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Panther Village rates released CAITIE PETERSON Staff Writer

Recontracting for all University of Northern Iowa students began Jan. 18. To aid in the decision making, the Department of Residence released the proposed rates for the new Panther Village apartments. However, the Board of Regents must approve the rates before they are official; this will be done

by April.

The rates for Panther Village, without a meal plan added, lie between the rates for ROTH (without a meal plan) and the residence halls (meal plan included).

According to Carol Petersen, the interim executive director of residence and director of dining services, the proposed rates were based on what it would cost to maintain and operate the building.

Lyn Redington, the interim dean of students and director of residence life, said the proposed rates also take into account the number of students who will be living in Panther Village.

“We are presuming, this first year, we’ll have 204 people in that building,” Redington said. “There are

204 beds. We’re presuming 100 percent occupancy.”

A four-bedroom apartment in Panther Village is projected to cost $5,960 per person without a meal plan.

So, what will a potential Panther Village resident get for that price?

For one, a brand-new building to live in.

“On our campus, we don’t have brand-new housing often,” Redington said. “In fact, the last time we opened a new building was ROTH, and that was in 1994.”

The apartments include a kitchen with a dishwasher and a garbage disposal, single-occupancy rooms and one bathroom for every two people. The apartments are also completely furnished.

“You don’t have to buy any furniture, or lug any furniture in, or move furniture,” Petersen said. “We’ve purchased some really nice furniture for the apartments, so I think that the students will really like the furniture.”

New furniture was also bought for ROTH to match what was purchased for Panther Village.

Another thing Panther Village boasts is its “soundproofed” rooms.

“There was time and attention and money put into (Panther Village) to make sure that the noise would be reduced traveling between different places, and I think that was really, really important,” Redington said.

Both Petersen and Redington stressed that Panther Village is different from other apartment options because it is on campus.

“I think that’s what makes living in PV special,” Petersen said. “You have that apartment feel, but you’re also really close to everything that’s happening here on campus and can be involved.”

Those who are worried about construction noise from Phase II of Panther Village, which will add 246 beds to the Village, need not fret, according to Petersen.

“We were able to start on Phase II already, in November, and because we’ve had such a mild winter, most all of the heavy construction will be done by the time students move in,” Petersen said.

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Beck says possibility of $12 million for UNI is slim LINH TA

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For the upcoming school year, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad proposed a budget increase of $20 million for the Board of Regents, half of the amount the latter requested.

The University of Northern Iowa requested an additional $4 million for three years, but, as this money would have to come from the proposed $20 million, the chances of UNI receiving it are slim, according to UNI state relations officer Jeneane Beck.

“The governor’s budget recommendations came out a few weeks ago. He had 20 million (dollars) for the public universities, and coming out of that would have to be the money for UNI also,” Beck said. “It’s going to be a much smaller pot than what the board asked for, but it was a positive. It was an increase as opposed to a cut, so that was positive.”

On Feb. 3, Beck, who replaced Joe Murphy as UNI’s state relations officer, held a legislative update in Maucker Union, where she informed attendees about the future of UNI’s budget and of other education-related issues.

According to Beck, last year, the Board of Regents requested $470.8 million for higher education. This amount included a recurring appropriation of $448.8 million, an incremental funding increase of 4 percent ($18 million) and a strategic initiative for UNI — $4 million each year until 2015.

While Branstad did not propose as much money as the board requested, Beck said there is still an increase in funding.

While there may not be

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“I want to have my own room and a kitchen. I feel that the rates are reasonable for what you get,” Myers said.

Rachel Hayes, a sophomore Spanish education major, is opting to live in ROTH with five others.

“We wanted to get more of an apartment style, and we wanted to cook for ourselves,” Hayes said. “We didn’t want to pay for Panther Village.”

Luke Peterson, a freshman math major, is planning on staying right where he is: Campbell.

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funding for new projects this year, items such as the $8.2 million for the Bartlett and Baker projects are part of the governor’s proposal, according to Beck.

Beck also addressed the issues surrounding Branstad’s Education Reform Plan and how the plan may affect the education program at UNI. “One of the biggest concerns on campus is the 3.0 GPA requirement for those entry students for the teacher preparation program and things like the Praxis tests,” Beck said.

“We’re working with the governor’s office to try and find some common ground.”

One of the issues Beck and others in state relations are running into is Branstad’s regulations.

“It puts us (the state relations) in a little bit of a disposition … because under Governor Branstad, he has said you cannot lobby for things without his permission,” Beck said. “So this is his proposal ( the Education Reform Plan), and even though people here have some real concerns about that, the best way is for you to share them, maybe a letter to the editor or something. I can’t at this point say that we don’t like that (the plan).”

However, Beck said she agrees with Branstad’s proposal for competency-based learning.

“We’re trying to move forward with more of that,” Beck said.

Beck mentioned one recent achievement for the university in 2012: the restoration of financial aid money for students receiving National Guard education benefits.

“One success that we did have this year was that we did get the Senate File 2007 passed,

and has a good atmosphere,” Peterson said. “I didn’t really consider Panther Village because I didn’t really think I had a good chance with the numbers. I’m looking at it more for next year, with the new phase being built.”

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Jeneane Beck, the UNI state relations officer, speaks in Maucker Union on Feb. 3.

(which was) the proposal to have the restoration of $1.3 million that the National Guard had to trim its tuition assistance by,” Beck said. “UNI was the first to step forward and say, ‘These students need certainty now; we’ll back it,’ so the governor did sign the legislation that restores funding for the colleges that stepped up.”

Overall, since state relations officers can’t lobby for things Branstad hasn’t approved, Beck recommends faculty and students voice their concerns to their legislature.

“Anyone can contact their legislature,” Beck said. “They can email them; they can call them. If you have concerns about the education reform package, you should share that with your representatives.”

