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Dining hall disaster

Mechanical malfunction causes temporary Rialto closure

Board of Regents approves nursing program

NIXSON BENITEZ Executive Editor

This past Wednesday, Nov. 10, the Board of Regents (BoR) approved adding a stand-alone nursing program at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). This program will be designed to be a tra ditional stand-alone option.

MALLORY SCHMITZ News Editor

Between 11 a.m. and noon on Wednesday, Nov. 16, emergency vehicles gathered around Rialto Dining Hall. Situated on the north side of campus, Rialto sits between Bender and Dancer Hall and serves the majority of students living in those residence halls

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along with Lawther Hall.

At 11:36 a.m., UNI Dining tweeted the following state ment: “RIALTO IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Due to a mechanical issue in the building, Rialto is closed. We will post an update once the issue has been resolved.

Piazza is open.”

They posted a subsequent

tweet minutes later clarify ing that, “A mechanical issue in the building triggered the sprinklers to go off within Rialto. Staff are working to get the area cleaned so we can resume operations. More updates to follow.”

On Monday, Nov. 14, it was announced that Nancy Kertz, Ph.D., was selected as the executive director of nursing, and will be chief academic nurse administrator. Kertz has experience in developing nurs ing at the graduate and under graduate level. Some of the next steps currently include the accreditation process with the Board of Nursing, devel oping the curriculum and working with the state and national accreditors to gain their support.

Right now UNI students have the option to do a 3 + 1 program where they get

to do their first three years in biology and then transfer to Allen College to complete the Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Kertz mentioned she is wanting to continue the collaboration even if this pro gram will be a stand alone.

La Copa Mundial Catar 2022 y sus peculiaridades

MAYRA VILLANUEVA Editora en español

La selección anfitriona de Catar se enfrentará a la selección sudamericana de Ecuador el 20 de noviembre

a las 10 a.m. (Hora Central) en el mundial edición 22 de la competición. El Mundial se concluirá el 18 de diciembre. La ceremonia de inaugura ción se llevará a cabo antes del primer partido. Durante

la inauguración muchos can tantes serán invitados incluy endo a los cantantes de las canciones del Mundial.

Los mundiales se han car acterizado por mostrar la cul tura del país anfitrión y esta edición no es la excepción. El balón para el Mundial de Catar 2022 se llama Al Rihla que está inspirado en la cultura árabe y los col ores vibrantes de la bandera catarí. Al Rihla significa “el viaje” en árabe lo que pone un tono muy emocionante y aventurero a la competición y a los hinchas de todo el mundo.

El Mundial de Catar 2022 comenzará el 20 de noviembre hasta el 18 de diciembre.

Por otro lado, los mundi ales también han tenido una mascota que representa la cultura del país anfitrión. La mascota oficial del Mundial de Catar se llama La’eeb que significa “jugador habilido so”. La mascota se define por ser un personaje que llenará a los aficionados con entusias mo.

Las canciones de los mun

diales es otra característica que hace que el Mundial se sienta algo más que un tor neo, representando la unidad y el amor por el fútbol así como la competitividad que viene con el deporte espe cialmente en la máxima com petición del mundo. Para esta edición la Fifa presentó cua tro canciones como oficiales de Catar 2022 personificando al tema del mundial así como el coraje y la unidad de los participantes así como sus aficionados y representando las diferentes culturas y las diferentes facetas del mun dial. La primera canción es “Arhbo (Bienvenido)” inter pretada por Gims, cantante de la República Democrática del Congo, Gims, y el can tante boricua, Ozuna. La segunda canción es “Hayya Hayya” interpretada por el cantante estadounidense Trinidad Cardona, el can tante nigeriano Davido y la cantante catarina AISHA. La tercera canción “The World is

Yours to Take” por el rapero estadounidense Lil Baby. La cuarta canción es “Light the Sky” por la emiratí Balqees, la cantante marroquí Manal, Rahma Riad de Irak, y Nora Fatehi que es canadiense.

Para muchos jugadores este sería su último mundial. Para el portugués Cristiano Ronaldo de 37 años este es el caso quien aunque ha alca nzado todo en su carrera; el mundial es el único premio por conquistar y que falta en su vitrina. Ronaldo indis cutiblemente dará todo con su selección dando un espectá culo como lo sabe hacer.

Para el Mundial de Catar se espera que sea un mundial con muchas emociones y con un contacto de culturas de todo el mundo enriqueciendo la experiencia de los televi dentes así como los aficiona dos que estarán presentes.

COURTESY/UNI Nancy Kertz has been hired on as UNI’s executive director for nursing due to her past experience in developing both graduate and undergraduate nursing programs.

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Students were turned away from Rialto during the lunch rush on Nov. 16. According to university officials, a fan in the Towers Center malfunctioned, emitting smoke and causing sprinklers to engage within the dining hall.

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LIFE UNI students now have the option to change their preferred name on their student IDs.

