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Workers prepare for the dinner hour at Piazza on Wednesday. The DOR may add more seating to the dining center to accomodate Panther Village.

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The completion of phase one of Panther Village this August will bring 204 more students to the south side of the University of Northern Iowa campus, and phase two will bring an additional 246.

And they will all need somewhere to eat.

To accommodate this housing increase, the Department of Residence received approval from the Iowa Board of Regents in October to begin planning a two-phase project to expand the Redeker Center. Phase one will focus on enlarging Biscotti’s, Redeker’s conve-

nience store, and adding seating to Piazza, the dining center.

“The dining area in Redeker is already operating beyond design capacity as there is a renewed demand for students to live on campus. With the additional meal plans from Panther Village, the dining area will be in the untenable position of insufficient seating for students wanting meals,” according to the request approved by the regents.

Phase two of the plan will add even more seating, reconfigure the DOR offices and expand Fresh Beginnings, the DOR’s bakery.

“We’re kind of a long, linear office, and that really doesn’t work very well for us,” said Carol Petersen, director of dining. “But our offices are the least of our concern; the most important thing is getting the Piazza and Fresh Beginnings where

they need to be.”

The total project will add approximately 18,400 gross square feet, shortening skywalks by approximately 653 GSF, while phase one will add 1,600 GSF on two levels and shorten a skywalk by about 176 GSF. The DOR estimates the total project will cost $5 million, including $950,000 for phase one. If they move forward with the project, the DOR will fund it with residence system funds or dormitory system revenue bonds.

Though the DOR is still in the middle of conversations about the project, Petersen expects to seek approval to move forward with the project during the next Board of Regents meeting. The DOR will work on next year’s budget and look at occupancy and admissions for next year before determining the likelihood of proceeding with the project or developing a timetable, Petersen said.

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Ellis Cose, journalist and author, speaks at the CME on Jan. 16 as part of the activities of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

On Jan. 16, in front of a diverse audience at the University of Northern Iowa, journalist and author Ellis Cose posed a question that would lead the rest of the night’s discussion: decades later, has the movement Martin Luther King Jr. inspired been realized?

According to Cose, society has indeed moved past a world where a very talented African-American could not compete with a white peer.

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Cose discussed his new book “The End of Anger: A New Generation’s Take on Race and Rage” in relation to King and African-American culture as part of UNI’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities.

The night began with a few words from Michael Blackwell, the director of the Center for Multicultural Education, who said it was “a privilege and a pleasure” to introduce Cose.

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After three University of Northern Iowa students spent three months this summer scanning and then shredding papers, the contents of six full file cabinets are now solely electronic. Through the initiative of Carlin Hagemen, the head of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, the department is attempting to go paperless as much as they can.

“The biggest driving force of (this) is a practical problem in that our program has grown so much,” Hageman said. “We needed space in the office and had lots of file cabinets. We had records that we needed to keep, but we didn’t necessarily need the original piece of paper, so I just committed resources to (making those

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Michael Hager has his work cut out for him.

Hager, the current executive director of residence, was recently named the new vice president for administration and finanMICHAEL cial services at HAGER the University of Northern Iowa, pending approval from the Iowa Board of Regents. He will assume his duties on Jan. 23, at a time when the university is currently facing a total deficit of $4.6 million from state budget cuts and lowerthan-expected enrollment.

“I think that the president and the staff at the university and the faculty at the university are gonna have to wrestle with some strategic resource allocation over the next couple months,” Hager said in a phone interview Wednesday.

The vice president for administration and financial

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Below: Iowa State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, right, presents a $200 College Savings Iowa account to Jordan Lee, age 12, while members from the University of Northern Iowa football team present an autographed football. Lee was chosen to receive the award after his father, Paul, entered him for the giveaway on College Savings Iowa’s website.

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services oversees a wide variety of university operations, including human resources, facilities services, public safety, the business office area and the GallagerBluedorn Performing Arts Center — a different set of responsibilities for Hager, who currently focuses primarily on housing and dining.

However, Hager, who is “excited” for the opportunity to serve the university in this capacity, feels his current experience with the Department of Residence has prepared him for his new role.

“The Department of Residence operates as an auxiliary, so it’s almost like a $37 million business within

the university,” he said. “The Department of Residence receives no tuition and no state appropriations, and so we kind of have to run as a business, which is a little bit different thinking sometimes. And I think there’s some opportunity for that entrepreneurial spirit in the other aspects of the institution.”

UNI President Benjamin Allen voiced his support for Hager in a press release issued Tuesday.

“The university is committed to providing our students, faculty and staff high-quality programs and learning environments in these challenging economic times,” he said. “Michael is a visionary and strategic thinker, who will provide strong leadership and counsel. I look forward to work-

ing with Michael and his division.”

Carol Petersen, the director of dining for the DOR, will become the interim director of residence when Hager takes on his new role.

“It will be a big challenge for me, but I’m looking forward to it,” said Petersen, who will still maintain her position as director of dining services while assuming the additional duty of overseeing residence life and facilities for the DOR. The university will begin the search for a replacement for Hager right away, Petersen said, and hopes to have a new executive director of residence by July 1.

Though the search can take a while, Petersen affirmed that students will be included in the process every step of the way.

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records electronic).”

Hageman estimated that the department probably doubled their space in the office by getting rid of these files. These files included things such as old course syllabi, course notes, transparencies, literature, master theses from the past 50 years and records from the Roy E. Eblen Speech and Hearing Clinic.

“Cost, speed, ease of use, record keeping – it’s all just so much better electronically,” Hageman said.

Hageman himself got rid of an entire bookshelf of professional journals because they were now available online.

In addition to making a more paperless department, Hageman said he knew of at least four classrooms within the department that are mostly paperless. Two of them are his own.

