NI 01-25-16

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January 25, 2016 Volume 112, Issue 30

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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Walking the plank in Iowa JACOB MADDEN Staff Writer

FILM REVIEW Film reviewer has nothing but praise for Tarantino’s “Hateful Eight.” CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 5

The Iowa Caucuses are right around the corner and many UNI students will be caucusing for the first time on Feb. 1. One man, Justin Scott, member of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, is hoping to open the dialogue separation of church and state and its impact all kinds of hotbutton issues. Such as reproductive rights.

“Getting to these caucuses also supports women’s reproductive rights as well – the right for women to seek reproductive care without someone’s religion being pushed on them. These are not exclusively atheist issues.” Scott is working as an advocate to get the issue of separation of church and state on planks this election season. Scott, who is also a secular activist with the Iowa branch of the Secular Coalition for America, went on to explain that a plank is a list ideas that a cau-

cus-goer would like to see the party support or not support. It is sometimes referred to as a list of resolutions and is used to influence the party platform going forward. The Secular Coalition for America is nonprofit organization that voices the concerns of the non-theistic community, Scott said. Scott emphasized the importance of student involvement in the caucuses. “I want students to be engaged in the political process;

you don’t have to be atheist, agnostic, or anti-theist to advocate for the separation of church and state,” Scott said. Scott has reached out to UNI’s secular group, UNI Free Thinkers and Inquirers in the hopes of partnering with them in his mission to secularize caucus planks. UNIFI was unable to be reached for a comment on the partnership. Scott made national headlines See PLANK, page 2

INCOME INEQUALITY Columnist says Donald Trump is the only candidate addressing inequality.

OPINION PAGE 3

MINOR LEAGUE UNI men’s BB commentator to become new owner/ manager for Waterloo basketball team.

JUSTIN SCOTT/Courtesy Photo

Justin Scott poses for photos with two presidential candidates. On the left, he poses with Sen. Marco Rubio while sporting his “Atheist VOTER” shirt. On the right, he smiles with an arm around Sen. Ted Cruz. Scott hopes to work with UNI students to secularize caucus planks.

Beck’s or bust SPORTS PAGE 6

NICK FISHER

Executive Editor

A young man head-butted and broke a window at Beck’s, a bar on the Hill, Saturday evening. According to Stevie Bachelder, a Beck’s employee who was one of the first to respond to the incident, the man was intoxicated, waiting in line and was attempting to intimidate some UNI football players. “Yeah, so a guy came up

and head-butted our window from the outside,” Bachelder said. “That’s all that happened.” Bachelder was unable to confirm if charges were filed or the costs to replace the window. The break was approximately three feet tall and one foot wide. Bachelder did say the man was injured and an ambulance was called. “Yes, this is the strangest thing I’ve seen while working at Beck’s,” Bachelder said through a smile.

IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan

The break in the glass is evident once inside Beck’s Sports Grill. Approximately one-fourth of the window was broken (left). The outside of the window is covered by large slats of plywood. The window was damaged from the outside and the shattered glass has since been removed (right).

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