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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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Conference attendees travel throughout the building during the 2025 AWP conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 29. The conference typically has around 12,000 attendees each year.

Hawks visit Hollywood at annual writing and publishing conference

Riley Dunn, Digital Editor April 8, 2025

Around 1,800 miles away from Iowa City sits the sprawling Hollywood hub of Los Angeles, California, home to many famous venues and stars. From March 26-29, it was home to the annual Association...

Volunteer Keith Wilson helps Chloe Palmer unclamp her back wheel at the Iowa City Bike Library south of downtown on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

The organizations turning Iowa City into a safer, more accessible destination for bicyclists

Charlie Hickman, Arts Editor April 1, 2025

As winter rolls into spring, so do the spokes on bicycle wheels around Iowa City. Cyclists have been out in larger and larger numbers as the weather improves, but with increased numbers of bikes on...

Monica Berry poses for a portrait during an interview with The Daily Iowan at Cielo in Iowa City on March 17, 2025. Berry is the CEO of the woman-owned business that sells clothing, jewelry, and self-care goods.

‘Girl math’ adds up to create the bond between women

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter March 25, 2025

The most noticeable features of Cielo, an Iowa City store owned by Monica Berry, are the bright fairy lights and clothes decorated with fun phrases. Shirts and sweaters reading “Literally just a...

The famous Hollywood sign in the hills above Hollywood, California, on Jan. 10, 2025.

Cougar culture glamorizes Hollywood’s ageism

Haya Hussain and Charlie Hickman March 11, 2025

When picturing the perfect protagonist, people often imagine someone young — either in their late-20s or mid-30s, or 16 and coming-of-age. Elderly main characters are few and far between. Situationally,...

Photo illustration of multiple exposures of TikTok previews.

The meme culture that is making us go grey

Charlie Hickman and Isabelle Lubguban March 4, 2025

The first thing students like Justis Walker do when they wake up is open Instagram and start scrolling through Reels. Phones resting mere inches from their faces, images of dancing fruit and AI-generated...

Jody Hovland and Ron Clark play Virginia Butley and Frank Butley, arguing with neighbors Franco Machado-Pesce and Jessica Murillo Kemp, playing Pablo Del Valle and Tania Del Valle during a performance of “Native Gardens” at Riverside Theatre on Friday, Feb. 22, 2025. The play about neighborly disputes and tolerance is directed by Kirsten Brooks and will be performed from Feb. 28 to March 16.

Behind the scenes of Riverside’s ‘Native Gardens’ from script to stage

Riley Dunn and Flynn Milligan February 25, 2025

Orchestrating a play is no easy task, especially when constructed on the professional level Riverside Theatre strives for. After weeks of work and development, the theater will open its 300th production,...

A guest observes a painting during the exhibition opening of “it’s a fine thing” at the Stanley Museum of Art on Feb. 13, 2025. The exhibit runs from Feb. 13 to July 20, 2025.

The Stanley Museum of Art’s new exhibit ‘it’s a fine thing’ explores underexposed community

Riley Dunn and Grant Darnell February 18, 2025

Iowa City has long been known as a city of the arts. This year, however, it’s hosting an unprecedented exhibition spanning multiple mediums at one of the city’s centers for art, the Stanley Museum...

Theatre Arts major Charlie Schmelzer gestures towards Alice Conroy during a performance at No Shame in the Theatre Building on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. No Shame meets every other Friday at 5:30 p.m. in room 172 of the Theatre Building for writers and performers to present and act in original, creative short works.

UI students revive iconic No Shame Theatre, a haven for artists looking to share their perspectives without judgment

Laurel Preston, Arts Reporter February 11, 2025

On a drizzling, dreary night in October, students of various ages and majors joined in the dark lot of the University of Iowa Theatre Building at midnight. The ominous meeting spot was lit only by sparse...

Khushi Patel poses for a portrait in Adler Journalism Building on Sunday, Feb 2. Patel is one of many TikTok content creators on campus, and her account, theonlykhushi, has 12.4K followers.

TikTok ban presses pause on students’ scrolling social lives

Kyrsten White and Haya Hussain February 4, 2025

“I didn’t believe it at first, because every year around this time, people say TikTok will get banned. Usually, it doesn’t,” Khushi Patel, a first-year student at the University of Iowa, said....

Up and coming rapper, Mod Sun headlines at Gabes in downtown Iowa City on Thursday, March 5, 2020. “Mod Sun is like positive hippy rap”- Davenport citizen/Mod Sun fan, Chandler Carpenter.

How Gabe’s came to be an Iowa City staple

Charlie Hickman and Stella Shipman January 28, 2025

It might have been the convenient thoroughfare of I-80 between some of the biggest touring states in the country that first attracted bands to the two-tiered venue in Iowa City. The legacies visiting...

Members of the University of Iowa Anime and Manga club vote to watch the anime “Saga of Tanya the Evil” at their meeting in the Iowa Theater at the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. The club votes on which anime to watch and discuss at the start of their meetings.

Iowa City fan communities find healthy ways to engage in fandom as online stan culture skyrockets

Charlie Hickman and Kyrsten White January 21, 2025

Everybody is a fan of something — from authors to singers to quarterbacks — but for some, the fandom becomes a second life. These fans are often considered “stans,” and as people have been...

Clara Viner, owner of Hot House Yoga, demonstrates a pose at the North Liberty, Iowa location on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Hot House Yoga has three locations, including in Iowa City and Coralville.

Iowa City promotes self-care as finals week approaches

Flynn Milligan and Charlie Christensen December 10, 2024

Self-care is an important part of day-to-day life. From being a student to being a part of the working world or otherwise, we need to look out for ourselves. Iowa City offers plenty of options to treat...