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UNI alumnus H. Arlo Nimmo penned a book growing up gay in Iowa.

The women’s basketball team lost to the Drake Bulldogs, 66-64, Sunday.

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CRIME

UNI student arrested for alleged extortion JORDAN AUNE

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A University of Northern Iowa student was arrested Feb. 4 on charges of extortion. Bradley Richard Williams, 28, marketing major, is accused of extorting money and sex acts from a Bettendorf woman. Williams resides in

La Porte City.

According to court documents, Williams contacted the woman through Facebook last fall while claiming to be a modeling agent. The two began a correspondence and later met in Cedar Rapids for her photos to be taken. Before the pictures were taken, Williams requested the

two have sex. Afterwards, he took pictures, some of which featured the woman nude.

Williams later contacted the woman about the photos and a video he made of the two having sex.

Williams then threatened to post the video and pictures online unless she paid him $150 and had sex with

him again. After complying with his demands, Williams contacted her again for more money and sex acts.

Details of the woman’s account were confirmed by investigators through hotel records, and she was able to pick Williams out of a photo lineup, according to court documents. Bond is set at $10,000.

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GOVERNMENT

Sen. Hatch starts new campaign

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ACADEMICS

Revised student assessment instrument will come in spring CASSANDRA TANT News Writer

This spring, a revised student assessment instrument will be piloted at the University of Northern Iowa. The student assessment is usually taken at the end of each semester, allowing students to evaluate their professor’s teaching for a particular course.

Due to contract negotiations for the 20132015 Master Agreement between the Iowa Board of Regents, the State of Iowa and the UNI United Faculty, a committee has been formed to revise the old assessment.

Nancy Lippens, associate provost for faculty affairs, acts as chairperson.

“The pilot of the instrument will be administered in late March or early April,” Lippens said. “We plan to have faculty/courses from every college participating in the pilot.”

The committee began its work in late September 2013.

“I can tell you that the nine members appointed have been working very hard for over four months,” Lippens said.

The committee consists of three students appointed by the Northern Iowa Student Government, three faculty members appointed by United Faculty and three members appointed by the executive vice president and provost, Gloria Gibson.

Joe Gorton

assessment instrument is a “critical evaluation of teaching.

As re-election season looms over Iowa’s politicians, a new challenger has approached to oppose Gov. Terry Branstad’s longstanding reign in office.

Iowa Sen. Jack Hatch, D-Des Moines, recently announced he is joining the race for governor to help steer Iowa in a new direction, focusing on education reform and economic growth. On Jan. 31, Hatch held an exclusive meeting with the Northern Iowan.

“You get really excited when you’re in the political field, knowing of the opportunities that you can participate in to make life better,” Hatch said.

He supports a change in the University of Northern Iowa’s current funding model and is disappointed in Branstad for not showing more leadership in this area.

When UNI requested a permanent $10 million appropriation, Branstad proposed $8 million for the next two fiscal years instead.

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Hatch said he has supported the funding recommendations of universities. Iowa State University and the University of Iowa receive more money than UNI because they have fewer Iowa students than UNI. Hatch plans on equalizing the appropriation of funding among the three universities.

“There has to be a change in the model, even to provide (UNI) more money, because you’re really educating more Iowans,” Hatch said.

“It’s discouraging that (Branstad) knows a problem and he won’t do anything to fix it.”

Hatch says education reform pertains to early through adult learning, and he believes in merit pay and teacher evaluations conducted by peers instead of standardized evaluations.

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part of his education reform plan, and said Branstad has left dealing with higher education up to the Iowa Board of Regents.

“We have a huge higher education system that goes beyond the three state universities, and we need a governor that’s going to understand that and work together with them,” Hatch said.

Hatch and Branstad also support a tuition freeze, but Hatch has called Branstad’s education proposals “a pitiful recommendation to the legislature.”

Hatch has accused Branstad of shifting his priorities far to the right, including his attempt to

defund early childhood education and standing “in the doorway of every hospital and every clinic” in Iowa’s Republican opposition to health care reform.

“I value education only second to health care as the most important asset,” Hatch said.

As part of the state legislature, Hatch supports Branstad’s Democratic proposed initiatives to help veterans, but believes there is more to do to help them find homes and employment.

“That is in essence what the governor’s intent is, and I don’t know how he’s going to go about doing it, but we certainly support it,” Hatch said. “I don’t think we can do enough for veterans who have put themselves in the middle of a conflict.”

Hatch said he has received very little opposition in the race from his fellow Democrats and has been working closely with Iowa Democrats and unions in the area.

students, faculty and academic administrators to identify which questions, chosen by the committee, would be most important to have in a new assessment instrument.

