Few sports place a heavy focus on artistry alongside athletics. Ice skating meets both criteria, yet the sport does not have a major organization on the University of Iowa campus or in the state.  Figure...

Formula 1 has returned for the 2026 season, bringing fast-paced racing and high-stakes rivalries. With plenty of racing events each weekend, from qualifying to the race itself, Formula 1 has been both...

It’s essentially a guarantee that at least once in your college career there’s going to be an awkward, inconvenient, or annoying interval of time between two of your classes; too long to go straight...

This is an installment in a multi-part series.  Mourning rituals are important cultural markers throughout history. Through them, we can see a piece of what life was like in a certain era and place...

Iowa is not known for its cuisine. We have renowned sweet corn, pork fritters, and the occasional pie. As much as I love comfort food, I do crave a little something else once in a while.  Luckily,...

From podcasts to documentaries to dramatized retellings of the stories, everyone knows someone who could talk about true crime for hours. However, this isn’t something that is up and coming. Crime...

In “The President’s Cake,” something as simple as baking is a monumental task, especially for Lamia, a 9-year-old girl living in Iraq during the 1990s. During this time, baking a cake isn’t...

With anonymous social media apps like YikYak, users can freely express their viewpoints, experiences, comments, and almost anything else they feel like sharing, all without being associated with their...

Our culture feeds off the unknown. Rumors, theories, and lies are all we see all day, every day. Conspiracy theories have become more and more popular as our world has become increasingly dystopian....

The feeling of attending a musical is unmatched. It is something that is to be shared by the entire audience every night the show is performed. However, the more intimate, pre-show feelings are curated...

For hundreds of years, people have been passing down stories of Homer’s two great epics: “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” Naturally, this telling and retelling has led to many translations...

March is a notorious host for one of the most renowned college holiday celebrations. The global, cultural, and religious day of March 17, which honors the patron saint who introduced Christianity to...