Phil — it’s all about you. Let’s consider how Phil (short for “philanthropy”) affects your life on the University of Iowa campus. Hawkeye athletics features both men’s...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act last week by a vote of 288 to 127, with 98 Democrats and 29 Republicans voting against the bill. The legislation...

Sometimes, the world throws you such a screwball that you don’t know which way is down except that you’re there. (Full disclosure: by down, I do not mean depressed. By “down,”...

Growing up in a Minneapolis suburb, I spent the first years of my life despising the Hawkeyes. My dad, a University of Iowa graduate, suffered through unimaginable torture from my persistent scorn for...

Last week, a group called Iowans Against Synthetics held its first protest of the sale of legal synthetic drugs outside the Den in downtown Iowa City, a local shop where such products are available. Iowans...

One of the most puzzling things to men, and women, even, has been how to get a woman’s attention. Let’s say you’re walking downtown to get some wings, and you see the most beautiful woman...

I grew up on a fifth-generation family farm north of Peoria, Ill., as the eldest of four children. Like many families, our budget was tight, especially during the farm crisis of the early 1980s. I was...

Recently, the Des Moines Register obtained emails in which Iowa law-enforcement officials considered purchasing drones to be used in some policing capacity. Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles that are...

Last week, I learned the Market Street T-Spoons is closing down and shortly thereafter, the world went to shit. I planned, upon hearing that first bit of news, to write in this space an obituary for my...

The Toomey-Manchin Amendment, the bipartisan compromise forged by Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., that would have reduced loopholes in the federal background checks for gun sales, failed...

Any student who regularly holes up in the Main Library is probably familiar with the construction that has been going on there for quite some time. This is an indication that, despite the rapid digitalization...

The fight is on over whether we will build a new jail near downtown Iowa City. Despite a 14-year campaign to build a bigger jail and lock up more residents, the flaws of this proposed injustice center...