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UNI professor Grant Tracey is presenting his own play in Bartlett Hall.
Columnist O’Brink argues for the importance of activism in students.
Columnist Lloyd discusses the lack of privacy regarding Donald Sterling.
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Safe space to stay RACHEL BALDUS
Associate Campus Life Editor
The Department of Residence is in the process of creating gender inclusive housing so all students can feel safe. Gender inclusive, also known as gender neutral housing, would allow students to live together in a residence hall room without taking into account the students’ gender identity or sex. Stormy O’Brink, senior public relations major, said student housing currently goes by the sex a student is assigned at birth, which can be a “sticky situation” for some students. “Sometimes, the situation can lead to trans* students feeling unsafe or actually being unsafe,” she said. “In other situations, nongender inclusive housing
can lead to trans* students being forced to out themselves against their will.” O’Brink said the only current option for these students is to sign up for single rooms, for which they have to pay extra. “Forcing students to pay more for an accommodation they need to feel safe is unfair,” she said. Lyn Redington, director of residence life, said UNI has gender inclusive housing, but currently there is no specified place or community on campus. Redington said there are too many people and too many departments involved with gender inclusive housing to make an exact time line of when there will be a specified place on campus for inclusive housing. However, Redington said gender inclusive housing is
“a priority.” “I think it is very important … from the practical standpoint that there are people who would like this as a living option and we should think about providing it for them, but also from the safety standpoint that if done the right way, it can be a safer place for folks to live and express themselves,” said Ellie Hail, Dancer Hall program assistant. Hail put together a committee with Redington over a year ago that gets together once a month to discuss what they might run into while creating gender inclusive housing. Faculty members are included in this committee, such as staff from the DOR, the UNI Counseling Center and the Wellness Recreation Center. See HOUSING, page 2
Bike thefts on the upswing
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A UNI student unlocks his bike on campus. More bike thefts have been occurring as the weather gets nicer.
IRIS FRASHER
Staff Writer
When warmer weather creeps in, so do bike thieves. In the beginning of fall and spring, the UNI Police Department receives more
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reports regarding bike thefts than at any other time of the year, according to Milissa Wright, associate director of UNI Public Safety. Fifteen bike thefts were reported for spring 2014. Twenty-two have been report-
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ed for the 2013-14 so far. Twenty-eight bike thefts were reported 2012-13 and 39 for 2011-12. Wright said perpetrators typically target more expensive brands like Treks and Gary Fisher bikes. “U-Locks are the biggest thing to get,” Wright said. “People carry cutters and backpacks, so they’re not readily seen to people. U-Locks, you can’t cut them with cutters.” Kramer Dixon, junior graphic design major, was a victim of bike theft, even though he kept his bike under lock and key. “My bike was stolen in October,” Dixon said. “I was upset and confused because it was surrounded by nicer bikes.” See THEFTS, page 2
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Though there is no date set for a gender inclusive housing structure. The UNI Department of Residence is looking into it for UNI.
Possible course changes KAYLA KROGMAN Staff Writer
Representatives from UNI proposed a change to the 2014-16 Academic Catalog at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting April 23-24. The proposal included the addition of 103 courses and the termination of 55 courses from the school’s current course offerings. “These proposals may include creating new courses, eliminating courses no longer needed or changing some aspect of existing courses (title, prerequisites, course description, etc.),” said Mike Licari, associate provost of Academic Affairs. Licari said faculty in each academic department pro-
poses changes to their curricula during the development of each new catalog. If the changes are approved, an instructional strategist minor would be added to the College of Education, while the performance and training technology masters programs would be closed, Licari said. Overall, 40 courses would be added to the COE and 30 would be dropped. “Curriculum changes happen because programs may feel like we need to do something differently to maintain currency,” said Dwight Watson, dean of the College of Education, in an interview with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. See COURSES, page 2
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