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1	Dealing with tough situations, it's not easy being a kid.	Ann Vernon wrote a new mental health curriculum to help students cope with feelings and attitudes. She says self esteem plays a large part in helping kids cope with school, peer pressure, stress and their emotions.
2	Ethical business practices pay off -- the flipside of the headlines.	William Clohesy, says businesses are looking for the expertise of faculty on philosophy departments at universities to help them make ethical business decisions.
3	Gang-busters -- identifying and ending gang activity in our schools.	Authorities are reporting that much of the activity has been traced to schools, as gang leaders try to recruit young members. Clemens Bartollas says teenagers who are attracted to a life of crime need to be told the realities of gang participation.
4	Iowa waste reduction center at University of Northern Iowa urges Iowans to register underground storage tanks by Oct. 1 deadline.	Federal legislature passed a law requiring that underground fuel tanks be registered. Iowa passed similar legislation. Several million underground tanks exist in the United States, Olson says, tens of thousands are leaking into the ground around them.
5	John Deere's Waterloo works donates hydraulic equipment to Northern Iowa industrial technology program.	Equipment will help UNI students obtain hands-on experience in hydralic systems. Pictured with equipment are Dean Peterson, Fred Becker, Mike Sewick and Robert Stirm.
6	Math instruction equal to the task of training 21st century students? University of Northern Iowa professor is helping reshape the way children will	The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, a powerful group representing 90,000 teachers nationwide, is in the process of creating standards for change.
7	Mathematics teachers meet at University of Northern Iowa to revise standards (Sept. 20 and 21.)	The confrence is the first in a series of planning meetings National Council for Teachers of Mathematics will sponsor to improve the way mathematics is taught in grades K-12.
8	The road to better roads may be paved with tires.	Mohammed Fahmy is currently conducting research to determine how concrete that has been mixed with plastics holds up. The United States has huge stockpiles of old discarded tires that are hard to recycle, and often pose a health threat.
9	University of Northern Iowa plans record-breaking recruiting fair (Sept. 27.)	Representatives of more than 100 companies will meet the University of Northern Iowa students and graduates who could be their future employees, at the Ninth Annual UNI Fall Recruiters Fair.
10	University of Northern Iowa professor digs up fascinating facts about early coal mining community in southern Iowa.	The tiny twon of Lucas (pop. 292) in the southern Iowa county carries the dubious distinction of producing the man "Time" magazine named the "second most hated man in America", in 1943, next to Adolf Hitler. Jonh L. Lewis, an influential labor ogranizer.
11	University of Northern Iowa receives loan of $300,000 in hydraulic training equipment from John Deere Waterloo Works	The equipment is on indefinite loan, and will help UNI students obtain hands on experience in hydraulic systems. With some of the equipment are Dean Peterson, Fred Becker, Mike Sewick and Robert Stirm.
12	University of Northern Iowa receives loan of $300,000 in hydraulic training equipment from John Deere Waterloo works.	The loan will allow students to perform hands-on work with state of the art hydraulic equipment. In the past students have worked with four smaller, less powerful training units in learning the mechanical concepts of hydraulics.
13	University of Northern Iowa to offer economic development training in Oskaloosa (Nov. 9.)	The program will teach participants how to interview a company interested in locating in a community, and how to prepare an industrial "fact pack" and a community profile.
14	University of Northern Iowa to offer economic development training program in Ankeny (Oct. 18.)	The program will teach participants how to interview a company interested in locating in a community, and how to prepare an industrial "fact pack" and a community profile.
15	University of Northern Iowa to offer economic development training program in Cedar Falls (Oct. 10.)	The program will teach participants how to interview a company interested in locating a community, and how to prepare an industrial "fact pack" and a community profile.
16	University of Northern Iowa to offer economic development training program in Red Oak (Oct. 31.)	The program will teach participants how to interview a company interested in locating in a community, and how to prepare an industrial "fact pack" and a community profile.
17	University of Northern Iowa to offer economic development training program in Spencer (Oct. 26.)	The program will teach participants how to interview a company interested in locating in a community, and how to prepare an industrial "fact pack" and a community profile.
18	What do you do when your pet bites the hand that feeds it?	Bonnie Sines counsels pets and their owners to try and solve pet problems. She says there are way to train your pet to prevent aggressive and unwanted behaviors.