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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

The Iowa City Community School District sign is seen on Nov. 5, 2018

Iowa City School District may leave positions vacant

Kelsey Harrell, News Reporter March 14, 2019

Iowa City School District officials may cut a total of 75 positions in the district for the 2019-20 school year as the district grapples with having to trim its budget. The potential position cuts...

The Old Capitol is seen on Nov. 25, 2018.

Diversity Catalyst Award given to faculty, staff, students

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter March 14, 2019

This year marks the creation of a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Legacy Award as the University of Iowa celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Diversity Catalyst Awards. Four faculty and staff...

The Old Capitol building is seen in 2018.

Jury orders UI to pay $2 million to A&P Samuels over a contract dispute

Kate Pixley, News Reporter March 14, 2019

A jury on Feb. 25 ruled in favor of a construction group and ordered the University of Iowa to pay more than $2 million plus interest in restitution over a nearly six-year-long construction dispute. Jeffrey...

The Capitol building in Des Moines is pictured on Saturday, April 29, 2018.

Iowa Legislature takes up concerns with student loans

Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter March 14, 2019

Update 4/8: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed SF 304 into law Monday following unanimous passage through both chambers of the Iowa Legislature. It was introduced in mid-February, passed the Senate on March...

Poet Esther Dischereit (left,) Professor Elizabeth Heineman, and Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz discuss the rise in American and European anti-Semitism in the Iowa City Public Library on Thursday, March 14, 2019. The panel discussion, entitled “Resurgent Antisemitism and the Importance of Historical Remembering,” postulated the causes and potential solutions to prejudice.

‘Stronger than Hate’ panel sheds light on overcoming anti-Semitism

Charles Peckman, News Reporter March 14, 2019

“You have plunged me in this everlasting blackness.” The room was silent as Berlin-based author Esther Dischereit read from her poetry on historical memory. Her reading focused on the pain and suffering...

The Iowa Legislature gaveled in Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 to start the 2019 legislative session. Top issues Republican leadership and area legislators have identified include reducing taxes and government oversight, mental health, and felon-voting reform.

Campus free-speech bill heads to Iowa governor’s desk

Caleb McCullough, News Reporter March 14, 2019

A bill addressing free speech on college campuses passed the Iowa House on Thursday afternoon on a 52-44 vote. The bill would designate most outdoor areas of community colleges and state universities...

Iowa City Downtown District begins search for new nighttime mayor

Iowa City Downtown District begins search for new nighttime mayor

Andy Mitchell, News Reporter March 14, 2019

Iowa City Downtown District has launched its search for a new nighttime mayor on its website following the departure of Angela Winnike. The nighttime mayor is a position that Iowa City introduced in...

Associate English professor at the University of Austin-Texas Domino Renee Perez speaks at the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion forum on Thursday, March 14, 2019

Second associate VP for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion candidate visits UI

Katie Ann McCarver, News Reporter March 14, 2019

University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students gathered in the IMU for a public forum on Thursday to hear the second candidate to become the associate vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion,...

The Iowa City Council meets for a formal meeting on Tuesday, October 16, 2018.

New ordinance targets massage businesses, human trafficking

Josie Fischels, News Reporter March 14, 2019

A new ordinance allowing the investigation of massage businesses in the area has recently been enforced by the Iowa City police to crack down on human trafficking. Area police began enforcing an added...

University of Iowa Rhetoric instructor Elena Carter poses for a portrait on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019. Elena is one of the faculty members of the University English Department campaigning for a sick day bank in response to the drastic medical condition of a member of the Rhetoric department.

UI faculty group petitions to pool sick-leave dates into a communal bank

Kelsey Harrell, News Reporter March 14, 2019

After a colleague in the Rhetoric Department was diagnosed with cancer during winter break, a group of faculty in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has petitioned for a sick-leave bank for tenure-...

Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang signs an attendee’s copy of his book The War on Normal People following a campaign event at Prairie Lights on Wednesday.

2020 presidential book club: Andrew Yang latest to tout political book at Prairie Lights

Julia DiGiacomo, Politics Reporter March 14, 2019

Andrew Yang is among a number of Democratic presidential candidates promoting their political ideas with book tours. The entrepreneur described his 2018 book, The War on Normal People, at Prairie Lights...

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