See HOUSING, page 2 See COURSES, page 2 See THEFTS, page 2 Safe space to stay JACINDA RUGGLES/Northern Iowan Though there is no date set for a gender inclusive housing structure. The UNI Department of Residence is looking into it for UNI. Possible course changes Bike theſts on the upswing Representatives from UNI proposed a change to the 2014-16 Academic Catalog at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting April 23-24. The proposal includ- ed the addition of 103 courses and the termina- tion of 55 courses from the school’s current course offerings. “These proposals may include creating new cours- es, eliminating courses no longer needed or chang- ing some aspect of existing courses (title, prerequisites, course description, etc.),” said Mike Licari, associ- ate provost of Academic Affairs. Licari said faculty in each academic department pro- poses changes to their cur- ricula during the develop- ment of each new catalog. If the changes are approved, an instructional strategist minor would be added to the College of Education, while the per- formance and training tech- nology masters programs would be closed, Licari said. Overall, 40 courses would be added to the COE and 30 would be dropped. “Curriculum changes happen because programs may feel like we need to do something differently to maintain currency,” said Dwight Watson, dean of the College of Education, in an interview with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. When warmer weather creeps in, so do bike thieves. In the beginning of fall and spring, the UNI Police Department receives more reports regarding bike thefts than at any other time of the year, according to Milissa Wright, associate director of UNI Public Safety. Fifteen bike thefts were reported for spring 2014. Twenty-two have been report- ed for the 2013-14 so far. Twenty-eight bike thefts were reported 2012-13 and 39 for 2011-12. Wright said perpetrators typically target more expen- sive brands like Treks and Gary Fisher bikes. “U-Locks are the biggest thing to get,” Wright said. “People carry cutters and back- packs, so they’re not readily seen to people. U-Locks, you can’t cut them with cutters.” Kramer Dixon, junior graphic design major, was a victim of bike theft, even though he kept his bike under lock and key. “My bike was stolen in October,” Dixon said. “I was upset and confused because it was surrounded by nicer bikes.” The Department of Residence is in the process of creating gender inclusive hous- ing so all students can feel safe. Gender inclusive, also known as gender neutral hous- ing, would allow students to live together in a residence hall room without taking into account the students’ gender identity or sex. Stormy O’Brink, senior pub- lic relations major, said student housing currently goes by the sex a student is assigned at birth, which can be a “sticky situation” for some students. “Sometimes, the situation can lead to trans* students feeling unsafe or actually being unsafe,” she said. “In other situations, nongender inclusive housing can lead to trans* students being forced to out themselves against their will.” O’Brink said the only cur- rent option for these students is to sign up for single rooms, for which they have to pay extra. “Forcing students to pay more for an accommodation they need to feel safe is unfair,” she said. Lyn Redington, director of residence life, said UNI has gender inclusive housing, but currently there is no speci- fied place or community on campus. Redington said there are too many people and too many departments involved with gender inclusive housing to make an exact time line of when there will be a specified place on campus for inclusive housing. However, Redington said gender inclusive housing is “a priority.” “I think it is very important … from the practical standpoint that there are people who would like this as a living option and we should think about provid- ing it for them, but also from the safety standpoint that if done the right way, it can be a safer place for folks to live and express themselves,” said Ellie Hail, Dancer Hall program assistant. Hail put together a committee with Redington over a year ago that gets together once a month to discuss what they might run into while creating gender inclu- sive housing. Faculty members are included in this committee, such as staff from the DOR, the UNI Counseling Center and the Wellness Recreation Center. Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Classifieds 7 Thursday May 1, 2014 northern-iowan.org Volume 110, Issue 55 RACHEL BALDUS Associate Campus Life Editor KAYLA KROGMAN Staff Writer IRIS FRASHER Staff Writer CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4 OPINION PAGE 3 SPORTS PAGE 6 THEATRE 40 ACTIVISM CLIPPERS UNI professor Grant Tracey is presenting his own play in Bartlett Hall. Columnist O’Brink argues for the importance of activism in students. Columnist Lloyd discusses the lack of privacy regarding Donald Sterling. JACINDA RUGGLES/Northern Iowan A UNI student unlocks his bike on campus. More bike thefts have been occurring as the weather gets nicer.
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JACINDA RUGGLES/Northern IowanThough there is no date set for a gender inclusive housing structure. The UNI Department of Residence is looking into it for UNI.
