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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

Prall: An Olympian effort to stomach

Prall: An Olympian effort to stomach

July 25, 2016

By Jacob Prall [email protected] Russia — what a success story at the Sochi Olympics in 2014. They took home more medals than any other country, an incredible feat. And it would have been all the...

Many Donald Trump supporters show their support with various political pins at the University Field House on Tuesday, Jan 26, 2016.

Elliot: The art of the possible, possibly

July 25, 2016

By Beau Elliot [email protected] Apparently, we’d all better rush out and build bunkers now, because America is under attack. That’s the state of our universe, at least according to Donald Trumpahontas,...

Melania Trump, wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Grissel: Plagiarism, immigration, and white power

July 24, 2016

Melania Trump gave a speech at the Republican National Convention on July 18. Trump, a white Slovenian immigrant with something of an accent, went on stage to speak about her and Donald Trump’s values....

An elm tree, the notable survivor of dutch elm disease, stands outside of Schaeffer Hall on Thursday, July 30, 2015. The UI campus used to flourish with elm trees, particularly in the pentacrest. (The Daily Iowan/Lexi Brunk)

Medithi: I want my children to grow up with trees, lots of trees

July 20, 2016

By Vivian Medithi [email protected] While most people know about the effect of deforestation in the Amazon rain forest on global warming, few worry about trees in our own backyards. But the environmental...

Prall: Privatizing Medicaid runs into deep trouble, as was expected

Prall: Privatizing Medicaid runs into deep trouble, as was expected

July 20, 2016

By Jacob Prall [email protected] If you search for the term “incumbent” in a dictionary, you might well find a picture of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad grinning wide. His entrenched political power...

Fighting the modified battle

Fighting the modified battle

July 19, 2016

By Helaina Thompson [email protected] What do genetically modified organisms and QR codes have in common? There are better things to worry about. On July 14, Congress passed a bill requiring...

Two-party system’s false division

Two-party system’s false division

July 19, 2016

By Brad Pector [email protected] If 2016, the year of Corrupt Warmonger vs. Hate-Fueled TV Bigot, has taught us anything, it should be that U.S. politics is in shambles — left and right. At...

The bloody price of honor

The bloody price of honor

July 18, 2016

By Marcus Brown [email protected] Honor killing is the practice of homicide by a male family member, husband, or acquaintance of a woman who is believed to have acted in a manner that brings shame...

Mar-a-Lago America in the near vista

Mar-a-Lago America in the near vista

July 18, 2016

Beau Elliot [email protected] I look over the breathtaking vista, and the vista goes ahead and takes a breath test from me. WHAT? you say. Me, too. (Though I tend to stay away from ALL-CAPS; too...

Law enforcement officials work the scene near where multiple Baton Rouge police officers were killed on Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta-Journal Constitution via AP)

Brown: Have we crossed the line in shootings?

July 17, 2016

Marcus Brown [email protected] In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, three police officers were killed and three injured on Sunday morning following the weeks of protest over the death of Alton Sterling, who...

Thompson: We can do better, health data suggest

Thompson: We can do better, health data suggest

July 12, 2016

By Helaina Thompson [email protected] In early June, the American College Health Association issued a public document summarizing the findings of its annual campus-health survey. Complete with...

Illustration by Alex Kroeze

Prall: Protest and open carry laws

July 12, 2016

By Jacob Prall [email protected] Protest. Americans have this powerful and important tool. Political change doesn’t come through silence but action; we must keep this right entrenched in our nation’s...