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The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

Panther Portrait: Homecoming Parade

Panther Portrait: Homecoming Parade

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Oct 22, 2018

University Avenue, College Street and 23rd Street were lined with past and current students, faculty and other UNI community members braving the cold on Saturday, Oct. 20 for the annual Homecoming Parade....

2018 Homecoming kickoff

2018 Homecoming kickoff

EMMA KOSSAYIAN, Staff Writer Oct 18, 2018

Students braced the chilly fall evening on Monday to attend the Panthers Homecoming Kickoff on Lawther Field. The event jumpstarted the homecoming week with the crowning of the Panther Royalty and a Pride...

Students can participate in a wide variety of events scheduled for homecoming week until Sunday, Oct. 21.

A wonderful week of homecoming events

COLBY WEBER Oct 18, 2018

As the big homecoming game approaches, many UNI students are showing off their Panther spirit by participating in various events and activities throughout the week. Student Life Director Mike Bobeldyk...

Ryan Gosling stars in the new film First Man, directed by Damien Chazelle, following NASAs mission to land a man on the moon.

Chazelle’s ‘First Man’ valiantly blasts off

HUNTER FRIESEN Oct 18, 2018

What do Americans really know about Neil Armstrong? Everyone knows that he was the first man to step foot on the moon, but what else? Most of us would be left blank, realizing we know so little about one...

Panther Portrait: Royalty Competition

Panther Portrait: Royalty Competition

TONI FORTMANN Oct 18, 2018

Students gathered in Maucker Union ballroom on Thursday, Oct. 11, for the Homecoming Royalty competition. The Homecoming Court of 11 students competed in a game of “pin-the-tail,” answered an array...

Suicide awareness event sends silence packing

Suicide awareness event sends silence packing

PEYTON HUSMANN, Staff Writer Oct 15, 2018

Backpacks lined the walls inside Maucker Union on Thursday, Oct. 11 as the nationally touring “Send Silence Packing” event came to UNI. The event displayed over 1,100 backpacks, representing the average...

Graduate student Nathan Selove writes, directs and narrates the play Aut is Love. The play centers around the romance between Selove (Austen Carnahan) and his wife (Erin Hassenstab), both of whom are on the autism spectrum.

Play portrays romance on the spectrum

ANNA FLANDERS, Staff Writer Oct 15, 2018

This past weekend, the play “Aut is Love” was performed three times in the Interpreter’s Theater in Lang Hall. The play was written and directed by Nathan Selove, serving as his master’s thesis....

Panther Portrait: Latinx Showcase

Panther Portrait: Latinx Showcase

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Oct 15, 2018

Lang Hall Auditorium emanated Latinx culture on Friday, Oct. 12. The Latinx Showcase was one of several events celebrating Latinx Heritage Month, presented by the Center for Multicultural Education, Latin...

The Reach and Richness of Design: The Elena Diane Curris Biennial Design Exhibition is on display in the UNI Gallery of Art until Friday, Nov. 16.

UNI alumna discusses exhibition

COLBY WEBER Oct 11, 2018

The fortunes within fortune cookies are not something that people typically dont give much consideration. However, to Jessica Barness, UNI graphic design alumna and associate professor at Kent State University,...

Preview: UNI Womens Chorus reunion

Preview: UNI Women’s Chorus reunion

SARAH RITONDALE, Staff Writer Oct 11, 2018

UNI’s School of Music will be hosting a reunion and 130th anniversary celebration and reunion of the Women’s Chorus on Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13. About 20 to 30 alumni—some who graduated...

Art students Joel Wisner, Michelle Patrilla and Mariah Piippo spoke during Flash Talks– Inclusive Art Exhibits Power.

Flash talks address inclusivity in art

SIERRA STEEN, Managing Editor | [email protected] Oct 11, 2018

Kinks, hobbits and gay subculture. These three topics were covered in flash talks that took place in Rod Library on Monday, Oct. 8 as part of the annual Iowa Museum Conference. Other topics in the conference...

Professor Dave May poses with his eight-foot Norfolk Island Pine tree in his office.

UNI professors show their roots

ALLISON MAZZARELLA, Staff Writer Oct 8, 2018

David May has put down roots here at UNI — quite literally. A professor in the department of geography, May works in his office canopied by an eight-foot Norfolk Island Pine tree that grows on his desk. The...

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