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In-room UNI sits alone atop MVC standings recycling after 42-14 win over Illinois State proves to be a success ERIN TRAMPEL Staff Writer
The University of Northern Iowa distributed 2,800 recycling containers to dorm rooms and apartments this fall and the addition of these bins has been a success. Throughout the last month the recycling company City Carton has removed more than 1.3 tons of recycled materials from Department of Residence facilities each week, including the dining and residence halls. These collections include plastic, tin, glass, cardboard and mixed paper. After being collected, all items are separated into
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For the first time all season, UNI scored on every trip to the red zone. The Panthers found themselves inside the Illinois State 20-yard line on four occasions and proceeded to score a touchdown following each of those appearances. UNI came away victorious 42-14. See full article on page 12
UNI’s College of Chief Justice Ternus visits UNI Business named one of the best in America
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Chief Justice Marsha Ternus visited UNI on Wednesday, Oct 20. Ternus, who is up for retention this November, spoke about the rule of law.
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, Chief Justice Marsha Ternus of the Iowa Supreme Court delivered a speech in Seerley Hall about the nature of the Supreme Court and its relation to a maxim known as rule of law. In the wake of the 2009 Varnum v. Brien decision lifting the state ban on gay marriage, the three judges who are up for retention this year have seen unprecedented campaign efforts focused solely on removing them from office. In her speech, Ternus argued against the logic of these campaigns and stressed the importance of preserving our exemplary court system. In her opening remarks, she laid the foundation of this argument: rule of law. “When the will of the legislator expressed in its See TERNUS, page 3
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For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Northern Iowa has been selected by the Princeton Review as having one of the top business schools in the nation. The list was released in the 2011 edition of “The Best 300 Business Schools” and features, along with UNI, other prestigious colleges such as Harvard University, Stanford University and other Ivy League schools. Published by the Princeton Review in cooperation with Random House, Inc. out of New York, the book is designed to benefit students seeking a business degree and is based on surveys of several thousand business students across the nation. Students are asked around 80 questions on a wide array
of topics ranging from family-friendliness to administration policies to entrepreneurial programs. Students are even asked what the professors and other faculty and staff are like and about the campus environment, to give the publication a picture of the entire college. “We are pleased to recommend UNI to readers of our book and users of our website, www.princetonreview. com, as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA. We chose the 300 business schools in this book based on our high opinion of their academic programs and offerings, as well as our review of institutional data we collected from the schools. We also strongly consider the candid opinions of students attending the schools who report See BUSINESS SCHOOL, page 3
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statutes stands in opposition to the will of the people as expressed in the constitution,” said Ternus, “the courts must prefer the constitutions over the statutes.” She went on to explain that marriage — as far as the court is concerned — is a legal contract. In the opinion of the court, a law banning one segment of the population from entering into that contract is in direct violation of the Iowa Constitution’s equal protection clause. In a legal system governed by rule of law, any legislation that violates any part of the constitution is to be rendered void by the court. But a large number of people believe that the courts went too far in the Varnum decision and accuse the justices of legislating from the bench. In an email to the Huffington Post, Reverend Cary K. Gordon voiced an outrage shared by many across the state. “Iowa’s activist judges are little more than a bellwether of a greater malevolence
to come,” Gordon said. “I will not sit back and allow such groups to use activist courts as their tool for unnatural social reengineering.” Ternus made it clear that she views these campaigns as a misuse of the retention elections, because justices are appointed based on merit, not political ideology. “The original idea behind retention elections is in keeping with the merit-based system,” Ternus said. “If we select our judges based on merit, not politics, the question of whether they remain in office should likewise be based on merit, not politics. Thus the retention election provides voters with a way to remove from office incompetent or unethical judges.” She also warned that the success of a campaign geared toward removing the judges and based solely on the issue of gay marriage could have disastrous consequences. “When retention elections become political, and judges feel the need to form campaign committees and engage in fund raising, the fairness and impartiality of our courts are threatened,” said Ternus.
