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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Opinion | A commitment to improving biofuels infrastructure bodes well for Iowa

Opinion | A commitment to improving biofuels infrastructure bodes well for Iowa

Sophie Stover, Opinions Contributor September 21, 2021

Iowa will benefit greatly from the addition of $1 billion for biofuels infrastructure in the 2021 budget reconciliation bill. According to the U.S. Department of Energy report, Iowa leads the country...

Backpack full of school supplies and COVID 19 prevention items. Top view, spilling onto a blue background. Back to school during pandemic concept.

Opinion | Schools should take all precautions to prevent exposures to COVID-19

Sophia Meador, Opinions Columnist September 20, 2021

I remember teachers and students arguing about class going remote after spring break. This was my senior year of high school in mid-March of 2020. Many thought the idea of virtual education was extreme....

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

Opinion | Iowa needs to add more beds to its hospitals

Luke Krchak, Opinions Columnist September 20, 2021

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics needs to add more hospital beds due to the influx of COVID-19 patients. The Board of Regents is already taking a major step towards this with the building...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers a speech during The Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, July 16, 2021.  Members of the crowd cheered when Gov. Reynolds brought up legislation that banned mask mandates in public schools.

Opinion | The Southernification thesis and its consequences

Shahab Khan, Opinions Columnist September 19, 2021

Iowa’s trend toward conservatism is emblematic of a new hypothesis gaining traction in political science. The old North-South Divide that dominated U.S. politics through the 1960s lives on in a new...

The Title IX and Gender Equity office is seen in Van Allen Hall at the University of Iowa on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021.

Opinion | UI sexual assault and misconduct reporting process is complicated and complex

Hannah Pinski, Opinions and Amplify Editor September 19, 2021

We are in the red zone. At the University of Iowa, we as students are at our most vulnerable for sexual assault. This is why the time period is called the “red zone,” as a majority of sexual...

Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, is sworn in at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judicary Committee, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Opinion | Department of Justice gets it right regarding the Texas abortion law

Sophie Stover, Opinions Contributor September 16, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice is prioritizing a commitment to the Constitution which gives the right to an abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court made the wrong decision in refusing to block the Texas...

Opinion | It’s not too late to step up. Attend the Iowa City Climate Fest

Opinion | It’s not too late to step up. Attend the Iowa City Climate Fest

Elise Cagnard, Opinions Contributor September 15, 2021

If you’re like many Americans, you might have seen the International Panel on Climate Change’s 2021 report that came out this summer and felt a sense of hopelessness. With rising temperatures and...

Photo Illustration by Raquele Decker.

Opinion | We need to be educated on wage theft

Yassie Buchanan, Opinions Columnist September 14, 2021

Wage theft is something many people encounter but might not have the tools to address. More than ever, people are fed up with being exploited by employers, whether that be in the form of wage theft...

Concept of GRE Exam in wooden block letters on table.

Opinion | Psychology graduate programs shouldn’t require the GREs

Ally Pronina, Opinions Columnist September 14, 2021

All psychology graduate programs need to stop wasting students’ time and money by dropping standardized test requirements. The University of Iowa Department of Psychological and Brain Science...

The University of Iowa Student Organization website is seen.

Opinion | UI needs to overhaul its website for clubs and activities

Peter Anders, Opinions Contributor September 13, 2021

  University of Iowa claims on its website to have around 500 student organizations and clubs students can join. Yet, there seems to be a problem that the university does not seem acutely aware...

Manager is holding Dress code policy.

Opinion | It’s no one else’s decision what you can wear

Sophia Meador, Opinions Columnist September 13, 2021

  It was the first Hawkeye football game of the year, and my friends and I were running late. To our fortune, we found a Cambus that would take us to the stadium rather than walking two miles....

Dylan Hood, contributed.

Opinion l How the fall of Afghanistan affects U.S. National Security interests

Dylan Hood, Opinions Columnist September 12, 2021

Sept. 11, 2001 was one of the darkest days in U.S. history. I remember getting off the bus when I was in second grade with the only knowledge in my mind being that I had gotten out of school early....