Downtown Restaurants
Residence Halls
Hawkeye Traditions
GOAT
100

$1 Pizza slices.. Ashton Kutcher.. ranch girl

Airliner 

100

This is the best residence hall on all of University of Iowa's campus and you have the honor of living here

Petersen Hall..duh
100

This tradition is for every freshman / new student in front of the Old Capitol. The event begins with the ringing of the Old Capitol bell and a procession of faculty and staff that formally introduces students to campus. 

Convocation 

100

This hawkeye alumna tight end was just won a superbowl ring, and was also featured on the "Fight for Iowa" intro video for Iowa football season 2019. 

George Kittle 

200

a very sweet and cold treat place to go after an exam to treat yourself!

yotopia / aspen leaf / black's gold grill

200

this residence hall is named after an hawkeye alum who played football at UI from 1918-1921. He was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Centennial Class in 2020.

Slater Hall

200

You rub this before an exam for good luck!

The brain rock in the middle of the T. Anne Cleary walkway 

200

This women's basketball player for Iowa set many school records, got drafted by the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association, and her #10 just got retired for the rest of UI women's basketball history

Megan Gustafson 

300

there is not one, not two, but THREE locations of this restaurant downtown Iowa City.  

Cactus Mexican Grill!

300

this hall is named after the first African American to earn a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in the United States

Catlett Hall 

300

After the first quarter of home football games, fans turn around and do which loved tradition? 

The Iowa Wave to the Children's hospital

300

These two hawkeye alumni directed a film for Paramount Pictures called A Quiet Place. 

Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

400

this place is one of very few modern sushi/Asian fusion eatery downtown, they also have cheap sushi rolls on tuesdays and thursdays...

Formosa 
400

this residence hall was the #1 drop-off location for Uber in the whole U.S last year

Hillcrest 

400

Hawkeye football players are greeted with the "hawk walk" before every home game and then do what tradition before walking into Kinnick stadium? 

Rub Nile Kinnick's helmet (statue)

400

This hawkeye alum acheived his PH.D in psychology from The University of Iowa and is a well known psychologist for the social learning theory, the concept of self-efficacy, and his famous Bobo doll experiments. 

Albert Bandura

500

This famous chain had it's very first store here on campus 

Panchero's 

500

this is the oldest residence hall on campus 

currier hall

500

A tradition that is held on the Thursday of homecoming week? 

How about tradition for the Friday of homecoming week? 

Iowa Shout / Coronation ; Homecoming Parade 

500

This hawkeye alumna/college football player won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-American. He died during a training flight while serving as a United States Navy aviator in World War II. 

Nile Kinnick