Listed last on the University of Iowa Student Government's platform for the school year is "Communication and Transparency." Three bullet-points were filed under the subtitle: "All legislation...

(No, I do not lie awake in bed during these long winter nights, replaying over and over the sight of Wes Welker, New England's sure-handed sage of pass receiving, dropping the ball in the wide-open...

No I nearly threw the remote at the television when I saw the single-digit percentage of Nevada's 18 to 24 population who voted in the GOP primary. The youth are virtually inactive in our national...

Amid the cries from local parents for public-school reform, Iowa City school administrators should re-evaluate their educational strategies and use a recent Harvard study as a model for change. After...

The University of Iowa College Republicans gave another of their countless, and certainly not their final, response to a Democratic president on Feb. 3. Rather than discussing substantive reform to...

That's "retarded." You're a "retard." He's "mentally retarded." Have we stooped so low as a society and culture that we are comfortable saying these things? I'll be the...

Decriminalization of marijuana is not an issue that is discussed by Serious People in America who want to focus on Serious Issues. It's just "pot." It's for "stoners." You want it...

President Obama gave his third, and likely final, State of the Union address on Jan. 31. Rather than discussing substantive reform to solve our nation's economic troubles, Obama chose once again to...

One of the more important issues President Obama explored in last week's State of the Union was energy independence or, at the very least, a decrease on the dependency of foreign oil through natural...

The other day as I hobbled my way down the Pedestrian Mall, I had the fortune of overhearing someone passionately describe Occupy Iowa City. Of course, the ensuing quote was priceless "Occupy's...

On Jan. 24, President Obama outlined his major policy goals for the United States in his State of the Union address. While Obama had many successes this past year, such as eliminating Osama bin Laden...

If the University of Iowa Student Health campaigns are so dead-set on making a case for safe sex and providing students with the accessible means to practice it, why then does it pass out subpar products? Condoms,...