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Iowa students demonstrate little improvement in math and reading

RACHEL ZIDONStaff Writer

Over the last two decades, American students on the whole made progress in math and read-ing. However, in the same time period, Iowa students demon-strated little improvement in math and reading scores, accord-ing to a report released last week from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

According to the Des Moines Register, the slump in scores was consistent throughout student backgrounds. Jason Glass, the director of the Iowa Department of Public Education, said the results of the NAEP report sup-port the need for education reform

See MATH AND READING, page 4

STATE EDUCATION

Proposed changes to LAC create controversy

ACADEMICS

Social sciences faculty and students are voicing concern over a proposed change to the Liberal Arts Core that would decrease the social sciences requirements. The proposal removes one three-credit course from the cur-rent requirement of three three-credit courses.

Philip Mauceri, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, expressed concern over the cut, citing the importance of social sciences to a foundation for student learning.

“Every day of our life we are engaging in social interactions with others and

with social institutions, and a college-educated individual needs to have both the skills and the knowledge to under-stand these,” Mauceri said. “For example, as citizens of the United States, we need to understand a broad range of policy areas and relationships that affect our lives, as well as the institutions where these decisions are being made.”

The recommendation breaks the social sciences sec-tion down into three sections: Human Nature and Behavior, Culture and Society, and Politics and Economics. Students would need to com-plete six hours of classes from these categories.

BLAKE FINDLEYAcademic Writer

See LAC, page 3

This article is the first in a series. Look for part two in our Tuesday, Nov. 15 issue.

At the University of Northern Iowa, stu-dents who have served

in the military are a unique population of nontraditional students with unique needs. When individuals return from service and transition to a

university environment, they may face challenges that are almost paradoxical in nature. “We graduate at a lower rate and generally speaking, we have pretty good financial support. So there’s other stuff going on,” said Tim Tolliver, a member of the UNI Student Veterans Association working toward a bachelor’s degree in social work. According to Joe Gorton, SVA’s adviser, “being a vet-eran and transitioning back

into civilian society and into a university is difficult” because the military experience differs vastly from civilian life. “It’s a subculture of its own with very specific formal and informal rules for how to live in that environment. In fact, in some respects, it’s outside of civil society. That’s why people in the military aren’t referred to as civilians,” said Gorton, an associate pro-fessor in the department of sociology, anthropology and

criminology. Students who have served in the military have had lead-ership and cultural experienc-es that traditional students haven’t, according to Lindsay Cohn, an assistant professor of political science. “They have dealt with issues of far greater gravity and importance than most 18-year-olds. They have had ridiculous amounts of

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ECONOMY

Iowa’s recession has been less severe than the national average, according to David Osterberg, former Iowa state representative and executive director of the Iowa Policy Project.

The notion that Iowa’s finances are as shaky as the nation’s is just one of the myths Osterberg debunked about Iowa’s economy dur-ing a lecture to the University of Northern Iowa Political Science Society on Nov. 7.

“There is the myth that we had a great recession and that we had to whack away things,” Osterberg said. “Well, we did hack away things, but our recession in Iowa has been less than the national average. So while many states have to do a lot of cutting, Iowa does

not.”As a professor of public

health at the University of Iowa, Osterberg brought up points about the state’s educa-tion budget.

“I hope UNI students learn that they’re correct when they say that they’re paying too much in tuition,” Osterberg said. “The reason they’re doing that (paying more tuition) is because the state has backed off in giving as much money to the universities as they used to. It’s not a question of how much. It’s less than it used to be.”

Victoria Hurst, a freshman majoring in political science and social science education, said she learned a lot about the way the state funds its public universities.

“I didn’t realize how much the cuts affected the (Regent universities),” Hurst said.

“There’s not really a necessity to cut, and they’re still cut-ting, and it doesn’t make sense to make us pay higher tuition when they don’t need to.”

Rhonda Greenway, presi-dent of the UNI Political Science Society and senior political communication major, brought Osterberg in with the hope of giving members of the club some background information about Iowa’s political structure.

“Our goal is to always edu-cate students about the state of Iowa and its functional-ity,” Greenway said. “Andrew Miller, our vice president, heard him and thought David would be really good to teach about issues.”

Greenway encouraged stu-dents to get involved with the UNI Political Science Society and to come to their next meeting, which is on Monday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Center for Multicultural Education. During the meeting, the soci-ety will be hosting a hunger banquet.

“It coincides with the week before Thanksgiving and the lack of food available and the ability to get food around the world,” Greenway said, “and we’ll be talking about home-lessness in the state.”

Osterberg debunks economic mythsLINH TA

Government Writer

This recommendation was made “to balance appropri-ately the number of hours students take in particular disciplinary categories,” as stated in the proposal.

“Generally, the changes proposed by the LAC-RSC are intended to make changes that we think will enhance student learning,” said Susan Hill, co-chair of the LAC-RSC.

Why faculty find social sciences useful

However, Mauceri feels social sciences are needed in the LAC.

“The social sciences focus on understanding human behavior in all its complexi-ties, from individuals and social groups to national states, and to do so in a way based on systematic analysis,” Mauceri said.

He explained that the current LAC was developed so the range of “intercon-nected issues required a mix of social science courses in the LAC,” enabling students to have sufficient analytical skills unique to the social sci-ences and a basic understand-ing of social, historic, politi-cal and economic workings. This knowledge is meant to assist students in interpret-ing the world around them.

“I don’t think you can cut back on that without affect-ing the education a student receives,” Mauceri said.

Kimberly MacLin, a pro-fessor of psychology who assisted in writing a response to the proposal from the psy-chology department, thinks that if the university cuts three hours from the social science category, students will “miss out on a broad range of information that they would have otherwise been exposed” to.

“If students take one less course, would that mean they would not take psychology or one of the other options?” MacLin asked.

MacLin believes courses in the social sciences have practical applications for stu-dents going into any field.

“The LAC is supposed to educate students for life after college. Cutting the social sciences doesn’t make any sense, as it is some of the most broad-based info that can be used,” MacLin said.

She was concerned that eliminating introductory courses from the LAC (many which are social science courses) could decrease stu-dents’ access to information about potential social scienc-es majors, or other majors in general, as introductory courses give an overview of the discipline.

“Where will students get information about (majors) if not in introductory courses?” MacLin asked.

Student perspectives Beth Monnier, a sopho-

more economics and English dual major, stressed the importance of the social sci-ences.

“The social sciences are a vital part of educa-tion,” Monnier said. “When we expand our knowledge of history, government and other cultures, we expand our capacities to think critically, thereby reducing the likeli-hood of recommitting past errors.”

Jill Snyder, a freshman accounting and Spanish dou-ble major, doesn’t want the social science requirement to change.

“Those classes help give a different perspective than our own on different types of people, which is very impor-tant,” Snyder said.

Bridget Hughes, a soph-omore psychology major, doesn’t think social sciences are essential to the LAC.

“Honestly, even though I’m a social science major, I don’t think that the social sci-ences are all that vital for stu-dent learning,” Hughes said. “I think the LAC is supposed to be there to prepare us for the real world. Yes, social sci-ences have a lot to do with the outside world, especially when it comes to having peo-ple skills and dealing with new environments, but there are also some skills required for the outside world that the LAC is lacking.”

Hughes cited the absence of any business classes in the LAC as an example.

Carl Reitz, a freshman biology major, said much of the social sciences courses would be irrelevant for his field of study.

“I feel that the social sci-ences part of the LAC core is a lot of common knowledge,” Reitz said. “It would be nice to have only six hours required instead of nine, just because I don’t feel as if those classes are entirely beneficial to me as a student considering that is not my field of interest.”

Peter Ickes, another fresh-man biology major, agreed.

