If you’ve ever tried ordering a matcha for the first time, carried a tote bag instead of stuffing your belongings in your pockets, or, god forbid, you read a book in public, you might have felt some...
Memory molds us into who we are.
Whether we consciously acknowledge the depth of memory’s involvement in our lives and the consequential results it has on our choices or let memory take a more...
In his Independence Day speech in 2019, President Donald Trump declared, “The faraway King would soon learn a timeless lesson about the people of this majestic land: Americans love our freedom and...
Haya Hussain, Opinions Contributor
• June 17, 2025
In my freshman year of high school, I came across an eccentric-looking comic book titled Persepolis. What a strange and exciting title. At the time, I had no idea what it meant—to me or to so many...
I joined The Daily Iowan TV as a third-year college student, and it was the best decision I’ve ever made.
DITV gave me a place on campus to call home, and friends that I’d been in search of for...
Upon receiving the news that The Daily Iowan would take me as an arts reporter, I felt both excited and confused.
This was because I had originally gone ham on my cover letter, name-dropping graphic...
DITV is a place that will always hold a special place in my heart.
As a freshman living on my own without many friends and with aspirations of becoming the next Al Michaels, there were a lot of things...
I was never supposed to take this job. After two years of working at a local journalism organization in Omaha, I put the industry behind me. At most, it was supposed to be something I did short-term...
When I first heard of my fellow staffers writing these so-called senior columns, my only thought was “Wow, these guys are ancient!” Now, as I sit down, thinking that in just a few weeks from now...
One of the first writers to make me fall in love with writing and journalism was Hunter S. Thompson. His raw, fictional, and grotesque way of telling stories was eye-opening to me in the way a narrative...
It’s hard to believe that three years ago I wrote my first story for the arts and culture section of The Daily Iowan: a cover of the Stanley Museum of Art’s grand opening. When I look back, there’s...
In 2021, during the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, my parents and I were doing a self-guided tour of the University of Iowa. We entered the Becker Communication Studies Building and took the skywalk to...
