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Iowa House passes bill that could cut UNI budget by $1.6 million this year JOHN ANDERSON

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With movements for greater transparency and a smaller senate, the inauguration of new senators and the resignation of the body’s senior senator, the Northern Iowa Student Government is on the cusp of major internal change.

“We’re at a crossroads. NISG has to change or become irrelevant,” said Senator Emeritus Gage Rewerts during the Jan. 19 meeting of the senate. Rewerts resigned after serving on the senate for eight semesters, longer than any other current senator.

“We’re also moving in a direction that we’ve never moved before,” Rewerts said in his final address to the senate. “The last couple of executive branches have pushed for transparency, and transparency that four years ago simply didn’t exist.”

This movement is reflected in the passage of Student Senate Bill 2011-32, also known

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The Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that could potentially cut $1.6 million from the University of Northern Iowa’s budget this fiscal year and end state-supported voluntary preschool.

The bill, House File 45, was passed along party lines by a vote of 60 to 40. The bill is currently being debated in the state senate, and is expected to be stopped by the 26 Democratic senators that hold a majority vote in the 50-member senate. The senate has not voted on the bill as of press time.

House File 45, which some Republicans have dubbed the Taxpayers First Act, will reduce state appropriations to Regents institutions by $10 million this fiscal year and by $15 million during each of the next two fiscal years.

According to Joel Anderson, UNI student body president, these cuts will have a greater impact on UNI because it relies on state appropriations more than the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. “(These cuts) will likely lead to an increase in class size, higher tuition and fewer class offerings, which will hinder many students’ potential

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UNI Student Body President Joel Anderson calls legislators in Des Moines to refrain from cutting higher education See BUDGET CUTS, page 3 funding with House File 45.

UNI professors participate in study on climate change

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BLAKE FINDLEY Staff Writer

A few years ago, state legislators started to become concerned that Earth, and in particular the state of Iowa, was undergoing significant changes in the climate. The legislators decided to ask the three state universities to partake in a study of the recent changes and their potential impact on Iowa. Professors from Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa formed a committee that met 10 times throughout the writing and research of the climate change study.

“One of the first things we decided was that we needed to make the report easy for people who may not be well versed in scientific and biological terminology to comprehend,” said Laura Jackson, one of the two professors from UNI assisting in the study. “We want to have a responsible, well-done research of climate change that is not overstated.”

The reasoning for this was that the state legislators would be fully aware of the findings of the research, thereby better enabling them to act upon it.

Jackson, a professor of biology, and Peter See CLIMATE CHANGE, page 3

Online course development proposal deadline draws near KARYN SPORY Staff Writer

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UNI students have been braving below-zero temperatures and snow flurries while walking to their first few weeks of classes. This week the temperature is expected to rise, with highs reaching the 20s.

It seems that most communication these days is done via technology rather than face-to-face, whether it’s Skyping or face time chat on your mobile phone. Now, the University of Northern Iowa is accepting proposals for online courses in order to keep up with the movement.

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It was definitely really easy to procrastinate and still get by with online classes.

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Education is awarding a stipend of $1,000 per credit hour to instructors who create an online class from an existing class. The course development deadline is

Monday, Feb. 7.

“I know the university is looking into online classes to become more competitive with other universities,” said Chris Martin, interim department head and professor of communication studies.

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professors that are participating in the development.

Tim Holub, a public relations graduate student, said he wouldn’t be interested in taking any online classes.

“I feel like (with) online

classes, yes, you can stay in constant contact, but there isn’t the interpersonal communication in (the) course work,” said Holub.

Matt Plett, a senior math major, had previously taken online classes through Marshalltown Community College and saw online

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Another issue with online classes is the ability to procrastinate. In a classroom it is easier to be held accountable for completing work on time with a physical being that you must report to, but with online class there is just your computer holding you responsible.

“It was definitely really easy to procrastinate and still get by with online classes,” said Plett.

As for Rachel Stalder, a senior French studies and education double major, she sees a possibility for online classes if she goes on to get her master’s degree. But for now, she says, “I like having a professor in front of me.”

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to graduate in four years,” Anderson said during a public hearing about the bill in the Iowa House Chambers on Jan. 18. Anderson was one of only four out of 93 speakers at the hearing to address the issues facing higher education.

During the hearing, Anderson expressed concern about the impact these cuts will have on the state of Iowa.

“This proposed legislation also promises to increase student loan debt, which will force many students to leave Iowa post-graduation, and has the potential to push students out of the university who can no longer afford a college-level education,” Anderson said.

“When students cannot afford an education at the public level in our state, can we truly call it a ‘public’ education? If this is true, somewhere along the line, we have failed.”

The bill promises to reduce the state’s budget by $500 million over three years.

“I’m from UNI; I love higher education. We just have to be smart about appropriating the right amount of money and not getting bloated in our efforts to take care of everybody,” said Representative Walt Rogers, R-District 20, who voted in favor of the bill.

“We can’t fund everything, and so we had to make some tough calls.”

However, according to Jennifer Nulty, director of governmental relations for the Northern Iowa Student Government, Regents institutions have been taking harder hits than the rest of the state.

