This spring, the 21 members of Iowa Campus Compact will collectively grant degrees to more than 12,000 students. These students …
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David McInally, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 21, 2016 8:00 am3399d ago
This spring, the 21 members of Iowa Campus Compact will collectively grant degrees to more than 12,000 students. These students …
Becci Reedus, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 20, 2016 8:38 am3400d ago
As we near the end of National Mental Health Month, it is so important to bring suicide into this conversation. …
John L. Smith, guest column
Guest Columnists May. 18, 2016 11:53 am3401d ago
In the trucking industry, we’re fond of calling ourselves the lifeblood of the American economy – delivering the goods that …
Carroll McKibbin, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 17, 2016 10:50 am3403d ago
May 17 marks the anniversary of one of the most historic decisions in the annals of the Supreme Court. ‘Brown …
John Lawrence Hanson, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 17, 2016 10:50 am3403d ago
A chicken dinner was once such a special treat. The lore of 1928 presidential campaign associated that culinary luxury with …
Maya Gönlübol, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 15, 2016 8:00 am3405d ago
Throughout my time living in Cedar Rapids, I’ve seen community in the humans that have surrounded me. In 2008 when …
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Guest Columnists May. 15, 2016 7:00 am3405d ago
This is the text from Sen. Chuck Grassley’s weekly video address, delivered on May 11. When I became the Chairman …
Jeffrey Meyers, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 14, 2016 1:00 pm3405d ago
It’s graduation season, and with it comes the joy of achievement and the exhale of all the hard work leading …
ReShonda Young, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 13, 2016 5:00 pm3406d ago
Next to Kenya, the United States has become the second easiest place in the world for a criminal or terrorist …
Rep. Rod Blum, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 13, 2016 3:39 pm3406d ago
Recently The Gazette published an editorial critical of the way my congressional office utilizes the budget allotted to us by …
Resmiye Oral, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 13, 2016 3:38 pm3406d ago
Since the 1950s, we have known that psychological trauma resulting from childhood adversity leads to negative mental health outcomes. In …
Dale Kueter and Leland Freie, guest columnists
Guest Columnists May. 12, 2016 11:35 am3407d ago
Eight years ago a number of volunteers met to consider formation of a non-profit group that would focus on enhancing …
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