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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

Courtney Kashima and her husband, Hide, are raising two multicultural kids in Chicago, Ill. She identifies as a "European mutt" and was born and raised in Illinois, while her husband is a first-generation Japanese-American who grew up in Guam. (Annie Grossinger/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Judd: Will multicultural children in America end racism?

February 8, 2018
Racism exists in so many forms. It’s only a dream to think someday it will be gone.
Shaw: Weak advertising hinders program support for underrepresented students

Shaw: Weak advertising hinders program support for underrepresented students

February 8, 2018
Programs of support for underrepresented students are ineffectively advertised and lead to an ignorance on campus toward available resources that have the potential to cultivate immense success.
Juana Campos Barrientos pots plants on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 at Native Texas Nursery in Travis County, Texas. The nursery employs up to 25 seasonal migrant workers who, by means of temporary work visas, come to Texas to work for 10 months out of the year. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman/TNS)

Kumar: Educated immigrants are forced to start over

February 7, 2018
The United States claims to want only the best and brightest; however, immigrants with degrees are denied the right to work in their fields.
Rising floodwater engulfs entire residential neighborhoods in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey near Lumberton, Texas, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Laursen: Where the government fails, University of Iowa students help undocumented hurricane victims

February 7, 2018
FEMA funding is not available to undocumented people. A group of UI students noticed the disparity of suffering after a natural disaster in Houston.
Column: Faith-based student groups cling to victimhood

Column: Faith-based student groups cling to victimhood

February 7, 2018
The reinstatement of Business Leaders in Christ is not a triumph for religious freedom but for narrow-mindedness.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks with members of the media during the third annual Joni Ernst Roast and Ride fundraiser event at Big Barn Harley Davidson in Des Moines on Saturday, June, 3, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Guest Opinion: Iowa’s Congress members lack fiscal responsibility

February 7, 2018
Congress’ deplorable track record in meeting fiscal year deadlines is the rule, not the exception.
Male judge in a courtroom striking the gavel (Dreamstime/TNS)

Guest Opinion: We shouldn’t trust the state to execute people

February 6, 2018
Although Iowa’s death penalty ended in 1965, new legislation has been introduced in an attempt to reinstate it.
Donald Trump speaks to a crowd at the University of Iowa Field house on Tuesday Jan 26, 2016. Trump is currently tied in Iowa with Ted Cruz. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Elliot: Travels of Trumpy the Clown

February 6, 2018
No matter the parallel universe, Democrats are earnest. Which translates, in all languages, as BOR-ING.
Donal Trump supporters stand on rafters in the Iowa Veteran's Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday, August 5, 2016. Major points in Trump's Des Moines speech stressed his knowledge of foreign policy. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Helton: Earmarks, an old trick to fix a gridlocked, partisan Congress

February 6, 2018
President Trump is onto something, and it might save the country from another shutdown, and end the partisan gridlock.
The Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research is pictured inside the Medical Education and Research Facility on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. Wynn, a major donor to the UI, was recently accused of sexual assault. The University made the decision to remove Wynn's name from the center's title. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

In their own words: Hawkeyes react to Steve Wynn controversy

February 5, 2018

The University of Iowa has chosen to drop donor Steve Wynn’s name from its Vision Research Institute after sexual-misconduct allegations forced Wynn to step down as finance chairman of the Republican...

The Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research is pictured inside the Medical Education and Research Facility on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. Wynn, a major donor to the UI, was recently accused of sexual assault. The University made the decision to remove Wynn's name from the center's title. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Editorial: UI right to remove Wynn’s name, should keep funding for blindness research

February 5, 2018
Although the allegations against Stephen Wynn are abhorrent, the UI must stay committed to pioneering research for rare diseases.
College Republicans listen to the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 at the Pappajohn Business Building. The president discussed events that occurred throughout his first year of presidency. (Katina Zentz/ The Daily Iowan)

Jaimes: Students Give SOTU Thoughts

Marina Jaimes, [email protected] February 5, 2018
UI students are questioned on their thoughts on the State of the Union Address and tested on their knowledge of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet members.