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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Students traverse a hallway at Iowa City High School on Wednesday, February 13, 2019.

A year after Parkland, Iowa City School District members speak out on Iowa gun legislation

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter February 14, 2019

A year ago to the date, 17 people were fatally shot at the hands of a gunman with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school in Parkland, Florida. The tragedy sparked a series...

Terry Johnson, the University of Iowa Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, speaks at the Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Johnson was on hand to address a proposed public-private partnership concerning UI power generation capabilities. (David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan)

UI Faculty Senate addresses potential public-private partnership

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter February 12, 2019

Faculty Senate members debated the pros and cons of handing over management of its utility system to a private contractor on Tuesday, contemplating the potential benefits to the institution in the agreement’s...

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during a campaign event at the Big Grove Taproom in Iowa City on Monday Feb. 11, 2019. Rep. Gabbard visited Des Moines, Fairfield, and Iowa City on a tour of Iowa cities as she begins her 2020 presidential bid.

2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard visits Iowa City

Caleb McCullough, News Reporter February 11, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard outlined a message of unity and progressive politics when she spoke to a packed Big Grove Taproom on Monday. Gabbard, a representative from Hawaii’s...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks during a campaign rally in the IMU on Sunday, February 10, 2019.

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren visits eastern Iowa

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter February 10, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren condemned President Trump’s economic policies as catering to wealthy Americans and putting the working class at a disadvantage in her Eastern Iowa...

UI orchestra director, Dr. William LaRue Jones, poses for a portrait in his office at Voxman Music Building in Iowa City on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Dr. Jones is retiring after teaching at the University for over two decades.

UI’s orchestra and opera director will retire at semester’s end

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter February 10, 2019

Every day, there are rehearsals. The symphony practices on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The opera meets Tuesday evenings and through the end of the week. The chamber orchestra meets Tuesdays and Thursdays,...

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker speaks to his audience following a community forum at the Hawkeye Community College Van G. Miller Adult Learning Center in Waterloo, Iowa on Friday, February 8, {yr4.} Senator Booker announced his campaign for President of the United States on February 1, 2019.

Booker highlights message of unity throughout Iowa tour

Julia DiGiacomo, Politics Reporter February 9, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Cory Booker spread a message of unity and hope throughout his tour of Iowa Friday. In his first visit to Iowa since the announcement of his presidential...

Debby Bell, 59, of West Liberty, stands for a portrait outside the Burge Hall Marketplace on Friday, February 1, 2019. Bell works for UI Housing and Dining in order to cover the cost of her husband's medical bills.

Working for a living — and health insurance

Nichole Shaw, Opinions Columnist February 8, 2019

This story was co-published with IowaWatch. A 58-year-old Iowa City man has Stage 4 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, an intense respiratory failure that requires him to rely on an oxygen machine...

Montse Fuentes speaks during the provost forum on Thursday, February 7, 2019.

Montserrat Fuentes, final UI provost candidate, discusses retention, opportunity

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter February 7, 2019

Students, staff, and faculty gathered on the afternoon of Feb. 7 in the IMU to hear from Montserrat Fuentes, the final University of Iowa executive vice president and provost candidate. Fuentes, the...

UI sports and rec management student, Jennifer Fisher, poses for a portrait in downtown Iowa City on Monday, February 4, 2019. Fisher was chosen from 100 other applicants across 60 different campuses to run Instagram's official College Football Playoffs account.

Instagram’s story during 2019 College Football Championships run by UI student

Kinsey Phipps, News Reporter February 7, 2019

Jennifer Fisher stood in front of the rope put in place to keep media personnel at a distance as the Alabama football team swarmed the field, thanks to making friends with a security guard. Beneath her...

The Old Capitol building is seen in 2018.

Court rules UI discriminated against student group

Marissa Payne and Brooklyn Draisey February 6, 2019

A federal court on Wednesday ruled that the University of Iowa cannot revoke a group's registered student-organization status because of a group's requirement that leaders follow its faith statement. The...

President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 30, 2018. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS

Iowans react to Trump’s state of the union address

Sarah Watson and Emily Wangen February 6, 2019

Iowa City Democrats and Republicans gathered on Tuesday in two separate events to watch President Donald Trump deliver his second State of the Union Address on the heels of the longest government shutdown...

Michael Belz, father of Gerald Belz, pays his respects during his son’s vigil at the Newman Catholic Student Center on Monday, February 4, 2019. Gerald died on Wednesday.

Catholic Center holds vigil in memory of UI student Gerald Belz

Brooklyn Draisey, News Editor February 4, 2019

Gerald Belz loved football, though his father said he wasn’t the best player in the game. “Even though he was never any good at it, he loved to play,” Michael Belz, Gerald’s father, said. He...