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Spencer Walrath and Ian Goldsmith named student body president and vice president following the discovery of a transposition error in the election votes

working for the YOUniversity A human error ELECTION RESULTS The Northern Iowa Student Government named Spencer Walrath and Ian Goldsmith student body president and vice president Monday night after the discovery of a transposition error in the election votes revealed that the ticket received approximately 75 percent of the votes in the general elections.

After the correction, Walrath and Goldsmith received 1,636 votes, Rhonda Greenway and Adam Beaves received 366 and Dakotah Reed and Zach Simonson received 177.

Walrath and Goldsmith will take office on April 15.

“I’m so excited to finally get down to work and be able to start learning the job and taking on these roles and getting our platform accomplished,” Walrath said.

Despite the unconventional and surprising announcement of their victory, Goldsmith expressed excitement over the results.

“The honor of being the next leaders of the student body, regardless of how you hear, regardless of when it happens, regardless of in what way, is pretty exciting in itself,” he said. “No, it didn’t happen (in a) textbook way, but in the long run it doesn’t matter, and it might make a good story someday.”

The ticket thanked the other candidates for running “great” campaigns and hope that they will consider future involve-

Walrath-Goldsmith 1636 votes Greenway-Beaves 366 votes

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Reed-Simonson 177 votes ment in NISG. “I think everyone ran a really great campaign,” Walrath said. “Every ticket got stronger and stronger as the campaign went on, and I just think it’s great that so many people were able to take part in this experience and really find out what they’re standing for, find out

Rhonda and I deeply respect the will of the student body and were going to respect it whatever it was,” he said.

“Rhonda and I just want to congratulate Spencer and Ian,” Beaves continued. “We look forward to partnering with them and working with them and helping them in any way we can next year, because we did have a lot of common visions and common themes in our platThe honor of being forms.” the next leaders of the Though he intends to remain in the university next student body, regardless involved year, how he will be involved is of how you hear, still an “open book” for Beaves. regardless of when it Beaves thanked his supporthappens, regardless of ers for understanding the situafter providing additional in what way, is pretty ation support during the week leadexciting in itself. ing up to the ultimately canIan Goldsmith celed runoff elections. student body vice-president-elect “What’s frustrating is that you ask so much of your friends what they’d like to see done.” and your family to begin with Vice presidential candidate when you’re gonna run, and Adam Beaves expressed support then they all work so hard for Walrath and Goldsmith. for you during the general “Sure, we would have liked the outcome to be different, but See ELECTIONS, page 3

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NISGelections.com writers Trevor Boeckmann and Adam Haselhuhn filed a grievance with the Northern Iowa Student Government election commission Monday after an examination of the election ballots revealed an error in the off-campus votes. While the votes were correct in the individual ballots, the votes for Spencer Walrath and Ian Goldsmith were mistakenly attributed to Rhonda Greenway and Adam Beaves, whose votes were mistakenly attributed to Dakotah Reed and Zach Simonson, whose votes were mistakenly attributed to Walrath and Goldsmith.

“While going through the on-campus numbers, I noticed a huge lead for Walrath-Goldsmith,” Boeckmann said on the NISG Elections blog. “They had won every constituency. When I started to enter off-campus numbers, I noticed something odd.

“For some reason, the order of the candidates on the spreadsheet had changed. This was the first time they had been listed in a different order out of all of the 70 plus ballots. The official results have listed that WalrathGoldsmith had gotten 87 off-campus votes, GreenwayBeaves had 605 and Reed-Simonson 166. I was shocked by the numbers.”

The commission met Monday night to examine the ballots and ruled that the Walrath-Goldsmith ticket did in fact win the election with 75 percent of the vote. The commission approved the results by unanimous consent, recertified the election and canceled the runoff election that was scheduled for this week after no ticket seemed to receive a majority vote in last week’s general elections.

“I’m glad we could make a decision to correct this mistake,” Election Commissioner Gage Rewerts said in a press release. “The work of the commission has corrected the situation and we have showed that in this time of confusion, common sense can prevail.”

“This (error) reflects no ill will on the part of the commission,” said student body president Joel Anderson.

“I think they still did an amazing job of counting every single write-in vote … This error is human.”

Rewerts feels the error highlights the weaknesses and limitations of the current system, which he hopes to revise in the coming weeks.

“NISG has come through worse; I’m just glad we caught this before people had a chance to vote,” Rewerts said.

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NISG prepares students for upcoming Regents Day CAROLINE DAVIS Staff Writer

Approximately 190 University of Northern Iowa students will head to the state capitol on Monday, March 7 in order to lobby for higher education funding during Regents Day, an event sponsored by the Northern Iowa Student Government. Students will lobby in groups, attempting to win the support of local politicians on the issue of the proposed budget

cuts. Students from the University of Iowa and Iowa State University will also be in attendance.

On Tuesday, March 1, and Wednesday, March 2, two training sessions were held by NISG in order to prepare students for the lobbying event. Jennifer Nulty, NISG Director of Governmental Relations, led the event.

Nulty started off the training session by telling students the schedule for Regents Day. She then

gave students information on the ways UNI will be affected by the budget cuts. The facts included a 7.7 percent budget cut for UNI and a $167 million budget cut for all Regents Institutions. Only two proposed budget cuts for higher education are larger, in the states of Oregon and Arizona.

Along with Nulty, NISG President-elect and Vice Presidentelect Spencer Walrath and Ian Goldsmith spoke, as did one of their

opponents in the presidential race, Rhonda Greenway. The students discussed how UNI has changed their lives and how the budget cuts would affect their experiences at UNI. “Studying at UNI just gives me so many great opportunities,” said Goldsmith. “Please help me to continue bragging about UNI – that it is one of the best places on the See NISG, page 4

E. Patrick Johnson’s appearance in Mark Grey discusses Hearst Lecture Series rescheduled immigration in Iowa AJ CASSIDY Staff Writer

E. Patrick Johnson’s performance of “Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales,” originally scheduled for Feb. 3, has been rescheduled for March 8 at 7:30 pm in the Interpreters Theatre in Lang Hall. The performance will be based on narratives found in his book “Sweet Tea.” In addition to his published works, Johnson, a professor and chair of the Department of Performance Studies and a professor in the Department of AfricanAmerican Studies at Northwestern University, has toured the country giving presentations.

Christopher Martin, interim department head of the UNI communication studies department, said Johnson’s prior tours were a catalyst for his booking at UNI. “Some of our faculty members had seen E. Patrick Johnson perform a few years ago and were deeply impressed with his work,” he said. “Based on their recommendation, we decided to add him as a performing artist to our Hearst Lecture Series lineup.”

Admission to the event is free and open to the public, but the Interpreters Theatre is relatively small.

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Immigration has recently been a subject of hot debate for politicians and political groups in America. In April 2010, the governor of Arizona approved what many say is the most controversial immigration law to date, allowing local police to check workers for documents if they have a “reasonable suspicion of immigrant status.”

To address this concern, Mark Grey, professor of anthropology at the University of Northern Iowa and director of the Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration, gave a presentation on immigration to the Midwest Tuesday in the Center for Multicultural Education.

His focus was on Mexican migration into Iowa.

In his lecture titled “Transnational Migrants in the New Iowa,” Grey explained that Mexican migration to the Midwest is rather recent. According to Grey, migration into the Midwest started in the 1930s, but didn’t explode until the early 1990s.

Grey explained that Mexicans come to this country for three reasons: lack of jobs and economic opportunities, poor education for children and because after the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexican farmers could not compete with the American farmers’ price of corn.

A suggestion was made that if sending money to Mexico from America was made illegal, we wouldn’t have Mexicans wanting to come here. Grey agreed; however, he said that both the American and Mexican economies would collapse as a result.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2000 there were only 82,473 people in Iowa who claimed to be of Hispanic or Latino origin. That number has now increased to 151,544. This group makes up 5 percent of Iowa’s population. Grey explained that although this number was much larger than what was estimated, most of the Hispanic or Latino populations were born here in the United States.

