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Elise Cagnard, Opinions Columnist
• October 18, 2022
It is a well-accepted fact that college can be one of the most transformative periods of your life. For the first time, you are independent.
Showing up at college, students are ready to make memories...
College is often thought to be the place where you find “your people.”
But that is not always the case. Despite what college tour guides and freshmen visiting their hometowns say, college is not...
Members of the University of Iowa’s Dance Marathon announced a donation of $1.5 million on Monday to fund a new professorship in pediatric oncology at the Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
The...
V first experienced same-sex attraction in high school, but the terms “gay” and “lesbian” were often used as expletives on the 30 different military bases they grew up on before turning...
V studied environment and watershed planning in college. Their passion for the environment and planning led them to start Astig Planning, a planning service striving for healthy ecosystems and equity...
All of V’s campaign volunteers are unpaid, and V is grateful they have support from community members to fuel their candidacy.
“To truly have people willing to spend their resources, their...
The prospect of running his own business allowed Phil to help raise Monica and let her work in the shop. Eventually, Monica became his campaign manager when Phil ran for school board.
Monica...
In the ‘80s, Phil jumped on the opportunity to manage Roy Carver Sr.’s cattle ranch in Belize when he was in his 20s. Carver’s son, Roy Carver Jr., hired him for the oversight position in 1984.
It...
Belize was not the only foreign country Phil called home.
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Shahab Khan, Opinions Columnist
• October 11, 2022
Hawkeye football is not fun to watch given its struggles on offense and difficult schedule. For that reason, I could see a lot of University of Iowa students who are not the most diehard Hawkeye question...
![V Fixmer-Oraiz and their son, Emmons Fixmer-Oraiz, 7, take a campaign sign out of their truck to place in a supporter’s yard on Oct. 15. V said Emmons has been more interested in the election process because of V’s candidacy. “I don’t want [Emmons] to grow up railing against one side or the other,” the Iowa City resident of about a decade said. “I want him to see what it is for what it is, and understand at least the breadth of it if not the depth of it.”](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/012Vs-support-motivation-900x600.jpg)
