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APRIL 27, 2012
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VOLUME 108, ISSUE 54
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RESIDENCE LIFE
“ ” A farewell to Bartlett Hall I only lived in Bartlett Hall for one year, but in that year Bartlett became home. - Molly Hayes, Bartlett Hall resident assistant
OPINION
Graduation in the darkness at the edge of town Columnist Early invites his fellow graduates out to the edge of their comfort zones. < See PAGE 6
GRAD SPOTLIGHT
Bradford: Education should be fun Graduate student Jason Bradford speaks on his UNI experience and his career and life aspirations. < See PAGE 7
CAITIE PETERSON Editorial Staff
On Monday, April 23, residents of Bartlett Hall were allowed a rare tour of the building’s fourth and fifth floors, which have been closed since 1983 due to fire code. Adrienne Appler, the Residence Life Coordinator of Bartlett Hall, directed the tours. “I’ve been really excited to be able to do this for Bartlett residents, especially because it’s Bartlett’s last year,” she said. “There’s a lot of mystery surrounding the fourth and fifth floors because they’re locked up. Hearing that it was a haunted house causes people to wonder what’s up there.”
BRANDON BAKER/Northern Iowan
< See BARTLETT, page 9
Bartlett will close its doors as a residence hall at the end of this academic year. It will be renovated this summer and used for faculty offices.
BUDGET CUTS
PANTHER PROFILE
Payton leaves behind a magical UNI career Volleyball player Bre Payton leaves UNI at the end of this year, though time alone will tell if she’ll be remembered for being named three-time conference player of the year or for being a lefty. < See PAGE 7
ONLINE
UNI updates BOR on Price Lab closure COE looks to use block scheduling, recruit teachers to mentor students
INDEX I SPY AT UNI......................2 OPINION............................5 CAMPUS LIFE....................7 SPORTS...........................11 GAMES............................14 CLASSIFIEDS...................15
Arbitrator rules in favor of UF regarding merit pay grievance BLAKE FINDLEY Staff Writer
LINH TA Staff Writer
On April 25, the University of Northern Iowa administration updated the Iowa Board of Regents on the closure of Malcolm Price Laboratory School. At the meeting, Dwight < See BOR, page 4
SLIDESHOW See behind-the-scenes photos from UNISTA’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” < visit northern-iowan.org
ACADEMICS
BRANDON BAKER/Northern Iowan
On April 25, COE dean Dwight Watson updated the Iowa Board of Regents on UNI’s transition after the closure of Price Lab.
Arbitrator Jeffery Jacobs ruled April 23 in favor of the University of Northern Iowa United FacultyAmerican Association of University Professors in a grievance over whether requiring student evaluations for every course, < See ARBITRATOR, page 4
STUDENT SERVICE
Stewart and Anderson receive Lux Service Award JAIME YOWLER Staff Writer
The University of Northern Iowa named seniors Ashley Stewart and Joel Anderson as the recipients of the 2012 Lux Service Award, the most prestigious award given to undergraduates to acknowledge outstanding service to the
university, during the Student Leadership Awards Ceremony on April 17. “I was speechless and just excited to no end to receive this award,” said Stewart, a family services major. “With everyone nominated — all of these great student leaders — it is truly an honor to be < See LUX SERVICE AWARD, page 3
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ANDERSON