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At a time when the University of Northern Iowa is cutting programs and fur-ther budget cuts loom on the horizon, more than 150 stu-dents from Iowa’s public uni-versities traveled to the state capitol Thursday to speak with legislators about the value of funding higher edu-cation. “It is imperative that the people of Iowa, and more to the point, the people in this building, recognize the incred-ibly valuable service that our public universities provide to our state,” UNI student body

president Spencer Walrath said during a press confer-ence that afternoon. “We take Iowa’s high school gradu-ates and turn them into great teachers, doctors, engineers and business leaders for Iowa.”

Throughout the day, stu-

dents met with senators and representatives from their hometowns and the Cedar Valley to discuss their experi-ences at UNI as part of the annual Regents United Day at

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This summer, thanks to tax incre-ment financing (TIF), College Hill will undergo renovation, according to Joel Anderson, coordinator for the College Hill Partnership.

According to an article in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, the City Council established an urban renewal area on College Hill on Feb. 13. TIF will “help provide incentives for busi-nesses looking to build or expand there,” according to the article.

Anderson said there will be “a lot more façade improvements,” includ-ing new windows and new brick and mortar on the buildings.

“Nothing that’s substantial like

Faculty, students respond to closure of scienceprograms

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After approval by the Iowa Board of Regents on March 21, the University of Northern Iowa will close several major and minor programs in the various sci-ence departments, includ-ing the geology Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees, the biology and chemis-try master’s degrees, the earth science: interpretive naturalist B.A. degree and the biology majors with an emphasis on microbiology and plant bioscience.

Although these pro-grams are slated for clo-sure, selected coursework will remain next fall in sev-eral of the program areas.

According to Kenneth De Nault, associate profes-sor of geology, the admin-istration is looking to elimi-nate two of the four geol-ogy faculty members.

“For many years, we advertised UNI as the alternative to (the University of) Iowa and Iowa State (University)

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Spencer Walrath, UNI student body president, speaks at a press conference in the Iowa capitol Thursday during Regents United Day, a student advocacy effort organized by students of Iowa’s public university.

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Sen. Brian Schoenjahn, D-Arlington, speaks with Evan O’Leary, a junior music education major, in the capitol rotunda during Regents United Day.

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a new building, but maybe you’ll see some new signage,” said Anderson, a senior philosophy and accounting double major at the University of Northern Iowa. “You might see a face lift on individual buildings and store fronts.”

Anderson said he has seen an interesting shift recently on College Hill.

“(The College Hill Partnership) is in that develop-mental stage for a community organization. When it comes to the retail side, they are doing great — we’re talking about the bookstore, we’re talking about some of the hair salons,” Anderson said. “The recession has hit Barmuda just like every-one else, and they are figuring out the new price point their customers are willing to pay.”

Tara Smiley, vice presi-dent of restaurant operations and director of marketing for Barmuda, said Barmuda is doing really well.

“I think we’d be silly to sit back and not change anything,” Smiley said in reference to the lowered prices and added spe-cials at some Barmuda estab-lishments.

While Anderson said he believes the Hill is constantly changing, people’s perceptions of the Hill are not.

“I think the perception of the Hill has remained stagnant. It’s this little myth,” Anderson said. “If you (went) into Suds after (the) Jason Aldean (concert),

you literally couldn’t get in. And that’s happening more and more in which these establish-ments are getting filled, which, granted is going to decrease the customer service response time, but it’s also showing that the Hill isn’t dead.”

Since Halloween of last year, Dave Deibler, co-owner of Mohair Pear, has seen business at Mohair Pear grow. He said he believes that it’s a combina-tion of good customer service, promotions and a diverse array of products that keep custom-ers coming back.

“We want you to come into our store and have a good expe-rience, and we want you to come back,” Deibler said. “It’s not about having a thousand people walk in, in the next two weeks. I want to make a con-nection.”

Deibler said he appreci-ates the students who come to Mohair Pear.

“They’re our bread and but-ter. That’s where the excite-ment comes from,” Deibler said.

Jon Laity, manager of Copyworks on the Hill, has also seen an increase in business.

“We’ve actually held pretty steady, if not improved in the past few years,” Laity said.

Laity said this increased business is due to good custom-er service, extended hours and promotion of the store through coupon books and mailers.

“It’s a matter of customer service, and we go a lot out of our way. We have longer hours (and) we’re open later, which help(s) appeal to a lot of differ-

ent people,” Laity said. “So if people can’t make it to another store by 5 (p.m.), we’re always there.”

Copyworks has also seen business from college students in particular, according to Laity.

“Over the past few years, business has really boomed with seniors graduating and sending out those postcards, and that seems to be getting a good response,” Laity said.

Charlotte Harms, cos-metologist and owner of Professionally Speaking, said business has been steady.

“It’s been doing very well,” Harms said. “I’ve been estab-lished since 1988, I have a lot of regular clientele and, as far as customer service, I feel it is (going) very well. That says a lot right there.”

Harms said she believes the perception people have of the Hill is positive.

“I think it’s pretty good,” Harms said. “They’ve got some buildings that are closed and businesses that aren’t there, but all in all I don’t think it’s too bad at all.”

College Hill Barbers, Razor’s Edge and Kwik Star on the Hill declined to comment.

Anderson said he has seen an increase in traffic through College Hill.

“If you wanna look at the ratio, we’re probably still at the same percent(age) as we (were) 20 years ago. But also (with) 25 percent of 6,000 students enrolled compared to 25 per-cent of 15,000, you’re going to have a different number,”

Anderson said. “So I think there is an increased amount of dollars, but I still think that the percentage is roughly the same, if not increasing. I do know that there has been an increase in foot traffic (and) there has been an increase in car traffic.”

Anderson hopes to make College Hill more marketable toward college students by showing them that it has every-thing they need.

