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Patrick Kuhse to present ‘Iowa’s Fugitive’

This week’s visit will help determine university’s future, foster improvement JOHN ANDERSON Executive Editor

Ten members of the Higher Learning Commission will be visiting the University of Northern Iowa campus from Nov. 8 through Nov. 10 as part of a process that will determine whether or not the university and its students are eligible for federal grants and whether degrees earned at

the institution will be recognized by graduate programs and employers.

The visit is a part of the reaccreditation process, which assesses the quality of the institution based on certain criteria and provides recommendations for continuous improvement.

“First of all (accreditation) establishes a baseline for quality that is very important for people to

know,” said UNI President Benjamin Allen. “Secondly, it provides an opportunity, and I would say an incentive, to continuously improve…

That’s a key part of it. What steps are we taking, what steps have we taken to keep getting better and better, and can we document that?

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Mike Shiley’s ‘Lessons from Iraq’a snapshot in time

AJ CASSIDY Staff Writer

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A giant clock is on the screen, frozen in time. This particular clock commemorates the exact moment hundreds of civilian bodies inside a bomb shelter were incinerated by a bunkerbusting American bomb. The camera pans over the shapes of bodies still charred into the floor and the pictures of the dead on the walls. The film’s narrator wonders, “Is this terrorism?”

The narrator is Mike Shiley, a resident of Portland, Ore., who risked his life to film his documentary, “Inside Iraq: The Untold Story.” Shiley

Mike Shiley presented an abridged version of his documentary, “Inside Iraq: The Untold Story” on Nov. 4. The video provided an inside look at the war.

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Patrick Kuhse, orginally from Iowa, will present “Iowa’s Fugitive” on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.

SARAH KELZER Staff Writer

Patrick Kuhse will present “Iowa’s Fugitive” on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. Kuhse, an international ethics speaker with more than 20 years of experience as a financial stockbroker, entrepreneur, international fugitive and federal inmate, will be speaking about business ethics and critical thinking skills as part of the Wilson Series in Business Ethics.

The event will take place on the University of Northern Iowa campus.

Kuhse, born and raised on an Iowa farm, was exposed

to a higher-class way of living when he entered college. After college, Kuhse worked as a successful stockbroker and found out he could raise his profit by lying. Eventually, his true work was discovered and he spent four years in Costa Rica, running from the FBI. After spending another four years in prison, Kuhse has made a new career speaking about the importance of ethical behavior and the dangers of greed.

The event will be held in Schindler Education Center room 246. It is free and open to the public.

UNI makes changes to fall commencement ceremony ALEX KOOLBECK Staff Writer

Largely in response to alumni and students’ comments and needs, several changes are being made to University of Northern Iowa’s fall 2010 commencement. These changes include the new venue of the McLeod Center, new diplomas, a

reception after the ceremony and electronic RSVPs. “We want to make the day even more memorable,” said Jennifer Suchan, assistant registrar. “We want to meet the needs of the students and make a more intimate environment for them by creating a smaller venue.”

The ceremony has typically been

held in the UNI-Dome, but after hearing lots of comments requesting a smaller, more intimate venue, it was decided to move the ceremony to the McLeod Center.

“With the December graduation being smaller, it will be easier to check it out and see if it’s something we want to continue,” said Suchan.

After the ceremony, students,

their guests, faculty, staff and administration will be taken from the McLeod Center to the UNIdome. Having a reception after the ceremony is something UNI has always been interested in doing.

“By having a reception, it extends it beyond a ceremony and makes it See COMMENCEMENT, page 5

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Iraq in December of 2003, armed with a homemade ABC press pass, digital video recorder and rented bullet-proof vest. Cashing in 60,000 airline miles, Shiley travelled to Amman, Jordan and eventually into Iraq.

On Nov. 4, Shiley showed an abridged version of his film in Maucker Ballroom.

The event was hosted by the Campus Activities Board.

Shiley called the abridged version of the movie and the ensuing Q&A session “Lessons from Iraq.”

The congestion of the streets of Baghdad is a common problem during the filming of Shiley’s documentary. People wait hours for gasoline. One man spots Shiley’s camera trained on him, catching him in the act of siphoning gasoline. He smiles at Shiley and says, “Look what you did to Iraqis.

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In another scene, Iraqis are paid to pick up pieces of bodies scattered by a car bomb. Many pieces are “no bigger than a coin.” The images are graphic, as the scalp of a casualty is shown spread on the pavement.

Later in the film, the Camp Anaconda military base has a trash dump, surrounded by a razor-wire fence and loitering Iraqi children. They wait for guards to leave and make a dash for the trash.

This dump is full of food

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and useful items. Scenes like this stuck with some students.

“The dumps were interesting. I was surprised how much waste there was,” said Zach Neuhaus, a sophomore criminology major.

The Q&A session allowed audience members to speak with Shiley and two University of Northern Iowa Iraq War veterans: John Berglin, a senior geography major, and Justin Nerlien, a senior social science education major. Both served in the Marine Corps.

Shiley’s presence in the Q&A session was more personal than his narration in the documentary. When asked what his ultimate lesson from Iraq would be, Shiley discussed his belief that “all wars are fought for economic gain. This should be called ‘The War for Oil.’”

Karla Hansmeier, a junior public relations major, said the presentation “was a little biased. I was thinking it would be more neutral.”

The Marines in attendance felt the film was an accurate depiction. Berglin said many points of the movie were valid, but “a lot has changed.” Nerlien echoed his sentiment, saying that things in Iraq changed between his first and second tours.

Aubrey Symons, a photography major at Hawkeye, said she wonders, “Why are we still in Iraq?” While “Inside Iraq” offers no solutions, it does provide an outlet for questions. Perhaps that is the most important lesson of all.

For more information on “Inside Iraq,” visit www.insideiraqthemovie.com.

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Extremes rule both parties, as centrists are in decline liberal Republicans were McClatchy Newspapers turned out through the year, ousted by primary chalThe center may be falling lenges from more conservative candidates and leaving out of American politics.

About two dozen mod- a more conservative party erate to conservative behind.