She also encouraged people to contact her whenever they have an issue.

“If you see something or hear something that you’re concerned about, please tell me, because I don’t want to miss something,” Beck said, “and I appreciate that assistance and an extra set of eyes.”

Petersen said living choices depend on students’ individual situations.

“I would say that it’s just another different choice for students looking for different options depending on what your lifestyle is,” Petersen said.

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UNI ALCOHOL SCREENING DAY WRC Main Corridor 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Screening and education will be available to help students identify and stop unhealthy drinking patterns.

The screening is completely confidential and takes five to 10 minutes. Students completing the screening will be entered in a drawing for free prizes.

BIRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS DISCUSSION Center for Multicultural Education 6-8 p.m.

PAT/HISTORY CLUB LECTURE Seerley Hall, Room 115 7-10 p.m.

Kenneth Lyftogt will present “The Flag of the 2nd Infantry.”

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INTRODUCTION TO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES SIAC Conference Room 12-1 p.m.

Lauren Finke, executive director of the Volunteer Center of the Cedar Valley, will discuss opportunities for volunteering.

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FUNDING

All-expense paid trips source of controversy LINH TA Government Writer

The student body presidents and vice presidents of the University of Northern Iowa have long been included in travel parties to tournament basketball and football games funded by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The trips are allexpense-paid, but the NCAA and the MVC do not stipulate that student body presidents and vice presidents are required to be a part of the travel party, said Gregory Davies, assistant UNI Athletic Director for Business, via email correspondence.

Since the UNI student body president has traditionally served as chair of the Student Services Fee Committee — a committee that determines the amount of money that goes to certain university organizations, including the Athletic Department (AD) — Mitch Lingo, UNI alumnus and former Northern Iowa Student Government Speaker of the Senate, said he finds the invitation from the AD to the presidents and vice presidents similar to lobbying.

“What I see happening is lobbying. And lobbying is politics — it’s just like in any

other political system, and it’s about building relationships,” Lingo said. “Once you’re in that relationship, like any relationship, it’s hard to go back on that relationship.

They (the AD) pick who goes, and it’s up to them, and it’s up to the president and vice president to say yes or no.”

According to Davies, the AD includes the student body president and vice president in the travel party because of the representation they provide.

“This has been a long standing invitation, in part because student fee income is a significant part of the athletic department budget,” Davies said. “This is a way NISG representatives can observe and have a part in our championship experiences and, if you will, watch over the programs in which the students are invested. “(The AD) offers the travel opportunity to the NISG president and vice president as the leadership of the student body. We are open to alternatives if the NISG believes that to be appropriate,” Davies added.

Student body president Spencer Walrath, who accepted an all-expense-paid trip to the NCAA quarterfinal Montana vs. UNI football game earlier this year,

said he believes the invitation from the AD is not a conflict of interest, and it is separate from his role as chair of the Student Services Fee Committee.

“I think that people confuse the distinction between my role as president of the student body: head of state and the president of NISG: head of government,” Walrath said. “As president of the student body, I’m asked to attend various ceremonies and events as a guest and (a) representative of (the) students.

As president of NISG, I sit on several committees and manage the executive branch.

They are two completely separate roles embodied in the same person, and that’s the way it’s designed to work, just like in the United States government.”

Joel Anderson, who served as the student body president in the ’10-’11 school year, said he believes when he once accepted tickets to a Syracuse game and did not disclose it to the Student Services Fee Committee, it was a conflict of interest, but one that could have been dealt with.

“It was one of those conflicts that could have been taken care of if I had disclosed it to the committee and said, ‘Hey, I’d been offered this trip and I had taken it and

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I’m going to refuse myself from speaking on the application and voting on it.’ That would’ve gotten rid of conflicts of interests,” Anderson said.

Lingo believes fans or other supporting members of athletics, such as cheerleaders and marching band members, should receive the chance to obtain the all-expense-paid trips, rather than the student body president or vice president.

“You know what — this isn’t right. This isn’t right that two students are picked out of everyone else,” Lingo said.

Lingo suggested the AD instead take a list from UNItix data of those who attend every game and raffle off tickets to be included in the travel party. Lingo feels this would involve “those who support the Panthers.”

“I’m smart enough to know that (with) a 130 (person) travel party, you got the whole football staff, you’ve got the university administrators, (so) there’s not enough spots for the entire marching band to go there, along with the cheerleaders, unless they find outside funding. So give it a shot to the people who are supporting the Panthers, who are supporting staff at the games,” Lingo said.

Anderson agreed a raffle would be a good idea. Walrath also said he thought a raffle “would be neat.” “That’s something the AD should definitely consider because that would be neat. It was kind of sad because there was only three UNI students at the (Montana) game and two of them were (me and vice president Ian Goldsmith),” Walrath said.

When asked for the AD’s thoughts on the idea of a raffle, Davies responded, “Fans are not part of the official university travel party.”

However, Davies said for certain events, cheerleaders and band members are included in the travel party.

“The NCAA and MVC specify and provide for the inclusion of cheerleaders and band members in the official travel party for selected postseason tournaments,” Davies said. “These groups travel annually to the MVC basketball tournaments. They have also traveled in the past to NCAA basketball and football championship events.”

Walrath said he does not believe any all-expense paid invitation is due to his role as chair of the Student Services Fee Committee.

“As president, you’re kind of a figurehead among other things, so people are courteous enough to invite you to things because they want to make sure that you’re involved with any notable events on campus and that you’re supporting UNI programs,” Walrath said. “I doubt that part of the thought process is, ‘Well, he’s chair of the Student Services Fee Committee; maybe this will get us more money.’

Whatever I vote is negated by nine other people on this committee, and trust me, especially the faculty and staff, they are very watchful of any influence that I may have.”

