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Faculty senate discusses potential academic cutsBUDGET

BLAKE FINDLEYAcademics Writer

The faculty senate of the University of Northern Iowa met in special session on Feb. 20 to discuss and determine whether the senate should take additional action on the poten-tial cuts for next year and what

that action would be. Jeffrey Funderburk, the chair

of the faculty senate, called the session because of his hope that United Faculty (the sole nego-tiation unit for UNI’s 550 fac-ulty members) and the faculty senate can protect faculty from the “misguided efforts of (the) administration to cut academic

programs in favor of further athletic and ancillary unit defi-cit financing.”

“My view is that United Faculty (UF) and the Faculty Senate have not done a very good job of publicly pointing out that the UNI administra-tion is conveniently ignor-ing some $8 million in deficit

losses coming out of athletics, the Wellness (and Recreation) Center and other nonacademic, ancillary units at the university in order to make a case for clos-ing down academic programs,” said Funderburk, a professor of music.

Two stabbed at Hillcrest

JAIME YOWLERStaff Writer

Campaigning continues with presidential debate

NISG ELECTIONS CRIME

JACOB STEWARTStaff Writer

Tanner Cook (16) and Brady Lancaster (19) were both stabbed on Feb. 19 at 1 a.m. at Hillcrest Park Apartments in Cedar Falls. Both are from Le Mars, Iowa.

“Our investigation contin-ues, and no arrests have been made at this time,” said Cedar Falls Police Chief Jeff Olson.

Lancaster had been stabbed multiple times in the leg and was taken to a local hospital

Campaigning for the Northern Iowa Student Government elections contin-ued Monday night with a pres-

idential debate in the Maucker Union coffeehouse.

The debate included three president-and-vice president tickets: Trevor Monnier and Beth Monnier; Jordan Bancroft-Smithe and KaLeigh White;

and Kyle Burns and Brendan Thompson. Senior philoso-phy major John Anderson and NISG senator Michael Lunn moderated the event.

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President Allen to recommend closing Price Lab School

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At a meeting with faculty and staff Wednesday night at Malcolm Price Laboratory School, UNI President Benjamin Allen announced his recommendation that the school close effective June 30, 2012.

BLAKE FINDLEYAcademics Writer

Benjamin Allen, president of the University of Northern Iowa, announced to the faculty and staff of Malcolm Price Laboratory School his recommendation to close Price Lab, effective June 30, 2012.

Allen’s recommendation will go before the Board of Regents at their March 21 meeting.

According to an article in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Allen said the school’s closure would save the uni-versity up to $2 million a year.

Allen announced his recommenda-tion to the faculty and staff of Price Lab in a closed meeting at the school’s library on Feb. 22, and spoke to the

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From left to right: Kyle Burns, Brendan Thompson, Jordan Bancroft-Smithe, KaLeigh White, Trevor Monnier and Beth Monnier during the NISG presidential debate on Feb. 20.

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EDITORIALWe need communication, not blamePresident Allen’s announced budget cuts are causing a panic, largely thanks to a lack of concrete details and communication.< See PAGE 4

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THURSDAY“THE POWER OF STORIES AND SERVICE TO END GENOCIDE”Curris Business Building Room 1097 p.m.Carl Wilkins, the only American to remain in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, will talk about his experiences during the genocide and his subsequent work toward peace and understanding.

FRIDAYRACE, PRIVILEGE AND DIFFERENCE TEACHER WORKSHOPSchindler Education Center9 a.m.-3 p.m.This workshop focuses on exploring systems of race, privilege and difference in an effort to support the creation of multicultural classrooms that celebrate respect for diversity. Eddie Moore Jr., the director of diversity at Brooklyn Friends School, will speak at the workshop.

GRADUATE COLLEGE BROWN BAG LECTURE SERIESCurris Business Building Room 31912-1 p.m. Tim Lindquist, an accounting professor, will present “The Impact of National Culture and Moral Intensity on Ethical Decision-Making: U.S. versus Germanic Europe.” Bring lunch; cookies will be provided.

SATURDAYUNI MUSEUM SATURDAY FILM SERIESUNI Museum 1:30 p.m. The third episode of “Race: The Power of Illusion” will be shown. The title of the episode is “The House We Live In.” It is 56 minutes long.

Frank Thompson, professor of finance, presented the faculty senate with reports showing that, since 1997, $102 million has been transferred out of the General Education Fund (GEF) to cover funding deficits in auxiliary enter-prises, such as the athletic depart-ment and Maucker Union.

Thompson said that for the past several years, the Intercollegiate Athletic Budget has ended the year with a net negative fund balance, starting the next year with a bal-ance below zero.

Conversely, he said academic departments have to live within their means and are required to have a zero balance.

“Out of fairness, the faculty would like to see nonacademic pro-grams live within their budget,” Thompson said.

He said the University of Iowa and Iowa State University have auxiliary units that are self-sus-taining or nearly so. According to Thompson, the Board of Regents asked that auxiliary units at the public universities have no greater expenses than the amount of dona-tions and revenues.

In an interview, Troy Dannen, director of the athletic department, said this was not true. He said one member of Iowa Board of Regents had said he wanted the ath-letic departments at regent schools to be self-sufficient, but once he understood UNI was different from UI and ISU, he changed his mind. According to Dannen, the BOR unanimously approved a plan that set a maximum limit on the amount of GEF funding that could be com-mitted to the athletic department at UNI, and it wasn’t zero.

“There was an understanding that there is a cost, and basically they determined how much of that cost is palatable,” Dannen said. “No school, no athletic department of UNI’s ilk is revenue-neutral with-out student fees or without General Fund support.”

However, Dannen also said he doesn’t disagree that the funding model for UNI athletics is wrong.

“The funding model needs to be revised,” Dannen said. “If we’re going to sustain some level of suc-cess in the next 10 or 15 years, we will have to be supported through student fees and not through General Fund money.”

