Flood waters on the UI campus

"Watching the waters of the Iowa and Cedar Rivers rise and subsume whatever they please -- homes, churches, businesses, museums and libraries filled with cultural treasures -- it's easy to see why floods play such a central role in mythology.
The water gives and takes life. From Gilgamesh to Noah, in Roman and Greek mythology, in nearly every culture and religion known to man, the flood comes -- and with the destruction comes renewal, rebirth, a chance at a better life."

In his Wall Street Journal editorial piece 'After the Flood', Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Michael Judge comments on this summer's record-breaking flooding in Iowa. He examines its impact on the state and on the University of Iowa campus. Read the entire article here: 'After the Flood'