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NURSING PROGRAM

“Students that come to UNI will know they have options. If students want an accelerat ed fast-paced option that Allen College has, they can come to UNI and complete their gener al education and the program prerequisites and go to Allen. If students want a more traditional pathway, they can come here and complete their Bachelor of Science in Nursing.” Kertz said.

During the Board of Regents meeting, it was reported that in Becker’s Hospital Review, “current trends show the glob al nursing workforce will hit 36 million by 2030, leaving a shortage of 5.7 million nurses.”

In the report it was mentioned that countries around the world will need to increase the num ber of graduates by 8%. From a global perspective, Iowa Works reported there were 4,538 jobs available online as of Sept. 21,

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During the lunch rush, stu dents seeking to enjoy their meal at Rialto were turned away and directed to eat at Piazza on the south side of campus or the food court in Maucker Union.

At 1:26 p.m., UNI Housing & Dining sent a mass email to all students reiterating the information from their Tweets, saying, “As you may already be aware, Rialto closed just before noon today due to a mechanical issue in the building. This issue trig gered the sprinklers to go off in the kitchen area and one of the venues within Rialto. Staff are currently working to get the area cleaned so Rialto can resume operations as quickly as possible. Please follow @ UNI_Dining on Twitter for updates. Piazza has remained open during this time.”

Director of University Relations Pete Moris gave a statement to the Northern Iowan regarding the incident.

“Smoke caused by a mechanical issue with a fan within Towers triggered the sprinkler system to engage as designed,” Moris said. “Rialto

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2022. With the shortage it will take about over three months to fill. It was even addressed that in 2030 nursing will be a huge demand in Iowa. According to the Iowa Center for Nursing Workforce, 22% of Iowa regis tered nurses are eligible to retire right now. Currently many major medical centers and rural hospitals are forced to close entire floors due to this short age.

“Five years ago it was rare to close a floor due to the lack of staffing. It might have hap pened in unusual circumstanc es.” Kertz said, “Now it’s com mon, when that occurs, then people who need surgeries or special procedures are having long waits because there’s not the staffing to care for them.”

Provost Jose Herrera said that for the three month hiring process, “The hiring market for nurses is incredibly tight because there are more open ings than there are qualified people to take jobs. When the

is currently closed as our team works to clean the impacted area and repair the damaged fan in the mechanical area. We hope to reopen Rialto as soon as possible. Piazza remains open for service. We apolo gize for any inconvenience to our students and staff.

This is not the first inci dent at Rialto that has resulted in the temporary closure of the dining hall. In September 2018, a major steam leak kept Rialto closed for two weeks and resulted in the death of a maintenance worker.

At 3:08 p.m., UNI Dining announced via Twitter, “UPDATE: Rialto will reopen at 5 p.m., just in time for the Thanksgiving meal.”

labor market is so tight, it is difficult to find candidates, and needed positions go unfilled.”

He said in a statement, “The nursing shortage is nation-wide and goes back many years, but the pandemic elevated the shortage to a crisis… the Iowa Workforce Development office projects that nurses will still be the most needed job field in 2030 with over 35,000 posi tions state-wide. One of the issues that has contributed to the shortage is the number of available seats in nurse training programs.”

The investments for nursing

With the program being passed, it was reported this will enhance existing programs such as biology, pre-health, athletic training, public health and more support for universi ty general education courses.

Approximately $2 million in one-time cost will be spent in developing the infrastructure and modern facilities for the nursing students. To sustain the program an additional $1 to $2 million will be needed to gen erate fees, tuition and endowed gifts. The costs also include staffing costs. The program will also be supported from existing resources from the Office of Business Operations and the Office of the Provost.

Herrera addressed that the resources that will be reallo cated are one-time dollars. “UNI has one-time (temporary) dollars that are typically used for maintaining infrastructure (updating plumbing, roofs, fixing windows etc). These budgeted (but unspent) dollars accumulate as faculty retire or move on from the institution.”

Herrera said, “These dollars would not be available after this fiscal year but they are available as ‘one-time’ strategic activities (like standing up nursing) that need funds to prime enrollment and generate revenue.”

Francis Degnin, chair of United Faculty said, “I know that many faculty, myself included, don’t have a clear understanding of where the start-up costs are coming from. Faculty are worried that the high start up costs could be taking away from other need ed faculty lines. However, the money is also in a different cat

egory. Start up costs are ‘one time’ money.” He said, “Faculty lines are ongoing costs. While they aren’t entirely separate in all cases, for the most part, the university can’t use one time money to fund ongoing needs. If they did, what would happen in the second or third year, after the one time money was deplet ed?”

A great concern that was pointed out by Degnin is the running costs that are going with the program. Whether this will be an asset or drain to other university programs at UNI. He mentioned that it was commu nicated to him that by the fourth year it will start paying for itself. Degnin also brought up in a statement that faculty were involved in the germination of the program through academic positioning.

