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Study examines how to best use parking space AJ CASSIDY Staff Writer

In the fall 2010 semester, less than 2.5 percent of the capacity of metered parking in the Multimodal Transportation Center was used, according to a study done by Brian Gedlinske, a graduate assistant at the University of Northern Iowa. Gedlinske’s study was confirmed by UNI director of Public Safety Dave Zarifis as “pretty accurate.” To examine

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Pride Cry kicks off Homecoming

this issue and other parking issues, the Department of Public Safety commissioned Walker Parking Consultants to do a study of the parking on campus.

“Right now we’re undergoing a parking study to see what is the best utilization of those spaces,” Zarifis said. “The B parking may be something that we’re looking at. We really want to get a study done to take a look at what the See PARKING, page 3

STUDENT ISSUES

School of Music’s new hours create controversy

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The Student Admissions Ambassadors and Connecting Alumni to Students perform a parody of “Baby Got Back” at the Pride Cry on Oct. 5. They, along with Alpha Delta Pi and Kappa Sigma and the Black Male Leader’s Union, are moving on to the finals, which are on Friday at 9 p.m. on the south lawn of the McLeod Center.

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Zach Schroeder, freshman instrumental music education major, practices his baritone in Russell Hall. The School of Music recently began removing students from the building after hours, confusing and frustrating several music students.

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The School of Music recently began removing students from the practice rooms inside Russell Hall and the GallagherBluedorn Performing Arts Center after hours, a move that confused and frustrated several students.

For Heather Botzum, a graduate assistant in the School of Music, this move is akin to inhibiting students’ ability to complete their homework.

“We do not turn off

computer science majors’ computers at a certain time. We do not take away an English major’s book.

Could you imagine if we shut down the Internet every night at 11.30 p.m.?

Why are we taking away the creative arts’ time to work?” Botzum said. “How are we expected to succeed if we are not even allowed to put in the work that we want and need?”

According to Botzum, students were previously allowed to stay inside the See SCHOOL OF MUSIC, page 3

If they didn’t know the University of Northern Iowa fight song before, attendees of this year’s Pride Cry likely know it now. After all, they had eight chances to learn it.

Eight student groups showcased their singing and dancing chops in their purple and gold best on top of Maucker Union Wednesday

in the Pride Cry, UNI’s festive kickoff to Homecoming.

The groups demonstrated their school spirit as they each performed the UNI fight song and several other UNI-inspired songs during the event, which was sponsored by Campus Activities Board and the Student Involvement and Activities Center. “(The Pride Cry is about) really thinking out of the box and giving more per-

spective on what is Panther pride and what it’s like to have it,” said Tabatha Cruz, one of the judges for the event.

Last year, the Pride Cry featured songs within Homecoming-themed skits.

This year, however, groups were asked to perform one song with lyrics pertaining to UNI, Homecoming or the theme “Home at the Dome”, and each group had only See PRIDE CRY, page 7

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Left to right, Anna Baumgartner, sophomore psychology and global services major; Bailey Herrstrom, sophomore family services major; and Heather Vander Wilt, sophomore art education major, eat at the Panther Pride Picnic on Oct. 5.

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torial in the March 10, 1920 issue of the College Eye. “Why not a Homecoming for Teachers College?” the Eye asked. “… It will require the combined efforts of every organization in school to make Homecoming Day a success for the first year or two perhaps, but once it has been established it will be the one big day of the year for every ISTC student whether present, past or future.”

The first celebrations unfold

Plans for a homecoming of some sort stalled at ISTC through the fall semester as the date of the celebration was debated. Choosing a holiday such as Thanksgiving as the date for Homecoming would allow for ISTC alumni employed as teachers time to return to campus and enjoy a holiday at their alma mater.

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At the stroke of midnight on Friday, the bells of the Campanile will clang and clamor in the crisp autumn air. The music from the oft-silent tower hearkens back to the beginning of the Homecoming tradition at the University of Northern Iowa – one that began more than 90 years ago.

In 1920, Iowa State Teachers College (as UNI was known at the time) boasted 1,402 students.

Yet an editorial in the Sep. 22 issue of the College Eye (the predecessor of the Northern Iowan) lamented that “a Home Coming is one thing that has been missing at Teachers College,” adding, “It is true that we do not have that unity of sentiment that is characteristic of smaller colleges….”

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On Saturday, Oct. 8, the largest tailgating crowd of the season is expected for the Panthers’ Homecoming tilt against Indiana State.

These crowds are just what the organizers of the Sixth Annual Safe Date Tailgate are hoping to see.

From 12 to 3 p.m., Safe Date Tailgaters will give out in the southwest corner of the Wellness and Recreation Center’s north parking lot, free barbeque sandwiches, refreshments and prizes – along with information about safe dating tips and domestic abuse awareness literature.

The event is a collaborative effort put on by University of Northern Iowa Women’s and Gender Studies program, Violence Intervention Services and various other campus groups.

Kristen McNutt, a graduate assistant in the Women’s and Gender Studies program, explained that the since this month is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the organizers thought Homecoming would be a good time to have the tailgate.

“The whole point is to insert ourselves in a place no one expects us to be,” said Mark Rowe-Barth of UNI Violence Intervention Services.

The primary focus for this year’s event is centered around dating violence as a subset of domestic violence

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usage is and how we can maximize that usage.”

Zarifis reiterated the delicacy of the parking situation each year on campus and said the MMTC is just one of the areas being looked at for redesign. In addi- DAVE ZARIFIS tion, he said that the unused space presents an area of concern, but explained the constantly shifting dynamic of campus parking. With the relocation of faculty offices to Bartlett Hall, the usage of the MTC will likely change over the course of the next year.

“That’s one of the things we’re putting our arms around before we make changes here and have to turn around and make changes again,” Zarifis said.

Safe Date Tailgate When: Oct. 8 Where: Southwest corner of WRC’s north parking lot What: An event to raise awareness about dating violence awareness. Rowe-Barth feels that this message will “hopefully resonate more with the student population.”

The literature being handed out by members of the campus organizations and Seeds of Hope will emphasize healthy relationships and how to spot some of the warning signs of an unhealthy relationship. The ultimate goal for the event is not only to raise awareness, but also to inspire action.

Rowe-Barth stressed the societal responsibility of everyone to take steps to prevent domestic abuse and that domestic violence is not just an issue women have to contend with.

“As men, we tend to be silent, but we do see problematic behavior in the people around us – how do we confront that?” Rowe-Barth said.

Members of the groups mentioned above, the Feminist Action League, SAVE Forum Actors and UNI Athletics will be working at the tailgate and mingling with the crowd to pass out literature and direct traffic to the event.

Zarifis highlighted the current costs of maintenance and upkeep of the lots as one prohibiting factor in expanding permit parking. By making the metered spots in the MMTC permit spots, the potential revenue for parking could potentially decrease.

