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Amy Klobuchar’s daughter campaigns at UNI.

Christopher’s Very Happy. Band. performed songs from their second album.

UNI wrestling takes down Oklahoma State 19-15.

AOC, Michael Moore stump for Bernie EMMA PISTARINO Staff Writer

On Jan. 25, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), filmmaker Michael Moore and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) visited UNI for a

town hall in Maucker Union in support of Bernie Sanders’ campaign. With the highly anticipated Iowa caucus approaching, Democratic presidential candidates have increased their presence in the state. Those that are senators, however,

are occupied in Washington D.C. for the impeachment trial against President Trump. Sanders’ campaign organized political rallies led by public figures who endorse him and are able to share his message with the public.

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Moore, an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, has been supporting Sanders since October 2019 because he believes that Sanders can bring fundamental change to the country. “When [Bernie] enters the White House, a year from this week, it’s not Bernie Sanders walking into the Oval Office. It’s the teachers, the nurses, the construction workers and the people that have been forced to live on less. We will all be in the Oval Office with Bernie Sanders. That’s the great thing about this campaign,” Moore said. Moore also touched on the importance of reaching out to non-voters. The sense of despair that has spread in the country is taking a toll on the American people, causing people to disengage and not vote, according to Moore. “We can and will live in a better world, but this won’t happen on its own. It has

to be all of us to make this happen,” said Moore. Rep. Pocan (D-Wis.) endorsed the Sanders campaign earlier in the week and traveled to Iowa with a bus of 30 Wisconsin residents to knock doors. Pocan highlighted some of the central points of Sanders’ agenda, focusing on the need for an inclusive and fair government, one that works for everyone and not only the special interests and the well-connected. He also discussed the climate emergency, universal healthcare and improved wages and workers’ rights. “We need to stand up to politics as usual and be real about what the costs are if we don’t do that. If we can get that done, we will win. The last three years under Trump have been toxic to most of America. The antidote to Donald Trump is Bernie Sanders,” Pocan said.

enjoys the open house the most because she likes that students get to explore somewhere they may have been previously scared to

and find that the counselors “are actually really relatable and easy to talk to.”

See OCASIO-CORTEZ, page 2

Ending the stigma: You Matter Week at UNI EMMA’LE MAAS Staff Writer

This week, Jan. 27 to 31, is You Matter Week at UNI. Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) has teamed up with Active Minds, Black Student Union, To Write Love on Her Arms and UNI Counseling Services to put on this week’s events. The event was launched in the fall of 2016 after the loss of several students to suicide. In the years following, You Matter Week was not able to be held again, until now. Sarah Rasing, a grad student and NISG Director of Mental Health, helped coordinate the events so they could be held this year and hopefully annually. “If one person on this campus was feeling alone, as I was my first year, they might see these events.

They might step out of their comfort zone and attend one. They might start to feel a little less alone and connected to the people that follow through with the idea of You Matter at UNI,” Rasing said. Brian Nissen, suicide prevention educator at UNI, emphasizes the importance of students to the university. “I just want at the end of the week to say, ‘We reached a lot of people and made a difference,’” he said. On Monday, NISG will be tabling for Mental Health Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside of Chats in Maucker Union and will hold Mental Health Ally Training Part 1 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Maucker Union Presidential Room. On Tuesday, Active Minds speaker Abraham Sculley, a West Florida graduate from 2019, will be speaking in the Maucker Union Ballroom

from 6 to 8 p.m. According to the Active Minds website, Sculley suffered with his mental health during his undergraduate career and uses his experience to advocate against the stigma to get help. Sculley travels with Active Minds to speak at campuses across the nation about his experience, in hopes to educate and relate to students much like himself. On Wednesday, there will be Mental Health Ally Training Part 2 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Maucker Union Presidential Room, QPR Training from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Rod Library 287 and the Cocoa & Counseling Open House 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Counseling Center. Jennifer Schneiderman, director of counseling services at UNI, will host Wednesday’s open house of the Counseling Center. Schneiderman said she

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