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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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To Torrent or to not Torrent 

To Torrent or to not Torrent 

March 9, 2016

Keith Reed [email protected] I will neither confirm nor deny that I have participated in torrenting in the past or present. Though, as a child of the digital age, torrenting is something that has...

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Needed change in the Iowa Department of Human Services 

March 9, 2016

Hannah Soyer [email protected] This past week, the Iowa Department of Human Services announced that it had accidentally distributed confidential information of 425 Iowans living in nursing homes....

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)

The crumbling Republican party 


March 7, 2016

Jace Brady [email protected] Fox News held a Republican primary debate in Detroit last week. This venue proved to be the perfect location for the shameful performance provided by Fox News moderators...

Caitlyn Jenner & Ted Cruz

Caitlyn Jenner & Ted Cruz

March 7, 2016

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] Election years have, and always will be, a maelstrom of ideologies and arguments that mash together into one big conundrum. Maybe that’s why whenever we hear...

Newton: Feminism in the 21st century

Newton: Feminism in the 21st century

March 4, 2016

Sydney Newton [email protected] There are many connotations that come along with “feminism” nowadays. And sadly, a lot of them are negative. Some in our society have morphed this term into...

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Reed: Life as a liberal arts major

March 4, 2016

Keith Reed [email protected] The University of Iowa held its semiannual Career and Internship Fair on Feb. 24. I have attended these fairs since I started at the UI, which comes up to six at this...

Transgender rights vs. majority comfort 

Transgender rights vs. majority comfort 

March 2, 2016

Marcus Vincent Brown [email protected] South Dakota has become the battleground for the future of LGBTQ students, specifically those who identify as transgender in public schools. On Tuesday,...

State segregation is not a solution

State segregation is not a solution

March 2, 2016

Jack Dugan [email protected] The Israeli/Palestinian conflict, waged ruthlessly by extremists on either side, has been a source of constant Western scrutiny and Middle Eastern malaise since the...

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)

Studer: The narrowing Democratic race

March 1, 2016

Samuel Studer [email protected] Over the weekend, Hillary Clinton produced a dominating win over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina’s Democratic primary, one of her biggest accomplishments of...

Elliot: Our own Waterloo

Elliot: Our own Waterloo

March 1, 2016

Beau Elliot [email protected] Last week, the Washington Post made an interesting observation: “The Texas primary next Tuesday now becomes either Cruz’s Alamo or his Waterloo, depending on...

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)

Is a Trump nomination inevitable?

February 29, 2016

Jace Brady [email protected] The Republicans held their upteenth presidential debate on Feb. 25, and it was the first time I sat Donald Trump flustered. Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio brutalized...

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...