Editorial: Don’t Throw Your Money Away

Farewell UNI

It might be hard to believe that I, the Executive Editor of the Northern Iowan didn’t actually pick up a copy of this newspaper until the second semester of my junior year at the  University of Northern Iowa. And I actually didn’t even pick up the first paper I ever read myself.

Every day should be Earth Day

Earth Day was celebrated on the University of Northern Iowa campus with a week of events including an inter-dorm competition to conserve energy, called UNI Unplugged.     According to the UNI Unplugged Web site, all nine dorms participated in the competition, with Shull Hall winning by reducing 24 percent of its energy consumption, and Bartlett and Bender Halls coming in last with no improvement shown.

Why settle for a 'C'?

“It pays to get A’s, but C’s get degrees.”  Many college students have probably heard this phrase echoed across their college campus.  The phrase gives the impression that it doesn’t really matter if a student gets A’s because C’s will get them out of college just as well.

Breaking the cycle by breaking the silence

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. What does that mean to you? Maybe more than you think. It seems like some dedicated awareness months come and go without so much as a television ad campaign and therefore stay largely out of the public eye, regardless of the gravity of the issues they address.

On love lockdown

Many of us can remember that exact time in our lives when we first experienced something we probably never saw coming. The first crush. Whether it was on the playground in day care, in band class during junior high or at a high school pep rally, it was a moment that we started to see people a little differently.

Is technology harming our communication skills?

We live in a world where communication through modern technology is prominent.  Everywhere you go, people are texting, emailing, writing blogs, tweeting and using Facebooking.  It’s hard to take two steps on the University of Northern Iowa campus without seeing someone using their phone or the Internet to connect with others.