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Panther eSports is UNI's competitive gaming student organization, and the growing organization is hoping to expand in dorms and in UNI athletics.

Panther eSports eyes athletics

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Nov 1, 2018
Ninja U looks to bring a new style of fitness to the Cedar Valley.

[Photo] Ninja gym opens in Cedar Falls

ALANNA BYRNES, Staff Writer
Oct 29, 2018
Scholarship winner Erin Thomason introduces ambassador Nancy Powell.

Poli Sci works to elect women

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 25, 2018
Students can get flu shots on campus on five different dates in the next few weeks.

Flu shots offered on campus

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 15, 2018
News editor Joshua Dausener discusses the recent decisions made by the Trump Administration that throw fundamental American principles of democracy and human rights by the wayside and the consequences of the United States' abdication of global leadership.

Abdication of global leadership has consequences

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 15, 2018
NISG confirmed the new lower cabinet directors on Sept. 26.

NISG confirms lower cabinet

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 1, 2018
Student organizations, academic departments and NISG collaborated to organize the #PanthersVote initiative. During their kickoff even on Sept. 24, students were encouraged to register to vote.

#PanthersVote kicks off

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 27, 2018
The #PanthersVote campaign aims to improve student voter engagement.

#PanthersVote kicking off tomorrow

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 24, 2018

Senators sworn in

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 24, 2018
Professor Donna Hoffmann addresses students during her lecture.

Profs hold Constitution roundtable

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 20, 2018
Democrat Abby Finkenauer and Republican Rod Blum are debating twice before the November 6th election.

Congressional candidates to debate at UNI

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 13, 2018

UNI hires third-party firm to investigate fatal Rialto accident

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 13, 2018
Democratic figure Jason Kander visited UNI to encourage young people to vote.

Kander hosts voting event

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Aug 27, 2018
Gov. Reynolds signs tax cuts bill

Gov. Reynolds signs tax cuts bill

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Aug 23, 2018
The Iowa Board of Regents approved a 2.8% hike in tuition, increasing in-state tuition from $7,456 to $7,665.

Board of Regents approve tuition hike

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Aug 23, 2018
Democratic heavyweight to visit UNI

Democratic heavyweight to visit UNI

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Aug 23, 2018
Gov. Reynolds recently signed two bills into law that aim to build a variety of mental health programs across the state.

Reynolds signs mental health bills

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Apr 23, 2018
Copy editor Joshua Dausener discusses the joint military strike by the United States, Britain and France on Syria, saying that the strike was the right response to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons.

Military strike on Syria was the right call

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Apr 23, 2018
Drew Stensland & Kristen Ahart win runoff

Drew Stensland & Kristen Ahart win runoff

CLINTON OLSASKY, JOSHUA DAUSENER, and
Mar 8, 2018
Kirk Cousins throws against the New York Giants.

NFL: four teams have a shot at landing Cousins

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Mar 8, 2018
Vice presidential candidate Kristen Ahart and presidential candidate Drew Stensland wait in anticipation for the election results.

NISG to have runoff presidential election

CLINTON OLSASKY and JOSHUA DAUSENER
Mar 1, 2018
Vice presidential and presidential candidates Chad Schafer and Seán Dugan, Cole Malcolm and Tristan Bernhard and Kristen Ahart and Drew Stensland debate important issues at the NISG debate on Feb. 22.

NISG hosts 2018 election debate

JACOB MADDEN and JOSHUA DAUSENER
Feb 26, 2018
Former ambassador to Mongolia and UNI alumnus John Dinger visited UNI last week.

Former ambassador visits UNI

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Feb 26, 2018
A Constitutional Convention: What it means for our state and union

A Constitutional Convention: What it means for our state and union

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Feb 12, 2018
Protesters from various organizations, including UNI United Faculty and the Iowa State Education Association, picketed Gov. Reynolds' visit on Friday.

Iowa politics: Reynolds, unions and education

JACOB MADDEN and JOSHUA DAUSENER
Feb 5, 2018
UNI faces possible $3.7 million cut

UNI faces possible $3.7 million cut

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Jan 29, 2018
Braun provides UNI legislative update

Braun provides UNI legislative update

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Jan 25, 2018
Jeffery Lurie, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, celebrates with his team after beating the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship.

Eagles fans donate to Zimmer Foundation

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Jan 25, 2018
Dr. Kenneth Basom describes how whataboutism is used in politics to debate and deflect questions and criticisms.

What about Whataboutisms?

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Jan 22, 2018
Provost Jim Wolhpart commented that future budgetary increases to the Board of Regents would be helpful to UNI.

Gov. Reynolds ‘Condition of the State’

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Jan 11, 2018
Editorial: higher ed needs higher funding

Editorial: higher ed needs higher funding

JACOB MADDEN and JOSHUA DAUSENER
Jan 11, 2018
House GOP tax hike on graduate students raises concerns

House GOP tax hike on graduate students raises concerns

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Dec 4, 2017
Will sub-.500 teams make the AFC playoffs?

Will sub-.500 teams make the AFC playoffs?

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Nov 30, 2017
Robert Orttung, from George Washington University, speaks at a panel about the effects of the Russian Revolution.

1917 Russian Revolutions remembered

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Nov 13, 2017
Could the Browns and the 49ers go winless?