The result is a more Democrats in the House of Representatives were defeat- polarized Congress. That ed Tuesday, leaving a more could complicate efforts to liberal party in Washington. solve some of the country’s Also, several moderate to biggest problems, such as

government deficits and debt, especially as outsized voices on talk radio, cable TV and in the blogosphere pressure the parties not to compromise.

All this risks driving politics further from the American people, many of whom still stand squarely in the middle of the political road.

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students, who are deciding which college to go to, but it’s important for the institution because it provides an incentive to keep getting better.”

In order to receive accreditation, a university must demonstrate that it follows its mission, that it is preparing for the future, that its students are learning and that its faculty are teaching effectively, that it is meeting its research goals and that it is promoting and engaging in service to the community.

Accreditation is a way to ensure that the university is meeting these criteria and providing a quality education. The consequences for not receiving accreditation, however, are dire.

“What you don’t want to know is what happens when you don’t get accredited, because what that does is that you cannot access federal money for Pell grants, for other types of projects — it would be dev-

astating,” Allen said. “Secondly, it would be a statement to, I call it, to the marketplace that we don’t have quality here. So what maintaining accreditation does is really allow you to continuously improve.”

UNI began a two-year self-study in spring 2008 to prepare for accreditation. The self-study report provides an overview of the university and demonstrates how it is meeting the HLC’s criteria in addition to addressing how the institution has responded to the commission’s suggestions for improvement following their visit in 2010. The report also includes information about Foundations of Excellence, a project the university has undertaken to improve students’ first-year experience.

This week’s visit plays an integral role in the accreditation process.

“This visit is important because it is the first level of review,” Allen said. “This team that will be here with about 10 people will then send its report to a committee of the

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their minds, say what’s good about (the university), things that can be improved, because it gets at that continuous improvement and that’s so important for this,” Allen said.

“And so the main thing is to participate and to speak honestly about how they feel about the place, what’s good, what’s bad and what can be improved.”

While the self-study has been an important step the university has taken to prepare for reaccreditation, Allen feels that the day-to-day operations of the institution are what matter.

“Fundamentally, what we’ve been doing (to prepare for reaccreditation) is doing a good job over the last 10 years… It’s a matter of doing things consistently in between these accrediting efforts,” he said.

“This is something which we take very seriously. We believe that it can help improve the university, and we do it in that spirit,” Allen said.

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Higher Learning Commission, and that committee will actually be the one making the judgment on those things. But this review team is the one that will actually have the most input, because they are here, they will look at this report, they will verify it, they will talk to students and faculty and staff. So the committee at the Higher Learning Commission really depends on this review team to make the judgments on are we getting better, are we doing what we say we do and do we have the quality that we should have for the students.”

Allen encouraged students, faculty and staff to attend the open forums with the HLC team of reviewers on Monday and Tuesday in Maucker Union Ballroom A. On Monday, the staff open forum was at 10:30 a.m., the faculty forum was Tuesday at 2 p.m. and the student forum was at 4:30 p.m. There will be an additional faculty forum at 9:30 a.m. today.

“One thing (students can do) is just participate and say what’s on

Among the losers: Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi, who voted against the Democratic health care law, opposed “cap-and-trade” energy legislation and voted for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for president in 2008 against his own party’s nominee, Barack Obama.

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The edges of Hurricane Tomas raked over the southern peninsula of Haiti on Friday, flooding several cities and causing anxiety as it edged closer to the capital, where more than 1 million people remain in tent camps following the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Although it looked like Port-au-Prince might be spared the brunt of the storm, particularly the wind, heavy rains backing up against the mountains could unleash catastrophic floods.

Haitian officials reported one death in the early going, a man attempting to ford a river in the southern province of Grande Anse.

President Rene Preval took to the radio, warning people in vulnerable areas to leave. He said he had traveled to parts of the country “where a lot of people didn’t know there was a hurricane coming.”

“It’s not when the water comes upon you that you’re supposed to be looking for a place to stay,” he said.

“Go to a friend’s house.”

In the earthquakewrecked capital, many do not have that option. In the 10 months since the quake, international aid groups and the Haitian government have been unable to provide temporary shelters on a large scale.

By and large, camp residents hunkered down under tarps and pieces of rusted tin. “We don’t know

what to do,” said Jubert Clerge, 48, watching the rain from his hut, made of leaky tarps hung over a stick frame, at a camp on the Delmas 33 road.

A stream just 10 feet away turns his floor into mud during every storm.

Just two weeks ago, he was 3 feet deep in water and muck. On Friday morning, he nailed a piece of corrugated tin across the bottom of his doorway, hung the clothes not destroyed by the last flood over the rafters, and waited to see what nature had in store for his country this time.

He looked at the piece of tin and laughed at the absurdity of it.

“I can’t do anything else,” he said.

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into a whole day of celebration of the students and their accomplishments,” Suchan said. “Hopefully it will facilitate conversation between students, faculty, staff and administration.”

The reception will be held on the UNI-Dome floor and will include food, tables and picture-taking venues.

Along with venue and addition of the reception, the diplomas are new altogether as there will be a new design on new paper.

“Students wanted the diplomas to be a much more traditional style,” said Suchan.

In addition, instead of the typical two different sizes, there will be three different diploma sizes. Bachelor students will receive the typical 8½ x 11 inch diploma, those receiving their master degree will receive a 10 x 13 inch diploma and doctoral students will receive a 11 x 14 inch diploma.

“We wanted to give the master’s degree students something a little bit more special,” Suchan said. “It shows the difference from getting a bachelor’s degree because it is such an honor to go on and get your master’s degree.”

Everything involving commencement is now being done online in an attempt to be more environmentally conscious. The RSVPs are electronic, reminders are being sent out electronically and students can now order their caps and gowns online.

The deadline to RSVP for the ceremony is Nov. 19.

Students must meet the deadline to be in the commencement booklet and have a specific seat on the floor.

The remaining Democratic lawmakers, particularly in the House, will be more liberal, and under great pressure from such outside groups as labor unions not to make any compromises that would cut federal spending, particularly for pay or benefits for government employees.

In the Republican Party, dozens of Tea Party conservatives won seats in the House. They’re likely to pressure GOP leaders to make deep cuts in government spending, and to oppose any compromise with President Obama.

