As the temperature has started to climb and COVID-19 vaccinations have been rolling out, more and more people have been spending their time outside mask-free.
Living in the middle of Frat Circle,...
On Oct. 26, 2020, I received a call from my parents telling me that my grandmother had died from COVID-19 and pneumonia.
I had been keeping in touch with my parents the week before, with my mom...
Evan Mantler, Opinions Contributor
• March 31, 2021
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin — charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd — began Monday....
Iowa must embrace refugees, as immigration analysts predict that the number of refugees in Iowa will gradually increase in the coming years of the Biden presidency.
If you couldn’t tell, I am...
Recent commentary from Iowa’s junior Republican senator, Joni Ernst, and other Republicans have put an incredibly weighty moral imperative on returning kids to schools. It is a crime of negligence...
Josie Taylor, Opinions Contributor
• March 28, 2021
The University of Iowa minimum wage is set at $8.20 per hour, despite encouragement from the Johnson County Board of Supervisors for a minimum of $10.75 per hour. Neither of these wages are enough...
Shania Twain said it best.
On March 26, The Daily Iowan diversity, equity, and inclusion team hosted four prominent women in journalism to talk at the fifth “Community Chat” event the newsroom...
Kathryn Raver, DITV Executive Producer
• March 25, 2021
On March 3, Sarah Everard went missing in London. She did everything we’re told to – she wasn’t out too late, she wore bright clothes, and she talked on the phone while she walked. Her body was...
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month and Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day make it timely to discuss what the University of Iowa can do to make campus more accessible. While progress has been made, more work...
On Tuesday, the University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Government voted down a Jewish student constituency position to be created for the 2022-2023 legislative session.
Last week, I received an...
Continuing to learn through a global pandemic has proven to be a challenging task. However, it has also pioneered the way for innovative learning methods. Asynchronous learning and recorded lectures...
As a native Iowan, I don’t want to admit it. I tried for the longest time to justify Iowa’s first in the nation status during presidential campaigns. Setting my Iowa biases aside, I'll finally...
