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Northern Iowan
the university of northern iowa’s student-produced newspaper since 1892
April 26, 2011
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Volume 107, Issue 53
TUESDAY
UNI hosts 2011 Sustainability Forum CAROLINE DAVIS Staff Writer
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U.S. ambassador gives students advice on foreign service careers LOTTIE STAGGS Staff Writer
Ambassador Ronald McMullen, a Cedar Falls native, spoke to University of Iowa students on Wednesday, April 20 about foreign service careers, experiences and internships. The event was sponsored by UNI Career Services. Students from a variety of majors came to McMullen’s presentation and many said they thoroughly enjoyed hearing him speak. “I’m very interested in
The University of Northern Iowa hosted the 2011 Sustainability Forum last week as a part of UNI’s annual Earth Week celebrations. The forum took place in the Central Ballroom in Maucker Union on Thursday. The main question asked during the Sustainability Forum was, “Are we making the grade?” The students, faculty and staff in attendance were all asked to contribute toward the discussion as to how UNI can become a more sustainable institution in the near future. Provost Gloria Gibson kicked off the event by welcoming all those in attendance and the special guests, including State Representative Bob Kressig and many Cedar Falls City
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UNI President Benjamin Allen gives his welcome speech to students, faculty and staff during the sustainability forum.
working in the foreign service. It was very informative to have someone come in to give us personal insight on how to be successful in that field,” said Robyn Odegard, a senior Spanish and global studies major. McMullen is currently a diplomat-in-residence at the University of Texas in Austin. He went to Drake University and majored in political science, then got his doctorate from the University of Iowa. He has See MCMULLEN, page 4
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Remembering the Holocaust BLAKE FINDLEY Staff Writer
In order to honor and remember the 11 million victims of the Holocaust, the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education is sponsoring a Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony to be held on May 8 at the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum (Grout Museum District) in Waterloo. “The lessons of the Holocaust have not been
fully learned and understood,” said Stephen Gaies, the director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education. “All we have to do is look around our world today. It is important to learn and to understand what happened and to act on that knowledge and understanding. This ceremony is a way of doing so.” Gaies explained that this will be the fifth annual ceremony for remembering the Holocaust. The ad hoc committee that preceded the creation of the center start-
ed the annual ceremonies, Gaies said, due in part to a bill passed by Congress to establish official days of remembrance for the Holocaust, which this year is May 1 through May 8. The nationwide theme for the 2011 ceremonies is “Justice and Accountability in the Face of Genocide: What Have We Learned?” Gaies said that part of the reason for this theme is that 2011 marks the 65th anniversary of the Nuremburg See HOLOCAUST, page 5
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Do you know where this picture was taken? If so, email us at northerniowan@uni.edu with your answer. The winner’s name and the picture’s location will be featured in the next edition of the Northern Iowan. The winner from the April 22 issue was Orijit Kar, a UNI senior, who correctly identified that the picture was taken at the planetarium in Latham Hall.