At a press conference Tuesday, Iowa City School District Superintendent Steve Murley, together with the CEOs of ACT and Integrated DNA Technologies, announced a new fundraising project designed to update...

The landfill is a joyous wonderland for children and parents to visit, far surpassing the magic of Disney World — or at least that’s how I recall it as of age 8. Shoving collapsing green chairs and...

Flowers, teddy bears, and chocolates are easily the most typical Valentine’s Day items to be snatched up at stores for gift exchanges with significant others. But this year, Planned Parenthood decided...

One day when I was 5 years old, my teacher led my class across the playground to look at our school’s latest acquisition: a computer. It was the first time I’d seen a computer, and it was strictly...

One of the minor details almost lost among the multifaceted fiscal cliff crisis earlier this year was the increase in federal estate tax by 5 percentage points. An opinion piece titled “Increase...

Former Stealth President Dick Cheney has criticized President Obama’s national-security team, telling a group of Wyoming Republicans on Feb. 9 that the guys Obama has chosen (John Kerry, Chuck Hagel,...

Despite its cultural and occasionally alcohol-soaked allure, many students feel that downtown Iowa City lacks a few key amenities — most notably, retail shopping. The University of Iowa together with...

An estimated 5.5 million children and adolescents in the United States are growing up in the shadows with parents unauthorized to be in the country, according to 2010 data from the Pew Hispanic Center....

The UISG email account last semester received a message in response to our standard biannual reminder email regarding available study space on campus during the always over-crowded, high-stress finals...

America uses unmanned aerial vehicles — drones — across the world for surveillance and to kill people designated to be our enemies, terrorists. Drones are useful because Americans are not put at risk...

Iowa City community members gathered in the Iowa City Public Library on Tuesday to learn about and discuss U.S. military spending and defense strategy. The U.N. Association of Iowa and the National Security...

The Senate will lose one of its longest-serving members when Tom Harkin’s sixth term ends in January 2015. The longtime Democratic senator from Iowa announced last month that he will not seek re-election...