“Since 2001, Iowa’s overall budget has been cut by 13 percent while the Regents have been cut 24 percent,” she said to the Cedar Valley’s legislators during a public forum Friday. “UNI has experienced severe inequitable cuts. We have seen programs cut, tuition increase and student debt increase. We cannot take any more cuts. This bill provides a huge threat to the university, which will inevitably have a huge impact on the community.”

In response to that statistic, Rogers agreed that “Regents do take a hit overall,” stating that the state needs “to look at other things that need to be cut.”

“We’re just asking (Regents institutions) to look at their overall budgets and try to cut as much as they can, to be as lean and mean as they can. But yeah, I think I agree with that, we got to be careful not to cut them too much,” he said after the forum.

While the majority of the 93 speakers at the public hearing on Jan. 18 opposed House File 45, several came to the Capitol to speak in support of

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“This bill gives the Iowa taxpayers a seat at the table,” said Mary Earnhardt from Iowans for Tax Relief. “In the recent past, Iowa taxpayers have been left behind only to be responsible to pay for the bill at the end. Iowa taxpayers have been burdened with too much debt, too much spending and too little savings. The Taxpayers First Act puts the taxpayer first through reducing unnecessary state spending as well as creating a tax relief fund.”

Representative Bob Kressig, D-District 19, feels education should be a priority for the state.

“If you look historically at the Regents, they’ve suffered budget cuts that in part were due to the economy, and now we’re asking for additional cuts when many of those cuts aren’t necessary,” Kressig said. “Sure, we have some holes in our budget, but if education is a priority, which I believe it is, those things should receive adequate funding and help focus on improving processes and cutting costs. I support that, but now we’re going back in and we’re gonna take $10 million, and of that $1.5 million is directly related to UNI — that’s the wrong direction.”

House File 45 also includes a provision for a moratorium on professional development leave for professors, also known as sabbaticals, which some proponents of the bill claim will save the state $6 million.

“The reporters of the Iowa City Press Citizen revealed before this session even started that the proponents of this bill have conflated the savings of this 18-month sabbatical (moratorium) by counting wages that would be paid regardless of whether or not the faculties were on sabbatical,” said Zach Simonson, a junior political communications major at UNI. “The actual savings for this 18-month moratorium would be a pittance compared to the grant money alone that is accumulated by proposals written on sabbatical.”

“These sabbaticals are necessary to create new classes and to develop and update existing classes so that degrees like mine and my fellow students’ at the Regents universities are up-to-date and ready to allow us to compete in a 21st-century economy.

Students in Iowa, especially at the Regents universities, where more students stay in Iowa, have to have updated and relevant material to study, have to have the opportunities that these programs provide, and it’s wrongheaded to cut them for such small, small savings,” Simonson concluded.

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Berendzen, a UNI assistant professor of biology, researched the changes and impacts on the flora and fauna of Iowa, with the exception of crop and livestock. They decided to focus on the game aspect of flora and fauna because of the limited audience. According to Jackson and Berendzen, most people would not have a scientific reaction to the studies of native plants and animals, so in order to connect with the audience it was decided to target the hunting and fishing components.

Their research found that many species of animals are shifting their ranges farther north, robins and many other birds are returning north much earlier and many species of flora are flowering much earlier than usual.

Additionally, many animal species are being threatened. For example, cold water game fish such as trout are threatened because the clear water they need to live in is being replaced by cloudy, murky water caused by increased precipitation. Another example is the wood turtle, which is on the endangered species list with only 70 to 80 individuals are left in existence.

Overall, the research showed that while Iowa has already witnessed a significant increase in precipitation, there will be a longterm upward trend. Additionally, rain and snow has, and will continue to, come in more extreme events instead of light showers here and there. Also, objective statistical tools used by the researchers predict that temperatures, especially those at night and in the winter, will increase over the next few years.

Taylor Johnson, a freshman business major at UNI, commented that the increase in precipitation will have the most impact on Iowans.

Johnson, who plans on eventually taking over

his family’s farm, recalled the floods of 2008 and how they affected farming.

“At times, the river had overflown not only its banks, but up to half-mile stretches of many gravel roads,” said Johnson. “This makes it especially difficult to move equipment from field to field and also is damaging to the fields, and many are washed away by the excessive amounts of water. But if you decide to farm in a land where there is a potential for flooding, this is a risk you have to take. Just plan accordingly. Don’t get expensive hybrid seed for areas that may flood, but use cheaper seed.

Some years you will make it, but some you won’t.”

The UNI professors’ data indicates that an increase in carbon dioxide and precipitation, both needed for photosynthesis, will occur, which would cause crops to grow faster and have a much higher yield. There are also negative side effects such as the high potential for flooding, which leads to increased costs for tilling and transportation. Also, higher moisture levels are ideal for many pests and pathogens. Farmers will have to make many more adaptations, according to Jackson.

Jackson also mentioned several other changes the researchers came across. The increase in temperatures can cause heat waves which may be harmful to the elderly, an increase in air pollutants and infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and an increase in pollens and molds. The changes will have also have a significant impact on Iowa’s infrastructure, as the increase in precipitation, temperature and powerful storms will cause much more money to be spent on roads, buildings and bridges.

“Specific winners and losers cannot be predicted. All the patterns indicate a major increase in climate changes, which will be very disruptive,” said Jackson.