Lingo believes the first priority should be UNI students.

“I think that these reserved seats should be going to the students,” Lingo said. “The model when I was at UNI was students first, and that’s a big thing for me. Don’t give them (the seats) to any NISG members.”

Walrath said he wants to reassure students that his number one priority is representing them.

“It is my goal to support those aspects of the Panther experience that students value, while doing everything in my power to ease the burden of tuition and fees on students,” Walrath said. “It’s a difficult balancing act, to be sure. But I promise every student at the university that keeping the cost of attending UNI affordable is my top priority.”

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The truth of the matter

For the privileged few, diversity is not a direct concern. Money, status and power GLORIA lift the privileged above the SUMPTER ground of the mixed populagsumpter@ uni.edu tion. I recall people on corporate balconies toasting the crowd below of Occupy Wall look like in our everyday lives?

Street. On the ground, as the Most importantly, how can we camera scanned the partici- make it the norm, replacing pants, were amazing differ- the stereotypes the privileged ences from age to culture. have institutionalized and we Indeed, diversity is within the over time have internalized?

99 percent, and in order to We start by having courage survive, we must know that to see the need for change.

We continue with patience for diversity matters.

The truth of the matter is, our transformation and the for the 99 percent, there is no change of others.

Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT I will use Ana Louise way around it. The privileged Comedians Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart perform at the Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the do not need to be concerned Keating’s formula (parts of National Mall on Oct. 30, 2010 in Washington, DC. Stewart and Colbert’s satire of political pandering on their shows appeals to many Millennial viewers. about issues of race, class, it) from “Listening with Raw gender or equity surrounding Openness” to explain. Realize them. They do not need com- that blame is not useful, but munication skills or to know accountability is. Complaining how to empathize with fellow about an unjust system and citizens. The bourgeoisie’s who benefits from it is useless, At the height of the Patriotism should be status, money and power buf- but once the truth is known Republican primary seamore than the Olympic fer and isolate them from the there need to be unity to comson, many nomination hockey teams and Landon bat the system of injustice. people on the ground. hopefuls have attempted to Donovan.

In fact it should TOM EARLY The ones on the ground, Categories and labels shape our out-American their oppobe more than rioting in the people like you and me, must perception. To look at a perearlyt@uni.edu nents.

Even the rhetoric in streets after the assassinacommunicate in order to son with contempt, instead President Obama’s State of tion of Osama bin Laden. rebuild what the 1 percent of empathy or to use labels the Union Address dripped Frankly, no nation with milWell over half a century has destroyed. We must learn like “other, illegal aliens, fag, with images of national lions of homeless citizens removed from the Greatest how to get along with diverse etc.,” continues the division. pride and military suprem- Generation’s accomplish- should be so brazen to call people who are or will be our We may not have created the acy. This happens in vir- ments, what do we take pride itself number one. neighbors. The majority of us division, but we have tailored tually all political contests in? The Millennial generaNo, I have very litwill not be able to live the life it. With such a wonderful, in some shape or another. tle pride in my American tion finds itself in the shoes of the rich and the famous. diverse population, we need to Remember a few years ago inheritance.

However, I do of our grandparents and We must reconstruct our way be open and flexible enough when the conversation was have hope for America. I great-grandparents: in hard of thinking about race, class to change. We do not think about flag pins? believe that someday we can times.

With the economy and gender. The systems of one body of people has all But does this patriotism stop looking to the sword upside-down, the most techinequality cannot strive if the answers; this is how the 1 verging on nationalism resfor our sense of worth and nologically advanced genthey do not receive our sup- percent operates. onate with young voters? instead to the helping hand. eration sits on the sidelines As a diverse community port.

Many Millennial voters can as baby boomers attempt America needs to look in When you think about the we allow conversation, and smell brown-nosers a mile to piece their lives back the mirror, gaze past the ones who are benefiting from voices from everyone’s experiaway and often satirize the together. But we should veneer of military prowess institutionalized inequalities, ences. We use our differences, political pandering. Trey not seek out our patriotism and notice the blemishes of more than likely, you will not and our diversity of race and Parker and Matt Stone’s across the ocean in military poverty and discrimination. be among those pictured. Well, gender as a powerful force.

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So what does patriotism and imperialistic. We should like. community pride and insti- By remaining open-minded, look like today?

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The privileged way of think- each other, we will become the ing, as we witness every day powerful 99 percent. We will from media, appears to say be the Americans who will it is all normal, but within see change in our generation, our souls we know that is a because we made it happen. myth. What is normal about The truth of the matter is any injustice? What is normal that for the 99 percent, there about racism, sexism, abelism is no other option if we are to survive with honor. and the other -isms?

So where should we start, we the 99 percent who want Gloria Sumpter is a graduate the disdain of not one,work but twotogether state universities.

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vote--nding and arm-twisting with the Northern Iowa Student Government that I'll remember. In the four years I've been here, NISG has seen an incredible amount of unprecedented actions and controversies. ere has been recall elections, walk-outs and student initiatives. Rumors of impeachment and deadlocked votes. Overhauled constitutions and fraudulent elections. Great changes and childish ghts. I've loved and hated every moment of it. e biggest change of them all happened this year. Following a series of articles by Northern Iowan writers and the fall elections, NISG passed one of the largest and most substantive reforms in recent memory. e size of senate was halved and the constituencies were drastically altered. is new plan won't go into effect until next year, but I'm excited to see the change it brings about. is isn't the time for NISG to sit back and bask in its accomplishments. ere are more changes to be made, and a new generation of leaders with the potential to make them happen. First, we need to drastically overhaul the Election Commission. is appointed body charged with overseeing the election process has been the bane of NISG's existence each year. e commission is too large. Finding ten students interested in student government but not involved with any campaign isn't easy. e commission is too much of a northern-iowan.org/employment revolving door. Members are appointed in late spring or early fall, long before many give consideration to running for office or helping a presidential campaign. Because doing either of these disqualiies students from serving, new members are constantly joining and leaving the commission. eir rules don't make change easy. Any amendments have to be initiated by the commission,

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Updates on the NISG lower cabinet Typically in my columns I have talked about some of my own goals and accomplishments as president. I have also written about the accomplishments of our senate, Vice President Ian Goldsmith and the upper cabinet directors who work with me in the Northern Iowa Student Government office. However, I have largely neglected to mention the efforts of our lower cabinet directors. They do a lot of great work and volunteer their time and energy to help further student interests. I’d like to use this week’s column to highlight some of the things they have been working on.

