West High students Josh Fortman, Alex Spragle, and Kevin Lam don’t usually attend School Board meetings, but on Tuesday evening, they joined the crowd spilling out the doors at the Iowa City School District’s...

Racism really does happen here. In response to student reports and media attention, UI officials have called recent incidents of racial harassment, including the yelling of slurs and the N-word outside...

Last week’s stories and subsequent commentary regarding “Conservative Coming Out Week” revealed the tension and conflict that exists below the fault lines of civility. I celebrate the notion that...

YES While I'm typically against giving the University of Iowa more money than I already do, I agree with the state Board of Regents on a proposed room and board increase for a few reasons. First of all,...

Oh, dear. The tender, tender feelings of the College Republicans were so terribly, terribly hurt — sniff, sniff, pass the Kleenix, please — because a UI professor last week used a "naughty"...

We've always valued education. People come here for school or work and fall in love with the atmosphere of Iowa City because we have genius and artistry in the making. We live in an educational oasis when...

This school year, the University of Iowa has dealt with its fair share of faculty and staff mishaps, from Professor Gary Hunninghake's resignation to staff members illegally accessing football players'...

The concept of political revolution is older than America. From the Athenian revolution in 508 B.C.E. to Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution of 2011, the world is no stranger to outraged populaces yearning to...

As we approached the crowd of environmentalists on April 18, I grabbed a sign that read, "We the People" and jumped into the mix with thousands of other people my age. Trumpets, drums, and voices...

Universities have a unique distinction as safe havens for the free and open exchange of ideas among individuals from all walks of life. Not only is such communal civil dialogue and respect for different...

For the second year in a row, the University of Iowa College Republicans hosted "Conservative Coming Out Week." For those of you who have been holed up in the library studying for finals, here's...

YES It's soon in the 2012 campaign to make an accurate prediction, but I'm going to toss in my hat: Those betting on the failure of the GOP shouldn't wager the house. A New York Times/CBS News poll released...