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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

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University of Iowa student John "Jake" Dibel died Friday, June 9, of cancer. Dibel had completed his sophomore year of college. Photo taken from a GoFundMe page set up to alleviate medical costs for the family.

Cancer takes UI student over the weekend

June 13, 2017

  University of Iowa student John “Jake” Dibel died of cancer on Friday, June 9, according to a campus notification from Dean of Students Lyn Redington sent Tuesday. Dibel was a 20-year-old...

Call me a cabaret

Call me a cabaret

Isaac Hamlet, [email protected] May 11, 2017

Musical I Hate: Grease Forget the fact that this is perhaps the most disposable musical ever made. Forget that the moral of the story seems to be “Men, even if you almost rape a woman in a car,...

Regents begin tuition discussion

Regents begin tuition discussion

A summer vote to increase tuition for the second-consecutive summer may occur next month. Student leaders, university presidents, and members of the state Board of Regents spoke on Monday regarding Iowa’s...

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UI to hire firm to review employment practices, vis-à-vis civil rights

May 5, 2017

The University of Iowa will soon hire an independent firm to conduct an external review of university employment practices based on the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The review will begin with the UI Athletics...

For a day, science, not silence, reigns

For a day, science, not silence, reigns

April 23, 2017

By Kasra Zarei [email protected] WASHINGTON — Enthusiastic, jubilant scientists and lovers of science braved the rain to march in the nation’s capital on Earth Day. Equipped with witty signs...

Pirates of Parody

Pirates of Parody

April 19, 2017

By Claire Dietz [email protected] The Pirates of Penzance was written and produced nearly 140 years ago to both popular and critical acclaim. However, the reason this operetta was produced...

The UISG independent senator candidates

The UISG independent senator candidates

April 10, 2017

Thirteen candidates are running for four seats as University of Iowa Student Government independent senators for the 2017-18 school year. Below are profiles on six of the candidates who spoke at the UISG...

Ghostface slays ’em in Englert

Ghostface slays ’em in Englert

April 5, 2017

By Austin Anderson  [email protected] The bass thumped heavily in the rafters of the decades-old Englert Theater as people trickled in, creating a poignant juxtaposition in a venue built...

'Diamonds' glisten at Hancher's Mission Creek kickoff

‘Diamonds’ glisten at Hancher’s Mission Creek kickoff

April 4, 2017

By Brett Shaw [email protected]   Opening for Andrew Bird on Tuesday evening, My Brightest Diamond was unfamiliar to many concert goers. But these attendees absolutely left the show...

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Theaters protest Orwellian political climate with “1984” screening

April 4, 2017

Hannah Crooks [email protected]   Increasingly, connections between our current political climate and the dystopian film, 1984, have come clearer into view. This week, with a special...

The sun rises behind the Old Capitol in Iowa City on Friday, April 10, 2015. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Anti-assault groups gear up

March 22, 2017

By Aja Witt [email protected] The month of April has been nationally recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month for nearly 16 years. But at the University of Iowa, awareness has turned into activism.“Our...

Grassley, Ernst: Iowa trade to be protected in NAFTA renegotiation

Maria Curi, [email protected] March 17, 2017

WASHINGTON – Several hours before participating in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on March 14 to consider the nomination of Robert Lighthizer for U.S. Trade Representative, Sen. Chuck Grassley,...