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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

UISG: Promote diversity on campus

GUEST OPINION March 29, 2012

UISG held its first diversity summit on March 25 in an attempt to address diversity issues pertaining to students at the University of Iowa. It was organized by students, for students, to ensure that...

Don’t be a victim of your landlord

GUEST OPINION March 28, 2012

Do you have a child in college? Is he or she renting an apartment or house? If so, have you reviewed the lease your child signed with the property's owners? If the answer to the first two questions is...

Grassley: A safe and abundant food supply

GUEST OPINION March 27, 2012

Chances are pretty good you've enjoyed at least one meal today before reading the words here in front of you. Because in large measure of generations of hard-working farm families, Americans continue to...

Here’s what a real attack on Internet freedom looks like

GUEST OPINION March 23, 2012

At the height of the controversy over the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act debate, critics of the bills described them as an assault on Internet freedom and the subversion...

Give Ed Rendell a break

GUEST OPINION March 22, 2012

Yes, the Treasury Department is investigating the speaking fees received by the former Pennsylvania governor on behalf of an Iranian exile group that's on the State Department's list of foreign terrorist...

Restore integrity of U.S. visa system in order to give graduates more jobs

GUEST OPINION March 21, 2012

With spring just around the corner, many Iowans look forward to seasonal rites of passage this time of year. Farmers are itching to get in the fields. Home gardeners anticipate the first shoots of peas...

Get it right

GUEST OPINION March 19, 2012

On behalf of David Schoenbaum (UI history professor, 1967 to 2008, now retired), Calvin Hennick (UI graduate 2004), and me (UI graduate 1969), I write to express our concern about the character and future...

UISG: Distinguish public urination from sex-offenses

GUEST OPINION March 9, 2012

On Tuesday night, the City Council approved the first vote of an ordinance amending section 6 of City Code 8-5-6. For those who are unfamiliar with the code, section 8-5-6 pertains to committing acts of...

Higher education is still much-needed

GUEST OPINION March 6, 2012

In the DI Feb. 29 column by Daily Iowan Editor Adam B Sullivan, "Santorum's right about something," he backs GOP hopeful Rick Santorum's remarks calling President Obama a "snob" for...

ICE Campaign: Protect yourself in a medical emergency

GUEST OPINION March 5, 2012

An ambulance screeches to a halt at the entrance of the University of Iowa Hospital's Emergency Department. A 20-year-old college student is pulled out from the ambulance and rushed into the emergency...

Supervisor responds to ‘attacks,’ keeps working on Justice Center

GUEST OPINION March 5, 2012

It is a shame to the integrity of this office the deplorable bullying tactics, name-calling, swearing innuendos, half-truths, emails, and other means that two members of the Board of Supervisors have done...

Defense cuts endanger our national security

GUEST OPINION February 28, 2012

The 2013 Defense Department budget cuts military spending by $487 billion over 10 years, which translates into eliminating six Air Force fighter squadrons, cutting 16 ships from the Navy, and reducing...