Vertigo Mini

KIRBY DAVIS, Staff Photographer
April 24, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Showcase

Last Thursday, April 20, performance art students bared it all at their annual spring showcase known as VertigoMini. As with many performance art shows, audience members aren’t always sure of what to expect when they walk in. The same was true of this show, which was free to the public and took place ...

CABapalooza on the horizon

CLINTON OLSASKY, Campus Life Editor
April 24, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Showcase

This Thursday, April 27, UNI’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) will be hosting their annual “CABapalooza” on Lawther Field from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Chelsea Miller, junior management organizational leadership major, serves as the CAB homecoming executive. Miller explained what students can expect when a...

‘Into the Woods’ hits high notes

SHELBY WELSCH, Theatre & Event Critic
April 24, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Showcase

“Into the Woods,” a musical famously known for being tricky to put together, was executed wonderfully by UNI’s Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC), School of Music and Theatre UNI. The score of “Into the Woods” is rhythmically challenging, the themes and keys constantly cha...

PANTHER PORTRAIT: TAPP Catwalk 25 Around the World

CLINTON OLSASKY, Campus Life Editor
April 24, 2017
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On Saturday, April 22, the Textiles and Apparrel (TAPP) department held their 25th annual fashion show in Lang Hall Auditorium. The theme for this year’s show was “Around the World in 60 Minutes.” The show was divided into three sections that each highlighted three distinct worldy fashions: Japan, E...

Graduating students exhibit artwork

SYDNEY HAUER, Staff Writer
April 20, 2017
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This Monday, four Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) students will have their first experience of installing their artwork in professional spaces. The BFA group exhibition, presented by the UNI Gallery of Art opens April 24, at 7 p.m. The exhibition will be on view until Saturday, May 6. The opening rec...

Go in ‘style,’ leave in disappointment

JOSHUA ROUSE, Film Critic
April 20, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Movie Reviews, Showcase

When senior citizen Joe is at the bank dealing with inflated mortgage payments and other hidden fees, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a bank robbery. This experience gives him the idea to rob the bank himself in order to fix his financial problems. With his lifelong friends Will and Al �...

UNI hosts citizenship naturalization ceremony

KIRBY DAVIS, Staff Photographer
April 20, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Showcase

Yesterday, April 19, the Maucker Union Ballroom hosted 90 individuals from 36 different countries with their friends and family for a life-changing occasion. Individuals came from all over the state of Iowa to be part of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa’s Naturaliza...

Theatre UNI heads ‘Into the Woods’

SARAH RITONDALE, Staff Writer
April 17, 2017
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This upcoming weekend, the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) will undergo a magical transformation as Theatre UNI brings the widely-acclaimed musical “Into the Woods” to campus. The musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is a reimagining of various Brothers Grimm and C...

Org advocates for marrow donors

SYDNEY HAUER, Staff Writer
April 13, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Showcase

UNI Be the Match is holding their first annual “Cheek Week” event this week, from April 10 to 14. The purpose of the event is to spread awareness of the organization and to help students sign up to be bone marrow donors so they can aid in saving the lives of leukemia, lymphoma and blood cancer patien...

‘Kong’ not exactly a barrel of monkeys

CLINTON OLSASKY, Associative Executive Editor
April 13, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Movie Reviews, Showcase

You know the old saying: If it ain’t broke…go ahead and break it. Oh, wait. That’s not a saying? Well, nonetheless, that must have been the motto that director Jordan Vogt-Roberts had in mind when he chose to bastardize one of the most heralded film franchises in history with the monstrosity of...

Panther Portrait: Sexual Assault Awareness Week

CLINTON OLSASKY, Associative Executive Editor
April 13, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Showcase

On Monday, April 10, Sigma Phi Epsilon (SipEp) kicked off their fifth annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week (SAAW) with a 24-hour See SAAW. Members of the organization see-sawed outside of the Maucker Union as a way to raise awareness and show support for sexual assault survivors. In addition, SigEp ...

Relay raises money, honors survivors

ALLISON MAZARELLA, Staff Writer
April 10, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Showcase

UNI students, alumni and community members joined together this past Saturday, April 8, at the McLeod Center for Relay for Life of UNI, a 10-hour fundraising event held through the American Cancer Society. The event, which was held from 2:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., integrated UNI with the Cedar Falls c...