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Students sign up to take a stand
Teachers tomorrow UNI participates in student teaching pilot program MORGAN AARHUS
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Abby Herold, junior heath promotion: women’s health major helps a student in the WRC sign the It’s On us pledge to help combat sexual assault.
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The Univer sity of Northern Iowa is known for it’s strong student teaching program. So when UNI applied to take part in a more intensive student teaching experience, students at UNI took the opportunity.
Last fall the State of Iowa offered a grant proposal to pilot a year-long student teaching program. This program is to determine whether a year-long prog ram would be more beneficial for future teachers and their potential students. James Cryer, coor-
dinator of elementary teacher education and project coordinator for the program, has been working with 21 UNI students who have chosen to be part of this trial program. To fund this program, UNI received $530,000 said Cryer. See TEACHING, page 2
CASSIDY NOBLE to take action in a violent Staff Writer
Over 100 students took part in signing the ‘It’s On Us’ pledge in the Wellness and Recreation Center (WRC) as an ongoing effort to promote sexual assault prevention Monday. The organization, which was born from the White House as part of their Sexual Assault Prevention Task Force campaign, helps citizens, primarily college students, learn about how
situation and how to become more than a bystander or witness. The campaign’s main focus is educating students on how to react if they or their friends see or hear a violent situation. “I think it is a good cause,” said Lauran Perez, senior biotechnology major. “I honestly think sexual assault is an issue on a lot of campuses.” See IT’S ON US, page 5
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Change the system if you don’t like it, you matter ASHLEY DAVIDSON davidaab @uni.edu
Regardless of where I have been in life, I have always known I matter. I am important to God, my family, close friends and
myself. I have also taken note how much other people matter, even my so-called enemies. I do not always agree with people but I value them to a degree because they help me learn and grow. It is saddening and hypocritical of some people saying their opinion, vote or values do not matter to others and that they
do not contribute to change. We are the current innovators of change, millennials especially. Think of all the rights you are granted because you matter. Think of all the people who worked for your rights because you are important. Black leaders and courageous women fought for my right to vote, to get an education. As far as I am con-
cerned, I am indebted to them. That is enough reason for me to take advantage of my constitutional rights, voting being a relevant example. People do not work hard against injustices so you can sit and pout because you think your vote or opinion will not make a difference. Of course, it is your prerogative to make such
choices. People say the system is screwed up. A) If the system is screwed up, help change that and B) if it is so screwed up to the point of which you forfeit, you should not be living any part of the modern American way. See MATTER, page 3
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