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Humans vs. zombies: the battle begins Students will dart around the UNI campus wielding socks and marshmallows in an epic showdown between the (hypothetically) undead and the survivors. < See PAGE 6 OPINION

Stop scapegoating socialism

Columnist Pope challenges his fellow columnist’s argument against socialism in American society. < See PAGE 4

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Guardsman initiates grievance process against UNI professor over missed exam NI NEWS SERVICE

James Roethler, a freshman at the University of Northern Iowa, has initiated an appeal process to file a grievance against psychology professor

Cathy DeSoto, who he said refused to let him make up a test he missed due to an outof-state National Guard drill.

According to Roethler, the test was moved from Wednesday, Oct. 17 to Friday,

Oct. 19, which conflicted with a four-day training session he had for the Iowa Army National Guard. The training, which was in Wisconsin, began on Oct. 19 and the bus left on Oct. 18.

According to an article from the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, if Roethler had chosen not to attend the training, he would have been deemed < See GRIEVANCE, page 3

GRADUATE STUDENT HIGHLIGHT

McDowell pursues master’s of social work, serves as officer in U.S. Air Force Reserves BRITTANY FUNKE Staff Writer

Name: Sara McDowell Attended undergrad: All over but finished at Dallas Baptist University Undergrad Major: Sociology Graduate Major: Social work WOMEN’S GOLF

Panthers score well, but face tough foes Despite notching their thirdbest performance of the season, the team only made it to 18th place in the Blue Raider Invitational. < See PAGE 10

What brought you to the University of Northern Iowa graduate program?

UNI was progressive and supportive in bridging my military career with advanced education.

After looking into MSW programs in Arizona, Colorado and Texas, UNI offered a combination of a strong curriculum, involved professors and the opportunity to return home to Iowa after 12 years.

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Sara McDowell (above) is currently pursing a Master of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa and serves as an officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. McDowell is also involved with the MSW Student Association and the UNI Veterans Association.

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One-man band ‘Unknown Component’ releases new album Tjossem takes a look and listen at the solo work of musician Keith Lynch. < See PAGE 6 SPORTS

The power of a jersey They may just be jerseys, Bemis says, but there’s special magic in that allwhite game-day attire. < See PAGE 9

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Law professor calls for new civil rights movement BROOKS WOOLSON Staff Writer

Richard Thompson Ford, a law professor at Stanford Law School, re-examined the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s at the University of Northern Iowa on Oct. 23, discussing the impact of desegregation and proposing different actions for the courts that handled racial equality issues.

In his presentation, “Laws, Rights and Universal Principles,” Ford said courts should have allowed for a “distinction” of which practices were harmful and which were not. Ford said that when

the government desegregated schools, the busing of minority students to other schools and the closing of predominately minority schools had a decidedly negative impact.

Ford said school districts should have instead invested in the schools of both predominately white and predominately minority communities to improve the state of the buildings already there.

He said he felt faculty should have been desegregated immediately, but the desegregation of students could have taken place in a more gradual process.

According to Ford, during the time of desegregation,

parents of minority students felt busing their children to formerly all-white schools and closing their established schools killed their neighborhoods.

Ford also said forced desegregation efforts were hardly successful. According to Ford, in the 10 years after the Supreme Court ruled to desegregate schools in Brown v. Board of Education,

the impact in the south was “almost nothing.”

Ford pointed to language in the ruling that stated the process of desegregating schools should proceed with “all deliberate speed.”

According to Ford, this language allowed a flexible interpretation, essentially allowing opponents of the ruling to < See FORD, page 3

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absent without leave and “been disciplined accordingly.”

When he learned of the changed date of the test, Roethler said he asked DeSoto “if there (was) any way (he) could retake it,” and she said he could not.

According to an article from the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Roethler also said DeSoto would not allow another solider to make up the test.

According to Roethler, he and DeSoto found that the university attendance and makeup work policy covers only students on active duty.

Active duty does not include being called up for natural disasters, as Guard members sometimes are.

Although Roethler said DeSoto has a policy allowing students to drop the score from one test, he did not want to use this option in case other military obligations came up.

“The University of Northern Iowa does not have professors who would have policies that would have undue negative influence on students who miss classes for reasonable purposes, of which National Guard duty clearly applies,” DeSoto said in a prepared statement on the Cedar Falls Patch website.

In her statement, DeSoto also said professors are not allowed to “comment on student academic performance related to particular students,” which “makes it impossible” for her to be more specific.