“I think the biggest thing we need to do is really cre-ate a strong marketing branded campaign to show that if you really think about it, everything you need as a college student is on the Hill. From clothing, school supplies, fast-prepared food to light groceries, gas, adult beverages — it’s all here,” Anderson said.

Kelsey McLellan, a fresh-man theatre major, said she sees College Hill as mostly a bar location.

“Some of the places may not be to my liking because a lot of it seems like a party atmosphere where people go to just meet others and participate in activities that I don’t really participate in,” McLellan said.

Similarly, Leah Carpenter, a freshman communication dis-orders major, said she doesn’t go to College Hill because she’s “not into the whole party scene.”

“I just get told by a lot of the student body that’s (College Hill) where you go if you want to drink,” Carpenter said.

Deibler hopes to promote a positive image of not only the

Hill, but of UNI as well.“You know, there really is no

difference between College Hill and UNI; they’re connected,” Deibler said. “I love living up there and going for walks on campus. I have a 6-year-old and him being around all these peo-ple going to school and all this energy is why I’m up there.”

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the Statehouse, an event orga-nized by student leaders from UNI, the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. “Most importantly, Regents United Day at the Statehouse showed students and alumni alike are concerned about the future of higher education in the State of Iowa,” said Rhonda Greenway, the Northern Iowa Student Government director of governmental relations. “The day allowed our participants to communicate their love for UNI, as well as the essential role our public universities play in our state.” Clashing budgets between the Senate, which is proposing a $34 million increase for Iowa’s public universities for next year, and the House, whose budget cuts $31 million from the univer-sities and freezes tuition increas-es, dominated much of the dis-cussion between some UNI stu-dents and Sen. Brian Schoenjahn, D-Arlington, the chair of the Senate Education Appropriations Subcommittee. “There seems to be a mode of anti-government, and some-how anti-government is spilling onto anti-education and anti-spending, and I don’t know how to counteract that,” Schoenjahn said. “That’s tough. People, I think, in the 2010 election voted against spending but they forgot to ask on what.” The Iowa legislature is cur-rently entering what Schoenjahn called “trainwreck week” as the Senate and House begin budget negotiations. During this time, Schoenjahn encourages students to write letters to the editors of their hometown newspapers discussing the importance of investing in higher education.

“I need your help to get out to the public and say … not only, ‘I’m from Northern Iowa and I need more money’ – everybody needs more money. Why? ‘I as a student living in the state of Iowa would like to stay in Iowa. I am your future. I am your eco-nomic generator. I am in debt up to my eyeballs and so is my fam-ily,’” he said. Senator Jeff Danielson, D-Waterloo, spoke on education funding and student voter turn-out with a number of UNI stu-dents in the rotunda Thursday afternoon. Danielson stressed that students must vote and make their case to the legislature to make education a priority in the state. “This whole building has a whole host of different ideas and priorities, and it’s up to us to say this is where young Iowans real-ly need to engage (in the politi-cal process) more,” he said, not-ing that only one in five young Iowans vote while four out of five Iowans over the age of 60 do. “You’re asking for economic opportunity now, invest in me now. … They’re asking for eco-nomic security.” Rep. Walt Rogers, R-Cedar Falls, told Cedar Falls Patch he thought students were advocat-ing well for their schools. “I think it has been a really good impact,” he said in an article in Patch. “They’ve been visible all day. They’ve been speaking

very cordially and maturely to a lot of representatives. I’m proud to be a UNI graduate today.” Student government leaders from Iowa’s public universities, Iowa State University President Steven Leath and Regent Greta Johnson, a UNI graduate stu-dent, spoke on the importance of funding higher education during a press conference held in the rotunda that afternoon. “Since 2000, appropriations to the University of Iowa, Iowa State and the University of Northern Iowa have been decreased by 40 percent, shifting the cost to students and their families,” Johnson said. “The opportunities for our students to receive a world-class education are in jeopardy, and so are the opportunities for Iowa.” The students spoke on the value of investing in the univer-sities, with Walrath stating that every dollar invested in higher education yields a $14 return in economic activity. “If you look at the Iowa state quarter, there’s a picture of a school and the words ‘excellence in education,’” he said. “That tells me that out of everything Iowa takes pride in and supports, edu-cation should be at the top of that list. … But it’s going to take more than quarters to support our state schools. What I’m ask-ing for today is that state funding reflect the value Iowans have placed on a good education.”

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because professors taught class-es; they taught laboratories; they were there day in and day out; (and) their door is open,” De Nault said. “We’re going to bring in adjuncts, and we’re going to pay them nothing, and they’re going to teach your classes. Now what’s going to happen to the quality of your education?”

After 38 years of teaching, De Nault finds himself in a tight situation due to the administra-tion’s proposed elimination of two geology faculty members.

“I have been given the choice of retiring, or, because I’m the senior faculty member, I can stay, and they’ll fire a younger faculty member,” De Nault said. “Not much of a choice, is it?”

Matthew Even, a senior geol-ogy, physics and earth science triple major, is disappointed about the closure of the geol-ogy program. After speaking to other undergraduate geology majors from different institu-tions, he said he believes UNI’s geology program was top notch.

“It was one of the best undergrad geology programs in the state because we really care about the undergrad,” Even said. “I got to do a lot more here at UNI than most people get to do at any of the larger universi-ties.”

Even believes there are a variety of reasons why the geol-ogy program is important to UNI, such as the high employ-ment rate for geology majors and the funding and grants that are made available to the geol-ogy program.

Even said he has heard cur-

rent students worry about what will happen to them now, such as how they are going to get the classes they need for their major.

Through email correspon-dence, Chad Heinzel, associate professor of geology, said he believes the geology program is important to UNI because the geology faculty also teaches approximately 425 students per year in Liberal Arts Core class-es and classes for science and teaching majors.

