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UNI receives its largest donation in history JOHN ANDERSON Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa received

its largest gift ever on Thursday when Des Moines businessman Richard O. Jacobson pledged to donate $11 million to create the Richard O. Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy, pending Iowa Board of Regents approval. The gift is the largest ever given by the Richard O. Jacobson Foundation.

The focus of the Richard O. Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy is to provide state-of-the-art literacy education to the 20 percent of Iowa students who struggle with learning how to read. The program is expected to impact 10,800 students in the state of Iowa within five to seven years.

“Learning to read is the most important aspect of

education and the foundation for all subsequent learning,” Jacobson said.

“UNI has long been known for excellence in preparing teachers and especially teachers in reading. I am pleased to partner with UNI to impact the children of Iowa.”

According to Dwight Watson, dean of the UNI College of Education, the program will address the achievement gap between white students and students of color as well as the learning gap between students of higher and lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

“Because these are two kind of pervasive concerns in Pre-K to 12 education, we need to come up with some sort of solution,” Watson said. “And we feel this literacy program – the way it’s going to be laid out, the way it’s going to be targeting those particular students – it will answer

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Richard O. Jacobson makes an $11 million pledge to UNI. If approved by Iowa Board of Regents, the money will be used to create the Richard O. Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy

that sort of pervasive concern about gap issues.”

The first $1 million of the gift will be used to provide access to technology that is critical to the program as well as special training for the university’s literacy instructors in this specific teaching method, which has proven to be successful in different parts of the country, UNI President Benjamin Allen said.

A $10 million endowment will support the expansion of the program as UNI education students will become trained in its methods, and literacy coaches trained at UNI will travel to Iowa schools to train school teachers.

According to Allen, the gift reaffirms the university’s leadership role in the field of education and will help the university recruit better faculty in addition to providing better opporSee JACOBSON, page 6

Department of Residence Encourages In-Room Recycling RACHAEL ZIDON Staff Writer

For University of Northern Iowa students who grew up hearing “reduce, reuse, recycle,” staying green at college has become a bit easier.

This fall, for the first time, all nine of UNI’s residence halls, as well as the ROTH apartment complex, will have in-room recycling. Over the summer, the Department of Residence purchased 2,800 recycling bins and distributed them to dorm rooms and ROTH apartments.

Additionally, each residence hall and ROTH now have a designated recycling room where students can take recycled plastics, tin, glass, cardboard and paper.

City Carton, an Iowa City based company, will pick up the materials in each of the recycling rooms every Wednesday, adding a Friday pickup if necessary.

This year’s new recycling program was inspired

by the Rider Recycling Revolution (RRR), a pilot program implemented last year by the UNI Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center (RRTTC).

For the RRR, Rider Hall residents were given recycling bins for their rooms and were educated about the benefits of recycling.

The RRTTC conducted weekly measurements of the recycling, and found that recycling increased from an average of less than 40 pounds per week before the program to an average of 121 pounds of recycling per week.

Eric O’Brien, UNI sustainability coordinator, said the results of the RRR made it possible to convince the DOR that an inroom recycling program in all the residence halls could be effective, “Being able to show (administrators) real data of the growth we saw (in Rider) was tremendous.

We wouldn’t have been able to get it off the ground See RECYCLING, page 6

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Nicole Combs, a sophomore social science education major, seperates her recycling into the bins provided in the residence halls.

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House nears OK on dramatic expanison of college student aid DAVID LIGHTMAN

McClatchy Newspaper

The House of Representatives is expected this week to back overhauling — and simplifying — how college students receive financial aid.

The rules for awarding and repaying loans would remain unchanged, but the government would make all loans itself, ending the practice of subsidizing loans made by private lenders.

The Obama administration, which has made revamping the student loan system a major domestic priority, has hailed the bill as historic.

“This is a big, big deal,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday at a news conference. He called the measure “the largest investment in higher education since the GI Bill” first passed in 1944 to help World War II veterans.

House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., vowed that the legislation would help students at “no cost to taxpayers.”

That depends on how one interprets budget data, however. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the loan program changes should save the government $86.8 billion over the next 10 years.

It also noted in its official July report on the bill, however, that it would include spending all but $7.8 billion of that on aid to students and higher education. In an update last week, the CBO said economic changes could boost spending overall by $10.5 billion, meaning that the bill could add to the deficit.

“The truth is, no one really knows how much this plan will cost,” said Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the senior Education and Labor Committee Republican.

Independent analysts agreed.

Changes in the loan program will “save a big chunk of money,” said Marc Goldwein, the policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a watchdog group. “Will it be the right amount to offset the new spending? The

obvious answer is we don’t know.”

Goldwein warned that the new system’s fiscal outlook would be “particularly uncertain” because it would depend on economy-related factors such as default rates, need-based aid and other factors.

The bill would scrap much of the current student loan system, which critics say is too costly and too complicated.

Currently, the federal government provides loans through two different programs. It lends directly to students, and it administers the guaranteed loan program, in which students get funds from private lenders, with most of the loan guaranteed by the government against default.

Under one such loan, the government pays the interest while the student is in school. The student then begins repaying six months after graduation. If he or she defaults, the government makes the payment.

Until 2006, rates were

CASSANDRA HAYNES/Northern Iowan

Picking up some new moves, TC gets a Yoga lesson in the middle of Main Street during Panthers on Main. Many Main Street businesses participated in the event.

See STUDENT AID, page 7

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Jon Pagel, a Senior majoring in Exercise Science, grills hot dogs at the Panther Party, put on by the Navigators in Lawther Field.

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After 4, they need more: Most take 6 years for college degree PATRICA ALEX

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Sophomore all science teaching major, Kyra Hawley reaches to outdo her opponent in one of the inflatable games at the Panther Picnic on Thursday, August 19th.

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otherwise.”

Rider Hall residence life coordinator, David Schmid, noted that recycling programs used to vary widely from house to house and residence hall to residence hall. “The sheer fact that (the recycling program) is universal makes it so much easier,” said Schmid.

Both Schmid and O’Brien said they have seen students push for more recycling opportunities and a more sustainable campus. “There’s been more of that social conscience that students bring to college.

College used to be where

you developed a social conscience,” noted Schmid.

Pat Beck, assistant director of marketing and conferences for the DOR, said that she has also seen students thinking more about the environment.

“Sustainability is part of the marketing message for colleges now…We’re doing this to serve our students.”

O’Brien added that he hopes the habit of recycling will be something students take with them after graduation, “We’re creating the leaders of tomorrow. As they’re moving out to the next part of their lives, we hope they can take this with them.”

UNI senior Spencer

Walrath believes the program represents necessary progress for UNI. “I think that UNI owes it to itself and the community to be conscious of how large of a footprint we have when it comes to waste production,” he said.

“Think about it: 14,000 students all receiving syllabi, magazines, flyers etc.; 14,000 students writing extensive papers every week; 14,000 students drinking a bottle of soda or water every day.

We create a lot of recyclable waste. It’s important for UNI to have a recycling program because we cannot afford not to.”

If you’re counting on four years of college tuition, think again: It now takes the majority of students at least six years to earn a bachelor’s degree.

And the federal government this year began tracking the eight-year graduation rate — an acknowledgement that more students are taking longer than ever before to get their diploma.

“It was a long road,” said Dwight Braswell, 30, of his decade-long college career.

“It does cost you more, but I got some life experience.”

Braswell graduated from Rutgers University in May with a bachelor’s degree in business. The road to his diploma took him through four states, several jobs, marriage, fatherhood and his twenties.

But at least he finished.

Only about two-thirds of those who start college wind

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tunities for placement for College of Education graduates.

The program will also have long-term effects on the economic development of the state of Iowa.

“There is to me a very strong association between a level of education and economic development of the state, and I think Mr. Jacobson, as a business person, also knows that, he understands that,” Allen said. “And so with more of our graduates coming out of Pre-K through 12 – maybe even Pre-K through 16 – better able to read, better able to understand, better able to speak, better able to listen, that will make our economic development better.”

Jacobson’s gift is part of the university’s Imagine the Impact campaign, the goal of which is to raise $150 million for UNI by 2013.

“Many of the other campaigns that we’ve had here at the university have been about buildings and about building things,” UNI Foundation President Bill Calhoun said. “This is all about people; this is investments in our students, investments in our academic programs, investments in our faculty members to

up earning a degree within six years, experts say. And there is growing concern that the U.S. has slipped from first place a generation ago to 12th in the world in the percentage of young adults who have completed college.

Just over 40 percent of Americans ages 25 to 34 have a degree, compared with almost 56 percent in Canada, which tops the list, according to figures released by the College Board last month.

In a speech before the Urban League last week, President Obama said the nation’s economic success depends on regaining its perch atop the list. “We’ve tolerated a status quo where America lags behind other nations,” the president said.

Obama is waiting on Congress to fund his American Graduation Initiative, which has a See SIX YEARS, page 7

ensure that we’re providing an outstanding education here at the University of Northern Iowa.”

According to Calhoun, the campaign has been in its “silent” phase for several years, and will start its national phase this October during homecoming weekend. The campaign has raised roughly $100 million dollars to date.

Watson feels that the gift aligns well with the goals of the Imagine the Impact campaign.

“Imagine 10,800 students who are becoming proficient at reading so they can be successful in the classroom,” Watson said. “Imagine the fact that they’re reading and therefore they can have access to other content areas because they are able to read the information. Imagine the long-term economic impact of these readers when it comes to the type of work that they could do and the jobs that they would get by being literate learners.

