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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Iowa Forward Samantha Tawharu heads the ball during the Iowa Soccer senior day game against Purdue on Mar. 28, 2021 at the Iowa Soccer Complex. Iowa defeated Purdue 1-0.

Iowa soccer defeats Minnesota, 2-0, to advance to Big Ten Tournament

Hunter Moeller, Sports Reporter April 11, 2021

Iowa soccer punched its ticket to the Big Ten Tournament Sunday afternoon with a 2-0 Big Ten Regional Weekend victory over Minnesota at Demirjian Park in Champaign, Illinois. The Hawkeyes stunning...

Iowa players, Dylan Nedved and Zeb Adreon, celebrate Nedved’s home run during the Iowa baseball game v. Minnesota at the Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on April 11, 2021.

Nedved’s big day propels Hawkeyes to series sweep of Golden Gophers

Austin Hanson, Sports Editor April 11, 2021

According to Iowa baseball head coach Rick Heller, playing two ways on the diamond in Division I college baseball is no easy task. Heller believes athletes that play two ways have to be uniquely...

Aluna-Aro Olaniyi (left) and Cherish Cornett (right) discuss how to lay out the boards for the design of the boxes on Sunday, April 11, 2021. The boxes will be used to grow vegetables in a community garden located behind the Afro-House.

Afro House breaks ground on student-led community garden

Marco Oceguera, News Reporter April 11, 2021

Aluna-Aro Olaniyi finally brought her vision for a community garden to life on Sunday afternoon at the Afro House, hand building its foundation by gluing together plywood with a group of friends. The...

Sedona Prince (32) of the Oregon Ducks screams before the start of the game against the Louisville Cardinals during the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 28, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. (Elsa/Getty Images/TNS)

Opinion | Prioritize gender equity in collegiate athletics

Sophie Stover, Opinions Columnist April 11, 2021

The NCAA finally crowned the winners of the 2021 men’s and women’s basketball championships, but this year I can’t dwell on the results of the tournaments. Many fans watched their team’s journey...

Guowei Qi, a senior studying biochemistry, math, and computer science at UI, is seen in front of the Old Capital on Thursday, April 8, 2021. Qui is one of 17 Churchill Scholars in the U.S.

Guowei Qi becomes fifth Churchill Scholar from UI

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter April 11, 2021

When Guowei Qi came to the University of Iowa in 2017, he hit the ground running. From earning the Goldwater Scholarship in 2019 and receiving funding from the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates...

President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg meet with a bipartisan group of House members on infrastructure in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, March 4, 2021. (Oliver Contreras/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

Opinion | Joe Biden’s Infrastructure Plan, explained

Shahab Khan, Opinions Columnist April 11, 2021

President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Act is the latest example of the gradual shift in macroeconomic thinking as the era of austerity is coming to an end. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the...

Iowa pitcher, Drew Irvine, pitches the ball during the Iowa baseball game v. Minnesota at the Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on April 11, 2021.

Iowa baseball team outscores Minnesota 31-2 in three-game sweep, improves to 12-9 on the season

Robert Read, Pregame Editor April 11, 2021

Heading into the fifth inning of the second game of Sunday’s Iowa-Minnesota baseball doubleheader, “Tell Me It’s Over” by Avril Lavigne played over the speakers at Duane Banks Field. By that...

Iowa's Denali Loecker, who plays first base, touches home plate during a softball game at Pearl Field on Saturday, April 3 during a softball game between Iowa and Indiana. Loecker collected two RBIs.The Hawkeyes defeated the Hoosiers 8-0 in five innings.

Iowa softball drops four-game series with Wisconsin

Chloe Peterson, Sports Reporter April 11, 2021

Iowa softball’s goal of sweeping a weekend series in the Big Ten will have to wait at least another week. The Hawkeyes thought they could accomplish the feat against the then 5-15 Wisconsin Badgers...

Amanda Thomas, University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band Drum Major, performs inside the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex on Wednesday April 7, 2021. “I am beyond excited to get started,” Thomas said.

Hawkeye Marching Band selects next drum major, a woman in a position dominated historically by men

Josie Fischels, Arts Editor April 11, 2021

As a high school student, Amanda Thomas declared to Twitter that she would become the Hawkeye Marching Band’s first-ever female drum major. Although that history was made before she came to the University...

Iowa's Ricky Williams competes in the 1000m freestyle during a swim meet at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. The women's team hosted Nebraska while the men's team had an intrasquad scrimmage.

Iowa men’s swimming and diving reflects on turbulent season coming to a close

Chris Werner, Sports Reporter April 11, 2021

No members of the Iowa men’s swimming and diving team wanted to leave the pool deck March 6. The fourth and final day of the Big Ten Championships in Columbus, Ohio, did not only mark the end...