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Northern Iowan

Graduating students reflect on commencement cancelation, call for postponed ceremony

Graduating students reflect on commencement cancelation, call for postponed ceremony

Sofia Legaspi, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Apr 19, 2020

With UNI’s spring commencement ceremony canceled due to the current pandemic, many soon-to-be graduates have been left hanging. The university announced the cancelation — together with the extension...

TheatreUNI to host Digital Performance Festival

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Apr 15, 2020

Every theatre aficionado knows that the show must go on. And even when a global pandemic intervenes, the show still must go on — even if the audience has to become virtual. That was the thought process...

Student Wellness Services provides virtual help with intuitive eating

Student Wellness Services provides virtual help with intuitive eating

CECILIA MITCHELL, Copy Editor Apr 15, 2020

Due to the recent campus closure, UNI’s Student Wellness Services (SWS) has gone digital with their resources. This spring, students have two different options to explore strengthening their well-being...

Uprising magazine to release ninth issue digitally

‘Uprising’ magazine to release ninth issue digitally

CECILIA MITCHELL, Copy Editor Apr 15, 2020

On Friday, April 17, UNI student fashion magazine “Uprising” will release their ninth issue in celebration of their five-year anniversary as an organization. Due to the COVID-19 crisis and subsequent...

GBPAC suspends ‘Local Legends: Live from Gallagher Bluedorn’ series

CECILIA MITCHELL, Copy Editor Apr 10, 2020

On Wednesday, April 8, the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) announced that their new online concert streaming series, “Local Legends: Live from Gallagher Bluedorn,” would be suspended...

UNI visual and performing arts students adjust to COVID-19

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Apr 7, 2020

As the world is reeling from the widespread closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the many hard-hit industries is the visual and performing arts. In a business that depends on in-person...

Film critic gives top five films to watch while social distancing

HUNTER FRIESEN Mar 25, 2020

With the coronavirus taking center stage over our lives, many of us are now stuck at home self-quarantining. Despite being the overall right thing to do to protect yourself and everyone else from the virus,...

Students move out of dorms amid coronavirus threats

Students move out of dorms amid coronavirus threats

ELIZABETH KELSEY, News Editor Mar 25, 2020

Standing in his half-dismantled dorm room in Campbell Hall, sophomore history major Evan Heggen packed clothes into a suitcase. “I was really upset,” he said. “All of my friends don’t live close...

‘Final Thursday’ reading series goes digital

CECILIA MITCHELL, Copy Editor Mar 25, 2020

Every last Thursday of the month during the academic year, Professor Jim O’Loughlin hosts the Final Thursday Reading Series (FRTS) and open mic in the Hearst Center for the Arts, located just a few blocks...

NI Film Critic Hunter Friesen reviews “Onward,” the animated film from Pixar.

Pixar’s ‘Onward’ is heartwarming

HUNTER FRIESEN Mar 12, 2020

Set on an Earth where the magical and mythological exist together, Pixar’s newest animated film, “Onward,” tells the tale of two elven brothers. The story begins on the 16th birthday of the younger...

Panther Esports teams update

JACOB HILDRETH, Guest Column Mar 12, 2020

UNI Panther Esports teams are in full-swing participating in Spring leagues for “Overwatch,” “League of Legends” and “Call of Duty.” “Overwatch” is competing in Tespa, an international...

The UNI International Justice held their annual advocacy and education event on Wednesday, March 4 in the Maucker Union Ballroom.

IJM holds advocacy and education event

KIMBERLY CAVALIER Mar 12, 2020

On Wednesday, March 4, UNI’s International Justice Mission (IJM) presented their annual advocacy and education event. IJM is an international organization with chapters on hundreds of college campuses,...

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