Mission Creek 2025: Sun Centauri

May 16, 2025

Iowa City locals Sun Centauri transported us to outer space during their otherworldly set at Mission Creek 2025.

Mission Creek 2025: Cabeza De Chivo vs. Gabe’s Load-Bearing Capacity

May 9, 2025

Closing out Mission Creek Festival 2025, Cabeza De Chivo dealt out an infectious psychotropical groove for us all to dance with, what choice did we have but to obey?

Back Home: Caitlin Clark Returns to Carver

May 4, 2025

By Aidan Wirtz

Today’s match returned Iowa’s very own Caitlin Clark back to Iowa City, as the Indiana Fever played against the Brazil National Team in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Interview: Jackson Hoewing, new chair of University of Iowa Democrats

May 2, 2025

By Amman Hassan

KRUI’s Amman Hassan talks with Jackson Hoewing, the incoming chair of University Democrats at Iowa.

Anti-wokeness and Iowa’s dismantling of education

May 2, 2025

By Amman Hassan

Republicans have successfully captured key state judicial and legislative procedures and used them to strangle the institutions and legal precedents that stand to curtail their agenda and limit their power.

Mission Creek 2025: The Caring Nurture of Nat Baldwin

May 2, 2025

By Evan Raefield

Attending a festival that was hosting star acts like Mannequin Pussy, Raekwon, and Kim Gordon, some concertgoers that weekend might have written off Nat Baldwin entirely–but those in the room knew better.

Forever 40: Remembering Chris Street

January 22, 2018

By Keegan Turnbough

An escape. They’re dramas. Plays. An act on the gridiron. A dance on the hardwood. Sports are so popular in today due to the world needing an outlet. A place to diverge our attention from the everyday life. Baseball, the national pastime. Football, the modern-day gladiators. Athletics are so popular due to their ability to create storylines. Magic vs Bird. Steelers and Cowboys. Yankees and Red Sox. Rivalries drive sports. But, even more so than rivalries, fans fall in love when the sports meet the outside world. Iowa has had the best of luck with these kinds of stories. Just … Continued

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One and Done: College Basketball’s Questionable Culture

November 25, 2014

By Mark Freie

The one-and-done culture of college basketball raises questions about the priorities of college programs. IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa president Sally Mason made news earlier this week when she sounded off on her alma mater. Mason, who graduated from the University of Kentucky, told The Des Moines Register about her concerns. “I’m not proud of my alma mater, that has a wonderful record of winning basketball championships, with students who stay one year to play basketball and are done — the one-and-done,” Mason said While John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats look to run rampant through the 2014-2015 … Continued

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Mission Creek 2025 Preview: Saturday

Mission Creek runs again for its 20th year. The arts festival brings a plethora of events in the realms of music and literature, with both artists local, and from elsewhere. Here’s some of the events happening this Saturday.

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