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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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A new green compost bin is seen on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. The new bin can be found in Pat’s Diner which is located in the Tippie College of Business building. (Jeff Sigmund/Daily Iowan)

Opinion | UI students should start composting

Grace Hildahl, Opinions Contributor September 23, 2021

Do you live in the dorms at the University of Iowa? Do you sometimes have leftover food scraps after a meal? And do you have crippling climate anxiety that reminds you as Earth’s temperatures rise...

Vilnius, Lithuania - June 17, 2011: preparing of a homemade tomato sauce in a frying pan from fresh tomatoes.

Opinion | Students need more cooking-related classes

Signe Nettum, Opinions Contributor September 22, 2021

Cooking and baking have never been my forte. Growing up, I managed to burn my upper arm while making pancakes — don’t ask me how, I don’t remember. My finest moment was my attempt to heat up a...

Democratic candidate for Iowa governor Kathy Glasson addresses protestors at a demonstration outside of a Burger King in Des Moines on Monday September, 4 2017. Protestors attended multiple events Des Moines on Labor Day in order to demonstrate in support of a fifteen dollar per hour minimum wage and private sector unions.

Opinion | Unions work for everyone

Peyton Downing, Opinions Columnist September 22, 2021

A massive victory for labor rights happened recently that may have flown under the radar — the Nabisco Workers’ Strike ended in favor of the strikers. Yet again, we are shown the benefits of labor...

Opinion | A commitment to improving biofuels infrastructure bodes well for Iowa

Opinion | A commitment to improving biofuels infrastructure bodes well for Iowa

Sophie Stover, Opinions Contributor September 21, 2021

Iowa will benefit greatly from the addition of $1 billion for biofuels infrastructure in the 2021 budget reconciliation bill. According to the U.S. Department of Energy report, Iowa leads the country...

Two students walking in the Seaman Center on Aug. 23, 2021. Per the state Board of Regents COVID-19 mask policy, students have the option to wear a mask.

Guest Opinion | UI COVID-19 policies aren’t equitable

September 21, 2021

I’m a faculty member at the University of Iowa. Although I did my undergraduate studies elsewhere, I regularly envision my younger self as a current student. Would I find this reading interesting?...

Protesters hold their kids close outside the Iowa City Senior Center while pushing for pandemic relief Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021.

Editorial | It’s time for an excluded workers fund

DI Editorial Board September 21, 2021

Johnson County governments have an opportunity to set an example for the country by taking bold action with their American Rescue Plan funding and creating a fund for excluded workers. The pandemic,...

Graphic by Kelsey Harrell

Ops Blog | Will the UI Undergraduate Student Government vaccine incentives work?

DI Opinions Staff September 20, 2021

Hannah Pinski (Opinions editor) - Hey guys, did you hear the University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Government is offering vaccine incentives to students? The program is open to students who have...

Backpack full of school supplies and COVID 19 prevention items. Top view, spilling onto a blue background. Back to school during pandemic concept.

Opinion | Schools should take all precautions to prevent exposures to COVID-19

Sophia Meador, Opinions Columnist September 20, 2021

I remember teachers and students arguing about class going remote after spring break. This was my senior year of high school in mid-March of 2020. Many thought the idea of virtual education was extreme....

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are seen on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

Opinion | Iowa needs to add more beds to its hospitals

Luke Krchak, Opinions Columnist September 20, 2021

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics needs to add more hospital beds due to the influx of COVID-19 patients. The Board of Regents is already taking a major step towards this with the building...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers a speech during The Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, July 16, 2021.  Members of the crowd cheered when Gov. Reynolds brought up legislation that banned mask mandates in public schools.

Opinion | The Southernification thesis and its consequences

Shahab Khan, Opinions Columnist September 19, 2021

Iowa’s trend toward conservatism is emblematic of a new hypothesis gaining traction in political science. The old North-South Divide that dominated U.S. politics through the 1960s lives on in a new...

The Title IX and Gender Equity office is seen in Van Allen Hall at the University of Iowa on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021.

Opinion | UI sexual assault and misconduct reporting process is complicated and complex

Hannah Pinski, Opinions and Amplify Editor September 19, 2021

We are in the red zone. At the University of Iowa, we as students are at our most vulnerable for sexual assault. This is why the time period is called the “red zone,” as a majority of sexual...

Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, is sworn in at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judicary Committee, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Opinion | Department of Justice gets it right regarding the Texas abortion law

Sophie Stover, Opinions Contributor September 16, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice is prioritizing a commitment to the Constitution which gives the right to an abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court made the wrong decision in refusing to block the Texas...