Hannah Soyer hannah-soyer@uiowa.edu New University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld’s appointment has been met with much resistance from faculty, students, and community members, and with good reason....

Three years ago, I purchased a subscription to National Geographic, thus becoming a member of National Geographic Society. My first issue was the photography issue from that year, with the cover being...

Joe Lane joseph-lane@uiowa.edu Dear Mr. Harreld, I want to apologize. I want to apologize for the behavior of the select few individuals at your Question and Answer session that treated you with such...

Jacob Prall prall.jacob@gmail.com Years of civil war have yielded millions of refugees from Syria, desperately searching for food, water, shelter, and a better life. The rise of ISIS has seen a rise...

Sydney Newton sydney-newton@uiowa.edu It seems everyone has heard of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, and many have heard he’s a democratic socialist. What exactly is a socialist? The Merriam-Webster...

Paul Osgerby paul-osgerby@uiowa.edu Here in the United States, we love to spotlight flip-floppers. Scott Walker on undocumented immigrant paths to citizenship, Jeb Bush on (re)invading Iraq, and Marco...

Jace Brady jacebrady@gmail.com Last week, a federal judge overturned Tom Brady’s four-game suspensions, which is good news for the Patriots and bad news for the NFL. While there was a time the NFL...

Marcus Brown marcusvbrown@gmail.com Kim Davis was released from jail on Tuesday in what could be interpreted as a victory for the expression of religious freedom or backsliding back into the realm of...

Christopher Cervantes cmikemayvantes@gmail.com If there is anything that the history of journalistic storytelling has proven, it is that there are numerous ways and angles to tell the story. The perfect...

Beau Elliot beauelliot@gmail.com Me? Oh, nothing. I’m just sitting here sneezing (it’s sneezing season) and wondering how (and when) Iowa City became part of the LA metro area. I mean, when...

Hannah Soyer hannah-soyer@uiowa.edu Recently, the chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity at Old Dominion University in Virginia was suspended following the display of some very offensive, very sexist...

Sam Studer samuel-studer@uiowa.edu Hundreds of thousands of people are migrating across the Mediterranean and throughout Europe. These refugees are leaving home because of war, poverty, and persecution...