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October 31, 2016 Volume 113, Issue 19
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Diversity
MOVIE REVIEW Movie critic doesn’t mind Madea’s madness. CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
EVALUATIONS UNI professor calls for student evaluations of teachers to be abolished.
OPINION PAGE 3
VOLLEYBALL Panthers have a busy weekend away. SPORTS PAGE 6
Requirement Diversity-related exit requirements have seen slow but steady progress. Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) introduced a proposal last year to introduce diversity-related courses as graduation exit requirements. According to NISG senator Tristan Bernhard, a junior social science teaching major, the proposal has progressed since last semester through faculty senate. In addition, an exploratory committee comprised of faculty and students was created. This committee has been regularly meeting to discuss feasibility and options. NISG has described the diversity exit requirement proposal as complex, broad and ambitious, which would fundamentally change various aspects of undergraduate education at UNI. “The process for changing
Exit BY KAUSHIK MAHIDA STAFF WRITER
the very workings of the system is understandably complicated,” Bernhard said. “As to exactly what the process would be, that would depend on what specific route the exploratory committee takes.” NISG told the Northern Iowan last semester that a proposal for the exit requirement would include a “tagging” system in which certain courses be tagged as “diversity-intensive” when brought before a committee of experts. The rough proposal at the time outlined that students would be asked to take between nine and 12 credit hours of “diversity-intensive” courses. The proposal had support from the university’s Diversity and Inclusion Council as well as leaders of student multicultural organizations including the Hispanic and Latino Student Union.
It is unclear whether this is still the current proposal. NISG is currently working with an exploratory committee headed by faculty chair Tim Kidd. NISG President Hunter Flesch, junior elementary and middle level education major, lauded the exit requirement as a great initiative and as a serious conversation that students must have with the faculty. “We have to make sure we find a way to infuse diverse experiences into curriculum, and that takes partnership between students and faculty, as well as buy-in from the entire staff and administration,” Flesch said. He added that he has been regularly updated by Bernhard on this proposal. Kathleen Marston, a senior music education major, believes diversity is important but was unsure of how it would be imple-
mented in the curriculum. “I think it depends on the class. You can’t force people to understand diversity, I just feel like you need to build relationships with people who are different than you and see the value in that,” Marston said. “Good discussion could be had in a class, especially with a good professor, but I could see it going the other way where people don’t get much out of it, too.” The diversity exit requirement proposal has been labeled by NISG as a long term mission with a goal to change the culture on UNI campus. They have assured that it will not concern the students who are close to graduation and will be implemented just like all other curriculum changes in that it will only affect incoming classes of students.
RYAN NELSON
its early in the fourth quarter, was not able to complete the comeback. UNI fell 7-0 in the first quarter after a pass from Eli Dunne was intercepted and returned to the 24, giving NDSU good field position. UNI’s Austin Errthum tacked on a field goal on the ensuing drive, making it 7-3 early in the second quarter.
NDSU punched another score into the end zone, and UNI answered with a second field goal to head into halftime with a 14-6 score in favor of the Bison. In the third, NDSU found the end zone yet again to go up 21-6. Then, the UNI offense woke up a bit.
See EXIT, page 2
Panthers bite the dust by Buffalos, 24-20 Staff Writer
Photos by Logan Winford
Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8
The University of Northern Iowa Panthers suffered another setback, this time at the hands of the fourth ranked FCS superpower, North Dakota State on Saturday. UNI, down by double dig-
See FOOTBALL, page 6