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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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Different colored ribbons sit on display to represent cancer during the 1st hour of the 23 Dance Marathon at the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Rachael Westergard)

Dance Marathon families honored in color

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] February 3, 2017

Sitting front and center on the main floor of the IMU is a ribbon display set up to honor patients and the variety of cancers they have battled. Piles of different colored ribbons sit in a line next...

Dance Marathon families are introduced in the first hour of the 23 Dance Marathon at the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Rachael Westergard)

Dance Marathon 23 families make big entrance

February 3, 2017

Families at Dance Marathon lined up for their big entrance as excitement for the night built. By Kit Fitzgerald [email protected] A sea of green shirts stretched from the Main Lounge...

Dance Marathon Morale Captains run onto the stage during the 1st hour of the 23 Dance Marathon on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/ James Year)

Moral captains perform Space Jam theme dance

February 3, 2017

By Naomi Hofferber Naomi [email protected] The theme for the Dance Marathon 23 Morale Captain dance was Space Jam, after the animated 1990s movie featuring Michael Jordan. To prepare for the...

UI students cheer during the opening ceremony of the 22nd Dance Marathon in the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. There are over 220 families in attendance this year. (The Daily Iowan/Valerie Burke)

Hour 1 of Dance Marathon commences

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] February 3, 2017

For the next 24 hours, the IMU will act as the host to Dance Marathon 23’s Big Event. The Main Lounge has been transformed into a dance floor on which dancers and families come together to battle...

Iowa's Steven Holloway takes down Ohio State's Josh Fox during the Iowa v. Ohio State Wrestling match, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. The Hawkeyes beat the Buckeyes with a team score of 21-13. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Wrestling continues run of facing ranked opponents

February 3, 2017

By Courtney Baumann [email protected] Iowa wrestling’s dual-meet schedule continues to gain speed this weekend; the Hawkeyes will compete both at home and on the road tonight and Feb. 5. No....

Iowa guard Kathleen Doyle celebrates after a fast break layup during the meeting between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Thursday, February 2, 2016 at Carver Hawkeye. The Hawkeyes had a strong second half, pulling away with the 71-57 win. (The Daily Iowan/ Alex Kroeze)

Hawks ruin Stringer’s homecoming

February 3, 2017

By Michael McCurdy [email protected] Once the pregame festivities honoring former Iowa athletics director Dr. Christine Grant ended, the Hawkeyes jumped out of the gates early on visiting Rutgers,...

Brian Farrell, UI Center for Human Right Associate Director, speaks in the Senate Chamber at the Old Capitol Museum on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Farrell discusses the judicial review of the legality of a person's detention. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins)

A timely lecture, accidently

February 3, 2017

By Kit Fitzgerald [email protected] The timing of the lecture “Against the Winds of Tyranny” was accidental but fit the current environment. Brian Farrell, the director of the College...

Morale Captains cry over finding out they passed their fundraising goal during the closing ceremony of the 22nd Dance Marathon in the Iowa Memorial Union on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Dance Marathon raised over $2.4 million for the children. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

Big Event never sits still

February 2, 2017

By Elianna Novitch  | [email protected] A year full of preparation and motivation has led to today for the families and members of Dance Marathon. Its 24-hour Big Event is just a few hours away. Along...

A palliative care patient smiles at the camera as his calf rests at his side in the Union Territory of Pondicherry, India. Before taking the photo, a nurse helped me ask for permission, translating the request into his native language Tamil.(The Daily Iowan/Helaina 
Thompson)

In different horizons

February 2, 2017

By Helaina Thompson [email protected] A cup of hot tea sits in my palms. This is my second visit to India, and I’ve answered this question many times. “Our organization serves the elderly...

A crowd gathers on the State House lawn in Montpelier, Vt., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, for a solidarity candlelight vigil in response to President Donald Trump's recent travel ban on refugees and citizens of certain majority-Muslim countries. (Jeb Wallace-Brodeur/The Times Argus via AP)

Officials spar over refugee proposal

February 2, 2017

By Anna Kayser [email protected] Iowa lawmakers and experts hold differing opinions on the constitutionality and effectiveness of President Trump’s executive order on immigration.Attorney General...

Ohio State's Josh Fox grapples with Iowa's Steven Holloway during the Iowa v. Ohio State Wrestling match, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa  on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. The Hawkeyes beat the Buckeyes with a team score of 21-13. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Learning to be the heavy

February 2, 2017

By Courtney Baumann [email protected] When Steven Holloway arrived in the Iowa wrestling room last year, he expected to be a 197-pounder. He wrestled his entire redshirt season there, posting...

The University of Iowa Campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

Crime Alert issued regarding a robbery

February 1, 2017

A crime alert was sent out this afternoon with regards to a robbery that took place in the 10 block of S. Dubuque Street this morning. At around 2 a.m., Iowa City Police received word of the robbery....