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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

Kuntz: 99 problems, but the pres ain’t one

KATIE KUNTZ October 3, 2012

Last week, Americans for Prosperity stopped in different Iowa towns in an effort to highlight what the group believes are President Obama’s failed energy policies. The group offered some lucky Iowans...

McElroy: CCI act for good

BENJI MCELROY October 3, 2012

All too often, we 99 percenters (or 47 percenters, depending where you rank on the “victim” scale) are drowned out by the hordes of political-action groups known as corporations. When Big Business...

Editorial: Don’t politicize judges

DI EDITORIAL BOARD October 2, 2012

Last week, Patriot Voices partnered with Iowans for Freedom and Rick Santorum in a bus tour across Iowa to encourage Iowans to vote to remove Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins in the upcoming election. Although...

Elliot: Doorknobs rule

BEAU ELLIOT October 2, 2012

There has been little more ludicrous in America than the “replacement” NFL refs, hard as that is to imagine in a nation that has been home to both the Kardashians and the “campaign”...

Election 2012 Analysis: John Archer vs. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa

DI EDITORIAL BOARD October 1, 2012

Congressman Dave Loebsack (D) Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, said on Sept. 28 that he is confident in his campaign and looks forward to the opportunity to continue serving Iowans on a national level in an...

Nourafshan: Presidential debates and post-truth politics

ALEXANDER NOURAFSHAN October 1, 2012

As polls show President Obama widening his lead over Mitt Romney in advance of the first debate, scheduled for Wednesday, the stakes for both Obama and Romney are exceptionally high. Acknowledging the...

UI Alumni Association Homecoming: Making memories

GUEST COLUMN September 28, 2012

I can still see our transistor radio sitting on the kitchen table of my family’s home in the small, southeastern Iowa community of Wapello. In those days, that radio was our Kinnick Stadium. Long...

Ponnada: Skip the drink, go to sleep

SRI PONNADA September 28, 2012

Have you ever skipped sleeping for a couple nights to cram for an incredibly hard exam? There isn’t ever enough time to do a double major, work a job, and volunteer, too. You might be thinking that...

Evans: Don’t vote early

BENJAMIN EVANS September 28, 2012

My aunt met her second husband on e-Harmony. Correction: She got engaged to her second husband on e-Harmony. Not two weeks into chatting via the interwebs, she and a trucker from Kansas got engaged without...

Hagle: What to ask your incumbent during campaign season

GUEST OPINION September 28, 2012

Now that Congress has adjourned until after Election Day, the senators and representatives will return to their states and districts. In non-election years this would mean holding town-hall meetings and...

Tilly: Gray area in voting fraud

ZACH TILLY September 27, 2012

Three people were charged with felony election misconduct in Council Bluffs last week following an investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation that alleged each of the three had voted...

Kuntz: Support clinical trials

KATIE KUNTZ September 27, 2012

Last week, Innovate Iowa, Iowa Biotech Association, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and PhRMA hosted a panel discussion in at the University of Iowa BioVentures Center in Coralville after the release of a report...

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