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EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
Nationwide emergency alert test exposes problems for KULT
The student radio station could be fined up to $30,000 for not meeting FCC regulations
VETERAN AFFAIRS
Committee, student group examine veterans’ issues KARI BRAUMANN Editorial Staff
This article is part two of a series. Look for part three in the Friday, Nov. 18 issue of the Northern Iowan.
JOHN ANDERSON Executive Editor
The University of Northern Iowa’s student radio station, 94.5 KULT-LP, was taken over Wednesday. The station’s transmitter was covered by local station Rock 108’s broadcast for one to two hours following the first-ever nationwide Emergency Alert System test at 1 p.m. JOHN ANDERSON/Northern Iowan that day. Brian Marshall, a junior physical education major, talks during “We’ll Mow Your “I literally had to Lawn,” a show about NFL football on KULT. During a recent test, KULT realized they could be fined $30,000 because their old dot matrix printer (upper right See KULT, page 2 hand corner) doesn’t currently print EAS test logs properly.
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s the voices of student veterans at the University of Northern Iowa grow louder, they and the Veteran Student Services Committee are working together to reexamine the way UNI serves its military student population. Terry Hogan, vice president for student affairs, said he calls it “a strengthened or renewed effort” that began with attempts to gauge student veterans’ experiences at UNI. According to Hogan, there are three ways UNI measures itself on how well it serves its military stu-
dents: student satisfaction, retention rates and graduation rates. Retention and graduation rates can be discerned mathematically; to gauge student satisfaction, Hogan listed three specific assessments. They include a survey for graduating seniors (which has a question about student satisfaction), a biannual campus climate survey and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). Hogan acknowledges that these measures don’t fully capture student veterans’ experiences at UNI. For example, students who drop out would not get a chance to complete the graduating student survey. That, Hogan said, is where the UNI Student Veterans See VETERANS, page 3
STUDENT AWARD
Senior named student entrepreneur of the year
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Members of University of Northern Iowa’s Dance Marathon team participate in a flash mob in Maucker Union on Nov. 10 as part of a registration push. Dance Marathon, which will take place in the Union on Feb. 25, 2012, raises funds for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Miracle Network.
AJ CASSIDY Staff Writer
Therese Kuster, a senior public relations major at the University of Northern Iowa, recently won the Young Entrepreneur Council/ Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Student Entrepreneur of the Year at the National CEO Conference. Kuster won UNI’s Elevator Pitch competition in September and is an active member of UNI’s chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Association. See ENTREPRENEUR, page 2
Photo courtesy of THERESE KUSTER
Therese Kuster, a senior public relations major at the University of Northern Iowa, recently won the Young Entrepreneur Council/Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Student Entrepreneur of the Year at the National CEO Conference. Kuster also won UNI’s Elevator Pitch competition in September. No Purchase Required
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