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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

Michael Lensing explains the function of a cremator at Lensing Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Iowa City on Friday, Feb. 3, 2024.

Life Beyond Death: Funeral homes see rise in cremation, green burials in Iowa City

Parker Jones, Managing Editor February 6, 2024

With walls painted in a calming green, comfortable furnishings, and paintings hung on every wall, Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service feels like a friend’s living room rather than a death...

Kilo plays guitar near his camp on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. At the time, Kilo was living within the southside encampment located off the Iowa River. “I never expected to be homeless in Iowa City,” Kilo said.

As fall and winter weather brings colder days to Iowa City, individuals living outside can be put at risk. Iowa City’s homeless population must navigate a set of difficulties which includes food insecurity, exposure to the elements and often personal traumas and or addiction. Despite the hardship, individuals have become increasingly resourceful and have built community-like networks as well as intricate encampments.

A City Within: An inside look at homelessness in Iowa City

Jordan Barry, Photojournalist January 30, 2024

Editor’s note: Jordan Barry is a Daily Iowan photojournalist from the Iowa City area and a University of Iowa student double majoring in anthropology and journalism and mass communications. Barry spent...

A double exposure image of a reporter live tweeting a quote from Athletic Director Beth Goetz during an introductory press conference at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Goetz is the first woman in the Big Ten conference to be hired into the roll of athletic director.

A ‘home run’ hire: Iowa Athletics Director Beth Goetz makes history

Kenna Roering, Sports Editor January 23, 2024

The University of Iowa continues to break barriers for women in sports. As the first public university to admit men and women on an equal basis, the UI hired Beth Goetz as its permanent athletics director...

An attendee watches Fox News' coverage of the Iowa caucuses before a watch party for Nikki Haley at the Marriott on Jordan Creek Pkwy in West Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

Despite legal woes, Trump crowned Iowa caucuses victor

Liam Halawith, Politics Editor January 16, 2024

DES MOINES — Former President Donald Trump’s 30-point lead in the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses proved that Trump’s legal woes have yet to affect his performance in the GOP primary.  Trump faces...

Community members watch Vivek Ramaswamy speak at Reunion Brewery in Iowa City on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Ramaswamy focused on policy about foreign relations with Israel throughout his speech.

UI student caucusgoers share candidate predictions

Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor December 12, 2023

University of Iowa second-year student Logan Shearer sees himself throwing his support behind Ohio biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy for the Jan. 15 Iowa Republican caucuses. The Republican voter...

12-year-old Mira Gibbons completes a puzzle during a test preparation session with Founder and Director of test preparation organization FinnPrep, Kelly Finn, at the Armstrong Center in downtown Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Iowa ACT scores have dropped to the lowest level in about a decade.

Iowa students, ACT prep tutors weigh risk of test-optional college admissions

Sabine Martin, Executive Editor December 5, 2023

Iowa City West High School senior Andreas Warren thought he would regret not taking the ACT exam after it became test-optional for most colleges and universities across the United States. “I thought...

Children of the Vasquez Saravia family are seen in their home at Cole’s Mobile Home Court in Iowa City on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. 11 adults and 8 kids share the limited living space as well as a single bathroom in the trailer home.

Housing code changes causing division in Iowa City

Isabelle Foland, News Reporter November 28, 2023

When Danixa Johanna Saravia Santos returns home from her job as a house cleaner, her trailer home is bustling with 11 other adults and eight children. When she walks into the kitchen, her foot sinks down...

Mercy Hospital Iowa City is seen on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.

Mercy IC officially a UI asset after months-long saga

Alejandro Rojas, News Editor November 14, 2023

After a months-long process with enough plot twists to keep those following the case on the edge of their seat, the future of health care access and coverage in Iowa City will be unified under one...

Moira Weitz and Allie Kubik, Certified Nurse Midwives and owners of Rooted in Love Midwifery help Megan Swanson deliver her first baby in her home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Weitz has been a practicing midwife for 19 years.

Midwives treat the growing maternal health desert in Iowa

Emily Nyberg, Visuals Editor November 8, 2023

After several hours in the Swanson family home, Midwife Moira Weitz crouched at the edge of the bed in the main bedroom. Weitz was advising soon-to-be father James Swanson on how to catch his baby...

Field of courage: Liam Doxsee’s life with SCID

Field of courage: Liam Doxsee’s life with SCID

Grace Smith, Photojournalist October 31, 2023

Liam Doxsee pumps his legs as fast as he can next to his best friends. They’re sitting on the colorful swings of a large backyard playset while Liam’s dogs run by in the wet grass. The 9-year-old’s...

Iowa City Community School District students clean up Kinnick Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. The cleanup operation at Kinnick is a partnership between the Iowa City Athletics Booster Club and the University of Iowa, where students clean Kinnick Stadium after gameday for athletic booster club funding. Part of the operation includes sweeping trash into the aisles of Kinnick.

Clean up on aisle Kinnick: the messy outcome after game day

Isabelle Foland, News Reporter October 24, 2023

Bright and early on Sunday mornings during football season, Kinnick Stadium is filled with the rumble of garbage trucks, aluminum cans clinking against each other, and the scrape of hundreds of shovels...

Fans pass through the ticket gate before Crossover at Kinnick, a women’s exhibition basketball game between Iowa and DePaul, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. The Hawkeyes enter the 2023-24 season after advancing to the NCAA Championship for the first time in program history last year and winning a program-best 31 games in a single season in the 2022-23 season.

Iowa women’s basketball makes history at Crossover at Kinnick

Cooper Worth, Pregame reporter October 15, 2023

History was made in Kinnick Stadium on Sunday afternoon as 55,646 fans watched the Iowa women’s basketball team beat DePaul, 94-72, in the first-ever "Crossover at Kinnick" — the highest attended...