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Enrollment drops by 7 percent University officials cite large graduating class, economy and lower number of high school graduates as reasons LINH TA News Writer

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Looking to rewrite the history books against the Hawkeyes The Panthers take on the U of I this weekend in a grudge match three years in the making – and this time, if the stats are to be believed, the tables just might turn. < See PAGE 9 SPORTS

A week in the life of “voice of the Panthers” Gary Rima KXEL announcer Gary Rima’s job is more than just shouting “kaboom” and “Panthers WIN!” on the Saturday afternoon airwaves – he devotes several days a week to preparing for the big game. < See PAGE 9

Official enrollment for fall 2012 at the University of Northern Iowa is down 7 percent from fall 2011 enrollment, a difference between 13,168 students last fall and about 12,300 students this fall. However, multicultural enrollment increased this semester. Terry Hogan, vice president of student affairs, said UNI originally expected an enrollment of around 12,750 students for the fall 2012 semester. Hogan said two main reasons for the decrease in enrollment are last year’s large UNI graduating class and a decline < See ENROLLMENT, page 3

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NEWS IN PHOTOS

A look into the UNI faculty senate

STEM regional hub event highlights UNI’s programs and state’s vision

BLAKE FINDLEY News Writer

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OPINION

Modern-day patriotism should be embraced Guest columnist Chris Apling responds to Nate Konrardy’s most recent column with his own argument for conscious, conscientious patriotism. < See PAGE 4

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The University of Northern Iowa’s faculty senate is the “principal representative agency of the university faculty,” according to the webpage at uni.edu/senate. Jerry Smith, the vice-chairman of faculty senate, explained that faculty senate acts on behalf of the faculty for their business operations. Some of the primary duties involve granting approval or rejecting requests for emeritus status, contributing to the running of the university in which faculty has domain or a vested interest and addressing other concerns of the faculty. Smith, who is in his fifth year on the senate, said faculty senate is on the upswing in the form of activity, proactivity and engagement with the administration. “When I first started, the meetings were rather perfunctory, but now we are taking on more substantive issues,” said Smith, a professor of management in the College of Business Administration. “The senate has been playing a bigger role in the university this past year, and that is a good thing.” According to Smith, the duties of senators are to come to the meetings, read the materials relevant to the docket, discuss the motions and vote. Additionally, senators are to serve on committees, standing and ad hoc. Smith said that perhaps the most important duty of senators is to research any issues the senate will be deciding and to “make an < See SENATE, page 2

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Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds speaks at the Northeast Iowa Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Regional Hub community conversation on Sept. 11. The event, hosted by Reynolds, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and University of Northern Iowa president Benjamin Allen, took place in the Center for Energy and Environmental Education. According to a press release, the purpose of the event was to discuss “the state’s vision regarding STEM education” and to learn about UNI’s STEM programming. Other UNI groups that participated in the event include: The Iowa Academy of Science, Fabulous Resources in Energy Education, Center for Teaching and Learning Mathematics, UNI Student and Innovation Incubators and Carver Academy – First Tech Challenge. See page 3 for more photos.

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Senate is apportioned by college, with larger colleges having more representatives, according to Scott Peters, chairman of the faculty senate. “The issue is where colleges have particular interests they want to push for or protect,” said Peters, an associate professor of political science in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. “Though, on the whole, the votes don’t generally break down by college.” Peters said many issues are important to the university as a whole, and even across the same college senators may be divided. All of the faculty have desires to help the students and do not want to start battles, Peters said. College senates administer senate elections after a senator’s three-year term is up, according to Peters. Each senator is only permitted to serve two consecutive terms at a time.

The chair also runs senate, represents faculty interests to the provost and president on a more continual basis, meets with the president and provost of the university and attends Board of Regents meetings. Peters will also serve on the presidential search committee. Peters said the chair of the faculty senate is “an important position.” “People asked me to do it and I was willing,” Peters said. “I want to effectively represent faculty and move forward in a way that allows faculty to have a meaningful say in key decisions that the university is facing.” The process of election for the chair of the faculty senate has changed to a chair-chairelect system, which means the vice chair of the senate is elected and will then serve as chair of the senate the following year. The vice chair — which is Smith this year — serves as the senate’s representative on the committee of committees and other special committees. That individual is also the back up for the chair and attends meetings with the president and provost, Board of Regents meetings and council of provosts meetings.

What is the chair of the What is the chair of the faculty? faculty senate? The chair of the faculty senate serves as vice chair of the entire faculty, according to Peters.

There is also a chair of the faculty whom the faculty as a whole elects. This person represents the faculty in its

entirety. According to Peters, up until the 1970s faculty business was decided during the full faculty meetings, but the faculty then elected to have the senate maintain ultimate control over the faculty. However, in theory, when the full faculty meets, which usually happens once a year, they could overturn a decision or acting by the senate. The chair of the faculty is elected by the full faculty, according to Peters, and serves for two years.

