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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Hassane Muhammed speaks to UI students and Iowa City community members at the Afro-American Cultural Center on Feb. 1, 2018. Mohammed, President of Justice Law PLLC discussed the history and future of the African American community before a lecture from the “Black Lawyers for Justice” founder, Dr. Malik Zulu Shabazz. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

Smith: Why the UI needs more black professors

Wylliam Smith, [email protected] April 2, 2018
Black faculty and staff, and other minority faculty and staff, are needed to make the campus climate more comfortable for minority students. Doing this will avoid ‘othering’ students of color in the classroom and give black students role models.
Students shoot hoops on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. UISG hosted tables where students could register to vote.

Payne: Justice not served by failing to disclose potential UISG election code violation

Marissa Payne, [email protected] April 2, 2018
The UISG Student Judicial Court did not serve justice by failing to inform students about potential election-code violations and the resulting consequences before polls opened.
Former United Nations ambassador John Bolton arrives for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York in December 2016. (Abaca Press/TNS)

Prall: Bolton a disaster for diplomacy, level-headedness

Jacob Prall, [email protected] March 29, 2018
Newly nominated to be national security adviser, John Bolton has a history of lying, shady dealings, and bullying.
The busy intersection of Clinton and Burlington Streets as seen on Thursday, March 29, 2018. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

Lee: Extensive testing should be required before robots hit the roads

Ella Lee, [email protected] March 29, 2018
Autonomous vehicles should not be allowed on the road unless they are deemed wholly functional and safe.
Protestors raise their signs and march through downtown Iowa City at the March for Our Lives event on Saturday, March 24, 2018.

Smith: Why I don’t want my teachers to have guns

Wylliam Smith, [email protected] March 29, 2018
With the topic of arming teachers fresh in everyone’s mind, I explain through my experience why I don’t want to give teachers guns.
Protesters march on the Iowa State Capital during the March for Our Lives in Des Moines on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Shaw: Black Lives Matter should get the same support that March for Our Lives does

March 29, 2018
The contrasting support between Black Lives Matter and March for Our Lives needs to be addressed and overcome to truly become united in the fight for stricter gun laws and ending gun violence in the United States.
during the Iowa City school board meeting at the Professional Development Center on March 27, 2018. Members of the school board discussed the possibility of creating a safety task force. (Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan)

Newby: Why we need to keep talking about women in leadership

March 29, 2018
As men and women alike continue sharing in the conversation of equal status, #MeToo, Time’s Up, and the overall economic system, we discover that women are still fighting against a systemic force that has kept them hindered far too long.
Judd: Books with LGBTQ-related themes face being banned from public libraries

Judd: Books with LGBTQ-related themes face being banned from public libraries

March 27, 2018
The public library in Orange City, Iowa, has seperated books with LGBTQ themes from the other books, violating the sanctity of the library.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, middle, meets with the participants in the Forward Together national forum of student clubs at Tatneft Arena in Kazan, Russia, on January 25, 2018. (Nikolsky Alexei/TASS/Zuma Press/TNS)

Elliot: Bumpy tangles with Radioactive Spider

March 27, 2018
But there’s always a fly in the ointment.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy Devos speaks during a news conference at the Marriot Heron Bay in Coral Springs, Fla., after meeting with students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (Amy Beth Bennett/Sun Sentinel/TNS)

Kumar: The Education Department deserves better than DeVos

Michelle Kumar, [email protected] March 23, 2018
Having proved, in short order, that she isn’t up to the job, the next Cabinet member to leave should be DeVos.
President Donald Trump speaks at an event titled  Generation Next: A White House Forum in the South Court Auditorium on Thursday, March 22, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Prall: Trump’s drug control ideas dated, ineffective

Jacob Prall, [email protected] March 23, 2018
President Trump champions the death penalty for drug trafficking, ignoring its ineffectiveness and other policies that have proven successful.
The Campus Recreation and Wellness Center is shown on Sunday, March 22, 2015. The CRWC will be closed from Monday to Sunday due to the mens NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. (The Daily Iowan; John Theulen)

Newby: Rising above the mid-semester slump

March 22, 2018
When spring arrives with warmer weather and longer days, it brings with it the threat of the mid-semester slump.
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