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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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Newton: Ending street harassment

Newton: Ending street harassment

April 14, 2016

Sydney Newton [email protected] April 10-16 is international Anti-Street Harassment Week. This week is observed in more than 30 different countries around the world, and it’s a call for...

Brown: Why are white women in rural areas dying?

Brown: Why are white women in rural areas dying?

April 14, 2016

Marcus Brown [email protected] Often, the results of statistics do not surprise us and, if anything, support or reinforce previously held beliefs. Nowadays, if new statistical findings showed...

Brady: Opportunities, problems abound for Republicans

Brady: Opportunities, problems abound for Republicans

April 14, 2016

Jace Brady [email protected] There has been mounting speculation about who the Republican presidential nominee might be if Donald Trump is unable to clinch the nomination. Several names have been...

Soyer: Stop the Bakken pipeline

Soyer: Stop the Bakken pipeline

April 14, 2016

Hannah Soyer [email protected] There may soon be an oil pipeline cutting diagonally through the state of Iowa, starting in North Dakota and running through South Dakota, Iowa, and eventually...

Mattress pads sit on the floor of Block H, the overnight cell block at the Johnson County Jail on Monday, May 4, 2009. On busy weekend nights, overflow prisoners will not get rooms but rather sleep on the mats on the floor of the open area of the cell. (Patrick Larkin/File Photo)

Moving forward on criminal justice 

April 13, 2016

Samuel Studer [email protected]  Former President Bill Clinton was recently confronted about his 1994 crime bill by protesters at a campaign rally for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate...

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Dissociation, daydreaming, and school

April 13, 2016

Keith Reed [email protected] Many of us have sat through numerous lectures, conversations, and readings in which afterwards we retained nothing. This has happened to me countless times. Dissociation...

Photo of the Constitution of the United States of America. A feather quill is included in the photo.The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America and is the oldest codified written national constitution still in force. It was completed on September 17, 1787.

Dugan: Execution is wrong, no matter method

April 12, 2016

Jack Dugan [email protected] The gallows, the guillotine, and now the electric chair are all gruesome and obsolete methods of execution, now only used as symbols of state oppression in historical...

Elliot: No clue, like the flu

Elliot: No clue, like the flu

April 12, 2016

Beau Elliot [email protected] In Burma, now Myanmar, apparently the army representatives in its equivalent of Congress walked out after a vote didn’t go their way because, as a representative...

Lane: An alternative to student loans

Lane: An alternative to student loans

April 12, 2016

Joe Lane [email protected]   Milton Friedman is one of the most-recognized U.S. economists in history. He is famous for his philosophy that businesses exist for one sole purpose: to generate...

It’s too late for the Republican establishment 

It’s too late for the Republican establishment 

April 11, 2016

Jace Brady [email protected] In 2012, the Republican Party created a nomination rule to protect its preferred nominee, Mitt Romney, from potential challenges at the convention. Rule 40b requires...

Transgender rights should be common sense 

Transgender rights should be common sense 

April 11, 2016

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] Most people think human rights are universal, until that one subgroup pops up that just happens to be the exception to the rule. One example in recent news...

The new Muslim prayer space in the IMU opens on Thursday. After seeking a prayer space last year, students in the Muslim Student Association and UI staff created the space. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Muslimin: UI Muslim prayer spaces aren’t exclusive 

April 6, 2016

Anis Shakirah Mohd Muslimin [email protected] As a Muslim, you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Last week, the Freedom From Religion Foundation demanded the closure...