UISG VP hopefuls square off

Cindy Garcia, [email protected]

March 29, 2016

  The vice-presidential candidates in this year’s University of Iowa Student Government election went head to head in a debate on Monday, in which one emphasized her experience and the other his potential for freshness. Lauren Freeman, the vice-presidential candidate for the BLOC Party,...

UISG presidential candidates square off in debate

Beau Bowman, [email protected]

March 24, 2016

Members of the BLOC Party and the Yes Party piled into the confines of Danforth Chapel, adjacent to the IMU, on Wednesday evening to hear the two University of Iowa Student Government presidential candidates speak. Yes candidate Jon Langel is a UI junior. However, he has only attended school here...

Heiden joins supervisor race

Gage Miskimen, [email protected]

February 23, 2016

For Patricia Heiden, running for political office wasn’t a matter of “if” but of “when.” Heiden, the executive director of Oaknoll Retirement Community, announced last week she would run for a spot of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors in the upcoming June 7 primary election. “Running...

Iowa City City Council election results

November 3, 2015

8:45 p.m. The progressive "Core Four" coalition has won the Iowa City City Council election. Jim Throgmorton and Rockne Cole take the two available at large seats, defeating Tim Conroy and incumbent Michelle Payne. Pauline Taylor defeated incumbent Rick Dobyns for the District A seat, while John T...

Trump’s brilliant immigration fallacy

August 3, 2015

In the swarming fury of Donald Trump headlines, simultaneously feeding his gluttonous quotes while regurgitating exactly what they thirst for, an underlying fallacy arises between his rhetoric and business practice. He has undoubtedly turned the circadian rhythm of news cycle times into an art, while...