“It’s just so much easier logistically to handle everything,” Hageman said. “I don’t have big piles of paper in my office.”

Hageman also said it’s easier to provide feedback to students electronically.

“The disadvantages (of going paperless) are mostly restricted to learning style, from my perspective,” Hageman said.

Hageman is the kind of the professor the material and recycling subcommittee of the university Sustainability Action Committee hopes to highlight to other professors.

“We (the material and recycling subcommittee) are going to try to pick out professors that have accepted paperless homework as part of their practice and kind of highlight them to the faculty community and say, ‘Look at what these professors have done,’” said Spencer Walrath, co-chair of the material and recycling subcommittee.

The subcommittee will highlight these professors through UNI Online (the faculty equivalent to MyUNIverse News), word of mouth, the UNI C.A.R.E. website, the UNI homepage and possibly by contacting the provost, who sends emails out to the faculty, according to Walrath.

Based upon interest, the committee will then offer workshops to “help professors make that transition” to paperless classrooms, said Walrath, the current student body president.

According to Walrath, originally, the Northern Iowa Student Government was going to send a resolution to the faculty senate that would urge the senate to “endorse or support the move of professors to accepting paperless homework.” However, after talking with some faculty members, NISG learned this resolution “would not be

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So, when you consider all the trees that we save from reducing the paper load and the reduced cost of ink, it’s going to end up saving the university a lot of money, saving people a lot of money and reducing our carbon footprint.

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well received.”

“It might actually have a backlash effect,” Walrath said.

NISG is instead taking more of an advocacy role, while the materials and recycling subcommittee will host the workshops. “(One thing NISG might do) is let students know that this is an issue we are pursuing and spreading that amongst students, so that it’s in their minds and they can talk about it with their professors when they go to their individual classes,” Walrath said.

In addition, Walrath said senators and members of the executive branch might go and meet with their professors about this issue.

“That may be a lot more effective than an impersonal resolution,” Walrath said.

“That one-on-one contact is probably going to be a lot more effective.”

Walrath said NISG might consider doing another resolution to the faculty senate, based upon the response from the first few workshops.

Walrath feels paperless classrooms are important because they can save natural resources and money for the university and students who use their own printers.

According to Walrath, the money for printing comes out of each department’s budget, so the funding for printing depends on where each department gets their funding from.

“When you are writing a term paper or even a 10-page paper and you go through several drafts, you get back the revisions, you finish it, and print off another draft – by the end of a single paper, you could be using as many as 50 pages on a 10-page paper,” Walrath said. “So, when you consider all the trees that we save from reducing the paper load and the reduced cost of ink, it’s going to end up saving the university a lot of money, saving people a lot of money and reducing our carbon footprint.”

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Journalist and author Ellis Cose speaks to student volunteers at the end of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Jan. 16. Cose also spoke later that night at the Center for Multicultural Education.

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man who “had a vision that inspired a movement.”

“King was focused on (these) two things: the end of the Jim Crow and the economic apartheid,” Cose said.

Cose talked about how the world has moved past this and described Obama’s presidency as a “paradigm shift.”

Cose also briefly discussed Herman Cain. While Cose spoke unfavorably of Cain, he was impressed that an African-American man was found guilty of a sexual scandal and was not physically assaulted or did not have his life put in danger.

The rest of the night focused on the growing number of African-Americans in positions of power in the

country, including Obama and an African-American man recently promoted to the highest position at the corporation Merrill Lynch. Cose said this was because AfricanAmericans today are more inclined to believe Americans when they say they believe in equality.

Cose also said that he was excited for the fourth generation of African-Americans, or the “post-post-post civil rights generation,” because the younger generation is growing up in a world with a black Secretary of State and, currently, a black president.

Cose addressed the apparent “end of black politics” and politicians who play the race card to win votes. He said there has been an unfair criticism of the older generation of black politicians

who “traded in racial coins.”

According to Cose, this kind of political maneuvering only happened because it had to. He believes that there are now politicians who don’t have to play the race card as they can get both black and white votes.

Cose ended the night with this statement: “It’s no longer a question of ‘Will we get to the promised land?’ The real question is: ‘How many will get there, and at what cost?’”

When asked which obstacles still stood in the way of reaching that “promised land,” Cose responded that, while we have eliminated the legal and social barriers to minority education, there is still a universal barrier to excellent education for everyone.

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Looking for an easy course? Suck it up.

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t’s the start of the new semester and students are shopping for classes. Everyone knows the routine of the first couple weeks: students are in a class one day and gone the next as they are constantly in pursuit of the perfect, easy class.

It’s time to put that shopping basket down, suck it up and stay in a challenging course.

First of all, let’s face it.

College is supposed to be hard. By constantly seeking out supposedly easy classes, students are doing themselves a disfavor. While they may get an A from the “easy” class, the course won’t necessarily strengthen students’ academic abilities as much as a difficult course could. And with tuition costs rising, how can we afford to waste our precious money on courses that don’t make us better students and more employable people?

Second of all, certain sources students rely on

to get information about a course’s rigor can’t be trusted. Anyone can post on ratemyprofessors.com, and it seems those who do either love or hate their professor.

There’s no middle ground.

Besides, you might love a class someone else hated.

You can’t know until you try it!

Third of all, if you’re just looking for that A, remember there’s more to college than grades. In our opinion, it’s better to have challenged yourself and grown as a student than to have received an A. Having an A won’t automatically give you the skills needed to be a competent and competitive employee in the workforce.

So, stop your shopping and stay in the challenging class. If you already have, we applaud you. If you haven’t, here’s your chance. Who knows? It may turn out to be your favorite class.

This editorial reflects the position of the Northern Iowan’s editorial staff: John Anderson, Allie Koolbeck, Brad Eilers, Tehrene Firman, Brandon Baker and Kari Braumann. All other articles and illustrations represent the views of their authors.

