July 06, 2016 by justin
in Civic Skinny
The six-year graduation success rate for basketball players who entered Iowa State University in 2008 was 75 percent. That’s pretty impressive. Except the actual graduation rate was 6 percent. The graduation success rate for basketball players at the University of Iowa in that same class was an
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in The Sound
Back in 2004, Iowa-City based funk/reggae act Euforquestra decided to put on an event as a way of showing its appreciation for its fans. Consisting of seven bands that first year, the small, local festival was dubbed Camp Euforia and took place on a farm just outside the
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
Vilsack, the highly effective U.S. secretary of agriculture and former two-term governor of Iowa, possesses a remarkable command of the labyrinth of programs and benefits that river out of the hulking USDA into our communities. Vilsack intellectually and administratively inhabits the intersection of Washington and Main Street in a way few
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Film Review
There are times when you watch a movie and can identify the exact moment in the creative process when the writer and director officially ran out of ideas. Sometimes the idea that is pitched to a studio is really only half an idea, but if it is a really
Read More →I keep seeing the same thing repeated over and over. This time it was in the current Civic Skinny article (June 30). “But the party whose governor (Branstad) has been in office longer than any governor in American history…” Gov. Branstad is not the longest serving governor in America.
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Book Review
By Anna Quindlen Random House April 5, 2016 $28 272 pages Mary Margaret (Mimi) Miller is a baby boomer growing up in a community where her family has lived and farmed for generations. Her father is also a “fix-it man,” and her mother is a nurse. The valley
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in Sound Circuit
It has been a transformative time for Dylan Sires, Ross Klemz and Graham Howland. After forming in Waterloo in 2012 as Dylan Sires & Neighbors, the trio released a full-length album in early 2013, won the 80/35 play-in later that year, then kicked that year’s festival off with a set
Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “The CEO of Dole had been planning a hostile takeover of Chiquita for years.” Mark Alvord Runners-up: “Yes, it was a banana in my pocket, and I am
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July 06, 2016 by justin
in On The Tube
“The Night of” Sunday, July 10 (HBO) Series Debut: Novelist/screenwriter Richard Price (“Clockers,” “The Wire”) and writer/filmmaker Steve Zaillian (“A Civil Action”) spend eight episodes chronicling eight bad, bad days in the life of Nasir Khan (Riz Ahmed), a New York City college student who thinks he’s lucked into
Read More →City of Des Moines To be paid on 6/21/2016 Amount: $3,043.75 To: Caitlyn Reinders For: Lawsuit settlement for a city garbage truck hitting a parked, unoccupied vehicle Amount: $923.49 To: Imperial RV Center Inc. For: Toilet replacement in police Mobile Command Unit Amount: $3,686 To: Floyd
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