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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

Editorial: End the all-male court

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 15, 2013

Last month, the Iowa Supreme Court made a rare move in announcing it would reconsider the case, without any new evidence being proposed, of Melissa Nelson — a dental assistant in Webster County who was...

Editorial: Focus on transparency in VP search

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 12, 2013

The University of Iowa hosted a public forum Thursday featuring the first of three finalists for the UI’s vice presidency for Strategic Communication, a position that will be crucial to the ongoing...

Beall: A welcome change downtown

MIKE BEALL July 12, 2013

The Bijou will team up with FilmScene to operate an independent cinema in downtown Iowa City, and I couldn’t be more excited.   The Bijou’s board and student members will work alongside...

Reiland: At the center of it all

JORDYN REILAND July 12, 2013

BEIJING — The air was so clear up there. The sky wasn’t coated with a gray blanket of smog, and the Sun poked and prodded its way through a few clouds, shining onto my back. Even without directly...

Editorial: Limit school closures

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 11, 2013

On Tuesday, the Iowa City School Board put off a decision on two proposals for a long-term facilities plan, one of which it will need to adopt in order to accommodate a growing district. Under the first...

Sonn: The miracle of flight

BARRETT SONN July 11, 2013

In light of the recent Asiana Airlines accident in San Francisco, I thought I’d take the time to remind everybody of something (and no, it’s not the cliché about air travel being safer than...

Tilly: An interest rate mess

ZACH TILLY July 11, 2013

A Senate student-loan plan that would have extended a discounted interest rate for low-income students was filibustered to death Wednesday by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. On July 1, the interest rate...

Editorial: UI’s alcohol culture changing

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 10, 2013

The Partnership for Alcohol Safety will meet this afternoon to discuss how best to move forward with its mission to reduce problem drinking at the University of Iowa, including tentative plans to bring...

Ponnada: The myth of the hook-up culture

SRI PONNADA July 10, 2013

Before I got to college, I had a bunch of wild ideas about what life in this foreign environment would entail. I had heard various descriptions about the “fabulous” college life from older...

Overton: Return of the Republicans

JON OVERTON July 10, 2013

I rather miss the 2012 presidential campaign — at least as entertainment. The Republican primaries looked like a competition to see who could take the most outlandish positions from opposing contraception...

Editorial: UI audit finds problems

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 9, 2013

The Iowa Auditor’s Office, which serves the citizens of Iowa as the Taxpayer’s Watchdog” and helps ensure that public institutions are open and accountable to the citizens, released a...

Tilly: Keeping it Iowa Real

ZACH TILLY July 9, 2013

Much to the dismay of Iowa’s seventh-grade girls and their eminently accommodating parents, notorious prima donna Justin Bieber was very late for his concert at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines...