Monday, October 12, 2015 | Volume 112, Issue 13 | northerniowan.com the University of Northern’s Iowan independent, student produced newspaper since 1892
Northern Iowan OPINION 3
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CAMPUS LIFE 4
SPORTS 6
GAMES 7
CLASSIFIEDS 8
NextGen brings Fun. singer CLINTON OLSASKY Staff Wrtiter
TUITION
Columnist Cobb responds to columnist Gravert’s piece on college tuition prices.
OPINION PAGE 3
Iowa pays the price NICK FISHER Executive Editor
“Since the Supreme Court’s Citizen’s United decision, the amount of campaign money has exploded, and for the first time ever most of the spending is being done by outside groups rather than candidates,” reads a report by nonprofit, nonpartisan interest group Iowa Pays the Price (IPP). IPP is hoping to raise awareness about the findings of this report. They stopped by UNI’s campus on Thursday, Sept. 24 as part of a recently launched campaign tour. The tour was designed to generate and preliminary interest in the issue and they will eventually reach out to interested students in hopes of generating movements on the ground at each major Iowa campus. According to the report, campaign expenditures have been steadily increasing over the past decade. Spending in Iowa has increased from $32,000,000 to $112,000,000 from the 2012 elections to the 2014 elections, a major spike compared to previous years. More significantly, according See IPP, page 2
On Wednesday, many gathered in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center to not only attend a Nate Ruess concert but also to help the fight against climate change. The concert, part of Reverb’s Campus Consciousness Tour, was co-sponsored by NextGen Climate Action. According to their official website, NextGen Climate Action is “committed to fighting climate change through political action to preserve American health and prosperity for future generations.” The group was founded in 2013 and has been active in Iowa since April 2014. Within that amount of time, NextGen Climate Action acquired 10 field offices across Iowa and ROLAND FERRIE/Courtesy Photo has assembled on about 20 Nate Ruess performs to the crowd Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the Great Hall of the GBPAC. The concert was part of college campuses, including Reverb’s Campus Consciousness Tour, which was co-sponsered by NextGen Climate Action. each of the three major regent universities in the state. to find common ground in the Democrats and Republicans,” both sides of the aisle that are NextGen Climate Action is world of politics. said Zack Davis, state director running for president with the a non-partisan organization, “We’ve actually gotten of NextGen Climate Action in and, as a result, is attempting sign on and support from Iowa, “and we’re approaching See NEXTGEN, page 4
Panthers suffer loss to the Redbirds BRANDON TJEPKES Sports Writer
LOGAN WINFORD/Northern Iowan
No. 9 defense/midfield player Mary Brandt tries to kick the ball past her opponent. Brant is currently a junior and has been on the team since her freshman year.
The University of Northern Iowa women’s soccer team played Illinois State Saturday evening. The Panthers fell to the Rebirds, 2-0. The Redbirds started the match off hot as Lauren Koehl knocked their first shot within the sixth minute. They had two more chances to add to their lead with two consecutive shots within the twenty-first minute. But Panther
goalkeeper Whitney Blunt saved the first shot, while the second attempt hit the crossbar. The Redbirds had three more chances to score within the next four minutes, but every attempt was wide off target. Haley Kerns’ potential match-tying attempt in the thirtieth minute went wide off target. The last two Redbird attempts were both blocked to maintain the 1-0 Panther deficit. See SOCCER, page 6
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