Possible course changesBike thefts on the upswingRepresentatives from
UNI proposed a change to the 2014-16 Academic Catalog at the Iowa Board of Regents meeting April 23-24. The proposal includ-ed the addition of 103 courses and the termina-tion of 55 courses from the school’s current course offerings.
“These proposals may include creating new cours-es, eliminating courses no longer needed or chang-ing some aspect of existing courses (title, prerequisites, course description, etc.),” said Mike Licari, associ-ate provost of Academic Affairs.
Licari said faculty in each academic department pro-
poses changes to their cur-ricula during the develop-ment of each new catalog.
If the changes are approved, an instructional strategist minor would be added to the College of Education, while the per-formance and training tech-nology masters programs would be closed, Licari said. Overall, 40 courses would be added to the COE and 30 would be dropped.
“Curriculum changes happen because programs may feel like we need to do something differently to maintain currency,” said Dwight Watson, dean of the College of Education, in an interview with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.
When warmer weather creeps in, so do bike thieves. In the beginning of fall and spring, the UNI Police Department receives more
reports regarding bike thefts than at any other time of the year, according to Milissa Wright, associate director of UNI Public Safety.
Fifteen bike thefts were reported for spring 2014. Twenty-two have been report-
ed for the 2013-14 so far. Twenty-eight bike thefts were reported 2012-13 and 39 for 2011-12.
Wright said perpetrators typically target more expen-sive brands like Treks and Gary Fisher bikes.
“U-Locks are the biggest thing to get,” Wright said. “People carry cutters and back-packs, so they’re not readily seen to people. U-Locks, you can’t cut them with cutters.”
Kramer Dixon, junior graphic design major, was a victim of bike theft, even though he kept his bike under lock and key.
“My bike was stolen in October,” Dixon said. “I was upset and confused because it was surrounded by nicer bikes.”
The Department of Residence is in the process of creating gender inclusive hous-ing so all students can feel safe.
Gender inclusive, also known as gender neutral hous-ing, would allow students to live together in a residence hall room without taking into account the students’ gender identity or sex.
Stormy O’Brink, senior pub-lic relations major, said student housing currently goes by the sex a student is assigned at birth, which can be a “sticky situation” for some students.
“Sometimes, the situation can lead to trans* students feeling unsafe or actually being unsafe,” she said. “In other situations, nongender inclusive housing
can lead to trans* students being forced to out themselves against their will.”
O’Brink said the only cur-rent option for these students is to sign up for single rooms, for which they have to pay extra.
“Forcing students to pay more for an accommodation they need to feel safe is unfair,” she said.
Lyn Redington, director of residence life, said UNI has gender inclusive housing, but currently there is no speci-fied place or community on campus. Redington said there are too many people and too many departments involved with gender inclusive housing to make an exact time line of when there will be a specified place on campus for inclusive housing. However, Redington said gender inclusive housing is
“a priority.”“I think it is very important
… from the practical standpoint that there are people who would like this as a living option and we should think about provid-ing it for them, but also from the safety standpoint that if done the right way, it can be a safer place for folks to live and express themselves,” said Ellie Hail, Dancer Hall program assistant.
Hail put together a committee with Redington over a year ago that gets together once a month to discuss what they might run into while creating gender inclu-sive housing. Faculty members are included in this committee, such as staff from the DOR, the UNI Counseling Center and the Wellness Recreation Center.
Opinion X Campus Life X Sports X Games X Classifieds XOpinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Classifieds 7
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northern-iowan.orgVolume 110, Issue 55
RACHEL BALDUSAssociate Campus Life Editor
KAYLA KROGMANStaff Writer
IRIS FRASHERStaff Writer
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4 OPINION PAGE 3 SPORTS PAGE 6
THEATRE 40 ACTIVISM CLIPPERSUNI professor Grant Tracey is presenting his own play in Bartlett Hall.
Columnist O’Brink argues for the importance of activism in students.
Columnist Lloyd discusses the lack of privacy regarding Donald Sterling.
JACINDA RUGGLES/Northern IowanA UNI student unlocks his bike on campus. More bike thefts have been occurring as the weather gets nicer.
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Six courses would be added to the Liberal Arts Core, including a two-semester set of Cornerstone courses.
