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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

The Daily Iowan

Catlett Dining Hall as seen on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. This is the first year Catlett has been open. (Ashley Morris/The Daily Iowan)

Jaimes: UISG implements “Meatless Mondays”, many respond

February 12, 2018
Many respond to a new monthly event hitting UI dining halls and question its link to sustainability.
(File Photo) The Iowa City School District sign is seen off of North Dodge Street on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. School start times have been adjusted over the past two years in the district. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Prall: Legislators’ shooting range features education targets

February 9, 2018
Iowa’s Legislature isn’t doing public schools justice in new spending bill, and Iowa’s youth will pay.
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks during a rally against child poverty on April 9, 2017, in Los Angeles, Calif.

Lee: Passive activism cannot thrive alone

February 9, 2018
Successful activism is going to take more than a few shares on Facebook, retweets on Twitter, or likes on Instagram.
Courtney Kashima and her husband, Hide, are raising two multicultural kids in Chicago, Ill. She identifies as a "European mutt" and was born and raised in Illinois, while her husband is a first-generation Japanese-American who grew up in Guam. (Annie Grossinger/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Judd: Will multicultural children in America end racism?

February 9, 2018
Racism exists in so many forms. It’s only a dream to think someday it will be gone.
Shaw: Weak advertising hinders program support for underrepresented students

Shaw: Weak advertising hinders program support for underrepresented students

February 8, 2018
Programs of support for underrepresented students are ineffectively advertised and lead to an ignorance on campus toward available resources that have the potential to cultivate immense success.
Juana Campos Barrientos pots plants on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 at Native Texas Nursery in Travis County, Texas. The nursery employs up to 25 seasonal migrant workers who, by means of temporary work visas, come to Texas to work for 10 months out of the year. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman/TNS)

Kumar: Educated immigrants are forced to start over

February 8, 2018
The United States claims to want only the best and brightest; however, immigrants with degrees are denied the right to work in their fields.
Rising floodwater engulfs entire residential neighborhoods in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey near Lumberton, Texas, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Laursen: Where the government fails, University of Iowa students help undocumented hurricane victims

February 8, 2018
FEMA funding is not available to undocumented people. A group of UI students noticed the disparity of suffering after a natural disaster in Houston.
Column: Faith-based student groups cling to victimhood

Column: Faith-based student groups cling to victimhood

February 7, 2018
The reinstatement of Business Leaders in Christ is not a triumph for religious freedom but for narrow-mindedness.
Donald Trump speaks to a crowd at the University of Iowa Field house on Tuesday Jan 26, 2016. Trump is currently tied in Iowa with Ted Cruz. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Elliot: Travels of Trumpy the Clown

February 6, 2018
No matter the parallel universe, Democrats are earnest. Which translates, in all languages, as BOR-ING.
Donal Trump supporters stand on rafters in the Iowa Veterans Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday, August 5, 2016. Major points in Trumps Des Moines speech stressed his knowledge of foreign policy. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Helton: Earmarks, an old trick to fix a gridlocked, partisan Congress

February 6, 2018
President Trump is onto something, and it might save the country from another shutdown, and end the partisan gridlock.
College Republicans listen to the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 at the Pappajohn Business Building. The president discussed events that occurred throughout his first year of presidency. (Katina Zentz/ The Daily Iowan)

Jaimes: Students Give SOTU Thoughts

Marina Jaimes, [email protected] February 5, 2018
UI students are questioned on their thoughts on the State of the Union Address and tested on their knowledge of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet members.
Consumer safety groups have warned that laundry detergent packets could be easily eaten by children who might mistake them for candy. A child died in Kissimmee, Florida, after eating a packet of All detergent. (Tom Burton/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

Point/Counterpoint: Should businesses capitalize on the Tide Pod Challenge?

Wylliam Smith, [email protected] February 2, 2018
As the Tide Pod challenge takes the Internet by storm, some wonder whether Tide Pod-themed products are dangerous.
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