Grey, who has been doing work on the immigration in the Midwest for almost 25 years, thinks Latino immigrants have an important role to play in Iowa now and in the future.

“Immigrants are the only reason our population has grown, and immigrants will be the only reason why our population will continue to grow,” Grey said. “As our white population continues to age, immigrants are going to hold an important role in maintaining our social and economic well-being and taking care of our rapidly aging white population.”

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HSAB sponsors ‘Tearing it Up: The Aftermath’ KARYN SPORY

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Devastation and tragedy often show people their true strengths and bring communities together.

This is what Jay Lees, history professor; his wife Julie Lowell, an associate professor of sociology, anthropology and criminology; and Sarah Stubbe are trying to show with their documentary, “Tearing It Up: The Aftermath.”

On May 25, 2008, an EF5 tornado ripped through Butler County, Iowa, leaving tremendous destruction in the towns of Parkersburg and New Hartford. It was a phone call from Lees’ former students, Parkersburg residents Kevin and Amy Truax, that prompted Lees and Lowell to grab their home video camera and journey to Parkersburg.

With more than 50 hours of film, they decided to give students a little sneak peak by showing four clips Monday night at the University of Northern Iowa in Seerley Hall. The

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elections, and then you’re asking additional time away from their studies and additional resources and energy,” Beaves said.

Former presidential candidate Dakotah Reed expressed his plans to apply for a cabinet position following Monday night’s announcement.

“I think that Spencer and Ian will do a fantastic job,” he said. “They’re both very qualified and connected individuals and really care about the students’ concerns and issues.”

Student body president Joel Anderson feels confident in the abilities of his successors.

“All three candidates would do an amazing job,” he said. “I think Spencer and Ian are going to do a great job of promoting NISG, and I have great confidence that they will carry on – I don’t want to say carry on the initiatives, because it’s all their prerogative; I took it a different way than (former student body president Adam Haselhuhn) did, and I know that Spencer’s gonna take it a different way than I did. I know he’s gonna do a great job to serve and represent the students of the University of Northern Iowa.”

While Anderson plans

event was sponsored by the Honors Student Advisory Board.

“Dr. Lees is an honors professor … I found out that he had a very personal interest with what happened in Parkersburg with some friends and how (it) became a special project that he was working on.

We thought since Dr. Lees was working on this project it would just bring what he’s doing to the public,” said Kate Elahi, a senior Spanish and communicative disorders double major and HSAB representative.

At 8 p.m., Lees began to play the first clip of a father holding his baby.

Every audience member was quiet, all eyes on the screen as the father described holding onto his wife and child as the tornado took their home.

Lees recounted after the clip how the father had talked about not knowing how tightly to hold his child. He didn’t want to lose her, but he didn’t want to hurt her either.

These new documentarians were not only learn-

to “go the way of Bill Clinton” and cease his direct involvement in student government following Walrath’s inauguration to avoid casting his shadow on his successor, he will spend much of the remaining days of his term easing the transition between administrations by teaching Walrath about the Student Services Fee Committee, which Walrath will chair when he takes office, connecting him to university officials and bringing him along to meetings.

Between now and April 15, Walrath and Goldsmith will also be selecting individuals to serve as directors in the NISG executive branch, positions that Anderson feels are “key” to the success of any administration. These positions include the Director of Administration and Finance, the Director of Diversity and Student Life, the Director of Governmental Relations and the Director of Public Relations.

For more information on these positions and to apply for one, visit www. uni.edu/nisg “(April 15 will) be sneaking up on them pretty soon, so my goal is to make sure they’re ready as soon as possible to transition,” Anderson said.

ing about the people of Parkersburg, their struggles and personal stories, but also learning a whole new set of skills like interviewing, editing and transcribing.

“It’s been an incredible learning process. When I first started to transcribe I was using a VCR with a remote and stopping the tape to type, rewinding the tape, listening to it some more, and it was extremely time consuming,” said Stubbe.

“But even the interviewing, none of us had done interviewing before. I mean, he’s (Lees) a medieval historian and I’m an archaeologist. We had to learn, but these people wanted to talk,” said Lowell.

As the final clip faded out – a clip that featured three interviews woven together – it showed how all of the stories from Parkersburg intertwined and the skills that this ragtag team of documentarians had gained: the skills to effectively tell a visual See AFTERMATH, page 4

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Julie Lowell (above), professor of sociology, anthropology and criminology, along with her husband, Jay Lees, and Sarah Stubbe, discussed the process of creating their documentary film.

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population there, and I’ve always been interested in migration from Mexico into the U.S,” said Bryant Dowd, a 2010 UNI graduate who now works in the Office of Admissions.

One thing in Grey’s presentation came as a surprise to Dowd.

“The fact that they (Mexican immigrants) are all from one central location in central Mexico shocked me just because you’d think they’d be more spread out,” Dowd commemted.

Mark Grey’s presentation was sponsored by the Transnational Identities Forum. The forum sponsors a series of lectures and events that look at critical issues in globalized economies, identity formation across geo-political borders, economic integration and critical issues of culture change.

In a closing comment, Grey said, “I’m grateful so many of my friends and colleagues were able to join me today. I’m flattered by their interest, and I always eagerly anticipate a healthy exchange of views.”

BRANDON BAKER/Northern Iowan All three panelists who led the discussion on Monday night took part in creating the documentary “Tearing it Up: The Aftermath.”

The film is a series of interviews and clips from the EF5 tornado that hit Parkersburg, Iowa, in May 2008.

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story and an appreciation for those who suffered through the tornado.

“The thing that’s so uplifting is how the best of people came out. People helping other people: that’s what came out,” said Lowell.

The documentary still has a long way to go but the final plans are to donate the archival collections to the Kothe Memorial Library in Parkersburg and the UNI Rod

Library.

“I want the work that Dr. Lees is doing to be known by people and to just bring exposure to his research and help maybe further that along too.” said Elahi.

As for Lees, he wants to drive home the message that if you don’t have shoes on, you’re not going anywhere after a tornado, and that if done right, the documentary could help future emergency managers look at what to do and what not to do.

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Mark Grey, professor of anthropology, discussed Mexican migration to the Midwest and how it has impacted the economy.

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“I was never really involved in high school, but since I got here, I’ve been involved with so many organizations. I mean, as far as cuts from the state go, it definitely affects me on a personal level,” Walrath said.

“Today’s training will definitely be beneficial to those of us going on Monday,” said Tommy Liu, a junior public relations major. “Being an international student, I’ve never been to a government building like this before.

This training has definitely given me confidence, and if we present with confidence, the outcome will definitely be positive.”

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tickets are left,” said Karen Mitchell, professor of communication studies. “If students want to come to the event, they should come early. Once we are out of tickets, we will start a waiting list.”

“This is the first time they’ve had somebody like me doing this job,” said Nulty. “In the past, there have been under 100 students going to Regents Day. This year, though, when I was told to get at least 100 students involved, I made sure to make a Facebook event, I told all my friends, who told their friends; we posted on Twitter; we put posters up.

“I emailed all the deans, who emailed department heads, who emailed professors, who emailed students,” Nulty added. “I’m so confident that the outcome of this will be positive.”

For more information about Regents Day, please visit the NISG website, www.uni.edu/nisg.

For more information on E. Patrick Johnson and his work, visit www.epatrickjohnson.com. For information pertaining to the event, contact Christopher Martin by e-mail at christopher.martin@uni.edu or by phone at 319-273-6188.

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More than 425 first graders from Price Lab and Waterloo schools took over the Maucker Union Ballroom Monday for the University of Northern Iowa’s fourth annual African-American Read-In. This year’s “Red Carpet” theme featured various “celebrity” readers consisting of Cedar Valley community members and UNI staff, faculty and students, along with guest story teller Nothando Zulu.

Zulu, president and director of the Black Storytellers Alliance, has been telling African and African-American folktales nationally for 27 years. The read-in is a way to celebrate Black History Month and continue UNI’s dedication to community outreach.

