The beginning of a new semester ushers in “syllabus week,” a time for professors to outline course expectations. A popular classroom policy I’ve noticed, especially for lectures, is a technology...
Another semester begins, and another bar has opened in Iowa City. For all the new students starting classes, all the veterans returning to Iowa City, and all those interested in novelty experiences, I...
President Donald Trump’s latest tirade has a strange victim: conservative brothers Charles and David Koch. The Koch brothers, known for their billionaire financial status, have been accused of funding...
When we think of basketball, we think of LeBron James. The two have been synonymous since the kid from Akron burst onto the scene more than a decade ago and became one of the most polarizing athletes...
Recently, there’s been an uproar about public libraries. Which is odd, because for most communities, libraries function in the background. We sometimes forget they’re there and take them for granted,...
Last week, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley joined 400 high-school students at Turning Point USA’s High-School Leadership Summit in Washington. She was invited tospeak about leadership, and that...
In light of the search for missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, viral social-media posts have brought attention to young people missing in the state — and have drawn a flawed connection...
The NFL recently retracted its universal one-size-fits-all policy of barring players from kneeling during the national anthem before games. This is a good move, because it will free the NFL from interjecting itself into politics.
Up until recently, living in one home with cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents was the norm in India. As a result of modernization, however, Indians now are forming nuclear families instead of living in traditional joint households.
We know Demi Lovato as the strong, admirable celebrity who is respectfully open about her struggles with drug addiction. On July 24, Lovato was brought to the hospital after an apparent drug overdose,...
