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The Daily Iowan
The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan
Marissa Payne

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief

Twitter: @marissajpayne
Marissa Payne is the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Iowan. A proud first-generation college student, she served as Managing Editor in 2018-19, shifting coverage to focus on more public-affairs, issue-based news stories. She started working at the DI her freshman year as a news reporter covering the UI administration and Iowa Board of Regents, and also as a page designer. Additionally, she has served as News Editor and Digital Editor. Throughout her DI career, she has reported on higher education and occasionally contributed to politics coverage. She has gained external experience through internships with the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Lamar Wilson of Iowa City leaves the court room during a case management hearing for State of Iowa v. Lamar Wilson in the Johnson County courthouse on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Wilson's lawyers asked the judge to dismiss charges against him using Iowa’s “stand your ground” law. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Judge decides murder trial for Iowa City man charged in Ped Mall shooting will continue

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
November 3, 2017
Chaden Djalali (University of Iowa)

Dean of UI’s largest college a finalist for provost at University of Connecticut

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
November 3, 2017
Logan Manderfield (contributed)

Huge Hawkeye fan to experience a day on the team as Kid Captain

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
November 3, 2017
Trevor Graves (hawkeyesports.com)

Former UI wrestler released on bond after court appearance for academic misconduct charges

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
November 2, 2017
FILE - UI President Bruce Harreld addresses the crowd during a meeting in the IMU on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 after being selected 21st president of the UI. (The Daily Iowan/file)

Judge decides Iowa regents’ meetings with UI President Harreld do not violate law

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
October 30, 2017
Judge William Kelly speaks during a hearing in the Polk County courthouse in Des Moines on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. The plaintiff, former UI employee Gerhild Krapf, filed the civil suit in May 2016, alleging the regents violated Iowa Open Meetings Law by meeting privately with UI President Bruce Harreld in July 2015 prior to his hiring. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Polk County judge decides Iowa regents’ meetings with Harreld in 2015 were legal

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
October 30, 2017
From left: Jesus Payan, VP for Student Life Melissa Shivers, Tab Wiggins, Prisma Ruacho, and Jamal Nelson sit outside the Asian Pacific American Cultural Center during an interview with Shivers and leaders from the UI cultural and resource centers on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Students find home away from home thanks to UI cultural center coordinators

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
October 26, 2017
FILE - UI sexual misconduct response coordinator and Title IX coordinator Monique DiCarlo addresses the media during a Speak Out Iowa survey key findings report on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. The findings were based on students' experiences with about sexual violence. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

UI conducting second survey on sexual misconduct

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
October 24, 2017
Defendants' attorney Richard Sapp (right) speaks during a hearing in the Polk County courthouse in Des Moines on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. The plaintiff, former UI employee Gerhild Krapf, filed the civil suit in May 2016, alleging the regents violated Iowa Open Meetings Law by meeting privately with UI President Bruce Harreld in July 2015 prior to his hiring. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Trial date set for 2015 UI presidential search case against Iowa regents

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
October 6, 2017
Former state Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter announces the appointment of Bruce Harreld as the new UI president during a meeting in the IMU on Sept. 3, 2015. Harreld is the 21st president of the UI.

Timeline of events: UI 2015 presidential-search process

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
October 6, 2017
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld delivers his State of the University Address at the University Club on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Harreld spoke on issues pertaining to the rise in tuition rates for university students, state and national political conditions. He also discussed the culture of the UI, including the new Hawkeye Wave tradition. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Harreld tells Iowa City constituents UI needs resources to fund future

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
October 6, 2017
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld waits to begin a presentation during a Faculty Council meeting in the Old Capitol Town Center on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Harreld's presentation was given during a closed-door executive session. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Regents’ secret-meeting case ‘old news,’ Harreld tells UI faculty member

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
September 29, 2017
Director of University of Iowa Counseling Services Barry Schreier poses for a photo in a counseling room in the new East Side counseling facility in the Old Capitol Mall on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The University Counseling Service celebrated the opening of the new location Thursday. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

UI celebrates progress on mental health, opening of East Side counseling location

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
September 29, 2017
The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

Trial date set for another UI presidential search case

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
September 27, 2017
Former state Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter announces the appointment of Bruce Harreld as the new UI president during a meeting in the IMU on Sept. 3, 2015. Harreld is the 21st president of the UI.

