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‘Life as We Know It’ follows typical rom com formula

Depression screenings hope to give comfort to students

SARAH KELZER Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa Counseling Center offered free, anonymous depression screening for all UNI students Thursday.

Depression screenings search for various types of depression and anxiety in about a 30 - minute time period.

The screening consisted of various questions designed to indicate potential depressive symptoms. A video and lecture were also available, along with counselors who provided one-onone brief sessions.

Gretchen Honsell, a mental health counselor at the UNI Student Counseling Center, feels the screenings effectively signify potential signs of the disorder.

“It is a great indicator if something is off, and with a further assessment, it’s possible that the results will meet the criteria for depression or some sort of anxiety.”

Based on the results from the depression screenings, the counselors will contact participants and provide them with available help and steps they can take toward recovery.

Depression is far more serious than feeling sad from life’s disappointments.

According to ifred.org, a website dedicated to depression research and education, “depression is a serious medical condition that affects the mind and body. It is an illness that one in five people will suffer (from) during their lifetime.”

More people die from suicidal depression than homicide each year. College students, on the other hand, are at an even higher risk of mental illness. According to ifred.org, over the course of a single year, one in 12 See DEPRESSION page 2

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Extending the school year: an ongoing debate SARAH KELZER

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On Sep. 27, President Barack Obama announced his proposal to extend the length of the school year to keep up with our international peers. No specific time measure was announced.

U.S. students spend less time in school compared to students in other countries.

For example, South Korean student’s attend school for a month longer than U.S. students each year. However, Jim Maltas, a math teacher at Price Laboratory School, believes that school systems in America have a way to fit everything in regardless of the allotted time.

“We are the only country that tries to put every imaginable activity into the school day, and if it doesn’t fit, children come to school early or stay late to complete the activities,” said Maltas.

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Carol Wiezorek, left, waits with granddaughters Elly Wagner and Price Lab third grader Abby Wagner after school outside of the building. Lengthening the school year would create challenges for many families.

Panthers seek recovery at South Dakota TIM GETTING Staff Writer

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The Panthers will travel to the University of South Dakota on Saturday in hopes of earning their first non-conference and road victory. UNI is currently ranked No. 22 in The Sports Network Top 25 following last weekend’s lost.

The University of Northern Iowa Panthers will look to earn their first non-conference and road win Saturday as they travel to the University of South Dakota to take on the Coyotes. Kick off is set for 4:05 p.m. The game will not be televised in the Cedar Valley, but fans can listen to the radio broadcast on 1540 KXEL. The Panthers are currently ranked No. 22 in The Sports Network Top 25 poll following last weekend’s overtime loss at Southern Illinois University. The defeat was UNI’s first in Missouri Valley Football Conference play and dropped the Panthers into a three-way tie for the conference lead. UNI, SIU and Western Illinois University See RECOVERY, page 11

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College students in the United States will make a suicide plan, and seven out of every 100,000 college students die each year from suicide.

It is more common than people think. Several wellknown figures, such as George Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Halle Berry, Ben Stiller and Larry King have all experienced the symptoms of depression during their lives.

Symptoms include frequent crying spells, feelings of sadness, disinterest in regular activities, eating significantly more or less than usual, sleeping significantly more or less than usual, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness, problems concentrating or making decisions, and frequent thoughts about death and suicide. Favorite activities turn into pointless obligations. These problems, if severe enough, can affect students’ functioning during the work place, socially and academically.

Factors contributing to the emergence of depression are different for everyone and vary

considerably. For college students, it can simply be moving away from home for the first time, financial stress, health issues or relationship changes with family, friends or partners.

“It is usually a combination of these or similar factors that might trigger a depressive episode,” said Honsell.

However, depression does not need a cause. It can be brought on for no apparent reason. Even though research on depression is ongoing, scientists do know that genetics can sometimes play a key role. So can substance abuse like alcohol and drugs, because they affect the brain’s chemistry.

Many depressed people are unsure whether they suffer from the disorder.

“The depression screening offers students an opportunity to discover if what they are experiencing is depression, and what they can do about it,” says Honsell.

If you are wondering whether your thoughts and actions are depression-related and were unable to go participate in the depression screening, go to the Student Health Center for additional information and help.

ACROSS 1 Bulldogs’ home 5 Controversial 2009 Nobelist 10 Tevye’s toast subject 14 Airline with a King David Lounge 15 Drink disparaged

by W.C. Fields 16 Bridal gown shade 17 Ballet?

19 Iberian Peninsula invader 20 Cartographic detail 21 Au pair in a ring?

22 Salsa instrument 23 Can’t commit 25 “Don’t gimme that!”

27 Photo session with a klutz?

32 Realtors’ database: Abbr.

35 Abbr. part, often 36 “The nerve!”

37 Court cry 39 Airborne annoyances 41 Dynamic opening?

42 Gibbon, e.g.

44 Naldi of silents 46 Use a seed drill 47 Part of a barbershop review?

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58 ESP, e.g.

60 Predawn 61 Pundit’s piece 62 Christmas morning ritual?

64 Area between gutters 65 Come about 66 Further 67 Line discontinued in 2004 68 Military camp 69 Blonde, at times DOWN 1 Elusive Himalayans 2 “Drop me __” 3 Dropping the ball, so to speak 4 First arrival 5 MYOB part 6 English, maybe 7 Arguing 8 Good guy 9 Its mon. unit is the peso 10 Throat-soothing brew 11 Macintosh’s apple, e.g.