“I guess the thing about the social sciences is that I personally find them a little boring,” Ickes said. “I’m not saying the courses are not worth anything — it’s just that to have to take three courses where I don’t see them being useful in my cho-sen field can be exasperat-ing.”

Hannah Wilson, a sopho-more biology, biochemistry and philosophy triple major, encouraged students and fac-ulty to look at the purpose of the LAC, which she believes should be geared toward pre-paring students to function within a democracy upon graduating.

“I do believe social scienc-es are an important part of achieving that end,” Wilson said. “However, the social

science courses that are rel-evant to functioning within a democracy are the ones that make students look critically at our society and the world as a whole.”

What happens if the recommendation is taken

Hill explained that if three hours are cut from the social sciences category, stu-dents would still have oppor-tunities to take social sciences classes.

“Students will still have numerous opportunities to take social sciences courses in the LAC,” Hill said. “There are opportunities for faculty in the social sciences to teach courses in critical thinking or in U.S. experience. Indeed, the LAC-RSC assumes that there will be social science faculty teaching these cours-es.”

Mauceri said having the social science faculty teach the other proposed LAC courses would pose some dif-ficulty.

“Staffing a large number of sections in new areas, when we are losing faculty lines, would make this a diffi-cult challenge,” Mauceri said.

Mauceri explained that CSBS is already losing a line of faculty in U.S. History,

which makes it very difficult to cover those classes. He said that adding additional classes would only exacer-bate the difficulty.

“I also think it is very important to have faculty who are asked to teach in areas where they have both inter-est and expertise, and it’s not clear to me we can achieve that in proposed classes with current faculty,” Mauceri said. “Ideally, for new knowl-edge areas involving inter-disciplinary approaches, we would hire new faculty, which was done with the current LAC. But the prospects of this happening now are small given the budget crisis.”

The psychology depart-ment also responded to the recommendations to add two additional writing-intensive courses as an exit require-ment and to create an inter-disciplinary three-hour criti-cal thinking course, by stat-ing that the social sciences classes already incorporate writing assignments and fos-ter critical thinking within the course.

“These skills are best taught within context, enabling students to double dip,” MacLin said. “They would be learning skills, but applying it to something.”

MacLin said that some of these changes recommended in the proposal would cause students to stay at UNI lon-ger, which she feels is a seri-ous issue.

“The Board of Regents is going to start paying close attention to graduation rates, and the proposal of the LAC-RSC will lengthen time before graduation,” MacLin explained.

LAC-RSC use of data to support proposal

The LAC-RSC’s pro-posal stated that 50.8 per-cent of the faculty agrees that maintaining the current nine hours for social sciences is “preferred to any of the other options suggested in the models.” However, some respondents commented that the options were not clearly defined enough to support an

alternative. In addition, 53.8 percent

of the faculty said they would be willing to cut the number of social sciences required for the LAC if it meant reducing the number of overall hours in the LAC.

MacLin said many faculty members expressed concerns regarding the accuracy of the data presented by the LAC-RSC.

“The LAC-RSC has been good at having public meet-ings and soliciting feedback, but they seem to use anec-dotal evidence instead of the statistical data,” MacLin said. “Anecdotal evidence is fine to clarify, or highlight an out-come, but can’t be the basis for a fundamental curricular change to the university.”

MacLin said that some faculty members have dem-onstrated a misuse of the statistics by the LAC-RSC.

“There seems to be an inflation of the numbers in support of cutting the social sciences requirement,” MacLin said. “It seems as if the committee is using the statistics in support of their proposal, but disregarded others.”

Mauceri emphasized a need for the social scienc-es, and all disciplines, in the LAC.

“I have great respect for the members of LAC-RSC, but I had hoped many of the changes would have been proposed on stronger intel-lectual foundations outlining the specific areas of knowl-edge and related skills need-ed in the 21st century,” he said. “I don’t think skills can be separated from knowledge areas.

“The way critical thinking takes place in the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences are different because each area brings different ways of knowing and inter-preting the world,” Mauceri concluded. “All of them are equally critical and funda-mental to a quality under-graduate education and need to be part of the LAC in a way that allows them to fully educate students.”

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Fire in ITTC causes little damageLINH TA

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At midnight on Oct. 30, University of Northern Iowa Police responded to a fire alarm at Bartlett Hall, according to Dave Zarifis, director of public safety. A few moments later, another fire alarm sounded at the Innovative Teaching and Technology Center and contin-ued to go off until the follow-ing morning.

The fire alarms went off when leaves caught on fire in the ITTC steam tunnel area and created smoke, which spread towards Bartlett’s tun-nel area. Zarifis believes the fire may have started from a lit cigarette.

“There were leaves down in the tunnel area between the library and the ITTC. It was one of the open grates,” Zarifis said. “We don’t know if a ciga-rette got caught down there or what happened, but we believe that’s how the leaves caught on fire and produced the smoke which in essence set off the fire alarms.”

According to Zarifis, the fire caused minimal damage as only a few cables were charred, and they still work.

At the time of the evacu-ation, however, Bartlett Hall resident Nick Maddix had no

idea the fire was minimal.“First thing I thought was

okay, where is it? Is it in my room? Everyone was pan-icked a little bit, wanting to know where the fire was,” said Maddix, a senior history major.

During the evacua-tion process, residence staff tried to guide students into the Commons, but weren’t able to because it was locked. Afterward, they found refuge in Campbell Hall.

Maddix thought the resi-dents should have gone to Campbell first.

“It was a little disorganized. The fact that they wanted us to go out to the Commons in that little shelter — we were actu-ally colder there,” Maddix said.

While nobody was hurt, Maddix believes the planning could improve.

“I hope there isn’t another (fire) like this,” Maddix said. “If it’s 30 degrees below, the office should have keys to the Commons or Campbell Hall. We could’ve all been out there and been really cold and get frostbite, and that’s a whole dif-ferent issue.”

BRANDON BAKER/Northern Iowan

On Oct. 30, a fire occurred in the steam tunnels near the Innovative Teaching and Technology Center, shown above, causing the fire alarms to go off there and in Bartlett Hall.

Week highlights opportunities for international education

PUBLIC SAFETY CULTURE

AJ CASSIDYStaff Writer

International Education Week, which will kick off at the University of Northern Iowa on Monday, Nov. 14, includes a series of events highlighting many different countries that offer opportuni-ties for teaching or studying abroad. The UNI Culture and Intensive English Program and the Office of International Programs sponsor the week as part of a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education.

According to Kristen Hora, a sophomore accounting major who helped plan the week, the events encourage students to participate as global citizens.

“(The events) focus on all the benefits of international education, all the experiences you can gain and why they will be useful,” Hora said.

Information displays will be placed around campus all week, which will feature a variety of events. The first official event takes place at 12 p.m. in the University Room of Maucker Union.

The event will include a

welcome by Nadia Korobova, assistant director of Office of International Programs. Gloria Gibson, executive vice president and provost, will give opening remarks. Nicholas Chizek, a former UNI Study Abroad participant, will be the keynote speaker. There will also be dance and musical per-formances and refreshments.

International foods will be served all week long in Rialto, Piazza, Prexy’s and Chat’s. In addition, free cricket lessons are being offered on Tuesday, Nov. 15 in the UNI-Dome at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday is Traditional Clothing Day, so students, fac-ulty and staff are encouraged to wear international cloth-ing. There will also be a tradi-tional clothing fashion show at 12:20 p.m. in the Hemisphere Lounge.

Thursday’s main event is “Taste of Culture,” which is sponsored by CIEP and will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Center for Multicultural Education. It will include inter-national food, cultural games and presentations.