How can students get involved? Peters said all students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend faculty senate meetings, which occur every other Monday at 3:30 p.m. However, Peters said students “interested in the direction of the university should work with the Northern Iowa Student Government.” Peters said faculty should do a better job of coordinating with NISG and that he plans on meeting regularly with the president and vicepresident. “Places where NISG and faculty senate and other governing bodies of the university can work together better to have more inclusive decision making on campus would be greatly beneficial,” Peters said.

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in the number of high school graduates in Iowa. The amount of Iowa high school graduates has decreased around 2.5 percent during the past couple of years, according to Hogan. Christie Kangas, director of admissions, said the decline of Iowa high school graduates had a particular effect on UNI, as 92 percent of UNI students are from Iowa. “… That’s where we draw most of our students from, and when those classes decline, we have less of a market that we can access,” Kangas said. According to Kangas, last spring there was also a 10 percent increase of graduating students from UNI - which meant there were 200 additional students graduating than in a “normal spring.” “… That’s a compliment to the fact that students are actually finishing their degrees and being able to move on,” Kangas said. Hogan and Kangas both acknowledged the economy and the budget cuts made at UNI last year as two other factors in the decreased enrollment. “To be in the newspaper and on the television a lot of days in a row with what looks to a common observer as not good news certainly has some effect,” Hogan said in regard to budget cuts. According to Kangas, budgets cuts from last year were not an overwhelming concern

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in regard to enrollment this fall. “There were probably only about 10 students that had one of the majors (cut) and maybe was not able to change to something else,” she said of this fall’s incoming students. While enrollment is currently down for UNI, both Iowa State University and the University of Iowa saw an increase in student enrollment for the fall. Iowa had almost a 2 percent increase, enrolling 31,498 students this fall, according to an article from the Des Moines Register. With an enrollment increase of 4 percent, Iowa State broke its record enrollment with 31,040 students enrolled, according to Laura Doering, university registrar at Iowa State. “We’ve had some record enrollment years in the past, so you’re seeing bigger classes moving through the system, accounting for record total enrollment,” Doering said. She also listed quality education, 100-plus academic programs and 700-plus student groups as reasons why students enroll at Iowa State. While, according to Hogan, the amount of Iowa high school graduates has decreased, Doering said there was an increase of new direct Iowa residents for Iowa State. Last year, there were 3,105 new direct Iowa residents enrolled, and this year, that number moved to 3,251. As for the economy, Hogan said the average family income

for Iowa State students is higher than the average family income for UNI students, hence the greater impact of the economic downturn on UNI’s enrollment. Kangas believes there are different resources for marketing between the regent universities as well. “The other two institutions have an advantage of some natural marketing that happens because they’re Big Ten and Big 12 schools,” Kangas said. “By the nature of the athletic conferences they’re in, there is an awareness of them beyond the borders of Iowa.” Financially, Kangas does not think the lower enrollment will have a major impact on the university’s budget. “With that many fewer students (this semester), that means that much fewer tuition dollars (are) coming into the university ... The increased appropriation from the legislator last year are all coming together to put us in probably as fiscally sound a position that we could be in at this point of time,” Kangas said. Overall, Hogan encourages high school students to consider UNI when deciding on a university. “Those qualities of a small campus experience combined with the resources of a large campus add up to a rich experience that often times comes with a large campus,” Hogan said. “We have an ideal balance.”

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Open your mind – and spread your legs DAVID POPE

Elephants, donkeys and the death of civility

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Man, things are rough for sluts. Despite the “progressiveness” of the modern day and our culture’s ironic obsession with sex, somehow it is still common and okay to judge and ostracize others based on the number of partners they’ve been with or their sexual activity outside of committed relationships. Somehow it’s still a powerful insult to call someone else a whore or a slut. Somehow having sex is still linked with lowered worth, dirtiness and degradation, especially for women. Somehow our culture is still permeated with shame and self-disgust when it comes to sexual activity. Break free of your dysfunctionally dogmatic bonds. Open your legs and your mind. Safe, consensual sex is, has been and forever will be a victimless crime. Many organized religions, conservative social structures and small minds have taught us to hate our desires and fear our sexualities. We have bought into the lie that our bodies and their expressions of pleasure are filthy, unholy and at odds with our spirits, minds and humanities. We have taken part in the verbal bashing of any women and a few men who have sex, who have sex openly, often, with multiple partners, or who deign to declare that they enjoy having sex. We

BLAKE RUANE

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have suppressed our own minds and speech and felt shame for our experiences. We have called others sluts in order to destroy their reputations and exorcise our own sexual shame. To label someone else a slut and have it stick is like a cruel trump card that negates any other positive qualities a person (typically female) may have in the eyes of others. Aren’t you tired yet? It is fine, of course, to not have sex (along with not slut-shaming should come not virgin-shaming), but it should be because you want to wait until you are in love, because you are asexual, or for whatever reason other than out of shame and fear. Those two emotions aren’t healthy or productive. People have sex. People have sex outside of marriage. People have sex outside of relationships. People have

sex with multiple partners. Some people don’t have sex at all. It is all fine, it is all acceptable, it is all deserving of respect. If you have been shaming your friends, labeling others as sluts and contributing to this sex-as-sin culture, stop. Let others be free of your judgment and scorn. If the only thing holding you back from mutual pleasure and the incredible experience of sex is shame and guilt rather than legitimate conceptions of what you want, well, today’s a Friday. Open your legs this weekend-and don’t feel guilty about it.

