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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 first baseman Brennen Dorighi steals second base during a baseball game between Iowa and St. Thomas at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The Hawkeyes defeated the Tommies, 10-1.

Iowa baseball transfer Brennen Dorighi finds great fit with Hawkeyes

Keaton Speicher, Sports Reporter April 18, 2023

Brennen Dorighi came to Iowa with ample experience. The Iowa baseball transfer spent the first four years of his career at Wofford, where he played in 30 games as a junior and 51 games as...

Iowa wide receiver Diante Vines runs after a reception during a football game between Iowa and Wisconsin at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. Vines recorded three receptions for 25 yards. The Hawkeyes defeated the Badgers, 24-10.

Iowa wide receiver room works through injuries in spring practice

Chloe Peterson, Sports Editor April 18, 2023

Diante Vines is taking a lot more reps than usual throughout Iowa football’s spring practices. The junior wide receiver, who missed the first six games of the 2022 season with a fractured...

Public address announcer, Mike Jay announces during a high school track and field meet at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids Iowa.

The man behind the mic: Mike Jay’s journey from an Iowa high school track and field coach to one of the most recognizable names in the sport

Chris Werner, Assistant Sports Editor April 18, 2023

At Cedar Rapids Prairie High School on April 11, Mike Jay sat in a familiar spot: a press box overlooking a track, with his meticulous notes splayed out in front of him and a microphone in his hand....

Board of Regents president Michael Richard and president pro tem Sherry Bates listen at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting hosted at the University of Northern Iowa on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

UI to request approval of major campus capital projects

Kate Perez and Alejandro Rojas April 18, 2023

The University of Iowa will seek the approval of the state Board of Regents for multiple projects across campus on Wednesday, including tearing down buildings and building a new parking garage. Razing...

Photo illustration by DI Staff.

Ops Blog | Pros and cons of marijuana legalization

April 18, 2023

Pro: Improve incarceration disparities Despite the legalization of marijuana by many states in the U.S., there are still glaring racial disparities in both arrests and convictions. According to...

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ICCSD forms book review committee

Virginia Russell, News Reporter April 18, 2023

The Iowa City Community School Board is continuing to evaluate what to do with the book “This Book is Gay” after it was pulled from school library shelves last month. The school board...

Actor and writer Josh Peck visits the KRUI-FM radio station to promote his talk, Happy People are Annoying: A Conversation with Josh Peck at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City on April 18, 2023.

Photos: Happy People Are Annoying: A Conversation With Josh Peck

Avi Lapchick, Matt Sindt, and Cody Blissett April 18, 2023

Actor and writer Josh Peck visited the University of Iowa campus to speak at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City, on Tuesday. Peck's lecture was hosted by the University of Iowa Lecture Committee,...

Board of Regents president Michael Richard and president pro tem Sherry Bates listen at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting hosted at the University of Northern Iowa on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

UI Health Care to request to take over Siouxland residency program

Alejandro Rojas and Kate Perez April 18, 2023

University of Iowa Health Care is set to take over a family residency practice in Sioux City soon, pending approval from the state Board of Regents.  The practice is currently run by the Siouxland...

University of Iowa faculty senate president Teresa Marshall speaks during the Board of Regents meeting at the Alumni Center at Iowa State University on April 6, 2021. The Board of Regents looked over requests and plans from the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa State University, the Iowa school for the deaf, and the University of Iowa.

UI Hospitals and Clinics to add new short-term patient unit

Jack Moore, News Reporter April 18, 2023

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will open a new short-stay unit this month that addresses and shortens patients’ wait times in the emergency department.  In a presentation to the...

Supporters light candles during a vigil for Cristian Martinez at the Pedestrian Mall in downtown Iowa City on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Martinez went missing in Iowa City on Saturday, April 15.

Candlelit vigil held in Iowa City for missing Muscatine man

Alejandro Rojas, News Reporter April 18, 2023

A candlelit vigil was held Tuesday evening in the Pedestrian Mall for Cristian Martinez, a 20-year-old man who went missing early Saturday morning.  Martinez is from Muscatine, Iowa, and was last...

Masami Igarashi and Hideaki Taki from the Echizen papermaking village in Japan prepare a canvas during a Japanese papermaking festival in Iowa City on Friday, April 14, 2023.

Japanese papermaking festival hosted by UI Center for the Book brings tradition to Iowa

Zhenya Loughney, Arts Reporter April 18, 2023

Paper pulp, woven threads, and fiber painting: The Iowa City public dipped their hands into traditional Japanese fiber arts and “washi” last weekend. The series of events, titled “The Future...

Jenny Singer, a recipient of the Englert Theatre fifth annual Nonfiction Writing Fellowship and first-year MFA candidate in the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program, poses for a portrait outside of the Englert Theatre in Iowa City on Monday, April 17, 2023.

Ask the Author | Jenny Singer

Parker Jones, Arts Editor April 18, 2023

Jenny Singer is a first-year MFA student in the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program. Originally from Seattle, Washington, she has written for publications like *Glamour Magazine, The...