Our directors of Greek affairs, Luke Hansen and Ellyn Konrardy, have been hard at work planning Alcohol Awareness Week. This week will begin March 5 and will include speakers and events to help you learn how to drink responsibly and react appropriately if you feel your friend may have a drinking problem.

Zach Fisher, director of campus activities, is an amazing student. He almost single-handedly planned and organized the hugely successful Glowstock at the beginning of the fall semester, aided the External Relations Committee and Director of Governmental Relations Rhonda Greenway in planning our second annual Voterpalooza and is working with Directors Hansen and Konrardy to plan Alcohol Awareness Week. He is enthusiastic and extraordinarily gifted

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at planning events and mobilizing resources, while rarely seeking credit for his input.

The Director of Volunteerism, Kelsie Früchtenicht, is busy organizing a Basic Needs Drive for the Salvation Army Women and Children’s Lodge in Waterloo that will be held Feb. 6-10. Be sure to check out the Facebook page she’s created – Volunteer Programs and Opportunities-NISG – to keep abreast of volunteer opportunities for UNI students. She has also been brainstorming other service projects for NISG to sponsor; if you have an idea, get in contact with Kelsie and help NISG and the University of Northern Iowa give back to the community.

Adam Beaves, my former opponent in last year’s NISG election, has been serving as our director of campus outreach for several months. He was instrumental in starting the tabling efforts that allow Vice President Goldsmith and me to speak to students every Monday at noon in the Maucker Union. He is looking forward to helping me develop a Student Organization Handbook, with the aid of other student leaders, to guide new and struggling student organizations to success. Adam will soon

begin working with Speaker of the Senate Ryan Alfred on ways to hold our Senators accountable to their constituents; if you have any ideas on this topic, be sure to get in contact with Mr. Beaves.

I was very excited to bring back an old position in the lower cabinet, director of environmental affairs, to which we appointed Hannah Wilson. Hannah has been instrumental in advocating student desires for greater environmental stewardship by the university. She serves as a student representative on the Sustainability Action Committee and is helping create the university’s Sustainability Strategic Plan that will guide UNI’s steps towards greater sustainability for the next 10 years. Very soon, Hannah will begin working with me to plan a “Green Month,” filled with events and speakers, which I am tentatively scheduling for April.

Our Director of Residence Hall Relations, Amanda Passmore, has been working diligently with the Residence Hall Association and the Department of Residence on diversity and inclusivity initiatives. Amanda and Hannah will soon begin working together to plan a campus-wide RecycleMania and energy conservation competition for the residence halls.

I first said hi to Ramya Varadaraju, our director of international student affairs, because she looked an awful lot like one of my best friends from my freshman year at UNI,

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Ramya has also be instrumental in planning next year’s Reaching For Higher Ground events and is working with the CIEP to develop ideas for encouraging students to go beyond being conversation partners, fostering friendship and inclusivity among people of different cultures.

Alicia Jessip is our director of diversity affairs, and she has been working closely with Director of Diversity and Student Life Skylar Mayberry-Mayes to meet with multicultural student organizations and ensure that they have all of the resources they need to be successful. Earlier this month she and Director Mayberry-Mayes held a meeting for executive members of multicultural student organizations to inform them about NISG’s efforts and resources and to help get them acquainted with one another. She is a fantastic leader who never ceases to impress me and this campus will do well to follow her progress in the coming years.

The director of graduate student affairs, Orijit Kar, works with our office as a liaison of graduate students across campus. He has an interest in health initiatives, and with that in mind I appointed him to a city of Cedar Falls committee that has been working towards supporting Governor Branstad’s Healthy State Initiative. With Orijit’s assistance, Cedar Falls is a top contender to receive funding to help the city — students included — to become one of the healthiest cities in the state!

Our newest position is the director of public safety, occupied by

Eric Carlson, and I would be remiss if I did not mention it.

This is a brand-new position and we are still working to define it, but Eric has been an exciting addition to our staff and helped us with our safety walk last fall. This week we will also be interviewing candidates to fill our director of academic affairs position.

I wanted to save Ron DeVoll, director of veterans’ affairs, for last because I am so impressed with the work he has done. Ron is incredibly passionate about improving the conditions and systems of support for our veterans on campus and he is completely self-driven and motivated in his endeavors. He has met with several individuals, including President Allen and Vice President Hogan, to discuss the possibility of creating a Veteran Student Center on campus. The Student Veterans Association, which he created, has put together a mentoring program for incoming veteran students. Ron has been attending committee meetings with faculty and staff to discuss progress toward allowing outof-state veterans to pay in-state tuition and has been looking into grants that would help the university because of the difference in cost. Ron has boundless ambition to help improve the campus community and is limited only by his approaching graduation from UNI this spring.

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Stayin Alive UNI students roll back to the ’70s T LINH TA / Staff Writer

he University of Northern Iowa went back to the 1970s as students gathered together in the Wellness Recreation Center (WRC) Saturday to enjoy a night of disco fever.

Hosted by the UNI Black Student Union, the event allowed students to roller skate to classic ‘70s disco music while also learning about Black History Month and the different aspects of the disco era.