Tea Party candidates defeated moderate rivals in Senate primaries through the year. Among the moderate GOP victims: Rep. Michael Castle of Delaware, Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida, Secretary of State Trey Grayson of Kentucky and Sen. Robert Bennett of Utah.

The ultimate example: Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, whose political fate this year evoked the old line from Texas Democrat Jim Hightower, who sneered, “There’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.”

A moderate to liberal Republican for most of his career, Specter was often right in the middle of Senate deal-making that bridged the two parties.

Conservatives finally forced him out of the party last year, when he switched to become a Democrat rather than face a GOP primary

He never embraced the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, cofounded by Bill Clinton; Obama once declined to appear at a council meeting even though it was in the same building as his campaign headquarters.

Obama also refused to join one of the most publicized efforts of the George W. Bush era to forge a centrist compromise, the “Gang of 14” center-minded senators, who worked out a deal to get Senate approval for President Bush’s judicial nominees.

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“Both parties in Congress have become farther apart and more homogenous. Yet if you look at public opinion, the electorate looks about the same as it did in the 1970s, with a big center,” said Morris Fiorina, a political scientist at Stanford University, a scholar at the conservative Hoover Institution and the author of the book “Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America.”

“This was not an ideological election,” Fiorina said.

“This was people saying, ‘We want to see the government work.’”

Galston agreed that there’s a disconnect between the political parties and the people, but he suggested that the center also is shrinking among the people.

He noted that the ranks of Americans who call themselves moderate –– one definition of the center –– have been shrinking. The total of self-identified liberals has remained the same, while the ranks of conservatives have been growing.

“Elected officials are more polarized than the American people,” he said. “But the American people are more polarized than they used to be.”

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This was not an ideological election. This was people saying, ‘We want to see the government work.’

overhaul or cut spending on such things as education or energy research, which he increased in last year’s package to stimulate the economy.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., his party’s leader in the Senate, signaled that his side won’t give, either.

“The mandate for change is directed at the other guys,” he said.

Some influential forces outside of Congress suggest that there’s room to deal. Sal Russo, the strategist behind the Sacramento, Calif.-based Tea Party Express, said the group knew that there had to be deals in order to get to the larger goal of curbing the federal government.

“Most people recognize that you have to give to get sometimes,” he said.

Others aren’t as flexible.

“What is all this talk about compromise?” radio talkshow host Rush Limbaugh said last week. “Compromise is off the table. They didn’t want to compromise with us and we have no business compromising with them.

They lost. Losers compromise. We don’t. We’ve got nothing to compromise.”

“It means absolute gridlock,” said Dennis Goldford, a political scientist at Drake University in Iowa. “Any hint of compromise is seen as treason.”

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What’s the best movie you have seen lately?

By ERIN TRAMPEL Staff Writer

What do long car drives, blowing paper and wrapped gifts have in common?

They’re all featured in the November gallery of art exhibits in the Kamerick Art Building.

The exhibit, “Action is Eloquence” is being held Nov. 1-30 and features four University of Northern Iowa alumni. The alumni include Bruce Charlesworth, who received a bachelor’s in fine arts in 1972; Dawn Gettler, who received a bachelor’s in fine arts in 2003; Karla Hackenmiller, who received a bachelor’s in fine arts in 1993; and Tom Mueske, who received a bachelor’s in fine arts in 2005.

Charlesworth works in film, video, photography, performance art and installation art. He is known for his feature-length film “Private Enemy, Public Eye,” which was adapted into a book and published in 1989.

His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, and he has received numerous awards, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Jerome Foundation, the Guggenheim Memorial

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The UNI Gallery of Art “Action is Eloquence” exhibit features art from UNI alumni Bruce Charlesworth, Dawn Gettler, Karla Hackenmiller and Tom Mueske.

Foundation and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.

He currently works as an assistant professor of film studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Gettler is a printmaker. She received her master’s in fine arts from Ohio University in Athens, where she also served as a graduate assistant, teaching advanced printmaking and foundations courses. She most recently served as an artistin-residence in the Bemis Center for Contemporary

Arts in Omaha, Neb. Gettler has shown her artwork in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Georgia, Idaho and Florida and has an upcoming exhibit at the Janalyn Hanson White Gallery at Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids.

Hackenmiller works with etchings and collages.

She has displayed her work nationally and internationally, and currently works as an associate professor and chair of the printmaking program at Ohio University in Athens. Her most nota-

ble exhibit was at the Mesa Art Center in Arizona and the Czech Museum of Fine Art in Prague. She also has the distinction of being the co-founder and co-director of the annual “Inkahoots!” event, an outdoor collaborative printing festival at Ohio University. In 2006, she also Once. helped organize the Mid America Print Council biennial conference, “Forging Connections.”

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UNI community members shedding their clothes for a good cause

By MAGGIE DONOVAN Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa community is giving back. On Nov. 9, hundreds of people will be shedding their winter wear and running, walking or even rolling through a mile of UNI’s campus for the fourth annual Polar Bare Run, Walk or Roll sponsored by the UNI Alumni Association and its student group, Connecting Alumni to Students.

This event is a winter-wear drive for the Salvation Army, where participants arrive at the event in new or gently used coats, windbreakers, hats, mittens, scarves, sweaters, jeans and sweatshirts. Participants then shed their winter wear before embarking on their one-mile course. Any winter wear that’s donated will ultimately go the people of the Cedar Valley community who don’t

have the appropriate clothing to keep them warm on chilly nights.

“I think it’s a neat way for students to give back to the Cedar Valley because this is their new home, so (they) don’t always see the people that (they) touch.

But to be a part of it and know it’s going to a good organization that’s going to be able to give those warm items to the people that really need them,” said Connie Hansen, assistant director of outreach and engagement for UNI Alumni Relations.

According to Hansen, everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend this event.

“Fraternities and sororities, residence halls, alumni, faculty and staff – everyone is welcome to participate, so it’s a neat way to bring everyone together,” she said.

The Polar Bare Run, Walk or Roll started with 150 people and attendance

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has been steadily increasing each year.