“Our geology faculty do not just teach courses solely for geology majors,” Heinzel said.

Heinzel also pointed out the need for geology majors in jobs such as energy production, natu-ral resource management and jobs dealing with climate change and natural hazards.

According to Heinzel, the state of Iowa is ranked 38th in the nation at preparing stu-dents for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.

“By cutting its geology degrees and eliminating quality faculty, UNI is contributing to the problem rather than choos-ing to be part of the solution,” Heinzel said.

In the biology department, the bioinformatics, microbiology, plant science and biotechnology B.A. programs and the biolo-gy M.A. program are slated to close.

David Saunders, head of the biology department, said he finds the program eliminations unwanted, but he’s thankful fac-ulty and courses are not cut.

“Nobody likes to have pro-grams closed, but even though we’ve lost those programs, we have not lost any faculty, and we have not lost any courses, so we have been fortunate,” Saunders said.

Saunders explained that while the programs will close, a student can essential still study the closed programs since the courses are still being offered.

“(Incoming students) would still come in and major in biol-ogy. We would have them meet with our academic adviser and have them take the same courses

they would have taken (before the program closures),” Saunders said. “Incoming students should feel no impact because those courses are still there.”

While sophomore biology major Amanda Holtz wanted to declare a microbiology empha-sis, she is not worried and said she will remain a biology major since the course work is still being offered.

“I’ll still be able to take a microbiology class, but it just won’t be the focus of my major. To me, that’s ok,” Holtz said.

De Nault said that while President Benjamin Allen, exec-utive vice president and pro-vost Gloria Gibson and the BOR continually criticize the legisla-ture for not providing funding, the legislature is not entirely to blame.

“President Allen, the provost and the Board of Regents have put up their nose at the legisla-ture, blaming them for not giv-ing them more money without educating them about what we do for the state of Iowa (and) what is the economic results of this investment in education,” De Nault said.

As of press time, Gibson did not respond to interview requests. At an earlier press conference, she explained how majors with low enrollment and graduation rates were being con-sidered for closure. According to Heinzel, this year the geology program will likely graduate five students.

“It is unfortunate that we cannot continue programs that have four or five majors (or) four or five graduates in an average five-year period, but it is not reflection on the quality of those programs,” Gibson said at the press conference.

Overall, De Nault feels the closure of the geology program will have an effect not only on the university, but also on the community overall.

“Without geologists to pro-vide the resources, it’s going to affect everyone’s lifestyle, every-one’s pocketbook and everyone’s style of living,” De Nault said.

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Picture this: You’re a senior in high school and you show up on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa for a college visit. You’re shown around campus by a male and a female in purple shirts that read SAA. Throughout the tour you learn that one is involved in Northern Iowa Student Government, UNI Freethinkers and Inquirers and Dance Marathon and runs track, and the other is involved in Greek Life, the Harry Potter Club and the Interpreters Theatre and is on the Dean’s List. After your tour, the number of things you can get involved in impresses you, and you know UNI is the place for you. Now, here’s the question: What was the skin color of your campus tour guides? Here, at the University of Northern Iowa, we preach the idea of diversity; specifically, we attempt to embrace multicultur-alism, or ethnic diversity. We go to great lengths to prove we are intolerant of discrimination. But what happens when we go to such great lengths that our mission becomes paradoxical? Taking a position of being intolerant of intolerance is an easy thing to do, for the dividing line between that and promot-ing inclusion is a fine one. But I believe promoting inclusion over being intolerant of intolerance is an effort worthy of more atten-tion. One of the fatal flaws of the actualization of diversity is its ability to become as blatantly rac-ist as the exclusion of an indi-vidual based on the color of their skin. We laugh at or comment on how ridiculous commercials are that attempt to be politically correct by including a number

of children who all happen to be from different ethnic back-grounds. Some people are satis-fied with that image and believe it promotes the idea of ethnic diver-sity. I would strongly disagree. The fact is, actively searching for people who are visibly differ-ent from one another is an act of racism and discrimination. It makes me sick when some-one attempts to justify an action by talking about their concern about “how it’ll look,” if the indi-viduals involved aren’t visibly diverse enough. To be honest, anyone who is quick enough to judge your orga-nization, university or any group based on the number of visible ethnic minorities is ignorant and hypocritically prejudiced. And if a group is only as good as the sum of its members, why would anyone want to recruit ignorant hypocrites? (I know. Because they pay the most money; I get it). Society is obsessed with politi-cal correctness. We’re obsessed with fear, hatemongering, the sta-tus quo and incompetent politi-cians. If we focused more on the resources each individual has to offer and their ability to posi-tively contribute to the whole, we wouldn’t have to worry about what people look like. A word is a word is a word. And a word’s meaning is the same whether I hear it over the radio or while watching TV. The only dif-ference is I can see, and judge, the individual on the television. Case in point: the Nixon/Kennedy debate.

So, in case you were still won-dering, what was the skin color of your campus tour guides? It doesn’t matter. UNI should be promoting the idea that any student is offered equal opportunities to make an impact and get involved wher-ever they please, regardless of their socioeconomic background, physical ability, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender or skin color. Our feelings toward diversity must change and the ways in which we acknowledge our differ-ences must evolve. Negative or positive, discrimi-nation is discrimination. I’m not suggesting we become blind to race; I’m saying we should attach no more or less significance to race than we need to. Fighting ignorance with ignorance is the same as fighting intolerance with intolerance. One of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous quotations is, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their char-acter.” What he didn’t mean, and what he never said, was, “I have a dream that my children will one day live in a nation where they will be positively discriminated against at a level that is equal to other ethnic minority groups, in order to meet diversity quotas established by institutions, states or individuals obsessed with appearances.” It’s important that we realize the distinction between these two ideas.

