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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

Vick haters should forgive and forget

SUSAN REIMER - GUEST OPINION September 17, 2009

The NFL season has begun, and I know who I am rooting for. Michael Vick. Once the highest-paid and perhaps most dynamic player in professional football, Vick has paid one of the highest prices in the...

RIP, Norman Borlaug

MICHAEL DAVIS September 16, 2009

A great man and a great Iowan passed away over the weekend: scientist and humanitarian Norman Borlaug. It’s tough to use just one name to define Borlaug, especially considering he despised that “father”...

Lessons from an Iowa House race

STEFFEN SCHMIDT - GUEST OPINION September 16, 2009

Democrat Curt Hanson won by a margin of just 107 votes in a special election earlier this month in Iowa’s House District 90. The race was interesting because off-year elections allow you to take the...

UISG in for a difficult year

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 16, 2009

Plagued by delayed voting and accusations of cheating and name-calling, controversy abounded during last spring’s UI Student Government election. This academic year, UISG faces an equally challenging...

General timetable needed for IMU restoration project

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 15, 2009

The IMU’s ground floor doesn’t contain any mud, mold, or moisture from the flood. It also doesn’t contain anything that made it the popular hangout it once was. The devastating 2008 flood washed...

Cup of Joe

BEAU ELLIOT September 15, 2009

“You lie,” huh? With those two words, an obscure (to use the polite word) Republican congressman from the state famous for firing on Fort Sumter and starting the Civil War leaped into the national...

It’s simple: Extend Medicare to all Americans

GEORGE McGOVERN - GUEST OPINION September 15, 2009

For many years, a handful of American political leaders have been trying to gain passage of comprehensive health care for all Americans. As far back as President Truman, they have urged Congress to act...

Cut in Studio Arts Building hours unfair to students

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 14, 2009

The new hours for the UI Studio Arts Building have restricted the nimble hands of UI artists, who have nowhere else to go to finish their school projects. For the immediate future, studio-art students...

Washington — the city of czars

KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON - GUEST OPINION September 14, 2009

The framers of the Constitution knew that the document founding our democracy must be the anchor of liberty and the blueprint for its preservation. Wisely, they provided a balance of powers to ensure that...

Overbearing UI officials strike again

DI EDITORIAL BOARD September 11, 2009

A new mandatory program for freshmen underscores UI officials’ increasing desire to act as parental figures. Launched in 2008, the program — Pick One — now requires freshmen to participate in campus...

In remembrance: 9/11

JUSTIN SUGG September 11, 2009

Today is a day for remembrance. Some people remember 9/11 with nostalgia as a day when Americans came together. Some remember it with cynicism and indifference. I remember it as a surreal day when raw...

Another perspective on ‘bullshit’

ZACH WAHLS - GUEST OPINION September 11, 2009

I’m not really a fan of tearing people down or passing judgment on things with which I am relatively unfamiliar, so, luckily, the dirty work has already been done for me. Last week, a Daily Iowan columnist...