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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

Hamerlinck is right: Go home, student lobbyists

GUEST OPINION June 27, 2011

Earlier this month, college students invited by the state Board of Regents traveled to Des Moines to protest increasing tuition. The cause of this, at least according to these students, was the cutting...

Obama must keep his promise to family farmers

GUEST OPINION June 22, 2011

Iowa produces more factory-farmed hogs than any other state and ranks fourth in large-scale cattle feedlots. While the state rankings may not seem like a big deal, the proliferation of factory farms has...

The pitfalls of the U.S. mission in Libya

GUEST OPINION June 21, 2011

The U.S. government has lied to the American people in saying that the effort in Libya is purely humanitarian. In actuality, the conflict is only justified with the language of humanitarianism; underlying...

UNI student President: Hamerlinck’s comments shouldn’t deter student involvement

GUEST OPINION June 20, 2011

On June 6, I appeared before the Iowa Senate education-appropriations fix subcommittee to briefly describe the effect that continued cuts to education would have on students at Iowa’s state universities....

Verbal harassment can lead to anti-gay violence

GUEST OPINION June 16, 2011

“Hey, fag with the skinny jeans, why don’t you-—”, a group of men yelled at me from a teal green Honda Accord which accelerated down Gilbert Street at a speed almost certainly against the law....

Libya and G8 hypocrisy: The State must go

GUEST OPINION June 14, 2011

At its May meeting, the G8 issued an appropriately preachy statement saying, among other things, “[Gaddafi] has no future in a free, democratic Libya. He must go.” That statement comes after another...

Iowa students stand up and speak out

GUEST OPINION June 9, 2011

Students across Iowa spoke Monday at the Senate Education Committee meeting, conveying their experiences of budget cuts in Iowa’s education system. Some legislators, however, found these voices irrelevant...

Gay rights vs. religious accommodation

GUEST OPINION June 7, 2011

When rights claims collide, what’s the collateral damage to society? That’s the painful question this week out of Illinois, site of the latest conflict between gay-rights laws and religious convictions. When...

More reasons to end the drug war

GUEST OPINION June 6, 2011

The war on drugs has failed. It’s time to legalize marijuana, decriminalize other drugs, and implement science-based policies instead of fear-mongering. These are not the words of drug-reform advocates,...

The 2010-2011 academic year, in reflection

GUEST OPINION May 13, 2011

With birds chirping again and the police roaming around Saturday nights with their short-shorts on, it can only mean one thing: Summer break has returned to the University of Iowa. It seems we've survived...

Time for change in Italy

GUEST OPINION May 11, 2011

If Americans truly care about democracy as much as we purport, shouldn't we care about the protests in Italy? We paid attention to the Egyptian people in the relatively bloodless revolution that overthrew...

The unconstitutionality of the nuclear power bill

GUEST OPINION May 10, 2011

One of the fundamental principles of popular government is that the power of taxation and the expenditure of taxes shall not be exercised for private benefit or for gratuities to private interests. Iowa's...