I would like to thank YOU. For 15 long days, you endured constant Facebook and Twitter updates. You received emails and listened to speeches from people you have never met. You survived the 2012 Northern Iowa Student Government general election. For some, this process may have been a burden, an interrup-tion in their daily lives, but it was a necessary one. Whether or not you were annoyed by the amount of attention spent on the election, it is vital to the university and your life. Decisions made by NISG affect your time at UNI. NISG allocates funding to student organizations for programs that you attend; they send resolu-tions to the faculty, administration and commu-nity so the students’ voices can be heard; they reach out across the community and the state to fight for resources to help make UNI better. NISG does a service that, for many students, goes unrecognized. In just a few short weeks, there will be 19 people taking an oath of office, an oath to serve you. You chose them to represent you; now make sure your voice is heard. Email your col-lege senator, attend an NISG meeting or stop by the NISG office in the upper level of the Maucker Union. NISG is here to serve you; make sure they are doing just that.

Jill Hohnecker2011-2012 NISG election commissioner

The University of Northern Iowa gets its coal for the campus power plant from the Dodge Hill Mining Company in Kentucky. There, huge tractors excavate large swaths of land to get at small seams of coal in the earth’s crust. Once the coal is ripped out of the ground, it is loaded on semis, then trucked and trained to barges on the Mississippi River. An average barge burns 2,000-2,400 gallons of diesel fuel a day. The barges unload in Muscatine and the coal is trucked to Cedar Falls. Once the coal gets to campus, it enters a boiler and is burned to create steam and electricity. This releases sulfur, nitrogen, mercury, carbon, particulate matter and other pollutants that contaminate our air, land and water. The leftover concen-trated, toxic ash is trucked outside of Waterloo and dumped in an unlined quarry. Some argue that this is the most efficient and sustainable way to power the university. Their projections don’t usually take in the com-plete cost of coal. Considering coal’s health and environmental impacts, it’s dangerous and costly. The university is passing these costs off to future generations of students — through rising healthcare costs and climate change adaptation — rather than dealing with them in a responsible and proactive manner. Furthermore, the current cost of coal is not stable. As the EPA begins to regulate new air toxins and mandate control technology, mil-lions of dollars will have to be spent in the short term to guarantee our energy needs. Luckily, forms of renewable and alternative energy are falling in cost and now are viable options. This, combined with energy conserva-tion and efficiency, could be the beginning of a truly sustainable future. What we need now is a proactive administration that stands with the students. Let’s hope that this process can be inclusive, transparent and imminent.

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Now Hiring: Liberal Arts MajorsThe recent round of budget cuts

at UNI has generated discussion on and off campus about which majors offered at UNI are most valued in today’s workplace. In a March 25 column in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Business Editor Jim Offner joined this debate. He acknowledges traditional goals of a “well-grounded college education”: to expose students to great thinkers and to develop skills needed to answer perennial questions about human life.

Nevertheless, Offner claims that employers’ demand for “highly spe-cialized workers” makes the liberal arts degree impractical in today’s business environment. Students should pursue degrees in business management rather than in areas such as philosophy or German.

Unconvinced by Offner, we believe that higher education’s purpose is to further the development of per-sons by enhancing understanding of human intellectual and cultural accomplishments and by developing skills in the areas of critical think-ing and writing. There is a profound difference, even an ethical difference, between viewing persons as recipi-ents of education and as the subjects of training.

As Martha Nussbaum argues in “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities,” the value of the humanities and arts to a nation is not their profit-making potential; rather, “they make a world that is worth living in, people who are able to see other human beings as people

with thoughts and feelings of their own that deserve respect and empa-thy.”

Liberal arts majors in foreign lan-guages and the study of religion well illustrate Nussbaum’s point: These majors build intercultural compe-tence that is formative of individuals and is the necessary foundation of a robust democracy and strong econ-omy. For example, in the absence of knowledge of the world religions and cultures, which fur-thers understand-ing and empathy while support-ing cross-cultural communicat ion , individuals risk jeopardizing eco-nomic and political partnerships that depend on cultural awareness and sen-sitivity.

As we affirm a long-established vision of higher education, we claim also that liberal arts majors are at a distinct advantage in today’s workplace. The philosophy major aptly illustrates our case. Scores on tests required for admission to the advanced study of law, management, medicine, and other graduate studies show: • Philosophy majors are No. 1 on

the LSAT; business majors are No. 24 on the LSAT.

• Philosophy majors outperform

business majors by a margin of 15 percent on the GMAT.

• Philosophy majors, on average, do better than all other majors on the GRE, LSAT, GMAT and MCAT.Moreover, a philosophy degree

maintains its value over time. The President of Babson College (a business school in Massachusetts) has argued that, due to the pace of

change, business skills acquired in the classroom expire in about five years. By con-trast, he claims skills learned in liberal arts disci-plines such as his-tory and philoso-phy are long-last-ing and indispens-able to business. Empirical data from PayScale’s annual survey of starting and mid-career salaries of college graduates

by major underscore his point. At mid-career, philosophy majors have higher annual salaries than business management majors.

According to a recent article on the humanities published by the University of Colorado, liberal arts graduates are preferred by major companies. Marissa Mayer, a vice president at Google who studied phi-losophy and psychology at Stanford, reports that, of the 6,000 people Google hires each year, around 4,500

of them are liberal arts or humanities majors. Edward Rust, CEO of State Farm Insurance, shares Ms. Mayer’s preference for liberal arts majors. Rather than ask prospective appli-cants to demonstrate financial acu-men in the hiring process, he hones in on their skills in critical thinking and oral and written communication.

