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#	Article	Article Summary
1	Challenge for libraries today to strike balance between traditional and technology-based resources	Katherine Martin and David Corbly, faculty at Rod Library, report that keeping the balance between traditional resources and technology requires comparing cost to content.
2	Cleaning up on America Recycles Day	Director of Recycling Reuse Technology Transfer Center at UNI Catherine Zeman reports on events surrounding America Recycles Day, November 15.
3	Computer science majors in great demand	UNI Professor of Computer Science John McCormick says computer science majors are greatly needed.
4	Kids can be lonely even in a crowd	Kenneth Jacobsen reports on college students overcoming boredom, shyness, or shock from leaving home for the first time.
5	Looking at tourism from a "green" perspective	Professor Dan McDonald reviews site design and construction of buildings at tourist sites.
6	National math test to be field tested next year, ready for implementation in 1999	Professor Paul Trafton, who helped draft the national standards for mathematics, supports the voluntary national math testing currently being developed by a committee chaired by Dr. John Dossey.
7	National testing in reading has been in place for nearly two decades	Professor Dale Johnson reports that money used to increase literacy testing of students should be used to purchase more reading material or to lessen the student-teacher ratio.
8	Saluting our military service people and veterans on Veterans Day	Tony Cornelius, Associate Professor of Military Science at UNI, states that while in a time of relative peace, it is still important to honor Veterans Day.
9	UNI professor discovers new type of single-cell life form	UNI Assistant Professor of Earth Science Lynn Brant has discovered a new species of diatom.
10	University of Northern Iowa's National Program for Playground Safety receives third year funding	Professor Donna Thompson reviews goals for the third year of the National Program for Playground Safety, funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.