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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

A sign board reading 'Matcha is out of stock' is displayed in front of a tea store in Uji, Kyoto prefecture, Japan June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Michele Pek/File photo

Opinion | Let the matcha men live

Muskan Mehta, Opinions Editor July 15, 2025

If you’ve ever tried ordering a matcha for the first time, carried a tote bag instead of stuffing your belongings in your pockets, or, god forbid, you read a book in public, you might have felt some...

Letter To The Editor | Take the Hill: Overcoming Memory Limitations through Baseball and Identity

Letter To The Editor | Take the Hill: Overcoming Memory Limitations through Baseball and Identity

July 8, 2025

Memory molds us into who we are. Whether we consciously acknowledge the depth of memory’s involvement in our lives and the consequential results it has on our choices or let memory take a more...

Fireworks go off during 4thFest in Coralville, Iowa on Monday, July 4, 2022.

Opinion | The changing face of patriotism under Trump’s presidency

Muskan Mehta, Opinions Columnist July 1, 2025

In his Independence Day speech in 2019, President Donald Trump declared, “The faraway King would soon learn a timeless lesson about the people of this majestic land: Americans love our freedom and...

Opinion | Social media's sudden outrage towards the Iranian revolution is performative

Opinion | Social media’s sudden outrage towards the Iranian revolution is performative

Haya Hussain, Opinions Contributor June 17, 2025

In my freshman year of high school, I came across an eccentric-looking comic book titled Persepolis. What a strange and exciting title. At the time, I had no idea what it meant—to me or to so many...

Senior Column | The Daily Iowan was the best decision I’ve made

Senior Column | The Daily Iowan was the best decision I’ve made

Brady Behrend, DITV Sports Producer May 13, 2025

I joined The Daily Iowan TV as a third-year college student, and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. DITV gave me a place on campus to call home, and friends that I’d been in search of for...

Senior Column | Just know everything works out in the end

Senior Column | Just know everything works out in the end

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter May 13, 2025

Upon receiving the news that The Daily Iowan would take me as an arts reporter, I felt both excited and confused. This was because I had originally gone ham on my cover letter, name-dropping graphic...

Senior Column | Just say yes

Senior Column | Just say yes

Johnny Valtman, DITV News Director May 13, 2025

DITV is a place that will always hold a special place in my heart. As a freshman living on my own without many friends and with aspirations of becoming the next Al Michaels, there were a lot of things...

Senior Column | Ready up the real world

Senior Column | Ready up the real world

Madison Johnson, DITV Tech Director May 13, 2025

I was never supposed to take this job. After two years of working at a local journalism organization in Omaha, I put the industry behind me. At most, it was supposed to be something I did short-term...

Senior Column | Looking back (and forward)

Senior Column | Looking back (and forward)

Mark Fortunado, DITV Reporter May 13, 2025

When I first heard of my fellow staffers writing these so-called senior columns, my only thought was “Wow, these guys are ancient!” Now, as I sit down, thinking that in just a few weeks from now...

Senior Column | The party is over

Senior Column | The party is over

Caden Bell, Opinions columnist May 13, 2025

One of the first writers to make me fall in love with writing and journalism was Hunter S. Thompson. His raw, fictional, and grotesque way of telling stories was eye-opening to me in the way a narrative...

Senior Column | I wouldn’t change a thing.

Senior Column | I wouldn’t change a thing.

Stella Shipman, Managing Editor May 13, 2025

It’s hard to believe that three years ago I wrote my first story for the arts and culture section of The Daily Iowan: a cover of the Stanley Museum of Art’s grand opening. When I look back, there’s...

Senior Column | It took me a while to find my footing

Senior Column | It took me a while to find my footing

Madeleine Willis, Senior Audio Producer May 13, 2025

In 2021, during the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, my parents and I were doing a self-guided tour of the University of Iowa. We entered the Becker Communication Studies Building and took the skywalk to...