“Whether (B permit revenue) covers the costs is a big question,” Zarifis said. “Our snow removal costs range from $400,000 to 600,000 – we have an overall budget of $1.2 million, so it leaves very little room for repair and maintenance. That’s something that this study we’re conducting right now will help us focus in on.”

The study is anticipated to be completed before the end of the academic year. Once completed, the results will be presented to a committee comprised of a UNI staff, faculty and the Northern Iowa Student Government.

building as long as they arrived before 11:30 p.m., which was its official closing time. This year, the rules “changed rather suddenly to kicking students out at 11:30 p.m.,” she said.

Citing concerns of personal safety and building security, the School of Music began enforcing building hours shortly before extending the official hours for both buildings to close at 2 a.m.

“The challenge we’re addressing is the balance of three items: personal safety, building security and access to practice rooms,” said John Vallentine, director of the School of Music. “One concern was that too many doors were open when fewer people were in the buildings, creating a potentially unsafe situation for people and the facilities.”

Another concern involved secure closures of the buildings. To address this issue, an “after business hours” entrance was designated.

Also, student staff members are being hired and trained by UNI Department of Public Safety to monitor both buildings, and student monitors will enforce closings of the buildings. In addition, planning for electronic access is being studied for implementation in both buildings.

The new schedule

The School of Music is housed primarily in the GBPAC and Russell Hall.

The two buildings host performance and practice spaces that are used by the 363 music majors on campus, as well as hundreds of students in other majors.

According to Vallentine, in the past, the two buildings had closed on weeknights at 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. respectively, whereas hours on the weekends were more limited.

The hours are now 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 12 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Sunday.

According to Vallentine, the new schedule was “carefully” designed by a campus committee consisting of Jan Hanish, interim Vice President for Administration and Financial Services; Joel Haack, dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences; Spencer Walrath, Northern Iowa Student Government President and music major; Steve Carignan, executive director of GBPAC; and Michael Hager, Assistant Vice President and Executive Director of Residence. The committee also considered safety upgrades.

The new hours are on a trial period, during which staff will track student usage.

Vallentine said the committee will then “reconvene later

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Send comments and concerns about the new hours policy to: • Spencer Walrath at wittyboy@uni.edu • John Vallentine at john.vallentine@ uni.edu this semester to study overall practices and review all input from student and faculty members.”

Vallentine said that the official hours of both Russell Hall and GBPAC were actually increased to a total of 123 available hours per week, compared to 115.5 and 108.5 hours, respectively, in the past.

“I am personally delighted that UNI now offers an additional 22 hours of availability for students practicing in our facilities,” Vallentine said.

Restricting success?

Despite the official increase in practice hours, Botzum, based on her past experience at her undergraduate institution, Ohio University, sees the reduced de facto hours as discouraging students from working.

On big party weekends, Botzum said Ohio University would lock all the doors to the music building as it was a heavily trafficked shortcut.

While Ohio University didn’t actually kick the students out of the building if they were already there, they kept the doors locked to keep students out.

“Because they (Ohio University) locked the doors, the students took it as ‘they don’t want us to work, they want us to party,’” Botzum said. “I don’t think we want that kind of attitude from the students, but not allowing students to do their work is only encouraging such thoughts in my opinion, and I can say that from experience.”

Botzum also said that she didn’t think many people would be happy if all the music majors practiced at 1 a.m. in their dorms when others were trying to do their homework.

Victoria Chargo, a freshman music major, had mixed feelings about students practicing at late hours.

“Whoever is practicing at 2 (a.m.) needs to sleep,” Chargo said. “Weekend hours I could see getting hairy, though. It would be nice to be able to be in the buildings later on the weekends. Yes, people make bad decisions on the weekends, but it’s a time to get caught up and get ahead, and if we can’t be in the music building, it would be harder to do that.”

Botzum also said that the objective of a university is to have students succeed and

thus questioned why the university is “putting restrictions on those that want to succeed.”

“The important thing to remember is that we are people too. We have obligations during the day. We have homework to do. We have work to go to,” Botzum said.

“All of that takes away time from the allotted practice room hours, but it’s not something we really have control over.”

Vallentine received feedback from 20 students who expressed various concerns, support or suggestions about the new policy, four of whom replied after the policy was released. Students should send comments and concerns to both Walrath and to Vallentine’s office.

“Particularly satisfying was a response from a student mentioning that she felt safer being in the buildings late at night,” Vallentine said.

Botzum said she was not really sure why these new rules are being instituted.

“It is really quite befuddling. I have been attempting to initiate discussions on this matter for a year now,” Boztum said. “I am glad that something has happened and there is finally conversation occurring. But I’m also afraid that the conversations are going to end too quickly without the best solution brought forth.

“I feel often times things, like this situation, are just ‘settled’ without finishing what was begun, simply because it’s easier than answering the students’ questions or figuring out the best solution for everyone involved,” she added.

Other solutions

Botzum thinks that to potentially solve this issue, the university could use security cameras or have key card access to the music halls, much like the honors students and graduate students in the science department, who have the possibility for 24-hour key card access to their respective buildings.

Botzum feels limiting the resources of students limits the competiveness of the university.

“Our tuition pays for our classes, but it also pays for the resources which are available to us and which make UNI a competitive institution. To limit these resources is limiting the competitiveness of our institution; in a time when every student counts fiscally, that is a problem. I want to leave here and be able to say that I loved this place,” Botzum said. “I want to tell people how amazing my teachers have been and how much I have learned and grown. But I then have to tell them everything else, and that bothers me.”

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o often do our emotions get in the way of our ability to think rationally, and much of the rhetoric regarding the University of STEF MCGRAW Northern Iowa sexual assault case is a mcgraws@uni.edu prime example. For those who haven’t read about it online or in the previous addition of the Northern Iowan, the back- the Iowa attorney general’s office to fact story is that in 2004, a UNI freshman check her assertions and defend against reported being raped by two UNI football this.

While it may be easy to feel the vicplayers. One was found guilty of thirddegree sexual abuse, one of misdemeanor tim’s pain when we think about all the assault with intent to inflict serious injury, personal information she is being asked to turn over, we need to remember that and both served a prison sentence.

In 2007, the woman sued UNI, assert- this is all part of the standard process of ing that the university did not suffi- discovery, where both sides request inforciently support her after the incident, and mation in order to ensure they have all requested damages on the grounds that the facts relevant to the case and can each make the best argu“they failed to make ment possible. academic accommoda As far as the reltions she requested, evance of the defendeclined to let her move to another dormitory While it makes sense to dants’ requests goes, you look at what and did nothing when feel bad for this woman when the victim is actually she reported receiving and all she has had to claiming in the lawharassing calls from suit, it starts to make players,” according to go through, we cannot a lot of sense. For the Associated Press. abandon rationality for instance, since she is Now here’s where claiming the univerthe heart of the conthis reason. sity did nothing when troversy comes in: The she received harassing Iowa attorney genphone calls, they have eral’s office, which is every right to have serving as the university’s defense in this case, is requesting access to her phone records in order several pieces of information from the to ensure that these calls actually took plaintiff that her lawyer claims is part of place. In addition, because she stated that her subsequent social and professional their tactic to “attack the victim.”

