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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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An Indian Muslim man holds a banner during a protest against ISIS, an Islamic State group, and Friday's Paris attacks, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. Multiple attacks across Paris on Friday night have left more than one hundred dead and many more injured. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Fall of ISIS could come sooner than we think 

February 10, 2016

Jacob Prall [email protected] ISIS has suffered a series of setbacks and defeats significant enough to spur tentative optimism. What’s important to remember is that ISIS is not just occupied...

Republican presidential candidates John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul take the stage before the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theatre, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Republicans divided on eminent domain 

February 10, 2016

Joe Lane [email protected] Feb. 6 was the eighth Republican presidential debate this campaign season. As we move closer to the election, candidates are now faced with the difficult task of finding...

Republican presidential candidates, from left, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul appear during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Brady: What to look for today in New Hampshire

February 9, 2016

Jace Brady [email protected] Last week, Iowa caucus-attendees had the opportunity to cast their votes for their preferred candidates. Winners were declared, momentum was gained, and several candidates...

Elliot: Robots and dinosaurs

Elliot: Robots and dinosaurs

February 9, 2016

Beau Elliot [email protected] Everybody knows this is a great country that is so diverse it even includes people who don’t believe dinosaurs ever existed. Something about the Earth’s only being...

More than a pregnancy ban to stop stop Zika


More than a pregnancy ban to stop stop Zika


February 8, 2016

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] Personal liberties have always been a constant source of pride, as well as a treasured right, in the United States. However, there have been times in our nation’s...

Around 60 students attended a “Rally Against Hate” on Dec. 11, 2015. (The Daily Iowan/Cindy Garcia)

Studer: Stand up against racial hate

February 5, 2016

Samuel Studer [email protected] A rally was held Monday in New York for a group of three black female students who were attacked by 10 to 12 white men and women. The students, who attend the...

Prall: The World is Watching

Prall: The World is Watching

February 5, 2016

Jacob Prall [email protected] Sometimes it’s easy to forget that we are being watched. We forget that our problems at home have a global context. At the very least, I do. Maybe I forget because...

Lane: Don’t tell charities how to spend their money

Lane: Don’t tell charities how to spend their money

February 5, 2016

Joe Lane [email protected] Nonprofit organizations in the United States hold a powerful and important place in our society. When problems face our communities that governments are unwilling,...

FILE - The University of Iowa campus looking west from Old Capitol and the Pentacrest.

Newton: Should the UI focus more on in-state students?

February 4, 2016

Sydney Newton [email protected] It’s not often we think about the demographics of students at our university. We have been prone to think that most of the students are usually from our own state...

Dugan: Drones should be an issue for Democrats

Dugan: Drones should be an issue for Democrats

February 4, 2016

Jack Dugan [email protected] Arguably, one of the few blemishes on presidential hopeful and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s run for the presidency is his lack-there-of foreign-policy experience. Perhaps,...

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THEM today, US tomorrow

February 3, 2016

Christopher Cervantes People have a funny way about looking at the past. Whenever a subject associated with a positive event is brought up, there is always an air of reverence about it all. Conversely,...

Presidential nominee Donald Trump gives a speech inside Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. Trump has been the leader in the polls for the GOP since he announced his candidacy.

Trump: shock or joy?

February 2, 2016

Keith Reed [email protected] Many voters were shocked to hear that Donald Trump entered the presidential race for the Republican Party. I was one of them (granted, I do not care too much for politics,...