This is a wonderful gift that has very expansive impact opportunities for the state of Iowa.”

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goal of producing 5 million more college graduates.

“It’s essential that we put a college degree in reach of everyone who wants it,” he said.

Indeed, with tuition at public colleges in New Jersey, for example, topping $10,000 annually and private schools costing as much as three times that, finances remain a prime reason that students take longer to earn a degree and, in many cases, don’t make it to the finish line, experts said.

“We do an exit survey of students who don’t return and, for the most part, it’s for financial reasons,” said Ed Weil, provost at William Paterson University.

At different points in his college career, Nick DePue worked three part-time jobs while attending William Paterson. He graduated in May with a degree in biology, six years after he started.

“It’s possible to graduate in four years, but you need the right set of circumstances to get it done,” said DePue. “I had to wait to get some classes, and it’s hard to handle the workload along with the job.”

For two generations, the nation has worked to

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variable but capped at 8.25 percent; after that they were fixed at 6.8 percent, with bipartisan support. Some rates then were lowered, but they’re scheduled to go back up to 6.8 percent in 2012.

The bill would end the guaranteed loan program after next summer; then the government would make all loans directly.

That frightens some members of Congress.

“The U.S. Department of Education would become a behemoth federal bank,” Kline said. “Democrats have had their sights set on a government takeover of student lending for more than a decade, and they’re capitalizing on the market downturn to make it happen.”

He sees parallels to the health care debate. Obama has urged creating a government-run health insurance program, or public option, to compete with the private sector.

“The legislation (on student aid) we’re about to bring up ... eliminates the private option and leaves only the public option,” Kline said. “It kind of makes you wonder, doesn’t it, about the designs on the future of the public option in health care.”

The new program would create big savings, the CBO figures. It would save money because of changes in subsidy rates, the CBO said. Some

increase access to college.

And it succeeded: Lowerincome groups and minorities are better represented now, and colleges are educating more students than ever.

College enrollment nationwide has leaped by a third since 1986, from 12.7 million to 18.7 million today, according to federal data, with some of the largest growth in community colleges and other public schools.

“We have many more non-traditional students than we’ve ever had before,” said Weil from William Paterson, where the fouryear completion rate is just over 20 percent, according to the federal data. “It’s not the student immediately out of high school who has the time and financial wherewithal to complete (a degree) in four years.”

Nationally, only about 36 percent of students finish within four years, according to the federal data. The three-year graduation rate for community college is even more dismal, with less than a quarter earning an associate’s degree.

The federal stats are flawed given that they exclude those who transfer and graduate from schools other than those at which savings could be achieved with lower interest rates; the bill would set a new rate based on the price of 91-day Treasury bills plus 2.5 percentage points. The rate would be adjusted annually.

At the same time, though, the measure would expand the cost of the Pell Grant program, which helps lowerincome students. Currently, the maximum annual award is $5,350. Under the bill, that would grow to $6,900 by 2019. The CBO estimated in July that the changes would cost the government at least $39.4 billion over that period.

“Any investment we can make in Pell Grants is money well spent.”

Justin Draeger Vice President of Public Policy

Members of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators are divided on the bill’s merits. Justin Draeger, the organization’s vice president of public policy, likes the Pell Grant provisions.

“Any investment we can make in Pell Grants is money well spent. There’s been irrefutable evidence that providing low-income families with these dollars year after year increases access to education,” he said.

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they started. Experts are looking for other ways to measure success at community colleges, where many, if not most, students wind up transferring.

“We can’t argue with society’s definition of sucess, which is a degree.”

Jerry Ryan President of Bergen Community College

But even taking problems with the data into account, the rates are too low, advocates say.

“We can’t argue with society’s definition of success, which is a degree,” said Jerry Ryan, president of Bergen Community College.

While 40.4 percent of Americans ages 25 to 34 hold an associate’s degree or higher, the rates drop for minorities and low-income students. Thirty percent of African-Americans and 20 percent of Latinos in that age group hold degrees. And the College Board found that students from the highestincome families were eight times as likely as those from the poorest families to graduate from college.

“We have a long way to go, there is work to be done,” said Christen Pollack from the College Board. The

group called for changes beginning in preschool, with the aim of boosting college completion rates. Those include better advising and aligning high school curriculums with college expectations. The need for remedial coursework is one reason it takes many students longer to finish.

DePue, the biology major from William Paterson, complained of the number of general education classes required to complete his degree. “To be perfectly blunt, a great number of college credits aren’t useful anyway,” he said.

Kristin Bonczek said she would have had to take classes every summer in order to complete her physical education major at Paterson in five years. Now she plans to graduate next May after six years.

Both DePue and Bonczek said they never expected their college careers to last so long and were unaware that six years was now the norm. “I absolutely had the expectation that it would take four years,” Bonczek said.

Indeed, for many students and parents, the assumption of a four-year degree dies hard, and many have not budgeted the time or money for an extended stay on cam-

pus.

Colleges insist they are working hard to streamline schedules and beef up support services, particularly for first-year students.

Freshman year, it seems, can be make-it-or-break-it time in a college career, and a strong first year can be key to completing a degree.

Area colleges have instituted first-year programs designed to keep students on track. They focus on study and research skills, time management and social adjustment.

“We’ve been working on this very actively and deliberately,” said Karen Pennington, vice president of student development at Montclair State University.

She noted that students often “stop out” rather than drop out, taking a break of a semester or two for family obligations or other reasons.

Some stop out longer than others. Passaic County Community College in May graduated a 52-year-old grandmother who first came to the school in Paterson in 1978.

“Some people would consider this a failure,” said Steve Rose, the college president. “But to me it’s one of the greatest stories of persistence and success.”

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Forbes Editor visits University Book and Supply

By EMILY O’LOUGHLIN Staff Writer

Steve Forbes, the chairman and CEO of the Forbes company and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, visited University Book and Supply on Tuesday.

Forbes was brought to the Cedar Valley by the Iowa Christian Alliance and Iowans for Discounted Taxes as part of a tour of Eastern Iowa that also included Bettendorf, Dubuque and Cedar Rapids.

Forbes gave a short presentation on some of the topics covered in his new book, “How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets are the Best Answer in Today’s Economy.”

Forbes said that when he and his co-author, Elizabeth Ames, decided to write the book, “What struck me and my co-author was people, even though many have a vague sympathy for the idea of free markets, many people don’t really have an understanding of free markets,” he said.

The book was written in “a relaxed conversational tone,”

to make the views presented easier to comprehend for people who don’t know much about economics.

Forbes said ignorance of the economy is a problem because poor understanding of the free-market economy leads to bad economic policies in the U.S. Another result of the misunderstandings produced is the belief that free market economies target consumers, when in fact consumers actually gain from a freemarket, which provides for more options than a strictly regulated market.

“Human nature being what it is, there’s a lot of transactions we don’t like … but remember, even on those transactions based of necessity, things we don’t like, we do get something in return,” he said.

Northern Iowa Student Government President Joel Anderson, a senior philosophy and economics major, attended the presentation to listen to Forbes.

“I think what he’s saying is, ‘Capitalism is good,’” See FORBES, page 10

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Steve Forbes, the chairman and CEO of Forbes company and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, speaks to a crowd at University Book and Supply on Tuesday.

He said, she said: Relationship advice

By ANTHONY MITCHELL and KATIE HUNT Relationship Columnists

Q: I’m a freshman here at UNI and I have a boyfriend back at home. I want to keep our long-distance relationship strong. How can I do that?

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Michael Licari was recently named the associate provost for academic affairs and dean of the Graduate College.

Licari ready to take on new roles

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ing the provost in planning, directing, evaluating and developing recommendations to provide leadership for straMichael Licari was named tegic goal achievement. the associate provost for aca“I have the opportunity to demic affairs and dean of the help ensure that the univerGraduate College this August. sity is able to deliver its acaThe position is a five-year demic morals, whether they’re renewable term that entails undergraduate- or graduateactive participation in admin- focused,” Licari said. istrative decision-making proLicari believes the goals cesses in the Academic Affairs for the graduate education are Division, as well as assist- very important. According to Staff Writer

the 2010-2015 Strategic Plan, graduate education should fulfill the needs of graduate students, the university and the community. He said every graduate program should be accountable to the standards of rigor, relevance and excellence.

Licari is excited about the opportunity to work with excellent students and staff See LICARI, page 10

He said: Long distance relationships seem to be more and more common in our widespread, fast-paced world. I truly believe that they can work if dealt with the right way.

For any situation of this type, I highly recommend investing in Skype. Face time is crucial when it comes to your significant other. While long phone calls are good, being able to see the smile on your significant other’s face gives you such a stronger connection.

It’s not a foolproof solution, but unless we invent the teleporter or holograms anytime soon, Skype is your long distance buddy. So go get that

webcam and start downloading, you got a Skype date!

Besides filling the physical gap with good communication, a key thing to remember is emotional self-control. When given situations we cannot control, such as a long-distance relationship, our minds tend to wander and we can sometimes become downright paranoid. Trust is the name of the game. You need to have 100 percent trust in your boyfriend or girlfriend, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

With that said, if you don’t feel you can trust them, you really need to talk about it immediately. If there is no trust, there is a problem and you may need to consider breaking it off.

