University of Iowa President Sally Mason told The Daily Iowan Tuesday that she doesn’t “understand the obsessive attention” being paid by some concerned parties to the university’s...

The Pentagon estimates that nearly 19,000 women were victims of sexual assault in the armed forces last year. Despite there being just over 3,000 reported cases, military officials know that the issue...

Every election year, voters question the influence of their vote. Voting is encouraged, because it is among the best and most influential ways to participate in a democracy. However, the Republican-nomination...

I care very little about the Republican National Convention — in fact, I don’t care at all. Nothing of significance gets done, and the conventions have become ceremonial more than anything else. But...

A man was charged last week for stealing a phone at Union Bar in January and posting several naked pictures of a woman that he found on the phone to the woman’s Facebook wall in an attempt to blackmail...

President Obama returned to the Hawkeye State on Tuesday to stump in Ames. Unfortunately, but expectedly, absent from the president’s remarks were a discussion of his tax plan and its potential effects...

There’s an organization on campus devoted to bringing quality entertainment to the University of Iowa and Iowa City communities: SCOPE. On Sept. 6, it will be bringing Grammy award winning artist...

Government exploits the pretext of public safety to gain power and ultimately make a mockery of freedom. Even when government interference appears to be a valid option for combating community problems,...

Yes The federal government provides financial aid to approximately half of all college students in the nation. So, of course, there is nothing wrong with making sure its money is being used correctly....

Earlier in the summer, The Daily Iowan ran a column about an organization called Be SAFE Iowa. The founders, Bill Schmooke and Becky Russo, go around Iowa installing digital-readout breath testers in places...

Roving around Mars the other day, Curiosity accidentally killed a couple of Martian cats. (What is Curiosity? you ask. It’s the new Mars rover; where’s your mind been? Lost in Iowa? Lot of...

With still more than two months left until Election Day, the great mud fight for the presidency is barreling through such swing states as Ohio, Nevada, and, of course, Iowa, turning high-school gyms into...