Unless you've been trying to avoid the subject for the last year, you probably know that American budget reform has become something of a train wreck, especially when it comes to any discussion over...

UI Republicans: End ethanol subsidies "Fields of Opportunities" is plastered across every sign and burned into every retina of those that enter our great state. To Iowa's credit, this tacky...

The Monday night HawkAlert — which warned people of a person near the University of Iowa campus with a weapon posing a possible threat to people's safety — instructed recipients to stay in their...

Yes It is definitely worth it to leave and miss class today to participate in Occupy Iowa City's Walkout — besides, that's kind of the point. Students are not just leaving class for the purpose...

It's been a rough couple weeks for Republicans. They were all so excited about Herman Cain. They thought they had a real maverick, and he was finally gaining some steam, butting heads in the polls...

The University of Iowa Cambuses need to run longer. Yes, I know it will be expensive. Yes, I know that it might be hard to find drivers for a midnight to 3 a.m. shift. However, some buses, like the...

It looks as if the do-nothing Congress might actually get something done through common-ground on education reform — well, next year, anyway. Last week, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, announced that...

Elevators to space; cars that can drive themselves; refrigerators that can order new shipments of food when supplies run short. In light of a new project on behalf of one of the world's fastest-expanding...

I am the supervising attorney at Student Legal Services, and I wish to respond some inaccuracies in an article titled "Tailgate legal advice," which was printed in The Daily Iowan on Oct....

Through December, the Iowa City police are projected to spend nearly $4,500 per every pound of marijuana seized on Interstate 80. This figure does not account for detainment costs or opportunity costs,...

Yes (as the incomparable James Joyce once started a famous sentence that went on for several days, even though it was all the same day — note to undergrads: If you must steal, steal from incomparable...

A bit of wisdom attributed to 16th-century philosopher Sir Francis Bacon has nearly become a cliché in today's 21st-century information age: Knowledge is power. The Internet and widespread, user-friendly...