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on their campus experiences on our survey for the book,” stated Robert Franek, the Princeton Review’s vice president of publishing. “I am not surprised to hear of this accomplishment,” said Carl Moen, a sophomore management major. “The College of Business Administration is well known across the nation for its excellent programs and study abroad opportunities. Another quality of the CBA is that when talking to various business firms, instead of saying, ‘Here is what we have to offer,” they ask, “What are you looking for in business students.’” According to the Princeton Review’s surveys of UNI students and their comments, one of the most rewarding aspects of the CBA is the excellent preparation for a variety of business areas such as marketing, accounting and economics. Other student-supplied information regarding UNI, such as student-teacher ratio, average class size and tuition costs can be found on UNI’s profile at the Princeton Review’s website. When hearing of the
acknowledgment, the dean of UNI’s College of Business Administration, Farzad Mousavi, thanked the Princeton Review for the recognition. “It is gratifying to receive recognition from the Princeton Review, which is internationally respected for its independence. Princeton Review’s focus is on MBA programs, but our MBA program does not operate in isolation. It relies on the same faculty, staff and academic philosophy as the rest of the college,” said Mousavi. “What Princeton Review finds so appealing, the high quality of instruction and strong student orientation, defines the entire college.” The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges or universities on the list, but does make a few categorized lists that feature the top ten schools in the category. Some of the topics include Best Administered, Most Family-Friendly and Best Campus Environment. Any students who may be interested in UNI’s College of Business should visit its website, www.cba.uni.edu
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appropriate categories. In the month of September, the residence halls collected
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Cavava House in Lawther Hall provides a recycling bin in their lounge for any visitors or residents to use.
tion areas in the rooms for various materials including cans, bottles, paper and cardboard. “Improving access to recycling enables students to follow through on their intentions to help the campus community to reduce waste. The addition of a campus sustainability coordinator helped implement this project as part of a larger initiative by the university to reduce our carbon footprint,” said Michael Hager, assistant vice president for student affairs and executive director of residence. These containers are easy to use and very accessible for students. Overall, the project has been a huge success, greatly cutting down UNI’s carbon footprint and taking the campus a step closer to becoming more earth-friendly. Along with in-room recycling, UNI also has a program for recycling printer cartridges, along with recycling containers stationed around campus grounds. To recycle the ink cartridges, send your old cartridge to mail code 0193 and mark the cartridge “recycle.” They also accept rechargeable batteries under two pounds for recycling at the same address.
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Alne brothers create Calhoun County Paranormal Investigators By WILLIAM KRESSE Staff Writer
“It was back in 2001, late fall. We went to (a cemetery) outside of Palmer, Iowa, and were walking down the center of it, when I just happened to watch a little girl run across the cemetery lawn,” said University of Northern Iowa senior Jesse Alne. The encounter was Alne’s first experience with the paranormal. “I watched her run across the cemetery. Then she stopped and looked at me and where her eyes were there were black holes. She was whitish-blue, kind of had an aura to her, and I could see through her.” About a year later Seth, Jesse’s brother, had his own brush with an apparition in the same cemetery. “We were hooked,” said Seth. “We went out there all the time and found other places to check out. We started hearing about other groups who do this and in late 2005 we decided to make our group.” The group, known as Calhoun County Paranormal Investigators, consists of Jesse Alne, Seth Alne and seven others. They began to offer their services around Rockwell, Iowa, their home-
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town, before relocating to Cedar Falls so Jesse could pursue a degree in criminal justice. “We are a Christian-based group who take on the paranormal field in a perspective that sees ghosts as the negative and positive emotions, memories and personalities left behind by a person after they pass away,” said Jesse. Over the past nine years, CCPI has grown from a
group of friends in a graveyard to a full-fledged organization. They’ve conducted investigations across the state, using an array of specialized equipment in some of the most haunted locations in the country. “We have K2 meters and EMF readers, which both read fluctuations in the electromagnetic field,” said Jesse. “Ghosts, apparitions, spirits — whatever you want to call
them — use it to communicate with us.” They use camcorders, audio-recorders, thermometers and cameras, and before each investigation, the team will set up a system of security cameras around the building. “It’s all the hard evidence that counts,” said Seth. “If you feel something, you feel like you got touched but nothing gets caught on audio, you’ve got nothing. It’s all in the hard evidence.” With a background in film, the brothers have started working on a documentary called “Haunted Iowa,” which they hope to complete sometime in the spring. “We feel that Iowa’s got quite a lot of haunted places,” said Seth. “But nobody ever comes here. You never get to see the good wholesome haunts. We’d even like to premiere it at UNI.” Jesse, Seth and the CCPI run a not-for-profit organization. The reward lies in the experience of making contact. “Every time we do an investigation and something happens, it’s like the very first experience all over again,” said Jesse. “Your heart races, your adrenaline rushes, you have goosebumps everywhere and you’re like, ‘Is this really happening?’”
