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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

Iowa forward Hannah Stuelke poses for a portrait during Iowa women’s basketball media day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. The players took photos and answered questions from the media.

Hannah Stuelke joins NIL campaign to combat online negativity

Grace Olson, News Editor March 11, 2025

Almost always seen on the court with a bright smile across her face, Iowa women’s basketball player Hannah Stuelke has earned herself the fan-created mantra: Happy Like Hannah. However, the positivity...

Demonstrators from the Erase Hate Not Our Communities Protest gather on the Pentacrest in Iowa City on March 1. The demonstration was held in response to the University of Iowa’s plan to discontinue identity-based Living Learning Communities on campus.

Students disheartened by UI decision to eliminate identity-based LLCs

Isobel Perez, News Reporter March 11, 2025

The morning of Feb. 18 began like any other: students waking up and getting ready for classes. But for Olivia Oriho, alongside other students and resident assistants living in the University of Iowa’s...

Members of the Senate meet during the first day of the 2025 Iowa legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.

Politics Notebook | Iowa Senate approves bill requiring county supervisor districts in Johnson County

Liam Halawith, Politics Editor March 10, 2025

Johnson County would be required to elect its county supervisors by districts, instead of at-large, under legislation approved, 35-12, on Monday in the Iowa Senate. The bill, Senate File 75, would...

The Daily Iowan’s 2025-26 executive editor, Roxy Ekberg, poses for a portrait in the Adler Journalism Building in Iowa City on Monday, March 10, 2025. Ekberg is a second-year at the University of Iowa. In the Honors Program, she is double majoring in journalism and political science. Prior to her role as Politics Editor, she worked as a news reporter at The Daily Iowan and worked at her local newspaper, The Wakefield Republican.

Roxy Ekberg named The Daily Iowan’s 2025-26 executive editor

Sam Peterson, News Reporter March 10, 2025

Anticipation was running high in The Daily Iowan newsroom Monday night as the name of the individual who will hold the title of executive editor for the 2025-26 academic year was announced, marking...

The Iowa Memorial Union is seen on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.

IMU modernization project delayed as students weigh in on impact

Jacob Calvin, News Reporter March 10, 2025

This year marks the 100th year since the University of Iowa Iowa Memorial Union was constructed. In 2008, the building temporarily closed for flood mitigation and hasn’t undergone a major construction...

Cast members perform during the Department of Theatre Art’s final rehearsal for their production of ‘Side Show’ at the Theatre Building in Iowa City on Thursday, March 6, 2025.

‘Side Show’ reminds UI Theatre of the power of community

Hannah Childers, Arts Reporter March 10, 2025

Performers shout, “Come look at the freaks!” to the audience from the stage of “Side Show,” a Broadway musical inspired by the true story of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton adapted...

Members of the House meet during the first day of the 2025 Iowa legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.

Few hundred bills make it out of Iowa’s first funnel week

Liam Halawith, Politics Editor March 9, 2025

Iowa lawmakers introduced more than 2,000 bills this legislative session, but only a few hundred made it past the latest legislative deadline. The deadline helps limit the number of bills lawmakers...

The government of the Chronic Health Alliance club poses for a portrait during a bracelet making meeting in the Student Disability Services lounge in the University Capitol Centre on March 7, 2025. Left to right: Kathleen Belz, Sarah Winternitz, Shay Petter.

UI club advocates for students with chronic illnesses

Genevieve DiChiara, News Reporter March 9, 2025

The Hawkeye Chronic Health Alliance organization at the University of Iowa is a resource for students to have a safe space and gain support if they have or know someone with a chronic illness or to...

IdeaStorm first place winner Linnea Rietz, second place winner Megan Mindy, and third place winner Charli Brady pose for a portrait at Tippie College of Business on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Rietz, Mindy, and Brady won for presenting innovative ideas at the Feb. 26 competition.

UI Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center hosts annual business pitch competition

Sam Peterson, News Reporter March 9, 2025

Aspiring business owners flocked to the University of Iowa’s Iowa Memorial Union's Black Box Theatre for the much-anticipated IdeaStorm, a pitch competition featuring creative concepts from UI students...

The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics complex is seen on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2024.

UI researchers find beta-blockers may slow progression of fatal brain disease

Jacob Calvin, News Reporter March 9, 2025

According to the University of California San Francisco, Huntington’s disease affects one in every 10,000 to 20,000 people in the U.S., and there is no definitive cure for the disease. But that...

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Review | Robert Pattinson shines in ‘Mickey 17’

Kate Wolfe, Arts Reporter March 9, 2025

When the audience first meets Mickey, he has already died 16 times. Cartoonishly horrifying, “Mickey 17” is the latest project from director and screenwriter Bong Joon Ho, following his Oscar-sweeping...

Rallygoers hold up signs during a Stand Up For Science rally on the Pentacrest on Friday, March 7, 2025. The rally was one of many being held nationally to protest against the Trump administration’s “censorship and political interference” in scientific research. Speakers at the event encouraged attendees to chant, cheer, and call their representatives. Live music was performed by the band Second Half.

UI Pentacrest filled with hundreds of demonstrators for “Stand up for Science” protest

Emma Jane, News Reporter March 9, 2025

Holding signs with messages such as “Cap Elon, not the NIH” and “Iowa is Raising Pigs Smarter than the Ones in Office,” hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the University of Iowa Pentacrest...