You know about BuzzFeed quizzes: Which one directioner looks most like your dream Corgi?; How many days could you survive without pepperoni?; Which “Rugrats” grandparent are you turning into?;...

With maybe the exception of the reunification of the Korean Peninsula or financial reparations for the descendants of African slaves living in the United States, it’s hard to think of a political...

On Tuesday night, the University of Iowa Public Policy Center hosted a forum examining how the U.S. might be different if everyone voted. One way of achieving that utopian ideal would be to enact a system...

The national conversation has fixated on inequality of late, particularly thanks to the unlikely success of Thomas Picketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a dense economic look at the roots...

One of the most treasured parts of college life is tradition. While we always greet traditions such as Homecoming and commencement with enthusiasm and joy, newer traditions can be among the most exciting...

Graduation is quickly approaching, and I often reminisce about the experience I have had the past four years as a Hawkeye. The opportunities that contribute to these memories would not have been possible...

This is the fourth floor of Mercy Hospital: Lockers outside, keys for visitors. You are not allowed to bring in backpacks, purses, or cell phones. The common area consists of everything in a dreary,...

As a lifelong Iowa resident and University of Iowa graduate, I’ve known for a long time that the UI stands for excellence in higher education. Returning in 1997 to pursue a career at Iowa was one...

To many people, Phil represents the direct effect that private support has on the university and its constituents. From thousands of private scholarships to named professorships and state-of-the-art buildings,...

Though it came and went without much fanfare, April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month, an issue those on the University of Iowa campus are certainly aware of. Events such as the annual Take Back the Night...

The Iowa Senate, in a move that could be gauged as courageous only by the dreadfully low standards of Iowa’s (or for that matter, America’s) politics, passed a bill that decriminalized cannabis...

A lot has been made recently (not to be mired in the passive voice or anything, although there are worse things to be mired in) about comments by LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling and Nevada rancher Cliven...