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The Daily Iowan

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

Osgerby: Free movement vital for the UK

PAUL OSGERBY December 2, 2014

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has called upon the European Union to reform its open immigration in order for Great Britain to remain in the group, calling for a new policy that requires migrants to wait...

Manfull: Bye Bye Bo

ERIN MANFULL December 2, 2014

In what seemed like a matter of hours after Nebraska pulled of a last-second win over the Hawkeyes, Husker head coach Bo Pelini was fired. Head coaches have been fired before bowl games in the past,...

Elliot: In the Land of Executive Orders

BEAU ELLIOT December 2, 2014

Just sitting here, whiling away the time by counting the minutes till spring returns. Beats watching paint peel. (Cooking tip: If you’re making an almond pound cake dessert with a pear compote,...

Editorial: Release CIA interrogation report

DI EDITORIAL BOARD December 1, 2014

In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States ramped up its intelligence-gathering methods to encompass a wider array of techniques, including the oft-maligned mass-surveillance programs,...

Cervantes: Ferguson’s troubling revelations for race relations

CHRISTOPHER CERVANTES December 1, 2014

I will always remember it, where I was when the news reached me. It was a long day for me. I had been up for hours, jumping from airport in my diligent attempt to return to my home state for Thanksgiving....

McBrien: 90 minutes of protest

CONOR MCBRIEN December 1, 2014

There was a D-shaped gathering outside the Old Capitol at 5 p.m. Nov. 25 to protest the Ferguson grand jury decision, and the press fit snugly into the straight side of that formation. Later as the crowd...

Manfull: Zero tolerance for domestic abuse

ERIN MANFULL November 21, 2014

Recently, it seems that the public-relations departments on various NFL teams have become a broken record. Player hits wife. Wife stands by husband. NFL makes a statement about domestic abuse. Player gets...

Prall: Vigilantism in the internet age

JACOB PRALL November 21, 2014

As of Nov. 16, the hacker group known as “Anonymous” had control of the official KKK Twitter account. That almost sounds like a punch line. The Internet vigilantes have taken to the Internet...

Editorial: No end in sight to violence in Israel

DI EDITORIAL BOARD November 21, 2014

After a brief respite following a bloody summer, the Israeli-Palestinian peace effort was struck yet another blow Tuesday, when two armed Palestinian men entered a synagogue in Jerusalem and killed four...

Beary: Let there be love

HANNA BEARY November 21, 2014

Two people lock gazes, not knowing the impact the other is about to make on their lives. As they decide if they want to spend the rest of their lives together, who is to say that the two can or cannot...

Editorial: NSA reform, fallen by the wayside

DI EDITORIAL BOARD November 20, 2014

It is said the true art of war is information. This has most certainly been true with U.S. intelligence gathering, in the name of safety, which has been collected in bulk by the NSA, CIA, and other agencies....

Richson: Treat mental illnesses like physical ones

BRIANNE RICHSON November 20, 2014

For some college students, skipping class due to feeling ‘under the weather’ comes with a great deal of unease; I mean, you’re sick and too miserable to trudge across campus, but not...