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Northern Iowan
the university of northern iowa’s student-produced newspaper since 1892
March 1, 2011
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Volume 107, Issue 40
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Cedar Falls, Iowa
Biannual climate NISG elections 2011 survey ends Friday
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Voting in the NISG runoff elections begins Tuesday at 6 a.m. and goes until Wednesday at 6 p.m. on MyUNIverse under the Life @ UNI tab. For more information on the candidates and for live streaming of the results, visit www.nisgelections.com.
AJ CASSIDY Staff Writer
University of Northern Iowa students and staff were sent an e-mail encouraging them to participate in the campus-wide Climate and Diversity Survey in February. The survey, which takes about 20 minutes to complete, is anonymous and gives students and staff the opportunity to voice their opinions about the nature of campus life as it pertains to diversity. The survey is done biannually, and all responses are confidential and aggregated.
University officials will used the results of the survey to determine whether the university is meeting its goals in regards to diversity, defined as “the rich differences that people bring to the University of Northern Iowa community” by the UNI “Diversity Matters” website. These differences can include, but are not limited to: military service, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, gender, race, ethnicity and religion. In keeping with the university’s mission “to create and maintain an inclusive See CLIMATE, page 2
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Students gathered in Maucker Union Wednesday night to wait for the general election results. After more than four hours of vote counting, it was announced that there would be a runoff election between Spencer Walrath and Ian Goldsmith and Rhonda Greenway and Adam Beaves.
Women’s and Gender UNI residence halls participating in Penny Wars Studies Program to host Women’s History Month MARKITA CURRIE Staff Writer
A massive war is going on between the dorms on the University of Northern Iowa campus. The Penny Wars are in full force. From now until March 11, each residence hall will be collecting pennies to raise money for books to be donated to fourth-graders at Edison Elementary. The two houses that
collect the most pennies will be rewarded with a pizza party. A group of sophomore presidential scholars are raising the money as part of a project they planned for their Think Tank course. The funds will help close the disparity between the number of books many experts estimate children should have See PENNY WARS, page 3
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may be sent to the Women’s and Gender Studies office. Contributions will be used to purchase media and books on diversity and gender studies for the Rod Library. Each item purchased with funds from the memorial will have a book plate affixed to it showing its affiliation with the Allbee Memorial. Speakers at the event will include former director of the program and professor emerita of English Alice Swensen; professor emeritus of sociology Ron Roberts; and professor of religion and former director Martha Reineke. If you have questions about the event, contact the Women’s and Gender Studies office at 273-7102.
AJ CASSIDY Staff Writer
The University of Northern Iowa Women’s and Gender Studies Program will host their annual open house for Women’s History Month this Thursday at 3 p.m. The program will be dedicating their activities this month to Susan Allbee, an instructor in sociology and women’s and gender studies from 1989 until her retirement in 2007. Allbee passed away in February 2011. The memorial will take place in the Sabin Hall foyer, with a reception following in Sabin Hall 225. Contributions to the Susan Allbee Memorial Fund will be accepted at the event or
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