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Northern Iowan

The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

Copeland releases hit book

CASSIDY NOBLE Oct 6, 2014

UNI English Professor Dr. Jeffrey Copeland’s 25th book, “Ain’t No Harm to Kill the Devil: the Life and Legend of John Fairfield, Abolitionist for Hire” came out on Sept. 15 and...

Bringing fame to our backyard

Bringing fame to our backyard

KATHERINE JAMTGAARD Oct 6, 2014

Tickets sold almost as quickly as they were printed when CAB announced they booked a five-member a capella group, Pentatonix for a University of Northern Iowa show. The Great Hall was abuzz with energy...

Job opportunities abound at Career Fair

Job opportunities abound at Career Fair

AMBER ROUSE Oct 2, 2014

Students looking to gain an upper hand in the professional world showed off their skills and resumes in the McLeod Center Thursday at the University of Northern Iowa's Career Fair.  There were...

UNI defeats TTU, 50-7

UNI defeats TTU, 50-7

BRENNAN WHISLER Oct 2, 2014

For the second straight week, the UNI Panthers showed complete dominance in all aspects of the game defeating the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech 50-7. The game started off innocently enough with Michael...

Time to get foamy

Time to get foamy

KATHERINE JAMTGAARD Oct 2, 2014

A small sea of orange-clad students gathered Thursday for the annual UNI Dance Marathon 5K outside of the Industrial Technology Center. This year’s 5K was a foam run full of suds, water balloons...

ROTCs

ROTC’s

AMBER ROUSE Oct 2, 2014

Cadets of all ranks traveled together to Camp Ingawanis, a former Boy Scout camp outside of Janesville, IA, to partake in leadership training exercises vital to military duty this past weekend. The University...

Experience college on your own

RENAE BEARD Sep 25, 2014

To The Class of 2018, congratulations!  You made it!   I’m sure at this point, you’ve heard just about everything.. You’re discovering how this whole “college thing”...

If I ruled: voting laws

If I ruled: voting laws

ERIC BOISEN Sep 25, 2014

Welcome to the “If I Ruled” series, where I get to stroke my ego and think about what I would do if I could change anything within our laws. This week: voting laws. In 2012, the United States...

Unlocked cars lead to thefts

Unlocked cars lead to thefts

AMBER ROUSE Sep 25, 2014

On Sept. 17, nearly 20 Cedar Falls residents woke up to find valuable items missing from their vehicles. These car thefts occurred from Olive to Franklin streets and Second to 28th streets. Cedar Falls...

UNI retains rank among top Midwest public universities on U.S. News & World Report

UNI retains rank among top Midwest public universities on U.S. News & World Report

CHELSEA HELMLE Sep 25, 2014

U.S. News and World Reports named the University of Northern Iowa No. 2 on the “Best Regional Public Universities” in the Midwest list for 2015. This is the second consecutive year UNI has...

KULT roof party introduces new image

KULT roof party introduces new image

AMBER ROUSE Sep 22, 2014

The University of Northern Iowa’s student-run radio station, KULT, relaunched itself into the atmosphere Thursday on Maucker Union’s rooftop.  Commons Collective, a local jazz quintet...

Pep rally gears students up for homecoming game

IAN SHILHANEK Sep 22, 2014

Students packed McLeod Center Friday night for the annual homecoming pep rally to pump up Panther pride for Saturday’s football game. As the pep rally opened, University of Northern Iowa President...

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