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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
CEDAR FALLS, IA
VOLUME 119, ISSUE 51
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2023
OPINION
CAMPUS LIFE
SPORTS
OPINION PAGE 3
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
SPORTS PAGE 6
Opinion Columnist Bailey Klinkhammer dives in on the history and significance of drag in society.
UNI fashion magazine Uprising releases their 15th issue.
Fulfilling or frightening?
Softballs dominates in three-game sweep of Salukis.
N.I. EN ESPAÑOL
Traducción: UNI presenta cinco estudiantes del Future educators size up the education field amidst recent legislation programa de Licenciatura en ERIN MCRAE Staff Writer Bellas Artes The University of Northern Iowa has long been regarded as one of the midwest’s top spots for future educators, boasting a 98% placement rate after graduation. UNI is also in the top 1% in the nation in number of B.A. teaching graduates, known for providing hands-on opportunities for future educators. Iowa has also become the hotspot of controversial legislation around education, recently passing Senate File (SF) 496 in both the house and senate, which increases the number of books banned and reduces standards on health education. Iowa public school districts are no longer allowed to provide any instruction regarding gender identity and sexual orientation for kindergarten through sixth grade. Public school districts must post a list of all books in the school’s library, which will be fully accessible by the public. SF 496 also requires public schools to notify parents if a child has had a change in gender identity or plans to
ERIN MCRAE Escritora
KARINA ORTIZ
Editora en español
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Iowa state legislature recently passed SF 496, which increases government regulation on education through means including book bans and restrictions over discussions involving gender identity and sexual orientation. UNI students entering the education field have to take these recent changes into consideration when looking for jobs and preparing for careers in the field.
transition. Just last month at a school board meeting, Des Moines public school district interim Superintendent Matt Smith said, “I am actually being told by many folks that we look to recruit from outside the state, that Iowa is no longer a destination.” The newly passed bill has
been met with public contention, drawing national attention as Iowa joins a list of other states implementing more government control in public schools. At the same time, fewer students are majoring in education and the nationwide teacher shortage continues to grow. Some account this to the
dwindling salaries teachers receive. While these obstacles hinder growth in the education sector, UNI’s College of Education accounts for over 2,200 or 25% of all students, making it the program with one of the highest enrollment.
pus outreach to ensure culture change on campus. “April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. One thing
that I wanted to showcase during the month was a project called ‘Through the Lens of a Panther.’ We are taught in
our field of counseling that we need to see through the ‘lens’ or the ‘perspective’ of our clients and I feel that it could
See EDUCATION FIELD, page 2
La Galería de Arte de UNI está presentando una exposición para el programa de Licenciatura en Bellas Artes (BFA, por sus siglas en inglés) de la primavera 2023 desde el lunes, 24 de abril, hasta el viernes, 5 de mayo. Habrá una recepción la noche de la inauguración que tendrá lugar el lunes, 24 de abril a las 7 p.m. en el vestíbulo sur del Kamerick Art Building (KAB). Este evento es gratuito y abierto al público. Esta exposición presentará el trabajo de cinco estudiantes artistas: Jenna Lou Jansen, Jules Marie Hammerand, Madeline LeRoy, Summer Weed y Taylor Lee Rachel Sullivan. En ellas se exploran múltiples temas a través de diferentes formas de arte, incluyendo salud mental, autoestima, feminidad, automatismo y más. Ver
GALERÍA DE ARTE, página 2
“Through the Lens of a Panther” project collects photos of community LAUREN MCGUILL Staff Writer
UNI’s Green Dot program is hosting a new project for the month of April, “Through the Lens of a Panther” where staff, faculty and students can submit a photo they’ve taken on campus and include two to three sentences answering the question: “what does community look like to you?” Hannah Menken, a second year graduate student in UNI’s School Counseling Program, is the Graduate Assistant for Green Dot and is responsible for creating the “Through the Lens of a Panther” project. Menkens position at Green Dot tasks her to oversee program planning, schedule training and events, and to assist with cam-
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In an effort to bring more attention to the many different perspectives and backgrounds within the UNI community, UNI Green Dot invites people to share what community looks like to them during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
be applied everywhere else. It’s always interesting to see or hear someone’s perspective on something that may seem mundane to us. This project can show us how to share our perspective with others within our community,” said Menken. Green Dot will be collecting submissions for the project until Sunday, April 30, and will be posting the photos on their social media. And if there are an abundance of responses, the submissions may be posted around campus to showcase what a strong community UNI has cultivated and to encourage the campus to learn more about Green Dot and its message. See PANTHER LENS, page 5