12 __ legs 13 Prefix with bond or dollar 18 Game company first called Syzygy 22 Godsend 24 Hand-tightened fastener

By John Lampkin

26 What misters do 28 Ford muscle car, to devotees 29 Lithographer James 30 Fabled fiddler 31 Generate interest 32 Damp area growth 33 The Eagles’ “__’ Eyes” 34 Big Mack 38 60606 and 70707, e.g.

40 Proctor’s announcement 43 “Iliad” hero 45 Much of Chile

48 Portray 49 Ribbed 52 How deadpan humor is delivered 53 Terse concession 54 Jazz pianist McCoy __ 55 New Mexico’s official neckwear 56 Fire __ 57 Be inclined (to) 59 Shelter org.

62 Some eggs 63 Long lead-in

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Even so, President Obama wants to expand K-12 after-school programs and either lengthen the school day or add more days to the year. This has caused debate throughout many levels of the education system.

Dwight Watson, the Dean of the College of Education at the University of Northern Iowa, is supportive of the idea but would be even more supportive if the model were proposed as a year-round model.

“The U.S. traditional nine month school year was established in a time when children were used as labor resources to work in the fields. Now that times have changed, maybe the education system should too,” said Watson. “Year-round schools in other countries

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by American kids. Other countries tend to be in school for six to nine weeks at a time with a two to three week break, plus holidays and a summer break. These models have shown some improvements in students’ achievement levels due to the continuity of learning.”

“The problem is the lack of educating by teachers as a whole and by standards that aren’t set high for all students. Adding time will do nothing unless other steps are taken.”

Dan Vargason Junior Spanish education major

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most. With longer school days, students could retain information longer, rather than losing a large chunk of it every year. Obama wants to see students maintain vital information, especially in math and science.

His plan is to recruit 10,000 science, technology, engineering and math teachers over the next two years to get students on the same competitive level as international students.

Obama’s proposed plan did not go over well with some students. Allison Blaser, a junior at Western Dubuque High School, does not think the problem is a lack of time spent in schools but rather different issues.

“I think the problem lies in the classroom, where we need to find different ways to teach kids who need help and different ways to teach kids who are ready to

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accelerate in their learning.

We need to get away from teaching opinions and get back to teaching the basics,” said Blaser.

While some are worried about the frustrating friction between teachers and students, others are worried about the financial side.

Along with the complaints of students, the education system wonders where the funds for more days will come from. For instance, Maltas believes that the buildings themselves will not hold up.

“One thing that would prevent many schools in Iowa from adding more days in the summer is the cost of air conditioning.

Many Iowa schools were not built with air conditioning,” said Maltas.

According to Maltas, finding the funding for this and other new expenses is not plausible during a

recession.

“Teachers will obviously come back with a request for more pay. You are asking them to work more days for the same amount of money, which will not go over very well,” he said.

Dan Vargason, a junior Spanish education major, opposes addition of more school days.

“The problem is the lack of educating by teachers as a whole and by standards that aren’t set high for all students. Adding time will do nothing unless other steps are taken,” said Vargason. “It is basically a combination of lack of discipline and standards. I do not want to see learning and motivation decrease over time because the wrong problem is being fixed.”

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‘Life As We Know It’ follows typical romantic comedy formula

By EMILY HEYER

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Josh Duhamel attends the”Life As We Know It” premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on Sept. 30.

family through Sophie and Holly. His performance, while charming, is as overdone and cliché as Heigl’s, adding to the film’s lost potential to make this romantic comedy meaningful.

The comic relief in this movie, besides the absolutely adorable performance by the Clagett triplets as Sophie, is provided by wacky neighbors and a social worker (Sarah Burns) who seems to come

around to the house at all the wrong times. The obligatory third wheel is Sam (Josh Lucas, “Glory Road,” “Sweet Home Alabama”), the charismatic (and practically perfect) pediatrician who swoops Holly off her feet. Of course, the rest of the comic relief is found through scenes involving puke, poop and sex.

The basis of this movie has great potential for some heartwarming and genu-

ine moments, but the subpar bathroom jokes and tired performances take away from a rather decent story. It is a comfortably cute movie. You go in knowing what to expect and how the movie will end – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

It’s a decent romantic comedy, and if you are looking for a nice chick-flick before the thrillers of the Halloween season arrive, it’s a good choice.

From lipstick to law: ‘Legally Blonde’ delivers

By ERIN TRAMPEL Staff Writer

Hundreds of musical fans gathered at the GallagherBluedorn Performing Arts Center to watch “Legally Blonde: The Musical” on Oct. 10.

The musical is based on the 2001 box office smash hit “Legally Blonde,” starring Reese Witherspoon, who played Elle Woods.

The storyline of the musical follows the storyline of the major motion picture, but with the added benefit of song and dance. The musical opens to the Delta Nu sorority sisters singing about their joy for Elle Woods, played by Nikki Bohne, whom everyone believes to be engaged.

They then discover that Elle is not even home, but is instead at the mall, trying to

UNI economics major wins elevator pitch competition

By CATHERINE AU JONG

Film Critic

It’s a common Hollywood scenario: Both parents die in a tragic accident, leaving their children behind in the care of some free-loving single person. Tragic, yet comical, when the instant parent deals with the trials of raising an orphaned baby.

In “Life As We Know It” we see this formula once again. When parents Alison (Christina Hendricks) and Peter (Hayes MacArthur) suddenly and heartbreakingly die in a car accident, their best friends Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Messer (Josh Duhamel) are called upon as godparents to raise their infant daughter, Sophie. Naturally, Holly’s Type A personality clashes comically with Messer’s steadfast Type B, and shenanigans ensue.