After speaking with his veteran representative, who talked to the head of the psychology department, Roethler said his family got involved and his brother Mark went to the president’s office.

The president’s office informed him of the grievance policy, which Roethler is now undertaking.

“By now, I guess, it has been really frustrating because it’s taken a lot of effort to try and get it all resolved,” Roethler said.

“You know, I tried to coordinate a lot of it when I was at drill, which was really tough because we were in Wisconsin (and) I didn’t have access to email or anything.”

UNI president Benjamin Allen released a statement on Oct. 24, in which he said he “strongly disagree(s) with the decision made by the professor in this case.”

“We have been working with the student involved from the beginning, and continue to work with him to help ensure he won’t be penalized for serving his country,” Allen said in the statement.

He said UNI has more

than 250 military and veteran students on campus, which the university is “proud to serve.”

According to the Student Academic Grievance policy, if an instructor does not allow a student to make up missed work, the student can appeal this decision by contacting the instructor, the instructor’s department head and dean and a Northern Iowa Student Government executive officer within three class days of the denial of the makeup work.

In this case, a meeting between Roethler; DeSoto; Carolyn Hildebrandt, the head of the psychology department; and a minimum of two tenured faculty members and one student on the Academic Appeals Board must then take place within five class days of the receipt of the appeal letter.

According to the article from the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, student body president Jordan Bancroft-Smithe must set up the meeting and will try to facilitate an informal resolution at the meeting, which must take place before the end of the day on Oct. 29. This is in accordance with the policy, which states this is the duty of an NISG executive officer.

If an informal resolution is not reached, a committee made up of the two tenured faculty members and the student on the Academic Appeals Board will make a final decision.

“As a professor at the university, I honor all policies and support the appeal process, and hope that all parties will begin to follow it faithfully,” DeSoto said in her prepared statement.

DeSoto said the grievance policy requires students “to make a good faith effort to talk to the professor and try to resolve concerns informally,” which she said has not been done. “… Instead the student appears to be attempting to try the case in the press, providing what appears to be partial information,” DeSoto said.

Roethler said he feels that for the most part “the college itself is very, very supportive of the military,” which he appreciates.

“It’s just the … one professor — not that she doesn’t support the military, but (she) just has this policy, and it wasn’t an actual policy about the military,” Roethler said, “… (she) just stuck to her guns about not letting anyone make up the test.”

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slow the process to a grind.

According to Ford, desegregation did not begin until the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by Congress and president Lyndon B. Johnson.

This act tied federal funding to racial equality in local school systems.

Ford lamented the inability of “judges to make judgments.” Citing the case of Detroit’s segregated school system, Ford discussed a ruling by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that pressed the city to desegregate beyond the borders of its school district, but was overruled by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said only the district that had segregated their schools was responsible and termed this as “unitary status.”

Ford gave another example of how Seattle, Wash., and Louisville, Ky., were sued in 2007 for “doing too much” to increase racial integration in their school. On the basis of the 14th Amendment, which calls for equal protection of all citizens under the law, the Supreme Court ruled that the cities were unequally applying the racial integration law by actively desegregating their districts.

Ford cited a quote by Chief Justice John Roberts from the case, which stated “the way to stop discriminating on the basis of race is to

stop discriminating on the basis of race,” as an example of a judge ruling solely on the basis of explicit law without judging the merits of the underlying action.

Following questions from the audience, Ford called for a new civil rights movement in America. He said that in order to gain equality, minority groups need to protest specific issues and work within the framework of the system to change it.

He called for legislation that would incentivize businesses to be fairer in their hiring practices, such as offering protection from lawsuits if businesses followed racial hiring standards.

He also called on the public to actively engage all the branches of the government to make necessary changes.

“We can’t wait for the courts. We need all the branches of government,” Ford said. “We need legislation.”

Ford noted that labeling others as “racist” or “bigots” was a “non-starter” and would slow the progression toward equal rights.

Joslyn Aldape, a sophomore marketing and Spanish major, said she enjoyed the presentation, which she came to seeking new ideas about the topic of racial equality.

“It’s my only way of getting to know something outside my classes,” Aldape said.

“It’s not the same thing I had been hearing in history

classes.”

When asked about her views on solving racial inequality, especially in regard to the UNI student body, Aldape had only one thing to say.

“Why can’t everybody see each other as UNI students?”

Aldape said. “I see everybody else as just another student.”

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Stop scapegoating socialism DAVID POPE poped@uni.edu

My fellow Northern Iowan opinion columnist Kayla Venuto’s recent column is only the latest example of the strange and hyperbolic rhetoric being used recently regarding socialism.