Some of this information includes interactions were inhibited by the assault medical records, educational records, and UNI’s mistreatment of her, they employment records (which include her need to verify these claims by looking at work at a strip club), cell phone records, her Facebook history and employment counseling records, her personal journal, records.

Finally, though they are thought by her Facebook history and records of her father’s death from 1991, where he alleg- many to be the most invasive requests, edly went missing and then was later it is in fact, relevant to the case that they have access to her counseling records, found dead in his car in a river.

You’re not alone if your gut reaction her personal journal and records of her is to agree with the victim’s attorney, who father’s tragic death. This is because if is quoted as saying, with regards to the the plaintiff is claiming her mental health requests of the defendants, “It just fur- has been negatively affected by how UNI thers the hostile environment towards my treated her after the assault, they need to client.” Furthermore, I think we can all have as much evidence as possible regardagree that if what the victim is suggest- ing her mental health prior to, and after, ing about the university’s treatment of the incident, especially in light of the her is true, we should be appalled. Though fact that she reportedly had a “cutting UNI now has a highly regarded system of incident” in 2005, and a suicide attempt in preventing and addressing sexual assault 2007.

As far as her father’s death is specifiwith its Center for Violence Prevention and online educational program for first- cally concerned, while its relation to the year students, that doesn’t make up for case isn’t as obvious, it’s important to its alleged failure to address the needs of know about because it could both affect her prior mental health and shed light on that student in 2004.

However, despite all this, we need her family’s mental health history, as it’s to take a step back and recognize, in a possible his death was a suicide.

While it makes sense to feel bad for this rational manner, what the purpose of this woman and all she has had to go through, lawsuit is.

The plaintiff is suing for specific dam- we cannot abandon rationality for this ages: “for the loss of her access to educa- reason. Our justice system is based on evition at UNI” and “pain and suffering.” dence, and if one isn’t willing to provide This means that it is up to the victim and evidence for that which they are claiming, her attorneys to prove the university is one shouldn’t be suing another party. guilty of these claims, and up to UNI and

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GUEST COLUMN It’s October: Be a pink with breast cancer, there are also many wonderful success stories. panther!

October! Growing up as a child, the things that came to mind when I heard that word were: jumping in leaf piles, wearing silly costumes and, of course, eating way too much candy! Don’t get me wrong, I still love doing all of those things, but now, October carries a much more powerful meaning for me. It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a month where you really can’t go anywhere without seeing something with a little pink ribbon on it. For example, have you been grocery shopping lately? The makers of everything from toilet paper and Kleenex to milk and cereal are all giving a portion of your purchase to one of the many excellent breast cancer foundations.

According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point during her life. This number is personal to me, as my mom was one of the nearly 40,000 women who eventually lose their life to this disease each year. Thankfully, this number continues to decline with new advancements in medicine.

Even so, most doctors will agree that early detection remains incredibly important for successful breast cancer treatment.

All women, regardless of family history, should conduct monthly self-exams to screen for unusual lumps or masses.

Women in their twenties and thirties should also have a clinical breast exam by a healthcare provider at least every three years.

Those over 40 should receive a yearly mammogram.

Although there is a great deal of sadness that comes along

In fact, there are nearly 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States alone! While I am still deeply saddened with the loss of my mother, I’m so very proud of women, like my grandma, who have won the fight. These women are heroes to many of us and proof that cancer doesn’t always win!

The support in the fight against this disease is incredible, and I encourage everyone to do his or her part. Several University of Northern Iowa students have already contributed to the cause. Colleges Against Cancer and Students Today Alumni Tomorrow sold several of their annual “Beat Cancer” t-shirts last week and Gamma Phi Beta recently held a breast cancer kickball tournament. Proceeds from both will go directly to raising awareness and towards cancer research.

Keep your eyes open for more awareness events on campus and make a point to do something special in honor or memory of a loved one who was affected by breast cancer. Whether it’s wearing pink to school or donating to the cause by purchasing a few essentials at the store, your support means the world to so many and is much needed.

For more information on how you can help in the fight, contact UNI’s capter of Colleges Against Cancer or the local American Cancer Society office at 319272-2880. Together, someday we WILL cure breast cancer and return October to the simpler things in life, like leaf piles and candy!

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ne thing that unites all college students is the discussion of sleep.

One would find it very difficult to make it through one day here without hearing someone mention their lack of sleep due to cramming for a test. However, these conversations are typically about duration, not description.

While a description of sleep may seem strange, I would contend that it brings about many interesting questions in regards to consciousness.

The existential philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty provides a description of consciousness by stating, “But with my immediate past I have also the horizon of futurity which surrounded it, and

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thus I have my actual present seen as the future of the past.” The insistence that the present is not stagnant is vital to understanding consciousness.

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he American dream is not the same as it was 20 years ago. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness have inverted themselves into virtual life, online liberty and the pursuit of attention. I have seen a good deal of students cling to their computers and their social networks, and I think students are not really aware of just how much the Internet has taken over daily life.

People live in glass houses more than they would like to believe. Safeguards may exist like the privacy settings on Facebook and the lock-seal of protected tweets on Twitter.

Unfortunately, there are other ways of getting at information students may not see.

The information one posts on the Internet is not just visible in the present, either. It may also follow someone to the real world, where anyone, such as employers, can view.

The first rule of the Internet: Something “anonymous” never is.

We don’t go home and have a conversation with our significant other or family nowadays. Instead, we finish our day at school or work and head right to the addicting scenery of Social Media World, aka the Internet.

Social Media World is like a parallel plane to our existence on earth. You start out voyaging around an ocean, but then you sail around its globe and see the fabulous continents of sites like Facebook or Twitter.

You can visit the lesser lands of places like LinkedIn and Monster.com, but you know that if want to go where the socialites celebrate their version of Carnival, you are more likely to dock at one of the bigger continents.

There are other dangers lurking online aside from things like status updates, too.

What’s even more powerful

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and far-reaching than a popcorn discussion thread? Two words: the blogosphere. It’s dangerous, whether we are talking about WordPress or a site like Blogger.

In my early days of web programming, I had a book that described how to manage a website called “The Missing Manual: Creating A Web Site.”

The book has a chapter for how to successfully manage a blog. However, that chapter also has a caveat called “The Hazards of Blogging.”

It explains how search sites like Google have taken the liberty of caching web pages present and past. That’s right: The pages are still cached even when taken off a server. The book goes on to say one can delete these caches by going into Google, but it still leaves a log of what has been done.

