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Swastika painting upsets UNI community

A swastika was painted on a bench outside the Rialto Dining Center on the University of Northern Iowa campus Nov. 9 and 10, which had the tagline “F--- the Jews.” Ignited by this act, students spread the word of an “open forum” via text messaging that would allow student voices to be heard concerning what was described as “acts of discrimination. Full story

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GBPAC receives generous birthday gift

Edward and Catherine Gallagher donate $500,000 to the GBPAC

In celebration of its 10th birthday, Edward and Catherine Gallagher gave a $500,000 gift to the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. The gift was announced at the Itzhak Perlman violin concert that took place at the GBPAC Nov. 8.  The donation will help establish the Edward and Catherine Cassidy Gallagher Endowment as part of the “Imagine the Impact” campaign, which has a goal of raising $150 million to support scholarships, faculty and special programming. Full story

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UNI seniors go out in style

Playoff hopes still alive

The University of Northern Iowa football team honored 21 seniors prior to Saturday’s 34-0 win against Western Illinois University.  The game represented the last time the seniors will lace up their cleats, put on their pads and the purple home uniform inside the friendly confines of the UNI-Dome, at least for a regular season game. Full story

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Faculty requires other cuts before furloughs

Union demands cuts from athletics, WRC, performing arts before taking pay cut

In a recent survey of 360 faculty union members, nearly 88 percent opposed the idea of furloughs unless similar pay cuts were made to the university’s auxiliary programs, including intercollegiate athletics, the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and the Wellness and Recreation Center. Full story

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Panthers clinch outright MVC title

Win 24th straight, 16-0 in MVC

The University of Northern Iowa volleyball team clinched the Missouri Valley Conference Championship by handing Wichita State University and Missouri State University their first home losses of the season this past weekend. This was their first regular season title since 2006. Full story

UNI faculty considers furloughs

A recent survey of University of Northern Iowa faculty found that the faculty is open to a number of solutions to resolve UNI’s budget crisis.  A majority of faculty members were willing to consider taking furloughs, but 93 percent of respondents also said that UNI’s administration needed to be “accountable for recent increases in administrative and executive positions before agreeing to faculty pay cuts,” according to the survey. Full story

Grassley on drugs

“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. Full story

AmmUNItion opportunity

Name one activity your pre-college education offered that the University of Northern Iowan has not, aside from recess and prom. Think along the lines of sparkling costumes, eight-part harmonies, risers, a band, fog machines, big hair and subsequently lots of hairspray. Full story

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Course offered in preparation for the Dalai Lama

Those enrolled guaranteed a seat at the Dalai Lama’s speech

Students interested in learning more about His Holiness the Dalai Lama are encouraged to register for the Spring 2010 course offering “The Dalai Lama: A Sacred Tradition and a Political Institution.” The Dalai Lama, who serves as the 14th leader and head of state of the Tibetan people, is scheduled to visit the University of Northern Iowa May 18, 2010. Full story

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Business students face $902 tuition increase

Students in the upper division of the College of Business Administration may be seeing a tuition increase of 12.6 percent for the 2010-11 academic year. The $902 increase, which is $530 more than the increase other in-state students will likely receive, is the second part of the college’s three-year plan to instate a $750 per semester surcharge for all junior, senior and graduate business students. Full story

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“Strong Enough for a Woman, Gentle Enough for a Man” explores gender roles and sexual identity

The University of Northern Iowa’s Interpreters’ Theatre, created and directed by Paul Siddens and his graduate performance studies seminar, will be presenting their piece “Strong Enough For a Woman, Gentle Enough For a Man.” The performances will take place Wednesday and Thursday from 10:30 a. Full story

A day to appreciate and thank RAs to be held Wednesday

Imagine this scenario: you’ve had a long day, you’ve stayed up until 2 a.m. working on homework, and you are ready to just get some sleep. But right as you’re about to fall into your bed’s warm embrace, there’s a knock at the door. Full story

Volleyball enters crucial weekend

The accolades are starting to roll in for the University of Northern Iowa volleyball team.  The Panthers, 24-2 overall and 14-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference, cracked the AVCA top 25 poll last week. This week they moved up three spots to No. 22. Full story

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University of Northern Iowa provides spring schedule packet online only

Students are now able to access the spring 2010 schedule of classes electronically on MyUNIverse. There is a search section that students can use to locate course names and instructors. Additionally, changes made to the schedule of classes are updated two times a week. Full story

Appreciation of the liberal arts

Upon my third experience of mid-semester stress, it’s only fitting that I have come to realize that the complaints about liberal education are habitual and not random. It seems that as students are being hit with 15- page papers and 200-point tests for classes they feel they don’t need, complaining is universal. Full story

UNI’s Trap and Skeet team competes across the Midwest

The term “skeet shooting” might inspire many different images in a neutral observer’s head, thanks in part to a certain 2003 Lil’ Jon single.  Skeet and trap shooting, however, are much loved and very widely participated in sports, especially across the Midwest. Full story

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Commercial kitchen convenience

I work about 10 hours a week as a custodian at Piazza in the Redeker Center so I can have a little money on hand, being a broke college student and all. It’s pretty run-of-the-mill work. The only part of it that ever shocked me was how much food was wasted. Full story