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Northern Iowan The University

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A new UNI tradition is born >page 4

Ahelegbe leads Panthers to 71-66 victory over Creighton >page 9

GBPAC to resume operations Tuesday

NISG senate Blue Man Group cancelled following load-in accident to downsize

JOHN ANDERSON

JOHN ANDERSON Editorial Staff

JOHN ANDERSON/Northern Iowan

Electrical equipment dries in the GBPAC lobby Tuesday after a load-in accident caused five sprinkler pipes in the Great Hall to burst and douse the equipment with water.

The Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center expects to resume operations Tuesday, just one week after five sprinkler pipes burst during a load-in accident that damaged some equipment and led to the cancellation of three sold-out performances by the Blue Man Group. Nobody was injured during the accident. According to Steve Carignan, director of the GBPAC, the Blue Man Group performances are being rescheduled for this September, and a fourth performance will be added. The

exact dates for these performances have not yet been announced. Carignan instructs ticket holders to keep their original tickets, which will be refunded if the ticket holder is unable to attend the rescheduled performances. Thanks to an “extraordinary” response time to the incident, very little equipment was damaged, Carignan said, though the Blue Man Group did lose some equipment as a result of the accident. The GBPAC’s primary concerns are currently the stage floor and the orchestra pit elevator lift. See GBPAC, page 2

Students discuss Wikileaks controversy at ‘Talk Politics’ SARAH KELZER Staff Writer

Students discussed “How much information is too much information: The Wikileaks Controversy” on Jan. 20 during Talk Politics, a monthly political discussion hosted by the Northern Iowa Democrats, the College

Republicans and Young Americans for Liberty. “It’s pretty straightforward. We select an idea for a topic, come together, debate it, discuss it and end up having three different perspectives: A Republican perspective, libertarian perspective and liberal perspective,” said Owen Cue, a UNI senior and

president of the Young Americans for Liberty. With that, the heated debate began in a casual circle setting about classifying and over-classifying First Amendment rights vs. national security and public opinion in general. See TALK POLITICS, page 3

Editorial Staff

Pending University of Northern Iowa student body approval, the Northern Iowa Student Government senate may be significantly reducing the number of senate seats. During Wednesday’s three-hour, 20-minute-long meeting, the senate voted to approve SSB 2011-34, a bill that reduces the size of senate from 40 seats to 21, by a vote of 22-5-1. The change can only be made to the constitution if it is approved by the student body during the general elections this February, and the number of seats will not be reduced until the 201213 academic year, following next year’s elections. Currently, senate is comprised of on-campus senate seats for every residence hall, several off-campus senate seats, one senate seat for each college and seven atlarge seats that represent the entire student body. Many of these seats often go unfilled. The passed bill would instead represent students by college alone. Every college will have See NISG, page 2

Veridian Credit Union I Spy at UNI will present Community Engagement Award MARKITA CURRIE Staff Writer

This year Veridian Credit Union will be holding their annual Community Engagement Awards for five faculty members that show outstanding community service and beneficial interaction. The awards are given to one faculty member of each of the five colleges at the University of Northern Iowa. These faculty members can be nominated by students, fellow faculty or staff, and community members. The faculty member from each college will receive a recognition award and a $1,000 check made out to a nonprofit organization of their choice. These awards started in 2006 to recognize faculty members’ efforts and engagement with students, faculty, the community and organizations for the betterment of the community. “Veridian Credit Union is excited to again be sponsoring the Community Engagement Awards in partnership with UNI,” said Jean Trainor, the president and CEO of Veridian See VERIDIAN, page 2

ANNA SCHRECK/Northern Iowan

Do you know where this picture was taken? If so, e-mail us at northern-iowan.uni.edu with your answer. The winner’s name and the picture’s location will be featured in the next edition of the Northern Iowan.


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