Letters of Love: Up ‘Til Dawn set to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital By BLAKE FINDLEY Staff Writer
On Nov. 10, students involved with the University of Northern Iowa Up ‘Til Dawn group will be sending letters to various family members and friends to raise money and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The day will consist of students bringing the addresses of 50 different people whom they would like the letters sent to. The students will sign the letters, which will be pre-written by the Up ‘Til Dawn organization. The students will also group up into teams of four to five. The event takes
place from noon to 9 p.m. “This is an extremely worthwhile event,” said Amanda Huisman, a freshman communicative disorders major who will be attending the event. “If I can donate a little of my time and other people are willing to donate a few dollars, it is very great. It’s for a good cause.” When students are finished signing the letters and putting them into envelopes, there are several games, raffles, prizes, food and other fun activities. One of the main events will be a Buffalo Wild Wings wing-eating contest, as Buffalo Wild Wings is a sponsor of St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
“This is an extremely worthwhile event. If I can donate a little of my time and other people are willing to donate a few dollars, it is very great. It’s for a good cause.” Amanda Huisman freshman communicative disorders major
St. Jude Children’s Hospital provides medical care and knowledge to children with devastating diseases or illnesses. The hospital takes in children from all over the country who travel there to receive the care their families cannot pay for anywhere
else. The organization depends on millions of dollars to run the hospital efficiently, which is why organizations such as Up ‘Til Dawn are needed to raise money and promote awareness. Anyone interested in becoming involved in Up ‘Til Dawn, which holds other events and fundraisers to help St. Jude Children’s Hospital, can attend the group’s meetings on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in the conference room across from the Camp Adventure office in the Human Performance Center, between the Wellness and Recreation Center and the UNI-Dome.
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Sydney Bricker freshman accounting major
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Jack Kosmicki junior bioinformatics major
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Knowing that I am going to help other children from other countries find new homes. Since I was adopted myself, it means a lot to me.
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Students pursue green degrees, but jobs lag By TIM BARKER
it stands to reason that tiny Crowder College should be quite popular these days. After all, this is a place NEOSHO, Mo. -- With that’s been educating students the nation investing billions about alternative energy for of dollars in clean energy, more than three decades. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch MCT Campus
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school offers degree tracks in solar, wind and biofuels. It offers courses both locally and through its online program. Yet fewer than 60 students are pursuing green degrees from the school. That’s not terribly surprising, considering that jobs in this sector have been slow to materialize. It’s a market, instructors say, that depends heavily on using government incentives to get companies to invest in green endeavors. And that’s just not happening right now. “Frankly, with these market conditions, it’s turned out to be very hard to make a living in this industry,” said Daniel Boyt, whose uncle founded Crowder’s alternative energy program in the 1970s. Boyt studied wind technology at Crowder and returned last year as a full-time instructor. It’s not that the government hasn’t tried, at least on the money side of the equation, with the Obama administration setting aside $25 billion in stimulus money for clean energy. So far, the investment hasn’t yielded the kinds of results the administration had hoped for. But it has spurred fresh interest on the part of colleges and universities eager to get in on the green action.
“It wasn’t too long ago that we couldn’t get anyone’s attention,” said Alan Marble, Crowder’s president. “Now everyone’s got the fever.” The community college near the Ozark Mountains with 5,200 students seems an unlikely place to serve as the state’s go-to school for all things green. Many schools around the state have their own green-flavored programs. But in 1992, Crowder was designated by the Legislature as the state’s renewable energy education center. Later this year, school leaders hope to break ground on a $7 million home for its Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Technology Center. The squat school -- the tallest building is three stories -- sits on a sprawling campus of nearly 600 acres, including land set aside for grazing livestock. Here and there are reminders of the school’s military heritage -in the 1940s, it was a U.S. Army base, Camp Crowder. The National Guard still maintains a base adjacent to campus. But in the late 1970s, an instructor named Art Boyt started pushing the school toward its current position as a bastion of renewable energy education.
