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The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

‘A gesture of care and solidarity’

‘A gesture of care and solidarity’

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN, Executive Editor Jan 31, 2024

Faculty have a message for all 9,021 students at UNI: “We are here for you.”  When Ana Kogl, a political science professor, noticed some of her students were upset about the Iowa Board of Regents’...

Stewart was an international student from the Virgin Islands attending the Iowa State Teachers College from 1927-1929. He went on to study at several other universities and to teach Spanish, manual arts and social science at a high school in Dayton, Ohio.

Leo Eleazor Stewart

Gerald L. Peterson, Guest Columnist Jan 31, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article is part of the essay “International Students at UNI, 1896-1967,” by University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson for UNI Special Collections and University Archives. It was...

UNI’s Black Student Union will be hosting a lineup of events celebrating Black History Month. The club’s leaders say that recognizing and celebrating this month is especially important at a predominantly white institution like UNI.

Black Student Union creates community

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN, Executive Editor Jan 31, 2024

For UNI Black Student Union (BSU) President Randy Whitfield and BSU Vice President Celia Emunah, stepping onto UNI’s campus for the first time was intimidating. But thanks to BSU, they were able to find...

Empowering Panthers

Empowering Panthers

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN, Executive Editor Jan 25, 2024

In the heart of the Panther Den located on the plaza floor of Maucker, Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) members mingled with students, UNI administrators, city council members and community...

The Tallgrass Prairie Center has played a role in helping preserve prairies as a habitat for many creatures, notably the monarch butterfly. Their efforts include their roadside projects, seed distribution, and collaboration with farmers.

From Cedar Falls to National Geographic

KORBYN RYAN, Staff Writer Jan 25, 2024

The Tallgrass Prairie Center, first officially established in 1999 with roots dating back to 1990, originally aimed to address the significant loss of prairie and other natural habitats in Iowa. “We've...

As the spring semester begins, UNI faculty continue to make an effort to make course materials affordable. In the past two years, the number of professors selecting free materials for their courses doubled.

Textbooks without breaking the bank

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN, Executive Editor Jan 17, 2024

As the new semester begins, some UNI students may have to choose between paying for necessary items like groceries, or required textbooks for classes.  UNI’s Textbook Equity Librarian Anne Marie...

The photograph above appeared in an August 1925 edition of the College Eye, one of the previous names for UNI’s student newspaper. It shows the West Gym nearing completion before it opened in November of that year. The Iowa Board of Regents approved a request this past November to demolish the West Gym after nearly a century on campus.

The West Gym: at the heart of campus history

MALLORY SCHMITZ, News Editor Jan 17, 2024

A vacant brick building sits behind a chain-link fence directly west of the Campanile. Stone busts of football players adorn the top of the eastern wall, now being held up by steel support beams. The nearly...

Temperatures plunged this week, prompting the university to have all
classes meet virtually on Tuesday.

Frozen over

MALLORY SCHMITZ, News Editor Jan 17, 2024

The start of the spring semester has been frozen in its tracks.  Following blizzard-like conditions over the weekend and facing dangerously low wind chills, the University of Northern Iowa made the...

UNLV Shooting Suspect was Former Instructor at UNI

UNLV Shooting Suspect was Former Instructor at UNI

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN, Executive Editor Dec 7, 2023

Anthony Polito, the 67-year-old accused of a deadly shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), worked in UNI's Department of Management for a short period from 2000-2001.  According to...

United Faculty calls out use of funds

United Faculty calls out use of funds

NI STAFF, NI Editors Dec 6, 2023

A report released during the Nov. 15 Board of Regents meeting revealed that UNI shifted nearly $1.06 million from General University Support Funds to cover UNI Athletics deficits over the past two years Based...

Remembering the students lost this semester

Remembering the students lost this semester

NI STAFF, NI Editors Dec 6, 2023

The Northern Iowan editorial team and staff would like to recognize the UNI students who passed away this semester. Landri Burgart Landri Burgart, a transfer student majoring in recreation, tourism...

Monica Leo has toured the country teaching the craft of puppet building and performing. She is the founder of
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre in West Liberty, Iowa, and she brought her puppet Alfred Schulz to perform for the
audience in the Hearst Center.

Puppeteering: the art of soul transplantation

JEFFERY JONES, Staff Writer Dec 6, 2023

The Hearst Center for the Arts hosted a unique guest on Nov. 30. Upon arriving to the Mae Latta Hall inside the center, the audience was greeted with a unique guest. He was a small man with a scraggly...

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