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1	American Humanics president, Michael Lenaghan, to speak at Northern Iowa, Suday.	Presentation titled, "How Do You Spell Relief: H-U-M-O-R." Lenaghan will also be visiting with Univeristy officials about the American Humanics program and its partnership with Northern Iowa.
2	Basement sport goes Olympic...ping pong!	Fifty of the top table tennis players competed in the 13th annual Nissan Open Table Tennis Championship at UNI. U.S. Olympic coach Houshang Bozorgzadeh, says there's growing interest in the sport and discusses the team's performance at the Seoul Olympics.
3	Spainish symposium celebrating Ruben Dario's literature on University of Northern Iowa campus Nov. 10-12.	Dario's literature is known for its orginality and universality. "Azul," published in Chile July 30, 1888, regarded as a key work of Latin American literture, accoding to D.C. Hawley. Other speakers featured are Enrique Anderson-Imbert and Eugenio Florit.
4	Tracking students--good intentions, but the results can be negative.	Richard Frye says teachers may not realize that they are limiting students' learning ability by putting them into achievment grups. Minority students are the ones who are most effected by tracking mistakes.
5	Training today's students to be tomorrow's leaders is goal of Northern Iowa's newly planned studies in leadership program.	UNI is in the process of developing a comprehensive Studies in Leadership Program. Goal for the new program will be to link appropriate courses and co-curricular activites together into a comprehensive leadership program.
6	Uncle Sam asks: "Brother can you spare me three trillion?"	Mahmood Yousefi says national debt is quickly approaching three trillion dollar mark.
7	What happens when there's no room at the dump?	When landfills become full trash gets illegally dumped. John Konefes says better management of what's sent to the dump can help preserve landfill space , and protect the environment.
8	While you're at work, the kids are home alone. Is that O.K.?	Ann Vernon says she has believed all along that lactchkey children aren't as maladjusted as some research has stated. There are guidelines parents need to keep in mind before leaving their children alone.