The College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences would see 40 new courses and the elimi-nation of 18. Licari said the chemistry minor in teaching and the chemistry-marketing major would be dropped. An
interdisciplinary language studies minor in French would be added to the col-lege, as well as a Spanish/English translation minor.
“Before, you could only minor in French studies, as opposed to French languag-es,” said Emma Thompson, sophomore instrumental music education major. “I’m really excited that I could have this opportunity.”
Licari also said a social
welfare minor would be added to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
“All of this is done in the various disciplines so that the curriculum and set of cours-es offered for students will reflect the state of the art in those disciplines,” Licari said.
The course changes were proposed at the Council Bluffs meeting by outgoing provost Gloria Gibson April 23-24.
COURSEScontinued from page 1
Wright recommends reg-istering bikes and keeping track of their serial num-bers. She also said having a
unique characteristic such as a sticker can make identi-fying a bike easier.
However, if a student left their bike locked to a tree or a pole, it may not have been stolen. UNI Police
impounds bikes that are not properly attached to a bike rack.
If anything of a stu-dent’s has been stolen, they should contact UNI Police at 319-273-2712.
THEFTScontinued from page 1
“Parents might have a con-cern down the road,” Hail said. “And there’s been other schools that have implemented gender inclusive housing in some way, shape or form, and other folks in the university or in the sys-
tem have an issue with that. We’re trying to be careful and methodical in how we make this happen so that it is right for the students, but also right for UNI.”
O’Brink said transphobia is also an issue, as some people would rather not have those who are trans* around at all. She
said some people think inclu-sive housing would be unfair to the other students because they consider it a “special right.”
“We need it, full stop. Students deserve to feel safe, regardless of how they identify,” O’Brink said. “The only thing we should be debating is the best way to do it, and where to put it.”
HOUSINGcontinued from page 1
JACINDA RUGGLES/Northern IowanAs the warm weather rolls in, reported thefts of students’ bikes take an upswing. The UNI Police recommend registering bikes and giving them unique characteristics such as a sticker.
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Fight apathy, become an activist
Graduation is looming upon seniors, and several of us have begun the process of reflecting on our college careers. In college, we spend a lot of time learning and making ourselves into better people. One of the most reward-ing experiences I’ve had on this campus is being an activist for the queer community.
My queer rights activism career helped me find a place at UNI, create lasting bonds and foster intellectual growth. During my experience at UNI, I met won-derful people who cared about the community around them, but I also met too many people who didn’t care at all.
If there’s one piece of advice I would give before I leave this campus, it’s to become an activist for social change. More impor-tantly, I urge students to fight the temptation to be apathetic about our community.
Some people have a hard time fighting the temptation to become
apathetic and ignorant about social issues, or even the general state of our university. Our apa-thy becomes increasingly evident around election season, as we’ve discussed in the Northern Iowan many times before.
It was evident in our last stu-dent government election when only 1,180 out of 12,159 enrolled students voted. Unfortunately, it’s not just students that feel apathet-ic about community involvement; it’s a nationwide issue.
Most of the world’s problems could be solved if people cared more. If society as a whole cared about important social issues, we wouldn’t let people go hungry. In 2012, 49 million Americans lived in households that didn’t have food security, according to Feeding America. If 49 million people in the U.S. alone have man-aged to go hungry in a place with more than enough food, then we have an epidemic of apathy. Hunger is only one issue. There are hundreds of other issues we’re not doing anything about.
Let’s be realistic: According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the average life expectancy in the U.S. is 78.7 years. This means that
you will likely live on this planet another 60 years, and for all 60 of those years, you will be stuck with other human beings.
I cannot fathom spending the next 60 years of my life watching other people suffer from inequal-ity, injustice or failing to have their basic needs met without
doing something about it. It is our responsibility as humans to take care of each other while we’re here. There are plenty of causes to support or become active in; you just have to pick one to which you can dedicate your time.
I am a firm believer in the notion that the purpose of life is
to give life meaning. Why not use your life for the good of society? As university students, we have the privilege of getting an educa-tion. We need to put that educa-tion to use. Go out and make the world a better place, because your time is running out faster than you think.
LINH TA/Northern Iowan ArchivesStudents confront protestors who are picketing in protest of the LGBTQIA community.
LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR
In the April 28 edition of the Northern Iowan, I stated that a survey conducted in the spring regarding the $25 athlet-ics transference resulted in stu-dents voting against the mea-sure for the 2013-14 year. Based on survey results sent to me on Monday by Scott Ketelsen, director of University Relation, the results actually showed that out of the 464 students who participated in the survey, 266 voted in favor of the transfer-ence.
Prior to receiving Ketelsen’s email, I was told by multi-ple members of the Student Services Fee committee that the survey resulted in opposition to the transference. However, I admit that my facts were incor-rect and I apologize to both Ketelsen and President William Ruud for my error.
However, this further empha-sizes the importance of trans-parency and improved commu-nication between the Student Services Fee Committee and the
administrators involved with the fee. Conflicting messages regarding facts about the fee shows there is a lack of commu-nication. There is no one person at fault, but rather, the process needs to be closely examined with a fine eye.
Additionally, Ruud responded with why he decided to approve the $25 fee. His entire answer is available below:
“VP Hogan and I had a very constructive and positive meet-ing with the SSF membership
yesterday morning. We dis-cussed many topics including long-term planning, reason-able allocations and enhanced communications. I assured the group that in the future we will meet with them and all manda-tory fee constituents early in the fall semester and prior to any fee recommendations going to the Board of Regents. I look for-ward to working with them and considering their ideas/input as we decide upon fee structures for the UNI student body.”
Though Ruud didn’t directly answer the question, I appre-ciate his effort to meet with the committee in the future and work on improving communica-tion between the administration and the committee. Though I will always remain curious as to why exactly he approved it, it seems that future decisions will be made in a transparent and clear manner.Sincerely,Linh TaExecutive Editor
Follow-up on Student Services Fee
When I first came to UNI, I was set on transferring to Iowa State University for jour-nalism. Even though I fell in love with the Northern Iowan the fall semester of my fresh-man year, I thought it wasn’t possible to be a journalist at a school that didn’t have a jour-nalism major or a daily student newspaper.
I was quickly proved wrong. These last three years, it’s been an honor to serve the UNI community first as a reporter and then as executive editor of
the NI. The one thing I learned during my tenure is that every-body has a story and everyone deserves to be heard. Everyone deserves a voice.
Other than thanking the entire UNI community, there are groups and individual peo-ple I would like to thank. First, thank you to my amazing news staff. There’s no way the paper could be produced without the hard work of my reporters and photographers. I would also like to thank the political science department for always
being willing to speak with a young, fresh reporter so she can write adequate news sto-ries. I won’t forget the dozens of political stories I covered freshman year that helped inspire me to cover Iowa poli-tics.
Thank you to Alan Simmer from the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Your time helping us has been invaluable and we’ll never leave a random gap after stories ever again.
Thank you to my friends, family and academic adviser.
There’s no way I could have dealt with the stress or insanity of this year without all of you. And sorry for boring you with all of my journalism stories.
Most of all, thank you to my wonderful editorial team: Jordan, Meghan, Jacinda, Jake, Amanda and Caitie. You have all gone above and beyond the call of duty and you have turned some terrible days into bright and wonderful times.
Thank you to our current adviser, Laura Smith, for giv-ing us such a vast amount of
journalism knowledge and for giving us some humor.
Lastly, thank you to Kristin Guess. I don’t know how to express how much your com-passion, mentorship and friend-ship has meant to me. Basically, you’re the bee’s knees.
Always stay inquisitive, UNI. Ask the hard questions, poke around when something doesn’t seem right and don’t be afraid to ruffle a few feathers.
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Independent theater starts close to home
After one of his plays was shot down by the Waverly Community Players on mul-tiple occasions, languages and literatures professor Grant Tracey took his play’s fate into his own hands and started an independent theater company with Joe Frenna, with whom he had worked on previous plays. The company is called Theatre 40 Productions.
Tracey took six years to write the play, “According to Chelsea.” His main goal was to make the characters interest-ing and compelling, yet real.
“I’m so tired of being in plays where I don’t feel the people are real, and that was my whole point,” Tracey said. “I want the people to be as real as possible.”
“According to Chelsea” is essentially a love story with a mix of comedy and drama. It centers around a guy who, after his marriage ends, retreats into popular culture and film, of which he is a crit-ic. The play is about his con-nection to Chelsea, a woman in his apartment complex.