“We had almost 10 percent of students take the survey, which is quite a feat, especially when the survey was administered the week before finals,” Findley said.

The assessment gives students the opportunity to give their opinion about what aspects of the professor’s teaching worked well, as well

as what proved difficult.

Lippens said they are using the survey data to help make decisions regarding the new instrument.

“The key, though, is to ensure the information collected is being used in an appropriate manner.”

The new student assessment is not yet finished.

The committee needs to make a final report to president of United Faculty, Joe Gorton, the president of NISG, Thomas Madsen and Gibson by the end of this semester.

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In December 2013, the committee put out a campuswide survey that allowed

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All-staff opinion column:

What is a critical issue that needs to be addressed at UNI and why?

RENAE BEARD

NEHEMIAH NELSON

I obviously would not be attending the University of Northern Iowa if I didn’t think it was an educationally sound institution. However, all great things need constant modification to ensure optimum efficiency.

The university bombards incoming freshman with policies the first time they set foot on campus. For the next 48 hours of freshmen orientation, our youngest students muddle through an overwhelming amount of information.

Realistically, they have hardly any chance of retaining all the information thrown at them, as orientation is two months before school starts.

In the last couple hours of orientation, when they are the most exhausted, the university expects students to coherently create their first semester class schedule.

Under the guise of nurturing independence and encouraging adulthood, the 17 and 18-year-olds are whisked into a Maucker Union ballroom, sans parents, to decide their courses. Symbolic of separating a calf from its mother, these weaned students are shuffled into a room to sit with staff and volunteers who promise students they can successfully accomplish a four-year degree with a first semester of 12 credits.

Jump ahead to junior and senior scheduling. I suppose as some hidden ploy to cause students to have to stay another semester, or year, some required classes are only offered every other spring or fall semester. When the students finally do enter those classes, occasionally the room isn’t equipped with the proper number of desks, meaning floor space only.

In order to compensate for a few of those 12-credit semesters, a student may decide to take more than the 18 credits offered. As an act of discouragement, students are required to trek all over campus attempting to find professors and department heads to attain signatures. It’s almost as if pursuing higher achievement is frowned upon.

This is a great university.

Our numerous awards and our recognition can attest to that. But as Winston Churchill said, “The price of greatness is responsibility.” This university needs to take a little more responsibility when attending to their freshmen.

During a transitional time, students are familiar with stress and anxiety.

Vegans entering a university meet a host of additional anxieties. Will there be anything vegan to eat? Will the dining center offer a nutritional variety of foods?

For those who may not know, veganism is the willful abstinence from the consumption and exploitation of animals and animal byproducts for moral, health or environmental reasons.

A proper diet can lead to success in school, and many vegans rely on the cafeteria for nourishment. At a place considered home for most of the year, vegans at UNI should not have to worry about whether the food

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they’re eating is vegan or about getting enough to eat.

Although dining centers offer vegan-labeled options, the selection pales compared to nonvegan options.

Vegan items are also often mislabeled.

Apple crisp and garden vegetable soup are both labeled as vegan with possible cross-contamination, but both contain whey. Some items, such as Cajun hash browns and vegan gyros, are advertised as vegan, but nonvegan ingredients are added.

Mislabeling not only poses a health risk for vegans, whose bodies have developed an intolerance to animal products, but also for students with dairy allergies.

Limited vegan options create monotonous meals LAURA HEBBELN

Opinion Columnist

Enrollment is a critical issue that needs to be addressed at the University of Northern Iowa. A 2013 article in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier said fall 2012 enrollment at UNI was 12,273, the lowest it had been since 2006. There was also a decline in enrollment projections.

In the summer of 2013, UNI expected a decline of 473 students. This decline matters because UNI depends on revenue from tuition more than the University of Iowa and Iowa State University.

“That makes drops in tuition money of $6.1 million from the initial fiscal year 2013 budget and $2.5 million less than the most recent estimates all the more important,” according to the Courier.

CHRISTOPHER DANIEL

Opinion Columnist

The future is here and we hate it. Students and professors agree that the University of Northern Iowa eLearning platform, Blackboard Learn 9, is badly designed and resembles the software of 1999 more than that of 2014.

But it is the darling of the provost and UNI administrators. They want to increase the number of courses held exclusively on Blackboard, and not just for distance learners or people continuing education, but for degree-seeking students.

One problem is the limited options instructors have to customize the design of their class in BB9. The look and feel of a course is important to the learning experi-

and it becomes challenging to get nutrients.

“Being vegan on campus is like being a scavenger,” said Jordan Greiner, senior computer science major.

“You have to create your own meal to get the same nutritional content as nonvegans.”

Inconsistency also plagues vegan options. On Feb. 2, there were no main dishes labeled vegan. And on Feb. 10, there were five or six vegan main dishes.

