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Citizens can vote for School Board at polling places throughout the Iowa City Community School District..

Seven candidates vie for school board positions

Bess Frerichs, Feature Editor
November 5, 2019
Guidance counselor Kelly Bergmann explains what her role as counselor is.

School counselors: the one-stop shops of high school

Bess Frerichs, Feature Editor
November 1, 2019
Signs warning students not to enter the courtyard because of construction (and rain).

Upside down and backwards

Ella Rosenthal and Isaac Young
October 7, 2019
Students from all over Iowa City participate in an 11 minute die-in. The 11 minutes symbolize the estimated 11 years we have until the earth reaches its tipping point.

Students attend climate strike

Bess Frerichs and Renee Gould
September 23, 2019
Alexis Dick '21 shares her thoughts on Internment by Samira Ahmed.

Book review: “Internment” is packed with powerful emotion

Alexis Dick, Reporter
September 21, 2019
Caleb Rainey, organizer of IC Speaks, poses for a photo on Monday, Sep. 9.

From the page to the stage

Natalie Dunlap, Online Editor-in-Chief
September 10, 2019
McKenna Proud ‘21 flaunts her favorite pair of socks. This pair features Cleopatra and Egyptian cats against a purple background. Proud’s love for Cleopatra stems from her childhood.

Fashion Friday: socks

Bess Frerichs, Feature Editor
May 24, 2019
As spring gets in full swing a mallard stands in the grass looking for food in Iowa City.

Green hope

Bess Frerichs, Reporter
April 21, 2019
The wonder twins

The wonder twins

Lily Meng, Online Co-Copy Editor
April 18, 2019
Sharon DeWitte mixes her childhood fascination of disease with her profession as a biological anthropologist as she presents her research on the Black Plague and its application to todays world at Darwin Days on Feb. 23.

Darwin Day: discoveries and diseases

Bess Frerichs, Reporter
February 23, 2019
Several different inks are on display at Indigo Body Art Gallery in Coralville.

Stick and poke tattoos

Natalie Dunlap, Online Feature Editor
February 7, 2019
Jennifer Craig and Dante the dog pose for a photo on Sunday, Jan 13. at their new house, bought on Saturday, Jan 12.

Starting the New Year with nothing

Bess Frerichs, Reporter
January 20, 2019
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