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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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Ending deaths in high-school football

Ending deaths in high-school football

October 21, 2015

Samuel Studer [email protected] On Oct 17, a Texas high-school student died after an injury in a football game. The Alto Texas Independent District reported that the student was junior Cam’ron...

We need to treat sexual health as a medical issue

We need to treat sexual health as a medical issue

October 20, 2015

Marcus Brown [email protected] Professional basketball player Lamar Odom was hospitalized recently after being discovered unconscious in a Nevada brothel. Found in his system was a superfluous...

‘Blast from the Jim Crow past’

‘Blast from the Jim Crow past’

October 20, 2015

Jacob Prall [email protected] “A blast from the Jim Crow past.” This sound bite from Hillary Clinton  on Oct. 17 encapsulates the issue behind the closing of 31 offices to acquire and renew...

‘White feminism’ is still feminism

‘White feminism’ is still feminism

October 19, 2015

Hannah Soyer [email protected] Jennifer Lawrence recently published an essay in fellow actress Lena Dunham’s feminist newsletter, Lenny Letter, called “Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars?”...

Grate, grater, gratest

Grate, grater, gratest

October 19, 2015

Beau Elliot [email protected] Hey, Indianapolis Colts, ya wanna talk about deflated play calling? Nah. I didn’t think so. (But somehow, it’s Tom Brady’s fault, right? I mean, so much is.) We’re...

Martin O'Malley speaks to supporters at the Iowa City Federation of Labor Picnic at Upper City Park on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. Martin O'Malley will be running in the 2016 Presidential Election for the 45th President of the United States. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins)

Democratic presidential candidates on the back burner

October 19, 2015

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] When the Democratic debate was advertised, it was made out to be a grandiose event, in which two heavy hitters would go head to head against one another on...

Big burdens in health-care cost for seniors

Big burdens in health-care cost for seniors

October 19, 2015

Jace Brady [email protected] Seniors, brace yourselves, because winter is coming. Over the last several weeks, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services released plans for Medicare Part B rate...

FILE - The Black Lives Matter logo is shown at the Walk it Out fashion show in the IMU Main Lounge on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Walk it Out is a multicultural fashion show showcasing diversity within the university where portion of the sales goes to UIHC HIV/AID clinics. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins, file)

The erasure of black voices in America

October 15, 2015

Keith Reed [email protected] Nicki Minaj was on the cover of New York Times Magazine on Oct. 7. In her feature, Minaj spoke about her outburst at the MTV Video Music Awards, which sparked outrage...

The sun rises behind the Old Capitol in Iowa City on Friday, April 10, 2015. Rand Paul was in town to drum up support after announcing his intention to run for president earlier this week.. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

​End mental-health stigma

October 15, 2015

Sydney Newton [email protected] Start the conversation. End the stigma. This is expression from the website Bring Change 2 Mind. On the website you can find an abundance of public-service announcemnts...

Why words in textbooks matter

Why words in textbooks matter

October 15, 2015

Hannah Soyer [email protected] About two weeks ago, 15-year-old Coby Burren, a freshman at Pearland High School near Houston noticed something in his geography textbook: Africans brought to America...

Dr. Ben Carson spoke to the crowd during the Freedom Summit in the Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. Dr. Carson is emeritus professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at the Johns opkins School of Medicine.  (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

End Holocaust rhetoric, on the left and right 

October 14, 2015

Jacob Prall [email protected] There are certain events in history so heinous that they appeal to the savvy politician as a way to leverage a position in the modern day. Neither side of the political...

US Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at Coe College in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Sept 4, 2015. Sanders is running for president in 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Lexi Brunk)

Price tag of Sanders’ policies 

October 14, 2015

Samuel Studer [email protected] Bernie Sanders draws thousand of people to his rallies. When Sanders talks at these rallies, he tries to make easy jokes and small talk, but he gets right down...