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Governor Kim Reynolds updates public health emergency declaration.

UNI’s first French Film Festival will take place this spring streaming virtually.

UNI Panther’s take on Indiana State Sycamores in two game series.

“You Matter at UNI” week kicks off CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer

Today, Monday Feb. 8, kicks off “You Matter at UNI” Week, an annual week long event launched in 2016 which aims to spread awareness about mental health on campus. The UNI Counseling Center will be hosting multiple events throughout the week, including a resource table in Maucker Union, a table for cocoa and counseling, mental health ally training, mindfulness and watercolor painting as well as a mental health Jeopardy night. Also featured will be an exhibit entitled “In My Shoes,” which will display works of art and creative writing submitted by UNI and Hawkeye Community College students that explore mental health and diversity. Submissions for the exhibit were opened in Oct. 2020 and ran through the end of Jan. 2021. Projects will be displayed in Maucker Union for students and UNI community members to admire. UNI Counseling Center graduate assistant in suicide

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“You Matter at UNI” week adapts and takes place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

prevention Riley Rodemaker encouraged all students

to participate in as many events as possible to gain

The university cancelled Thursday’s in-person classes on Wednesday after For the second time in as noon, citing the forecastmany weeks, adverse winter ed “high winds which will weather conditions forced cause visibility issues, rapthe cancellation of in-person idly dropping temperatures classes on Thursday, Feb. 4. potentially resulting in icy

conditions on roads and sidewalks, and the chance for dangerous wind chill Thursday evening.” The UNI campus moved to reduced operations for the entire day Thursday, and several services, including Rod Library and the WRC, were closed. Black Hawk County, as measured from Waterloo, received between 3.5 and 4 inches of snow in the storm, according to unoff icial snowfall totals from KCRG (Cedar Rapids) published on Feb. 4. Wind gusts of up to 40 mph created blizzard conditions throughout the day and into the evening, and temperatures in the negative and single digits persisted throughout the weekend.

a better understanding of mental health.

“Students that engage in these events can expect to find a community of people that are passionate about mental health and want to make our campus a better place,” Rodemaker said. “If you are struggling with your mental health, there are a lot of great options for resources that are available to you as a student. I think the events (this) week will also provide a mental health-oriented community so that people can realize they do not have to do this alone.” Although many events must be held over Zoom due to COVID-19 restrictions, Rodemaker assures the events will still be beneficial for students. “We are proud of the activities that we have planned,” Rodemaker said. “In particular, we figured out a way to host the Cocoa and Counseling event again, except this year it is virtual, and participants can pick up a goodie bag with hot cocoa.” See YOU MATTER, page 2

Blizzard conditions cancel classes ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor

GABI CUMMINGS/Northern Iowan

Icicles lean sideways after Thurdsay’s blizzard-like conditions cancel in-person classes once again.


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