With spring just around the corner, everyone’s eager to ditch those scarves and gloves and soak up some sun. What better way to kick-start spring than with a nice long walk — with an inspirational...

The recent reports of sexual assault at the University of Iowa are not indicative of a new problem. Sexual assault and sexism are persistent issues that plague the university as well as our entire society....

In August 1994, my mother dropped me off at Daum, where I would live for the next year as a freshman at the UI. Three weeks later, a student I had recently met attempted to rape me on the floor of a dorm...

Summer vacations … football games … first dates … roughhousing with siblings — Hannah Travis dances so that children can experience these ordinary life events. How Hannah and her fellow Hawkeyes...

There is a series of erroneous assumptions that form the minimum-wage argument, many of which President Obama cited in his State of the Union address in which he called for an increase to $10.10. Raising...

Part of the reason I'm running for Johnson County county attorney is because that's the position that can end the local criminal-justice system's current overaggressiveness toward young people. Working...

We are writing in response to a collection of recent editorials published by The Daily Iowan on the topic of the government shutdown, its impact on the economy, and the congressional brinkmanship over...

This week, Congress is expected to vote on a measure to authorize President Obama to launch an attack on Syria, in response to the use of deadly sarin gas in Syria’s two-year civil war. Strong opposition...

What does the NCAA stand for? Unfortunately, the answer to that question for most observers is probably overly influenced by recent media reports accusing the organization of exploiting student-athletes...

I am Texan. I was born on the South Side of Dallas, into a home turned poor, in which every dollar was accounted, prayed, and fought for. I came to Iowa for opportunity, so that I could start over and...

Out of all of my friends and family, I married the youngest. I’m also officially married in the most limited geographical territory — 13 states (and, says the hopeful part of me, counting). I was...

Growing up in a Minneapolis suburb, I spent the first years of my life despising the Hawkeyes. My dad, a University of Iowa graduate, suffered through unimaginable torture from my persistent scorn for...