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CAB hosts their annual Celebrate the Seasons in Maucker Union.

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Redbirds fly higher than the Panthers can catch in MVC playoffs, 44-22.

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December 8, 2014 Volume 111, Issue 26

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Make the world a Glee-ful place KATHERINE JAMTGAARD Staff Writer

The men of the UNI Varsity Men’s Glee Club were back to their holiday shenanigans for their 37th annual Christmas variety show. With one show on Friday and two shows on Saturday, the Glee Club, along with the UNI Men’s Camerata, Orchesis Dance Company, Swingfonians, S.H.O.P. and the 2014 Arthur Murder Dancers seasoned the Great Hall with the sounds of Christmas. “This is actually my first Christmas show as a Glee Club member, but I’ve been in the past for variety acts so it was the experience of being committed to the show and being a part of the whole thing. I think that this year the biggest difference was having Panther Palms,” said Colby Campbell, senior vocal music major and Glee Club member. Campbell, whose favorite piece to perform was ‘Silent Night’ thought it was really powerful when the Glee Club

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The UNI Varsity Men’s Glee Club perform their traditional play at the 37th Christmas Variety Show. This year’s play was titled “Charlie and the Toy Factory,” written by members Jacob Ferguson (Santa), Tim Vonderhaar, and Clark Jackley.

brought Panther Palms into the mix to sign the entire song. The 2014 Varsity Men’s Glee Club consists of 120 men representing over 37 majors.

Synthetic death KAYLEEN TURNIS Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa’s biology department will soon be able to enhance handson experience with synthetic cadavers. The biology department will receive the four specimens in coffin-sized packages filled with seawater spring semester; after that, biology students will no longer dissect cat cadavers as part of their learning in the biology program. Purchasing four “SynDavers” was made possible through a grant for nearly $1 million to the biology department from

the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust according to the biology department’s website. “What’s cool about the synthetic cadavers is that they feel more like living tissue whereas a real cadaver is dead tissue. They will be easier to work with than a real cadaver would be,” said Alex Meirick, senior biology major and anatomy and physiology teaching assistant. Biology students, professors and other individuals in the department had an opportunity to see one of the human-like SynDavers last week. See SYNDAVERS, page 3

The Glee Club’s director, John Wiles, invited Panther Palms, a sign language choir, to perform. Katie O’Brien, an American Sign Language instructor at UNI,

created Panther Palms last year. “We feel incredibly honored. We know how big of a tradition the Glee Club is and the Varsity Men’s Glee Club Christmas

Variety Show is a big deal on campus and in Iowa,” O’Brien said. See GLEE CLUB, page 6

UNI holds off late GMU push BRANDON TJEPKES Sports Writer

The University of Northern Iowa basketball team escaped with a 71-65 win over George Mason University on Saturday. George Mason started the game with the lead 4-0 before UNI gained the lead 6-4 after a couple 3-pointers from Deon Mitchell and Jeremy Morgan. GMU tied it up, but Nate Buss and Bennett Koch teamed up for six points to acquire a 12-7 lead. Buss and Koch led the first half in scoring with six and seven points, respectively. See BASKETBALL, page 8

MIKE DUNLOP/Northern Iowan

Seth Tuttle (no. 10) scored a team high of 16 points and added 8 rebounds in their last win against George Mason University.

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