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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42

CEDAR FALLS, IA

THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 41

SPECIAL INSERT

CAMPUS LIFE

SPORTS

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Check out the special insert regarding black history and uplifting Black voices.

UNI wrestling competes at Big 12 championships.

Panthers participate in the annual “De-stress Days” as midterms come into full swing.

UNI welcomes two new bachelor’s degree programs EMMA KOEHLER Staff Writer

Two new degree programs, Bachelor of Science in Automation Engineering Technology and Bachelor of Arts in Business Analytics, will be coming to UNI in fall 2022. These degree programs were approved Wednesday by the Iowa Board of Regents. The Bachelor of Arts in Business Analytics program stemmed from an emphasis offered in the management information systems major. This new program is interdisciplinary and allows students to become versatile in their education. “Business analytics or business analysts need to be able to do more about using data for business problems, so it requires the person to be more versatile in terms of having an understanding in business,” said Department Head and Professor of Management, Atul Mitra.

UNI alum Sarah Julius’ “Great Big Rainbow World” musical to debut in June SYDNEY COLOFF Staff Writer

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A Bachelor’s of Science in Automation Engineering Technology and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Business Analytics will be coming to UNI in the fall of 2022.

Students in the new program will be able to take courses in other areas, such as economics or finance, to customize it to their interests. Mitra further expressed students will come out of the program with a skillset that is market relevant, especially

catered to the local economy of Iowa, particularly the Cedar Valley as contributing to the demand. “We take pride in what we do as the College of Business and we have a very strong emphasis so we should be very successful in creating a

strong major,” said Mitra. The new Bachelor of Science in Automation Engineering Technology, AET, is the first degree of its kind in the state. See NEW PROGRAMS, page 2

NI Women’s History Month Coverage

Leila Masinovic: Making history at UNI It’s an honor to be able to tell women that look like me, ‘hey, you can do this too.’

KARLA DEBRUIN

Managing Editor

Waterloo native and newly elected Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) President Leila Masinovac (pronounced Mach-ino-vitch) is making history at UNI as the first female-Muslim NISG president. Currently serving as the Director of Diversity for NISG, Masinovic and her running mate Micaiah Krutsinger will officially take office as president and vice president in April. Growing up in Waterloo, Masinovic and her younger brother were raised by their mom. Her parents immigrated from Bosnia in the 1990s with nothing, and her mom worked two full-time jobs to ensure Leila and her brother had everything they needed. As a first generation stu-

LGBTQ+ community showcased in alum’s musical

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nize the extraordinary women who have made and are making UNI, the Northern Iowan sat down with Masinovic and discussed her time in NISG, the importance of women’s history month and women in leadership.

dent, Masinovic started out as a Nursing major at UNI, and eventually changed to a biology major with a minor in criminology and legal studies. In honor of Women’s History Month, and to recog-

Question: What does it mean to you to be the first female-Muslin student body president at UNI? “That’s a big question. Where do I start? It’s an honor. I get to tell women that look like me, hey, you

Leila Masinovic, pictured above, was elected as NISG’s first Muslim woman president in UNI’s history. Masinovic ran with Micaiah Krutsinger as Vice President.

can do this too. I get to show campus that somebody who looks a little different than the norm has the same ideas and wishes and hopes for this campus. To make it more of a norm to see different people in positions like these. And in positions that can greatly affect and help the campus and students and staff and everyone involved. It’s a huge honor.” Question: What is the importance of women in leadership to you? “I could talk all day. It’s everything. We need these voices. Not just in leadership positions, but in other positions as well. The more voices you have at the table the better equipped you’ll be to handle any situation that comes your way.” See LEILA, page 2

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Sarah Julius, pictured above, wrote the musical “Great Big Rainbow World,” about queer acceptance, growth and celebration.

Sarah Julius’ musical “Great Big Rainbow World,” a show about queer acceptance, growth and community, is celebrating its world premiere June 4-25 at the Gremlin Theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota, after being postponed twice due to COVID-19. The musical is about a young woman starting college and joining the rugby team. She experiences love, heartbreak, growth and the power of belonging to the Great Big Rainbow World, the LGBTQ+ community. In writing the show, Julius set out to tell a story they thought was missing in musical theatre that mirrors their own experience at college joining rugby and discovering their queer identity. “It’s a story that embodies selflove and queer joy, and really underscores the importance of representing that on stage, so that people can see that actually these historically marginalized identities.” See LGBTQ+, page 2


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