David Pope is a junior political

communication major from Clear Lake, Iowa.

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Modern-day patriotism: a need for revival, not rejection I want to talk about modern-day patriotism because of a column by Nate Konrardy, “Destroying America: the task of the modernday patriot.” The main theme of his opinion piece seemed to be that you shouldn’t get so emotionally invested in your country that you can’t listen to reason, and that you should be willing to be an individualist critiquing the government. Konrardy is right about this to a certain extent: we should be able to have rational debates about the direction of our country and people should be able to go against the crowd. I question, though, whether loving one’s country and being impervious to reason necessarily go together. However, this is being generous on my part and

treating the opinion with respect, as I should. Konrardy charges that the modern day patriotism being used by politicians trying to win hearts and votes is “bulls---” and “propaganda,” the goal of which is to “emotionally connect you to a country’s well being to such an extent that you consider your citizenship an integral part of your identity as a human being.” He appears to believe this is a bad thing. Konrardy then goes on to critique the concept of our individual freedoms being the essence of the American experience, and Mitt Romney for saying this, by maintaining that other countries are free now too, so the American experience is not unique. However, our individual freedoms < See PATRIOT, page 5

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I don’t know about you, but my phone has been ringing off the hook the last couple of weeks. And I’m not referring to social calls, unfortunately. No, the phone calls I’m talking about are of a far more insidious nature, as nothing sends a chill down my spine quite like the sound of an automated voice at the other end of a political call. Yes, everyone, it is that time again. That special occasion that comes around once every four years, where everyone agrees to play nice and work together to ensure that the right man ends up with that cushy job in the Oval Office. Except for that part about playing nice and working together. Election season is that time of year where people abandon all civilized behavior, blindly refusing to listen to reason and engaging in all sorts of questionable behavior in the name of supporting their candidate. Some don’t even support their candidate so much as they support their political party, whether it be Democrat or Republican or even the Green Party (for all you Ralph Nader fans out there). Others will barely even mention the name of the candidate they’re supporting because they’re so out of breath from using the opposition as their own personal punching bag. Let’s take a moment to at least consider what it means to be a so-called Democrat or Republican. Conventional knowledge – and a quick Google search – will tell you that Democrats are identified as being liberal, while Republicans are noted for being more conservative. Liberal, as defined by the dictionary, means being “open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.” Conservative, on the other hand, means “holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation.” By definition, one party is willing to change and the other is not. Some will say that this is a gross generalization, but this is what these two political parties boil down to once you’ve stripped away all of the political speak. American political parties were first established almost 200 years ago, yet this is how far we’ve come, divided by those looking to the future and those stuck holding on to the past. Oh, and lest you forget, each party is embodied by a specific animal, with the Democrats being represented by a donkey and the Republicans an elephant. So we’ve got that going for us. It’s safe to say, at the very least, that we have a flawed system. But there isn’t much that can be done about it. This system has been in place for so long, < See CIVILITY, page 5

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are an integral part of the history of the United States They define us. The United States experience is a unique experience. It was the first to found political legitimacy on the defense of declared freedoms such as speech, religion, press, assembly and petition. That other countries (93 of them, according to the Polity IV 2010 country reports) are now democracies as well does not change the fact that more people immigrate to the United States than to any other country with the hope that of finding a better life. We may or may not be the greatest country on earth, but there was certainly a time when anyone who wanted to live their dreams tried to come here. This is the modern-day patriotism I believe in: the belief that the United States of America can be a better place tomorrow than it is today. It isn’t a blind following of rhetoric. It isn’t even the uncritical belief that there is nothing wrong with America. It is the belief that the ideal we all claim as the American ideal is worth working for and can in fact be achieved. A perfect example is Martin Luther King Jr., and his dream that his children “will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”. He lived in a country that was by no means perfect – a country that did not fulfill its own promises to him. But rather than trying to “destroy” that country, he attached himself emotionally. Even though it put him in harm’s way, King worked toward making his country a better place – and he was eventually murderd for it. Socrates, whom Konrardy mentioned, cared too. He critiqued opinions and ideas, but he believed in the system. When Socrates was sentenced to death, his friends offered to help him escape, but he refused. He had spent his life advocating for the laws and maintaining that the system be just, and if he evaded it, his efforts would be meaningless. These are not the actions of a man bent on destroying his country or whose sole purpose was to critique the system. Evading the system is something we see a lot of today; just look at the voter turnouts. It is easy to call everything meaningless. That’s what makes the stories of people like Socrates and Martin Luther King Jr. so profound. Both considered their citizenship an integral part of who they

were as human beings. They knew that there was no other time but the “now.” They committed themselves to higher human ideals, as architects of a better human existence through active cooperation. Neither retreated to their towers of individualism where they could pretend to be better than everyone else for doing something “on their own.” They couldn’t have done it on their own. Socrates wouldn’t have been himself without mentors, nor King. King wouldn’t have had any success without the people marching beside him; they made him a leader.

