** 1/2 out of ***** Like many of the characters contained in its 117 minutes, the movie Kick-Ass has an identity crisis. Is it a comedy reminiscent of Superbad? Is it a graphic-novel-turned-movie similar...

In the past several months, many UI students received Facebook invitations or messages from the group “Vote for Russell Brand and Jonah Hill at the University of Iowa.” While we may have lost this...

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” —Winston Churchill I first read this quote as a high-school student. But it took awhile for me to understand it until I personally...

In 1970, millions of people all across the country participated in events attempting to raise awareness about the environment. That first Earth Day birthed the modern-day environmental movement. It is...

YES At one point or another, we have all been in a class where our instructor has decided to share her or his political beliefs. As a conservative, I am all too familiar with the gripes from my ideological...

For the second weekend in a row, the Iowa women’s tennis team split its two matches to go 1-1 on the road. After enduring a 7-0 shutout against No. 9 Northwestern (16-6, 7-1) on April 17, the Hawkeyes...

The Iowa women’s golf team closed out its last regular-season tournament with a 10th-place finish at the Lady Buckeye Invitational over the weekend. During the three-round event, the Hawkeyes improved...

The Iowa baseball team dropped the final game of a three-game series with Indiana on Sunday, losing, 21-12, in Bloomington. The loss marks the first time the Hawkeyes have been swept by a Big Ten foe...

Pressure, luck, and perfect execution led to an All-American season for Iowa gymnast Mike Jiang. The junior ended the NCAA championships on April 17 as the only Hawkeye on the men’s gymnastics team...

After 83 years, 17 Olympians, three Big Ten team titles, and countless memories, the Field House pool has officially come to an end. Hundreds of former Iowa swimmers and divers returned on April 17 to...

The bottom of the order picked up the slack for the Iowa offense on Sunday. Despite most of the top bats staying quiet, the Hawkeyes defeated visiting Western Illinois, 8-0, behind five first-inning runs. The...

After the Iowa softball team unloaded five first-inning runs against Western Illinois on Sunday, the squad had only one hit in the next four innings. That lack of offense didn’t stop Johnnie Dowling. The...