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Hit by car? No free tuition KILEY COPPOCK Staff Writer

SEX ROBOTS Columnist discusses the future of robot and human interaction and technology.

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LECTURE PREVIEW Lecture series attempts to educate voters about Islam before caucuses.

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CROSSFIT Sports columnist discusses the CrossFit movement in the Cedar Valley.

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Students are all too familiar with the sound of screeching tires. The Northern Iowan Student Government has been looking into whether or not the Hudson Road crosswalk (from the Towers to student parking near the Dome) is safe for students and faculty members to use. This discussion has been prevalent with the members of the Employee Safety and Employee Health and WellBeing Committee for a number of years as well.

Therese Callaghan, chairwoman of the Health and Safety committee, expressed her concerns about the dangers of this crosswalk.

“The Health and Safety Committee want to address university safety concerns that come up,” Callaghan said. “And this was [a concern], especially because there are a number of staff members that work in the WRC or work outside of campus that have seen what they call ‘near misses.’”

‘Near misses’ can be described as those students or faculty members that come close to being hit by cars while

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Students hurridly cross Hudson Road coming from the student parking lots near the Dome. Cars stopping for pedestrians can cause accidents for unsuspecting drivers behind them.

crossing the intersection, but are not actually injured. “[Faculty members] happen to see them, particularly in the morning hours, with 8 a.m. classes and traffic, includ-

ing university traffic, as well as other city traffic as people try to get to work on time,” Callaghan said.

Callaghan went on to say that, although the speed limit

in that area is 35 mph, many drivers tend to go 45 mph. A number of students agree that this crosswalk is dangerous.

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ARCTICenter: the new ‘cool’ thing SHELBY WELSCH Staff Writer

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Associate Professor Andrey Petrov is the head of the arctic studies program. UNI’s Arctic research center is one of the few not in the Arctic.

Cold research just got colder for the UNI arctic studies major.

On Thursday, Oct. 22, the Board of Regents unanimously voted to expand the arctic studies program at UNI and to recognize a new campus facility in the works as the ARCTICenter.

The Arctic Social and Environmental Systems research lab was established in 2011, and the program has

been waiting since January for papers to go through so they can be recognized as the Arctic, Remote and Cold Territories Interdisciplinary Center, or ARCTICenter.

The group has mainly worked in Arctic regions, but this addition means the students will be working with other cold and remote areas, such as high mountains, Antarctica and even some places in the continental United States fall into the categories listed in the acronym.

Andrey Petrov, associate professor of geography and

head of the arctic studies program, believes this implementation will have a major impact on Arctic research.

“Although we had a lot of Arctic research before the center was approved, now we will certainly have more capacity to do so,” Petrov said.

According to Petrov, the vision of the ARCTICenter is to advance the interdisciplinary knowledge about socio-economic and social-ecological systems in the polar, remote and cold regions.

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UNI is looking to serve as a go-to center in research, education and outreach on issues concerning the Arctic for the state of Iowa, as well as provide accurate information about the Arctic, Antarctica and other colder regions of the planet.

Petrov has served on the International Arctic Science Committee, International Arctic Social Sciences Association Council, and Polar Geography Board of the Association of American Geographers.

Petrov said there are usually a handful of students that take part in these studies, most of which are graduate students.

However, there is still a special place for undergraduate students. According to Petrov, it is a very eye-opening experience

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for all students involved, and gives them a new perspective of the world we live in.

Graduate student Emily Francis chose to come to UNI specifically to work with Petrov and the ArcticFROST program, which is another program within the Arctic studies. Francis thinks the development of the ARCTICenter will be beneficial to her education here.

“As we are one of the few universities in the Midwest with this status,” said Francis, “it is a great opportunity for us to expand our research network and work with different people and organizations.”

Francis said she chose to pursue this area of study because she grew up in the Midwest and has always had an interest in the cold and snow.

“It amazes me how humans and animals have adapted to

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these conditions, and I think it is important to research,” Francis said.

Petrov stated that UNI’s Arctic research center is one of the few outside the Arctic that has a strong focus on social and economic change and interactions between humans and nature.

Students are involved in many of the different projects, including the analysis of social, economic and environmental data as well as more Arcticbased research.

Such research includes aspects such as community interviews and field observations. UNI students have done work in both Canada and Russia, and UNI has developed partnerships with institutions of higher learning in Arctic countries. They have also developed a partnership with the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis.

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CME restructure underway JACOB MADDEN Staff Writer

After the departure of longtime director, Michael Blackwell, UNI’s Center for Multicultural Education is switching gears and attempting to restructure itself as a better resource for students and faculty alike.

A campus-wide email from President Ruud informed Panthers that, over the summer, UNI undertook the process of re-examining the role of the CME. The discussion included a panel of 50 students, faculty and staff brainstorming ideas for the new direction they felt the CME should go in.

According to Bob Frederick, executive director of student engagement and outreach, the CME is in an “exciting, dynamic place right now.” Frederick also commented that the CME is “ripe with opportunity” to become a place that is “more intentionally student-centric.”

The CME is a home away from home, especially for multicultural students.

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The CME, with the direction of program assistant Jackelin Rangel, is now featuring a series called, “First Fridays.”

According to Rangel, the events are held on the first Friday of every month and encourage further multicultural experiences in students and community members. Rangel and Frederick estimated that between 200 and 300 people attended the first First Friday event, held on October 2.

Attendees, both students and community members, ranged from young to old. These events feature many different cultural aspects, such as arts, crafts, dances, music, textiles and food.

