Two protests that occurred earlier this week were close — both in proximity and, somewhat paradoxically, causality. The first, the three-day “Showdown in Chicago,” started on Sunday and targeted...

The UI Student Government is in danger of losing credibility with students after this one. Top UISG leaders such as President Michael Currie ruefully endorsed a plan to impose both a 6 percent tuition...

It’s time that we start thinking about how to reform higher education and make these institutions — including the UI — more efficient. Public and private colleges all across the country are faced...

What in the hell is wrong with UI Student Government? The members were elected on behalf of the students to represent their interests, and now they’re going to the state Board of Regents and asking them...

The strength of the athletics department extends beyond its players’ muscles. The department’s budget is also mighty, and it continues to do well while the sour economy drives the university into the...

The heightened atmosphere is palpable. Students are bracing for the first hard hit, their knees buckling. This is not the picture of Pat Angerer about to demolish an opposing running back. This week’s...

One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Every year, the administration discusses the UI’s binge-drinking problem, recycling the same failed...

Regent Robert Downer can only speculate about a proposed UI building name change. That’s not good. In what’s sure to be a controversial state Board of Regents meeting on Thursday — amid the arguments...

This just in: BBC Radio reports that Dallas police have issued approximately 40 citations to people for not speaking English. Yeah, I know — I didn’t realize anyone in Dallas spoke English, either. We’re...

We, the UI Law Students for Reproductive Justice, object to your inclusion of the advertising supplement in the Oct. 20 edition of The Daily Iowan. Much of the information in the ad was alarmingly inaccurate....

A UI flag will no longer be flying in the Windy City. Budget cuts have largely forced the university to close its Chicago Center in November. As a top institution, the UI fights for each and every student...

A global battle rages on — and I’m not talking about Afghanistan. This is a battle of economics. The financial crisis has prompted economists and politicians to call for increased regulation, while...