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Bob Dylan coming to UNI WILLIAM KRESSE Staff Writer

His career spans nearly five decades. He’s sold dozens of gold and platinum albums, and five have peaked at number one on the charts.

In 1988, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Just this year he’s played venues in Tokyo, Seoul, Athens, Istanbul, Barcelona and Bordeaux.

Now Bob Dylan is coming to the McLeod Center, right here in Cedar Falls.

Tickets are currently being sold at www.BobDylan. com. University of Northern Iowa students, Panther Scholarship Club members, Alumni Association members and Friends of the Gallagher-Bluedorn were given the chance to purchase tickets at 10 a.m. on Sept.

23 before the general public, who will have to wait until Sept. 27.

The concert is set to begin at 8 p.m. on Oct. 24. Dylan’s appearance at UNI is a combination of good luck and a collaborative effort between the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Maucker Union and UNI Athletics.

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After four years of planning and development, the University of Northern Iowa will open the new Center of Holocaust and Genocide Education.

Four years ago, the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education was just implementing a lecture series. Now, Stephen

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Gaies, the director for the Holocaust and Genocide Education Center, is proud to introduce a center that is much more than that.

“We are trying to coordinate with other centers to promote human rights awareness, tolerance, violence prevention and conflict resolution,” Gaies said.

The center will be a place of community out-

reach to help individuals understand that past events are really a learning tool that can help guide us into a brighter future.

The center will also be a meeting place for students, staff and faculty who want to contribute to finding a solution to human rights issues in Iowa and around the world.

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide

Education will begin sponsoring events this year.

Two confirmed events are the 2011 Norman Cohn Family Holocaust Remembrance and Education Lecture on April 26, 2011 and the 2011 Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony on May 3, 2011.

For further information, contact Gaies at stephen. gaies@uni.edu.

on Oct. 16 and ending at 7 a.m. the next day. Reggie’s SleepOut is sponsored by the Iowa Homeless Youth Center and the Des Moines Area Religious Council to raise awareness of youth homelessness in Iowa.

Reggie Kelsey, the youth

whom the event was named after, died in 2001 at the age of 18. After becoming a legal adult, Reggie had to leave the foster care system and was forced into a life of homelessness. Due to his living circumstances and lack of resources, he died

in the Des Moines River a mere three months later.

Participants in Reggie’s SleepOut will be treated to food and beverages as well as this year’s highly anticipated “Reggie’s Got Talent,” which will take

The Young Women’s Club of America of Black Hawk County will hold an international dining event in the Slife Ballroom at the Commons on Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. The theme of the event is “A World of Great Tastes, International Dining Event.” Tickets for this event cost $50 per person or $375 for a table and a four-course meal of varying International cuisine from almost all continents around the globe.

This will be the third annual international dining event hosted by the YWCA. International dining is a fundraiser for the organization that is held in order to achieve its mission, which is to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA has been preparing this event for the last six to eight months. This year’s international dining will not only bring out various unique cuisines, but it will also provide great entertainment, a cash bar and a live auction.

Cheryl Ritz, YWCA marketing and development director, believes that everyone loves to eat. The purpose of this event is to give students and community members the opportunity to taste different kinds of cuisines. Ritz explained that the majority of people who usually come are the supporters, donors and program participants.

However, she encourages students to come as well, as this is a precious opportunity .

“Foods can symbolize cultures and differences, because. . .each international item can give us different experiences which most people at UNI still need,” said Yeshi Khando Lama, leader of the Univeristy of Northern Iowa Tibetan students group. “UNI is the perfect place to hold this

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Legendary artist Bob Dylan is set to perfrom at the UNI McLeod center on Oct. 24 at 8 p.m.

“It’s all about timing,” said Mike Bobeldyk, associate director of Maucker Union.

“We were fortunate that our venue availabilities lined up with how he was being routed through the Midwest. It’s exciting because we are the only Iowa date on this tour,

and what a better way to cap off the Homecoming celebrations.”

Dylan’s appearance at UNI may only be topped by the Dalai Lama’s visit last May. “This show is a nice feather in our cap, not only because

of who it is but also how it came together,” Bobeldyk said. “This is a great model of how departments across campus who share similar goals can come together and make something wonderful happen.”