In 1984, Crowder joined the ranks of schools battling for solar car supremacy -- its first car is now at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. -- in an annual crosscountry race. In 2002 and 2005, Crowder took part in the Solar Decathlon, a contest of student-built solarpowered houses. In that first year, the school finished sixth, but also captured the people’s choice award -- based on voting by the touring public -with 20 percent of the vote. “Second place got 4 percent. So it’s not like it was even close,” said Amy Rand, associate dean of program development and educational support. It’s clear the tiny school from Neosho takes pride in those battles. They held their own against teams of students from big-name schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas and Carnegie Mellon Institute. The school still races solar bikes, but has been sitting out the bigger competitions because of rising costs. Administrators say they’d rather focus on campus programs. Part of that focus, howSee GREEN, page 8
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ever, includes the realization that jobs still haven’t caught up with the supply of graduates. To counter that, Crowder employs a job-hedging system, in which each of the green degrees teaches something extra. A student who studies wind turbines, for example, also learns about general industrial maintenance. “It’s not our purpose to
FEATURES train people and take their money,” said Marble. “It’s about getting people ready to go to work.” Among the students enrolled in Crowder’s alternative energy program is Edwin Moore, a freelance writer from nearby Anderson, Mo. Like many students in the program, Moore sees it both as an opportunity to learn something that could help his current job and something that could lead elsewhere. “As much as I enjoy my
work, it would be nice to have a steady paycheck and health insurance,” said Moore, who’s studying biofuels with an eye toward working in a cornbased ethanol processing plant. It’s a similar story for Victorio Angulo, a chemical engineer based in Bentonville, Ark., who is considering a career shift. “I’d like to work more in that area,” Angulo said. “And one thing might lead to another.”
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 But figuring out whether Angulo and Moore will get those green jobs is a bit of a guessing game. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics only recently started tracking the sector, figuring the nation had around 2.2 million green jobs. The bureau has not yet offered forecasts on expected growth from the sector. Economic experts, however, aren’t optimistic. The problem, some say, is that the U.S. lags in green industries compared to Europe and other parts of the world. And it’s still cheaper to use traditional energy sources -- though most expect that to change. “Over time, we know that energy prices have gone up and down. But they are more likely to go up,” said Jack Strauss, an economics professor at St. Louis University. “I would think the jobs are coming.” Strauss and others say help for the sector could come in the form of the carbon tax that’s been pushed for years as a way to reduce carbon emissions by making traditional fuel sources more expensive. To some, it’s simply a matter of making it happen. Dan Eberle, the former director of Crowder’s alternative energy programs who’s building a similar program at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan., sees parallels to the 1950s when
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the country decided to build a network of roads across the nation. “When we wanted to build the interstate highway system, we incentivized it. We made it possible,” Eberle said. The $25 billion set aside by the Obama administration two years ago has, thus far, produced little in terms of job growth. “It’s happening. But it’s happening at a very slow and methodical pace,” said Rico Kolster, a Kansas Citybased lawyer on Bryan Cave’s energy industry team. “Right now, the effect of the stimulus package is negligible.” Kolster said efforts have been hampered by the higher costs of alternative energy. He said businesses also are leery of incentive dollars, which they fear will come with regulatory strings such as increased scrutiny, mandatory federal contracting guidelines and minority business requirements. At the same time, smaller start-ups eager to grab the federal money often lack the resources and expertise needed to secure the funds. And it’s not even clear that new jobs will do anything more than put back to work those people who’ve been idled by the move away from coal-powered plants and other traditional power sources.
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On Nov. 2, our state could regress from one of the most admirable, respected areas of reason and justice to a state of homophobia that fails to understand the government. With the urging of society to remove the Supreme Court justices in the upcoming retention elections, much more than simply gay rights is up in the air. The Supreme Court justices for our state, as with every other, are bound by reason and equality. Every case brought before them must be looked at with an unbiased eye and judged in accordance with the Constitution. Such a task often requires the justices to make decisions that are either unpopular or against their own beliefs. This if true for the Varnum case. The Varnum case resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that an Iowa state law banning same-sex marriages violated our Constitutional
right to equal protection of all citizens. The case appeared to be very blackand-white. Yet a large portion of our state is calling for the Justices to be removed, despite doing their jobs correctly.