See RELATIONSHIPS, page 10

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Anderson said. “Our whole society is based off of capitalism and the free market.”

“Being a capitalist does not mean you are not a humanitarian,” he said.

Anderson agrees with Forbes that people need better education on the economy and finances.

“I think our economy would be so much better if we had proper education for everyone … I think financial literacy should be taken by all high school students.”

Forbes encouraged his listeners to consider the human side of capitalism, saying, “Remember, no system is perfect, because people are not perfect. Imperfect people, prepare for imperfect systems … You get fraud in elections.

Does that mean you do away with free elections? No. You deal with the problem; you deal with the perpetrators.”

Forbes went on to address other issues in his book, including the morality of capitalism, the role that taxes and government regulations play in the economy and the effect that government involvement has had on health care.

One of the illusions he attempts to dispel is the necessity of government regulation.

“For example, rules of the road … sensible rules of the

road are always needed, and you have to update them,” Forbes said on the government’s lack of updates to deal with derivatives, CEOs and other newer or changed aspects of the economy.

According to Forbes, insensible rules hold the economy to regulations that interfere with its ability to adjust itself, and stifle the spontaneity of the market.

Better education about the economy would discourage the formation of insensible rules, and help people understand the regulations that do exist better, he said.

Anderson is working to try to increase the level of economic education on campus by making financial literacy classes available.

“If you are in (the) College of Humanities and Fine Arts, you aren’t going to have to take a financial literacy class unless you go out and chose to take one yourself, but it’s not required of you,” Anderson said. “…Nowhere in the real world are you going to learn it… After we leave college, we’re pretty much done learning besides whatever our job has for us,” he added.

“If we don’t learn it in college, when are we going to learn it? And it’s the same thing about the economy. If you don’t learn about the economy now, when are you going to learn it?”

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Steve Forbes, the chairman and CEO of Forbes company and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, signs copies of his book, “How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets are the Best Answer in Today’s Economy.”

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on campus.

“I’ve worked with a lot of great people across campus previously, and I’m really excited to work with everybody and move the university forward,” he said.

“I believe Mike brings a variety of experiences and new perspectives to

Multimodal Transportation Center

President Benjamin J. Allen cordially invites you to celebrate the dedication of the Multimodal Transportation Center Friday, August 27 1 p.m.

Located across 23rd Street from Bartlett Hall

help lead the University of Northern Iowa’s Academic Affairs Division into the future,” said Gloria Gibson, executive vice president and provost at the University of Northern Iowa.

Licari joined UNI as an assistant professor of political science in 2001. While at UNI, Licari has served on the faculty senate for three years, served as the associ-

ate dean of the Graduate College and was the head of the Political Science Department last year. Licari earned his bachelor’s degree in political science at the University of Minnesota and his master’s and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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some of your new friends.

While you’re leading generally separate lives, it is important to include the person some way in your every day life. Give them a call at the end of the day or while walking to class. Send them a text to remind that person you’re thinking of them. Ask them about their classes or how their day went.

It’s frustrating when you’re dating someone long-distance and you know absolutely nothing about their life. It leaves each person constantly curious about the other. Some fun things you can do to show the person you’re still thinking about them is to send them things via mail (I’m not talking about e-mail). All too often, we neglect sending people things the old-fashioned way. Send them a letter, some pictures, a care package or maybe even a mix CD. Give them something to look forward to in their mailbox… or surprise them.

The great thing about long-distance relationships is that the two of you will truly cherish your time together — once that time actually comes. Plan something fun for the two of you to do. Make your time special and positive because seeing each other is such a rare occurrence.

Do you have a relationship question for Anthony and Katie?

E-mail your questions to northern-iowan@uni.edu.

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If you are going into a long-distance relationship, it generally means that the relationship has the strength to endure this test. With that, however, there are going to be some sacrifices. Both of you are going to have to make arrangements to see each other at some point in time. That physical contact is essential, even if it’s only every once and awhile.

A lot of what I’ve said goes without saying, but sometimes the most obvious things can be the most oblivious. Bottom line, let your love live! Trust one another and know that no figure of distance can break what you both share.

She said: The most important thing to remember about longdistance relationships is that you need to allow the other person room to grow and discover. You cannot try to suffocate someone who is going through brand new experiences.

Another way to keep your relationship strong is to completely leave jealousy out of the equation. As hard as it may be to accept your significant other constantly around other people, you have to get used to it. Maybe you can even introduce each other to

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College of Social and Behavioral Sciences University of Northern Iowa Spring 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.

Tiffany Abels Ryan Alfred Kaitlin Allard Michael Anthony Chad Arp Adam Arthur Stefanie Atkinson Stephanie Babcock Tennille Backstrom Kristin Badgley Audrey Bailey Cody Banks Jordan Batey Adam Beaves Eric Begalske Sara Berner Valerie Berry Julie Beukema Zachary Beuthien Hali Bird Aubrey Black Kelli Black Sabrina Blake Melissa Blitgen Elizabeth Boeck Polina Bogomolova Laura Boheman Chelsea Bohr Emily Bormann Kathryn Bowers Ryan Brandt Casie Brockert Megan Brood Heather Brown Maggie Brown Samuel Brown Quinn Bullis Trell Burley Elizabeth Burns Eryn Burright Melissa Casares Andrew Casper Chelsea Cattanach Meredith Cavin Philip Cavin Scarlett Cerna Chelsea Chisholm Kelsey Christensen Cyanna Claiser Caitlin Clark Bryan Coffey Anne Cole Nicole Combs Scott Connerley Leanna Corcoran Mary S Corwin Rebecca Cory Thomas Cowell Amy Cozad Michelle Cross Nathan Crozier Laura Dahm James Dalluge Josie Davie Brittany Davis Teresa Davis Antigany R Dehner Mallory Delacy Kathleen Delagardelle Jennifer Dencklau Rory-Sean Deol

Elizabeth Deppe Leah Devries Alexandra DeWitt Elizabeth Dhooge Jacob Dornbush Amanda Downing Shannon Drey Maria Drzycimski Melissa Dunlevy Jordan Dunn Jenna Durr Sarah Duster Sarah Eckert Diane Eddie Nicole Eenhuis Rachel Egerton Shane Ehlers Carrie Eilderts Jessica Einwalter Carrie Eischeid Abby Ellingson Callie Ellison Mitchell Ellison Joseph Enabnit Keniese Evans Abbey Even Laura Ewest Sydni Fenner Brianna Finger Elizabeth Finley Michael Finley Cassandra M Fischels Jeremy Fischels Jessica Fischer Leah Fischer Bethany Fisher Caitlin Fisher Danielle Fitzgerald Cassandra Fjerstad Alexandra Frakes Molly Franta Ryan Friederich Tausha Fristo Paul Funke Merissa Fussell Allison Gallery Hannah Gammack Heidi Gansen Raychael Garringer Julia Gitelman Michaela Goblirsch Ian Goldsmith John Gookin Kenlyn Gordon Emily Grady Kelly Grant Allison Green Lance Green David Greenfield Lacy Greenway Nathan Gruber Brittni Haag August Hadenfeldt Krista Hageman Mary Halder William Hallgren Rachelle Hanselman Shannon Harris Taylor Harting Ashley Harwood Emma Hashman

La Rae Hayes Scott Hazen Jennifer Heaverlo Victoria Heisterkamp Ashley Hemmen Erin Henderson Graham Henderson Shannon Henson Emily Herbst Jarred Herring Joanna Herrington Patrick Hilton Alison Hines Cassandra Hines Alissa Hoehle Rachel Hoffman Lauren Hollan Alyssa Holt Tiffany Hopkins David Hosack Leanne Hotek Jake Hoversten Nolan Hovland Abigail Huff DeeAnn Hutchinson Anthony Iannotti Noelle Iben Artyom Ivakh Megan Jaenicke Jamie Jay Blake Jenewein Lucas Jenson Claire Johannesen Heather Johanningmeier Colleen Johnson Eric Johnson Hilary Johnson Holly Johnson Marisa Johnson Nicholas Johnson Kelsey Jones Esthella Kamara Rachel Kann Benjamin Kayser Kristine Kearney Thomas Kedley Carrie Kenkel Megan Kennedy Josie Kennicott Rachel Kiesel Kendall Kikuts Grant Kisler Emily Kleinsmith April Klemme Kimberly Kluesner Tori Knoll Rachel Knudtson Abigail Knutson Megan Knutson Samantha Koch Alyson Kokjohn Adam Kracke Danyelle Kruse Morgan Kuiper Emilina Kurtovic Matthew Kuster Kyle LaBarge Sarah Larsen Camilla Larsson Jonathon Launspach

John Lawyer Tiffany Lenger Ashley Lentz Rachel Lewis Cody Loew Katelyn Lokenvitz Sedona Loy Jenna Lucas Matthew Ludemann Alicia Luke Elsie Luna Laura Lundell Ashley Lynch Whitney Mark Evelyn Marolf Shantel Mayberry Mollie McCabe Benjamin McCarty Samantha McGee Stefanie McGraw Rebecca McGuire Allison McIntosh Nancy McKean Jessica McNamara Dara Mead Susan Meerdink Mackenzie Menke Stephanie Miene Amanda Miller Chelsea Miller Casie Miner Jonathan Mitchell Kathleen Mitchell Alicia Moisa Callie Moline Emily Mollman Brett Moorman Melissa Mormann Patrick Murphy Robert Murphy Melissa Murray Kari Mutschler Kayla Nalan Margaret Nerison Lindsey Neuhaus Saleena Neuhaus Taylor Neumann Trisha Niceswanger Kodi Nordahl Natalie Nye Daniel Oglesby Atalie Olsen Nelia Olson Whitney Olson Jason Oneil Meira Osness Michael Owen Benjamin Pacha Joshua Pagel Zachary Paige Sydney Palen Kelly Park Jacob Parker Jared Parker Dustin Patterson Katherine Pauk Matthew Pelc Shane Petersen Belva Peterson Christopher Phalen Cherie Pichone