Drake University to host fifth annual Reggie’s SleepOut KARYN SPORY Staff Writer

Grab your sleeping bag and get ready to lie under the stars to support the fifth annual Reggie’s SleepOut at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, beginning at 3 p.m.

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UNI to introduce center for Holocaust education KARYN SPORY

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place at 11:30 p.m. in the Field House.

In addition to the talent show there will be other

activities, including music and games. There will also be a Boxed-In Design Contest in which participants will be judged on the creativity of their shelter.

“In the past, people have

built the Iowa Capitol, the Statue of Liberty, a turtle and various shelters out of cardboard boxes,” said Libby Zalete, IHYC Board Member and Reggie’s SleepOut college and uni-

versity committee chair.

More information and registration forms for the event can be found at www. reggiessleepout.org.

According to Ritz, international dining helps facilitate the needs of both international and local students.

international dining event will be made authentic by working together with UNI Catering and some people who have studied abroad.

“Students are still lacking of international exposures and experiences because apart from the books and classes, exposures to other cultures build internationally competent students and help eliminate stereotypes towards some cultures,” said Lama. She believes that this event can benefit local and international students.

From the perspective of local students, this event can help UNI as an institution to increase intercul-

tural knowledge of local students, especially students that have never left the U.S. This event is also a way for international students to show that they are acknowledged in the UNI community, and to share their knowledge among other countries’ fascinating cultures.

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Zombie education invades the UNI campus

By ELIZABETH COLLINS Staff Writer

Zombies have long pervaded popular culture in films, video games and novels, and now they are taking over academics at the University of Northern Iowa.

“The Anthropology of Zombies” is a unique class being taught this semester by anthropology professor Don Gaff.

Gaff organized the class as a fun way to explore a number of social and behavioral topics.

“On one level, the class is silly and fun, but on another level, the class is exactly what should be done at a university – showing that any topic is worthy of study and that critical thinking can be taken out of the ivory tower and applied to things you come across in daily life, like zombie movies,” he said.

In the class students will watch a wide range of zombie films, from Bela Lugosi’s 1934 “White Zombie” to the recent zombie-comedy hit, “Zombieland.” Students will also read articles that coincide with the social relevance of each

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University of Northern Iowa students enrolled in the class “Anthropology of Zombies” show their enthusiasm for learning about zombies.

film at the time of its release, allowing for a diverse discussion on a number of issues such as race, gender and identity.

Recently the class watched George Romero’s 1968 classic, “Night of the Living Dead.”

Film, just as any other work of art, is a reflection of its time, and that goes for each and every movie made.

Zombies themselves can be seen as a reflection of humanity.

“Since zombies are physically

‘Easy A’ easily awesome

people but without personhood it gives us an opportunity to reflect on ourselves,” Gaff said.

“In other words, what can the undead say about the living?

Once you adopt that perspective, you can start seeing the social

and philosophical relevance of zombies.”

In addition to the self-reflective and cultural indications of the zombie meme, the class will consider the existence of real zombies. Although most people view zombies as an entertaining, fictitious product of Hollywood, zombies originated from Haiti, where Vodoo sorcerers would bring people back from the dead using magic potions. Zombies, to those who practice Vodoo, are very real.

As senior anthropology major Anna Moran put it, “In most cultures zombies are fictitious; however, in some cultures an educated woman is also fictitious. I think it is all about perspective.”

Another topic the class will touch on is the possibility of an apocalyptic event and what it could mean for humankind.

“We, as anthropologists, need to be able to understand human interaction, human response, and human behavior during times of pandemic,” Moran said.

‘That’s so gay’

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Iowa Safe Schools to hold workshop for education majors

By LAUREN McCOLLUM Staff Writer

It’s an unfortunate reality, but derogatory terms and phrases are heard countless times every day in public schools. More than ever, quips such as “no homo,” “fag,” “dyke” and “that’s so gay” have become a serious issue that future educators will face as they enter their prospective careers.

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“Through participation in workshops, panel discussions, performances, films and lectures we encourage people to challenge their thoughts and to think about their own beliefs.”

Emma Stone and Patricia Clarkson star in “Easy A.”

By EMILY HEYER Film Critic

“Let me just begin by saying that there are two sides to every story. And this is my side ­­-- the right one.”