I respect her as someone with a strong political voice, but I strongly disagree with her and others’ vague and derogatory usage of the term. “Obama’s a socialist! Health care reform is socialist! Taxing the wealthy is socialist!”

Enough already.

The fear-mongering right’s inability to string together any kind of coherent platform that would actually benefit us workingclass Americans has brought them to this point: name-calling.

First of all, let us actually define socialism. According to Webster’s dictionary, socialism is “any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.”

Essentially, this means that the community (in most cases the government) owns and operates industry, land, etc. rather than a wealthy private citizen doing so.

Therefore, since we the people in a democracy have a share in the government, we would have a share in those community-owned institutions.

In its pure form, all industries, businesses and lands would be owned and managed by the government, but this form is largely theoretical. In practice, there are many aspects of socialism imbed-

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ded within various capitalist societies (our own economic system included) that are beneficial.

Our roads, public parks, libraries, police force, fire department and many other U.S. institutions are socialist in nature. They involve the pooling together of energy and resources into a form that benefits us all. For example, if we all have $10 in our hands, we can each purchase perhaps a single book; if we pool our money together in the form of taxes and establish libraries, we all have access to many

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The specter of socialism is used to obscure a simple fact: we in the working class benefit from socialist policies.

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thousands of books.

It is ironic that this debate is taking place at a public university.

Our entire primary education system in this country is socialized.

Our taxes help pay for our public college education here at the University of Northern Iowa as well. Socialism allows students like me – and Kayla Venuto – to pay $13,000 a year rather than $40,000 or $50,000 to attend a for-profit university.

The specter of socialism is used to obscure a simple fact: we in the working class benefit from socialist policies. The economic struggles in Europe are not the result of “socialism run amok” as Kayla would have you believe, but rather are the result of the very same

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stock market crashes we are facing here – a thoroughly capitalist phenomenon. The problem isn’t that folks aren’t working hard, but that they have no jobs to work hard at due to big money doing bad business.

Let us for a moment revisit Kayla’s school-grade metaphor.

She discussed students’ hard work for their grades and that a socialist state would be comparable to professors deciding that everyone would get passing grades regardless of their work ethic. Now let’s add some variables Kayla forgot to factor in.

Imagine you must trade passing grades for the basic necessities of life: food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare. Add to it that the majority of people are born with D and F averages while a select few are born with A’s and are given private tutors.

Imagine a failing grade means not being able to feed yourself and ending up on the street, homeless.

This is how our capitalist economic system works. Some are born into nothing, others into unimaginable wealth; that, far more than hard work, determines success or failure.

Kayla and others will point to examples like billionaire Thomas Peterffy in order to convince us that we too can go from “rags to riches”, but success stories of upward mobility are few and far between.

What we don’t hear about are the millions who are born into poverty, try so very hard to rise up out of it, yet die in poverty. They have no money to buy ads amplifying their voices. They suffer in silence.

For all of their importance to our education, our lives are not < See SCAPEGOATING, page 5 MCT CAMPUS

We all need to mind our own business BLAKE RUANE ruaneb@uni.edu

I have a problem minding my own business; I’ll admit it. We all do. We eavesdrop on other people’s conversations, gossip about each other’s lives, and periodically scour the Facebook walls of our friends.

We have an obsession with knowing the business of other people, and often, we seem to think that we have the authority to tell other people how to live their lives, especially when their values or beliefs differ from our own.

This is no more apparent than in politics, where equality and civil rights are still a hot-button issue, except instead of women or African-Americans, the topic of debate is homosexuals, or rather their legal right to get married.

I have to admit – I don’t understand why this is even being discussed, let alone being considered an important issue between presidential candidates.

I thought we had learned our lesson during women’s suffrage in during the early 1900s and the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and early ‘60s, but evidently our government is still preoccupied with telling people how to live their lives.

I’m not endorsing either side of the argument, but I’m questioning whether we should even be having this argument to begin with.

Because, let’s face it, who people are marrying is the least of our problems. We’ve got bigger fish to fry, like a crippling, insurmountable national deficit and a devastating unemployment rate.

And the issue itself is based on opinion, not a clear-cut definition of right or wrong.

Sure, most people define traditional marriage as being between a man and a woman, but if a same-sex couple is in love, I’m not sure I see the difference, other than a surface-level distinction. You could make the argument that it compromises the sanctity of marriage, but I think we throw sanctity out the window when more than half of our marriages end in divorce.

