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Northern Iowan

Dear Daisy: Gap year or no?

Dear Daisy: Gap year or no?

Nov 3, 2016

Dear Daisy, Lately I have been so conflicted about what to do for a career and undecided about what I want for my future. I love UNI and the campus, but at the same time since it is so expensive I feel...

College of Business and Administration professor, Dennis Clayson, addresses an NI article published Oct. 17. Northern Iowa Student Governmnet and the faculty union weighed in on the prospect of making student evaluations of teachers public. Clayson wants them abolished.

UNI prof: ‘Student evaluations of teachers should be abolished’

DENNIS CLAYSON, Professor, College of Business Oct 31, 2016

DENNIS CLAYSON Professor, College of Business and Administration Recently, an article published in the Northern Iowan weighed  the possibility of making student evaluations of teachers (SET) public. ...

One of the largest prison strikes in US history is underway, with 24,000 inmates refusing to work, going on hunger strikes and occupying certain areas of facilities. Cobb takes issue with the media blackout on these events.

‘Modern-day slavery’ and media blackout

ABBI COBB, Opinion Columnist Oct 27, 2016

“Modern-day slavery” is the cry of more than 24,000 inmate protestors across United States prisons and jails right now. The 45th anniversary of the Attica Correctional Facility uprising in upstate...

Letter to the Editor: Conservative women column strikes chord

Oct 27, 2016

I want to tell you how much I appreciate Kyle Day’s October 24 article, “It’s time to talk about conservative women.” As a conservative woman myself, I appreciate the support. Day seems to think...

Sister Cindy, a street protester, speaks to UNI students outside the Rod Library Oct. 17. Day says students made hurtful comments toward her while she was preaching her divisive sermon.

It’s time to talk about conservative women

KYLE DAY, Opinion Columnist Oct 24, 2016

Last Monday, I happened to walk by when Brother Jed was preaching. A woman working with him was noticed by a guy in the crowd, and he asked if she was the preacher’s wife, joking about the size of her...

Letter to the Editor: Vote Rod Blum

Oct 24, 2016

Two candidates are running for Congress...but only Rod Blum showed up My name is Jon Fossum and I’m the Founder and former President of the University of Northern Iowa chapter of Young Americans for...

Heppeard muses on informed opinions, which ar ethe tools of the trade for politics.

Public Opinion: Politics and cognitive dissonance

ANDREW HEPPEARD, Opinion Columnist Oct 20, 2016

Opinions are tricky things. They can make or break friendships, or create a strain or rift in families. Most importantly, they give us perspective on ourselves and how we fit into our societies. But if...

Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) is putting on a mental health awareness week titled, You Matter at UNI. Various events from Oct. 24 through Oct. 28 will work to make students feel valued

NISG: Students, you matter at UNI

Oct 20, 2016

Hello, Panthers! As you may know, next week the Northern Iowa Student Government will be putting on a mental health awareness week called “You Matter at UNI.” This week is largely focused on creating...

Clowns are around - in Australia, too!

Clowns are around – in Australia, too!

KIRBY DAVIS Oct 20, 2016

Editors Note: Kirby Davis is a current UNI student studying aboard at the University of Newcastle in Australia. She will be contributing to the Northern Iowan with her experience on the other side of...

Dear Daisy:  To study aboard or RA?

Dear Daisy: To study aboard or RA?

DAISY, Dear Daisy Columnist Oct 17, 2016

Dear Daisy, I am a senior and this will be my second year as an RA on campus and I really enjoy my job. A few weeks back a couple friends of mine were talking about how much they enjoyed studying abroad...

Lets Talk, a UNI Counseling program, is under way from UNI Counseling Center. Students can drop in to the Rod Library, rooms 312, at certain times for informal and confidential consultations with licensed mental health professionals

SWS guest column: Let’s Talk, UNI

Oct 17, 2016

This fall, the UNI Counseling Center has officially kicked off their Let’s Talk program. Let’s Talk is a free program that provides students with easy access to informal and confidential consultations...

David Zach, of alternative rock band Remedy Drive, strikes a chord in concert. Barikor discusses his work fighting human trafficking

Rock ‘n’ roll ‘n’ saving souls

LEZIGA BARIKOR, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Oct 13, 2016

Before this weekend I never really made the connection that children being forced into militias was also a form of human trafficking. The topic came up at what some might consider an unconventional scenario...

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