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“Right now we have over 300 participants registered to participate, so we are just really thrilled. It’s just a fun Erin Smith event and we see a lot of people who freshman communication major did it their freshman year, and this will probably be their last year that they get to participate, so I think it’s kind of become a tradition on campus where people are like, ‘I love the Polar Bare!’”

Hansen said.

Hansen said the event will feature a fun twist this year.

“This year, we have kind of a throwdown going on with Wichita State,” she said. “They’re actually doing their Polar Bare event the same night as we are, and we’re doing a challenge to see who can Dinner for Schmucks. load up the most boxes of clothes to go to be donated. So we’re looking to see if we might be able to come up with some

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With a slimmer budget and sharper focus, ‘Conan’ is primed for return

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LOS ANGELES -- As their new 11 p.m. TBS talk show gets ready to roll Monday, Conan O’Brien and his staff have started to learn how the other half lives. After 17 years at NBC, they’re adjusting to cablesized portions.

“We have a lower budget for the show,” Jeffrey Ross, executive producer of “Conan,” said in an interview. “So unfortunately we couldn’t bring everybody with us” from “The Tonight Show,” where O’Brien was unceremoniously dumped and Jay Leno reinstalled as host earlier this year.

And then there’s that 250seat studio on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, which “Conan’s” designers have rigged up to resemble the kind of midsized theaters O’Brien successfully played on a nationwide comedy tour earlier this year. “The studio is a little bit smaller than what we had” at “Tonight’s” studio in nearby Universal City, Ross said.

Yet O’Brien’s switch from legacy broadcaster to basiccable outpost represents a hugely symbolic moment in the evolution of late-night TV, as the audience tilts away from aging franchises such as “Tonight” to younger competitors.

In October, for the first time ever, Comedy Central’s

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based artist who received his master’s of fine arts in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he received the Graduate Fellowship Award. Mueske has received the honor of being a guest artist at California State University in Long Beach and received an artist’s grant from the Vermont Studio Center in 2006. He presented his first solo exhibition in 2008 at the Haines Gallery in San Francisco, which is still representing his work. This year Mueske’s work was accepted

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Missouri Valley Conference challenge where we can challenge our other Missouri Valley schools. Do them on the same night, and then see which school can come up with the most donated items.

Hopefully we’ll be able to

“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” became the No. 1 late-night program among adults ages 18 to 49, beating “Tonight” and CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman,” according to the Nielsen Co. Leno and Letterman are now battling for supremacy of a diminished and notably grayer audience. The median age of the Letterman viewer is 56; for Leno, it’s 55.

Meanwhile, Stewart generates just as much news and water-cooler chatter as do the traditional hosts. And the field includes a growing roster of other personalities with their own followings, such as Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Chelsea Handler.

The plethora of talk shows brings to mind Johnny Carson, who ended his reign as late-night king in 1992 by noting that the world’s population grew by 2.4 billion since he started doing “Tonight” in 1962. “Half of those ... will soon have their own late-night TV show,” he joked.

“There’s no king of late night anymore,” said Brad Adgate, an analyst for ad firm Horizon Media in New York.

“There’s a lot of princes, even a princess, but there’s no king.”

TBS is angling to grab a big slice of the youth audience with O’Brien, whose goofy “Coco” persona has developed a strong cult fol-

into the California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, Calif.

These artists are all represented in the November gallery show, which is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The gallery is located on the northeast corner of Hudson Road and West 27th Street on the main floor of the Kamerick Art Building.

keep adding twists to it and keep it fresh so people keep wanting to do it.”

The Polar Bare Run, Walk or Roll will begin and end at the UNI Alumni House, 1012 W. 23rd Street. Checkin begins at 9 p.m. and the race starts at 9:30 p.m.

lowing among college kids.

Ross said that though the program will have a different flavor, it will still feature the familiar elements, including a monologue, comedy bits, guest interviews and even sidekick Andy Richter.

On the TBS lineup, O’Brien is joining George Lopez, another broadcast refugee whose “Lopez Tonight” has aired on the network for a year. “Lopez Tonight” will get pushed back to midnight so “Conan” can take the prime 11 p.m. spot.

The Time Warner-owned cable network is hoping for a double punch that can match what NBC has with Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon as well as CBS’ block of Letterman and Craig Ferguson. CBS declined to comment, and an NBC spokesperson could not be reached.

“We’re in competition with everybody,” Ross said.

“The gap’s narrowing. Cable is not Siberia anymore. ...

The Comedy Central guys have proven that.”

But it can take a long time to establish a latenight comedy brand. After all, “Tonight” has ruled the

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Conan O’Brien returns to television Monday on TBS after 17 years at NBC.

kingdom, with only a few exceptions, since its premiere in 1954. O’Brien himself got off to a famously rocky start as host of “Late Night” in 1993. Critics savaged his ten-

tative performance, and NBC executives had so little faith in their young host that they initially balked at making any renewal commitment lasting more than a few months.

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Courts vs. legislation What would our against violent video games Founding Fathers think?

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Fatality or flawless victory?

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in the case Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association, which challenges the constitutionality of a 2005 California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. In other instances where states have passed such laws, they have almost always been overturned as unconstitutional constraints on free speech. The same thing happened in California in August 2007, when the law was overturned by a U.S. district judge. Following that ruling, the state of California appealed to a federal circuit court in 2009.

As a justification for continuing to pursue this case, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “We have a responsibility to our kids and our communities to protect against the effects of games that depict ultra-violent actions.” Once again the original ruling was upheld, and then appealed a final time until the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.

Few people actively follow Supreme Court cases, but this is one that is very relevant to college students. The future of gaming could be on the line right now; a decision that video games are not a form of constitutionally protected free speech could open the floodgates to a tidal wave of morally-righteous legislation aimed at keeping “objectionable material” out of the hands of minors. Alternatively, a decision that video

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Arnold Schwarzenegger talks to the press on Oct. 8, 2010 in Sacramento, California. The California governor is currently defending a 2005 California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors.

games are a protected form of free speech would keep people like Jack Thompson from being able to push their backwards moral convictions on the video game industry.