Every time, no matter your argument, it comes down to your personal belief. And when it comes to matters of opinion, there is no right or wrong answer. You’re entitled to your opinion, but you’re not entitled to force it upon others who don’t share that same opinion.

So, again, I’m not sure why we’re having this conversation, or why it is up to the government to decide who can marry whom.

I believe that the Declaration of Independence put it best: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Thomas Jefferson wrote that back in 1776.

This argument was settled over 200 years ago, but for some reason we can’t seem to let it go, and it’s because we don’t know how to mind our own business. We aren’t content with just holding our own beliefs and values; we have to ensure that everyone else around us holds them as well and is living their lives according to our standards.

Over the past several months, I’ve seen < See BUSINESS, page 5

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dependent upon our grades.

Kayla’s metaphor is inept at representing economic systems.

A meritocracy in study is not the same as a meritocracy in the real world, where failure means crippling poverty.

Let us be careful when crafting metaphors not to equate the breaking of a nail with amputation.

Read carefully what I am about to say, for it is important. Barack Obama and the Democrats are not socialistsbut I have to say, I truly wish they were.

Socialism is not our enemy.

As Kayla said it herself, our taxes are “our money”. We working-class people should be seeing the benefit of it. We as a nation should be investing it into education, healthcare, affordable housing for all and an expansion of the social safety net that ensures that no one in this country is left to starve in the street or die of a curable illness simply because we turned a blind eye to their struggles.

Pure capitalism with no socialism embedded into it is a system in which we leave others to become homeless, to get sick, to starve or to go without heat in the winter because we simply do not care enough to help them. That is not the country I want to live in. That does not represent my values.

In one of the wealthiest countries on earth, there is no reason why between 2 and 3 million people are homeless (pbs.org) and 10 million families are in poverty (feedingamerica.org).

Kayla, I’d like you to look

into the eyes of those families and tell them that the problem with our great nation is that there is too much government assistance.

I would like you to look into the eyes of my own father, painfully disabled from years of backbreaking, lowwage work, and tell him that he does not deserve the disability benefits that the government is providing him.

I would like you to look into the eyes of all the lowincome students here at UNI who are only able to pursue the American Dream because of their Pell grants, and tell them that their education is a waste of taxpayer money.

I would like you to look into the eyes of the children too poor to afford books but who can read to their heart’s content at their local library and suggest they get a job if they want to read.

I would like you to look into the eyes of sick Americans and tell them that they should only get as much healthcare as they can personally afford.

For a billionaire like Kayla’s Thomas Peterffy, socialism might indeed be frightening, for it would take away his ability to live a life of excessive wealth while millions of his fellow Americans go hungry. For all of the rest of us, socialist policies will continue improving our lives as they have been doing.

Detractors: stop scapegoating socialism and say what you really mean: that you don’t think your fellow humans are worth the investment.

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more political ads than I care to remember, and quite a few of them have advocated for a smaller, smarter government. I agree with that sentiment, because I do think the government needs to step back and reevaluate its priorities.

Governments, in my opinion, should exist to create and enforce laws and mediate conflict, not dictate how people spend their personal lives. Our founding fathers established government to allow man the pursuit of happiness, not prevent it or allow it only in certain cases.

The more we fight to keep everyone from having the same rights, the more we divert from the dreams and ideals on which this country was founded.

We were all created equal. It’s about time we start accepting that fact.

And you can start by minding your own business and worrying about yourself, rather than concerning yourself with how everyone else is living their lives.

Blake Ruane is a senior in English from Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Venuto’s column great (if an) exercise in satire

The Oct. 23 opinion column by Kayla Venuto, titled “America: Land of the free, home of the socialists?”, is a brilliant work of satire.

The reference to that awful “classroom” analogy for socialism was absolutely hilarious. The woefully inaccurate understanding of the global economic crisis she expressed is written with such a lack of nuance that I could barely tell that it was written sarcastically. The bogus comparisons of social safety nets to Soviet communism are excellent representations of the ignorance typically expressed by the American right.

I could barely contain my laughter in the middle of class as I read the article – it is really that hilarious!

Please continue to publish the wonderful work of this author. Writing like this belongs right up there in the ranks of Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain.

Joe Enabnit University of Northern Iowa Freethinkers and Inquirers Northern Iowa Student Government Senator, OffCampus

David Pope is a junior in

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UNI Strayer-Wood Theatre to present ‘November’ JENNY PAUK Staff Writer

Election time is just around the corner, but instead of having a boring presidential debate, University of Northern Iowa students are participating in the play “November,” a comedy written by David Mamet about American politics.