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

An update on NISG

Welcome back to another semester at the University of Northern Iowa! I wanted to give you a brief update on what the Northern Iowa Student Government has been working on lately.

This semester, the student government has started a trial run of providing free copies of the New York Times to students in Maucker Union. This is something that has been brought up every year I have been involved in NISG, and each year it was either forgotten or turned down. Thanks to the efforts of Senator Chris Miller, we will be providing the New York Times for the first two months of this semester.

The response I’ve received so far has been outstanding. Professors have shown a great deal of enthusiasm for the program, and many are encouraging their students to read the paper to stay up-to-date with current events and are incorporating it into their classes. We typically run out of copies by the early afternoon each day, which says to me that this is a program that you, the students, are excited about.

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I encourage you to write to me (spencer.walrath@ gmail.com) and let me know your thoughts on the program. If I hear that this is something you like and want it to continue, Chris and I will find the funding to keep the program going into the future for the entire academic year.

Some of you may have read my post on our website, www.uni.edu/nisg, about our safety walk around campus in the fall. As a result of that walk, we identified several areas on campus where lighting was insufficient at night and we felt that students were at a potential risk. To alleviate these concerns, we have begun the process of installing new lights around campus.

Our hope is that these lights will make students walking through campus at night feel safer and to shed < See NISG, page 5

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Santorum’s Christian

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition Prayer Breakfast in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012.

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believe it goes without saying that, as a logical person, the Republican presidential election has me worried. The continual conservative rhetoric, offending my own liberal bias, feels like it is taken straight from “The 700 Club.” What truly frightens me, however, are the 30,007 Iowans that voted for Rick Santorum. Surely our state, let alone our country, isn’t that ignorant, right?

How can so many people support a man who believes women must be forced to birth a child resulting from rape? A man who believes torture must continue to be employed? A man set on outlawing same-sex marriages?

A man wanting to complete the building of a fence across our border? A man who wants to eliminate all energy subsidies? The things he and many of the other candidates believe are worthy of endless criticism.

The true issue with Rick Santorum that guides such ridiculous ideas is his insistence on implementing religious law upon our country.

As he stated in Iowa a few months ago, “our civil laws have to comport to a higher law: God’s law.”

I hate to think about this, but a large part of our country feels the same way as Santorum. Too often I hear Christians speak of the need for our political leaders to be guided by “ethics and principles.” Ethics and principles, in this sense, are code for religious beliefs. You won’t hear a church congregation complimenting the upstanding character of even the most righteous presidential candidate who is in favor of the legalization of gay marriage.

For the religious population, virtue is aligned with their religious beliefs.

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Our country has long been based on the separation of church and state. People like Santorum, however, are trying their hardest to ruin this saving grace in our political system. While they criticize foreign cultures and warn of the spread of Muslim law, they look to force their beliefs on the entire country. For the Christians, this is great.

For those of us who are not Christian, however, it is ridiculous.

I believe many people who practice religion fail to remember that others do not.

Regardless of how strong one’s convictions may be, God is not necessarily the truth. For an agnostic individual such as myself, God or anything of the sort is meaningless. Why then must I be subject to his law?

This is a fundamental hypocrisy in modern religion.

The religious masses in this country demand an alignment of laws and their religious doctrine while criticizing and dismissing the views of other religions. Why should our country be ruled by the Bible any more than it should be by the Qur’an? Neither one has any more intrinsic legitimacy than the other.

Of the 30,007 Iowans who voted for Rick Santorum, I would wager a bet that most, if not all, of them were Christian. These voters, supporting Santorum’s goal of aligning our legal system with Biblical doctrine, have every intention of ensuring their beliefs are the rule of law. Yet would these individuals sit by idly if a Muslim

candidate promised to do the same thing? Of course not.

These voters can’t see their own hypocrisy.

As a country, we must remain secular. While religion will always exist, it has no place in our government.

I say this with no disdain for any sect of religion. Whether Buddhist, Taoist, atheist or Catholic, a majority will never follow the same religious teachings. Religion is a unique organization that serves a purpose in this world separate from dictating the actions of the masses.

So many complain today that our government has lost all integrity and preach that we should return to how things were. For Santorum and his 30,007 Iowa disciples, this includes outlawing pornography, ending funding for and banishing birth control and invalidating all gay marriages. Yet if we really want to return to how things were, why don’t we listen to Thomas Jefferson and maintain the wall between church and state?

Rick Santorum is showing us a perfect example of disregarding all critical thought when you are the one with power. Just as the rich are the ones wanting more tax breaks, when a person or group is on the winning end, they forget the thoughts of the others.

Santorum and his Christian followers don’t care about the non-Christians that would be subject to their law. They just want to impose on all others what they believe is the truth.

How are they any different than the Middle Eastern societies they so vehemently criticize?

Nick Krob is a senior in sociology and criminology from Iowa City, Iowa.

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From left, Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger star in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1,” whose sequel was one of 27 to be released in 2011.

PREQUELS, SEQUELS AND REBOOTS, OH MY! I am a self-proclaimed movie buff (for what that’s worth). I watch the film world pretty closely – at least the mainstream market. One thing I continually have conversations about is the number of sequels, prequels and rehashes out there. Some eat it up like there is no tomorrow, while others say it is killing the integrity of American cinema.

Strictly going by the numbers and focusing solely on sequels, the American market produced 27 sequels (not counting prequels or any other variety) last year, the largest number since 2003, which saw 24. Twenty-seven sequels: that is borderline insanity.

Metacritic is where I got this data, but it’s available on other sites, plus you can count the movies themselves on IMDB. Twenty-seven doesn’t seem like a huge number, but in this instance it is.

