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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 13

CEDAR FALLS, IA

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2021

NEWS

CAMPUS LIFE

SPORTS

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CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4

SPORTS PAGE 6

The Clothesline Project returns to campus to spread awareness on violence against women.

UNI football falls to North Dakota State 34-20 Saturday.

Film critic Hunter Friesen gives Bond’s “No Time to Die” 4 out of 5 stars.

NISG condemns administration Student government passes resolution supporting Professor O’Kane’s students NICK BAUR

Staff Writer

During the brief power outage in Cedar Falls, members of the Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) piled into the well lit University Room for their eighth meeting of the academic year on Wednesday, Oct. 6. Sam Caughron marshalled the gathered students with a bang of the gavel and the meeting began with the weekly reports from NISG directors. Most notably, the Speaker of the Senate Report notified the students of the seat removal of a Senator due to breaking NISG by-law attendance policy. The student government then turned to contingency fund requests from university student organizations. Three hundred and forty follars was requested by the UNI TESOL Club for equipment including a club table cloth and vertical banner. The Organization and Finance Committee requested $5,000 be set aside in an

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A student of O’Kane displays the amount of work they have already completed this semester. NISG passed a resolution condemning administration’s handling of the removal of O’Kane, as students were left without a professor and did not feel seen or heard by administration.

Accessibility Fund as a separate pool of money from the Contingency Fund in order to address accessibility needs related to UNI club activities.

to process it through a vote by the Senators. All contingency fund requests were approved by a vote of 9-0-1.

Noah Hackbart for External Relations Committee Chair and James Carolus for the Chair of Government and Legislative Affairs.

Funding for these accessibility needs could then instead be approved through the Organization and Finance committee instead of having

Committee Chairs After these requests were voted on, the senators were faced with the matter of voting on the appointment of

Each sitting senator was officially appointed after no debate and a vote by a count of 9-0-1.

Senate Resolution Speaker of the Senate Sam Caughron then introduced what would become the lengthiest discussion of the night, a Senate resolution sponsored by Director of Diversity Leila Masinovic and Senator Caroline Christensen. The Senate resolution focused on the recent events surrounding the University of Northern Iowa’s handling of the suspension of Professor Steve O’Kane. NISG invited students to the meeting to share their thoughts on the resolution and their experience related to the incident. As reported on by the Northern Iowan’s Nixson Benitez, O’Kane was removed from the classroom by the university due to violating the Board of Regents policy banning mask mandates.

See NISG, page 2

Family Weekend returns Panthers prepare to show families their second home TEYHA TOURNIER Staff Writer

Families of Panthers will have the opportunity to check out their student’s second home on Friday, Oct. 15 through Sunday, Oct. 17. Students’ families can meet other Panther families and are welcome on campus to explore and get engaged through activities and events. “Family Weekend is an important time for students to show the families around campus and what they have been doing here at UNI,” Orientation Coordinator Joellen Hatchett said. Although many freshmen experience homesickness, all students can struggle with

missing their home, especially after overcoming a pandemic. Hatchett said this has been a concern for UNI students and families. They want to focus on helping students overcome homesickness and are wanting to offer an opportunity for students and families to come together and have a shared UNI experience. “I really hope families have some fun weather that is at Glow Bingo, at the UNI Observatory, over lunch, cheering on the Panthers or exploring the Cedar Valley,” Hatchett said. There will be an abundance of activities offered to families over the weekend. Starting Friday all academic buildings will be open for students to

showcase their classes. Later that night the volleyball team will be taking on Evansville at 6 p.m. for their pink game and encourage all families to show out and support. There will also be an art gallery, bingo, observatory opening and a guest artist recital in GBPAC. “Family Weekend is all about families coming to campus and getting a firsthand look at what students are experiencing and having some time to Northern Iowan Archives Family Weekend will take place Friday, Oct. 15-17. Numerous events and catch up,” Hatchett said. “We want students’ families activities will be going on around campus to engage Panther families in to feel as much a part of the campus life. Panther Family as their stu- include a series of activities More information and a including lunch in the dining detailed schedule of events dents do.” Academic buildings will centers, lectures and shows can be found on familyweekbe open for families to and the UNI vs. Indiana end.uni.edu. walk through Saturday and State football game in the Sunday. Both days will UNI-Dome.


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