The week closes with CME’s Friday Fun Night at 6 p.m., hosted in the CME.

in Iowa. Barry Wilson, a professor of educational psychology and foundations at the University of Northern Iowa, said that although the NAEP report can provide useful data for edu-cators and policymakers, it is only one of many indicators of how Iowa students are per-forming.

“I don’t take it as seriously as if it were a temperature gauge,” Wilson said. “We have great difficulty in quantifying reading and math. We can’t say that a student has gained five pounds in reading.”

According to Wilson, a wide variety of factors — including rising numbers of non-native English speakers, students on free and reduced lunch, and changes in education policy, among other things — have influenced test scores.

Wilson also said an intensi-fied focus on improving read-ing and math scores causes negative repercussions for other academic areas.

“We’re losing music teach-ers; we’re losing art teachers to boost test scores ... Boosting test scores is not the purpose of education,” Wilson said.

Emily Beaudry, a senior early childhood and elementary education double major with minors in literacy and math, said she has seen the attention to test scores limit teachers.

“I feel that some, or most, teachers are strictly teach-

ing to the test,” Beaudry said. “Although I understand teach-ers want their students to do well on the standardized tests, there is more to education than that. Teachers need to teach students so they are able to apply the knowledge they learn to real-world situations as well as to the standardized tests they have to take. If teachers teach these skills and students are able to learn and apply them, then I feel both teachers and students might be in a bet-ter position.”

Senior math education major Liz Mastalio believes another factor could be limiting stu-dents’ lack of improvement in math: their attitude toward the subject. She feels that schools in the United States don’t put enough emphasis on math.

“It is appalling to me the cavalier attitude that people have towards math in our coun-try,” Mastalio said. “For exam-ple, if someone has low-level reading skills, people think that that is very detrimental to your chances of success. If you have low math skills, however, people will brush it off, saying something like ‘They’re just not good at math.’ Why is that okay?

“... Math is essential and we do not emphasize that enough. Our students should truly understand math as not just being some boring subject intended to make them mis-erable, but something that is going to be useful to them in life and can also be enjoyable,” Mastalio concluded.

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Cedar Falls Mayor Jon Crews was reelected Tuesday with an unofficial

tally of 3,805 votes -- 59 per-cent of all votes cast. While a good few students likely voted on election day, fewer than 100 cast their votes two weeks ago when there was a satellite voting station in Maucker Union. That’s less than 2 percent of all votes cast. While voter apathy is nothing new, especially to the college student demograph-ic, its implications are very clearly far-reaching in this recent race: students’ voices are not likely to be a major factor in city council deci-sions. During his campaign, Crews was sure to tout his history with and support for this university, work which cannot be denied. He even wrote a letter to the edi-tor to this very publication. However, there was one key word absent from Crews’ campaign rhetoric: students. You see, Crews’ chal-lenger, Frank Darrah – the toughest challenger he’s seen in some time – didn’t overlook that key word, and clearly expressed his inten-tions to have a University of Northern Iowa student sit on the city council as a nonvot-ing member, a tremendous step forward that student leaders have been pushing for years now. Having a student on the city council would improve communication between the city and our student body, allowing our concerns to be voiced and giving us fur-ther insight into the city’s decisions and actions. It’s an important reality in Iowa

City and in Ames – why not Cedar Falls? The lack of student turn-out in this election may not be surprising, but it is disap-pointing: we’ve lost an oppor-tunity to elect a candidate who explicitly supports stu-dents, and we’ve ensured that campaigning to and listening to students isn’t even remote-ly necessary to be elected. But not all is lost. We’re not trying to say that Crews is a bad mayor – he must be doing something right to be elected 14 times, and we’re not saying that he doesn’t care about students at all. And so we, the editorial staff of the Northern Iowan, call on you, Mayor Crews, to show that you care for students. Don’t let Darrah’s ideas die with his campaign – while you don’t need our vote to get elected, students are a major (though often impermanent) part of your constituency. Give us a voice. Do what we’ve been asking for years now, and work with the city council to bring a student on as a nonvoting member. You have nothing to lose, and a great partner-ship to gain. Let us work together to make Cedar Falls a great place to be, a place that caters to both permanent residents and those of us who are around for only four great years. And we call on you, the students of UNI, to learn from this. The caucuses are right around the corner, and if we want to ensure that we have a voice in our nation-al government, we’d better show up in full force, none of this 2 percent nonsense. We blew it this time, folks; make sure we don’t mess this up again.

I struggle to recall a time when the windshield of my Pontiac Grand Prix wasn’t adorned with a rect-angular orange envelope. Through

my past three years living in Cedar Falls, the University of Northern Iowa Parking Division has been so kind as to give me more than 25 parking tickets. Looking around, I know I am not alone in being frustrated with the nature of parking on this campus. My freshman year, I purchased a C park-ing pass to park my car during the school year. Considering the overcrowding of the lot, I was normally forced to leave my car in the R lot, a gravel mess nowhere near cam-pus. After spending 50 bucks to have my car sit in an open lot nowhere near my dorm, I decided to upgrade sophomore year. At the beginning of the year, I spent $65 to get a CP pass and was thrilled with how close it was to my dorm. I quickly realized, however, that the parking division oversells these passes in order to maximize profit, thus leaving the lot overcrowded. Driving by today, I still see the hovering cars cir-cling the lot, waiting to pounce into the spot of a leaving car. Simply put, there was never a place to park. Spending 65 bucks to have to park on the corner of Hudson and 19th Street didn’t sit well with me. By junior year, I realized how ridiculous the parking on this campus was and decided not to bother trying to work with the park-ing division any longer (hence the excessive number of tickets). I have never been one to criticize cities for charging people to park. Land, espe-cially in a congested city, is a commodity and can rightfully be entitled to a charge. Our university, however, owes us a bit more than do swindling big-city scam artists. We pay tuition money every year, yet are unable to legally park anywhere on campus for free. Even when we pay the ridiculous prices in order to obtain parking permits, we are frequently still unable to find spaces in which to park our vehicles. Have some-one visiting campus from out of town? Good luck finding them a legal space to park for an extended period of time. I can’t help but feel like the university is trying to nickel and dime us in regards to parking our vehicles. Every space on cam-pus requires a specific permit, is metered or is for service vehicles only. Why do they do

this? The university should be focused above all else on helping students acquire an edu-cation. For students who commute to cam-pus, ridiculous parking mandates render their journey extremely difficult and make getting to class a secondary concern to not getting a ticket. I have no resentment for receiving tick-ets, considering I knowingly park illegally. When I park at a meter for four hours without putting a cent in the meter, it is my fault. My issue, however, is with the system itself. Our school has not attempted to accommodate the needs of students with vehicles and has placed money over service. Rather than having lots which any student can park in, we are forced to jump through hoops and empty our wallets. Our university could truly benefit the students by mandating areas where we could park free of charge. It may be a principle lost on today’s society, but not all things that can be charged for must be. For now, however, I suppose I will keep looking for the best parking spot available and con-tinually pay the inevitable fee.

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In response to “Ghost hunt-er more than just harmless fun” As a supporter of CAB’s work, I disagree with Mr. Dippold’s claim that events failing to support proven sci-entific fact mislead my fellow students and should not attain

support from the university. Mr. Dippold greatly dis-credits our university by assuming the student body is unable to assess claims for themselves. Contrary to his thoughts, I feel this university is very successful in develop-ing critical thinkers in and out of the classroom. CAB upheld their mission by program-ming this event and providing the student body with a form of entertainment on a subject that is of interest to them. Given the context of this event, put on by the same CAB committee that brings us films like “Pirates of the Carribbean,” I have faith that those who attended were able to assess this event as merely

entertainment and should be skeptical of any “facts” pre-sented. Please; who believes everything they see on TV? Though the scientific lit-eracy rate in the United States is low, it has tripled in the past two decades – the same two decades that birthed “Harry Potter” and ghost hunting TV shows. Perhaps this increase in exposure to pseudoscien-tific ideas leads to a more criti-cal, well-informed individual. Many branches of science started as pseudoscientific ideas with little consistent, supportive evidence. Some pseudoscientific ideas include chiropractic care and paranor-mal activity. Sure, the entire-ties of these “sciences” may

not be credible, but we cannot scientifically disprove these hypotheses and therefore can-not rule these as misleading claims, but merely subjects requiring further research. If our university stops sup-porting these events, we would slip into Mr. Dippold’s own fear of failing to expose stu-dents to topics that promote critical thinking. You learn nothing by being exposed to material you already know; it takes new ideas and new per-spectives to promote learning.