Regents recount secret meetings held prior to hiring Harreld as UI president

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
September 26, 2017
contributed

Kid Captain to walk on field in Kinnick with half a heart, all of life

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
September 22, 2017
University President Bruce Harreld adresses members of the UISG and GPSG on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. Harreld spoke about the need for cooperation between student leaders and administrators as well as the challenges faced by the university following budget cuts by the state legislature. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Harreld addresses students’ role in shared governance

Marissa Payne and Elianna Novitch
September 20, 2017
Regent President Michael Richards listens to a presentation during a state Board of Regents meeting in the IMU Main Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.

Regents to request $12 million to fund financial aid for Iowa resident undergrads

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
September 19, 2017
FILE - Regent Larry McKibben speaks during a state Board of Regents meeting in the IMU Main Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. The regents provided a summary of the state's funding situation and discussed future steps they would take to make a predictable tuition plan. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

After Tuition Task Force meetings, regents ask: ‘What do we do next?’

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
September 11, 2017
Incoming freshmen wait for food at the President’s Block Paty after convocation on Aug. 20, 2017. This years incoming class was smaller than the previous two years with only 5,029 incoming students. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

UI takes measures to limit enrollment in Class of 2021

Marissa Payne and Emily Wangen
September 8, 2017
UISG President Jacob Simpson and Vice President Lilián Sanchez pose for a portrait in the UISG offices in the IMU on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

UI community ‘stands in solidarity’ with DACA students

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
September 6, 2017
Regent Milt Dakovich, vice chair of the state Board of Regents' tuition task force, listens to public comment during the regents' tuition task force meeting in 101 Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Regents’ Tuition Task Force report contains no recommendations

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
September 2, 2017
FILE

Gardial discusses data behind Tippie full-time M.B.A. decision

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 31, 2017
FILE - A Herky statue with a "PHIL Was Here" sash stands on the Pentacrest on Monday, April 24, 2017. Beginning in 2012, the UI launched PHIL Was Here to celebrate philanthropy at the university. (The Daily Iowan/Ben Smith)

Agrawal announces plans to step down as dean of College of Law

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 25, 2017
University of Iowa mascot Herky the Hawkeye goes back out On Parade for the 10th Anniversary of Herky on Parade on Monday, May 5, 2014.

Some raise concerns about Tippie’s reputation after program discontinuation

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 25, 2017
FILE

Tippie to end full-time M.B.A. program citing shifting market dynamics

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 23, 2017
Landon Elkind, the former president of Campaign to Organize Graduate Students, the UI's graduate student union, speaks during a state Board of Regents tuition task force meeting in 101 Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

UI community says regents, UI officials, legislators need to ramp up advocacy efforts

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 22, 2017
A University of Iowa Police Department vehicle is pictured.

UI Housing & Dining reports incident of racist graffiti in residence halls

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 21, 2017
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld speaks during a state Board of Regents tuition task force meeting in 101 Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017.

Harreld proposes to raise UI tuition consistently for five years

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 14, 2017
UI President Bruce Harreld speaks in the Voxman Music Building on Friday, April 14, 2017. Harreld advocates for more predictable state support and higher tuition rate increases to fund the university’s strategic initiatives. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Harreld, Iowa university presidents detail funding challenges, priorities

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 3, 2017
Flags wave during the Hawkeye Invitational at Finkbine Golf Course on Saturday, April 15, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Regents approve $9.95 million construction plans for Finkbine clubhouse

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 3, 2017
UI alum Richard Levitt (1930-2017) died on Sunday. (iowabusinesshalloffame.com)

Levitt, businessman, UI alum, dies at 87

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 2, 2017
FILE - Former UI Vice President for Student Life Tom Rocklin answers a question during a Speak Out Iowa Survey key findings report about sexual violence on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Survey reveals decline in high-risk alcohol use among UI students

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
August 1, 2017
Catlett Hall is seen during its grand opening on July 28. Catlett, the largest residence hall on campus, will house 1,049 students. Elizabeth Catlett, a famous artist, was the first African-American woman to graduate from the UI with a M.F.A. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

A ‘Lantern on the River’: UI opens new dorm to honor Catlett

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 31, 2017
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld speaks to Regent Larry McKibben during a state Board of Regents Meeting on Thursday, June 8, 2017. McKibben chairs the regents' Tuition Task Force, which will convene three times this summer to discuss the realities of higher-education funding in Iowa. The regents decided to cancel the first of four meetings for the task force, which was scheduled to take place in Des Moines on July 27. (The Daily Iowan/Nick Rohlman)

