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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

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Iowa’s Forward/Center Monika Czinano shoots the ball during the Iowa Hawkeyes Women’s Basketball season opener against Northern Iowa on Nov. 25, 2020 at The Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated Northern Iowa 96-81. (Casey Stone/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa women’s basketball looking to avenge Jan. 9 loss to Northwestern

Ben Palya, Sports Reporter January 27, 2021

After two straight game cancellations — leading to a week-and-a-half break in competition — the Iowa women’s basketball team (9-3, 5-3) will welcome No. 23 Northwestern (8-3, 6-3) to Carver-Hawkeye...

Iowa’s 184-pound Nelson Brands grapples with Nebraska’s Taylor Venz during a wrestling dual meet between No. 1 Iowa and No. 6 Nebraska at Carver Hawkeye Arena on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. No. 8 Brands defeated No. 7 Venz by major decision, 13-5, and the Hawkeyes defeated the Cornhuskers, 31-6. (Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan)

Nelson Brands’ improvements paying off for Iowa wrestling

Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor January 27, 2021

As a child, Nelson Brands tussled with his cousins in what his uncle and Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands called a “ruckus in the background.” The 184-pound Hawkeye’s nose started to bleed...

Iowa basketball players (left to right) Connor McCaffery, Joe Wieskamp, Luka Garza, and C.J. Fredrick block Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu from shooting a basket during a game against the University of Illinois on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. The Hawkeyes lost to the Fighting Illini, 76-78. (Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan)

C.J. Fredrick day-to-day ahead of Friday’s Iowa-Illinois matchup

Robert Read, Pregame Editor January 27, 2021

Eight days is a long time between games during a college basketball season. But it may not be a long enough stretch for C.J. Fredrick to be healthy enough to return to Iowa’s lineup. At his weekly...

The Iowa State capitol is shown on Tuesday, January 13, 2015.

UI College of Dentistry student meets with legislators over concerns the UI is suppressing conservative voices

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor January 27, 2021

In the state House Government Oversight Committee’s first meeting of the year, University of Iowa College of Dentistry student Michael Brase, a self-described conservative, told the committee that...

Dragonfly Transplant Fund co-founder Ed Brown and social worker, Brittni Engrav pose for a portrait in front of the Iowa River Landing in Coralville on Saturday, January 24th 2021. The Dragonfly Transplant Fund was founded by Ed and his wife Deb who would use the program to reward organ donors with gift cards. (Tate Hildyard/The Daily Iowan)

Dragonfly Transplant Fund extends support to transplant patients and their families

Grace Hamilton, News Reporter January 27, 2021

After forty years of marriage, one of Ed Brown’s favorite moments spent with his wife Deb happened after her liver transplant operation in 2016. Following months of anxious waiting and an eventual...

University of Iowa Student Government office front as seen on Jan. 26, 2021.

UI emergency fund and federal aid to alleviate financial stress for students

Sabine Martin, News Reporter January 27, 2021

Through the University of Iowa and federal government funding, UI students will be able to relieve financial hardships related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In collaboration with Undergraduate Student...

Photo of Professor and Chair of the UI Department of Dance Rebekah J. Kowal. Contributed.

UI Dance Professor to talk cultural dance history at Prairie Lights reading

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter January 27, 2021

The idea of dance as a mode of cultural progress in the context of a globalist society might seem like an intimidatingly niche concept to most. To University of Iowa Dance Professor Rebekah Kowal,...

President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Opinion | Can Biden unite the country?

Jacob Wendell, Opinions Contributor January 27, 2021

Last Wednesday, Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States amid unprecedented circumstances. The theme of Joe Biden’s inaugural address was unity. However, I struggle to...

Gov. Kim Reynolds gives the State of the State address in the house chamber of the Iowa State Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Des Moines. Gov. Reynolds highlighted in the address expansion of broadband internet, a push for in-person learning, and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. Kim Reynolds announces 16 percent increase in COVID-19 vaccine doses

Lauren White, Politics Reporter January 27, 2021

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday that Iowa will be receiving a 16 percent increase in coronavirus vaccine doses over the next three weeks, and on Feb. 8, Iowa will see an additional 20,000...

The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, March 12, 2020.

University of Iowa to receive millions in federal aid in the spring semester

Eleanor Hildebrandt, News Reporter January 27, 2021

The University of Iowa will receive $24.9 million in federal aid this spring from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. In a campus-wide email Wednesday, the university announced $8 million...

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

Prosecutors in Mollie Tibbetts trial accuse defense of filing illegitimate subpoena for Tibbetts’ banking records

Caleb McCullough, Managing Editor January 27, 2021

State prosecutors in the trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the man accused of murdering University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018, have accused the defense of an illegitimate "fishing expedition"...

Members of the Iowa house of representatives take the oath of office during the opening of the 2021 legislative session on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Legislative goals for the session include further tax cuts, expanding in-person learning, and moving towards economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Opinion | Iowa doesn’t need the death penalty

Yassie Buchanan, Opinions Columnist January 27, 2021

Iowa lawmakers have recently pushed to bring back the death penalty, but execution has long been a problematic and cruel punishment that has no place in the Hawkeye State. A bill introduced in the...