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would have no voice. With this in place, the Court ruled, quite simply, that banning two people from marrying based on their sexual orientation violated the equal protection clause. And how couldn’t it? Few reasonable people would believe that the Supreme Court Justices were wrong in thinking that such a law violated equal protection. And yet some citizens of our state are calling for their removal. The retention elections are put in place to remove judges that are unfit or unqualified to do their jobs. How could one argue that this is the case for our Justices? In fact, our justices did their job quite well. In spite of the inevitable unpopularity of their decision, they ruled in accordance to our law. That is exactly what Supreme Court Justices must do: make the legally correct decisions regardless of popularity. Our state would be much better off by looking to keep our merit-based system of selection intact while keeping politics out of the Supreme Court. Yet if it means having See JUSTICES, page 11
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The Rent is Too Damn High Party ADAM HASELHUHN adamh@uni.edu
For the past week I have been obsessed with the YouTube sensation that is “The Rent is Too Damn High!” This is the catchphrase of New York gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan, which he put on display in a recent debate. It also happens to be the name of the political party that he is running to represent. No, I’m not joking. This is for real. The Rent Is Too Damn High Party is located in the state of New York and has presented Jimmy McMillan as a mayoral candidate in 2005 and 2009 in New York
City and as a candidate for governor in 2010. In the 2005 election, he received a little over 4,000 votes. The party has three registered members in the state, and McMillan himself is registered as a Democrat. The main issue for the Rent Is Too Damn High Party is, well, you guessed it, that rent in the state of New York is too high for its residents. McMillan believes rent should be lowered to relieve financial stress and to increase employment for the residents of New York. McMillan, for some reason unknown to me, was allowed to participate in the televised debate for governor. Naturally, McMillan answered almost any question with “the rent is too damn high,” as the answer. And don’t worry, he is also a
self-acclaimed karate expert. Also his stance on gay marriage is, “If you want to marry your shoe, I’ll marry you.” After his debate appearance became a YouTube sensation, McMillan is all over the news and is a hit on the Google search bar. It seems a little absurd that a candidate like this could be allowed to participate in a debate with “legitimate” candidates. While I do find it incredibly amusing, as a political candidate, you can’t solve every problem by lowering the rent. Obviously this guy isn’t considered a legitimate threat to the two major parties, as I haven’t been able to find any polling data that suggests he might even steal a sliver of the See RENT, page 11
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When was the last time you paid for something in cash? We’re talking about those green bills with former presidents on them. How about a check: when was the last time you wrote out one of those? The truth about credit cards is that while they may be faster and more convenient than paying with either cash or a check, they are far more dangerous and require more responsibility. According to the American Bankers Association, the average American family carried more than $8,000 in credit card debt in 2009; that figure is expected to rise this year. Eight thousand dollars is a lot of money, especially in today’s current economic situation. The reason that many people face these problems with credit card debt is that they don’t fully understand how they work. We will help give you insight on some common myths and beliefs about credit cards that will hopefully save you and your wallet. Interest rates are set in stone: myth. Interest rates are not set in stone. While you may enjoy a small interest rate to start, that interest rate could jump at any time without notice. While laws are being passed to change the rules regarding interest rate changes, the rates may still be changed until these laws get passed. By religiously sticking with monthly payments, you can avoid these interest rate changes. Debt continues to rise: truth. Commonly, when people are dealing with debt, they tend to go into more debt. People will often open up new credit cards to help pay off their previous credit card debt. What they fail to realize is that they have dug themselves into an even deeper hole. Minimum payments are enough: false. Many people believe the minimum payments they are making will be enough to pay down their debt balance. However, what they don’t realize is that on many credit cards, the interest charges per month can be larger than the minimum payment. If you are only making the minimum payments on your cards, you may still be gaining debt. More people go into debt every day: truth. According to a 2009 Nilson Report, America as a nation has almost $1 trillion in credit card debt. This number continues to rise on a yearly basis. In the past year, more than 700,000 people in America have gained a credit card that did not previously have one. This means that more than half a million people went into credit card debt within the last year. Credit card debt is an easy trap to fall into. If you decide to pay with plastic, pay with a debit card instead. The difference between a debit card and a credit card is that you are using your own money from your personal checking account when you use a debit card as opposed to borrowing money when you use a credit card. The only drawback to a debit card is that if you lose it, someone could have direct access to your checking account. So in the end, cash or check may be the best route to take. Just remember, credit card debt is easy to get and hard to get rid of. Whatever payment method you choose, be smart with your money. This editorial reflects the position of the Northern Iowan’s editorial staff: John Anderson, Leah Jeffries, Brad Eilers, Cassie Tegeler, Anna Schreck and Kari Braumann. All other articles and illustrations represent the views of their authors.
