Joe Lane [email protected] The clock struck midnight on Halloween 2015, 12 days ago. So in keeping with the gradual deletion of the month of November from our collective calendar, the holiday (or...

Marcus Brown [email protected] A series of protests were held in opposition to racial discrimination felt by African-American students on the University of Missouri campus and came to a dramatic...

Jace Brady [email protected] One weapon in the political arsenal of an elected executive, be it governor or president, is the executive order. Often heralded as bold demonstrations of power against...

Paul Osgerby [email protected] I had the pleasure to be one of eight members to represent the Daily Iowan Editorial Board and the Ethics and Politics Initiative during a  discussion with Democratic...

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] On Nov. 6, the Supreme Court decided that it would settle on the controversial issue on whether health insurance should cover birth control. This challenge...

Samuel Studer [email protected] A Halloween shooting in Colorado Springs last weekend left three dead. Noah Harpham shot a bicyclist and two women on the porch of a sober-living home. Police...

Marcus Brown [email protected] A great deal of commotion has come about because of a recent drop in U.S. test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The assessment serves as...

Hannah Soyer [email protected] Julianna Snow is 5 years old. She has a form of muscular dystrophy called Charcot-Marie-Tooth. She has had to deal with a lot of medical scares so far in her life...

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] From my experiences on a college campus, students rarely have an active filter when it comes to what they say and/or post on social media. For some reason,...

Keith Reed [email protected] It is widely known that the “Freshman 15” is something of a myth. But in my case, it was true. I had a paid U-Bill and an unlimited meal plan; the world was my oyster....

Joe Lane [email protected] For many of the police departments of the United States, 2015 has been chaotic. Between reports of unnecessary force and the rapid expansion of the Black Lives Matter...

Jacob Prall [email protected] Back in “my day,” kids didn’t have cell phones. They didn’t have access to the infinite wealth of knowledge, entertainment, and terror that is a cellular device...