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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The Iowa spirit squad runs before the team before the Iowa-Minnesota game at Kinnick on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2013. The Hawkeyes defeated the Golden Gophers, 40-35 to stay perfect on the season. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

Regents mull taking sports funds

At the state Board of Regents meeting on Thursday at the Iowa School for the Deaf, the members discussed shifting funding from athletics to support academic and research enterprises at the three state...

A wind turbine generates power in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. The turbine is located on the Kirkwood Community College campus. (File photo/The Daily Iowan)

MidAmerican Energy to invest billions in Iowa wind energy

Katelyn Weisbrod, [email protected] April 22, 2016

Iowa may soon be well on its way to generating 40 percent of its energy from wind. The state is the No. 1 wind energy producer in the nation, with 31 percent of energy coming from the energy source,...

Iowa third baseman Sarah Kurtz catches an infield pop-up during the Iowa-Wisconsin game at Bob Pearl Field on Sunday, April 17, 2016. The Hawkeyes lost to the Badgers, 3-1. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

Tough Penn State faces Hawks

Courtney Baumann, [email protected] April 22, 2016

The Iowa softball team will attempt to upset the No. 3 team in the Big Ten, Penn State, when the Nittany Lions travel to Pearl Field for a three-game series starting tonight. The Hawkeyes, 12-30, 2-12...

Minimal maintenance and repair on the building shows its dated interior in need of a remodeling in Seashore Hall at The University of Iowa on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Seashore Hall was the original location of the University Hospital dating back to 1899. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Regents committee to recommend new psych building, razing part of Seashore

Cindy Garcia, [email protected] April 21, 2016

  The largest department in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is one step closer to receiving a state-of-art teaching and research space. The state Board of Regents’...

Professor Craig Just talks about the Iowa Watershed Approach at the Office of Sustainability on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. A meeting was held to talk about the effects of climate change in Iowa. (The Daily Iowan/Tawny Schmit)

Local panel eyes climate plans

Katelyn Weisbrod, [email protected] April 21, 2016

Through policy and practice, local experts showed that climate change is being addressed at the federal, state, and local levels. The student organization Iowa NextGen Climate hosted a panel discussion...

Iowa Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter announced the newly appointed President Bruce Harreld during a meeting in the IMU on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015. Harreld is the 21st president of the University of Iowa. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

Soyer: Don’t re-elect Rastetter

April 21, 2016

Hannah Soyer [email protected] The state Board of Regents met Wednesday and will meet again today to elect the board president and president pro tem. Current President Bruce Rastetter and...

Regents Committee approves funding for new Psych building

Regents’ Committee approves funding for new Psych building

April 20, 2016

By Cindy Garcia [email protected] The largest department in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is one step closer to receiving a state-of-art teaching and research space. The Iowa...

Editorial: Our infrastructure needs attention

Editorial: Our infrastructure needs attention

April 19, 2016

The Arlington Memorial Bridge is an iconic landmark of Washington, D.C. The bridge itself, while beautiful, is literally falling apart. Inches of what should be concrete have turned to gravel. Last month,...

FILE - The University of Iowa campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

Tuition hikes loom in Iowa

April 15, 2016

The state Board of Regents is disappointed by lack of legislative funding. By Kaylyn Kluck [email protected] Tuition hikes at Iowa’s three Board of Regents’ universities look unavoidable after...

Editorial: Iowa can be a role model for LGBT rights

Editorial: Iowa can be a role model for LGBT rights

April 14, 2016

North Carolina, Mississippi, and Georgia have recently passed broad and wide-reaching anti-LGBT bills in the still rippling wake of the federal mandate allowing gay marriage. The Mississippi law allows...

Soyer: Stop the Bakken pipeline

Soyer: Stop the Bakken pipeline

April 14, 2016

Hannah Soyer [email protected] There may soon be an oil pipeline cutting diagonally through the state of Iowa, starting in North Dakota and running through South Dakota, Iowa, and eventually...

Iowa defensive back Desmond King punt returns the ball during the Cy-Hawk Series game against Iowa State in Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa on Sept. 12, 2015. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cyclones, 31-17. (The Daily Iowan/ Alyssa Hitchcock)

The King returns

Blake Dowson, [email protected] April 12, 2016

For almost all of the Iowa football team, the 2015 season ended when the Sun set somewhere over the Pacific Ocean and Stanford was crowned Rose Bowl champion. However, for Desmond King, his 2015 season...

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