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Vote 2016

Vote 2016

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | [email protected] Sep 22, 2016

The leaves are changing color and fall is on its way, which means the presidential race is about to heat up. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will spar in their first...

Pictured is one of several different views of a proposal designed by Levi Architecture. Great Wall will be one of four businesses that will occupy the new commercial structure

Great Wall to return

KAUSHIK MAHIDA, Staff Writer Sep 19, 2016

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant is set to return to the College Hill next summer after it burned to the ground in a fire in April. The owners of Great Wall have now proposed a new commercial structure on...

Jeff Danielson, Iowa State Senator, was one of several officials who held a listening post on UNIs campus. The others were State Senators Rob Hogg and Brian Schoenjahn, The listening post was held to promote discussions, questions and concerns about UNIs future.

Senators hold listening post

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | [email protected] Sep 19, 2016

Three Iowa State Senators painted a dire picture of UNI’s funding situation at a listening post Sept. 15. Iowa State Senator Jeff Danielson, along with State Senators Rob Hogg and Brian Schoenjahn,...

Lawther Hall is currently undergoing construction and is set to re-open in August 2017, when it will provide suite-style rooms for student.

DOR eyes Campbell for future renovations

KAUSHIK MAHIDA Sep 19, 2016

The Department of Residence (DOR) has announced several plans to upgrade the residence life facilities at UNI. This includes converting 30 percent of UNI’s housing inventory into suite style apartments,...

Students surround the campanile with cell phones illuminated to remember Nathan Twedt. Twedt was a sophomore finance major.

Remembering a lost Panther

NICK FISHER, Executive Editor Sep 15, 2016

A mass of mourning students surrounded the campanile Monday evening. They exchanged hugs and cried tears of sorrow. Fond memories elicited the occasional laughs. They were grieving the death of Nathan...

Due Vu, senior computer science major, sits in the Maucker Union computer lab, which was just one of the several computer labs that suddenly shut down on Monday night as the result of a campus-wide power outage

Power outage shocks UNI campus

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Sep 15, 2016

On Monday, September 12, UNI experienced a campus-wide power outage shortly after 6 p.m., which lasted for approximately 48 minutes, according to Physical Plant Director Michael Zwanziger. Zwanziger explained...

Colin Kaepernick throws a 72 yard touchdown pass against Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Oct. 18th. Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem prior to the preseason matchup against the Green Bay Packers Aug. 26. Green Bay won the game 21-10

UNI AD weighs in on Kaepernick

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Sep 12, 2016

On August 26, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made headlines as he sat down during the national anthem before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers. Kaepernick explained his reasoning...

Be arrested for science

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | [email protected] Sep 12, 2016

“This is not only the crisis of our lives, it is the crisis of our species’ existence,” Sandra Steingraber said to her audience during a lecture last Wednesday, Sept. 7. Steingraber’s lecture,...

Cyber hacking raises concerns at UNI

SYDNEY KUNZ, Staff Writer Sep 12, 2016

Saturday Night Live cast member Leslie Jones has become the latest celebrity victim of internet hacking. In late August, unknown hackers took control of Jones’ personal website and posted photos of her...

Trigger Warnings

Trigger Warnings

JACOB MADDEN, News Editor | [email protected] Sep 8, 2016

Political correctness is a contentious topic within the atmosphere of higher education. At the center of this debate are the common practices of trigger warnings and safe spaces on campuses. According...

Indie folk singer-songwriter Margaret Glaspy will be performing at the Octopus on College Hill this Sunday, Sept. 11.

Emotions + math = Octopus on the Hill

SYDNEY HAUER, Executive Editor | [email protected] Sep 8, 2016

A venue capable of seating nearly 2,000 is partnering with a bar that could maybe squeeze in 200 before becoming a fire hazard. On Sunday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m., indie folk singer Margaret Glaspy will...

Prez qualifications

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Sep 8, 2016

In a letter to Iowa senators Jeff Danielson, Rob Hogg and Brian Schoenjahn, the UNI presidential search committee named the qualifications they are seeking for the university’s next president. According...

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