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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
CEDAR FALLS, IA
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2023
VOLUME 119, ISSUE 36
OPINION
CAMPUS LIFE
SPORTS
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CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
SPORTS PAGE 6
Guest Columnist Patrick Kinney of Iowa Capitol Dispatch showcases radio producer from Waterloo.
Student Wellness Center to host series of events for You Matter Week.
UNI wrestling brings in almost recordbreaking crowd and falls to Iowa State, 19-12.
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La The ongoing legacy of the UNI Seven Traducción: banda de ánimo More than 50 years later, how has UNI responded to the demands of the first Black group on campus? NICOLE BEILKE Guest Writer
In March 1970, seven students from the Afro-American Society at the University of Northern Iowa gathered at President James W. Maucker’s house on a Monday night to ask him a question — the seven of them, six Black and one white, did not emerge until Tuesday evening, with the peaceful protest resulting in those involved later getting arrested and suspended. They became known as the UNI Seven, and were pioneers for change. The question was about a proposal from a group of Black students called the AfroAmerican Society for a designated culture center on campus. When they heard it was not included on the Iowa Board of Regents agenda — and the issue of parking was — they went to Maucker’s home to ask him why. When Maucker provided little to no answers, the students decided not to leave until he made some kind of decision. The development of a culture center for minority students was one of six proposals made by members of the Afro-
de UNI regresa al camino MALLORY SCHMITZ Escritora
YESSENIA RODRÍGUEZ Traductora
La banda de ánimo va a atender una conferencia de torneos de basquetbol gracias a un donador anónimo. Las bandas de ánimos de UNI van a atender la conferencia de torneos de basquetbol de Missouri Valley Conference por la ayuda de un donador anónimo. El Northern Iowan reportó en noviembre de 2022, que la banda de ánimo no estarían viajando a las conferencias de NI ARCHIVES The strive for racial equality has been ongoing throughout UNI’s history. From historical sit-ins to the above Black hombres ni mujeres de torneos Lives Matter march outside of Maucker Union in 2020, students and leaders today are continuing to push for de basquetbol por causa de los equality at UNI. cortes de presupuesto con las American society, in a list that raise money for the Martin The list of six proposals atléticas de UNI. De acuerdo con el director was published in the Northern Luther King Scholarship fund. were presented to the University David Harris del departamento Iowan. The list included havThis list of demands was Committee on Minority Group atlético de UNI, desde que pubing a culture house, imple- published in 1968, while the Education in 1968. Dwight licaron el artículo, un donador menting a minority recruitment sit-in occurred in 1970. So Bachman was the spokesha pasado adelante para proporprogram, naming a dormitory what progress has UNI made man from the Afro-American cionar los fondos que necesitafter Martin Luther King, Jr., with satisfying these demands, Society who delivered these aban para mandar la banda al increasing minority staff, hav- decades later? proposals to the committee. torneo de los hombres en St. ing more social and cultural Louis, Mo. y el torneo de las events during Black History Creation of the Center for mujeres en Moline, IL. See SIX PROPOSALS, page 2 Month and for the Student Multicultural Education Senate to conduct a drive to (CME) Ver BANDA DE ÁNIMO, página 5
UNI to host championship round of international business competition TREVOR MEYERS Staff Writer
Next month, the University of Northern Iowa will host the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS) Worldwide Case Competition.
For 10 days, March 3-13, the university will be home to the championship rounds of the 2022-2023 competition year. There will be 16 teams from 13 different countries present. Each team is from a differ-
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Universities from the countries in color above will be visitng UNI in March to compete in the championship round of the NIBS Worldwide Case Competition. Alongside competing for various awards, the schools will get to experience museums and attractions in the Cedar Valley.
ent university or college. The international teams are from the Netherlands, Romania, Canada, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Guatemala and the Republic of Korea. The Netherlands has three teams competing, and the United States has two teams, including a team from UNI. The other team from the United States is coming from Saint Mary’s University’s Greehey School of Business in Texas. This is the 27th year that this competition has been held since inception in 1996. From the first stage, this competition is very competitive and there is always lots of strong competition which is what makes it known as a prestigious competition. This is the eighth time that the University of Northern Iowa has had a team make it to the championship round. The University of Northern
Iowa was chosen to host the competition along with the distinct honor of being chosen to host the championship round. Since the competition’s inception, there have been over 1,000 students who have been able to participate in the championship round. This competition has helped provide many learning experiences for students all across the world as the students who participate are challenged with real world problems, while also learning and benefitting from the unique settings of the culture of the host country. During the visiting teams’ stay at UNI, they will also go experience several things that the Cedar Falls and Waterloo area have to offer, including a tour of the John Deere Tractor and Engine Museum, a tour of Techworks and even fun recreational things such as bowling
at Maple Lanes. Over the course of the competition there will be several rounds of presentations which will ultimately lead to the announcing of the winners at the award banquet. There will also be several other awards such as best volunteer, best ambassador, team spirit award along with best male and female presenter. For this event, they are still looking for some people who would be able to judge and volunteer. They still need a few people to be ambassadors, who would host a team that is competing and help them with any questions or concerns that they have during their stay here at the university. If volunteering or any of the other positions sound interesting, contact Chris Schrage at schragec@ uni.edu to get more information on the competition.