One would think that I would be absolutely livid about the entire situation, that I would be in the bracket saying there aren’t any good ideas left. Well, a couple of years ago I would have agreed 100 percent, but in more recent memory, I’ve been taking a different approach to this. My professors will be having some pretty big smiles on their faces when I say this: making a truly original idea is really, really hard.

Let’s look back to the last century of film. Think of all the classic films you grew up with, ranging from the Golden Age of the ‘30s and ‘40s up until the era of Spielberg.

How many of those films are adaptations of some form of literature? If not adaptations, inspired by tales of yesteryear? Look at “Star Wars,” a highly original work that is inspired by a whole spectrum of sources: biblical tales, westerns, horror films, samurai stories and (my favorite) “The

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Wizard of Oz.” I think the line cinema walks today comes from the standpoint of how to use influence. Something great like “Star Wars” took what was familiar and made it its own.

Stories throughout human history were passed down from generation to generation because it was what was familiar and the same line of thinking applied today. We flock to the familiar because we know what to expect. However, some filmmakers strive to truly continue the story where it was left and add something new, while others are exploiting the familiar simply because of the name recognition.

Wherever you are sitting and reading this, stop for a moment and ponder an idea that is free from influence; something that hasn’t been done before. Not easy. Not to mention, we are also given films that do have original concepts and yet meet critical and commercial failure. It’s tough to create a successful, truly original piece. When it is accomplished, it should be highly commended. The change lies in the attitude. Don’t focus so much on the fact that there are so many sequels flooding the market. I argue that there are so many poorly made sequels flooding the market.

As for remakes, I can completely understand the beef, even if it’s a way left-field approach. You’ve seen the movie before. With prequels, sequels and reboots, if it is worth making in the sense of a good story and not purely driven by the bottom line, make it.

However, the business side of filmmaking always interferes with the artistic side and that

is the issue we face today.

One instance that I have been thinking about is a rumor floating around Warner Brothers: a Batman reboot scheduled for around 2015, the idea being that DC will create a film universe that all their heroes live in just like Marvel is doing currently. I’m all for that idea! I want to see a Batman in the black and grey fighting enemies like Clayface, Killer Croc and Mad Hatter, because they’d never work in the current series. My only requirement is that it isn’t about the money, but about the source material and the fans who love him.

I realize I’m doing philosophical loops here, so let’s bring it in for a landing. I’m not opposed to reboots, prequels and sequels. Really. My opposition lies in that they aren’t being made with integrity. Is the trend bad for cinema?

The mentality of studios in the next five years will decide that.

Anthony Mitchell is a junior in electronic media from Grinnell, Iowa.

light on the dark areas of the sidewalk, hopefully to the effect that you will be able to avoid those icy patches. I also want to add that the university is in the process of replacing lights as they burn out with new, energy-efficient LED lamps.

These new lamps save a lot of energy, last 10 times longer than traditional lamps and will save the university money for years to come.

One of the less noticeable accomplishments that I’m very proud of is a project I worked on with Vice President Ian Goldsmith and Director Rhonda Greenway to work with faculty and staff to improve the Academic Ethics Policy. The policy covers the sanctions imposed when a student violates the academic ethical standards of the university, including instances of plagiarism and cheating.

We negotiated the inclusion of a statement that requires the university to notify students of how to issue a grievance and contest their punishment. I wanted to ensure that students would not be intimidated into believing that there was nothing they could do to contest an accusation against them. The new policy also clarifies exactly what counts as plagiarism or cheating and details precisely what sanction options exist for professors to enforce as a result of student misconduct.

The single issue that put more e-mails in my inbox than all other student concerns combined was the change of practice room hours for Russell Hall and the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Before, the practice room hours were relatively restrictive, but they were not enforced. After a few incidents of students breaking conduct policy in Russell Hall, the School of Music began to crack down on enforcing the hours that were in place. When students who had become accustomed to practicing late into the night were suddenly kicked out of the building at 11:30 p.m., they filled my inbox with messages of complaint.

While I was upset at the way the situation was being

handled, I was pleased to see so many students speaking up and advocating for something that was important to them. Part of me wishes that I would have had this level of response to my tuition proposal.

A meeting was immediately convened between the directors of the School of Music and GBPAC, as well as key members of the university administration and me. Over the course of two meetings, we were able to settle on a new policy that extended the practice room availability by almost 30 hours per week. It was an extraordinarily positive experience for me to see such effective leadership from all parties and for the result to be such a nice compromise. I view this as a huge success for music students and for our student government.

Stay tuned for more updates from me and be sure to read Vice President Ian Goldsmith’s article in the next issue of the Northern Iowan for a highlight of some of our goals for the rest of our term. Go Panthers!

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Sissy Allen gives final performance at Oster Regent

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UNI alumnus Jacob Smith, left, and Brittany Woodrow performed as Sir Dennis Galahad and the Lady of the Lake in “Spamalot” at the GBPAC Sunday.

Broadway hit ‘Spamalot’ leaves crowd in laughter and song OLIVIA HOTTLE Fine Arts Writer

The touring Broadway musical of Monty Python’s “Spamalot” evoked laughter, audience participation and even a singalong as it made its stop at the GallagherBluedorn Performing Arts Center on Jan. 15.

Based on the 1974 British film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the musical follows the medieval legend of King Arthur and his knights of the “very, very, very round table” as they embark on a quest from God to find the cup used at the Last Supper, the Holy Grail.

Abbey Doering, a senior elementary education major, arrived at “Spamalot” with a knowledge of the shenanigans that might take place from previously seeing the film.

“I was expecting like the main highlights (of the movie), but I wasn’t really sure how they would fit all the songs into it,” she said.

The show featured approximately 21 songs and several geographical locations. These set changes were accomplished by moving smaller set pieces within an outline of a towering castle on the outer edge of the stage.

Solid-colored objects, such as large clouds or trees, provided a background for projections of images or words that were occasionally used to further enhance the set. Two large feet representing God were also used in a scene. The feet shot out jets of haze that made them look like rockets as they were lifted off the stage.

