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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

U.S. should take stronger stance on human rights 

U.S. should take stronger stance on human rights 

February 29, 2016

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] Last week in Cairo, a controversial judicial sentence was carried out. On the surface, it appears to be a standard case. A defendant accused of being behind...

In this Nov. 14, 2015, photo, Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, makes a point as Bernie Sanders listens during a Democratic presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Clinton and Sanders are outlining the steps on Nov. 19, they would take to combat the Islamic State group, each making major speeches less than a week after the deadly attacks in Paris. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Reed: Sanders vs. Clinton in South Carolina

February 26, 2016

Keith Reed [email protected] The South Carolina Democratic primary will take place Saturday. In a 2014 survey, the U.S. Census Bureau found that almost 30 percent of South Carolina’s population...

Newton: Prevalence of ‘study drugs’ says a lot

Newton: Prevalence of ‘study drugs’ says a lot

February 25, 2016

Sydney Newton [email protected] If you perform a simple Google search of “college study drugs,” your first result will be Adderall, a prescription drug used to treat people diagnosed with...

Soyer: Time to update sex-ed classes

Soyer: Time to update sex-ed classes

February 25, 2016

Hannah Soyer [email protected] The summer after my freshman year of high school, I spent two weeks in New York City participating in a creative-writing program for teens. One of my most memorable...

Trump, extremist in a moderate’s clothing

Trump, extremist in a moderate’s clothing

February 24, 2016

Marcus Brown [email protected]  As much as I love highlighting the continuously evolving absurdity that is the Donald Trump phenomenon, I must take a moment to acknowledge a point where he has...

The gun in the hands of child

A proposal to curb gun violence

February 24, 2016

Keith Reed [email protected]  I have never had that big a problem with guns. That is because I was never a victim of gun violence or a mass shooting. I had not even touched a gun in my life until...

Former member of the CIA, Edward Snowden joined Ray McGovern and Coleen Rowley during a lecture about government transparency and the fourth amendment. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Dugan: The guilty don’t ask for trials

February 23, 2016

Jack Dugan [email protected] Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor and controversial whistleblower, stated recently that he would be willing to return to the United States if he were to be guaranteed...

President Donald Trump looks around the room at the 2015 Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines on May 16, 2015. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Elliot: The pillow & Col. Mustard

February 23, 2016

Beau Elliot [email protected] Thank God (or somebody — Donald Trump?) for human beings. How else would we be blessed with conspiracy theories? I mean, rocks are great for lots of things, but they’re...

Studer: Preventing another Ferguson

Studer: Preventing another Ferguson

February 23, 2016

Samuel Studer [email protected]  Earlier this month, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division took steps to sue the city of Ferguson, Missouri, for not accepting a negotiated plan to...

Pope and Trump

Pope and Trump

February 22, 2016

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] I don’t understand why people still try to mix politics and religion. Here we have two institutions that have existed hand-in-hand in the past but in the...

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio speaks in front of a crowd in the Kinnick Stadium press box on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Rubio discussed different topics including ISIS, student loans and the importance of caucusing during the election season. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

Message to the GOP after South Carolina 

February 22, 2016

Jace Brady [email protected] On Feb 20, Democrats in Nevada and Republicans in South Carolina helped clarify the direction of the primary race. Though the results were fairly close to predictions,...

Brown: Are we really ‘all black’?

Brown: Are we really ‘all black’?

February 19, 2016

Marcus Brown [email protected]   Finding myself halfway through Black History Month with the end of President’s Obama second term fast approaching, I can’t help but feel sentimental. Every...