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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Panel discussion shows the future of energy in Iowa City

Panel discussion shows the future of energy in Iowa City

November 2, 2017

An interactive panel about energy shows students how the university and Iowa City are moving away from fossil fuels and toward sustainable energy options. By Grace Lynn Keller [email protected] Iowa...

Iowa offensive lineman coach Brian Ferentz speaks with media during Iowa's football media day on Saturday, August 6, 2016. Iowa's season opener is against  Miami Ohio on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 at 2:30 P.M. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Brian Ferentz apologizes for press-box comments

Adam Hensley, [email protected] November 1, 2017

Iowa football offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz issued an apology for his comments made in the press box during the Hawkeyes’ 17-10 win over Minnesota on Oct. 28. “I want to apologize to the...

Photo illustration by Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan

Covering a tragedy: the UI’s 1991 shooting

Gage Miskimen, Editor in Chief October 31, 2017

Οn any average day in Iowa City, hundreds of students stroll along the T. Anne Cleary Walkway, which connects East Side residence halls with the Pentacrest. Yet many of these students would struggle to...

Circle of Ash Scream Park co-owner and actor Mark Fuller poses for a series of portraits shortly before the park opened on Oct. 22. Fuller, who has been involved with the organization for 14 years, compares the working environment to a second family. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

In the haunting season: Iowa maintains its Theaters of Fear

October 31, 2017

Behind the creaky doors of area haunted houses. By James Year [email protected] Fall is in full swing. The leaves have changed and fallen, cafés pump out overly spiced pumpkin spice lattes like...

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, [email protected] October 30, 2017

A Polk County judge ruled Oct. 28 that two current and three former members of the state Board of Regents did not violate Iowa's Open Meetings Law by meeting with University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld...

Iowa forward Dom Uhl and guard Connor McCaffery cover William Jewell guard Bryon Harp during a men's basketball exhibition game between Iowan and William Jewell College in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cardinals, 105-81. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Connor McCaffery waives redshirt

October 30, 2017

Adam Hensley | [email protected] After Christian Williams announced his decision to transfer a day before Iowa's exhibition contest against William Jewell College, Hawkeye fans turned their attention...

Volunteers and participants in the UI Dance Marathon Kiddo Fashion Show walk the runway at the IMU on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. (David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan)

UI Children’s Hospital patients walk the runway in style for Dance Marathon

Grace Lynn Keller, [email protected] October 30, 2017

The kids of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital rocked the runway Sunday afternoon at Dance Marathon’s Runway of Hope Kiddo Fashion Show. The fashion show, which took place at...

Iowa's Miles Taylor and Chauncey Golston carry the Floyd of Rosedale trophy after an Iowa/Minnesota football game in Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 28. The Hawkeyes defeated the Golden Gophers, 17-10. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Iowa ends three-game skid with win over Minnesota

October 28, 2017

The Hawkeye football team improved to 5-3 on the season with an Oct. 28 win over Minnesota, 17-10, in Kinnick. Iowa will keep the Floyd of Rosedale trophy for the third-straight year. By Sean Bock [email protected] Things...

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)

No rulings made at Ped Mall shooting hearing

October 28, 2017

Attorneys await answers on whether “Stand Your Ground” law is a viable defense in Ped Mall shooting trial. A 6th District judge made no rulings at an Oct. 27 hearing regarding whether to grant defendant...

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Football Kid Captain all smiles for Minnesota game

October 27, 2017

Nothing, including hospital visits and surgeries, can bring down 11-year-old Leah McClain. By Gage Miskimen [email protected] This week’s Kid Captain has met every hurdle she’s faced with...

Ann Hilgendorf, an imaging technologist of 28 years at the Breast Imaging Center of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, demonstrates a mammogram screening machine on Thursday. Hilgendorf was hired as a temporary technician in 1989 and is the only tech left in her hiring class. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

UI focuses on breast cancer treatment

October 26, 2017

The UI offers many unique breast-cancer treatments for its patients, each with her unique needs. By Kayli Reese [email protected] At the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a team of medical...

Lamar Wilson (Johnson County Sheriff)

Suspect in Iowa City Ped Mall shooting to ask judge to dismiss charges in Friday hearing

October 26, 2017

Pedestrian Mall shooting suspect Lamar Wilson, 23, will ask a judge to dismiss charges against him in a hearing Friday using Iowa's "stand your ground" defense, which allows people to use deadly force...