As with most of today’s romantic comedies, “Life As We Know It” is cliché and overdone. Heigl is the same organized, hard-working single woman she is in many of her other films, such as “Knocked Up” and “The Ugly Truth.” There is nothing new or remarkable about her performance. Her leading man, Duhamel, plays a happy-golucky ladies’ man who changes his ways after finding love and

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find the perfect dress that says “future bride.”

Little do Elle and her sorority sisters know that instead of the proposal Elle was expecting, she receives a lovely break-up speech (complete with song, dance and violin player) from her long-time boyfriend, Warner Huntington III, played by Matthew Ragas.

Elle then spends a week in her room eating Milky Ways before realizing that she needs to prove to Warner that she is “serious” by forgoing the senior year parties at UCLA and studying her nights away in order to get great LSAT scores and get into Harvard Law, where Warner has already been accepted.

With its grand music and beautiful set design, this musical earns 4.5 stars, and is a ERIN TRAMPEL/Northern Iowan must-see for any musical lover. Elle Woods, played by Nikki Bohne, interacts with her Delta Nu sorority sisters during “Legally Blonde: The Musical” in the GBPAC.

Adam O’Leary, a University of Northern Iowa senior economics major, recently won UNI’s elevator pitch competition and is now on his way to compete at the national level.

O’Leary, president of the UNI Entrepreneurs, won the pitch while presenting the business his organization is developing, Iowa Land, which makes three-dimensional molds to represent Iowa.

“The elevator pitch is a 90-second speech to get investors interested and to get a meeting with those investors so we can talk more about our business,” said Katherine Cota-Uyar, associate director of the UNI John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center.

According to Cota-Uyar, an elevator pitch therefore needs to be short and compelling to keep investors interested. She said it is not an easy job to say everything you want to say in 90 seconds.

Before the competition started this September, UNI staff held a workshop to provide students more knowledge and experience about the elevator pitch. After they learned more about the pitch, students crafted their own speeches and received feedback.

The pitches don’t only need to be about real businesses; they can be about any topic.

However, Cota-Uyar said that speaking about a real business helps because one can provide more details about the business.

O’Leary, who has been competing in the pitch for three years, is now preparing for the national competition that will take place in Chicago next month.

Cota-Uyar and UNI staff are helping O’Leary improve his speech and confidence. CotaUyar said there will be hundreds of people watching him, and several elimination rounds will take place during the competition.

“Probably the best practice I can get is giving my elevator speech multiple times and to as many people as I can,” O’Leary said.

He hopes the national competition will assist him in preparing to become an entrepreneur.

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‘The HeART Project’ to raise money for Haiti

By JESSICA SNOOK Staff Writer

Do you have “HeART” for Haiti? If so, you may enjoy “The HeART Project,” with artwork from passionate local artists, ranging from painting, drawing, photography, exotic crafts and much more. The event will be held at Orchard Hill Church on Nov. 20 from 4 to 8 p.m.

Artwork from both Haiti and the Cedar Valley will be on display. By selling their artwork, the Haitian children can raise money for school.

The art show will have pre-priced artwork that anyone can purchase as well as several large canvases that will be sold during a silent auction. All proceeds from the art show will go to United Christians International to fund a school in Haiti.

Megan Pattee, a Cedar Falls native and freshman at Truman State University, was

the one who initially had the idea for The HeART Project.

She first thought of the project this summer while reflecting on her life. “(I thought) … I hadn’t really done anything for anyone,” she said.

Pattee is a “huge believer in finding your passion and your talents and then using them for the greater good.” She believes The HeART Project is just that.

With help from Laura Hoy, the mission’s director at Orchard Hill Church, Pattee is securing donated art for the show.

Along with art, the show will also feature live music. Callie Weiss and an Orchard Hill band will provide musical entertainment during the event. There will also be a Kids Kraft activity for youngsters.

For more information, check out “The HeART Project” on Facebook.

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According to O’Leary, presentation skills are very important while doing an elevator pitch. He says it is important to be able to convince people that your idea is the best.

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important thing that students should do is keep talking, because if they suddenly stop, they will be eliminated.

She said it is important to be spontaneous and not completely memorize the speech.

O’Leary and Cota-Uyar are looking forward to the competition this fall, and their preparation is far from over.

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He said, she said: Relationship advice

By ANTHONY MITCHELL and KATIE HUNT

Relationship Columnists

Q: I met someone at a party the other night and we really hit it off. When is the right time to add her on Facebook?

He said: How soon do you add someone on Facebook? Well, if you know each other I don’t see why you wouldn’t as soon as you get around to it. In my humble opinion, I’d say be more concerned about getting her number and setting up the crucial first date. Definitely don’t put Facebook as your number one method of communication when you are trying to start a new relationship.

Call me old-fashioned, but I think Facebook should be supplemental to a relationship. Also, it kind of sucks the aura out of the first date.

The whole point is to get to know each other that first go-around. Instead you can just creep on their profile and already know some things about them before even going in. To me, it just seems like a missing link and, frankly, a little bizarre.

I can see Facebook having its advantages in these situations. It makes it easier to get to know someone, but as I said earlier, I think that is a necessary step. Now if you add her, let’s say, tomorrow, do your best to establish some form of communication before you both get distracted. I’ve seen this happen a bunch of times. Write on her wall or if she’s on Facebook, start a chat -- type your golden flirting words, and then do your best to get her number or estab-

lish a date.

If you add her on Facebook and she tends to dodge you, also a common occurrence, at least it saves you from faceto-face rejection or a bad first date that leaves a bad taste in both of your mouths. Plus, avoidance via the Internet is incredibly easy.

