume 17

With this somewhat regular post, IowaHawkeyes.Net attempts to bring the readers a better attempt at separating out local Iowa News from national news found elsewhere on the web. Surprisingly enough, there is never a shortage of Iowa news floating around on the interwebs. This installment of Web News About Iowa involves an Iowan winning some World Series of Poker money, more Chuck Grassley news and the Onion takes a swing at Iowa.

Black Guy Photoshopped In [The Onion] - In the spirit of celebrating diversity at Iowa State University, a black guy was digitally added to the cover of the school's 2001 spring-semester course catalog, school officials announced Monday.

Retired Iowa man wins $437,000 in poker tournament [Chicago Tribune] - Mike Davis of Graf, Iowa, won the World Series of Poker Seniors World Championship Wednesday night. He took home $437,000 for his efforts.

Iowa flooding vs New Orleans flooding - One person's perspective of the difference between Iowa and New Orleans.

Iowa prep pitcher K's 18 in six-inning perfect game [Sports Illustrated] - A perfect game is one thing. But Norwalk High pitchers Matt Dermody and Kole Klocko nearly pulled off a perfect doubleheader.

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 06/28/2009 08:54 AM
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Sunday Morning Hawkeye News: June 28th 2009

UI earns 'Best Buy' designation in new Fiske Guide [U of Iowa] - The UI is one of 20 public colleges from across the country selected as "Best Buys" and is the only Big Ten university to have the title.

Fervor for Wisconsin Badgers football is slipping - Hlas from the Gazette is trying to talk smack to Badger fans. This is a cause we can get behind.

@ESPN_BigTen: Considering the recent Hawkeye arrests, maybe "Smooth Criminal" applies to Iowa?

Dwight camp teaches NFL offense [Daily Iowan] - NFL players, Iowa football standouts, high-school and college coaches from across the state, and hundreds of eager kids in one place can only mean one thing: The annual Tim Dwight Football Camp.

Iowa fans can kickoff the season at 'Hawkapalooza' - Another great article from Joe Winn at the Examiner

Dominique Douglas’ letter from the Johnson County Jail [Scott Dochterman] - "Yep, that’s right. Dominique Douglas was back in Iowa City after violating his probation. He was extradited from the Wayne County Jail in Detroit because he failed to send monthly reports, provide proof that he is enrolled in college or pay his fines."

Iowa officials: Alcohol arrests not epidemic [CR Gazette] - University of Iowa athletics department officials are concerned but not alarmed by the number of alcohol-related arrests among student-athletes.

Posted by Belligerent Hawkeye at 06/28/2009 08:36 AM
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