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to deal with decisions that go against our state’s homophobia, reason tends to go by the wayside. It is a historic phenomenon for the public to accuse the Supreme Court of bias whenever an unpopular decision is made. The thing is, though, that the Supreme Court, in all cases, tends to be a few steps ahead of the public. Would you believe that people were calling for a change in government after the decision in Brown v. Board of Education? Such is the case here. Only we have yet to realize our stupidity. People also fail to realize the extent of the Supreme Court’s decision. Their ruling did not, in any way, define religious marriages. Under their decision, no churches would be forced to marry same-sex individuals. Rather, the decision defined secular civil marriage and the administration of licenses. Yet my argument of whether homosexuality is
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To me this is a major flaw in American elections and government. We lump all the beliefs that you can have into two parties, and those are the choices you get. Because of our two-party political system, it is very difficult for a third party to become involved. So what you see is “fringe” candidates like McMillan representing various parties, but they can never manage widespread support unless they are celebrities. To me this is a major flaw in American elections and government. We lump all the beliefs that you can have into two parties. And those are the choices you get. It explains why the major-
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right or wrong must be saved for another day. The importance here is the way in which our justices are being treated. Are we honestly a state that would remove our Supreme Court Justices in light of one unpopular decision? I hope that we are wiser than that. Even those that are against gay marriage must look to understand that while you may disagree with the ruling, it is not grounds to remove justices from office. Removing a justice must be because of failure to follow the law, wrongdoings or something of the like. If the Justices are voted out, we will no longer have an unbiased, merit-based Supreme Court. We would have a political system no different than the election of senators or city officials. When the people in question are being asked to interpret the law equally for everyone, I would much prefer a system that had no political bias. Doing so would be the biggest step back our state could make. I hope this does not become a reality. ity of Americans claim to be independent. It is also something that won’t ever change, because our two parties are far too powerful and essential to getting elected. At the same time, what is scary and amazing to think about this process is that Jimmy McMillan is on the ballot, running based on what he believes in, to represent the citizens of New York. It goes to show the good and the bad of our democracy. The American political system is allowing Jimmy McMillan the opportunity to represent the state of New York. And the voters have the chance to elect him if they too believe the rent is too damn high. While he won’t ever get elected to a major statewide office, Jimmy’s candidacy sheds light on the problems our electoral system faces and at the same time shows that anyone can run for office in America. Next time, New York, or any state for that matter, just don’t let him on the debate stage.
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UNI’s AhrabiFard to be inducted to MVC UNI football sits alone atop MVC standings after 42-14 win over Illinois State Hall of Fame NI NEWS SERVICE
The Missouri Valley Conference will honor its past on Friday, March 4, 2011, when the league conducts its annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony in St. Louis. Former University of Northern Iowa volleyball head coach Iradge AhrabiFard is included among the honorees. Basketball standout Joe Allen of Bradley, soccer legend Johnny Torres of Creighton, NFL Hall-ofFamer Steve Largent of Tulsa, gymnastics icon Kurt Thomas of Indiana State, collegiate football pioneer Linwood Sexton of Wichita State and volleyball coaching legend Iradge Ahrabi-Fard of UNI comprise the 14th MVC Hall of Fame class. For the eighth time in nine years, the Valley will conduct its annual Hall of Fame ceremony as part of the State Farm MVC Men’s Basketball Championship weekend next March 3-6. The Valley Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at Scottrade Center on Friday, March 4. The event will begin with an 8 a.m. breakfast, followed by the induction ceremony at 8:45 a.m Tickets to the induction ceremony can be obtained by calling the league office at (314) 444-4300. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Regarded as one of the greatest volleyball coaches in NCAA history, Dr. Iradge Ahrabi-Fard is considered an innovator on the collegiate, national and international footprints. A native of Iran, he served as women’s volleyball head coach for 19 seasons, posting a 503-142-4 record and recording at least 20 victories in 17 of his campaigns. He helped the Panther program make a highly successful transition from NCAA Division II competition to Division I. A member of the inaugural Hall of Fame class for the American Volleyball Coaches Association in 2003, Ahrabi-Fard saw his teams collect 10 conference championships, eight See AHRABI-FARD, page 13
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UNI’s 42-14 victory over Illinois State puts them atop the Missouri Valley Conference. The Panthers are 4-3 (3-1 MVC) and hold a half-game lead over Western Illinois and South Dakota State in the MVC standings.
By TIM GETTING Sports Writer
The University of Northern Iowa football team took big steps in its 42-14 Homecoming victory over the Illinois State University Redbirds Saturday. The Panthers had season-high performances in what have become especially crucial statistical categories and, in
the meantime, gained sole possession of first place in the Missouri Valley Football Conference standings. “This was a huge game as far as momentum -- not just for the win in the conference, it was for this football team to continue the traction and momentum that we started to get a week and a half back,” said UNI head coach Mark Farley.