So begins the tale of Olive Pendergast (Emma Stone, “Zombieland,” “Superbad”), a high school wallflower who makes the mistake of telling her best friend she lost her virgin-

ity when she really didn’t. Of course, this wild lie is overheard by high school religious zealot Marianne (Amanda Bynes, “Hairspray,” “She’s the Man”) who spreads it around the school.

Almost instantly, Olive’s now shady reputation puts her on the map. Enter gay friend Brandon (Dan Byrd, “A Cinderella Story”), who convinces Olive to fake sleep with him so he doesn’t

get bullied any more. Once this begins, Olive gets bombarded with requests for a little help from men low on the high school totem pole for a little help, and the rumors run wild.

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Amy Hunzelman GBPAC director of education and special projects

In recognition of this problem, Iowa Safe Schools is holding two workshops for University of Northern Iowa education majors at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Center for Multicultural Education.

The sessions -- part of UNI’s “Standing on Higher

Ground” project -- are designed to draw awareness to the bullying and harassment the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered communities face daily among young people in the public school system.

The workshops will also serve as an opportunity for future educators, counselors and family service workers that may be interested in learning various methods to handle this serious yet delicate issue.

Regarding the goals of “Standing on Higher Ground,” Amy Hunzelman, director of education and special projects at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center said, “The project looks to strengthen our community and improve the climate for LGBT students and potential students, staff, faculty and citizens. Through participation in workshops, panel discussions, performances, films and lectures we encourage people to challenge their thoughts and to think about their own beliefs.”

For further information or to RSVP, contact Hunzelman at amy.hunzelman@uni.edu.

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A guest lecturer from the Cedar Falls Hartman Reserve Center is scheduled to give a presentation on outdoor survival.

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admitting the clichés that make this movie work.

Stone does a wonderful job, lending just enough sarcasm and snark to her role to make Olive a believable character. This is Stone’s first true lead role, and she aces it. Going from the wallflower (although like all movies, still a gorgeous one with excellent fashion) to the selfproclaimed harlot, Stone transi-

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“Anthropologists have taken the case of Haitian zombies seriously, philosophers take zombies seriously, and even survival experts pay attention to zombies as a way to plan for the apocalypse,” Gaff said.

Callie Moline, a senior art and anthropology major in the class, said the course is worth-

while.

“Understanding all aspects of culture, even what people consider the silly aspects, can help you understand the culture overall, and that’s what anthropology is all about,” she said.

If a zombie apocalypse occurs, be assured there is at least one group of students at UNI who will be well prepared.

tions her character with ease, and maintains the audience’s empathy through her plight.

Perhaps the best part of the movie, and probably the two best and well-written characters are Olive’s parents, Dill (Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones,” “The Devil Wears Prada”) and Rosemary (Patricia Clarkson, “Shutter Island”), who are both loving and inappropriately hilarious. These two rival the parents of Juno for movie parents of the year. Also in the group

of “A is for awesome” adults is Mr. Griffith (Thomas Hayden Church, “Sideways,” “Spiderman 3”), Olive’s hilariously clichéd English teacher.

This movie was surprisingly funny and witty, and well worth the money. It is reminiscent of the ‘90s hit “Clueless,” with its literary basis, and 2004’s “Mean Girls,” minus Tina Fey. Although it surpasses neither one, it comes close. It is a movie that knows exactly what it is, and it works.

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The Temptations to revive the ‘60s at UNI

By SARA STRICKLAND Staff Writer

A part of the ‘60s will be revitalized by the classic Motown group the Temptations on Sept.

30 at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.

Best known for their celebrated song and first number one hit, “My Girl,” The Temptations have 37 top 10 hits, including the songs “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)” and “The Way You Do The Things You Do.” The original Temptations members, who first united in 1960 and are referred to as the “Classic Five,” included David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Otis Williams and Eddie Kendricks.

Otis Williams, the only living member of the Classic Five, still tours with the current Temptations members, Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Joe Herndon and Bruce Williamson.

The Temptations were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and have sold more than 22 million records globally.

Joining the Temptations will be another Motown legend, the Four Tops. Their most memorable songs consist of “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch),” “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “Baby I Need Your Loving.” Hailing from Detroit, band members Levi Stubbs, Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Lawrence Payton and Abdul “Duke” Fakir officially became The Four Tops in 1956, and spent the next four decades without a single personnel change.

