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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

The Daily Iowan

Letter to the Editor | A Tide of Significance

Letter to the Editor | A Tide of Significance

October 27, 2024

In times of conflict, the independence of our individual challenges is at risk. Today, the United States recognizes the urgent need to uphold the right of eligible citizens to vote. As I continue my...

The Adler Journalism Building is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.

Letter to the Editor | A Century of Commitment

October 23, 2024

In the soft spring days of 1986, the year I graduated from Iowa’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, I submitted to my academic advisors a thesis analyzing media coverage of a military...

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks speaks at a Wilton Back The Blue Rally at Axe & Oak Whiskey House on Oct. 9. Alongside Miller-Meeks, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird spoke on the upcoming election.

Letter to the Editor | Miller-Meeks’ commitment to PBM reform

October 22, 2024

Pharmacy Benefit Managers, also known as PBMs, have made accessing life-saving medications increasingly difficult for many, including myself. Their complex pricing structures and opaque practices often...

Letter to the Editor | The UI is knowingly participating in the war on Gaza

Letter to the Editor | The UI is knowingly participating in the war on Gaza

October 20, 2024

To what extent is the University of Iowa participating in Israel's war on Gaza? This was a question posed to me by my students as protesters across the country continue to demand the United States halt...

Portrait of Jay Gorsh

Letter to the Editor | Vote Jay Gorsh for Iowa House District 91

October 13, 2024

I am lucky to know Jay Gorsh. I met Jay at a difficult time in my life, back in 2014 at the University of Iowa. I was a student-athlete on the football team, and Jay was teaching a class that I was...

Letter to the Editor | Vote yes for the Johnson County Conservation Bond

Letter to the Editor | Vote yes for the Johnson County Conservation Bond

October 8, 2024

Voters in Johnson County need to be aware that one of the most important votes they cast this fall will be on the back of the ballot for the Johnson County $30 million Conservation Bond.  The money...

The Iowa City Community School District sign is seen in Iowa City on Monday, March 4, 2024.

Letter to the Editor | What the Iowa City School District Didn’t Say

September 10, 2024

The Iowa City School District is considering closing an elementary school before the next school year. If this is news to you, you’re not alone. And it is a problem. The school district should delay...

President Donald Trump speaks during his caucus night watch party at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

Letter to the Editor | Harris Plan is Pro-Capitalism

August 29, 2024

There’s a lot of crazy name-calling in this presidential campaign, and among the worst is numerous Republican claims that “Comrade” Harris’s attack on price gouging is “pro-Soviet” or “communistic”...

University of Iowa Police cars are seen outside of the Old Capitol Mall in Iowa City on April 16, 2024.

Letter to the Editor | Iowa Democrats don’t want to defund the police

August 26, 2024

Please put your thinking cap on to decide whether Iowa Democrats and Democratic public officials want to “Defund the Police” as Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird would have you believe. AG Bird...

Letter to the Editor | UI students, expect to pay more for your health care in 2024

Letter to the Editor | UI students, expect to pay more for your health care in 2024

March 26, 2024

On Dec. 19, University of Iowa Human Resources sent the following email: "We are excited to announce that beginning Jan. 1, 2024, Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) members will see lower premium...

Letter to the Editor | Don’t use my tax dollars to kill raccoons

Letter to the Editor | Don’t use my tax dollars to kill raccoons

March 25, 2024

This year’s raccoon bounty bill, House File 2665, is state-sanctioned, taxpayer-subsidized animal cruelty. The legislation’s goal is to incentivize the trapping, clubbing, and skinning of raccoons....

Vince Everett Ellison speaks during a guest lecture at the IMU on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Ellison is a conservative speaker invited by YAF who opposes DEI and abortion. Roughly two dozen protesters played a “bingo board” made out of Ellison’s talking points.

Letter to the Editor | Daily Iowan presents a writing tutorial

February 28, 2024

I read the Feb. 28 Daily Iowan “IC residents protest conservative speaker” with interest on speaker Vince Ellison and wondered how the line governing the DI’s student journalists’ 1. Personal...