“It’s possible that the run ning costs will also be in the black prior during one or two of the years previous to the fourth year. That’s because there will be very little in the way of new courses and faculty until stu dents reach their 3rd year.” he said, “In the case of the nursing program, it seems clear that the running costs will be more than covered by tuition… to me at least, that the program will both serve to support the needs of Iowans and support the mission of the university as a whole. Moreover, it will do so, for the nursing students, at significant ly lower tuition than many other programs.”

Projections

According to the report sub mitted to the Board of Regents, “there are students that are not applying (to nursing) because they cannot afford the tuition at a private Iowa nursing school.”

The first cohort will start in the Fall 2024 and the program will be projected to start with 24 students. It is projected that in five years the program will grow to a total of 96 students after its first cohort.

Through the Board of Regents, Senior Vice President of Patient Care Kelly Richards supports this initiative and stat ed in a letter of support, “We have committed to help UNI by giving their nursing students the opportunity to apply to train and work at our clinical

sites. We are also committing to communicate opportunities for our clinical colleagues.”

Cedar Valley Medical Specialist, University of Iowa Director of Nursing Education Dawn M. Bowker and Iowa State University fully echo in supporting this implementation.

“There is sufficient evidence for the workforce needs in Iowa and UNI’s ability to provide a quality program…Based on the evidence and documentation, this program is likely to ben efit the state of Iowa,” a letter signed by the council of provost stated.

According to the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, it was reported that between 2020 to 2021 there were 80,000 individuals qual ified to go into a nursing pro gram.

“There were 80,000 individ uals in the U.S. that wanted to be a nurse and who met all of the qualifications to gain entry into a nursing program. They couldn’t get into a nursing program because there weren’t enough seats available. So, pro grams were at their capacity… I want to stress that I want every nursing program in Iowa to be full, I want them to be success ful. We are all responsible to meet the needs of our com munities and to educate more nurses for Iowa.” Kertz said.

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On the second level of the Towers Center above Rialto, industrial fans air out the dining hall through the employee entrance.

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Becker’s Hospital Review reported that by 2030, there will be a workforce shortage of 5.7 million nurses.

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The red wave in Iowa

DREW HILL

Opinion Columnist

Going into the midterm elections, many political pundits expected Republican gains across the nation. Some expected massive gains, or what some were calling a “Red Wave.” The main reason given was eco nomic concerns, especially inflation. After a week of waiting for results, it seems that the Red Wave did not happen. The Senate will once again be controlled by the Democratic Party. With one runoff election remain ing in Georgia, it is possi ble that the Democrats will actually gain a Senate seat. Republicans did narrow ly win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. However, despite the lack of gains by Republicans around the country, there were some states in which Republicans did make massive gains, sur passing expectations. One of those was Iowa.

In Iowa, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and Governor Kim Reynolds won reelec tion. According to the Associated Press’ election results, Grassley won all but five counties in the state of Iowa out of 99 counties. Reynolds won all but four. That’s a percentage of near ly 96% of Iowa’s counties. The actual voting percent ages included a 56.1% vic tory for Grassley, compared to 43.9% for his opponent. Reynolds won 58.1% of the vote, compared to 39.5% for her Democratic challenger. That outperformed many polls’ expectations, such

as FiveThirtyEight, which suggested on Nov. 8 that Grassley would win 51.8% and Reynolds would win 54.1%.

Other elections in Iowa also heavily favored Republicans. Republicans won all four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. For context, that had not happened since 1994. The other five statewide races saw Republicans win elec tions for the Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer and Agriculture Secretary. The only state wide race Republicans did not win is for auditor, which is likely heading to a recount with the Democratic incumbent leading. The vic tories for Attorney General and Treasurer were over Democratic incumbents.

In state legislature races, Republicans gained even more control. According to Ballotpedia, Republicans already had a 32-18 major ity in the Iowa Senate and a 60-40 majority in the Iowa House of Representatives. With six total races yet to

be called, the New York Times elections results show Republicans won a 33-16 majority in the Iowa Senate and a 63-32 majority in the Iowa House of Representatives. All across the board, Iowan Republicans won big. Why did this occur in Iowa, when much of the country remained very balanced?

This “Red Wave” has not always been in effect in Iowa. Iowa was considered a swing state as recently as 2016. From 1999-2011, Democrats filled the Office of Governor. In both 2008 and 2012, former Democratic President Barack Obama won Iowa over Republican challengers. In 2018, three of Iowa’s four elected U.S. House of Representatives were Democrats.

According to an exit poll by NBC News, the top two issues for U.S. voters were inflation and abor tion. Those who considered inflation to be the biggest issue tended to vote more for Republicans. Those who considered abortion to be

the biggest issue tended to vote more for Democrats. Not as many abortions occur in Iowa as many other states. This suggests that perhaps less Iowans may have been as concerned by abortion since it did not have as much of a direct impact as inflation. On the other hand, a state like Pennsylvania, which according to the Kaiser Family Foundation had nearly ten times as many abortions as Iowa in 2019, may have been more concerned about abortion.