Just a year after the Temptations were inducted, the Four Tops were invited into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. The only living member, Duke Fakir, along with today’s members, Roquel Payton, Theo Peoples and Ronnie McNeir, will

perform with the Temptations at the concert.

Though the Temptations and the Four Tops usually cater to the ‘60s generation, GBPAC assistant vice president and executive director Steve Carignan thinks they will be successful performing for a younger crowd.

“Both have remarkable, remarkable, danceable music,” he said.

The Temptations and the Four Tops have 56 hits combined, and Carignan wanted “a night of hit after hit after hit.”

So far, the Temptations and the Four Tops have been warmly received.

“It’s almost sold out,” said Amy Hunzelman, education director at the GBPAC, who added that the show is selling so well there are “only single seats left.”

The Temptations and the Four Tops, the two biggest Motown groups of their time, first took the stage together in 1983 on a TV special in honor of Motown’s 25th anniversary.

Though the two groups were different, the Temptations being very smooth and the Four Tops the complete opposite, they collaborated easily and participated in a friendly competition entitled “Tempts vs. Tops,” where they poked fun at one another and together presented an assortment of both groups’ hits.

The partnership was so warmly embraced by the audience that the two groups decided to perform together in their own joint concerts. The wildly successful “Tempts vs. Tops” tour went on from time to time for 20 years and epitomized the classic soulful Motown sound. T h e Temptations and the Four Tops will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept.

30. For tickets call 273-4TIX, or go to the GBPAC’s website at www.gbpac.org.

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Tea time isn’t racist time KEVIN HOWARD khoward@uni.edu

The Tea Party movement has grown into a stronger collection of citizens with more clout than most people expected. I believe the evidence for this is clear. The Tea Party movement has been correlated with a number of upset wins in primary races. These upsets include Marco Rubio’s win over former governor Charlie Crist in Florida’s senate primary, Christine O’Donnell’s win over Mike Castle in Delaware and Joe Miller’s win over Lisa Murkowski in Alaska. However, a real indicator of the Tea Party’s influence will come in November’s midterm election.

Although the Tea Party movement has evolved over time, it was initially started with the purpose to advocate for smaller government, specifically federal government. According to an article written by Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, the Tea Party movement is a massive community aligned to defend liberty and government that is constrained by the Constitution.

As it became clear that the movement was impacting key races, a few of which I mentioned above, there was a growing concern among Tea Party critics that the movement could sway independent voters. This led to grossly irresponsible statements, including one stating that the Tea Party movement as a whole is overtly racist.

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Thousands of Tea Party activists gather for a “Restoring America” rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Sat., Aug. 28, 2010. The rally was held on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic march.

I have trouble accepting the logic behind this accusation for a few reasons. Michelle Malkin, a conservative author who frequently appears on Fox News, writes that at many Tea Party protests, signs appear that read, “You’ll call it racism, anyway!” Malkin asserted that this is an example of a reaction to the nonstop attacks protesters have received from Democrats and media outlets.

The primary goal of these smears is to devalue the credibility of tea partier motives for protesting in the eye of the general public. Malkin discussed how at a specific tax rally, a swastika sign was planted in the crowed to depict the tea partiers as extremists.

There is no denying that some tea partiers have waved deplorable signs, but they are in the extreme minority.

The critical point here is that the leaders of the Tea Party movement go out of their way to publicly denounce these actions, as Matt Kibbe did in a July interview with Don Lemon of CNN. It is important that leaders of the Tea Party movement unequivocally speak out against actions like waving racist signs. I also think any money funding billboards or literature depicting racism should be cut off, as these announcements are not the goal of the movement in any way.

Tea Party critics have also suggested that the movement was actu-

most part, it doesn’t really matter what party you’re in. There might be a few differences in how people vote, but the actions are pretty much the same.

Republicans don’t have a lot of new ideas — he is right about that. But I don’t think the Democrats have a lot of new ideas either. After all, if you look at the beginning of this article, we passed a huge stimulus bill, and a year and a half later, the President wants to go back to this idea.

I really disagree with Obama’s driving metaphor. It’s not up to the President who gets the keys to the car; it’s the people of this country who vote and decide. I understand where he was coming from and most likely what he meant, but it felt like such a slap in the face to voters that I can’t stand to hear it being played.