Also, single entries posted last week that were taken down?

The post itself may not be cached, but it will still linger on search engines for a long time.

I wish I could say this problem with voluntary transparent information was new.

Back when I was in high school, there were small budding social media sites like Xanga. My friends were even complaining when I graduated from high school in 2004 about how their bosses were reading their online journal entries.

Perhaps I am old-fashioned.

Maybe I need to conform to everyone else’s standards. I could spend the majority of my days playing Angry Birds Rio and Farmville while posting about how I studied and studied for a test and still didn’t get the grade I wanted.

But I believe that students should be more aware of what they post and what they really want others to see about them.

Remember the first rule of the Internet: Something “anonymous” never is.

watched a student in the process of ticketing a car for about 10 minutes.

It was not an activity I planned to do, of course. But, having taken a class that enlightened me about social construct, capitalism and the way we are acclimatized to think about class, I decided to see if this person, the offender, would get a ticket.

The offender was not in the car. We might assume bourgeois folks are always expecting a pass. In addition, it could be assumed the working class thinks that bourgeois folks should have it, and then it will trickle down to us.

The car that might be ticketed was a BMW, pretty “sweet,” and since it was early morning, it was alone in the parking lot. It stood out. I know some of you are thinking I was jealous.

You think an expensive car and the fact that I was walking equal jealousy. You are right; I do not have a car this semester. I gave it to two other family members, who are about to start college, and they live farther from their campus than I live from UNI. This morning, instead of catching the shuttle, I walked.

Nevertheless, if the car were a Geo Prizm or a Ford Taurus, I would not have stopped. I do not know what the acronym stands for, but I know this “ride” was worth more than all of my student loans. I walked out of the student’s view and wondered what the outcome might be. Would the student buckle under bourgeois pressure or do the right thing?

Permit me to digress for a few lines. We have been faced with numerous new reports about the economy. Families’ homes have been foreclosed, SUVs and RVs have been repossessed and professionals are out of work. I viewed a Wall Street protest clip, which everyone should YouTube, in which a European American, and surprisingly a professional male, hammered that he was without a job. He stood on the plaza floor and the camera scanned the elites as they drank whatever from the balconies above.

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point in time. Without the present, my past would then disappear, because I could no longer recall what it is I am projecting myself toward in the future.

“Thus, the double horizon of retention and protention, my present may cease to be a factual present quickly carried away and abolished by the flow of duration, and become a fixed identifiable point in objective time.” Decoded from existential jargon, this statement essentially means that as a human I am continually retaining my past while at the same time doing new things in order to define myself.

However, throughout this movement, I am able to look back upon my past as a point in time. Thus, I can recall that when I was a member of the Pleasantville football team at this time four years ago.

While all of this seems clear, the point immediately prior to going to sleep does not seem to fit. To be exact, I am not talking about falling asleep due to pure exhaustion. What I am attempting to describe is the point when one is in bed yet not able to fall asleep.

At this point, I am attempting to project myself into

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We see the elites, they see us, and they toast to the fact that they do not have to pay as much tax as the rest of society. Then they tell us to pull ourselves up, when they are the ones slacking.

Further digression, most of us are on campus using someone else’s funds, and working, or earning scholarships. Professors have to deal with salary cuts. Courses are being eliminated, and our tuition is out of this world, maybe in Neptune by now.

Now, let’s see what this student will do with the dilemma of having to ticket this person’s car. I am sure the student is wondering what position on campus the car owner holds. Maybe it is President Allen or Provost Gibson’s car.

The student could have thought about his car, or the lack of one, and here this person is abusing the system by having a car, and not paying the 25 cents to park for 30 minutes. It should not take 10 minutes to write a ticket. I almost went over to write the ticket myself.

Finally, the student wrote the ticket, tucked it neatly under the windshield wiper, and left.

“Bourgeois car is no match for college student with a ticket pad” should have been this article’s title. Wow, I felt proud to be an American. The temptation to give the elite another break was of no effect. The sense that the job, which supplies your needs, may be in jeopardy because of the action taken, was of no effect. The ethical principle of doing the right thing outweighed the temptation this student may have had to look the other way.

UNI has been warned. There is a student who will ticket your ride, no matter the emblem or bourgeois appeal. Now, if we only had a government with such courage to do the right thing.

the future. However, that is a future in which I will no longer continually gain a past.

I will certainly wake up the next morning with a past intact, i.e. with the knowledge about how long I slept the night before. Furthermore, I may also awaken with a memory of dreams I had or did not have. However, in each of these cases what is lost is my immediate past prior to sleep.

As Merleau-Ponty states, “The present still holds on to the immediate past without positing it as an object, and since the immediate past similarly holds its immediate predecessor, past time is wholly collected up and grasped in the present.” This may be true for all other cases, but it seems a nearly impossible task to hold on to the immediate past prior to sleep as I am trying so hard to escape it so that I may fall asleep.

I knew that I was attempting to fall asleep, and that

I must have as I just woke up. Nonetheless, what I was thinking about and the time I fell asleep remains a mystery to me. In my attempt to fall asleep, I become the ultimate projected-future as I am projecting a break in my own projections. Thus, I am attempting to lose my present in exchange for becoming a frozen consciousness for eight hours.

While it is clear that an attempt to describe sleep often leaves one with more questions than they began with, it is surely a worthwhile venture. An essential aspect of the human condition is that we are able to talk to one another in order to make sense of the world around us. In an age that claims to be able to describe human behavior with formulas and algorithms, it is essential that we continually ask those questions that remain outside their reach.

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Downtown Cedar Falls welcomes new art space KIRSTEN TJOSSEM Entertainment Writer

Downtown Cedar Falls experienced an addition to its assortment of unique shops and restaurants this summer.

The Space, which is located at 109 East 2nd Street, was started by five Cedar Fallsians and is a place for art shows that also functions as a music venue. In addition, The Space has also hosted gatherings such as literary events, clothing swaps and movie screenings.

“Growing up in Cedar Falls, there were a lot more places to host different events that a young art community would want to be a part of, and after leaving and coming back, I noticed a lack of these places,” said Emily Berregaard, founder

of The Space. “There are a lot of people around here that are extremely talented artists and musicians that don’t have a direct outlet to show their work, maybe due to not being a student or not having the resources.”

Just a few short months ago, The Space was a rundown bookstore. After establishing a friendship with the building’s owner, Berregaard discovered that he was looking for a way to utilize his storefront. After having multiple wishful conversations with a couple of her friends, Berregaard proposed the idea of The Space to the owner, and he agreed to let them give it a shot.

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renovated and improvements continue to be made.

The Space is currently hosting Amber Persinger’s art show, entitled “Just Pretend to Be Normal.”

Persinger, a senior majoring in art studio with an emphasis in painting at the University of Northern Iowa, thinks The Space is a wonderful idea.