Nelly Pickar Shiree Pierce Courtney Pilcher Eugene Pilcher Caitlin Pixler Lisa Plathe Jessica Pollmeier Laura Porter Harrison Postler Andrew Pratt Nicole Pressley Mackenzee Quarnstrom Derek Radechel Jacob Randolph Kyle Reasoner Samantha Reid Katherine Reidy Jessica Reschly Tonya Reuter Derek Richards Austin Rickels Kirstie Riessen Alyssa Ringgenberg Lacey Ritter Summer Roberts Sara M Rock Anne Rohde Katelyn Rohlf Megan Rolfes Samantha Rolfes Heather Roose Jenessa Roose Blake Ross Anthony Roth Julia Ruetten Alison Ruhser Kayla Saunders Emily Schafer Heather Schaffner Kelsey Scheer Dalton Schindler Hilary Schmidt Erin Schneider Emily Schnurr Anna Schroeder Rachel Schroeder Lauren Schuur Kendra Schwering Jordan Scott Kristen Seeck Whitney Segebart Kayla Selby Lindsey Sermons Lindsey Shields Krysten Shipley Samantha Shoger Dana Shook Daniel Showalter Jennifer Sickles Kelsey Sievers Sheri Sigler Dervisa Sisic Ryan Sletten Andrea Smith Emily Smith Levi Smith Micah Smith Spencer Sones Andrew Sorge Donald Stalter

Jessica Steen Shaina Steger Anne Steingreaber Kayla Stokes Raechal Stoneburner Jordan Storck Jessica Streit Melinda Stump Robin E Summers Michael Suppes RaeAnn Swanson Brian Swedberg Cory Talbot Rhiannon Talbot Laura Taylor Lacie Theis Christa Thomas Amanda Thompson Jacob Thompson Trista Thompson Whitney Thompson Matthew Tobin Matthew Tow Michael Troyer Laura Turner Natalie Turner Abbey Tuttle Jessica Uhl Brianna Verwers Miranda Vesey Erin Voss Jeffrey Wachter Kristina Wagner Abby Ward Alyssa Wendt Cassandra Wenger Emily Wesely Jordan Wessling Alycia West Alissa Westphal Katie Westra Amanda Wheeler Matthew White Marissa Whitney David Whitson Elizabeth Wiedenheft Janelle Wilks Andrew Wille Colton Willey Claire Wilson Iain Wilson Holly Wirtjes Tomme Wold Robin Wolf Kathy Wood Megan Wood Suzanne Woolf Alex Wright Elias Wunderlich Elizabeth Wylie Katelyn Wyss Laura Yeats Michael Yoerger Jennifer Youngerman Savanna Youngton Stacie Zika Betul Zora

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Looking for ways to spend free time?

Getting involved can be key to college success

By ADAM JOHNSON Staff Writer

It’s that time of year again. Students swarm the University of Northern Iowa campus, searching for their classrooms and craving a way to vent that extra energy that comes from the excitement and novelty of the college experience.

Luckily for them (and for those of us who are returning to campus), an abundance of student clubs and organizations, sports and events exist both on and off campus to fill free time.

Leah Fischer, a senior double majoring in psychology and elementary education, suggests attending Campus Activity Board events on Thursday nights.

Events are always free and range from movies shown in Maucker Union to activities like stuffing teddy bears.

Fischer also is involved in Student Admissions Ambassadors, Camp Adventure and intramural sports, which she says can be great ways to meet new people and learn much about campus.

Kevin Shannon, a senior computer science major, said that Northern Iowa Student Government and musical ensembles can be great ways to get involved in the first

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Tim Morrill, an exercise science graduate student, spends his free time working out at the Wellness Recreation Center.

few weeks of school.

He also suggested that new students check out clubs pertaining to their major. Almost every major has a corresponding student club, and participating is a good way to meet others with similar interests and to learn more about your major.

An active social life can be key to making the most of your college years.

David Miller, a junior accounting major, said that Greek organizations are some of the most involved organizations on campus, and living Greek allows you to be around people who share your interests.

“Be willing to step out of your comfort zone,” Miller said.

The Wellness and Recreation Center is also a great way to let out a little steam if classes get you down. Recreation and lap pools can offer a nice cooldown after a workout, and classes are offered for

those who want to learn to rock-climb, canoe or practice martial arts.

There are many ways to spend free time on campus.

For more information on student organizations, visit the Student Involvement and Activities Center’s website at www.uni.edu/maucker/siac.

Campus Cooking

By KATIE MERRITT Staff Writer

Back to School Calzones

Glad to be back in school and ready to indulge in some ramen noodles, cafeteria food and the occasional fast food Chinese meal? Yeah right! Make your momma proud and your stomach happy this year by creating some simple, inexpensive yet delicious food. All you will need is some spare change, a couple of commercial breaks and a hungry appetite.

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Sophomore Abi Bisenius and freshman Sloan Alberhasky spend some time shopping during Panthers on Main. Panthers on Main was a Welcome Week activity that gave students a view of downtown Cedar Falls.

Back to School Calzones Serves: 2-4 Ingredients: 1 10 oz.-roll of pizza dough 1 cup of marinara or pizza sauce ½ cup of toppings (Anything in your fridge: pepperoni, sausage, ground beef, ham, turkey, onions, mushrooms, pineapples, olives, etc.)

1 cup of shredded cheese 2 tablespoons oregano or parsley (optional) 1 tablespoon of garlic salt 1 tablespoon of butter or margarine Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. Unroll dough evenly onto a well-greased cooking sheet.

3. Cut dough into 3-4 rectangles. Set aside.

3. Mix together cheese, sauce, toppings and oregano or parsley in a separate mixing bowl 4. Scoop out mixture onto the middle of the dough rectangles.

5. Fold dough over so it meets corner to corner.

6. Pinch or crimp together sides of dough.

7. Brush top with butter and sprinkle with garlic salt.

8. Cut two small slits in the top of the dough with a knife.

9. Bake for 10 minutes or until calzone is golden brown. *Hungry Hint: Cooked too much food and you can’t eat it all? Don’t throw it out. Separate the food into single meal portions and freeze it. This way, next time you get hungry and don’t feel like making a mess, you can pop a ready-to-go meal in the microwave and enjoy.

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UNI to dedicate new Multimodal Transportation Center

NI NEWS SERVICE

The University of Northern Iowa will recognize the completion of the new Multimodal Transportation Center (MMTC) at a public dedication ceremony at 1 p.m. today. A reception and a historical transportation display will be available for viewing after the ceremony.

The display will feature vintage cars and photographs depicting historical methods of transportation.

The ceremony will open with a welcome address and introductions by Tom Schellhardt, vice president for administration and financial services. Speakers include UNI President Ben Allen; Mokhtee Ahmad, director of region VII’s Federal Transit Administration; David Miles, president of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa; Jon Crews, mayor of Cedar Falls; Buck Clark, mayor of Waterloo; Mark Little, executive director of Metropolitan Transit Authority; and Jenny Nulte, UNI Northern Iowa Student Government director of governmental relations.

The MMTC is a collabo-

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The University of Northern Iowa will recognize the completion of the Multimodal Transportation Center Friday at 1 p.m.

ration among UNI, the cities of Cedar Falls and Waterloo and the Metropolitan Transit Authority, designed to provide students, faculty, staff and visitors easier access to and within the campus and the surrounding

communities.

The center features 587 parking spaces, an elevator, vending machines, a waiting area and restrooms in the pavilion as well as 10 lockers for bicycles. Additional improvements were made

during construction to areas adjacent to the facility for added pedestrian safety.

The construction of the MMTC supports UNI’s ongoing commitment to sustainable practices by reducing vehicular traffic around

campus. The solar panels installed above the facility’s top deck ensure that maximum amounts of electricity can be generated through all four seasons. The energy produced, working in conjunction with the building’s geothermal heating system, supplies approximately all of the energy needs for the building, making it a netzero building and one of Iowa’s first.

One of the final construction projects was the installation of “City Mouse,” a 2,500-pound stainless steel sculpture designed and constructed by Chicago native Andrew Arvanetes.

The sculpture was created at UNI in 2002 while Arvanetes was an artist in residence. Since that time, “City Mouse” has been included in numerous exhibitions, including venues in Chicago, Florida, Texas, Iowa and Colorado.

The installation of the sculpture is part of the Iowa Art in State Buildings Program, which ensures that fine arts projects are included in state building construction projects.

University of Northern Iowa Wellness and Recreation Services Fitness & Leisure Classes Over 30 different classes Outdoor Recreation Walk a different path Personal Trainers Get help & get fit!

Massage Therapy Relieve stress from class and work Fitness Areas Including the newly remodeled free weight room Intramurals & Sport Clubs Enjoy competition in a fun environment & More! There’s something for everyone!

