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Empowering Panthers

Empowering Panthers

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN, Executive Editor Jan 25, 2024

In the heart of the Panther Den located on the plaza floor of Maucker, Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) members mingled with students, UNI administrators, city council members and community...

The Tallgrass Prairie Center has played a role in helping preserve prairies as a habitat for many creatures, notably the monarch butterfly. Their efforts include their roadside projects, seed distribution, and collaboration with farmers.

From Cedar Falls to National Geographic

KORBYN RYAN, Staff Writer Jan 25, 2024

The Tallgrass Prairie Center, first officially established in 1999 with roots dating back to 1990, originally aimed to address the significant loss of prairie and other natural habitats in Iowa. “We've...

As the spring semester begins, UNI faculty continue to make an effort to make course materials affordable. In the past two years, the number of professors selecting free materials for their courses doubled.

Textbooks without breaking the bank

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN, Executive Editor Jan 17, 2024

As the new semester begins, some UNI students may have to choose between paying for necessary items like groceries, or required textbooks for classes.  UNI’s Textbook Equity Librarian Anne Marie...

The photograph above appeared in an August 1925 edition of the College Eye, one of the previous names for UNI’s student newspaper. It shows the West Gym nearing completion before it opened in November of that year. The Iowa Board of Regents approved a request this past November to demolish the West Gym after nearly a century on campus.

The West Gym: at the heart of campus history

MALLORY SCHMITZ, News Editor Jan 17, 2024

A vacant brick building sits behind a chain-link fence directly west of the Campanile. Stone busts of football players adorn the top of the eastern wall, now being held up by steel support beams. The nearly...

Temperatures plunged this week, prompting the university to have all
classes meet virtually on Tuesday.

Frozen over

MALLORY SCHMITZ, News Editor Jan 17, 2024

The start of the spring semester has been frozen in its tracks.  Following blizzard-like conditions over the weekend and facing dangerously low wind chills, the University of Northern Iowa made the...

UNLV Shooting Suspect was Former Instructor at UNI

UNLV Shooting Suspect was Former Instructor at UNI

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN, Executive Editor Dec 7, 2023

Anthony Polito, the 67-year-old accused of a deadly shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), worked in UNI's Department of Management for a short period from 2000-2001.  According to...

United Faculty calls out use of funds

United Faculty calls out use of funds

NI STAFF, NI Editors Dec 6, 2023

A report released during the Nov. 15 Board of Regents meeting revealed that UNI shifted nearly $1.06 million from General University Support Funds to cover UNI Athletics deficits over the past two years Based...

Remembering the students lost this semester

Remembering the students lost this semester

NI STAFF, NI Editors Dec 6, 2023

The Northern Iowan editorial team and staff would like to recognize the UNI students who passed away this semester. Landri Burgart Landri Burgart, a transfer student majoring in recreation, tourism...

Monica Leo has toured the country teaching the craft of puppet building and performing. She is the founder of
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre in West Liberty, Iowa, and she brought her puppet Alfred Schulz to perform for the
audience in the Hearst Center.

Puppeteering: the art of soul transplantation

JEFFERY JONES, Staff Writer Dec 6, 2023

The Hearst Center for the Arts hosted a unique guest on Nov. 30. Upon arriving to the Mae Latta Hall inside the center, the audience was greeted with a unique guest. He was a small man with a scraggly...

The Imagine College Hill! Vision Plan was rescinded by the City Council,
overturning Mayor Rob Green’s veto of thier original decision. Council
members cited the plan to being too broad in terms of area covered and
the number of recommendations.

City Council rescinds College Hill Vision Plan

NOAH HACKBART, Staff Writer Dec 6, 2023

Editor’s note: Noah Hackbart currently serves as the Director of Governmental Relations for Northern Iowa Student Government.  At their Nov. 20 meeting at City Hall, the Cedar Falls City Council...

En la imagen arriba es estudiante de primera generación, Jesús Lizarraga-
Estrada, quien es el Director de Éxito y Retención Estudiantil.
Pictured above is first-generation college student, Jesús Lizarraga-Estrada, who is the Director of Student Success and Retention.

Jesús Lizarraga-Estrada Inducted into Iowa Latino Hall of Fame

KARINA ORTIZ, Spanish Editor Dec 6, 2023

The Iowa Latino Hall of Fame was created by the Iowa Commission of Latino Affairs which is an organization that helps recognize Latiné individuals who are role models that help improve the quality of...

The new Botanical Center Fund for Excellence will help support student projects and equipment for the facility.

Botanical Center leaves blossoming legacy

KRISTIN MOOS, Staff Writer Nov 29, 2023

The UNI Botanical Center hopes to expand its goals through the new Botanical Center Fund for Excellence, created by Gaylord Stauffer, a member of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls community.  “We’re primarily...

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