At previous levels of appeal, this case has hinged primarily on a few problems with the original California law, none of

Life after the elections ROBERT TURNER bobt@uni.edu

Thankfully the election is over and we can get back to life without campaign commercials every two seconds. This quiet time will hopefully last a few weeks before everything goes right back downhill for the 2012 presidential election.

The Republicans regained the House while Democrats retained the Senate, but the real question that needs to be asked is, did anyone really win? All the same problems we had are still here, nothing is going to be fixed any time soon and from my own Libertarian perspective, days after the election things have gotten increasingly worse.

Many of the problems I see on the horizon are begin-

ning in California and were reinforced either on Election Day or the days following.

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The danger when the government decides everything is we lose all personal freedom of choice, which to some extent has already been happening with no end in sight.

Prop 19, the ballot measure to legalize marijuana in California, was voted down with roughly a 53 percent to 46 percent vote. Ironically, many cities had ballot measures to place a tax on medical marijuana, which passed in many places. I’m personally in favor of decriminalizing pot, if not making if fully legal. I’ve never smoked

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marijuana, but I’ve been around those that have, and I honestly don’t see much difference between alcohol and weed. There was even a study done in Europe that found the effects of alcohol were in fact much worse than harder drugs.

In San Francisco, there is now a ban on fast food restaurants giving out toys with food geared toward children. For example, the Happy Meal from McDonald’s can no longer have the free toy unless it met certain criteria regarding calories, fat, sugar, etc.

The intent is to help childhood obesity rates decrease in the city and state, with the basic theory being that the toy is marketed to the child who then begs his or her parents for the food.

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When our nation was built, our Founding Fathers had it right.

They constructed a nation based on the principles of freedom, justice and integrity. The key players -- Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton – were smart men. They knew what the people wanted, what the people desired and most importantly, what the people needed.

These men founded a nation where everyone was given the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They built a Constitution that was fair to the people. In no way were the Founding Fathers perfect -- as we saw with slavery and unequal rights for women -- but they knew changes would need to take place in the future. They were smart enough to know that the Constitution may need to be adjusted, so they created ways for the American people to make those changes when necessary.

Our Founding Fathers set us up for success. They developed a nation that would allow all people to succeed – a nation that gave every American the right to live the “American Dream.”

But what would our Founding Fathers think today? If they could look at America now, would they be happy with what they see? Would they see a nation filled with integrity and justice?

Would they see a nation that is giving everyone the right to the “American Dream?”

No. They would be disappointed. We are beginning to tear down what our Founding Fathers have built up for us. This America is not the America our Founding Fathers would have wanted.

Just look at the economy. We are experiencing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in September, employers took 1,486 mass layoff actions involving 133,379 workers. In Iowa, the unemployment rate still hovers around 6 percent, whereas in 1999, the unemployment rate in Iowa was only 2 percent. And the worst part is that things aren’t getting much better. We are constantly told that we may never be able to live the lives our parents lived. The “American Dream” is changing – it’s not as attainable as it used to be. This is not something our Founding Fathers would want to see.

Then there’s the environment. Each and every day, our environment continues to get destroyed. We continue to pollute the earth, kill off animals and waste essential resources. The BP oil spill was the worst of all. Abut 4.9 million barrels of oil (205.8 million gallons) leaked from the Deepwater Horizon well, which is about half the amount of crude oil the United States imports per day. This spill killed thousands of innocent animals and ruined many fishing and tourism industries in the South. Approximately 2,263 visibly oiled dead birds were found, not mention all the other wildlife hurt by the spill. This too would be something our Founding Fathers would frown upon.

Then, of course, there’s politics. Today’s politics are a game.

Many candidates are constantly playing dirty tricks to get a vote.

Scandal, deception and greed are all too common in our political system. It’s happening right here in Iowa. Recently, three Iowa Supreme Court justices were ousted by the retention election. The majority of Iowans chose to eliminate these judges because of the decision they made on gay marriage rights. But these judges made their decisions based on the Iowa Constitution and the rights of the people. They did not look at what was popular; they looked at what was fair. But yet, some Iowans wanted them out? Why would we want to eliminate justices who are simply doing their jobs with integrity? We think our Founding Fathers would look down on this, too. They founded our nation on freedom and equality, and they wouldn’t want us to throw it all away.

We as Americans need to take a hard look at what we’re doing today. Our actions would not make our Founding Fathers proud.

We need to reinstall the values set forth by our Founding Fathers – freedom, justice and integrity.

We need to bring the “American Dream” back, and we’re exactly the generation who can do it. Our time is now, so let’s make some changes.

This editorial reflects the position of the Northern Iowan’s editorial staff: John Anderson, Leah Jeffries, Brad Eilers, Cassie Tegeler, Anna Schreck and Kari Braumann. All other articles and illustrations represent the views of their authors.

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which have been sufficiently answered by the state. The first problem has to do with the vagueness of the law’s definition of “violence” and the criteria for determining what content can be banned.

Without quoting the original legislation too heavily, it has key legal language that considers the perspective of “a reasonable person,” or relies on the “prevailing standards,” or depends on the “literary, artistic, political or scientific value” of the content. There is a lot more language like this present in the bill, and it’s just vague enough that it could be interpreted in any way that the government sees fit.

The second issue is the precedent set by such a law.

Basically, if violence in video games is a valid legal reason for government censorship, then what about the film, publishing and music industries?

Setting such a precedent would almost inevitably lead to similar laws regarding movies and music – it would almost have to for the sake of consistency.

Picking up on this during the oral arguments earlier this month, Justice Scalia remarked, “That same argument could have been made when movies first came out. They could have said, oh, we’ve had violence in Grimm’s fairy tales, but we’ve never had it live on the screen.

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A third problem with the law is that there is a pronounced lack of evidence to back up the specious claims made by its proponents with regard to the effects of violence in video games on minors.

In his 2007 decision, the U.S. district judge who upheld the original decision to overturn the law cited these problems, saying, “The plaintiffs have shown at least that serious questions are raised concerning the states’ ability to restrict minors’ First Amendment … including the question of whether there is a causal connection between access to such games and psychological or other harm to children.” In the SCOTUS hearing earlier this month, Justice Sotomayor also commented on this problem, remarking that “one of the studies, the Anderson study, says that the effect of violence is the same for a Bugs Bunny episode as it is for a violent video. So can the legislature now, because it has that study, outlaw Bugs Bunny?”