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UNI students and faculty and Nothando Zulu, president and director of the Black Storytellers Alliance, read African-American folktales and stories to more than 400 Malcolm Price Laboratory students Monday during UNI’s African-American Read-In.

in my 30 plus years here at the university,” said Gloria Kirkland Holmes, associate

professor of early childhood education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction

at UNI. “This definitely evidenced UNI’s strategic plan, and it’s great focus on the pro-

motion of diversity, recruiting and retention of more minorities on the campus.”

UNI mascots TC and TK also made an appearance at the event. For some students, such as Orange Elementary first-grader Kenon, the idea of being so close to TC almost made it too difficult to focus on any of the day’s reading events. “(TC) is cool because he just looks like a big black monster,” Kenon said.

Other students had high hopes for the day, including Jaxson, a first-grader at Orange Elementary, who explained that coming to UNI for the read-in was exciting because “I want to skip a lot of grades and be in college.”

This little scholar was not the only one talking about a collegiate future.

“When asked how many of them think you might like to come to UNI someday, lots of hands went up,” said Kirkland See READ-IN, page 7

Violence prevention educators urge ‘Cedar Rapids’ adds students to be cautious during spring break to the collection of

Iowa film classics

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Spring break can be a fun-filled time for many college students, but it can also be dangerous if students don’t take the proper precautions at their spring break destinations. The UNI Center for Violence Prevention urges students to travel in groups, never take drinks from strangers and keep track of how much they drink.

By CASSANDRA TANT Staff Writer

Winter is coming to an end and University of Northern Iowa students are in full anticipation of spring break. Many college students are more than ready to leave their books behind and take advantage of a week off.

But are they aware of the potential dangers of a rambunctious spring break? Students have the opportunity to protect themselves by being mindful of how to avoid troublesome

situations – while still getting the break they deserve.

Annette Lynch, director of the Center for Violence Prevention across Iowa, is a strong advocate for spreading basic education of violence prevention. She describes the severity of becoming careless.

“Everybody’s out for a party. The idea of spring break in many students’ minds is ‘we’re out of school and we’re in a warm location, I want to have a good time,’” she said.

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There aren’t too many movies that come out about Iowa that don’t involve bridges, baseball or dying in cornfields. So when “Cedar Rapids” came to theatres, I knew it would be my duty as an Iowan to go see it.

Tim Lippe (Ed Helms, “The Office”) is an insurance agent in the small town of Brown Valley, Wis., who has a very easygoing life. He is in a relationship with his former seventh-grade teacher (Sigourney Weaver, “Avatar”), and he is happy.

When one of his coworkers “accidentally” dies of asphyxiation, Tim is sent to the annual insurance convention in the big city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. While there, he meets three veterans of the convention: Dean (John C. Reilly, “Step Brothers”), Ronald (Isiah Whitlock Jr., “The Wire”) and Joan (Anne Heche, “Men In Trees”), and discovers that there’s a lot more to life than what he knew before.

While the basis for the

movie is comical in itself (big city of Cedar Rapids -- really?), the movie is about much more than just a small town man traveling for the first time. Ed Helms plays an excellent innocent character, with snippets of his character Andy Bernard from “The Office” shining through. He is very sheltered, and when he starts to open up with the help of his new friends, it is both welcoming and comical.

Perhaps one of the most comical moments is when he meets an African-American for the first time, when his roommate for the weekend, Ronald, opens the door.

Ronald, played by Whitlock Jr., is a straight-shooting, respectable man. In a little shout-out to his past work, Whitlock’s character mentions the show “The Wire” quite often.

The ringleader of the veterans is Dean Ziegler, played

by Reilly. Dean is loud and obnoxious but full of heart.

He has some crude lines, but that has come to be expected from most of Reilly’s characters. The lady of the group, See CEDAR RAPIDS, page 7

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Fred Silva travels from Sao Paolo to Iowa to continue his education

By JACKIE McANDREW Graduate Student Affairs

Second-year student affairs graduate student Fred Silva wants to learn about the world -- even if it means learning in a different country. A native Brazilian, Silva moved from Sao Paolo to the United States to attend high school. When he decided to continue his career in higher education, Silva saw the University of Northern Iowa as the best choice.

“The size of the college is really what appeals to me the most,” he said.

“You always have the personal attention, whether it’s from the professors or from the students and faculty, but it’s still big enough that you can do your own thing if you want to. It’s the perfect size for the benefits of both a little and big school.”

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She says there’s a mentality with spring break that can lead students to feel that they are not as responsible as they should be.

“Like the Vegas saying, what happens at spring break stays at spring break. You may say leave it back there in Daytona Beach, but if you got raped in Daytona Beach, you are not going to leave it there,” Lynch said.

But how do dangerous situations get started? Joan Thompson, a UNI health educator and victim services advocate, provides a common scenario.

“Two people who have been drinking begin mak-

After graduating with his bachelor’s degree in general studies, two student affairs professionals close to Silva kept in contact with him and encouraged him to continue his education and Fred Silva get his master’s degree at the school he had grown to love.

“My adviser for undergraduate international admissions pointed me to (the student affairs program) as something that she thought I should do,” he said. “I was always very focused on working in college and worked in academic advising. I had another adviser there tell me that grad school would be a good option.

ing out; both people are in agreement that this is all right,” Thompson said. “As the making out becomes more passionate, one person decides that it is going too far and requests that the sexual activity stops, but the initiator of the activity continues having sex despite her wishes. Non-consensual sex is rape.”

Thompson said that 50 to 90 percent of all sexual assaults are alcohol related.

Mark Rowe-Barth, substance abuse and violence intervention services coordinator, said that excessive drinking increases the risk of assault.

Alcohol is one of those factors that only contributes to the problem, Rowe-Barth said.

Students can take preventative action to avoid these situations. Thompson said students should travel in groups and never go somewhere alone, especially if you or your partner have been drinking. Rowe-Barth adds that students should determine in advance how much they are going to drink and they should stick to it.

Keeping track of your drinks and only accepting them from bartenders is the best way to assure that your drink is safe.

Rowe-Barth says that planning ahead is the best way to be prepared.

“If you choose to have sex, do you use protection?

Are you prepared to be safe so you don’t get a STD or an unplanned pregnancy?

Maybe you’ve made the decision to have sex during spring break, but you can still be safe about it.”

One thing the Center for Violence Prevention firmly promotes is to not just keep yourself safe but to keep the people around you safe as well.

“Looking out for your

It was really through those continued relationships with my advisors that I decided to come back to school.”

Currently, Silva is a full-time employee in UNI’s international admissions and hopes to keep working there after he graduates this spring. He enjoys the field and wants to continue to help international students like himself.

“I would like to build a career in student affairs,” he said. “My dream job would be to be a director of international affairs, where I could work and focus on my two real passions in the area: admissions and student services.”

But Silva’s time on campus isn’t simply spent in the office. He also makes it a point to develop friendships with those he sees daily.

“I really love my work and the

friends is a huge thing students can do,” Rowe-Barth said. “There are many situations where students have the opportunity to be an active bystander. There are always creative options that work for different people, but the only option is not to do nothing, because there is always something you can do.”

Lynch describes how it can sometimes be difficult to stop your friends, especially if they are the culprit.

“Some of those situations are not protecting the victim, but challenging the potential perpetrator to rethink his or her actions,” Lynch said.

“Sometimes it’s challenging your best friend who looks like he’s going to take some drunken girl out the door.”

Lynch said it’s sometimes difficult to challenge a friend, but one must become the active bystander. If you’re uncomfortable about something, you should actually do something about it.

Several UNI students have their spring break plans set.

Sarah Hafner, a freshman deciding major, plans to spend her spring break on a mission trip to Philadelphia through Nazareth Lutheran Church. She’s excited to share this experience with 35 other people. She knows this is not the “typical spring break getaway.”

“I was always under the impression that spring break was going to Florida or Mexico and going to get crazy and party,” Hafner said.

“People let their guard down and there’s a lot of potential for people to get hurt.”

