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The Daily Iowan

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

Davis: Fakes, fireballs, and failed tests

Davis: Fakes, fireballs, and failed tests

December 12, 2016

by Grant Davis [email protected] As kids, we drink Capri-Suns as a nice afternoon snack. In college, we use them as chasers as pregame before going out on Friday nights. But it feels like underage...

Hancher Auditorium ribbon cutting ceremony and open tour took place in Iowa City, Iowa on Friday September 9th, 2016. The new Hancher Auditorium is finally open after years of construction and had its first show on September 24th.  (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Armstrong: Tough Nutcracker to crack

December 12, 2016

By Dorothy Armstrong [email protected] I love The Nutcracker. As a dancer, as an audience member, as a pop-culture consumer — I willingly admit to a fervent devotion bordering on mild obsession....

Locals participate in a peaceful protest regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Pentacrest on Monday, October 10, 2016. The protest happened from 12:30-1:30 that contained an open mic allowing people to speak their opinions. (The Daily Iowan/ Alex Kroeze)

Fernandez: Pipeline win could be fleeting

December 12, 2016

By Rebecca Fernandez [email protected] For many of the people on my Facebook timeline, the Army Corps of Engineers’ announcement to withhold the final easement needed to complete the construction...

Grissel: Privatization is not the answer

Grissel: Privatization is not the answer

December 9, 2016

By Hannah Grissel  [email protected] Only two percent of United States landmass belongs to Native American Reservations, but according to a 2009 estimate by the Council of Energy Resource tribes,...

Brown: ISU and the alt-right

Brown: ISU and the alt-right

December 9, 2016

By Marcus Brown [email protected] Today would have been the day controversial Breitbart Technology Editor Milo Yiannopoulos would have held a public speaking engagement at the Iowa State University...

Lane: The sad reality of depression

Lane: The sad reality of depression

December 8, 2016

by Joseph Lane [email protected] Depression is a complicated illness for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is an unfortunate cultural stigma. A report published last week in the British...

Weigel: Rethinking polarization

Weigel: Rethinking polarization

December 8, 2016

By Zach Weigel [email protected] Despite what media outlets and political rhetoric suggests, the nation is not polarized along ideological lines. By this I mean to say that our nation is not as...

Dugan: No dabble, clean up Flint’s water now

Dugan: No dabble, clean up Flint’s water now

December 7, 2016

By Jack Dugan [email protected] Have we forgotten about Flint, Michigan? I would assume that the nearly 100,000 residents who are still afflicted with water insecurity have not. The water crisis...

Lane: What’s in a word?

Lane: What’s in a word?

December 7, 2016

By Joseph Lane [email protected] Last month, the Oxford Dictionary selected its “word of the year.” For those unfamiliar, Oxford’s word of the year is a tradition that dates back several decades....

Weigel: Changing the game for NFL football

Weigel: Changing the game for NFL football

December 6, 2016

By Zach Weigel [email protected] It’s hard to believe Week 13 of the NFL season is now in the books, and it’s even harder to believe the NFL is experiencing significantly lower ratings than...

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2016 photo, former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson during Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's roundtable meeting with the Republican Leadership Initiative in his offices at Trump Tower in New York. Trump has chosen former Campaign 2016 rival Ben Carson to become secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Elliot: Real meaning, nothing else

December 6, 2016

By Beau Elliot [email protected] So we see that Donald Trump, soon to become the Tweet-in-Chief, if not the Trump-ahontas-in-Chief, has named Ben Carson to be head of HUD. That would be the Department...

Soyer: Branstad must denounce hate, violence

Soyer: Branstad must denounce hate, violence

December 6, 2016

By Hannah Soyer [email protected] In the week following the presidential election, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a statement condemning the rise of hateful acts and violence. “Let me be...