“It started back in October when we were thinking of ideas for all the events,” said Carrington Mitchell, a freshman psychology major. “We wanted something that we thought represented black history and this decade; disco was popular and represented that.”

Scattered around the room were signs with facts about the disco era and the influence of African-Americans during that time.

“We hope that people read the signs since we have facts about disco,” Carrington said.

“A lot of people don’t know the history of disco that ties with African-Americans.”

For the rest of the month, there are a variety of events students can get involved

with to learn more about black history.

Shaniqua Ford, a sophomore psychology major, is excited about the lineup of events. One event that will take place is called Tunnel of Oppression.

“Basically, there will be a number of rooms that you have to go through, and different acting setups,” said Ford. “The point of that is to learn about people and what they had to go through back then. We also have the Toast for Change, which is more formal, and we have a Steppers Ball, which is a dance.”

The Steppers Ball is set for Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. in the Commons Ballroom, the Tunnel of Oppression is on Feb. 21 at the Lang Hall Basement Classrooms and the Toast for Change is on Feb. 24 in the Commons Ballroom.

Students in attendance Saturday night enjoyed the roller disco.

“I think it’s pretty cool. I’m glad I came,” said Karen Stoen, a freshman psychology major.

“I really like it. It’s something that I’ve never heard of before, so it’s pretty cool,” said Tyler Recker, a freshman criminology major.

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Students roller skate the night away to ‘70s disco music during the Disco Skate event put on by the Black Student Union for Black History Month.

Kilts, bagpipes and Scottish dancing in the Cedar Valley ELISSA TERRY Staff Writer

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The Cedar Valley Scottish Country Dancers (CVSCD) do exactly what their name implies – Scottish country dancing.

Their style of dancing, which can be seen in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” dates back to the 1600s and was originally used in court dances.

“There are actually hundreds of dances, and (they) are being written all the time,” explained Karen Potter, director and dance instructor of CVSCD. Although Potter started

teaching from her home in 2010, she now teaches at the Lampost with her husband every Tuesday night from 7-9 p.m.

There are three main types of dances taught by the Potters: jigs, reels and the Strausbay.

They also came up with their own dance called “Gunner’s Reel,” which was named after their dog Gunner.

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GRADUATE STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Inside the life of grad student Nick Kavanaugh BRITTANY FUNKE Staff Writer

Nick Kavanaugh’s office is plastered with purple and gold posters and swag, as one might expect of University of Northern Iowa fan. Ask him about anything related to UNI, however, and the true Panther’s eyes light up as a grin spreads across his face.

Kavanaugh’s love for UNI is essential to his work as a graduate assistant in the Admissions office. He is working toward his master’s degree in postsecondary education: student affairs.

As an undergraduate at UNI, Kavanaugh studied communication. He had an internship that made him realize that he no longer wanted to pursue a career as a broadcaster, but wanted to work at an Iowa university instead.

“Given how much I love everything at UNI, it was an easy decision to continue on to get my master’s degree,” said Kavanaugh. “UNI provides a private college feel with the size, but offers all the university amenities.”

Kavanaugh said that right now, his goals are to “figure out what my interests are in student affairs, and get experience in every department I can.” His

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Nick Kavanaugh, a graduate student in postsecondary education: student affairs, works in his office.

future goals are to find a job he loves wherever the location may be and “someday, be married and all that good stuff.”

The change from undergraduate to graduate can be daunting for some.

Kavanaugh faced some big challenges along the way.

“The amount of reading is so overwhelming and I had to reframe my mind to learn a different way,” said Kavanaugh. “Also, getting used to working all day and then heading to night class was also a challenge within itself.”

When Kavanaugh is not going to work or in class, he participates in the Student Affairs Pre-Professional Association (SAPA), attends UNI sporting

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events and goes to shows at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.

When Kavanaugh actually has free time, he loves to relax and do nothing. He also sings at the Nazareth Lutheran Church and enjoys exercising.

Kavanaugh had some advice for his fellow students.

“Get the most out of your experiences here at UNI. Get involved and get yourself exposed to all that is offered. But it is also important to take time for you and relax. Also, if you are thinking about graduate school, start researching early, and remember that going to graduate school is a right, not a privilege.”

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“It was so much fun,” said Conrad. “I couldn’t stop smiling.”

The group is currently getting ready for ball season, which is when branches of Scottish country dancers from all over get together.

The Queen of England is the head of the branches.

At the ball, all the men and women get dressed in their finest dresses or kilts for the banquet, followed by a night full of dancing.

In all the dances, men stand on the left side of where the music is playing, with the women straight across from them on the right. The key to every Scottish dance is to change partners every dance.

“The thing about this kind of dancing is that it’s easier than ballroom, because in ballroom, men have to get the feet right, but in Scottish, it doesn’t matter, so men enjoy it more,” said Potter.

Besides the ball, there are also informal dances called socials that the group prepares for. Sixteen students from Iowa State University attended the last social CVSCD had.

“My hope for the future is to have a more continuous group so we can have events like we did last year,” said Potter.

Potter said she teaches these classes “for the fun and for promoting the enjoyment of Scottish country dancing and Celtic music.”

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UNI alumnus Isaac Brockshus (top left) and guest pianist and composer Timothy Andres (unpictured) join the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra Saturday in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. The symphony performed Andre’s “Bathtub Shrine” and pieces from Mozart and Schumann.

Cedar Valley BarCamp JACOB STEWART Staff Writer

Conferences are not an unusual occurrence on the University of Northern Iowa campus. However, workshops like “The Booty Dance of Social Media,” hosted by self-described “accidental entrepreneur” Tiffany Lamping, are perhaps more out of the ordinary.