Democrats in Pennsylvania won key races, such as Governor and Senator.

Gun policy was a third issue many voters were con cerned about. According to the NBC exit poll, the majority of those concerned with this issue voted for Democrats. However, here in Iowa, another decision by the voters was to pass an election measure adding the right to bear arms to the Iowa Constitution and saying that restrictions on that right should be regard ed with strict scrutiny. Over

65% of Iowa voters voted for this measure.

Two factors that may have had an impact that was not listed in the national NBC exit poll included the handling of COVID-19 and education.

According to KCCI, a poll in September of 2021 showed that the majori ty of Iowans supported Reynolds’ COVID-19 poli cies, education policies and handling of the economy. Iowa had a faster econom ic recovery during COVID19 than many other states, at least partly due to more freedom in Iowans’ per sonal health decisions. As many Democratic-led states used more heavy-handed approaches to COVID-19, Iowans may have preferred that increased freedom.

Governor Reynolds also advocated for the legislature granting more transparency for parents about their chil dren’s education. These fac tors may have led to Iowans favoring Republicans in this election.

After three straight elections of increasing their majority in the Iowa Legislatures, as well as the resounding results in this election in favor of Republicans, it seems likely Iowa will continue this tran sition from a swing state to a solidly Republican state to a decisively Republican state. Of course, that depends on those Republicans continu ing to serve Iowans’ inter ests at the local, state and national levels.

Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand, will be the only Democrate at the state level. The red wave left many democrats dissapointed in the state of Iowa.

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Preferred names on UNI issued IDs in effect January 2023

DIAMOND ROUNDTREE Campus Life Editor

Coming January 2023, students, faculty, professors and staff will now be able to change their IDs to their preferred names. This was a challenging process, as there was much pushback from the administration for many years. “It’s been in the works for quite a few years. The main reason it hasn’t hap pened until now is that the university administration was telling us that we can’t change having the legal names on university IDs because stu dents could use them for voter identification. However, with the last legislative session in Iowa, they created new voter identification laws that no longer allow our IDs to be used even if they have our legal names on them. So that completely cleared that hur dle. At first, Kalyani [Kannan] and I were talking with Nick Rafanello. It kind of got grid locked at one point. I didn’t understand. I was also a soph omore and didn’t know how things worked then. Kalyani told me that the upper admin istration denied it for no rea son.” Sam Caughron stated.

Caughron currently sits as the speaker of the senate for the Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG). His role is to lead the senate meetings and is in charge of the sena tors and make sure they are doing their job. This initia tive is essential for Caughron, because he has seen the effects of students not being able to use their preferred names. “I have seen first hand the negative implica tions of only using the legal name on ID from peers in the LGBTQIA + community. So I think that’s the main reason I got involved because, com ing from that community, I feel like, in my position, I am a voice for all students. And a part of being a voice for all students was getting that initiative passed and I know it’s been worked on before, and it got nowhere. So I am proud of every ini tiative I’ve worked on in my term.” Caughron stated.

Caughron started as an at-large senator during his first year and has worked his way up. He has had much success during his time with NISG.

“I’ve been in a leadership position for quite a long time. In every initiative I’ve worked on, none of them have failed. I’m very proud of that. And I will keep that going in as I continue through Student Government. My first semes ter of the first year was the

pronouns project, when pro fessors received their class rosters and included a stu dent’s pronouns on it. So I was like, why not? You know, so I’m just carrying on the work from two presidents ago. So I decided to carry it on and get it implemented. All the stu dent bodies can benefit – not only the community I’m from, but also communities outside of the university at large and then connect it to projects I’ve already worked on.”

To Caughron, this is not just another win under his belt, but a change affect ing the entire community to which he belongs. This ini tiative will allow people’s voices to be heard. Caughron notes that it was not just him who fought for this initiative – LGBTQ+ Student Services Coordinator Kalyani Kannan and Vice President of Student Life Heather Harbach played a massive role in the success of this change. As stated pre viously, the process for this initiative took work.

“Kalyani told me that It was straight-up denied by the upper administration for no reason. So when Dr. Harbach came into her position, I for mally wrote her an email. I wrote that I want to start this initiative where UNI students can change the name on their university ID. I was like, there should be a way that they can change it. The

replacement should be at no cost. And we should imple ment a policy that uses the preferred name from here on out for all university IDs since we no longer use them to vote. It should be in such a way that the parents at home do not know that this change was made because, for certain students, it can endanger their lives.”

For everyone working on this initiative, it was important for people to access this resource at no cost and for students to feel safe while making this change. Unfortunately, not all students have the opportunity or privilege to feel safe and supported by family or their community when making a big transition like changing their name.

