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Last Wednesday in the Maucker Union ballroom, 89 former immigrants held packets of citizenship papers and American flags, eager to become citizens of the United States.

Presiding Chief Magistrate Judge Jon Scoles led the event, the fourth of its kind at UNI. He granted citizenship to people from all over the world — including Vietnam, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Jordan – saying, “our nation is a nation of immi-grants.”

To become eligible for nat-uralization, each person had to undergo an extensive back-ground check and pass a test involving understanding the English language, U.S. his-tory and government. The entire process could take nine to 12 months. A few people changed their names to reflect the beginning of a new life in the United States.

Following the oath and the Pledge of Allegiance, representatives for Sen.

Tom Harkin and Sen. Chuck Grassley gave speeches wel-coming the citizens to their new homeland.

“Join a family joined

together by patriotic pride,” Valerie Nehl said, speaking in place of Grassley.

Several new citizens had tears of joy and pride in their

eyes during a short video segment featuring President Barack Obama.

“Contribute to the good of our country and the world

… You can help bring us the next chapter in this Nation’s history,” Obama said.

As the grass on campus shifts from brown to green, students once again appre-ciate the beauty of nature. Earth Day, April 22, aims to maintain this beauty by rais-ing public awareness of envi-ronmental issues, according to history.com. Several student organizations are promot-ing Earth-Day related events

April 21-25 as part of Earth Week.

“These events allow for educational, recreational and service oriented opportunities which can enhance a partici-pant’s life in some meaningful way,” said Jennifer Bruss, pro-gram and community outreach coordinator at the Recycling & Reuse Technology Transfer Center.

On Monday, there will be a plastic bag exchange in

Maucker Union from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Students who bring five plastic bags will receive a free UNI reusable bag.

There will also be a free yoga class in the Wellness Recreation Center Room 85 from 5-5:30 p.m. and 5:30-6 p.m. Monday. Yoga mats will be provided and all partici-pants will receive a free water bottle.

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CASSIDY NOBLE/Northern IowanFormer immigrants from around the world were granted citizenship at UNI’s fourth naturalization ceremony. Prior to the ceremony, each immigrant was required to pass English understanding and U.S. history and government tests and background checks over the course of 9-12 months.

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AWARENESS SPEAK OUT SOFTBALLStudents bring awareness to sexual assault during the month of April.

Columnist O’Brink encourages survivors to speak out against their abusers.

After two weeks on the road, the Panthers returned home and defeated the Bears.

Welcoming immigrants as citizens

Earth Week in full bloom

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Gibson to resign

After serving as UNI’s executive vice president and provost for nearly five years, Gloria Gibson has announced her resigna-tion.

According to a press release sent by President William Ruud, Gibson will remain UNI’s provost until June 30, after which an

interim provost will serve until the vacant position can be filled.

“Through teaching, scholarship, creative activ-ity and outreach, Gloria has encouraged our out-standing faculty, staff and students to strive for excel-lence, ultimately making UNI a better place,” Ruud said in the press release.

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He went on to explain that becoming a citizen was a large responsibility that included paying for taxes and serving in the armed

forces if their nation asked them to come forward and serve.

Once the video finished, a brief music video for Lee Greenwood’s song “God Bless the USA” was shown.

Scoles concluded the cer-

emony by telling the par-ticipants that America was a “diverse culture with immeasurable value” and by quoting former President Dwight Eisenhower: “‘America is best described in one word: freedom.’”

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Jerry Smith, chair of fac-ulty senate who often worked with Gibson, recalled when Gibson first came into office during UNI’s budget cuts.

“She faced some serious challenges and it would have been difficult for anyone to get through that without being scarred,” Smith said.

Gibson, who came to UNI from Arkansas State

University, p u s h e d diversity on campus and worked to create a bet-ter learning e n v i r o n -ment for international students at UNI.

“She’s done a lot to pro-mote the internationalization of our campus by encourag-ing and building relations with universities in other

countries and helping to build programs that attract interna-tional students to come here,” Smith said.

He also said Gibson created a pleasant work environment.

“Everybody who works with Provost Gibson will tell you she’s one on the nic-est human beings you’ll ever meet,” Smith said. “She is a very good person to work for, work with.”

Both Gibson and Ruud were unavailable for comment.

GIBSONcontinued from page 1

Gloria GibsonProvost

CASSIDY NOBLE/Northern IowanAn immigrant accepts his citizenship certificate from Chief Magistrate Judge Jon Scoles on Apr. 16 in Maucker Union Ballroom.

