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The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

Leia Lensing is a graduate student who took first in the Concert of Arias on Feb. 2.

UNI student receives prestigious opera award

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Feb 12, 2018

UNI graduate student Leia Lensing won first place at the prestigious Concert of Arias on Feb. 2. The Concert of Arias is the live finals of an extensive audition process for the Houston Grand Opera Studio,...

Dylan Marron, a videographer and writer, will be speaking at UNI on Feb. 15 on being a creator in 2018.

UNI to host ‘Beta Snowflake Cuck’

BLAIR HINES, Staff Writer Feb 12, 2018

On Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m., UNI’s Office of Undergraduate Studies and First Year Cornerstone program will host Dylan Marron, videographer and writer, in the Great Hall of Gallagher Bluedorn Performing...

The Fairs in Town is an original play written and directed by UNI senior Colin Mattox.

Original play embraces authenticity

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Feb 8, 2018

This past weekend, a darkened acting classroom deep in the basement of Strayer-Wood Theatre served as the backdrop for a tale of grief, addiction and familial instability. “The Fair’s in Town,”...

The panel of AU and Black Student Union members discussed their differences and similarities.

Same, Same, Different: AU and BSU

PEYTON HUSMANN, Staff Writer Feb 8, 2018

This past Monday, Feb. 5, the UNI Black Student Union (BSU) and African Union (AU) came together to hold a panel discussion called “Same, Same, Different,” in the Maucker Union Coffeehouse. Students...

UNI alum and documentary filmmaker Vanessa McNeal will be visiting UNI this Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Maucker Union Ballroom.

Filmmaker to speak on sex trafficking

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Feb 5, 2018

This week, UNI alum Vanessa McNeal is returning to campus to discuss her film, “Gridshock.” McNeal, who received a master’s degree in social work from UNI, will be speaking in the Old Central...

Panther Portrait: Night at the Apollo

Panther Portrait: Night at the Apollo

KIRBY DAVIS, Staff Writer Feb 5, 2018

The Black Student Union (BSU) kicked off Black History Month with “Night at The Apollo” this past Friday, Feb. 2. The event was inspired by the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, which brings...

Philosopher and activist Lisa Guenther came to UNI this past week to discuss issues related to solitary confinement and the U.S. prison system.

Activist, philosopher talks solitary confinement

KOREE DEERING, Staff Writer Feb 5, 2018

On Thursday, Feb. 1, Lisa Guenther, American philosopher and activist, came to UNI to discuss solitary confinement as part of the Hearst Lecture Series in Sabin Hall. Guenther is currently an associate...

The UNI Opera and the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra presented Hansel and Gretel on Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 28 at 2 p.m.

A beautiful spin on a classic fairy tale

SHELBY WELSCH, Theater and Event Critic Feb 1, 2018

“Hansel and Gretel” is an old nursery tale that almost everyone can recall hearing as a child, often with a stern parental warning as to why children shouldn’t talk to strangers. However, in true...

Super Bowl: party or pass

Super Bowl: party or pass

LEZIGA BARIKOR, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Feb 1, 2018

Super Bowl Sunday is nearly here, and UNI students have many options as to how they can view the end of the American football season. From student organizations to on campus residence parties, Super Bowl...

Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps star in Phantom Thread, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

‘Phantom Thread’ weaves tale of toxic love

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Feb 1, 2018

The obsessive impulses that arise out of the often toxic intersection of artistry and affection are at the forefront in “Phantom Thread,” the new drama directed by acclaimed filmmaker Paul Thomas...

Actor and singer Hugh Jackman plays P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman musical biopic, released in 2017.

Hugh Jackman’s ‘Greatest Show’

LEZIGA BARIKOR, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Jan 29, 2018

“Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for.” Hugh Jackman’s opening line from the titular song, “The Greatest Show,” sets the bar high for the rest of the vocal cast members...

Gerit Grimm is a ceramist artist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and assistant art professor. She visited UNI Jan. 25 to lecture about her art.

Visiting artist Gerit Grimm shares art advice

AMELIA DUAX, Staff Writer Jan 29, 2018

Visiting artist Gerit Grimm, a ceramist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an assistant professor of art, gave students and the public a deeper look inside her life this past Thursday, Jan. 25....

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