Simple steps could improve dining experiences, such as ensuring all employees know what constitutes an item as vegan. Separate fryers should also be designated for vegan items. The key to accommodating vegans is clear and open communication with food service personnel.

In a 2013 blog post by Jens Krogstad in association with the Des Moines Register, Krogstad said William Ruud, who at the time was a finalist for the presidency, managed enrollment challenges at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, and he believed that prepared him to take over as president of UNI. As a finalist, Ruud also told the board that Shippensburg and UNI share similar student demographics. About 90 percent of students arrive from within the state.

The problem with 90 percent of students arriving from within the state is that, according to a 2012 Northern Iowan article, the number of Iowa high school graduates has decreased.

Because of this, UNI needs to start looking out of state and internationally to solve its enrollment woes.

ence. All BB9 courses look and feel the same, and the result is apathy toward them.

Classroom interaction between students and professors, the instigation of discussion, debate and hands-on learning, is one of the defining advantages of a university education. Interaction with professors on BB9 is minimal.

There is no video element in which lectures can be delivered. Many students and staff complain of the bugs in the virtual classroom features, so much so that instructors turn to other platforms, such as Blogger, Google Chat and Hangouts, Facebook pages and email.

All of these alternatives are free, unlike Blackboard. And third-party vendors provide virtual-classroom components, making fixes to BB9

problematic and lengthy.

Finally, using BB9 exclusively retards the learning experience. It is good for disciplined students skilled in time management, but for students who need more contact with their instructors in order to succeed, Blackboard doesn’t help. The use of Blackboard is meant to streamline and quantify “learning outcomes” with numbers administrators and education overseers can point to as empirical evidence of improved learning.

But while BlackBoard can tell you whether a student can perform calculus equations, it cannot determine whether the student understands the fundamental principles of calculus. And it is the latter that the university is supposed to inculcate in its students.

STORMY O’ BRINK

Opinion Columnist

University Relations recently issued a press release talking about increased enrollment, which was fabulous news. We have exceeded UNI’s budgeted enrollment projection by 359 students. Unfortunately, I saw a disappointed note at the end of the press release: “minority enrollment held steady at 8.1 percent.” This didn’t come as a surprise considering Forbes’ America’s Top Colleges profile recorded our 2012-2013 racial minority population as 11.26 percent.

UNI is slowly addressing the lack of diversity at an institutional level. We have programs like Jump Start to help minority students get comfortable and we’re constantly making advances in embracing diversity. However, I think it’s time we looked at the deeper issue: the cultural attitudes at UNI toward minorities.

Students and staff construct these cultural attitudes.

From some people we have blatant hatred, such as the individual(s) who created the “Say NO to LGBT center” flyers found around campus in 2012. Fortunately, most people are not that hateful toward minorities. They are just genuinely ignorant of challenges minorities face.

Sometimes this ignorance can cause unintended harm.

For instance, I’ve heard some students of color voice how uncomfortable they feel when professors call them out seeking a minority opinion on a lecture topic.

Being on this campus can be alienating as a minority. The little things are what draw minorities away from this campus, and a campus lacking diversity cannot provide a well-rounded education. Students need diversity around them to become better, more educated citizens.

To break down cultural ignorance, all students and staff must further educate themselves on those who are different from them. The expectation that minorities must educate everyone around them is part of what’s driving them away.

Go to a program at the Center for Multicultural Education or watch a documentary. Becoming more informed is a lot easier than it looks. If we make the culture more inviting for minority students, I’m willing to bet we’ll see an increase in minority enrollment.

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‘Before Summer’ illustrates growing up gay in Iowa RILEY COSGROVE Staff Writer

H. Arlo Nimmo cultivated his passion for writing at the Iowa State Teachers College, or the University of Northern Iowa as it was called over 50 years ago when he attended. Nimmo has published 10 books, and his most recent, “Before Summer,” was published Jan.15.

Told in a collection of 16 short stories, the book follows Lach McLennan, and those around him, from the time he is 7 years old until he graduates college.

It focuses on his experiences and how he copes with the pressure and fears of being homosexual in 1950s rural Iowa.

Nimmo’s own experiences helped shape his new book.

He grew up in Monroe and said he came to Cedar Falls in 1954 to discover himself.

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H. Arlo Nimmo, an Iowa State Teachers College (UNI) alumnus, recently published “Before Summer.” The book contains 16 short stories detailing a gay youth’s coming of age in 1950s Iowa.

Falls was both enjoyable and educational,” Nimmo said. While at UNI, Nimmo experienced his first sexual encounter with another man, his first relationship and his first break up.

If readers are familiar with UNI, they will recognize descriptions of the college Lach attends. Lach’s

classes and even his first job are also directly related to Nimmo’s experiences while attending the Iowa State Teachers College.