All of this is part of an initiative supported by the Executive Management Team to make the CME a place where people can “come and go as [they] please,” said Frederick. Frederick also

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noted that, “institutional support for [the CME] is critical,” and they have received it with the Executive Management Team backing their efforts, as well as President Bill Ruud and the Provost Jim Wohlpart. “[The CME is] a home away from home for many students, especially multicultural students,” Rangel said.

According to Frederick, the goal is to not lose sight of the CME’s main priority: the students. To that end, spatial renovations are in the works with plans to include space for multicultural student organizations to meet and organize. The aim is to create a space where multicultural student organizations feel like they have a home.

Frederick said that Rangel has taken the initiative, in line with the student-centric model for the CME, to allow student ambassadors to take a larger role within the CME. The CME currently employs 10 students as “ambassadors” as stated in the aforementioned email sent

by President Ruud.

Frederick stated that they want the ambassador to be an active member of the center, instead of an employee who files papers and makes photocopies; he said they want the ambassador to be a “part of the office instead of working inside it.”

Frederick said this would allow for student ambassadors to become the faces of the CME, as well as doing real research in order to produce and plan better programs for the UNI community, and especially the student body.

According to the CME website, the CME hosts many events outside of First Fridays, and will continue to develop plans into the future.

November is Native American Heritage Month, and according to Rangel, the First Friday event, held on Nov. 6, will feature several aspects of Native American culture.

The event will feature some Indian cultural aspects as well.

Frederick praised Rangel and the CME student ambassadors for all they do, saying that these positions are “where the rubber meets the road.”

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NISG contingency fund running dry LEZIGA BARIKOR Staff Writer

Low funding has been an issue discussed in nearly every NISG meeting so far this year.

The NISG contingency fund is not substantial enough to meet the funding request for the full academic year, according to director of administration and finance, Abbie Shew.

Shew has been working closely with Aaron Friel, Senator and the Chair of the Budget Committee, to try and alleviate the funding deficiency before it impacts student organizations, as discussed in the eighth regular meeting.

NISG’s budgetary process occurs each February to determine the amount of money that will be allocated to student organization for events in the coming school year, according to Shew. Shew explained that the NISG Contingency fund is a “discretionary fund that is given out on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis,” and it can be accessed throughout the school year.

According to the UNI website, NISG receives all its funding from the Student Service Fee Committee. Friel said that NISG receives approximately $18.90 per student every year, meaning that their budget is in flux with the number of students enrolled at UNI. Friel went on to say they received approximately $188,000 from last year’s Student Service Fee to work with this academic year. On average, NISG gives $10,000-$15,000 of its funds a month to student organizations in one academic semester, and Friel said this puts NISG in the position of potentially being completely out of funds

by December or January.

Shew said the problem NISG is facing is caused by a higher volume of funding requests from student organizations this year than in years past.

“We have been getting approximately the same amount of money, around $180,000, for

about five years,” Shew said.

“Which is fine, but we have had a lot of increased expenses in those times, [for example] the college readership program.”

According to Shew, the Student Service Fee Committee retains its own contingency fund, which they keep at around $100,000 every year for funding emergencies. Shew and Friel presented to the Student Service Fee Committee to ask for a portion of their contingency fund, which sits at around $130,000, according to Friel, on the basis of NISG’s expectation to be out of funds by the end of the academic semester.

“In order for us to get money from that Student Fee Committee contingency fund, we have to justify that our situation is an emergency and also that our situation was not preventable,” Shew said.

Shew went on to say the NISG funds for the current year are decided two years in advance by the Student Service Fee Committee.

“The previous director of administration and finance requested $300,000 from the Student Fee Committee for next year and increases for each of the following years after that which is exactly where we need to be,” Shew said.

According to Friel, the increase would also mean that less than 30 percent of all student government spending would be fixed costs, so more money could go to student organizations.

Until then, both Shew and Friel anticipate the low funding to negatively impact student organization life. Shew encourages any student organization that needs a substantially large amount of funding to come in during the fall semester, because once the NISG funds run out, they will be forced to start denying requests.

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Despite presenting to the Student Service Fee Committee multiple times with Friel, Shew confirmed that their funding request was denied.

According to student body President and Student Service Fee Committee Chair, Katie Evans, the committee did not see the NISG Contingency fund situation as an emergency or unpreventable because they could have chosen to allocate less money to all student organizations overall.

“We are going to go back next semester and ask again,” Shew said.

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“I’ve heard people have been almost hit before,” said junior communication disorder major Haley Main. “Personally, cars normally stop for me, but after doing that, they caused cars behind them to slam on their breaks. It’s honestly very frustrating when cars stop and wait, because they can definitely cause an accident.

And as a student running across, it’s also very scary and unsafe.”

Freshman elementary education major, Ali Parenza, shared similar concerns about the crosswalk.

“You really just don’t know if the cars will stop for you or not,” Parenza said. “I think it’s very dangerous for both students and cars. Most just don’t know what to do because there isn’t a sign or anything.”

“When cars turn to come out of the C lot they normally don’t turn their blinkers on and pedestrians aren’t prepared when cars turn right [onto Hudson] and come their way,” said sophomore Ashley Finnegan.

According to Callaghan, the committee has been discussing this issue for a number of years, but the awareness has heightened within the past couple of years. During this time, they have thought of a proposal to help this issue.

“The committee has

discussed one option would be putting up a fence along the side of where the crosswalk is and having it go all the way to the end of the tunnel,” Callaghan said. “So it would eliminate the crosswalk altogether by putting up a fence to keep people from crossing there.”

