FILM REVIEW
VOLLEYBALL
CLOSE CALL
WELL... IT HAS ROBOTS SEE CAMPUS LIFE, 7
SEE SPORTS, 8
Northern Iowan OPINION 4 | CAMPUSLIFE 6 | SPORTS 8 | GAMES 11
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October 21, 2011
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Volume 108, Issue 16
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DEPARTMENT OF RESIDENCE
A sneak peek into Panther Village
STEM
Discovery Channel to feature UNI’s STEM initiatives UNI ON THE PROFILES SERIES When: Friday, Oct. 21 Time: 6 a.m. Central time BLAKE FINDLEY Staff Writer
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Phase I of Panther Village, seen above, will open in the fall of 2012. Phase I includes 204 bedrooms in about 60 apartments.
SARAH KELZER Staff Writer
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anther Village, an on-campus apartment complex for University of Northern Iowa juniors and seniors, will open in the fall of 2012. Larson Construction Co., Inc. is currently working on Phase I, which consists of 204 bedrooms in about 60 apartments. Phase II has recently begun construction and will be ready for students in the fall of 2013. “This is all designed so that if there is a lot of demand for
these apartments, we can build a Phase III, which will be another 200 and some bedrooms and a Phase IV can be on the west side,” said Joe Tripp-Rieks, construction project manager for Panther Village. “If this is the type of housing that students want and the demand is there for it, it’s set up so it’s easily expanded.” Panther Village will include a fitness room, elevator, study areas, an atrium, laundry rooms on every floor, a computer lab See PANTHER VILLAGE, page 3
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An employee of Larson Construction Co., Inc. works on a kitchen in one of the apartments in Phase I of Panther Village.
‘OCCUPY’ MOVEMENT
Protesters camped out in Overman Park RACHEL ZIDON Staff Writer
October’s chilly weather hasn’t stopped some University of Northern Iowa students and members of the Cedar Falls community from protesting corporate greed in downtown Cedar Falls. Since Oct. 15, protesters have been camped out across from City Hall in Overman Park as part of a growing Occupy
Cedar Valley movement, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement that began this September. So far, the protesters have not encountered problems with the city of Cedar Falls. They said that next week, city officials will decide if they will allow protesters to remain in the park for a more extended period. Protester and See PROTEST, page 3
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Protesters in the Occupy Cedar Valley movement camp out at Overman Park Oct. 15. CIty officials will decide next week if the protesters will be allowed to stay in the park for a more extended period.
The University of Northern Iowa’s work on science and mathematics initiatives have earned it a segment on the Discovery Channel. The network will feature the university’s work in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in a half-hour special edition of the Profiles Series, hosted by actor Louis Gossett, Jr, on Oct. 21 at 6 a.m. Central time. Chad Heinzel, chair of UNI’s STEM Education committee, explained that one reason for the TV segment is that UNI recently signed on to a statewide committee with the Iowa governor’s office. UNI president Benjamin Allen serves on the committee, as co-chair with Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds. “The committee is working to increase exposure of science, technology, engineering and math to the community,” Heinzel said. “The program will hopefully get the word out there and possibly get people interested in education.” Heinzel said this exposure will get more people talking about UNI and STEM. It will also help with UNI’s goal of increasing learning in the STEM areas both on and off campus. See STEM, page 2