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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

Iowa players carry Floyd the big off the field during 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/File photo)

Austin Blythe drafted by Indianapolis

April 30, 2016

With the 248th pick in the NFL draft, the Indianapolis Colts selected Austin Blythe, preserving Iowa's now 39-year streak of having a former Hawkeye selected in the event. Blythe was projected as high...

Iowas Mar  yea Harris anchors the mens 4x100 relay during the 2016 Drake Relays in Des Moines on Friday, April 29, 2016. Iowa took 10th place in the preliminaries. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

Mallett, Saucer headline Friday at Drake

April 29, 2016

Adam Hensley [email protected] On a day where the temperature sat at 46 degrees, the Hawkeyes attempted to keep their hot streak from the Musco Twilight burning. The Hawkeyes’ first event...

Iowas Mahnee Watts crosses the finish line in first place during the womens 800 meters at the 2016 Drake Relays in Des Moines on Friday, April 28, 2016. Watts won with a time of 2:07.93 and took home her very first Drake flag. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

Watts Delivers a Highlight for Women’s Track

Connor Sindberg, [email protected] April 29, 2016

DES MOINES, Iowa – Mahnee Watts provided a spark on a gloomy day, capturing the first 800-meter Drake Relays title in program history. The 800-meter victory and winning time of 2:07.93 comes as...

Both Iowa teams lineup for the first snap during the Spring Game at Kinnick Stadium on April 23. The defense beat the offense, 20-18. (The Daily Iowan/Alex Kroeze)

Iowa football fills two coaching positions

Jordan Hansen, [email protected] April 29, 2016

The Iowa football team announced that two staff positions had been filled on Friday. Broderick Binns will take over the Director of Player Development position, while Tyler Barnes is the Hawkeye's...

DITV: April 28, 2016

DITV: April 28, 2016

April 29, 2016

Take Back The Night takes downtown

Take Back The Night takes downtown

Kaylyn Kluck, [email protected] April 29, 2016

  Against the backdrop of a college campus that reported its 14th sexual assault for the 2015-16 academic year last week, more than 100 people gathered to protest sexual violence Thursday evening. Community...

UI trees go digital

UI trees go digital

Katelyn Weisbrod, [email protected] April 29, 2016

As a way of celebrating Arbor Day, the University of Iowa is putting 8,000 trees on the World Wide Web. Today, the University of Iowa unveiled a new website documenting all of the almost 8,000 trees...

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

Witness describes Delta Chi formal balcony fall scene

Grace Pateras, [email protected] April 29, 2016

University of Iowa sophomore Claudia Magana said she was sitting on the same second-story balcony ledge as UI students Hannah Van Soelen and Mackenzie Wollenzien on April 23 when the two students fell...

United States Senator for Iowa Chuck Grassley speaks at the University Club for the Republican Dinner on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Grassley has been serving since 1981, previously being in the United States House of Representatives. (The Daily Iowan/McCall Radavich)

Grassley reveals criminal-justice legislation

Brent Griffiths, [email protected] April 29, 2016

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley and a handful of his Senate colleagues unveiled revamped criminal-justice legislation on Thursday that was once billed as the best bipartisan hope for this session of Congress. More...

Extravaganza feature ‘lost’ films

Extravaganza feature ‘lost’ films

Girindra Selleck, [email protected] April 29, 2016

Most Iowans — this writer included — might not have been aware that what is thought to be the world’s oldest operating movie theaters can be found just 20 minutes outside of Iowa City in Washington,...

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Forum probes mistreatment of minorities

Jake Markowitz, [email protected] April 29, 2016

Disparity in the treatment of minority students in the School District came to the forefront in a local community forum. The Johnson County Disproportionate Minority Contact Committee held a community...

Amber Alert Issued

April 29, 2016

The State Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for a teen believed to be in danger. The Amber Alert was issued for Dominique Nicole Lloyd. Lloyd is 17 years old and has blonde hair and blue eyes. She is...

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