Stop in or check us out at www.uni.edu/wellrec

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Join Camp Adventure™ Youth Services in serving children & youth worldwide.

National Nonprofit Partners The national nonprofit partners provide Amerian Humanics input into what compentencies are necessary to work for their agencies These agencies offer internships and employ many of the American Humanics Alumni:

“ I would recommend

American Humanics to any college student who wants to get into the business of serving people. It is the best way to find out about opportunities to be of service and to get a head start on a career in service to the community.”

-Phil Hanson Executive Vice President, Heart of America United Way, and American Humanics Alumnus, Rockhurst University

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Don’t throw your money away From the editorial staff

The average in-state student at the University of Northern Iowa pays $6102 a year for their undergraduate tuition. That amounts to $24,408 over four years, and that’s not counting student fees, books, or room and board. With all of this money being invested into one’s education, one must wonder why so many people let it go to waste.

With large course loads and deep-set high school studying habits, it can become very easy to not take classes seriously, especially classes that aren’t a part of your major. And sometimes you have to wonder how you’ll ever benefit from learning about the philosophical underpinnings of the French Revolution or Keynesian economic theory. And so students tend to slack in such classes: they don’t participate in the discussion, they don’t take notes, they don’t do their homework, and they just kind of skate by with a passing grade.

This is obviously an extreme generalization, but we have observed – and we’re sure you have too – these behaviors in many students, ourselves included. You may even be guilty of one or more of them.

But when you’re paying $6000 a year for classes alone, can you afford to slack off ? Are you ok with throwing away roughly $600 on a course that you’re taking just because you need the credit?

The answers to these questions lie in what a college education – and, more relevantly, a college degree – is all about. Many people seem to approach college with a trade school mentality where they, the consumer, pay $24,000 for a product, which is the degree, as an investment to get a better career. There are many problems with this view of a college education, but even assuming that this view is correct, one cannot justify not taking their courses seriously.

If you are approaching your education as an investment or as a stepping-stone to a career, you need to realize that what is important for that job isn’t the fact that you have a degree but rather the knowledge and skills that the degree represents. A degree may help to get a job, but exemplary performance is what will help you keep it. And if you’re not putting an effort into your education, how do you intend to become proficient in your area of interest?

As far as non-major courses are concerned, it can become very difficult to care, because they seem to have very little impact on your future career. What’s important to realize here is the purpose of the liberal arts core: to make you a well-rounded person capable of free and critical thought. By making connections between the different liberal arts classes, you can begin to develop better opinions about the world and, more practically, better critical thinking skills that will allow you to become a leader in your future career, something that is valued by almost all employers.

All of these skills can only be obtained through your own individual effort and participation.

Professors and instructors can provide situations that will help push you in the right direction, but you have to walk forward and cultivate these skills on your own. And you should. You don’t want to throw away $25,000, do you?

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

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“Ground Zero Mosque” debate misses the point

By TREVOR BOECKMANN Staff Writer

Last December, a story surfaced on the Cordoba Project – now better known as the “Ground Zero Mosque.”

It’s almost hard to believe how little attention the story received at that time. Now it seems we can’t escape it. Its humble start came with an article in the New York Times about Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and a group of investors that decided to purchase an abandoned Burlington Coat Factory and turn it into an Islamic community center with a mosque. The trouble, of course, is that the center is located only a few blocks from Ground Zero in New York City.

“As Americans, we’re allotted certain rights. Among them is to do as we please with our property; this should be no exception.

As the public started to pick up on the story, politicians realized there was fear and hatred to capitalize on. Newt Gingrich said it was the start of an Islamic Revolution that would “destroy our civilization.”

Sarah Palin, in her usual eloquence, wrote on Twitter, “Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts.”

Ilario Pantano, a congressional candidate in North Carolina, went as far as to call it a “religious, ideological

Photo courtesty of Diane Bondareff/MCT

People look at the site of the proposed mosque and Islamic center on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, August 19, 2010, in New York.

and territorial conquest.”

To preface this article, let me make it clear that these people are crazy. This is clearly a separation of church and state issue. Any effort to prevent the mosque from being built is misguided and unconstitutional. As Americans, we’re allotted certain rights. Among them

is to do as we please with our property; this should be no exception. A New York firefighter and the ironicallynamed American Center for Law and Justice have already filed suit to prevent the construction of the mosque. It is a frivolous suit with no merit that should be quickly See ISLAM, page 19

Letter to the Editor: Rep. Kelly Kept Her Promise on Education

While serving as the University of Northern Iowa 2008-09 student body president, I witnessed Rep. Doris Kelley’s dedication and service to enhancing the quality of Iowa’s education. Even now, Rep. Kelley continues to raise awareness of how state-level decisions impact Iowa’s education system.

Rep. Kelley recently stated: “To ensure Iowa comes out of this worldwide recession stronger than before, we are continuing to make education a top priority. We

expanded voluntary preschool to all 4-year-olds and implemented a core curriculum for all K-12 students, ensuring our young people have the skills they need to compete for the jobs in a global economy.”

Even in her first year in office (2006), Doris Kelley realized that Iowa’s model core curriculum existed “on the books” but was voluntary for schools’ adoption.

Hence, Doris Kelley supported legislation that now provides Iowa’s 361 school

districts a guide to delivering instructional content that is meaningful to K-12 students in the areas of mathematics, reading and science.

When you hear rhetoric from some candidates about their value of education, remember that Doris Kelley consistently provides the leadership to get results!

On Tuesday, Nov. 2, vote for Doris Kelley.

Pernell Cezar Jr., Certified Global Business Professional

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Teens, God and Sex

lum for United Methodist Guest Columnist teenagers in Boone from Representative Donovan I first heard about Pastor Olson, whose son particiAndrea Kraushaar’s faith pated in the classes. Andrea, and sexuality curricu- a married 32-year old mothCHRISTIE VILSACK

er of two, said she decided to introduce the Good Sex faith-based curriculum to her youth groups after she heard the young people in her parish talking about how many kids in Boone are having sex.

Before you leap to conclusions about Pastor Andrea, the Methodists, or the people of Boone, know that people in communities across the state are starting to look for ways to engage young people and their parents in conversations about safe and healthy sexual relationships. People are worried about the high rate of unintended pregnancy among teenagers and young adult women trying to become economically secure in first jobs or by accessing a college education.

Pastor Andrea, a youth pastor for over 10 years, decided that the conversation needs to happen in church as well as at home and at school. While she doesn’t consider herself qualified to teach sex educa-

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Christie Vilsack is the executive director of The Iowa Initiative to Reduce Unintended Pregrnancies.

tion, she has discovered a faith-based curriculum that she’s comfortable with and she’s used it with teenagers in religious settings in Kansas City and Sioux City.

She is content to let schools in partnership with local pregnancy prevention programs handle the basics of medically correct sexuality education. However, she likes to think that someday, schools, parents and churches will work more closely on the issue of sexuality education.

How did she convince a congregation in small town Iowa to adopt a seven-week faith-based sexuality curriculum? Historically, the United Methodist Church has been an advocate of these kinds of sexuality and body image classes, Pastor Andrea says. Plus she had done this before in a lowincome area of Kansas City and in an upscale congregation in Sioux City.

First, she let the 12 members of her parish staff know what she intended to do. She enlisted the support of the senior pastor with whom she shares the responsibility of shepherding the congregation. He supported the class but decided he would only be involved as the parent of a teenaged daughter. Pastor Andrea assured the parish staff that she would be the lead teacher for the class with assistance from the college-aged youth associates who normally take responsibility for these classes.

Each lesson in her curriculum is Biblically based.

In every lesson there is some aspect of sex, says Pastor Andrea. “One is how we are made in the image of God and we are beautifully and wonderfully made and we have to love ourselves

as God loves us.” The next week focuses on the media and sexuality. Another week focuses on self-esteem, peer pressure, and setting boundaries.

The curriculum for sixth, seventh and eighth graders who take the class together is different than the lessons for senior high students.

She and her youth associates, who are local college students, meet every week to prepare for the classes, deciding what is most important to cover.

One female youth associate talked to the classes about her own struggle with an eating disorder and body image. A male youth associate talked about the importance for him of setting personal boundaries, which Pastor Andrea pointed out was interesting because it’s a more common issue for women.

They assured the teenagers that if they had questions they would answer them. They enlisted the help of parents, too.

They sent letters letting parents know why Pastor Andrea thought the class was important. She held a meeting so parents could ask questions and express their concerns. It went better than she expected, and most of the parents were supportive. A few parents told her that their children don’t know what sex is and they didn’t see a need for the class. She assured them that their children were much more aware of sex than they might think. “I told them, ‘If you can’t trust the pastor of your church, whom can you trust? I don’t want to teach your child sex-ed, but I do want to teach them that they can make good decisions about how they want to live as a Christian.’”

Parents were not invited to the classes, but they were told ahead of time what topics were being covered in each class. They had access to the books and the teacher guide. She wanted parents to be in a position to continue the conversation at home.

If they had a problem with a particular class they could keep their children home, but most of the teens came to every class.

Christie Vilsack is executive director of The Iowa Initiative to Reduce Unintended Pregnancies.

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DIANE BONDAREFF/MCT

People look at the site of the proposed mosque and Islamic center on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, August 19, 2010, in New York.

