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September 22, 2016
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Volume 113, Issue 08
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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
ABORTION UNI Right to Life hosts a national movement on campus. CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
FINANCE Columnist advocates voting for candidate willing to reform campaign finance.
OPINION PAGE 3
SOCCER UNI now stands second in the MVC, with a record of 5-4-1. SPORTS PAGE 6
The leaves are changing color and fall is on its way, which means the presidential race is about to heat up. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will spar in their first debate on Monday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. CT. The debate will be aired on various news networks. The first debate signals the closing stretch of what many have deemed a strange election cycle. Donna Hoffman, political science department head, expressed this sentiment, saying that she thinks the election as a whole has been “very unusual.” Brian Warby, political science professor, agreed,
Miracles for miles Students dressed in orange trotted and jogged across campus to support kiddos involved in Dance Marathon last Saturday. Dance Marathon (DM) is a fairly popular organization among UNI students, with a reported 302 members in the UNI student organization directory, and has raised nearly 1 million dollars for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital over the past six years, according to their website.
saying, “It has been a very odd election.” However, the eccentricity of the election does not take away from its possible historical implications. “Maybe you’re electing the first woman president, maybe you’re electing the first president in the modern era who has no political experience,” Hoffman said. “Certainly it will be a very important election that we’ll look back on. Maybe for good reasons, maybe for bad reasons.” Hoffman went on to discuss her thoughts on each of the candidates. “You have Donald Trump. Being a very unorthodox candidate, he doesn’t have political experience; he’s
running a very unorthodox campaign,” Hoffman said. “You have Hillary Clinton. She’s the first female nominee of a major party, and so you have a lot of interesting dynamics that are going on. She’s running a much more traditional campaign.” Warby, who specializes in international relations, also shared his thoughts on the two nominees and their foreign policy. “Clinton has a very long track record. We can see what she’s done and what she’s supported and what she’s voted for or voted against, and her positions over 20-plus years,” Warby said. “She’s been pretty consistent for the most part […] She’s pretty hawkish on
foreign policy, but we know what to expect.” Warby went on to discuss his thoughts on Trump, saying, “His style is make big claims, shoot from the hip – very spontaneous without thinking all that carefully about some of the stuff that he says or even having that much background knowledge about some of the stuff he talks about.” Many UNI students have strong feelings about the election. Michael Ruccolo, sophomore social and behavioral science and political science double major, expressed concern over the two major nominees. See ELECTION, page 2
By shelby Welsch//Staff Writer
Although their “Big Event” is the one that raises the most amount of money, students involved in DM have already begun putting on smaller events, like the 5k, to raise even more money for these kids. According to junior early childhood and elementary education major and DM morale captain, Jessica Alexander, the event took place right here on UNI’s campus. Runners of all ages started at the alumni house, then
looped all around campus and ended back at the alumni house. Last year, Dance Marathon hosted a “Cookie 5k” where runners had to eat cookies while running. However, this year they decided to revert back to a regular 5k where runners were highly suggested to deck themselves out in the color orange. 94.5 KULT radio was also present to provide music. See DM 5K, page 5
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The start of the 5k took off by Alumni House, where it also ended. The Miracles for Miles 5k is only one of many Dance Marathon events.
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