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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
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VOLUME 109, ISSUE 5
The UNI head football coach marked a career milestone Saturday as his team defeated the Marauders handily, throwing in some exceptional individual performances as well. < See PAGE 15 OPINION
Be an informed voter NISG Director of Governmental Relations shares resources for students in anticipation of Election Day, just 56 days away. < See PAGE 4
NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG
Student of MLK discusses racism Staff Writer
Farley earns 100th career victory as UNI rolls over CSU, 59-0
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REACHING FOR HIGHER GROUND
FARIHA AFZAL
SPORTS
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA
According to Julian Bond, civil rights activist and former student of Martin Luther King Jr., racism is not individual behavior and actions, but rather “a complex set of society actions.” “There are two types of racism — active and passive,” Bond said at the University of Northern Iowa on Sept. 5. “Active racism involves walking forward on a moving sidewalk. Passive racism behavior is standing still on a moving sidewalk, but the sidewalk carries you forward anyway unless he turns around and runs back faster than the sidewalk can carry him forward.” Bond, who spoke as part of this year’s Reaching for Higher Ground: The Search for an American Dream, has
been an activist in civil rights, economic justice and peace movements since he was in college. The first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), he received the Civil Liberties Union Bill of Rights Award and holds 25 honorary degrees. He has been named one of America’s top 200 leaders and is the author of the column Viewpoint. According to Bond, he is also one of the only people in the United States, and the world, “who can honestly say that (he) was a student of ” Martin Luther King Jr. “You know how people say that I was a student of Dr. King? Dr. King taught only one class, only taught it one time, (and there were) only eight people in the class, and < See BOND, page 2
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Julian Bond, civil rights activist, speaks at the University of Northern Iowa on Sept. 5 as part of Reaching for Higher Ground.
TEACHING
ELECTION
Iowa Writing Project receives $20,000 grant JONATHAN HAUSLER Staff Writer
Study abroad and see the world from a new perspective Columnist McKone touts the benefits of traveling outside the country – and one’s comfort zone. < See PAGE 4 CAMPUS LIFE
‘Branded’ offers nothing but the spectacle of disaster Film critic Alex Toft tried his best to find some sort of central plot line or meaning in “Branded.” Instead, he left the theater confused and unimpressed by... just about everything to do with the movie. < See PAGE 7
INDEX I SPY AT UNI......................3 OPINION............................4 CAMPUS LIFE....................7 SPORTS...........................15 GAMES............................18 CLASSIFIEDS...................19
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Adam Scott and Rashida Jones, stars of the NBC show “Parks and Recreation,” discuss the importance of the upcoming election in Lang Auditorium on Sept. 8.
Rashida Jones, Adam Scott visit UNI to rally young voters KIRBY TJOSSEM Staff Writer
Rashida Jones and Adam Scott, stars of the NBC show “Parks and Recreation,” told University of Northern Iowa students that Iowa, as a swing state, is crucial in the upcoming presidential election. “Iowa could really be the difference,” Scott said, who spoke in Lang Auditorium on Sept. 8. “It starts here and it could end here.” In order to get college students excited
about voting and to emphasize the importance of voting, Jones and Scott made stops at UNI, Drake University, Iowa State University and University of Iowa on Sept. 8 and 9. “There are issues that directly affect students,” Jones said at the UNI event, which was sponsored by Panthers for Obama. Jones discussed tuition cost and loans; ObamaCare, which allows children to stay on their parents’ health insurance until the age < See ELECTION, page 13
The Iowa Writing Project (IWP) recently received a $20,000 grant from the National Writing Project to study teacher leadership in the core areas of school curriculum. The yearlong study, which began on Aug. 7 with a two-day session, includes partnering 21 teachers with experienced IWP leaders. The teachers and partners will meet quarterly throughout the school year and have a one-week session in June 2013. The group will also be working together online throughout the project. IWP, which has been at the University of Northern Iowa since 2003, guides teachers in professional learning to grow their teaching and leadership abilities. According to James Davis, the director of IWP, the teachers participating in the study are “spread across the state, from Council Bluffs to Des Moines, and even some in Cedar Rapids and Mount Pleasant.” < See IWP page 2