Northern Iowan — September 28, 1979
| Page | Title | Summary | Scan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New senators elected | Seventeen new senators were elected to fill vacant seats on UNISA. | |
| 1 | UNISA passes teacher evaluation handbook | Establishing the Course and Teacher Evaluation (CATE) handbook was one of the items passed at the last UNISA meeting. | |
| 1 | Escort policy decided | Residents in Bender, Shull, Rider, Dancer, Noehren, and Bartlett halls vote to end requirements of escorting all visitors. | |
| 2 | Dialogue is necessary for matters of concern | Believes the administration pushes issues along not for the good of the university but because it makes the univesrsity look good. | |
| 2 | Time for NI to 'get off high horse' | Letter concerning why the Northern Iowan didn't cover Senator Culver's arrival on campus. | |
| 2 | Objects to tax | Believes the Carter administration is not helping middle-income people with its windfall profits tax. | |
| 3 | Bottle Bill spreads responsibility evenly | Feels the Bottle Bill would keep people from throwing their empty cans and bottles along roadsides and in parks. | |
| 3 | 'Housing is out of touch' | Feels he should be able to make changes to his dorm room to create a better living space. | |
| 4 | What you gotta know: writeing compituncy | The university decided, beginning September 1978, that all freshmen will take the Writing Competency Examination. | |
| 5 | What's up | Meetings and activities; Recreation Majors. | |
| 5 | College Bowl gets rolling | Applications are available for the 1979 College Bowl. The College Bowl is in its third year. | |
| 5 | Teacher surplus? Not in science | Jack Gerlovich spoke at the Science Teaching Colloquium concerning the short of teachers in fields of math and science. | |
| 5 | Boiler project loses steam | The boiler project will be set back one month; photo. | |
| 7 | Blood drive ties previous record | Two hundred eighty-three pints of blood were donated at the Red Cross Blood Drive; photo. | |
| 7 | Gamble in Union | A Las Vegas style casino will be part of the Muscular Dystrophy Association Homecoming Carnival. | |
| 8 | Versatile KUNI FM and its sister KHKE: high quality radio stations at UNI | Although KUNI and KHKE have different types of programming, both provide excellent service. | |
| 10 | UNI an 'international' university | Forty-eight international students are currently hosted by UNI with seventeen of them being new this fall; photo. | |
| 11 | Theatre major is honored | The first recipient of the STAGE, Inc., scholarship is Hugh Hastings. | |
| 11 | Preparing for a verbal duel | UNI debate team members are preparing for a debate; photo. | |
| 11 | His 'Autumn Sonata' fails | Believes that the script of Ingmar Bergman's film 'Autumn Sonata' leaves the characters not saying much of any special significance. | |
| 12 | Rodeo highlights Cattle Congress | Schedule of events listed for this year's National Cattle Congress in Waterloo. | |
| 12 | KUNI presents Dvorak | Recordings of the performances from the 1979 National Dvorak Festival will be aired on KUNI and KHKE. | |
| 13 | Music and poetry conclude exhibit | The conclusion of the 'Mark Tobey: Graphics" exhibit will feature poetry and music written by Mark Tobey. | |
| 13 | Watch the birdie! | Kevin Barnes performed tricks at the O. P; photo. | |
| 14 | Driving range for golfers to open; possibly next spring | New UNI golf range, multi-purpose fields for the intramural program, and an archery range are included in the development of forty acres west of campus. | |
| 14 | Women tackle ISU in hot contest; v-ball team travels to Madison | UNI defeated Iowa State; photo. | |
| 15 | Homecoming Olympics '79 | Only team events will be held at this year's Homecoming Olympics. | |
| 15 | Men's golf 7th, 10th in tourney | UNI placed seventh and 1tenth in the Northern Iowa Golf Tournament. | |
| 15 | CC women improving; take fourth at Les Duke | UNI finished fourth in the Grinnell College Les Duke Invitational. | |
| 15 | Untitled | Todd Nuckolls won the backgammon tournament in the Union; photo. | |
| 16 | Untitled | Darby Krivanik attempts to return a tennis ball; photo. | |
| 16 | UNI meets powerful Penguins | UNI faces Ohio in football. | |
| 16 | UNI women host field hockey INV | UNI lost to Rockford College and Lake Forest in Illinois. |