In the July 22 print edition of the Northern Iowan, a quote pulled from the article "College Hill hosts arts festival" was misattributed to Griffith Vaughn. The quote was actually said by Jake Rudy. The Northern Iowan apologizes for this error.
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The search is over. Dwight C. Watson has been named the new dean of the College of Education at the University of Northern Iowa. Watson will assume his duties on July 1. “Dr. Watson brings a strong background in academic leadership, and a strong commitment to education leadership and outreach in early childhood education through collegiate education systems," Provost Gloria Gibson said in a statement.
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University of Northern Iowa students learned the fundamentals of field archaeology and uncovered artifacts from the Cedar River Valley’s prehistory through UNI’s Archaeological Field School. The 6-credit course was taught by Don Gaff, assistant professor of anthropology, and met from May 17 to June 24 at the Hartman Reserve Nature Center in Cedar Falls.
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Q: I need to stay in the Cedar Falls area this summer because of my job, but I don’t have a place to live yet. My boyfriend and I have been together for three months. Would it be a bad idea for me to move in with him for the summer? He said: Your idea is certainly an economical one, assuming of course his parents don’t charge you rent.
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The University of Northern Iowa has yet another team in the national basketball tournament scene. The Athletes have qualified for the American Collegiate Intramural Sports National Basketball Championships this weekend. The tournament runs from April 30 to May 2 in Raleigh, N.
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In the July 22 print edition of the Northern Iowan, a quote pulled from the article "College Hill hosts arts festival" was misattributed to Griffith Vaughn. The quote was actually said by Jake Rudy. The Northern Iowan apologizes for this error.
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The Strayer-Wood Theatre made no mistakes in the casting of its low-budget production of Elizabeth Meriwether’s “The Mistakes Madeline Made.” The play, directed by theatre professor Jay Edelnant with a company of only 12 cast and crew members, follows Edna, a former peer health educator, as she enters into her nightmarish job as one of 15 assistants to an extremely rich family.
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Congratulations to Spring 2010 Graduates of Iowa’s Public Universities When Lisa Jorgensen begins teaching at Webster City Middle School this fall with her newly minted University of Northern Iowa art education degree, she will bring to her students a global perspective gained from doing half of her student teaching in Sydney, Australia, which Lisa says “confirmed and strengthened my passion for teaching over ten-fold.
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April 26 through 30 marked the University of Northern Iowa’s College Republicans’ “Conservative Coming Out Week.” The College Republicans’ Facebook event detailed the group’s intentions. “We will be celebrating the fact that we, UNI CR’s, are sick and tired of getting ‘progressive/quasi-socialist’ legislation and propaganda shoved down our throats, so here’s an opportunity to have some fun as we show the campus that we exist, and we’re not afraid to say it,” reads the Facebook event page.
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Have you ever found yourself not noticing something until you actually looked for it? As a volunteer for “Love Cedar Valley Day” that took place just this past weekend, I discovered how this very situation applied to me. With gloves and trash bag in hand, I was able to help clean up Cedar Falls by picking up trash along Dry Run Creek with other volunteers that were a part of my group.
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Uncertainty. It is a common theme among many seniors of the University of Northern Iowa's 2010 graduating class. Questions of where one will be living and working (if working at all) dominate thoughts and generate anxiety as one retires from what many consider the best years of their lives.
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