This concept was installed near the Quads. Instead of a separate crosswalk, students now have only one option, and it’s to cross the street using the stoplight. This was put in place about a decade ago because students and faculty were faced with the same problem as the Hudson Road crosswalk.

Callaghan also addressed an urban legend that has circulated around campus for many years.

“We’ve heard rumors from students that they believe that if they get hit, they get free tuition. That is not true. That is a rumor,” Callaghan said.

“We don’t want our students feeling like it’s okay to be unsafe because you would get free tuition, because certainly it is a myth.”

Overall, the committee wants to bring more awareness to safety issues when using a crosswalk, whether the crosswalk on Hudson Road is eliminated or not.

“We want students to be safe when crossing and look both ways, to not just step out in front of traffic,” Callaghan said. “And not just students, obviously, faculty and staff and community members, too.”

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Sex robots, Luddites and tech takeover On Oct. 23, BBC and other news outlets reported the canceling of the Love and Sex with Robots conference scheduled to occur in Malaysia.

According to an article on Gizmdo, the conference was first held last year in Portugal, drawing approximately 40 participants. Now, before you go running to the hills terrified of where I’m going with this, keep in mind the conference isn’t being held for people to have actual sex with robots in a group setting. The purpose, according to the numerous articles, is to discuss the future of robot technology and how humans will interact with that technology.

Of course, humans being what we are, our first thought is to drift to sex. But it’s perhaps more important to think instead about the

advances in technology that are coming; some of which we have thought of, and others which we cannot yet conceive of existing.

For as long as time has existed, people have been afraid of change through technology. We even have a term for this: Luddite.

The Luddites have existed for around 200 years, and continue to exist today. At first it was fear of weaving machines, and now it’s fear of artificial intelligence that drives the terror. Even such leading scientific luminaries as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have expressed concerns for where A.I. may lead the human race. As admirable as these two men are, such fears are ludicrous.

If and when machines ever gain sentience, it will happen in a manner no one will ever see coming.

Similarly, we like to think we can predict the apocalypse and how it will occur (e.g. nuclear winter), but the end will never be what we expect, which is precisely why it will be The End.

I strongly suspect A.I. will project along a similar path.

One day we’ll think we have it under control and the next we won’t. Of course, even that doesn’t offer a prediction of any sort; for all we know, A.I. will suddenly take over the world and wars will stop and everyone on Earth will have clean water and access to healthcare.

But far too many people for far too long have been terrified of change and the continued increase in technology. One day we’re killing people for claiming the earth rotates around the sun, and the next we’re canceling a conference on robot technology because we think robots are going to be having sex with people on a stage.

It’s also important to note that the only way in which A.I. can be programmed to be smarter than a human being is to be programmed by someone or something also smarter than a human being; aka, a singularity.

Such phenomenon is not a controllable event; either it will happen it our lifetimes

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Criticizing the media is ‘in,’ but accountability is out “Gotcha journalism.”

This is just the latest in a long list of ways to criticize media coverage, and even this week the Republican National Committee dropped a debate scheduled on NBC because of rampant “gotcha questions,” according to the RNC’s letter.

It’s gotten to the point that if one doesn’t like the question, one can just simply chalk it up to a “gotcha” question and move on; no accountability needed.

Obviously, this form of attack-journalism does exist, and it is most prevalent in political coverage. Journalists can phrase questions in a way that will feed off of even the slightest weakness in a candidate, and that minute slip-up will become a glaring headline all across the country within the hour.

But just because a question is tough does not mean it’s a form of pernicious entrapment. Just because a journalist holds someone accountable for what they’ve said or done does not mean it’s “gotcha journalism,” or “not real journalism.”

The latter accusation, that something is “not real journalism,” is one that often

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plagues less-prestigious media. As executive editor for the Northern Iowan, I’ve heard this emotional accusation slung rather loosely and somewhat often against our metaphorical wall with probably no real substance ever behind it. It’s true that we at the NI have been criticized numerous times in my first semester editorship, whether it’s an accusation of bias, factual inaccuracies or something as truly heinous as typos or liberal use of profanity. I’ve heard my fair share of it all.

And I’m sure this happens under every new editor; I’m not special.

But let’s take a step

back and reflect upon what is probably never actually read in our newspaper, and it’s right on our front page. Underneath our masthead, the NI’s mission statement reads: “[The Northern Iowan is] the University of Northern Iowa’s independent, student-produced newspaper since 1892.”

In the spirit of teasing this apart, it should be clear that first word to stand out is “independent.” The NI is independent; we are not dependent or contingent upon the will or influence of the university, administration or any other party that has a vested interest in this institution’s image.

In fact, I’ve always interpreted this to mean that it’s our duty to be independent — to be skeptical and challenging.

That is not to say that we’re looking to exploit the university for its “gotcha” moment.

We at the NI care very deeply about UNI. Because we care, we strive to cover the news that’s important, as fairly and extensively as possible. And this brings me to the next important facet of our mission statement. < See LETTER, page 5

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Columnist Jackson wants those afraid of technological takeover to remain calm, and let innovation happen uninhibited.

or it won’t, and I suspect it won’t. For example, we’ve had cell phones for 30 years now, and so far all we’ve been able to do is upgrade them from phones to selfie boxes.

But yeah, be real scared of those robots, man.

Anyway, people are always going to be afraid of new things, new technologies, and basically anything they don’t understand, and

that’s fine. Hopefully those people will just stay out of the way and let the creative people try and find solutions that will help the world continue to evolve. As for me, I welcome the innovation, because there’s no reason we shouldn’t want the world, and our lives in the world, to be as fascinating as possible.

So yeah, bring on the sex robots!

What’s really meant by mathematics?

