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March 2, 2015 Volume 111, Issue 40
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series there were original poems, short stories and creative nonfictions among the works. O’Loughlin said that this event is a great opportunity for other writers to find out about both published and up and coming writers.
The Panther Track and Field Athletes hosted the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Championships this weekend in the UNI-Dome. The nineschool conference spent both Saturday and Sunday competing in 25 different events from pole vault to the mile run. Although they finished sixth place in the men’s competition and fourth in the women’s, the Panthers gained momentum in a number of individual events this weekend. Saturday morning opened with the seven-event men’s heptathlon and continued through Sunday. Freshman Panther Jayvon Matthews moved up through the rankings and set his personal record in five of the seven events. Four of the five PR’s took place in the 60 meter dash at 7.15 seconds, long jump with a 6.77 meter leap, shot put with a 12.89 meter throw, high jump height of 1.89 meters, and a 4.10 meter pole vault record.
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Brooke Wonders, author and new assistant professor of languages and literatures at UNI reads at the Final Thursday reading series. Wonders has had works appear in “Daily Science Fiction” and magazines such as “Brevity” and “Clarkesworld.”
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Both new and accomplished writers showed off their work last week at the Final Thursday reading series at the Hearst Center for the Arts. The event featured a reading by Brooke Wonders, author and new assistant pro-
fessor of languages and literatures at the University of Northern Iowa. The Series is a monthly event put on by the Hearst Center and College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences. The last Thursday of each month is a time for writers to read their original
work, followed by a featured writer, said Jim O’Loughlin, associate professor of languages and literature. The night began with an open mic where seven local writers, students and community members read some of their work. At this month’s Final Thursday reading
Student Voices Are you going to Dance Marathon next Saturday? Why, or why not?
We’re not participating with Dance Marathon this year because in the morning we’ll be volunteering with our Alpha Phi sisters at Special Olympics, so unfortunately we aren’t able to be up for that long a period of time. But we’re excited to get involved next year!
Yes I’m going to Dance Marathon because I’m on two [Dance Marathon] committees and so I have to go, basically. But I’m really excited! I’m designing the family room. It’s going to be really, really fun and interesting!
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