The past few days for many children and young adults was back-to-school week. Across the country I watched friends and family posting their pictures for the first day of school and had a sick feeling...
In case you weren’t aware, we are still in this pandemic. Why does it feel like I am stating the obvious? It’s because this past week some students returning to campus for the fall semester have...
Earlier this month, President Trump admitted in an interview with Fox Business that he was denying funding to the United States Postal Service in order to disrupt mail-in ballots for the November election.
With...
Yet another Black man has been shot by police in broad daylight — 29-year-old Jacob Blake of Kenosha, Wisconsin — and yet again, people are defending police action.
While there are far more...
Iowans all across the state are hurting badly after the record-breaking derecho storm that took place on Aug. 10. As crops are wiped out in gargantuan numbers and thousands of Iowans are just getting...
Ally Pronina, Opinions Columnist
• August 26, 2020
The University of Iowa Housing and Dining Facility issued an apology to students after freshman Ann Gaughan's quarantine experience went viral on social media.
Gaughan told The Daily Iowan there...
“whY Isn’t thE mEdIA cOvErIng thIs?”
It’s something of a joke on Journalist Twitter. There are countless posts asserting a lack of news coverage about various atrocities such as police brutality,...
Signe Nettum, Opinions Columnist
• August 25, 2020
There is no denying it. Because of COVID-19, almost every student’s schedule has changed. Classes shifted online, were canceled, or switched professors, and everything is not the way it was prior....
In American culture, one type of comedy that has become dominant is dark humor. According to Urban Dictionary, an online source for slang terms, they define it as “a form of humor involving a twist...
Ally Pronina, Opinions Columnist
• August 24, 2020
A quadriplegic man named Michael Hickson died from the coronavirus after being denied treatment. The doctors justified it by saying he did not have a quality of life.
Did they ask what Hickson thought...
It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and I’ve just moved into my new — yet very old — apartment in Iowa City. While unpacking clothes, knickknacks, and kitchen items, I opened up the heaviest box of the...
The U.S. military isn’t the kind of organization to ignore easy avenues for recruitment. Already notorious for targeting low income schools for recruits, the military seems to be opting to go one...