Several actors played more than one role in the show, so the costumes in

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“Spamalot” were used to help distinguish these different characters.

Occasionally, the dialogue featured in the production was directed toward the audience. Sometimes, references were made to televisions or modern day inventions that would not have been a part of medieval life in England.

Some of the songs included in the show were “He is Not Dead Yet,” “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” and “Knights of the Round Table.”

“One thing is, I haven’t been able to catch all of the words in the songs, because they are a little fast,” Doering said.

However, some students were impressed with the musical quality of the actors.

“I really like the woman singer,” senior interpersonal communication major Mariah Lockie said of Brittany Woodrow, who played the Lady of the Lake.

“Her voice is incredible.”

A story featured on the University of Northern Iowa’s homepage informed students that cast member Jacob Smith graduated with a degree in communication from UNI. His relation to the university was mentioned in the show during a scene with some improvised dialogue. Smith was given a loud round of applause in comparison with some of the other actors at the end of the show.

The show concluded with a scene of the frustrated knights asking God to provide them with a sign that would lead them to the Holy Grail. God’s sign said that the key to finding the Holy Grail was in seat D101. A woman from the audience who was sitting seat D101 was called to the stage, given a certificate and had her picture taken with members of the cast. King Arthur said the woman’s name would go down in Cedar Falls history like “Kurt Warner and T.C.,” which led to copious amounts of applause from the UNI students in attendance.

During the curtain call, a canon shot confetti into the audience and lyrics to one of the songs was projected on clouds. Audience members were encouraged to sing along with the cast to the song.

Jennifer Messer, a junior English major, chose to attend “Spamalot” as part of an assignment for her Visual Perceptions class. She had never seen the film or been exposed to “Monty Python” before.

“It was kind of what I was expecting, but it’s so random and interesting,” she said.

Lockie said the musical lived up to what she expected, but was performed at a fast pace.

“In between the switching of songs and actors, it’s so smooth that they keep you intrigued the entire time and I always keep wondering what’s going to be next,” Lockie said. “Even though I’ve seen parts of it before, I’m still questioning ‘oh my goodness, what’s going to happen?’ It keeps me on the edge of my seat.”

As my friends and I patiently waited in our seats for “Future Lovers” to start, we didn’t know what to expect. The different descriptions we read described it as a burlesque/drag show. I had never been to a burlesque show. I’m going to be honest – I didn’t even know what that word meant. And the only drag show I had seen was two summers ago at Capital City Pride.

Up until the curtain rose, sporadic applause echoed throughout the theatre. Within the first five seconds that the main diva, Sissy Allen, stepped her high heeled shoes onto the stage, I was glad I was there. I smiled the biggest smile, and that smile continued throughout the remaining three hours of the show.

The first act featured Sissy Allen, played by Bryan Allen, and was primarily dance numbers. One of the songs performed was about bullying that brought Allen and even some of the audience members to tears. The second act was less reserved than the first, and Miss Kitty Kitty Boom Boom was introduced, also played by Allen.

This act also featured a lap dance given by Kitty that was raffled off to a lucky

audience member.

Sissy, the boys in thongs, the reaction by the lap dance raffle winner’s brother (who was in the show), and the hilarious background videos that reminded me a lot of something that could be seen on “Tim & Eric Awesome Show” were all reasons why that night will be a night that I won’t forget for a while.

According to their website, “Future Lovers” was the third and final installment of Sissy’s Sircus. It began in 2010 with A Burlesqui Benefit, and in 2011 they had their second show, “Welcome to the Candy Shop.”

The nonprofit group, which is now associated with Northern Iowa Student Government, takes the proceeds and donates them to a different organization each year. This year, the money will be given back to the Sircus’ home, the Oster Regent Theatre.

While I’m still incredibly sad that I won’t see Sissy and her misfits ever again, and I will be for a while, I’m so glad I had the chance to see her in all her glory before she gave her farewell. To those of you who didn’t, you really missed out on someone whom I currently consider the greatest human ever.

@ChaseAunspach Chase Aunspach #thatawkwardmoment when Congress mistakes your country for China & attempts to censor the Internet. @mollyhayes22 Molly Hayes So glad Senate values the rights of American citizens & would never pass a bill that violates the First Amendment — oh wait... @thewalrus11 Spencer Walrath I was too busy with meetings today to notice the #NIBlackout. I’m hoping that it resulted in at least a 30% increase in Panther productivity. @cjapples Christopher Apling SOPA is an unnecessary infringement on our constitutional rights, like indefinite detention.

Congress should know better.

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SLAM POETRY

Mr. Mali entertains and inspires KARI BRAUMANN Editorial Staff

Slam poet Taylor Mali left the classroom more than 10 years ago, but he has never stopped teaching. Armed with an unconventional lesson plan, Mali stood and delivered before a crowd of 575 University of Northern Iowa students in Lang Hall Auditorium Tuesday night, and class was clearly in session.

Mali is perhaps best known for his poem, “What Teachers Make,” an impassioned and borderline bellicose defense of the value of the teaching profession. His subjects range from love, to loss, to teaching, to proofreading.

Even his most somber pieces are interwoven with a devilish and well-timed streak of humor. Though Mali’s style is a far cry from the howling and yowling of some slam poets, his poems are punctuated with witty jabs and peppered with the occasional colorful word.

“It was amazing,” said Michael Pigman, a senior English teaching major. “I’d seen a few of his videos on YouTube, (but) seeing it live is always so much more intense.

It’s just hilarious.”

Onstage, Mali looked and acted like a teacher. Dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt, he seamlessly transitioned between poems and presentation, even stopping in the middle of a poem to explain something to the audience. He quizzed the audience on the name for a song written expressly for a wedding (“epithalamium”), asking them to raise their hands.

