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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
CEDAR FALLS, IA
VOLUME 119, ISSUE 8
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
OPINION
CAMPUS LIFE
SPORTS
OPINION PAGE 3
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
SPORTS PAGE 6
Opinion Columnist Drew Hill addresses the current state of inflation.
UNI@IACC program expands Mark Nook strengthens partnership with visit to IHCC TALIYA JAMES
Staff Writer
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, Mark Nook solidified the partnership between Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) and UNI. This will give students the opportunity to earn their bachelor’s degree online. According to Paul Sapp, the interim IACC director, the program started in January of 2020. It began with the partnership between UNI and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) which placed him on the DMACC urban campus in downtown Des Moines. “The main focus of this partnership has been the recruitment of placebound students into online programs through UNI,” Sapp said. “These students are typically place-bound because they’re working adults, or own homes in the Des Moines area, or have children, so it’s not realistic for them to come to Cedar Falls to complete a degree.” After completing their degree through DMACC, students can now stay at home and complete one of the seven UNI degrees: Bachelor of Liberal Studies, Bachelor
The 2022 UNI Althletics Hall of Fame class is inducted.
Students express frustration at CP parking difficulties.
N.I. EN ESPAÑOL
Más UNIdos: La presencia de latinos en campus se siente aún más MAYRA VILLANUEVA
Editora en español
COURTESY/UNI
Mark Nook met with the president of Indian Hills Community College, Matt Thompson. Their meeting was the start of a much closer partnership through the UNI at Iowa Community Colleges program.
of Arts (BA) in Elementary Education, BA in Management: Business, Administration, BA in Human Services, BA in Technology Management, Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) in Managing Business & Organizations and a BAS or BA in Criminal Justice. The partnership will soon be expanded to Western Iowa Tech Community College, Iowa Western Community College and Indian Hills Community College. “We will have UNI Student Support Specialists at each of those community colleges, in
addition to DMACC – but students from any Iowa community college can do one of these online programs,” Sapp said. Many opportunities are opened up by this program. “Students in these programs are eligible for Future Ready Scholarships. If eligible, the scholarship makes their UNI tuition roughly the same level as what they paid to attend the community college. Therefore, it makes UNI tuition accessible and affordable…,” Sapp said. See
UNI@IACC, page 2
El Mes de la Herencia Hispana comenzó en el campus con una Carne asada donde hubo música en vivo, tacos, bebidas, y una piñata. No hay duda que la población de latinos en campus ha estado creciendo, pero fue mucho más evidente al ver a tantos latinos reunidos para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, y solo se tiene un propósito: celebrar lo que somos y cómo somos. El miércoles 13 de septiem-
bre, UNIdos organizó una Carne Asada donde muchas personas asistieron y pudieron disfrutar del ambiente social y de poder compartir la cultura latina en conjunto. Además, muchos estudiantes se apuntaron para contribuir con comida, bebidas y botanas y así compartir con todos. Sin duda alguna, este evento demostró las costumbres y valores que como latinos compartimos. See
UNIDOS, page 2
MAYRA VILLANUEVA
Board of Regents meets in Cedar Falls El equipo ejecutivo de UNIdos en el evento de la Carne Asada.
Projects and budgeting for the future of UNI NIXSON BENITEZ Executive Editor
Last week, the Iowa Board of Regents met and approved the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations request for about a total of $630 million. About $530 million are for the university appropriations request. The demand factors in inflation rates, which are close to the highest rates experienced in the U.S. during the 1970s and early 1980s. The outcome of this request will be decided during legislation in January. Currently UNI’s Five Year capital plan for funds is $113 million, which hasn’t changed from last year. Many of the funds requested would cover renovations, parking/insti-
tutional roads, construction, utility improvements and future projects. The university has a backlog of more than $212 million in building renewal, a 1 percent increase from last year. Personnel focus their resources on a priority system that addresses safety issues, educational support and repair of facilities equipment. For the 2023 fiscal year, about $34 million in building renewal projects have been identified. UNI-Dome and other renovations The $8 million project proposed would replace the center portion of the UNI-Dome roof. In 1976 the Dome was built with an air supported fabric roof system. It was the
first in the U.S. to ever have fabric as a roof. In 1999, it was replaced with a higher-quality fabric. In 2010, the outer metal was replaced, giving it the current white roof, due to hail damage and carried a 30-year warranty through 2040. This project would recoat the perimeter concrete support beam as well as install safety lines and anchor points on the entire roof to improve safety for the maintenance staff. The board approved the fabric portion of the Dome, and construction will take place in Spring 2023. This will be funded through general fund building renewal, gifts and grants, department renewal and replacement funds and a possible sale of bonds. The largest single project
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The Board of Regents approved the replacement of the fabric portion of the roof of the UNI-Dome, with construction planned to take place in Spring 2023.
in UNI’s capital improvements plan is a three-year project for improvements to UNI-Dome restrooms and club box seating renovations, which will come to a total of $42 million,
also funded through gifts and grants. See
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MEETING, page 2