Editorial: ISU sale exposes regents balance and bias
The piece argues the WOI TV sale decision lacked ISU input and questions regents balance. It notes five members hold UI degrees and urges restoring representation from Iowa State to avoid appearances of bias amid board downsizing. The governor should address past oversights in future appointments.
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Iowa State University
State Board of Regents
ISU
University of Northern Iowa
University of Nebraska
Morningside College
University of Iowa
Woi-Tv
Martin Jischke
Marvin Pomerantz
Regents
U of I
Iowa
Iowa State
What We Deserve The Political Campaign Circus
Opinion argues Americans may be getting the campaign they deserve as televised politics focus on polish over substance. It critiques hosts and candidates for rehearsed, evasive answers, calling the process painless and misleading for voters seeking real accountability.
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Ross Perot
Larry King
Bill Clinton
Arkansas
Arsenio Hall
Clinton
Jerry Brown
California
Donahue
George Bush
ABC
Barbara Walters
United States
Campaign Committee
Clinton Offers Sound Economic Plan Amid Election Debate
In this editorial, Robert Reno argues Clinton's evolving program is balanced and realistic, contrasting Perot's vague economics and Bush's reactive stance. The piece lauds Clinton for proposing deficit reduction at prudent, manageable levels and for presenting a debatable, policy-driven approach rather than empty slogans.
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Robert Reno
Letters to the Gazette on abortion terminology
A reader argues abortion terminates a fetus after 56 days, asserting it becomes a human body with functioning organs and lines on the palms. The letter labels the fetus a young one and challenges the earlier writer's framing. Coralville resident Pat McTaggart signs the note.
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Sarai Lenoch
Pat McTaggart
R.N
11Th St
Coralville
Why Rawlings would not move to Duke University
A reader argues Hunter Rawlings would refuse Duke due to its founding money and symbol. The piece recalls James Buchanan Duke pressuring Princeton and Trinity College, and notes a prominent statue of Washington Duke at Duke Chapel. It questions why a leader who made Iowa smoke free would tolerate the tobacco magnate’s legacy at Duke.
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Duke University
James Buchanan Duke
Princeton University
Hunter Rawlings
Duke
Princeton
Trinity College
Trinity
University
Duke Chapel
Jesus Christ
American Tobacco Co
Washington Duke
University of Iowa
The
American Tobacco Company
Imagine a society without the right to sue for damages
A guest column contrasts New Zealand’s no fault ACC system with the U S liability regime. It describes injuries at work and home covered by government funds, warns of unsafe infrastructure, and questions which system serves society best while noting looming tax and accountability issues.
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New Zealand
Accident Compensation Commission
ACC
U.S
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Treasury
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Reagan
Perot
Herbert Hoover
KC Gale
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