Mali gestured and pointed and held everyone in his thrall as only a good teacher can, leaving them hanging on his every word. He read a wrenching poem that recalled his days teaching seventh-graders in a private school. The piece began with humor as he described assigning a project to his students: to build a miniature Viking ship, together, “like warriors.” Unfortunately, one of his students was diagnosed with a terminal illness around that time.

The student was going to come to class for a visit after a long period of absence, but his hair had fallen out as a result of chemotherapy treatment. “Nobody stare, nobody laugh and nobody point!” Mali recited, fiercely forcing out the words. In the audience, you could hear a pin drop.

But when Tony Steinberg, the sick student, came to visit, the children in Mali’s class did stare, laugh and point – at one another, because all 12 of the other students had shaved their heads in solidarity with their classmate.

At Tony’s funeral too soon afterward, the classmates stood in a circle around the Viking

ship, which they set aflame in honor of their fallen fellow warrior, “the soul of the brave warrior rising slowly with the smoke.”

Mali segued into “What Teachers Make,” lightening the mood a bit. He recalled a scene at a dinner party where a lawyer asked, “I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor. Be honest.

What do you make?”

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I make them understand that if you’ve got this (brain), then you follow this (heart), and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you give them this (the finger).

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Taylor Mali Slam Poet

Mali imitated the lawyer’s obnoxious guffaw before launching into a fiery rebuttal.

He described making a C+ “feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor” and “an A- feel like a slap in the face” to students: “How dare you waste my time with anything less than your best?” he demanded.

“I make them understand that if you’ve got this (brains), then you follow this (heart), and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you give them this (the finger),” Mali said, closing with the line that he came up with before any of the rest of the poem, “Teachers make a g--d--- difference. Now what about you?”

As one might expect, many who came to see Mali were current or future teachers, or worked in a related profession.

“I laughed a lot and there were a lot of really subtle and insightful teaching references throughout the whole thing, which really cracked me up. So I really liked it a lot,” said Matt Malone, a sophomore business teaching major.

Matt Blumberg, a senior English teaching major, said Mali had “a strong passion (for teaching) that is infectious.”

“It’s fun to see someone who’s so passionate about teaching and hopefully I’ll be at that (point) too,” Blumberg said.

Though she doesn’t teach in a classroom, UNI alumna Sarah Michels said Mali’s words resonated with her, too.

“I like how much you can identify with it. As a speech therapist, I don’t work in the classroom, but I work a lot with kids,” Michels said, “… (and) to know that you did a good thing at the end of the day… it’s cool. I identify with it, I guess.”

Chris Apling, a member of Campus Activities Board (which brought Mali to UNI), was charged with getting Mali around Cedar Falls and spent a few hours with the performer

before the evening event.

“Taylor Mali is still the poet when he’s not onstage. He still has the same demeanor as the poet on the stage. … He’s just a real, a genuine person,” said Apling, a senior political science major.

Apling said Mali “is a teacher,” but is almost more like a professor in some ways than a K-12 educator.

“You can tell he’s seen a lot of life, especially through his poetry,” Apling explained.

When Mali left his job as a teacher to become a slam poet in 2000, he set out to inspire others to become teachers, eventually setting a goal of 1,000 new teachers inspired by his work. On Tuesday night, he announced he was only 108 people shy of that mark.

Mali offered some advice for those who are considering a career in teaching, but are unsure if they should pursue it. “… If you are driven to it, if you are good with kids, if you can love the kids – because having them like you is not important – what is important is for you to love your students,” he said. “You will be recompensed in ways that legislators don’t even understand.

Don’t let the bastards grind you down, and don’t quit in the first five years.”

Photo courtesy of Campus Activities Board

Slam poet Taylor Mali performs in Lang Hall Tuesday night.

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JAKE’S TAKE

Can UNI make it back 68 71 to the ‘Big Dance?’

Shockers stop UNI with zone defense NORTHERN IOWA

WICHITA STATE

JAKE BEMIS

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Senior guard Johnny Moran (13) dribbles past the Missouri State defense Friday. Moran set the UNI record for career starts by starting his 121st game against Wichita State on Wednesday.

BRAD EILERS Sports Editor

Toure’ Murry scored a game-high 24 points, including a no-look spinning lay-up with 1:38 remaining in regulation to lead Wichita State University’s men’s basketball team to a three-point victory over the University of Northern Iowa Wednesday night in the McLeod Center.

Murry’s circus shot gave WSU (16-3, 7-1 MVC) their first lead over the Panthers since halftime, when the Shockers led 32-30. Wichita State would build that onepoint lead to three on a pair of free throws from Joe Ragland with 1:11 remaining. After UNI and WSU traded buckets, the Panthers had a chance to tie the game

with 12 seconds left, but Marc Sonnen’s 3-pointer was off the mark, making the final score 71-68 in favor of the Shockers.

“That was quite a seesaw affair and I’m just proud of our guys,” said WSU head coach Gregg Marshall.

“They were down eight here at UNI… it was just a gutty win for the guys on the road.

They were tough. I don’t just mean muscle tough, physically tough, I mean mentally tough.

“It was a timely game for (Murry) because we had some other guys not play particularly well. I didn’t ask him to take over the game, but he didn’t tell me either, he just kind of went out and did it. He really felt it tonight,” said Marshall.

With the loss, the Panthers (13-7) fall to 3-5 in Missouri Valley Conference, which puts them in a tie for seventh place in the MVC. However, the Panthers are just two games behind third-place Drake University, whom they host on Sunday at 7 p.m.

The Bulldogs have won four straight games since losing to the Panthers 83-68 on Jan. 7 in Des Moines.

