Each year, thousands of students choose to become doctors or nurses and pursue medical school. Labeled as “pre-medicine”  or “nursing” students, they begin to prepare themselves for the most...

School is getting harder. Achieving meritocracy, in turn, is also getting harder. Although once seen as a direct path to success, the price to pursue higher education is becoming exceedingly high,...

High fever, cough, and a distinctive rash. All symptoms of a disease that we thought were behind us. A disease previously eliminated in the United States in 2000, measles is making a disturbing...

If you’ve ever tried ordering a matcha for the first time, carried a tote bag instead of stuffing your belongings in your pockets, or, god forbid, you read a book in public, you might have felt some...

In his Independence Day speech in 2019, President Donald Trump declared, “The faraway King would soon learn a timeless lesson about the people of this majestic land: Americans love our freedom and...

In my freshman year of high school, I came across an eccentric-looking comic book titled Persepolis. What a strange and exciting title. At the time, I had no idea what it meant—to me or to so many...

Every year in early April, people across the country gather to recognize and participate in the Day of (No) Silence. On this day, student-led participants take a vow of silence to protest bullying...

Senioritis. The notorious upperclassman bug that brings about poor grades, bad decisions, and a lack of overall motivation has finally arrived in Iowa City. And despite my best intentions, the “sickness”...

The world will never be completely equal. And maybe it shouldn’t be — let me explain. Egalitarianism, the idea of equality for all, certainly seems morally right. Or at least “inequality”...

Since the Black Lives Matter, or BLM, movement gained ground in 2020, the discussion of reforms to police practices nationally has gained prominent public attention. There have been many proposals...

Wake up. Go to class. Study. Go to bed. Repeat. We’re at the point in the semester where nearly everyone has reached burnout with the monotonous schedule of daily life and classes, especially...

Despite being the liberal hub of the state, Iowa City talked me off of that theoretical ledge. Coming from an incredibly rural town deep in the conservative South, most of my knowledge of what liberalism...