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It’s time to break the silence

Recently, a friend of mine told me they were a survivor of a brutal hate crime. I am one of two people they have told about the incident, despite the fact that it happened four years ago. The person still feels very distraught about it and has developed post traumatic stress disorder. When I asked them why they never told any-one about the incident, they said, “I don’t want people to feel sorry for me or treat me any differently.”

As an abuse survivor, I understood my friend’s reason-ing for staying silent. Being a trauma survivor has a serious stigma attached to it. That stig-ma keeps survivors silent, caus-ing violence to go unnoticed in our culture. They become isolated and are afraid to report violent crimes that happen to them. They don’t deserve to live in fear of what others think. We need to break the silence about trauma recovery and start reporting it so that our community will address the issue of violence.

The underreporting of hate crimes, sexual assaults and other violent incidents is wide-spread. The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that only 35 percent of hate crimes were reported to police or other offi-cials between 2007 and 2011. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, approximately one-fourth of all physical assaults perpetuated against females by intimate partners are reported to the police.

Additionally, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network estimates for every 100 sex-ual assaults, 40 are reported. These crimes go underreported because people lack faith in the justice system. It’s easy to see why people lack faith consider-ing that of the sexual assaults reported, eight will lead to a prosecution and only three rap-ists will ever spend a day in prison.

The fear of telling isn’t lim-ited to the justice system; many people are afraid to tell their loved ones. People will often find ways to blame the victim for what happened, or they will judge the victim for it. This causes survivors to feel shame and guilt about what happened to them. People need to stop blaming survivors so that they have a safe space to come out

in. Those affected by trauma should be treated the same as everyone else, not judged for what happened.

Outing yourself as a survi-vor takes vulnerability. Some people are so affected by their abuse that talking about their trauma isn’t possible, and that’s

OK. Others simply aren’t in a place where they feel comfort-able telling someone what hap-pened. However, those who are in a better place should consid-er fighting for those who can’t speak out. If we start to talk about our abuse, it will break down the taboo in our society

surrounding trauma, violence and recovery.

Those who hurt us don’t deserve the benefit of our silence. Refuse to feel the shame society made you feel. You are not broken, defective or at fault. Tell the truth today, and break free of the chains put on you.

Stormy O’Brinkobrinks@uni.edu

Following Rachel Cornett-Olsson’s impeccably deliv-ered lecture on midwifery in the Center for Multicultural Education March 31, I can humbly admit I have a changed perspective.

Midwifery consists of dif-ferent licensing. Those who have earned a Nurse-Midwife license can practice legally in all 50 states, while those who have earned a Certified Professional Midwife license can practice in only 28 states. Certified Midwives can legally practice in only three states, according to the Midwives Alliance North America website.

Without proper licensure, practicing midwifery is consid-ered a felony, which forces the few practicing midwives in the state into underground practic-es. They risk their own freedom by illegally practicing medicine without a license.

The Midwives Alliance North America defines a mid-

wife as “traditional care provid-ers for mothers and infants.” According to Cornett-Olsson, however, midwives take on a more intimate role. They act as “the guardians of birth,” aiding in the facilitation of a fam-ily’s amazing, natural birthing journey.

Though Cornett-Olsson illuminated a warm glow when speaking of new life, it was clear she was not in favor of many current sanctioned medi-cal practices. She painted the typical birthing experiences in hospitals in a completely new

light, indicating major differ-ences between socially-accept-able hospital births and “primi-tive” home births.

In home birthing conditions, the expecting mother is allowed to labor in a comfortable, natu-ral position; squatting, on her knees or even in a bathtub. Comparatively, hospitals place women in a vulnerable, unnatu-ral position: on her back with her feet in metal stirrups. This position puts more strain on her own body and on the baby during the labor process. The only convenience taken into

account in this situation is the medical professionals, whereas midwives are there to ensure the comfort and natural pos-ture of the mother in a familiar, loving setting.

As if the environment and comfort level alone aren’t enough to sway opinions, the cost effectiveness is a clear advantage. WebMD attempts to break down the medical-pro-fessional version of new life, but it’s a pretty hazy line to estimate.

A rough figure indicates approximately $2,000 for pre-natal care and $15,000 for hos-pital costs. That doesn’t even begin to account for prenatal vitamins, maternity clothing, childbirth classes, a car seat, a crib, a changing table and pad, wipes, diapers, monitors, etc. While a midwife fee ranges anywhere from $1,500-$3,000, it’s still well under $10,000 less than a hospital bill would be, allocating more funds for those other baby expenses listed above.