Unsurprisingly, the state of California rejected this conclusion.

Basically, this law is just another attempt by a moralizing politician to protect the nation’s hapless youth from the dangers of violent video games, even though the proponents of these laws rarely understand the industry, and their cherry-picked evidence

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The Entertainment Consumers Association organizes a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court prior to the Court’s hearing on California’s appeal and debate whether the states can restrict the sale of violent games to children and teenagers, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 in Washington, D.C.

never substantiates the claims that they make. I’m not terribly worried about this case – the law has been overturned several times now, and similar legislation has been regularly (and correctly) rejected as violations of the First Amendment.

It’s my sincere hope that the Supreme Court sees it this way, and puts this law to rest for good.

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Volunteer Gregory Lyons, 63, of Oakland, Calif., makes calls at Oaksterdam University in support of Proposition 19, a marijuana legalization initiative, in Oakland on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Proposition 19 was voted down with roughly 53 percent of voters against it.

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the Supreme Court is going to hear the case of video games being sold to minors. The law was signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger but thrown out by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The intent of this law was to make sure minors couldn’t buy or rent violent video games and also to make gaming manufacturers put better guidelines for what’s in the game on the label. The main problem is that manufacturers already have a rating system in place that is clearly marked on each game, and many stores already have a policy against selling mature games to minors. In fact, I’m almost 30 and in the past two years I’ve been carded when buying both R-rated movies and mature-rated games. If I’m being carded for these things, I have no idea how someone under the age of 17 is able to purchase these types of items.

I don’t bring these things up because I want people stoned all the time or little fat kids running around playing Grand Theft Auto. For the kids, I want parents to be parents; they can decide what is right for their own kids. As for adults that want to smoke, much like alcohol, if you’re not on the roads or creating another public safety issue, then I think adults should choose what is right for themselves. The danger when the government decides everything is that we lose all personal freedom of choice, which to some extent has already been happening with no end in sight. For these types of personal freedom or personal choice issues, it really doesn’t matter which party has the power.

On the right you always have a Brent Bozell and the Parents Television Council, and on the left you always have a Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Center. It’s not about right or left. Both sides think they know what’s best for you, but it’s time for YOU to decide for yourself.

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The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Wednesday, Nov. 3: President Obama still controls the bully pulpit in Washington.

That’s not a statement of defiance over Tuesday’s midterm election results, which showed a wave of voter anxiety nationwide. It’s simply the political reality confronting an emboldened GOP. Heading into this election, the Republican Party was expected to pick up seats in the House and Senate and in statehouses across the nation.

Although some races had yet to be decided Tuesday night, Republicans appeared to be headed to significant gains in all regions of the country, including an anticipated takeover of the House only four years after the GOP lost it.

Voters’ anti-incumbent mood was in large part a response to the weak economy and lack of jobs. With the unemployment rate holding steady for months around 9.6 percent, any party in power was bound to suffer big losses.

Both parties should return to Washington with the same objective: getting the economy back on track. To do that, Obama will need to adjust his agenda to the new political landscape, and Republican lawmakers must recognize that Obama still wields the veto pen.

One of the most pressing economic issues will need to be addressed even before Tuesday’s winners take office in January. The Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire at the end of this year, and Congress has been unable to agree on how to extend them.

Obama and most Democrats in Congress have advocated extending the tax cuts only for families earning less than $250,000.

Republicans, and some

Democrats, want to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest wage earners as well.

Inaction by the lame-duck Congress isn’t a good option; it would result in at least temporary tax increases for everyone, and prolong uncertainty during a slow economic recovery.

Obama’s proposal is preferable because it adds less to the debt over the next 10 years than the Republicans’ plan.

But a shorter-term extension of tax relief for all might be the only option that’s achievable now.

Will Republican lawmakers be willing to work with Obama on other proposals to jump-start the economy? Not if their behavior before the election is any indication.

Republicans voted in lockstep against a worthwhile Democratic proposal that granted tax breaks and other incentives for small businesses to grow. GOP candidates instead campaigned on a pledge to repeal the new federal health-care law. That would amount to an unproductive exercise in political posturing over the next two years.

One of the most troubling aspects of this election was the dramatic increase in campaign spending. Candidates and a proliferation of outside groups spent about $4 billion in this two-year cycle, obliterating the $2.8 billion spent in 2006.

Lenient court decisions and loopholes in tax law have allowed this unacceptable arms race to spin wildly out of control. Responsible lawmakers must push for greater transparency and more enforceable limits on fundraising in future elections.

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Panthers retain sole possession of first place in MVFC

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UNI quarterback Tirrell Rennie became the 20th Panther and first quarterback in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season. Rennie rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday against the Sycamores.

By BRAD EILERS

Sports Editor

The University of Northern Iowa Panthers maintained sole possession of first place in the Missouri Valley Football Conference standings after a 30-20 victory over the Indiana State University Sycamores.

The Panthers (6-3, 5-1

MVFC) had two 100-yard rushers for the third time this season. Junior quarterback Tirrell Rennie led UNI with 187 yards and two touchdowns on the ground while sophomore running back Carlos Anderson added 139 yards of his own. Rennie surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season,

becoming the 20th Panther and first quarterback in school history to do so.

Rennie also completed 9 of 14 pass attempts for 163 yards to help the Panthers finish with a season-high 503 total yards of offense.

Senior linebacker Jamar Thompson and junior linebacker L.J. Fort each

notched 10 tackles for UNI. The Panthers finished with five sacks, led by two from junior defensive lineman Will Eilert.

Darrius Gates led ISU (5-4, 3-3 MFVC), who fell from a second place tie to fourth place tie in the MVFC standings with the loss, with 61 yards rushing and two

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touchdowns on the ground.

Ronnie Fouch was 17-of36 for 200 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception. ISU finished with 321 offensive yards.

