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Volume 110, Issue 39
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Helping refugees reach the American dream CASSIDY NOBLE Staff Writer
Every Saturday at First Methodist Church in Waterloo, UNI students tutor Burmese refugees one-on-one in English as part of UNI RISE. “We were concerned that they wanted to learn English but there is not very many resources in the community for it,” said Jordan Peterson, founder of UNI RISE. The overall goal of the group is to help provide students with enough knowledge so they pass the citizenship test – a $680 test that allows people to become American citizens – on the first try. “We are one of two programs that offer any sort of
English teaching to the refugee population in Waterloo,” said Alicia Soppe, a tutor at UNI RISE. “We are the only one that offers one-on-one tutoring and we also provide child care for the mentor and mentee.” The other program is at Hawkeye Community College and it provides tutoring in a group setting. There are approximately 1,500 Burmese living in the Waterloo community and with the help of UNI RISE, over 60 people have learned English since the program began in October 2013. Tutors start at the beginning with letters and words and works all the way to sentence structure and correct grammar. See REFUGEES, page 4
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Northern Iowa students help refugees learn English, along with other information so they can pass their citizenship test.
UNI groups bond over Times trivia Iowa rivers CORREY PRIGEON
Assistant News Editor
CASSIDY NOBLE/Northern Iowan
Students from the swim team compete in the Times trivia event held Friday.
A sense of friendly competition helped bridge the gap between groups like the University of Northern Iowa’s history department and the football team Friday night during The New York Times trivia night. The event aimed to bring together groups from around campus and help foster better connections between them. “You had the basketball team sitting with the accounting club,” President William Ruud said. “You tell me that that doesn’t foster better relationships among groups.” There were three trivia rounds, and as time whittled
down the competition, two teams remained by the end: the history department and the accounting club. After correctly answering the night’s tie-breaker question, the accounting club won $125 in prize money, as well as a championship trophy. “I’m shocked. We got lucky,” said Joel Pike, assistant accounting professor. “It was a lot of fun. It was a nice chance to get involved.” The New York Times provided the prize money and $75 was also given to the second place team and $50 to third place. Even the losing teams said the night was successful.
are choking gulf waters CORREY PRIGEON
Assistant News Editor
While Iowa’s agriculture helps sustain life around the country, it has also had a hand in ravishing life under the sea. Mohammad Iqbal, professor of earth science, and his UNI research assistant, Sushil Tuladhar, are investigating the Cedar River to find out how local agricultural practices are affecting the water in the state and around the country, mainly the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
See TRIVIA, page 2
See POLLUTION, page 2
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