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September 18, 2017
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Volume 114, Issue 07
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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Sexual assault advocate 2
You don’t matter to UNI 3
Oktoberfest on the Hill 5
Volleyball wins away
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There was an indie craft invasion on College Hill S at u r day, Sept. 16, with the seventh annual Pear Fair. Over 25 local and regional vendors came to the corner of 22nd and College Street, right by the Octopus bar, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For Allison Dickinson, — a junior studying geography, —this was her first experience with the Pear Fair. “I’ve always passed by
it, but I’ve never actually gone in to see it,” Dickinson said. Although the focus of the fair was crafts, food and music enhanced the atmosphere. Milkbox Bakery (which is also located on the Hill) and a La Calle Latin American cuisine food truck provided fairgoers with a snack while they shopped. The Cedar Falls Food Co-op and the Center for Energy and Environmental Education also had informational booths at the fair. Vinyl was spinning throughout the day, with more records available for purchase at the fair. The majority of vendors were located inside a large canvas tent. Shoppers formed a line to make a loop around the
tent, with the option of placing their name and contact information into a cauldron for the drawing of a gift card to Mohair Pear, a shop located on College Street. Mohair Pair is the fair’s host and namesake. A wide array of vendors lined the insides of the tent. In the slightly more conventional category, there were wall prints, canvas paintings and original coloring books. Many vendors featured succulents and cacti, uniquely planted in blocks of wood or recycled wine bottles. One booth sold hand puppets, while another sold knitted stuffed animals. More of these stuffed animals contin-
ued to be produced on the spot, as their creator kept clicking her knitting needles together during the fair. Another booth sold a wide selection of handcrafted cruelty-free bath and body products. Handmade jewelry, zines, fiber art, graphic t-shirts, handmade stickers and greeting cards were just some of the other things on display and for sale. Most of these items can also be found online at their vendor’s Etsy shops. Savannah Findley, a junior studying child, adult, and family services was also at the fair.
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in New Jersey. The UNI Colony was founded in 2008, and the torch was recently reignited on campus by senior psychology major Oliverio Covarrubias and six other brothers. “We have an interest group each time; we have them do 10 events and then from there they decide,” Covarrubias said. “We don’t have pledge classes per se, because a lot of black and brown organizations step or stroll or, in our case, salute.” Covarrubias is a member of gamma line, the third line at UNI. Lines are not only the initiation “class” of an individual chapter, but also the group brothers that salute together.
“Everyone who crossed with me, they are my line brothers — or LBs for short,” Covarrubias said. According to Covarrubias, “crossing” is the last step in initiation. The new members “cross” into the organization. He said that names and numbers are unique to minority greek life and play a big role not only in the organization of members, but in the identity of members as a part their particular line. “My line name is Cosmos, and I am the ace or the first, of the line,” Covarrubias said. “At least with gamma line, I will always be in front.” Covarrubias also noted that the ideals of multicultural greek organizations are at
the forefront of everyday life for their members. “Not to diminish or devalue any white fraternal organizations’ values […] they are often abstract concepts about how to better yourself and your community,” Covarrubias said. “Whereas black and brown fraternities — they have [abstract] values as well — but an underlying one is advocacy for those communities.” Covarrubias views the philanthropies of white fraternities as the advocacy they focus on, but also noted that it stands apart from the critical role of advocacy in minority fraternities.
See PEAR FAIR, page 5
A Greek tradition reignited News Editor
Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Incorporated is new to most students on campus at UNI. However, the fraternity has a storied history in the US that highlights the uniqueness of Latin American culture. According to the Lambda Theta Phi website, L a m b d a Theta Phi was founded in 1975 on the campus of Kean College
See LAMBDA, page 2
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