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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Editorial: Wrestling reinstated, but must adapt

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 9, 2013

The International Olympic Committee voted Sunday to reinstate wrestling to the 2020 Summer Games to be held in Tokyo, several months after it nearly undid a millennia of athletics history by suggesting...

Tilly: The battle for the Internet

ZACH TILLY September 9, 2013

The battle over the future of Internet entrepreneurship is heading to federal court this week. The case in question is Verizon v. FCC, which pits the telecommunications giant Verizon against the Federal...

Editorial: Dying unions and flat wages in Iowa

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 6, 2013

Over the past century or two, labor unions brought about several positive changes: better safety standards, eight-hour workdays, health-insurance benefits, pensions, and many other aspects of the workplace...

Overton: The Internet won’t save rural Iowa

JON OVERTON September 6, 2013

After a long wait, we may soon get to welcome parts of rural Iowa to the late-20th century. Gov. Terry Branstad has decided that the state cannot let our fellows in the vast Iowa hinterland continue living...

Richson: The upside of plasma donation

BRIANNE RICHSON September 6, 2013

The beginning of the school year has announced itself again with swarms of solicitors on the Pentacrest passing out handy little coupon books, as local businesses are aware that most college students take...

Editorial: Take opportunity to legalize marijuana

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 5, 2013

On Aug. 29, the U.S. Justice Department announced that federal prosecutors would not target state laws allowing for the use of marijuana for personal or medical reasons, leaving cannabis activists across...

Tilly: The SpongeBob solution

ZACH TILLY September 5, 2013

When Bikini Bottom’s residents were faced with the existential threat of an Alaskan Bull Worm speeding toward the city limits, Patrick Star knew just what to do. “We should take Bikini Bottom”...

Byrd: Listen to Latham on Syria

MATTHEW BYRD September 5, 2013

The political conversation in the United States and many other Western countries has been dominated in recent weeks by the horrific revelations that Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad likely used chemical...

Editorial: Kill the Ames Straw Poll

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 4, 2013

Since 1979, the Ames Straw Poll has been held in the late summer before the Iowa caucuses, as a presidential poll and fundraiser for the Iowa GOP. Candidates typically pay to set up tents complete with...

Sonn: Rise of the Boomerang Kids

BARRETT SONN September 4, 2013

While the summer was slowly dissolving, one hour, one day, one month at a time, I talked with many of my friends about the dread we were feeling, facing the beginning of a new school year. Dread at the...

Editorial: Vodka Samm’s only a symptom

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 3, 2013

Despite the fact that the Aug. 31 loss to Northern Illinois University was Iowa’s first season-opening loss in more than the decade, the game was overshadowed by a particularly rowdy Iowa fan whose drunken...

Lee: Don’t forget March on Washington

ASHLEY LEE September 3, 2013

Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., along with several other civil-rights leaders, spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial....

Load More Stories