Ana Salazar, a senior elementary and middle level education major, shares the same view with Hafner, and is avoiding the “college scene that has alcohol, partying, and drugs.” She is going to

friends that I know through school,” he said. “Even when I’m not here and I’m just hanging out with friends, it’s often friends from work and school.

I don’t see that as a bad thing at all, because I really enjoy myself.”

Silva also journeys off campus when it comes to his passions.

“I love to fly,” he said. “I have my pilot’s license and I fly places within reason whenever I get the chance. It had always been a lifelong dream of mine to be a pilot, so I decided to act on it.”

His advice for students? Use every minute to the fullest during your college career.

“Get involved,” he advised. “The more free time that I have, the less I get done, so getting involved and occupying your time with anything that you enjoy is very important!”

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Excessive drinking can be a dangerous problem for many spring break travelers. To stay safe, Mark Rowe-Barth, substance abuse and violence intervention services coordinator, suggests that students keep track of how much they drink and stay within their limit.

Colorado Springs, Colo., with her boyfriend.

Taylor Boude, a freshman social work and Spanish major, agrees that the typical college spring break is “pure chaos,” but does not think that UNI students will be a part of it.

“I guess that kids here party just as much as kids anywhere else, but when you think of spring break college kids, you don’t think of crazy kids from Iowa. Everyone knows us Iowa folk are just

nice kinds of people.”

So whether students are planning a trip to Cancun, Mexico, or they just want to relax at home, the Center for Violence Prevention hopes students make smart decisions.

“There can be a heightened safety risk at spring break, but this information works all the time,” RoweBarth said.

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Holmes. “Having these children, their teachers, parents and other educators come to the campus in commemoration of Black History Month is an honor and a cherished memory.”

Dwight Watson, dean of the College of Education, was also in attendance.

“To sponsor such an event for young people to be exposed to African-American culture is money well spent,” he said. “Learners need win-

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Joan, is a mom who uses Cedar Rapids as a way to escape. While the plot of the movie actually works, it is put on the back burner because this is really a coming-of-age story for Tim, as he realizes that it’s not where you are that’s important but who you are with.

Although the movie is genuinely funny, it will not be an everlasting comedy like “The Hangover,” which also features Helms. Perhaps as an Iowan, I feel more fond toward this movie than others might, but it will be forgotten.

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UNI’s African-American Read-In is held in conjunction with the National AfricanAmerican Read-In, sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English and endorsed by the International Reading Association. Each year, more than one million readers from a variety of different ethnic groups participate in the read-in. made a name of himself with the Starkids), and not in Iowa, it is really only in name that the movie is Iowan. They did use some pretty nice shots of Cedar Rapids though – even showing the Quaker Oats factory (although it really isn’t the same without the lovely smell).

With the mention of the flooding in Cedar Rapids, the movie takes a grateful tone, mentioning the insurance agents who worked hard for their clients to get things back to normal. It was a nice touch to sum up a nice movie.

Although it will not go down in comedy history, it will be a nice addition to the small collection of films made about Iowa.

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Fellow Panthers, Thank you to those that supported the Greenway-Beaves candidacy for UNI Student Body President and Vice President. Whether your vote went uncounted or was incorrectly tabulated by the election commission, we are both grateful that you took the time and effort to voice your opinion.

To the 40-plus individuals that were part of our campaign team, thank you for your commitment to the two of us and the future of UNI. The last four weeks have been truly inspiring and have taught both of us so much about our university.

At this point, my assumption is that anyone reading this is well aware of the election commission’s ruling on Feb. 23, followed by their second ruling on Feb. 28 after their original decision was called under fire.

Furthermore, it’s plausible that many of you feel that the Northern Iowa Student Government was somehow relocated to Florida and will irrevocably criticize NISG elections until you graduate.

Regardless of what the vote counts may or may not have been, Adam and I have received numerous calls for us to contest the entirety of the election results. However, it is not Florida, this is not 2000 and (tragically) I am not Al Gore. For those not familiar with the Florida debacle of 2000, I will spare you the full commentary and simply say, voters in Florida may never know who won their state and that the recounts which occurred went on for days.

Adam and I have chosen to abstain

from calling a full recount of the votes cast, as we wholeheartedly believe that the student body has more pressing things to attend to.

Now is not the time for us, as elected representatives, to force recounts and instigate petty behavior. At this point, it is most pertinent that the student body joins together to fight the devastating budgetary cuts facilitated by the Iowa Legislature. Hold NISG Student Body President-Elect Spencer Walrath to the highest standard and collaborate with him and Ian Goldsmith as your representatives during this mortifying time as an Iowa Regent University.

To those that feel this ballot discrepancy delegitimizes the Northern Iowa Student Government: make it a priority that this type of sheer failure and ineptitude never happens again.

Require more from your student government officials than a supreme lack of attention to detail and this complete absence of judgment. Remember, it is in every student’s interest to have competent, reliable individuals acting on their behalf. I truly believe that this unfortunate excuse of an election process is a learning moment for the Northern Iowa Student Government and a year from now we will be better representatives having moved through this utter ineptitude.

The article published last week titled “Because I want to...” presents a view of sexuality that is very condescending toward people who make the choice to have casual sex.

It also makes the unrealistic demand of the reader that they abstain from sex and provides no information on safe sex, giving the reader the impression that they are always making the wrong choice should they engage in such encounters.

I want to make the point to the students of this university that what you consent to do with your genitalia is your own business. Your body, your choice. Unless it is against your personal, moral or religious convictions, there is nothing inherently immoral or stupid about people who have casual sex. It is true that there are risks involved and that safety and knowledge are essential if you plan on participating in this behavior; however, as an adult it is up to

you to take care to read up on safe sex practices and to get yourself tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Even if you don’t plan to have sex, it’s important to be prepared for whatever situations we are likely to find ourselves in as college students.

No matter how many times we are told “no, no, no,” human beings are going to have sex. It’s how we are wired. The best thing we can do for ourselves and for our friends and family is not to say “no” but to equip everyone with the knowledge necessary to make safe decisions. Sex is a natural, pleasurable, healthy part of our lives that we need to deal with openly and responsibly. People having safe sex are perfectly in the right, and we help nobody by guilting people out of enjoying themselves.

In purple and gold, Rhonda Greenway NISG senator Former NISG student body presidential candidate

Joe Enabnit sophomore philosophy/economics major

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Mistakes were made

In the Sept. 17 issue of the Northern Iowan, we screwed up. On the front page of that issue, we accidentally misspelled the words “engage” and “counterprotest” in the headline of the top story on the front page.

How did this happen? How did such glaring errors make their way into such a prominent area of the newspaper?

The answer boils down to a certain degree of carelessness. With so many articles to edit and last-minute changes that need to be made, small errors like that sometimes fall through the cracks. In some cases this error might be a missing comma at the end of an article on page 10.

In others, as in the Jan. 12 issue of the Iowa State Daily, mistakenly printing the word “can” instead of “cannot” could result in stating that people who are unconscious can give sexual consent.

These errors are of the same kind – that of small typographical oversights – but have monstrously different implications. These errors also had the same source: a lack of careful scrutiny that often results from completing a lot of work in a small amount of time, which is essentially the college student’s condition. Such errors can be found in any form of publication, including major news outlets like the New York Times.

The Northern Iowa Student Government election commission made a similar error during last week’s general elections as they tallied the votes for student body president and vice president. For whatever reason, one of the ballots had the candidates in a different order, and so the votes were moved from the ballot to the master Excel spreadsheet used for tallying in the wrong order.

As a result, the off-campus votes for the Walrath-Goldsmith ticket were attributed to the Greenway-Beaves ticket, whose votes were attributed to the Reed-Simonson ticket, whose votes were then attributed to the Walrath-Goldsmith ticket.

This error was caught on Monday evening by Trevor Boeckmann, a writer for this publication and its elections blog, www.nisgelections. com, and the election commission met that evening to confirm and acknowledge the error. When this discrepancy was corrected, the commission found that the WalrathGoldsmith ticket had indeed won the general elections with approximately 75 percent of the vote.