When I tell people that I’m a math major, I am always met with a comment along the lines of, “Oh, you study math? I don’t know how you do it.”

I used to think this was funny, but the longer that I settle into my field, the more I realize how tragic this actually is. Comments like this remind me how math education is failing in our country. Comments like this remind me how no one really knows how math works and what it is all about until they are a couple years into being a math major.

After some investigation, learning a few definitions, and I came to the conclusion that most people could see that mathematics is, at its core, focused on making arguments and exploring structure. I would like to shed some light now on the true nature of mathematics.

For most people, mathematics has been a story of problem solving. The average person

with a high school education ends their study of mathematics at some level of pre-calculus, and in college, most will end their education with some sort of minimum math requirement.

The typical experience in these courses is one of problem solving. First, you learn about some mathematical theorem or object, and then you learn a method to solve for some number. Once the method is down, you are asked to repeat this process on homework problems and on exams.

This method is used from the start of your education with doing doing multiplication tables and continues until you are doing partial derivatives in calculus III. But, in fact, the onslaught of problem solving does end. There comes a time when it is no longer of interest to “solve” for a number.

Mathematics is not the process of solving for a number.

Using the quadratic formula to find a root of a function is not mathematics. Mathematics is about making arguments.

Everyone has heard of the Pythagorean Theorem.

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Courage comes with teaching profession

Like many of you, when I was growing up education is all I knew. Except my experience with education was a little more sizable. I grew up with both my parents as educators.

So, when I was at school I was surrounded by education, and when I went home all I heard was what happened at school for my parents.

I am not complaining, I love that my parents are educators.

It takes a certain type of person to be able to teach 7th graders how to cook and to try tomake 16-year-olds get interested in Shakespeare. It didn’t work for me, though. Many students progressing through high school often think that their teachers hate them and want them to do poorly. I can remember countless conversations with my friends about how the only reason they are failing is because the teacher hates them. If a teacher hated their students, then why would they continue to be a teacher?

They could have chosen many other routes that would have made their lives a lot easier.

If you have ever seen a teacher outside of school around the end of Ma,y, then you have seen exhaustion.

Teaching is not a 9-5 job, like

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“Pythagorean Theorem,” I predict you can recall the equation a^2+b^2=c^2. But what does this equation mean? Some reading this may remember that the full statement of the Pythagorean Theorem is this: “Given a right triangle with leg lengths a, b and hypotenuse length c, it must be true that a^2+b^2=c^2” In the past many of you have used the Pythagorean Theorem in homework problems to solve for the side lengths of various triangles.

But, I press you, do you believe that the Pythagorean Theorem is true? Why should that equation above hold for every single right triangle that you can dream up?

The answer is this: there is an incontrovertible argument.

The Pythagorean Theorem isn’t true because we want it to be true, or because it would be convenient if it were true; the Pythagorean Theorem is true because it has been demonstrated to be true by a sequence of incontrovertible statements which are collectively called a proof. While I would love to expose the details here, as they are not

many people perceive it as.

Most high school teachers get 50 minutes a day to plan for their lessons, where they may have to give four different lessons on any given day. During that planning they usually have students coming into their classrooms asking questions about homework, or how they could get extra credit because they did poorly on a test. Then teachers are forced to stay after school for an ungodly amount of time to get their lesson plans ready for the next week, and if they have a family then they have to bring it home

they can start their planning at around 10:30, if they are lucky.

If you think that teachers use the exact same template for their classes every year, you’re wrong. Good teachers are always researching new ideas and lessons for their students, because teachers want their students to succeed. As a kid, I always wondered why my parents were putting in these long hours during and after school.

I now realize that it’s because they loved their students; no matter how difficult or annoying they can be. I think this statement goes for many educators. Teachers care for their student more than people give them credit.

Being a teacher isn’t an easy job, not just because of the long hours and difficult kids, but because you see kids grow up that don’t live in the best circumstances. I was in a high school classroom the other day, and I overhead a conversation between a student and a teacher. This conversation Tribune News Service dealt with the stuColumnist Gravert reflects on the courage it dent’s living and famtakes to be a teacher. ily situation. I didn’t and try to find time to work it hear all of it, but I did hear in between picking their kids that her father had left the up from school, snack time, house and taken all the food dinner time, bath time and try- with him. They didn’t have ing to get them to sleep; then enough money to go out and complicated, this isn’t the best place to give a proof.

The point of this is that mathematics cares about proving that statements are true and making arguments. Doing exercises, solving word problems and applying mathematics to physics does not constitute the whole of mathematics; these actions merely reap the fruit of mathematics. Someone proved that the quadratic formula works. From there, math students are told that it works, and then they are told to use it to find roots of quadratic polynomials.

The tragedy is that learning to use the quadratic formula is far less engaging than learning why the quadratic formula actually works. I sympathize greatly with people who lose hope and do not want to carry on learning. Why should anyone be motivated to learn mathematics as it is taught?

To keep myself honest, I should not fail to mention that there is clearly value to knowing how to solve equations and apply results like the Pythagorean theorem and the quadratic formula. In fact, our civilization would be centuries behind if it weren’t for the results offered by calculus.

However, I think that

learning to apply these results would have much more motivation after learning how and why the results are, in fact, true. Instead of the instructor saying, “The Pythagorean is true all the time, believe me.

Now solve these problems,” the instructor should instead say, “Want to know something neat? The Pythagorean Theorem is true! Here is why. [insert proof] Now, let’s see some examples of how it works.”

I think this new format would not only provide students with better argumentative skills, but also it would give students more motivation to try their hand at solving the problems. Also, this educational method would remove the notion that mathematics is dogma and would improve the intellectual development of the student as a whole.