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Panthers defeat Marauders 57-38 in final exhibition game

By BRAD EILERS were pretty solid again.”

Sports Editor

Not only did UNI win the turnover battle 18-14, The University of they also out-rebounded Northern Iowa Panthers the Marauders 40-32. held the University of Mary Sophomore guard Anthony Marauders to just 38 points James led the Panthers with en route to a 57-38 victory. six rebounds.

UNI’s defense stifled the “That’s an area that the Marauders all game long, past couple days has really holding them to 27.5 percent been an emphasis, and it shooting for the game and needs to be going forward,” forcing 18 turnovers. Junior said Jacobson. “We’ve got to guard Johnny Moran led the do a great job of blocking Panthers defensively with out and creating space. five steals.

“Anthony James had a “I thought overall that couple back-to-back times we moved around pretty where he really blocked out good defensively,” said UNI on the weak side. Those head basketball coach Ben are the kinds of block-outs Jacobson. “There weren’t a that we are looking for as a lot of open shots to be had. team.”

On that end of the floor we Midway through the first

half, UNI held a slim onepoint lead, 12-11. However, a 9-2 run, highlighted by a pair of three-pointers from sophomore guard Marc Sonnen, allowed the Panthers to extend their lead to 21-13 with 3:20 left in the half. Sonnen scored seven points in the run and finished with a game-high 13 points.

The Panthers extended the lead to 20 points at the 12:40 mark in the second half after a three-pointer from senior guard Kerwin Dunham.

UNI sophomore center Austin Pehl took over the scoring in the final five minutes of the game as he scored eight points to bring

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The Panthers’ stifling defense held the Marauders to just 27.5 percent shooting from the floor on Saturday afternoon.

the UNI lead to 23 at 57-34 with 1:13 remaining in the contest.

“I really like the guys

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lead with 11:21 remaining in the first quarter.

UNI would answer on their ensuing possession.

Facing second and six from the UNI 32, Rennie hit Josh Collins with a 45-yard pass that took the Panthers to the Sycamore 23. Anderson had rushes of nine and 12 yards to give the Panthers first and goal at the two. Rennie ran up the middle for a twoyard touchdown, and Billy Hallgren’s extra point tied the game at 7-7 with 8:05 left in the first.

After forcing a Sycamore punt, the Panthers got the ball back and Rennie hit Schuylar Oordt with a 44-yard pass on the ensuing drive to give UNI first and goal at the eight. However, UNI was unable to find the endzone, settling for a 20-yard field goal from Hallgren to move in front 10-7 with 1:06 remaining in the first quarter.

James Conley intercepted Fouch on ISU’s next drive, giving the Panthers the ball in Indiana State territory.

UNI’s offense stalled, but Hallgren hit a 33-yard field goal to extend UNI’s lead to 13-7 with 9:28 left in the first half.

The Sycamores intercepted Rennie on UNI’s next drive, then used

seven plays to drive for the touchdown, scoring on a sixyard run from Gates. UNI’s Henry Obi blocked the extra point, keeping the score tied with 49 seconds left in the half.

UNI was able to move the ball downfield before the half ended and Hallgren made his third field goal of the game, a 40-yarder that gave the Panthers a 16-13 edge at the break. UNI would never relinquish the lead.

UNI’s Matt Strathman scored on a three-yard touchdown run to stretch the lead to 23-13 with 9:32 left in the third quarter.

The Sycamores would respond with a touchdown pass from Fouch on fourth down and 14 at the UNI 25-yard line to cut the ISU deficit to 23-20 with 5:02 left in the third. The Panther defense wouldn’t allow a Sycamore score the rest of the way.

UNI would add another touchdown late in the game when Rennie scored on a five-yard run to give the Panthers a 30-20 advantage with 1:39 to play.

UNI returns to action Saturday when the Panthers host Missouri State University at 6 p.m. in the UNI-Dome.

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The Panthers defeated the Bradley Braves and extended their Missouri Valley Conference winning streak to 32 games. UNI won by scores of 25-16, 25-14 and 25-21.

By SAM JEFSON Sports Writer

The No. 13-ranked University of Northern Iowa volleyball team earned victories on the road Friday and Sunday, topping Bradley University and the University of Notre Dame.

With the victories, the Panthers have now won 18 matches in a row.

On Friday, Northern Iowa easily took down Bradley 25-16, 25-14 and 25-21.

Beth Discher powered the Panther offensive attack with a match-high 15 kills.

Discher set the tone for the Panthers in set number one by recording eight kills in the frame. Set two featured an early 7-0 run to propel the Panthers to a comfortable

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25-14 win. Set number three offered the toughest test of the night for the Panthers, as Northern Iowa rallied to win despite trailing 18-15.

On Sunday, Northern Iowa earned a hard-fought three-set victory against Notre Dame. All three games went into extra points with the Panthers edging the Irish in each frame. Set scores for the match were 27-25, 27-25 and 29-27.

Michelle Burow led the Panthers, hitting .500 for the match and ending with a match-high 16 kills. Ellie Blankenship led the Panther defense with a total of 24 digs.

All three games against Notre Dame offered dramatic lead changes creating massive shifts in momentum

throughout the match. The high tension culminated with a third-set Northern Iowa comeback. In the set, the Panthers were down 10-2 before storming back to tie the score at 20-20.

Back-to-back kills from Burow secured the Panther victory, giving Northern Iowa a thrilling 29-27 game three win.

With the win over Notre Dame, the Panthers have concluded their nonconference schedule. The Panthers will return to Cedar Falls Friday and Saturday for their final regular season home matches when they face off against Indiana State University and Illinois State University. First serve is set for 7 p.m. on Friday and 4 p.m. on Saturday.

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I know I can go fast

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Senior forward Lucas O’Rear scored nine points and grabbed four rebounds in UNI’s 57-38 victory on Saturday afternoon.

Courtesy Photo/MCT CAMPUS

Jimmie Johnson holds a 14-point lead over Denny Hamlin in the 2010 NASCAR Chase for the Cup Standings.

Johnson is looking for his fifth straight championship.

By RYAN FRIEDERICH Sports Columnist

WHITNEY WILLIAMS/Northern Iowan

The Panthers head to Syracuse, N.Y. to open the regular season on Friday against the Syracuse University Orange.