Joshua DahleJunior human resources

management major

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I wish to draw attention to a common myth that is often promul-gated by conservatives

and libertarians: the belief that any person can perse-vere simply by their own strength of will. This is the belief underlying Herman Cain’s comments to the Occupy Wall Street group as he said, “If you’re not rich, blame yourself !” In order to undermine this type of reli-ance on personal sovereign-ty, one need only refer to the behavior of young children as described by Maurice Merleau-Ponty. “A baby of 15 months opens its mouth if I play-fully take one of its fin-gers between my teeth and pretend to bite it. And yet it has scarcely looked at its face in a glass, and its teeth are not in any case like mine,” Merleau-Ponty said in “The Phenomenology of Perception.” What Merleau-Ponty is attempting to show in this example is that humans seem to have a preobjective connection between one another that allowed this child to rec-ognize the adult as another I, thus engaging in the act of mimicking. If this were

not the case, then it is hard to explain how any baby of 15 months would be able to carry out the necessary neurological functions that would lead to their perform-ing the same exact action as the thing standing before them. “The fact is that its own mouth and teeth, as it feels them from the inside, are immediately, for it, an apparatus to bite with, and my jaw, as the baby sees it from the outside, is imme-diately, for it, capable of the same intentions. ‘Biting’ has immediately, for it, an intersubjective significance,” Merleau-Ponty continued. The intersubjective (mean-ing a connection between individuals) is precisely what was previously mentioned, a preobjective link to other humans and the world. The young child’s abil-ity to mimic is due to their being given to themselves as a member of the world in which they inhabit. The child cannot simply pull them-selves up by their bootstraps and rely on themselves to learn how to talk: they need others. One need only exam-ine the work of Piaget in relation to Descartes’ famous solitary cogito, or thinking subject, to provide further proof of this phenomenon. It is not until “…about 12 years old,” says Piaget, “the child achieves the cogito and reaches the truths of rationalism,” Merleau-Ponty writes. Due to already hav-ing a connection to the things that surround the

young child, they are inca-pable of imagining a world in which they are the only inhabitant. This may also be why Merleau-Ponty uses the terms “prereflective” and “preobjective” interchange-ably. While one may argue that this point is moot by the time a child has reached adulthood and entered into politics, this person clearly does not watch the level of discourse that occurs in our government and media. One will find speeches to either no one or a person of the same mindset as opposed to dialogue between people. The main point that is inex-plicability a political one: every person must rely on others from our birth until the time that another I will dig a hole for our deceased body. Politicians that discard policies that would engen-der a better community as opposed to a better indi-vidual would benefit great-ly to thinking back to that time when they coexisted in a community of their kin-dergarten friends. By doing this, they may realize that alone, humans are solitary animals, and without oth-ers capable of living a life free from poverty and hun-ger, then one’s connection to others and the world begins to slip away. It is important that we can return political discourse to a place where through exchanging mean-ingful opinions, people will be brought back to under-stand our world, not their world.

Two years ago at my freshman orienta-tion, I remember walking around the

student organization fair visit-ing various groups, as well as attempting to ignore my par-ents’ “helpful suggestions.” One of the unwanted tips came from my mother, and that was to visit the study abroad table. “One of my biggest regrets of college is not studying abroad,” she told me, as I reluctantly walked over to converse with the people dis-playing an overwhelming num-ber of pamphlets. Two years later, as much as it pains me to admit this, my mother was right: study-ing abroad in Oviedo, Spain was one of the best experi-ences I’ve ever had. And with International Education Week coming up, I feel there’s no bet-ter time to put in my endorse-ment of this invaluable experi-ence. Now, I’m not naïve; I know you, like me, have probably heard it all before. You get to experience a new culture, trav-el, learn about yourself — you get the picture. I’ll try not to bore you with what you can find in the pamphlets, and instead give you a less obvious look at what study abroad can offer. One the coolest things for me was meeting my host mom, whom I still talk to on a regular basis. Sharing our lives across the Atlantic, with all their simi-larities and differences, is one of the highlights of my week. I got lucky, in that our person-alities easily mesh; we quickly found out that we both liked politics and quirky TV shows, among other things. However, even those who don’t get so lucky can meet new friends in other ways.

Which brings me to my next reason why you should study abroad: the nightlife. That’s the one thing the study abroad office WON’T tell you. At least in Spain, you start out by social-izing with lots of people in big, outdoor areas, and then go bar hopping the rest of the night. And in Spain, the night doesn’t end at 2 or 3 a.m., like in the U.S. Instead, you don’t even think about going out until midnight, and stay out until 6 am. Now, I know I’m only talking about Spain, but from what friends have told me after studying in other European countries and in South America, U.S. nightlife still doesn’t even compare. On a more serious note, another good reason to study abroad isn’t just to experience a new culture, but to be able to examine our own culture from a different perspective. When all you’ve known is the U.S., you start to take certain things for granted that perhaps deserve more thought, such as certain political ideologies and social mores. For me, I know it was eye-opening to be in Europe during Osama bin Laden’s assassination, in that I could view Americans’ reactions to it from the point of view of an outsider. While I could mention the countless other reasons to study abroad, like I said, you’ve proba-bly already heard most of them. However, I would still suggest taking into account both the more obvious reasons to study abroad, as well as the few points I’ve laid out, and give some serious thought to this oppor-tunity. Ask yourself: when else in life can you just pack up, go to another country and return back in a few months with little hassle?

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The six finalists in the 13th annual Instrumental Concerto Competition played Nov. 7 for the chance to be a soloist with the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra in the spring. The competition was held in the Great Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center as part of the University of Northern Iowa School of Music’s Spotlight Series. “Even though we had freshman through second-year master’s students, it was one of the closest com-petitions we’ve had, because everybody was prepared in a way that was very advanced. They played their own piec-es very well,” said Rebecca Burkhardt, conductor for the Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra and one of the judges for the competition. Finalists included gradu-ate student Abi Coffer on flute, graduate student Elena Lyalina on piano, sophomore Caryn Sowder on eupho-

nium, freshman Alyssa Adamec on viola, senior James Gummert on clarinet and sophomore Nathaniel Hawkins on marimba. Abi Coffer won the com-petition with her perfor-mance of “Concertino for Flute and Orchestra.” “It’s very exciting. It’s very nice to be able perform in front of my colleagues and have their support, too,” said Coffer. “My family’s from Nashville, Tenn., so they weren’t here tonight. (My colleagues) really were like my family because they helped me pick out my dress and do makeup and hair like an hour and a half before the program. It was special, very special.” Students had to audition within the category of their instrument: brass, wood-winds, strings, percussion or keyboard. At most, two stu-dents could be chosen from each category to advance to the finals. The finalists were chosen by the professors in the instrument categories. “It was a really great

opportunity to get to per-form on the Great Hall stage,” said Gummert. “It’s kind of an opportunity that doesn’t come up very often. And it’s really great to per-form with a great group of musicians.” Finalists chose their own pieces to perform with an accompanist. All songs had to be less than 15 minutes in length and played from memory. “One of the things that helped me most, I think, was trying to perform it in front of different people and just get their opinions,” said Coffer. “Then I could step away from it towards the end of the concert and instead of thinking, you know, ‘what if I have a memory slip or another mistake or some-thing,’ I’ll be like, ‘I per-formed it 10 times for peo-ple, and I survived, so this is no problem.’” Five judges were involved in picking the winner. This year’s judges included Ron Johnson, conductor for the Wind Symphony; Rebecca

