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The Aliens by contemporary playwright Annie Baker is being performed by TheatreUNI today through Oct. 22, and again from Thursday, Oct. 26 through Oct. 29 in the Bertha Martin Theater located in Strayer-Wood Theater.

TheatreUNI beams “The Aliens”

SYDNEY HAUER, Executive Editor | [email protected] Oct 19, 2017

TheatreUNI will be performing “The Aliens” by contemporary playwright Annie Baker on Thursday, Oct. 19 through Oct. 22, and again from Thursday, Oct. 26 through Oct. 29 in the Bertha Martin Theatre...

NF, born Nathan Feurstein, is a 26-year-old rapper from Gladwin, Michigan. Perception is the third full studio album hes produced under Capital Records. His previous releases are Mansion and Therapy Session. He also released a self-titled EP in 2014.

NF’s “Perception” slays industry

LEZIGA BARIKOR, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Oct 19, 2017

Early Friday morning, Oct. 6, Christian rap artist Nathan “NF” Feurstein dropped his new highly anticipated album “Perception,” and it quickly claimed the top spot on the U.S. iTunes store over...

October horror film series

October horror film series

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Oct 19, 2017

Throughout the rest of October, UNI students will have the opportunity to witness the evolution of the horror genre in film, thanks to a horror film series sponsored by the UNI Communication Studies Department. The...

The Cedar Falls Public Library is hosting UNI associate professor Jim OLoughlins Connecting Three Cultures seminar as they perform The Woman Who Was Forgotten by Bess Streeter Aldrich.

The Woman Who Was Forgotten

ANNA FLANDERS, Staff Writer Oct 16, 2017

At 7 p.m. tonight, Cedar Falls will have a chance to travel into the 1920’s, courtesy of the UNI Languages and Literatures department. Graduate students from associate professor Jim O’Loughlin’s...

Blade Runner 2049, starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, has received critical acclaim. The highly anticipated sequel currently holds an 89 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Sci-fi sequel is superb successor

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Oct 16, 2017

More than three decades ago, director Ridley Scott (“Alien,” “The Martian”) revolutionized the science fiction genre with his 1982 opus “Blade Runner.” Misunderstood upon its initial release,...

UNI alumnus Nick Schrunk had a screening of the documentary Blood Road, of which he had a hand in as creative director with the Red Bull Media House. Schrunk graduated in 2008 with a bachelors degree in graphic design.

UNI alum captures the “Blood Road”

ALLISON MAZZARELLA, Staff Writer Oct 12, 2017

One thousand two hundred miles of blood, sweat and tears.  Professional athlete Rebecca Rusch experienced all of this throughout her journey along the Ho Chi Minh trail, as portrayed in the documentary...

Legendary actress and comedian Lily Tomlin (of Laugh-In fame) performed a one-woman comedy show last Friday, Oct. 6, at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performance Arts Center (GBPAC)

Legendary comedian graces GBPAC

SHELBY WELSCH, Theater and Event Critic Oct 9, 2017

Comedy is all about balance. It’s difficult to find the perfect joke or skit that will strike a variety of age groups, is conscious of political and religious differences and also keeps up with the times....

Panther Portrait: UNI Homecoming pep rally

Panther Portrait: UNI Homecoming pep rally

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Oct 9, 2017

This past Friday, Oct. 6, students gathered at the West Gym at 7:30 p.m. to take part in UNI’s annual Homecoming Pep Rally. The event, which was emceed by comedian Pete Lee, featured a performance...

The new biographical crime film American Made, directed by Doug Liman and starring Tom Cruise, has received generally positive reviews from critics. It currently holds an 87 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

‘American Made’ educates, entertains

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Oct 9, 2017

Given its labyrinthine plot of deception, corruption and excess, it may be hard to believe that Doug Liman’s new biographical crime film “American Made” is actually based on true events. The film...

Panther Portrait: Homecoming picnic, Campanile plaza

Panther Portrait: Homecoming picnic, Campanile plaza

LEZIGA BARIKOR, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Oct 5, 2017

A DJ dressed up in Jedi warrior garb blasted pop music and Star Wars theme music remixes during the Homecoming Picnic at the Campanile Plaza on Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. until around 1 p.m. There were four different...

Improv comedy troupe Some Assembly Required (SAR) hosted their first show of the year last Friday at the Wesley Foundation.

Improv troupe brings the laughs

MONIQUE SMITH, Staff Writer Oct 5, 2017

On Friday, Sept. 29, UNI improv troupe Some Assembly Required (SAR) performed in the basement of the Wesley Foundation. The room was filled with excitement for the first show of the year, and only standing...

Reese Witherspoon stars in the new romantic comedy Home Again. The film, directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, has been panned by critics. It currently carries a 31 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Skip ‘Home Again’ for Homecoming

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Oct 2, 2017

Whatever goodwill Reese Witherspoon may have earned from critics with her widely acclaimed 2014 film “Wild” has all but dissipated with the painfully unfunny and inexcusably hackneyed “Home Again.” ...

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