Hopefully, your adding her on Facebook will lead to the crucial first date and then a successful relationship. Just, pretty please, don’t limit yourself to Facebook.

She said: Because social networking sites are one of the most popular ways we communicate today, I don’t think there should be much hesitation when “adding someone” on Facebook. As a college student, I meet new people all the time and Facebook has been a great way to extend my friendship with those people.

Since you asked the question, I’m guessing you haven’t added her yet. This is good because the only thing I would advise against in this situation would be adding her right when you got home or the very next day. That says, “I’ve got nothing better to do than sit on Facebook.”

If it were me, I would even wait until the next time I saw her to add her. I know that in the past, when people I meet add me on Facebook or when I add them, there have always

been a few weeks before we became Facebook friends. Of course, some of them were sooner, some later.

Like I mentioned before, I don’t think that this is a big deal. I hope that nobody analyzes Facebook enough to worry about when someone is adding them, unless of course, the friend request occurred within 24 hours of meeting them. Chances are if she likes you too, she’ll be thinking about adding you on Facebook as well.

It’s interesting that nowadays we go straight to assuming everyone has a Facebook account. But don’t be mistaken, there are a few out there who have yet to jump on this social media train. I’m working in a group for my Principles of Public Relations class, and although the four of us did exchange phone numbers, we also talked about adding each other on Facebook. It really is one of the best forms of communication today.

However, to our surprise, one of the group members did not have an account. Your girl may be one of these people. So you can always at least search her name on Facebook to see if she’s got one. If not, you’ve got nothing to worry about!

The point is -- relax.

Redirect your focus towards school and not adding women on Facebook. And maybe if you’re lucky, she’ll add you first.

Do you have a relationship question for Anthony and Katie?

E-mail your questions to northern-iowan@uni.edu. All questions will remain anonymous.

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Welcome to another edition of the Northern Iowa Student Government Newsletter.

We put out this newsletter in an effort to connect with the UNI community and let everyone know what’s going on your campus. Look for us to appear every other week to give you the inside scoop on all the details relating to the world of Northern Iowa Student Government.

Are you interested in joining NISG? We have several seats open and much like state or federal government, the Senate is elected to represent constituencies from all over campus. Current seat openings include Bender Hall, College of Natural Sciences, College of Education, Lawther Hall, Off Campus (2 seats), ROTH Complex, and University Apartments. Contact Speaker of the Senate Kevin Shannon for more information at kshannon@uni.edu .

How about a Committee?

Does serving as a serving as a senator not seem like you gig? No worries! We’ve got committees open and available for non-senators in addition to senators. What interests you? Event planning and issue management? Try the Public Relations and Programming committee. Chairwoman Kashonna Drain (draink@uni.edu) is the person to contact in regards to finding a place in the PRP Committee. Other committees are available also! Want to provide input on how funds are spent? How about the chance to make your voice heard when the University buys new technology? There’s a committee for that. Just contact Vice President Hashman at hashmane@ gmail.com.

Get Noticed!

Are you the chair of a student organization?

How about a PR person wanting to make your student org more visible across the UNI campus? Talk to us! We have tons of ways to get you noticed and increase your membership. The Maucker Union Monitor System is our most popular method. You’ve most likely noticed the updated look of the monitors, but you you can view them any time! Channel 5.3 on Campus Cable allows you to catch any details you may have missed in the Union anywhere on campus.

NISG will take submissions from any recognized student organization. Contact Director of Public Relations Spencer Shireman at shiremas@uni.edu to place your slide. Submissions run approximately 2 weeks and will play on a computer generated random rotation. Ask Director Shireman other methods of student organization advertisement.

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Let’s Talk Diversity!

Director of Diversity and Student Life Polina Bogomolova is working hard to promote NISG’s message of inclusiveness and diversity across campus. One of these initiatives is the Diversity Matters Fund. The fund grants $400 when 2 student organizations sponsor an event and up to $700 when 3 or more student organizations sponsor. Your proposal must go through the Board Members first for approval. Applications are available now. The first due date is October 4th, and will continue every two weeks from there. There is $5,000 available in the fund for the academic year. What you don’t use from the amount given to you for your event will be returned to the fund. Another exciting initiative NISG is offering is the Student Organization of the Month and Event of the Month. The student organization that wins this will be featured in this bi-weekly newsletter and in the Northern Iowan. For more information, contact Director of Diversity and Student Life Polina Bogomolova at bogomolp@uni.edu or visit http://www. uni.edu/studentorgs/nisg/student-organizationmonth.

A New Face!

We have a new face in the office! We’d like to introduce our new Chief of Staff Dakotah Reed.

Dakotah comes to us as a transfer student from the University of Iowa and is a native of Ottumwa, Iowa. Former Chief of Staff David Miller has accepted an internship for the following semester and will not be able to join us during that time. We ask you to stop by the office and welcome Dakotah not only to NISG, but to UNI! Office Hours!

The NISG staff have designated office hours, where you can come in and talk to us about…

Anything!

Stop by on Wednesday and Fridays from 2pm to 3pm to see us all, or during one of our specific office hours. There is someone in the office from 9am to 6pm Monday through Friday. Email one of us to set up a meeting during other hours.

A Final Note!

At NISG, we want the entire student body involved in making a better UNI for all of us.

With that in mind, we encourage all students, senators or not to be involved in the aforementioned committees. It only takes you to make a difference. We hope you’ve enjoyed this edition of the NISG newsletter! Look for us again!

