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DOCUMENTARY

UNION FOOD

SOCCER

CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 9

OPINION PAGE 8

OPINION PAGE 12

Student’s perserverence told through documentary.

A new food business has finally arrived on campus.

Two overtime games result in one win and one loss for the Panthers.

Thursday

August 27, 2015 Volume 112, Issue 01

northeriowan.com

Opinion 5 Campus Life 8 Sports 12 Games 14 Classifieds 15

Student employment on the rise SHELBY WELSCH Staff Writer

As the new school year begins, on campus job positions are being filled every day. There are hundreds of job options students can choose from, ranging from library positions to working the concessions at football games. The possibilities are endless. However, many students choose to work at the dining centers. The logic makes sense; students that live in the dorms (excluding Campbell) can walk to and from their job via skywalk without ever having to leave the building. This can be very convenient when winter rolls around with six feet of snow to maneuver around. On campus jobs are also gen-

erally more flexible around your schedule than other jobs. It is a great opportunity to gain responsibility, money management skills and stay connected with faculty and friends. Junior social work major, Jamie Ballard, started working at Piazza two years ago and has been enjoying it since. “The people that work here are really funny and great,” Ballard said. “And the cooks are so cool.” It’s been debated many times whether or not students should wait to get a job because of the added workload it entails. Annie Karr, Assistant Director of Residence, Marketing and Conference Services has her own opinion on the subject. See EMPLOYMENT, page 8

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A student smiles as he receives a mug of ice cream from a dining center worker. The S’mores station in the Rialto feautures a variety of different desserts and treats.

Fight the Iowa bubble

What’s new on campus? Over the summer there was an addition to UNI. Do you know what it is?

See SCULPTURE, page 2

A few years ago, a friend of mine applied for outof-state student teaching, explaining, “I need to get out of the Iowa bubble.” At the time, I had never considered that such a thing existed, but now I see it all around us. What I mean by “Iowa bubble” is the combination of innocent and willful ignorance that keeps people from feeling involved or invested in matters outside

of their immediate reach. There is a popular belief in the United States that Iowans do not know or care about anything that happens outside of the corn harvest or meatpacking plants. I have found this to be truer than I can stand, even at UNI, where we have the opportunity to become more global citizens through liberal arts education. UNI is a great place, but that shouldn’t prevent us from looking outside the bubble. We come by this bubble somewhat honestly, because UNI is primarily composed of a specific subset of people. According to collegeportraits.org (a link found

on admissions website), our school is 89 percent Iowan. This also means that an overwhelming majority of our school is white, 84 percent. Now, I’m not here to bash the citizens of Iowa, because I am the proudest Iowan I know. In fact, I sing the entire soundtrack of “The Music Man” every morning while cooking a breakfast of corn on the cob, cheesy potato casserole and good old Iowa pork tenderloins. But even I recognize the limitations of a view shaped by the white, Christian majority of my home place. See BUBBLE, page 6

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