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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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Elliot: Quackery & dead ducks

Elliot: Quackery & dead ducks

March 8, 2016

Beau Elliot [email protected] Remember when Sen. Marc Rubio was the bright, shining knight of the Republican establishment? Me, neither, and it was only about 15 seconds ago. But now, apparently,...

Elliot: Robots and dinosaurs

Elliot: Robots and dinosaurs

February 9, 2016

Beau Elliot [email protected] Everybody knows this is a great country that is so diverse it even includes people who don’t believe dinosaurs ever existed. Something about the Earth’s only being...

Cruz snags victory in Iowa caucuses

Cruz snags victory in Iowa caucuses

Quentin Misiag, [email protected] February 2, 2016

WEST DES MOINES — A unique self-funded presidential campaign based on outspoken principles and heavy media coverage was not enough to crown Donald Trump the winner of the 2016 Republican caucuses Monday,...

Illustration by Zebedia Wahls

Caucus Candidate Cocktails

Justus Flair, [email protected] January 28, 2016

As Iowans pledge support to candidates during the caucuses on Feb. 1, the voting season will begin. Whether that stresses you out or gets your blood pumping in anticipation, you could probably use a...

Iowa and Kent State high-five after the game at Grant Field on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015. The Hawkeyes defeated the Golden Flashes 7-1. (The Daily Iowan/Valerie Burke)

Elliot: Sugar, health, and field hockey

January 26, 2016

Beau Elliot [email protected] Sometimes in this life — oh, wait, this is a life? Why didn’t somebody tell us? Just like them. They never tell us anything. Except where to buy the next electronic...

The gun in the hands of child

Brown: NRA’s latest fairy tale

January 22, 2016

Marcus Brown [email protected] Fairy tales are a rare place in which lessons of humanity and morality are intertwined with whimsical fantasy in order to provide children with a certain life lesson...

Senator Marco Rubio speaks to a crowd at the Coralville Marriott on Monday Jan 18, 2016. Senator Rubio covered topics in his speech such as repealing Obamacare. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Rubio fires up some

Brent Griffiths, [email protected] January 19, 2016

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has long stressed his policies are more than just talking points. He has lived them. “I didn’t just read about it or respond to it in some magazine article,” Rubio said...

Elliot: Dark matter & hostages

Elliot: Dark matter & hostages

January 19, 2016

Beau Elliot [email protected] So, welcome back; we missed you. No, really. It turns out we really needed another 20,000 pairs of feet to efficiently stamp Iowa City’s unshoveled sidewalks into...

The caucuses are coming

The caucuses are coming

November 30, 2015

Jace Brady [email protected] Every four years, a hybrid of constitutionality and party bylaws dictates a compelling nine-month period of political mayhem. Men and women from the most elite classes...

A national network news team sets up to cover a presidential stump speech in Iowa on Oct. 18, 2015.  State Republican insiders say there are four must-hit events that GOP presidential hopefuls should attend before the 2016 Iowa Caucus. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Four must-hit GOP events before the 2016 Iowa Caucus

October 20, 2015

From a new fall festival complete with trick-or-treating to a Christian-conservative conference, there are the four must-attend events if Republicans want to win over Iowa caucus-goers, insiders tell The...