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UNI employees awarded Sue Follon Exemplary Service Award

By MEGAN KENNEDY Staff Writer

From 1985 until her death from lung cancer in 1998, Sue Follon served as the vice president for Educational and Student Services at the University of Northern Iowa.

Since 1992, an award commemorating Follon has been presented annually to deserving employees in the Division of Student Affairs.

The Sue Follon Exemplary Service Award honors those who, according to the Division of Student Affairs’ website, “through their actions for and ongoing relationships with students and others, exemplify the values reflected in the mission of the division. It symbolizes extraordinary effort and achievement demonstrated by individuals who are committed to quality and excellence.” On Jan. 6, four new recipients were named at the Student Affairs Division annual luncheon.

Dave Schmid, residence life coordinator in Rider Hall, was one recipient of the award this year.

“It’s meant to show how you care,” he said. “It’s not to show that you work the best or you work the fastest; it’s how everything comes together for what we really believe at UNI.” Schmid is in his 12th year at UNI, and his love for the university and Student Affairs is palpable.

“I would not have done this for as long as I have if it wasn’t for the student population at UNI,” he said.

From incoming freshmen to sophomores or juniors becoming resident assistants, seeing a student’s growth as a person, both during his or her time at UNI and beyond, is the real reward, according to Schmid.

In addition to his residence life coordinator responsibilities, Schmid is also an adjunct professor and leads UNI’s Summer Conference Program.

Follon was known for her focus on enabling students to grow into their own identities. Deb Bartels, another 2011 recipient, said that Follon believed in helping students be their own person. Bartels’ favorite aspect of her job as assistant director of Financial Aid fits with Follon’s legacy.

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University of Northern Iowa students, faculty and staff explored the importance of diversity during a diversity fair in the Maucker Union Ballroom Thursday.

At the fair, approximately 24 student organizations and programs set up tables and cardboard tri-folds to inform students about the organizations, programs, events and activities that are available to broaden their horizons and perspectives.

“We’re basically providing the opportunity for student organizations, department programs and groups on campus to highlight their diversity incentives that are happening right now on campus,” said Amy Kollasch, a UNI graduate student who helped organize the fair.

At the Women’s and Gender Studies and Muchos Manos light work table, Gloria Sumpter, a UNI graduate student in the women and gender studies program, answered questions about why diversity is important.

“If you have to ask why, you shouldn’t really be coming to school, because you come to school actually to promote diversity,” she said. “You leave your hometown, which is probably full of people who look like you, talk like you, sound like you, and think like you, to go to a university where everything is diverse.”

“Diversity matters to me because we do not live in a box, we do not live in an enclosed environment,” Sumpter continued. “You may choose to live like that, but there is no fun in it. You only learn when you have the courage to explore, and I think that is what a university wants you to do, to explore other people, cultures, subjects and ideas.”

Joe Enabnit, a sophomore economics and philosophy double major, also shared his view on diversity.

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Twenty-four student organizations and programs showcased informational booths at the UNI Diversity Fair in the Maucker Union Ballroom Thursday.

istic and not pretend that everybody is the same or comes from the same place or shares the same ideals,” he said. “If you come to something like this you realize there are students from all over the world here. There are all kinds of different cultural backgrounds, religious beliefs, etc. It’s not fair to let the common culture that is

shared by the majority eclipse everything else, because these people have much to offer.”

Hanan Al-Harthi, a foreign exchange student from Saudi Arabia, said, “Diversity matters so other people can learn about See DIVERSITY, page 5

‘Die Fledermaus’ pleases crowd with humor

By JOEY SPIVEY Staff Writer

Brilliant orchestration, beautiful set design and a distinct comedic theme combined perfectly on the stage of the Gallagher Bluedorn’s Great Hall Friday as the University of Northern Iowa School of Music presented “Die Fledermaus.”

The classic Johann Strauss operetta provides the orchestral sophistication and musical complexity enjoyed by more regular opera-goers and combines it with a refined approach to slapstick humor and a seemingly endless list of quirky characters to appeal to the masses.

The story centers on the intricate ruse of Dr. Falke to See AWARDS, page 5

settle the score with an old friend, Gabriel Eisenstein, who abandons him in a public park after a night of alcohol-fueled, costumed festivities. The next morning, Falke becomes the laughingstock of the city, as passersby observe the doctor snoozing on a park bench while still wearing his bat costume from the night before.

A majority of the plot develops in Act II at a party hosted by the eternally uninterested Prince Orlofsky. Orlofsky is an example of a member of the royalty who has everything, but is simply bored with it, going as far as to have his party guests attempt to entertain him. Act II featured a stunning UNI Opera Chorus as well as several select acts comprised of members from the group.

The poise and pure talent of the performers created the illusion that all the audience saw and heard was completely natural and that they were observing firsthand the twisted events of this classical comedy.

However, many of the performers would beg to differ, as the final illusion was the product of endless hours of choreography, staging, costume fittings and rehearsals.

“We spent six hours on the Monday before show in rehearsal, and rehearsed every night after that,” said Joel Conrad, a sophomore music education major from Albion and one of the instrumentalists in the orchestra. “We’d even been playing some of the pieces since the beginning of the year.”

Sophomore leisure, youth and human services major Sophia Landis had never attended an opera prior to UNI’s presentation of “Die Fledermaus,” but she truly enjoyed the show and plans on attending more UNI School of Music programs.

