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Northern Iowan

The student news site of the University of Northern Iowa

Northern Iowan

Opinion columnist Brenna Wolfe says that additional school resource officers are not a viable solution to school shootings.

Resource officers are not the answer

BRENNA WOLFE, Opinion Columnist Mar 26, 2018

In the wake of the Maryland shooting last week, people are turning to school resource officers as the solution to school shootings. This sounds like a good idea in theory. If there is violence in schools,...

Campus Life editor Leziga Barikor criticizes the March For Our Lives movement for misrepresenting conservative Parkland students.

Conservative Parkland students ignored by media

LEZIGA BARIKOR, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Mar 26, 2018

Today I want to give a platform to voices that are being, at the very least, ignored and, at worst, demonized. The media coverage of the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where the Parkland,...

The film adaption of A Wrinkle in Time is directed by Ava DuVernay featuring an all star cast. It has a 41 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Reviewer wrecks ‘Wrinkle in Time’

CLINTON OLSASKY, Executive Editor | [email protected] Mar 26, 2018

You know that feeling you get when your mega-smart astrophysicist father disappears for years at a time while studying the mysteries of the universe, only for you to be guided to his extra-dimensional...

There will be a food packaging event from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Commons Slife Ballroom tomorrow.

Packing Meals from the Heartland on campus

SOFIA LEGASPI, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Mar 26, 2018

Meals from the Heartland will be hosting a food packaging event from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, in the Commons Slife Ballroom. The food pack, organized by the Office of Community Engagement,...

NFL offseason: a tale of Winners and Losers

NFL offseason: a tale of Winners and Losers

WILLIAM RIEPE, Sports Writer Mar 26, 2018

March 20 marks the first wave of free agency coming to an end in the NFL. Some of the teams with the bigger needs seemed to have forgotten the value of the dollar, spending large amounts of cash on top...

Womens team wins ORU/SFA Spring break invitational

Women’s team wins ORU/SFA Spring break invitational

DYLAN PADY, Sports Editor | [email protected] Mar 26, 2018

On the weekend of March 19, the UNI women’s golf team came in first place and won the entire ORU/SFA Spring Break Shootout in Trophy Club, Texas. 11 teams, total, entered the tournament, but UNI as...

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit

AMELIA DUAX, Staff Writer Mar 22, 2018

UNI’s Art Gallery was packed with students, parents and faculty members on Monday night in anticipation of seeing the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. This year’s exhibition began with an opening...

Pints, Profs and Philosophy will be held at the Octopus on College Hill on Friday, March 23.

Pints, Profs and Philosophy on the Hill

SARAH HOFMEYER, Staff Writer Mar 22, 2018

Given the national discussion on sexual assault sparked by the #MeToo movement, the UNI Philosophy Club invites students to join the discussion this Friday, March 23, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Octopus...

Opinion columnist Sam King discusses the tendency to blame violent media and video games in the wake of mass shootings.

Stop blaming violent media

SAM KING, Opinion Columnist Mar 22, 2018

It is exceptionally rare for me to write an article that has anything to do with politics. I much prefer writing opinion pieces about recent media events and discussing the impacts of them. This topic...

Steve Corbin pens a letter to the editor regarding the March for Our Lives march this upcoming Saturday.

LTE: do you care enough to join in the march?

Letter to the Editor Mar 22, 2018

Editor’s note: the following letter to the editor was submitted by Steve Corbin, professor emeritus of marketing at UNI. After the June 12, 2016 shooting spree in Orlando where 49 people were slaughtered,...

This is the mug shot of Pastor Richard Wurmbrand. He wrote the book, now movie, Tortured for Christ about his persecution under the Romanian communist regime.

Compelling story of joy through despair

LEZIGA BARIKOR, Campus Life Editor | [email protected] Mar 22, 2018

The year was 1944 when the Soviet Union occupied Romania and began to establish a communist regime. The young pastor Richard Wurmbrand and his wife Sabina were among many of the religious leaders in attendance...

Panther eSports is going to hold their second annual Panther Gaming Convention on Saturday, March 24. There will be a mix of different consoles and board games.

Player one ready? UNI eSports holds Pan-Con

PEYTON HUSMANN, Staff Writer Mar 22, 2018

On Saturday, March 24, Panther eSports and Panther Tabletop Gaming will host the second annual Panther Gaming Convention (Pan-Con). This event will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the West Gym. It is...

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