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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

The end of the public university as we know it?

STEFFEN SCHMIDT - GUEST OPINION December 4, 2009

As winter approaches and budget cuts are implemented, it all seems so calm around the Iowa City campus. The panhandlers are at work. Too much alcohol is being consumed. Football fever is in the air. The...

Council should reject curfew in favor of juvenile officer

DI EDITORIAL BOARD December 3, 2009

The proposed curfew facing the Iowa City City Council is too broad, and it will punish young people who do not deserve it. Instead of the misguided curfew, the council should opt to hire an officer specifically...

Guest: Negative report against chem department erroneous

DANIEL ROSTON - GUEST OPINION December 3, 2009

The recent report on the health situation in the chemistry building (Daily Iowan, Nov. 19</a>) was negligent in its failure to assess the response of those in the chemistry department who are afflicted...

To ensure dorm safety, UI should mandate RA IDs

DI EDITORIAL BOARD December 2, 2009

This is one list of universities the UI shouldn’t want to be associated with. Unlike at other peer institutions, the school’s resident assistants aren’t required to carry identifying credentials,...

The Obama paradox

SHAWN GUDE December 2, 2009

Barack Obama is a sign of young peoples’ political apathy. At first glance, that statement appears laughable. How could a figure who attracted two-thirds of 18- to 29-year-old voters be synonymous with...

UI professor: Will the current health-care crisis continue?

SAMUEL LEVEY December 2, 2009

History has made it abundantly clear that our flawed health system will not change through voluntary private-sector initiatives. Many books, articles, and films have focused on the crisis in health care...

Missing the fairway

BEAU ELLIOT December 1, 2009

What Tiger Woods should have said: Usually, I drive better than that. Not that I spend much time worrying about what Tiger Woods does or does not do. In fact, I don’t spend much time thinking about...

Guest: Rhetoric and reality in the health-care debate

BRUCE GRONBECK - GUEST OPINION December 1, 2009

“Rhetoric must lead us through the Scramble, the Wrangle of the Market Place, the flurries and flare-ups of the Human Barnyard …” When Kenneth Burke wrote those words after World War II, he undoubtedly...

State should conduct further research before restricting Everclear

DI EDITORIAL BOARD December 1, 2009

At first glance, a glass of Everclear looks like a glass of tap water. But it is almost pure alcohol. Stories abound about Everclear’s lethality when superfluously consumed, but it’s unclear how detrimental...

Give bar patrons more information on cover charges

DI EDITORIAL BOARD November 30, 2009

Standing in line at a bar can be akin to a guessing game. When you first step into line, the cover charge price may be $5 or $10. After a 15-minute wait to get in, however, the amount may have doubled....

Guest: Anti-Israel report does nothing to advance peace

GERALD SOROKIN - GUEST OPINION November 30, 2009

The report of the U.N. Fact-Finding Mission into Israel’s incursion into Gaza has generated controversy among critics of Israel, critics of Hamas, and critics of the United Nations. Its report, which...

City officials should push to increase the hotel tax

DI EDITORIAL BOARD November 20, 2009

Hotel visits are a great way to stock up on extra bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and paper-wrapped soap bars. However, they can — and should — provide a whole lot more for our community as well. Iowa...