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Being one of billions in the world and just a small portion of the universe, we can be deemed insignificant. But that insignificance may be what makes us significant. 

Timberlake: (In)significance of humans

Ian Timberlake
December 13, 2013
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Timberlake: Solving global warming is our number-one priority

Ian Timberlake
December 9, 2013
When it comes to littering, cigarette butts have become a large issue. Cigarette smokers are urged to properly dispose of their cigarette butts.

Timberlake: No butts about it: Don’t litter your cigarette stubs

Ian Timberlake
December 3, 2013
The satirical website The National Report fails to achieve point about India’s major problem with rape, argues columnist Ian Timberlake. Other websites that use satire, including The Onion, recognize the ethics of bringing important issues to light through balanced sarcasm.

Timberlake: Ethics of satire: ‘Humor’ article on rape goes too far in search of laughs

Ian Timberlake
November 21, 2013
ISU professor Michael Spurlock was arrested and charged in a prostitution sting by Ankeny Police on Wednesday, Nov. 6.

Timberlake: Prostitution and the right to offend

Ian Timberlake
November 13, 2013
A stolen truck crashed into a tree on Central Campus after a chase with Ames Police on Monday morning, Nov. 4. Witnesses reported hearing three gunshots.

Timberlake: There is no comedy in tragedy

Ian Timberlake
November 8, 2013

Timberlake: What it means to be a cynic

Ian Timberlake
October 31, 2013
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)

Timberlake: You’re wrong, Mr. Speaker

Ian Timberlake
October 23, 2013
Columnist Ian Timberlake argues that the "fat acceptance movement" is sending out a false acceptance message about obesity.

Timberlake: Take comfort in your body weight, but accept consequences of obesity

Ian Timberlake
October 17, 2013
"I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.” —George Washington.George Washington, the first president of the United States, warned that partisanism would lead to great division of the country. What is best for the American people as a whole should be the main concern of the government, not its own goals of gaining more power.  

Monkey in the middle – what is Congress playing at?

Ian Timberlake
October 9, 2013

Timberlake: From a straight man: Learn to adopt traits outside your gender norm

Ian Timberlake
October 1, 2013
In 40,000 years, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft will be closer to another star than it will be to our sun — and that’s just halfway. 

Timberlake: Voyager achievement just the first step

Ian Timberlake
September 18, 2013
Feng Zhao, Ph.D student, throws a frisbee to his friend, fellow Ph.D student Chuanhai Zhang (not pictured) in central campus on Sept. 9, 2013. 

Timberlake: Your university, your playground

Ian Timberlake
September 10, 2013

Timberlake: Miley Cyrus at the VMAs and the height of artistic culture

Ian Timberlake
August 30, 2013

Timberlake: The rights of a corpse

Ian Timberlake
August 29, 2013

Timberlake: A retrospective look at the Zimmerman case

Ian Timberlake
August 28, 2013

The failure of “educational” television

Ian Timberlake
August 27, 2013

Timberlake: ‘Educational’ television fails to educate

Ian Timberlake
August 27, 2013

Timberlake: Return of the red backpacks: Advice for freshmen students

Ian Timberlake
August 26, 2013

Timberlake: Guilty until proven innocent

Ian Timberlake
August 9, 2013
This year's National Jamboree has a fitness requirement that must be met to participate at the jamboree. Boy Scouts with a body mass index of 40 or greater are entirely barred from the event.

Timberlake: “Be prepared” to lose some weight

Ian Timberlake
July 25, 2013
Dr. Elwynn Taylor is an Iowa State professor in Agronomy and Climatology. Dr. Taylor is an Iowa Ambassador for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, one of a few individuals  responsible for educating the Iowa public on NASA’s research.

One-on-one with Dr. Elwynn Taylor

Ian Timberlake
July 11, 2013
Demonstrators participated in Des Moines during the Pride festival earlier in June.

Timberlake: Strut your stuff

Ian Timberlake
July 3, 2013
The bees are actualy experiencing a "beepocalypse," in which a severe colonial collapse of the global honeybee population. This phenomena has hurt much to United States economy because 80 percent of the flowered crops are pollinated by the bees. 

Timberlake: The buzz about the bees no more

Ian Timberlake
June 27, 2013

Timberlake: Faith healing churches

Ian Timberlake
June 24, 2013
Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) signs posters and campaign signs for supporters at the conclusion of his stop at the Gigglin' Goat restaurant in Boone on Saturday, Dec. 31. 

Timberlake: Rick Perry vetos a bill approved 145-0

Ian Timberlake
June 13, 2013

Timberlake: Be honest about your beliefs

Ian Timberlake
June 10, 2013
Columnist Ian Timberlake presents an optimistic, metaphorical story to encourage students to embrace opportunities and challenges as they enter the real world upon their graduation.

