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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

Senior Column | The DI is a learning lab like no other

Senior Column | The DI is a learning lab like no other

Kate Perez, Senior Reporter May 13, 2025

I can vividly remember my first pitch meeting as a news reporter for The Daily Iowan the Sunday before my first day of college. I remember being told that the DI is a learning lab, a place where you’re...

The Daily Iowan Sports Editor fall 2024.

Senior Column | College journalism is what you make of it

Colin Votzmeyer, Sports Editor May 13, 2025

Reclining on the downstairs couch of my home, ‘The Sopranos’ rolling across my screen, the stream of thoughts in my head landed on a decision to abandon journalism and pursue law school. Two years...

Senior Column | Goodbye to all that

Senior Column | Goodbye to all that

Jami Martin-Trainor, Executive Editor May 13, 2025

Over my past four years working at The Daily Iowan, I have learned that more than anything, people want to be understood. As journalists, that’s our entire goal. Through interviews and observations...

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Senior Column | More than the pages

Marandah Mangra-Dutcher, Managing Print Editor May 13, 2025

I’ve been behind nearly 200 front pages for The Daily Iowan. I’ve designed hundreds of inside pages and page elements. I’ve written several daily and long-form stories, a lot of them relating to...

A pride flag is seen during the 2023 Pride Parade & Festival in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, June 17, 2023.

Opinion | Making the Day of (No) Silence heard

Morgan Brunner, Opinions Columnist May 7, 2025

Every year in early April, people across the country gather to recognize and participate in the Day of (No) Silence. On this day, student-led participants take a vow of silence to protest bullying...

A tassel sits on a graduates head during the University of Iowa's spring 2023 Commencement Ceremony for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The ceremony marks one of two Liberal Arts and Sciences ceremonies.

Opinion | “It’s hard to care when I’m so close to the end”: “Senioritis” is hitting hard.

Cole Walker, Opinions Columnist May 6, 2025

Senioritis. The notorious upperclassman bug that brings about poor grades, bad decisions, and a lack of overall motivation has finally arrived in Iowa City. And despite my best intentions, the “sickness”...

A young girl waves her flag as she watches the parade during the annual 4thFest in Coralville on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

Opinion | Economic inequality isn’t going away anytime soon

Muskan Mehta, Opinions Editor May 6, 2025

The world will never be completely equal. And maybe it shouldn’t be — let me explain. Egalitarianism, the idea of equality for all, certainly seems morally right. Or at least “inequality”...

An Iowa City Police Department squad car sits in the department garage on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Opinion | Reconsider the Iowa City Police Department’s funding

Julia Anderson, Opinions Contributor May 5, 2025

Since the Black Lives Matter, or BLM, movement gained ground in 2020, the discussion of reforms to police practices nationally has gained prominent public attention. There have been many proposals...

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Opinion | The trick to getting out of a rut: wonderful whimsy

Abigail Jones, Opinions Contributor May 1, 2025

Wake up. Go to class. Study. Go to bed. Repeat. We’re at the point in the semester where nearly everyone has reached burnout with the monotonous schedule of daily life and classes, especially...

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Opinion | Liberalism needs to get offline

Julia Anderson, Opinions Contributor April 29, 2025

Despite being the liberal hub of the state, Iowa City talked me off of that theoretical ledge. Coming from an incredibly rural town deep in the conservative South, most of my knowledge of what liberalism...

Photo illustration of a doll scrolling on Tinder.

Opinion | We will always lose the dating game

Morgan Brunner, Opinions Columnist April 29, 2025

Former relationships were built on meeting through families, friends, sending each other letters, showing up to each other’s front door with flowers, and letting your parents know you’ll have your...

Opinion | The importance of planet positivity

Opinion | The importance of planet positivity

Abigail Jones, Opinion Columnist April 28, 2025

Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased by nearly 50 percent. Ocean acidity levels have increased by 30 percent. The combined ice mass of...