“I chose this play because of its outrageousness and because we are all at the point of exploding with political advertising, lies and exaggeration,” said Jay Edelnant, the director of the play.

“David Mamet is one of America’s great living playwrights, and his view of things from the final year of the Bush administration paints a profane picture of greed, corruption and prejudice that takes your breath

away,” Edelnant, a professor of theatre, continued. “It’s certainly funny, but we may need to examine what we laugh at and why we’re laughing.”

“November” offers a comedic look at the American political system. It shows character Charles Smith, a corrupt and incompetent president, trying to campaign for a second term in office.

“I love being involved with shows, and being a theatre major, I audition for every single one of the StrayerWood Theatre productions,” said Molly Gieger, a sophomore who plays the part of the president’s speechwriter.

“This year we ended up doing politically themed shows, which has been an exciting and rather interesting experience. It has really urged me to take a greater interest in

politics, especially with the upcoming elections, and I have learned and grown a lot through this experience.”

Edelnant and Traci Gaydos, the marketing director and production manager, both agree that the best part of the show has been watching the students develop as actors. They said they believe the show is definitely worth going to see.

Strayer-Wood Theatre will present “November” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25-27 and Nov. 1-3, and at 2 p.m. on Oct. 28 and Nov. 4. Tickets are $16 and UNI students get in free with their UCard.

“It is really great because we are doing it around election time and it has to do with the election, so it will be a good time for the community to see the play,” said Gaydos.

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One-man band, Unknown Component, releases new album Keith Lynch of central Iowa-based band Unknown Component first picked up a guitar in high school. Since then he’s taught himself bass, piano and drums. He’s been releasing albums since 2002 and just released another, titled “Blood v. Electricity,” on Oct. 23.

“There are moments of energy and loudness and moments of calm and melancholy. I think it has a bit of something for everyone, whatever your musical tastes,” said Lynch of his new album.

Lynch hasn’t always been alone in his musical endeavors. In high school, he was in a band, but that came to an end when everyone moved to college. After working a few other jobs, he came to the realization that making music was what he wanted to do.

Filling every role in a band can be difficult and a lot of work, but there are aspects about it that Lynch is very appreciative of. Having the freedom to go in any direction musically and to focus on becoming a better producer are two things he believes complement each other well.

As an independent artist, technology and the use of the Internet to promote his work is something Lynch is thankful for, but also skeptical

about.

“It’s made it possible for anyone to get their music out there and available to people.

I think this is a good thing for artists who are dedicated and have something to say,” said Lynch. “However, that also means that there is no filter and that anyone can release music of any kind or quality, which seems to make it difficult for some people to find what they are looking for.”

Though getting out of central Iowa is a possibility, these technological advances are the reason he’s currently content with staying in his home state for the time being.

“The opportunities that exist now with the advances in technology really allow artists of all kinds to work from almost anywhere in the world,” said Lynch. “As time goes on, I think we’ll begin to see more and more musicians and artists who are successful from places that you would least expect.”

Unknown Component’s newest album is available online at www.unknowncomponent.com, and Lynch will be traveling to a few towns in Iowa over the next couple weeks to promote the album.

These dates and towns can also be found on the website.

Promotional graffiti advertises Rod Library’s Human vs. Zombies event. The campus-wide game of tag will start today and runs through Nov. 2.

BRIAN FREESE Staff Writer

Starting Friday, Oct. 26, students should expect to see socks, marshmallows and orange bandanas around the University of Northern Iowa campus.

Rod Library is holding a Humans vs. Zombies event, with orange bandanas being used to identify participants.

Humans vs. Zombies is similar to a game of tag, with players identified as zombies trying to tag the remaining humans. Tagged humans then join the zombie horde.

Linda McLaury, access services coordinator for Rod Library, explained how the event came about.

“The library public rela-

tions committee was looking for an event for the fall that related to the Zombie Apocalypse.

Last March we found the Humans vs.

Zombies site and decided it would be a good fit for us,” McLaury said. “I talked about the event to some colleagues and they recommended that we write a grant proposal for one of the diversity minigrants. We did, and received one.”

In the game, humans are identified by wearing the orange bandanas on their arms; zombies wear the bandanas on their heads.

Marshmallows and socks will be thrown at zombies by the human survivors. Being hit by a marshmallow or sock stuns a zombie, preventing it

from infecting anyone for two minutes.