Dannen said he has “never agreed with the characterization of deficits.”

“Like any other entity on campus (the athletic department) is given an allocation of general funds as part of our budget,” Dannen said. “So it’s not like we spend whatever we want, and then at the end of the year we spend extra money.”

Dannen said the allocation from the General Fund is $4 million of the department’s overall budget of $12 million. He said it’s no different than an “academic department get-ting allocations of resources from

the General Fund to cover their operations.”

Dannen said the BOR called for a plan to reduce the athletic depart-ment’s percentage of the GEF to 2.5 percent. Athletics currently receives 2.7 percent of the GEF, but will meet the target by 2015.

Faculty as a part of the funding process

At the faculty senate meeting, Thompson said faculty want to have the ability to be involved in the financial planning of the university.

He said these deficits show that it’s easy to cut academic programs, especially since faculty are not involved in the process.

“Why are academic programs the first to be cut, when the auxil-iary enterprises are losing money?” Thompson asked.

“The faculty should require the administration to live up to the principles and standards in the (American Association of University Professors) document with respect to shared governance, particularly as it relates to finan-cial budgeting and consideration of academic programming cuts,” Thompson said.

Scott Peters, faculty sena-tor for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, said the senate had a “series of reference meetings with (UNI) President Allen.”

“He indicated not only a willing-ness, but, I would say, an interest in having more faculty involvement in discussing budgeting priorities,” said Peters, an associate professor of political science.

Thompson said the faculty sen-ate should also appoint a committee to begin discussion with admin-istration on how the athletic pro-grams can live within a budget.

He said the budgetary process is becoming a top-down approach as opposed to bottom-up.

Betty DeBerg, a faculty senator for CHAS, said she was appalled that Allen was not at the meeting.

“What could he have to do that’s more important?” DeBerg asked.

“President Allen is a very busy person and does work on behalf of the university where his schedule may be … limited,” Thompson said. “I am unaware of him being given a formal invitation to this particular meeting, and the agenda for the meeting itself may not have indi-cated a need for his presence.”

Closing academic programs“Decisions to merge or even

close academic programs or stop offering degrees occasionally have to be made,” said Cathy DeSoto, president of UF. “If they are being made based on pedagogical needs and consideration of student needs, they may be appropriate. If they are being made based on financial emergency, the financial emergency should first be demonstrated.”

DeSoto said it is unclear wheth-er the primary considerations for academic program changes are stu-dent needs or a financial emergency.

“The administration should

speak clearly and consistently on why they are making these chang-es,” said DeSoto, a professor of psychology.

She said cutting tenured faculty is a major failure by a university of the most serious nature. DeSoto said the administration says they hope to avoid layoffs and plan to use attrition and transfers to other programs to reduce faculty size.

“I am taking them at their word for now,” DeSoto added.

Jerry Smith, the faculty sena-tor for the College of Business Administration, said, “We can’t say (the administration has) to make all these cuts to auxiliary programs, when we don’t look at cutting aca-demic programs.”

“We need to separate the issue of cutting faculty and cutting aca-demic programs,” said Smith, a professor of management. “Senate should support cutting programs that don’t demonstrate fulfilling student needs.”

“We need to recognize that the university is more than academic programs,” Smith added. “Students also care about athletic programs and the Union, and we can’t dismiss this stuff as utterly irrelevant to our existence as an institution.”

Thompson responded, “Faculty aren’t saying that athletics is not a part of the university.”

“As noted in my report, the mis-sion statement and vision state-ment for the university provides great direction in terms of where our resources should be allocated,” Thompson said. “Both clearly state academic programs are supposed to be fostered and developed to provide a quality education for all students.”

Thompson said nowhere in the mission statement is athletics iden-tified as the primary area to which UNI should provide resources.

“This issue relates directly to the funding priorities of the uni-versity and whether academic pro-grams should be eliminated at a time when nonacademic enterprises are being (given) large sums of money,” Thompson said.

Dannen said auxiliaries belong on the campus because they’re about student life and the student experience.

“When potential new students come to campus for visits, we take them into the Wellness and Recreation Center, Maucker Union, athletic facilities, etc.,” Dannen said. “We take them to all the places where they can see how they will live their life.”

According to Dannen, if you take away all those things, there is nothing to distinguish UNI from online institutions. He said the aux-iliaries are an “integral part of the total experience.”

“It’s easy to be provincial and say I don’t want my department cut, but I understand this is a small part of a much bigger picture,” Dannen said. “I have faith in our leadership and the direction they’re taking us.”

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families with children who attend Price Lab in two meet-ings later that evening.

David Deibler, a parent of a kindergartner at Price Lab, said there wasn’t much straight talk at the meeting.

“The speech was rather con-voluted and it was difficult to understand what he was going to do,” Deibler said.

Deibler also said it’s not over yet, and the decision is far from final, as the Board of Regents will have to approve Allen’s recommendation.

According to the article in the Courier, more than 500 people attended the first of the family meetings.

Media were not allowed to attend either of these meetings, but the administration issued a statement and met with mem-bers of the media Thursday afternoon.

The closure of Price Lab is one of many cuts the uni-versity has made in light of $23.5 million in state allocation reductions over the past four years, including the end of the baseball program, the cut of more than a dozen academic programs, more than $1 mil-lion in reductions for auxiliary programs and the loss of more than 100 employees through retirement and attrition.

More information will fol-low in future issues of the Northern Iowan.

to be treated. He was then transferred to the University of Iowa Hospital.

Cook was also stabbed in the leg and treated at a local

hospital. Police said a third person

was involved in the altercation, but has not been identified.

Hillcrest management declined to comment on the incident.

Trevor Monnier, senior actu-arial science major and previous president of Dancer Hall, and Beth Monnier, a junior economics and English double major, said they wanted to give students a great experience at UNI and access to student leaders. However, Beth Monnier said a great education is the “first thing we want to ensure.”

