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Opinion: Stun guns provide a safety net, not a solution

Opinion: Stun guns provide a safety net, not a solution

Lucee Laursen, Contributor
September 9, 2019
Bike lanes are seen painted on Clinton St. in downtown Iowa City on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.

Opinion: Iowa City needs more parking, not less

Lucee Laursen, Contributor
August 26, 2019
Take a trip to the Rockies

Take a trip to the Rockies

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
December 12, 2018
The Old Capitol is seen on July 16, 2015.

Laursen: 550 words of gratitude for Iowa

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
December 11, 2018
Catlett Dining Hall as seen on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.

Laursen: UI dining can be different

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
December 4, 2018

Love your town, shop local

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
December 2, 2018
Black Friday is a win-win

Black Friday is a win-win

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
November 15, 2018
An attendee holds up a sign referencing possible Russian collusion in the 2016 Presidential election during the "Trump is not above the law" rally on the Pentacrest on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. The protest was organized in reaction to Trump's dismissal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Laursen: Sessions resigned, and the left is mad?

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
November 11, 2018
Avoid Candy Corn at all costs

Avoid Candy Corn at all costs

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
October 30, 2018

Haunted houses are spooky scary fun

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
October 16, 2018
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on April 30, 2015 during an event at Tesla's plant in Hawthorne, California. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Laursen: Tesla won’t stand the test of time

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
October 15, 2018

Online classes leave UI students paying the same for less

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
September 27, 2018
Laursen: Student organization InvestHer is not alone

Laursen: Student organization InvestHer is not alone

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
September 16, 2018
Janice Weiner poses for a portrait during the Johnson County Democrats BBQ at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017.

Laursen: The year of the woman

Lucee Laursen, Opinions Editor
September 5, 2018
Donald Trump gives a speech during the Freedom Summit in the Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. During he speech, Trump said he was concidering running for office. (File photo/The Daily Iowan)

Laursen: Iowa desperately needs immigration reform

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
July 29, 2018
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Laursen: Iowa prosecutor able to continue his duties despite sexual-harassment claims

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
July 15, 2018
Iowa City City Hall is seen on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

Laursen: Proposed additional student apartments must be affordable

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
July 8, 2018
A woman speaks during a protest on the Pentacrest in Iowa City on Saturday, May 5. The protest was held in response to Gov. Kim Reynolds's signing of a new bill that will ban abortions after a heartbeat is detected in the early stages of pregnancy. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Laursen: Abortion politics continues to manipulate voters

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
May 11, 2018
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during her first Condition of the State address in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Reynolds took over the governor office in May of 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Laursen: Reynolds faces polarizing decision with ‘heartbeat bill’

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
May 3, 2018
Donald Trump speaks to a crowd at the University of Iowa Field house on Tuesday Jan 26, 2016. Trump is currently tied in Iowa with Ted Cruz. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Point/Counterpoint: What should the U.S. do about Syria?

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
April 18, 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington, D.C., on April 11, 2018.

Laursen: The average college student knows more about Facebook than some members of Congress

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
April 16, 2018
A demonstrator holds her sign during the Women's March on January 20, 2018. Hundreds gathered on the Ped Mall to listen to speakers and march for women's rights. (Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan)

Laursen: Feminism is not synonymous with Democrats

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
April 11, 2018
Faculty Senate gavel sits in the Old Capital Senate Chambers on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2017.

Laursen: Girls receive unequal treatment in the criminal justice system

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
April 4, 2018
Laursen: Spring break, not a break from stereotyping

Laursen: Spring break, not a break from stereotyping

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
March 20, 2018
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld speaks with Regents and Interim Provost Sue Curry during a state Board of Regents tuition task force meeting in Kollros Auditorium in Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Laursen: UI wants tuition hike before raising quality of academics

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
January 25, 2018
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Returning to campus presents unique challenges

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
January 15, 2018
FILE - A protestor leads a chant during the Women's March and Protest, in Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Around 1,000 people attended and took part in the march that started at the University of Iowa's Main Library an ended in front of the Old Capitol. (The Daily Iowan/file)

Laursen: UI perpetuates national gender disparity among faculty

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
December 8, 2017
Volunteers read the names of 284 murdered trans people during the Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil in Danforth Chapel on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Laursen: Iowa law must protect transgender people

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
November 17, 2017
UI students gather in the rotunda in Adler Journalism Building on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Voters could vote all day on campus in the IMU. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Laursen: Mainstream news outlets are at fault for polarizing media

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
October 30, 2017
UI student Joe Reed speaks during a debate between independent senators in the Iowa Theatre in the IMU on Monday, April 10, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Laursen: UISG should offer more independent seats

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
October 24, 2017
Foreign nationals at the Krome detention center, where those with criminal records and deportation orders are often held, in Miami in September 2015. In the latest Trump administration effort to spotlight crimes committed by immigrants in the United States illegally, the head of the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, April 26, 2017, launched a new office to help victims of crimes commited by immigrants. (Jose A. Iglesias/Miami Herald/TNS)

Laursen: Should Homeland Security prohibit free speech?

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
October 5, 2017
FILE - A member of Veterans for Peace local Chapter #161 holds a sign for the VFP organization at the Pentacrest on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins, file)

Laursen: We aren’t the good guys anymore

Lucee Laursen, [email protected]
September 6, 2017
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