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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

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University of Iowa alum Gina Whitty poses for a photo in Iowa City on Sept. 25.

UI alumni and students face impending student loan payments

Grace Katzer, Politics Reporter September 26, 2023

Over a decade after graduating from the University of Iowa and The Savannah College of Art and Design, North Liberty resident Gina Whitty carries over $100,000 in student loan debt — over double the...

Lexie Olgren, 28, and her daughter, Isabelle, 4, water a plant they bought together at the Olgren family home in Ankeny, Iowa, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. In the fall of 2022, Iowa’s only inpatient eating disorder clinic closed at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Olgren was a patient when she was 26 years old, and said the program is crucial to helping those with eating disorders and is upset about its closing. Olgren said she still struggles with disordered eating daily. She said it sucks that her daughters have to watch her go through that.

Closure of UI inpatient eating disorder program leaves gap in care for Iowans

Jami Martin-Trainor, Managing Digital Editor September 19, 2023

Content Warning: This article discusses eating disorders, associated behaviors, and a reference to self-harm. April Bannister was actively receiving treatment from the University of Iowa’s inpatient...

Abi Scheppmann makes a drink at Starbucks in Iowa City on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.

Serving coffee in a collective: A look into Iowa’s first unionized Starbucks

Natalie Dunlap, Assistant Digital Editor September 12, 2023

Young workers in Iowa City successfully voted to unionize, putting Iowa on the map in the nationwide movement of collective organizing across Starbucks locations. The Clinton Street Starbucks near the...

Illustration by Bri Brown.

All in on Iowa: A look into the student-athlete gambling investigation

Cooper Worth, Pregame Reporter September 5, 2023

What charges are current, former UI students facing? Basketball Out of the eight individuals charged, former guard Ahron Ulis and student manager Evan Schuster of the basketball team are accused...

Illustration by Marandah Mangra-Dutcher.

Navigating the surge of artificial intelligence in higher education

Sabine Martin and Jami Martin-Trainor August 23, 2023

For an hour and 15 minutes twice a week, University of Iowa students file into the Seamans Center to talk about ChatGPT, its uses, and related ethical concerns in the course “Generative AI Tools: ChatGPT...

Don Lund sits in a chair at his home in Golfview Mobile Home Park in North Liberty on Dec. 15, 2022.

Residents struggle with rent increases and maintenance in Havenpark Communities mobile home parks

Colin Votzmeyer, News Reporter April 30, 2023

Editor’s note: One of the sources referenced in the story, Don Lund, who was interviewed in December 2022, died in April. The Daily Iowan chose to keep his comments in the article. When Don Lund...

‘Technoblade Never Dies’: Former UI student and YouTuber remembered after death

‘Technoblade Never Dies’: Former UI student and YouTuber remembered after death

Editor’s note: The now-deceased YouTuber and streamer Technoblade never publicly identified himself. The Daily Iowan is respecting his family’s wish to refer to him as Technoblade throughout the...

Phlebotomist Ashlynn Woollums draws Andrea Mathes’ blood at the Knoxville Hospital and Clinics in Knoxville, Iowa on March 14, 2023.

Iowa hospitals face mounting financial pressure, stagnating Medicaid reimbursement

Liam Halawith, Politics Editor April 23, 2023

Among the hills of the Mississippi River valley in the southeastern tip of Iowa lies the quaint city of Keokuk. The town of just under 10,000 residents is one of many rural communities that has lost...

Iowa City Sober Living searches for a home

Iowa City Sober Living searches for a home

Gretchen Lenth, Copy Editor April 18, 2023

It started with a road trip from Iowa City to St. Paul, Minnesota, in fall 2020. Sue Gardner invited her friend and fellow nurse in recovery from alcohol use Merrilee Ramsey to visit a residential...

Photo contributed by Cheryl Johnson.

Coming full circle on Capitol Hill: How UI graduate Cheryl Johnson became the U.S. House Clerk

Hannah Pinski, Executive Editor April 11, 2023

For five days in January, U.S. House Clerk Cheryl Johnson was the most powerful person in the U.S. House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is usually run by the speaker of the House....

Iowa guard Caitlin Clark attempts shot during a 2023 NCAA women’s Final Four game between No. 1 South Carolina and No. 2 Iowa at American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, March 31, 2023. Clark scored 41 points. The Hawkeyes defeated the Gamecocks, 77-73, to advance to the National Championship Game.

National Championship Preview | Iowa takes on LSU with national title on the line

Ryan Hansen and Jami Martin-Trainor March 29, 2023

National Championship Preview The Iowa women's basketball team clinched its first berth in a NCAA Tournament National Championship Game on Friday. Now, they take on LSU for a spot in the history books. Read...