For the first time all season, the Panthers scored every time the offense reached the red zone. UNI found itself within the Redbird 20-yard line on four different occasions and proceeded to score a touchdown following each of those appearances. “I think all of those red zone practices are beginning to start to pay off. We do
them every day, Tuesday through Friday,” said UNI quarterback Tirrell Rennie. Rennie himself also had a breakout performance. The junior accounted for five of the Panthers’ six touchdowns. His first touchdown was a 12-yard pass to receiver Josh Collins, and the remaining four See FOOTBALL, page 13
Let the good times roar: UNI volleyball earns homecoming wins against Drake and Creighton By SAM JEFSON Sports Writer
Homecoming 2010 resulted in two victories for the No. 14-ranked University of Northern Iowa Volleyball team. The Panthers defeated Drake 25-20, 16-25, 25-21 and 25-13 on Friday and Creighton 27-25, 27-25 and 25-19 on Saturday. To begin the two-match home stand, the Panthers took on the Bulldogs of Drake University in a hardfought four-game victory. “We knew it was going to be very tough,” head coach Bobbi Petersen said. “They have been playing very well lately.” After getting off to a sluggish start in the match,
culminating with an ugly second game, the Panthers responded with a vengeance against the Bulldogs. UNI won the next two games handily by margins of four points and 12 points. “For the first two games, with defense being our strength this season, I felt we were pretty average.” Petersen said. “Following the second game, we really picked it up in that area.” While the Panthers struggled on defense early, Beth Discher and the UNI offense helped carry the team. Discher finished the night with a match-high 15 kills. Other kill leaders for the Panthers were Krista DeGeest and Shelby Kintzel,
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UNI defeated Drake and Creighton to extend their MVC winning streak to 29 consecutive victories.
who knocked down 13 and 10 kills apiece. Saturday, the Panthers were back on court in a sweep against the Creighton Blue Jays. The ability to win the big points was key for the Panthers in the three-
game win. Both the first and second games ended with 27-25 victories. To win these close games, the Panthers utilized opportune aces and kills to put away the Blue See VOLLEYBALL, page 13
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league tournament titles, eight NCAA Tournament berths and three National Invitation Tournament appearances, including a trip to the 1993 Northern Intercollegiate Volleyball Conference Final Four. The author of league tourney titles in 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000, he was named the 1999 AVCA National Coach of the Year, after guiding UNI to a 30-1 record, a No. 15 national ranking and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Also in 1999, he accepted the inaugural AVCA Excellence in Education Award for outstanding ongoing education contributions to the volleyball community over a number of years, was voted District Coach of the Year for the second time in his career and league Coach of the Year for the sixth time. Ahrabi-Fard served as an elementary school teacher in Iran before earning bachelor’s (1965) and master’s degrees in physical education (1966) from the University of Northern Iowa. He served as the physical/ aquatic director for the Davenport YMCA/YWCA before returning to Iran to serve as national swimming coach, special physical education tutor to the crown prince and three princes, executive director for the Education Department in the Sport, Physical Education and Recreation Organization of Iran and later as president
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of Iran’s Institute of Sport (coaching college) from 1967 to 1970. Ahrabi-Fard joined the UNI faculty in 1972, serving the teaching/ coaching profession at Price Laboratory School where he was honored as District Swimming Coach of the Year (1975) and State Track and Field Coach of the Year (1981). He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in physical education and educational administration from the University of Minnesota (1975) before taking a leave of absence from UNI (1977) to serve as first deputy of the Sport, Physical Education and Recreation Organization of Iran, then returning to UNI (1980) to teach and coach. Ahrabi-Fard has been an underg raduate/g raduate professor for the School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services (1981 to present) and served the school, college and university in numerous capacities. He has authored or co-authored articles, videos, grants and books; presented at state, regional, national and international meetings (China, Holland, Iran, Japan, Korea and Turkey) and served as speaker/clinician for innumerable state, national and international volleyball camps and clinics. In addition to his sports recognition, he has been the recipient of the UNI College of Education Excellence in Teaching Award (2001) and the Board of Regents Faculty Excellence Award (2005).
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Jays. Discher once again led the Panthers in the kill department, hammering down 13 for the night. The Panther defense was also back on track, with Ellie Blankenship saving 18 digs, and Amy Braun nabbing a total of 14. The Panthers have now won their 20th game of the 2010 season and have extended their Missouri
Valley Conference match winning streak to 29. “We never talk about streaks,” Petersen said. “My thing with streaks is that they are meant to be broken so all we try to focus on is improving every game.” Northern Iowa returns to the court Oct. 29, when the team will travel to Carbondale, Ill., to take on Southern Illinois. Game time is slated for 7 p.m.
