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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

Kate Berlant performs during the CAB comedy show on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at the IMU.

Yerington: College campuses and stand-up comedy go hand in hand

Austin J. Yerington, Opinion Columnist October 11, 2018

Standup comedy needs to evolve, and Iowa City needs to start taking steps to offer ways for comedians with different voices and points of view to entertain and feel safe while doing it. Standup comedy...

Yes

Pete Mills, Sports Reporter October 8, 2018

Since Bond Shymansky was named head coach of Iowa volleyball in 2014, the Hawkeyes have had one goal in mind: an NCAA Tournament berth. Iowa volleyball clicked on all cylinders against No. 6 Wisconsin...

No

Anna Kayser, Assistant Sports Editor October 8, 2018

This isn’t going to be an easy case to make, but I’ll try my best. Sure, the Iowa volleyball team can be on top of its game at home against a No. 6 team, but if it really is that good, then why isn’t...

October 4, 2018

Just as he’s busy balancing research, classes, and football, Nelson also deals with the process of applying to medical school, and it isn’t a free run at the quarterback by any means. Nelson explained...

A memorial wreath and plaque rest in remembrance of the 1991 shooting sit outside of Van Allen Hall.

Coping with the aftermath

October 4, 2018

The acts of one student left an enormous scar on the UI campus. Family members and friends of victims along with members of the UI community were suddenly forced to digest the confusing and terrifying...

The Daily Iowan front page on Nov. 2, 1991.

Nov. 1, 1991 – Deadlines approach

October 4, 2018

Later that night, a press conference was held in which Ann Rhodes, the vice president for University Relations, addressed reporters. Keller, Muller, and Williams attended the conference. The photo Williams...

Annette Schulte sits behind her copy editing desk in the former DI newsroom in the Communications Center.

Nov. 1, 1991 – Shooting goes national

October 4, 2018

Eventually, DI editors got in touch with Keller at Van Allen when another reporter was sent to the scene, then headed back to the newsroom with information from Keller. Then-DI Metro Editor Ann Hill,...

Nov. 1, 1991 – DI photographer

October 4, 2018

At the Field House, then-DI Photo Editor Michael Williams — now the director of photography at The Everett Collection in New York — was photographing a UI swimming meet when an Iowa City Press-Citizen...

Lyle Muller stands in front of a memorial for the 1991 shooting victims on the south side of Van Allen Hall.

Nov. 1, 1991 — Covering the shooting

October 4, 2018

At Van Allen, Loren Keller arrived in time to see paramedics hauling a stretcher out of the building and police posted outside of the east entrance. The scene wasn’t frantic. There weren’t people crying...

John Kenyon stands in his cubicle of the former DI newsroom in the Communication Center.

Nov. 1 1991 – DI editor

October 4, 2018

In Denver, then-DI Editor-in-Chief John Kenyon and then-Publisher Bill Casey were attending a national journalism conference. The two had arrived in Denver that Wednesday night. Casey called home to check...

Loren Keller stands outside Van Allen Hall in the spot he stood as a DI reporter in 1991.

Nov. 1, 1991 – What happened

October 4, 2018

Wind and sleet made for a miserable Friday afternoon in Iowa City on Nov. 1, 1991. As students trudged home in the cold, Loren Keller sat alone in the Daily Iowan newsroom, located in the Communications...

Running back Toren Young poses for a portrait during Iowa football Media Days on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018.

Toren Young

Anna Kayser, Assistant Sports Editor October 1, 2018

Iowa’s offense is nothing without its running game, and a major part of that is Toren Young — when he gets the ball. In the injury absence of counterpart Ivory Kelly-Martin, Young proved that he...