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Black Student Union hosted their third annual date auction night Oct. 26.

Columnist Laura Hebbeln points out flaws in mental health education.

The women’s volleyball team are first in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Tuesday

Oct. 29, 2013

Volume 110, Issue 18

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SCIENCE

ACADEMICS

Spooky science delights children

Regents approve education center Ghost hunters investigate “haunted” happenings around the Cedar Valley area RACHEL BALDUS

Staff Writer

JACINDA RUGGLES/Northern Iowan Jackson Miller creates sea foam in the Pirate’s Cove at the Halloween House science show on Friday.

JACINDA RUGGLES

Staff Writer

Amidst small explosions of gases and flames, the excited screams of children filled the second floor of McCollum Science Hall, thanks to the University of Northern Iowa’s American Chemical Society’s annual Halloween House science show Friday. Between the Devil’s Den, Frankenstein’s Lab, the Witch’s Lair and Pirate’s Cove, the kids learned about the wonders of science. “Some college students come by, but it’s geared as a community outreach program,” said Laura Castro, president of Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society. In Pirate’s Cove, pirate captain Sarah Eikenberry put her crew through a series of tests to prove their worth. From creating mermaid tears and sea foam to turning silver into gold, the crew was successful in all their endeavors.

Under a full moon in the Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery Oct. 19, the Cedar Valley Ghost Hunters set up their digital thermometers, laser grids, and electromagnetic field detectors while putting five onlookers through their first paranormal investigation. “They’re not real familiar with it, so we’re going to teach them the ropes,” said Michelle Merry, co-founder and lead investigator of the Cedar Valley Ghost Hunters. “They are all interested in the same thing we are, but they don’t get the option, like we do, all the time to go out and do it.” The ghost hunters split up into groups, using walkie-talkies to communicate. A monitor was on display for people to watch the 10 video cameras set up around the cemetery. Saturday’s investigation was a “tag-a-long,” which Merry said is like a “Ghost 101” where people are allowed to join the investigation. The group searched for signs of move-

ment while attempting to ask the possible ghosts questions. “Why are you here?” asked Robin Johnston when a fax machine and radio turned on without anyone in the room. Cemetery employees contacted the investigators after several appliances were turning on and off. “It’s so important to help people and to make sure people out there don’t think they’re crazy. They have somewhere they can turn to, they have someone they can call,” Merry said. Merry and Johnston formed Cedar Valley Ghost Hunters, a paranormal investigative group, in November 2010 after both became interested in ghosts at a young age. Jerry McElrath, owner of Iowa Spirit Investigative Services, said there are many spirit and ghost organizations in Iowa. See GHOSTS, page 4

LINH TA

Executive Editor

The Iowa Board of Regents approved plans to open a new education center, “The Center for Educational Transformation” at the University of Northern Iowa during their meeting Oct. 24. The center will replace Malcolm Price Laboratory and fulfill a mandate by legislators requiring UNI to engage in research, development and dissemination of top teaching practices, which Price Lab previously fulfilled. However, Provost and Vice President Gloria Gibson said there are clear differences between the former school and the upcoming center. “They’re both very different even though there was research that went on at the lab school, but the center’s focus will be making an educational impact throughout the state,” Gibson said. The center is set to open early 2014 in the Schindler Education Center, and the research conducted will have an statewide impact, according to Gibson. “We’re interested in how we can impact the school districts, be they rural school districts, the “Urban Eight,” the Cedar Valley,” Gibson said. “What are their challenges and how can we as a center that’s a part of the university help them make decisions for the future?”

MEGHAN RANKIN/Northern Iowan

See SCIENCE, page 5

See BOR, page 2

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