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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

10 minutes of freedom

10 minutes of freedom

February 11, 2016

Seven new 10-minute plays will grace the stage in the University of Iowa Theater Building this weekend. By Claire Dietz [email protected] Theater is often about pushing limits. This weekend, it’s...

UI axes tree, blames ash borer

UI axes tree, blames ash borer

  On a cold Wednesday morning, one of around 560 ash trees on campus came down. It was a sign of things to come. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed this week the discovery of...

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Lawmaker wants UI, ISU to pay for UNI athletics

Tom Ackerman, [email protected] February 11, 2016

  The University of Iowa and Iowa State University could pay $20 million to the University of Northern Iowa in athletics funding. State Sen. David Johnson, R-Ocheyedan, proposed a bill this...

UI 'expulsion' may have followed threat

UI ‘expulsion’ may have followed threat

February 11, 2016

By Cole Johnson & Brianna Jett [email protected] A University of Iowa student was expelled last week, and he claims it followed a post on social media the UI found “threatening.” Hanxiang...

A COGS International Student and Community ID Event in the Old Capitol Mall common area offered ID applications Feb. 10 and 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ID's cost $8.00 and will be mailed to you in Iowa City. (The Daily Iowan/Mary Mathis)

COGS pushes Johnson County community IDs

Cindy Garcia, [email protected] February 11, 2016

Students on campus are spreading awareness and diminishing the stigma of carrying an alternative form of government identification. The Campaign to Organize Graduate Students staked out the Old Capitol...

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

UI police violence-survival training catches on

Tom Ackerman, [email protected] February 11, 2016

The University of Iowa is taking steps to reduce threats posed by firearms, and the training is catching on. The UI police have trained more than 6,000 students, faculty, staff, and hospital employees...

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

Student Legal Services presents “Know the Law: Know Your Rights”

February 11, 2016

Ben Poss [email protected] Legal trouble can be an issue for students who don’t know their rights. Last year, more than 1,200 University of Iowa students were charged with alcohol and...

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

University of Iowa reports two sexual assaults

February 9, 2016

UI reports 2 sexual assaults The University of Iowa police on Monday issued a crime alert regarding two reported sexual assaults. According to the alert, police received a report of a sexual assault...

An example of a goat similar to the one that went missing. (University of Iowa)

UI gets its goat

February 9, 2016

The search for “William the Goat” is over. A University of Iowa Public Safety dispatcher confirmed that the goat, which disappeared on Jan. 29, was captured on Monday and returned to the UI Research...

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

Two sexual assaults reported

February 8, 2016

By Chris Higgins [email protected] The University of Iowa police on Monday issued a crime alert regarding two reported sexual assaults. According to the alert, police received a report...

Morale Captains celebrate after finding out the amount of money raised during the final moments of Dance Marathon in the IMU on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Dance Marathon raised over $2 million for kids with cancer. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim)

And the dance is on

Cindy Garcia, [email protected] February 5, 2016

  After several months of fundraising, Dance Marathon participants will let off some steam in the 22nd-annual Big Event tonight. In 2014, dancers raised more than $2 million for victims of pediatric...

Muslim prayer space opens

Muslim prayer space opens

Ben Poss, [email protected] February 5, 2016

Muslims students finally have a place to pray on campus. The new Muslim prayer space was inaugurated Thursday evening in the IMU. The two rooms, one for men and one for women, are located on the...