Magnus Lindstrom

Off the Court

Northern Iowa alumni, as Magnus Lindstrom tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Jane ElliottBlue Eyes/Brown Eyes anti-racism teacher

  Jane Elliott trained as a teacher here when we were Iowa State Teachers College. On April fifth, 1968, she first ran her Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes exercise with her third graders. Courage, Panthers, does not always carry an axe.

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• Bess Streeter Aldrichnovelist and former schoolteacher

  Bess Streeter Aldrich graduated from our old Normal School and taught school. Then she took up writing to support her family: about two hundred short stories and thirteen novels. One became the 1941 movie Cheers for Miss Bishop. Skol to her!

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• Nancy Jo Powellcareer U.S. ambassador

  Nancy Jo Powell of Northern Iowa has been America's ambassador to India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana and Uganda. Five lands, and she never needed a longship.

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• Robert John HibbsMedal of Honor recipient

  Tonight we lower our voices for Robert John Hibbs, a Panther who received the Medal of Honor for 1966, in the Vietnam War. Raise a horn to him.

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• Mark Steinesco-host of Entertainment Tonight

  Mark Steines went from Cedar Falls to co-hosting Entertainment Tonight. A Panther on the red carpet. I would have worn the helmet.

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