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and Marc (Sonnen) have experience and they’ve done a great job in practice and they’ve played pretty well in the two exhibition games.

“We’ve got to do a great job of blocking out and creating space.”

Ben Jacobson UNI head basketball coach

“Chip (Rank) and Austin (Pehl) seem to be getting better every (week) and they’re going to be very

important. I think Matt Morrison and Tyler Lange are going to be important as well. The guys off the bench have done a good job.”

With the victory, the Panthers finish the exhibition schedule with a record of 2-0. UNI’s first regular season game will be Friday when the team travels to Syracuse, N.Y., to take on the No. 13-ranked Syracuse University Orange. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. Central time.

The game can be seen online at ESPN3.com. For a more in-depth preview of Friday’s game, be sure to check out the Nov. 12 issue of the Northern Iowan.

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If you turn on TBS at any given moment you have a good chance of seeing an awful Tyler Perry show, one of the Rush Hour movies or “Talladega Nights: Ballad of Ricky Bobby.”

While thinking about a topic for this article, I was lucky enough to catch the beginning of “Talladega Nights,” and instantly the debate of whether NASCAR is a sport popped into my head.

Obviously Will Ferrell doesn’t represent a typical NASCAR driver, and finishing a race backwards probably won’t happen in the near future. I tried hard for about 30 seconds to convince myself that NASCAR is a sport, but it just wasn’t happening.

The more I thought about it, however, the more I realized I would actually be an excellent addition to this “activity” known as the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.

First of all, NASCAR drivers are good at one thing: driving. I have received one traffic ticket in my life and that was for a failure to yield. There is no yielding in NASCAR, so I feel I am fairly experienced in that aspect.

Every Wednesday night I also have six hours of night class, so my bladder is also trained for the demands of a long NASCAR race.

There have been stories of drivers relieving themselves in water bottles or in their fire-suits, but I have yet to do that in my back-to-back three-hour classes.

I have visited many amusement parks in my life, and things such as roller coasters and silly silos don’t seem to bother me too much.

Many NASCAR fans would argue that I wouldn’t be able to handle the curves and speeds of a NASCAR race, but I say bologna to that.

To test my theory I will have my roommates spin me on my computer chair 500 times to prove my abilities.

Even if I don’t survive that

experience, I am not willing to concede; I will just admit that I wouldn’t make it as an astronaut.

NASCAR is not a real sport, and this is just my honest opinion. There are many people out there who live to go to these oversized tracks to watch guys and one girl drive in circles for hours, cheering every time the cars zoom past them. DIRECTV has a new football channel called “Red Zone” which shows every time a team is in the red zone going for a score. I will watch NASCAR when they come out with a channel called “Crash Zone” that shows every crash or fight that happens after the race. Shake and bake UNI, and go Panthers!

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Waterloo records fourth victory in a row

By DUSTIN WOODY Sports Writer

The Waterloo Black Hawks have extended their winning streak to four games with two wins over the weekend.

Waterloo won against the Youngstown Phantoms 4-1 on Friday night, and 4-0 against the Chicago Steel on Saturday. Many college students attended “College Weekend” at Young Arena, as attendance figures for the games were 3,185 and 3,500, respectively.

Waterloo started off the scoring just 7:26 into Friday night’s game, as Luke Hannon and Mike Montagna assisted on a Jacob MacDonald power play goal. Youngstown would answer back 52 seconds later, as Quinn Smith and Ryan Belonger assisted Jiri Secak. The Black Hawks’ Gunnar Hughes would score what would turn out to be the game-winning goal at the 12:16 mark of the first period, burying Vince Hinostroza’s shot past Phantoms goalie Matthew O’Connor.

Tyler Zepeda got assists from Tyson Fulton and Andrew Prochno at the 9:32 mark of the second period, and Montagna added one of his own on a power play from Hannon and Ryan Papa at the 16:01 mark of the third period. Waterloo goaltender CJ Motte stopped 27 of the Phantoms’ 28 shots in the win.

Waterloo was at home again Saturday night to face the Chicago Steel, whom Waterloo defeated on Oct. 29 by a score of 3-2 in a shootout. The Black Hawks scored just 4:23 into the game as Jacob MacDonald

shot Andrew Panzarella’s pass behind Steel net minder Connor Wilson. Andrew Prochno added a goal at the 13:55 mark of the first period off of Gunnar Hughes’s pass, and Jake Youso assisted Tyson Fulton at the 2:46 mark of the second period.

At the 3:50 mark of the third period, Luke Hannon assisted Panzarella’s power play goal. Waterloo started CJ Motte in net again, which proved to be a good decision as he earned a shutout, stopping all 27 Steel shots.

“The team is high on the win, but (we) can’t get too high.

We’ve got two big games next week, especially (versus) Green Bay Friday.”

CJ Motte Waterloo Black Hawks goalie

Waterloo’s win streak is now at four games. CJ Motte feels that the winning streak affects team morale.

“The team is high on the win, but (we) can’t get too high. We’ve got two big games next week, especially (versus) Green Bay Friday,” said Motte.

With the two Black Hawk victories combined with losses over the weekend

by Chicago, Green Bay and Cedar Rapids, Waterloo has now moved into third place in the United States Hockey League Eastern Conference Standings. Waterloo was near the bottom of the standings a few weeks ago, but now trails Cedar Rapids and Green Bay (14 points each) by just one point.

Luke Hannon feels that this is definitely a momentumboost.

“It feels great; the boys

are feeling comfortable with the system and confident,” said Hannon. “Our special teams units are both on fire and we have the best goalie in the league. Momentum is growing and we are going to keep the ball rolling.

“It’s early in the season but it feels good to move up in the standings. We are really clicking and I think we are becoming one of the most feared teams in the league.”

Waterloo has a homeand-road weekend series coming up, playing Green Bay at Young Arena on Friday night at 7 p.m., then playing in Des Moines on Saturday.

DUSTIN WOODY/Northern Iowan

The Black Hawks won a pair of games over the weekend behind the outstanding play of goalie CJ Motte.

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