A simple fact of life is that people can hold a lot of anger in them. Anger is fuel that can turn a spark of unhappiness into a cataclysmic inferno that will consume the lives of every individual unfortunate...

Sometimes, you find a sense of where to go that’s not vertigo. Although, according to AP, the top 1 percent of the wealthiest of the world’s population own more than 50 percent of the world’s...

Toward the tail end of the university’s winter break, UI President Sally Mason announced that she will step down from the position on Aug. 1. Mason was hired in 2007 by the state Board of Regents,...

In a usual year for Hollywood, big blockbusters make up the summer movie season, while on the other side of the calendar, comedies and family movies come to theaters around the holidays. But the ramifications...

Thirty-one years ago, the Food and Drug Administration placed a ban on blood donations from any man who has had sex with another man — even once. Since that time, a lot has changed. HIV and AIDS research...

As a kid growing up in the ’90s, I remember waking up at the crack of dawn to look outside to the dew on the ground every Saturday morning and THEN watch the latest episode of my favorite cartoons. However,...

In a recent Press-Citizen editorial, the University of Iowa associate provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate College reaffirmed the school’s commitment to diversity. However, Dean...

After more than 50 years of isolating Cuba from diplomatic relations, political engagements, and economic ties, President Obama announced on Wednesday that the United States will begin to normalize relations...

Cultural icon Bill Cosby has been embroiled in rumors of numerous sexual assaults, and he has seen what was once a sterling reputation tarnished by alleged scandals going back nearly 40 years. An African-American...

We are heading into the season in which interest in partnering with a charitable cause tends to spike; we should also feel compelled to sift through the various kinds of charity and activism and to ensure...

Dear President Sally Mason, I mean to respond to your letter of apology pertaining to the artwork that was briefly displayed on the Pentacrest last week. I wanted to reach out to you and express my deep...

Despite my fair share of moody, teenage bellyaching, I realize that I am very fortunate for a variety of reasons.  I think that one of the best aspects of my background is that I know so many strong women....