About five years ago, I answered an ad in the Rural Electric Coop Newsletter for someone to clean up scrap metal on my farm. The person I called turned out to be Bobby Kaufmann.
He assured me that,...
Hannah Pinski, Opinions Columnist
• October 13, 2020
After seven weeks in the fall semester, the University of Iowa has received four sexual assault reports involving two at fraternities, one at an east side resident hall, and one at a west side residential...
The legal battle for LGBTQ rights has just taken a drastic tonal change with the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. Her placement onto the court could spell disaster for every noncisgendered, non-heterosexual...
Spooky season is an exciting time of the year, everyone looks forward to Halloween and the opportunity to dress up as whatever or whoever you want, however, there is a fine line between having fun...
Ally Pronina, Opinions Columnist
• October 12, 2020
A year ago, my piece about Iowa investing more in mental health ran. Recent events support the argument that the Hawkeye State is still the worst in the country at treating mental illness.Â
Iowa...
Once again, the University of Iowa begins its search for a new leader. But this search will be like no other, not only because it is happening in the midst of a pandemic, but because it happens in...
Hannah Pinski, Opinions Columnist
• October 11, 2020
Marie Forleo says that ‘success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do constantly.’
Well Iowa, if we are going to successfully overcome COVID-19, we have to...
The University of Iowa Environmental Coalition (UIEC) is the longest running and well-respected sustainability organization on campus. As a group of student activists, we take on many initiatives to...
As a nurse, I am a health-care voter. That is why I am voting for Lonny Pulkrabek to represent me and my family in the Iowa state house.
I am alarmed by the Republican effort to have the Supreme...
There is always a coach, teacher, or mentor we look up to. They help us find strength, a sense of belonging, and push us towards success. Sadly, many minority students find it hard to find that person...
Recent data from the University of Iowa Counseling Services Center reported no significant increase in mental-health symptomatology, despite lifestyle changes amid the COVID-19.
However, this doesn’t...
One of the U.S.’s greatest features of the modern era are its conspiracy theories: MKUltra, Pizzagate, and now QAnon. Facebook recently banned QAnon groups off of its platform, but the damage has...
