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DIVERSITY

STUDENT FAIR

Columnist Alexander Weaver discusses the need for air conditioning in UNI’s residence halls.

View a photo gallery of UNI students learning how to get involved on campus. CAMPUS LIFE PG 4

MEN’S FOOTBALL The Panthers defeated the Cyclones last Saturday in Ames by 28-20. SPORTS PG 6

OPINION PG 3

Northern Iowan Opinion 3

Campus Life 4

Sports 6

Games 7 Classifieds 8

FAMILY WEEKEND

Students and families gather for Panther-filled weekend

CERAMICS

Ceramic show draws crowd CORREY PRIGEON Staff Writer

When someone mentions a museum in general conversation, it usually ends with a cringe or a yelp of glee as memories of mandatory field trips to a sterilesmelling, white-walled museum come to mind. However, the Lawrence Auld Collection, on display in the Kamerick Art Building on the University of < See CERAMICS, page 5

RENOVATIONS

Construction continues at Bartlett Hall JONATHAN HAUSLER

Staff Writer

COURTESY PHOTO

Dean Franzen, instructor of Mathematics and Dean of Juggling entertained spectators at his show during Family Weekend last year in Maucker Union. He will perform again at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. in Maucker Union.

HANNAH GIBBS

MORE INFO ONLINE Get the complete list of Family Weekend events, times and locations at www. uni.edu/familyweekend/ calendar

Staff Writer

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niversity of Northern Iowa students are settling in and getting into a routine; however as the end of the second week of classes approaches, so does the annual Family Weekend. From Sept. 6-8, UNI will welcome Panther parents and siblings to campus for a weekend full of sports, food and family entertainment. The weekend kicks off Friday at 7 p.m. when the UNI women’s soccer team faces the University of Nebraska Omaha. The game launches the beginning of the season for many Panther athletic teams. “It’s a tradition,” said Kristin Woods, assistant dean of students for new student programs. “We have a planning committee for Family Weekend and one of the members of the committee is a staff member from the athletics department. The football game is always

SATURDAY UNI VS. DRAKE

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For over a year, construction workers have torn down walls and slathered paint on the walls of Bartlett Hall, a former residence hall turned faculty offices. “Bartlett is anticipated to be complete around the end of the current semester,” said Michael Hager, vice president of administration and financial services. The only delay so far in the project occurred in April 2013 when a section of a retaining wall collapsed on the northeast corner of the building. < See CONSTRUCTION, page 5

UNI-DOME

MAGIC SHOW

11 A.M. & 1 P.M. LANTZ AUDITORIUM

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