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scores were the result of runs. Rennie ended the game with a season-high 153 yards rushing. “We were a young team, and now we’ve shown that we’ve matured,” Rennie said. The Panthers also tied a season high for turnover margin, forcing four Redbird turnovers while giving up just one of their own. Cornerback Andre Martin converted one of those turnovers into points as he returned an interception 62 yards for a touchdown, the defense’s first score of the 2010 campaign. Saturday’s 42-14 result was clearly the Panthers’ most decisive win of the season. Coming into the contest, UNI’s biggest
win in terms of scoring difference was a 24-14 victory over South Dakota State University. “Early on (in the season), there were a lot of setbacks, and a lot of things could have gone awry. But this team has stayed the course,” Farley said. With the win, the Panthers improved their overall record to 4-3 and their conference record to 3-1. The combination of UNI’s victory with Western Illinois University and Indiana State University’s losses Saturday earned the Panthers sole possession of the MVFC standings. That is hardly a comfortable situation for the Panthers, however, who still have four games remaining in a conference whose competition is spread as even
as new pavement. Seven out of the MVFC’s nine teams have conference winning percentages 50 percent and above. One of the two teams that is below that 50 percent winning percentage, North Dakota State University, is still nationally ranked. “I think it means a lot to us to be in first place right now, but I also think that we can’t overlook the fact that each game is potentially a game that can either make or break us,” Rennie said. “We just have to stay hungry. Just as we won these games, we can lose the last four we have,” said Martin. The Panthers will be on the road for their next two games. Next week, the Panthers travel to Youngstown, Ohio, to take on the Youngstown State University Penguins.
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Waterloo stumbles in overtime By DUSTIN WOODY Sports Writer
The Green Bay Gamblers were able to secure a win just 3:52 into an overtime period inside the Resch Center in Green Bay against the Waterloo Black Hawks on Friday, Oct. 22. Waterloo was on the board first at the 2:30 mark of the first period as Mike Montagna banked a shot off of Gamblers goalie Ryan McKay. McKay, however, was able to stop the other 34 Black Hawks shots. Green Bay’s Sam Herr scored at the 5:16 mark of period two, getting assistance from Alex Broadhurst and David Goodwin on a delayed penalty situation. No scoring throughout the remainder of the game led to an overtime period. In the overtime period, Markus Lauridsen shot the
puck through a screen and under the crossbar to win the game. Friday’s loss drops the Black Hawks to 2-2-1, with 5 points, and into a threeway tie for last place in the United States Hockey League’s Eastern Conference with Indiana and Muskegon. The Eastern Conference, however, is separated by just four points from first-place Green Bay with nine to the three-way tie. Waterloo is once again on the road this Friday and Saturday, in Chicago and Muskegon, respectively. The Black Hawks return to Party Town for a college weekend on Nov. 5, versus Youngstown, and Nov. 6, versus Chicago. College students with a valid school ID can get any seat in Waterloo’s Young Arena for just $7.
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My team, the Atlanta Braves, didn’t fare well in the Major League Baseball playoffs. My two backup teams were the Minnesota Twins and the Cincinnati Reds, and they too bowed out in the first round. Super frustrated, I knew the inevitable was coming. I was bracing myself for a New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies World Series match-up, one that would include my most hated teams from the American League and National League. I am not even sure that this match-up would have been possible again this year, as the heads of the players on both sides may be too big to fit into the customized World-Seriesofficial baseball caps. Amazingly, both teams were shut down in their respective championship series, and we now have a World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers. I am not sure about the rest of the country, but I will be cheering hard for the Texas Rangers. There are a few reasons why I decided to show some support for the Rangers, mainly because they have players on their team that deserve to win a title. The story of Josh Hamilton is a story that almost any baseball fan knows. A former drug and alcohol addict whose baseball career was quickly fading turned it around to become sober and one of the better center fielders in baseball. Cliff Lee, who pitched in Cleveland for so many terrible years, deserves this chance because his former organization was really
doing nothing to help him get anywhere, even though he will most likely be donning the ugly pinstripes next year. I absolutely love Jeff Francoueur and Elvis Andrus, and that is only because they were both outstanding Atlanta Braves prospects back in the day. I really don’t like the Giants all that well. Yes, they did knock the Braves out of the playoffs, but that isn’t the only reason I want to see them fail in this final series. Tim Lincecum drives me insane every time he takes the mound. I can’t decide if it is the hair or the incident this past summer when he was caught redhanded with marijuana and was totally let off the hook. I also am not too fond of Pablo Sandoval, the man who is also known as “Kung Fu Panda” (because of his striking resemblance to the animated character). I really can’t complain about either team, however, because I am just happy we have a World Series that doesn’t include the Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox or Cardinals. The strategy in these next few games will be unlike many World Series in years past, because it’s missing the big names that are expected to hit the ball 500 feet every time they step up to the plate. I just hope it ends with the Texas Rangers being crowned world champs after a game seven extra inning walk-off home run. Also, how about that Homecoming game? Go Panthers!
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