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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Rachel Zuckerman, current president of UI Student Government, holds a candidate interest meeting on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. Campaigns for 2017 UISG elections begin on April 2. (The Daily Iowan/Olivia Sun)

UISG budget is built on student dollars: how the organization wields its budget

Sarah Watson, [email protected] March 19, 2018
Approximately 50 percent of UISG’s student-organization funds returned to the organization this winter, prompting UISG members to re-examine its funding model as UISG election season rolls around.
Student, Brooke Kimbrough, poses a question on racial inequality and First Amendment rights at the IMU on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. The University held a "Free Speech Day", a forum of guest speakers discussing the importance of the First Amendment. (The Daily Iowan/Ben Smith)

Iowa Brings Two Championship Teams home after debate tournament

Andy Mitchell, [email protected] March 19, 2018
The Hawkeyes became the second school to have two teams as national champions at the same time.
Iowa City apartments begin to offer recycling as rental permits are renewed

Iowa City apartments begin to offer recycling as rental permits are renewed

Brooklyn Draisey, [email protected] March 19, 2018
Since the City Council passed a regulation requiring multifamily units and condominiums to provide recycling, the response has been fairly positive.
The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Nazi graffiti reported on UI campus

March 19, 2018

According to a campus-wide email from the University of Iowa on Monday night, the Iowa City Police Department received reports of two instances of Nazi graffiti on Wednesday, March 14 and Sunday, March...

Solar energy lights up on campus

Solar energy lights up on campus

Julia DiGiacomo, [email protected] March 19, 2018
Tim Dwight will give a lecture on the merits of solar energy at 6:30 p.m. today at the Senior Center. Solar power is becoming an emerging energy on campus.
Newly presented cardboard dumpsters are seated behind the Three Towers apartment complex at 313 S. Gilbert St. on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. The Iowa City City Council passed a mandate in Nov. 2016 requiring all rental units of four tenants or more to provide recycling services. This resolution will be enforced by the end of 2018. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

DITV: UI Adjusts to Cardboard Ban

March 19, 2018

Throwing out cardboard has been banned in Iowa City ever since Jan. 2. If cardboard is found in landfills, taxpayers will have to pay for haulers being charged double the regular tipping fee. It’s a...

UISG City Liaison Ben Nelson and Senator Nate Robinson look on as a video introducing the Empower Iowa ticket for UISG elections is played at the BoJames bar in Iowa City on Sunday, March 18, 2018. The Empower Iowa ticket features Nelson as presidential candidate and Robinson as vice-president. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Four campaigns announced UISG candidacy

DI STAFF, [email protected] March 19, 2018
UISG hopefuls fill the ring with hats.
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics building is seen from the west on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. A $1.3 million grant now helps UI practicum students to provide counseling services in rural areas across Iowa for the next four years. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

University of Iowa researchers develop simulator to ease orthopedic training

Aadit Tambe, [email protected] March 9, 2018
UI researchers develop a new simulator that will give resident surgeons a platform to practice their skills before entering the operating room
$1 million donation establishes Brightfelt Professorship in Cornea

$1 million donation establishes Brightfelt Professorship in Cornea

Paul Elwell, [email protected] March 9, 2018
Robert Brightfelt donated $1 million to the UI clinics after physicians repaired his vision.
University of Iowa Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Jorge Salinas poses for a portrait in his office on Wednesday, March 7. Salinas is an Infectious Disease Specialist at the University of Iowa. (Matthew Finley/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa hospitals aim to better prepare for the next flu season

Aadit Tambe, [email protected] March 8, 2018
With a surge in number of influenza cases this year, Iowa hospitals encourage people to get flu shots, and health workers hope for vaccines to be more effective.
The University of Iowa School of Music is being moved to the newly built Voxman Building. The building is located at 95 East Burlington Street.

University of Iowa School of Music plans international music trip

Sarah Stortz, [email protected] March 8, 2018
After staying close to home in the United States for a few decades, a couple of UI music professors are ready to give students a global perspective.
Holly Patch speaks at the Trans Vocality: singing, Gender,and Joyful Politics event at the Jefferson Building on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. The event explored western musical in terms of trans and gender non-conforming representation. (Yue Zhang/Daily Iowan)

Iowa alumna Patch hosts discussion on gendered vocality

An event Wednesday night explored issues of gender and vocality, specifically regarding transgender individuals.