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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

The Daily Iowan

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...

Charlie Kent greets Dash, the Heartlander’s mascot, during a tailgate before a hockey match between the Iowa Heartlanders and Indy Fuel at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Saturday, April 9, 2022. The tailgate celebrated the final home game of the Heartlander’s inaugural season.

Growing community support

April 12, 2022

Isaac Helgens, a Tiffin resident, said he became a hockey fan by accident. As a child, he saw actor Alan Ruck as the character Cameron Frye in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, wearingCanadian pro...

Iowa players wave goodbye after a loss in a hockey match between Iowa and Wheeling at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The Nailers defeated the Heartlanders, 6-4.

Coralville lands a professional hockey club

April 12, 2022

The Iowa River Landing in the 1980s was the last place a family wished to stroll through. Located on the southeast corner of the First Avenue exit on Interstate 80, an adult strip joint, a mountain of...

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller Meeks, R-Iowa, responds to questions in a Daily Iowan interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks interview

Daily Iowan Politics Staff April 10, 2022

The Daily Iowan: I wanted to ask you about your new position with the House subcommittee on education reform. Can you talk about what you've been doing since you've been put in that role, and how the...

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, listens during an interview at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Ashley Hinson interview

Daily Iowan Politics Staff April 10, 2022

The Daily Iowan: What are the issues that you’re working on right now that are top of mind? Ashley Hinson: I just did another interview on it, but one I think is really relevant to college campuses...

U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, speaks in a Daily Iowan interview at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

Cindy Axne interview

Daily Iowan Politics Staff April 10, 2022

The Daily Iowan: What have you been working on in Congress lately? And what have your priorities been? Axne: Yeah, well, first and foremost, thanks for being here. Really appreciate the news that...