Could the Browns and the 49ers go winless?

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Nov 13, 2017
You may have missed it: the 2017 Rams are good

You may have missed it: the 2017 Rams are good

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 30, 2017
Some experts are considering a possible link between increased smartphone usage and deteriorating mental well-being for young people.

Phone Psychology

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 23, 2017
Panama goalkeeper Jaime Penedo (1) stops a goal by USA's Bobby Wood (9) during the World Cup qualifier game on Oct. 6, 2017.

U.S. men’s soccer team fails to qualify for World Cup

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 12, 2017
Unemployment rates decrease steadily with increased education, but low-skilled employment remains a part of employment statistics that can be deceiving.

Low-skilled labor plagues some grads

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 5, 2017
On Monday, Sept. 18 in Lang Hall Auditorium, President Mark Nook gave his first State of the University Address. The topics he spoke on included a five-year tuition plan, enrollment and upcoming renovations.

Nook’s State of the University Address

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 21, 2017
CP Parking spaces on the north side of campus have become scarce since the reopening of Lawther Hall.

CP lots cause tension on north side of campus

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 14, 2017
The above graph displays undergraduate, in-state tuition for UNI since 2008.

Reynolds criticizes tuition hikes

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Aug 24, 2017
All-staff opinion column

All-staff opinion column

ABBI COBB, JOSHUA DAUSENER, and KYLE DAY
Apr 27, 2017
The Trump Administration recently fired 59 Tomahawk missiles against Syrian targets, as well as dropped the biggest non-nuclear bomb in their arsenal on ISIS targets in Afghanistan.

Trump admin. should tread lightly

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Apr 20, 2017
Justice Anthony Kennedy swears in Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court April 10.

Never Forget: Court seat was stolen

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Apr 13, 2017
Study: 38 percent of US jobs automated by 2030s

Study: 38 percent of US jobs automated by 2030s

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Apr 3, 2017
The cartoon depicts Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. According to a March 23 Quinnipiac poll, 17 percent of Americans approved of the American Health Care Act, and 56 percent disapproved.

What happens to Obamacare now?

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Mar 27, 2017
All-staff opinion column: What's the role of the press and campus newspaper?

All-staff opinion column: What’s the role of the press and campus newspaper?

KYLE DAY, ABBI COBB, ANDREW HEPPEARD, and JOSHUA DAUSENER
Mar 9, 2017
The Iowa State Capitol building is pictured above. State Senator Mark Chelgren proposed a bill that would seek even political representation among Iowa college professors

Problems with prof political bill

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Mar 6, 2017
This political cartoon features President Trump (left) and Trump's Chief of Strategist Steve Bannon (right). Trump has called CNN "fake news."

The myth of the liberal media bias

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Feb 27, 2017
Capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa

UPDATE State capitol hands down $2 mil cut to UNI

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Feb 23, 2017
Columnist Dausener argues that President Trump's (above) first four weeks in office have shown that elections have real world results.

Yes, your vote does count

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Feb 23, 2017
Bernie Sanders speaks passionately on the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pa. Sanders supporters still hope he has a path to the White House through congressional action.

The future of Obamacare

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Feb 9, 2017

Resist Trump’s efforts to undermine UN, EU, NATO

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Jan 26, 2017

Russia didn’t ‘hack’ the election

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Jan 12, 2017
Justice Joan Larsen graduated from UNI in 1990 with BAs in political science and Spanish.

UNI alumna Supreme Court candidate

JOSHUA DAUSENER and JACOB MADDEN
Dec 8, 2016
Electoral College, fair?

Electoral College, fair?

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Dec 5, 2016
Students and community members gathered on top of the Maucker Union in solidarity. Recently elected Black Hawk county board supervisor, Chris Schwartz, was one of the several to speak at the rally.

Students rally post-election

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Nov 17, 2016

Post-election listening sessions held

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Nov 14, 2016

Board of Regents approves UNI strategic plan

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Nov 14, 2016
Political science professor Justin Holmes says that polling predictions were mixed partly due to an inability to effectively specify who is a likely voter

Election trumps polling predictions

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Nov 10, 2016

Bernie urges youth to vote

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Nov 7, 2016
One chalking reads "Place Hillary Votes Here" with an arrow leading towards a manhole cover. Both UNI Democrats and UNI College Republicans say they do not stand for this behavior.

Chalking churns discontent

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 27, 2016
Jeff Danielson (left), Democratic State Senator Walt Rogers (right), Republican State Representative

State candidates hold forum

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 20, 2016
Vote 2016: Round II

Vote 2016: Round II

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 13, 2016
Former US Representative, Tom Ewing visited UNI, along with Berkley Bedell, as part of the Congress to Campus Program

Congressmen come to campus

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Oct 6, 2016
Debating with Drinks: UNI weighs in on debate

Debating with Drinks: UNI weighs in on debate

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 29, 2016
Vote 2016

Vote 2016

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 22, 2016
Jeff Danielson, Iowa State Senator, was one of several officials who held a listening post on UNI's campus. The others were State Senators Rob Hogg and Brian Schoenjahn, The listening post was held to promote discussions, questions and concerns about UNI's future.

Senators hold listening post

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 19, 2016

Be arrested for science

JOSHUA DAUSENER, Copy Editor | dausenej@uni.edu
Sep 12, 2016
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