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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

Laura Calderwood looks through a scrapbook during an interview in her home in Brooklyn, Iowa on Aug. 30, 2019.

Mollie Tibbetts’ family shares the UI student’s legacy one year after her death

Brooklyn Draisey, Managing Editor September 2, 2019

Hanging on the wall in Laura Calderwood’s bedroom is a self-portrait her daughter, Mollie Tibbetts, drew when she was 5. The picture is large, and Mollie’s crayon-drawn face dominates the tan paper....

 Iowa wide receiver Oliver Martin catches a touchdown pass during the football game against Miami (Ohio) at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, August 31, 2019.

Martin finds success in first game at Kinnick

Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor August 31, 2019

Oliver Martin received immediate eligibility from the NCAA on Wednesday. Just three days later, he scored his first touchdown for the Hawkeyes in a 38-14 season-opening win over Miami (Ohio). After...

Reports of shots fired on Arthur Street Saturday morning

Reports of shots fired on Arthur Street Saturday morning

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor August 31, 2019

Police responded to reports of shots fired in Iowa City early Saturday morning, according to a press release from the Iowa City Police Department. Two calls reported a series of five shots in the area...

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine partakes in a press conference during his visit to the University of Iowa on Aug. 30, 2019. The UI recently received a $115 million grant to launch the TRACERS mission, which will collect data on the interaction of the earth and sun’s magnetic fields.

NASA head talks space exploration at University of Iowa visit

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor August 30, 2019

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine visited the University of Iowa Friday, where he emphasized space research happening at the UI has down-to-Earth applications, such as how GPS signal and cell phone service...

Artist Tilly Woodward holds the book Everyday Joy which explores the process of creating the murals during a meet and greet for the new art instillation Everyday Joy in the Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Aug. 29, 2019. Over 300 children worked on this project that celebrates the memory of Mollie Tibbetts.

‘Everyday Joy’ murals at Children’s Hospital honor Mollie Tibbetts

Charlie Peckman, Senior Reporter August 29, 2019

Room 1862-1 in the Stead Family Children’s Hospital Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics division was quiet with the lull of conversation Thursday evening as robust fluorescent light illuminated five...

Photo Illustration by Katie Goodale

Doodles, dots, and dashes: Inside the organized creativity of bullet journaling

Josie Fischels, Arts Editor August 28, 2019

Armed with pencils, a technicolor array of her beloved fine-point gel-pens, and a dozen or so patterned Post-It notes, University of Iowa sophomore Camryn Norton takes to the dotted pages of a small pink...

Illustration by Kate Snyder

Iowa City reacts to reduced funding for Planned Parenthood

Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor August 28, 2019

Raquel Kurth went to the local Planned Parenthood last year to get a third opinion on a mammogram. Her insurance only covered two opinions, and when a lump showed up on her breast, she wanted an opinion...

during Convocation on the Pentacrest on Sunday, August 25, 2019. (Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan)

Letter from the Editor: The DI needs your voices

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief August 27, 2019

For journalism to contribute to the functioning of a healthy democratic society — one in which all members have access to accurate information to use in making sound decisions — it can’t be produced...

The Daily Iowan newsroom is seen on Feb. 26, 2019.

Editorial: The Fourth Estate keeps the UI community informed

DI Editorial Board August 26, 2019

Since 1868, The Daily Iowan has provided the news to the University of Iowa and Iowa City communities. Over the course of our 151-year history, the DI has covered events from Nile Kinnick’s 1939 Heisman...

Rev. Anna Blaedel listens during a Bible study at the Wesley Center on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Openly queer, Rev. Blaedel faced formal complaints by the United Methodist Church.

UI Wesley Center Board of Directors condemns church trial of resigned minister

Brooklyn Draisey, Managing Editor August 24, 2019

The University of Iowa Wesley Center Board of Directors defended the organization’s recently resigned director in a statement released Aug. 24 after the United Methodist Church’s Iowa Committee on...

Cristhian Bahena Rivera (contributed)

Trial for Mollie Tibbetts homicide suspect will still start on Nov. 12

Kayli Reese, Managing News Editor August 23, 2019

The trial date for the man accused of slaying University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018 will continue as scheduled after he waived the right to a speedy trial at a hearing Aug. 23. The trial...

2020 Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at an ice cream social in West Branch, Iowa on Monday, August 19, 2019.

Bernie Sanders in Iowa: ‘Everything we stand for is achievable’

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor August 19, 2019

In the backyard of two West Branch Democratic activists, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told a gathering of people sitting on lawn chairs and spread-out blankets that social and political change “is always...