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I didn’t want to write this column at first. Not because I have nothing to say, but because I didn’t feel qualified. After all, I come from an awkward position where I quit working for The Daily Iowan freshman year, only to crawl back three years later. So, let’s talk about that. Balancing academics, a...

I couldn’t help but choose a Taylor Swift lyric as the headline for my senior column. No, it’s not just because it’s the opener to “The Eras Tour,” which I’m seeing in June. These past four years felt like they went by in the blink of an eye, yet freshman year feels like it was...

My time at The Daily Iowan has been far too brief, filled with countless memories, plenty of new friends, and a whole lot of learning. When I first joined the DI as a junior, I truly felt I had become a part of a community. This has been a place where I have made countless...

I’ve been around Iowa City for a long time. I came here in 2017 through the University of Iowa’s REACH Program, which specializes in helping students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. Through my first three years at the university, I worked in videography for local TV stations like City Channel 4 and PATV. After PATV...

Life will never go as planned. My first plan was to become a computer scientist, then it was to graduate in four years. After that, it was to go to law school. None of those things happened. I changed my major, took an extra year, and my LSAC account is only gathering dust. Planning life...

My parents and I visited Springfield for the first time in 2019. I was so excited to be on the road away from Little Rock, Arkansas. We arrived at Missouri

I hate the car dependency in LA, but I cannot deny the fact that being a “passenger princess” has taught me a thing or two about creating meaningful experiences and

“So we beat on boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” This quote is the last line from The Great Gatsby, which is my favorite book. It