Zombies “starve to death” if they do not infect anyone for 24 hours. The humans win if all of the zombies starve while the zombies win if all humans are converted into zombies.

Participants will also have the opportunity to complete “missions” for prizes. The missions will be emailed to the participants throughout the event.

“We are also having a costume contest on Wednesday during one of the missions, so there will be prizes for that,” said McLaury. “There will be overall event prizes and prizes for each daily mission, all donated by the Core.”

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Are you involved on campus with any extracurricular activities?

I am an active member in both the MSW Student Association and the UNI Veterans Association. Our first major event of this year is co-hosting a screening of “The Invisible War,” winner of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award.

The film is described as “a powerfully emotional investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the U.S. military, the institutions that perpetuate and cover up its existence and its profound personal and social consequences.” The free screening was held at Lang Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 24.

What are some of your short-term goals?

To expand and strengthen student involvement in the graduate social work association and to promote advocacy for various macro issues.

Along with graduating in May 2013, I have set a goal of competing in a 150-mile mountain bike race in the hilly terrain of the Missouri Ozarks.

Long-term goals?

Knowing of my military service, professor Katherine van Wormer placed an article in my student folder that detailed the hiring of social workers in active-duty military. With the support and recommendation letters from professor Cynthia Juby and professor Laura Praglin, I went before the Air Force Health Professions board and was selected this past April.

In June 2012, I was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and will promote to first lieutenant upon graduation, entering active duty. After completing officer “boot camp,” I will begin my one-year internship, immersing myself in the AF social work programs and clinical caseload. My dream is to wear the uniform as a social worker for the remainder of my active duty career.

What do you like most about UNI? UNI has a large pool of students who bring unique perspectives and experiences to an inviting campus. I have felt right at home from day one at UNI. What do you do in your free time?

Somewhere in my mid-20s, I realized I was built for comfort, not speed, so I turned to an endurance sport called adventure racing. Mountain biking, trekking, paddling and

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ropes work are centered on map and compass orienteering to checkpoints. The sport and my teammates have forced me to learn an awful lot about myself, my physical and mental limits (what they really are) and how to truly enjoy the simple things. We have completed 48-hour, 36-hour, 24-hour and many 6-12-hour races in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Utah.

The most memorable times have come in the middle of the night when time seems to stop and I think, “This is fun.” There have also been plenty of moments when we have been in pain, cold, wet, seeing sleep monsters and have turned to ask each other, “Why aren’t we in a bowling league?!”

What do you do to separate yourself from school? (family, hobbies, etc.)

I have two short years to be “home” in Iowa, so I spend a lot of time with family. My parents, four siblings (spouses/significant others) and four, soon to be five, nephews, all live in the area and all have loud, raucous laughs. I have an identical twin sister whom I admire for many reasons, including the fact that she is an Iowa City firefighter.

We have lived on two different continents for most of the past 12 years, so we are thankful to be together again and still get a kick out of being mistaken as the wrong twin.

Recommendations/words of wisdom for students?

Find and follow your bliss (heart, soul, passion, interests, strengths). Each day when your eyes open, remind yourself life is a gift, something you create. And read the mail your professors put in your folders!

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FOOTBALL

PANTHERS VS. REDBIRDS UNI will try to ‘white out’ Illinois State

(2-5, 1-3 MVFC)

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The University of Northern Iowa football team is coming off a 27-6 Homecoming victory over the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits last weekend. The win marked UNI’s first Missouri Valley Football Conference victory of the season.

The Panthers will try to carry their momentum from last weekend’s game over to Saturday’s 4 p.m. matchup with the No. 17-ranked Illinois State University Redbirds.

UNI fans are encouraged to wear white to the game as the Panthers try to “white out” the Redbirds.

“Illinois State is another excellent opponent,” UNI head football coach Mark Farley said. “They are 6-2 and a playoff-type football team.

“We have to build off of what we did (Saturday) and try to continue to get better. There’s a lot of room for improvement,” Farley said.

The Panthers (2-5, 1-3 MVFC) have won two straight games in this series and hold an all-time 19-9 advantage between the two schools. Farley is 7-4 in his career against Illinois State and has lost just one home game against the Redbirds in his 12-year coaching

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However, the Redbirds (6-2, 3-2 MVFC) have put together a solid season thus far and possess the top passing-receiving combination in the MVFC. Senior quarterback Matt Brown is averaging more than 250 passing yards and two passing touchdowns per game while senior Tyrone Walker is averaging 84 yards receiving per game. The Redbirds’ offense is averaging nearly 400 yards of offense per game while allowing just shy of 300. “(ISU) throws the football and they throw it well,” said Farley. “(ISU’s) quarterback Matt Brown just broke Ryan Helming’s record as far as the all-time leading passer in the (MVFC), which goes to show that he’s been around awhile and he’s been executing and making a lot of plays … He’s a real good passer and he’s done a nice job against us over the years.”