Again, many have wondered how such a large mistake could happen.

Part of it is a result of the votecounting system. Because of the

large number of college-residence combinations, the election commission had the mountainous task of transferring votes from 84 different ballots to the master spreadsheet.

Another reason is the large number of write-in candidates, which was a result of having so few candidates on the ballot.

While these certainly were huge factors, in the end the mistake was just that: a mistake. It’s hardly different from a typo in the newspaper: if the typo is hidden at the end of an article on page 10 and doesn’t change the meaning of the article, it isn’t a big deal. If it’s in the headline on the front page, or if it results in accidentally condoning illegal activity, it becomes a big deal.

Much like in the latter cases, a small mistake became a big deal for the election commission, as one transposition error completely changed the results of the election.

The gravity of this situation cannot be denied. However, we feel it is a mistake to think this delegitimizes NISG or the commission. They are both comprised of students: people who struggle with balancing homework, work, social lives and campus involvement. They are people who make mistakes just like anyone else.

It is extremely important that we hold these bodies accountable for their errors. However, it is also important that we attempt to understand what caused them, that we forgive them and that we look to how we can avoid these errors in the future. Any finger-pointing or dwelling on this unfortunate error is hypocritical and unproductive.

When we have made mistakes in this publication, we have been very fortunate to have students bring them to our attention so that we may correct them and learn from them.

As a result, we feel that we have improved significantly throughout this year and that our mistakes have decreased.

It is our hope that the student body is as quick to forgive this mistake of the election commission, as it was an honest error done by hardworking students who wanted nothing more than to hold a just election in order to carry out the will of the student body.

We ask that you stand behind NISG as it continues to represent students and improve as a body.

With the recently passed senate reduction bill significantly reducing the number of ballots and unfilled seats for next year’s election, and with this small error in mind, we feel confident that such errors will not be repeated next year.

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

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Paths and expectations

TOM EARLY

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Before anyone comes to college, various media fill their mind with expectations. We expect professors wearing tweed jackets with leather elbow patches. We expect ivy on every building. We expect all-nighters for procrastinated tests and papers. We expect spring breaks full of sexcapades in Cancun beach houses.

And of course, we expect weekend after weekend to be filled with lavish parties, confrontations with the dastardly dean of students and drunken adventures we don’t expect to remember.

During my time at the University of Northern Iowa I have tried to live up to these lofty expectations.

A desire to conform to the movie-prescribed “college experience” drove me to act silly, irresponsibly and selfishly. The problem is not in the acts themselves but in the motivation. For some reason I thought the movie college experience was the only one.

I started to notice the faults of these expectations when weekend after weekend, I bought beer I never drank.

The credo of the college

experience dictates that one should split a “dirty thirty” with a chum or acquaintance and attend a social gathering with other “dirty thirty” folk. Girls, of course, drink mixed drinks concocted in recycled water bottles. For men, proper apparel includes a polo shirt; however, variations on color and print are acceptable. After a given period of time, one must trudge through any and all forms of inclement weather and wait in line 30 to 40 minutes at either of the two under-21 bars. At this point, I usually just went back to my room and wondered why I didn’t enjoy myself.

I think all college students struggle with this paradigm. This seemingly simple system for peer socialization often comes up short.

However, many of us choose to operate within its confines for convenience’s sake. It’s treated like a commodity. I often hear the declaration “I can never live like this again!” I cannot agree more with this statement.

As college students, we live with flexibility in our schedules unknown to the rest of society. So why waste it? This isn’t to say that I never drink. I will admit that sometimes my indulgences

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move from temperance to excess. The reason: because it’s fun and I enjoy it. But is there more?

Every weekend, I see droves flood to the bars on the Hill and not leave for eight hours. People do this every weekend. But is this essence of college -- to live out the “college experience” every week the same way as everyone else? At some point I gave up on these expectations and made my own. I wondered what my college experience would look like in retrospect. What could I point to that no one else could? Was I walking a path of my own choosing or the one laid out by “Animal House” and “Revenge of the Nerds”?

Ultimately, I wanted more. I expected more from myself. Not just in terms of ethics but in terms of fulfillment. I expected to volunteer more. I expected to learn an instrument. I expected to meet more people. I still can’t play the banjo, but I didn’t expect to be a pro. Find your own path and stop trying to chase the impossible “college experience.” The self-chosen path will fill your heart more than anything you see on TV or the film screen. Someday I hope you can share in Robert Frost’s words: I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

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My name is Ramon Rolando Cantu and I am a Chicano/ Latino student at UNI. Last year was a year full of racial tension, bias, and verbal and physical assaults, as well as discriminating graffiti of swastikas and white power. An underrepresented group of students from diverse backgrounds were made to feel oppressed, demoralized and ostracized. The same group was led by some of the best minds on campus: “Cesar,” Holly, Alex, Ebony, Brenda, Sara and Carmen. These leaders organized, collaborated and mobilized peaceful demonstrations, walk-outs, non-violent protests, a march and even conducted a simulation on hate, “The Tunnel of Oppression.” Their initial cause was to stand against hate, violence, racism and polite prejudice. The effect they were looking for was one of awareness and education through dialogue and an understanding that humans come from different backgrounds – ethnicity, nationality, culture, religion, disability, gender, sexuality, status, etc.

A year and three months later, the institution has done things for diversity, but it is one thing to paint a picture and another to take ownership of it. Spending money by bringing in experts and businesses to conduct programming and surveys on campus climate does not change things. True disclosure is amongst the very people who are the makeup of this campus – our students and esteemed professors.

We (UNI) can learn a lot from each other if we bother to sit down with difference, talk diversity, seek understanding and integrate creative intelligence to solve problems. Latinos on this campus have reached out and have extended a constant welcoming hand to the majority – Euro-Americans (white).

This Saturday, March 5, the Hispanic Latino Student Union is hosting a themed Black and White Ball where everyone is invited -- everyone. The ball is about an experience – an experience to learn about Latino culture through music, dance, expression, history and fellowship. We will see who will show, because it is not just for us (Latinos), it’s for you too.

Respectfully, Ramon Rolando Cantu Iowa Latino Affairs Commissioner Iowa Department of Human Rights UNI Hispanic Latino Student Union Delegate I am a senior studying management information systems at the University of Northern Iowa. As a student in the College of Business, I can greatly appreciate just how important an internship opportunity can be. However, despite the high level of importance of an internship and the multitude of benefits gained from one, I still cannot help but be put off by a particular recruiting technique The Southwestern Company practices.

The technique I am referring to is in regard to the survey cards passed out before and during class periods. Essentially, these survey cards allow students to provide this company with their contact information. In my opinion, this can lead the students to believe that an internship is available that specifically fits their major.

Once contact information is provided, this company contacts the student, typically by telephone. By and large, the company hires student interns from all over the country to sell their products door-to-door during the summer term.

To be honest, this is far from what would be considered an “ideal” internship for most students. In fact, many would not even consider this an internship at all. Door-to-door sales is not a skill gained at an accredited university and is a dying trade to say the least. There may be some students that consider this an option for summer employment, but it is not worthy of our classroom time.

I’m paying a competitive sum for my education at UNI, along with all the taxpayer funds that support this institution, and I do not need a business pitch.

Jared Noska Management Information Systems major

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It was Valentine’s Day weekend and a dear friend gave me a free ticket to see Cuarteto Casals and Andreas Klein. My seat was directly in front of the performers on stage. I was elated, and although I could only stay for an hour because of prior commitments, I dressed up and headed out for an hour of musical bliss.

Honestly, I got an aerobic workout, but I did not need to strain to understand lyrics because there were none. I was not nudged to dance because there was not a dance floor. I was content to sit, let the music rise and fall over me, and have it take me away.

One of the places I floated into was a conversation I had with a friend that led to the disclosure of another person’s gender identity. I had not known this person was homosexual, and then through the notes and strings of Mozart, Beethoven, or some other composer I began to wonder about the bodies on stage.

To my surprise, not only did the bodies on stage absorb me, but also those sitting to my left and right.