When looking for places to perform the play, Tracey
procured a rehearsal area in Bartlett Hall, and he and the others involved in the play decided that would be their stage. “According to Chelsea”
takes place in one apartment and doesn’t need special light-ing or much set work.
IAN SHILHANEKStaff Writer
For their annual Bard in the Yard production, the University of Northern Iowa Student Theatre Association performed the classic com-edy “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare. Nathan Jorgensen, senior communica-tion and theater arts major, adapted the play into an hour-long production of laughs to finish off the spring 2014 sea-son. It was designed, directed and performed by students.
Viola (Madeline Achen) finds herself washed ashore after the hauntingly beauti-ful opening of the produc-tion. The audience watches, entranced, as a goddess rocks a ship back and forth in per-fect harmony with the throws of three struggling people, fighting for survival amidst the waves and crashing thun-der.
Believing her brother, Sebastian, dead, she disguis-es herself as a young man named Cesario and enters into the service of Orsino (Mic Evans, sophomore theater major), a duke desperately in love with the beautiful Lady Olivia (Roni Ruzicka, fresh-man theater major). Because Olivia refuses to see him or hear his messages of love, Orsino sends Cesario in his stead — beginning a chain of events that eventually leads to Viola’s reunion with Sebastian (Sam Wiegers, freshman the-ater major) and several love confessions.
Mistaken identity is at the heart of “Twelfth Night,” but Jorgensen successfully com-piles the hilarity of several side characters into three: Maria (Molly Giegerich, senior theater and Spanish double major), Sir Andrew (Joseph Schoborg, senior theater major) and Fool (Katherine Smith, senior theater major). Of the three, Fool incites the cheapest laughs while Maria tortuously fools Sir Andrew into partaking in several silly stunts.
Of the condensed cast, Antonio (Sean Klippel, senior theater major) is the least pur-poseful and feels consistently out of place, appearing solely as a plot device for the entire-ty of the production. The play may have been stronger without the extra character, allowing for more time with the other more important (or funnier) characters.
However, Klippel surpris-es with his honest portrayal
of the superfluous Antonio. The character is saved only because of Klippel’s fantas-tic delivery, allotting for some of the most believable (and touching) moments of the play.
Most of the actors, nota-bly Ruzicka, did not project as well, causing the already difficult language to become even more jumbled and con-fused. A few of them, includ-ing Smith, could have also benefitted from talking more slowly, allowing the audience more time to internally trans-late.
Despite being a relatively minor character in regard to the overarching plot, Giegerich is the star of UNISTA’s produc-tion. Over the top, loud and insanely funny, Giegerich does not overact her part, leading the audience on a silly little adventure of elaborate she-nanigans.
Rehearsed to be per-formed in an outdoor set-ting, UNISTA’s rendition of “Twelfth Night” has little set and lighting. Two plat-forms indicate the two sepa-rate households with a sim-ple bench, which is stealthily moved around the set by the characters within the show, acting as the joined hub of excitement.
Choreographed by Jennifer Hampton, junior theater major, the opening shipwreck scene is the most intricate and memorable aspect of the entire show. The lighting, the sound and the atmosphere contribute to its complexity and exceptionality. As hilari-ous as UNISTA’s “Twelfth Night” may be, it is this open-ing that will be remembered long after the play is over.
The costume design lingers uncomfortably between medi-eval and modern times, with some characters remaining clearly in the past, some in the present and some somewhere else entirely. The most off-putting is Giegerich’s skirt suit, though the coordination between it and Schoborg’s cos-tume is done well. Similarly, Achen’s swapped gender is unconvincing and confus-ing due to the tight feminine pants she wears.
Though not as polished as bigger productions at UNI, UNISTA’s “Twelfth Night” serves as a light, comedic con-clusion to an excellent season, providing yet another clear example of the talent and dedication of UNI’s students to produce diverse and chal-lenging material.
THEATER REVIEW
UNISTA puts on ‘Twelfth Night’
AUTUMN SEMPÉRÉTheater Critic
On Sunday, the University of Northern Iowa Student Theatre Association put on the ninth annual 10 Minute Play Festival and second annual Best of Broadway: Miscast. The plays were written, directed and per-formed UNI students.
The plays performed were “Video Games in Real Life,” written by Jessica Kray, “Mary, Mary” by Maggi Abbas, “Without You” by Monica Burt, “Notches” by Dylan Martin and “Amazon Reviews” by Alyx Way. The plays ranged from comedies to drama.
