Northern Iowan — December 11, 1979

Page	Title	Summary	Scan
1	Last chance to register for MD dance marathon	Only 230 couples signed up for the Muscular Dystrophy Dance Marathon. Last year over five hundred couples signed up.
1	Elect 'real Democrat' urges Kennedy	Edward Kennedy attacks the current administration on several issues; photo.
1	Regents ignore UF requests	The Board of Regents ignores a request from the United Faculty to be placed on their agenda for two consecutive months.
1	UNI College Bowl winners enter regionals	Four members of the winning UNI College Bowl team will head for the University of South Dakota for regional competition.
2	Dance marathon needs students	Students are able to register for the Muscular Dystrophy Dance Marathon.
2	NORML founder on Marijuana prohibition	The University Speakers Committee will be hosting a presentation called "Marijuana: The New Prohibition."
2	Tips on registering for MD dance-a-thon	Students need to register for the Muscular Dystrophy Dance Marathon before they head home for the holiday break.
2	'East (women's) gym degraded in 1980'	Believes recent changes in the East Gym degrade the building as a whole.
3	Send help to end starvation--SHARES	After Gov. Ray visited Cambodia, the Iowa SHARES program was developed to assist the starving people there; photo.
4	Board elected	Officers have been elected for the UNI Alumni Association Board of Directors.
4	Overview of U.S. embassy in Austria	Donald Whitnah gave a lecture on the role of the United States minister to Austria in the years before World War II.
4	Two students receive awards	Students receive cash awards for papers on aspects of Latin American relations; photo.
4	Math Scholarship	JoAnn Vannini has been awarded the annual UNI Mathematics Alumni Scholarship.
5	Chinese writer sees new hope for literature; literary world very "lively"	Xiao Quian, a Chinese journalist, was a recent speaker at UNI; photo.
6	Examines 'Iron Frontier'	David Walker publishes a book entitled "Iron Frontier: The Discovery and Early Development of Minnesota's Three Ranges"; photo.
6	Better watch out!	Photograph of Santa; photo.
6	Receives grant to study railroad	Mark Young receives a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
7	Why?	Friends of Julius Wiesenfeld purchased an ad to publish an omitted passage from his obituary.
8	Ready mic . . . Cue talent . . . Fade in camera one . . .	Students from T.V. Production and Performance classes produce their own commercials.
10	Star Trek movie should have been better	Review of the Star Trek movie; photo.
11	What do YOU want for Christmas?	Students list items they want for Christmas; photo.
11	Join UNI band program	Students may join the Wind Ensemble or Symphonic Band, even if they are not music majors.
11	Pinball wizard	Pinball machines are in the Union's Billiards Room; photo.
12	What's up	Meetings and activities; Christmas Cantata.
12	Marimba ensemble performs	Under the direction of Randy Hogancamp, the Percussion Ensemble will perform at their second concert of the season.
12	4000-pipe organ to play in concert	The second concert of the season for the UNI Orchestra will be feature Marilou Kratzenstein and Therese Fetter.
13	Program to help prevent student rip-offs	Students are encouraged to engrave an identification number on their property and register that number with the Security Office.
14	Gymnasts split double-dual meet	UNI beat Wisconsin-Whitewater, but lost to Wisconsin-Stout.
14	South Dakota falls to Panther women	UNI beat South Dakota, 88-50.
14	UNI takes last in own invitational	UNI lost to Iowa State and Eastern Illinois in the Peach Basket Invitational.
15	Men lose, win over weekend	UNI lost, 69-46, to Bradley University.
15	Gymnasts win second dual meet	UNI defeated St. Catherine of Minneapolis; photo.
16	First win for Panthers, beat Warriors 79-45	The Panthers were up by 22 at halftime and beat Winona State; photo.