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,...

Iowa Republicans have two choices. Sure, there are dozens of people qualified to take over for Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn, who announced Tuesday he plans to step down this month....

We, the Board of Friends of International Students, are sad to suddenly lose the leadership of former Associate Dean Scott King. In November 2011, Friends of International Students celebrated its 40th...

There is no more primal instinct than the one that drives parents to care for their children. The extraordinary lengths parents will go when the well-being of their children is at risk can be awe-inspiring...

In a Newt Gingrich rally in a Sarasota, Fla., airplane hangar the other day, the Washington Postreports, the speaker warming up the crowd before the former Speaker spoke (you think you're confused)...

Once a year, the floor of the IMU Main Ballroom on the University of Iowa campus shakes with the power of thousands of dancing feet. They stomp, shuffle, hop, and jump — not just for joy, but for...

Dressed like Kim Jong Il and carrying a box of Franzia (don't ask), I strolled through a snowy College Green Park with a small group of friends and acquaintances. "People are still doing that?"...

Coralville's diminishing water supply is not a game to be hosed around with, but only weeks after a report was released describing depleting water resources, firefighters gathered for the annual Winter...

Q: Why are recess appointments in the news? A. On Jan. 4, President Barack Obama bypassed the Senate and appointed Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and three members...