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April 4, 2016 Volume 112, Issue 47
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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
By: Leziga Barikor MENTAL HEALTH Faculty and officials from the SHC address mental health on campus. CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 5
BATMAN 50TH Editor says Adam West’s Batman is far superior to “Batman v Superman.”
OPINION PAGE 3
UNI 7:
On March 16, 1970, a group of 7 students stayed the night in then-UNI President J.W. Maucker’s home, and despite being asked to leave, stayed up ordering pizzas when they got hungry. The demonstration sought a space for minority students to gather and for the administration to address hostilities minority students were facing on campus. The sit-in and subsequent movement would lead to protests, arrests and, eventually, a space for multi-cultural students to gather.
activism impacts campus nearly half a century later
Tony Stevens, Terry Pearson, Chip Dalton, Joe Sailor, Ann Bachman, Bryon Washington and president of the AfroAmerican Society (AAS) Palmer Byrd were part of this group of student protestors who would forever be infamously – or heroically – known as the UNI 7. NISG’s director of diversity, Hansen Breitling, considers the UNI 7 to be heroes. “We learned about them on our trip, the Chicago Connection trip, which was connecting minority students with minority alumni,” Breitling said.
Northern Iowan Archives
Christopher J. Shackleford, a research and programming assistant at the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum, wrote his master’s thesis on the incident, entitled “Student activism at the University of Northern Iowa during the Maucker years (1967-1970).” The thesis discusses the events that led to the demonstrations, beginning back in 1968, when Charles E. Quick, then-assistant history professor, proposed a reform that challenged the racial dynamics in Cedar Falls. This reform started to take shape
TIMELINE OF EVENTS
with Maucker asking Daryl Pendergraft, who had served in a number of administrative positions, to establish the Committee on University Responsibility in Minority Group Education (COURIMGE). However, COURIGME struggled to implement any real changes on campus, which led to AAS to take action. William Lang, then-vice president of academic affairs, was served a list of demands from AAS on Nov. 6, 1969. Both Lang and Pendergraft penned a history of UNI at that time period, titled “A Century of Leadership and Service.” The Lang-Pendergraft book explained in-depth how Maucker invited AAS in and had an hourlong discussion with them. However, once it became evident that Maucker was not going to give them the decisive answer that they wished for, the situation broke down. Maucker asked them to leave, but the students refused, spending the night and having several pizzas delivered to them as the Mauckers presumably slept upstairs. Sailor recently commented on why he had joined the fight for the cultural center. See UNI 7, page 2
UNI wrestler to participate in Olympic Trials IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan
BRANDON TJEPKES
Sports Editor
This past weekend, Cedar Falls hosted the Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualif ier tournaments for wrestling. Over 175 wrestlers com-
peted in the Greco Roman, freestyle and women’s freestyle categories. Only one spot was available in each weight class to advance to the Olympic Trials. UNI heavyweight Blaize Cabell decided to participate in the 125-kilo free-
style tournament after the inability to participate in the NCAA championships. Cabell had a very successful collegiate career with UNI. He qualified for the NCAA tournament three times, finished top-three in MAC championships three
times, went undefeated in MAC duals in two consecutive years and recently won the 2016 MAC heavyweight championship. Cabell’s collegiate career was cut short when an illness forbade him to compete in his final NCAA tourna-
ment. Cabell reached the finals of the heavyweight tournament thanks to two 12-2 tech falls over Kevin Christman and Ben Durbin of the Cyclone Wrestling Club. See CAMPBELL, page 6
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