ISLAM

continued from page 17

thrown out.

Yet through all this political maneuvering and fearmongering, we have missed the heart of the issue.

Muslims certainly have the right to build a mosque, but is the construction of this mosque something that is desirable? I say no.

This stance has little to do with location. I oppose mosques being built near Ground Zero the same way I oppose mosques being built in Des Moines. In fact, I don’t want to see any new mosques built. Does this make me bigoted? An Islamophobe? No. It makes me intolerant. Intolerant of a religion that embraces violence and misogyny.

I refuse to support the erection of a worship center to a religion that rioted after a political cartoon depicting their prophet was published, leaving 100 dead. I refuse to support a religion with a holy book that teaches to “(f)ight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.” I refuse to support a religion whose followers have committed over 15,000 terrorist attacks since Sept. 11, 2001.

Critics will claim these are the extremists, that most Muslims are peaceful moderates. I don’t doubt that … but where are they?

Where are they when a

woman is lashed in Saudi Arabia for being raped?

Where are they in Sudan when a woman is put in jail for naming a teddy bear “Mohammad”? Where are they when a Bangladeshi women’s rights advocate has a bounty put on her head? They must be busy condemning South Park.

Former Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote a New York Times op-ed entitled “Islam’s Silent Moderates” asking these same questions. It was a little more personal for her.

After the movie she wrote on women in Islam was released, the director was killed on the street as he biked to work. His mangled corpse was left with a note threatening her life as well.

Maybe one day Islam’s moderates will rise up.

Maybe these atrocities will become a thing of the past.

I can’t wait for that day, but let’s be honest; it won’t be staying true to Islam. As Sam Harris explained it, “when Allah commands his followers to slay infidels wherever they find them, until Islam reigns supreme (Quran 2:191-193; 4:76; 8:39; 9:123; 47:4; 66:9)— only to emphasize that such violent conquest is obligatory, as unpleasant as that might seem (2:216), and that death in jihad is actually the best thing that can happen to a person, given the rewards that martyrs receive in Paradise (3:140171; 4:74; 47:5-6) - He means just that.”

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University of Northern Iowa Summer 2010 What happened while you were away

UNI names new dean of College of Education

Dwight C. Watson has been named the new dean of the College of Education at the University of Northern Iowa.

“Dr. Watson brings a strong background in academic leadership, and a strong commitment to education leadership and outreach in early childhood education through collegiate education systems,” Provost Gloria Gibson said in a statement. “I look forward to working with him to elevate UNI’s educator preparation programs at the state and national level and in partnering with the K-12 school systems to provide highly qualified educators.”

Watson is excited by the programs, people and possibilities UNI has to offer.

“UNI is sort of renowned

for its teacher education programs, and it’s got lots of rich opportunities within the College of Education,” Watson said. “And when I looked at the profile of the university and I looked at the various programs that were offered, when I recognized that UNI was once a normal school – which means that, historically, it’s always been focused on teacher education – it seemed to be a great fit for me.”

Watson would like to ensure that all students in the College of Education graduate with what he considers “cultural competencies,” “linguistic diversity,” “developmental diversity” and “technological savvy.”

“I want candidates who are coming out of our pro-

grams to understand all about culture and people of color,” he said. “I also want them to understand about how to work with students whose first language isn’t English, so that’s linguistic diversity. And then I want all of our candidates to be able to understand different types of students and special needs learners, learners in special education.

I want all of our candidates to understand what I consider developmental diversity. And then they have to have technological skills.

“So our challenge would be to look at our programs and see what our students are already doing in these areas and see how we can make those components more rigorous and robust,” he continued.

JOHN ANDERSON Staff Writer

UNI students uncover Cedar Valley’s prehistory

University of Northern Iowa students learned the fundamentals of field archaeology and uncovered artifacts from the Cedar River Valley’s prehistory through UNI’s Archaeological Field School.

The 6-credit course was taught by Don Gaff, assistant professor of anthropology, and met from May 17 to June 24 at the Hartman Reserve Nature Center in Cedar Falls.

Throughout the course the students learned the fundamentals of field archaeology, including how to find, excavate and document archaeological sites; photography; and map work.

“It’s real research,” Gaff said. “It’s not a pretend exercise; it’s not a worksheet; it’s not a pretend laboratory setting. Everything (the students are) seeing is the first time

it’s been seen in over a thousand years, and every piece they find tells us more about the prehistory of Blackhawk County and the Cedar River Valley.”

According to Anthropology major Justin Elkins, the course began at Hartman by shovel-testing, which is archaeological “grunt work” that involves digging 20-centimeter-deep holes every 10 meters and sifting through the soil for artifacts or soil changes, which indicate the potential for an excavation site. This “tedious” process was complicated in the prairie of the reserve by a prevalence of mosquitoes and chest-high poison ivy.

According to Gaff, the course’s slow start exposed See ARCHAEOLOGY, page 21

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Summer 2010: While you were away

Allen nominated to national committee Congressman Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) announced this summer that University of Northern Iowa President Benjamin Allen will serve on the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity.

“President Allen will make an excellent addition to the committee,” Braley said in a statement. “He brings a vast amount of experience in higher education that will help strengthen and improve the accreditation processes for America’s colleges and universities. Under President Allen’s leadership, UNI has established priorities for increasing student achieve-

ment in undergraduate programs and providing statewide leadership in education.

His expertise will be a great asset to the NACIQI and institutes of higher education across the country.”

The 18-member committee advises U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on matters of accreditation as well as the certification and eligibility process for higher education institutions.

According to Allen, the committee’s specific duties have yet to be determined, but its overall intent is to ensure that the quality of institutions that are in higher education is where it should be so the students are receiving a quality educational experience.

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The Summer 2010 UNI Solar Panthers.

Solar Panthers take third in international competition

For the second consecutive year, the UNI Solar Panthers won third place overall in the World Championship Intercollegiate Solar Boating competition in Fayetteville, Ark., June 9-13.

This is the UNI team’s fourth year in a row in the top five.

In a first for the UNI team since it joined the competition in 2000, the Solar Panthers also qualified to compete in the Sprint World Championship race on Sunday, June 13, where the again took third place behind University of New Orleans College of Naval Engineering, which took first, and University of South Hampton, UK, which came in second.

“This is something that’s incredible, because we also won the third place in the Sprint Championship,” said Reg Pecen, UNI professor and coordinator of electrical engineering technology. “We’ve been going to this event for the last, I believe, nine years; this is the first time the UNI

team qualified for Sprint Championships. We actually competed against the British teams and the University of New Orleans College of Naval Engineering, and it was kind of breathtaking, because that shows Iowa’s hard work, compassion, and challenging the really big teams.

“This is like the World Cup, you know, one of the smallest teams beating Brazil or something like that. So they have done a wonderful job this year,” Pecen continued.

The UNI team was also awarded the trophy for Outstanding Solar System Design and ranked fourth in the Technical Report category.

UNI will host the next World Championship on June 8-12, 2011, at George Wyth State Park and on the UNI campus.

The UNI solar boat project is sponsored by an Iowa Energy Center grant, the UNI Executive Vice President/ Provost, the College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Office and local companies.

JOHN ANDERSON/Northern Iowan Anthropology majors Tom Walton (left) and Levi Smith (right) sift through soil as Mike Anthony, Anna Moran and Meredith Hild clear out soil to reach the B horizon at the Hartman Reserve Nature Center.

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the students to the realities of archaeology.

“TV, as any of these guys will tell you, doesn’t show how it really is,” he said. “It’s not, voila, golden idol. There’s lots of paperwork, lots of slowgoing.”

After the shovel-testing, the students began excavating an area near the previous course’s site until they reached the B horizon, or lighter colored soil, but did not find any

artifacts. On a hunch the team moved to the other side of the site and found some clay sherds, or pieces, and projectile points that likely date back to A.D. 300-700.

“I think what’s really, really cool about the spear points is, before when we were digging stuff up we found a lot of fire-cracked rock, some flint, some sherds from the process of making the (projectile) points, but not really concrete evidence,” said Anthropology major Anna Moran. “Having a point shows there’s concrete

evidence that a human being was here, whereas beforehand it’s just speculation. Because in nature you can get sherds, but you can’t really get an arrowhead just naturally formed.”

Timothy Walton, anthropology major, enjoyed the hands-on nature of the course.

“It’s different from a normal class, because you’re actually outside doing different things, (and it’s) hands-on, even more so than a lab, because you’re actually finding the stuff right there, you’re the source of the discovery.”

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High Expectations

Northern Iowa volleyball looks to continue success from 2009 campaign

By SAM JEFSON Sports Writer

The 2009 University of Northern Iowa volleyball team finished with an astonishing record of 31-3.

In 2010, the Panthers will return as the overwhelming favorite to win the Missouri Valley Conference, returning all but two players from last year’s roster.

“We can’t focus on what happened last year,” head coach Bobbi Petersen said.

“All the work we did last year, we have to repeat that work, so to get in there and work hard every day is extremely important to us.”

Northern Iowa received all 10 first-place votes in the MVC coaches’ preseason poll and have been given a No. 24 national ranking in the American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason poll.

“We want to win the conference and go to the NCAA tour nament,” Petersen said. “The one goal

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Amy Braun (center) was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year in 2009 and will be one of the leaders on this year’s squad.

we have every year though is to make sure we are playing our best volleyball at the end of the season, so in order to do that, we have to make sure we are getting better every day.”