Burkhardt, conductor for the Symphony Orchestra; Robin Guy, professor of piano; Thomas Tritle, retired pro-fessor emeritus of horn at UNI; and guitarist Todd Seeyle. “We encourage the stu-dents to play technically pro-ficiently and we encourage them to play musically and with good phrasing, but bot-tom line is they have to sell us an artistic performance. All the other things just lead to that,” said Burkhardt. “So we’re not back there count-ing mistakes or out of tunes, or anything like that. We’re looking for someone who really commits musically and artistically to the perfor-mance.” Burkhardt says the goal was for the musicians to “be professional.” “They made it look easy,” Burkhardt continued. “That’s a very difficult thing to do – to not only just get through, but to present.” However, the musicians still faced difficulties along the way. Coffer mentioned

that fatigue started to set in, while Gummert said the temperature of the Great Hall was a challenge. “My hands were real-ly cold,” said Gummert. “Because of that, I had to depend on my muscle mem-ory and preparation because I couldn’t feel the horn very much.” The students were also able to interact on a level other than music. “It was a great experi-ence, and they’re all awesome people and another neat fac-tor is four of us go to the same church (Cedar Heights Baptist), so that’s well repre-sented, and the other two are still Christians. So it’s kind of cool; it’s like God was with us tonight,” said Coffer. The competition allows audience members to see the abilities of music students at UNI. “This is only a sneak peek at the level of talent that we have in the School of Music,” said Gummert.

OLIVIA HOTTLEFine Arts Writer

Last Tuesday, runners bared it all at the University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association’s fifth annual Polar Bare Run, Walk or Roll as they stripped off layers of gently used clothing to donate to the Salvation Army. Prior to the run, 235 pre-

registered racers and 60-100 walk-up runners were expect-ed. For each article of cloth-ing the runners donated, they were entered into a raffle for the opportunity to win one of 27 prizes donated by busi-nesses in the Cedar Valley. “The race has gotten big-ger every year because of the support from the com-munity,” said Greg Kajewski,

vice president of Connecting Alumni to Students, the Alumni Association’s student group. “And this year we’ve had many businesses help with the raffle, making it a big success.” Sydney Wilkins, fresh-man technology management major, was running the race

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Runners wait outside the Alumni House for the Polar Bare, Run, Walk or Roll to begin.

Community bares it all for Polar Bare Run, Walk or Roll

On Monday, Nov. 14, the University of Northern Iowa’s North American Review staff will host their second Annual Writing Festival at the Cedar Falls Public Library. The event is free and open to the public and is a showcase for stu-dents and community mem-bers, many of whom may be unfamiliar with the magazine. First published in 1815, UNI has run the NAR since 1968. Jeremy Schraffenberger, assistant professor in the languages and literatures department and associate editor of the magazine, dis-cussed the NAR, calling it “the oldest, and arguably the most prestigious, magazine in the country.” Schraffenberger described the inspiration behind the event as a good way to raise awareness of the publication and its impor-tance.

The festival will have a vari-ety of seminars, as well as a question-and-answer session with the NAR staff. Sessions include “The History of the North American Review” and “Gasoline Fires and Maple Eclairs: Using Concrete Images in Poetry,” just to name a couple. Presenting alongside Schraffenberger are professors Grant Tracey, Vince Gotera and instructor Kim Groninga. “I’d urge any student who’s interested in creative writing to come to the fes-tival not only to participate in the workshops, but also to meet some of the people who work for the magazine,” said Schraffenberger. “Students can find out information about working at the maga-zine, which is extremely valu-able experience, especially for those who might want to go into the editing or publishing world.” The event will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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Top: The ATMAE UNI Student Chapter, left to right: Sean Quarles, Peter Dekluyver (secretary), Rick Ruport (vice president), Jeff Rick (treasurer), Jeremy Ganfield (president) and Matt Wason.

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UNI robotics team takes creation to national conferenceROBOTS TAKE OVER CLEVELAND

Hidden in a lab in the Industrial Technology Building at the University of Northern Iowa, a small, stuffed TC sits strapped into a robot, ready to rock the 2011 Annual Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering Conference with his ping-pong ball retrieving and sort-ing skills. The UNI Robotics Team is in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 9 through 12 to participate in the conference with teams from across the nation. In the past, UNI has taken home first place for electrical meth-odology. Each year, teams create a robot to complete a task set by the ATMAE. This year, the task is to design a robot that can gather 36 ping-pong balls from a table set in the middle of a room, separate them by color and distribute them to goals based on their color within five minutes. The robot can be controlled via remote control until it reach-es a 10-foot circle encom-passing the table, at which point it must be switched to autonomous and run off of computer programming to complete the task. “There’s a big difference between remote control and autonomous,” elaborated Jeremy Ganfield, president of the robotics team and a junior electrical engineering tech-nology major. “The autono-mous feature is where it puts it basically in another level to where it’s a challenge. The entire process of retrieval — once you approach the table where the ping-pong balls are stored —it’s all autono-mous.” Team secretary Peter DeKluyver, a sophomore

electrical engineering tech-nology major, agrees. “It’s a robot, not a remote control car,” DeKluyver said. This year, the team named their robot P-CAT, which stands for Panther Collect Analyze and Transfer. Ganfield said the team chose this name because it relates the robot to UNI and describes the robot’s func-tionality. There are many ways a robot could go about retriev-ing the balls, but the UNI Robotics Team has developed what they believe to be the fastest method. To collect the balls, a U-shaped bar with a tarp stretched across it low-ers itself onto the table. The robot then uses pneumatics to push air through holes in the curved part of the bar, thus pushing all the ping-pong balls into a sort of funnel where they wait to be sorted by color with a special sensor into separate tubes. When all of the balls are sorted, the robot can then distribute them to their spe-cific goals. “Other teams are going to try to sweep them, maybe, or suck them up like one at a time. Ours is way faster. We only have like three seconds of air, and then we have all the balls,” Ganfield said. At about two seconds per ball, the team estimates that it will take P-CAT 112 sec-onds to sort all of the balls. If another team is able to complete the task this effi-ciently, the team with the fastest robot will get more points for the task. Points are also awarded for the technical report and graphics on the team’s robot and poster. To get their robot to this state of speed, the UNI team went through some trial and error. According to Rick Ruport, the team’s vice

president and senior tech-nology management major, they changed the design eight times “in a major way” and changed the tubes three times. “Some of the solutions you may see towards creating a robot — some of it’s pure engineering, and you fol-low it exactly with what you designed,” Ganfield said, “and other things is just fumbling around trying to find exact-ly what works, and through hard knocks you usually find the best solution. Sometimes it’s simple (and) sometimes it’s not.” Along with the competi-tion, participants can attend lectures by guest speakers and try out cutting-edge technology at the conference. During the judging, it’s pos-sible for employers to look for potential employees. “It’s really what you make of it,” Ganfield said. The Robotics Team would like to give a special thank you to the university faculty, the Intercollegiate Academics Travel Fund, Northern Iowa Student Government and University Book and Supply for all of their help.