I invite you all to recall the various math theorems that you have learned and to now think about them skeptically.

Why should you believe that they are true? If any of you are more curious about how mathematics is truly done, and maybe want to see a proof of some of these theorems, feel free to email me (it is indicated under my name above).

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The fact that a student can open up like that to a teacher means that the student truly respects that teacher and they have built up a relationship of trust. That teacher has now become more than just an educator. She has become a counselor, a friend and a steady rock in that student’s life.

Yes, teachers get paid poorly, but I am not here to complain about that. Many teachers don’t care how much they get paid; they care more about how many of their students graduate high school, then graduate college and then find a job and start a family of their own. Teachers didn’t choose this profession to own big houses and drive fancy cars; they chose this profession to make a difference in the lives of other.

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The NI is student-produced.

For me, and for the rest of the current editorial staff, this means that the paper is produced by students and, implicitly, for students. I will concede to those accusations of bias that, if we do have a bias at the NI, it certainly sways toward the interests of students. That would be a bias I’m particularly proud of. No news outlet can ever be truly objective, so I’ve always felt that it’s important to know where your values lie.

As for criticism of our uncharacteristic use of profanity (generally on our opinion page), I’d be happy to address a letter to the editor if there are impassioned concerns. But, for the sake of space, I’ll say here that students are adults, and that I believe we can handle a little profanity when it is essential to making a point.

Now, the other connotation of this student-produced notion is more explicit.

Essentially all content at the NI is controlled and dictated by student engagement, and I think many of the remaining concerns raised by neigh-sayers can ultimately come down to this fact. The NI is produced by the students.

In the past, those in my position have interpreted the mission statement in many different ways, but I’ve chosen to focus on this final point: where there are students there is (or at least should be) a learning space.

I’ve always been proud of UNI because of its clear dedication to student learning.

The teachers teach, rather than hide in their research, and I truly believe we as students our better off for it.

So yes, the taxpayers’ money could be spend in other places but we ought to be careful not to vilify this profession while doing so. Teachers are not glorified babysitters with summers off. Their profession fuels all others, and on a normal day, that is amazing enough in and of itself.

If teachers were to explain why they teach, truthfully, then it would take hours. Each day more than 55 million students attend the country’s 130,000 schools. Each day, parents and guardians entrust some 7 million teachers with the education of our children. These teachers do not take this trust and responsibility lightly though. They take it so seriously that many times it takes over their lives. Teachers may not make much money, but they do make a serious difference in this world.

I’d like to think I’ve applied this concept quite well to the student newspaper.

If the newspaper is produced by and for the students, then there should be an environment that promotes and encourages learning. I’ve spoken with our mentor/advisor here, Laura Smith (who is always here to guide us and, perhaps more often, to reign us in when we get over-zealous), and she articulated our interpretation of the learning environment in terms of an apt metaphor: the NI is a sandbox. It’s a welcoming, learning space for students to explore their journalistic interests and to learn without being held too close to the flames.

This means that, despite our best preparation efforts, both the editorial and reporting staff can make mistakes — that’s part of learning.

Although I’d like to stand firmly behind every story and every editorial liberty we’ve taken, I’m not going to pretend we don’t make mistakes.

So if you feel inclined to point out some concerns with our news outlet, and give us our “gotcha” moment, you have every right to do so.

But I did want to provide a bit of context to some of the unique things that are going on behind-the-scenes here By the same token, if you do have concerns with our work, we are open to criticism (notice how I didn’t include “constructive”), and I’d encourage our readers to submit a letter to the editor. We tend to publish and respond to these as expediently as possible, and we’d be happy to hear from active and passionate readers.

Sincerely, Nick Fisher Executive editor

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May the best mustache win: No Shave pledge KATHERINE JAMTGAARD Staff Writer

Imagine winning the title of “Best Mustache,” “Longest Leg Hair” or “Longest Beard.” Imagine the prestige.

Colleges Against Cancer, a student organization affiliated with the American Cancer Society, held a “hairy” celebration on Sunday: a No Shave Party to kick off the month of November, with final trophies being offered at the end of the month.

“We are throwing this kick off party to start off our entire month long fundraising efforts for UNI No Shave,” said Jordan Arp, sernior leisure youth and human serives major, prior to the event. “We’re asking people to put down the razors for the month of November to help spread awareness for men’s

cancer and raise money for the American Cancer Society at the same time.”

Hailey Manter nach, senior mathematics teaching and middle level education double major said money was donated towards cancer research at the event. The amount of money donated equaled the costs on shaving supplies for a month.

“We have a small planning committee for this, and it is a big event of our year,” said Manternach. “It is also a first-year event so we don’t really know what to expect.”

At the party, there were games such as four square and giant Jenga, as well as free food to draw students in.

Students could also sign up for No Shave.

Makayla Andrews, sophomore elementary education and early childhood double major, discussed why she

attended the event.

“There’s still a fight to end cancer, and this is just another way to push [the] cancer [fight] at UNI,” Andrews said. “We also thought of this because, in October, you see a lot of breast cancer awareness, but you never really see any men’s [health] awareness. So this is supposed to support the men’s [health] awareness. So we’re kind of sharing the love on both sides.”

Arp also noted that many people are aware that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. However, what is not as well known is that November is Prostate Cancer month.

Arp made note, however, that the No Shave event is not exclusively for men.

“This is for women as well,” Arp said. “We don’t want to exclude women at

all. I’m myself participating.

So ladies, if you wanted to put a picture of you putting down a razor or wanted to show off the leg hair, feel free to do it.”