The Panthers have utilized the time in the off season to improve every day

by becoming better on the individual and team level.

“The spring season was a time we technically got better,” Petersen said.

“Through our summer conditioning and spring conditioning everyone got better as an athlete. As a team we also did a lot of

team-building activities.”

Highlighting the six returning starters for the Panthers in 2010 is first team Missouri Valley Conference libero Ellie Blankenship. During the summer, Blankenship gained valuable experience training with the U.S. national team.

“It was cool to meet 24 people from different schools to see where they come from and their different playing styles,” Blankenship said. “I also got some good advice from some really respectable coaches, so it was a good experience.”

Northern Iowa will face two challenges early in the season. The first challenge the Panthers must face is starting the season on the road for 10 straight matches.

“We’re kind of used to starting our season on the road,” Petersen said. “It’s always a challenge, mostly because of classes and not having the support of fans, but we get good parent following so we have good fans in the crowd.”

The second challenge faced by the Panthers is dealing with injuries that have occurred in the preseason.

“We have most of our players back,” Petersen said.

See VOLLEYBALL, page 23

PANTHER PROFILE:

Blankenship hopes to lead Panthers back to the NCAA Tournament

By DRU JORGENSEN Sports Columnist

Senior Ellie Blankenship had a great 2009 season as the University of Northern Iowa’s volleyball team won the Missouri Valley Conference and made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament. However, she is very much looking forward to this year. This season the Panthers are ranked number 24 in the NCAA preseason poll and also picked to repeat as Missouri Valley Conference Champions.

“It felt good to get that under our belt again last year... but last year is last year, and our focus is on nothing but what we want to do with the year in front of us. Being picked to repeat is great in the fact that people have respect for what our team is capable of, but we honestly think nothing of it,” said Blankenship.

For those who don’t know, Blankenship is a libero for the team. She also

takes on a leadership role by being a captain for the Panthers. People who don’t follow volleyball as much may struggle to understand what the libero does for the team or why there is one.

“A libero is a defensive specialist position that doesn’t have to use substitutions and can virtually be in the game the whole time.

Serving as a libero brings the responsibility of being able to consistently pass well and play tough defense, which I love,” said Blankenship.

“Being a libero by itself entails leadership because you are put in a position to take control of the back row, working with the people around you. But also as a senior and a captain, I have definitely had to fit into a leader role. Having been here for three years already, I’ve been able to see what has and hasn’t been successful and look forward to being able to be good leader for this team,” Blankenship added.

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UNI senior Ellie Blankenship will look to lead the Panthers this upcoming season.

Blankenship is very much a team player. When asked what her individual goals are, she said that any individual goals she has are only to better the team and the team goals. She stated that

they have a lot of goals but it really comes down to a main focus, and that is to to see themselves deep into the NCAA tournament at the end of the year.

Blankenship seems excit-

ed about the season. This season the Panthers will take on some tough conference opponents.

“Wichita State, Missouri State and Creighton have all See BLANKENSHIP, page 23

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been consistently competitive teams in the MVC, but teams such as Drake, Southern Illinois and Evansville all are competitive as well. Anything can happen on any given night in our conference,” said Blankenship.

Although the conference games will be important, the Panthers will also be taking on some nationally recognized schools.

“Teams such as Minnesota, Dayton, Baylor, Purdue, Iowa State, Kansas and Notre Dame, every year we look forward to these big matches ... they give us opportunities to prove the talent of our team on a national level,” said Blankenship.

With a tough schedule, it would great to have team chemistry that makes the team better. The senior libero from Cedar Rapids has some thoughts on that as well.

“Our chemistry is probably the best it has been since I have been here.

We’re always shooting each other jokes on and off the court. During preseason, the coaches always have some sort of competition planned for us at night.

We’ve done team Olympics before, and this year we did ‘minute to win it’ challenges.

They plan them knowing how competitive we are, so they always get a little heated... but it’s great for the chemistry of our team, especially with the new freshmen coming in.”

Blankenship’s favorite volleyball memory is beating Iowa State on their own floor. She also is very competitive and enjoys tennis, basketball and racquetball, and she grew up with a brother so she will gladly take anyone on in video games. She is also a carnivore.

“Get me a steak and I’ll be happy,” Blankenship joked.

Blankenship hopes to keep the momentum rolling from last year but also knows it is a new season and that may mean new obstacles.

“It helps that we have a majority of our team back. What was so special about our 2009 group was the amount of trust and belief that we had in each other and our team, and I’ve already seen that carry over in practice this year. We’re a group that will take the court knowing and believing we will win each match and it’s a fun thing to be a part of.”

The Panthers will play in the Mortar Board Premier Tournament on Aug. 27 in West Lafayette to open up their 2010 season.

“We had a couple of rolled ankles, but our two biggest injuries are Molly Turk with a back injury and Beth Discher.”

The Panther coaching staff will have to manage both Turk and Discher all season due to chronic back injuries. In the preseason both have been in and out of practice in order to rest for the upcoming season.

The Panthers will kick off the 2010 season this weekend as they travel to West Lafayette, Ind., to take on Central Michigan, Western Kentucky and Purdue. Once the Panthers begin their home schedule, they will start with conference rivals Missouri State on Sept. 17 and Wichita State on Sept 18.

UNI drops season opener to Iowa State, 3-1

NI NEWS SERVICE

The University of Northern Iowa women’s soccer team lost its season opener Sunday afternoon at the Cedar Valley Soccer Complex, falling 3-1 against Iowa State. All four goals in the contest were scored in the second half.

Iowa State got on the scoreboard first when Emily Goldstein took a pass from Meredith Skitt and knocked it past UNI goalkeeper Lauren Potzman in the 73rd minute. The Panthers answered in the 76th minute when senior Nicole Ferlito was fouled in the box.

Chelsie Hochstedler drove home the ensuing penalty kick to tie the match at 1-1.

Iowa State’s Mary Kate McLaughlin scored the game-winning goal in the 81st minute off a centering pass from Goldstein on the right side. The Cyclones added another score in the 86th minute from Theresa Kucera.

UNI’s Lauren Potzman registered six saves for the game. Iowa State outshot the Panthers 20-5.

Five different Panthers tallied a shot in the match.

UNI will return to action at the University of Iowa Tournament in Iowa City on Friday, Aug. 27, when they take on Central Michigan at 4:30 p.m. The Panthers will also play Northern Illinois in Iowa City on Sunday, Aug. 29, at 11 a.m.

The Northern Iowan is still looking for sports writers to cover wrestling and track. If interested e-mail Brad Eilers at: eilersb@uni. edu

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Panthers catch attention at the ESPY Awards

By TIM GETTING

Sports Writer

Former University of Northern Iowa basketball stars Adam Koch and Ali Farokhmanesh and current head coach Ben Jacobson walked the red carpet at the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) Awards, merely humbled to be there.

Famous athletes and celebrities such as Brett Favre, Mike Tyson and Zac Efron were received by mobs of cameras and microphones. Meanwhile, the three UNI Panther representatives strolled through the background, getting nearly the same amount of attention that they received before upsetting top-ranked Kansas University in the NCAA Tournament last season.

“Nobody wanted to talk to (interview) us, but it was still fun seeing everybody else doing their red carpet thing,” said Koch.

However, what progressed throughout that July night in Los Angeles in a way resembled their rise from underdog to instant fame.

The three took the stage after being awarded an ESPY for “Best Upset.”

Jacobson took the award from Farokhmanesh, joking that he should give it to Koch in case Ali decided to shoot it, alluding to Farokhmanesh’s bold threepoint shot that sealed the Panther upset.

After Koch took the award, his eyes wandered into the audience.

“I’m standing there, looking out, and all of a sudden I realize that everyones’ eyes are looking at us,” Koch said.

“I remember looking into the stands and making eye contact with Brett Favre and getting all flustered. I had to look down.”

After spending some time with Tracy Morgan and Ashley Greene backstage, the three realized that the eyes would not leave them as long as the silver trophy was in hand.

“After (the award show), they had a few different after parties, and we didn’t have enough time to go back to the hotel,” said Koch.

“So actually we were walking around the city to get to this club for this party with the ESPY in my hand.

Everybody was trying to talk to us and get pictures.”

The ESPY equaled power.

It even managed to influence LA club bouncers.

“We were going into the party and saw Gordon Hayward, who was like the ninth overall pick in the NBA draft. He couldn’t get in because he forgot his ticket, so we ended up using the ESPY Award to get him in after he was standing outside the party for about 10 or 15 minutes, trying to get in,” Koch said.

After mingling with fellow athletes and celebrities and enjoying entertainment provided by hip-hop artists like Gucci Mane, the three proceeded to another after party on the roof of the W Hotel.

“That was probably the coolest part because everyone (who was recognized at the award show) was staying at that hotel. We got to meet a ton of people. It was pretty fun because people were actually recognizing us after we won the ESPY and wanted to talk to us,” said Koch.

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An afternoon with Little

ESPY

By TIM GETTING

Sports Writer

Adam Koch and Ali Farokhmanesh watch a lot of movies. Their film ranking system, the “Three Movie Board,” has earned national attention, having been mentioned in publications such as Sports Illustrated.

But the former University of Northern Iowa basketball players found themselves starring in what resembled a comedic version of a heist movie one afternoon this summer.

