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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

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Opinion | Transgender women deserve to compete in sports

Elise Cagnard, Opinions Contributor February 16, 2022

Sports have been the center of the U.S social scene since the country was founded. Whether it is high school, college, or professional, sports have held the hearts of Americans. Since the inception...

Opinion | Multiracial people should be welcomed into conversations on discrimination and oppression.

Opinion | Multiracial people should be welcomed into conversations on discrimination and oppression.

Yasmina Sahir, Opinions Columnist February 15, 2022

As a mixed-race person with cultural influences from Indigenous-African, Arab, and German-Ashkenazi Jewish traditions, I feel just as targeted and invalidated by other people of color on campus as...

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Editorial | Iowa Republicans’ free speech platform is hypocritical

DI Editorial Board February 15, 2022

By now, you’ve probably heard of, and possibly already taken, the new Free Speech Training the University of Iowa rolled out at the start of this month. The training is one of several new measures...

Participants dance during Dance Marathon at the Iowa Memorial Union at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. The fundraiser was held virtually with limited in-person participants.

Opinion | Looking back on four years through Dance Marathon

Yassie Buchanan, Opinions Columnist February 14, 2022

University of Iowa Dance Marathon raised $1.3 million on Feb. 4 in support of pediatric cancer patients and families at Stead Family Children’s Hospital. I have been involved in Dance Marathon for...

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Opinion | Valentine’s Day is not just for romantic love

Signe Nettum, Opinions Columnist February 13, 2022

By middle school, I no longer enjoyed Valentine’s Day. It was not a fun craft day where each student made their little mailbox for other students to throw in their generic Valentine’s card with...

The Iowa State Capitol is seen before the opening of the 2022 Legislative Session in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.

Opinion | Representation in Iowa: what we need to fix

Sophia Meador, Opinions Columnist February 13, 2022

President Joe Biden says he will nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, declaring this historic nomination as “long overdue.” But Biden’s move to nominate a woman of color to the Supreme...

Opinion | Microsoft buying Blizzard signals signs of change in gaming

Opinion | Microsoft buying Blizzard signals signs of change in gaming

Peter Anders, Opinions Columnist February 10, 2022

On Jan. 18, Microsoft shook the video game industry and entertainment, tech sectors, and more when it announced that it had bought the struggling video game titan Activision Blizzard for an eye-popping...

Opinion | Maya Angelou’s legacy is worth more than 25 cents

Opinion | Maya Angelou’s legacy is worth more than 25 cents

Arabia Parkey, News Reporter February 10, 2022

Confining Black women to the back of currency while upholding images of men who enslaved our ancestors is an act fit to erase the legacy of Black freedom fighters. Poet, singer, author, and social...

A senator of the University of Iowa’s Undergraduate Student Government raises his hand to ask a question pertaining an amendment during a USG meeting at the Iowa Memorial Union on Feb. 10, 2022.

Opinion | Getting rid of USG Constituency senators is a bad move

Yasmina Sahir, Opinions Columnist February 10, 2022

Without concrete plans for the future, the University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Government is considering restructuring the Justice and Equity Council by removing the Constituency Senator positions. The...

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Opinion | UI email privacy: what you should know

Sophia Meador, Opinions Columnist February 8, 2022

In January, questions of university email privacy came to light after more than a hundred personal emails sent by former University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel were released to the public....

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Opinion | Jordanian Journals: A clueless Iowan navigates an Arabian City

Shahab Khan, Opinions Columnist February 7, 2022

Swiss Valley in Dubuque, Iowa, is one of the few spaces in the state where wildlife can live with minimal interference from humankind. A small creek cuts through a dense, hilly forest in which the...

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Opinion | The U.S. Census and UI needs to end Islamophobic erasure of MENA identities

Yasmina Sahir, Opinions Columnist February 6, 2022

Missing from conversations about the institutional bastardization of the terms diversity, equity, and inclusion is a demand for proper categorization for Middle Eastern and North Africans living in...