When discussing hospital procedures, Cornett-Olsson looked intently into the faces of audience members and said, “We have lost our connection to

our bodies.” She said pregnancy is more

than having a doctor arbitrarily decide that their medical knowl-edge overshadows that of the mother’s bodily cues. Labor should be far more revered than merely being pregnant one minute and having a baby seemingly extracted the next through the use of induced labor and Pitocin injections.

Excitingly, the mainstream-ing of natural birth is gaining popularity on the national stage. As college students, we are in the prime parent-planning stages, seeing as BabyCenter.com reports the average age of first-time mothers is 25 years old. I implore you to do some research, interview your birth-ing professionals and consider a midwife.

Consider midwifery as an alternative birth planRENAE BEARDrenaeb@uni.edu

Excitingly, the mainstreaming

of natural birth is gaining popularity on the national stage.

THINKSTOCKVictims of violence need to feel they can confide in their friends without facing social stigma

MANDI WRIGHT/MCT CampusLacynthia Davis holds her newborn baby as her midwife, Mary Milkey, looks on. Consulting midwives can reduce the medical costs of delivering a baby.

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Bringing sexual assault into the light

Some say that laughter is the best medicine. Kelly Boon, motivational speaker, would agree with them. She would even go as far as to wear a clown nose onstage to start off her presentation.

Creativity, Humor And Other Stuff (CHAOS) is Boon’s way of showing peo-ple that if they are stressed or unsure of what step to take next in life, they should con-sider the power of laughter and creativity.

The presentation took place Wednesday night in Lang Hall Auditorium.

CHAOS consisted of inter-active presentations to help individuals discover opportuni-ties in a changing world and address one’s needs through humor and creativity.

Boon persuaded people to loosen up and chuckle at the start of the presentation by smacking around balloons, showing off different ways to shake hands, demonstrating the proper way to laugh, making the crowd imitate cavemen and compete in thumb wars and showing off funny images via a slideshow she had prepared.

Sexual Assault Awareness month, which is April, aims to raise awareness of sexual assault and get away from the “stranger in the bush” way of thinking, said Robin Summers, graduate assistant in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.

“Most people who are sex-ually assaulted know their attackers,” Summers said. “It is important to inform peo-ple about what sexual assault is and what it is not.”

Groups on and off cam-pus are sponsoring sexual assault awareness events all month.

Sigma Phi Epsilon spon-sored Sexual Assault Awareness Week (SAAW) April 14-18. Members built a “See-SAAW” near the foun-tain outside Maucker Union that members took turns rid-ing for 24 consecutive hours. The brothers hoped to make the week more visible to the community.

The fraternity also spon-sored a self-defense class and Snag a SigEp Date Auction/Raffle, which raised $1,940 for Cedar Valley Friends

of the Family, a nonprofit organization that aids those who have experienced sexual assault, domestic violence or homelessness.

Alex Stepanek, vice presi-dent of programming for Sigma Phi Epsilon, said he knows fraternities receive a bad stereotype regarding sexual assault. He said he wants to show people that sexual assault awareness matters to them.

Joan Thompson, victim

services advocate, said this is important because men may be more willing to listen to other men.

“The reality is that sexual assault is mainly perpetrated by men,” Thompson said. “So I do think when men step up and get involved, it speaks loudly to other men because they can be influen-tial to other men in helping to bring awareness and step-ping up the plate and hold-ing one another account-

able for treating people with respect.”

Thompson will participate in the month’s last event, Take Back the Night, April 29. Wellness and Recreation Services, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Feminist Action League are sponsoring the event.

Thompson will be discuss-ing her role of victim ser-vices advocate while Harry Brod, sociology, anthropol-ogy and criminology profes-

sor, will cover consent in a panel discussion. Two vic-tims of sexual assault will also relate their personal stories to the audience.

“I would just say that every student has the ability to do one thing, whether it’s to walk to a display and look at something, pick up a rib-bon, go to one of the lectures ... I just think everyone has the chance to do something, and not only for themselves personally, but for others,” said Shawna Haislet, gradu-ate assistant in WRS Health Education.

Jackson Katz, co-found-er of Mentors in Violence Prevention, will give a lec-ture Thursday. “More Than a Few Good Men: A Lecture on American Manhood and Violence Against Women” will focus on sexual assault prevention.

“Sexual assault will not go away by doing nothing,” Summers said. “Action has to be taken, but for that to happen, I think it is impor-tant for people to be aware that it’s a human issue, not a women’s issue, and that everyone can take a part in ending this horrific type of violence.”

RACHEL BALDUSAssociate Campus Life Editor

A chaotic sense of humorOn Tuesday, an Earth

Day Fair will be held out-side Maucker Union from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. There will be samples of maple syrup from trees around campus, free bike tune ups and the chance to help start seed-lings for the student garden.