“I’m an LGBTQ+ member myself, and I’ve heard stories of people scratching out their names on their IDs. They were constantly being reminded, which shouldn’t be a thing.” There was a long pause before Caughron or Kannan would hear anything. However, on the back end, Harbach was working hard to ensure this ini tiative would get passed. “On Tuesday of Election Day, Dr. Harbach emailed me and was like we’re getting it done. The only thing is there have been a few hiccups. Unfortunately, they will not start using pre ferred names and cannot change IDs until

January of ‘23. I wish this process could be done soon, but it won’t be implemented fully until 2023. But GSS and NISG are planning on col laborating to release graphics explaining how to do this. And then every semester following that, all the first-year students will be given university IDs using their preferred name.”

This initiative took years to complete. There were a lot of no’s in the process. However, Sam Caughron’s passion for helping others and influence for people like Kannan kept him going.

“Just helping and benefit ing people is mainly what kept me going, and I kept seeing how long Kalyani had worked on it. That’s also what kept me going. And, you know, when it comes to initiatives like this, I know, despite uni versity administration, a lot of them are older, they’re from a different generation. I know what my generation needs and what the people are asking for. And I know, even if they aren’t directly asking for it, how they can benefit from it. So if there are no adverse effects, I will go through with it no matter how many know right, no matter how many people say no, because that’s just in student government. That’s just the work.

That’s just part of the work you’re going to get. You’re going to fall flat on your face,

over and over and over again. And I think it’s important that just it’s really cliche, but like Get back, get off up, get up, get back on your feet and keep going and keep fight ing because there are people who need you to keep fighting right, and that’s I’m proud to do the work. I’m thrilled to do the work, and I’m very hon ored and proud to be a voice for not only the LGBTQIA+ community but for the people in my grade level. For the university at large, for other minority populations and just everyone, faculty, staff and students.” Coughron stated.

There are a few important things to note about this pro cess. First, people will not be able to use their new IDs as a form of voter ID any more. This initiative is import ant for everyone to use. “It’s important for LGBTQIA+ and non-binary students if their legal name is not the name they identify with or the name they are. It’s also important that anybody can use it, and it doesn’t matter if you’re from the community or outside the community. You can benefit from it doesn’t hurt anybody. There are no negatives to the program, right? Because you can still use your legal name if you want to. It’s universal, and there are no negatives.” Coughron stated. Coughron has aspirations to be the stu dent body president and is

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Updates from the Board of Regents

NIXSON BENITEZ Executive Editor

This past Wednesday, Nov. 9 and Thursday, Nov. 10, the Board of Regents approved seven items on the agenda that directly relate to construction projects and faculty research. The Board also approved the nursing program.

Masters plan

The Board of Regents approved the campus master plan. Michael W. Zwanziger, assistant vice president and director of the depart ment facilities management presented on behalf of the University of Northern Iowa to update the university cam pus master plan conducted in the first half of 2020. The master plan aims to “reinvest in, renew and right-size its facilities in support of the institution’s academic cur ricular mission,”

Some of the goals men tioned in the presentation included reinvesting in iIn frastructure, renewing pro gram space and right size campus. This update would align more with the academ ic positioning; this will also look into improving over all space, renewing existing space to serve these programs and to address the backlog of maintenance needs. Students have seen this recently with renovations of the Innovative Teaching and Technology Center (ITTC) roof and the ongoing construction with the Applied Engineering Building.

The three public universi

ties have requested $30 mil lion per year from the state for building renewal funds, for the next five years. The request will be determined by the state legislature.

These funds would go directly to 15 buildings; these buildings equate to 50% of the general fund space. These spaces contain 68 general purpose class rooms and 41 teaching lab oratories. UNI would also modernize traditional hous ing, upgrade restrooms in select halls and provide more apartment-based units.

Some of the requests include roof replacements and maintaining the spac es. Some successful stories reported include the reloca tion of the Honors Program; this program is now located on the third floor of Bartlett – this building allows the program to be fully accessi ble prior to its previous loca tion in the Honors Cottage.

GBPAC Remodel

The Board approved the project description and bud get including the schematic design.

The project proposed would add 16,400 square feet and remodel 4,500 square feet. The expansion would mainly focus on updating portions that directly enhance revenue. This would include concessions, restrooms, tick et counters and incorporat ing lounge areas such as the Marquee lounge and prep kitchen.

The project is estimated to be about $14.1 million; this would be funded entire

ly through private gifts and grants. The actual construc tion date could be determined based on funding availability and determination of cash flow of the private gifts. Construction is scheduled to start in the Spring of 2023.

Termination of Majors and new add ons

The Board of Regents approved the termination of the Bachelor of Applied Science in Technology major. The major has not drawn suf ficient enrollments at UNI. The current Bachelor in Tech program overlaps with the curriculum of the technol ogy management program. The remaining students can complete their coursework existing offerings and will be offered the opportunity to transition to the technol ogy management program. Between 2020-2021 there have been a total of six stu dents that have completed the major, and as of 2021 there were two enrolled. No significant impacts will be expected.