“It was great -- so much more than what I expected,” she said. “When you hear the word opera, the last thing you expect to see is a hall full of people practically falling out of their chairs laughing -- not just music majors, but everyday people – some music enthusiasts and some just there to see a show. But we were all connected by it and that was the best part.”

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Chubby’s brings new flavor to College Hill

By BRANDON LASH Staff Writer

Located at 2020 College Street, the former location of Norma Mae’s Pizza and Pasta, Chubby’s brings its own spin on classic college food favorites.

The restaurant’s owner and operator, Chris Starbuck, got the idea for the restaurant from a couple of friends that he knew through the University of Northern Iowa softball program. His friends had an interest in opening a restaurant in Cedar Falls.

“Norma Mae’s was just happening to sell, so we bought the business on July 1 and it’s been ours ever since,” Starbuck said. The restaurant opened for business on Aug. 19.

Starbuck said that business has been great so far.

“We have a lot of unique things, and we deliver everything on the menu,” he said.

The restaurant sees many students stop in for late night cravings, especially on the weekends.

“2 to 3 a.m. is the best business that we have,” Starbuck said.

For specialty items, Chubby’s carries what Starbuck says is “the best pizza in town, though I’m biased.” On Tuesdays, they have all-you-can-eat spaghetti and breadsticks for $6, and on Wednesdays, all-you-can-eat pizza with a drink for $7.

“We are adding new menu items all the time,” Starbuck said.

Chubby’s is currently open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Challenged by Chubby’s...

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One pizza, one loaded foot-long hotdog, one taco, six wings, one burger with a side of fries, everything doused in hot sauce, devoured by two men in a mere 12 minutes.

After searching long and hard to find someone willing to take the Chubby Challenge at Chubby’s Dough n’ Grill on The Hill in Cedar Falls, not a person surfaced. So I had to take the challenge on myself. Though the original challenge allows only one person to eat, a whopping 45 minutes are given to finish. We, on the other hand, faced the extremely spicy heap of food with only 12 minutes on the clock.

As my teammate DJ and I prepared for the challenge, we could not control our nerves. We were downright terrified. However, like all real men facing their fears, turning back was no option.

After ordering the Chubby Challenge, the waiter approached our table with a smile on his face, holding two large trays. The cook followed holding a large metal tub we were to vomit into, in the event that we could not handle the challenge. He too, had wickedness to his grin.

With the timer facing us, showing 12

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is being able to sit here and work with a student and help them get through a financial situation,” Bartels said.

Another 2011 award recipient, Ruther Dixon, has worked in the Department of Residence for 17 years. As a secretary in Bartlett Hall, she has built countless bonds with students. She still keeps in contact with several UNI alumni whom she met as undergradu-

minutes, the countdown began.

We started with the hotdog. It was big, yes, but the jalapeños and habanero sauce did not allow it to go down smoothly. Now, with nine minutes and 50 seconds on the clock, the dog was gone and it was on to the next item.

The taco followed but only required a couple of bites. After crunching our way through the hard shell, we only lost about 20 seconds. The taco was hot, like everything on the table, but because the hot sauce was already taking its toll, no further discomfort was added.

Now for the burger. I quickly placed some fries under the bun, trying to manage the clock shrewdly. We each had our own game plan and were following it well. After polishing off the fries and burger, we were down to six minutes, 50 seconds. We still had the hot wings and a loaded sausage pizza staring at us.

By this time, we were sweating profusely. The hot sauce was persistently adding stress and the amount of food was making it worse. My stomach, as it felt, was stretched nearly as far as possible. However, the true challenge at this point was the clock. We couldn’t seem to eat fast enough. The bucket sat on the floor, but we knew that was no option.

DJ and I were halfway through the pizza when we both started show-

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Dixon spoke about what the award means to her. “To me, it’s serving the students and being a positive role model … I believe it was created to enhance and motivate; to remind us that students are first and to remind us why we are here,” she said.

Darla Smith, another 2011 recipient, has worked in the Department of Residence for 20 years. For the past 11 years, she has worked as a custodian in Dancer Hall. Like the other

three, she was shocked when her name was announced as a 2011 recipient. Although she recognizes her individual work, she was quick to share credit with the rest of Dancer’s staff.

“I hope I live up to everything that was said (by her nominators), but it takes all of us … the communication in this building is excellent,” she said.

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other cultures and not be racist, uneducated or biased.”

Immediately after the Diversity Fair, the Diversity Town Hall Meeting took place.

At the meeting, the winners of the inaugural Diversity Matters Award were announced. The meeting also celebrated diversity efforts and students and faculty discussed what can still be done to promote diversity further at UNI.

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ing signs of distress.

The spiciness was not the problem anymore, because our mouths could not have gotten any worse at that point.

BRANDON BAKER/Northern Iowan “My guts hurt so bad,” Chubby’s owner Chris Starbuck has seen steady business at DJ exclaimed. I agreed.