As if I was an expert on the matter of sex and gender, I began to size each person up. I began with the one wearing a peculiar haircut.

He played so eloquently. As his bow progressed up and down the strings, beliefs of why he must be something other than “straight” ran wildly through my thoughts.

Surely, no “decent” European American with blond hair and blue eyes would even consider such a haircut. I concluded as with any competition: straight people zero and gay people one.

Having made this remarkable discovery, I moved to the most feminine person on stage. She was wearing a flowing black and turquoise dress. Definitely, she was a feminist lesbian. The dress was floor length but not the typical “straight” cut hem.

The hem was zigzagged, her shoulders and arms were toned and bare, and the way she sat during the performance invited everyone to take notice. As I watched in amazement the movements of her upper body I concluded that her body was one only another woman could love and appreciate. Straight folks remain at zero and gay

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We spend so much time sizing each other up.

We forget the talents and gifts we have to share with each other and the sacrifices.

In my opinion, we should try to end gender thinking by looking at individual’s performances and not judging or stereotyping each other. people gained another point.

As the Cuarteto Casals exited to rejuvenate themselves, I turned slightly to my right. At first I thought of them as a mother and daughter or maybe two friends enjoying each other’s company. Again, the gender monster crept in and I determined that these women must be transgendered. Why? One of them sitting next to me did not look my way the entire show.

Relating this to her not wanting to make the other one “jealous” and all, I sized them up. The straight and narrow folks get nothing and the gay gang advances again.

At that moment I saw something strange. In my mind’s eye, I saw myself being picked apart by someone. I saw myself being judged, sized up, examined and reexamined to be the type of person that I am not.

As Cuarteto Casals began to return on stage for their second half, I looked at my watch and it was time to leave. I had spent the hour in wasteful mind games in the presence of people who came to perform for me.

These people had set aside this time for my enjoyment and all I had to show for it was mindless criticism of them and the people around me.

You know, we go through this game every day with the people around us. We spend so much time sizing each other up. We forget the talents and gifts we have to share with each other and the sacrifices. In my opinion, we should try to end gender thinking by looking at individuals’ performances and by not judging or stereotyping each other. In the end, it’s our deeds we are accountable for.

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University of Northern Iowa senior point guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe and sophomore guard Anthony James have been recognized by the Missouri Valley Conference as members of the 2011 All-MVC men’s basketball team.

Ahelegbe earned firstteam All-MVC honors while being named the league’s Defensive MVP. Ahelegbe also came in second in voting for the MVC Player of the Year behind Missouri State University junior forward Kyle Weems. Ahelegbe, who has started 104 consecutive games in his Panther career and led UNI in scoring this season, averaged 14 points

per game. He also led the team in free throws made (129) and assists (90).

James earned a spot as an honorable mention selection to the All-MVC team. James was also tabbed as the MostImproved Player in the MVC after averaging 12.6 points per game this season for the Panthers. He leads the Panthers in field goals made this season with 148.

Ahelegbe was also joined on the All-Defensive team by fellow senior teammate Lucas O’Rear. O’Rear earned a spot on the All-Defensive team despite missing the final seven games of the season with a broken right ankle. He led the Panthers with an average of 5.7 rebounds per game.

2011 ALL-MVC TEAMS FIRST TEAM G - Kwadzo Ahelegbe, UNI ** - Defensive MVP G - Andrew Warren, Bradley F - Kyle Weems, Missouri State ** - MVC Player of the Year F - J.T. Durley, Wichita State F - Doug McDermott, Creighton ** - MVC Freshman of the Year/ MVC Newcomer of the Year

SECOND TEAM G - Colt Ryan, Evansville G - Jermaine Mallett, Missouri State G - Toure’ Murry, Wichita State G - Antoine Young, Creighton C - Will Creekmore, Missouri State

HONORABLE MENTION G - Anthony James, UNI ** - MVC Most-Improved Player G - Rayvonte Rice, Drake G - Jake Odum, Indiana State F - Carlton Fay, Southern Illinois F - Carl Richard, Indiana State

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UNI will need to improve on the defensive side of the ball to be successful this weekend. Since Feb. 3, UNI is 1-6 and is allowing 71.6 points per game during that time span.

By BRAD EILERS Sports Editor

The University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team has the talent; they have the desire; but most importantly, they have the experience to win their third consecutive Missouri Valley Conference Tournament this weekend.

The Panthers (19-12, 10-8 MVC) are the No. 4 seed entering Arch Madness in St. Louis this weekend.

Their first opponent will be the No. 5-seeded Creighton University Bluejays, a team the Panthers just faced last Saturday. CU (18-13, 10-8 MVC) defeated UNI 63-55.

“It’s a little bit different getting done (playing) a team and then turning around and seeing them right away again,” said UNI head coach Ben Jacobson. “I think one

of the positives is that you don’t have to introduce new stuff to your guys.

“There are some things from our game on Saturday (against Creighton) that we have been able to take a look at and show to our guys.

At this point we know the things we have to do better.”

UNI has never been in the position of facing the same opponent for the first game of Arch Madness that they faced in the final game of the regular season before.

CU, on the other hand, has done so in three of the past four seasons.

“The intensity (will be) ratcheted up a notch because of what (we’re) playing for,” said CU head coach Greg McDermott. “Every possession against Northern Iowa has to be gold because they’re going to control the tempo. It’s going to be a

grind-it-out, slug-it-out affair and we have to be prepared for that.”

So does that experience give CU a slight edge heading into Friday’s 2:35 p.m. tip-off between the two schools? It may. However, let’s not forget that four out of UNI’s five starters for Friday’s match-up have never experienced a loss in an MVC Tournament game in their collegiate careers.

UNI is a perfect 6-0 in the MVC Tournament in Johnny Moran, Anthony James, Jake Koch and Austin Pehl’s first two years on campus.

The lone starter who has experienced defeat in St. Louis is senior point guard Kwadzo Ahelegbe.

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UNI’s Nowak is a multi-talented track and field athlete

By DRU JORGENSEN Sports Columnist

College can be a time in a person’s life when they move away from home and have many new experiences.

This is exactly the case with University of Northern Iowa track and field athlete Olimpia Nowak. The multievent standout is from Rawicz, Poland.

“I have been here three years now and it wasn’t easy at the beginning to adapt.

But with time I could even

get used to Iowa’s winters,” said Nowak.

Nowak really is a true definition of an athlete.

She has a wide range of abilities that the women’s track and NI NEWS SERVICE field team can utilize.

“I do hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, 200 meters, 800 meters and 400 meters. My favorites are hurdles, high jump and long

jump,” said Nowak.

It is understandable why her favorite would be hurdles. She broke the school record for the 60-meter hurdles twice at the UNIDome Open on Feb. 18. In the preliminary round, she ran a time of 8.52 seconds.

The previous record was held by Jill Sinnwell with a time of 8.61 seconds, set in 2004. However, Nowak ran a time of 8.47 seconds in the finals to take first place in the event, breaking her own record. She was later named

Missouri Valley Athlete of the Week after her recordbreaking performance.

“Hurdles are one of my favorite and one of my best events. I think what I like the most in hurdles, especially at the competition, is that it gives me a lot of adrenaline compared to other events.

Hurdles is (an) exciting event. It’s fun to watch and run as well,” said Nowak.

Nowak is a great individual performer; however, she hopes the Panthers do well as a team.

“The team goal is to be one of the top three in the conference in both women and men’s track,” said Nowak.

She also has some individual goals for herself.

“I would like to finish in the top five in the nationals, score 4100 in pentathlon and 5700 in heptathlon this year,” said Nowak.

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include javelin and long jump, to name a couple. The scores are added up to make a total number of points.

A heptathlon is similar, but it has seven events and includes high jump and shot put.

Nowak’s favorite place to

compete so far in the United States is Eugene, Ore., because the atmosphere is so great. She also loves to compete in Europe, especially the heptathlon, because of the great competitors and fans.

When preparing for races, Nowak likes to listen to techno because it’s very energetic music that gets

her pumped up and gives her added energy.