Why do employers prefer to hire students with liberal arts majors? In a national research study of 2,300 college students, summarized in the groundbreaking book “Academically Adrift,” students majoring in busi-ness, education, social work and com-munication show the smallest gains over four years in critical thinking and analytic reasoning. The big win-ners in college are liberal arts majors who, over four years, show “signifi-cantly higher gains in critical think-ing, complex reasoning and writing skills.”

Yes, our views on higher education are traditional; however, they also are founded on empirical research. On both counts, we demonstrate that now, as in the past, the liberal arts have an essential role to play in American higher education.

Martha J. Reineke, Ph.D., Professor of Religion Margaret Holland, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy and World Religions, University of Northern Iowa Our department is home to 75 majors and offers courses for more 2,000 students each year in UNI’s Liberal Arts Core.

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Colleagues, Even during the current trying times at UNI, the feel-ing of family has been evi-dent to me. During my time off work for medical rea-sons, faculty and staff took the time to send cards, make phone calls and donate vaca-tion time to my sick leave account. These random acts of kindness left an indel-ible mark on my life. I am humbled by your thought-fulness and caring nature. “Thank you” does not seem

like enough of a response. I returned to work on March 19. Some of you have seen me on campus or in the library and have stopped to chat. I am moving slowly, but I am moving. Physical therapy is helping me regain strength and loosen tendons and muscles. Thanks for caring.

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Half-Masted hosts Gorilla Theater There is a troupe of per-formers on campus who tell stories of ladybug strippers and teen romances turned to spy thrillers — these per-formers are known as Half-Masted. On last Friday and Saturday night, Half-Masted, a group of actors who perform scenes where the situations and top-ics are completely made up on the spot, otherwise known as improvisation or improv, pre-sented a type of show called “Gorilla Theater.” For Gorilla Theater, Half-Masted split into Purple and Gold teams competing against each other for the votes from the judges to take home the prize: for their team’s captain to take home a person in a gorilla suit. Both teams drew much laughter and applause from the audience at their 9 p.m. show last Saturday, but in the end, Team Purple won. The Purple Team captain walked out with the “gorilla” trium-phantly, both flipping the bird to the rest of the troupe while traipsing out of the theater in slow motion.

Ann Krois, a freshman history education major who attended the show, said, “I loved the slo-mo at the end of the show. I think that part is just hilarious.” Doug Shaw, a mathematics professor at the University of Northern Iowa, started Half-Masted nearly a decade ago after complaining to a friend and his wife that there was no improv group in Cedar Falls. Shaw himself had done improv in Minneapolis and wanted to see a group in the Cedar Valley. “They got sick of hear-ing me complaining that there was no improv going on in Cedar Falls,” said Shaw, “so they said, instead of com-plaining, why not start it?” According to Shaw, over the last eight years, 60 people have been cast in Half-Masted from every college and department, and the troupe has traveled all over Iowa. “Alumni of Half-Masted are being ridiculously successful in the greater improv world. We have members who are the cast of the Improv Olympic in Chicago, teaching improv in New York City and are a part of the Upright Citizens’ Brigade in Los Angeles,” said

Shaw. Joe Veltri, a former UNI student who has been in the

troupe for four years, loves being part of Half-Masted, stating that practices are the

highlight of his week.

ALAN WILKINSStaff Writer

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Last Friday and Saturday night, Half-Masted presented a type of show called “Gorilla Theater,” where two teams competed against each other for the prize of taking home a person in a gorilla suit.

PALS sets out to mentor Waterloo students

Panthers Allied with Local Schools (PALS), a group cre-ated by a Presidential Scholar Think Tank class, has set out to make a difference in the lives of Waterloo students through a mentoring pro-gram. PALS gives University of Northern Iowa students a chance to mentor a child from the Waterloo Community School District for one hour per week for the entire school year. “Mentoring is beneficial for the mentees, as research shows mentoring increases a student’s academic achieve-ment, interpersonal relation-ship skills and the likelihood that they’ll graduate from high school,” said sophomore Jessica Clark, a double major in management and commu-nication studies and vice pres-ident of PALS. The idea of a mentoring group sprouted from conver-sations between Think Tank members trying to create a service project for their class. “Someone had brought up the disparity in graduation

rates between the Waterloo schools and the surrounding areas, so we kind of start-ed looking into what factors affect graduation rates,” said junior Hannah Wilson, who is majoring in chemistry, biol-ogy and philosophy and is president of PALS. The group found that socioeconomic status affects graduation rates and wanted to know why it plays such a large role. “A lot of people from low socioeconomic statuses might have either one parent, or both of their parents, work multiple jobs, just things like that, that keep their parents consistently out of their life. And so, mentoring comes into play there by giving these students another caring adult in their life, to be there consis-tently every week, even if it’s just for an hour,” Wilson said. Wilson says that the group first thought they needed to create their own mentoring program, which she says was a “huge undertaking that was a lot bigger than we thought it was going to be.” The group then teamed

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On April 1, UNI PRide hosted an egg hunt for college students in Lawther Field. Students were able to decorate bags to carry their eggs in, then hunt for the eggs, which contained either tricks or treats. See more photos on page 9.

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Tales from inside the UNI Mail CenterCHRISTY WAGNER

Guest Writer

One hundred eighty-four “pigeon holes” line three walls in an alcove of the ware-house where pastel- color-coated papers organize each slot into specific departments around the University of Northern Iowa campus. At approximately 8 a.m. every day, a team of eight shuffles through hundreds of letters to be distributed across cam-pus. Crew members at the UNI Mail Center are warm and inviting, and an overflow-ing basket of candy welcomes visitors to the desk of Karen Brandhorst, a UNI Mail Center clerk since 1978.