Lach gets a job his second week on campus as a proofreader at the college’s student newspaper. Nimmo, on the other hand, was managing editor of the Iowa State Teachers College’s student newspaper.

After Nimmo graduated, he spent a year studying anthropology at the University of Iowa. He then received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Hawaii.

Now 77, Nimmo resides in San Francisco and is currently professor emeritus of anthropology at California State University East Bay.

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STUDENT VOICES

What was your reaction to the Coca-Cola Super Bowl Ad?

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I don’t see anything wrong with it since we have a large demographic. It is a big step for Coca-Cola to recognize our nation’s diversity.

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It shows America as a country of immigrants and how many cultures can come together.

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I didn’t find it offensive and it actually brought more people together.

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Panthers lose on late 3 to Drake NICK ALVARADO

Sports Writer

It was the one rebound the University of Northern Iowa women’s basketball team failed to grab that sealed their fate. Though three UNI players grabbed double-digit rebounds, Drake University guard Carly Grenfell converted the Panthers’ missed defensive board into a game-winning 3-pointer in the final 10 seconds of the 66-64 Drake victory.

“It was a 50/50 ball that hit our hands that we didn’t come up with,” said UNI head coach Tanya Warren.

“Things that we can control we did not do a very good job of, and I’m anxious to see how this team responds.”

Despite that one costly miss, it was the Panthers’ rebounding proficiency that led to second-chance points and kept UNI in control for the majority of the afternoon. UNI’s dominating performance on the glass was highlighted by Hannah Schonhardt’s team and

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Hannah Schonhardt recorded a team-high 17 rebounds in UNI’s loss to Drake on Sunday.

game-high 17 rebounds.

The Panthers’ free throw percentage, however, suf-

fered in Sunday’s game.

UNI shot 45 percent from the free-throw line, which

was well below their season average of 73 percent.

“If we make our free

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Politics put a black eye on Olympics BEN LLOYD

Sports Columnist

Olympians spend their whole lives training for that one special moment when the world focuses its spotlight on them and they take pride in representing their country.

Such pressure causes a drama unrivaled by most athletic events, most which still can’t hold a candle, let alone a torch, to the greatness involved with the Olympics.

The fact that the Olympics don’t come around every year is what makes them so special.

For two weeks every four years we get to enjoy a wide variety of athletic events performed by outstanding athletes from all kinds of remarkable backgrounds. But this year, a dark cloud hovers over this historic event: politics.

For people who simply want to enjoy the games for what they are, unfortunately, this year’s Winter Olympics feature a tug of war fight between Russian laws and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. This has taken the attention away from the athletes and their respected sports and has placed it upon their safety while staying in

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The Olympics, which start Thursday, have gotten a lot of negative publicity for the possibility of terrorist attacks due to an antigay law put into action by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Sochi, Russia, for the games.

The main cause of instigation among the feuding parties started earlier this year when the Russian government banned the dissemination of “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” around children, making it difficult for gay activists to operate.

Russian President Vladimir Putin also signed a law earlier this year prohibiting gay and lesbian couples in foreign countries from adopting Russian children. This has caused an uproar among most

gay rights movements and has led to a rise in terrorist attack threats from antigay activists in Russia.

Safety is becoming a top concern for participating athletes as the games near.

Although Russia’s Associated Press has stated they will have over 50,000 police officers and soldiers on hand for security, one can only hope the threats don’t take away from the games themselves and the performances of the participants.

However, the mental

psyche of the athletes isn’t the only thing affected by the threats surrounding the games. Taking pride in one’s country could also lose a sense of presence.

U.S. officials have warned athletes not to display team colors too prominently and to not wear Team USA gear outside Olympic venues. It really makes you wonder how these games will have that same Olympic feel when even the athletes are told not to wear their country’s flag without caution.

throws, the game is over,” Warren said. “You’ve got to stick free throws; that’s a lack of concentration.”

The Panthers also had twice as many turnovers as Drake.

Buried in the loss is the fact that four starters scored in double digits, three of who recorded double-doubles. Brooke Brown and Jen Keitel tied for a team-high 14 points. Schonhardt and Stephanie Davison chipped in 11 and 10 points, respectively. Davison recorded 11 rebounds and Keitel added 10. Brittni Donaldson was 1 point and two assists away from a double-double as well.

UNI is now 10-10 on the season overall, but still holds a 6-3 record in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Panthers are sitting in third place in the MVC. They will look to turn things around Thursday when they travel to Carbondale, Ill., where they will face off against Southern Illinois University.

Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.

OPENING CEREMONIES

When to watch: Friday, Feb. 7 @ 6:30 p.m.

Network: NBC

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