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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Opinion | Why I’m taking a gap year before graduate school

Opinion | Why I’m taking a gap year before graduate school

Kyle Tristan Ortega, Opinions Contributor April 4, 2023

I used to think that after I got my undergraduate degree, it was immediately off to law school for me — no breaks or anything like that. But now that I am less than a semester and a half away...

Opinion | Beat senioritis by going back to the basics

Opinion | Beat senioritis by going back to the basics

Yasmina Sahir, Opinions Columnist April 3, 2023

The “end of the semester blues” has hit harder than ever as the final year of my undergraduate coursework comes to an end. When classes, work related stress, and burn out feel like too much...

Opinion | CCS pipelines are necessary

Opinion | CCS pipelines are necessary

Shahab Khan, Opinions Columnist April 2, 2023

The Iowa House would rather protect landowners than fight climate change. Or, at least that’s what the House indicated when they passed another terrible bill this past week restricting the...

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Opinion | Online education stagnates students

Chris Klepach, Opinions Columnist April 2, 2023

We need to stop relying on online education after the COVID-19 pandemic. The experiences students gain in a classroom can never be gained from an online classroom. As we consider the...

Opinion | Domestic violence is a men’s issue

Opinion | Domestic violence is a men’s issue

Sam Knupp, Opinions Contributor March 29, 2023

The Johnson County Domestic Violence Intervention Program announced in early March that they’ll soon be opening a larger shelter. One in four women, and one in seven men have been abused by an...

The Daily Iowans 2023-24 executive editor, Sabine Martin, poses for a portrait on Monday, March 6, 2022.

Opinion | The Daily Iowan cultivates award-winning student journalism worth supporting

Sabine Martin, Managing Editor March 29, 2023

In a hotel ballroom in Washington D.C. last October, a representative from the Associated Collegiate Press announced “The Daily Iowan” as an award recipient. The DI’s name was repeated again...

Opinion | E-waste is a bigger problem than you may think

Opinion | E-waste is a bigger problem than you may think

Katie Perkins, Opinions Columnist March 28, 2023

The landfills piled with unwanted junk illustrated in the movie WALL-E are not far off from what our future could look like. There are plenty of places that resemble these junkyards today, as the...

Ops Blog | How can we improve the future for women?

Ops Blog | How can we improve the future for women?

DI Opinions Staff March 27, 2023

Accessible legal protection One way we can improve women’s future increase the number of resources for legal protection. Making resources more readily available for women could go a long way...

Opinion | ChatGPT can create academic dependency

Opinion | ChatGPT can create academic dependency

Luke Krchak, Opinions Contributor March 26, 2023

ChatGPT has risen to stardom this past year, leading the artificial intelligence version of the Industrial Revolution. ChatGPT is a closed AI, meaning that it still requires direct user input...

Doc is In | The “morning-after” pill: What it is and how it works

Doc is In | The “morning-after” pill: What it is and how it works

March 26, 2023

What is it? This medication goes by many names: the morning-after pill, Plan B, backup birth control, emergency contraception, and more. These names all refer to a group of medications which...

Opinion | Regional banks (probably) should not exist

Opinion | Regional banks (probably) should not exist

Shahab Khan, Opinions Columnist March 23, 2023

There are too many banks in the U.S. The lesson we should take away from the recent string of bank failures is that regional banks are dangerous to the financial system. There needs to be stricter regulations...

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Opinion | Fast fashion is unethical, but so is the system that created it

Peter Anders, Opinions Contributor March 22, 2023

Columns reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board, The Daily Iowan, or other organizations in which the author may be involved. Fast fashion may be...

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