Students can also meet in Maucker Union at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to help pick up trash along Highway 20. At 5:30 p.m., students can meet to remove trash around cam-pus.

There will be a show-ing of “Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in WRC Room 252. The film explores how agricultural runoff and pollution effect the Mississippi River.

On Wednesday, there will be an Earth Week bike

ride. Students can gather at 6 p.m. at Mulligan’s, located at 205 E 18th St. Helmets are required, and partici-pants who preregister will receive a free T-shirt.

The last day of events is Thursday. The film “In Organic We Trust” will be shown at 11 a.m. in the Center for Energy

and Environmental Education Room

115. Lunch will be provided.

In addition, there will be a pop can/tab drive from 10

a.m. to 2 p.m. in Maucker Union.

Proceeds will go to the St. Vincent De Paul Society.

“There are so many groups, projects and under-takings connected with the UNI community that can be explored at these events,” Bruss said. “We highly rec-ommend attending as many as people have time for.”

Students can reg-ister for events at www.rrttc.com.

IAN SHILHANEKStaff Writer

ERIN KEISER/Northern IowanSigma Phi Epsilon built a See-SAAW for Sexual Assault Awareness Week. The brothers took turns riding the See-SAAW for 24 hours outside Maucker Union.

PARKER WOLFE/Northern IowanKelly Boon, motivational speaker, gives a presentation on CHAOS. She discussed using laughter as a way to deal with stress Wednesday night. � See CHAOS, page 5

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THEATER REVIEW

Past comes back to biteCapitalizing on its 2013

big screen adaption, Theatre UNI brings “August: Osage County” to life at Strayer-Wood Theatre.

Written by Tracy Letts, “August: Osage County” has won numerous awards since its publication in 2007, includ-ing Best Play at the 2008 Tony Awards for its dark and gritty portrayal of a dysfunctional family in rural Oklahoma.

After Beverly Weston, played by associate theater professor Richard Glockner, goes missing, the Weston daughters are forced to face their pill-popping mother, Violet, played by theater professor Cynthia Goatley. Violent and cruel, Violet digs up painful family affairs and reveals intimate secrets in order to maintain control of her quickly dissolving house-hold.

As terrible truths emotion-ally break Barbara’s (senior theater major Chelsea Miller) younger sisters Ivy (junior theater major Beth Dehne) and Karen (senior theater major Olivia Frisch), she struggles to keep her head above water while dealing with the stress-es of her parents, her dissolv-ing marriage, her delinquent daughter and the ever grow-ing tendencies of her mother bubbling up within her.

The cast is phenomenal across the board, but Goatley sucks the audience into the throws of the Weston family with her darkly realistic por-trayal of Violet. It is appar-ent that Goatley put a lot of time and effort into research-ing and performing her role, as she behaves exactly like someone with a violent nature coupled with chemical depen-dence.

The two weakest perform-

ers are Miller and Dehne. Though both perform remarkably in high-tension scenes, they struggle to keep the harsh edge out of their voices during some quieter moments.

As appalling as the truth it tells is, “August: Osage County” reminds us that no matter how much we may want to escape our childhood, it will always affect us. Even after we put our feet down and tell ourselves the past is the past, it circles back around to haunt us.

Life is a constant battle against our inner demons, fighting the repetition of his-tory, struggling to not become our parents. The show’s dark tones, dim lights and depress-ing atmosphere expertly mir-ror this message.

The set of the Weston’s three level house and deck is beautifully designed and detailed, with sharp angles and a gothic undertone. It’s dark, it’s messy and the actors fully use the set’s spaces. However, the four separate spaces on the bottom level are unconvinc-ing. They would benefit from distinguishing markers such as differing elevations.

The lighting mimics typical light fixtures. In an attempt to maintain the show’s excellent reflection of reality, the char-acters mime turning on lights. Unfortunately, this backfires. It is one of the few reminders

that what we are witnessing is theatrical, as the light switch-es aren’t really there.

The costume designs are perfect. They are modern and faithful to both the characters and the show’s somber atmo-sphere. Though all but the oldest generation is played by students in their 20s, the cos-tumes successfully create two distinct generations.

Nearly all of the produc-tion qualities add to the realis-tic atmosphere of the produc-tion, though in one particular case, this is not a good thing. Several characters smoke non-tobacco cigarettes through-out the show, and the actors, unbelievably, actually light the cigarettes. This is unaccept-able, as the audience is trapped and forced to breathe in the smoke.

