This is not about the Red Sox, by the way. (Or even by the weigh.) You probably thought the Red Sox were a baseball team and yawned. But — ha-ha — the Sox turn out to be not a baseball team at all....

As the University of Iowa Student Government president, I am excited about the start of the semester. Since assuming office, Vice President Jessie Tobin and I have worked tirelessly to accomplish our goals....

The Iowa City City Council will consider for the first time an ordinance amending disorderly house violations on Tuesday. The amendment aims to make a disorderly house a municipal infraction that allows...

Hey, kiddos. Welcome back — I hope your respective summers were swinging with sultry circumstances. Too much alliteration? Fair enough, my fine fiends, but don’t turn the page just yet. There...

The University Housing and Dining Services may make Hillcrest Dining Hall a tray-less marketplace this semester. This initiative has seen a great push in recent years, not only from internal sustainability...

Battleground: Iowa Please do not ignore this rare time that, every four years, the nation’s most influential politicians come to kiss Iowa’s ass. Iowa’s now a battleground for both candidates,...

The Internet is horrible. Yeah, OK, I realize it’s awesome, but it has one huge flaw: No delete button. We all have those little, embarrassing things out in the public space: that provocative photo...

Although I’m unsure if refreshments will be served, the county is now holding tours of the Johnson County Jail to gain support for the vote on Nov. 6 to pass the proposed building of a new $48.1...

In the wake of the Penn State sanctions, which were deemed “unprecedented” by NCAA officials, there were varied reactions. The sanctions, handed down at a press conference held by the NCAA on Monday,...

Earlier this month, Jill Stein was formally nominated as the Green Party of the United States’ presidential candidate, and she chose Cheri Honkala as her running mate. Though it’s unlikely that a...

The University of Iowa will attempt to stop the overcrowding of the dormitories, hoping that lengthy stays in temporary housing will soon be a thing of the past. The university will build its first residence...

Mosquitoes, Michael Specter cheerily tells us in the July 9&16 New Yorker, “have been responsible for half the deaths in human history.” (He cites Researchers estimate …” — a...