The Daily Iowan THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2018 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILY-IOWAN.COM 50¢ Remembering Mollie Tibbetts ABOVE: Community members gather to pay their respects to and remember Mollie Tibbetts during a vigil in Hubbard Park on Wednesday. Tibbetts vanished on July 18 in Brooklyn, Iowa. On Tuesday, authorities recovered her body and filed a murder charge against 24-year-old Poweshiek County resident Cristhian Rivera.Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan BOTTOM RIGHT: UI President Bruce Harreld observes a moment of silence during a vigil in memory of Tibbetts. Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan BOTTOM RIGHT: UI senior Haley Steele prays with friends during a vigil in memory of Tibbetts. Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan In the wake of Mollie Tibbetts’ death, Hawkeyes gathered to focus on her memory. BY CHARLES PECKMAN what made her so special was she was just in the University of Iowa community and
[email protected] like anyone standing here — she loved to Dance Marathon, she was a prominent run, she loved Harry Potter, she loved the face on campus.” Hundreds of students clad in Dance Hawks, she loved her family, she loved her University Counseling Service Director Marathon and Hawkeye shirts gathered friends.” Barry Schreier said he was saddened by the in Hubbard Park on Wednesday evening UI student Breck Goodman said Tib- news of Tibbetts’ death, but he wishes the to remember Mollie Tibbetts, a University betts was her friend for many years and UI community could move forward with a of Iowa student who was found dead on cared deeply for those around her.