Would Stephen King make it into the Writers’ Workshop? The literary elite often put off the author’s work as simple reading that requires very little analysis or thought. Ask a UI English professor...

Katherine Heigl used one in The Ugly Truth. Comedian Katt Williams devoted an entire movie to their use. And even some in Iowa City are getting the click of it. Popular films often portray users of online...

“Rhetoric must lead us through the Scramble, the Wrangle of the Market Place, the flurries and flare-ups of the Human Barnyard …” When Kenneth Burke wrote those words after World War II, he undoubtedly...

What Tiger Woods should have said: Usually, I drive better than that. Not that I spend much time worrying about what Tiger Woods does or does not do. In fact, I don’t spend much time thinking about...

At first glance, a glass of Everclear looks like a glass of tap water. But it is almost pure alcohol. Stories abound about Everclear’s lethality when superfluously consumed, but it’s unclear how detrimental...

Post Psuedo posted a win in the first round of the intramural men’s dodge-ball tournament Monday night in the Field House, beating Cosmic Brownies 10 games to 7. Led by some nice moves from junior Derek...

The Iowa softball team will host an annual Coaches Clinic on Jan. 30, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. inside the Bubble, located near the Recreation Building. Iowa head coach Gayle Blevins, her staff,...

The Iowa men’s golf team improved an already solid roster by signing its first recruit for 2010. Iowa head coach Mark Hankins announced on Monday that Ian Vandersee, a senior at Valley High in West...

Iowa shooting guard Jaime Printy was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday. The award is Printy’s first Big Ten honor. The Marion native averaged 16.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 5.3 assists while...

YES Barring any crazy upsets on in the Big East and Big 12 championship games on Dec. 5 (I’m talking to you, Texas and Cincinnati), the Hawkeyes appear to be headed to their first Bowl Championship...

Dominant. Not even a month into the season, that word has continually appeared in my articles about Iowa wrestling, and unfortunately, it is short on usable synonyms (examples include: commanding, domineering,...

Injuries happen. A team that hopes none of its players will suffer an injury is simply foolish. The important part is how a team copes with those hurdles. The Iowa women’s basketball team is providing...