Burns, a junior business man-agement major and the presi-dent of Student Admissions Ambassadors, also said he and Thompson, a senior marketing major, wanted a quality education for students first and foremost, but “an enjoyable experience” and easy access to academic resources was also important to them.

Bancroft-Smithe, a senior music and philosophy double major and off-campus senator, and KaLeigh White, a sophomore soci-ology and public administration: human resources double major and at-large senator, promised to make sure student organizations were aware of what is available to them and to make sure the guidelines for student funding were clear and concise. They also said they wanted to create a community for students.

The candidates were next asked whether they have met with university personnel to determine the feasibility of their platforms.

“We’ve actually been talking most to students,” Burns said, highlighting his campaign’s slo-gan, “The students’ voice, the stu-dents’ choice.”

In her answer, Beth said her and her brother’s platform was one of feasibility and they were being careful not to make promises they couldn’t keep.

White spoke briefly on the healthy options initiative in her campaign’s platform. She said they have been working for the past few months to encourage good din-ing options and had worked with university staff closely to try and deliver on that promise.

The debate was next opened

up to questions from the audience via Twitter. The first question chosen by the hosts was, “How would the office of the president work with the senate in cases of disagreement?”

Each ticket expressed the importance of clear communica-tion to their campaign and said they would try their hardest to resolve conflicts through collabo-ration and building a positive rela-tionship with the student senate.

Finally, the floor was opened up to audience questions.

One student asked what the candidates planned to do with their campaign money if they weren’t elected.

Burns said his campaign was entirely self-funded because he didn’t feel right asking students for money. He said if he and Thompson didn’t win, the unspent money would go to charity.

Bancroft-Smithe said they would donate the money if they lose. If they win, he said they would use it to pay for travel to Des Moines for student advocacy.

Trevor Monnier and Beth Monnier said they would donate all their extra campaign shirts to a Capstone course that is taking items to children in Nicaragua this summer.

In their closing statement, Burns and Thompson said they “stand by (their) goals and hope that (they) can give students access to everything they need.”

Trevor Monnier thanked the audience and said it had been “an honor running.” He also said he and his sister had the most practi-cal experience necessary to run the student government.

Bancroft-Smithe and White also thanked the students in atten-dance. White said she thinks they have the best platform and wants everyone to get informed before they vote.

Elections for the Northern Iowa Student Government posi-tions, including senate seats and student body president and vice president, will be held Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Wednesday, Feb. 29. Students can vote on MyUNIverse under the Life @ UNI tab.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 108, ISSUE 39

University of Northern Iowa President Ben Allen made one

the most controversial state-ments of his UNI career Wednesday night: he will rec-ommend closing the Malcolm Price Laboratory School to the Board of Regents during their March 21 meeting. The closure of Price Lab is a complicated issue; the school serves more than 370 K-12 students and more than 1,000 UNI students, and it employs several highly educated teach-ers. As of press time, Allen hasn’t released details about what will happen with the Price Lab educators, UNI’s education program or the stu-dents who attend the school. On the other hand, Allen said that closing the school will save the university $2 million a year during a time when the state continues to withdraw support from the institution,

and consultants have said the building needs more than $30 million in renovations, accord-ing to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. According to statements released by the president, the university is also reviewing Print Services, UNI Police, athletics, the UNI Museum and academic programs with “low enrollment and few grad-uates,” though faculty were given no scale or ballpark fig-ure to indicate what counts as “low enrollment.” Ten stu-dents? Fifty? These statements and Wednesday’s announcement have brought about panic among the faculty, students and parents at UNI and Price Lab, largely because they are incredibly vague. Many blame President Allen and the uni-versity administration for the cuts. We have been frequently impressed with the difficult

decisions President Allen has had to make over the past four years to guide our university through one of the most dif-ficult fiscal situations it has faced. We’ve seen more than $23 million in cuts to state appropriations since 2009, and the Iowa House Republicans look to lop another $3 mil-lion off UNI’s general fund next year. And yet President Allen has managed to make the necessary cuts during that time to steer UNI to where it has needed to be, all while keeping tuition increases at a maximum of 6 percent. UNI’s been through a simi-lar situation before: an edito-rial in the Northern Iowan from 2002 indicates that President Koob discussed closing Price Lab after a recession had forced successive tuition increases of 9.9 percent and 19.5 percent. Right now, we don’t know whether President Allen made the right decision in choosing

to close Price Lab, because we don’t have all the facts. There are so many considerations that went into this decision, and yet the public is in the dark. Allen has canceled two interviews with the Northern Iowan and continues to leave details about the coming cuts out of his statements. Allen is playing this too close to the chest. We under-stand that a certain degree of discretion is necessary for these decisions; however, leav-ing faculty and students in the dark and excluding them from the conversation leads to panic and distrust. We don’t know what’s going to happen with our university, and students are clearly worried. Blaming President Allen for these cuts will get us nowhere. What we as a university need right now is communication. We need to gather information and speak with the administra-tion to learn about these cuts

and the budget decisions, and to listen to each other in order to ensure our university con-tinues to thrive. We’ve already seen some fantastic movements grow-ing amid the concerns. Many faculty members and par-ents of Price Lab students are gathering information in a Yahoo group, which can be joined by emailing [email protected], in order to present informa-tion on the value of Price Lab, while the Northern Iowa Student Government senate has formed a temporary com-mittee to gather and evaluate information about the cuts in order to make informed reso-lutions on students’ behalf. We commend these efforts and call on President Allen and the university administra-tion to shed some light on the situation; don’t leave us in the dark on these important deci-sions.

