In late 2009, several Iowa City residents presented a petition to the City Council with approximately 700 signatures requesting a review of the city ban on chickens in city limits. After selecting a new...

Seven years have come and gone since an Iowa City ordinance banned games and contests involving drinking or winning alcohol. While the prohibition has never led to a citation, that could soon change. Assistant...

Super Bowl commercials often receive as much media attention as the game. But one ad grabbed media attention out of controversy rather than its humor. The response to the commercial was telling, and it...

Politics can be emotional. Health-care reform. Immigration. Bank bailouts. Decisions on these issues affect millions, and citizens and lawmakers are right to stake out strongly held positions. But, as...

Snow, it seems, is general all over the country. OK, I exaggerate a tad. It’s snowing here in Iowa, but as those of us who have lived a while in fly-over country know, Iowa is definitely the opposite...

Putting words into the mouth of someone decades after his death is a safe method of avoiding opposition. Who is going to protest? UI Professor Patrick Hitchon may have chosen the wrong voice from the past...

Thousands of students, families, community members, and others whose lives have been touched by cancer gathered in the IMU this past weekend for 24 hours to support those in the battle against the disease. The...

“No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow...

The hungry media storm over President Obama’s handling of the “Christmas Day Bomber” is now starting to calm. Obama’s speech detailing the changes in security following the event added more fuel...

For students, Thursday’s state Board of Regents meeting was a study in contrasts. While regents voted 7-2 to raise tuition 6 percent, our misfortune was tempered by a vote minutes later. They passed...

We are at the beginning of the second semester, and students have already been subjected to quite a few service cuts. I have thus far kept quiet because I understand that the university is under a lot...

At least UI employees are retiring instead of getting handed a pink slip. UI administrators are set to present the state Board of Regents a second run at the university’s early retirement program. During...