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Don’t ‘just’ vote

The future leadership of the state of Iowa and the United States will be decided on Nov. 2. What’s at stake? Arguably, the amount of your money that will go to tuition and taxes, the economic status of the state of Iowa, the future of alternative energy research and the legality of same-sex marriage, to name a few issues.

The direction that our state moves in regarding these and other important issues depends in no small part on the results of the 2010 midterm elections, during which Iowans will choose their governor, a national senator, a national representative and their state representatives.

Despite the gross importance of these positions, the midterm elections often go overlooked, as they lack the glamour and hype of the presidential elections. It is for this reason that several people and organizations, many of them with specific political party affiliations, encourage students to just go out and vote. While it is very important for students to do so, we feel that this message can be very dangerous.

The argument goes something like this: election candidates generally don’t pay attention to the issues that students care about. If more students go out and vote, however, the candidates will become more dependent on their votes to get elected. If this is the case, then candidates running for office will try to represent the interests of the youth.

This is a sound argument. However, there are a few problems with telling students just to vote in order to force politicians to care about them. Those same politicians are responsible for running or representing the entire state of Iowa, and so while they may be very good at marketing themselves to Iowa’s students, they may not necessarily be the best candidates for the entire state. Even if their views on important issues like alternative energy and same-sex marriage appeal to students, or if they claim that they want to keep the cost of tuition down, they may have economic plans that make these projects infeasible, or that require sacrificing something that it is not in Iowans’ best interests to sacrifice.

A serious danger with “just” voting is that one is likely to make uninformed decisions. If you don’t know about all of the candidates, how can you be sure that the one you are voting for is the best choice? On what basis, then, do you choose a candidate? Do you choose to vote down party lines or for whom your friends or family are voting for? Do you vote for who sounds like the best candidate?

Can these reasons really stand as the basis for your decision about the future of your state? The answer is a resounding no. With so much at stake during these elections, it is your duty as an Iowa citizen to make informed decisions about the individuals who take public office. You should ask yourself: what is the purpose of government? Should it make decisions about social issues, or should those be decided by a vote? Should the government provide health care for its citizens, or should private companies offer it? What makes a candidate qualified to be a public official?

After answering these questions, it’s important to examine the different candidates from the different parties and see which ones you think meet those qualifications and are best suited to govern.

And don’t just read their campaign website: read or watch debates between the candidates in order to critically examine whether or not they have plans to support their rhetoric. When their job depends on popular support, unsavory policies become hidden and sugarcoated.

It’s up to you to wade through this sweet-talking and determine which political candidates are best fit for office. Is this a lot of work?

Absolutely. We realize that this is not an appealing idea for students, who are often overworked. But is it important? Undoubtedly. The laws of the society in which you live depend on it.

If you’re not willing to put in that effort, don’t vote. Voting for the sake of voting does not make your voice heard: it is a forfeiting of your voice. You instead become a vessel for your friend’s voice, or your party’s voice, or the voice of the majority. You become a puppet, manipulated for somebody else’s agenda. The only way to speak for yourself is to critically determine which candidate is the best.

With so much at stake on Nov. 2, you have no excuse for not voting. You have opinions on these issues, and it is imperative that you voice them by making an informed decision. Go out and vote this November, but don’t just vote. Can you really afford to do otherwise?

This editorial reflects the position of the Northern Iowan’s editorial staff: John Anderson, Leah Jeffries, Brad Eilers, Cassie Tegeler, Anna Schreck and Kari Braumann. All other articles and illustrations represent the views of their authors.

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Take online classes with Professor Google MICHAEL DIPPOLD Michael.S.Dippold @gmail.com

When we’re young, education can seem like a nuisance that we’re legally obligated to tolerate. During our college years, it often feels like a series of hoops that we have to jump through in order to obtain a diploma – the all-important piece of paper that allows us to find employment and be successful in “real life.”

This makes me sad, because it gives education – whether formal or informal – a bad image that it doesn’t deserve. By the time most kids graduate college, they’re ready to sell all of their books, hang up their learning hat and close that chapter of their lives for good.

During my first year at the University of Northern Iowa, I helped form a student group.

We wanted to have events where we could get interested students together on a regular basis to study things that were relevant to our group. We dubbed these sessions “study groups.” When it came time to expand the

group, we were tossing around ideas about how to make it more appealing to the larger student body. My very first suggestion was to ditch the name. My reasoning was that students are tired of classes by the end of the day – the last thing they want to do is “study” in their free time.

Now maybe this is semantics, but I think it might reveal a lot about how students see education.

In fact, I would argue that the importance of learning is lost on a lot of students. Some of the most successful college-aged people I have run across are selftaught. I know plenty of people who skipped or dropped out of college simply because they were already qualified to do certain lucrative jobs based on the learning that they had done in their spare time. Of course, being “self taught” is a lot of work, but doing a little bit of extra learning can take you a long way in life, and it can be a lot more fun than just sitting sleepily in the classroom and desperately trying to stay awake.

By way of example, I typed part of this column on a computer that I just built from parts of other old computers, and yet it was only two weeks ago that

I thought computers were magic boxes from which the Internet and video games sprang. Want to know how I learned to build computers? A few hours of intensive YouTubing and going to Wikipedia anytime I ran across a word or phrase that I didn’t know. Now I’m not saying that everyone should learn how to build computers, but with the wondrous amount of free knowledge that we have at our disposal today, it would be insane not to take advantage of that and learn how to do something new.

There are other benefits to learning for fun too, aside from just feeling better about your life.

Like I mentioned earlier, a lot of that extra time spent learning can lead to better careers, or open up opportunities that were previously unreachable. Adding knowledge to your repertoire can make you significantly more employable after college, and at the very least it will make you look good on a résumé.