Give students a voice The senate of the Northern Iowa Student Government is a place to talk about the issues facing the student body and to fight for those issues. This month, several students are campaigning to become next year’s leaders in NISG. Currently, the number of stu-dents running for senate has increased from last year, which is a step in the right direction. However, a problem still exists: certain colleges will have lim-ited or no representation. No students are run-ning for the three seats in the College of Education, one seat in the College of Business Administration, one seat in the Graduate College and the two seats in the Deciding/General Studies/Other. If you are a student who falls within one of those categories, consider run-

ning. All you need is an idea to promote or an issue to tackle in order to be a senator. You cannot get yourself on the ballot at this point, but you can start a write-in campaign. You can do this by starting a Facebook group, stating what you want to do as a senator to your classes or talking to the people in your major. All you need is students within your college to write your name in when they vote. If your college or major doesn’t have students running to represent it, please consider running for the position. By running and serving in the sen-ate, you can make a difference at the University of Northern Iowa and give a voice to stu-dents.

Ryan Alfred NISG speaker of the senate

Typically I have little issue coming up

with a topic to write about, but this was one

of those weeks where just nothing jumps out at you. As

a writer, that was frustrating. I juggled options about classes

being utterly depressing, but that didn’t have enough zing to it. I thought about ripping the

University of Northern Iowa’s parking dilemma, and then I actu-

ally did rip UNI parking, which came off overly mean and utterly pointless. So after just doing loop-de-loops for a week, something caught my ear. A professor of mine mentioned

that a study was done about my generation coming into the work force, and for a rare moment, I held a strong sense of optimism. I’ve ripped my generation here in the paper before, and honestly no one generation is perfect, but I felt the corners of my mouth start twitching. The study mentioned many things, but two things that I found interesting were that people

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Budget talks require communication, not blameFROM THE EDITORIAL STAFF

This editorial reflects the position of the Northern Iowan’s editorial staff: John Anderson, Allie Koolbeck, Brad Eilers, Tehrene Firman, Brandon Baker and Kari Braumann. All other articles and illustrations represent the views of their authors.

Proud supporter of Kyle and Brendan It is my pleasure to write today in support of the tick-et for student body presi-dent/vice president which I believe will best fit the UNI student body. That ticket is Kyle Burns and Brendan Thompson. It is my belief that suc-cessful student representa-tives should be networked with several different stu-dent organizations. Kyle and Brendan are both well-known across campus and have friends in many dif-ferent circles. They proudly represent the university not only in their academic work but as members of the men’s track and field team. I have had the honor of knowing Kyle for many years now and can ensure you he is a man

you can not only trust, but call a friend. I proudly served you on the Northern Iowa Student Government senate during my final semester at UNI. During that time, I was dis-heartened by how political UNI’s student government is. Described as “cliquey” by many, I described the NISG senate as a collegiate stu-dent government comprised of individuals elected by a very small percentage of the entire student body. They have an overflowing budget — a budget that every stu-dent has made an investment in and that few will ever get a return on. Instead, week after week they stare at a six-figure budget proudly displayed on their screen and argue that they don’t want to waste it too quickly. Upon

leaving UNI, I’ve noticed that the senate now focuses a majority of their time ques-tioning their own bylaws and whether they are following them or not. I strongly believe that NISG must be fixed from the outside and not from within. Students like Kyle and Brendan have an out-side perspective that will be a crucial asset to student government. Electing cur-rent members of the senate will offer no new solutions and will not engage any new demographic of the student body in the process.

Josh WilsonNISG senator emeritus

Communications intern to Governor Terry E. Branstad

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An outlook to the future

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We need to punch this world right in its ugly face, look right into its eyes and say, ‘I’m going to do it whether you like it or not.’

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entering the work force are looking for longevity with an employer and that they weren’t afraid to do what was necessary to get the work done, even if they had to go over someone’s head. Maybe I am making some-thing out of nothing, but as these little features were being mentioned, I couldn’t help but be proud. Have we made it past gross entitle-ment? Are we going to be a group of strong go-getters that’ll set a new standard for the ideal employee? I don’t know — maybe there’s just something in the air today, but I am optimistic for what is to come. Never thought I’d actually think that, even for a moment. I had been bogged down for weeks about what lies ahead for us who are young. I could be completely hyper-sensitive, but each and every class I was going to was instilling this feeling that we were just going to hit a brick wall once we walked across the stage at commence-ment. That nothing would be available to us because the market is so poor. That job competition was beyond cutthroat, but near life and death. It was frustrating. I’m a big ideas person, and when your parade gets rained on over and over again, you really start getting bogged down with negativity. The more I think about this, the more I start feel-ing like I should be stand-ing next to Clint Eastwood in a new Chrysler commer-cial. If we are going to get things turned around, be it the political climate, the job market or just how your Wednesday goes, optimism needs to make a big time comeback. This sounds so incredibly unoriginal, but I am so sick and tired of being told what isn’t possible and what isn’t going to hap-pen for me and for my gen-eration. We need to punch this world right in its ugly face, look right into its eyes and say, “I’m going to do it whether you like it or not.” We need the can-do attitude. We need that strength back. Once again, a column has turned into a stream of con-sciousness, but this is what I

am getting at. I declare that from this point forward, no professor, no idiot classmate and no naysayer is going to tell me what I am and am not capable of. I hope you take that pledge too. If we can get our perspec-tive turned around, we can start showing the world we mean business again. Every whiner, pessimist and com-plainer can be left in the dust coughing. We don’t need you anymore. Consider that your weekend pep talk.

Anthony Mitchell is a junior in electronic media from Grinnell, Iowa.