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needed to join in the event. “I would love to see at least 1,000 people make it to our very first Dance Marathon,” said Moen. There are many ways stu-dents can get involved with Dance Marathon, even if they don’t want to dance. “Students are also encour-aged to become a part of Dance Marathon as a member (of the group) and help us plan future events and move people in an even bigger way,” said Moen. If dancing is your thing, however, then getting involved with the “Big Event” is easy – visit the new website, www.unidancemarathon.com, click “Register,” fill out your information, pay the $12 fee for access to the event and then start gathering all of the donations and contacts to help spread the word about Dance Marathon.

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The UNI men’s basketball team will rely heavily on freshmen this season. One of those freshmen will be center Seth Tuttle from Sheffield, Iowa.


Receiver Jarred Herring (5) is one of UNI’s 18 seniors who will be honored Saturday night in the UNI-Dome. Herring has caught two touchdown passes this season.

The No. 5-ranked University of Northern Iowa football team will host the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds Saturday night in their final home game of the regular season. This will also mark the final regular season home game for 18 senior student-athletes, including quarter-back Tirrell Rennie, defen-sive lineman Ben Boothby and linebacker LJ Fort, all of whom are strong candi-dates for postseason awards. “(Southern Utah is) another team who was in the playoff hunt, and the big thing about Southern Utah

is that they’re a much more quality team and they have really built their program since the last time we played them (in 2008),” said UNI head coach Mark Farley. “On top of that, they had an open date last weekend, so they’ve had two weeks to get ready for us.” The Panthers (7-2) pos-sess the Missouri Valley Conference’s top pass defense, allowing just 198.3 passing yards per game. However, they will be put to the test this weekend as they face a pass-heaving Thunderbird offense. SUU (5-4) is averaging 276.1 pass-ing yards per game, which ranks No. 14 in the Football Championship Subdivision.

The Thunderbirds’ junior quarterback, Brad Sorensen, has thrown for 2,467 yards, 15 touchdowns and eight interceptions this season while completing 67 percent of his throws. “(SUU is) very good on offense. They try to throw the football and they throw it effectively,” said Farley. “They were the Great West (Conference) champion and they have 16 returning starters back, so they are a quality football team.” The Panthers hope to get some of their starters back from injury this week after missing Rennie, running back Carlos Anderson and safety Tre’Darrius Canady

Ali Farokhmanesh con-nected on five three-pointers and scored a career-high 23 points, all within in the sec-ond half, in the University of Northern Iowa’s 71-62 victory over Old Dominion University on Feb. 19, 2010 inside the McLeod Center. This Saturday the Panthers will need another breakout performance as they trav-el to Norfolk, Va., for their BracketBuster rematch with the Monarchs. “(ODU is) at the top in terms of the non-BCS (Bowl Championship Series) in terms of their basket-ball program. Old Dominion returns three or four guys that would have been on the team that we played two years ago,” said UNI

head basketball coach Ben Jacobson. “They’ve got real-ly good players and they are extremely well coached. I look forward to the chal-lenge and the great oppor-tunity this weekend.” The Monarchs, of the Colonial Athletic Association, return two starters and six letterwin-ners from a team that went 27-7 (14-4 CAA) a year ago and was just seconds from defeating National Champion runner-up Butler University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. ODU’s two returning starters are six-foot-nine senior forward Chris Cooper (5.1 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game) and six-foot-five senior guard Kent Bazemore (12.5 ppg, 5 rpg), who is the reigning CAA Defensive Player of the Year

as well as the preseason CAA Player of the Year. However, Bazemore underwent surgery in August to repair a bro-ken bone in his foot. He was expected to miss the first month of the season, but suited up and scored seven points in six minutes in ODU’s final exhibition game. His status for this weekend’s season opener is unknown. “I think Kent (Bazemore) is physically catching up,” ODU head coach Blaine Taylor told the Daily Press last week. “I think his con-ditioning and his rhythm are catching up. I think mentally he is real steady. He has a certain calm about under-standing the situation he’s in and not overreacting to the

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in last weekend’s 21-17 vic-tory over Youngstown State University. “Carlos (Anderson) is starting to come around. Not playing Tirrell (Rennie) last week; I think he’ll be much stronger this week,” said Farley. “Tre’Darrius Canady is getting stronger now, but I think he is still two weeks away. Our team is slowly starting to get healthy.” However, if Rennie is unable to play, Panther fans can feel confident about redshirt freshman Jared

Lanpher, who threw for 238 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions last week-end against YSU. “Jared (Lanpher) is a really good quarterback and we really don’t break stride when he’s in the game. I think everybody has a lot more comfort now when Jared is in there playing,” said Farley. If the Panthers are able to contain Sorensen and the Thunderbird offense, they should be able to improve to 8-2 heading into the final weekend of the regular sea-son. Saturday’s kickoff is set for 6 p.m.

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Sophomore kicker Tyler Sievertsen (38) has quietly put up some great numbers this season in his first year as a starter. Sievertsen is 12-for-13 on field goal attempts and has a long of 48 yards.

fact that maybe he’s not in as good a shape and maybe he’s not quite where he could be yet.” Aside from Bazemore, ODU will be with-out sophomore transfer Donte Hill and red-shirt freshman Richard Ross until after the first semester of classes are finished. The Monarchs will also be without junior for-ward Nick Wright for the first three games due to a team-issued suspension. “It’s interesting, and the pieces are slowly starting to make some sense to me. But we’re far from game competition and far from being a finished product, but we’re going to get a look-see come Saturday and in pretty quick succession after that,” said Taylor. The Monarchs have made the postsea-son seven consecutive years, with four of those being trips to the NCAA Tournament. Year after year, ODU prides themselves on defense and rebounding. In fact, last season, the Monarchs led the NCAA in rebounding margin (+11.7).

Jacobson knows that if the Panthers are to be successful in their season opener, they will have to match ODU’s defensive inten-sity and rebounding. “We do have to make sure that we are emphasizing rebounding. Rebounding has been a daily emphasis for us,” said Jacobson. “There are so many things that you feel you have to have in order before you go and play that first game. There are a number of things that we got to get done this week, but rebounding and communication will continue to be at the forefront if we want to give ourselves a chance to get off to a good start.” Expect the Panthers to go with the same starting five that they used in their two exhibition games. True freshman Deon Mitchell will start at point guard, senior Johnny Moran will start at guard, junior Anthony James will start at the other guard spot, junior Jake Koch will play forward and true freshman Seth Tuttle will man the cen-ter position. This will be the season opener for both teams. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.

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The Panthers made a school-record 250 three-pointers last season. Sophomore forward Chip Rank (4) led the team with three made three-pointers in their two exhibition games against Northern State and Dubuque.

UNI’S PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPPG - Deon Mitchell (Fr.) #1 6’1” 180 lbs.

G - Johnny Moran (Sr.) #13 6’1” 190 lbs.

G - Anthony James (Jr.) #52 6’0” 175 lbs.

F - Jake Koch (Jr.) #20 6’9” 245 lbs.

C - Seth Tuttle (Fr.) #10 6’8” 210 lbs.

OLD DOMINION’S PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPPG - Marquel De Lancey (Sr.) #22 6’0” 190 lbs.

G - Dimitri Batten (rFr.) #4 6’3” 190 lbs.

G- Trian Iliadis (Sr.) #15 6’3” 185 lbs.

F - Jason Pimentel (Fr.) #00 6’8” 230 lbs.

F - Chris Cooper (Sr.) #20 6’9” 230 lbs.

G - Kent Bazemore (Sr.) #24 6’5” 195 lbs.