“It is the only venue where so many art forms can come together in a contemporary setting and fit cohesively,” said Persinger.

Anyone interested in learning more about The Space can visit its Facebook fan page at www.facebook. com/TheSpace109. The page includes upcoming events and hours, as well as contact information for any interested artists or musicians.

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The amaXing challenge accepted Sorority raises money for Autism Speaks CAITIE PETERSON Staff Writer

Chalk one up to the residence halls CAITIE PETERSON Staff Writer

Things have been a bit more colorful around campus this week – perhaps because the University of Northern Iowa has just had its first Homecoming week chalking competition.

Students living in the residence halls were invited to come together within their houses to design and chalk in a space of roughly 10 square feet on the Campanile Plaza.

Six houses signed up for the competition, and five completed their chalk murals.

The event ran from Monday, Oct. 2 to Wednesday, Oct 5 at 10 a.m.

Casie Brocker t, Homecoming chair and senior history major, and Kristen McPheron, a junior

general communication major on the Homecoming committee, explained how the event came to be.

“Houses have done murals on the windows of their buildings,” said Brockert, “but not everyone always gets to see them.”

“We wanted to do something around the Campanile for Homecoming,” said McPheron. Both agreed that the intent of the competition was to represent residence halls in the middle of campus.

Designs for the chalk murals had to be creative, incorporate the Homecoming theme of “Home at the Dome” and be pleasing to the eyes to win votes from the judges. The See CHALK, page 11

“More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes and cancer combined,” read a puzzle-piece-shaped poster at Seerely Park last Sunday, Oct. 2, when Alpha Xi Delta (AZD) held its fourth annual “Day in the Park” and “Puzzlepalooza,” with all proceeds going toward Autism Speaks. The event featured food, music, a silent auction and carnival games.

“This is the first year we’ve added carnival games,” said Katie Hanson, the philanthropy chair of AZD. “We wanted to incorporate family and kids into the event.”

Some carnival games that were added this year included a fish pond, plinko and ring toss. Winners of the games received a small, medium or large toy.

“It’s the best time we’ve ever had for this event,” said Jillian Stallman, AZD member and senior finance and real estate double major. “It’s the best turnout we’ve ever had and the best weather we could have asked for.”

“We want it to keep grow-

ing,” said AZD member Liz Sedlacek, a senior art education major. “It’s a lot of fun, and the prizes are sweet.”

The silent auction, which Hanson said brings in the most money for the event, consisted of a variety of gift baskets. Themes of the baskets included Halloween, kid fun, movie night, lunch date and Victoria’s Secret. Hanson added that she thinks the silent auction brings in the most money because people have to compete monetarily to get the baskets.

The real crowd-drawer of the day was “Puzzlepalooza,” a tournament event in which teams of up to five people competed to be the first team to complete small jigsaw puzzles. Participants paid $5 per person to be on a team and try to win prizes provided by local business.

There were two ways in which a winner of each round of the tournament was decided: when a team completed its AZD homemade puzzle or by whichever team had the most pieces put together at the end of 10 minutes.

Teams went into the competition with many different strategies, including the

classic edges-first approach, the put-the-words-or-pictures-together-first tactic, and the I-think-perhapsthis-might-go-here-maybeat-some-point-I-don’t-knowwhat-do-you-think method.

“I think it’s really neat; (the way) they incorporate the puzzle pieces into their philanthropy is really great,” Anna Phalen, a sophomore elementary education major, said of the event.

While Stallman and Sedlacek were the winning team of the winner’s bracket (Xi AmaXing Seniorz) and took home gift bags from Starbucks, the winning team of the consolidation bracket, Kappa Kappa Gamma² Swag, became the proud recipients of the third-place prize of Panchero’s gift certificates.

Kappa Kappa Gamma² Swag represented Kappa Sigma and Gamma Phi Beta.

“It was fun to get together just for a good cause with other Greek people,” said Kappa Kappa Gamma² team member Alyssa Hamilton, a senior biology major. “…and we rocked it,” added Hamilton’s teammate Nick Davis, a senior advertising major.

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Both the organizations involved and students in the crowd got in the Homecoming spirit.

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five minutes to perform.

The format was changed so Pride Cry would be more open to new student organizations. With a smaller-scale performance, groups would not require as much rehearsal time or creativity, which had prevented groups from becoming involved with Pride Cry in the past.

“The hope is also that the teams will choose to highlight the fight song and be creative in the way they present it,” said 2011 Homecoming chair and senior history major Casie Brockert.

Additional rules were set up for the basis of judging.

Groups needed to wear purple and gold and use the fight song in its entirety.

Judges for the event included Cruz, who is program coordinator for the Center for Multicultural Education, geography professor Kirk Stufflebeam and Emily Brandt, junior English major.

“Creativity is very important, as well as incorporating the Homecoming theme,” said Cruz.

Most groups rewrote lyrics to popular songs, including those of LMFAO and Ke$ha.

Other groups made up their own songs and dances, including some that featured stepping.

“Being involved is a lot of fun. … It was amazing to have everyone watch us be amazing out there,” said Luke Hansen, a sophomore communication and theatre education major who participated with Pi Kappa Alpha.

Finalists for the competition were Alpha Delta Pi and Kappa Sigma with their rendition of “Bow Chicka Wow Wow” by Mike Posner, the Black Male Leader’s Union (BMLU) and their step dance to the fight song, and the combined group of the Student Admissions Ambassadors and Connecting Alumni to Students performing a UNI version of “Baby Got Back”

by Sir Mixalot. Of these, both CATS and BMLU were newcomers to the event.

“It feels good because I was just told that they were waiting for an all-black group to do this for some time, and yet we’re an all-male black group,” said Derrick Knight, senior public relations major and BMLU member.

“Not only (did we get) just the win, but we got to make

history today,” senior finance major Skylar Mayberry-Mayes added.

Members of Alpha Delta Pi and Kappa Sigma also rejoiced over their spot in the finals.

“I’m ecstatic right now,” said Kaitlin Bock, executive president for Alpha Delta Pi and junior family services major. “I performed last year and didn’t make it to the finals, so I’m way excited.”

SAA’s group included CATS this year as well.

“We’re proud of our entire group and very proud of all the work that we put into this performance,” said Landon Wood, senior TESOL/Spanish major and member of both SAA and CATS. “We’re just excited and filled with Panther pride.”

UNI Cheerleaders and the UNI Dance Team performed in between some of the acts. Mike

Bobeldyk of the SIAC and Paul Waterman of Academic Advising emceed the event.

UNI president Benjamin Allen and student body president Spencer Walrath spoke before Pride Cry began to list some of the “rules” of Homecoming week and encourage students to get involved with the various Homecoming events.

“Participate in all the activities — you can cut class,” Allen joked.

Cruz, a two-year judge for Pride Cry and attendee of several others, believes this Pride Cry was “exceptional.”

