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Around the Big Ten: Week 10

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It’s been a minute since we last checked in on the Big Ten, but a few general trends have continued over the past couple of weeks. Michigan and Oregon keep spiraling, UCLA and Indiana keep winning, and here in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes seem to be more of a week-to-week thing. Let’s check out some of the biggest games coming up in this first weekend of November.

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KRUI’s Homecoming Weekend

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KRUI In The Homecoming Parade By Kade Grierson | Photos by Cael Ferguson It was the night before Halloween, which is the day before the national college student hangover day known as All Saints’ Day. I’d been walking out the door talking to a friend on the phone who told me to “break a leg” when I told them I was going to march in a parade. According to OurIowaHeritage the first homecoming parade was in 1917 with horse-drawn floats. Which would make this homecoming parade a hundred and something—it’s difficult to track down which homecoming parades were canceled due … Continued

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KRUI sits down with DJ Kage

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Feb. 2011 The KRUI News Staff interviews DJ Kage (Keith Garnant), who played the Old Brick Party, an alcohol free dance party. [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/Website%20Content/Mp3s/DJKage.mp3]

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A Daily Comic Journal & a Look into Iowa City’s Past

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Sept. 2010 by Emily Woodbury University of Iowa professor, Mark Isham, keeps a daily comic journal to remember, while long-time Iowa City resident and historian, Bob Hibbs, recalls his memories in Iowa City through writing and collecting postcards. [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/Website%20Content/Memory.mp3]

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Ride with the 40

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[audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/Website%20Content/RideWiththe40.MP3] Sept. 2010 Emily Woodbury reports on the Ride with the 40 group, who ride motorcycles across the country to honor the victims of Flight 93, and interviews some of the riders and organizers of the event during their stop in Iowa City.

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Paul Suedkamp on Fire Safety

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[audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/Website%20Content/Mp3s/ICFFInterview.mp3] Reporter Jacqueline Leung interviews Iowa City Firefighter Paul Suedkamp for Fire Prevention Month. Topics include general fire safety and smoke detector basics.

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University of Iowa…The Writing University?

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[audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/Website%20Content/DayonWriting2010.mp3] Oct. 2009 by Brett Johnson The University of Iowa calls itself “The Writing University.” But how much emphasis does the university actually put on the teaching of writing to undergraduates?

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Peter Nazareth’s Own Gumbo

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Sept. 2010 by Emily Woodbury [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/Website%20Content/Mp3s/PNazarethInterview.mp3] “It’s hard to cook down his genius to a single skill or trait,” Nazareth’s student said. “I could say it’s his embodiment of the trickster, but he might be upset with me for giving him away…I could say it’s his ability to listen like no one else I know, but I really think my own favorite aspect of the man is that he’s answered the call to help his students identify their own individual genius and then give it voice.”

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