*Injured, status unknown

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UNI rugby team flexes muscles in

quarterfinals match

RUGBY

The No. 14-ranked University of Northern Iowa women’s rugby team took the field at home for the last time this season, as they faced Indiana University in a Midwest Quarterfinal playoff match last Saturday. The two teams battled for a spot in the Final Four in Madison, Wis., this coming weekend. The frigid weather and the powerful winds didn’t stop the Panthers’ fero-cious offensive attack as they jumped out to a 29-0 lead before the Hoosiers were able to respond with a score of their own. Mariah Hinton was the first Panther to score; she scored again shortly thereafter as well. “It’s really nice to start off the game with a big run down the sideline and to let them know we weren’t going to let up,” said Hilton of her two early scores. The Panthers averaged 48 points per game at home this season, which would suggest that they are a fast outside team, but the play-ers also bring a big hit with

their speed. “We got as physical as we possibly could, which slowed them down and kind of ruined their game plan, which was to be physical with us,” said UNI head coach Steve Murra. “We were just way more physi-cal with them and it kind of shocked them because we are normally not a physical team, but it definitely played to our advantage.” Karlee West was the main distributor of the hits on Saturday. “We definitely wanted to come out, hit them hard and make them scared,” she said. “It really helps get our defense motivated and set up our offense.” The last score of the game was by Chelsea Meier, who had nothing but praise to give to fellow teammate Meghan Flanigan for the unselfish pass that lead to Meier’s score. The Panthers won 51-7. The team will be in Madison, Wis., this weekend to take part in the Final Four. UNI will match up with the University of Michigan to fight for a spot in the finals.

TAYLOR SEVERINSports Writer

VOLLEYBALL

No. 12 UNI sweeps SDSU in nonconference matchup

The No. 12-ranked University of Northern Iowa volleyball team added another win to their sea-son total on Monday night when they took on South Dakota State University. The Panthers (26-1) swept the Jackrabbits, marking their 17th straight victo-ry. UNI won by scores of 25-22, 25-20 and 25-18. The Panthers were led by Krista DeGeest who record-ed 13 kills. Megan Lehman brought in nine kills. Bre Payton had another solid match, recording 32 assists and 11 kills of her own. SDSU (13-8) tailed the Panthers closely throughout the match, and UNI’s largest lead in the first set was only 16-10. SDSU fought their way back into the set and eventually made the score 23-22 UNI. With the set up for grabs, Shelby Kintzel nabbed a set-ending kill to make the final score 25-22 in favor of the Panthers. The two teams played another close set the sec-ond time around and found themselves locked at 12-12 early on. UNI gained the

edge from that point, at one time leading by as many as six points in the set. The set once again ended with a Panther kill, this time from DeGeest, making the final score 25-20. After the break in the action, both teams were neck and neck once again at the start of the third set. SDSU was fighting to stay alive in the match, and they found themselves tied with the Panthers at 11-11.

However, UNI went on a 6-0 run and eventually took the set 25-18 and the match 3-0. The Panthers poured on the defense this time around. UNI held SDSU to a .164 attack percentage in the match. UNI returns to Missouri Valley Conference play on Friday when they play Creighton University in the McLeod Center. The match is set to start at 7 p.m.

MAT MEYERSports Writer

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UNI senior setter Bre Payton recorded 32 assists and 11 kills against SDSU Monday night.

PAUL’S PERSPECTIVE

Society is captivated by the Kardashians Society is captivated by the Kardashians. Kim’s recent split with Kris Humphries has led me to consider this fascination and how she has impacted the sports world through her many failed and much publicized relationships. (Also, just by including the name Kardashian in my column, my readership will most likely double, and the audience will be decidedly different.) A quick Google search shows that Kim had been linked to a few different athletes over her dating career. Dallas Cowboys receiv-er Miles Austin was one, Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush was another and most recently she was involved with New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries. I am far from the best person to turn to when relationship advice is needed, but despite this, I will still delve into each of Kim’s sports relationships and assess what happened. Her relationship with Austin Miles, in my opinion, was just a fling. Miles just aggravated a ham-string injury this past Sunday, which in the process hurt fantasy football teams around the country. There are two ways to interpret this injury

when relating it back to Kim. One, he may be spending his next two to four weeks of “recovery” doing whatever he can to woo her back. She has so much influence over the media, it is pos-sible that play-ers are faking injuries to try to be with her and benefit from it themselves. My second thought is that Kim just cursed him, which would explain why he has had a hard time stay-ing on the field this year. Either way, we better hope that these two don’t get back together because, as we all know, the Cowboys abso-lutely do not need more media coverage. I think Reggie Bush was the per-son Kim was meant to be with. They looked so good together and it just felt right. Here is what I think hap-pened to Bush after their split. He was

heartbroken and desperately wanted her back. When the Dolphins came calling for Reggie’s services this offseason, it instantly crossed his mind that being in a party hub like

Miami would be something that would catch Kim’s atten-tion. Naturally, he jumped at the opportu-nity. Then Kris H u m p h r i e s came up out of nowhere and married Kim. Needless to say, Bush was in a state of shock and dev-astation which was reflected in his early season play with the hap-less Dolphins. During this time he ran

with the speed of Tom Brady and with the power of a kicker. He was so bad he made Chris Johnson look productive. Then the Humpdashian split. The skies cleared and the sun was

shining on Bush once again as he began to run with a renewed sense of vigor and explosiveness putting up solid numbers on his way to leading the Dolphins to their first victory. All of this just to impress Kim. We will see how it works out for him. What gets lost in this court-ship is the fact that his rejuvenation may cost the Dolphins the chance to earn the No. 1 overall draft pick and select Andrew Luck. Bush’s love for Kim may alter an entire franchise for decades to come. Stay tuned. If and when the NBA ever returns from its lockout, it will be interest-ing to see how Kris Humphries responds. Personally, I think he will show improvement over the pedestrian stats he has put up over his career. I don’t think he will be affected because I don’t believe the relationship was real to begin with. I think it was… wait for it… a giant sham. It was just a quick money grab and publicity stunt. Kudos to them for realizing a way to make some cash and shame on us for car-ing so much. I don’t think Kim is done playing the sports field, which should keep all of us on the lookout. As I dem-onstrated, her impact on the sports world could be much larger than anyone could ever imagine.

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The Miami Dolphins’ running back Reggie Bush dated Kim Kardashian more than over two years.

PAUL KOCKLERSports Columnist

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HoroscopesBy Nancy BlackTribune Media Services(MCT)

Today’s Birthday (11/11/11). Big changes on the work front lead to new frontiers. Follow your intu-ition regarding new direc-tions. Collaboration with friends could work. Do it by the rules. Home is where your heart is ... organization and renovation pay off big.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most chal-lenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- You’re get-ting into the intellectual side of things. You’ve got curios-ity and concentration. If you

could minimize distractions, you might really get some-thing done.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Cultivate your talent, whether it’s math or science, literature or the arts (or some interesting combination). Exploration is the key. Look for the secret door.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 9 -- When you’re hot, you’re hot, but when you get too cocky, you’re not. Know your own history for increased power. Spend some time outdoors or in a garden.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- You’re inclined to think things over, but at

some point, you have to stop pondering and make a deci-sion. You can always change your mind later.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- To-day is an 8 -- Have fun with-out spending money. Instinct guides your actions. Let go of a wild idea that lacks soul, and get together with friends. Remind them how much you appreciate their support.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Be practical, and go for making a good im-pression. You have plenty of energy for detailed analysis and planning for the rest of the year.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- You can

do what you want, as long as you’re ready to play the game. With Mars entering your twelfth house, you may feel more powerful in private.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Reimagine your life just the way you want it. Then take one step at a time to move towards that invented future.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- A caring soul is there to help with a big decision. The tricky part is almost over. There could still be surprises. Fix some-thing old at home for your family.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Action and

activity abounds, with more work coming. With Mars entering Virgo for the rest of the year, you can expect more energy and organization in your career.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- You’re at-tracting love. Come up with creative and unusual ideas for music, art, literature, theater ... all enjoyed in the company of family and friends. Spice it up with romance.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- If things get annoying, focus on what’s really important. Mind your manners. Only complain to someone who can do some-thing about it. Stand up for yourself.