“I think this is probably the best Pride Cry I have ever seen. Last year was good; this year was even better,” said Cruz. “I think everybody’s in that Homecoming spirit, and I think everybody’s pretty pumped up now for Saturday.”

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Colorful trees, perfect weather, apple orchards, corn mazes and pumpkin patches are just a few reasons to be outside this fall. The Cedar Valley has several opportunities for broke college students to enjoy inexpensive (and even free) forms of entertainment.

Heartland Farms, one such venue located in Waterloo, opened to the public about 20 years ago.

“The first year I had an acre, and I borrowed a hayrack from a neighbor,” said David Myers, founder and current owner of Heartland Farms. “We hauled them down. They picked out a pumpkin and threw it on the hayrack, and it was just about as hillbilly as you can get.”

Over the years, Heartland Farms has grown substantially.

“In May we have asparagus, in June we have strawberries, in August we have raspberries and in October we have the pumpkin patches,” said Mary Vanscoyk, an employee since the first

opening day of Heartland Farms.

Heartland Farms continues to expand and now offers many other sources of entertainment to its visitors. Students are able to take a hayride around the farm, stuff their faces with the assortment of tasty treats from the concession stand, pet the farm animals or hop up and down in the bounce house.

The newest addition to Heartland Farms, a cannon that fires pumpkins into the side of a school bus, has proved to please people of all ages.

Thrill seekers can also find amusement at the Heart of Darkness, a haunted house located on the property.

The Fuggiti Apple Orchard, also in Waterloo, is run by Sergio Fuggiti.

The orchard offers an assortment of freshly picked apples with the smallest basket (about 18 apples) costing $4.25.

Even though the selection is dwindling, there are still hundreds of apples to choose from.

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of outdoor fun around the Cedar Falls area. Grab a PB&J, some Cheetos Puffs and some pals and head to the park. Seerley Park, Big Woods and the Industrial Park are all options where students can enjoy a sunny fall afternoon.

There are also numerous trails around town, which are specially made to suit those who wish to go on a hike or a bike ride.

If a student is without a car and unable to drive to those places, there are other options – playing in the leaves or engaging in a friendly game of football are activities many students enjoy.

If one is looking for an excuse to take a road trip with friends, Spring Grove, Ill., which is located four and a half hours away, has the world’s largest corn maze, boasting 11 miles of trails.

Whatever the activity may be, fall is sure provide entertainment for everyone. The season is short, so students will have to enjoy it while it’s here because the slips and falls on walks to class, snot icicles and wet socks are coming quick.

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Heartland Farms, located in Waterloo, offers many activities for students, including a hayride, a cannon that fires pumpkins and a haunted house.

The Sartori Auxiliary will again be hosting the very popular

Jewelry Sale Monday, October 10, 2011

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

West Dining Room Sartori Memorial Hospital Masquerade, a nationally known $5 jewelry company, will be selling a wide variety of quality jewelry and accessories for men, women and children including rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, jewelry sets, wallets and watches — and everything is $5.

Cash, check and credit cards will be accepted.

Associates can use payroll deduction.

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All proceeds will go toward future Auxiliary projects and health care educational scholarships.

Directional signage will be posted in hallways and at stairs/elevators to guide shoppers.

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A tale of two Shakespeares

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Hallie Cook (left), sophomore English and theatre major; Seth Diewold, senior English major; and Michael Braga, junior marketing and sales major, rehearse for “William and Judith” in the Communications Arts Center.

OLIVIA HOTTLE Arts Writer

What if William Shakespeare’s seemingly inexhaustible well of creative genius ran dry at the worst moment? To whom would he turn – and to what lengths would he go – to sustain his career?

“William and Judith,” a staged reading to be performed by members of the University of Northern Iowa Student Theatre Association this month, delves into a story of William Shakespeare and his fictional sister Judith as it also plunges audience members into this scenario amidst a whirlwind of human emotions.

UNISTA will perform the reading at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 11 in the Communication Arts Center room 108.

“William and Judith” analyzes a William Shakespeare, played by junior marketing and sales major Michael Braga, that the world hasn’t seen. He’s out of ideas for plays, dealing with the marriage of his youngest daughter to an unfaithful fiancé and facing an identity crisis. Shakespeare attempts to collaborate on a script with the playwright John Fletcher, played by senior theatre design and production and art major Griffin Garland, which is to be proposed to the theater owner and actor Richard Burbage, portrayed by sophomore accounting major Tyler

Stoppelmoor. When this play fails to impress, however, Shakespeare proposes another play, this one written by his sister, Judith, played by freshman theatre arts major Madeline Achen, who is unaware of the happenings.

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All his greatness is gone, and what lengths is he going to go to get that greatness?

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“It’s interesting to see the fall ... of someone we all know and to see the take on it where Will is not what everyone thinks he is,” said Nate Jorgensen, a sophomore communication and theatre arts major and co-director of the reading. “All his greatness is gone, and what lengths is he going to go to get that greatness? He’s going to steal from his sister. How low can you get?”

Different than a performed play, a staged reading contains fewer props and less blocking, yet this doesn’t hinder the emotion felt from “William and Judith.” Writer Cody Daigle’s use of conversational, modern dialogue between

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“I like it because it’s a realistic story about a strong female character who really could have existed ... we don’t really think about in life like what more could have happened in literature had women been given equal opportunities,” said Achen.

Audiences will get a chance to hear from Daigle, who also wrote Guernica, which opened Thursday in the Strayer-Wood Theatre, during a talkback following the staged reading.

This is the first time “William and Judith” has been staged for an audience.

Its first production as a play, rather than a reading, will be performed next year at Playhouse Tulsa.

“I think (audiences) will enjoy it because the writing is superb, and there’s a relatable character for everyone in it,” said Achen. “It speaks to everyone and everyone can get something out of it.”

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College Eye mentioned alternative arrangements, and the Student Council at the time originally seemed to be considering a date of Dec. 11.

Then, just 10 days in advance, the date for ISTC’s first official Homecoming celebration was announced after being set by the Student Council for Saturday, Oct. 30.

The announcement set off a flurry of activity. A “monster Pep meeting” including “snappy talks” by current and former students was set for the Friday night before the official day of Homecoming. Homecoming itself included tours of the campus, class picnics, alumni reunions and the main event, a football game against Parsons College of Fairfield, Iowa, which the ISTC Teachers (who were not known as the Panthers until the 1930s) won 14-0. After the game, an “all-school party” took place on the gymnasium floor, concluding the events of the “perfect day,” according to the College Eye. The fledgling celebration lived on and blossomed over the next century.

Homecoming returned year after year, except for two years during World War II. It was not the events of Homecoming so much as the spirit of reunion and camaraderie surrounding it that “made” Homecoming, according to the Eye: “Everything worthwhile in this universe is based on brotherly love,” it explained in October 1925. “Homecoming develops and extends this quality.”

