Marcus Brown [email protected] History is inescapable. It lives in not only in words and thoughts but in the physical infrastructure that gives shape to our reality. We live in an all-encompassing...

Jacob Prall [email protected] In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, anti-immigration champions have new and powerful ammunition in their arsenal. Even the countries most open to taking in refugees,...

Joe Lane [email protected] The process of writing a column is fairly straightforward. We, as opinion writers, try our best to present unique perspectives on important events in Iowa, around the...

Keith Reed [email protected] University of Iowa students represent many demographics. Where students come from determines their experience when it comes to life at a big university. Some students...

Beau Elliot [email protected]   So welcome to the week before Thanksgiving, long known around campus as the week you can finally exhale. Go ahead; give it a shot. (Well, give it a try, not a shot....

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] I remember where I was when 9/11 happened. My mom was driving me to morning kindergarten when the news broke on the radio. My mother, who had been smiling...

Jace Brady [email protected] This past weekend, we saw the devastation that ideological extremist can afflict on a nation and a people. The terrorism that occurred in Paris has extinguished the magic...

Mario Williams [email protected] To my fellow African-American students here at the University of Iowa, we need to talk. I’m aware that many of you are in the Black Student Union, and many...

Sydney Newton [email protected] If you have ever turned on the TV during election time then you’ve probably seen more than one presidential campaign advertisement, and if you watch TV pretty...

Hannah Soyer [email protected] Nobel Peace Prize winner and education champion Malala Yousafzai met Emma Watson for a Q&A at the Into Film Festival’s première of the documentary He Named...

What’s in a history? Well, a lot. But what’s in a autobiography? Depends. If you’re Ben Carson, it’s chock-full of stuff. More importantly, it’s a brimming autobiography that helped launch...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 271,000 new jobs were created in October. The government’s report, released Nov. 6, showed the biggest wage gain since 2009. This is encouraging for a rebounding...