Remembering Justin and Tristan
SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor
February 21, 2019
Over one hundred UNI students and community members gathered at the Campanile to honor the lives of Justin Kime and Tristan Marlow on Monday night, Feb. 18. Kime and Marlow died after sustaining injuries in a weather-related car accident in Grundy County on Sunday, Feb. 17. Marlow was a senior relig...
Winter weather survival: mental health
ELIZABETH KELSEY, Staff Writer
February 21, 2019
From Arctic wind chills to blizzards and ice storms, this semester’s adverse winter weather has driven many students indoors. The lack of exposure to natural light can contribute to a mental health condition known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD). SAD is a “recurrent major depressive disor...
Concert features student compositions
EMMA'LE MAAS, Staff Writer
February 21, 2019
Filed under News
On Tuesday, Feb. 19 in Bengtson Auditorium, the UNI School of Music held a Jazz Combos Concert featuring four jazz combos. The four groups, Combo 1, The Enablers, Uncharted and Night Mayor, all featured several different types of jazz as well as compositions by UNI students. Combo 1 featured three...
Winter weather survival: vehicles
EMMA'LE MAAS, Staff Writer
February 18, 2019
“Suddenly this guy just cuts us off out of nowhere,” freshman English major Kersten Kahley recalled after driving back to UNI after winter break in a storm. “[...]we start sliding and swerving on the road until we were completely sideways on the interstate. Thank God no one was behind us or we...
BSU chats about cultural experiences
ELIZABETH KELSEY, Staff Writer
February 18, 2019
The area in front of Chats in Maucker Union lived up to its name from 6:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, as UNI’s Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a Brotha & Sista Chat. The event, part of BSU’s ongoing series of events for Black History Month, mimicked a speed-dating setup. In the center...
Sexual assault reported
February 18, 2019
On the morning of Sunday, Feb. 17, the UNI Office of Public Safety issued a campus-wide email stating that a rape had occurred over the weekend. The incident occurred early Sunday at approximately 1:45 a.m. in an on-campus parking lot. The assault was committed by a male the student met earlier in the ...
CAB concert sparks controversy
SYDNEY HAUER, Executive Editor
February 14, 2019
An inability to be transparent led some UNI student groups to believe the University administration was exhibiting racial bias. It started when the UNI Campus Activities Board (CAB)’s Waka Flocka Flame concert was moved to Nielsen Field House. While it has since been moved back to Maucker Union...
Levang and Stites and announce candidacy
SYDNEY HAUER, Executive Editor
February 14, 2019
Filed under News, NISG Election, Showcase
On Monday, Feb. 11, Jacob Levang and Jacob Stites announced their candidacy for student body president and vice president. Levang is a junior business management major from Des Moines, and Stites, also from Des Moines, is a junior economics major. “We are excited to start reaching out to people ac...
Hillside demolition brings changes
ELIZABETH KELSEY, Staff Writer
February 11, 2019
Students may have noticed some changes in the landscape of Jennings Drive, but DOR executives say the changes are all part of a balancing act to provide the best possible facilities for UNI students. Hillside Courts Apartments, a student housing complex of 278 units which had been in use since the 1...
Diversity on display in new exhibit
ANNA FLANDERS, Staff Writer
February 11, 2019
Though Rod Library typically functions as a sanctuary of academic sources for research papers, currently, children’s books have taken over as the main attraction thanks to the featured exhibit “Telling a People’s Story.” The traveling exhibit from the Miami University Art Museum is the first major ...
Chiang shows documentary in Lang
LEZIGA BARIKOR, Staff Writer
February 7, 2019
Not many have the unique opportunity of watching a documentary with the filmmaker present, but that’s just what UNI students, faculty and community members did on Monday, Feb. 4, in Lang Auditorium. Independent documentarian and producer S. Leo Chiang was invited to UNI through the William and St...
Mental health advocacy group hosts benefit
ANNA FLANDERS, Staff Writer
February 7, 2019
The UNI chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) will host their annual charitable art benefit in the Maucker Union Ballroom on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m. There will be a silent auction of pieces created by TWLOHA group members, UNI students and community members from the Cedar Valley and out of stat...
Remembering Justin and Tristan
February 21, 2019
Winter weather survival: mental health
February 21, 2019
Liberal arts education is necessary
February 21, 2019
Film critic predicts Oscar wins
February 21, 2019
Elizabeth Moen performs at Octo
February 21, 2019
February 21, 2019