The Campanile rises

One of the most prominent symbols of Homecoming, the Campanile, was not present at the first celebration, but joined the tradition soon after.

Ground was broken for the Campanile in 1924, and ISTC dedicated it on Sep. 19, 1926, ahead of Homecoming and in the year of the 50th anniversary of the school’s founding.

It didn’t take long for the Campanile to become not just a symbol of campus but also central to the tradition of Homecoming. If the Sep. 22, 1944 issue of the College Eye is to be believed, the practice of Campaniling began shortly after the structure was completed.

Many stories about the origins of Campaniling exist. One suggests that male students on campus would call a woman to meet them at the Campanile, and then hide in the bushes to wait for her arrival. If,

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name of the house also had to be included somewhere in the mural.

Judging took place at Wednesday’s Panther Picnic, where three winners were chosen by three different groups of judges. Students who attended the picnic had the opportunity to vote for their favorite chalk mural.

Members of the Campus Activities Board voted for their personal favorite mural, and staff members in the Student Involvement and Activities Center also voted for a winner.

The traveling house trophy for crowd favorite was awarded to Dancer Hall’s own Lily House. CAB’s favorite was Campbell Hall’s Jasmine House and the SIAC staff awarded Lawther Hall’s Galliano House with a trophy

upon covertly reviewing her looks, the young man was unimpressed, he would not emerge and would call for another woman instead.

According to a story in the Eye in 1944, female students became “true coeds” when kissed at midnight at the Campanile. This tradition seems to have continued for a while, then become the stuff of memories until 1979, when it was revived at that year’s Homecoming.

Homecoming traditions in flux

Though the spirit and intent of Homecoming remains largely the same as it was nearly a century ago, many of the events associated with it have changed frequently over the years.

Activities that came and went throughout the 20th century include a torchlight parade, bonfires, horse races, “cut day” (when students would skip class en masse), special church services, an event called “Hobo Day,” an alumni-student field hockey game, homecoming kings and queens, dances and a variety show.

The tradition of a Homecoming parade began in 1922 and survives today, albeit in a different format. In previous years, cars were often emblazoned in purple and gold. Dozens of floats cruised parade routes through campus or the streets of Cedar Falls.

Since 2008, when construction on College Hill halted the usual parade route, UNI has held a stationary parade called Panther Festival the Saturday of Homecoming in the northeast corner of campus.

The tradition of Campaniling, too, lives on, though in the present day one is more likely to hear the bells toll the tones of a Lady Gaga song than a hymn after the midnight hour arrives.

After the success of the first Homecoming celebration in 1920, a writer for the College Eye proclaimed, “When the idea of having an annual homecoming was first taken up here at Cedar Falls there were a great many opponents who contended that this school, being a state institution, had not the proper spirit necessary to a successful homecoming. A trial is all that was necessary to prove the fallacy of that assumption.”

In the 91 years since, students past and present continue to don their purple and gold and rally around campus to reaffirm their connection to one another, and that enduring spirit of UNI. as well.

Ashley Stewart, a senior family services major and the resident assistant of “Lily House,” enjoyed the competition.

“I think it was really fun – it got my residents involved with campuswide events,” she said. “All of my residents are freshmen, so I think it was good to get them acclimated to campus.”

Stewart says her house came together to figure out how to incorporate their house and the Homecoming theme into their chalk mural. She also said she was glad that the event gave her residents the chance to get to know other students on the floor.

The murals will, of course, be seen by the Campanile until the next rainfall for anyone who wishes to check them out them this week.

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Chris Jepsen (91),Tre’Darrius Canady (10) and the rest of the UNI defense (pictured here against Iowa State) have played stellar football all season, forcing 12 turnovers and allowing just 15 points per game. Saturday, the UNI defense will be tested by Indiana State and running back Shakir Bell, who is leading the FCS with 767 yards rushing.

BRAD EILERS Sports Editor

When the No. 2-ranked University of Northern Iowa Panthers square off with the No. 17-ranked Indiana State University Sycamores at 4 p.m. Saturday in the UNIDome, it will mark the first time the two teams have faced one another as ranked opponents since Nov. 9, 1996, when the No. 3-ranked Panthers defeated the No. 21-ranked Sycamores 34-19.

The Panthers (3-1, 2-0 MVFC) have dominated the all-time series with the Sycamores, holding a commanding 23-4 lead, and in recent years the series has not even been close. Since the Sycamores’ last victory over UNI in 2002, the Panthers are 8-0 in the series, winning by an average margin of 31 points per contest.

From 2003-2009 the Sycamores only won a combined total of nine games against Football Championship Subdivision opponents, including posting three winless seasons in 2005, 2007 and 2008.

However, last season ISU started to turn things around under third-year head coach Trent Miles. The Sycamores went 6-5 (4-4 MVFC) and finished tied for third place in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Now in his fourth year, Miles seems to have turned the perennial MVFC cellar dwellers into a legitimate conference title contender. The No. 17-ranked Sycamores

are 4-1 overall and 2-0 in MVFC play and are currently tied with UNI for the conference lead. ISU’s lone loss this season was in their season opener, when they lost to Football Bowl Subdivision opponent Penn State University, 41-7.

“Anybody should be impressed with what Coach (Trent) Miles has done,” said UNI head football coach Mark Farley.

“He’s taken a program that didn’t have a lot of things going for it and within a few years he has totally turned it in the other direction. … He’s building a program, not just a team.”

Since the Penn State game, the Sycamores have played stellar football, scoring an average of 41.8 points per game in their four victories. ISU’s offensive success is due in large part to the backfield combo of senior quarterback Ronnie Fouch and sophomore running back Shakir Bell.

Fouch is a transfer from the University of Washington and is in his second season with the Sycamores. He has been efficient, completing 63.1 percent of his passes for 921 yards, seven touchdowns and four interceptions.

Bell, going strictly by the numbers, is the top running back in the FCS. He has racked up an FCS-high 767 yards and eight touchdowns through five games this season. He is averaging an astounding 8.6 See FOOTBALL, page 13

SCOUTING THE SYCAMORES Head Coach: Trent Miles, 11-28 (fourth year) Offensive scheme: Multiple formations Points per game: 34.8 (12th FCS/3rd MVFC) Yards per game: 385.6 (41st FCS/5th MVFC) Passing YPG: 184.2 (81st FCS/7th MVFC) Rushing YPG: 201.4 (21st FCS/4th MVFC) Player to watch: Shakir Bell, running back Defensive scheme: 3-4 base defense Points allowed per game: 30.8 (89th FCS/6th MVFC) Yards allowed per game: 408.2 (89th FCS/6th MVFC) Passing YPG: 238.4 (90th FCS/7th MVFC) Rushing YPG: 169.8 (72nd FCS/5th MVFC) Player to watch: Aaron Archie, linebacker

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PAUL’S PERSPECTIVE

Are NFL teams starting to “suck for Luck?”