“Video Games in Real Life” showed a couple that talked about various video games and played a few that came to life. Some actors in the play portrayed video game characters such as Scorpion from “Mortal Kombat;” Link, Zelda and Ganondorf from “The Legend of Zelda;” and Mario, Luigi and Bowser from “Mario Brothers.”
“Mary, Mary” was about a man who recently went through a humiliating break up. The man and his friend planned to get back at his ex by writing a song for the main character’s perfor-mance. However, the man must deal with his ex con-fronting him about it.
“Without You” was about a man whose wife passed away but stays with him as a ghost. Throughout the play, he hears her speak to him in times of need, until his grandson, who moves in with him, thinks he’s losing his mind and tries to get him help.
“Notches” was a play about a mother who relives moments from her daugh-ter’s life. The mother nar-rated the play and set up the scenes before partaking in them.
Lastly, “Amazon Reviews” was a play in which a group of individuals read real and fake comments regarding products they bought on Amazon.com. The products varied from a banana slicer to
a wolf T-shirt and a ball pen to a steering wheel desk tray.
The songs performed at the Best of Broadway: Miscast included “Breaking all the Rules” from “Catch Me if You Can,” “Green Finch and Linnet Bird” from “Sweeney Todd,” “What is this Feeling?” from “Wicked,” “Friendship” from “Anything Goes,” “Brotherhood of Man” from “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” “I’m all Alone” from “Spamalot” and more.
Students’ work was the focus of the festival. Once students submitted plays and UNISTA picked ones they were capable of pro-ducing, directors were cho-sen and casts were selected. There was a limited time for rehersals, so the plays were put together quickly.
“The 10-minute plays were given 10 hours maxi-mum of rehearsal because it’s a 10-minute play,” said UNISTA board member Madeline Achen. “It’s a bit of a challenge then for them to use their time wisely.”
IAN SHILHANEKStaff Writer
Actors race against time
IAN SHILHANEK/Northern IowanGrant Tracey, languages and literature professor, sits in his office. Tracey wrote and directed “According to Chelsea,” which premieres May 3.
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Music festival coming to the Hill
Nineteen bands will take the stage at three venues in one night for the second annual College Hill Music Festival May 3.
The main goal of the festival is to show off bands from the Cedar Falls area and to showcase the com-munity that supports them, said Salil Kalghatgi, mar-keting consultant with three7one, the agency help-ing promote the event.
Gingers, the main stage, will kick off the night at 7 p.m. The bar will feature the bands Palace, The Mittens, We Live in Sod Houses, Har-di-Har, The Soil & the Sun, TWINS and John June Year.
The Library on the Hill stage will showcase bands such as Aaron McNally, Peas and Carrot, The Tinderbox,
The Comfort Kings, The Sapwoods and Free Range Medicine starting at 7:20 p.m.
The Octopus stage, which begins at 7:30 p.m. will host Cardboard Kingdoms, Annalibera, Emily Otis, The Multiple Cat, Kitten Forever and Vacation Dad.
Kalghatgi hopes the fes-tival will continue to grow each year until eventually it becomes a two-day festival with an outdoor stage.
“My real goal is to put the main stage at the bot-tom of the Hill and close off the Hill so then the rest of the hill will act as a natu-ral ampitheater,” Kalghatgi said.
Tickets can be purchased online at http://cedarfalls-music.com/tickets/ for $15 a person. Tickets are $20 a person the day of the festival.
IAN SHILHANEKStaff Writer
After this play, however, Tracey said Bartlett prob-ably won’t be his venue of choice.
The performances of “According to Chelsea” are at 7 p.m. May 3, May 8-9 and May 16. There will also be a showing at 2 p.m. May 4. All performances will be held in Bartlett, Room 1017.
PANTHER PORTRAITS: TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
CASSIDY NOBLE/Northern IowanA group of students display their posters in a campus walk as part of Take Back the Night. The program aims to bring awareness of sexual assault to the community.
MAY 1, 2014 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 110, ISSUE 55
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
OPINION
Broaden your sports horizonJAKE BEMIS
Sprots Editor
Northern Iowan Sports Editor Jake Bemis believes you should expand what you read in the newspaper. UNI has a full array of sports and Bemis said it is important to become familiar with as many as you can.
