Fifty years after the assassination of JFK, as headline writers named him, we know less about the details of that slaying than we know about NSA’s current and recent snooping of pretty much everyone,...

I have a serious problem with people telling me I should be proud to be an American. It is a messy, complicated, and uneasy predicament. To know that I am a product of an operation that systematically...

As 2013 draws to a close, it lends an opportunity to reflect on what will make history these past months. From the Supreme Court’s reversal of a provision in the 1964 Civil Rights Act to several...

How do you succeed in school? Do you work closely with professors? Use your planner? Form study groups? Buy pills from a friend of a friend that juice your brain into running an all-night, obsessive-compulsive...

A firestorm has been ignited recently concerning sports team names that feature slurs concerning Native Americans, in particular the Washington Redskins. Some believe that these names are horribly offensive...

I have always felt like men’s magazines were dirty. They seem to objectify women far more than I can handle. A new study on “lad mags” — as they are fondly called in England — seems...

Two weeks ago, Jonathan Martin, a starting offensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins, left the team amid allegations that he had been bullied by a veteran player. The incident has sparked a widespread discussion...

College is a surprisingly multifunctional institution. It gives some students a chance to go completely bonkers before being shipped off to sit in a cubicle for 50 years. It allows others to learn and...

Lately, the state of Iowa and state universities have worked to at least keep in-state tuition from rising, primarily with the tuition freeze implemented for the 2013-14 academic year, which is expected...

Almost 16 percent of the population — 46.5 million Americans — live in poverty. Clearly it is not an optimal situation to allow wide swathes of the population to live in substandard economic conditions....

Over the weekend, my roommates and I discussed the future, not surprising, because the majority of us are seniors. Somehow, the topic of having kids came up, and we all mutually agreed that we couldn’t...

When thinking of priorities for students on campus, a lot of things come to mind. Getting good grades, landing internships, showing up to class. And of course, having a good time. It’s the last...