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The solution is not to detach yourself emotionally from your country, but to believe that your country is worth fixing....

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In the end, if what we want is a society where all are free to voice their opinions, where the minority has the freedom and the voice to challenge the majority, then we need to love that ideal and fight for it. The solution is not to detach yourself emotionally from your country, but to believe that your country is worth fixing, and that therefore it is worth it to find the truth, even if it turns out to be something you don’t like. Together, those of us that have dedicated our lives to higher ideals can make a difference, but we cannot do it alone. The world doesn’t need individuals railing against the system alone, abandoning it or trying to destroy it; it needs modern-day patriots, people willing to work together and devote their lives to making this country and others better for future generations. It needs people that feel their citizenship so strongly and so emotionally that they understand what King meant when he said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial ‘outside agitator’ idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.” Chris Apling Senior, political science

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it is doubtful we’ll see a drastic change in our lifetime. So you’ll have to keep enduring the endless phone calls, the repetitive commercials with dramatic voiceovers and scary rhetoric, and the bubbly volunteers who awkwardly show up at your front doorstep. We have to put up with all of this because the modern presidential race is little more than a popularity contest, with both candidates more interested in trying to make their opponent look bad than trying to make themselves look good. Mudslinging isn’t just a political tactic anymore. It is politics. But the candidates aren’t the

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biggest offenders: we are. Whether it is via Facebook or Twitter or casual conversation, people spend far too much of their time and energy complaining about Barack Obama or Mitt Romney to the point where you just want to sit them in the corner for a timeout to get them to calm down. It’s okay to be passionate about politics, but it’s also important to be passionate in a positive and respectful way. Leave the name-calling and the finger-pointing for the playground. Focus on the issues, not the people. This is an election, not a witch hunt. Bill Clinton, in his speech at the Democratic National Convention last week, was able to sum all of this up

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in just a single sentence: “When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better.” Our political system is intended to encourage discourse, but more often than not it breeds bickering and dissociation. There is a distinct difference between having a debate and having a shouting match, but we seem all too willing to ignore that. This is how we come to together as one nation, by dividing and conquering our own populace? We’re better than this, or at least we should be. Blake Ruane is a senior in

English from Cedar Falls, Iowa.

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PROUD LIFE

UNI Proud hosts campus scavenger hunt

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Members of UNI Proud pose in front of a student-made sculpture. The sculpture was part of the scavenger hunt put together by UNI Proud Tuesday.

JENNY PAUK Staff Writer

If you were out on the University of Northern Iowa campus Tuesday night you might have seen groups of people running around, tak-

ing pictures and just generally doing some pretty silly things. These people were not just crazy college students, they were caught up in the competition of the second annual UNI Proud scavenger hunt.

“At UNI Proud, we try to hold fun events that bring together the (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex and asexual) community, and a fun event like a scavenger hunt does just that,” said Linh Ta, the orga-

nizer of the event. “Primarily, the point of this was for them to have a good time and for them to find places that are resources.” The participants split into groups and did a variety of things. Some were as simple as just going to the student health center while others required more effort, such as bringing a random person back to the Campanile. Another task required a small sacrifice, as one member of each team had to get their whole head wet. At the scavenger hunt, there were jokes and laughter all around, but there were also shouts of “Our team is the best!” and “We are going to win.” The winner had 2,000 points while second place had 1,600. The winning team members took home various prizes, including a stuffed animal, sidewalk chalk, a kickball and the least popular prize, a poster of Justin Bieber. “I think there was a lot of healthy competition and folks really got to know each other and got into the teamwork

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Volunteer Tuesdays make it easy to give back BRIAN FREESE Staff Writer

For students who could use a midweek break from studying, working and watching entire seasons of shows via Netflix in a single sitting, Volunteer Tuesdays is an opportunity to serve local community agencies while getting to know fellow students. “Volunteering is important because it brings out a whole different side of your character to be able to go do something on your own time without getting paid for it,” Claire Szeszycki, a junior in communication studies, said. Volunteer Tuesdays is currently held each week on Tuesday in two shifts, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students planning to go are asked to show up at the circle drive to the south of Maucker Union five minutes before their expected departure time to check in and get their t-shirts. The group then travels to their destination via school bus, where they engage

in service projects that vary each week. This past Tuesday, Sept. 11, students Volunteer Tuesdays assisted the Panic Park haunted house located in the Rotary Reserve west of Cedar Falls. Volunteers spattered styrofoam corpses with fake blood, put up Halloweenthemed decorations, set up lighting and built a graveyard from the ground up. The organization has many other volunteer opportunities planned this fall, including cleaning up after Homecoming, working at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank and assisting the Grout Museum. Tracy Lukasiewicz, a pre-med sophomore at UNI majoring in psychology, explained why she went. “Choosing to get up out of your dorm room or apartment on a Tuesday when you could be doing homework or you might have a test the next day … makes me feel better about myself; that I’ve gone out and helped someone else,” Lukasiewicz said.