So consider this a wake-up call. Extracurricular learning is not something that’s terribly hard to do. It’s as simple as remembering the things that you have always wished you could do

Facebook.

It seems we always forget about the image we portray when we don’t realize it, when we weren’t thinking about what we were doing because we were being a normal college student.

That is the biggest challenge facing fraternities and sororities.

Our members are put on a pedestal because we have put ourselves there. And as soon as we pick up a beer in public, we have assumed the stereotype.

People are always watching.

You can do all the community service hours in the world and write a nice article about it. But that isn’t going to make the headlines of the newspaper the next day. Far too often the story about a fraternity or sorority hazing incident or alcohol-related death makes the front page of newspapers while the majority of positive aspects of Greek life are completely ignored. Movies and TV shows do this as well. Toga parties, beer bongs and women

that are only half-dressed become the image that society associates with “going Greek.” For all the positive images we might put out, they will always be drastically overshadowed by the one negative image that occurs.

Fraternities and Sororities know we have a lot to offer and we put it all on the table when we recruit new members. Last year, the Greek community at UNI contributed more than $45,000 to charitable organizations and performed more than 5,000 community service hours.

The Greeks on this campus do amazing things. Four of the past six student body presidents have been Greek. The Greek community GPA for last semester was a 3.0. But my guess is that we didn’t tell you about these things.

I’m guessing what you saw when you went past our houses were guys standing in front of the letters on their houses, drinking and playing bags.

Greek life must challenge stereotypes ADAM HASELHUHN adamh@uni.edu

The Greek community faces stereotypes that we don’t like to be associated with. We spend a lot of time arguing against them and making the claim that “the stereotypes aren’t true.” As a member of a fraternity, I absolutely hate being called a frat boy, because the first image that pops into my head is that of “Animal House” or a guy with a sweater tied around his waist with his nose in the air.

I know that members of my chapter are not like that. I know that the other chapters at the University of Northern Iowa aren’t like that. Most of us are just “normal guys.” But too often we don’t show it. In fact, more often than not, we encourage the stereotypes with “themed parties” and stupid pictures on

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Letters to the editor Save our justices

fications of the justices, but rather disagreeing with marriage for gay and lesbian couples.

We cannot allow justices to be dismissed for such frivolous reasons. Our justices serve Iowans to defend and interpret the Iowa State Constitution, a role they dutifully fulfilled in the Varnum v. Brien decision. Retention of our Iowa Supreme Court Justices should not be a question of unpopular or progressive decisions, but of professional ethics and qualifications.

Maintaining the integrity of our judicial system is vital to the system of checks and balances so frequently referenced in both our state and United States Constitution. As former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor stated in Des Moines, “We have to have a place where judges are not subject to outright retaliation for their judicial decisions.” Iowa must remain that place.

Our nation’s most controversial judicial decisions have also been those that have defined our nation. Brown v. Board of Education desegregated our nation’s schools, allowing all students to receive a good, equal education. Roe v. Wade, still creating controversy today, allows women the right to choose. Here in Iowa, Varnum v. Brien fostered marriage equality for all Iowans, with justices in a unanimous decision.

Iowa’s judicial system is uniquely situated in that it avoids the politics of elections; Iowa Supreme Court justices are appointed, not elected.

This allows the most qualified justices to be selected — not those who run the best campaign.

Unfortunately, the integrity of our judicial system is under attack. Those disagreeing with the Varnum v. Brien decision are urging voters to dismiss three justices up for retention this November: Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and Justices Michael Streit and David Baker. This attack on individual justices is not about the quali-

Kyle Woollums Spanish and French education major

In response to ‘The damage of Wal-Mart’

can still purchase your goods at the smaller stores, but you must be willing to pay more for them.

When most people talk about the large retailers and the manufacturing done in China, they talk about terrible working conditions, and they are forced to live at the dorms on the job. You are partially right. They do live in the dorms, but it is because it is truly cheaper for them to do so.

Comparing wage rates across nations is just plain silly. They don’t spend nearly as much of their income on the items we do. We expect heat, air conditioning, television, Internet and other goods. They have been in poverty for a long time and have just recently started their economic development to bring them out, as the free markets have been opened, and their comparative advantages have become realized.

In response to the Wal-Mart article, the author puts up a lot of key statistics that are surprising and eye opening. He alludes to the fact that local governments are helping out Wal-Mart by helping them gain access into local markets through subsidies. “Capitalism at its most severe, (he) suppose(s).” This is, in fact, not capitalism at all.

Governments do not interfere when it is true capitalism.

He talks a lot about mom-and-pop shops going out of business and how this is bad for us.

I challenge him to gain a true understanding of economics. What value do these employees bring you? They greet you, stock your goods and check you out when it is all finished. How much would you truly be willing to pay for all these services?

Wal-Mart figured it out and streamlined the process so that we didn’t have to pay as much for these services, which brings down its prices. You

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The Kwik and the Dead

By Phil Heiderhoff

Underneath the florescent sign The heroes’ horses begin to pine From blocks around you hear the roar Of iron steeds, twenty or more.

Mustangs clad with rubber feet Gallop up College Street No man’s fool and no lady’s Claude The rider’s sweet wheelies need no applause As autumn waxes with summer through The Kwik Star Riders still ride true Their destination always known The sister Kwik Star holds their throne They ride in a pack large and loud These new age Quixotes must be proud For even as the temperature plummets Rarely a rider wears a helmet For reasons known only to them The riders remind every home and den With a clamor shaking windows and doors That the streets are theirs and not yours So let us salute theses valiant men For who else amongst us has the time to spend Night after night on metal mount And a fool’s reputation to surmount?