UNI struggled against zone defense in the game against Bradley University last Sunday, in which the team blew a 16-point second half lead, and the Shockers took note of it. The Panthers had built an eight-point lead at 56-48 with 9:13 remaining in the game before the < See BASKETBALL, page 9

Now that we’re nearing the halfway point of Missouri Valley Conference regular season play, teams are starting to separate themselves in the standings. Unfortunately for the University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team, they are tied for fifth place in the conference and most likely are not where they wanted to be at this point in the season.

As of Tuesday, the Panthers are just 3-4 with 11 games remaining in the regular season. So with only two games until the halfway mark of conference play, many questions are starting to rise about this team. The main question: Can UNI rise to the top of the MVC and go to the NCAA Tournament?

While it doesn’t always take an MVC Tournament title to make an appearance in the NCAA Tournament, we’ll just pretend that is what UNI needs for the sake of this column. As of now, Creighton University and Wichita State University are tied for first place in the conference at 6-1, followed by Missouri State University and Drake University, which are tied for third place at 4-2.

Four teams are tied for fifth place at 3-4, Indiana State University is ninth at 2-5 and Bradley is in last place with just one win in seven tries.

(That one win came against UNI this past Sunday.)

Creighton seems to be the team to beat in the Valley, and their No. 18 national ranking proves it. WSU is known as

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one of the best home-court teams in the conference, yet they’re 5-0 on the road, which makes them a huge threat to win the regular season title.

Although UNI is only three games out of first place, it seems very unlikely they will pass both Creighton and WSU by season’s end. The good news is that a No. 3 seed going into the conference tournament is a reasonable outcome for the Panthers.

UNI has already defeated both Drake and Missouri State once this year, and the win against Drake was on the road.

The Panthers should be able to beat Drake again at home, and if they can find a way to beat Missouri State on the road, two games can easily be made up by season’s end.

Of the teams at 3-4, UNI has the highest overall winning percentage at .684, and the only other team of the four above .500 is Illinois State University. Southern Illinois University and the University of Evansville are a combined 14-21 overall.

So what do the Panthers need to do to get a No. 3 seed for the conference tournament? It’s a tough question, but all the answers seem to be on the offensive end. They’re allowing just over 61 points < See JAKE’S TAKE, page 9

WRESTLING

UNI defeats Wisconsin for the first time in nine years, 25-15 UNI ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

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UNI’s Ryan Loder, left, defeated UW’s Timmy McCall, right, 16-2 in a 184pound matchup.

The University of Northern Iowa wrestling team (4-3, 2-0 WWC) defeated a Big Ten Conference opponent, the University of Wisconsin (5-4, 0-2 Big Ten) last Friday, 25-15. The win broke a nine-dual winless streak against the Badgers.

The Panthers dug Wisconsin into a hole early, and the Badgers never recovered. Senior Cruse Aarhus (125 pounds) made a statement in the night’s opening match, topping UW’s Austin Hietpas with a 17-2 technical fall. The West Gym has been good to Aarhus, who has compiled two technical falls and a major decision in the Panthers’ three home duals this season.

Joe Colon (133 pounds) gave UNI five more early points as he also defeated his opponent,

Shane McQuade, with a 17-2 technical fall.

The redshirt sophomore is undefeated in dual action this season at 3-0.

UNI racked up even more bonus points in the night’s third match, as redshirt freshman Levi Wolfensperger (141 pounds) defeated Thomas Glenn with a 9-0 major decision.

After Wolfensperger’s victory, the Panthers found themselves up 14-0.

From that point, it was tough for Wisconsin to recover, as the Panthers even held three out of the four matches that they lost to regular decisions. Meanwhile, David Bonin (157 pounds) and Ryan Loder (184 pounds) both compiled major decisions, and Blayne Beale (285 pounds) won by decision.

Bonin used a takedown with eight seconds < See WRESTLING, page 9

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HOCKEY

Black Hawks go 6-4 over winter break DUSTIN WOODY Sports Writer

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Rachel Madrigal, No. 3, attempts a three in the McLeod Center Saturday.

Madrigal’s career-high 22 points helped lift the Panthers over the Illinois State Redbirds. See more photos of the game on northern-iowan.org.

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Shockers started switching up their defense.

“For a while we couldn’t guard (UNI) and we couldn’t stop them and keep them off the foul line,” said Marshall.

“We just didn’t do a good job of guarding them… it was obvious that we needed to (switch to zone defense). We needed to get them out of rhythm.”

“They went into a 2-3 zone and they really forced us to shoot jump shots. Tonight we just couldn’t get them to fall, but I think what really hurt us was their 2-2-1 or 1-2-11 press which slowed us up and we couldn’t find the shots that we were looking for,” said UNI freshman center Seth Tuttle. Tuttle scored 15 points on perfect six-for-six shooting.

The Panthers have led in all five of their MVC losses, including leads of eight points or more in four of the five losses. Despite UNI’s inability to close out games, Jacobson still feels the team is playing well.

“If we make one or two plays go our way in all five of our (MVC) losses right now, maybe our record looks a lot different. The challenge is just to get onto the next game … That challenge just gets harder when you have had a

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couple (close losses) in a row like we’ve had,” said Jacobson.

“Our guys will continue to stay together and on game night they will battle their tails off.”

Aside from Tuttle’s 15 point performance, UNI was led in scoring by junior guard Anthony James’ 16 points.

Juniors Marc Sonnen and Jake Koch also reached double figures with 13 and 10 points respectively.

Although UNI has lost two games in a row and sit in a tie for seventh place in the MVC, the Panthers can still use their last six games as a motivational tool. Despite a head-scratching loss to Bradley, UNI has proved they can hang with any team in the MVC, coming within three points of knocking off firstplace frontrunners Creighton University and Wichita State.

“Other than the last 15 minutes at Bradley, that’s five and a half games where we have played good basketball,” said Jacoboson. “If you play good basketball and you try and you fight hard enough, those one or two plays will start to go your way.”