One criticism I may get about this article is that I’m trying to tell people how to vote. I am not. If you want to vote Democrat, I support you. If you want to vote Republican, I support you.

If you’re a Tea Party supporter, I support that too. But think about who you are voting for and what they stand for.

Are you just voting for a party? Or does the person you vote for actually care about what the people who elected them want?

Politicians today, for the most part, don’t seem to be concerned about the

ally built on racism simply because it began during the time of our nation’s first half-black president. This, however, does not seem to be the case. Shannon Travis, a CNN political producer, wrote an article describing how the Tea Party movement is countering accusations of racism. In August, a group of African American conservatives gathered together at the National Press Club to speak out against claims of racism and praised the Tea Party movement as a grassroots movement.

Activist Selena Owens, who attended the gathering, said that “the Tea Party movement represents one of the greatest citizen uprisings in our young nation’s history.“ She spoke of the Tea Party movement as not driven by race but by love of country.

Alan Keyes, a former ambassador and Republican presidential candidate, stated that the labeling of the movement as “racist” is a “sad and stereotypical effort on the part of the Obama faction, Democrats, the media and others who always seem to want to drive the politics of this country in a direction that sees everything through the lens of the phony category of race.”

Another point to defend my argument that the tea parties are not racist is in regard to a USA Today/Gallop poll. The poll revealed that although tea partiers tend to sway to the right politically, demographically speaking they represent the general public at large. This further proves that the tea partiers, while audacious, are not racist.

The people decide who gets the keys ROBERT TURNER bobt@uni.edu

“I don’t think any of us here has cornered the market on wisdom or that good ideas are the province of any party.”

This is a quote from President Obama, one that I am very much in agreement with. He said this in February 2009, when discussing and urging members of Congress to pass the stimulus bill.

On Labor Day, the President spoke about a new stimulus plan in Wisconsin.

His new plan involves highways, railways, schools — basically construction jobs to help our economy and our infrastructure. It all sounded great, and then I realized I had heard this before. Does the phrase “shovel-ready jobs” ring a bell? If we already passed this huge stimulus, and a part of that money was for the shovel-ready jobs, where did it go?

You may think this is an attack on Obama and the Democrats; it’s actually not. This particular speech isn’t even the main point I wish to address. My point is that in American politics today, for the

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Politics is no longer about serving your country but about serving yourself.

Think back several years to when Bush was in office: if you didn’t agree with the president, do you remember what you were? You were unpatriotic.

And now, if you don’t agree with the president, you’re a racist. Now obviously this is a broad generalization; not everybody holds this type of opinion, but it is out there. And it’s not an opinion exclusive to Fox News, CNN or MSNBC: I’ve seen it on all three networks.

The president recently said that Republicans have no new ideas, only want to do things the old way, that they drove the country into a ditch and that they can’t have the keys to the car back because they don’t know how to drive.

There are both things I agree with and things I vehemently disagree with in what he said.

people. Politics is no longer about serving your country but about serving yourself. It used to be that you felt an urge to serve because your country needed you. And so you would do your time and then you would go back to your life, your job.

Now being a politician is the life, the job. It’s not odd to see members of Congress who have served for 15 to 20 years, some a lot more than that. There comes a time that we must ask who these people are serving.

There’s a lot of news out there from many sources -- some good, some not so good. But if you don’t think, if you either don’t vote or just vote along some party lines without really putting any thought into it, then don’t complain when you get politicians that do whatever they need to in order to keep their prestige and their power.

And that goes for both Republicans and Democrats: power is the key. They have become a ruling class that we have voted into power, so when you cast your vote, think about whom you want to have the power and whether the person you vote for remembers that they aren’t entitled to the position; they get there because of the people.

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UNI vs. ISU: Same game, different feel Panthers face their most familiar FBS opponent this weekend with a new confidence

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BRAD’S SPORTS BLURB:

Lance Armstrong, was it worth it?

By BRAD EILERS Sports Editor

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The Panthers travel to Ames this weekend to take on the Cyclones for the first time since 2007. UNI won the previous meeting between the two schools back in 2007, winning by a final score of 24-13. Iowa State holds an 18-4-3 all-time record against UNI.

By TIM GETTING Sports Writer

“Do you feel like you can compete with this team?”