About one month earlier, the two were in Los Angeles where they received an Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award (ESPY) for their upset of top-ranked Kansas University in the NCAA Tournament.

Once they arrived back to Cedar Falls, however, the award went straight from Koch’s hands to head coach Ben Jacobson, who kept it in his McLeod Center office.

Although Koch and Farokhmanesh had some time with their “baby” in LA and during the plane ride home, they still yearned for one last hurrah with their ESPY. “Coach (Jacobson’s) office is always locked unless he’s there, so we had to wait for a day when he was there but not in his office,” said Koch.

“We had to distract the other coaches, so one of us could go in and grab it and

bring it to our house. So we did it and kind of thought that they saw us, but they didn’t say anything. So we thought, ‘oh, they don’t care, it’s cool.’”

It seemed to be a successful mission. The two joined Adam’s brother Jake and their friend Chelsie Hochstedler (of the UNI women’s soccer team) and posed for numerous photos with their “baby ESPY.” Some poses included taking “Little ESPY” for a wagon ride, giving Little ESPY a bath as well as Little ESPY’s first time crawling.

“Ali wanted to do a photo shoot that showed the ESPY as a little baby, so Adam and I were like, ‘why not?’ You only win an ESPY once in a lifetime,” said Jake.

The following day Farokhmanesh stopped by the coaches’ offices to discover the place in a frenzy.

“Derrik Netten, our Director of Basketball Operations, was in there freaking out because he noticed that the ESPY was gone,” said Adam.

“So he had called the police and had some search on the whole city, trying to find the ESPY. They even brought in some of the cleaning staff and were calling them out.”

Koch and Farokhmanesh immediately returned the award to the office.

“I don’t think they were mad, but they were relieved that See ESPY, page 25

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that at least we had it,” Adam said.

“We figured that we wouldn’t get (the trophy) back again

before we took it, and we definitely won’t get it back after that.”

BRAD’S SPORTS BLURB:

Pitching dominates the MLB landscape

By BRAD EILERS Sports Editor

If there was ever a time to be a Major League Baseball pitcher, it would be this season. 30 times this summer various MLB pitchers have had no-hit bids that have lasted into the seventh inning or later.

That’s already three more times than in any previous MLB season, and there are still six weeks of baseball to be played. Of those 30 no-hit bids, five actually resulted in no-hitters, two of which were perfect games, and that’s not counting the controversial 28-out near-perfect game thrown by Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga back on June 2. The five no-hitters (six if you count Galarraga’s) are tied for the second most in any single MLB season to date, one shy of tying the all-time record of six which was set in 1990.

This season is the first time in MLB history that two perfect games have been thrown in the same season.

What’s even more unique is the timing between the two perfect games. Before this season there had been 18 perfect games in MLB’s illustrious 140-year history, coming out to an average of one perfect game every 7.8 years. The 19th perfect game in MLB history was thrown by Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden on May 9 against the Tampa Bay Rays, just 20 days later Philadelphia Phillies ace Roy Halladay threw the 20th perfect game in MLB history against the Florida Marlins. Galarraga’s nearperfect game was just four

days after that.

So what’s leading to all the dominant pitching around MLB this season? Did the pitchers suddenly get better in the off-season? Did the batters suddenly forget how to hit a baseball? I don’t believe either is a reasonable explanation for this unique phenomenon. I believe there are multiple reasons, one of which is the pitching youth in MLB this season. Three of the five pitchers that threw no-hitters earlier this summer had less than four years of MLB experience at the start of the season. With so many young pitchers taking the mound this season, batters have been at a disadvantage, having little prior experience against these relative newcomers.

I also believe that this season’s pitching dominance is being caused by the one thing that has hindered baseball’s perception for the past decade: steroids and performance enhancing drugs. Only this time, I think it’s working as an advantage for MLB. The increased steroid testing over the past couple years has led to a significant drop in home runs and batting averages across MLB this season, and we are finally starting to realize how dominant these pitchers can be when they aren’t facing line-ups filled with batters that look like Hulk Hogan.

This MLB season has been filled with plenty of dominating pitching performances and if the post-season is anything like it we may have another Don Larsen on our hands before all is said and done.

MCT CAMPUS

Armando Galarraga’s reaction after his near-perfect game on June 2.

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RYAN’S RANTS:

This summer in sports

By RYAN FRIEDERICH

Sports Columnist

Most sports fans sink into a depression during the dog days of summer. No NFL games, the NBA finals come to a close, college football is too far away, and hopefully by the middle of May the Chicago Cubs are already out of the chase for both the National League Central and the wild card.

Thankfully, this summer was full of excitement in the sports world, giving me something to rant about until our beloved Panthers don the pads on Sept. 11 against the dreaded North Dakota State University Bison.

For a baseball fan like me, this summer revived my hope for the future of Major League Baseball. As most of you will find out throughout this semester in the Northern Iowan, I am a diehard Atlanta Braves fan (currently in first place).

On April 17 I watched helplessly as my Braves got no hit by Colorado Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez.

My embarrassment was short-lived however, as Roy Halladay, Edwin Jackson, Dallas Braden and Matt Garza imitated or bested the

work of Jimenez. There were other notable performances during the proclaimed “year of the pitcher,” such as Armando Galarraga having his place in the Hall of Fame stolen by Jim Joyce and his handlebar mustache, and Kevin Slowey going seven innings of no-hit ball until the Twins skipper decided to pull him and cut his possibly historic MLB moment short.

This summer wasn’t all about baseball, and I believe Jim Joyce owes a big thanks to the one and only “King” LeBron James for taking most of the focus off him.

Unless you were living under a rock, you know that on July 8 LeBron James announced that he was “taking his talents to South Beach” during an hour-long special on ESPN that raised money for the Boys and Girls Club of America. I started to question the humility of James after this spectacle, but when I saw James, Bosh and Wade dancing on a stage in Miami, I quickly realized that the Heat were going to be etched into my “most hated teams club” along with the Cubs and the New England Patriots.

One of the greatest sports moments of the summer came on July 14

when our own Ben Jacobson, Ali Farokhmanesh and Adam Koch received the “Biggest Upset” ESPY award for knocking off the Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA tournament. The ESPYs also did an amazing job of remembering one of the greatest coaches and people to grace this earth, the late Ed Thomas, former football coach at AplingtonParkersburg High School.

Overall, this summer was a great one for the sporting world. Excitement, disappointment, and utter embarrassment kept most sports fans on their toes between the months of May and August. Wait a second, there were also a few soccer games that were played on ESPN this summer, but we can just keep those out of the news for another four years. I’m just kidding (kind of), congratulations Spain.

If you feel there were other great moments that were left out of this article, or want to give your opinion go to our website: http://www.northerniowan.org/sports

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GAMES

ACROSS 1 Vamp attachments 8 They may follow shots 15 Hard up 16 Crash 17 Crown 18 Things in the back 19 Certain Sopwith Scout 21 Aid for a largegroup photo 22 Invoice abbr.

23 Rolls in a nursery 24 “Naked Pictures of Famous People” author Stewart 25 After-school request 28 Tar Heel State campus 30 Eliot’s Old Deuteronomy, e.g.

33 Twisted party decorations 37 Volunteer, often 38 “If you can find a better car, buy it” speaker 39 Purported source of Revere’s historic signal 41 Check alternatives 42 Gulf of Finland feeder 43 Popped up, in baseball lingo 45 Leftover 46 Union Sq., e.g.

49 Soul on the Seine 50 Listed, to sailors 53 Not finished yet 56 Dip (in) 58 Fatty 59 “The Time Machine” actress (1960) 60 Finally turns (to) 61 Influential second-century astronomer 62 Three-syllable foot DOWN 1 “Get a bang out of life” mint 2 Treaded transport

UNI Football Media Day at a glance

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UNI head football coach Mark Farley addresses the media back on August 11. Farley is entering his 10th season as the head coach of the Panthers.

By Doug Peterson

3 Justice and Temperance, e.g.

4 Frat letters 5 Excellent 6 They may be affected by bargaining 7 Small scrap 8 Energy boss 9 Mortar trough 10 Shakespeare title name 11 Yarn unit 12 Seemingly forever 13 Like some awakenings 14 Have the lead 20 Third-day creation 24 Fish story notable 26 Author Robert __ Butler 27 Source of some sundae toppings 29 Of the flock 30 Prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms and herbs 31 Philosophers’ stone seekers 32 Airport screening org.

34 Did galley work 35 Being broadcast 36 Alien who reported to Orson 37 Site for aspiring idols 40 Dost own 44 Not fancy in the least 45 Negro Leagues legend Buck 47 Bridal accessory

48 Mayflower Compact signer 50 Worn out 51 Shoot out 52 Battle rounds 53 Steamy, in a way 54 Co-star with Courteney and Jennifer 55 For one 57 Dim __

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New Assistant Wide Receiver’s coach, and former UNI quarterback, Eric Sanders addresses the media. Panther tight end Ryan Mahaffey also spoke with reporters at media day.

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The UNI-Dome roof is getting a $4.3 million renovation due to hail damage last spring.

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3|27|11 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, Haochen Zhang 4|3|11 Johnny Mathis 4|17|11 Boston Brass

12|19|10 A Christmas Carol Nebraska Theatre Caravan 1|21|11 Die Fledermaus presented with UNI School of Music

1|22|11 Sleeping Beauty Russian National Ballet Theatre

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