With one piece of the restaurant since it opened last August. pizza remaining on the the wing still on the bone. “Two!” I slid table and six hot wings, we knew we the last piece of meat in my mouth. had to delegate considering about one “One!” Knowing my mouth was to be minute was left on the clock. I offered empty when the clock zeroed out, I was to take the wings, knowing the slice of forced to swallow the meat without pizza wouldn’t possibly be able to fit in chewing. It went down rough, but I my stomach without resurfacing. DJ did washed it down with my drink. not want the wings, so it worked out With our mouths open wide and our nicely. tongues out, to prove we had swallowed After DJ finished the pizza, 30 sec- everything, the clock hit zero. onds remained. I was devouring the We did it. DJ and I had finished the chicken wings like a lion ripping apart Chubby Challenge. We were now among his prey. However, two wings were still the few and the proud. staring at me from the plate.

“Forty-five minutes later I’m still With nine seconds remaining, the putting lip balm on,” DJ said as I reached spectators, with help from the cook and for another glass of milk. server, were counting down. Not knowThe Chubby Challenge lasted 12 ing what the next few minutes were minutes, the habanero burn lingered on going to bring, I made certain the tub our lips and tongues for hours and the was still beside us. I started in on the gut ache lasted well through the followlast wing, now having a systematic way ing morning, but the pride will remain of eating them, by breaking it in half in our hearts forever. and sliding the meat off with my teeth.

“Four! Three!” the crowd yelled. Half her job is working directly with students, and helping them with any room-related issues

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Four hunNICK KROB dred thirtynickkrob@ five dollars gmail.com for books that fit in one bag?

For that price, you’d think I had just bought something I truly couldn’t live without. Yet at Panther Book and Supply, as with university bookstores around the nation, I was simply paying through the roof for 20 pounds of paper that would be the eventual home to the dust in my closet. At this point, not even eBay can solve the issue of our current bookstore monopoly and long-withstanding overpriced textbooks. But there’s hope.

It’s an argument far too common for college students. Enough so that writing about it borders on pointless redundancy. Yet as we settle into another semester on campus, the hole in our pockets begs to be explained. Ranting about poor college students is beside the point, as we must find solutions for how to deal with the issue of overpriced textbooks.

The scenario is far too common. At the start of every semester, we head to the bookstore, course schedule in hand, to find the books required for our semester of courses (a week after classes have started, mind you).

Optimistically hoping for thin-spine books full of pictures and 14-point font, we explore the aisles. As we notice the “used” pile of books has already been picked over, leaving only the casualties of over-ambitious, highlight-crazy notefreaks, we decide to buy “new.” The cost for

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We, as students, need to help push prices down and give our campus bookstore competition by actively pursuing the cheapest option and exchanging books among each other.

this decision? Eighty dollars? Ninety dollars?

Through the years, it seems we have become immune to the shock of triple digit book prices bordering on $200.

Why is this always the case? Why must we as consumers in the market stand for such exorbitant prices? Panther Book and Supply, a private company, has no true physical competition in dictation of their prices on campus.

Who is to stop them from charging the prices they do? For we continue to buy them, semester after semester.

There are, however, solutions to this problem. Yet these solutions require participation on a much larger basis than that currently exhibited. The options? You guessed it. Online.

I was once offered $14 back from the bookstore for a book purchased new for $189. The same book was on sale that semester for $135 dollars used. Not one to willingly give the store an unreasonable $121 dollars in pure profit, I placed the book on eBay. It sold for $75. In See TEXTBOOKS, page 8

War is a racket This past week was the 50th anniversary of Dwight Eisenhower’s warning at the end of his second presidential term regarding the threat posed by the growing power of the militaryindustrial complex. In his farewell speech, Eisenhower explained the special relationship enjoyed between the United States Congress, the military, and weapons and arms manufacturers. As the United States continues occupying several countries on the Arabian Peninsula and tensions between the West and Iran escalate, Eisenhower’s warning remains as significant today as it did at the end of World War II. According to the Stockholm Peace Research Institute, a little less than half of the total world spending on military expenses is spent by the United States each year.

This number isn’t really that astonishing when one considers all the conflicts we are engaged in (as well as more than a hundred countries our military currently occupies), yet the danger the militaryindustrial complex poses to our prosperity and national security cannot be emphasized

enough.

One perverted economic myth still plaguing academia is the idea that war is beneficial to the economy (as if sapping resources from the private sector to finance the production of weaponry capable only to destroy could ever lead to prosperity!). This myth must be refuted, and the military-industrial complex must be guarded against. The rise of American militarism stands ready to impoverish us all, regardless if we finance the war through taxation or indebtedness. Unfortunately, there are no checks and balances to this process. The same talking heads in Washington who swear fidelity to the Constitution are quick to ignore it and support the process as well.

If you’re still having trouble understanding why this is, allow me to illustrate: Congress receives significant political contributions from private defense contractors.

These weapon manufacturers then lobby for an increase in defense spending, Congress approves the defense spending, and the armed forces continue waging perpetual wars. Both the industries and the politi-

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If this sounds familiar to you, I would wager you are thinking back to the corporatism prevalent in Nazi Germany and Italy in the early 20th century. Similarly, both of these governments supported heavy industries dedicated to weapon and arms manufacturing, damaging the industries producing consumer goods and hindering the economy.

Eisenhower ended his speech on a dark note, wishing that a lasting peace was in sight. Fifty years later, American militarism has only increased, bankrupting the United States and fomenting resentment throughout the world. The only way to reverse this dangerous and unsustainable process is to withdraw from the countries we occupy and accept that we do not have the financial means to police the world, much less the right to violate another nation’s sovereignty.