NI Archives

NI ArchivesFROM THE

Bicycles While we’re accustomed to seeing bikes chained to a bike rack, covered in snow and ice during the winter, back in 1977 students had another option for storing their bikes. Bartlett Hall played host to students’ bikes over the winter until spring when owners were contacted to retrieve their property.

Editorial – Student Evaluations James C. Chang, a professor of chemistry, addressed in the NI the importance of student evaluations. Some claimed student evaluations were indignities to professors. Chang’s counterargument cited the necessity of these evaluations to ensure professors were effectively teaching their respective students. The chemistry department solicited student evalua-tions at least once a year for each professor in the department.

Teachers College no more? Kevin Milroy, the executive editor at the time, re-ported on the shift in the University of Northern Iowa. UNI was still generally thought of as a teachers’ college. However, from 1972-1973, there was a ratio of 2:1, teaching degrees to non-teaching degrees. Five years later, more students gradu-ated with non-teaching than with teaching degrees. John Kamerick, the university president at the time, welcomed the change. “We always want to maintain a good image as a teacher training college, but it is also to UNI’s benefit to be known in other areas,” he said.

Bionic Winds? “As students stepped outside Wednesday morning (Nov. 9, 1977), they discovered an abrupt drop in the tem-perature accompanied by extremely strong winds. With four inches of snow in northern Iowa and more predicted for Cedar Falls, winter is truly here.”

Winterizing bikes and bionic winds appeared in the Northern Iowan on Nov. 11, 1977. Here is a look back at a time more than three decades ago.

Compilation by BRANDON POLL/Managing Editor

Student demonstrating ‘bionic winds.’

November 11, 1977

By Don Gagliardo and C.C. BurnikelAcross1 REO part5 7-Down portrayer on “Fra-sier”9 Medicine cabinet item14 First-century Roman leader15 Cross16 Lickety-split17 Jack Benny’s 39?19 Was about to blow up20 Mizrahi of “The Fashion Show”21 Insurance co. employee23 __-relief24 Mix-up among the peas?27 Top-shelf28 Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir.29 Texas NLer

30 Aslan’s land32 “It __ Nice”: ‘60s protest song34 Doubter36 Julian Assange’s contro-versial website, and a hint to what’s missing from this puzzle’s four longest answers39 Federal statute trumps it41 New England law school45 Mercury, e.g.46 Old school addition?49 Rolls around the house50 Hierarchy level51 Amorous ship leader?54 Bug55 Third deg.?56 Like some tragedies

57 Club relative59 Bird with a droll wit?63 Earn64 Tulip chair designer Saa-rinen65 Chianti, for one66 Swamp plant67 Speak like Don Corleone68 Ticker tapes, briefly?

Down1 __ mission2 Throngs3 Saxony’s capital4 Beds, at times5 Like some quilt kits6 Want ad letters7 See 5-Across8 Pipe dream, say9 Castaway’s creation10 “The Simpsons” character with an 18-letter last name11 Big name on the ice12 Vast13 Site of a legendary part-ing18 Fan support22 Ligurian seaport24 Shar-__25 Weak26 Aid on a misty night27 Pretentious31 “Don’t __!”33 Country music sound35 Just starting37 Suffix with vulcan38 Craft with a mizzen39 7-Eleven beverage40 Vessel with a hinged cover42 Rigorously abstinent43 Exploring44 Shogun stronghold45 Binocular features47 1950 #1 Ames Brothers hit48 She played Romy in “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion”52 Scary snake53 Fortitude55 Tennis great Sampras58 Shovel60 Mens __: criminal intent61 Sch. levels62 Signs of resistance

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responsibility in many cases,” Cohn said. Not everyone who has serves in the military seeks or attains a high rank, Cohn noted, but “those who were at higher levels, they’ve been in charge of multiple people, and now they have to sit down and listen to someone else tell them what to do, who in many cases is younger than they are.” The process of accomplishing vari-ous objectives and resolving problems is different in the military than in civil-ian institutions like universities, which can be another adjustment, Cohn said. “ … These men and women are used to seeing something they want to get done and getting it done. They are used to overcoming obstacles. If somebody tells them, ‘No, you can’t do that,’ they don’t take that,” she said. Not everyone comes back from a deployment without visible or invis-ible wounds, Cohn noted. “Many of them have had very dif-ficult experiences; many of them now have disabilities and so they face the challenges that anyone with disabili-ties would face,” she said. One disability that may not be immediately apparent to the casual observer is posttraumatic stress disor-der (PTSD) or traumatic brain injury (TBI). Tolliver said he knows at least a few veterans who face those issues.

“A lot of faculty may not under-stand PTSD,” he said, adding that some may not even know what a TBI is. Tolliver thinks there’s some stigma associated with PTSD and that a fac-ulty member may wonder if “this guy (is) going to freak out – is he going to blow up if he disagrees with me and I tell him he’s wrong.” Cohn, in her third year of teach-ing at UNI, sees a mix of attitudes and perceptions among her colleagues about military students. “There is some feeling among fac-ulty members that the military and the university don’t mix, but there are also supportive faculty members,” Cohn said. Ron Devoll, one of the leaders of SVA and a UNI student studying social work, said the professors within his major have been understanding, but one outside his major was not. “I did have an instance outside my major where a professor was hesitant to help. It was an issue specific towards me that needed some help,” he said. Devoll approached the professor, but the issue “took some time to get figured out, and by then it was already halfway through the semester and there was just no way to catch back up. It was a mess.” On the whole, military students’ experiences – positive and negative – may set them apart from other stu-dents in undesirable ways, according

to Cohn. “They do frequently feel distance from the other students. They feel like their experience sets them apart and like they don’t have anything in com-mon with the other students, so it’s a little isolating,” Cohn said. “We went to the military first, then came to college, and so you feel kind of out of place up here amongst other students,” Devoll said. Though students who have served in the military are often older than traditional students, Tolliver believes age isn’t what sets them apart. “If you’ve spent a year in Iraq, and you’re in the Reserves or Guard or whatever, you’re nontraditional regardless of whether you’re 19 years old or not,” Tolliver said. Cohn works with several student veterans and sees numerous beneficial qualities that they bring to the univer-sity. “They have direct experience with people of all kinds of different cul-tures both in the military and through their services. I think they bring a lot of perspective to the campus,” Cohn said. “These are people who are expe-rienced in leadership. They’re expe-rienced in succeeding in the face of really daunting, difficult, dangerous circumstances. Having those people in our community can only make the community better,” Gorton said. Student veterans also tend to know

exactly what they want from their educational experience, Devoll said. “It’s about educational focus and career … you’re not here to play; you’re here to get it done. Accomplish those educational goals, period,” he explained. “Because they’re older, because they’re more experienced, they have a much better idea of what they want to accomplish with their educations,” said Cohn. To address the issues student veter-ans face at UNI, the university admin-istration created the Veteran Student Services Committee two years ago. The committee is comprised of faculty, staff and students from across campus. It will seek feedback from students, especially SVA, about ways to best serve student veterans. “That’s really where the univer-sity can take its direction, is from the students, to find out what their needs are,” said Tricia Johnson-Welter, a member of the committee, who certi-fies Veterans Administration educa-tional benefits for students at UNI. Devoll says “the process is rolling.” “As far as what can the univer-sity do to make veterans feel more welcomed, that’s yet to be discussed and determined in future meetings,” Devoll remarked. “ … I think that dia-logue amongst the administration and students is really starting to take off. We’ll see.”

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Congratulations to the 86 new members joining our sororities!

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