The University of Iowa’s 28th Annual Powwow was held at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on Saturday. The powwow kicked off with a customary opening, where participants entered the arena led by Meskwaki veterans carrying the flags of the Meskwaki Nation, the United States, the State of Iowa, and the POW/MIA. Following the grand entry, student
Protests are continuing at Columbia University on Wednesday as school officials are at a loss about what to do. Another tent city has arisen after cops tore down the first one on Monday.
The University of Missouri announced that they hired Laird Veatch to be their director of athletics.Veatch will take over the position on May 1, 2024.He has bee
Iowa House lawmakers approved a bill to increase statewide elected official pay by $10,000 next year on Thursday. The bill would also include a cost-of-living increase for Iowa lawmaker’s pay, similar to the amount the state agrees with public employee unions. Rep. Joel Fry, R-Osceola who led the bill Thursday, said the proposal will help
(The Center Square) - Iowa's three public universities are restructuring their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, in some cases shuttering offices and eliminating positions. The University of Iowa will not fill five vacant positions as it realigns to focusing on two objectives, state and federal compliance requirements and accreditation requirements, President Barbara Wilson told the Board of Regents. A 20-member task force worked on the recommendations. ...
The firings of professors at Columbia University and John Jay College are part of a coordinated campaign to silence all opponents of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
(The Center Square) — South Carolina state officials are determining how to proceed with a $1.8 billion balance discovered in a state account and Republican Gov. Henry McMaster has given leaders a July 1 deadline to chart a course forward. On Oct. 31, 2023, South Carolina Comptroller General Brian Gaines sent a letter to South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis, directing Loftis to research the account's origins. It marked the start of a months-long Senate investigation that...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential ambition may have gained him national attention — especially given the threat that some Democrats believe he poses to President Joe Biden’s re-election — but it certainly has not endeared him to all of his family. On Thursday, 15 Kennedy family members — including six of RFK Jr.’s 10 siblings — publicly endorsed Biden during a campaign event with the president in Philadelphia. The endorsement is not surprising. Most members of the political dynasty have not...
McGill University is considering its next steps to deal with the camp set up by pro-Palestinian activists on campus grounds in downtown Montreal, officials said Monday.
It’s unclear what caused the collision.
A tram crash at Universal Studios injured 15 people, fire officials said.
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