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KEVIN WIGGINS

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Opinion Columnist Kevin Wiggins pens his farewell column at the Northern Iowan and offers advice to his younger self and others.

Columnist Wiggins bids farewell

Dec 9, 2019

What does it mean to be ‘conservative?’

Nov 14, 2019
Opinion Columnist Kevin Wiggins explains the evolution of information communication started by the Gutenberg Printing Press.

The impact of the printing press

Oct 28, 2019
Opinion Columnist Kevin Wiggins discusses the ambiguity of modern language and how words can take on varying meanings. He poses the question Does the reality of our politics truly reflect our values and our freedom?

Language leaves room for ambiguity

Oct 17, 2019
Opinion Columnist Kevin Wiggins explains why people should be cognizant of the effects of climate change.

Be mindful of the effects of climate change

Oct 7, 2019
Opinion Columnist Kevin Wiggins discusses the democracy movement and Americas election system.

The democracy movement and rank-choice

Sep 19, 2019
Opinion writer Kevin Wiggins analyzes the changes he has noticed within the Republican Party.

The evolution of intra-party division in politics

Sep 9, 2019
Opinion Columnist Kevin Wiggins discusses Affirmative Action at Harvard University, and how the current issue there might shape the future landscape of university admission policies.

Harvard’s admittance problem

Apr 29, 2019
Opinion Columnist Kevin Wiggins discusses the properties that make a book great, and the importance of actually taking the time to read the books assigned in Humanities class. Pictured: Albert Camus

What is it that makes the classics great?

Apr 11, 2019
Opinion columnist Kevin Wiggins makes a case for the importance of the funding of public history regardless of political party. Pictured: A replica of an early Iowa farm village at Living History Farms.

A case for funding public history

Apr 4, 2019
Opinion columnist Kevin Wiggins discusses the balanced political discourse that has found a home platform through YouTube, and the amount of political representation that is present there.

Tale of two YouTubes: A spectrum

Mar 7, 2019
Opinion columnist Kevin Wiggins discusses the importance of liberal arts education when it comes to personal enrichment and feelings more connected to the history of humanity.

Liberal arts education is necessary

Feb 21, 2019
Opinion columnist Kevin Wiggins discusses the work of Dr. Donna Kuckerberg. Her journal, Eidolon seeks to make the classics political and personal, feminist and fun.

Why the classics are needed

Feb 11, 2019
Opinion columnist Kevin Wiggins sheds light on Émilie du Châtelet, an important figure of the Enlightenment who is often forgotten or written out of history, and the importance of including women in the discourse.

A woman not lost to history

Jan 31, 2019
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[Photo] PANTHER PORTRAITS: Margaret Glaspy at the Octopus

Sep 15, 2016
The SALT Company named itself after the Bible verse Matthew 5:13, You are the salt of the earth. SALT kicked off with their first event last Thursday on Lawther field.

[Photo] Comparing Campus Christian Ministries

Sep 1, 2016
Musicians and artists alike perform at the Black Hole, a music venue located in the basement of a Cedar Falls residence

[Photo] CVDIY: Art, Music & More

Apr 28, 2016
The LGBT* Center, housed in the upper level of the Maucker Union, provides a safe space on campus for LGBT* students

[Photo] LGBT* voice concern over bills

Apr 21, 2016
Pulitzer Prize - winning author Sonia Nazario recently visited UNI to discuss her book, Enriques Journey

[Photo] Acclaimed author at UNI

Apr 14, 2016
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