By Jace Brady
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The millennial generation has been blessed with technological advancements beyond the wildest dreams of those who lived only a short time ago. With the stroke of a...
The beginning of the academic year is when schools garner a large number of ink and column inches in local and national publications. As a journalism teacher at Washington High in Cedar Rapids, I pay especially...
Two days ago, WDBJ television reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were killed while filming a story in Moneta, Virginia. This was not Charlie Hebdo, nor was it coverage of a war-torn country....
Samuel Studer
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At a press conference on Aug. 20, former President Jimmy Carter spoke about the spots of melanoma that were found in his brain. Carter focused on the positive...
Marcus Brown
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The format for standardized tests in Iowa’s public schools may potentially receive a technological facelift in the 2016-2017 school year, when proponents hope...
Vote DeLoach for School Board
On Sept. 8, we have an opportunity to significantly reshape our School Board. In a field of great candidates, there is no doubt whether LaTasha DeLoach will make the new...
As is evident by the past six days of slumps in the stock market, the economy of the United States is globalized. Changes in the markets of countries around the world have profound impacts on the economy...
Paul Osgerby
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At this point, I don’t think I even need to mention his name for people to recognize whom I’m talking about. After another spat with journalists, compounded...
Jacob Prall
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When House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama both support a piece of legislation making its way through the House, take a picture with your camera. Yet here...
Brian Richman for School Board
In this year of great uncertainty with regard to school funding and state and local priorities, it is perhaps more important than ever to elect to our school boards those...
Gasoline is, by nature, volatile. Where technology has been able to convert and safely integrate the highly combustible resource, the marketplace has yet to find a similar method of mitigation.
Recently,...
Hannah Soyer
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When I was a senior in high school, I wrote a letter to singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson asking him to go to prom with me. He didn’t, but I did get to meet him...
