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...
The Iowa City City Council passed its first consideration of an ordinance that would amend the city code to prohibit the use of electronic signs on taxicabs on Tuesday evening.
The ordinance became a...
The trial date has been set for the end of March for an Iowa City man charged in a shooting death.
Alajuwon Shamar Johnson, 26, was charged Jan. 1 with involuntary manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old...
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,...