Human Resource management

The Board approved for UNI to move the current track to a stand alone major in human resource manage ment. The program was housed under the department of management. The standalone program will allow the human resource management major to give more weight to the degree and allow students to compete with the market demand. The first cohort will largely be internal transfers

and the program cohort to be about 60 students.

The Board also approved a Masters of Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies as a stand-alone 30 hour degree. This program is most ly online and this program serves as a completion for non-traditional students who have some graduate credit and are looking for an oppor tunity to finish a graduate credential. This degree pro gram will allow to create a unique individual course of study and can be tailored to specific career goals.

Professional Development Assignment requests

The Board of Regents approved nine faculty mem bers from UNI to do spe cial projects for the fiscal year 2024. These projects allow faculty members to be involved in research. This research is directly applied to expanding the knowledge of students and education around the world. The fol lowing staff members were approved

Abebe, Tilahun Castillo, Juan Carlos Cutter, Barbara Hurley, Kimberley Lou, Shangzhen Petrov, Andrey Rumsey, Chepina Shen, Xinhua Yoon, Gunwoo

President’s update

President Mark Nook announced the week set of celebrations that happened in October. Including the “Our

Tomorrow” Campaign. Nook also announced that as of the end of September the campaign is at $187.5 on its way to the $250 million goal.Following this update he mentioned the introduc tion of the seven new bells and two additional bells that will be melted in cincinna ti. The two being melted in Cincinnati will be the largest bells added on and weigh over 4,000 pounds, making a total of nine new bells. This will complete a total of four and a half octaves for the campanile. The commemo rative bell was also melted, and this bell will commemo rate the 150th anniversary of UNI in 2026.

Nook also recognized during the meeting the 50th anniversary of the Black Student Union (BSU) orga nization 2010 alumni Parnell Cezar, owner of Blk and Bold Coffee. Five percent of the profits of Blk and Bold are invested back into the youth. Nook also recognized 2002 alumni Cortland Butts, founder of Life Guardian World Wide, a group which helps young people grow and find their place in the community. Both were men tioned as they were a product of BSU and Nook empha sized the student life profes sionals on the campus.

“These infinity groups help these students connect to each other and better con nect to the university and grow the UNi family. Grow our university families” Nook said.

Office of International Engagement winter clothing drive

FATEMEH KARGARZADEH Staff Writer

As the academic year goes on, the seasons change with it. The weather is start ing to get colder and wind ier. Most students are for tunate enough to be able to keep themselves warm with winter coats, gloves, hats, and other winter pro tective gear. However there are some who struggle with being able to do that.

The Office of International Engagement (OIE), which is located in Maucker Union Room 113, is hosting a win ter drive for international students who do not have the proper winter gear to keep themselves warm throughout the vicious winter.

For the winter drive, it is highly encouraged that students donate winter coats that are in good shape. “We mainly ask for winter coats in sizes small, medium and large. We also appreciate warm scarves, hats, gloves and winter boots or shoes in good condition,” Carolina Coronado said.

This winter drive is cru cial, because most interna tional students who move to Iowa do not have the proper winter protection at all.

Most of these internation al students who are coming to Iowa to study abroad are struggling with the tuition fee as it is. Some interna tional students are not used to the colder climate due to living in warmer climates. “Some international stu dents may struggle with high

tuition fees when studying abroad. Still, there’s also the additional cost of purchas ing expensive winter wear when studying in chilly cli mates, especially for those from warmer weather coun tries,” Coronado said.

This winter drive is sig nificant – not only is it going to help the current interna tional students at UNI, but it will also help the incoming students to the campus.

“We want to find a way to make the adjustment to the Iowan climate a little easier for international students,” Coronado said.

Knowing that we already have had the first snow in November, we as a commu nity must act fast to help those in need. Just imagine the more brutal snow that is yet to come.

The winter drive runs throughout all of November until the first two weeks of December. However, if any one still wishes to donate after the inital drive period, they are able to do so until January.

Anybody is more than welcome to donate to the winter drive for the inter national students. “Under this initiative, UNI faculty, students, staff and in some instances, the public, can donate clean winter wear that’s in good condition for international students,” Coronado said.

When donating any win ter gear, especially any winter coats, it is heavi ly emphasized that they are clean and in good condition for the students to use. Even

for the ones that would be arriving during the winter time with no snow gear at all.

Helping the students at UNI is a great way of show ing how big and support ive the panther community is. For more questions, do not hesitate to reach out to the Director of International Engagement Carolina Coronado-Park. Her email is carol.coronado@uni.edu

Preview: Panthers @ Coyotes

BEN LAHART Sports Writer

The UNI Football team will close out their regu lar season in Vermillion, S.D. this weekend as they face the University of South Dakota Coyotes. UNI is coming off their bye week following a heartbreaking loss to South Dakota State and will look to finish off the regular season on a high note.

