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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

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Ben Palya, Sports Reporter February 10, 2020

With seven to eight games left to go in the regular season for each team in the Big Ten, about half the conference has a chance to win the Big Ten title. However, one team could very well make this a one-horse...

Jokes about individuals’ deaths are distasteful and wrong

Riley Moore, Columnist February 9, 2020

Novelist Kingsley Amis wrote, “Death has this much to be said for it: You don’t have to get out of bed for it.” His observation is about the end of life, general enough to be humorous to anyone....

Obsession with celebrities and their deaths has gone too far

Jason O'Day, Columnist February 9, 2020

Before I start, I don’t want to cast aspersions at specific individuals as I do not know what motivates them. However, a lot of the melodramatic social-media posts and myriad tribute columns mourning...

Miss Iowa 2020 Morgan Kofoid

Ryan Adams, Photojournalist February 5, 2020

Haley Edwards poses for a portrait in Poindexter Coffee on Feb. 2, 2020.

Haley Edwards for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

February 2, 2020

While politics is oftentimes prevalent during dinner-table conversations or left unspoken, one UI senior always found the idea of it intriguing. Haley Edwards arrived at the UI with doubts about making...

Shayna Jaskolka poses for a portrait in Poindexter Coffee on Jan. 24, 2020.

Shayna Jaskolka for Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

February 2, 2020

Second-year UI student Shayna Jaskolka feels her primary issue when choosing a candidate is the country in which her family’s roots were planted — Israel. As a woman proud of her Jewish identity,...

Jack Bryson poses for a portrait in Poindexter Coffee on Feb. 1, 2020.

Jack Bryson for President Trump

February 2, 2020

When first-year student Jack Bryson came to the UI, he discovered that not many of those around him shared his conservative views. A political-science major, Bryson had always been intrigued by politics...

Isabelle te Duits poses for a portrait in Poindexter Coffee on Jan. 24, 2020.

Isabelle te Duits for South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg

February 2, 2020

UI senior Isabelle te Duits’ Iowa City family supported Republican candidates all of her life and raised her to share those values. As she grew older and began to develop her own opinions, it created...

Zoe Swinton poses for a portrait in Poindexter Coffee on Jan. 31, 2020.

Zoe Swinton for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

February 2, 2020

While typing away at her iPhone on her social-media platforms, fourth-year UI student Zoe Swinton said she has sent hundreds of texts, spent hours canvassing, and sent four mass emails to the student body...

December 15, 2019

There’s been a long line of leadership in the wide receivers’ room inside the Stew and LeNore Hansen Football Performance Center next to Kinnick. Matt VandeBerg served as C.J. Beathard’s go-to...

Contributed

Donald Trump, President: “God Bless the U.S.A.” by Lee Greenwood

December 15, 2019

A Trump rally works a little bit like a rock concert. The music is loud, the fans are enthusiastic, and the star of the show is loving every bit of the chaos. It’s carefully designed this way. Listen:...

Contributed

Andrew Yang, Entrepreneur: “Return of the Mack” by Mark Morrison

December 15, 2019

Record scratch. Freeze frame. When Yang takes the stage, the song that accompanies him is unlike any other walk-on song. Yang bypassed the typical Springsteen route and instead went with “Return of the...