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Northern Iowan
the university of northern iowa’s student-produced newspaper since 1892
April 8, 2011
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Volume 107, Issue 48
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A holistic review of the Liberal Arts Core BLAKE FINDLEY Staff Writer
More than two decades after being adopted, the University of Northern Iowa’s Liberal Arts Core (LAC) is being reviewed by a committee consisting of faculty, administrators and a student representative. The Liberal Arts Core Review Steering Committee (LACRSC) was put together in 2009 by the former provost to assess the success of the LAC. The committee reviews a different category of the LAC every year, which means
that each category is reviewed every seven years, as there are seven categories. “Our goal is to change the LAC where and if necessary. What and how much we will be changing is still up in the air,” said Susan Hill, co-chair of the LAC-RSC. “Some of the questions we’re addressing are, is (the LAC) still effective? Is it doing what we want it to do?” Hill went on to further explain why a review of the LAC is needed. She commented that each program has specific goals for students to reach by graduation, and
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courses are supposed to help students achieve these goals. The LAC as a whole does not have such goals or methods of achieving them and the LAC-RSC is proposing how to get there. “It’s prudent to periodically review the LAC and assess what’s working well,” said Ana Kogl, an associate professor of political science and the representative on the committee for the College of Social and Behavorial Sciences. “There is a general consensus among the See LAC, page 2 BRANDON BAKER/Northern Iowan
I Spy at UNI
Gary Gute, associate professor of family studies, discussed his views on casual sex and how Americans view the concept today.
ALAN WILKINS Staff Writer
ANNA SCHRECK/Northern Iowan
Do you know where this picture was taken? If so, e-mail us at northern-iowan@uni.edu with your answer. The winner’s name and the picture’s location will be featured in the next edition of the Northern Iowan. The winner from the April 5 issue is Felly Phommalinh, a UNI senior, who correctly identified that the previous picture was a closeup of the sundial located between the south end of Lang Hall and Maucker Union.
On Tuesday, Gary Gute, University of Northern Iowa associate professor of family studies, and Susan Hill, associate professor of philosophy and world religions, gave a presentation about casual sex and moderated a discussion afterwards. The event was held in the Maucker Union Ballroom. Gute began his presentation by showing a testimony from a woman who had a friend with benefits during her four years of high school. “He was my neighbor and best friend. Whenever either of us wanted to have sex, we would call each other up and sneak through our backyards and do it whereever we wanted,” the woman explained. “His dad called me the ‘bimbo next door’. Him and I are still
best friends and will be for a long time. Neither of us got emotionally attached. We had a set of rules that we stuck to the whole time, so it all worked out.” After the woman’s testimony, Gute asked the question, “Do American teens and young adults have a casual attitude about casual sex?” Having done research on the sexual habits of undergraduates for years, Gute explained that although today’s American teens and young adults think that casual sex isn’t a big deal, it is important to them because of the rules that many young adults place on these kinds of relationships. Hill commented that couples in these kinds of relationships might talk about their relationship more than couples that are dating. See CASUAL SEX, page 2
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