There are trophies up IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan for grabs for UNI Colleges Against Cancer prepares for their No “ L o n g e s t Shave kickoff event on Sunday, Nov. 1st.

B e a r d , ” If you’d like to participate “Best Mustache,” “Most in UNI No Shave, you can Fundraising Done by sign up at www.relayforlife. an Individual or Team,” org/UNI with the promo “Longest Leg Hair” and code: UNInoshave. If you’d “Longest Underarm Hair.” like to participate in Relay There will be a halfway for Life, you can register as party on Nov. 18, where a team or an individual at participants can check their www.relayforlife.org/uni. If progress by taking pictures. you’d like to get involved On Dec. 1, a No Shave, with Colleges Against SHAVE event will take place Cancer, relayforlifeofuni@ 75004 as well. uni.edu.

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Informing the voters of Iowa NOVEMBER 05, 2015

KYLE REKEMEYER Copy Editor

“If we wish to pride ourselves on being ‘Iowa Nice,’ then we must also commit ourselves to understanding our neighbors,” said Cara Burnidge, assistant professor of religion. She said his in reference to better understanding and appreciating Islam here in America, and, more specifically, in the state of Iowa.

“Islam and Iowa Politics” is a lecture series comprised of three presentations put on by the department of philosophy and world religions at UNI. The first lecture was “Abraham, Moses and Jesus: The Heritage of the Bible in the Qur’an” given by assistant professor of religion, John Burnight. The second will be given by Burnidge, entitled, “Islam in Iowa: An American Story” and the last will be “‘We the People’: Trust in Public Discourse” given by William Clohessy, professor of religion.

“The idea for the series emerged from faculty in [the department] noticing perceptions about Islam that have received broad media attention in recent months as presidential candidates campaign in Iowa,” said Martha Reineke, professor of philosophy and world religions.

Reneike gave three major perceptions on Islam that were of particular concern to her and the department:

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candidates and supporters believing that Islam is a “pagan” religion standing at a distance from the “JudeoChristian” religious tradition, potential voters believing Muslim immigration should be limited and presidential candidate Ben Carson’s lack of support towards the idea of a Muslim being president of the United States.

Carson is currently leading in the national polls with 29 percent of support from GOP voters, Donald Trump’s 23 percent is good for second plance according to the NBC News website and Wall Street Journal poll.

The f irst lecture, “Abraham, Moses and Jesus” was held on Friday, Oct. 30, led by Burnight. According to Burnight, the lecture focused on misconceptions Americans have about Islam, the relationship that it has to Christianity and Judaism and how characters from the Bible are portrayed in the Qur’an.

“They are viewed as true prophets and messengers of God,” said Burnight. “Many Americans are not aware of the fact that the God of the Qur’an, Allah, is viewed by Muslims as the same God described in the Bible.”

Burnight stressed that “Allah” in Arabic means “The God” and should not be viewed as the name of a different god.

The second lecture, “Islam in Iowa” will be led by Burnidge on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 4 p.m. in Sabin Hall.

Burnidge will focus on Iowa’s role in the history of Islam in America. According to Burnidge, the first building in the United States to be specifically built as a mosque

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is the Mother Mosque of America, located in Cedar Rapids. “[The mosque] is the oldest continuously operating mosque in the nation,” said Burnidge.

“In this way, I will highlight how Iowa is an important example of the larger story of Islam in America.”

Reineke said that one of the main reasons for this lecture was due to potential voters feeling that Muslim immigration should be restricted.

“Muslims have been residing in Iowa for a long time,” Reineke said.

“The people being polled apparently don’t realize that Muslims are neighbors and have been part of Iowa communities for a very long time.”

COURTESY PHOTO On Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. in The Department of Philosophy and World Religions at UNI will hold Sabin Hall, Clohesy will three lectures centered around the topic of Islam and Iowa Politics. The give the lecture, “We the remaining lecture will be held on Nov. 6th and Nov. 13th in Sabin Hall.

People.” The lecture will involve discussion on reli- the three lectures approach “Voters want to make decigion and its relation to the these separate ideas with the sions from a base of knowlsecular government and the intent to inform Iowa voters edge, not ignorance,” said before the caucuses.

Reineke.

Constitution.

“The United States is not a Christian country, but a secular one,” said Clohesy.

I wanted to live back “All religions are guaranteed on campus because I missed freedom of speech; it is not an my friends and the env ironment the residence halls hav accident that free expression e to offer.

MARIA | SENIOR of religion is promised in the First Amendment along with freedom of speech, the press and assembly.”

Clohesy stressed that everyone needs to be aware of Islam’s place as a religion to living I returned ause it was bec in the United States, espeon campus ing off campus e rent less than the community-lik cially after comments made d and I misse here that UNI has. by certain public figures like atmosp | JUNIOR CONNOR Carson.

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CrossFit: Growing opportunity to get moving RYAN HERRING

Sports Columnist

CrossFit. You have probably heard the term, read through or even tried some workouts .You may have even watched a little bit of the CrossFit Games on TV. That being said, you probably are still unsure what exactly it is.

CrossFit is an exercise regimen described as “constantly varied, functional movements, performed at high intensity.”

CrossFit programming is designed to help athletes improve their endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance and accuracy. This is achieved through a variety of different daily workouts called, WODS (workout of the day), usually done in CrossFit gyms called “boxes” but can also be done on your own.

What you might not know is that Cedar Falls is home to one of the most prestigious CrossFit affiliates in the country, CrossFit Kilo (there are also associated Kilo Trained Gyms in Waverly and Waterloo).

