A new landmark — and a soon-to-be tradition — is taking shape at the University of Northern Iowa. The Sesquicentennial Bell has been permanently placed in Campanile Plaza, and organizers of UNI’s 150th anniversary are inviting students to stop by and ring it as the fall semester winds down.

Randy Pilkington, co-chair of UNI’s Sesquicentennial Celebration, says the bell normally won’t be set up to ring. But for Finals Week, that will change. The clapper will be put back inside Monday morning and will remain there through the week so students can mark major milestones.

Pilkington says the hope is simple: students will ring the silver-and-purple bell once to celebrate finishing exams — though he expects it may get a little more attention than that.

“This will be a new tradition for us,” Pi

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