A thought experiment. Imagine for a moment what would happen if Iowa Citians read the following in the Daily Iowan: While many community members… […]
Class on MLK Day: What message is the Iowa City Community School District sending?
Stories by Patrick Dolan
Your chance to make a difference starts here: Crisis Center volunteer info. night – Jan. 24
In the early ’90s, I volunteered for ICARE (Iowa City AIDS Resources and Education), which was then an independent grassroots organization devoted to supporting people with HIV/AIDS in the community. I threw myself into the work, and on several occasions […]
“Grade Inflation”: Frisking Harvey Mansfield
In 2011, during the final weeks of a semester, a full professor at a research university in the United States was summoned to her department chair’s office. The chair said to her, “I notice that you gave three A+ in […]
Your Town Now: Stopping the Silence
Women’s Resource and Action Center: uiowa.edu/~wrac Men’s Anti-Violence Council: uiowa.edu/~wrac/anti-violence.shtml Rape Victim Advocacy Program: rvap.org Rape Crisis Line at the RVAP: (319) 335-6000 Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline: (800) 284-7821 For the purposes of this writing, let’s stipulate up front that […]
Listening to Johnny Cash with Eddie
I could tell he had been a big man, but the cancer had eaten away at him, thinning him to an elongated skeleton in the bed. His eyes were red-rimmed and, as he slept, his right one didn’t close all […]
