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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Yes, they made the right call

Chris Werner, Sports Reporter August 25, 2020

The Big Ten and Commissioner Kevin Warren made the correct decision to postpone this year’s fall sports season. Look at the professional sports leagues that have restarted recently amid the COVID-19...

Paige Ho, an incoming UI sophomore and ambassador for international students, poses for a portrait through a zoom call on Friday, July 10, 2020 from her home in Vietnam.

“It’s like the U.S. is kicking me out.” -Paige Ho

July 14, 2020

For incoming sophomore Paige Ho, learning that she could have been forced to leave the U.S. before completing her second fall semester at the University of Iowa was “shocking.” The journalism...

Aasthika Das, an incoming UI sophomore and biology major, poses for a portrait through a zoom call on Sunday, July 12, 2020 from her home in India.

“I have the faith that the entire country as a whole will be able to make the right decision, and not just some people who sit in the government.” -Aasthika Das

July 14, 2020

Aasthika Das, a sophomore studying biology at the UI, said she was initially planning to spend the break between Thanksgiving and the spring semester at home with her family in India, as the break...

Iowa student Joslin Some poses for a portrait over Zoom on Monday, July 13 2020.

“Even if we did have to go, there are so many travel bans – where would we go?” -Joslin Some

July 14, 2020

 Joslin Some, like many international students, was still waiting to find out exactly how the ruling will affect his situation before Tuesday's announcement. “I was really surprised, and I didn’t...

Shimin Park, a UI international student, poses for a portrait through a zoom call on Monday, July 13, 2020 from her home in South Korea. Due to new ICE orders restricting international studies during the pandemic, Park decided to enroll in an exchange student program and will stay in South Korea for the fall semester instead of returning to the UI.

“To say it quite bluntly, I feel like it’s a ban. It’s not an outright ban, but it is.” -Shimin Park

July 14, 2020

Shimin Park said the ICE order felt like a ban on international students. “It’s not an outright ban, but it is,” she said. “From seeing what the Trump administration has been doing, it’s...

On the Record: May 1, 2020

On the Record: May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020

This week's episode of On the Record features host Charlie Peckman and producer Andy Mitchell taking calls from DI staff to discuss the top headlines. DI Editor-in-Chief Marissa Payne discusses her...

April 28, 2020

Schott and Wirfs took very different paths to start for Iowa. Wirfs was a highly sought-after recruit and became the first true freshman to start at offensive tackle in the Ferentz era. Schott didn’t...

April 28, 2020

When Schott first got to Iowa City, few people knew his name. Include Iowa offensive line coach Tim Polasek on that list. Polasek had a habit of mispronouncing Schott’s last name, leading to one of...

April 28, 2020

Schott is in a position nobody from his high school has ever been in before. The school has graduated Division-1 athletes, but as far as Schott can remember, none have been football players at a major...

Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder watches a tip-off during an Iowa women's basketball practice at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.

April 25, 2020

During practice, it’s clear exactly how Bluder accomplishes this. Anyone in Carver-Hawkeye Arena can feel the intensity and volume she brings onto the court; she dissects every detail of a drill until...

Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder works in her office at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Oct. 24.

April 25, 2020

Bluder seemed to have immediate success since her head-coaching début at St. Ambrose University in 1984. The Wisconsin-born coach who grew up in Marion attributes her winning ways during this first stint...

Remembering the bombing

April 18, 2020

Every year in my house, April 19 was one of the few days out of the year I might see my parents cry. Even when I was too young to comprehend it fully, I could sense the helplessness they must have felt,...