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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

DITV: QuadChella

DITV: QuadChella

May 9, 2016

As the University of Iowa prepares to remove its oldest residence hall from campus, students living in it say goodbye with a "QuadChella" event. Students gathered in the outside common area of...

Construction goes on at 350 North Madison Street on Wednesday, May 5, 2016. Madison Street Residence Hall construction is estimated to be completed on the summer of 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim)

UI housing to burst at seams

Kaylyn Kluck, [email protected] May 6, 2016

The official enrollment numbers for next year’s incoming class have yet to be completed, but one thing is certain — on-campus housing will be stretched to its maximum capacity and almost 300 first-year...

Marilynne Robinson read Ralph Waldo Emersons essay The American Scholar at Englert Theater on December 9, 2015. (Daily Iowan/Karley Finkel)

Workshop’s Robinson to retire

One of the greatest living novelists in the country has announced her retirement from the University of Iowa. Marilynne Robinson, the F. Wendell Mills Professor of Creative Writing at the Iowa Writers’...

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

UI REACH reaches out for support

After a grant to provide scholarships for students with numerous intellectual, cognitive, and learning disabilities ran out, a University of Iowa program has reached out to the Iowa City community for...

A bike sits outside of the main library on Thursday, May 5, 2016. The month of May is National Bike Month. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

‘Bike boulevard’ coming to IC

A temporary bike lane could make Iowa City even more bike-friendly. A class in the University of Iowa College of Public Health collaborated with Iowa City and community organizations to put together...

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

UI J-school adapts content to increased PR interest

In the midst of strong student interest in Public Relations and Strategic Communications, one college department plans on adapting and shaping current curriculum in efforts to meet student demand and needs. The...

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Soyer: UI needs to raise minimum wage

May 6, 2016

Hannah Soyer  [email protected] On Sunday, the minimum wage in Johnson County was raised to $9.15 per hour, as part of the plan to have it up to $10.10 by Jan. 1, 2017. However, the University...

Attack highlights racial tensions

Attack highlights racial tensions

DI Staff, [email protected] May 5, 2016

  What started in a narrow, graffiti-lined alleyway outside the downtown bar Eden evolved into a news report from another state, a trending topic, and later, a hate-crime investigation. Marcus...

A strategic planning forum takes place in the 2nd Floor Ballroom at the Iowa Memorial Union on May 4, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Karley Finkel)

Community members blast UI on racism during strategic planning forum

The University of Iowa community voiced its frustrations with discrimination to officials, talking about an alleged hate crime and sharing personal examples of how prevalent racism is on campus at an all-campus...

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Reed: #ExplainIowa

May 5, 2016

Keith Reed [email protected] Much has happened this past week, and I can foresee more on the docket for the next week or so. Marcus Owens, a black University of Iowa student, was jumped in an...

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

Brown: Always too little, too late

May 5, 2016

Marcus Brown [email protected] On April 30, UI freshman Marcus Owens was assaulted by individuals he described as “three white males, average height, and approximately 19 to 22 years of age.”...

DeBlaey (Via Facebook)

UI student’s donation saves former military member

A donation of bone marrow took on a whole new meaning. On May 4, University of Iowa senior Matthew DeBlaey met the man whose life he saved by donating marrow earlier in the year. Through the student-run...

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