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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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UI freshman Josie Bratt waves a LGBTQ pride flag while protesters surround a street preacher on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Protesters chanted and played pro-LGBTQ music to combat street preaching which aligns with University of Iowa’s LGBTQ history week. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Interfaith Alliance promotes equality, unity through Listening Tour

Paige Schlichte, [email protected] November 3, 2017

Extremism, hatred, bigotry, violence — these are all things Interfaith Alliance of Iowa aims to tackle through its Listening Tour, a road trip to Iowa communities intended to foster discussion about...

Attendees listen to Joan Kjaer and Andrew Michael Zmolek at the Merge Building on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. The panels centered on the effects of the Russian Revolution on its 100 year anniversary. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

Russian revolution turns 100, ‘WorldCanvass’ takes note

November 2, 2017

How the Russian Revolution has affected history, politics, and the arts — 100 years later.  By Paige Schlichte [email protected] It’s been a century — almost to the day — since the...

Floodwaters engulf Lower City Park on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. (File photo/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa City purchases 100th flood property

October 31, 2017

Iowa City has purchased its 100th flood-buyout property and is now scheduled to demolish it as part of the ongoing plan to reduce possible future damage in the Iowa River floodplain. By Brooklyn Draisey [email protected] Iowa...

Pedestrians cross Clinton Street and enter the Pedestrian Mall in Downtown Iowa City on Monday, June 27, 2016.

Video: Iowa City home to unique healing center

October 30, 2017

Downtown Iowa City is home to a unique healing center with few others like it in the country. Eastwind Healing Center, started by Candida Maurer with her husband in 1997, specializes in consciousness-based...

People walk in the Pedestrian Mall on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. Planed changes to the area call for replacing the brick and adding additional decoration. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Ped Mall project designs revealed

Julia DiGiacomo, [email protected] October 26, 2017

Big changes are coming to the Pedestrian Mall. At a meeting on Thursday at the Sheraton Hotel, 210 S. Dubuque St., the completed designs for the renovation of the Ped Mall were presented. The plans...

Executive director of the Iowa United Nations Association Andrea Cohen speaks at an event celebrating the launch of Empower Her on Tuesday Oct. 24, 2017. Empower Her is an Iowa United Nations Association program which aims to make feminine hygeine products more affordable. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

IowaUNA launches Empower-Her to bring feminine-hygiene products to women

Annie Laird, [email protected] October 24, 2017

n honor of the 72nd anniversary of the United Nations, the Iowa United Nations Association launched Empower-Her on Tuesday, a project dedicated to making feminine-hygiene products accessible to all women...

Several guests at the Northside Oktoberfest brought their pets on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. The dogs were especially popular with the crowd.  (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

Doggie Health Fair helps residents and their pets

Paige Schlichte, [email protected] October 22, 2017

Iowa City and Coralville area dog owners and their pets gathered at the Thornberry Off-Leash Dog Park on Sunday afternoon for the first Doggie Health Fair, hosted by the Iowa City Parks & Recreation...

The audience listens to Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement at Englert Theatre in Iowa City on Monday. Feb. 6, 2017. Cullors discusses the current state of the country and how citizens can help to make change. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins)

Witching Hour to feature writers of color

Natalie Betz, [email protected] October 19, 2017

For this year’s Witching Hour, there will be two panels that are a part of the Writers of Color Reading Series. On Oct. 20, Marquise Jackson, Sarah Matthews, and many others will read at the Englert,...

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Iowa City to unveil mural celebrating art, technology

Andy Mitchell, [email protected] October 19, 2017

Iowa City’s Mercer Aquatic Center will cut the ribbon today on a nearly yearlong mural project by artist Jo Myers-Walker and the University of Iowa College of Engineering NEXUS Program. The new mural...

Attendees listen to a panel discussion during the World Canvass lecture at Merge on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. The topic of discussion was fake news in the modern media. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

‘WorldCanvass’ discusses fake news, international implications 

October 18, 2017

International Writing Program  members discuss free press and fake news on an global scale. By Paige Schlichte [email protected] “Fake news” is a term that has circulated widely in public...

The Hilton Garden Inn is shown on Clinton Street on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The 12th floor of the hotel features a rooftop bar accessible to both Hilton rewards members as well as guests and community members. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

DITV: First look inside Iowa City’s new Hilton Garden Inn

October 17, 2017

A new Hilton Garden Inn with 143 guest rooms just opened on South Clinton street. At 12 stories high, it’s the tallest building in downtown Iowa City. Management said this is one of the first new hotels...

Photographer David Ottenstein speaks about his book, IOWA: Echoes of a Vanishing Landscape, at the Iowa City Public Library on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. (David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan)

Photographer David Ottenstein preserves Iowa’s bygone farming landscape 

Brooklyn Draisey, [email protected] October 16, 2017

Photographer David Ottenstein’s photos capture the last vestiges of Iowa’s bygone agricultural era in his new book, Iowa: Echoes of a Vanishing Landscape. In a discussion at Prairie Lights, 15 S....