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Ian Goldsmith, the University of Northern Iowa student body vice president, and Scott Connerley, UNI alumnus, co-creators of the Interlude along with Tyler Wright, technology education major, do the Interlude Dance with First Lady Michele Obama at the “Let’s Move!” rally on Feb. 9 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dante’ Means, an admis-sions counselor at the University of Northern Iowa, is using his passion for charity work, songwrit-ing ability and identity as a UNI Panther to create a fun-draising opportunity for the Dance Marathon on Feb. 25. A moment of creativity in a recording studio spurred Means to create lyrics to the song “The Interlude” by Attack Attack!. The song has been heavily associated with UNI due to a dance created by UNI students in 2010. “(It’s) kind of crazy because the song is so big and it has no lyrics to it,” Means said. “It doesn’t have anything you can sing along to. So we’re all doing the dance with no lyrics.” Means had recent-ly received information about Dance Marathon and thought it would be a good idea to mix the song with the organization. Means decided to sell the recording of his song, titled “UNI Interlude #2,” for a dollar and allocate the pro-ceeds to Dance Marathon, who will then donate the money to the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital and Children’s Miracle Network. Means hopes the single will be a “use of song as a way to support the charity.” “It’s just a fun way for students and young people to get involved in a charity, you

know, it’s something they already do, it’s not uncom-mon to them,” Means said. “The dance is international at this point, so it’s not unfamil-iar; it just makes sense.” Means was originally scheduled to unveil the song at 6:40 p.m. on the night of Dance Marathon. However, he recently learned that the song would not be presented because his time slot had been double-booked. “That’s sad, that’s devastating, but hopefully, they will still at least play the song,” Means said. “We’re going to promote it in any way we can. I visit schools in Des Moines, so I’ll be playing it at my visits when I go recruit students (for UNI).” Means has already cre-ated other music semi-pro-fessionally — his last album sold 2,000 copies and he is working on a new project which features a single being distributed by Def Jam. “I thought with a proj-ect this big, it’s really, really cool to have a charity project going, too,” Means said. He has also done char-ity work and performances for other organizations, but Means says that “to actually dedicate a song to charity is different and cool... I’m excited about it.” Means decided not to use iTunes as a host site from

which to download the song because the organization takes a percentage of the profits. Therefore, he says the song will be sold via a website such as Amazon.com or ReverbNation. Means has had no trouble with copyright issues with

the original creators of the song, Attack Attack!,

because his piece is a derivative work. A deriva-tive work, accord-ing to the United

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“derived from one or more already existing works.”

Means’ attorney is still negotiating details with Attack Attack! to arrange how much of the proceeds of the sale of “Interlude #2” would be given to the band. “The hope is that, just like the dance, we take owner-ship in it and that UNI takes ownership for the song,” Means said. “Working in Admissions, I see how the dance has helped the popu-larity of UNI, and it just goes to prove that ... UNI is a cool place, and we have really cool, fun people, and that’s really the thing that sells our university, believe it or not, is the people. It speaks to that. When UNI owns something, people love it.”

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From March 9-18, Houston Taylor, a graduate student in leisure, youth and human services, will lead a trip to Florida with 12 University of Northern Iowa students. The students will spend three days backpacking on Cumberland Island, which Taylor said is known for “great dunes, gnarly old trees — that sort of thing.” Six spots are still open for the trip. This is just one of the many adventure trips that are offered every semester by the UNI Wellness and Recreation Services’ Outdoor Recreation program, which aims to pro-mote healthy living and out-door adventures on and off campus. Taylor is the graduate assistant in the program, and works at the rental shop as well as the climb-ing wall. He is also focused on giving the Wellness and Recreation Center more of

an online presence, with a Facebook page in the works and the current website under review. He graduated from Centre College in Kentucky, but was drawn to work at UNI because of the personnel involved in the program. “I knew I’d be working under Andy Martin,” Taylor said. “He knows his stuff.” Martin is the current outdoor recreation coordinator. A parallel spring break trip will take students back-packing and hiking through the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in south-ern Utah. According to their website, the trip will be an “adventure that will expose us to an environment that was once a mecca for ancient people of the southwest.” Also, on Feb. 25, WRS will hold its 14th annual “Rock Revolution,” a climbing com-petition featuring a Collegiate Climbing Series bracket and students from UNI, Iowa State

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The power of pinkPippert orchestrates flash mob to explore power of objects

Twenty students scattered around Maucker Union all donned pink wigs at around 11:45 Tuesday morning. Shortly after, they left the Union together and sat on the edge of the reflection pool. They didn’t sing, they didn’t dance and they didn’t acknowledge anything was going on when asked. The students were engaged in an unconventional flash mob designed to explore the power an object has to trans-form how people are seen in culture for Visual Perceptions, an art class taught by Aypryl

Pippert, whose three sections each engaged in their own flash mob this week to kick off a project in the class. Pippert orchestrated the flash mobs to allow her stu-dents “to experience what it’s like to function independently in a group.” She wanted her students to recognize how vulnerable they could feel when separated in the Union and how empowered they were when together outside. Pippert required her stu-dents to purchase the pink wigs at the beginning of the year. “They thought I was jok-ing,” she said.

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In order to gain informa-tion about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, American military police tortured prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq — but only 20 to 25 percent of the prison-ers had any information the U.S. Army wanted, accord-ing to the film “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib.” “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib” was shown at the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Multicultural Education Feb. 20 as part of Reaching for Higher Ground: Community after 9/11. The film examines the torture Iraqi citizens suffered in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq at the hands of U.S. Army personnel. It features news clips and commentary from some of the Iraqi pris-oners, the American prison guards and military officers. In 2003, after the United States had bombed and invaded Iraq, the United States took Iraqis whom they suspected held information about the terrorist attacks to a prison already set up in Iraq. At the prison, there were 372 American military police, who were not trained for the job, guarding thou-sands of Iraqis, according to the film. Independent contrac-tors hired by the Central Intelligence Agency told the military police at the prison to “soften up” the prison-ers who were going to be interrogated. To do this, they played loud music while the prisoners tried to sleep, stripped the prisoners naked in front of the guards and put the prisoners in “stress positions” for hours at a time. According to the film, these actions were not stopped because many gov-ernmental authority figures allowed them. For exam-ple, George W. Bush, who was president during that

