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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Opinion | Other states are changing their views of cannabis while Iowa falls behind

Opinion | Other states are changing their views of cannabis while Iowa falls behind

Yasmina Sahir, Opinions Columnist June 21, 2022

Personal safety and freedoms have been topics of discussion in Iowa as of late. When considering the legalization debate of cannabis and other drugs, it’s obvious this deeply-instilled Iowan value...

PBS Iowa Presents 'Telling Our Own Story,' a preview

PBS Iowa Presents ‘Telling Our Own Story,’ a preview

Sam Knupp, Managing Editor June 6, 2022

PBS Iowa will be examining race and Black history in Iowa with “Telling Our Own Story,” a series of four films set to air on Monday and Tuesday. The first two films, Racism and Its Impact, along...

No

Chris Werner, Sports Reporter May 2, 2022

Drake Ayala shouldn’t redshirt in 2022-23. Instead, Ayala should bump up from the 125-pound weight class to 133 during his sophomore season to make room for three-time 125-pound NCAA champion Spencer...

Yes

Austin Hanson, Sports Editor May 2, 2022

I know I’ve said sophomore-to-be Drake Ayala will suit up for the Iowa men’s wrestling team in 2022-23. In a lineup preview, I listed Ayala as my choice to wrestle at 133 pounds for the Hawkeyes’...

Iowa Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer is interviewed by The Daily Iowan journalists in Iowa City on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022.

Finkenauer endorsed by Iowa Federation of Labor

Lauren White, Politics Reporter April 28, 2022

The Iowa Federation of Labor endorsed Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Abby Finkenauer on Thursday. The Federation also endorsed Democratic candidates running for congress in all four Iowa districts.  Finkenauer...

Third Place

Austin Hanson, Sports Editor April 19, 2022

Usually Chris has more radical golf takes than I do. This week, I’m breaking the mold. I think the Iowa men’s golf team has everything it takes to place third at the 2022 Big Ten Championships April...

Sixth Place

Chris Werner, Sports Reporter April 19, 2022

The Iowa men’s golf team will finish in sixth place at the Big Ten Championships in French Lick, Indiana, April 29-May 1. Were it not for the Hawkeyes’ runner-up showing at the Hawkeye Invitational...

University of Iowa senior studying biomedical engineering Pareen Mhatre works on her senior design project in the Seamans Center on Friday, April 8, 2022. Mhatre’s group is designing a laryngeal cleft closing device.

What happens next?

April 17, 2022

A student visa doesn’t solve all the problems of documented Dreamers, Mhatre said, who are already behind their peers before they turn 21. Documented Dreamers aren’t legally allowed to work or even...

University of Iowa senior studying biomedical engineering Pareen Mhatre (middle) works on her senior design project with group members Katie Walsh (left) and Ellen O’Connell (right) in the Seamans Center on Friday, April 8, 2022. Mhatre’s group is designing a laryngeal cleft closing device.

Advocating for documented Dreamers

April 17, 2022

Mhatre aged out of the system in April 2021. Although she had applied for a student visa 10 months prior in July 2020, Mhatre still had not received a visa by April. While she was no longer eligible...

University of Iowa senior studying neurobiology Kartik Sivakumar completes homework during a neurobiology discussion in the Lindquist Center on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

Aging out

April 17, 2022

Sivakumar started his application for his F1 student visa at the beginning of his sophomore year of college — approximately one year before he would age out of the system in October 2021. He didn’t...

Cooper DeJean

Austin Hanson, Sports Editor April 17, 2022

Robert stole my pick for this one, so to a certain extent, I’ll be playing devil’s advocate here. However, we’re still choosing between dynamite athletes. Xavier Nwankpa is a five-star recruit....

Xavier Nwankpa

Robert Read, Pregame Editor April 17, 2022

Earning the starting spot at “Cash” (a hybrid linebacker/safety role in Iowa’s 4-2-5 base defense) is a pretty telling accomplishment. Consider that the last three starters at the position...