Distributing mail to all staff on campus is no small feat. “There are over 2,400 fac-ulty and staff; that’s includ-ing blue collar people all the

way up to the president,” Brandhorst said. Throughout the day, deliv-erers are frequently coming and going with mail that is to be sorted, sent and received to and from campus. A bulletin board helps organize all of UNI’s depart-ments into three different routes, which are then deliv-ered accordingly across cam-pus. Generally each route brings mail back to the ware-house, the UNI Mail Center’s location since August 2011, twice a day to be sorted into on- and off-campus deliveries. Although the UNI Mail Center does not deliver incoming mail to students in the dorms, they handle all of their outgoing mail. “We deliver to ROTH, but the other nine dorms we don’t. The Cedar Falls Post Office delivers directly to the dorms,” said Brandhorst. “If

(students) want to send mail, they put it in their secretary’s mail bag, and then we send it out.” From papers for computer labs and custodial supplies, to poles for pole vaulting and wine bottles (UNI Catering), the UNI Mail Center has seen a number of interesting pack-ages coming to and from cam-pus. “I could tell many inter-esting stories, but none that should be in the Northern Iowan,” joked Brandhorst. “One time, we got a huge box full of dead cats that went to the biology department.” Brandhorst has had other unusual experiences involving the university departments. “A long time ago, the psychology department had a rat lab. One of the professors had all these big white rats for their psychology experiment


The UNI Mail Center, which changed locations in August 2011, employs more than 2,400 faculty and staff.

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and he eventually wanted to retire, so he had to sell them. So on our dock, we had trays full of live rats,” said Brandhorst. Not all unusual mail packages are amusing, however, “After (the) anthrax scare, there was a suspicious box. We called Public Safety; they took care of it,” said Brandhorst. “Another time, I picked up an obnoxious envelope covered in obscene words and drawings, and I

called Public Safety.” The UNI Mail Center also participates in a Cedar Falls High School program that allows certain students to earn credit through work experience. Rosa Haris, a junior at Cedar Falls High School, helps out at the UNI Mail Center for about an hour every day. “I sort these envelopes when the mail comes in, and put them in the right mail boxes,” said Haris. “My favorite part of working here is the people because they are so nice.”

MAIL CENTERcontinued from page 8


The UNI Mail Center has 184 “pigeon holes” for delivering mail to different departments throughout the university.


Students prepare to find treats at the egg hunt hosted by UNI PRide (Public Relations Interns Develop Expertise), a student-run public relations firm, in Lawther Field April 1.

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Students decorate eggs after UNI PRide’s egg hunt in Lawther Field April 1.

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up with TeamMates, a regional mentoring program already established in the Waterloo Community School system. “Our goal became, ‘How do we get more college students involved in this?’, because they don’t have very many college students involved with the program, and we thought that that could be beneficial to get more college students involved, just to give these students someone who is academically advanced,” Wilson said. Members of PALS see benefits for the Waterloo stu-dents, UNI students and the community. “We hope that the relation-ship between UNI and the Waterloo Community School District is strengthened through our efforts, which would also benefit our com-munity,” Clark said. Taylor Johnson, a sopho-more accounting major who is involved with PALS and was a member of the original Think Tank group, joined because he thought it would help him make a difference in the Cedar Valley. “This will hopefully leave a lasting impact on the (Waterloo) students and will encourage them to give back to the community when they are older,” he said. The group began to target student organizations on cam-pus to recruit interested stu-dents to the program. They focused on large organiza-tions, service-oriented groups and groups with high per-centages of racial and ethnic minorities, so, Wilson says, “we have a group that is as diverse as the students we will be mentoring.” PALS currently has 100 students interested in men-toring, but members hope for more.

Clark says that while start-ing PALS has been a “smooth and rewarding process,” she adds that an obstacle the group has faced is connect-ing with education and social work majors. “We think their interests would make them perfect can-didates for being a mentor,” she said. Because PALS strives for mentors who can consistently be active in a student’s life, students must be willing to make the one-hour time com-mitment for an entire year. However, if students are interested in the program and cannot be available for a year due to previous commit-ments like student teaching or studying abroad, they can still help with group. Some possi-ble ways are through tutoring or giving tours of the UNI campus to PALS’ mentees. Wilson says that the one-hour-per-week time commit-ment is manageable for stu-dents. “I think people get afraid of that one hour a week commitment, but I probably spend half an hour a day on Facebook. If I cut out two days of Facebook a week, that’s my hour,” Wilson said. Students interested in becoming mentors must attend a training session held by TeamMates. The next ses-sion is April 16 at 7 p.m. in Seerley 14. Students are encouraged to RSVP ahead of time for the event. “I think if this project con-tinues to grow, (we will have affected) hundreds of stu-dents over the course of 10, 15, whatever years, which is fantastic,” said Wilson. “It’s giving those students some sort of motivation to achieve at maybe a higher level than they’re already thinking about, or just that extra push to actually get to the level that they want to get to and not be discouraged.”

PALScontinued from page 7

“It’s been a great expe-rience,” said Veltri. “I hope to do improv possibly in Minneapolis — not necessar-

ily as a career, but as a fun hobby.” Veltri says the art of improv is fairly simple. “You just get up there, stop thinking, and do what comes naturally,” said Veltri.

