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Northern Iowan
September 27, 2011
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Volume 108, Issue 9
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HEALTH CARE
‘Getting Covered’ highlights benefits of Affordable Care Act TEHRENE FIRMAN Campus Life Editor
At a time when the weather gets colder and coughs and sniffles begin to be heard around campus, a roundtable of health advocates discussed the issue of health care for the younger generation in the United States in Maucker Union. “Getting close to cold weather, students think they’re invincible, and they’re not,” said Zoe Schaefer, a professor at Allen College of Nursing and a nurse practitioner for the Black Hawk County Health Department. “They’re studying long hours, they’re not eating the right food, they’re not exercising properly and they’re probably not buying the right vitamins and those types of things that they need.” The panel, “Getting Covered,” was hosted on
Sept. 22 by Know Your Care, an organization dedicated to educating American people about the Affordable Care Act, and Young Invincibles, an organization that began in the summer of 2009 out of the recognition that young people’s voices were not being heard in the debate over health care reform. One health advocate was Kristen Meyers, a senior political communication major. “Like my fellow UNI students, I am a busy college student finding my new classes, doing homework, getting involved in campus activities and trying to have a little fun in between,” Meyers said, “but I believe it’s important to take the time to find out the benefits that are available to me under the Affordable Care Act.” See HEALTH CARE, page 5
NEWS IN PHOTOS
Tree dedicated to deceased student
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CAMPUS EVENTS
UNI rededicates Sabin LAURA RASMUSSEN
Government Writer
With Sabin Hall finally completed, University of Northern Iowa students, faculty, staff and community leaders attended its rededication ceremony on Sept. 23. After two years of reconstruction, Sabin Hall reopened in January 2011. The renovation of Sabin Hall reached its ultimate goal when the building received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Council. Sabin Hall meets standards for energy efficiency, reducing water consumption enhancing indoor air quality and using renewable, reused or recycled building materials. President Benjamin Allen opened the rededication ceremony with congratulatory words of encouragement. “We are proud of the environmental design, which we anticipate will achieve LEED certification at the silver level, making it the first LEED-certified facility on this campus,” Allen said. Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, made
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UNI students, faculty, staff and community members converse at the rededication ceremony of Sabin Hall on Sept. 23. After two years of reconstruction, Sabin Hall reopened in January 2011.
remarks on the importance of Sabin Hall and the contribution the facility will make on education in Iowa. “This beautiful renovated building symbolizes the commitment that both the University of Northern Iowa and the state has to
providing excellent education,” Reynolds said. The new facility houses classes for more than 2,000 students enrolled in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Classes for the Liberal Arts Core See REDEDICATION, page 2
CONCERT
Variety of musical student groups perform at scholarship concert OLIVIA HOTTLE Fine Arts Writer
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The Panther Marching Band dedicated a maple tree on Sept. 24 to the memory of Anna Williams, a UNI student who passed away last March.
The 30th annual scholarship benefit concert for the University of Northern Iowa School of Music literally started with a bang that echoed through the Great Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on Sept. 23. The concert, which raised money for scholarships for music students, featured several UNI School of Music alumni and student music groups. “Can you believe it – 30 years of music-making for our students,” said John Vallentine, director of the School of Music and executive producer of the concert, in
his opening speech. The evening began in the lobby of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, with the light, angelic sounds of the UNI Harp Studio, under the direction of Gretchen Brumwell, and the young members of the UNI Suzuki School. The screens in the lobby shuffled through pictures of the Eiffel Tower, the Hollywood sign and a London double-decker bus, among others – all images representing the theme of the night, “World Tour.” The first official performance of the night began with the Kaji-Daiko Taiko drum ensemble and its loud, Japanese style drumming of Zoku. Barefoot, wearing See CONCERT, page 4