If anything has remained consistent during the 2016 election cycle, it is the undeniably problematic rhetoric and actions of Donald Trump. As the events unfold from the horrendous recording of Trump demeaning...

Celebration and communal cultivation is a practice the human race has performed since the commencement of its time here on Earth. As time has unfolded, the human legacy has become a culmination of wars,...

The current climate of American secular society is increasingly approaching a point of afflicting irrevocable damage on this country’s legacy and the prospect of a stable future for subsequent generations....

Late one evening last week I sat alone on a cracking, sidewalk curb. Peering up at the green lush of summer oaks fading into spirals of auburn majesty, autumn’s presence is slowly heralding itself throughout...

There was once a time when waking up in the morning may have included breakfast provided by the warm hands of a guardian’s care. Your coursework lasted until 5 at night, your heart was held by someone’s...

A.J.K O'Donnell  [email protected] There is a hidden aspect of academic life at the University of Iowa that few are willing to discuss, and even fewer seem to expose as problematic. According to...

A.J.K O'Donnell [email protected] The tension surrounding the two men was almost palpable. It seemed that one could almost reach out and crack the thick air between the couple as they spoke. The...

A.J.K O'Donnell [email protected] When members of the University of Iowa’s class of 2020 were juniors in high school, Mexico suffered an estimated 164,000 homicides because of drug cartels and violence...

A.J.K O'Donnell [email protected] It seems that all one must do to realize it is election season in the United States is look out their window or any given media platform. Debates, now for the presidency,...

The room was particularly cold. Though this chilly atmosphere was the product of a highly functional air conditioning system, it was exacerbated by exceptionally frigid words being preached from the pulpit...

A.J.K O'Donnell [email protected] In four days, the population of Iowa City will substantially grow as thousands pile into Kinnick Stadium to watch the inaugural kickoff of the 2016 Hawkeye season....

A.J.K O'Donnell [email protected] Throughout the ever-expanding, continually shifting global community, we find ourselves only present in a specific microcosm at every given moment. To truly understand...