South Dakota was vic torious in this matchup last year beating the Panthers 34-21. It was the sec ond half before UNI got on the scoreboard where they scored touchdowns on back-to-back drives. The first came from a 62-yard rush by Vance McShane fol lowed by a 28-yard pass ing score to Sam Schnee. Another 20-yard passing touchdown on the Panthers final drive accounted for the rest of their 21 points.

This was Theo Day’s first career 300 passing yard game and his only of the 2021 season, as he threw for 303 yards. McShane led the team in rushing with 65 yards while Quan Hampton led in receiving with nine receptions for 108 yards. The Panthers defense totalled three sacks and forced a fumble in the loss as well.

The last game for UNI

was a close loss to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

SDSU secured the win on a last second field goal to win 31-28. Day accounted for three of the Panthers four touchdowns in this game, two through the air and one on the ground. He will look to continue his dominant stretch of games this week end.

In the last four games for the Panthers, during which they have a 3-1 record, Day has averaged nearly 300 passing yards per game, while amassing 13 total touchdowns, 11 passing and two rushing, with a 5.5:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio on 64% completion.

The UNI offense is aver aging 37.5 points per game while the defense is only allowing 25.3 points per game. All together UNI is outscoring their opponents by 46 points during this stretch.

Meanwhile, for UNI’s opponent, the Coyotes are coming off their seventh loss of the season in a game against North Dakota where the team gave up near ly 350 yards of offense.

South Dakota quarterback Aidan Bouman threw for 151 yards and three touch downs in the 28-19 loss.

Sophomore receiver Carter Bell hauled in two of the scores while junior Wesley Eliodor caught the third.

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Travis Theis led the Coyotes in rushing with 95 yards on the ground as well.

The South Dakota offense is averaging only 16.5 points per game on the season ranking them second worst in the con ference. This should lend itself nicely to the Panthers who rank fourth in the MVFC with over 30 points per game.

Some personal mile stones could be achieved this weekend. With just 251 passing yards Day would become the first Panther with 3,000 passing yards in over 15 years. He already has the third most yards through the air in the last 16 seasons with 2,741. With just one more made PAT, kicker Matthew Cook would move solely into sec ond place for the consec utive PATs records in the MVFC.

Although UNI lost the matchup last season, they have still won three of the last four games and seven of the last 10, including the last game played in Vermillion in 2018. With this in mind the Panthers will look to finish off their season with a win and finish with a 6-5 winning record. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19. The game will also be available for streaming on ESPN+.

Panthers take down Billikens, 84-64

CADEN SHEA Sports Writer

The Panthers contin ued their winning ways on Sunday night as they defeated the Saint Louis Billikens 84-64 on their home court in the McLeod Center. Nearly the whole Panthers team aided in the non-conference victory. The Panthers utilized great ball handling and passing, allowing for them to secure a dominant victory. The win allowed UNI to stay undefeated with a record of 2-0 after their first pair of games.

This was a very impres sive game from point guard Maya McDermott who dropped a career-high 23 points Grace Boffeli also had a great game with 12 points and 12 rebounds, obtaining her second double-double of the year with only two games played this season.

Kam Finley was the third leading scorer on the team with 11 points over her 23 minutes played. Freshman Ryley Goebel had a domi nant defensive game with four blocks as well as nine rebounds in only 14 minutes of play.

The game started as a heated battle as both teams

traded back and forth for the better part of the first half. Both teams had momentum through the first half, mak ing it an uphill battle for the Panthers if they wanted to hold that momentum for the rest of the game. The momentum shifted perma nently with four minutes left in the first half after a three-pointer from Kayba Laube gave the Panthers the lead for the remainder of the game. The Panthers closed the first half on top with a close score of 35-32.

The Panthers entered the second half with the goal of winning planted firmly in their minds. They took

off early, growing their lead to eight points in the first few minutes of the sec ond half with scores from McDermott and Finley.

The Billikens attempted to sneak up on the Panthers a few times during the third quarter but UNI would not let them back into the game. The Panthers commanded the game from there on out, leading by as much as ten points towards the end of the quarter.

The Panthers were in the drivers seat for the rest of the game as they out scored Saint Louis 25-19 in the final frame of play.

McDermott scored 10 points

in the final quarter alone. The Panthers had 16 points off turnovers and 17 second chance points on the game. The Panthers 20 point win was a statement to all future opponents of this season that they are not to be taken lightly.

The Panthers turn their attention to Wednesday when they play the sev enth-ranked Iowa State Cyclones in the McLeod center in front of a rau cous crowd of UNI fans. The Panthers will attempt to stay undefeated when they face the No. 7 team in the country at 6 p.m. on Wednesday night.

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On Saturday, Theo Day (12) will have the chance to reach UNI’s top-ten list for passing yards in a season.

