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The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

Hall on Hudson haunts for hunger

Hall on Hudson haunts for hunger

CASSIDY NOBLE Oct 30, 2014

The brisk Tuesday air held the attention of the almost 600 students who paid their two dollars or canned food entry fee to go through the Horror on Hudson Haunted House. Serenaded by the music from KULT...

Minute Majors

ZAINAB ALREBH Oct 30, 2014

“When we started the event, we started with five minutes only. When students filled out evaluation forms, they said the time was too short to talk with the seniors. So we kept raising the minutes...

Burnin’ Up some drag

Burnin’ Up some drag

CASSIDY NOBLE Oct 30, 2014

High Heels, pantyhose and fishnets graced Commons Ballroom Tuesday night for a special Halloween show. UNI Proud’s annual Drag-A-Ganza kicked off with a half-hour dance party including the Cupid...

Study abroad offers trip to Tanzania

Study abroad offers trip to Tanzania

CASSIDY NOBLE Oct 27, 2014

Teaching, bonding and safaris are what encompass study abroad’s program, The Ultimate Field Experience: Tanzania.  The 10- day excursion this March will mark the program’s third voyage...

Throwin’ down lattes

Makaela Schulz Oct 27, 2014

Lattes lovers gathered at Sidecar coffee on Friday to witness a never-before seen event in Cedar Falls: a Latte Throwdown. The latte throwdown was an opportunity for the public to come watch different...

McLeod maddens up

McLeod maddens up

IAN SHILHANEK Oct 27, 2014

The men and women’s basketball teams participated in McLeod Madness Thursday to get Panther fans excited for the up-coming basketball season. The men’s and women’s teams competed against...

Gritty film drives the horrors of war

JOSHUA ROUSE Oct 27, 2014

“Fury,” a WWII film, is based on a collection of stories from ‘tankers’ (teams of tank drivers).  It is a gritty, realistic film recreating the horrors of war into a visually...

Letter to the Editor

Gabbi DeWitt Oct 27, 2014

The Pink Ribbon Run committee, along with the Beyond Pink TEAM, would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank two amazing groups of students on the UNI campus.  Oct. 4th marked the 8th year...

Student Voices

Oct 27, 2014

I feel like it’s helping with awareness more so than a lot of things. I mean, as students,we had to take the online class and so I think students are made aware of it but it’s no really real...

Pete Lee-ving in the moment

Pete Lee-ving in the moment

CASSIDY NOBLE Oct 27, 2014

On Tuesday evening, comedian Pete Lee performed his random and monotone style of comedy in the Commons Ballroom in Mauker Union amidst series of groans and fits of laughter.  “I find it amusing,”...

Early satellite voting for UNI

Early satellite voting for UNI

CASSIDY NOBLE Oct 27, 2014

With the fervor of political advertisements, debates and on-campus activities, the time has finally come for the 2014 elections.  Students attending UNI can vote early this week from October 20th...

Ren Faire

Ren Faire

KATHERINE JAMTGAARD Oct 20, 2014

The renaissance atmosphere came to life on the grounds of Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) Saturday for the opening of the musical production “Camelot.”  “With...

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