While living in Seattle this summer, I took a weekend trip to Whidbey Island to visit a friend and Hawkeye alum. Future organic farmer Corbin Scholz had attended an organic-farm school in a secluded island...

Rapper Mac Miller unfortunately died because of a drug overdose. His ex-girlfriend Ariana Grande was blamed for not staying with him, as if somehow her being with him would have prevented a situation entirely...

While it may not “officially” be fall yet, with the passing of Labor Day — a day known to mark the “unofficial” end of summer and beginning of fall — it’s time to embrace fall and all that...

With each break in the day — whether shuffling between classes, gliding through hopeless amounts of construction, caught in the traffic that’s clogging all of Dubuque Street — there is music. With...

America is burning. More specifically, various ideals that we pride ourselves on — freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to peacefully assemble, to name a few — are being held so frighteningly...

In a time in which comedians such as Eric Andre and comedy duos such as Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are loved by young people, I was very interested in what that says about us as a generation and why...

Cartoon by Alex Boulund

Sometimes, when life seems to imitate a cartoon, it’s because life is a cartoon. Stick figures in a 2-D environment. Yep. Check that. Generation Launch-Angle (to steal a phrase from Buster Olney) at...

Sitting in the Old Brick on Sept. 5 for the second Womxn of Color Network Welcome Mixer, there was a sense of camaraderie as I received wide smiles by just glancing around the room. Women of color from...

On Sept. 4, Ann Freerks and Bruce Teague walked away from the Iowa City City Council primary after securing the top two spots in the five-person race for the single open seat. The two will face each other...

After the retirement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace him. In order for Kavanaugh to become a justice, he must receive...

As of today, there are 56 days for Iowa voters to decide who will take the governor’s seat for the next four years. With time running out, tension is running high between Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Republican...