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JT45242

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4. Both my boys went away and wanted no part of U of Iowa or Iowa State

Reply to rurallib (Reply #3)

Thu May 21, 2026, 10:53 AM

May 21

We moved here when they were in grades 2 and 7. Both looked seriously at schools no closer than Purdue. Ended up at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and Ohio Northern University.

Both happy to be far from here -- and we live in the blue dot of Iowa City.

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Iowa lawmakers move to mandate students take Center for Intellectual Freedom classes amid low enrollment [View all] progressoid May 21 OP

Intellectual Freedom? UpInArms May 21 #1

The rule can only apply to incoming students (approx 5200 per year) JT45242 May 21 #2

even Iowa's 30 million pigs think this one stinks rurallib May 21 #3

Both my boys went away and wanted no part of U of Iowa or Iowa State JT45242 May 21 #4