In 1941 at his State of the Union address, Franklin Delano Roosevelt articulated his vision of four fundamental freedoms that everyone around the world should enjoy: Freedom of speech and expression, freedom...

On Tuesday, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a common-sense measure that would bring the state up to speed with the majority of the country. It would extend unemployment benefits to spouses of...

With the financial crunch at the UI, many departments are scrambling to balance budgets. But intramurals doesn’t have any problem operating in the red. Intramurals had expenses of $140,550 last year,...

Three years ago, Jenny Donar was just another member of the Iowa women’s gymnastics team’s incoming 2007 class. Now, she is the only one left. Grades, homesickness, and family issues have given her...

Freshman sprinter Kevin Dibbern doesn’t seem to fit the mold of a Division-I athlete, let alone one who excels. From his exterior, he appears more suited to follow in the footsteps of Bobby Fischer than...

For 37 minutes Wednesday night, the Iowa men’s basketball team had No. 20 Ohio State right where it wanted. And the game’s pace was at the level Iowa head coach Todd Lickliter wanted. But in the...

No. 20 Ohio State (15-6, 5-3) only led for 166 seconds in the second half, but it was enough to knock off Iowa (8-13, 2-6), 65-57, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Wednesday night. The Buckeyes closed out the...

UI police charged a Marion man with his sixth OWI after he was reportedly found driving backwards on Gilbert Street without his headlights on. Kevin Knapp, 43, was charged Wednesday with OWI. Knapp has...

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors agreed on salary raises for elected officials, their deputies, and non-bargaining employees at a budget meeting Wednesday. Elected officials and their deputies...

Students interested in helping with Haiti relief have two options for lunch today as the UI holds two benefits over the noon hour. A special Lunch with the Chefs titled “The UI Unites to Help Haiti”...

One hundred eighty-two dollars. That was the catalyst that transformed Claudia Kline into a victim’s advocate. A thief stole the cash from the 58-year-old one day in downtown Iowa City after she left...

Everyone knows that our country is trying to crawl out of a recession, but not everyone understands how or why we got here. Dean Baker, a codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in...