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Barb Wilson Buys Mall to Build New Vacation House
So we all heard the news, the University has bought the Old Capital Mall. But the real question is, what are they planning to do with it?...
Freddy’s Rises from the Dead
Scariest Ghoul This Season is Food Poisoning Tenders fall across the land The drunken hour is close at hand Caniacs crawl in search of...
Haunted Bookshop Renamed to Bookshop
As Iowa City fully settles into the spooky season, the town has started to transform for Halloweekend (whenever that is). Residents have...
Motorist Dies Following Bicycle Crash
This morning at 10:27 CDT, Iowa City motorist Thomass Clack collided with a bicycle while making a left turn at the intersection of...
Top 10 Name Ideas for Student Apartments
As a college town, Iowa City is full of student apartment buildings that are all trying to appear as cool and hip to their potential...
JD Vance Headlines Studio 13 Drag Show
Vance Lip-Syncs... for... his... LIFE! Vice presidential candidate, JD Vance, everyone’s favorite eyeliner queen, seems to be growing...
Pappajohn Business Building Replaced by Wicked Castle
After 30 short years, the John Pappajohn Business Building, famous for taking up an entire city block and enlightening Iowans about the...
To The Joker, Wilder is Just Normal-er
With Parents’ Week fast approaching, several notable parents have started popping up around Iowa City. Among such parents is Iowa City’s...
A Raising Canes has Hit the Capitol Center
#NeverForget
Gay, Trans Bottoms Get Bottom Surgery at Summit
Summit is Iowa City’s favorite heterosexual safe space. It’s the one place a homophobe can go and not have to worry about encountering...
Top 10 Most Fuckable Herkys
As 100 decently fuckable Herky statues went up throughout Iowa City today, only 10 hunky herks made the cut for the MOST fuckable. Below...
Gabe's Bar Temporarily Closed after Someone Walks in Wearing Deodorant
The regular hustle and bustle of Gabes bar came to a screeching halt on Friday night at 11:37pm when University of Iowa student, Sergio...
Studio 13 Relocates to Screening of Love Lies Bleeding Due to Construction
(Disclaimer: This was written a month and a half ago, to which it was promptly shelved because the upper echelons of the DA are silencing...
Spotted: Barb Wilson Raving with Freshmen at Summit
When people think of a university president, they think of suits and formal business, President Barb Wilson is here to put all those...
“Bizaardvark” Star Gets Litty at Gabe’s
At the beginning of the month, Philadelphia-based band Soul Glo tore up the stage at our favorite hepatitis-laced dive bar, screaming and...
A Look Into the Hottest Books at the Book Festival That You Didn’t Have the Time or Money to Read
Ah, the Iowa City Book Festival. For those not in the know, the festival is an annual gathering of authors in this cultured city of ours...
Are You Being Hunted By Papa John of Papa Johns Pizza Delivery and Carryout?
Night is falling, and falling fast. Normally you wouldn’t be so foolish as to be caught out after curfew, except your boss made you stay...
SaltCo Drives Cambuses to Raise Awareness; “One Route, One God”
As everyone at the University knows, Cambus is desperate for drivers. At this point, they’ll hire anyone who’s played Mario Kart at least...
Vibe Check: UnImpaired “Gin and Tonic Just Tonic”
Vibe Check is an ongoing series of guest-written reviews of Iowa City locations and venues, because we simply cannot be bothered to write...
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