aspect of the activity,” said David Pope, a junior political communication major and member of UNI Proud. The activity was in its second year, and attracted about 30 participants. “We had a similar scavenger hunt last year that was centered around the Union with all the resources over by Maucker,” Pope explained. Last year, the scavenger hunt had about 20 people in attendance. “It helped our new students get a feel for campus and get a feel for what resources UNI offers, especially for the LGBT community,” Ta said of last year’s hunt. The scavenger hunt is not the only activity that UNI Proud organizes. They have meetings and activities throughout the year, and they encourage others to be a part of the group. According to Pope, Proud meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Presidential Room of Maucker Union and “everyone is welcome to join.”

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Meghan Kelley, Volunteer Tuesdays committee member and junior speech pathology major, and Claire Szeszycki, a junior communication studies major, pose next to a homemade zombie. The zombie was one of the decorations made for Panic Park as part of the Volunteer Tuesdays program.

Raising awareness of local foods and farmer’s markets in the area was the goal of the one held outside Maucker Union on Monday, Sept. 10. The farmer’s market was put on by the University of Northern Iowa Green Project, an organization that tries to educate the campus on sustainable efforts. By looking at the Buy Fresh, Buy Local guide and contacting local businesses and farmers, UNI Green Project was able to involve a handful of farms and local businesses from around the Cedar Valley, as well as a few campus organizations. A Family Market Place and Rose Hill Farms, both out of Waterloo, were on hand selling fresh produce and baked goods. Fit-Pop, a company located here in Cedar Falls that sells popcorn to Hy-vee, several movie theaters and at farmer’s markets around the area, was also present. Cup of Joe, a coffee shop located < See MARKET, page 7

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CME to host sixth annual book club COREY BRACKEN Staff Writer

Here at the University of Northern Iowa, there is a place nearby where students can connect with one another through their shared interest in other cultures – the Center for Multicultural Education (CME). For six years, CME has hosted a book club at UNI. Participants read and discuss books that concentrate on various cultural ideas and issues, covering the history, customs and perspective that different cultures share. Michael Blackwell, the director of the CME, said, “Again this year, the CME offers a diversity of authors whose books enlighten their readers on cultural matters that are important to us all.” The CME book club was established to honor the seven students who were suspended after they participated in a sit-in strike at the president’s house in 1970. The strike was an attempt to move forward at a time when the Iowa Board of Regents was not taking action on the proposal of a “cultural house” in 1970. The students were successful in

their protest. After Vice President Lang’s retirement, his former residence became the Ethnic Minority Cultural and Educational Center. In 1997 the EMCEC was moved to the upper level of Maucker Union and was renamed the Center for Multicultural Education. “One objective of the book club is to promote cultural awareness in a nonthreatening environment, and books are perfect for that,” said Tabatha Cruz, program coordinator of the CME. “The CME is not pushing ideas onto students; we want people when they come to a book club meeting to open their minds. Our main purpose is to educate people. Books provide a great and simple way for people to experience a culture.” When asked about the number of books participants will read, Cruz said, “We understand that students have books to read for class. We are not asking you to read the whole book. Rather, we encourage you to read as much as you can, because it is interesting to hear feedback from students.” The series will begin on Thursday, Sept. 20 with Steve

FINANCES

Financial Literacy Club gives UNI students tools for fiscal success BROOKS WOOLSON

Staff Writer

The group Mike Finley stood in front of in the University Room looked like an ordinary class, but rather than a syllabus, Finley had a message to deliver. “I am the answer to my financial future!” a beaming Finley exclaimed before a crowd of about 80 fellow students. The Monday meeting introduced students to the Financial Literacy Club. The focus of the Financial Literacy Club is to teach students from the University of Northern Iowa about the impact of their financial choices. Topics throughout the semester will include spending, credit management, borrowing and investing. Finley, the club’s founder, talked about the 10-stage financial plan he will teach over the semester, as well as his background and what led him to teach the course. Finley recounted that he was “financially dumb” and was “broke, living the American dream” at the age of 25. When he realized this,

he studied dozens of financial books to develop his own financial plan. It paid off when he became a millionaire at the age of 45. When Finley reached his goal of financial security, he decided to give back. He retired from the military after 26 years of service and moved back to Cedar Falls. According to Finley, he started the club at UNI so he could teach young people how to be smart with their money. Finley, a postbaccalaureate undergraduate student, said the greatest financial threat to students today is “not knowing – total ignorance.” His advice is for students to begin educating themselves as soon as possible and he noted that students could not fix their money problems until they understood them. Students who attend the weekly meetings are eligible to win a $100 raffle every week. There will also be a test at the end of the semester and the student with the highest score will win $1,000. Some students at the meeting expressed excitement < See FLC, page 8

