I started writing my undergraduate thesis paper for my lab less than a foot from my bed in my parents’ new house.
Beforehand, my thesis adviser and I talked about how we were going to work on...
Republican lawmakers in the Iowa House seem intent on repeating a modern-day version of the red scare. House File 222 would remove the funding from all schools, including community colleges and public...
Iowa Sen. Jim Carlin wants to single out and identify college professors because of their political leanings.
Or at least, that is what I can contrive from Senate File 292. It would order Iowa’s...
Evan Mantler, Opinions Contributor
• March 3, 2021
Iowa officials are serving up a steaming plate of hypocrisy. At the start of the pandemic, restaurant employees and other food service workers were considered essential, but these once-necessary workers...
It seems like Iowa Republicans’ default explanation for legislation micromanaging higher education is to protect free speech.
But there hasn’t been a First Amendment issue on the University...
A bill, sponsored by GOP state Rep. Carter Nordman, of Adel, passed in the Iowa House requiring public and some private K-12 schools to show the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day....
We are in a student-debt crisis more severe than any other in history, and it’s driven by predatory spending from bonds issued by universities to finance building projects on campuses. Given the...
Jacob Wendell, Opinions Contributor
• February 28, 2021
Rep. Ashley Hinson’s beef crusade is just another example of unjustified conservative outrage.
In recent tweets, she has lambasted Bill Gates and the “radical left” after Gates suggested that...
Josie Taylor, Opinions Contributor
• February 28, 2021
Last week, the Iowa Legislature passed a bill that would shorten the time Iowans can vote early or absentee by nine days, and polling locations on Election Day would close an hour earlier. Iowa legislators...
Ally Pronina, Opinions Columnist
• February 25, 2021
The pain of grief demands to be felt. Recently, the U.S. surpassed 500,000 COVID-19 deaths which means that hundreds of thousands of families are grieving the loss of a loved one.
University of...
Gabe Conley, Opinions Contributor
• February 25, 2021
Companies across the world are collecting endless amounts of data in their efforts to better understand customers and predict future trends. However, the dizzying amounts of data available to these...
The recent successful public launch of the female-founded and operated Bumble Inc. signifies another huge win for women entrepreneurs and strong female leadership in the start-up world and corporate...