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SOFTBALL

The University of Northern Iowa softball team looked to continue their hot streak this weekend as they traveled to Wichita, Kan., to face off with the Wichita State University Shockers in a three-game series. Although it took some late-inning rallies, the Panthers (24-9, 9-0 MVC) were able to sweep WSU and stay undefeated in the Missouri Valley Conference. UNI has now won 11 games in a row and 13 of their last 15 games. Although the Panther pitching has been the story of late, it was the UNI offense that was the key to this series. The Panthers were able to score 18 runs in just three games over the weekend. In game one of the series, UNI sent sopho-more pitcher Jamie Fisher to the mound. After a Sam Reimer RBI single in the top of the first inning gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead, UNI pulled in three more runs in the second inning, led by a two-RBI double off the bat of Melissa Walls. With a 4-0 lead, Fisher gave up two runs in the bottom of the third inning and four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Fisher left the game with UNI trailing 6-4 after four innings. The Panthers got one run back in the fifth inning when Reimer walked with the bases loaded to cut the deficit to 6-5. Jessica

Severinsen held WSU scoreless in the fifth and sixth innings, but the Panthers still trailed by one run heading into the seventh and final inning. With two runners on base and no outs, Reimer delivered once again for the Panthers, hitting a three-run home run to give the Panthers an 8-6 lead. Severinsen pitched another scoreless inning to seal the victory for UNI. Although Fisher did not have a strong outing, Severinsen picked up the win in relief, pitching three innings while not allowing a single hit. The Panther offense was led by Reimer, who went 3-for-3 with five RBIs. In game two of the series, UNI started senior Jaye Hutcheson on the mound. After the Panthers scored two runs in the first inning, Hutcheson gave up three runs to WSU, and the Panthers trailed 3-2 after the first. The score remained the same until the top of the fourth inning when Whitney Plein hit a two-run homerun in a three-run inning for UNI, giving the Panthers a 5-3 lead. However, WSU struck back in the bottom of the fifth inning for two runs, and the score was tied 5-5 after five innings. Neither team could put up a run in the sixth inning, and with the score tied heading into the seventh inning, UNI scored one run off

Panthers continue to roll in MVC play

JAKE BEMISSports Writer

BRANDON BAKER/Northern Iowan Archives

Senior Mackenzie Daigh (2) leads the Panthers with a .400 batting average and 23 RBIs. < See SOFTBALL, page 12

TRACK AND FIELDUNDER FURTHER REVIEW

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Senior shot-putter Justin Romero (above) placed himself atop the UNI record books after a throw of 60 feet, 1 inch.

UNI claims top performances at the Central Invitational The University of Northern Iowa track and field team traveled to Pella, Iowa, to compete in the Central Invitational over the weekend. It proved to be an outstanding event for the Panthers, most

notably senior shot-putter Justin Romero, who placed himself atop the UNI record books. The Panthers easily had the highest team score for the meet and came home with a first place finish. Romero’s throw of 60 feet,

MAT MEYERSports Writer

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Peyton Manning (18) recently signed a five-year, $96 million contract with the Denver Broncos after spending the first 14 years of his career with the Indianapolis Colts.

QUARTERBACK RETENTION overlooking the greatest asset

Replacing a middle line-backer on a football team is easier than replacing a quarterback, at least from a managerial viewpoint. There will always be people who

have the sheer athletic abil-ity to bring other people to the ground. That is not to say that linebackers aren’t as athletic — quite the opposite. Defensively, players must have a drive that is constant-ly pushing them to enhance their size, their fundamentals

and their knowledge of the game. Still, linebackers are easier to replace. If a team’s middle linebacker is injured, there is likely somebody on the team who will be able to step in and do a patchable job.

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of a sacrifice fly to secure another win thanks to a seventh-inning rally. Hutcheson picked up her ninth win of the season, giving up five runs in seven innings pitched and recording eight strikeouts. On Sunday afternoon, the two teams wrapped up the three-game series, with UNI taking a 4-2 victory. Fisher had a strong out-ing, going a full seven innings, allowing just five hits and one earned run while striking out seven batters. Offensively, the Panthers were led by Melissa Walls, who was 1-for-2 with

two RBIs. UNI dominated the first four-and-a-half innings of play, scoring three runs in the second inning and one in the top of the fifth inning to take a 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Shockers scored two runs of their own to make the score 4-2. However, Fisher and the Panther defense shut out the Shockers over the final two innings to hold on for the 4-2 victory. The Panthers return to action Tuesday for a two-game series with Western Illinois University before returning home Friday for a three-game series with Drake University over the weekend.

SOFTBALLcontinued from page 11

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Seniors Jaye Hutcheson (left) and Mackenzie Daigh (right) celebrate a Panther victory. UNI has now won 11 games in a row and 13 of their last 15 games overall. The Panthers sit atop the MVC standings with a perfect 9-0 conference record.

1 inch was more than enough to take the first place spot at the competition. It was also enough to break the 34-year-old school record. Romero currently ranks fourth in the nation with his outstanding throw from last weekend. On the women’s side of the competition, senior Olimpia Nowak put together a productive meet with event titles in the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles. Nowak ran the 100-meter hurdles in a personal best time of 13.66 seconds and finished with a top time of one minute, 0.79 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. Her 100-meter hur-dle time was enough to keep her second-place record at UNI and the 22nd-best time in the nation this year. UNI freshman Paige Knoble came up just short of topping Nowak in both hur-dle events and received the second place finish in both events. Her time of 13.93 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles ranks her fourth all-time in the Panther record books, and her time of one minute, 1.78 seconds ranks fifth. However, Knoble only

finished behind Nowak in her running events; she was also able to come away with a first-place throw in the jav-elin. Senior Jill Lageschulte won the 3,000-meter steeple-chase for the second time in a row. Lageschulte also took the first-place finish in the previous meet at the University of South Florida Bulls Invitational. Her 11-minute, 5.88-second run in this meet gives her the second-place school record after her own personal best in the previous meet. Daniel Gooris put togeth-er another solid showing with an event title in the pole vault. His leap of 16 feet, 4.75 inches was good enough for a first place finish in the event. Jenna Wexter also came away with a first-place finish in the pole vault with a height of 12 feet, 1.5 inches. The Panther men scored 222.5 team points to take the first place finish in the meet, and the women scored even higher with 264.5 team points to capture the double victory for UNI. UNI will travel to Kansas to compete in the Emporia State University Relays on April 7.

