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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

Athletics pitches big upgrades

Athletics pitches big upgrades

July 29, 2015

The Iowa Athletics Department has proposed major and extensive renovations to athletics facilities in a number of various projects it initially estimates will cost $130 million. The proposal includes plans...

Teens get a look at rare comics

July 29, 2015

Whether you’re a fan of Superman or Archie, DC or Marvel, the University of Iowa’s collection of rare comics has a story for you. Teenagers at the Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., got a...

Bluder talks Pan-Am, life after Logic

Bluder talks Pan-Am, life after Logic

July 29, 2015

The Iowa women’s basketball head coach has led the Hawks to eight-consecutive NCAA Tournaments, and she recently led Team U.S.A to a silver medal in the Pan-American Games. In August, she and the Hawkeyes...

Brown: End rhetoric of silence

MARCUS BROWN July 29, 2015

Adding to the litany of rampage killings experienced in the United States, the shooting that resulted in the death of two and injury of nine in Lafayette, Louisiana, last week has reignited the need for...

Clegg: FIFA’s brand of corruption

CHRIS CLEGG July 29, 2015

Exactly 64 days have passed since the New York Times first reported that 14 officials from FIFA, the global governing body of soccer, were arrested at a luxury hotel in Zurich on a litany of charges from...

Editorial: Trump’s blinded gatekeeping

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 29, 2015

The Bill of Rights is often heralded as one of the greatest pieces of nonfiction writing of modern times, and with good reason. Consider the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting...

Kastanek and crew credit fun

CHARLIE GREEN July 29, 2015

Tonight, in the final round of the Game Time League playoffs, Brian Joens’ Cullen/Joensy’s will try to replicate the strategy that has led it to this point. That strategy? Having a good time. “We...

School board won’t expedite plans

DI STAFF July 29, 2015

Design plans for City High will not be expedited, the Iowa City School Board decided Tuesday night, despite questions from the public about the board’s reasoning to close Hoover Elementary. Currently,...

Former field hockey coach intends to file lawsuit against UI

BILL COONEY July 29, 2015

Former Hawkeye field-hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum plans to file a lawsuit against the University of Iowa almost a year after being dismissed from her position. Officials fired Griesbaum in August 2014...

UI Clinic focuses on helping LGBTQ patients

ALISON CASSITY July 29, 2015

At the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, members of a long-ostracized community are finding a safe space, the UI LGBTQ Clinic. As the only service of its kind in Iowa, the clinic — founded in...

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