Pemberton’s book “Chance in the World: an Orphan Boy, A Mysterious Past, and How He Found A Place to Call Home.” The book centers on a boy who was taken from his mother at the age of three. Through the course of the book, he explores new worlds in the search to find a place where he fits in and can call home. Other books the CME Book Club will explore over the course of the year include “Latinos in the New Millennium” by Luis R. Fraga and “Severed Treaty” by Tom Stohlgasen. The meetings will be held at 3:30 p.m. on designated Thursdays at the CME, located in the upper level of Maucker Union. Blackwell said, “We invite students, faculty, staff and community members to share this multicultural journey; I guarantee an exciting adventure awaits.”

on Main Street in Cedar Falls, was providing samples of its organic and fair trade coffee and baked goods. Amy Joens, the organizer of the event, said she knows how important UNI students are to the Cedar Falls community and how important buying local foods can be to them. “College students are visionary,” said Joens.

“They’re a large part of the community. It’s important to have them behind this.” Students appeared to be in full support and some said they appreciated the convenience of having a farmer’s market right at their fingertips. “Getting fresh food out here is awesome,” said senior education major Cassie Stephens. To find out about farmer’s markets around the area, visit www.iowafreshfood.com.

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about the club. Shaina Steger, a senior mathematics major, said, “I thought it was awesome, I’ll definitely keep coming.” Annie Stevens, a senior math teaching and mid-level teaching major agreed.

“I thought it was really good and I like hearing people’s life stories,” said Stevens. Stevens won a $100 prize for answering a trivia question correctly at the end of the presentation. When asked what she would do with her winnings, she grinned.

“I don’t know, probably save it,” Stevens said. “I think he’ll (Finley) tell me what I should do with it.” Financial Literacy Club meets every Monday at 6 p.m. in the University Room in the lower level of Maucker Union.

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In the last “Pin Happy” column, I presented step-bystep instructions for crafts you could make for your dorm, apartment or house. This next category is food.

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Since Pinterest is full of good recipes, there are two pins I’d like to introduce that are worthy of sharing with students.

Ingredients: 5 cups Chex cereal (I used Rice Chex) 5 squares of vanilla flavored almond bark 1 1/2 cups Funfetti cake mix 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vegetable shortening (optional) Colorful sprinkles (optional)

Funfetti Cake Batter Buddies Directions: 1. Microwave the almond bark in a microwave safe bowl. Check it about every 30 seconds and stir it each time until melted. Add vegetable oil to thin if needed. 2. Dump the cereal into a large bowl and pour the melted almond bark over the cereal. Mix gently with a large spoon or spatula. 3. Dump the cake mix, powdered sugar and sprinkles onto the cereal and mix gently with large spoon until all the cereal is evenly coated. 4. Enjoy, it’s delicious! Tip: The sprinkles stick much better if you pour them on the melted almond bark and Chex right away. Also, I did this in my dorm room, so you can too!

Ingredients: Lemon cake mix 3 eggs 1 1/3 cup water 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 box of shortbread Girl Scout cookies (or any shortbread cookies) 1 tub of vanilla frosting 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 tsp of lemon zest

Lemon Cupcakes Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Follow the instructions on the back of the lemon cake mix for batter. 3. Get out two cupcake pans that will hold 12 cupcakes each. Place liners in cupcake pan and put shortbread cookie on the bottom of each liner. 4. Pour three-fourths of the cake batter on top of the shortbread cookie and then bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes. Insert cake tester to make sure cupcakes are done. 5. Add the zest and lemon juice to the frosting and frost the cupcakes after they have cooled down. Tip: For more decorative cupcakes, add lemon zest on the frosting and a lemon cookie or candy on top.

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UNI redshirt freshman quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen (17) has thrown six touchdown passes and no interceptions through two games this season.

The University of Northern Iowa football team was just one 40-yard field goal away from topping the No. 22-ranked University of Iowa Hawkeyes for the first time in more than 110 years during their last trip to Kinnick Stadium in 2009. However, it was not meant to be as Iowa blocked not one, but two UNI field goal attempts in the closing seconds of regulation to seal a 17-16 Hawkeye victory. “Opportunities are opportunities, and we had an opportunity that day,” UNI head coach Mark Farley said of the 2009 matchup with the Hawkeyes. “(Iowa) made an excellent play at the end of that game and hopefully we learned from that and this team has gotten better in the years that follow that. “Some of the players who played there as freshmen, they get to go back (to Kinnick Stadium) and we will go in there with a game plan and try to make sure we execute (it). Last time was last time and that is a whole different story,” Farley said. The No. 7-ranked Panthers (1-1) will be facing their second Football Bowl Subdivision team of the season when they take on the Hawkeyes at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Iowa City. UNI lost to the then-

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No. 12-ranked University of Wisconsin Badgers 26-21 two weeks ago in Madison, Wis. “I think there is a different environment about this game. Having already played in one Big 10 game, we’re through the ‘wow’ factor of having played a Big 10 team,” said Farley. “At the same time, it’s the University of Iowa. They’re still the No. 1 team in the state as far as football and athletics is concerned, they’re our pro team. To our kids, it’s still the University of Iowa, so I’m sure they are excited and ready to go.”