Regents’ missed Tuition Task Force meeting disappoints many

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 26, 2017
UI President Bruce Harreld takes a question from Regent Larry McKibben during a Board of Regents meeting on June 8, 2017. McKibben chaired the regents’ tuition task force. (The Daily Iowan/Nick Rohlman)

Regents cancel first Tuition Task Force meeting

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 25, 2017
contributed

UI RAGBRAI team pedaling across Iowa to spread Hawkeye spirit

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 25, 2017
FILE - In this file photo, UI Sexual Misconduct Response Coordinator and Deputy Title IX Coordinator Monique DiCarlo speaks during a press conference regarding the Speak Out Iowa Survey key findings report about sexual violence on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. UI President Bruce Harreld named DiCarlo the UI's Title IX coordinator. She will fill the role after the departure of current chief diversity officer and Title IX coordinator Georgina Dodge, who is headed to Bucknell University. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Harreld selects UI officials to fill Dodge’s role

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 24, 2017
The developers' rendering of the Element Hotel, which will be located at 314 S. Clinton St. (screenshot from Iowa City City Council documents)

City considers construction of extended-stay hotel

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 24, 2017
University of Iowa Provost Sue Curry speaks to UI President Bruce Harreld during a state Board of Regents meeting at the University of Northern Iowa campus on Thursday, June 8, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Nick Rohlman)

Federal funding for research ebbs

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 19, 2017
Barry Schreier, the director of the University Counseling Service, sits on his bike outside Westlawn on Tuesday. Schreier will begin a bike journey to West Lafayette, Indiana, beginning Saturday to raise money for two LGBTQ centers. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Schreier to ride bike across Midwest to aid LGBTQ centers

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 13, 2017
People raise cards marking raised money during the For Iowa. Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa event in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The eight-and-a-half year campaign raised $1,975,592,048. The $45 million grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust that enabled the creation of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute and is supporting the neuroscience major was added to the campaign's total. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

UI adds a new neuroscience major

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 12, 2017
Barry Schreier, Director of University Counseling Service, sits inside his office at Westlawn on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Shreier obtained the directorial position two years ago following a move from Princeton, NJ. UCS will be moving to the Old Capitol Mall later this month, allowing for ease of access for students who live on the East side of campus. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UI Counseling heads east

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 11, 2017
FILE - In this file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders gives a speech during a campaign event in the Fieldhouse, on Saturday, Jan 30, 2016. Sanders will be making a return to Iowa City in August as part of a tour to discuss his new book. (Jordan Gale/The Daily Iowan, file)

Sen. Sanders set to visit Hancher on Aug. 31

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 10, 2017
UI President Bruce Harreld takes a question from Regent Larry McKibben during a Board of Regents meeting on June 8, 2017. McKibben chaired the regents’ tuition task force. (The Daily Iowan/Nick Rohlman)

Tuition task force unveils plans

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 10, 2017
Tammy Mumme, founder of Mirror Image Salon in Mount Pleasant, poses for a portrait at her salon on Sunday, July 2, 2017. Tammy is the mother of Dillyn, an aerospace engineering student at Iowa State University, NASA intern, and cancer survivor, who is one of many who benefit from the UI Dance Marathon program. Tammy along with husband, Corey, began refurbishment of the building in October, and plan on being open for business shortly. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Space for Dance Marathon veteran

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 6, 2017
FILE

Motorcyclist dies after single motor vehicle collision

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
July 3, 2017
Tom Rocklin, current VP for Student Life, sits inside his office in the IMU after an interview with The Daily Iowan. After serving over 30 years, Rocklin will be retiring in July this year, being replaced by Melissa Shivers, the current Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Life and Dean of Students at the University of Tennessee. Rocklin began his career at Iowa as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations in 1986. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Leaving behind a legacy

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 29, 2017
File photo (Nick Roholman/The Daily Iowan)

Regents approve interim executive director

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 29, 2017
FILE - In this file photo, the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital on Saturday, November 5, 2016. (Olivia Sun/The Daily Iowan)

Children’s Hospital ranked

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 28, 2017
The Johnson County Health and Human Services building at 855 South Dubuque Street.