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and starting to learn how to do them. Poke around online and see what peaks your interest. It’s as easy as that, and the most you have to lose is a few hours of time, which you probably would have wasted anyway.

As for me, I’ll be off slowly teaching myself how to manage networks and do some basic programming. I’ll also be having a lot of fun doing it, and I’ll probably be much more employable by the time I graduate. Care to join me?

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While the media and society have exaggerated the negative stereotypes with fraternities and sororities, we as Greeks don’t do enough to battle these images.

If anything, we do more to feed into them. At UNI we know we aren’t the normal Greek community and we need to do more to show it. It’s time we step up and take responsibility for the images we present. We need to own who we are and what we can offer.

Being in a fraternity or sorority means you are a part of something bigger than any one individual. We are a part of a Greek community, and in the end, that makes those of us that are members part of a family. It’s time our family stands together and takes pride in itself.

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By DRU JORGENSEN

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Ten NCAA women’s volleyball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court were selected as finalists today for the firstever Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in volleyball. The University of Northern Iowa’s Ellie Blankenship is among the 10 finalists.

To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence -- community, classroom, character and competition.

Nominees are: Sydney Anderson, Setter, Nebraska; Ellie Blankenship, University of Northern Iowa; Laura DeBruler, Illinois; Allyson Doyle, Western Michigan; Francie Ekwerekwu, Oklahoma; Lauren Gibbemeyer, Minnesota; Jenna Hagglund, Washington; Alix Klineman, Stanford; Carli Lloyd, California and Arielle Wilson, Penn State.

An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

The finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 30 candidates that was announced in August.

Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to determine the winner. Fans are encouraged to vote via the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award website through Nov. 23. Fan votes will be combined with media and coaches votes to determine the winner.

Lowe’s, an official corporate partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award® winner during the 2010 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship in Kansas City in midDecember.

“It’s exciting to recognize the 10 volleyball finalists, a remarkable group of

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University of Northern Iowa senior golfer Jared Doerfler has a couple of main goals in mind when it comes to the Panther golf team.

“Our team goals are to win a tournament, and make it to regionals,” said Doerfler.

Doerfler is coming off a 2009 campaign where he made eight starts and had a 78.5 stroke average.

Doerfler hopes to improve for the 2010 season.

“Some individual goals are to get some top-10 (finishes) in some tournaments and to try to be a good leader,” said Doerfler.

The Panther golf team doesn’t have too many seniors.

However, that doesn’t mean that there won’t be any leadership on the team.

“The senior leadership is good this year. Mason Linn and I are the two seniors and I think we have done a decent job this year, and it’s key because we have so many freshmen, so we need to do our best to try and

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help them out as much as we can,” said Doerfler.

The Panther golfers are coming off a fourth-place finish at the D.A. Weibring Classic hosted by Illinois State University Oct. 3.

The Panthers finished behind Illinois, Iowa State and Nebraska. Although Doerfler finished as the top Panther golfer and tied for 11th overall with a score of 71, it still wasn’t his favorite tournament of the year.

“We have only played three tournaments so far this year but my favorite one so far is probably at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. It’s different playing in the mountains and a way different change of pace

than Iowa,” said Doerfler.

Doerfler, who played at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, before coming to UNI, brings a winning flavor to the Panther squad.

In high school, Doerfler won two team state championships at Mason City Newman Catholic. He also was a four-time allconference selection.

Doerfler’s favorite golf memory from before UNI is of winning the team state championship as a freshman in high school, but it is not his favorite golf memory of all time.

“My favorite golf memory is playing in the final group of the Waterloo Open this past summer,” said Doerfler.

Doerfler may be good on the golf course, but don’t think that these winning ways transfer to putt-putt golf.

“I am possibly the worst mini golfer ever. I am so bad, I’m not even sure what my best score is,” he joked.

Whether Doerfler is trying to card a 71 on a full golf course or get a colorful ball past a rotating windmill at mini golf, he likes the chemistry of his team.

“We had a lot of guys leave last year so it is good that the new guys that came in this year fit right in. We hang out a lot on and off the course,” said Doerfler.

Other than golfing, Doerfler may be found fishing, skiing when it’s cold enough and wakeboarding.

Doerfler also has some thoughts about what he wants to do after his time at college.

“My major is Supply Chain Management and some aspirations after college are to get a good job that I enjoy and can wake up every day excited to go to work,” said Doerfler.

Doerfler, whose favorite club is his four-iron, can hopefully keep a strong attitude for the 2010 season.

“What keeps me motivated is the excitement of our team and our chance to win. We go out in every tournament and try to win so it keeps us motivated during the week to practice hard,” said Doerfler.

The UNI golf team’s next tournament will be the University of MissouriKansas City Invitational on Oct. 18 and 19.

Athletes are human too

By RYAN FRIEDERICH

Sports Columnist

This past Sunday night I was a horrible person. I did something I never thought was possible as an Atlanta Braves fan, and I still feel bad about it today. On Sunday night Braves second baseman Brooks Conrad set a National League Divisional Series record by committing three errors, and boy did I let him have it (in my head, obviously). I called Brooks everything under the sun.

I booed him, I wished him out of the organization and I hoped to never see him in a Braves uniform again.

After my outburst and a terrible night’s sleep, I started to wonder if it really is “ok” to boo or harass a professional athlete. Most people would say, “Of course it is ok to boo a professional athlete! They get paid a

lot for what they do, and we should expect nothing but production out of them!” I personally feel that professional athletes do not deserve the ridicule that we tend to give them because they are just normal people, and these tirades can and do have an impact on them.

