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The University of Northern Iowa’s student-produced newspaper since 1892

Northern Iowan

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Volume 107, Issue 2 Cedar Falls, Iowa northern-iowan.org UNI student starts up own business.

Sanders returns to Panther football as assistant coach

On July 24, Nick Cash was named one of five finalists in Entrepreneur magazine’s national College Entrepreneur of 2010 contest.

The 2007 Walter Payton Award runner-up was hired onto the UNI football coaching staff this summer as an offense assistant.

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UNI dedicates its first net-zero building KARYN SPORY

Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa, in conjuction with the city of Cedar Falls, the city of Waterloo and the Metropolitan Transit Authority, dedicated the long-awaited $14.8 million Multimodal

Transportation Center Friday. The Multimodal Transportation Center is one of Iowa’s first net-zero buildings, which means that it is a facility that generates its own energy. The dedication began at 1 p.m. at the top of the Multimodal Transportation Center, and featured sev-

eral speakers, refreshments, and several vintage cars and photographs. “The most important issue on any campus is parking,” President Benjamin Allen joked. “That will get a president fired faster than anything, is if you can’t solve the parking problem.” According to a UNI press

release, the Multimodal Transportation Center boasts 587 parking spaces, an elevator, vending machines, a waiting area and restrooms in the pavilion as well as 10 lockers for bicycles. The Center also provides public parking, including meter and handicapped parking, as well as G Reserved, A and B

“From my family we want to say thank you UNI for giving me a small opportunity to pay the great state of Iowa for the great education provided to my sister and I.” Mokhtee Ahmad Director of Federal Transit Administration Region IV

student parking. The project, which Allen called a “marathon,” began

ALYX SANDBOTHE/Northern Iowan

ABOVE: Vintage cars are displayed in the Multimodal Transportation Center to display transportation history. BELOW: Audience members listen as speakers explain the importance of the center and how it brings UNI closer to energy efficencey.

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on June 22, 1999 and has gone through many modifications, including two site changes. Mokhtee Ahmad, director of Federal Transit Administration Region IV, kept things light as he joked about scouting sites in Iowa’s cold winters and also about UNI’s two site changes. Ahmad also expressed his gratitude for the opportunity. “I can truly say that I am really proud to be from the federal government and it is my pleasure to have worked with you,” Ahmad said. “From my family we want to say thank you UNI for giving me a small opportunity to pay the great state of Iowa for the great education provided to my sister and I.” UNI worked alongside the federal government to

Coming out on top ADAM HASELHUHN Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa is at the top of the rankings again this year, and this time it’s not only for basketball. UNI was ranked third in the “Best Regional Universities (Midwest)” category for public universities, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2011 “America’s Best Colleges” guidebook. “It’s great to be considered one of the best universities in the Midwest,” UNI President Benjamin Allen said. “This is wonderful recognition of the quality and value our faculty and staff provide our students.” Receiving this recognition is nothing new for UNI. For 14 years, U.S. News and

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World Report has ranked UNI as one of the top three public universities in the Midwest. Jim O’Conner, Executive Director of University Relations said that, looking forward, the university does plan to use this recognition to recruit new students who might be on the fence about UNI. “Recognition like this is always nice to have, especially in cases where a student or family may not be overly familiar with UNI. It’s a nice way to start the conversation,” O’Conner said. O’Conner said it will also help UNI when recruiting international students. “We know in talking with international students that rankSee RANKINGS, page 3

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