Armand McCormick and his

wife Sarah are the owners of Kilo, and Armand does all the programming for his CrossFit athletes. He is just one of the many coaches the gym has to help people improve themselves

of the world’s fittest athletes.

There are men, women, masters (older age group) and team divisions. Each division competes in various events, including: running, lifting,

compete. ESPN now broadcasts the CrossFit Games, which has resulted in an interest boom.

Some people watch and think to themselves: “why would anyone ever want to do that?” Others

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The CrossFit Open has seen exponential growth due to the growing number of people taking up the workout. The first CrossFit Open in 2011 had 26,000 participants that signed up. Last year’s games showed a record 209,585 signees.

day in and day out. The gym has earned a name for themselves by sending teams to the CrossFit Games the last couple years and doing very well.

The CrossFit Games take place every July, featuring some

swimming and any other sort of exercise movement you could think of.

The games include the crème of the crop, leaving people with their jaws on the ground after watching these athletes

are eager to give it a shot.

Don’t worry, CrossFit is not just for the fire breathers.

Workouts can be scaled up or down to meet an individual’s fitness level. Think of CrossFit as a competitive way of

working out. You can either compare yourself to others in your class, your gym or just yourself. Nothing is better than recording your daily workouts and seeing your individual progress as you continue to improve.

There are even competitions for athletes at all levels. One of the bigger competitions of the year is approaching. The Field of Teams competition is set to take place Nov. 13-15 at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center in Waterloo. There will be RX (advanced) and scaled divisions of four to six-person coed teams. Kilo will have several teams there competing among many other CrossFitters throughout the Midwest.

Don’t be surprised if you start hearing more and more about WODs, boxes and CrossFit. The sport is alive and growing.

CrossFit prides itself on building well-rounded athletes with a variety of skills.

This is not for everyone. Some people are not fond of this style, but for anyone looking spice up their workout routine, CrossFit is an option. With CrossFit Kilo and Kilo Trained gyms in the area, the opportunity is always close by.

The CFP rankings: how long can they stay in?

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is the 3rd seed instead of average of 22.4 points per at least six or seven wins, the 1st. Granted, Clemson game. That’s impressive. which isn’t too bad. is amazing, probably the But who really is the Now, let’s look at Ohio best. But the Buckeyes won competition?

State, a team that has With eight games down last year and have been the They have played two been struggling to find and just four left, several No.1 team all year.

FCS teams in Wofford and its identity while still top teams have emerged Take a look at these two Appalachian State, beating winning. as contenders for the teams. Both are undefeated them by a combined Their two quarterbacks playoffs. On Tuesday, Nov. and favorites to win their 70 points. Their most are J.T. Barrett, who led 3, the first rankings for the respective conferences. impressive win, aside from them to a playoff spot College Football Playoff Clemson, 8-0, scoring 40 a 24-22 win against No. before suffering a season(CFP) were announced. points a game and holding 8 ranked Notre Dame, is ending injury, and Cardale Coming in 1st is their opponents to an a 58-0 beat down of the Jones, who took over for Clemson, who is 8-0 and average of 17.6 points per Miami Hurricanes, and the injured Barrett, leading the No. 3 ranked team game. So, if my math is Miami isn’t a bad team. the Buckeyes to three in the nation. At No. 2 is right, they are out-scoring The Hurricane are 5-3 playoff wins, including the the LSU Tigers, the 4th their opponents by an and will most likely have national title. best team in the AP Top 25. Next is the Ohio State Buckeyes.

You might ask, “KevDog, if the Buckeyes are No. 1 in the AP poll, why are they 3rd in this one?”

Hold on, sport. We’ll get there.

In 4th place, is Alabama, which surprised me. I would think they would have chosen Baylor over TCU, who was left out last year.

And there you have it. If the playoffs were to start today, these would be the teams who would fight for the national title.

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Let’s start out by Clemson is the first ranked No.1 seed in the College Football Playoff rankings with an undefeated record of 8-0. discussing why Ohio State Their next game is presumed to be their toughest matchup left of their remaining schedule, facing No. 17 Florida KEVIN DEITRICK

Sports Columnist

State.

To start the year, head coach Urban Meyer settled with Cardale Jones as his guy but worked in Barrett with a few packages of his own. The Buckeyes struggled to get into a groove through the first few weeks. With Jones struggling, they were able to lean on running back Ezekiel Elliott, who has rushed for 1,130 yards and 13 touchdowns. After completing only 63 percent of his passes, Coach Meyer decided to bench Jones and start Barrett against Big 10 rivals, Rutgers.

Ohio State had their way with the Scarlet Knights, beating Rutgers, 49-7, behind Barrett’s 14/18 passing and 324 combined rushing and passing yards and five total touchdowns.

Elliott also had 142 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

One thing Barrett gives this offense that Cardele can’t is a rushing attack.

This offense can be unstoppable with Barrett and Elliott leading it.

Urban Meyer apparently has just realized this.

There are a lot of teams so far this year that are just as deserving of a < See FANTASY, page 9

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Will fantasy leagues change sports for the worst?

OPINION

ALFRED O’BRIEN

Sports Editor

It’s on your TV screens, your phones and social media newsfeeds. You hear it in between songs, in podcasts and on the radio.

It plays repeatedly during every national sporting event like clockwork.

Everybody, sports fan or not, seems to have fallen victim to its advertising , which borders on brainwashing.

I’m talking about fantasy sports ads.

Upstart companies like Draftkings and FanDuel have taken communication outlets by storm the past year, relentlessly trying to get people to play fantasy sports to “earn” cash prizes.