Nowak is a psychology major and would someday like to be a counselor at a school or a sports psychologist for a team.

The Panthers’ first outdoor meet of the year will be the Wichita State Triangular on April 2.

Green Bay downs Waterloo 3-0

By DUSTIN WOODY Sports Writer

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Kwadzo Ahelege (No. 11) is averaging 15.5 points per game throughout his past six games in the MVC Tournament. Ahelegbe has been named to the All-MVC Tournament team each of the past two years and was the Most Outstanding Player a year ago.

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injury redshirted season, the Panthers are 7-2. However, UNI is a perfect 6-0 in St. Louis with Ahelegbe as the starting point guard, not to mention that he has averaged 15.5 points per game over that span and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the MVC Tournament a year ago.

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There are some things from our game on Saturday (against Creighton) that we have been able to take a look at and show to our guys. At this point we know the things we have to do better.

Ben Jacobson UNI head basketball coach

The success of UNI and how far they go this weekend will come down to the two things that have made them successful all season long: playing good defense and being able to knock down three-point shots.

Since the Panthers lost 6-foot-6, 260-pound senior forward Lucas O’Rear on Feb. 3, UNI has stumbled to a 1-6 record. This is in part due to a lack of size, experience and toughness in the post that has led to the Panthers allowing 71.6 points per game during that

time span. Before O’Rear’s injury, the Panthers were giving up a mere 57.4 points per game.

UNI must also be able to knock down the three ball if they plan on defending their MVC Tournament crown. When the Panthers shoot well from three-point range this season, they are very successful. However, UNI has been streaky with their three-point shooting this season, knocking down just 34.1 percent of their attempts from beyond the arc. The Panthers must shoot better than that if they hope to make their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.

32 of the 34 previous champions crowned in the MVC Tournament have been seeded either No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3. However, I don’t think that will be the case this year. The MVC race to the regular season championship was wideopen and bizarre from start to finish, so I don’t expect anything less over the next four days of competition in St. Louis. I could easily see a team outside of the top three seeds (Missouri State University, Wichita State University and Indiana State University) winning it all, and that team could very well be the UNI Panthers.

Get live UNI athletics updates on Twitter at: @NISportsLive

Sunday afternoon, the Waterloo Black Hawks traveled to Wisconsin to take on the United States Hockey League Eastern Conference leaders, the Green Bay Gamblers. In the contest, the Gamblers scored early and often, downing Waterloo by a score of 3-0.

Sam Herr scored on the first shift of the game for the Gamblers, setting up a long game for the Black Hawks.

Herr’s goal was assisted by Nolan LaPorte and Alex Broadhurst and came just 15 seconds into the contest.

Jean-Paul LaFontaine was

assisted by Austin Czarnik and Aaron Harstad at 8:55 of the second period, and Markus Lauridsen scored from Travis Lynch and Robert Francis to give Green Bay their 3-0 lead at 15:35 of the frame. There was no scoring in the third period.

Matt Stewart received a 10-minute unsportsmanlike conduct game ejection penalty at 15:01 of the third, as well as a charging twominute minor. LaFontaine received a roughing double minor four-minute penalty at the same time, as did Waterloo’s Alex Guptill.

Jamie Hill took a twominute roughing minor penalty as well for the

Black Hawks. Waterloo’s goalie C.J. Motte stopped 29 of the 32 shots he faced, and Green Bay goalie Ryan McKay stopped all 32 shots in the shutout.

Waterloo travels to Ann Arbor, Mich., for back-toback road games against the USHL’s Team USA development teams this week. On Wednesday, the Black Hawks will face the Under-17 Team USA team, and on Friday the Hawks will take on the Under18 portion of the squad.

Both games are set for a 6 p.m. face-off. Waterloo will travel to the Covelli Center to take on the Youngstown Phantoms on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

Ryan’s Rants

2011-12 men’s basketball sneak peek

By RYAN FRIEDERICH Sports Columnist

This weekend is the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and the University of Northern Iowa men’s basketball team is limping into it like a dog featured on a Sarah McLachlan animal cruelty video. Although we still have high hopes for our Panthers to win a third straight conference tournament title, there is no guarantee that we will be playing in the post-season like the last few years.

Let me be clear in saying that I am by no means already looking toward next year, but I would like to give my readers a little sneak peak into what you can look forward to in the coming seasons. UNI has a very good 2011 recruiting class that I believe will take us back to the “big dance.”

Matt Bohannon kicks off the list as a shooting guard from Linn-Mar High School. Bohannon is a 6-foot-4, 185-pound guard who is a good spot shooter from behind the arc. If I had to compare Bohannon to anybody on the current roster, I would say he is a taller version of Marc Sonnen. Bohannon is an underrated ball handler, which will be a key asset in the coming years.

Seth Tuttle is a signee out of West Fork High

Courtesy Photo/thesheffieldpress.com

On Nov. 11, 2010, Seth Tuttle signed his letter of intent with the UNI basketball program. According to ESPN.com, Tuttle is the 63rd-rated power forward in this year’s national recruiting class.

School, is listed at 6-foot8, 210 pounds and plays power forward. Tuttle will bring much-needed height to the team and could make an instant impact with his speed and toughness.

Although he needs to beef up a little before starting Division I ball, Tuttle has the skills that could make him into an Adam-Kochtype player. It will be very interesting to see how Tuttle competes at Wells Fargo next week in the Iowa Boy’s High School State Basketball Tournament.

One big question mark after this year is how we will replace Kwadzo Ahelegbe.

The man who could potentially fill the first team All-MVC point guard’s spot is Deon Mitchell, a 6-foot, 175-pound point guard out of Pflugerville, Tex.

Mitchell is extremely quick and isn’t afraid to attack the rim. Limited tape shows that Mitchell can hit the outside shot, but we will see what he can do playing against Division I defenses.

Another 2011 signee is Marvin Singleton, a 6-foot5, 210-pound power forward from Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn.

Singleton will be a big-time rebounder for the Panthers and will be able to play with the big boys of the MVC. Although Singleton may not have the prettiest shot, he brings a lunch pail and hard hat to the basketball court, kind of like another Panther who we would love to have playing this weekend.

Rounding out the list of 2011 signees is JeVon Lyle, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound point guard from Kansas City. Lyle is probably the best shooter out of this crew and will cover as much ground as Anthony James.

I can see Lyle moving to a shooting guard and taking over for Moran after next year.

All in all, this seems like a great recruiting class for the 2011-2012 season and hopefully they can take us back to where we belong, in the NCAA Tournament.

Good luck this weekend and go Panthers!

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College of Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Northern Iowa Fall 2010 Dean’s List

The following students have earned a 3.5 GPA or above while completing a minumum of 12 credit hours.

The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences congratulates them on this scholarly achievement.

Aaron Aamodt Tiffany Abels Olivia Abney Kayla Adams Ryan Alfred Sara Andino Michael Anthony Christopher Apling Tyler Arp Taylor Ash Abigail R Aswegen Stefanie Atkinson Danielle Auld Chase Aunspach Stephanie Babcock Tennille Backstrom Sarah Baish Emily Baker Kasey Bannon Lauren Benda Kaili Benham Nora Benjamin Shelby Bennett Julie Beukema Zachary Beuthien Blair Birkett Kelli Black Elizabeth Boeck Polina Bogomolova Laura Boheman Julia Bower Kathryn Bowers Alexandra Bradley Conner Brakeville Ryan Brandt Brittany Brannon Casie Brockert Crystal Brooks Cameron Brown Brooklyn Brunken Christopher Bruns Alycia Brunsvold Kylie Burnikel Elizabeth Burns Eryn Burright Scott Byers Jeremy Caldwell Meredith Cavin Philip Cavin Leona Childs Kelsey Christensen Cyanna Claiser Bryan Coffey Sarah Collingsworth Scott Connerley Kristin Conrad Madeline Cope Emily Corron Mary S Corwin Marcus Cottrell Alison Cover Ellyn Cowan Thomas Cowell Anna Croghan Lisa Crow Aaron Culley Ross Curnow Josie Davie Teresa Davis Emily Davis Mallory Delacy Derrick Dengler Elizabeth Denning

