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UNI ROBOTICS HITS NATIONALS

MEN’S BASKETBALL

SEE CAMPUS LIFE, 9

SEE SPORTS, 13

TIME FOR A NEW DOMINION

Northern Iowan OPINION 5 | CAMPUSLIFE 8 | SPORTS 13 | GAMES 16

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November 11, 2011

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Volume 108, Issue 22

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Cedar Falls, Iowa

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MAYOR CREWS WINS REELECTION frank darrah

jon crews

city council member

cedar falls mayor

59 %

3,805 votes

40 %

2,595 votes

Cedar Falls Mayor Jon Crews was reelected Tuesday with 3,805 votes. Runner-up Frank Darrah received 2,595 out of 6,465 total votes, while Larry Quigley came in third with only 53 votes. At-large councilman David Wieland was reelected with 4,204 votes, while none of the four candidates vying for the Ward 4 council seat received the majority necessary to win, which may lead to a run-off election between frontrunners Mare Schmidt and Jim Miller on Dec. 6.

VETERAN AFFAIRS

Modern veterans face multiple issues at UNI KARI BRAUMANN Editorial Staff

This article is the first in a series. Look for part two in our Tuesday, Nov. 15 issue.

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t the University of Northern Iowa, students who have served in the military are a unique population of nontraditional students with unique needs. When individuals return from service and transition to a

university environment, they may face challenges that are almost paradoxical in nature. “We graduate at a lower rate and generally speaking, we have pretty good financial support. So there’s other stuff going on,” said Tim Tolliver, a member of the UNI Student Veterans Association working toward a bachelor’s degree in social work. According to Joe Gorton, SVA’s adviser, “being a veteran and transitioning back

STATE EDUCATION

If you’ve spent a year in Iraq, and you’re in Reserves or Guard or whatever, you’re nontraditional regardless of whether you’re 19 years old or not.

Tim Tolliver UNI student veteran

into civilian society and into a university is difficult” because the military experience differs vastly from civilian life. “It’s a subculture of its own with very specific formal and informal rules for how to live in that environment. In fact, in some respects, it’s outside of civil society. That’s why people in the military aren’t referred to as civilians,” said Gorton, an associate professor in the department of sociology, anthropology and

criminology. Students who have served in the military have had leadership and cultural experiences that traditional students haven’t, according to Lindsay Cohn, an assistant professor of political science. “They have dealt with issues of far greater gravity and importance than most 18-year-olds. They have had ridiculous amounts of See VETERANS, page 17

ACADEMICS

Iowa students demonstrate little Proposed changes to improvement in math and reading LAC create controversy RACHEL ZIDON

BLAKE FINDLEY

Staff Writer

Academic Writer

Over the last two decades, American students on the whole made progress in math and reading. However, in the same time period, Iowa students demonstrated little improvement in math and reading scores, according to a report released last week from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. According to the Des Moines Register, the slump in scores was consistent throughout student backgrounds. Jason Glass, the director of the Iowa Department of Public Education, said the results of the NAEP report support the need for education reform

Social sciences faculty and students are voicing concern over a proposed change to the Liberal Arts Core that would decrease the social sciences requirements. The proposal removes one threecredit course from the current requirement of three three-credit courses. Philip Mauceri, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, expressed concern over the cut, citing the importance of social sciences to a foundation for student learning. “Every day of our life we are engaging in social interactions with others and

See MATH AND READING, page 4

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with social institutions, and a college-educated individual needs to have both the skills and the knowledge to understand these,” Mauceri said. “For example, as citizens of the United States, we need to understand a broad range of policy areas and relationships that affect our lives, as well as the institutions where these decisions are being made.” The recommendation breaks the social sciences section down into three sections: Human Nature and Behavior, Culture and Society, and Politics and Economics. Students would need to complete six hours of classes from these categories. See LAC, page 3

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