Organic farmers, experts and those interested in getting into organic production will gather on the University of Iowa campus this Sunday and Monday, Nov. 19-20, for the 17th annual Iowa Organic Conference.
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Writer/comedian Sara Benincasa: ‘My aim is singular: to dispel stigma around mental healthcare’
Mental Health Expo Keynote: Sara Benincasa Sun Room, Memorial Union, Iowa State University — Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19th, author and comedian Sara Benincasa will deliver the keynote address at the Iowa State University Mental Health Expo. Benincasa will discuss her experiences dealing with a major mental […]
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Recent college grad Gov. Reynolds passes on chance to work on funding problems at Iowa universities
The governor’s office was one of several state agencies that declined to participate in a Tuition Task Force meeting. The Board of Regents cancelled the planned meeting due the lack of participation.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates to speak about race in Ames on Monday
Ta-Nehisi Coates: “A Deeper Black: Race in America” Iowa State University Memorial Union Great Hall (Ames) — Monday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. Ta-Nehisi Coates, a journalist and author of Between the World and Me, will speak in Ames on the Iowa State University campus about systemic racism in America on Monday, Jan. 30. The […]
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Tuition to increase at Iowa’s state universities
Students at Iowa’s three state universities will see tuition go up for the 2017-2018 academic year, with additional increases for students in higher-cost programs, like the University of Iowa’s engineering program, under a tuition proposal approved by the Iowa Board of Regents on Monday. The base tuition for resident undergraduates will increase by two percent. […]
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Fracktivism lit: New anthology ignites environmental conversation
Reading with Fracture co-editor Taylor Brorby and contributors Tyler Priest, John Kenyon and Amy Weldon Prairie Lights — Sat., Mar. 26, 7 p.m. On Saturday a reading at Prairie Lights will feature the editors and a few of the contributors from a new anthology called Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America from […]
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Last week’s ISU game may have been the lowest rated college football broadcast of all time, across all networks
A ratings report published Monday by Sports Media Watch includes some disheartening news for Cyclone fans: Iowa State’s game last Saturday against…
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God help us: Iowa State students may have found a Veishea replacement
Despite last week’s announcement that Iowa State University’s annual spring festival, Veishea, will no longer be held due to chronic rabble-rousing (i.e., out of control…
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Cyclone fans camp outside Hilton Coliseum in anticipation of Hawkeye match-up
Finals are just a week away at Iowa State University, but that hasn’t stopped some die-hard Cyclone fans from camping outside Hilton Coliseum in anticipation…