Hopefully Eisenhower’s wisdom will be accepted before it is proven through a collapse of the dollar.

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McDermott returns to Cedar Falls Wednesday

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ust a decade ago, University of Northern Iowa basketball was an afterthought to nearly everyone outside of Cedar Falls. The Panthers had endured numerous losing seasons and hadn’t been to the NCAA tournament since 1990.

However, eight years ago, the losing stopped and the Panthers started becoming contenders in the Missouri Valley Conference.

What led to this sudden change? At the time, many UNI fans would tell you it was the work of then-UNI head basketball coach Greg McDermott. Panther fans loved McDermott, and why wouldn’t they? In just his third season at the helm of the UNI basketball program, McDermott led his alma mater to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 14 seasons, and that was only the beginning.

McDermott led the Panthers to three straight NCAA tournament appearances from 2004-2006.

By the end of the 2006 NCAA basketball season, the Panthers were more popular than ever before and so was their head coach.

McDermott left UNI in March 2006 to become the head coach at in-state rival Iowa State University. While this upset some of the Panther faithful, many UNI fans wished him good luck with his new job.

In his four-year tenure with the Cyclones, McDermott compiled a record of 59-68, including an abysmal 18-46 record in Big 12 conference games. To go along with his sub-.500 record at Iowa State, he also lost numerous high-caliber players and recruits to other schools.

We all know you can’t change the past, but it was quickly apparent that McDermott was not cut out to be a head coach in one of the power conferences like the Big 12. He belonged in a mid-major conference where he could recruit lesser-known athletes and get them to buy into his coaching scheme, much like he did in his time at UNI. Meanwhile, UNI continued to have success in the years following McDermott’s departure for Ames. Ben Jacobson, one of McDermott’s assistants at UNI, took over as head coach of the Panthers and hasn’t disappointed the fans of the purple and gold.

Jacobson has led the Panthers to back-to-back MVC regular season and post-season championships as well as back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances, including last season’s run to the Sweet 16.

Hopes for this season were at an all-time high following the Panthers’ miraculous NCAA tournament run last March, but Panther fans also knew UNI would need help filling the shoes of seniors Adam Koch, Ali Farokhmanesh and Jordan Eglseder. However, many UNI fans were confident because the Panthers had just signed one of their best recruiting classes in school history, which was highlighted by the 29th-best small forward in the 2010 recruiting class, Doug McDermott, son of Greg McDermott.

Doug McDermott averaged more than 20 points per game at Ames High School playing alongside the nation’s top prospect, Harrison Barnes. McDermott possessed the height and shooting ability to be a perfect low-post standout for the Panthers, and nearly everyone in Cedar Falls was counting down the days until the start of this season so they could see the new-look Panthers in action.

However, Greg McDermott, who was on the hot seat at Iowa State, decided to jump ship in Ames and landed in Omaha as the head coach of MVC rival Creighton University. It was just a matter of time before the Panthers’ top prospect, Doug McDermott, was released from his letter of intent with UNI so he could become a Creighton Bluejay as well. Panther fans were in awe, and suddenly Greg and Doug McDermott lost all respect with the diehard fans of the purple and gold.

Wednesday will mark the first time that Greg and Doug McDermott have been to the McLeod Center wearing the blue and white of Creighton, and we encouraged you to pack the McLeod Center to show your support for the Panthers, who are currently 15-6 overall and 6-3 in MVC play. UNI currently leads the Bluejays by one game in the MVC standings.

Last April, after Greg was introduced as the head coach of the Bluejays, the media flocked to interview his son Doug. When asked about facing the Panthers in the McLeod Center for the next four years, Doug McDermott responded with, “Maybe that first trip to the McLeod Center might be a little crazy, but after that, it will be fine.”

Let’s show the McDermotts just how crazy the McLeod Center can get.

This editorial reflects the position of the Northern Iowan’s editorial staff: John Anderson, Leah Jeffries, Brad Eilers, Cassie Tegeler, Anna Schreck and Kari Braumann. All other articles and illustrations represent the views of their authors.

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this scenario, I made $61 more than I would have had I gone through Panther Book and Supply. Likewise, a fellow student saved $60 by not going through Panther Book and Supply. This same cycle, repeated commonly, would benefit us all.

We, as students, need to help push prices down and give our campus bookstore competition by actively pursuing the cheapest option and exchanging books among each other. It is unfortunate, but many books I place online for sale are never purchased despite being sold to the highest bidder in excess of 99 cents. There is a course being offered this very semester in which the textbook costs $85 used. I posted the very same edition online for a week, and it went unsold for 99 cents.

Even renting books through the multitude of online retailers could help to push prices down, which many students already do with varying success. Yet by eliminating any sort of third party, whether it be Panther Book and Supply or Chegg, we as students can keep the money within our community. Hell, we need it.

The prices of these books are already so large that we as students, buried under loans, could do each other a favor by selling one another books at a price much below online retailers or Panther Book and Supply.

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Such high prices are not purely the fault of Panther Book and Supply, however, as most publishers set prices for their material. Teachers, as well, can help ease our financial burdens in this regard. Like students, teachers know that the new edition of each textbook is not always any better. It’s common knowledge that when you buy the 10th edition vs. the 9th edition, chances are you’re paying for cultural relevance, with Jessica Simpson references being replaced by Lady Gaga references. Why then must we always shell out $80 more for a new edition?

