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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Occupy’s construction should spark legislation

DI EDITORIAL BOARD October 26, 2011

Occupy Iowa City protesters have made the correct decision in signing a permit with the city government in order to establish a sensible relationship with authorities, but they continue to push their boundaries. By...

DI is too liberal, too conservative

ADAM B SULLIVAN October 26, 2011

Caucus season is likely the best time to work for a daily newspaper in Iowa. There's plenty of news, web hits are high, and the national media are taking cues from us. However, it's also one of the most...

Stop complaining, start campaigning

BENJAMIN EVANS October 26, 2011

Maybe some of you have heard, but Swati Dandekar, the former state senator from District 18, accepted a position on Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's Utilities Board. Obviously, this opens up her Senate seat,...

UI should aid displaced Linn County mental-health patients

DI EDITORIAL BOARD October 25, 2011

With recent changes in Linn County, the University of Iowa must try to extend its mental-health resources more than it does. The Linn County Board of Supervisors' approval of the first round of Mental...

Terminal moraines

BEAU ELLIOT October 25, 2011

Good news for college tipplers: George Washington's estate, which we know as Mount Vernon, has decided to reissue our much-revered first president's recipe for rye whiskey. Whoopee. Yes, our first president...

UISG fighting sexual abuse

GUEST OPINION October 25, 2011

Just over a year ago, a woman said she was raped on the Pentacrest. The reported assault didn't occur in a dark alleyway or behind the closed doors of an apartment or dorm room as we often imagine. It...

Is Ron Paul’s plan to eliminate the Dept. of Education meritable?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF October 24, 2011

Yes So what reasons could there possibly be for shutting down a federal department that helps kids get an education? This was one of the topics U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, spoke on in the IMU on Oct....

Iowa’s GOP is "so hot" for Herman Cain

CHRIS STEINKE October 24, 2011

I was walking behind the personification of Iowa Republicans — decent butt, 6 out of 10 — yesterday and I saw it drop a piece a little piece of paper. I would've surely returned the document if I...

Iowa City is favoring the wrong businesses

GUEST OPINION October 24, 2011

Iowa City is not conducive for new business startups. The primary reason for this, as I have studied over the past two years, is the local business community's complacence in supporting innovation. We...

Ron Paul wrongfully ignored by nat’l media

MATT HEINZE October 21, 2011

There'll be a top-tier GOP candidate in Iowa City this evening to campaign and give a speech, but few are probably aware of who that candidate is. It's not Gov. Mitt Romney, and (thankfully) it's not...

The ties that bind

GUEST OPINION October 21, 2011

I arrived at the meeting room a few minutes early. I wasn't nervous, but I knew a lot was at stake for me on the other side of those conference room doors. Someone called my name, and I took my place at...

Should nonresidents be banned from IC City Council panels?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF October 21, 2011

Yes So the prime minister of England decides to come over to the United States and run for president. It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke because, well, it is one. But there are a lot of people...