Lamping was one of many small business owners, social media gurus, bloggers and developers who attended the Cedar Valley BarCamp, an “unconference” where the attendants decided the schedule. Anyone was free to pick a timeslot and host a discussion or presentation, and the morning filled up quickly.

BarCamp is a movement that began in 2005 in Palo Alto, Calif. and quickly expanded on to the national and international networking scene. The conference encourages on-the-fly decision making, organic conversation and the open sharing of ideas. The Cedar Valley meeting is one of many that took place this year across America and the entire world, with one in Myanmar hosting 4,700 registered attendants last February.

People began filing into the Business and Communication Center

around 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. The event cost $5, and the first 100 people to sign up got a t-shirt with the price of admission.

Once everyone had signed in and gotten a nametag, the event was split into three categories: creative, tech and entrepreneurship. The first talks held in those sections ranged from “Video Game Renaissance” to “Your Favorite Book” and encouraged audience participation and individual learning.

Lamping, a mother of four, runs a social media brand called “Dizzybusy Mamas” that is geared toward inspiring and motivating dreamers, thinkers, and small business owners.

Lamping created a Facebook page for the group one night last April and had 150 “likes” within an hour.

The next day, she was recognized by a group of people at a social media conference, and now has close to 4,100 dedicated “mamas” and “papas” who frequently use her website, encouraging one another in their pursuits.

The second talk in the “creative” room was on the technical aspect of Internet writing, and was hosted

by Scott Kubie, a freelance writer and speaker who works out of Des Moines.

Kubie’s talk was about a program called “Markdown,” which was developed by

John Gruber in 2004. The computer program allows for easy conversion of plain text into web languages like HTML. Kubie demonstrated the user-friendly program and his personal experiences with it while writing for sites like Tumblr, Squarespace and Reddit. The program is open-source and available on Windows, Apple and iOS platforms.

At 11 a.m., Ladene Bowan, the senior project manager for the University of Northern Iowa Institute for Decision Making, spoke on young professionals’ role in and impact on the community. Although the talk was held in the “tech” room, it encompassed ideas from each of the sections. Bowen is concerned about the direction the Cedar Valley is heading, citing information from an article she co-wrote titled “Unleashing Fundamental Change” on the Blue Zone competition that is currently taking place in Iowa.

“It is very, very challenging for people to embrace the unknown,” said Bowen, stating her worry that we are “basing our future on our past.” Bowen called out the young professionals in the room, challenging them to get involved, because she said the future of the younger generation is being planned without their input.

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Preparations pick up for first UNI Dance Marathon KARI BRAUMANN and dancing, Hartman hopes

Editorial Staff everyone knows “the dancing is not enforced.”

“You don’t have to dance The first Dance Marathon at the University of Northern the whole 12 hours, and there’s Iowa is less than three weeks going to be a lot of other things away. Everything is just about going on,” explained Hartman, set, but the group’s leaders a senior leisure, youth and have a problem: they need more human services major.

Dance Marathon will take testosterone.

“We currently have – this is over Maucker Union from probably an exaggeration, but 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. The main five guys signed up as dancers, floor of the coffee house and we have about 340 danc- will serve as the dance floor, ers,” said Chelsea Hartman, with a stage in one corner. the director of public relations Students can make crafts near for UNI Dance Marathon. Essentials and play games in “Telling them that 340 girls the Hemisphere Lounge. In the are going to be there doesn’t basement, attendees can play laser tag, and there may also be work, apparently.”

The group held a dodge- a “bouncy house” and a “Best ball tournament Jan. 28 to Buy room” with TVs and video raise funds and bring in more games. Food will be available participants, male and female. in the Center for Multicultural Director of Fundraising Jenna Education.

The night will also be puncRockweiler said five teams participated for a total of 30 peo- tuated by reminders of the true purpose of Dance Marathon: to ple.

“Overall, I think everyone raise money for the University had a good time and it was a of Iowa Children’s Hospital really simple fundraiser,” said and the Children’s Miracle Rockweiler, a sophomore busi- Network. As Rockweiler puts it, it’s “for the kids.” ness management major.

Each hour, families with The directors of UNI Dance Marathon have been children who have been treatpreparing for the big event on ed at the University of Iowa Saturday, Feb. 25 for nearly Children’s Hospital will take a year. Although the 12-hour the stage to share their stories. event they’re putting together The music and dancing will (which will be an annual occur- pump up for the final “power rence) is centered around music hour,” when everyone will be

encouraged to dance and the organizers will hit the blacklights for a rave-like atmosphere.

At midnight, members of the UNI Dance Marathon student group will announce the total amount of money the participants raised. That figure is under wraps, a secret even to most members of the group’s board of directors since New Year’s.

Students can register for the event online at www.unidancemarathon.com or in the Student Involvement and Activities Center in the upper level of Maucker Union. Students may also register on the day of the event, although Rockweiler encourages participants to sign up earlier so they can fundraise the suggested $50 in advance.

For the $12 registration fee, participants get two meals, a t-shirt, and “all the free entertainment you could ask for,” said Hartman.

Hartman encourages students to check out Dance Marathon because it is “a lifechanging experience” that has to be experienced to be completely understood.

“I didn’t know what Dance Marathon was until I got involved with it, and it’s not really anything you can explain. You kind of just have to go to one,” she said.

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A sign for Black History Month hangs in Maucker Union.

BSU welcomes Black History Month ALAN WILKINS Staff Writer

During the month of February, the University of Northern Iowa Black Student Union will host events related to Black History Month. The events will consist of a variety of activities including lectures, dances and shows, all promoting awareness of African American history to students and the public.

Black History Month was born out of the effort of Carter G. Woodson, the son of a slave and a 1912 Harvard graduate, when he started Negro History Week in 1926. He wanted to educate everyone about African-American history and the achievements of AfricanAmerican men and women.

