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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Lane: Cheap laughs, poor answers

Lane: Cheap laughs, poor answers

October 25, 2016

By Joe Lane [email protected] We are now fewer than two weeks away from one of the most anticipated presidential elections in U.S. history. Whether that anticipation stems from a complete disgust...

Elliot: ‘Nasty woman’ & going nova

Elliot: ‘Nasty woman’ & going nova

October 24, 2016

By Beau Elliot [email protected] “Nasty woman,” huh?   Good work, there, Trumpster. Your two words in the final “debate” managed to produce a tsunami of “Nasty woman” logos on T-shirts,...

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Soyer: Who has the choice in assisted suicide?

October 24, 2016

By Hannah Soyer [email protected] I am a very large supporter of individual choices and the right for individuals to make choices in regard to their own lives. Though, in the context of California’s...

Brown: To Airbnb or not to Airbnb

Brown: To Airbnb or not to Airbnb

October 24, 2016

By Marcus Brown [email protected] My opinion of Airbnb has fluctuated wildly in the past few years, and it has been affected both by the company’s rapid growth and my own personal investments...

Weigel: Amazon surprise

Weigel: Amazon surprise

October 23, 2016

By Zach Weigel [email protected] It may come as a surprise to some, but the online marketplace Amazon is becoming just as diverse as the actual Amazon forest. Amazon offers more than just a way...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to a crowd gathered in the Field House on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. . Trump made a stop in Iowa City to persuade people to caucus for him next week. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

Medithi: Log Cabin lives on hot air

October 23, 2016

By Vivian Medithi [email protected] On Oct. 22, the Log Cabin Republicans, a prominent LGBT group in the GOP, refused to endorse Donald Trump for president. The group is a national grass-roots...

Making a joint statement on Yemen, with left - right, US Secretary of State John Kerry, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, at Lancaster House in London Sunday Oct. 16, 2016.  The United States and Britain expressed hope on Sunday that a cease-fire can be reached in Yemen in the coming days, as a flurry of diplomacy focused on the impoverished, war-torn country.
(JUSTIN TALLIS / Pool via AP)

Grissel: U.S. Mideast involvement escalates in Yemen crisis

October 20, 2016

By Hanna grissel [email protected] There’s an ill-recognized war taking place in Yemen, one that the Saudi-led coalition has been enmeshed in since early 2015. Disagreements regarding regime...

Lane: More than blowing in the wind

Lane: More than blowing in the wind

Joe Lane, [email protected] October 20, 2016

Last week, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. It was as well-deserved as any other Nobel Prize that has been issued in recent memory; if not more so. Dylan became the first American...

Thompson: Hot yoga is not that cool; studies prove not beneficial

Thompson: Hot yoga is not that cool; studies prove not beneficial

October 19, 2016

By Helaina Thompson [email protected] “Exiting the room is against our policy. Please return to your mat,” the instructor said, blocking the doorway. I was dehydrated and dizzy, a healthy...

Lane: U.N. wrong on Israel again

Lane: U.N. wrong on Israel again

Joe Lane, [email protected] October 19, 2016

Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization backed a motion that effectively invalidated a Jewish connection to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Instead, UNESCO, the...

Soyer: Active shooter no joking matter

Soyer: Active shooter no joking matter

Hannah Soyer, [email protected] October 18, 2016

The University of Iowa police were called to Burge Residence Hall on Oct. 15 after they received a call from a student who reported having received a text from a friend saying there was an “active shooter...

FILE - In this file photo then-Republican Candidate Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines on Saturday, May 16, 2015.

Weigel: Trump: Excuses, excuses, excuses

Zach Weigel, [email protected] October 18, 2016

As we sit on the precipice of the third and final presidential debate, the major-party candidates have had their fair share of bad moments. Fewer than three weeks from Election Day, the Hillary Clinton...