>>>>I just want to know how come the university has the 'Hawkeyes', but it was Radar who was from Iowa.
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>>>He was not only from Iowa, but also my hometown of Ottumwa.
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>>Of all the cities I've lived in (9 cities in 6 six states over the past 30 years or so), my second favorite was Fairfield IA (96-97). Of course, you can make a good case that it isn't really in Iowa.
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>Why's that?

Sorry in advance for spelling errors.....

MIU (Maharieshi International University) - makes the town VERY different from what you expect in the heartland.

The town was a major center for Transcendental Meditation. There were, IIRC, several hundred people who went to the "domes" twice a day to meditate and a couple of thousand who were there specifically for the university. The local access cable channel had about 4 hours a day devoted to Sat-Sang and meditation.

When I first arrived I drove around the town square. There was a Chineese restaurant (I found out it was a chain in lots of small cities so no big thing). There was also a Greek restaurant, an Indian restaurant, a Japanese noodle shop, a Thai vegetarian restaurant, an organic health food store/supermarket, Zeydie's bagels (not a chain - but someone who knows what zeydie means), and a fallafal house.

When I finished my tour of the square I went looking for Toto, because I sure wasn't in Iowa any more.