When we hear about crumbling infrastructure in the United States, we think about old, creaky bridges somewhere far away … not here of course. The courthouse in Iowa City is a beautiful building with...

In the Oct. 16 issue of the Daily Iowan, a front-page story detailed the University of Iowa’s push to recruit more native Iowans. The UI admissions office reported that that it had received 2,301 applications...

After three semesters of taking almost exclusively required general-education classes, I am finally approaching a point in my college education in which my schedule is starting to look more like the business...

In a story reminiscent of every parent’s worst nightmare, University of Virginia student Hannah Graham has been missing since the second weekend of September, a time that should have been filled with...

Police accountability has been a hot topic issue recently because of the seemingly rampant problem of excessive force used by police and the resulting loss of life, generally that of minorities. The...

Is it just me, or do weekday nights just not feel the same without Jay Leno? Ever since Jimmy Fallon replaced Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show,” I’ve been less and less inclined to use this...

A strategy akin to the Marshall Plan might be more productive in the fight against radicalism and terrorism than bombs or boots. The original Marshall Plan, implemented after World War II, subdued communist...

As a student at Iowa State University, I used federal student loans to help pay my way through college. I understand just how important Pell Grants and other federal student aid programs are, because without...

Last month, President Obama made it clear that our nation’s new fight against radical Islam would be framed differently. Unlike the Iraq war, which became increasingly a lone effort toward the end...

Throughout my entire life as a Catholic, I have seen three men who have carried the title of pope. The first was Pope John Paul II, whose funeral I watched on television in sorrowful awe. The second was...

So, of course, President Obama is responsible for the Ebola outbreak that’s rapidly becoming a pandemic near you, because, you know, he’s actually an African and wants to kill you. Probably...

Dear White People premièred in select theaters this weekend. Set at a fictional elite institution, the satiric film explores the lives of four black undergraduate students before and after an “African-American...