Tragedy strikes in Charlottesville

DAVID WARRINGTON Sports Editor

Monday night, Nov. 14, was supposed to be a great opportunity for the UNI Panthers men’s bas ketball team. The Panthers were scheduled to play at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va. on Monday night, taking on No. 16 Virginia. However, the realities of the out

side world took precedence over basketball, as tragedy struck the Charlottesville and University of Virginia communities.

Sunday night, Nov. 13, around 10:30 p.m., an attack occurred on a bus returning from a class field trip to Washington D.C. The suspected gun man, former Virginia foot ball player Christopher Jones Jr. has been arrest

ed, and three members of the Cavaliers football team were tragically killed. According to University of Virginia President Jim Ryan, the individuals who have passed away are Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry.

Two others are currently hospitalized, one of whom is in critical condition, the other in good condition. Ryan declined to name the

two injured individuals. Jones Jr. was arrested a lit tle over 12 hours after the attack, and is now in cus tody facing three charges of second-degree murder as well as three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony.

“This is a message any leader hopes to never to have to send,” Ryan said in a statement released to Virginia’s campus commu nity. “I am devastated that this violence has visited the University of Virginia.”

Classes at Virginia were canceled in the early hours of the morning, while the expected decision to call off the basketball game came a little later in the day. UNI officially announced that the game had been canceled shortly after 11 a.m.

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“Our thoughts and prayers are with the University of Virginia community in the wake of this tragic shooting,” UNI Director of Athletics David Harris said via Twitter. “Our hearts go out to the families of those whose lives were lost as well as those who had loved ones injured. We stand with our colleagues as they mourn and begin to heal.”

It appears that this game has been canceled, not post poned, and therefore will not be made up. Virginia is scheduled to play next on Friday in a neutral site game in Las Vegas, taking on Baylor. A decision as to whether or not they will play has yet to be made.

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“We are heartbroken for the victims and their fam ilies of the tragic shoot ing last night,” UNI Head Coach Ben Jacobson said via Twitter. “Our team and staff are safe. We will return home this evening. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families as well as the

UNI will return to Cedar Falls with a record of 1-1 after their loss to Richmond on Friday. UNI’s next game is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 21, at 11:30 a.m., tak ing on San Francisco at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. This game will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.

Panthers compete at Grand View Open

ADAM JOHNSON Sports Writer

UNI wrestling opened the season this past Saturday, Nov. 12, in Grimes, Iowa at the Grand View Open. UNI had five freshman compet itors in the freshman/soph omore division, and every one of them was able to make their way onto the podium in their respective weight classes.

Trever Anderson com peted for the Panthers in the 125 pound weight class. Anderson started out the day with back to back vic tories against Concordia’s Grant Wells and Central Baptist’s David Corretjar. Anderson saw a bit of a set back when he lost to Iowa State’s Ethan Perryman, who went on to get first place in the weight class.

Anderson followed up the loss with two more victo ries, and earned himself a spot on the podium in fourth place.

The 133 pound weight class featured Garrett Funk

and Cory Land. Funk had a solid day, winning four matches by fall, with his only loss on the day also came by fall. One of the matches he won by fall took only 30 seconds, the fastest by any of the Panthers on the day. He ended the day with a close 8-5 victory, and his 5-1 record was good enough for fourth place. Land dominated, beating his first three opponents by fall, the third of which he defeated in just 33 sec onds, only three seconds behind Funk’s impressive victory. He went on to beat his next opponent, Grand View’s Kyle Rice, 8-1, and got some revenge on Iowa State when he defeated Evan Frost by major deci sion in the championship, 13-1.

The sole competitor for UNI in the 149 pound weight class was Ryder Downey. Downey did not mess around with most of his opponents, winning one match by fall, two by tech nical fall, and two by major

decision. His closest match on the day came in the semi finals where he beat Iowa Central’s Darnai Heard 7-2. He dominated the champi onship against Nebraska’s Reese Davis, defeating him by major decision, 15-2.

At 197 pounds, UNI’s competitor was Wyatt Voelker. Right from the get

go Voelker showed he was not messing around, as he beat Iowa Western’s Bryce Rochholz by fall in just 1:12. He dominated the rest of his opponents as well, winning by technical fall, fall once again and by major decision. The championship match was the closest for him on the day, but he was able to

defeat Iowa State’s Rowan Udell, 14-8.

Overall UNI had three first place finishes and two fourth place finishes, with the wrestlers combining for a record of 26-2. UNI will get back on the mat this coming Sunday, Nov. 20, when they travel to Brookings, S.D. for the Daktronics Open.

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COURTESY/UNI

UNI’s scheduled men’s basketball game at Virginia was canceled after a shooting in Charlottesville that killed three members of Virginia’s football team.

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UNI had a strong showing at the Grand View Open to begin the season, finishing the event with three individual champions.

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