The simplest and most complex things can inspire poetry. A distinctive talent is necessary to craft a work that not only makes sense but has greater meaning. Two graduates of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop...

Hunter Sharpless is not a Band-Aide, nor is he a naïve rock groupie. For the UI sophomore, his three-month tour with Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers is just as much about him as it is about the band. Sharpless,...

Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle is one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time and that’s fo shizzle. Doggystyle kicks things off with the groovy “G Funk Intro.” The track features a driving...

The hand-sanitizer business must be booming. Alcohol-based antibacterial gels, sprays, foams, and lotions have become a staple accessory at every desk on campus. The UI has gone so far as to adopt a...

Let’s face it — we’ve all had moments when, upon hearing a delicious power chord, we decide to strap on our invisible guitar straps and cut loose. Before we had Guitar Hero, we had our own imaginations...

The piece starts with a box. As composer and vibraphonist Stefon Harris was sitting at his piano, trying to compose, he became frustrated. He looked up and spotted his log drum — a small box with several...

Instant ramen — the cornerstone of the college diet. Take the following scenario, in a world where instant ramen was never invented, as an illustration: A graduate student is trying to write a thesis...

Trying to move the UI Museum of Art into the IMU is like trying to fit the Figge Art Museum in the Englert Theatre. A difficult process, but that’s exactly what the museum did. People are often unaware...

Despite numbers of successful writers who have ties to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop — Kurt Vonnegut and James Alan McPherson to name a few — there are plenty who leave without the fame or even the...

In November 2008, this country elected its first black president with a successful campaign due to the involvement of millions of young people. Ron Paul’s latest book, End the Fed, begins by evoking...

Rude behavior is overwhelming us. By “us,” I don’t mean some type of colloquial umbrella term for Western society. I also don’t mean musical artists, politicians, athletes, or even recently released...

Poet and actress Amber Tamblyn said she is excited about her first visit to Iowa — she called the Hawkeye State’s corn crop “sexy” and said she is impressed with the prestigious things she has...