STREET PREACHER
FREE TIME
Brother Matthias preaches his controversial beliefs.
Columnist discusses what students should consider doing in their free time.
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
OPINION PAGE 3
MLB
Key teams to look out for during the playoffs. SPORTS PAGE 6
Thursday
September 17, 2015 Volume 112, Issue 06
northerniowan.com
Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8
Clinton ‘deals in’ on gender card 一䔀圀 圀䔀䈀匀䤀吀䔀
NICK FISHER
Executive Editor
渀漀爀琀栀攀爀渀椀漀眀愀渀⸀挀漀洀
“Republicans often say I’m ‘playing the gender card,’” said Hillary Clinton to a crowd of 500 at a Women for Hillary organized event at UNI on Monday. “Well, if supporting women’s health and women’s rights is ‘playing the gender card,’ then deal me in.” Many of the talking points in Clinton’s 40-minute speech were aimed at addressing “women’s issues” — paid family leave, equal wages, violence against women, affordable childcare and reproductive rights. Renae Beard, student body vice president and women’s and gender studies program graduate, was invited to the conversation prior to Clinton’s speech. “The conversation was great,” Beard said. “ [Clinton] was very focused on supporting
women and the mentors and violence prevention program, and what UNI is doing to be looked at as a leader for other college universities and communities.” Clinton said UNI is “winning in many ways,” having mentioned the football team’s recent victory and alluding to the ways she felt UNI has worked to address issues of sexual assault on campus. “The fraternities and sororities have done a lot to promote sexual assault awareness, and they are working very closely with me,” Beard said. Beard said the Center for Violence Prevention has also released a new program that features classes for this specific initiative. Rinken said she was drawn to Clinton’s support for raising the minimum wage and Clinton recognizing that sexual assault
See CLINTON, page 2
IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton speaks in Maucker Union to a crowd of approximately 500. One topic that she addressed was women’s issues.
Sen. Grassley discusses whistleblowers Columnist
responds to Right to Life
JACOB MADDEN Staff Writer
This past Monday, UNI saw a politically busy day, with senators and a presidential hopeful on campus. The day kicked off in Maucker Union’s University Room at 8 a.m. with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley and State Senator Jeff Danielson giving a talk about government whistleblowers. Both men have a long record of pushing for legislation at both the state and federal level and were visiting to spread their message of supporting whistleblowers. Government whistleblowers are people who speak out
tecting these whistleblowers, especially at the state level. According to Danielson, when Iowa’s whistleblower
First, I will say that you are right. “Pro-life status,” hereafter called anti-choice in this letter, “does not necessitate religious belief.” I made a mistake in not mentioning that all types of believers and nonbelievers can be anti-choice. When I chose to use RTL as an example of how national
See WHISTLE, page 2
See RTL, page 3
IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley speaks with an attendee of the open reception. Senator Grassley discussed the subject of whistleblowers.
against what they believe to be corruption or hidden information that the American people deserve to know. Both Grassley and Danielson have found a weakness in laws pro-
䌀䔀䐀䄀刀 嘀䄀䰀䰀䔀夀 倀刀伀倀䔀刀吀夀 䴀䄀一䄀䜀䔀䴀䔀一吀
一漀眀 䰀攀愀猀椀渀最 ㈀ 㔀ⴀ㈀ 㘀 ㌀㤀ⴀ㐀 㐀ⴀ㤀 㤀㔀 㜀 㐀 䔀 匀琀愀琀攀 匀琀⸀ 䌀攀搀愀爀 䘀愀氀氀猀 眀眀眀⸀䌀攀搀愀爀嘀愀氀氀攀礀倀爀漀瀀攀爀琀礀䴀愀渀愀最攀洀攀渀琀⸀挀漀洀
䰀椀欀攀 甀猀 漀渀 䘀愀挀攀戀漀漀欀 琀漀 瘀椀攀眀 漀甀爀 氀愀琀攀猀琀 漀昀昀攀爀猀 愀渀搀 搀椀猀挀漀甀渀琀猀