Satire

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	Title	Date	Summary
1	Campanile bells replaced with rubber chickens Northern Iowan 119:46, p.03	3/30/2023	In this satirical article written for April Fools, the new and improved Campanile bells are replaced with rubber chickens of various sizes.
2	Campanile calamity: UNI's iconic structure vanished into the night! Northern Iowan 119:46, p.04	3/30/2023	In this satirical article written for April Fools, they claim that the Campanile has been kept in a chain link fence for a reason unbeknownst to students. The Campanile escaped around 11:30 pm on Tuesday, March 28th and no one can find it; photo!
3	Contract error lifts accountant to coach Johnson--Adam (Student--2022) Northern Iowan 119:46, p.07	3/30/2023	In this satirical article written for April Fools, men's basketball coach Ben Jacobson gets booted out after a mistake with the contract listed Ben Jacobsen instead, a sophomore accounting major here at UNI; photo.
4	New men's basketball coach bungles first hire Hill--Drew (Student--2021) Northern Iowan 119:46, p.07	3/30/2023	In this satirical article written for April Fools that plays off of the article "Contract error lifts accountant to coach", new men's basketball head coach and sophomore accounting student, Ben Jacobsen, makes a huge mistake. He accidentally hired Iowa's offensive coordinator for football, not basketball, Brian Ferentz; photo.
5	Schindler Education Center takes flight Northern Iowan 119:46, p.03	3/30/2023	In this satirical article written for April Fools, suspicions of the Schindler Education Center being a UFO were confirmed as the top half of the building broke off and blasted into space; photo.
6	Student Government taken over by Revolutionary UNI squirrels Northern Iowan 119:46, p.04	3/30/2023	In this satirical article written for April Fools, the UNI squirrels have over run the Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) with a vicious coup; photo.
7	The Greens are back in town Warrington--David (Student--2020) Northern Iowan 119:46, p.06	3/30/2023	In this satirical article written for April Fools, the all-time Panther basketball player, AJ Green's five identical siblings just signed to play at UNI next season; photo.
8	Track team to test 'Air Bud' legal theory with Rex Goodboy Shea--Caden (Student--2022) Northern Iowan 119:46, p.06	3/30/2023	In this satirical article written for April Fools, the UNI track and field team test the 'Air Bud' legal theory by claiming that no where in the handbook does it say a runner has to be human. They recruited golden retriever Rex Goodboy of Cedar Valley to the team; photo.
9	Rest in peace Nark Mook Christensen--Caroline (Student--2021) Northern Iowan 118:30, p.1	1/31/2022	The parody Twitter account, Nark Mook, has come to an end after the person running the account graduated; photo.
10	As if dual-factor isn't enough, more steps added Northern Iowan 117:46, p.07	4/1/2021	A satire article for April Fool's Day about more authentication steps being added in Fall 2021 adding to the recently implemented Duo Mobile, a dual-factor authentication process; photo.
11	HLC confuses UNI with NIU Northern Iowan 117:46, p.06	4/1/2021	A satire piece for April Fool's Day about the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) arriving at the campus of Northern Illinois University (NIU) instead of UNI's campus for their site visit; photo.
12	Provost job still vacant, unsurprisingly Northern Iowan 117:46, p.05	4/1/2021	A satire piece for April Fool's Day about the Provost leaving in May and the University being unable to find a replacement; photo.
13	Single snowflake spotted; UNI cancels class for week Northern Iowan 117:46, p.07	4/1/2021	A satire piece for April Fool's Day about Mark Nook cancelling classes because he saw a single snowflake and thought a big snowstorm was coming; photo.
14	TC and TK get the boot thanks to new "brand" Northern Iowan 117:46, p.05	4/1/2021	A satire piece for April Fool's Day about TC and TK being replaced by Tony the Tiger and Cap'n Crunch due to the mascots being outdated because of the new logo; photo.
15	UNI to add two new sports Northern Iowan 117:46, p.08	4/1/2021	A satire piece for April Fool's Day about two new sports coming to UNI in the Fall of 2021: ice skating and kite flying; photo.
16	'Jojo Rabbit' comically attacks Nazis Friesen--Hunter (Student--2018) Northern Iowan 116:22, p.04	11/14/2019	Hunter Friesen reviews ‘Jojo Rabbit’ (2019). The movie was about Jojo Betzler a young German boy that is very involved in the Hitler Youth. His patriotism runs so high Adolf Hitler himself acts as his imaginary friend. This becomes more complicated when Jojo finds out his mother hid a young Jewish girl named Elsa in their walls. Now Jojo’s conflicted over his national ideas or if he must make new ones. This film is a comedy. Frieson rates the directing, writing, acting, and the overall film on a scale from 0 to 5. Friesen rated the film overall 4/5 paw prints.
17	Campus squirrels armed to defend trees Northern Iowan 115:45, p.05	4/3/2019	Satire piece in honor of April Fools day about arming UNI campus squirrels with small slingshots to defend the Ash trees from the emerald ash borer.
18	Clough and Q try out at pro day Northern Iowan Staff Northern Iowan 115:45, p.08	4/2/2019	Satire article about two non-athletic students taking part in a draft day.
19	'The Room' is greatest film ever Northern Iowan Staff Northern Iowan 115:45, p.07	4/1/2019	A satire piece providing a pretend review of the movie 'The Room.'
20	Dick's Pizza won't go down without a fight Northern Iowan Staff Northern Iowan 115:45, p.06	4/1/2019	Satire piece about the owner of a new restaurant selling pizza on the street.
21	DIII athlete changes Instagram bio Northern Iowan Staff Northern Iowan 115:45, p.08	4/1/2019	Satirical article/interview with a fictional college athlete who planned on being DI athlete but became a DIII athlete.
22	Insomnia Cookies actually cause insomnia Northern Iowan Staff Northern Iowan 115:45, p.07	4/1/2019	Satire piece about the local business 'Insomnia Cookies' actually causing insomnia.
23	UNI receives Weather Resiliency Award Northern Iowan Staff Northern Iowan 115:45, p.05	4/1/2019	Satire piece claiming UNI was awarded a Weather Resiliency award due to frigid winter temperatures.
24	eSports pwns UNI men's basketball team Northern Iowan 114:47, p.08	4/5/2018	In this satirical article written for April Fools, the Panther eSports team won against the men's basketball team 117-89.
25	LFL accidentally takes on XFL Northern Iowan 114:47, p.08	4/5/2018	In this satirical article written for April Fools, the football team LFL took on the XFL accidentally.
26	Bookstore haunted by ghost of student debts Northern Iowan 114:47, p.05	4/2/2018	In this satirical article written for April Fools, the university bookstore is haunted by the ghost that has formed as a result of the decades of student debt caused by the bookstore.
27	Microwaves taking over campus Northern Iowan 114:47, p.07	4/2/2018	In this satirical article written for April Fools, an exorbitant amount of microwaves have begun appearing all over campus.
28	Rider RLC replaced by actual panther Northern Iowan 114:47, p.05	4/2/2018	In this satirical article written for April Fools, a panther has replaced Rider Hall's Residence Life Coordinator.
29	SGNI begs for spare change at UI, ISU Northern Iowan 114:47, p.06	4/2/2018	In this satirical article written for April Fools, the Student Government of Northern Iowa (SGNI) went to Iowa State University and University of Iowa to try and supplement their funding.
30	Slow walkers to be fined, as well they should Northern Iowan 114:47, p.06	4/2/2018	In this satirical article written for April Fools, the UNI Campus Police will start fining people who are walking too slow and slowing down foot traffic.

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