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Liv Wendt graduated this winter with a degree in Communications. Her concerted efforts in University Relations can be found on the @nothern_iowa Instagram page with relatable and funny content for students.

Behind the posts of @northern_iowa

OLIVIA BRUNSTING, Staff Writer Jan 17, 2024

With a following of 21.5k, UNI’s official Instagram account has been keeping staff, alumni, parents, students, and prospective students up-to-date on everything that goes on at UNI. Although sharing...

The Office of International Engagement works to provide opportunities to to UNI’s 84 international students. They work symbiotically with local UNI students to promote inclusion of students.

OIE Director makes lasting impact at UNI

CLAIRE SVENBY, Guest Writer Jan 17, 2024

Growing up in a country where most things came easy and everything felt like second nature is a big contrast to moving to the United States and having to learn from ground zero. In 1995, Carolina Coronado-Park...

Connecting Alumni to Students (CATS) hosts a variety of events for students and alumni alike. For homecoming, the students in CATS volunteer to make sure these events are enjoyable for all of its attendees.

CATS: Panthers with hardworking paws

GRANT PEDERSEN, Staff Writer Jan 17, 2024

“CATS,” otherwise known as The University of Northern Iowa’s Connecting Alumni To Students, is the foremost student organization on campus that promotes the lasting connection between past, present,...

Volunteers from across the Cedar Valley braved the cold weather to help the Northeast Iowa Food Bank pack bags
for children who struggle with food-insecurity.

Panthers Pack the Dome

MALLORY SCHMITZ, News Editor Jan 17, 2024

On a blustery Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the UNI-Dome transformed from a football stadium to a food packing facility. A total of nearly 2,000 volunteers gathered in the Dome for the Northeast Iowa...

Student Wellness Services Seeks to Serve

Student Wellness Services Seeks to Serve

HOPE JACOBS Dec 8, 2023

How can someone express gratitude in their daily life? UNI Student Wellness Services (SWS), works to help students express gratitude during the semester. One project they worked on was  the Gratitude...

Movie display of the new “Hunger Games movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” at the Marcus College Square Cinema.

CAB hosts first Movie Night

KRISTIN MOOS, Staff Writer Dec 6, 2023

The Campus Activities Board (CAB) hosted its first movie night at Marcus College Square Cinema on Thursday. Chase Strenhagen, the organizer and Director of Membership at CAB reported that the event...

Mapping out mental health at UNI

Mapping out mental health at UNI

Kaili Benham, Guest Writer Dec 5, 2023

Everyone has mental health. In the same way we all have physical health, we all have mental health. The CDC defines mental health as a state of psychological, emotional, and social well-being. What is...

Jahner and her prize-winning ram, Gypsy King, or GK, competed at the NAILE show in which her and GK championed. Dorsets are judged based off of weight, height, and color.

Panther Profile: UNI student champions at lamb showing

HOPE SCHULTE, Staff Writer, Graphic Designer Dec 5, 2023

That’s showbiz! When thinking of this popular phrase, many people may think of the entertainment industry. However, for someone like Ella Jahner, a different type of show business is much more of...

The Multimodal Transportation Center provides parking for B pass holders.

To park or not to park?

TAYLOR NOHRENBERG, Staff Writer Nov 29, 2023

UNI students know all too well the dreadful feeling of seeing a rectangular orange parking ticket on their car door or tucked under the windshield after class but, never fear, the battle between UNI’s...

Above is one of the many shelves filled to the brim with books in The Nook. Abby Olson, co-owner, wants to
expand the collection so that there is a book for everyone in the store.

Book it to The Nook

BAILEY KLINKHAMMER, Campus Life Editor Nov 15, 2023

Abby Olson and Brandon Conrad, business and life partners, opened the brand new storefront for The Nook this past Saturday. They were met with a line that wrapped around the block on Main Street. From...

The end of the writers’ strike, which lasted for five months, has given rise to new questions about the use of AI in the industry. Some prominent figures in the industry hold disdain for the use of AI, claiming that it “dehumanizes the industry.” Others are more accepting of AI, especially as a tool within the industry and its potential outside of film.

Writers strike establishes new ground rules for AI

CALLEE FAIR, Staff Writer Nov 15, 2023

In a new age where Artificial Intelligence is slowly becoming a part of our everyday lives, writers have to now find a way to coexist with technology that is threatening their jobs. Concern and worry...

BSU Vice President Celia Emunah (pictured left) and BSU President Randy
Whitfield (pictured right) table for BSU at the beginning of the semester.
Both Emunah and Whitfield hope Melanin Week will help support and
encourage students of color on campus.

“See My Color”

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN, Executive Editor Nov 15, 2023

“See My Color” is the theme of this year’s “Melanin Week” hosted by Black Student Union (BSU). The week consists of many events created by the student organization – all of which everyone is...

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