In the end, textbooks are financially a losing field for students and cash cows for bookstores and publishers, and have been since before our parents were in school. Yet with all of our options now, we have the ability to change the market and take control. Buy books online for half the cost and sell them for double what you’d get elsewhere. By keeping the textbook buying and selling process within the student community, we can not only reap the financial gains but also send a wakeup call to places like Panther Book and Supply. With modern innovation, we aren’t going to annually throw a grand down the drain for quickly outdated material. Unless, of course, you procrastinate or are lazy. But who in college fits that description?

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The last time the University of Northern Iowa and Drake University met on a basketball court was March 5, 2010 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis in the second round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. The Panthers’ defense stifled the Bulldogs all game, holding Drake without a field goal for a 20-minute stretch from the end of the first half into the second half. UNI came away victorious 55-40.

UNI (15-6, 6-3 MVC) played just as well Saturday night against Drake (8-12, 3-6 MVC) as they did in their last meeting, coming away with a 69-49 victory.

The Panthers used a seasonhigh 12 three-pointers and a career-high 14 points from true freshman Chip Rank to secure the victory in front of a sold-out crowd inside the McLeod Center.

“Chip (Rank) is a guy who can really shoot the basketball,” said UNI head basketball coach Ben Jacobson. “Tonight he had some opportunities in the first half and obviously that really helps, especially for a young guy like that.”

The Bulldogs took their only lead of the game when they jumped out of the gate with an early 5-0 lead just a minute into regulation. The Panthers would respond with a 13-2 run that put them ahead 13-7 with 15:47 left in the first half. UNI would maintain their six-point lead until the 4:09 mark when the Panthers went on a 15-2 run to end the first half.

The Panthers entered the locker room ahead 37-18 at the break.

“We certainly didn’t play particularly well tonight, that’s for sure. Northern Iowa deserves a lot of credit for that,” said Drake head basketball coach Mark Phelps, who fell to 1-5 alltime against UNI. “When (UNI) made their run in the first half we didn’t respond and (UNI) had a tremendous amount of momentum going into halftime.”

The Panthers would extend their lead to as much as 28 points in the second half before coming away with a 69-49 victory over their in-state rivals.

Senior point guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Panthers. Rank and junior guard Johnny Moran chipped in with 14

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team. They’ve really bought into the defensive end and they’ve really bought into playing together on both ends of the floor.”

UNI shot 25-of-60 (41.7 percent) from the floor, as

The University of Northern Iowa wrestling team took on No. 16 Nebraska in the West Gym on Jan. 23.

The meet came down to the last match of the afternoon, but ultimately Nebraska claimed the victory, beating the Panthers 18-14.

The first match of the afternoon pitted two nationally ranked heavyweights against one another, UNI’s No. 16-ranked Christian Brantley and Nebraska’s No. 10-ranked Tucker Lane.

Lane put on a tough show, edging out UNI’s Brantley 2-0.

The Pa n t h e r s ’ 125-pounder Caleb Flores tied up the team score 3-3 with a 2-1 decision over Nebraska’s David Klingshiem.

Nebraska’s 133-pounder, Iowa native Ridge Kiley, beat UNI’s Ryan Jauch 3-2 with an extra point from riding time.

UNI’s Joey Lazor and Nebraska’s Mike Koehnlein wrestled an intense, highscoring match at 141 pounds. Lazor came out on top, beating Koehnlein 17-13 and tying up the team score 6-6.

When asked about how his match went, Lazor said, “I thought it went really good.

I did what I needed to do, but I have some improving to do.” Lazor said ultimately he wants to qualify for the NCAA Nationals.

Brett Robbins, UNI’s 149-pounder, outscored Nebraska’s Ross Grande with a 6-2 decision. At 157, David Bonin also contributed to UNI’s team score by claiming a 6-1 victory over Tyler Koehn from Nebraska. These two matches pushed UNI ahead 12-6.

Nebraska’s No. 1-ranked 165-pounder, Jordan Burroughs, pulled out all the stops to win with a 21-5 technical fall against UNI’s John Simon.

The Cor nhuskers accumulated another victory when their 174-pounder Caleb Kolb won a 5-3 decision against the Panthers’ Brice Wolf.

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Senior point guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe, No. 11, helped lead the Panthers to a 69-49 victory over the Bulldogs with a 16-point performance.

points apiece. Sophomore center Austin Pehl grabbed a team-high five rebounds.

The Panthers forced the Bulldogs into 19 turnovers on the night, which directly led to 34 UNI points.

UNI has now won five consecutive MVC games after a 1-3 start to conference play. The UNI victory, combined with a Creighton University loss at Missouri State University, puts the Panthers in sole possession of fourth place in

the MVC. The Panthers are just two games out of first place with nine conference games remaining.

“We’re in sync right now offensively and hopefully we can use that momentum to keep things going,” said Moran.

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UNI women knock off Evansville 69-37

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with her first career double double with 10 points and 10 The University of rebounds.

Northern Iowa women’s “Once we settled in and basketball team dominated just calmed down a little bit the court in the McLeod I think we were hitting good Center for a 69-37 victory shots and seeing each other over the Evansville with the back cuts,” said University Purple Aces senior center Lizzie Boeck.