By simply applying the knowledge of the game they already play through stats and predictions, fans can join these websites and bet on players. Based off the results in the game people can win enormous cash prizes.

In what seems like an overnight takeover of the sport industry, these

companies have gotten everybody’s attention, and not necessarily in a good way.

Teenagers, NFL franchise owners and anybody in between can be heard talking about fantasy sports for cash and investing. On paper, daily fantasy sites are already worth billions of dollars. If you are still unaware of these sites, look no further than the last GOP debate, where even presidential candidates were reluctant to address the issue.

These websites have come under major scrutiny starting in early October while Draft Kings and FanDuel were (and still are) reaping massive amounts of success from people who play fantasy sports. A serious conflict of interest arose when a FanDuel employee, using his insider information from the company, made a fantasy account with rival website Draft Kings and proceeded to win $350,000 from the bets he took on players.

Soon after, ethical allegations had rose whether

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The new wave of betting on fantasy sports for cash may have serious consequences if lawmakers do not intervene. Online gambling is already a serious problem in America.

playing fantasy sports to win cash was any different than gambling. An article from the New York Times quoted a FanDuel spokesperson claiming that “FanDuel employees have won around $10 million using their own accounts.” Lawmakers have been making a push to draw up legislation to control the new and unregulated industry.

What happens next regarding the legality of fantasy websites will be crucial in the sports industry.

Illegal online gambling is already a serious problem in America. Allowing fantasy sites to conduct business like it currently is would unleash a new flood of gambling culture to millions PLAYOFFS

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playoff spot. There are also some surprising teams that have shoved their way into contention.

So, I would like to now talk about some of the dark horses in this race that we could possibly see in the CFP in place of - I don’t know - Alabama.

As a loyal Cyclone fan, I have always hated the Hawkeyes. But, for some reason, I really want the Hawkeyes to go undefeated this year, win the Big 10 championship and make the playoffs. It is very realistic to believe they will go undefeated as they don’t have a tough schedule from here

of Americans.

Right now, over 56 million people play fantasy sports in America according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. With the option to play a daily game with the chance to win prize money, it would only encourage current players to make the transition. People who play fantasy sports are typically younger, educated and have full time employment.

Essentially, everybody that plays fantasy sports will be exposed to the self destructive tendencies and behaviors found in online gambling rings. And not only will it be legal, it will be at the fingertips of a younger generation vulnerable of getting hooked.

Fantasy sports used to be a hobby, a game played between friends with the sole purpose of just having fun. Unfortunately, like most things in life, when money becomes involved, things tend to easily become corrupted. As an avid sports fan and fantasy player, I’m very concerned about what these websites are doing to change the game for a profit.

An argument can be made that much worse things in the world are going on that should be focused on, but that doesn’t make it any less of a problem. Just ask yourself, don’t professional sports (and college sports for that matter) in America have enough ethical problems as it is?

on out. If, in fact, they go 12-0, they will most definitely be going to the Big 10 Championship to probably face OSU. If they can pull off an upset against Ohio State, you could very likely see them in the CFP. But then again, you have teams like TCU and Baylor who are also knocking on the door and can put up 60 points on any given night. Trust me, they have both done it against the Cyclones.

With the Big 12 loaded with four amazing teamsBaylor, TCU, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, chances are you might see at least one of these teams in the playoffs. I really hope the playoff committee doesn’t make

the mistake of leaving out a Big 12 team again this year.

The Baylor Bears have their work cut out for them. With Seth Russell out for the year, their fate is up to freshman quarterback, Jarred Stidham. Stidham brings little experience to the table, but he’s got several amazing receivers to throw to and one of the nations best in Shock Linwood to back him up.

With all of these great teams it is going to be hard for the CFP Committee to decide on what teams deserve a spot the most. But we have four long weeks to sort all this out, and we will see who wants it the most.

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FOR SALE / FOR RENT

ROOMMATES WANTED

Room to rent availabel now and/ or spring semester. Half a block to campus. 319-240-0880

Roommates needed! Arkadia apartments. Corner of Olive St. and University Ave. Across the street from campus. Underground parking lot. 4 spacious bdrms, 2 baths, spacious living room, and kitchen. Extra room for storage. $450 plus utilities. Would like roommates to be somewhat clean and organized.

Call/text 319-270-4477.

STUDENT INTERNSHIPS If You Are Graduating in December With a Degree in Education, Leisure Services or Family Services, the University of Northern Iowa has internships available with U.S. military Child Development Centers in Europe, Japan, Hawaii and Florida Beginning in January 2016 or August 2016. Related major and prior experience with children/youth required. Receive 12 hours of graduate credit. Living stipend, airfare, and housing are paid. Build your resume, earn credit, and network with the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest employer, the U.S. Department of Defense.

Email internships@campadventure.com and please put INTERNSHIP- UNI/CA in the subject line. Briefly describe your prior experience with children/youth and your major/degree.

Make a Difference!

Camp Adventure Child & Youth Services College of Education, School of HPELS University of Northern Iowa Catch the Magic!

Willow Falls CONDOMINIUMS

CONDO INFORMATION

Available Now! $1,050 Discounted Rent Special 1,050 Square Feet 2 Bedroom / 2 Bathroom Units Near Greenhill Rd & S Main St CONTACT

319-768-7150 www.WillowFallsCF.com

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Campus Court Apartments $1000 for 3 people, $1,200 for 4 people 3 Bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms

Free Cable & Internet - Dishwasher and major applicances included Washers and Dryers in each building - Soundproofing between units Basketball & Volleyball courts, and an area to grill out! Free campus shuttle that stops every hour

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