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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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Hip to the hemp & earth

Hip to the hemp & earth

April 4, 2016

Three friends are trying to change opinions through an earth-centered startup By Cindy Garcia  |  [email protected] Three high-school friends are simultaneously working toward a more fashionable...

UI reports sexual assault

UI reports sexual assault

April 4, 2016

The University of Iowa police issued a crime alert on Friday regarding a report of sexual assault that occurred on campus. According to the alert, the  sexual assault occurred on March 25 in an East...

Illustration by Zebedia Wahls

On the brink of greatness

Adam Hensley, [email protected] March 31, 2016

Just wait. They aren’t there yet. But they will be. Three athletes on the Iowa men’s track team will try to close the gap between being members of a good team and being members of an elite team. James...

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Editorial: Not enough spending on education

March 31, 2016

In the Iowa Legislature, a stalemate over education spending is finally over. Iowa senators and representatives on Wednesday approved a funding increase of $138 million for school districts in the 2016-17...

Group blasts IMU prayer spaces

Group blasts IMU prayer spaces

A national group wants prayer spaces for Muslims removed from the University of Iowa, but that doesn’t necessarily echo on campus. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national umbrella organization...

DITV: March 31, 2016

DITV: March 31, 2016

March 31, 2016

A Student from the University of Iowa holds the tattoo gun that was purchased from Amazon.com at The University of Iowa on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. The University of Iowa student has been tattooing fellow students since winter break. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Guerrilla tattooing in the dorms

Tom Ackerman, [email protected] March 31, 2016

  Betts said tattooing machines are now easier to acquire than before because of the Internet. “You had to know somebody, and they had to have a license,” he said. Betts first learned...

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Settlement nears in tenant case

Cindy Garcia, [email protected] March 30, 2016

A preliminary settlement has been reached in a 5-year-old class-action lawsuit between around 14,000 tenants and Iowa City’s biggest landlord company, Apartments Downtown. Christopher Warnock, a lawyer...

Heather Chrisler (left) and Sam Osheroff (right) dance in character Senga Quinn's living room during a rehearsal for the play Dancing Lessons at Riverside Theatre on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Dancing Lessons follows a broadway dancer (Senga Quinn), and a professor (Ever Montgomery) with Aspergers Syndrome learning to dance. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Pas de deux, with loss, in Riverside’s ‘Dancing Lessons’

March 30, 2016

An autistic professor and an injured dancer will meet on Riverside Theater’s stage during the next two-plus weeks in Dancing Lessons. By Justus Flair | [email protected] Red, gold, and hints...

Editorial: Changing the conversation on drug addiction

Editorial: Changing the conversation on drug addiction

March 30, 2016

At the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, President Obama spoke about the problem of drug addiction in this country and the need for a change in perspective when it comes to addressing...

DITV: March 30, 2016

DITV: March 30, 2016

March 30, 2016

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UISG election begins

March 30, 2016

By Bill [email protected] The election to decide who will lead the University of Iowa’s Student Government for the 2016-17 academic year has begun. The two factions vying for the executive...