County aids refugees with vaccinations

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 27, 2017
Contributed

UI alum sets sights on Argentina

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 27, 2017
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks to a student during a US Service Academy Open House in the Cedar Rapids Public Library on Saturday, June 24, 2017. Ernst met with prospective military families and protesters alike to answer questions both on and off par with the event. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Ernst visits Cedar Rapids, encourages Iowa youth to apply to military academies

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 24, 2017
Nancy Bleuer, a preschool teacher at Washington Charlie Brown Preschool and Childcare in Mason City, discuses her experience of donating her kidney at the UIHC on Wednesday, June 14. Bleuer offered to donate to the father of one of her students. (The Daily Iowan/Hieu Nguyen)

A Mason City father received kidney from son’s teacher

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 21, 2017
Students, not silence, still welcome here

Students, not silence, still welcome here

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 20, 2017

Man faces a forgery charge

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 19, 2017
Cruis'n for the Kids event raise money to support Children's Hospital

Cruis’n for the Kids event raise money to support Children’s Hospital

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 19, 2017
Police officers respond to a shooting on Hollywood Blvd. on Thursday, June 15 (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

ICPD responds to reports of Hollywood Boulevard shooting

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 15, 2017
UISG President Jacob Simpson and Vice President Lilián Sanchez pose for a portrait in the UISG offices in the IMU on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

UISG leaders work to ‘bridge the gaps’

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@iowa.edu
June 15, 2017
File photo

Area man faces sexual-abuse charge

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 15, 2017
Executive Director of Board of Regents Bob Donley listens to a presenation during a meeting in the Reiman Ballroom of the ISU Alumni Center in Ames on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The Board of Regents will have a full board meeting on Feb. 23. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Regents executive director resigns

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 14, 2017
UISG president Jacob Simpson addresses the Iowa Board of Regents on Thursday June 8, 2017. Simpson called for transparency as the Board of Regents debates tuituion increases. (The Daily Iowan/Nick Rohlman)

Report reveals declining debt among grads

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 13, 2017
University of Iowa Provost Sue Curry speaks to University President Bruce Harreld during an Iowa Board of Regents Meeting on Thursday June 8, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Nick Rohlman)

Regents approve another tuition hike

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 8, 2017
FILE - The University of Iowa campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

Regent university administrators discuss budget priorities, concerns

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 7, 2017
FILE - The University of Iowa Health Care building is seen on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/file)

Search continues for new VP for Medical Affairs

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 7, 2017
The Old Capitol on the night of Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The University of Iowa was founded in 1847 and took control of the Old Capitol building in 1857 after the state legislature moved the state capitol to Des Moines. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

UI officials outline potential construction projects

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 7, 2017
file

UI seeks approval for new neuroscience program

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
June 7, 2017
File photo

State audit reports improper purchases by former UI staff member

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 25, 2017
Vice President for Student Life candidate Melissa Shivers poses for a portrait on Monday, May 1, 2017. Shivers is one of four candidates for the upcoming VP for Student Life position. (The Daily Iowan/Lily Smith)

Shivers selected as new VP for Student Life

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 25, 2017
The University of Iowa campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

UI eyes renewing reviews

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 11, 2017
Regents begin tuition discussion

Regents begin tuition discussion

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 8, 2017
Vice President for Student Life candidate Melissa Shivers poses for a portrait on Monday, May 1, 2017. Shivers is one of four candidates for the upcoming VP for Student Life position. (The Daily Iowan/Lily Smith)

VP for Student Life hopefuls lay out visions

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 5, 2017
Regents choose Richards, Cownie

Regents choose Richards, Cownie

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 2, 2017
Jonny Cole rides his bike during Senior Design Day for the College of Engineering in the IMU on April 28. UI Visiting Assistant Professor Douglas Cole and 8-year-old Jonny worked with UI engineering seniors Kylie Hershberger, Mitchell Miller, Alicia Truka, and Nathaniel Witt on designing and 3D printing an adaptive device for Jonny's bike. (The Daily Iowan/ Lily Smith)

A boy, a bicycle, a future

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
May 1, 2017
Incoming President of the Faculty Senate Peter Snyder adresses the Senate on April 25, 2017. Snyder, a cardiology prefessor, will serve as Senate president for the 2017-18 academic year. (The Daily Iowan/Nick Rohlman)

Faculty choose new leaders for next year

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 26, 2017
Rastetter, Mulholland take their leave