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Although the Hawkeyes are 1-1, averaging a mere 12 points per game and having scored just one touchdown thus far this season, Farley still thinks Iowa is a good football team who will pose challenges for the Panthers. “Everybody sees the scores and that type of stuff, but what I’m seeing is a very good football team,” said Farley. “(Iowa) has got good speed at receiver, their tight end

is an NFL draft pick who is big and he can run, catch the football and block. Their offensive line is always good. Let people think what they want … They’re still a Big 10 football team and I expect a very high-energy crowd.” Farley is 0-2 against the Hawkeyes in his 12 years at the helm of the Panthers. Aside from the one-point loss in 2009, UNI lost 45-21 back in 2005. The Panthers are just 1-14 all-time against the Hawkeyes with their lone win coming in an 11-5 victory in Cedar Falls in 1898. “The player emotions will definitely be high. We have great respect for the Hawkeyes, being that most of our team is from the state of Iowa,” said Farley. “Sometimes that emotion can be a negative thing because you get too wound up, so we have to manage that.” While emotion will certainly play a part in Saturday’s game, each team’s ability to move the ball on offense will likely be the deciding factor. Iowa sophomore running back Damon Bullock has rushed for 203 yards thus far; that’s two yards more than the entire UNI team has managed in two games. However, while UNI has struggled with the run, Iowa has struggled with the < See FOOTBALL, page 10

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pass. UNI redshirt freshman quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen has thrown for 494 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions through two games, while Iowa senior quarterback James Vandenberg has thrown for 365 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions while completing just 54 percent of his passes.

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Defensively, the two teams look pretty even. Both teams are allowing an average of 13 points per game and each team has a positive turnover ratio (UNI is plus-5, Iowa is plus-3). On special teams, Iowa junior kicker Mike Meyer has made 6-of-7 field goal attempts, good enough for an 85 percent success rate with a long of 50 yards. UNI sophomore kicker Tyler Sievertsen is 1-for-1, making a 42-yard field goal last weekend. While Sievertsen has a small sample size this season, he made 90 percent of his kicks a year ago, going 18-for-20. On paper the two teams look pretty even, and you never know – Saturday’s game may once again come down to a last-second field goal.

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A week in the life of Gary Rima, the ‘voice of the Panthers’

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JAKE BEMIS Sports Columnist

Sometimes in life all you need is an opportunity. That’s exactly what Gary Rima, radio play-by-play broadcaster for the University of Northern Iowa, received 20 years ago. Working at a small radio station in Oelwein, Rima was offered the job to cover UNI men’s basketball and football games, a step up from the local high school games he was covering at the time. Now, after 20 years, “The Sports Guy” is still shouting “Oh baby” and “Kaboom!” on a weekly basis. I have been lucky enough to know Gary for two years now, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned about what it takes to make a great sports broadcast, it’s preparation. That’s right – it’s not a cheesy catchphrase or a strong voice, but rather knowing what you’re seeing. Rima says preparation may take longer than one thinks. “My prep for a game broadcast starts on Monday by going to the (coaches’) press conference,” said Rima. “I get UNI’s updated stats and game notes and I get to ask some questions to coach Farley. Just a day to start thinking about that upcoming game.” Since Rima knows the Panthers so well, he tends to focus on the opposing team on Tuesday and Wednesday. He makes a “spotter chart,” which consists of a roster and player numbers. “A good radio broadcaster rarely says a player’s number,” said Rima. “To the listener,

they can’t see that. On the radio, it doesn’t do anybody good.” But getting prepared for a Saturday game isn’t the only thing on Gary’s to-do list. Besides hosting a daily sports talk show, “On Press Row,” Rima also hosts the Thursday night call-in show with Mark Farley. The show is the focal point for Rima’s Thursday. That leaves Friday, the final day to fully memorize those spotter charts. Any study tips, Gary? “One thing that’s kind of weird that I found out works as good as anything is right when I’m about to go to bed, I’ll pull that chart out and I’ll spend another hour just looking over the chart’s names and numbers to memorize them. It just seems like I retain it better than I do when I study it during the day.” Spoken like a true college student. Finally it’s game day, which means showing up to the UNI-Dome three hours before kickoff to set up equipment. After finally getting to game time, Gary and his parter, Scott Peterson, do a terrific job of painting a visual image through radio. The duo does not leave the stadium until nearly an hour after the final buzzer, which makes for about a seven-hour day. So after reading all of this, if you still want to be a sports broadcaster, Gary has some advice. “Work at a radio station, get some on-the-job training. Any opportunity you get to be on air, whatever it is, do it. Even if it’s behind the scenes as an in-studio producer, you’ll learn the trade and you’ll learn the game that way.” You can listen to Rima and Peterson on 1540 KXEL this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. when the UNI Panthers play the University of Iowa Hawkeyes in Iowa City.