University of Northern Iowa head football coach Mark Farley hears that question every year as he enters the week of his team’s annual game against a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent.

One would assume that

his answer has remained a “yes” over Farley’s 10-year tenure at UNI. However, one could argue that the confidence that complements his answer has changed over recent years.

Last Monday, that question was received with a smile and laugh.

“I think you know the answer to that question,” Farley replied.

The Panthers (1-1) will

travel to Ames Saturday to face in-state rival Iowa State University (1-2) for the sixth time during the Farley era.

Although ISU holds a lopsided 18-4-3 all-time record against UNI, the playing field seems to have evened out recently. In Farley’s first three meetings at ISU, his Panthers lost all three games by a combined score of 85-10. Over their two most recent contests,

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however, the Panthers split with the Cyclones and outscored them 52-40.

“I’m now looking at what (Iowa State) is doing. I’m not looking at who they are. And that’s always been a part of UNI: you’re always getting worried that you’re playing Iowa State,” said Farley.

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Time for a pop quiz… and the crowd goes wild!

By RYAN FRIEDERICH

Sports Columnist

If you haven’t realized from reading my articles, I am the ultimate sports fanatic. I spend roughly 95 percent of my waking hours thinking and talking about sports, and the rest of the time I am probably uncomfortably talking about other things. Because so much of my life revolves around sports, I have gotten into my fair share of arguments with non-sports fans.

One of my favorites, and the one that seems to bug the most people, is the belief that pro athletes make too much money. I have had countless people bring this to my attention, saying that teachers, doctors and nurses should make more

than athletes because they are doing something that is helping others.

I will give my opponents the benefit of the doubt to begin with, and we will crunch some numbers to see what kind of argument they are making. I plan on graduating at the end of this year with a major in education. Hopefully, if I can find a job, I will earn an annual salary of roughly $30,000.

For LeBron James to make my yearly salary, he would have to play in .14 games, score 4.21 points or grab 1.07 rebounds. If Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback, wanted my salary for a year, he would have to play in .03 games, throw .05 touchdown passes or pass for just 7.33 yards! Wouldn’t it be nice to

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LeBron James (right) celebrates with his new teammates Chris Bosh (left) and Dwyane Wade (center).

be Mr. Joe Mauer? If that Minneapolis hometown hero wanted to earn my salary he would have to play in .18 games, smash .04 home runs or knock in .13 runs batted in for the Minnesota Twins.

Even after looking at those ridiculous statistics, I

find myself giving the same answer to people who ask me this question: “If you could get a million people to pay to watch you perform your job, you would also make a lot of money.” As a teacher, I See RANT, page 7

Professional cyclist Lance Armstrong won seven consecutive Tour de France titles from 19992005. However, he may be more well known for his yellow silicone Livestrong bracelets, which the Lance Armstrong Foundation started selling in May 2004 to help raise money for cancer research. Armstrong is a cancer survivor himself, having battled testicular, brain and lung cancer in 1997.

According to the Lance Armstrong Foundation website, the LAF was created to help raise money for cancer research as well as to “inspire and empower” cancer patients and their families. It has worked for years; the LAF has raised over $250 million for cancer research since 1997.

That’s great; hats off to Armstrong. But how will the perception of him change if he’s found guilty of having used performance enhancing drugs or blood doping during his remarkable run from 1999-2005?

Armstrong and his former team are currently subjects of a federal investigation into doping activities. Blood doping is the practice of boosting the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream in order to enhance athletic performance.

Because they carry oxygen from the lungs to the muscles, more red blood cells in the bloodstream can improve an athlete’s aerobic capacity (VO2 max) and endurance.

Armstrong has long fended off suspicions that his Tour de France titles were tainted by performanceenhancers, and he has never officially tested positive for any illegal substances (at the 1999 Tour de France, he did fail a test for using a banned corticosteroid but produced a doctor’s note for it which showed he used an approved cream for saddle sores containing the substance).

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Lance Armstrong is currently under investigation as to whether or not he has ever been involved in blood doping.

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of the investigation even be relevant? From an athletics standpoint, Armstrong will be viewed as a liar and will most likely have his seven Tour de France titles stripped if he’s found guilty. That image he would likely never be able to repair. The ultimate question is how he would be viewed by cancer patients and cancer survivors who looked up to him because of his miraculous turnaround from his 1997 battle with cancer to winning seven consecutive Tour de France titles. Would they still view him as the man who raised over $250 million for cancer research, or would they view him as the man who gave them a false sense of hope by using performanceenhancing drugs and blood doping?

