As a part of its new Six Point Plan to Combat Sexual Assault, the University of Iowa administration has moved to expand the capacity of Nite Ride — the university’s late-night shuttle for women...

On college campuses, 90 percent of sexual assaults are committed by someone the victim knows, and at least 9 of every 10 rape victims are female, according to data from the U.S. Department of Justice’s...

At the beginning of the 20th century, President Theodore Roosevelt uttered the phrase that shaped American foreign policy for decades to come: “Speak softly, and carry a big stick.” Roosevelt’s...

I never quite understood that my brother had a learning disability until someone called him a retard within earshot. I swiveled around on the heels of my feet that one day many years ago, wanting to clock...

On Friday, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 — formerly known as the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act — will take effect on college campuses nationwide in an effort to curb...

Sunday’s Oscars ceremony scrounged up 43.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched since 2000. Of course, that doesn’t mean things can’t be done to improve future telecasts. After...

Last weekend, I went to the Indian Student Alliance’s Nachte Raho, an event marketed as “the largest South Asian dance competition in the Midwest with the top-nine dance teams in the nation.”...

After a week of protests, petitions, and outrage over UI President’s Sally Mason’s comments concerning sexual assault, in which Mason implied that sexual assault was part of human nature and...

If you’re a history nerd such as myself, this past week has been a weird time loop back to the mid-19th century. I mean, how else can you describe an expansionist Russia invading Crimea, a majority-ethnic...

Ah, winter. I don’t know about you, but I feel most truly alive when I’m out shoveling snow for what seems like weeks at a time and the wind chill is turning my fingers and face into icicles. (It’s...

“Bill Nye the Science Guy” ran for five years in the mid-90s, but countless ’90s Kids, adults, late millennials, and occasionally lazy science teachers still remember, enjoy, and use...

With spring just around the corner, everyone’s eager to ditch those scarves and gloves and soak up some sun. What better way to kick-start spring than with a nice long walk — with an inspirational...