As many readers already know, this is our final issue of the Northern Iowan for the year.
As for me, it is the last issue on which I will ever work.
In 2011, I was a sopho-more looking for some extra money and thought writing about sports sounded cool.
It was more than just cool.
I was given an opportu-nity that year to not only share my thoughts and ideas on a platform to be heard around UNI, but to broaden my horizons about UNI athletics.
In my first year at the NI, I covered women’s bas-ketball while writing opin-ion columns.
Women’s basketball wasn’t a sport I was famil-iar with, let alone UNI’s team, but it may have been the best thing I ever did with my college work.
I learned that, despite being new to the sport, I could quickly learn to like it and be a fan of it.
Every game was a new story and the team was good that season.
That year taught me a
lot of what it was to be a sports fan.
As a part of my job as the sports editor, I read
every article in the sports section. For those who read the paper on a regular basis, we try to put as wide
of a range of sports as we can into the section. While we may not be able to cover every sport UNI offers, I
feel we do a good job broad-ening the readers’ horizons on what really goes on in Panther athletics.
Just by opening up the NI twice a week, you are able to learn how the uni-versity’s athletics are going — from football to basket-ball to soccer.
I strongly urge you read them all.
As sports fans, we tend to close our doors on less-er-known sports and focus on the big names. We shouldn’t do that. Every sport here has something different, and something great, to offer.
It took me five years to graduate, but I wouldn’t trade those five years for anything. I came to UNI with little to no knowledge of any Panther team, but I’m leaving as one of the school’s biggest fans.
So as I leave, I urge you to keep reading what the sports section has to offer. I also challenge you to broaden your horizons. Attend as many games and read about as many sports as you can.
Get to know the athletes and coaches that compete every year for the pride of this program. You’ll be bet-ter off for it.
Lack of privacy becoming an issue in society
GARY FRIEDMAN/MCT CampusDonald Sterling (center) was banned for life by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Tuesday. He was caught on recording saying racist remarks.
How many times do you think you’ve been caught on camera today? These days a lot of people try to avoid thinking about the fact that we are being recorded almost everywhere we go. Whether we’re standing in front of an ATM to get some quick cash, ordering at a fast food joint to fix a case of the hunger pains or even just getting on an elevator to move up one floor of a hotel, we’re caught on recording devices at almost all times during our lives.
According to a recent study cited by Fox News, the average big-city resi-dent is caught on camera 75 times a day. Sometimes we even unknowlingly shine the spotlight on ourselves. With smartphone apps like Snapchat and Instagram, photos of people are post-ed on the Internet everyday without their subjects’ per-
mission. Another thing that’s been in more recent media is the use of hidden recording devices.
Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, is a prime example of some-one who has been subjected to a hidden recording sys-tem. Over the past week-end you might have heard that Sterling’s girlfriend, V. Stiviano, recorded a conver-sation between herself and Sterling in which Sterling allegedly displayed racist comments and ideals. The recording was leaked on TMZ and Sterling was oust-ed to the public as a possible horrific figure.
Sterling owns an NBA franchise, and most of the players in the franchise’s league are African-American. With this job title, Sterling should never have said the things he did, nor should people of good character in general. The one thing you can say for him, if anything,
is that he fell victim to some-thing none of us can plan for in our everyday lives: being caught doing something we thought no one would find out about.
We’ve all done something when we thought no one was looking that we would never do in public, and that’s what Sterling did when conversing with his girlfriend. It’s prob-ably safe to assume he would not have said this in a broad-casted interview.
I’m not condoning what Sterling did — his actions were crude and wrong and he should pay for having his hand caught in the jar. What’s scary to think about is what this situation may say about the future.
What if more people start recording conversations when people aren’t expect-ing them to? This could become a trend where people are exposed for expressing everyday thoughts among people they thought they
could trust. Privacy may be something we have given up in our desire for technology, but are we willing to accept that as a society?
The situation is an all-around bad one. The Sterling recordings not only exposed racist tendencies in our everyday lives, but they stole
the spotlight from what has been one of the most enjoy-able National Basketball Association postseasons I can remember. Add in the fear of losing one’s right to privacy and or freedom of speech, and it begs the question: How can anything good come out of this situation?
BEN LLOYDSports Columnist
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