Woodson’s idea caught on and in 1976, the celebration grew from a week to a month.

DeAngelo Hall, co-president of the UNI Black Student Union, gave his views on Black History Month.

“I think the most important message is to never forget

SEE MORE For more information about events for Black History Month at UNI, visit www.sites.google.com/a/ uni.edu/bsu/home or check out the Black Student Union’s Facebook page by searching “UNI BSU Black History Month.”

your history,” said Hall, a senior marketing major. “It’s to make sure that we never forget what people have done for us.”

Hall and other members of BSU have been busily preparing for all of the events that will take place during February.

“We have an event called ‘A Thousand and One Inventions,’ which will be a kind of play which will take away all black inventions that have been created just to give us a visual of life would be like without those things,” said Hall.

Along with the Black Student Union, the Center for Multicultural Education, Campus Activities Board and African Union are also hosting and helping out with the events.

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UNI stuns No. 13-ranked Creighton at the buzzer

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UNI’s lone senior men’s basketball player, Johnny Moran (13), celebrates after the Panthers’ 65-62 victory over the No. 12-ranked Creighton Bluejays. Moran scored six points and dished out two assists for the Panthers.

BRAD EILERS Sports Editor

With 4.6 seconds remaining in Saturday’s men’s basketball game between the No. 13-ranked Creighton University Bluejays and the University of Northern Iowa Panthers, CU senior point guard Antoine Young nailed a 3-pointer to tie the game at 62-62, and it looked as though the Bluejays were going to force overtime. However, UNI junior guard Anthony James had other ideas.

“Antoine Young made a great shot to tie the ball game up,” said James. “I just took a quick glance at the clock and saw that we had time to dribble the ball up the court and get a decent shot.”

James took the inbounds pass and raced up court. As the final seconds ticked away, James launched a fadeaway 23-foot jumper that split the net. The Panthers won 65-62, snapping the Bluejays’ 11-game winning streak.

“The game was very similar to the one we played in Omaha,” said CU head coach Greg McDermott. “(UNI) is a team who has been struggling shooting the basketball and we played some percentages and obviously they made us pay for that. … We went to a zone (defense) and it paid dividends for us for a couple possessions, and then the zone ended up costing us in the end.”

“I think all of our fans and our team is well aware that (James) can make those kinds of shots. He makes them from a lot of places,” said UNI head coach Ben Jacobson. “He stayed on the dribble and got himself in a spot where

he was closer to the basket and he felt more comfortable.”

James, who missed Tuesday night’s game because of an injury and came off the bench Saturday, led the Panthers (16-9, 6-7 MVC) with 16 points, 14 of which came in the second half.

“My shots just started to fall for me in the second half,” said James. “I was aggressive in the first half as well and my teammates and the coaches have a lot of confidence in me. The shots just went in (in the second half).”

Joining James in double-digit scoring were freshman center Seth Tuttle and freshman point guard Deon Mitchell. Tuttle scored 13 points and collected a team-high nine rebounds while Mitchell scored 12 points, collected five boards and dished out two assists.

The Bluejays (21-3, 11-2 MVC) were led

by Young, who scored a game-high 23 points.

Sophomore forward Doug McDermott, who originally committed to UNI out of Ames High School, scored 18 points and collected a game-high 12 rebounds.

“Give (UNI) a lot of credit: they played really well today and they made some tough shots. It was a great atmosphere and we just got to learn from this and move on,” said Doug McDermott.

UNI and Creighton battled back-and-forth for the entire 40 minutes of regulation. The game featured six ties and nine lead changes.

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Anthony James (52) scored a team-high 16 points, including the gamewinning 3-pointer as time expired.

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Jake Koch (20) only scored six points for the Panthers, but he hit a crucial 3-pointer with 1:11 remaining in regulation to put UNI up by four points.

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took a 51-45 lead on a Chip Rank 3-pointer.

Rank’s 3-ball helped cap an 11-2 run for the Panthers.

Young put the Panther run to an end with an old-fashioned three-point play, pulling the Bluejays within three points with 3:55 remaining. UNI junior forward Jake Koch only scored six points Saturday afternoon; however, Koch nailed a crucial 3-pointer with 1:11 remaining in regulation to give the Panthers a 58-54 lead.

James hit a 3-ball with just 23 seconds left to put UNI ahead 61-56. However, CU’s Jahenns Manigat answered with a 3-pointer

of his own to make it 61-59 with 15 seconds left. James would connect on one of two free throws to give UNI a three-point lead before Young tied the game.

Creighton entered Saturday’s game as the best shooting team in the nation. The Bluejays had connected on more than 51 percent of their shots, and more than 45 percent on 3-pointers, also tops in the nation.

However, on Saturday, CU shot just 5-for-16 (31.3 percent) from 3-point range and 24-for57 (42.1 percent) from the floor.

“We needed some offense from somewhere else. Antoine and Doug were good,” said Greg McDermott. “It was just one of those nights. You play (24) games and they’re not all going to be perfect.”

UNI entered Missouri Valley Conference play with a 10-2 record and looked to be well on their way to another NCAA Tournament berth. However, since the start of conference play, the Panthers are just 6-7. During the 13-game stretch, UNI has struggled shooting the ball with consistency. However, Saturday afternoon, the Panthers connected on 11 of their 21 3-point tries, including the game winner.

The Panthers are hoping Saturday’s emotional victory will spark the team for the remainder of the season. UNI returns to action Wednesday at 7 p.m. when they travel to Wichita, Kan., to face the Wichita State Shockers (20-4, 11-2 MVC).

“This game was huge. Everyone knew it was going to be a big crowd and I definitely think it helped with our excitement level,” said Koch. “We started out pretty good and I’m still just in awe. It was so much fun. For the arena to be packed like that, it was something special.”