time, said the 1949 Geneva Conventions on torture did not apply to terrorists attacking America. Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense at that time, approved “extreme interro-gation” techniques. Eventually, information about the torture going on reached the American media’s ears. “60 Minutes” was the first to cover the story with leaked pictures of the abuse, according to the film. However, the only peo-ple who were charged with anything were the American prison guards at Abu Ghraib prison. After the movie, a discus-sion followed between UNI staff panelists and students in the audience. Although many of the audience mem-bers agreed there were many people who were at fault for the human rights atrocities, most blamed authority figures including the CIA, Donald Rumsfeld and Major General Geoffrey Miller, who moved from Guantanamo Bay to Abu Ghraib with the intention of “producing results.” Chris Apling, a senior political science major, said his “initial reaction was that this is powerful.” “I felt terrible that not only the U.S. government would allow this to happen, but that this is a reflection on the human race,” Apling said. Francis Degnin, an asso-ciate professor of philosophy and world religions, said tor-ture is counter-productive. “After the story came out, Iraqi support for (the) American mission dropped 54 points within a week,” Degnin said. “Even if you do get some good information, you win a small battle, but you lose the war.” Lindsay Cohn, an interna-tional politics professor, gave a solution for how events like those that happened at Abu Ghraib could be avoided in

the future. “I think the best thing to do is make sure there are lots of rules in place from the various agencies,” Cohn said. “Agencies like (Department of) Defense, CIA and state have institutional memories that others do not have.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Moran helps lead UNI to victory on Senior NightNORTHERN IOWA PANTHERS

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TOP PERFORMERSPTS: Anthony James (19)REBS: Seth Tuttle (11)ASTS: Seth Tuttle (2)

TOP PERFORMERSPTS: Walt Lemon Jr. (22)REBS: Jake Eastman (5)ASTS: Jake Eastman (4)

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Senior Johnny Moran (13) shoots a free throw against the Bradley Braves in the McLeod Center Wednesday. The game was Moran’s 131st and his last at home.

Johnny Moran likely played his final game in the McLeod Center Wednesday night and he saved one of his better performances of the season for just that occasion. Moran finished the game with 12 points, including two 3-pointers, four rebounds, two steals and an assist in 32 minutes of action. The University of Northern Iowa Panthers, led by their lone senior, defeated the Bradley University Braves, 64-55.

When asked about his senior’s perfor-mance, UNI head coach Ben Jacobson said, “I mean this as a real compliment: it was typical, standard, whatever word you want to put on it. … Johnny knocked in his first 3-pointer, he played a very good game. It looked like a lot of the games he has played for us. (Moran) has been awfully good.”

“We knew we needed to come in here and get the win tonight and it was pretty emotional at the end when it was over and I realized it could be my last game here,” said Moran. “We did a good job and I’m just happy we got the ‘W.’ I’m sure it will set in more tonight and tomorrow… I’m just thankful for the four years that I have had here – they have been great.”

While Moran stole the show in front of the home crowd by becoming the 34th Panther to reach 1,000 career points, it

was the Bradley Braves (7-23, 2-15 MVC) who looked like they were going to steal the game, as they took a 30-24 lead into the locker room at halftime.

The Braves made their first five 3-point attempts of the game and shot 50 per-cent from the floor in the first half. The Panthers (18-12, 8-9 MVC), on the other hand, made just 2-of-10 3-pointers in the first half and shot just 33.3 percent.

“(At halftime) we talked about trying to get everyone to play at a really high level. I thought Bradley came out and got off to a nice start and they did a good job,” said Jacobson. “That slowed us down a little bit and I didn’t think we had great movement offensively in the first half.”

The Panthers were able to open the second half on a 10-0 run to grab a 34-30 lead with 16:16 remaining in regulation. Junior guard Marc Sonnen scored eight of UNI’s 10 points during that stretch.

“Coach (Jacobson) just told us at half-time we just got to keep going and keep playing hard, and we knew if we kept playing hard and giving it our all, things were going to start to go our way,” said Sonnen. “We just kept believing that we were going to win the game.”

The Panthers never relinquished the lead from that point on and expanded their lead to as many as 12 points at 52-40 with 6:28 remaining. The Braves would cut the

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WRESTLINGPAUL’S PERSPECTIVE

BIG 4 basketball event: To play or not to play?

No. 8-ranked Nebraska tops No. 23 UNI, 26-16

ERIC CLAUSEN/Northern Iowan

If the Iowa “Big 4” basketball series moves to Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, UNI fans will no longer be able to enjoy home games against Iowa and Iowa State.

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UNI sophomore Ryan Loder (right), pictured here against Iowa State, suffered just his second lost of the season against Nebraska on Sunday.

In the final dual meet of the season, the No. 23-ranked University of Northern Iowa wrestling team traveled to Lincoln, Neb., to square off with the No. 8-ranked University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. UNI dropped the dual meet, 26-16. The meet featured a total of nine nationally ranked wrestlers, including six wrestlers ranked in the top 10 of their individ-ual weight classes. The 184-pound dual fea-tured a highly anticipat-ed matchup between No. 6-ranked Ryan Loder of UNI against No. 8-ranked Josh Ihnen of Nebraska, with Ihnen winning a close 4-2 decision. The match offered a potential preview of two All-Americans who could meet up again later in the NCAA National Championships. No. 20-ranked David Bonin (157 pounds) proved to be worthy of his increased national attention as he defeat-ed No. 6-ranked James Green

of Nebraska by a 4-3 deci-sion. The match came down to Bonin’s ability to control Green in the top position, where he garnered a bonus point from riding time. The riding time gave him the vic-tory and early excitement for Panther fans. UNI’s last ranked wres-tler, No. 5 Joe Colon (133

pounds), squared off against another ranked opponent from Nebraska. Colon was able to hold No. 19-ranked Ridge Kiley scoreless, win-ning a major decision 9-0. With bonus point wins by both Cruse Aarhus (125 pounds) and Levi

