For most college students, it’s hard enough to keep $400 in the bank account.
But each year, UI Dance Marathon dancers raise at least that much to participate in the event by e-mailing, canning, and...
Eden Levetzow’s favorite hiding place is behind a dark brown leather armchair in the corner of the living room. But if her parents call for her, she can’t resist giggling and replying, “I’m here.”
The...
Courtney Bond said she looked everywhere for an outlet to support Dance Marathon after she graduated from the UI.
But the English and journalism major was at a loss on how to stay engaged with the friends...
Richard Young and Payden Lindquist have nothing in common.
Young wears glasses, and Payden has no trouble seeing the TV screen in front of him. One is easygoing, the other demanding. Young isn’t up...
Though Lura Carstensen is only a sophomore, the UI student has already been involved with Dance Marathon for more than a decade.
Carstensen’s older sister, Kira, was diagnosed with leukemia when she...
It doesn’t seem anything can stop Jamie Civitate from texting.
Tapping the keys at the dinner table receives reprimands from her parents. Sending 160-character messages at school once got her phone...
Iowa City police arrested a man and charged him with attempting to rob a convenience store in Iowa City.
Eric Svensson, 23, address unknown, was charged Monday with second-degree robbery, along with third-degree...
All the City Councilors agree — a search firm it is.
At Monday night’s Iowa City City Council work session, all seven councilors expressed support for hiring an outside search firm to aid the group...
When it came time for a group of UI engineering students to begin their project for the Capstone Senior Design class, they turned to the floods of 2008 for inspiration.
But their inspiration may have...
The Daily Iowan sat down with UI President Sally Mason for a monthly Q&A series to discuss Hancher, budget changes, tuition, and other decisions going before the state Board of Regents on Thursday.
DI:...
The members of the VanWey family still sport their matching Dance Marathon gear.
It’s been about half a year since 6-year-old Mikayla VanWey finished her final leukemia treatment.
But the family —...
Every summer, Carolyn Bygness gets two weeks of vacation time. And for the last 25 years, she’s given up half of that to be a counselor at a summer camp for kids with cancer.
For that one week, Bygness,...
