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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Nebras

Big Ten West running dry

Charlie Green, [email protected] August 4, 2015

CHICAGO — Finding a feature running back to replace the departed Mark Weisman is a major theme of Iowa’s 2015 off-season and fall camp — a job that figures to go to LeShun Daniels Jr., Jordan Canzeri,...

Dondre Alexander (23) drives into the lane during a Prime Time game on Thursday, July 2, 2015. (Daily Iowan/Cora Bern-Klug)

Alexander tops Prime Time awards

Kyle Mann, [email protected] August 4, 2015

The Prime Time League is designed to cultivate competition among the most talented players in the area, Hawkeyes or not. With the 2015 season in the books, these players distinguished themselves as the...

Ernst bill on Planned Parenthood fails

Ernst bill on Planned Parenthood fails

August 4, 2015

A proposal pushed by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, to defund Planned Parenthood failed to pass the U.S. Senate on Monday. The bill would have stripped more than $500 million in funding from the organization...

Blight may damage corn yield

Blight may damage corn yield

Ben Marks, [email protected] August 4, 2015

This year, Iowa corn farmers are facing a threat that may cost them a chunk of their yields and could translate to higher prices at the grocery store. Although it is not as scary as it sounds, northern...

(The Daily Iowan/file)

Public holds forth on equity

Bill Cooney, [email protected] August 4, 2015

Around 20 community members packed into a Iowa City Public Library meeting room Monday evening to discuss equity and race in Iowa City schools. Monday’s meeting was an opportunity for members of the...

Flowing into sculpture

Flowing into sculpture

Allie Biscupski, [email protected] August 4, 2015

As picturesque as a coral reef, Elizabeth Shriver’s art, displayed in the Chait Galleries, 218 E. Washington St., aims to pay homage to the free-flowing structures of nature. “I’m trying to achieve...

Reading Center gets new head

Reading Center gets new head

Ben Marks, [email protected] August 4, 2015

The University of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Education announced on Monday that Deborah Reed will become the new director of the Iowa Reading Research Center. The center was established in 2012...

Whitney Jennings (15) watches as Tania Davis (1) falls to the floor during a Game Time game on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (Daily Iowan/Cora Bern-Klug)

Jennings leads Game Time stars

August 4, 2015

Whitney Jennings and Tania Davis stole the show in this summer’s Game Time League. By Charlie Green [email protected] In this summer’s Game Time League, Kay DiLeo’s young Beat the Bookstore/Westport...

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

August 4, 2015

Letters Inaction on minimum wage inexcusable In the last legislative session, the Iowa House Republican leadership refused to debate a Senate bill that would have raised the minimum wage to a paltry $8.75...

President Barack Obama speaks about his Clean Power Plan, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. The president is mandating even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected, while granting states more time and broader options to comply. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama’s EPA plan transcends political allegiances

August 4, 2015

President Obama has set in motion an ambitious plan through the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce greenhouse gases and combat climate change Monday with his clean power plan. The plan aims...

New England Patriots at Washington Redskins 08/28/09

Swimming to the nebulae

August 4, 2015

Beau Elliot [email protected] Yes, because there are things more important than football (such as Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton’s “discovery” of a secret nuclear deal with Iran), the recent reaction...

Elliot: Swimming to the nebulae

BEAU ELLIOT August 4, 2015

Yes, because there are things more important than football (such as Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton’s “discovery” of a secret nuclear deal with Iran), the recent reaction to Patriot quarterback...

Load More Stories