Friday night. The women’s The Panthers pulled away basketball team kept their early, taking a quick 9-1 lead. first-place ranking in the Conversely, the Aces (7-10, Missouri Valley Conference, 2-4 MVC) cut UNI’s lead claiming their fifth straight to 9-4 with a three pointer, victory. Evansville’s 37 but the Panthers went on points is the lowest the UNI to build a 22-6 lead with women have allowed since 7:05 left in the first half.

2007.

Evansville would answer UNI (13-5, 6-1 MVC) back to reduce UNI’s lead to saw depth all across the 25-15; however, the Panthers board with multiple players answered with a 6-0 run to posting double-digit end the half. numbers. K.K. Armstrong UNI continued their led the Panthers with 13 run into the second half by points, along with four scoring the first eight points, assists. Katelin Oney and broadening their lead to Rachel Madrigal followed by 39-15 with 16:19 remaining. adding 12 points apiece, and The Panthers maintained at

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UNI currently sits atop the Missouri Valley Conference standings with a conference record of 6-1.

least a 21-point lead over the Aces the rest of the game.

“The strength of our team is our depth. Any one kid on any given night can lead us in scoring,” said UNI head coach Tanya Warren.

“We’re a very unselfish

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two straight games against the Bluejays. However, this will be the first meeting between the two schools since former UNI head coach Greg McDermott took over in Omaha last March.

“A lot of people came out (tonight). A lot of students came out. I think that just really gets us going,” said Moran. “We love playing at home and we love playing in front of these fans. We are really looking forward to the next game at home and it should be packed in here.”

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LEADING REBOUNDERS: Doug McDermott -- 7.2 Kenny Lawson Jr. -- 6.0 Greg Echenique -- 4.9 OFFENSE: 67 ppg (4th MVC) DEFENSE: 63.4 ppg (5th MVC)

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well as 6-of-19 (31.6 percent) from the three-point range.

The Panthers snatched 18 offensive rebounds, which permitted UNI 20 secondchance points.

“This year we are really taking each game one at a time by taking it slow, we’re not looking to the end because what we do now is what is going to get us there,” said Boeck.

“We have a rule: whether we win or whether we lose, we celebrate ‘til midnight or we pout ‘til midnight, then we let it go and concentrate on the next day,” said Warren.

The Panthers hosted the Southern Illinois Salukis Sunday afternoon and won 79-39. UNI returns to action Saturday when they host the Bradley University Braves.

Tip-off is set for 3 p.m.

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I love our UNI men’s basketball program, and one of the reasons I feel this way is because as a team we are not flashy. Sure, Lucas O’Rear may come out of the tunnel with an Abe Lincoln beard, Anthony James might be sporting a fro-hawk and Marc Sonnen’s arms look like they made their way across the street from the Kamerick Art Building. Aside from all this, I still feel that this team doesn’t compare with the some of the other glitzy and flamboyant teams in the NCAA. One of the teams that fits the flashy mold is the Morehead State women’s basketball team. I understand that most women’s college basketball teams don’t get the attention they often deserve, but rookie coach Tom Hodges wanted to make sure this trend got reversed. Hodges has been known to sport a blue, yellow and white-checkered suit just to gain some national attention, which it did when his team made an ESPN appearance earlier this year.

Oregon’s football program has had much success lately, and they were also lucky enough to find money trees on campus and a source of oil under their football stadium.

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with the meet. The Panthers sat with a 15-14 lead going into the match at 197 pounds.

Nebraska’s Andy Johnson shut out UNI’s Jarion Beets 12-0, giving Nebraska five final team points to close the meet 18-14.

Coach Doug Schwab, who is in his first season as head coach for the Panthers, said, “Overall it was a good fight. It was a pretty exciting meet. Some guys did some good things, but we want to do more good things. We feel good about progress, but we also want more victories, too.”

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combinations on any given Saturday. I will admit that most of these combinations are incredible, but let me be jealous just this once and say the yellow ones are hideous.

It is also worth mentioning that Oregon just put in a new basketball court that looks like trees are lining the hardwood; it reads “Deep in the Woods.”

Everyone knows of the Boise blue turf and is sick of it by now, but there is no debate that it has made that program successful. How about that red turf up at Eastern Washington University? Yes, the Eagles have followed suit with Boise State and installed an all-red football field with black end zones. Was this just a move to gain national attention and recruits? Possibly. After seeing the turf, one has to sit back and wonder when its effect will kick in. Oh wait, they just won the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision title.

Sometimes flashy pays, and sometimes it makes you look like an idiot. I am glad that we are able to show class at this university and gain our attention by our performance on the court or field. If you give me the choice between purple turf in the Dome or a cover shot of Ali’s biceps on the cover of Sports Illustrated, I will take that magazine any day. However, I think purple turf would make the Dome a little more intimidating. Go Panthers!

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The second battle of two ranked wrestlers occurred at 184 pounds when UNI’s No. 14-ranked Ryan Loder took on Nebraska’s No. 12-ranked Josh Ihnen. Loder came out victorious, beating Ihnen 5-0.

Loder felt his match went really well, both on the mat and in the stands. As far as the rest of the season goes, Loden plans on, “Just taking things one match at a time. Practice hard, keep doing what I’m doing. It seems to be working out so far.”

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