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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 center Megan Gustafson drives to the hoop during the Iowa/Mizzou NCAA Tournament second round women's basketball game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena  on Sunday, March 24, 2019. The Hawkeyes defeated the Tigers, 68-52.

Gustafson taken in second round of WNBA Draft

Pete Mills, Assistant Sports Editor April 10, 2019

Iowa women’s basketball senior Megan Gustafson was taken No. 17 overall in 2019’s WNBA Draft on Wednesday. The senior was taken as the fifth pick in the second round of the draft, falling to the Dallas...

DI Staffer Aadit Tambe poses for a portrait on Monday, April 8, 2019.

Making America home: My 8,000-mile journey from India to the Heartland

Aadit Tambe, Assistant Digital Editor April 9, 2019

Last month as I walked into Prairie Lights, I instinctively held the door open for an older woman I didn’t know. Beaming at me, she asked how my day was going, and what I studied. Following the brief...

UISG president-elect, Noel Mills, and vice president-elect, Sarah Henry, celebrate winning the 2019 UISG Executive ballot at the IMU on Monday, April 8, 2019. Ignite Iowa received the majority of votes at 1,568 or 53.28%. (Alyson Kuennen/The Daily Iowan)

Ignite Iowa wins UISG election

Rylee Wilson, News Reporter April 8, 2019

Ignite Iowa clenched victory in the University of Iowa Student Government election by a large margin, with over half of voters ranking them as their first choice. Noel Mills and Sarah Henry were elected...

Police investigators are on the scene of a suspicious death on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at 114 Green Mountain Drive in Iowa City.

‘Suspicious death’ of UI Health Care employee being investigated as homicide

Gage Miskimen, Editor in Chief April 7, 2019

JoEllen Browning, the University of Iowa Health Care employee whose death over the weekend Iowa City police are investigating as a homicide, was described as “the nicest person you could ever know”...

Members of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan Development Group and shared governance meet in the IMU on Thursday, April 4, 2019. The group discussed the campus-climate survey results and unveiled the UI's new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Plan.

UI unveils Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion action plan

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor April 5, 2019

An institutional paradigm shift from being a university that embraces diversity to one that achieves excellence through diversity, equity, and inclusion has manifested in the University of Iowa’s creation...

Ben Shussler (12) poses for a portrait at Boyd Tower in UIHC on Friday, March 8, 2019. Shussler flies in weekly to receive treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, conducted by Dr. Katherine Mathews as part of a research study.

Child receiving experimental treatment from UIHC flies frequently from Minnesota to Iowa

Josie Fischels, News Reporter April 3, 2019

Not many could board a plane to go to a hospital 265 miles from their home every week and still have a smile on their face, but 12-year-old Ben Schussler does it with ease. Today, Ben’s flights are...

In Washington, Iowa Democratic and Republican lawmakers find middle ground

In Washington, Iowa Democratic and Republican lawmakers find middle ground

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor April 2, 2019

Flooding in southwest Iowa presented an unfortunate but golden opportunity for Iowa’s congressional delegation — now split evenly between three Republicans and three Democrats for the first time in...

Iowa center Megan Gustafson is cheered on as she is taken out of her final game during the NCAA Elite 8 game against Baylor at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex on Monday, April 1, 2019. The Bears defeated the Hawkeyes 85-53.

Gustafson wraps up career with another stellar performance

Jordan Zuniga, Sports Reporter April 1, 2019

GREENSBORO, N.C. – A career full of bliss ended with tears of anguish for Iowa’s Megan Gustafson on Monday. Her last act as a Hawkeye was a performance Iowa fans have grown used to, as she scored...

A framed photograph of John Stortz. John died inside his home on Nov. 21, 2012 from natural causes.

The Missing Piece: Continuing life without my dad

Sarah Stortz, Arts Reporter April 1, 2019

It was Nov. 20, 2012. The evening passed by as I picked up clothes from my bedroom floor, listening to my parents’ chatter from the living room below. It was the first night of Thanksgiving break...

A Sysco truck crashes into the railroad above Iowa Avenue on Friday, March 29, 2019.

Semi truck hits Iowa Avenue railroad bridge

Brooklyn Draisey, News Editor March 29, 2019

A Sysco semi-truck heading west has hit the railroad track above Iowa Avenue around 10:30 a.m., ripping the top of the trailer container off and scattering debris on the road and the railroad bridge. Sysco...

Harper Stribe cuts down a piece of net with the support of Iowa guard Kathleen Doyle after the Iowa/Mizzou NCAA Tournament second round women's basketball game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena  on Sunday, March 24, 2019. The Hawkeyes defeated the Tigers, 68-52.

Hawkeye women playing for Harper in Sweet 16

Jordan Zuniga, Sports Reporter March 29, 2019

There is a member of the Iowa women’s basketball team you may not be familiar with. She’s not on the official roster, and she may be just 7 years old, but she’s as much a part of the Hawkeye squad...

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, front, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, leaves the Capitol building after meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on June 21, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Ting Shen/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)

Iowa’s congressional delegation: Remember Russia interfered with 2016 election

Marissa Payne, Managing Editor March 28, 2019

WASHINGTON — Iowa’s congressional delegation says Russia remains a threat to American institutions, and the members will focus on protecting the U.S. from the “hostile nation” following the conclusion...