TRACKcontinued from page 11

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UNI senior Daniel Gooris (above) finished in first place in the pole vault with a height of 16 feet, 4.75 inches.

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The Panther men and women each finished the Central Invitational with a first place team finish. The men scored 222.5 points, while the women scored 264.5 points.

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If your quarterback is injured, however, chaos ensues. The problem transcends the pros. College football’s yearly rankings shuf-fle so regularly due to the four-year limit of players at the position. It’s a problem the University of Northern Iowa had to deal with after 2007 when Eric Sanders finished his record-breaking career. In college, the roster shake-ups are inevita-ble, but when it happens in the National Football League, people begin to ques-tion management. Let’s look at the Indianapolis Colts. Peyton Manning was injured before the 2011 regular season was underway. The Colts tried to fill the almost insur-mountable void he left with a slew of quarterbacks, including Curtis Painter, Dan Orlovsky and Kerry Collins. The result? A 2-14 season. On the opposite side of the ball, the Colts continued to prove my point. Gary Brackett, the starting middle linebacker, was injured in week six of the 2010 sea-son. Former University of Iowa stand-out Pat Angerer stepped in for him, and recorded such impressive stats that by the 2011 season, he was the start-ing linebacker for all 16 regular season games. Angerer led the Colts in tackles with an astounding 148, placing fourth overall in the NFL. Still, the impressive substitution defensively wasn’t enough to keep the Colts’ hopes alive. The quarterback position is so hard to fill that many rumors began to sur-face that the Colts had no will to win. Some pundits suggested they were giv-ing in and taking the losses to insure the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 2012 NFL Draft – a theory that gained noto-riety as the Colts continued to lose. But why would they want the first overall selection so badly? Because one of the most impressive quarterbacks in recent years will be available. While Andrew

Luck was competing to set records at Stanford University from John Elway, the Colts were trying to survive the first (nearly unfathomable) losing season in Indianapolis since 2001. The Colts could not turn around their plummeting season, and for the first time since 1996, they finished last in the NFL. The problem now becomes the preseason shuffling of quarterbacks, again, with a focus on Peyton Manning. Manning going to the Denver Broncos caused a ruckus that sent divine Tim Tebow to New York, where he finds himself a member of the Jets. What’s wrong with this picture? The Broncos now have a starting quarterback who may be injured and done with football forever. Manning had surgery that kept him out for one season already. Why would the Broncos sacrifice a quarterback with whom they’ve already won key games? Bill Plaschke said it best in a Los Angeles Times article: “Do you know that in the last five years, Peyton Manning has exactly one more playoff win than Tim Tebow?” Why would the Broncos put all of their stock in a quarterback who could be finished immediately when they already have one who has proven him-self ? The continued development of Tebow as a quarterback was the risky but intelligent move for the Broncos. Instead, they chose to go with a quar-terback whose future is just as shaky (although for health reasons) and will pay him a whopping $96 million con-tract over the next five years. Does any-one see the logic in this? The Broncos should have worked on replacing the positions that needed to be filled, and placed more trust in Tebow. Instead, they put their future in the hands of a 36-year old quarterback who has had at least four neck surgeries. Just look at what happened when the Colts had to shuffle their depth chart at quarterback. Will the Broncos be next?

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Tim Tebow (15) captivated Broncos fans and football fans everywhere last season with his late-game heroics. However, Tebow will be a member of the New York Jets this season after being traded from the Broncos.

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House for rent one mile from campus. Residential, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, finished basement liv-ing room, free washer and dryer, two stall garage, backyard fenced. 1016 Walnut ST., Cedar Falls. Ref-erences needed. 563- 427- 3797 or 563- 380- [email protected]

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4 bedroom house for rent in quiet neighborhood. Close to cam-pus and College Square. 1.5 bath with garage. $1300/MO. plus utilities. 319- 239- 9077. Available June 1ST.

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Today’s Birthday (04/03/12). Your world is steadily expand-ing. Educational adventures draw you in, enticing you with new languages and cultures. Your global network widens, too, as circles connect. Career keeps you hopping until June, when focus shifts to community. Love is the constant thread. Weave it.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Coast to victory (even if you don’t feel like it anymore). Finishing the job satisfies and leaves space for exciting new projects. Celebrate with dinner out.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Things are get-ting busy. For the next month, as Venus enters Gemini, you immerse yourself in study and research. Imagine the project as completed and a great success.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Make household decisions for the next two days. In general, folks are on your side. Find what you seek close to home. For the next month, you’re looking good.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- To-day is an 8 -- The routine you’re practicing gets enhanced by the rules you already know. Your self-discipline is respected. Don’t flirt quite yet. Study a while longer.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- An assumption gets challenged. You have tons of moneymaking ideas. Keep an eye on the numbers. For the next month, group activities go well. Go for clear, direct action.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- To-day is an 8 -- Go ahead and toot your own horn! Work on your portfolio. You’re entering two especially confident days. For the next month, advance your ca-reer. Get further than expected.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- The road ahead may be muddy. Check out the map, and follow up on details and strategy. Check supplies and equipment. For the next month, travel beckons. Don’t get sidetracked.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- You’re entering a two-day sociable phase. Friends want to play. Extra paperwork leads to extra profits. For the forseeable future, it’s easier to save money. Go on out.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Your duties may keep you from social events. You might as well bring love and fun to your work. It’s going to be easier to compromise for a while.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Work is more fun now. Don’t fall for a con or throw money down a hole. Improve efficiency. Pay bills. Let a partner take the lead.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Work gets in the way of romance now, but more opportunities for love abound for the rest of the month. Bring productivity to new levels. Op-posites attract.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Your partner-ships develop and bring positive changes. Definitely choose love over money. Relax and enjoy both. There’s a lucky break.

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