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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

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, talks with constituents at an early morning meeting in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

Joni Ernst interview

Daily Iowan Politics Staff April 10, 2022

This interview was conducted before the Senate voted to confirm Justice-Designate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Ernst later voted against her confirmation. The Daily Iowan: I wanted...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks in a Daily Iowan interview at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

Chuck Grassley interview

DI Politics Staff April 10, 2022

The Daily Iowan: I think our first question is going to be, obviously top of mind this week, is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings. And I know you gave a pretty lengthy answer yesterday...

Sam Petersen

Chris Werner, Sports Reporter April 10, 2022

Sam Petersen is the best freshman on the Iowa baseball team this spring, so far. His timely hitting and perfect defense have made him the most valuable first-year Hawkeye on the diamond. At the plate,...

Keaton Anthony

Chloe Peterson, Assistant Sports Editor April 10, 2022

Technically, Iowa baseball outfielder Keaton Anthony isn’t a true freshman. He joined the Hawkeyes ahead of the 2021 season. But he only made one appearance in 2021 as a pinch hitter because of a preseason...

Joey Labas

Austin Hanson, Sports Editor April 5, 2022

Romance novelist Jayne Ann Krentz once said, “Embrace the unknown. It is the only certainty.” Today, I’m going to take a page out of her book. I’ve watched every in-game snap both Spencer Petras...

Spencer Petras

Robert Read, Pregame Editor April 5, 2022

Will this be the final thing I will write for The Daily Iowan regarding the Iowa football team’s whirlwind of a quarterback situation? One can hope. Ever since three-year starter Nate Stanley graduated...

Kris Bennett

Jake Olson, Sports Reporter April 3, 2022

Although they’ll most likely miss the playoffs, the Iowa Heartlanders have had a successful debut season in the ECHL. The first-year organization has proven itself in the league, taking down top teams...

Ryan Kuffner

Isaac Goffin, Sports Reporter April 3, 2022

I know forward Kris Bennett is dubbed the Iowa Heartlanders’ “cheat code” by the team, but forward Ryan Kuffner is its most valuable player. Unlike Bennett, who’s tallied more goals than assists,...

Swimmers compete during the second session of the the 2020 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championship at the the HTRC on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020.

Iowa Athletics faces Title IX lawsuit

March 29, 2022

Iowa settled a Title IX noncompliance lawsuit with four former Hawkeye women’s swimmers — Sage Ohlensehlen, Kelsey Drake, Christina Kaufman, and Alexa Puccini — in September 2021. The four athletes...

Iowa’s Deputy Director of Athletics, Senior Women’s Administrator, and Chief Operating Officer Barbara Burke poses for a portrait in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022.

Burke fills senior women’s administrator role

March 29, 2022

After the UI men’s and women’s athletic departments merged into one in 2000, then-Iowa men’s athletic director Bob Bowlsby oversaw both the men’s and women’s sports. Now, Gary Barta has been...

Christine Grant posed for a portrait in her home on Friday, September 14, 2018. Grant was the first woman to be Athletic Director at the University of Iowa and was involved in the formation of the national Title IX policy.

Grant’s legacy on Iowa Athletics

March 29, 2022

Birdsong said she didn’t come into her position in 1974 focused on equity between the men’s and women’s basketball programs. Instead, she put her “heart and soul” into the development of the...

Maryanne Dyer poses for a portrait in her apartment in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Dyer is currently in remission after being diagnosed with leukemia June 2021.

Pandemic concerns far from over for many immunocompromised Iowans even as restrictions lift

Sam Knupp, News Reporter March 27, 2022

As much of the public has returned to crowded restaurants, movie theaters, amid lower COVID-19 cases and relaxed guidelines from federal health officials, many immunocompromised people still grapple...