Payton Gloria takes stock of the NFL after Week 8 and how some notable Iowa Hawkeye alums have been playing this season.
Luke Jorden breaks down how the Iowa Men’s Basketball team fared in their first game of the season against Lipscomb.
Alex Izienicki recaps the Chicago Bears’ statement-making 34-17 victory in Seattle on Monday night.
Payton Gloria covers some of the notable storylines from around the NFL as the league approaches the midseason mark.
Owen Raefield recaps how the Iowa Hawkeyes pitched their second straight shutout victory over Wisconsin in the battle for the Heartland Trophy.
Article by Myles Ackman and Kade Grierson | Cover Photo by Cat Dooley For the first time in fifteen years, Fruit Bats returned to Iowa City on October 21 for a performance at The Englert Theatre, with support from Matthew Logan Vasquez. “Iowa City was the first place I ever traveled far to, and I thought, ‘this place resembles freedom,’” – Fruit Bats and permanent member Eric D. Johnson. The three of us—Elle, Myles, and Kade—were the youngest people in the audience by far, and sat near the front on the edge of a sea of double denim, floral shirts, … Continued
The votes are in, and KRUI News has the statewide caucus results. Take a look!
Before the caucus, click here to take a closer look at the way caucus candidates speak, with the help of rhetoric and speech experts.
By Joseph Schueller On November 12th’s KRUI Roundtable, the news team spoke with Andrew Smith, the communications director for Occupy Chicago, gave their thoughts on recent efforts in the US Senate to repeal some FCC net neutrality regulations, and analyzed the Penn State rape scandal. Listen to the full show here: [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/RT%2011-12-11%20mp3.mp3] Occupy Chicago Andrew Smith, communications director of Occupy Chicago, updated the news team on what’s happening in the Windy City. As the founding member of the tech committee, Smith designed their website (occupychi.org) and created a social media presence on Facebook (facebook.com/occupychicago) and Twitter (@OccupyChicago) to spread the … Continued
Frances Moore Lappé is the author of 18 books including the bestseller Diet for a Small Planet, which has sold three million copies. She is also the co-founder of three organizations, including Food First: The Institute for Food and Development Policy as well as, the Small Planet Institute (smallplanet.org), a collaborative network for research and popular education seeking to bring democracy to life, which she leads alongside her daughter Anna Lappé. Lappé appears frequently as a public speaker and on radio, and is a regular contributor for the Huffington Post and Alternet. [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/Frances%20Moore%20Lappe%20Interview.mp3] Lappé sat down with KRUI News Reporter, Caitlin Fry, to discuss her … Continued
Happy Halloween! KRUI News does their own version of George Orwell’s “War of the Worlds.” Listen to the full broadcast here!
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Sighting by Vito’s in October, but it’s been moving around ever since. Where will it be next? [Photo Courtesy of Julie Staub]
Vice President for Communications and Public Relations at United Nations Foundation, Aaron Sherinian, gave a speech at the University of Iowa’s United Nations Day Fair Oct. 26. His passionate speech included the goals of getting to the root of current national and international issues. The United Nations Day Fair is a milestone for our nation as countries across the world not only celebrate the accomplishments and innovative hard work involved in solving important issues, but develop new solutions to current issues. A bipartisan poll concluded that 86% of Americans are convinced that in order to solve issues such as hunger, … Continued
Congressman and GOP Presidential Candidate Ron Paul talks liberty & military spending at the IMU
By Rana Moustafa [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/101311_Moustafa_PalestineUN.mp3] Last month, Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization and president of the Palestinian Authority, traveled to Washington D.C. to bid a proposal at the UN opening Assembly. Since then, he has kept his hopes high as he is determined to fulfill his obligation of giving his people their “legitimate right” to full UN membership and a viable Palestinian government. However, opposition to this bid does exist. Obama has vowed to veto the bid if it is passed by 9 out of the 15 UN councils. At the UN General Assembly last month, Obama … Continued