Timberlake: Ode to graduates

Ian Timberlake
May 6, 2013
With crime rates lower than ever, recent tragedies have lead us to assume we should be taking action, which may be an overzealous response. 

Timberlake: Marginalized Massacres: The story the media won’t sensationalize

Ian Timberlake
May 2, 2013

Timberlake: We both know how you celebrate Veishea

Ian Timberlake
April 19, 2013
The new 3D edition of “Jurassic Park” may leave people talking about the reality of scientists bringing extinct animals back to life, but columnist Timberlake doesn’t think it’s a good idea.

Timberlake: Play smart with the environment, don’t play God

Ian Timberlake
March 29, 2013
The U.S. defense budget has risen in recent years which inspires questions of where tax dollars really go.

Timberlake: Where your tax dollars really go

Ian Timberlake
March 8, 2013
The diagram shows where asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass on Feb. 15.

Timberlake: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an asteroid!

Ian Timberlake
February 15, 2013
As science grows closer to developing a cure for cancer, speculations arise regarding whether the world can be home to the amount of people cured along with the growing population.

Timberlake: Are we ready to cure cancer?

Ian Timberlake
February 8, 2013

Timberlake: Boy Scouts to rethink LGBT policy thanks to grass roots movement

Ian Timberlake
January 31, 2013

Timberlake: Pentagon lifts ban on women in combat

Ian Timberlake
January 28, 2013

Timberlake: Fireable attraction?

Ian Timberlake
January 18, 2013
Opinion: Timberlake

Timberlake: Etiquette important during finals week

Ian Timberlake
December 10, 2012

Timberlake: Will the United States divide by secession?

Ian Timberlake
November 30, 2012
Opinion: Timberlake 11/16

Timberlake: The implications of first contact

Ian Timberlake
November 16, 2012
Opinion: Timberlake 11/15

Timberlake: We are not alone

Ian Timberlake
November 15, 2012

Timberlake: Online dating expands potential pool, proves viable

Ian Timberlake
November 8, 2012

Timberlake: Red Bull Stratos is not science

Ian Timberlake
October 26, 2012
Jill Stein,Green Party Presidential Candidate, talked with CNN's Don Lemon.

Timberlake: Arrest of Green Party candidates calls out problems in elections

Ian Timberlake
October 23, 2012
Opinion: Timberlake 10/19

Timberlake: Legalize euthanasia

Ian Timberlake
October 19, 2012
Opinion: Timberlake 10/5

Timberlake: Are you an intellectual?

Ian Timberlake
October 5, 2012
Space Shuttle Endeavour is ferried by NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) over Houston, Texas on September 19, 2012. NASA pilots Jeff Moultrie and Bill Rieke are at the controls of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Photo taken by NASA photographer Sheri Locke in the backseat of a NASA T-38 chase plane with NASA pilot Thomas E. Parent at the controls. Photo Credit: NASA/ Sheri Locke

Timberlake: NASA officially passes the torch

Ian Timberlake
September 28, 2012
Opinion: Timberlake 9/21

Timberlake: Even without reaching 54.5 mpg, fuel economy improvements a good thing

Ian Timberlake
September 21, 2012

Timberlake: Party affiliation shouldn’t dictate personal preferences

Ian Timberlake
September 14, 2012
Opinion: Timberlake 8/30

Timberlake: Not just a theory

Ian Timberlake
August 30, 2012
Opinion: Mt. Rainier

Timberlake: Seek danger and adventure in life

Ian Timberlake
August 23, 2012
Opinion: Iceland

Timberlake: Iceland open-sources its constitution for modern adaptation

Ian Timberlake
August 21, 2012

Timberlake: Warfare is inevitable, modern humanity’s survival of the fittest

Ian Timberlake
August 1, 2012

Timberlake: Anti-gay policy continues downward spiral for Boy Scouts

Ian Timberlake
July 30, 2012
Even if the theories on global warming are incorrect, it is better to err on the side of safety when playing with the fate of the entire earth.

Timberlake: Weather and the boulevard of annihilation

Ian Timberlake
July 18, 2012
Opinion: Higgs Particle

Timberlake: Higgs boson, not in America

Ian Timberlake
July 11, 2012
Although an easy option, going to a coffee shop is neither an ideal nor fun choice for a first date.

Timberlake: Coffee shop dating: What you’re doing wrong

Ian Timberlake
July 5, 2012
The cost of keeping a inmate in prison is much more than the cost of sending a student to college.

Timberlake: Budget imbalance between prisons, education hurts all Americans

Ian Timberlake
June 27, 2012
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