It looks like the excite-ment and buzz that fill cam-pus when the University of Iowa or Iowa State University come to town to play basket-ball will soon become a thing of the past. According to an article in

the Des Moines Register ear-lier this week, it sounds more and more like the home-and-home series the University of Northern Iowa men’s bas-ketball team plays against the two other in-state public universities will be scrapped in favor of a “Big 4” double-

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Wolfensperger (141 pounds), UNI was able to win four of the 10 matches with the Huskers. Aarhus won a 15-4 major decision over Shawn Nagel, while Wolfensperger forced a 21-2 technical fall over Drew Etherton in the final match of the day. The Huskers were able to build a big lead with help from five consecutive wins at weights 165 through 285. UNI’s Riley Banach (165 pounds) lost in a technical fall to No. 7-ranked Robert Kokesh. Fellow Husker Tyler Koehn (174 pounds) followed with a fall over Panther Onni Prestidge. Ihnen won over Loder at 184 pounds. UNI then forfeited its match at 197 pounds, giving Nebraska six valuable points in the team race. UNI’s Blayne Beale (285) lost a close decision to

No. 9-ranked Tucker Lane, closing out the scoring for the Huskers. The team has the follow-ing week off with enough time to prepare to host the NCAA West Regional. The regional will be housed in the McLeod Center on March 4 and will feature teams from the Western Wrestling Conference. The teams in the WWC are the Air Force Falcons, North Dakota State Bison, Northern Colorado Bears, South Dakota State Jackrabbits, Utah Valley Wolverines and the Wyoming Cowboys. The West Regional offers an opportunity for the win-ners to earn automatic bids to the NCAA Championships held in St. Louis, Mo., on March 15-17. Losing in the regional does not complete-ly dismiss the athletes from competition, as at-large bids will also be awarded.

WRESTLINGcontinued from page 8

header of sorts at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. It would most likely feature Drake University and UNI squaring off against either Iowa or Iowa State. The teams would then swap oppo-nents the next season. The Hawkeyes and Cyclones will continue to play each other every season in a home-and-home series. This proposed double-header event, which will likely be finalized at the end of this basketball season, would probably be good for the exposure of basketball in the state of Iowa. All four programs seem to be on the rise, even Iowa. It could be a great way for the Hawkeyes and Panthers to engage their alumni and fan bases in the Des Moines area, and possi-bly on a national stage. The event will likely be a huge moneymaker for the schools. Otherwise, why would they even consider it? We all know college athletics begin and end with money (that’s a different column topic for a different day). It seems like a great idea to me. Having all four teams at one neutral site at one time, (though there are far fewer UNI fans in the Des Moines area than Iowa, ISU and Drake) for the viewing pleasure of the fans, could be a real treat. Plus, being from the Des Moines area myself, it would be an excellent excuse for me to go home and get some home-cooked meals and my laundry done before I head downtown. However, I think I might be one of the few UNI students who would benefit from this setup. Most UNI students would be hurt by this. It is one of the few games that legiti-mately draws a buzz from the average student and sells out the McLeod Center. Not even a blizzard stops them from coming out to watch an

in-state rivalry. The games in Des Moines are going to miss out on the excitement that the students from all of their respective schools bring to the game and instead replace it with high-dollar seats for wealthy fans. I have been to Wells Fargo Arena many times and it seems like a more corporate environment. The basketball-watching experience there is not as magical as Hilton Coliseum or as cozy as the McLeod. Perhaps the most unfor-tunate part of the whole situation is how powerless it seems UNI is. Iowa and Iowa State have all the lever-age in what goes down with the series between us. It was always nice to play a power conference team on our home court at least once a year and to talk trash to my friends at the different schools after we won. If the opportunity pre-sented itself, I would love to see UNI replace this event with games against different major conference teams for a neutral-site, home-and-home or two-for-one series, but it doesn’t seem like a lot of teams want to sign up to play a powerful mid-major like UNI on the road. Games against big schools are crucial to postseason tournament résumés, which is why it is unfortunate that we will lose the beautiful home-and-home setup we had with Iowa and ISU. I am not against the “Big 4” event in Des Moines; things just didn’t work out for UNI as well as they could have, and our home-and-home series was fun while it lasted. However, if a doubleheader scenario is the only way we can beat down our so-called “big brothers,” then it is hard to be against it. I have no doubt in my mind that UNI will continue to show Iowa and ISU why we are the best basketball program in the state.

BIG FOURcontinued from page 8

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Players from the UNI Panthers and Bradley Braves prepare to rebound a free throw in the McLeod Center Wednesday. The Panthers made 84.2 percent of their free throws in their 64-55 victory.

BASKETBALLcontinued from page 8

deficit to six points with just over a minute left, but got no closer as Anthony James sealed the game at the charity stripe, nailing 9-of-10 free throws in the game.

“We knew (UNI) would be excited to play us because we upset them the first time and they have a lot of pride in their program, they have won a lot of games and they have a lot of tough kids. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy for us,” said Bradley head coach Geno Ford. “When you go missing free throws and the amount of lay-ups that we missed, you can chalk it up (as a loss).”

James led UNI in scoring with 19 points off the bench. Sonnen chipped in with 13 points. Freshman center Seth Tuttle was one point shy of another double-double as he finished with nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds

for the Panthers.Walt Lemon Jr. led the Braves in scoring

with a game-high 22 points, making 5-of-7 3-pointers. Jake Eastman was the only other Brave to reach double digits, finishing with 10 points.

The Panthers return to action Saturday at 2 p.m. when they travel to Carbondale, Ill., to face the Southern Illinois University Salukis (8-21, 5-12 MVC). UNI defeated SIU 58-49 in Cedar Falls back on Jan. 31.

