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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The Old Capitol Building is seen on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Recently, the University of Iowa dropped its overall ranking among U.S. universities according to the annual U.S. News and World Report college rankings.

UI faces internet and system outage Sunday

Emma Jane, News Reporter October 6, 2024

This is a developing story, check back for updates.  A widespread IT outage Sunday has taken down internet access, uiowa.edu, and multiple campus IT systems, particularly impacting off-campus users....

Mar 27, 2022; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Francis Ford Coppola backstage during the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre.

‘Megalopolis’: Messy, yet masterful

Charlie Hickman, Arts Editor October 1, 2024

I haven’t seen anything quite like “Megalopolis,” and I’m not sure I ever will. “The Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola’s magnum opus is absurd, occasionally incoherent, and problematic...

Smith Likongwe addresses the audience during an International Writer Program panel held in the Iowa City Public Library on Sept. 13. The panel focused on storytelling in the digital age.

The weight of the world is in the word

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter October 1, 2024

The defining attribute that makes a writer a writer is debatable — it’s a job title, a history of published work, or an ambition to actualize the abstract. Most of all, though, what makes a writer...

The Public Space One sign is seen in Iowa City on Oct. 16, 2022. Public Space One hosted a feminist poetry event on saturday.

Leisha Nicole Stanek commands the space at PS1

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter September 30, 2024

On Sept. 27 and 28, feminist poet Leisha Nicole Stanek visited the Public Space One Close House to put on an hour-long show about feminism and everything it entails. Stanek’s performance was vulnerable...