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JANUARY 27, 2012

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FRIDAY

VOLUME 108, ISSUE 31

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA

Republican nomination up in the air Gingrich wins South Carolina primaries; nation looks to Florida primaries on Jan. 31

The theft of creativity

Nick Krob can’t help but wonder whether many SOPA opponents might be scourges of the online seas. < See PAGE 4

LINH TA Government Writer

RELIGION

Praying for unity JEFF SINER/Charlotte Observer/MCT

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich smiles as he addresses supporters at the Hilton Hotel in Columbia, S.C., following his victory in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary on Jan. 21.

RELIGION

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tuttle rises, but Panthers fall

Seth Tuttle’s career-high 22 points weren’t enough Wednesday to get UNI its first win in the Hoosier state since January 2010. < See PAGE 8 VALENTINE’S DAY Surprise your special someone with a photo and personal message in the Northern Iowan. < See PAGE 12

ONLINE POLITICS

Austrian Consul General to visit UNI Thomas Schnöell will discuss the role of smaller European states in the debt crisis Monday. HIGHER GROUND

Free speech in times of national crisis < visit northern-iowan.org

INDEX I SPY AT UNI......................2 OPINION............................4 CAMPUS LIFE....................5 SPORTS.............................8 GAMES............................10 CLASSIFIEDS...................11

NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG

CAUCUS 2012

OPINION

About 100 students gathered from across campus and the spectrum of Christian belief to pray for peace and unity Wednesday. < See PAGE 6

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Supreme Court recognizes ministerial exception in discrimination laws

Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina have each chosen a different Republican candidate to represent them in the 2012 presidential election. With Newt Gingrich winning 40.4 percent in South Carolina, Mitt Romney winning 39.3 percent in New Hampshire, and Rick Santorum as the official winner of Iowa (as announced by the Iowa Republican Party), all eyes are on Florida, the < See CAUCUS, page 2

Graphic: John Anderson/Northern Iowan Photos : MCT Campus. Data: AP

STUDY ABROAD

BLAKE FINDLEY Staff Writer

In what the New York Times hailed as its “most significant religious liberty decision in two decades,” the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that religious institutions have the freedom to handle the employment of their leaders without involvement of the government, negating the federal employment discrimination laws. The case, HosannaTabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was decided on Jan. 11 and centered on Cheryl Perich, a teacher at the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School. Perich, until her diagnosis of narcolepsy, taught both secular and religious subjects at Hosanna-Tabor. In 2004, Perich took a leave of absence for disability, but, when cleared by her doctors to resume her duties in 2005, she found the school < See RULING, page 3

ERIC CLAUSEN/Northern Iowan

Jane Martin, junior anthroplogy and religion double major, waits in the University of Northern Iowa Study Abroad Center as she goes through the application process to study in Ireland. UNI’s center was recently ranked fourth in the nation by Abroad 101, the first and largest review of study abroad programs.

Abroad 101 ranks UNI as number four study abroad program in nation BLAKE FINDLEY Staff Writer

Abroad 101, the first and largest review of study abroad programs, recently ranked the Study Abroad Center at the University of Northern Iowa as fourth in the nation. According to Yana Cornish, director of the Study Abroad Center, the program was a one-person office until about three years ago. Now, it has grown into a

team that provides programs in more than 60 countries. According to Cornish, 600 students participated in these programs last semester. “I tried to provide solid services and support to UNI students by myself, assisted by student peer advisers,” said Cornish, who has served as the director for nearly 10 years. “But then it became impossible, so slowly we were able to grow the office and form a team to reach more students and offer more qual-

ity programs.” Cornish said the selection by Abroad 101 was based on overall rankings by students who have participated in study abroad programs. Upon returning from their study abroad programs, students rate their experiences on program evaluation forms. “(Students are) requested to answer and rate questions regarding various aspects of their program, such as < See STUDY ABROAD, page 3


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