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Volume 113, Issue 25

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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Pres. candidates revealed

NEIL THEOBALD, PH.D

NISG TROUBLE Columnist discusses criticism of Northern Iowa Student Government.

OPINION PAGE 3

WOMEN’S BB Panthers have ups and downs with their games surrounding Thanksgiving break. SPORTS PAGE 6

Courtesy Photo

Courtesy Photo

Movie critic encourages Harry Potter fans to check out “Fantastic Beasts.” CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4

ANDI KING/Northern Iowan

MOVIE REVIEW

JIM WOHLPART, PH.D

LEZIGA BARIKOR Copy Editor

to why they decided to drop out of the race.

The three final candidates in the UNI presidential search have been announced, with the final listening session to occur today at 2:30 p.m. in the Maucker Union Old Ballroom. The final candidate was announced Wednesday morning, making the final list in announcement order: Neil D. Theobald, A. James Wohlpart and Mark A. Nook. There was originally supposed to be four finalists but one dropped out of the running. Daniel Power, co-chair of the presidential search committee, said that this finalist cited “personal reasons” and “timing” as

Theobald Neil Theobald is the former president of Temple University, which has with nearly 40,000 students enrolled. He also served as Chief Financial Officer at Indiana University, where he formerly taught. He gave his presentation titled “Challenges and Future Directions of Public Comprehensive Universities such as UNI” on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. which was followed by an open forum Q&A session. His presented his five core principles which ranged from “Creative and intellectually rigorous faculty are a universi-

ty’s most important resource,” “Shared governance is essential to a university’s success” and “All university planning must start with mission first.” According to “Inside Higher Ed,” the New York Times and Philadelphia outlets, Theobald’s four years as president at Temple came to a controversial end in July. Temple’s board of trustees had voted no confidence in Theobald following a budget overrun of $22 million and his unexpected dismissal of the university’s provost, according to “Inside Higher Ed.” The overrun was reportedly linked to overallocation of merit scholarships.

MARK NOOK, PH.D

The board was considering firing Theobald, and he ultimately resigned. Towards the end of Theobald’s presentation he took the time to address the controversy surrounding his leaving the position of president of Temple University. Theobald said over the summer he was instructed to make a hire without faculty input, but instead “chose not to break the covenant of shared governance.” “The consequence of standing for that principle is I had to leave, and I am fine with that,” said Theobald. “We can pursue that matter further in the open forum if you choose to.” See PRES. SEARCH, page 2

Hearst Center preview CLINTON OLSASKY News Editor

IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan

The Hearst Center for the Arts is located at 304 W. Seerly Boulevard, several blocks away from campus. Several holiday concerts will occur here ranging from jazz to more traditional styles.

It’s that special time of year again. The ground will soon be littered with snow; families and loved ones will be reunited at last and holiday music will once again make a triumphant return. The Hearst Center for the Arts, located at 304 W. Seerley Boulevard, will be

taking part in the holiday festivities with three free concerts and a four-part film series in December. The first of the three concerts is the Hearst Center’s annual holiday concert, featuring Bel Canto Cedar Valley. “Bel Canto Cedar Valley’s coming back,” said Martin Arthur, cultural program supervisor for the City of Cedar Falls and Hearst

Center supervisor. “They were here last year for a holiday concert, and they’re returning. It’s a choral group and a pianist. And they’re going to sing seasonal holiday music.” The Bel Canto Cedar Valley concert will be on Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. According to Arthur, there will be refreshments afterwards. See HEARST, page 5

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