We won’t know for sure until the investigation is complete, but if he’s found guilty, Armstrong could join Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez and Marion Jones as athletes who have fallen from grace in recent years due to the use of or accusation of using p e r fo r m a n c e - e n h a n c i n g drugs.

match in front of a recordbreaking crowd at Jack Trice Stadium. The Panthers held a 27-21 lead with under two minutes remaining until ISU quarterback Bret Meyer connected with Jon Davis on a 16-yard touchdown pass with 1:05 left on the clock. UNI responded by marching within field goal range, but Brian Wingert’s potential game-winning 51-yard attempt flew wide right. The Cyclones held on to win 28-27.

The attendance record at Jack Trice was broken once again in 2007 (and remains to this day) as the Panthers tallied their first victory over ISU in 13 years. In their 24-13 win, UNI forced four Cyclone turnovers while quarterback Eric Sanders and his Panther offense did not record a single turnover. “(UNI has) nothing to lose. They aren’t expected to win. They are coming in and playing loose, relaxed and giving it everything they’ve got,” said ISU head coach Paul Rhoads.

The Panthers will be facing a Rhoads-led Cyclone team for the first time Saturday. Last season, Rhoads took over a program that was projected to finish last place in the Big 12 and 112th out of the FBS’s 120 teams. After Rhoads’s

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debut season was complete, his Cyclones had won the Insight Bowl and posted a memorable 9-7 victory over a heavily-favored University of Nebraska.

“The note to make about Iowa State is that I really think Coach Rhoads has changed the attitude of the team, and that makes them a really good team,” Farley said. “(UNI has) nothing to lose. They aren’t expected to win. They are coming in and playing loose, relaxed and giving it everything they’ve got.”

Paul Rhoads

ISU head football coach

UNI and ISU enter Saturday’s game in similar situations, as both teams are coming off disappointing losses while looking to answer questions surrounding their quarterbacks.

Costly turnovers in the red zone prevented UNI from having a chance to overcome their 22-20 deficit against Stephen F. Austin University last week.

Panther quarterback Tirrell Rennie left the game late in the third quarter after succumbing to an illegal tackle. Backup Zach Davis took over quarterback responsibilities for the remainder of the game.

Rennie will be ready to play again Saturday, but Farley has not made it clear whether Rennie or Davis will start.

Iowa State struggled against Kansas State University’s quarterback option attack last week, so Rhoads seems to be planning on seeing Rennie start the game. “(UNI has) thrown it well, and they’ve ran it very well. When you can do that out of the quarterback position, that creates a lot of problems schematically for a defensive football team,” Rhoads said.

KSU edged Iowa State in a back-and-forth contest by a score of 27-20 last week. Quarterback Austen Arnaud sustained a shoulder injury during the match’s fourth quarter but continued to play through the game.

Rhoads said that Arnaud will start Saturday, but backup quarterback Jerome Tiller could get some playing time as well.

“Jerome has the things that he has to do to play himself on the field, given the chance ... With Austen’s health and trying to keep him from taking so many shots, that might open up that door,” said Rhoads.

Saturday’s contest will kick off at 6 p.m. at Jack Trice Stadium and will be televised on Mediacom.

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The Panthers will need to cut down on their turnovers inside the red zone.

UNI has scored just one touchdown in eight trips inside the 20-yard line.

UNI’s defense is giving up just 15.5 points per game.

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will have roughly 25 people pay to come watch me do my job, and they probably won’t be doing it willingly. I would be making way more than $30,000 if I had my students walking around with t-shirts or sweater vests that said “Mr. Friederich” on the back.

We are the ones allowing these athletes to make the big bucks, people. I will never argue with someone about this if they have an article of clothing that directly benefits an athlete.

If you think doctors are underpaid for what they do, get them to perform a routine checkup in front of 40,000 screaming paid fans.

I am extremely grateful for teachers, professors, doctors and nurses, but I feel that athletes are just as deserving. Now we just need to find a way to get Stub Hub to start selling tickets to my dentist appointment.

Until then, go Panthers!

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