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Panthers take two games in three days

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UNI junior forward Amber Kirschbaum (0) recorded a double-double against Southern Illinois. Kirschbaum scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds.

JAKE BEMIS Sports Writer

The University of Northern Iowa women’s basketball team started their weekend off with a bang, beating the Southern Illinois University Salukis 73-51 Thursday night in the McLeod Center.

UNI started the game on a 19-4 run and never led by less than double digits from that point on. The Panthers extended their lead to 29-10 off of a Brittani Donaldson 3-pointer and took a 14-point lead into halftime. In the second half, UNI hit 5-of8 3-point shots to take a 30-point lead with just over five minutes to play before finally winning by 23.

Junior forward Amber Kirschbaum recorded a double-double, leading the Panthers with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Senior guard Katelin Oney added another 13 points and six boards for UNI. The Panthers remained hot as they took the court Saturday night in the

McLeod Center, defeating the University of Evansville Purple Aces 58-53. UNI has now won eight of their last 10 games.

UNI (15-7, 8-3 MVC) won despite being outrebounded 42-29 and shooting just 6-for26 (23.1 percent) from the 3-point line.

“It was kind of a rough win,” said Oney. “I don’t think we played with the amount of energy we normally do, but I think we got that around in the second half.”

The Panthers got out to an early 11-5 lead with just under 13 minutes to go in the first half, but Evansville (4-18, 1-10 MVC) fought back to tie the game up midway through the half. The score remained tight, and Evansville took a 27-23 lead heading into halftime.

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double digits until just under eight minutes left in the game. Evansville went on a 9-0 run to bring the game within three points with just less than two minutes left, but the UNI lead was too large to overcome.

Oney led the Panthers with a game-high 16 points.

Rachel Madrigal and Amber Kirschbaum also scored in double figures with 12 points and 11 points, respectively.

K.K. Armstrong chipped in with nine points and seven rebounds.

With the two wins, UNI is now in a tie for second place in the Missouri Valley Conference with Missouri State University.

The two schools are just one game behind Wichita State University for the lead in the MVC and one game ahead of fourth place Illinois State University.

“This team has not stopped believing,” UNI head coach Tanya Warren said after the game. “Our three seniors have done an incredible job as a whole of leading this unit, and our young kids have done a great job of following.”

The Panthers return to action Friday against Illinois State in Normal, Ill. UNI defeated ISU 79-73 earlier in the season at the McLeod Center.

UNI loses a heartbreaker to No. 14-ranked Iowa State MATTHEW BLUMBERG

Sports Writer

In a highly contested and back-andforth affair between intra-state rivals, the No. 14-ranked Iowa State University Cyclones upended the University of Northern Iowa Panthers, 19-17. The West Gym housed a sold-out crowd of 2,200 to see the Friday night dual meet come down to the final match.

The first match provided an early intensity that would continue to grow with each passing match. UNI senior Cruse Aarhus (125 pounds) matched up against No. 12-ranked Ryak Finch. Finch built an early lead that Aarhus was unable to overcome, winning the match with a 15-4 major decision.

Reigning Western Wrestling Conference “Wrestler of the Week,” UNI’s Joe Colon, answered with a technical fall. No. 11 Colon (133 pounds) beat R.J. Hallman with a 17-2 technical fall, giving the Panthers the team lead at 5-4. “(Colon) is going out and scoring points. He’s attacking and building leads,” said UNI head coach Doug Schwab.

“He’s wrestling really well right now and we got to keep building on that.”

Featuring the third consecutive ranked wrestler, the 141-pound bout saw Levi Wolfensperger of UNI lose a close 5-1 decision to No. 18-ranked Luke Goettl of ISU. The Panthers would answer with a decision of their own as Seth Noble (149 pounds) beat Joe Cozart by a 7-4 decision.

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UNI’s Riley Banach (right) wrestled in the 174pound match instead of his regular 164-pound match. Banach lost 8-3.

At 157 pounds, the Panthers built upon their slim team lead. David Bonin won a hard-fought 2-0 decision over Michael Moreno, giving the Panthers an 11-7 team lead heading into intermission.

Following the intermission, when President Ben Allen and Athletic Director Troy Dannen announced new plans for a renovated wrestling training facility, the Panthers forfeited the 164pound match to No. 4-ranked Andrew Sorenson of Iowa State.

Normally, Riley Banach represents UNI in that slot, but instead, the team chose to have Banach face Mikey England of ISU in the 174-pound match.

However, the strategy did not yield positive results as England won an 8-3 deci-

sion over Banach. The win built upon the team lead for Iowa State, at 16-11.

“It was the best thing at the time,” said Schwab. “We got to try to win the meet, and that’s what we tried to do.”

The 184-pound match featured two ranked wrestlers as No. 6 Ryan Loder of UNI won a close 1-0 decision over No. 16-ranked Boaz Beard of ISU. The win cut the Cyclone lead to an even slimmer margin of 16-14. Taylor Kettman (197 pounds) kept the momentum up as he won another close match for the Panthers, with a 4-2 decision over Trevor Voelker.

Entering the final match of the night, the Panthers found themselves in a similar position they had been in against Utah Valley University just last week.

UNI’s Blayne Beale (285 pounds) would face off against No. 12-ranked Matt Gibson of Iowa State with the winner taking their match and the dual for their respective squad. Unfortunately for the Panther faithful, Gibson was able to win the final match by a score of 7-1, giving ISU a 19-17 victory.

“Close doesn’t make you feel better.

Close doesn’t change the scoreboard,” Schwab said. “That’s enough with the moral victories and the fought hard. You want to get the victory and I don’t think our guys are very happy with it.”

After Sunday’s matchup with South Dakota State University and North Dakota State University, the Panthers return to action Feb. 12 in the NWCA/ Cliff Keen National Duals in Ames, Iowa.

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