As a native New Yorker, I am frequently asked why I went to the University of Iowa. My answer is simple: One of my older sisters, Adrienne, went to Iowa for her bachelor’s degree. I gravitated toward...

State Senate hopeful Tony Bisignano will be allowed to continue running for office despite the fact that he has a OWI. On April 15, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that those charged with all types of misdemeanors...

This past week the United States made some small but significant progress toward becoming the democracy that it always claims to be: Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that will bind his...

The Iowa men’s golf team won its second-consecutive Boilermaker Invitational on Sunday. The Hawkeyes finished 1 over par with a 54-hole score of 865. Steven Ihm came roaring back from a 10th-place...

The Iowa men’s tennis team traveled to face No. 1 Ohio State and No. 22 Penn State for its final two matches of the regular season. The Buckeyes swept by the Hawkeyes, 7-0, on April 18. Ohio State...

Four members of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club wrapped up competition at the U.S. Open Freestyle Championships over the weekend in Las Vegas. All four members from the Hawkeye Wrestling Club placed in the...

It was a good day at the office for the Iowa women’s tennis team on Sunday, as the Hawkeyes bounced back from a tough loss against Ohio State on April 18 to defeat Penn State, 6-1. The 34th-ranked...

A trip to California for the Mt. SAC Relays might have been just what the Hawkeyes needed as they began an important three-meet stretch. No team scores were kept during the April 18-19 meet, but a squad...

In the rubber match of the three-game series in Iowa City, Michigan State came out on top 4-0 with the help of pitcher Kelly Smith shutting down the Iowa offense for the second time in three days. The...

After the Iowa baseball team blew an incomprehensible 10-run lead to Northwestern in its previous weekend series, it responded by closing out the series with a pair of convincing 8-1 and 5-0 victories...

For six innings, Iowa could not catch a break. Almost every inning, the Hawkeyes got a runner on base, then sent a well-hit ball straight into the glove of a Minnesota defender. But the bats broke...

Iowa farmers could spend less time in the tractors planting crops and more time in the combines harvesting them this year. According to a study published earlier this month by the Useful-to-Usable Project,...