All I want for Christmas is a j-o-b! Students graduating this December will graduate into the worst job market in recent memory. Youth already tenuously in the job market are feeling increasingly insecure...

People around the world participate in the political process in a variety of ways. Some vote in elections. Others stage protests or contact their legislator. Still others opt for the more extreme approach...

This week’s screening at the Bijou Theatre is Antichrist, a highly controversial film by director Lars von Trier. It made its début last Friday, and yours truly was in attendance. At the one-hour mark...

In response to Patrick Hitchon’s guest opinion in the Nov. 19 Daily Iowan, walls are necessary and useful. In fact, we all have walls around our home, our institutions, and commercial entities. They...

YES Solon resident Lori Cardella has the right to run for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors seat left open by the death of Larry Meyers. The Johnson County Republicans’ nomination of Cardella...

So a major winter storm is coming, public radio warns me in that grave, sonorous manner that public radio adopts because, let’s face it, these are grave, sonorous times. I need new boots, I tell public...

For years, the Republican Party was the party of morals and fiscal responsibility, themes that rang true with many Americans. Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush both promised to shrink the federal government...

The anecdotes and numbers are stunning. Hysterical, disoriented students, their senses saturated and overwhelmed by alcohol. Skyrocketing ambulance calls to downtown Iowa City. Sharp increases in blood-alcohol...

I like to take I-235 instead of the 80-35 bypass when visiting my friends in West Des Moines. The bypass would be quicker, but taking I-235 through Des Moines allows me to view the downtown skyline. There...

In regards to the editorial in the Nov. 30 Daily Iowan, I don’t think the average UI student or even the editorial writer grasps that the bars exist as businesses and not as a right for students. Bars...

The UI’s established identity as a top research institution is at stake. The state Board of Regents has asked the university to examine if cuts to research awards, which are called Professional Development...

“Cosmopolitan is the lifestylist for millions of fun, fearless females who want to be the best they can be in every area of their lives.” So the titular magazine explains on its website. Given this...