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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
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COVID-19
COMPUTING
WOMEN’S BBALL
NEWS PAGE 2
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
SPORTS PAGE 6
On campus positivity rate doubles. Iowa Board of Regents lifts university travel bans.
Women in Computing organization hosts “Take Apart a Computer” night.
The Bradley Braves edge UNI Panthers 62-59 in quarterfinal.
UNI to host HLC for site visit
university’s accreditation. The re-accreditation process ensures the university is meeting proper standards and criteria specified by the HLC and ensuring student success. Maintaining accreditation assures the university will receive federal funding, such as grants and
subsidized loans. It is also necessary for the university to be accredited so that students can transfer credits and pursue graduate programs. The re-accreditation process involves more than just the site visit. Part of the preparation has included the composition of an
assurance argument, laying out for the HLC how the university is meeting the standards for a higher learning institution. The assurance argument has taken three years to write and was submitted in late February to the HLC. Professor of political science and co-chair of the HLC Steering Committee Scott Peters noted the hard work that many people have put into the composition of the argument. “We had six different committees working on that process over that time period,” Peters said. “All told, over 100 people across campus helped out with this. Faculty, staff and students have been working on this for several years.” “It’s a substantial piece of work,” he continued. “Thirty four thousand words, over 1,000 pieces of evidence that we cited along the way. We also have to show that we comply with various federal regu-
near the start of the second quarter gave the Panthers a 6-0 lead. Following a Brawntae Wells strip sack and recovery by UNI’s Caleb Houghtelling, the Panthers gained possession at Southern’s 23-yard line with just over four minutes left in the half. Running back Tyler Hoosman punched it in to put the visiting Panthers up 13-0 just before the half. The Southern Illinois offense came to life in the second half as they scored on their first three possessions. The Salukis received the ball to start the second half and were able to cut into the UNI lead with a field goal following a six minute, 43 second drive, and soon got the ball back again following a UNI drive that stalled out around midfield. Trailing by two scores, Southern decided to pull out a trick play, which wound up being a success. Running back Javon Williams, Jr. received a toss in the back-
field, who then aired out a 42-yard bomb to Avante Cox for the touchdown, trimming the Panther lead down to 13-10. Northern Iowa was able to tack on another field goal in the third quarter, but things on the offensive side of the ball remained stag-
nant while Southern’s offense was waking up. SIU took possession of the ball to start the fourth quarter and made the most of the trip. A blend of ground-and-pound running mixed with short passing proved to be effective for the Salukis as the UNI
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The Higher Learning Commission is set to visit UNI at the end of the month as part of the re-accredidation process.
CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer
For the first time in 10 years, the University of Northern Iowa’s campus will be visited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) on March 29-30 in order to reaffirm the
lations, and then the last part of it is the site visit.” Director of Institutional Research & Effectiveness and co-chair of the HLC Steering Committee Kristin Moser encourages students to participate in the site visit on March 29. “It’s just really important from an HLC perspective to see that students are active and engaged,” Moser said. “We really want student voices to be heard, so we sent out a student opinion survey that was shared with the HLC review team. It’s important for them to be involved because we want to demonstrate just how great our students are. We are telling this story, we are sharing the experiences of our students on campus, we are talking about the quality of the programming, but it’s important for student voices to be heard in that conversation.”
defense had no answer. With the drive right at the goal line, the hosts punched it in from three yards out to take the 17-16 lead, following a 12-play, 75 yard possession that took six minutes off the clock.
See HLC, page 2
Southern Illinois rallies past UNI, 17-16 COLIN HORNING
Sports Editor
The unrelenting Missouri Valley Football Conference schedule continued this past Saturday as No. 4 UNI met the 10th-ranked Southern Illinois in Carbondale, Ill. Coming off of two dominating defensive victories against Youngstown State and Illinois State in the previous two weeks, the Panthers were facing a tough road test against a team that had defeated the nation’s No. 1 team North Dakota State by 24 points two weeks ago. Despite a strong start from the Panther defense, the Salukis were able to rally past UNI in the second half en route to a 17-16 victory. The Panthers shut out their opponents in the first half, leading 13-0 at the break. A Matthew Cook chipshot field goal from 26 yards out in the first quarter put UNI up 3-0 early on, before another field goal from Cook
See FOOTBALL, page 6
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UNI falls short of a victory against SIU in Saturday’s game.