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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 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 26, 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 26, 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 22, 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 22, 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 men's 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.
Shaw: Fetal-heartbeat bill violates human rights

Shaw: Fetal-heartbeat bill violates human rights

March 22, 2018
Girls under the age of consent in Iowa would be forced to carry a child despite probable endangerment to their quality of life.
A biodigester collects food and human waste from the Laurie Baker Centre in Trivandrum, India, on Dec. 30, 2017. Inside the concrete mechanism, organic waste decomposes anerobically to produce methane, a gas burned as fuel in the center’s kitchen.

Weisbrod: Turning food waste into energy — it’s not science fiction.

Katelyn Weisbrod, [email protected] March 21, 2018
There’s a way to turn wasted food into free electricity, and we should be doing more with it.
Lee: America’s voting system desperately needs a makeover

Lee: America’s voting system desperately needs a makeover

Ella Lee, [email protected] March 20, 2018
Americans must vote, but America must make voting more accessible to the average busy U.S. citizen.
Laursen: Spring break, not a break from stereotyping

Laursen: Spring break, not a break from stereotyping

Lucee Laursen, [email protected] March 20, 2018
Some Americans believe that just because they are from the United States, that gives them the ability to save other people. They could not be more incorrect.