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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Signs demanding change are held high at a protest for Palestine on May 15, 2021 on the Pentacrest in Iowa City, Iowa.

Photos: Free Palestine Protest

Kate Heston, Photo Editor May 15, 2021

Iowa right-hand pitcher Allison Doocy pitches the ball during the Iowa Softball game against Illinois on May 14, 2021 at Bob Pearl Field. Iowa defeated Illinois 3-1.

Photos: Iowa softball vs. Illinois

Casey Stone, Photojournalist May 15, 2021

Iowa shortstop Brendan Sher gets set during a baseball game between Iowa and Illinois on Friday, May 14, 2021 at Duane Banks Field. The Hawkeyes defeated the Fighting Illini 5-4.

Photos: Iowa baseball vs. Illinois

Jerod Ringwald, Photojournalist May 14, 2021

Iowa right-hand pitcher Allison Doocy pitches the ball during the Iowa Softball game against Illinois on May 14, 2021 at Bob Pearl Field. Iowa defeated Illinois 3-1. (Casey Stone/The Daily Iowan)

Doocy pitches dandy in Iowa softball’s 3-1 victory over Illinois

Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor May 14, 2021

In her last ever Friday start at Bob Pearl Field, Iowa pitcher Allison Doocy had another one of her great performances in Iowa’s 3-1 win over Illinois. The Ankeny, Iowa, native threw all seven...

Iowa baseball team's eighth-inning rally pushes Hawkeyes to series-opening victory over Illinois

Iowa baseball team’s eighth-inning rally pushes Hawkeyes to series-opening victory over Illinois

Robert Read, Pregame Editor May 14, 2021

The Iowa baseball team’s one-run lead quickly turned into a two-run deficit when three Illinois batters scored with two outs in the top of the eighth inning Friday night. But just as the Fighting...

Minnesota’s Ben Psicihulis leads Iowa’s Austin Lietz and company. Psicihulis won the men’s 600-meter premier run with a time of 24.10 Lietz finished second with a time of 24.262 seconds during the Hawkeye B1G Invitational track meet at the University of Iowa Recreation Building on Saturday, Feb. 13 , 2021.

Iowa track and field set to compete at 2021 Big Ten Outdoor Championships

Lauren Swanson, Sports Reporter May 13, 2021

The University of Iowa track and field teams will travel to Champaign, Illinois, this weekend to compete at the 2021 Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Competition begins Friday at 11 a.m. with the 100-meter...

Photo of the Sean Wu mural. Contributed.

Sean Wu’s life celebrated with mural in Honors Center

Jenna Post and Josie Fischels May 13, 2021

On the third floor of the Blank Honors Center on the University of Iowa campus now hangs a mural honoring the life and spirit of Sean “Scooter” Wu. Wu died on April 8, 2017 at age 18. Immediately...

A sign marking a polling location is seen outside the North Liberty Community Center in North Liberty on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. In 2016, Johnson County was one of six Iowa counties to vote for a democratic presidential candidate, according to the New York Times.

Candidates line up in Johnson County Board of Supervisors race

Caleb McCullough, Managing Editor May 12, 2021

Three candidates will run in Johnson County's special election on June 8 to fill a vacant spot on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. Democrats and Republicans nominated their candidates for...

Cristhian Bahena Rivera appears for an evidence suppression hearing at the Poweshiek County Courthouse on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 in Montezuma. Brian Powers/The Register

After three years, trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, man accused of killing UI student Mollie Tibbetts, to begin May 17

Rachel Schilke, Summer Editor May 12, 2021

The entire nation reacted to the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in summer 2018. Three years later, the man charged with her murder will stand trial after the prosecution was delayed...

Fact Check | Iowa emerging from pandemic with jobs

Fact Check | Iowa emerging from pandemic with jobs

Lyle Muller, PolitiFact Iowa Editor May 12, 2021

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Edited by Sarah Watson and Caleb McCullough If...

A Herky statue with a "PHIL Was Here" sash stands on the Pentacrest on Monday, April 24. Beginning in 2012, the UI launched PHIL Was Here to celebrate philanthropy at the university.

Last year of college has felt ‘incomplete’ for University of Iowa seniors

Lily Rosen Marvin, News Reporter May 11, 2021

Senior Savannah DeGroot plans to head to their aunt’s house in Des Moines for graduation day. They’ll put on their cap and gown and grab some breakfast. When their name comes across the TV screen,...