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EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION
CRIME
UNI organizations Clery Report reveals 2010 help build house for crime statistics for UNI Extreme Makeover AJ CASSIDY
Staff Writer
The number of crimes at the University of Northern Iowa remained fairly consistent from 2009 to 2010, as seen in the 2010 Clery Report statistics released on Sept. 28. The report tracks a wide variety of crimes, including violent crimes, sex offenses, hate crimes, robberies, burglaries and drug, liquor and weapons law violations. “When you take a look at the totals, we are down in some areas; we are up in some areas; we’ve remained fairly consistent,” said Dave Zarifis, UNI Director of Public Safety. “I’ve always made the comment that UNI is a very safe campus, but we’re not crime-free.” The Clery Act mandates an annual crime report for any institution at which
Photo courtesy of Kory McCracken
Workers including Kory McCracken (top center), senior construction management major; Trevor Sniegowski (underneath McCracken), freshman construction management major; and Jacob Stroebele (right), junior construction management major, assist Fager Framing Inc. in building the house for “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”
Crime
2009
2010
forcible sex offenses aggravated assaults burglaries motor vehicle thefts liquor law arrests liquor law disciplinary referrals drug law arrests drug law disciplinary referrals
5 0 5 2 41 588
4 3 8 1 35 410
28 41
34 27
students can receive federal aid. The legislation was introduced in 1990, four years after the death of Jeanne Clery, a student at Lehigh University. The report breaks down the number of specific crimes that occurred on campus by crimes that occurred in residence halls, non-campus buildings and public prop-
data from UNI Department of Public Safety
erty — up to and including any sidewalk across a street that borders the university (e.g. 23rd Street). Sarah Schwendinger, a sophomore marketing and public relations major, thinks UNI is a safe campus. “I think it’s overall a safe campus – there are incidents See CLERY REPORT, page 3
NEWS IN PHOTOS
Black Male Leaders Union wins Pride Cry
TEHRENE FIRMAN Home Edition,” loves getEditorial Staff
It was just weeks ago that the University of Northern Iowa held a pep rally to get the Cedar Valley excited about “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” coming to the area. Now, after a week of volunteers donning their signature blue shirts and white hard hats worked 24 hours a day to complete the project, the West Union, Iowa, family is settled into their new home. According to the show’s officials, Audrey Gibbs, a legally blind widow in Fayette County, and her six children, were in dire need of a new place to live, as their farmhouse “didn’t work for the family” with its caving ceiling and toilet that didn’t function. Ty Pennington, the host of “Extreme Makeover:
ting to incorporate his love for design and helping others like Gibbs and her family, saying “it’s like not waking up at all – it’s like a dream come true.” “I never knew that there was a way to combine my love for design and creating things with my hands and television,” said Pennington. Pennington is able to share that passion everywhere he goes as he travels across the nation, but was especially excited to come to Iowa and start the project, saying he “couldn’t wait.” “There’s a reason it’s called the heartland,” said Pennington. “Midwesterners have a lot of heart and that’s what brings them out in record See EXTREME MAKEOVER, page 7
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The Black Male Leaders Union, who won the Pride Cry, performs UNI’s fight song at the Pride Cry finals on Oct. 7. This was the first year BMLU performed in the Pride Cry. Other finalists included the Student Admissions Ambassadors with Connecting Alumni to Students, and Alpha Delta Pi with Kappa Sigma. For this year’s Pride Cry, groups were asked to perform one song with lyrics pertaining to UNI, Homecoming or the theme “Home at the Dome” and the UNI fight song as well. Each group had five minutes to perform. Judges included Tabatha Cruz, program coordinator for the Center for Multicultural Education; Kirk Stufflebeam, geography professor; and Emily Brandt, junior English major.