Leah Devries Elizabeth Dhooge Michael Dickinson Beau Dielschneider Katie Dirks Levi Dixon Jason Doelz Ryan Dornbusch Shannon Drey Maria Drzycimski Joshua Dunkelberger Breanna Dunne Marisa Duwa Allison Edgerton Nicole Eenhuis Shane Ehlers Monica Ehn Ethan Ehrisman Carrie Eilderts Leslie Elam Sarah Ellenberger Abby Ellingson Callie Elliott Andrea Errthum Erin Evans Abbey Even Laura Ewest Katharinna Fairchild Lindsey Feikes Michael Finley Jeremy Fischels Alexander Fischer Leah Fischer Jessica Fischer Leah Fistler Cassandra Fjerstad Aric Folden Kyle Formanek Kendra Fowlkes Molly Franta Bethany Franzen Ryan Friederich Tausha Fristo Merissa Fussell Jordan Gacke Heidi Gansen Tess Garceau Jessica Garraway Jennifer L Gavin Jennifer Gilbert Kaitlyn Glassell John Gogola Ian Goldsmith Mary Beth Goldsmith Kenlyn Gordon Jessica Gourley Emily Grady Kelly Grant Maria Green David Greenfield Michaela Gretter Andrea Greve Brittni Haag Kristina Hackbart Krista Hageman Austin Hall Nicholas Hanna Rachelle Hanselman Jaime Hayes Scott Hazen Victoria Heisterkamp Grant Helle Erin Henderson

Michelle Henny Tara Henry Shannon Henson Emily Herbst Lauren Hernandez Jarred Herring Bailey Herrstrom Meredith Hershner Alicia Herzog Kami Hetletvedt Allison Hill Alison Hines Cassandra Hines Lacey Hobert Elizabeth HoffmanJohnson Susan Hoing Alyssa Holt Tiffany Hopkins David Hosack Leanne Hotek Whitney Houser Jake Hoversten Nolan Hovland Chelsea Howell Bridget Hughes Deeann Hutchinson Noelle Iben Christina Ilax Nicole Ito Artyom Ivakh Sarah Jentz Rebecca Job Claire Johannesen Cora Johnson Hilary Johnson Marisa Johnson Kelsey Jones Ellen Jones Kaitlin Juhl Marshall Kading Esthella Kamara Kristine Kearney Thomas Kedley Alyssa Kelly Megan Kennedy Morgan Kidder Alyssa Kielly David Killion Grant Kisler Emily Kleinsmith Kimberly Kluesner Rachel Knudtson Megan Knutson Cathy Koch Alyson Kokjohn Alex Koolbeck Tiffany Koss Nicholas Krob Morgan Kuiper Emilina Kurtovic Matthew Kuster Jennifer Lacewell Sharisheka Lamay Sarah Larsen Samantha Lau Amanda Lau Jonathon Launspach John Leister Tiffany Lenger Bobbi Lensing Ashley Lentz Kelly Lewiston

Emily Lidd Laya Liebeseller Katelyn Lokenvitz Sarah Lorenzen Tasha Lowman Sedona Loy Jenna Lucas Alicia Luke Laura Lundell Nicholas Maddix Elizabeth Martin Shawna Massow Rick Maynard Derrick McAdams Benjamin McCarty Colby McEnany Samantha McGee Megan McGonigle Allison McIntosh Shea McNamara Amanda McNamara Jessica McNamara Alexandria McNamee Dara Mead Susan Meerdink Janelle Merkel Jason Milke Maggie Miller Chelsea Miller Casie Miner Kathleen Mitchell Alicia Moisa Kelsey Mooney Lindsey Moore Brittany Moore Tyler Moran Samantha Morrison Lindsay Moses Maggie Moss Kelsey Mueller Evan Mulfinger Raul Munoz Kari Mutschler Kayla Nalan Ashley Nelson Kassie Nelson Matthew Nelson Margaret Nerison Margaret Nervig Zachary Neuhaus Saleena Neuhaus Taylor Neumann Trisha Niceswanger Emily Nieman Jacob Nolton Nesha Novy Jennifer Nulty Daniel Oglesby Christopher Olesen Emily O’Loughlin Nelia Olson Leah Oneyear Heather Osborn Benjamin Pacha Joshua Pagel Jared Parker Matthew Patchen Katherine Pauk Hannah Paul Paige Paul Lucas Pearson Matthew Pelc Lauren Peters

Alyssa Pfantz Cherie Pichone Nelly Pickar Courtney Pilcher Eugene Pilcher Laura Porter Harrison Postler Reese Powers Mackenzee Quarnstrom Kyle Reasoner Josie Reinhardt Holli Renaud Kayla Rethwisch Renee Rezin Derek Richards Sara Richardson Austin Rickels Emily Riebkes Kirstie Riessen Alyssa Ringgenberg Kala Ritz Kelby Robb Ian Rocke Rebecca Rogers Anne Rohde Katelyn Rohlf Jenessa Roose Blake Ross Cortney Rouse Andrew Rubenbauer Amanda Sabin Allison Sage Jordan Samuelson Colin Sandberg Kelsey Sasina Kayla Saunders Kelsey Scheer Leah Schellhammer Annette Scherber Andrew Scherf Christine Schick Grace Schield Mary Schmidt Erin Schneider Cortney Schneiderman Emily Schnurr Rachel Schroeder Anna Schroeder Gineal Schrunk Dustin Schultz Lauren Schuur Kelsey Schwager Megan Schwan Elijah Seay Kristen Seeck Whitney Segebart Kayla Selby Sofia Seliger Lindsey Sermons Brian Sexton Lindsey Shields Dana Shook Laysa Shreves Jennifer Sickles Justin Simmons Jacob Skierka Jeremy Smit Emily Smith Joshua Smith Levi Smith Rachel Smithart Spencer Sones Andrew Sorge

Jamie Staley Tatum Starcevich Chelsea Stark Clare Starr Nathaniel Staudt Hannah Steele Shauna Steenblock Nicholas Stewart Jessica Streit Danielle Stuck Rachel Suckow Robin Summers Victoria Swanstrom Summer Swarts Kara Swenson Cory Talbot Lacie Theis Shari Timm Mara Toay Matthew Tobin Matthew Tow Colleen Tow Chelsea Tudor Laura Turner Abbey Tuttle Jessica Uhlenkamp Abby Untiedt Bartholomew Upah Jennifer Vanderwilt Tyler Vanhooreweghe Carissa Vanwyhe Hannah Vos Erin Voss Heather Walk Phoebe Walker Spencer Walrath Lacey Walther Abby Ward Heather Waters Kyle Weber Morgan Weigel Michael Wenthold Emily Wesely Jenna Wessels Jordan Wessling Alycia West Katie Westra Kaleigh White David Whitson Alan Wilkins Andrew Wille Colton Willey Claire Wilson Joshua Winicki Aimee Winter Holly Wirtjes Leah Witt Allison Witt Cary Wolbers Robin Wolf Megan Wood Brooke Woody Suzanne Woolf Elias Wunderlich Laura Yeats Michael Yoerger Skylar Zahari Betul Zora

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HELP WANTED

Just available; 1 or 2 bedrooms, 2704 College; Have everything.

266-5544; 273-6264

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Lovely apartments, houses near Sartori. Reasonable rent.

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For rent 1 BR apartments W/D dishwasher. Close. 1-2 blocks.

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Looking for 1 roommate for the house on the corner of Walnut and Seerly (2403 Walnut St.)! One boy and two girls signing a lease that starts when school gets out! If you are interested let me know!

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Local game console repairs all problems. www.cvxgameconsolerepair.com

Certified lifeguards and swim instructors for summer season.

Sunnyside Country Club Waterloo. Call Connie. 319- 277- 3351 1-2 Female Education Majors to care for infant in exchange for free rent/utilities. Available starting May for next school year.

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