With Earth Month closing the year, I usually reflect on the university’s sustainable work and ponder the crux of environmental pursuits: “Why should anyone care?” It calls to mind George...

On Wednesday, President Obama released a 2014 budget proposal that includes one very prominent signal that he may be ready to negotiate with Congressional Republicans on a long-term deficit-reduction package:...

While President Obama certainly needs to manage politics in order to get his priorities passed, being president is more than just being politician-in-chief. The president is the nation’s leader. While...

President Obama announced last week a new federally funded initiative to map the human brain as part of his administration’s program to take on the “Grand Challenges” of the 21st century. The...

Endorsements are a primary function of any newspaper’s editorial board, including The Daily Iowan Editorial Board. Candidates and policies, parties and issues all come under intense scrutiny, and...

“Let them eat cake,” said a 6-1 vote in City Council on April 4, led by Councilor Michelle Payne. This was done in response to my requesting a bus shelter to be provided at the planned relocation...

The Iowa Senate on Monday failed to confirm two of Gov. Terry Branstad’s nominees for the state Board of Regents — the body that oversees the state’s public universities. Republicans Robert...

Keep your eye on the prize. The Iowa City spring has begun, and it has nothing to do with the weather. Lee Hermiston reported in the Iowa City Press-Citizen (April 5) Iowa City’s Planning and Zoning...

The University of Iowa Student Government election will begin today at 12:01 a.m. via ISIS, and it will end at 5 p.m. Thursday. Undergrad students will either elect Aaron Horsfield of the Together Our...

So I hear, through that ever-present grapevine that we call the world, that President Obama is a sexist. Terror of terrors — he called a woman (not his wife) “good-looking.” (I think men...

A team of University of Iowa students and faculty sorted through a day’s worth of garbage on April 4. The trash — from Burge and Daum Residence Halls —  helped the group collect data that will help...

Having to worry about your mom, or even grandma, creeping on your Facebook or Twitter accounts is enough, but in the social-media age, this isn’t the only anxiety held by college students nearing...