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Executive Editor Gabrielle Leitner reviews the 71st Emmy Awards held on Saturday, Sept. 22.

Emmys prove awards shows’ descent

GABRIELLE LEITNER, Art Director | [email protected] Sep 26, 2019

The best of the best in television were honored at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 22. One thing the Emmys proved this year was that awards...

Panther Portrait: Open Melt Day

Panther Portrait: Open Melt Day

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Sep 23, 2019

The UNI Metal Casting Center (MCC) hosted an “Open Melt Day” on Friday, Sept. 20. The open house event gave students from all majors a up-close look at molten aluminum being poured into casts. Some...

A new student organization at UNI, the Study of Religion Club (STORC), held its first meeting on Wednesday, Step. 16 with the topic of Religion and, uh, leggings?

STORC discusses leggings, ethics

LAUREN MCGUILL, Staff Writer Sep 23, 2019

The Study of Religion Club (STORC) had its first meeting  on Wednesday, Sept. 18 in Bartlett Hall. The topic of the evening? Leggings. “Our main goal is to have a conversation with people of different...

Hunter Friesen reviews James Grays sci-fi film Ad Astra, which follows Roy MdBrides (Brad Pitt) journey into space to find his father and save the planet. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an 83 percent rating.

‘Ad Astra’ tells human story on cosmic level

HUNTER FRIESEN Sep 23, 2019

You may not have noticed, but the 2010s have been a renaissance for space movies. It all started with “Gravity” in 2013, followed by “Interstellar,” “The Martian” and “First Man.” The one...

Constitution Day Address confronts slaverys legacy

Constitution Day Address confronts slavery’s legacy

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Sep 19, 2019

UNI and Cedar Valley community members packed the Great Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) on the evening of Monday, Sept. 16 to hear Nikole Hannah-Jones deliver the UNI 2019...

Financial Literacy 101: Credit Scores

Financial Literacy 101: Credit Scores

COLBY WEBER Sep 19, 2019

Financial literacy is a skill that plays a key role in any college student’s life. Managing your finances is an essential part of setting yourself up for a successful future. In order to accomplish this,...

Study Abroad Fair

Study Abroad Fair

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Sep 19, 2019

Thirty-nine different programs were represented at the Study Abroad Fair in the Maucker Union ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Students were able to speak with past participants, faculty and study abroad...

SAR improv group sparks laughs

SAR improv group sparks laughs

ZYRUS WHITEHEAD, Staff Writer Sep 16, 2019

A ballet rivalry, a silverware factory and a potato farm were just a few of the scenes audience members witnessed at Some Assembly Required (SAR)’s first show of the year on Friday, Sept. 13. The...

Tallgrass Prairie renamed to Daryl Smith Prairie

Tallgrass Prairie renamed to ‘Daryl Smith Prairie’

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Sep 16, 2019

During the “Prairie Rendezvous” event on Saturday, Sept. 14, the UNI Tallgrass Prairie was renamed the “Daryl Smith Prairie” to honor the biology professor on the occasion of his retirement from...

PMB to present The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire

PMB to present ‘The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire’

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Sep 16, 2019

Fans of the band Earth, Wind & Fire will want to remember the “21st night of September” for this year in particular. On that date, the Panther Marching Band (PMB) will perform an Earth, Wind &...

NI film critic Hunter Friesen reviews Hustlers, the newest film from director/writer Lorene Scafaria. Starring Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu, the crime drama follows the story of former strip club employees during the 2008 financial crisis. The film received an 88 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating.

Scafaria’s ‘Hustlers’ makes it rain

HUNTER FRIESEN Sep 16, 2019

We all know how the Great Recession of 2008 affected the American economy. There are countless stories of large financial and automotive firms going under, taking thousands of employees with them. But...

Balas piece titled Iowa: The Affections of Her People, Like Rivers of Her Borders, Flow to an Inseparable Union (A New Son Dreaming on the Plane.)

Exhibit examines misrepresentation in art

LAUREN MCGUILL, Staff Writer Sep 12, 2019

Before the school year began and students moved back to campus, the UNI Gallery of Art was doing some moving of its own. Over the summer, the gallery received multiple crates from Colorado artist Jack...

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