UNI will have to contain Brown and Walker if they hope to win their second straight MVFC contest. If they can do so and continue to put up balanced offensive numbers, they should be able to win their third straight contest against the Redbirds.

Saturday’s game will be broadcast live on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. You can also catch the game on 1540 KXEL -- Gary Rima will call the play-by-play.

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The UNI Panthers, pictured here in the UNI-Dome, are looking to win backto-back games for the first time this season when they face off with the Illinois State Redbirds Saturday at 4 p.m.

OPINION

Sonnen looks to lead the Panthers The power of a jersey back to the NCAA Tournament JAKE BEMIS

Sports Columnist

JACINDA RUGGLES

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University of Northern Iowa senior Marc Sonnen loves being part of the men’s basketball team. However, Sonnen said he didn’t always love basketball. It was his high school coach, Brian Sandifer, who helped him realize his potential on the basketball court as a teenager in the Twin Cities.

Since that time, Sonnen has developed into a solid collegiate athlete and has become a team leader both on and off the court.

“I’ve learned from past coaches, present coaches, past teammates and present teammates. You never stop gaining leadership skills,” said Sonnen.

Once his collegiate career is over, Sonnen hopes to use his leadership skills in combination with his sociology major to become a basketball coach. Sonnen noted that sociology is a common area of study for aspiring coachesto-be because it places such a heavy emphasis on the study of people.

“It helps you understand who people are, what people do and why people do things,” Sonnen said.

His friends and teammates will be what Sonnen misses most after graduation.

“The team is like a family; we’re always

DIANA HALL/Northern Iowan Archives

Senior guard Marc Sonnen (23) is ranked No. 86 on UNI’s all-time scoring list with 554 career points.

together practicing, working out, studying and playing,” Sonnen said. “They’re a good group of guys.”

Sonnen also noted that it has been a great experience playing for UNI head coach Ben Jacobson.

“He demands so much from you,” Sonnen said of Jacobson. “Even if you are the best player on the team, he still pushes you to be better.” < See SONNEN, page 10

The University of Northern Iowa football team may only be 2-5 this season, but spirits are higher than they’ve been in weeks. It may not just be a Homecoming victory that has the Panthers getting their swagger back.

This weekend, UNI will have its first ever UNIDome “white out.” Fans will be in white, coaches will be in white and the players will wear brand-new, all-white jerseys.

“I think it’s an awesome idea,” UNI head football coach Mark Farley said.

“Those things to a collegiate player, those are exciting things to them. You can see how uniforms are played in and out every year in college football, and I think it gives you another boost in a season.”

He’s exactly right. Many college students love when their teams bring out the

brand-new jerseys, and teams are trying harder and harder every year to have that new look. Players love it too. To make it simple: when you look good, you feel good, and when you feel good, you play better.

It’s a college thing.

I would bet good money that half the University of Oregon Ducks fans across the country are only Oregon fans because of their fancy new jerseys, and it feels like they come out with a new jersey every week.

Okay, so the jersey doesn’t actually possess some type of magic that makes you play better, but the excitement of putting on that all-white jersey right before game time will give players an extra boost in confidence.

“I think it’s a fun deal, and we’ll let the players have some fun with it, but we still have to line up and hit. That’s all I care about,” < See JERSEY, page 10

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WOMEN’S GOLF

Panthers finish 18th at Blue Raider Invitational ALEX MILLER

Sports Writer

The University of Northern Iowa women’s golf team shot its third best score of the season at the Blue Raider Invitational earlier this week, yet only managed to finish in 18th place.

Heading to Murfreesboro, Tenn., the Panthers were looking to capture their fourth top-10 finish in six meets, but they ultimately fell short.

When it came to the Old Fort Golf Club and its 6,177-yard par-72 course, the distance looked intimidating, but not in the eyes of Sarah Boss.

Through just two rounds of play, Boss was on the individual leaderboard in a tie for fifth place after shooting a 75 and 72. However, on the final day of play, she fell into a tie for 26th place after shooting an 82 (+10) in the final hours of the meet.