Rastetter, Mulholland take their leave

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 21, 2017
Outlook for tuition: UP

Outlook for tuition: UP

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 21, 2017
UI seeks dorm upgrades

UI seeks dorm upgrades

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 20, 2017
Student Advocates for Planned Parenthood (SAPP) met at the WRAC on April 5, 2017 to discuss plans of actions for the next academic year. SAPP is a University of Iowa Next Generation chapter that focuses on intersectional reproductive rights.(The Daily Iowan/Osama Khalid)

GOPers take aim at Planned Parenthood

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 10, 2017
FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2016 file photo, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad speaks to members of the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Businesses stay the course on wages

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 7, 2017
Contributed photo via Imgrum (via instagram @curl_pride)

Searching for haircare on campus

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
April 7, 2017
Memories of Auschwitz

Memories of Auschwitz

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 30, 2017
Students walk on the T. Anne Cleary walkway on Thursday, Jan. 21. Ridge and Furrow, better known as the "brain rock" is located on the T. Anne Cleary walkway. (The Daily Iowan/ Alex Kroeze)

Officials work on ISU presidential search

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 28, 2017
Mazahir Salih talks about the work done by the Center for Worker Justice to safeguard the rights of workers in Johnson County during the "Labor and Civil Rights Struggles in Iowa's Past, Present and Future" conference at the University Capitol Centre on March 25, 2017, highlighting the intersectionality of civil and labor rights. (The Daily Iowan/Osama Khalid)

The future of labor and civil rights in Iowa

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 27, 2017
The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

Students want action on sexual misconduct

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 23, 2017
Faculty hear inclusion push

Faculty hear inclusion push

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 22, 2017
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld speaks during a sit-down interview with The Daily Iowan on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. This was the first sit-down interview with the DI this semester. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

UI and other universities stand behind DACA students

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 21, 2017
FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2012, file photo, Iowa State President Steven Leath speaks during his installation ceremony in Ames, Iowa. Documents obtained by The Associated Press under the open records law, shows Leath damaged a private plane in a hard landing in 2014, 11 months before he banged up a university aircraft in similar fashion. The Board of Regents has received the results of an audit into every flight Leath and others have taken on university planes during his presidency, and scheduled a special meeting to discuss Leath's performance. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

Leath to leave Iowa State for position at Auburn University

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 20, 2017
Academics mull tight budgets

Academics mull tight budgets

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 10, 2017
Gianna Rubino works on her laptop at the main library on Thursday, February 2, 2017. Rubino, a UI sophomore, majors in therapeutic recreation. (The Daily Iowan/Olivia Sun)

Summer courses may be tricky because of cuts

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 9, 2017
UI mulls tuition plans

UI mulls tuition plans

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 8, 2017
Facing the troubles of higher education

Facing the troubles of higher education

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
March 1, 2017
UI works on retention

UI works on retention

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 23, 2017
Overhang from tree branches and leaves separates the blue sky from prairie plants growing next to crop fields on the Meade Family Farm in Tiffin on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/file)

Thinking globally about air pollution

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 20, 2017
Minimum-wage fight hits home

Minimum-wage fight hits home

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 16, 2017
UI Executive Vice President and Provost Barry Butler listens to testimonies given during the Academics United protest on the Pentacrest on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Several of University of Iowa student organizations got together to protest the "extreme vetting" of several foreign nations. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

UI provost named new president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 15, 2017
Terry Johnson, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, speaks during a Faculty Senate meeting in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Faculty members discussed budget changes. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

UI wrestles with budget

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 15, 2017
Regents President Bruce Rastetter speaks during a Board of Regents meeting in Cedar Falls on Monday, Dec, 5, 2016. The regents voted to increase tuition by 2 percent during their meeting on the University of Northern Iowa campus. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Regent President Rastetter will not seek reappointment

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 11, 2017
The Old Capitol is shown on Monday, July 25, 2016.

UI changes residency rules

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 8, 2017
FILE - In this file photo, University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld, DaVida Anderson, Ph.D. student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program, and Keith Carter, head of the Department of Ophthalmology in the Carver College of Medicine, thank a man after the For Iowa. Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa event in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The eight and a half year campaign raised $1,975,592,048. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Fundraising campaign shatters goal set by UI, UI Foundation

Marissa Payne, marissa-payne@uiowa.edu
February 7, 2017
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