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9-Person Friend Group Surprisingly Well-Adjusted and Free from Hatred
Love Wins!
 • Calvin Covington
UIHD Unveils Dining Hall Priority Queue For Student Athletes
Everybody’s gotta eat, but they need to more!
 • Alex Doughty
Top 5 Most Embarrassing Graduation Ads You Paid Us to Run
Recently, we here at The Doily Allergen announced that we would be running graduation ads for parents to place about their offspring.
 • Byron López Ellington
Dear Doily: Please Support My Small, Polyamorous Business
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 • Ev W and Julie Brachmann
UIowa Athletics Rep Catches Frisbee in Mouth
Ain’t no rule says a normal regular guy can’t play Ultimate.
 • Anna Fox
Student Spotlight: Kid Who SWEARS They’ll Read Their Library Books “One of These Days”
Iowa City was the first UNESCO City of Literature in the United States of America, primarily due to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and its continued…
 • Ev W
Elray’s Cracks Down on Groping, Goes Out of Business
The beloved Iowa City institution Elray’s Live & Dive has fallen to the wayside shortly after instituting a strict “no groping” policy.
 • Erin Detlefsen
FACT: 80% of Men Just Ate Shit on Their Bike
“Ouchieeeeee,” says man
 • MK Shultz
Prominent Iowa City Gay Bar Temporarily Closed
Community Uplifts Queer Voices in the Wake of Deadwood Tavern’s Closure
 • Katelyn Nguyen and Ev W
Guy in Your Econ Class: “War Is Great Because the Drones Go Zoom”
And the bombs go kaboom
 • Byron López Ellington
Meteorologists Predict Wave Of Performative Readers On Campus
The weather’s too nice to read inside, where nobody can acknowledge how studious you are.
 • The Doily Allergen
FACT: Professors Are Planning Their Assignments to Inconvenience YOU Specifically
Yes, You. The Reader. Specifically.
 • Ev W

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9-Person Friend Group Surprisingly Well-Adjusted and Free from Hatred
Love Wins!
 • Calvin Covington
UIHD Unveils Dining Hall Priority Queue For Student Athletes
Everybody’s gotta eat, but they need to more!
 • Alex Doughty
UIowa Athletics Rep Catches Frisbee in Mouth
Ain’t no rule says a normal regular guy can’t play Ultimate.
 • Anna Fox
Elray’s Cracks Down on Groping, Goes Out of Business
The beloved Iowa City institution Elray’s Live & Dive has fallen to the wayside shortly after instituting a strict “no groping” policy.
 • Erin Detlefsen
Prominent Iowa City Gay Bar Temporarily Closed
Community Uplifts Queer Voices in the Wake of Deadwood Tavern’s Closure
 • Katelyn Nguyen and Ev W
Guy in Your Econ Class: “War Is Great Because the Drones Go Zoom”
And the bombs go kaboom
 • Byron López Ellington
Meteorologists Predict Wave Of Performative Readers On Campus
The weather’s too nice to read inside, where nobody can acknowledge how studious you are.
 • The Doily Allergen
Student Spotlight: Kid Who Fell Asleep in Class Can Only be Woken by True Love’s Kiss
Everyone has that one kid in their class who can sleep through anything.
 • Lucinda Lorrayne
Evil Bitch Secures Summer Internship
It’s finally that time of year- trying to secure a summer internship!
 • Julie Brachmann
Person Tanning on Pentacrest Actually Just Naked
Yes, Really.
 • Zach Martinez
Sign Guy Adds “Four-Eyes” to Sign
Following his triumphant return from the land of the dead, the Burge Sign Guy has carefully reviewed his list of those who shall be banished to Hell…
 • Byron López Ellington
Worst Conversation of All Time Overheard in FFT Café
A brave survivor shares their story.
 • Zach Martinez
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