CEDAR FALLS, IA
VOLUME 119, ISSUE 19
MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2022
OPINION
CAMPUS LIFE
SPORTS
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CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
SPORTS PAGE 6
Guest Columnist Nkasa Bolumbu looks at the controversy of Netflix’s “Dahmer.”
Panthers beat Southern Illinois on the road by one yard, 37-36.
Get in the Halloween spirit with a recipe for a fun festive treat.
Amplifying Afghan voices Traducción: Perdón de la N.I. EN ESPAÑOL
UNI features five women for “Our Stories: Women in Afghanistan” panel MALLORY SCHMITZ News Editor
“Stories create community,” Interim Director of Women’s and Gender Studies Danielle Dick McGeough addressed to a diverse crowd on the afternoon of Oct. 27. The crowd, made up of community members young and old, gathered in Lang Hall Auditorium for the panel, “Our Stories: Women in Afghanistan.” The event was sponsored by a variety of departments on campus, but was largely organized by the UNI Women’s and Gender Studies program. McGeough moderated the panel with a variety of questions before allowing audience members to ask questions at the conclusion of the event. On the stage at the front of the auditorium, five women sat behind a long table. Hakima Afzaly, Hasina Jalal, Zamira Saidi, Zuhal Salim and Roquiya Sayeq traveled to Cedar Falls from different parts of the U.S. to share their stories of growing up in Afghanistan and their insight on the current state of women’s rights in Afghanistan.
deuda préstamos estudiantiles
TREVOR MEYERS Escritor
YESSENIA RODRÍGUEZ Traductora
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Since the Taliban’s resurge in power in August 2021, over one million girls in Afghanistan have been banned from going to school. Some brave women have taken to protesting. The women above protested outside of the Ministry of Education in Kabul in March of 2022, demanding that high schools be reopened for girls.
To begin, each woman shared about themselves and their memories of their upbringing in Afghanistan. Salim was less than one year old when the Afghan Civil War broke out in 1992, and was five years old when the Taliban came to power in 1996. She spent the following five years of her life living under a regime characterized
by, as she said, “misogyny, torture, killing and overall violence.” Under Taliban rule, girls were not allowed to attend school. Salim, like many of the other women on the panel, was fortunate in having parents who prioritized education. She was homeschooled by her parents, and then was sent
with new trees this October. The crabapple trees were planted in the early 1960s. Seerley Boulevard has been known for the pink flowering trees for decades. The College Hill Partnership has been providing financial and planning
support to Cedar Falls in the decision to cut down the trees and replace them. Brett Morris, a supervisor at the Public Works and Parks, said the crab apple trees were at the end of their life. Crabapple trees typically live 40 to 60 years. “Most of the trees have dead branches and don’t bloom as nicely, so we had to make a decision,” Morris said. The decision was finalized when a local citizen, Mary Brammer, helped raise money to purchase new trees for the street and get them planted. “We’ve decided to replant crabapple trees but a different type instead,” Morris said. “We’re planting Royal Raindrop crabapple trees which will look very similar to the old ones.”
to secret homeschooling with other community members. It wasn’t until after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and the subsequent fall of the Taliban’s rule due to U.S. intervention that Salim was able to properly and legally attend school at the age of 11. See AFGHANISTAN, page 2
El 24 de agosto, el Presidente Biden anunció que estaba planeando en perdonar los préstamos de los estudiantes pero no tenía normas establecidas de quién es elegible para la beneficencia y cuando la aplicación se abriría. El lunes 17 de octubre, la administración de Biden anunció que el formulario está disponible para que la gente lo pueda llenar para ver si son elegibles para la beneficencia de deudas estudiantiles. ¿Por qué se perdona las deudas de préstamos estudiantiles? Muchos se hacen esa pregunta y la respuesta que la administración de Biden ha dado es que hay demasiados jóvenes que se sienten agobiados por la deuda tan grande que tienen cuando se gradúan de la universidad comparado a las generaciones anteriores. Ver PRÉSTAMOS, página 2
Seerley Boulevard’s iconic flowering trees replanted after 60 years KATE MURPHY Staff Writer
Cedar Falls Public Works and Parks made the decision to chop down the typical blooming crabapple trees on Seerley Boulevard and replace them
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The flowering crabapple trees have been a staple of Seerley Boulevard since they were planted in the early 1960s. They characterize the historic street, which was once a trolley line in the early 1900s.
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The trees were cut down, and new Royal Raindrop crabapple trees were planted during the last week of October. The new trees will be similar in appearance, but will be more resistant to disease.
According to Morris, the new variety of crabapple trees are much more resistant to disease that causes insects to feed on them. This became an issue with the previous species. “The trees have been
sparse for a while now, so the city park staff is excited to see what the new trees will look like.” Morris said. See SEERLEY TREES, page 2