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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
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Cult Film Club brings ‘weirder’ movies to UNI
Joshua Fiser/Courtesy Photo Bottom row: Joshua Fiser and Sarah Venardi. Top row: Brendon Schnathorst and Jocelyn Loveless.
By Theo Trimble Staff Writer
UNI has over 200 student-led organizations. Amid the seemingly endless array of choices, a new filmbased group has begun to make a name for itself. The Cult Film Club has been an idea since 2024 for both Joshua Fiser and Brendon Schnathorst, who serve as president and vice president of the group. Jocelynn Loveless is also part of the staff, as secretary, along
with David O’Shields, who is the as adviser. Both Fiser and Schnathorst consider themselves huge movie fans, and both have the film studies minor. Everything seemed to be falling into place for this group. The challenge was in differentiating it from the existing Film Appreciation Club. “While I think the Film Appreciation Club has
shown some great movies, we wanted to share voices from filmmakers that were underseen,” said Schnathorst. “Some weirder, more abstract, low-budget movies could show students a different perspective.” “We try to show movies outside of the mainstream. Stuff that the students might not be exposed to otherwise,” Fiser explained. “We do our best to program films
from all around the world, from different decades going all the way back to the silent film era and from filmmakers of different backgrounds.” “I love the discussions that I, other members of our club, and the people attending the screenings,” Schnathorst said. “Every member has a great appreciation for films, and it’s rewarding to find people to connect to.“
The club’s next movie screening is “Fantastic Planet” on Thursday, Feb. 5, in Kamerick 111. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie will begin screening at 7 p.m. If students are interested in joining the Cult Film Club, they can contact the group through their Instagram (@uni_cultfilmclub) or email president Joshua Fiser at fiserjaa@uni.edu.
Relocation of student government office encourages student traffic and an inclusive environment for all By Lily Munnik News Editor
After a year of consistent relocation, the Northern Iowa Student Government offices have found their permanent home, located in the tunnel connecting Maucker Union to Lang Hall. They celebrated the renovated space with an open house on Monday, Feb. 2, encouraging students to stop by and talk with their student government officials. This project dates back to the start of President Alli Webster and Vice President Gabriel Salazer’s term, where they had a large amount of say in the renovation process. “When Alli and I got elected, we got asked how we would feel about possible renovations of the office,” said Salazar. “We got to participate in choosing the furniture, the desk layout and the whole point is
to make a welcoming office for the student body.” The new space has more foot traffic than their previous spaces in the back corner of the Panther Den and then their most recent location in the closed off former eSports Lounge. “The more students we can get in the office, the better,” said Gabriel Salazar. “It’s not our office, it’s the people’s office.” Salazar says all students are welcome to come into the office and study because it’s an open and inclusive space for everyone. Elections are coming up in the beginning of March if students are interested in joining or running for student government positions. The start date for campaigning is Feb. 23 and there will be an informational meeting the following week.
Lily Munnik/Northern Iowan (Left to right) Gabi Meza, chief of staff; Meghan Rosheim, director of public relations; Alli Webster. president; Gabriel Salazar, vice president; Tyler Blauvelt, director of governmental relations.