Veronica Jordan is working on four things: staying warm, staying home, stocking up on food, and trying to avoid driving.
The first-year University of Iowa graduate student isn’t used to the roughly...
Students at the University of Iowa and local residents aren’t going to get courtesy calls before their parties get busted — at least not anytime soon.
Iowa City and UI officials decided jointly to...
The Iowa House passed legislation Tuesday that could lead to an eventual vote on gay marriage in the state. Democratic senators have vowed to block the measure, and University of Iowa students spoke out...
Lauren Larson is an oddity among University of Iowa Dance Marathon participants. She’s not even in college.
Though high-schoolers have participated as spirit dancers or volunteers for other parts of...
Isaac Rockafellow’s passion for juggling extends beyond the typical toss and catch of balls. The University of Iowa junior also juggles clubs and rings, and he has even employed plungers.
“As long...
Author Kevin Brockmeier likes to write at his desk and chair in a room filled with wooden bookshelves.
“I’m a creature of habit,” he said. “It’s hard for me to write anywhere but with my desk...
In addition to the hundreds of dancers who will face 24 hours on their feet during this weekend’s Dance Marathon “Big Event,” other university organizations work behind the scenes to support the...
The University of Iowa Dance Marathon is larger than ever.
And its growth in size and donations mirrors a nationwide trend in Dance Marathon participation.
At least five universities across the country...
Dillyn Mumme was set to be the first freshman in his weight class to wrestle varsity at Mount Pleasant Community High School. In both his seventh- and eighth-grade seasons, Dillyn was never pinned.
But...
A loud crack from the courthouse doors set Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputy Sue Henderson in motion. She leapt from her desk, dashed around the corner, and gazed down the stairs to the main entrance of...
Students who want to vote in Johnson County may have to get new photo IDs under legislation that passed in the Iowa House and is awaiting vote in the Senate.
The House of Representatives passed the bill...
Khane Neagle’s eyes lit up as Kathy Whiteside, the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital senior child-life specialist, carried in “magic noodles” to entertain the 3-year-old cancer patient. The...
