Last week, an opinion piece written by Joseph Dobrian was published in the Press-Citizen. The piece, titled “Feminism Does Not Empower Women. It infantilizes them,” started a series of conversations...

In a recent Press-Citizen editorial, the University of Iowa associate provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate College reaffirmed the school’s commitment to diversity. However, Dean...

Dear President Sally Mason, I mean to respond to your letter of apology pertaining to the artwork that was briefly displayed on the Pentacrest last week. I wanted to reach out to you and express my deep...

As a longtime supporter of the University of Iowa, I found your editorial regarding the lack of access to the president of the university to be well-written and frankly disturbing. In contrast, I was surprised...

On Election Day, and for the third time in less than two years, Johnson County residents rejected a multimillion-dollar annex for our historic courthouse. While the “yes” campaign focused...

Three years ago, I seldom thought about single-use plastic bags. I used to only think about them when I had a pile of them so big I knew it was time to recycle. I also thought recycling was the perfect...

The day after last week’s Oct. 22nd Rally Against Student Debt, a few members of the state Board of Regents came out in support of a continued tuition freeze for in-state undergraduates despite previous...

My parents didn’t go to college, but they lived a middle-class life in southwestern Iowa, where they raised my brother, sister, and me. But by the time I graduated high school, the middle-class was...

As a student at Iowa State University, I used federal student loans to help pay my way through college. I understand just how important Pell Grants and other federal student aid programs are, because without...

The magic of supporting the UI When I came to the University of Iowa as a student, I had the opportunity to change who I was. I loved being a finance major. The education I received allowed me to achieve...

Phil brings UI community together We Are Phil … What does that mean? Why would I want to get involved? We all have so many things on our plate at the University of Iowa. As chief of staff at the UI...

Two years ago, while sitting with my On Iowa group of finance and accounting majors — all of us confident that we were destined for Wall Street — I would never have guessed that “Phil”...