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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Members of the Iowa student section run to their seats before a football game between Iowa and Iowa State at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022.

Student Seats launches to prevent UI students from online athletic ticket scams

Brad Schultz, Assistant Sports Editor July 9, 2024

Twenty years ago, the process to purchase Iowa Hawkeye game tickets was simple. Fans lined up at the ticket offices of Carver-Hawkeye Arena or Kinnick Stadium hoping they would be one of the few...

University of Iowa Police Department Officer Daniel Huggar pauses with Bella, a recently trained bomb and narcotics detecting K9, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at the Old Capitol Museum.

UIPD sees new addition to K9 unit

Taj Young, News Reporter July 3, 2024

Bella, a Polish-bred German Shepherd, joined UIPD’s K9 unit earlier this year. Her handler, officer Daniel Huggar, and Bella filled the spot left behind by retired K9 Jago.  Huggar’s first-ever...

Elijah Mickey, Sayre Satterwhite, Ben Eastman, Carter Russell, and Ryan Braverman walk their bikes on a gravel road east of Malvern, Iowa on Saturday, June 1, 2024. On day one of the Design, Build and Ride Iowa bicycle tour, participants covered 75 miles with over 2,700 vertical feet of climbing.

UI art professor and students cross the state on hand-built bikes

Jordan Barry, Photojournalist July 2, 2024

Editor’s note: For six days at the beginning of June, The Daily Iowan photojournalist Jordan Barry participated in a bike tour with University of Iowa Art School professor Steve McGuire and his students...

Fireworks explode over a carnival ride during the annual 4thFest in Coralville on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

Coralville 4thFest returns with timeless fun

Liam Halawith, Politics Editor July 2, 2024

With a free concert, carnival, and fireworks show, Coralville’s Fourth of July celebration — 4thFest — is back with more timeless fun this year. The two-day celebration will kick off in S.T....

HUD Assistant Secretary Administrator Elizabeth de León Bhargava, Mayor Bruce Teague, and staff pose with the ceremonial check during a HUD Pro Housing grant press release held in Emma Harvat Hall in Iowa City Hall on Thursday, June 27, 2024.

Iowa City awarded $3.75 million Housing and Urban Development grant for affordable housing

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter June 27, 2024

Iowa City was awarded a $3.75 million grant to expand affordable housing efforts from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing grant on Wednesday.  The...

Photo Illustration by Isabella Tisdale

Eating Disorder Coalition of Iowa launches TextEd resource

Marandah Mangra-Dutcher, Summer Executive Editor June 25, 2024

The Eating Disorder Coalition of Iowa launched a statewide, text-based application called TextED to help connect resources and professionals with the people they serve as well as each other. The text-based...

Owner Connor Jenkins pours a latte at Kindred Coffee in Iowa City on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

North Linn Street gains a new cafe with a locally sourced, organic menu

Mia O'Connor-Walker, News Reporter June 25, 2024

Iowa City’s newest cafe, Kindred Coffee, opened on June 19. The cafe now resides at the former brick-and-mortar for Tru Coffee, 287 N Linn St. Owners Molly Kirby and Connor Jenkins plan for Kindred...

Iowa City Police car 988 design in Iowa City on Wednesday, Nov, 16. 2022.

UI students work to bring 988 decals to UIPD vehicles

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter June 18, 2024

A group of University of Iowa students is working to bring new decals promoting the national suicide hotline number, 988, to police vehicles around Johnson County. The decals were installed on University...

The Palestine flag waves during a three-day solidarity event on the Pentacrest in Iowa City on Friday, May 3, 2024. This demonstration was organized by the Iowa City Students for Justice in Palestine.

Pro-Palestinian protestors call on Board of Regents to divest from Israel

Liam Halawith, Politics Editor June 13, 2024

A group of activists called on the Iowa Board of Regents to disclose their investments and divest from any companies that are financially tied to Israel during public comment at the Board of Regents...

Attendees gather for a three-day solidarity event at the Pentacrest in Iowa City on Friday, May 3, 2024. This demonstration was organized by the Iowa City Students for Justice in Palestine.

Iowa City protestors call for Biden to honor “red line”

Liam Halawith, Politics Editor June 8, 2024

More than 60 Iowa City residents gathered at the University of Iowa Pentacrest on Friday afternoon to protest the continued Israeli invasion of Rafah in the ongoing conflict in Gaza.  The protest...

A parking meter is seen outside of the University of Iowa West Campus Transportation Center in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

Iowa City increases parking rates and violation fines

Colin Votzmeyer, Managing Summer Editor May 25, 2024

The Iowa City City Council has voted to increase parking rates and parking violation fines for the first time since 2013 during a meeting on Tuesday, May 21. According to Iowa City Parking FAQs,...

Pro-Palestine protesters march toward the University of Iowa Pentacrest from Hancher Auditorium on May 10, 2024.

Pro-Palestine protesters march on UI campus during commencement ceremony

Jack Moore, News Editor May 10, 2024

Over 30 pro-Palestine protesters gathered at the University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium on Friday amid Israel’s invasion of Rafah and ongoing national college protests.  The protest coincided...