Positive learning experiences, like all positive experiences in general, can be credited to the people involved in making them happen. …
Guest columns are written generally by people in the community, region or state. Most guest columnists have expertise in the subjects and issues they are addressing, and the opinions expressed can be personal or representative of a group. Some columns are requested by Gazette opinion staff, but many are unsolicited. We evaluate the columns based on local relevance, quality and accuracy. Read more about our editorial process here.
Aren Buresh, guest columnist Guest Columnists Nov. 23, 2014 12:24 am4101d ago
Positive learning experiences, like all positive experiences in general, can be credited to the people involved in making them happen. …
Keegan Moore, guest columnist Guest Columnists Nov. 23, 2014 12:23 am4101d ago
Have you ever found yourself sitting in a social studies or English class wondering, ‘How does this relate to the …
Jayde Wilson, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Nov. 23, 2014 12:22 am4101d ago
When I started high school, I thought I would have to do the same thing every day. Go from class …
Alphonce O’Bannon, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Nov. 23, 2014 12:21 am4101d ago
For all of Iowa’s students to achieve a great destiny, our schools must challenge them wherever they are. Iowa BIG …
Henry Scott Wallace, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Nov. 23, 2014 12:20 am4101d ago
Many Iowans might be astonished to learn that Henry A. Wallace grew up a Republican, the scion of an Iowa …
Allison Antes, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Nov. 23, 2014 12:20 am4101d ago
As part of the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance‘s work with existing industry, we complete more than 300 company visits …
Anne Gruenewald, guest columnist Guest Columnists Nov. 22, 2014 12:10 am4102d ago
In this season of Thanksgiving, we at Four Oaks are grateful for the community’s overwhelming support of our TotalChild initiative …
Clark Zivojnovich, guest columnist Guest Columnists Nov. 21, 2014 12:10 am4103d ago
In an Oct. 1 op-ed, Chet Sullivan stated renewable energy (wind and solar) were not reliable energy options based solely …
Curt Wheeler, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Nov. 20, 2014 12:15 am4104d ago
Today, many people that smoke will quit for at least a day in honor of the Great American Smoke Out. …
Rick Moyle, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Nov. 19, 2014 9:32 am4105d ago
I am writing in response to a guest column by Jay Ambrose, ‘Fighting public unions, saving the future,” which was …
Michelle Lecompte
Guest Columnists Nov. 17, 2014 12:10 am4107d ago
In 1989, one in nine babies was born prematurely. Mine was one of them. She was so small that I …
Becky Ross
Guest Columnists Nov. 16, 2014 12:15 am4108d ago
Three years ago, I seldom thought about single-use plastic bags. I used to only think about them when I had …
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