Last week, University of Iowa President Sally Mason unveiled an accelerated degree program that would be available to incoming students next fall. The program, called “Iowa Degree in Three,”...

We live in a society in which we are told from birth to be careful with our words and sensitive to other’s feelings. Never ostracize another group; never allow anyone to feel like an outsider. This...

Prohibition doesn’t work A long-awaited change to Iowa City’s 21-ordinance, which bars those under 21 from remaining in most establishments that sell alcohol after 10 p.m. might be looming....

The University of Iowa Student Government passed a proposal last week called the Diversity Inclusion Education at Large bill, with the intent of making the university a more successfully diverse environment....

Last week, an opinion piece written by Joseph Dobrian was published in the Press-Citizen. The piece, titled “Feminism Does Not Empower Women. It infantilizes them,” started a series of conversations...

Iowa can once again be one of the first states in the nation to adopt legislation to promote gay rights. Conversion therapy attempts to convert a patient’s sexuality from homosexual to heterosexual....

NASA released a study Feb. 12 with a clear, simple message: Get ready for the worst. The study found that as the century unfolds, the risk of droughts will increase dramatically. Their frequency...

At some point during junior or senior year of high school, every student hoping to go to a four-year college must take the ACT or SAT at least once. From the beginning of our high-school careers, we’re...

The Arkansas House of Representatives made a surprising step backward in terms of protecting the rights of the LGBT population by voting in favor of a bill that would prevent the implementation of anti-discrimination...

In the border town of Brownsville, Texas, federal Judge Andrew Hanen has suspended deportation relief for immigrants looking to become citizens through President Obama’s recent executive order. Hanen...

This past weekend, strategically in tandem with Valentine’s Day, the long-awaited and heavily anticipated 50 Shades of Grey was released. If by some chance you don’t know what this movie is,...

The three Rs: readin’, ’ritin’, and ’rithmetic, the trifecta of education, according to former English lawmaker Sir William Curtis, could be taught longer to students in Iowa’s...