Majoring in cinema arts is neat, but it isn’t required to appreciate good filmmaking. We currently live in a world where the term “filmmaker” is fluid — anyone with an iPhone is technically...

Businessman Tom Steyer has a plethora of ideas, and has spent millions of dollars parading those ideas around with online ads. While his Democratic nomination has gone nowhere, lots of his policy positions...

Well, that didn’t go well. The total failure on Monday night may have marked the last-in-history, first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. There are two separate reasons for why that’s the case....

Mental and physical illness are often talked about as separate concepts, but this is not as simple a division as some think. People with terminal physical illnesses may experience depression. For...

The Olympics just changed, and not for the better. Last month, the International Olympic Committee issued a three-page press release declaring its stance on Olympic Charter Rule 50: the controversial...

[Editor’s note: At press time, only unoffical caucus results were available. According to Democratic officials, “inconsistencies” were reported, which delayed the announcement of results.] Do...

We must have an environmentalist as our president-elect on Nov. 3. There is no other issue on the progressive agenda that should be pursued with more urgency than climate change. This is both the foundation...

Podcasting has become an incredibly influential medium in today’s society. According to Edison Research, more than one in five people who listen to podcasts daily have a lot of influence on public...

Against swathes of bright color all over Iowa City — a backdrop filled with rainbow flags draped along various storefronts and passersby donning vibrant apparel — I attended my first Pride the summer...

A variety of new rules will be implemented for Iowa’s 2020 caucuses. Among them are more extensive vote reporting and new satellite caucus locations — both are attempts to add transparency and accessibility...

We’ve all seen headlines claiming something supposedly proven by a new study such as “foot size determines IQ.” As a psychology major, I know this is a third variable effect. Another variable...

The sciences are not my strength. Sure, astronomy fascinates me, and physics was one of my favorite classes in high school. Even so, I always gave a small groan at the science requirements at the...