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The Waterloo Black Hawks have played 10 games since the Dec. 9 issue of the Northern Iowan, and the team has done reasonably well, winning six of those 10. This has helped keep Waterloo in the playoff race in the United States Hockey League Western Conference.

The Black Hawks currently sit in third place (36 points) behind Omaha and Lincoln (42 and 40 points, respectively).

The Black Hawks started off the string of games in Lincoln on Dec. 10, losing to the Stars 4-3. On Dec. 11, the Stars topped the Black Hawks in Waterloo, 2-1. The following weekend, the team traveled to Des Moines for a 2-0 victory, but the Dubuque Fighting Saints beat the Black Hawks in Dubuque by a final of 5-1.

The Black Hawks started their post-Christmas string of games with a 4-2 road victory in Sioux City. On New Year’s Eve, the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders came within two goals of besting the Black Hawks, but Waterloo was able to hold on for a 5-3 home win. The Black Hawks faced the Indiana Ice and Dubuque Fighting Saints in their first two games of 2012, on Jan. 6 and 7 respectively. Both games were at home for Waterloo, and they split the weekend, losing to Indiana 3-2 but defeating Dubuque 4-2.

This past weekend, the Black Hawks needed a bit of winter magic to go on

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Des Moines Buccaneers < Jan. 29 @ 3:05 p.m. < Young Arena, Waterloo

the road and defeat the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.

The RoughRiders jumped out to a 3-1 advantage at the end of the first period, but by the end of the second period Waterloo had bounced back to tie the game at four goals each. Thomas Forgione, Nick Saracino, Dan Gareau, Ian Brady and Dennis Kravchenko scored for Cedar Rapids, while Mike Huntebrinker (two goals), Ryan Papa, Taylor Cammarata, Vince Hinostroza and A.J. Michaelson led the Black Hawks to a 6-5 victory.

On Saturday, the Black Hawks breezed past the Sioux City Musketeers, 6-3.

The team was led by Taylor Cammarata, who recorded his first USHL hat-trick (three goals in a single contest), which was also the first time a Black Hawk has accomplished the feat this season.

Huntebrinker and Papa (two goals) also added scores for Waterloo, while Sioux City’s goals came from Alexander Kuqali, David Goodwin and Pontus Johansson.

The Black Hawks go on the road for four out of their next five games. This weekend, the team travels to Tri-City, and then travels to Youngstown on Jan. 26. The team faces Cedar Rapids on Jan. 28 before returning home for a 3:05 p.m. game versus the Des Moines Buccaneers on Jan. 29.

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left in the third period, in addition to a riding time point, to turn his win over Shawn Perry into a major decision.

The junior Louisiana native is 3-0 in home duals this season.

Bonin also leads the Panthers in career wins with 61.

Loder was one point away from a technical fall, but he had to settle for a 16-2 major decision over UW’s Timmy McCall. The sophomore continued his dual-match perfection, as he boasts a 7-0 dual record and 23-1 overall record.

Beale put an exclamation mark on UNI’s win, topping the Badgers’ Cole Tobin with a 5-2 decision. A crucial takedown with 1:08 left in the third brought the 1,000-plus West Gym crowd to its feet.

The Panthers’ next dual meet will take place Jan. 27 in Orem, Utah, as UNI faces Western Wrestling Conference opponent Utah Valley.

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per game, which is great.

However, UNI’s 67.8 points per game is 188th in the country, according to ESPN.com.

The Panthers will need senior guard Johnny Moran to turn around his slow start to the season (7.1 ppg, 32.9 percent on 3-pointers) along with more points from their big men down low to turn around their 3-4 record. Both of them have been proven capable at times this year.

With a No. 3 seed in the MVC Tournament, UNI will be in a decent position to challenge Creighton and Wichita State for the MVC Tournament championship and a shot at an NCAA Tournament berth.

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By Nancy Black Tribune Media Services (MCT) Today’s Birthday (01/20/12).

Take stock of your resources this birthday (don’t forget skills, health, relationships, community and networks). Partnership can be quite profitable. Longterm relationships hold a key to deeper levels. Green light means go for romance and travel.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is an 8 -- You’re attracting the attention of the people who matter to you. It’s a test, and you’re passing. Stay focused.

There’s more development on its way. Prepare.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is an 8 -- Achievement and learning go hand in hand.

Your cleverness can be beneficial. You imagine expanding the project, and travel looks promising. Don’t buy tickets just yet.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is an 8 -- Changes necessitate budget revisions. Go over the plan to figure out how to fix up your home. An outrageous suggestion gets you thinking in a new direction.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -Today is an 8 -- For the next month, venturing out sounds delicious. Plan some kind of adventure or escape. Your confidence and discipline will get you there. Bring someone fun.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Leave your money in your wallet. Develop new leads this month. Teach as you learn.

Stick to the old rules. Good manners help you gain altitude.

It’s getting busy.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Enjoy mad romance. You’re drawn to love like a magnet. Weave glamour into your latest project. You get more than you give. Your cards are all hearts and diamonds.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is an 8 -- For the next month, you’re lucky in love. You have extra magnetism. Avoid creative shortcuts at work, and abundance rises. Make changes elsewhere.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Your focus shifts to domestic matters. Find romance when you least expect it. Support a loved one with a dream, and follow yours.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re on top of your game. You have extra concentration and focus for a month. Here’s where you start making profits. You really can have it all.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 5 -- There’s possibility hiding amidst the chaos.

Build from the rubble to create financial success. You’re learning quickly and can sift and sort.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- You have the advantage for a while with the Sun in your sign. With new freedom comes new responsibility.

Celebrate with friends.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 7 - Until the end of February, private time’s especially appreciated. Scratch things off your list by finishing them, or simply by deleting those you know you’ll never complete.

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