When a student at a small-town Catholic high school in Iowa penned a letter to his father revealing his homosexuality, the father, being away on a business trip, responded with a simple text that read:...

Despite the current year being 2015, it seems as if all eyes are focused on the following year and the inevitable high tension of the 2016 presidential election. Given that I attended school here during...

Economically liberal Democrats have little to look forward to in D.C. Both of the most-likely candidates for Democratic Party leadership (Hillary Clinton and Sen. Charles Schumer, White House and Senate...

There is one thing for certain that Democrats and Republicans in Congress can agree on — they both want the power to decide. In near unanimous bipartisan agreement, they’ve asked, and have been granted...

Sophomore sprinter and hurdler Aaron Mallett will compete in the 2015 University World Games in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 3-14. The St. Louis native will compete in his main event, the 110-meter hurdles....

Through the first 38 games of its season, a stagnant offensive attack hampered Iowa softball — the team lost 10 games by the mercy rule in that span. It culminated in a 1-0 loss to Drake on April 1...

With one out left in the game and Iowa trailing 5-4 to Iowa State (21-17, 1-5 Big 12), first basemen Kaitlyn Mullarkey was up with shortstop Megan Blank on first. Mullarkey, who was hitting .311 coming...

Michael Caputo, a fifth-year senior safety on the Wisconsin football team, will play under the third head coach of his college career when the Badgers take the field to play Alabama on Sept. 5. It is not...

Iowa men’s basketball head coach Fran McCaffery added a fifth recruit to his 2015 class this week, when Christian Williams (St. Teresa, Decatur, Illinois) committed to the Hawkeyes on Wednesday. Williams...

Midweek games have not been kind to the Hawkeyes recently. The Hawkeyes lost four in a row dating back to a March 25 outing with Bradley. But with the wind blowing into the park and a cool night, the...

Conspicuously absent in a number of midweek games this season, Iowa’s bats finally came alive Wednesday night at Banks Field, spanking 12 hits en route to a 9-1 win over Cornell College. On a...

Wednesday’s biggest story in the football world not only affected Aaron Hernandez, his family, and the victims involved with the situation — it also had an effect on the Iowa program. A Massachusetts...