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VOLLEYBALL

UNI wins home opener, 3-1 NICK GARY

Sports Writer

After playing their first 10 games away from Cedar Falls, the No. 25-ranked University of Northern Iowa volleyball team took down a red-hot Northern Illinois University team by scores of 25-19, 25-15, 11-25 and 25-16 in their home opener Tuesday night. Entering the night, NIU had won three matches in a row with wins over the University of New Orleans, University of Connecticut and Missouri State University, but the Panthers proved to be too much for the Huskies. “This was an awesome game for us, a great confidence-booster as we get ready for conference play,” said UNI senior blocker Krista DeGeest. Senior Amy Braun led the Panthers with 11 kills, Meghan Lehman and DeGeest followed with 10 and nine kills, respectively. Molly Turk led with 31 assists while Candice Burke had a seasonhigh 29 digs. UNI overcame sluggish offense, recording a seasonlow 0.90 hit percentage, with tenacious defense, forcing 24 NIU attack errors. “Our defense played great tonight. The ball just did not fall for us on the offensive end. We just need to keep swinging away and good things will happen,” said DeGeest. In the first set, with the score tied at 2-2, two kills from Braun and a Husky attack error gave the Panthers a 5-2 lead that they never relinquished. Northern Iowa even extended their lead to 15-9. However, NIU tried to make it a game with a 5-2 run of their own, but the Panthers prevailed with a 25-19 victory. The second set was much the same for the Panthers. After multiple Husky errors, two kills from Braun and DeGeest and an ace from Burke extended the Panther lead to 7-2, forcing NIU coach Ray Gooden into an early timeout. After the timeout, NIU closed the gap to 16-13 and looked as though they were going to make a run at UNI.

However, the Panthers got a kill from Jenny Willms to make it 17-13 and never looked back. UNI finished the game on a 9-2 run to take the second set, 25-15. The Panthers only trailed twice in the first two sets, 1-0 in both.

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This was an awesome game for us, a great confidence booster as we get ready for conference play. Krista DeGeest UNI senior volleyball player

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“In the first two sets, we were able to adapt well to what they were doing and get them out of system offensively, and we really connected on our serves,” said UNI head coach Bobbi Petersen. After losing the first two sets, NIU jumped out to an early 12-5 lead in the third set. After a UNI timeout, the Huskies gained even more momentum, scoring eight of the next nine points to take a commanding 20-6 lead. The Huskies eventually won the set 25-11. UNI ended the third set with 11 attack errors, nearly equaling the amount of errors they accumulated in the first two sets combined. UNI returned to form in the fourth set. With the game still close at 8-6, UNI used a block by Krista DeGeest to not only widen the lead but also put the momentum back on their side after a rough third set. “In the third set, everything that could have went wrong did go wrong, but being able to turn it around in the fourth was a huge positive for us,” said Petersen. UNI used the momentum and ran with it, extending their lead to 19-11 and putting any potential threat of a fifth set to sleep. They ended the fourth set and the match with a 25-18 victory. UNI improved their record to 7-4 overall. Their next match is Sept. 14 against Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., at 7 p.m.

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ing your way -- if you’ll work for it. Communication provides a key.

Today’s Birthday (09/14/12). Your family and friends stand for and with you. Your creativity and influence at work continues to grow this year. An exciting prospect develops before year’s end. Autumn could provoke an educational inquiry. Plan first and get into action. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- The next phase is good for making deals, even in the face of some resistance. Competition provides the motivation. But do it for love, not money. Passion engulfs you.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- There’s way too much work, especially for the next two days. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but is it as fun? Take time to acknowledge both successes and failures, and learn from them all. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is a 9 -- Do what you can to help the others stay relaxed and calm. If it’s any help to know, you’re especially cute tnow, and romance goes well. Avoid the flimsy. Accept a sweet, solid deal. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Complete the work first, and play later. Stick close to home for a couple of days. Kindly ask for help with a household project. Make an important connection. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Entering a few days of learning. You’re especially good with words right now. There’s more money com-

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Today is a 9 -- You’re on top of the world, looking down on opportunity. Don’t let your head swell, and watch out for conflicting orders and hidden agendas. Fix up the place. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 6 -- Finish up projects you’ve been avoiding today and tomorrow. Don’t get sidetracked. Find assistance from a great coach, as needed, and move up one level. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is an 8 -- Your friends are grateful for your contributions and are ready to add their grain of sand. Exert yourself. Receive accolades for good service. A touch of glitter might be just the thing. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Take a few days to firm up career details. Be clear on what your objectives are. It’s time to leave misconceptions behind. Reconfirm what you heard to avoid misunderstandings. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is an 8 -- Start planning

a vacation, or just go for it more spontaneously. It doesn’t have to cost an arm or a leg. Let your heart lead you. Be grateful for what you have. Enjoy. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Your theory gets challenged. Don’t resist it, but learn from the experience. Others may know better after

all. Stay out of your own way. Changes call for budget revisions. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is an 8 -- Consult a good strategist or friend. Use your experience to soothe ragged nerves. You solve another impossible problem. Accept a nice bonus.

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