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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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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 26, 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 25, 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...

TaJuan Wilson speaks during the forum for the associate vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion on March 25, 2019. He was later selected to fill the role and on Aug. 15, 2019 the UI announced his resignation from the position.

Associate VP for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion resigns: ‘It is not the right fit for me at this time’

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief August 15, 2019

Less than two months after TaJuan Wilson assumed the role of associate vice president for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — a division the University of Iowa has renewed its focus on as it strives to...

Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 2020 Democratic candidate Julian Castro speaks on gun violence at a town hall organized by Moms Demand Action volunteers in North Liberty on Wednesday, August 14, 2019. (Jenna Galligan/The Daily Iowan)

Julian Castro says his gun-control plan will ‘disarm hate’

Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor August 14, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Julian Castro said Republicans use the issue of mental health as a scapegoat for gun violence in the wake of two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio in a North Liberty...

Cristhian Bahena Rivera (contributed)

Man charged in Mollie Tibbetts’ death asks to delay hearing on suppressing evidence

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief August 14, 2019

The man accused of slaying University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has asked to delay a court appearance in which a judge will decide whether or not authorities violated the defendant’s rights. Attorneys...

Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana and 2020 Democratic presidential-nomination candidate, speaks at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019.

Buttigieg: U.S. problems motivated Americans to ‘vote to burn the house down’

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief August 13, 2019

DES MOINES — South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday told an Iowa State Fair crowd that America has problems larger than the man currently occupying the Oval Office. “I’m here to argue...