Take for example Donnie Moore, who pitched for the California Angels in the 1980s. I would consider Moore to have been an aboveaverage pitcher, posting a lifetime 43-40 record with a 3.67 career earned run average. However no one remembers the stats that Donnie Moore complied over his career; they all just remember the night of Oct. 12, 1986.

That fall evening the Angels had a home game in the playoffs against the Boston Red Sox, and they were currently leading the

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Brooks Conrad sits alone in the Atlanta Braves dugout after he committed three errors in game three of the National League Divisional Series.

best-of-seven game series 3-1. Moore was called upon by his team to close out game five while leading 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning, which could have won them the pennant. Moore unfortunately was unable to secure the game, which

ended in extra innings with the Red Sox winning 7-6, and ultimately the Angels lost the pennant race.

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UNI is 0-2 on the road this season. The Panthers will look to get their first road victory when they travel to South Dakota Saturday to take on the Coyotes.

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have all earned 2-1 conference records.

Meanwhile, South Dakota fell to 3-3 on the season after experiencing a 17-13 loss to the University of CaliforniaDavis last Saturday.

The Coyotes have proven this season that they have risen above the level of play that resulted in a 66-7 loss at the UNI-Dome last year.

During week two, South Dakota traveled to the Big Ten Conference’s University of Minnesota and handed the Golden Gophers a 41-38 defeat.

“It’s basically an eyeopener when you watch them play. They had players that were playing at the Big Ten level, and that basically tells you what kind of team that they have,” said UNI head coach Mark Farley.

The turnover battle has been proven to be a big key for the Panthers’ chances at victory so far this season.

Each game in which UNI has given up the football more than its opponent has resulted in a loss. Last weekend, the Panthers turned the ball over four times, while forcing just one SIU turnover.

The Coyotes have the potential to give UNI issues in the realm of turnovers.

In their six games thus far, South Dakota has been on the negative side of the turnover margin statistic in just one game. “(The turnover aspect) is the focal point for us, and it’s something that we still need to do a lot better job at,” Farley said.

Offensively, South Dakota

possesses a somewhat similar attack to that of the Panthers.

Quarterback Dante Warren and running back Chris Ganious have rushed for 340 and 455 yards this season, respectively. The Coyote duo could pose a unique threat for the Panther defense, which is currently ranked No. 3 in rushing defense in the Football Championship Subdivision.

At the same time, UNI quarterback Tirrell Rennie and running back Carlos Anderson have each gained over 500 yards rushing this season.

One statistical difference between the two schools’ offenses, however, is in the passing game. USD’s Warren has passed for over 1100 yards and 10 touchdowns while throwing four interceptions.

UNI’s passing offense has amounted twice as many interceptions than touchdowns.

South Dakota, although competing in an FCS conference, is currently in the process of reclassifying to Division I athletics.

The university decided to request reclassification from Division II to Division I athletics in 2006 and will not be an official FCS program until 2012.

The Coyotes currently compete in the Great West Conference but may make a move to the Summit League as soon as next season, if the conference decides to house football. Whether the Summit League adopts football or not, however, USD expects to join the conference in all other sports next academic year.

young women dedicated to excellence in all areas of their lives,” said Tom Lamb, Lowe’s senior vice president of marketing. “We are impressed with the level of involvement they have in community service efforts and in the classroom while playing a high-profile sport like women’s volleyball.”

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Allison joins women’s basketball coaching staff

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The University of Northern Iowa women’s basketball team has added Sami Allison to its coaching staff, head coach Tanya Warren announced Oct. 7.

Allison will work primarily with the Panther forwards.

“We are very excited that Sami will be joining our Panther family,” Warren said. “She brings a wealth of national recruiting experience to our program, and she is a good teacher of the game. She is an incredible person, very passionate and extremely talented. We are tickled to have her back in her home state.”

Allison, a native of Libertyville, Iowa, joins the Panthers with seven years’ experience as an assistant at the NCAA Division I level.

She most recently spent two seasons at Monmouth University in New Jersey.

While with the Hawks she was responsible for scheduling, recruiting, marketing, camps and clinics, and equipment.

Before working at Monmouth, she worked four years at Long Island University. She went to LIU after spending a season at her alma mater, St. Francis (Pa.) University. There, she helped the Red Flash finish with a 25-6 record and as Northeast Conference champion.

Allison fills the position previously held by Kelley Jacobs, who will be serving as the Panthers’ director of basketball operations.

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Donnie Moore, former pitcher for the California Angels, was unable to close out game five of the 1986 playoff series against the Boston Red Sox.

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professional career and it dragged him into a serious depression. On June 18, 1989, Moore was involved in a severe altercation with his wife, who he then shot three times and afterwards turned the gun on himself.

I am by no means claiming that Moore committed suicide because of how Angels fans treated him, but you are a fool if you don’t think it had a serious impact on his life. I quickly realized that on Sunday I was becoming one of “those fans,” and although Brooks will never hear my opinion about him (and honestly he probably doesn’t care), I feel a need to apologize to him.

Brooks Conrad just went

through the toughest time of his life on Sunday night, and I am sure it hurts even worse now that the series is over and the Braves are finished for the season. I think we should all take the time to reflect on how the smallest actions can have the biggest results while dealing with other people, and if we all would take that time to think we wouldn’t have to hear stories in the news like the one coming out of Rutgers University this past month. Athletes are just normal people, and just because they are making more money than most of us ever will doesn’t give us the right to think they are impervious to our harsh and often unfair judgment. Go Panthers.

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