There is an adage, among several million adages that form the soft cliché base of human experience and editorial writing, that states that we learn best from our mistakes unless our mistakes result in...

Iowa City is a party town. The massive number of bars that make up the downtown scene is a huge reason the binge-drinking culture is what it is — with some bars in particular having a reputation for...

The Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy announced in a press release that $3.3 million in federal grants will go towards 31 statewide drug-prevention, treatment, and enforcement initiatives last Tuesday...

The new 2012 Party School Rankings have been posted, and the University of Iowa earned a spot at No. 4. The Princeton Review Party School Rankings have noticed the UI as a true contender and listed us...

Yes Hawk Alerts should be frequent, serious, and infectious. With Hawk Alert, the University of Iowa has the ability to reach the entire community — its students and employees — in around 15 minutes....

The Caribbean island of Nevis, Google cheerily informs us, "once issued a postage stamp depicting Christopher Columbus peering into a telescope." I like stamps, in theory. Of course, like most...

So I was sitting around the other night playing GoldenEye (the classic Nintendo 64 version, not the crappy remake) contemplating the legal and ethical ramifications of shooting Xenia Onatopp repeatedly...

Last week, the Supreme Court issued some of the more important and controversial decisions of our time. Americans will see changes in health care and immigration, as the court upheld most of the Patient...

"They" killed the ethanol blender's credit and the biodiesel tax credit, and now, they are going after preventing the U.S. military from using biofuel, blocking commercialization of E-15, and...

The Supreme Court decision in United States v. Alvarez is a victory for free speech and common sense. The Supreme Court in a 6-to-3 vote struck down the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a crime to falsely...

The Internet generation is growing and with it comes the roar of extroverted, uninformed, and easily swayed teenagers looking to carve their way in the world one bickering debate (if we are going to use...

Just across the Atlantic, economic hell has been breaking loose in Europe. The economic hell that I'm referring to is the numerous European countries whose economies are hanging by a thread. Although...