The Missouri Valley Conference race is wide open. It is possible that six teams could finish tied for third place at 9-9 in MVC play. If the Panthers win on Saturday, they could finish as high as the No. 4 seed in the MVC Tournament and as low as the No. 7 seed. If the Panthers lose on Saturday, they can finish as high as the No. 6 seed or as low as the No. 8 seed.

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Sophomore forward Chip Rank (4) attempts a shot against the Bradley Braves in the McLeod Center Wednesday. Rank made 3-of-7 attempts.

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Junior guard Anthony James (52) attempts a shot in the McLeod Center Wednesday. James came off the bench to lead the Panthers in scoring with 19 points.

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BRAND NEW 4 bedroom luxu-rious duplexes. 1750 SQ. FT. Security, hardwood, granite countertops, tile bathrooms, W/D. Available May or June. 319- 415- 4370

3 bedroom suite $875/MO. plus utilities. Free laundry, off-street parking, A/C. Each tenant has own kitchen. 269- 1743

3 and 4 bedroom houses. $875 a month. 319- 415- 4370

Large 4 bedroom apartment $1,175/MO. plus utilities. Free laundry, off-street parking, A/C. 269- 1743

Only 1, 2 bedroom apartments left. Close to campus. Clean and nice. Reasonable rent, responsible landlord, off-street parking. No smoking, no pets. 12 month lease begins June 1st. Call Dennis 232- 6819

Next to UNI, apartments for rent. 2, 3, 4 bedrooms. No pets. June 1st lease. Call 712- 358- 0592

Local game console repairs: 360 - PS3 - Wii - DSLite - PSP.www.cvxgameconsolerepair.com

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Ultimate Entertainment, Iowa’s Largest Mobile DJ service, is looking for 2-6 new DJ’s for this coming wedding season. Some experience would be helpful, but you will be well trained. We need people with PERSONALITY and music knowledge. You must be able to read a crowd and custom-ize your delivery and music choic-es to best fit the event. Applicants must be at least 21 and will be in town for summer of 2012. Call 319-266-0717 or email at [email protected].

Growing in-Home Health Agency looking for part-time de-pendable home care aide to assist special needs 8 year old living in Waterloo. After school hours. We will train. Apply at: Comfort Care Home Health, 2616 Orchard Drive, Cedar Falls.

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Make a DIFFERENCE! Be a CAMP COUNSELOR! Friendly Pines Camp, in the cool moun-tains of Prescott, AZ, is hiring for the 2012 season, May 26 - August 1. Activities include horseback riding, waterskiing, canoeing, ropes course and more. Competi-tive salary, room and board, travel stipend. To apply, contact Sylvia at [email protected] or 1- 888- 281- CAMP. Be part of something AMAZING, and have the summer of a lifetime!

Single bedroom unfurnished apartments available on-campus in Hillside Courts. Must be grad student or 23 or older, or married or veteran. 319- 273- 6232 week-days or www.uni.edu/dor link to housing: apartments

Help wanted for Tubs R US in Waterloo for retail counter help. Friday’s, Saturday’s and one oth-er day of your choice. Part-time. Must have transportation. Apply online to [email protected]. 319- 291- 7004

110 North College ST. 3 bed-room duplex. Central air, garage. $900 per month. Available May 1st. No pets. Call 231- 2242

912 West 14TH ST. 4 bed, 2 bath. Washer and dryer, dishwash-er, central air, garage. $1200 per month. Available May 10th. No pets. Call 231- 2242

Rooms for rent in 4 bedroom house until May 1ST. $350/MO. per person. 319- 239- 4246. Leave message.

1 bedroom apartments. Large, clean, close to campus, utilities and cable paid, off-street parking and laundry. Available May 16th. 266- 1245.

3 bedroom. Best of the rest. Qui-et, dishwasher, W/D, free cable. No pets and no smokers. 712- 330- 5409

3 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom town-house on West 2ND ST., Cedar Falls. Available the second week of May. Rent $900/MO. plus utili-ties. Call 319- 290- 2709

Nice 4 bedroom duplex. Avail-able June 1ST. Two blocks to UNI. $1280/MO. Free laundry, dishwasher, central air, off street parking and garage. No pets/no smoking. 319- 231- 0517

Summer full-time help wanted. Foxridge Golf, Dyke, Iowa. 319- 989- 2213

4 bedroom, 2 bath close to cam-pus. $1300. 319- 277- 1065

1715 Main ST. 4 bedroom, 2 bath. Central air, washer and dryer. No pets. $1200 per month. Call 231- 2242

509 West 18TH ST. 4 bedroom. Central air, washer and dryer, ga-rage. No pets. $1200 per month. Call 231- 2242

3 bedroom apartment at 620 West Seerly. Small basement unit. $800. On site laundry, off-street parking. 277- 8719

1221 College Street. Large 3 bedroom house. $1100. Laundry, garage. 277- 8719

1, 2, 3, 4 bedroom units, 10 minutes north of Cedar Falls. Se-curity gated complex. Some utili-ties/cable paid. $400-800/MO. www.hildebrandrentals.com. 319- 352- 5555

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Help wanted. Tony’s Pizzaria downtown Main Street. Hiring servers, cooks and drivers. Go to www.277tony.com. Fill out appli-cation and mention The Northern Iowan.

Now hiring cooks and wait staff for Pepper’s at 620 East 18TH ST., Cedar Falls. Apply in person.

4 Bedroom Blowout!$300/ person1410 W 2nd- Free Cable

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Large 3 BR. newer ranch style home half mile to campus. Many new updates, bath and kitchen, central air, lots of parking. $950/MO. 319- 846- 2995

For rent: 4 bedroom duplex. Quiet neighborhood, off street parking, W/D. Nice. $1200/MO. 319- 240- 8278

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