Despite dropping a few places on the leaderboard, Boss finished in a tie for third place with nine birdies throughout the course of the tournament. Her even score on par threes also gave her the second best par three score in the meet.

Outside of Boss’s success on the course, Kaylee Benson was looking to improve upon her first round 81 and did just that by shooting a 75 and 78 in the final two rounds. Benson moved herself up on the leaderboard and tied for 51st place.

Despite the lower finish, Benson’s three round scores were actually better than her 10th-place finish a week ago. That goes to show the level of competition the Panthers competed against on Monday and Tuesday.

Next on the scorecard for the Panthers was Alex Zenor. Although Zenor didn’t play as

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Marc Sonnen (23) was a freshman on the UNI men’s basketball team when the Panthers made it to the Sweet 16 in 2010.

Photo courtesy of UNI Athletics Communications

The UNI women’s golf team had five golfers finish in the top-100 at the Blue Raider Invitational.

well as her third place finish from a few weeks ago, she still managed to improve each round moving from an 88 to an 81 to a 76.

With her strong performance as well as a third place finish at the Jackrabbit Fall Invite, Zenor has high expectations heading into the final fall meet of the season.

Following Zenor on the list was Taylor VanDyke and Amanda Braun, who each shot a cumulative 256 for the tournament.

UNI returns to action Oct. 29 and 30, when they close out their fall schedule in the Braun Intercollegiate Tournament.

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However, graduation is still a few months away and Sonnen is just focusing on his final season with the Panthers.

Sonnen’s 554 career points have him ranked No. 86 on UNI’s all-time scoring list. However, Sonnen doesn’t seem to care about personal achievements.

“That doesn’t matter. I don’t care about how much I score,” Sonnen says. “I care about the team more than me.”

That’s the mentality of

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Farley said.

You can get a small preview of the jerseys by going to unipanthers.com, and the helmets will be sold after

a team leader with one goal on his mind: the NCAA Tournament. Sonnen noted that there are players on the team who haven’t been able to experience the NCAA Tournament yet, something the Panthers haven’t been a part of since their run to the Sweet 16 in 2010.

“It gave me a good mind set, that anything is possible,” Sonnen said of the team’s Sweet 16 appearance.

“We’re going to do everything possible this year to make it back to the (NCAA Tournament).”

the game. That is, unless the Panthers come out with another big victory.

“I always go back to what works,” Farley joked about holding on to the white jerseys.

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Sudoku Two

By Nancy Black Tribune Media Services (MCT) Today’s Birthday (10/26/12).

This is a great year to build up your nest egg. Career opportunities arise; flexibility and willingness to try something new propel you forward. Expect changes. Adaptability can be fun.

Keep it all grounded with love.

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

Aries (Mar. 21-April 19) -Today is a 5 -- Speak from the heart. You can get whatever you stand for, even if romantic issues challenge. You’re stronger for the next two days. Make plans that generate income.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- It’s a time of introspection. Have your partner represent you. It’s hard to decide what to buy, and what to put on hold for later. Focus on longrange goals, and don’t stress.

Not worth it.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -Today is a 6 -- You can easily do two things at once, but watch out for toes you don’t want to step on (especially those of a loved one). Moderate a clash between normally gentle souls.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Make sure you know what’s required to get the job done. Consult a female expert, and listen to new ideas. Stand outside the controversy as much as possible for the next two days.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- You’re full of wild and crazy ideas, and some of them might work, but when it comes to romance, not right this second. Present your thoughts with compassion.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- To-

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Sudoku One

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day is a 6 -- You may hit a bump in the tunnel of love. Don’t worry, you’ve got the words.

Compromise is required. There’s room for financial improvement, too. Keep in action.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Postpone a romantic moment, for just a little bit. Let somebody else take care of you for the next two days. Learn to take risks from interesting people. Music enhances mental focus.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Make time for love, despite possible confrontations. Listening with special attention pays dividends. You’re entering a very busy phase. Bath or shower meditations generate brilliance.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Make up a wish list for the perfect romance and watch love blossom, with some help from your friends. You may as well pop the question, today or tomorrow. Share feelings.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 6 -- Opposites attract, even now. The action is behind the scenes. It’s a good day to file away papers and get the household in order. Enjoy the results.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 5 -- You’re very attractive now, and extra brilliant.

Others ask your advice. Invest in communications infrastructure. Add some relaxation to the equation. Write, record and get it down.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Make money while you can, but don’t lose your passion in that focus. There are so many other things to celebrate and experience. Doing what you love increases interest and money.

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