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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

Medithi: Art, context, message, in a messy world

Medithi: Art, context, message, in a messy world

December 5, 2016

By Vivian Medithi [email protected] On Nov. 30, I saw the film Officer Downe at FilmScene, a movie about a cop in a futuristic Los Angeles dystopia who is repeatedly sent on suicide missions by...

In this photo taken Nov. 17, 2016, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., accompanied by Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, speaks to media at Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Sessions for the job of attorney general. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Fernandez: Social media as Big Brother

December 5, 2016

By Rebecca Fernandez [email protected] On Nov. 30, comedian Mo Amer boarded his flight to Scotland and made his way over to his seat only to find the place beside him occupied by Eric Trump,...

Brown: Reliving a stressful world event

Brown: Reliving a stressful world event

December 5, 2016

By Marcus Brown [email protected] An often-overlooked component of journalism is the psychological toll it can have on the people writing the news. When one thinks of jobs where one would run the...

American flags and a ribbon decorate a name carved into the north pool of the National September 11 Memorial on the 15th anniversary of the attacks of the World Trade Center, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 in New York . (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Grissel: The utter failure of dogmatic liberalism

December 2, 2016

By HANNA GRISSEL [email protected] Earlier this month, Mark Lilla, a professor of humanities at Columbia University, published in the New York Times what he might consider a “leftists jab at...

Davis: Behind the mask of Masc4Masc

Davis: Behind the mask of Masc4Masc

December 1, 2016

By Grant Davis [email protected] While visiting home this past week, I became bored and decided to revisit the popular gay dating app Grindr. When using the app, I began to notice a very prominent...

Dugan: Authorities react to Standing Rock

Dugan: Authorities react to Standing Rock

December 1, 2016

By Jack Dugan [email protected] The Bismarck Tribune reported the other day that those who deliver supplies to the now-massive Standing Rock camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, could face fines...

Weigel: Talking tuition and the Legislature

Weigel: Talking tuition and the Legislature

November 30, 2016

By Zach Weigel [email protected] While many of us enjoyed our all-too-short fall break by gathering around the dinner table with family and friends, we may have forgotten that another potential...

Lane: Any other name smells as sour

Lane: Any other name smells as sour

November 30, 2016

By Joseph Lane [email protected] As Donald Trump has started to fill out his Cabinet, many of the fears held by Democrats (and anti-Trump voters in general) have been confirmed. His likely Cabinet...

Armstrong: Better snow fences for safer roads

Armstrong: Better snow fences for safer roads

November 29, 2016

By Dot Armstrong [email protected] As any Midwesterner knows, battling winter weather on the highway can be deadly. The winding back roads cutting across the exhausted heart of farm country...

The Old Capitol is shown on Monday, July 25, 2016.

Soyer: Keep Johnson County sanctuary county

November 29, 2016

By Hannah Soyer [email protected] Since June 2014, Johnson County has been a sanctuary county, meaning that undocumented immigrants cannot be prosecuted solely for being undocumented. This is an...

Elliot: Fraud, fraud, & more fraud

Elliot: Fraud, fraud, & more fraud

November 29, 2016

By Beau Elliot [email protected] Remember when (OK, it was in back in the Middle Ages, so who can remember), then in Scotland at his golf course and resort (what else), Donald Trump got all giddy...

Brown: Swimming in the media tsunami

Brown: Swimming in the media tsunami

November 29, 2016

By Marcus Brown [email protected] With the recent passing of Cuban revolutionary and President Fidel Castro, it would not be difficult to find any one of a thousand think pieces and hot takes regarding...