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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
CEDAR FALLS, IA
VOLUME 119, ISSUE 50
THURSAY, APRIL 13, 2023
OPINION
CAMPUS LIFE
SPORTS
OPINION PAGE 3
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
SPORTS PAGE 6
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Student Section Southbound MALLORY SCHMITZ News Editor
The student section in the UNI-Dome is being kicked off of its home turf next football season — to a new location about 30 yards south. UNI Athletics announced a new football seating plan on Monday, April 3. UNI students were sent an email that day describing the change and including a map of the new seating arrangement.
The student body definitely has the right to be disappointed. Micaiah Krutsinger 2023-2024 Student Body President
UNI Athletics unveils new Dome seating arrangement
The seating plan relocates the student section, which was previously in sections Lower E, F and G between the 30-yard-lines and behind the Panther bench. The Panther Marching Band (PMB) was located in section Lower D. The new map places students in sections A, Upper B and C, with the PMB taking Lower B. These sections are the farthest southeast seats in the Dome, stretching from the 20-yard-line to the back end of the endzone. The seats students once had free reign over will be sold as premium seating for season ticket holders, mini pack purchasers and single-game purchasers. Season tickets for
those areas are being sold at $149, with additional either $100 or $50 seat donations required to support the Panther Scholarship Club, which fundraises for UNI Athletics. According to the UNI Athletics press release, the new plan also includes enhanced seating options for groups and enhanced red zone seating. Red zone season tickets are being sold at $69 for adults and $49 for youth. The red zones are located in each corner of the Dome, in sections equivalent to the new space delegated to the student section and band. In an email to the Northern Iowan, UNI Athletics Director David Harris wrote that the
as well as collaborate with my committee members to advertise our events, table at Maucker Union and keep our
followers up to date on what we are doing in rehearsals,” McGuire said.
COURTESY/UNI ATHLETICS
The above seating map for the 2023 football season was published in a press release by UNI Athletics. The darkest shade of purple represents Tier 1 tickets, with decreasing tiers for each lighter shade. Red represents red zone tickets, and the new band and student sections are labeled with text.
motive behind this seating change is to provide more seating options for Panther fans. “We wanted to create an opportunity for those who have interest in moving to a premium seating area,” he wrote. “The west side has a significant number of fans that have had their same seats for
years. The east side was our only location to provide this opportunity.” In the previous seating map, the highest tier of tickets could only be purchased in sections Q and P, on the west side behind the visiting team’s sideline.
MALLORY SCHMITZ
debido a los cambios recientes en la industria de los libros de texto, ahora es posible que operar a través de un tercero pueda permitir precios más bajos. “Hay un puñado de jugadores bastante grandes en el mercado, y tienen una ventaja en términos del volumen de [librerías] que tienen en varias universidades, lo que realmente los coloca en una mejor posición para negociar en términos de precios, selección y diversos otros productos”, dijo Moris. “Lo más importante que estamos tratando de asegurar es que estemos en una posición como universidad en la que obtengamos el poder que tienen algunos de estos proveedores en términos de sus ventajas, su acceso al mercado y su poder adquisitivo en ese mercado”, dijo él.
See SEATING MAP, page 2
N.I. EN ESPAÑOL Orchesis Dance Company to take Traducción: La librería de UNI the stage at Oster Regent Theatre vuelve a la operación privada ERIN MCRAE Staff Writer
The Orchesis Dance Company will be holding their annual gala at the Oster Regent Theatre on April 14 at 7 p.m. and April 15 at 2 p.m. Orchesis was established in 1926, which makes it UNI’s oldest student organization. As a pre-professional dance organization, the group holds auditions every year and rehearses multiple times a week. Every year they perform a Gala that is a culmination of their work from the entire year. The group performs in a range of styles from jazz, tap, contemporary, hip-hop and more. Megan McGuire is the Orchesis Dance Company Head of Public Relations, as well as a dancer in the organization. “I help to create and post social media content
See ORCHESIS, page 5
COURTESY/SETERAH DILLON
Orchesis performs at verious events throughout the year, including at the Men’s Varsity Glee Club Christmas Variety Show and at thier fall showcase, pictured above. The annual gala is a culmination of their work all year.
Escritora
CLAUDIA RAMIREZ
Traductora invitada
Nota de la editora: Claudia Ramirez es estudiante del curso SPAN 3159 Translation for Heritage Speakers, dirigido por el Prof. Juan Carlos Castillo. En la reunión del Senado de la Facultad de UNI del 27 de marzo, se anunció que UNI tomará los pasos necesarios para hacer la transición de la Librería de UNI para que sea gestionada por un tercero. UNI adquirió la librería en el 2018. La intención era que gestionar la librería como una entidad sin ánimo de lucro a través de la universidad permitiría ofrecer los precios más bajos en libros de texto para los estudiantes. Sin embargo, según el Director de Relaciones Universitarias, Pete Moris,
Ver LIBRERÍA, página 5