PAUL KOCKLER Sports Columnist

Stanford University standout quarterback Andrew Luck is projected to be the top pick in April’s National Football League draft and many teams would love to have him. Why wouldn’t they? Analysts have essentially tabbed him as a mix between Peyton Manning, John Elway and Jesus. He has prototypical size, he has excelled in a pro style offense in college, has led Stanford to an Orange Bowl win last season, he can make all the throws and has the ability to grow a pretty legitimate neck beard. What more could NFL teams want in a franchise player?

There are currently four winless NFL teams and six teams with only one victory. While it is not out of the realm of possibility that any of these teams make the playoffs, nearly all of them are facing an interesting dilemma that usually only presents itself in the National Basketball Association.

Should these teams “suck for Luck?”

What I mean by “suck for Luck” is, should these NFL teams intentionally lose so that their record ends bad enough so that they can “earn” the first pick in the draft and cash in on the once-in-a-lifetime talent that Luck supposedly is? My favorite team, the Miami Dolphins, is one of the teams without a victory, so this issue has me waffling about as much as Brett Favre does every fall. It is tough to decide where I come down on this debate.

If you look at every Super Bowl contender in the NFL, they have a quarterback ranging from good to great. Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers lead the three teams that are probably the biggest favorites currently to win the Super Bowl.

There are other teams with quarterbacks (the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants) that have proven Super Bowl winning quarterbacks as well. Recent history has shown that having a good quarterback is almost essential to being a good team. None of the winless teams have a good quarterback and could really benefit from losing and getting what many people believe is a championship quarterback in the making in Luck.

However, losing on purpose, or not trying your hardest to win (two different things), goes against everything that anyone has ever been taught

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Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck will likely be the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming 2012 NFL Draft. Luck has completed an astounding 71.4 percent of his passes this season.

about the game of football. You can’t ask a group of professionals to intentionally not perform for the betterment of a future team that they might not be a part of. These players have livelihoods and money to make based off how well they play. The whole situation reeks of the movie “Major League” with owners and players at a gigantic conflict of interest.

Owners may want the team to lose to get a future star, but in order to get him, they are going to have to suffer two down years before the dividends start to be paid on their investment.

And investments like these do not always pay well. Manning was not a sure pick over Ryan Leaf at the time of the 1998 draft. If all goes “well” and they get the first pick, it means

they were pretty bad this year and probably lost some fans along the way. Who wants to watch a winless team? The following year with Luck, they will probably not be great either because a good quarterback is joining a terrible team. Remember, Manning went 3-13 his first year in the league and this is supposedly whom Luck is being compared to.

My Dolphins are going nowhere fast, and if they end up excelling in futility, I won’t be too disappointed. A quarterback is what they have needed all along. What will disappoint me is if they stop trying to win games. As my friends who are Detroit Lions fans tell me, “We don’t wish 0-16 on anybody.”

UNI soccer team falls to Illinois State, 2-0 ALEX MILLER Sports Writer

The University of Northern Iowa women’s soccer team kicked off Homecoming week with a loss to the Illinois State University Redbirds, 2-0.

The Panthers started off their Missouri Valley Conference home opener with a strong offensive attack, attempting three shots, but the Redbirds got the breakthrough goal off of a header by Rachel Bostick in the 10th minute and they never looked back.

“I thought first half we were pretty good, actual-

ly very good first half. We created a lot of chances,” said UNI head coach James Price. “And then second half, I don’t think our effort was good enough.”

The Panthers (3-7-2, 0-2-0 MVC) allowed a second goal in the 60th minute following a shot straight to the back of the net by Illinois State’s Rachel Tejada. Overall the Redbirds (6-5-0, 2-1-0 MVC) took 20 shots and managed to put four on frame, whereas the Panthers took 11 shots and put five on target. The Redbirds also out-shot the Panthers on corners, 10-7.

Ashley Capone led the

way for the Panthers with four shots (one on goal).

Kiki McClellan added three shots of her own with one on target as well. Allie Brees, Caitlyn Fuller, Miss Journot and Kelsey Dodler all each added a shot.

As the game came to a close, Capone did everything in her power to get the Panthers a goal, but with each shot came no result. Capone put a shot on target in the 90th minute, but it sailed just a little high and hit the crossbar.

Erin Zaideman played a solid game all-around for the Panthers, allowing two goals, but saving two would-

be goals as well. ISU’s freshman keeper, Aryn Newsom, notched five saves herself, including a few crucial ones to start the game.

“We’ve got to protect our home field better,” said Price. “Our goal on Friday will be to protect our home field and get a win.”

The Panthers are scheduled to play a non-conference Homecoming game against California State-Bakersfield (2-1-8) at home Friday, Oct. 7. The game will be played at the Cedar Valley Youth Soccer Complex in Waterloo. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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yards per carry and 153.4 yards per game. “(Bell) is a very good running back, he’s a powerful running back. He’s got great balance, great vision, he makes great cuts and he’s got the speed to break away if he gets out in space,” said Farley.

For the Panthers to be victorious Saturday, they have to be able to shut down Bell and Fouch and continue to win the turnover battle. Historically, the Panthers have been great at stopping the run and will need to show that this weekend. UNI is allowing 125 rushing yards per game this season, 36th in the FCS. As far as turnovers go, the Panthers have turned the ball over just three times in four games and have forced 12 takeaways, good enough for a 2.25 turnover rate, which ranks third in the FCS. Aside from that, UNI cannot overlook the Sycamores because this Indiana State team is a far more serious threat than their teams of the past decade.

“Indiana State has gone to another level; they’re playing (exceptionally),” said Farley. “They have 18 returning starters off last year’s football team and they’ve already beat Western Kentucky (an FBS school) on the road. They’re a good football team. …

They’ve got all the pieces to the puzzle. … Indiana State is as good a football team as there is in (the MVFC).”

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Today’s Birthday (10/07/11).

Your magnetic attraction is increasing. Take advantage of this situation. You can really pull forward to accomplish goals and projects that seemed stuck before. Try a slightly different path to sidestep obstacles. The door is wide open.

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

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Surround yourself with supportive friends.

Listen and provide comfort and resources in return. Avoid charging ahead without checking the blueprint first. Ask your family for counsel.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is an 8 -- Communications improve greatly and so does your attitude. You find excellent inspiration in a partner and friends. Take the next step with confidence.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is an 8 -- As you care for your investments, watering the seeds that you planted, you may have to make a difficult decision that ultimately results in future growth.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- You’re both your best and worst critic today.

Take your diatribes with a grain of salt, and pay attention to any brilliant ideas. Let others moderate. Make decisions later.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Find strength with structure. You could take on a home improvement or decoration project. Get in communication with a distant friend for advice.

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Your spiritual practices clear your mind.

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