It is appalling and disgust-ing that the director, Angie Toomsen, cares so much about convincing the audience the show is real that she fails to take the audience’s comfort and health into account. This is not a difficult situation to fix: the actors mime smoking marijuana; they should also mime smoking cigarettes.

Despite a few things that would make it better, “August: Osage County” utilizes a pow-erful script to create a power-ful production with the help of Toomsen’s authoritative direction in this engaging and emotionally exhausting show.

AUTUMN SEMPÉRÉTheater Critic

During her presentation, Boon said happiness was a gift, and that being happy is a choice we make and that we must push ourselves to make mistakes, because that’s how we grow.

Boon has been speaking publicly and using the red nose for many years, but she didn’t make it a full-time

career until 2009. She cred-its her father with passing the torch to her. A retired Iowa State University pro-fessor, he used humor in his classes until his retirement in 2001.

“It’s hereditary,” Boon said. “My father has a nose like this and my kids do, too.”

At the end of the night, Boon made the crowd prom-ise that they will always laugh and play.

CHAOScontinued from page 4

Life is a constant battle

against our inner demons, fighting the repitition of history, struggling to not become our parents.

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Home sweet homeSOFTBALL

Bats heat up for UNI game against Missouri St.

Nearly two weeks after the UNI softball team beat Iowa State University 9-0, the Panthers finally returned back home.

The two-week road trip, which featured five straight losses, was gruesome for UNI. The Panthers got back on track April 15 with a 6-0 win in the UNI-Dome in game two of their dou-bleheader with the Drake University Bulldogs.

In the victory over Drake, Gina Brown and Julia Hunter provided all the RBIs for UNI with two three-run homers each in the bot-tom of the second inning. Chelsea Ross put together a dominant pitching perfor-mance that included eight strikeouts while only giving up one hit.

The high-powered offensive victory over the Bulldogs was simply a pre-view of Friday when the Panthers moved back out-doors for a doubleheader with the Missouri State Bears.

The Panthers took the diamond wearing pink jerseys in support of the American Cancer Society. In the first game, Jamie Fisher took the pitcher’s circle and showed good composure on the mound, pitching four of the game’s five innings and only allowing three hits.

“We played relaxed and just scored runs, so we just got to be relaxed and have

fun out there,” Fisher said. “We just need to keep play-ing like we did today. It’s def-initely a confidence booster.”

Five UNI hitters had multiple hits, while Rikki Alcaraz went 3-3 in the first game and hit two three-run home runs for the Panthers.

Alcaraz is hitting a team-leading .325 batting average this season.

“It felt great just to go out there and connect well and just get a good lead for us,” Alcaraz said. “We were struggling for a little bit, but to come back out today

and take it to them meant a lot for us.”

The follow-up match fea-tured a lot of the same for the Panthers.

Ross took the mound and extended her winning streak to two, striking out five Bears and allowing three

hits in a five-inning 9-1 vic-tory.

UNI once again saw an early explosion from their bats as Micalla Rettinger struck a grand slam to get things started for UNI. She also ended the game with a solo homer, forcing the eight-run rule in the bottom of the fifth inning.

On Saturday, the Panthers dropped a tough 6-5 decision to the Bears but still won the overall series two games to one.

The game included two homers from Alcaraz and Alysaa Buchanan for UNI.

After the weekend series, UNI is 24-15 overall and 11-8 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Panthers head to the state’s capital Wednesday for a match-up with Drake University.

IRIS FRASCHER/Northern IowanRikki Alcaraz (above) went 3-3 in UNI’s first game of a three-game series against Missouri State University. Alcaraz leads the team with a .325 batting average.

IRIS FRASCHER/Northern IowanJulia Hunter (10) puts a ball in play against Drake University. Hunter drove in three runs for the Panthers in their 6-0 win against the Bulldogs Tuesday.

We played relaxed and just scored

runs, so we just got to be relaxed and have fun out there.

Rikki Alcaraz UNI softball player

IRIS FRASCHER/Northern IowanChelsea Ross (26) struck out five batters in five innings of UNI’s 9-1 win over Missouri State. It was the second game of the day.

BEN LLOYDSports Writer CURRENT MVP

STANDINGS1. Wichita State ............16-32. Illinois State...............12-53. Southern Illinois.........12-74. Bradley.......................12-85. Northern Iowa............11-8

APRIL 21, 2014 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 110, ISSUE 52

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4 BR Townhouse, five minutes from campus, 4 Bedroom Town-house in Cedar Falls, five minutes from campus. $1250/month plus utilities. Washer, Dryer, Stove, Fridge, Central Air, Offstreet parking. Newly Remodeled - see pictures. Available 6/1/14. Email joshschoville@yahoo.com

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