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Hawkeye midfielder Hailer Ryderberg kicks the ball towards the middle of the field toward her teammates during a soccer match between Iowa and Northwestern at the University of Iowa Soccer Complex on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. The Hawkeyes defeated the Wildcats with a score of 2-1.

Photos: Iowa soccer vs. Northwestern

Dimia Burrell, Photojournalist September 20, 2021

Credit: Lil Nas X/Youtube

MONTERO is a masterclass in debut albums

Jenna Post, Arts Editor September 20, 2021

Two years after becoming an overnight sensation for the most platinum-certified single of all time, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X has released his eponymous debut album, MONTERO. The album features...

Graphic by Kelsey Harrell

Ops Blog | Will the UI Undergraduate Student Government vaccine incentives work?

DI Opinions Staff September 20, 2021

Hannah Pinski (Opinions editor) - Hey guys, did you hear the University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Government is offering vaccine incentives to students? The program is open to students who have...

Backpack full of school supplies and COVID 19 prevention items. Top view, spilling onto a blue background. Back to school during pandemic concept.

Opinion | Schools should take all precautions to prevent exposures to COVID-19

Sophia Meador, Opinions Columnist September 20, 2021

I remember teachers and students arguing about class going remote after spring break. This was my senior year of high school in mid-March of 2020. Many thought the idea of virtual education was extreme....

TikToker Sister Cindy spreads her ideas and shames students on the Pentacrest at the University of Iowa on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Sister Cindy has over 343,000 followers on TikTok and travels to various college campuses to speak. Many students attended the event as a joke and to mock both Cindy and her husband Jed.

TikTok’s Sister Cindy draws jeering crowd in Iowa City with inflammatory message

Emily Delgado and Lillian Poulsen September 20, 2021

A crowd of around 100 students gathered on the Pentacrest this afternoon to boo, scream, and jeer at evangelizing couple “Sister Cindy and Brother Jed, who have racked up hundreds of thousands of...

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

Opinion | Iowa needs to add more beds to its hospitals

Luke Krchak, Opinions Columnist September 20, 2021

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics needs to add more hospital beds due to the influx of COVID-19 patients. The Board of Regents is already taking a major step towards this with the building...

TikToker Sister Cindy spreads her ideas and shames students on the Pentacrest at the University of Iowa on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Sister Cindy has over 343,000 followers on TikTok and travels to various college campuses to speak. Many students attended the event as a joke and to mock both Cindy and her husband Jed.

Photos: Sister Cindy comes to campus

Grace Smith, Photo Editor September 20, 2021

Iowa Center Luka Garza celebrates during the Iowa Men’s Basketball game against Michigan State on Feb. 2, 2021 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Garza became the second Hawkeye men's player ever to surpass 2,000 career points during the game. (Casey Stone/The Daily Iowan)

Garza, Clark named finalists for AAU James E. Sullivan Award

Austin Hanson, Sports Editor September 20, 2021

Former Iowa men’s basketball player Luka Garza and current Hawkeye women’s basketball point guard Caitlin Clark are both finalists for the Amateur Athletic Union James E. Sullivan Award, per a...

Iowa midfielder/forward Ellie Holley attempts to score a goal during the Iowa Field Hockey Big Ten/ACC Challenge game against Wake Forest on Aug. 27, 2021 at Grant Field. Iowa defeated Wake Forest 5-3.

No. 2 Iowa field hockey earns first conference win of the season

Ben Palya, Sports Reporter September 19, 2021

No. 2 Iowa field hockey started the Big Ten regular season in style, taking a comfortable victory over the Indiana Hoosiers Friday afternoon. The Hawkeyes won, 3-0, courtesy of goals from fifth-year...

Gene Haighr speaks with Johnsons County Supervisor Jon Green outside the Emma Goldman Clinic on Thursday, Sept.9,.2021. Haighr questions Supervisor Green on his choices.

Texas law has pro-choice activists in Iowa concerned

Lauren White, Politics Reporter September 19, 2021

Pro-choice activists in Iowa are concerned that Iowa’s Legislature will introduce more restrictive bills that will block access to abortion in the state, after a near total ban on abortion in Texas...

Johnson County farmer Darrell Schulte combining corn on Wednesday, Sept.15,.2021. Schulte began his corn harvest early this year.

Fluctuating weather concerns Johnson County farmers

Kate Perez, News Reporter September 19, 2021

The fluctuating weather in Johnson County and its surrounding area has created uncertainty in local farmers regarding the well-being of their crops. The weather has been a concern, especially the...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers a speech during The Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, July 16, 2021.  Members of the crowd cheered when Gov. Reynolds brought up legislation that banned mask mandates in public schools.

Opinion | The Southernification thesis and its consequences

Shahab Khan, Opinions Columnist September 19, 2021

Iowa’s trend toward conservatism is emblematic of a new hypothesis gaining traction in political science. The old North-South Divide that dominated U.S. politics through the 1960s lives on in a new...