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$3 Million approved to keep Price Lab open
A letter from the Executive Editor
Farewell to Bartlett
Softball

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Senate committee approves $3 million to keep Price Lab open

On April 26, the Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee approved $3 million to allow Malcolm Price Laboratory School at the University of Northern Iowa to remain open for one more year, according to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. However, the Courier said the funding is not certain. Full story

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A letter from the editor

“Whenever an enterprise of this character is launched into the great journalistic sea there is bound to be a splash, and it too often happens that you hear a few gasps and all is over — the stock has become water-soaked and the scheme goes down, down into the murky oblivion of the fathomless nowhere.” These were among the first words printed in The Normal Eyte at the Iowa State Normal School 120 years ago. Full story

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A Farewell to Bartlett Hall

On Monday, April 23, residents of Bartlett Hall were allowed a rare tour of the building’s fourth and fifth floors, which have been closed since 1983 due to fire code. Full story

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UNI tops Bradley 4-1

The University of Northern Iowa softball team scored four runs in the first three innings of play Wednesday night and earned a 4-1 victory over the Bradley University Braves. Sophomore Gina Brown went 2-for-3 at the plate and drove in three RBIs for the Panthers, who improved to 34-12 (18-2 MVC) on the year. Full story

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Stewart and Anderson receive Lux Service Award

The University of Northern Iowa named seniors Ashley Stewart and Joel Anderson as the recipients of the 2012 Lux Service Award, the most prestigious award given to undergraduates to acknowledge outstanding service to the university, during the Student Leadership Awards Ceremony on April 17. Full story

Arbitrator rules in favor of UF regarding merit pay grievance

Arbitrator Jeffery Jacobs ruled April 23 in favor of the University of Northern Iowa United Faculty-American Association of University Professors in a grievance over whether requiring student evaluations for every course, every semester for professors to earn merit pay breached the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Full story

Film discusses history of Jews in Arab lands

On April 23, University of Northern Iowa students gained insight into what happened to the half-million Jews of the Arab lands of North Africa under Nazi, Vichy and Facist rule. Full story

UNI CDC relocating to Hillside Courts

The Child Development Center (CDC) at the University of Northern Iowa will relocate from the Malcolm Price Laboratory School to Hillside Courts, near University Apartments, sometime this summer. Full story

Campus Life

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Swap ‘til you drop

Student groups at the University of Northern Iowa held a campus-wide clothing swap Monday, April 23 as a part of Earth Month. Earlier in the semester, students involved in sustainability groups began collecting clothing in drop-off boxes around campus in the beginning of April. Full story

UNISTA to produce Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

The University of Northern Iowa Student Theater Association will perform Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” under the stars this weekend. The play, which has been edited to run just under an hour, features multiple UNI students acting in several different roles. Full story

Bradford: Education should be fun

Jason Bradford is a graduate student in English and creative writing from Center Point, Iowa. Full story

B.F.A Exhibition opens to public

For more than a decade, University of Northern Iowa students working toward a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts have exhibited their work at the end of the semester. This year, nine seniors are displaying work in the media of sculpture, graphic design, photography, painting and ceramics. Full story

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RA behavior policy is ineffectual

This year, I had the “pleasure” of having several friends and acquaintances who were resident assistants. Besides rarely seeing them due to various house programs and being on call, they also were banished from socializing on weekend nights. Full story

Graduation in the darkness on the edge of town

Some have said that each of Bruce Springsteen’s albums fits a certain stage of life. Following up on his breakthrough album “Born to Run,” Springsteen whittled down a collection of dozens of songs to bring together “Darkness on the Edge of Town.” Full story

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Panthers fall in the Elite Eight

The University of Northern Iowa women’s rugby team was in uncharted territory this past weekend when they squared off with the Brigham Young University Cougars in the Elite Eight of the women’s Collegiate Rugby Championship. Prior to last weekend, the Panthers had only been to the Elite Eight once in the program’s history. Full story

Panther Profile: Payton leaves behind a magical career at UNI

When it comes to the number five, mathematicians may think of the second prime number, scientists of the atomic number of Boron, and everyone else might just think of the five fingers they have on each hand. Full story

Under Further Review: Passion is the last true catalyst for rivalry in our changing sports setup

Rivalries are the support structure of sports. Big games become “big games” because of the emotional drive that comes with the crushing histories that have been forged over the years. The downside is that it can take years to establish a nationally recognized rivalry. Full story

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