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September 12, 2016

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Volume 113, Issue 05

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

UNI AD weighs in on Kaepernick

MOVIE REVIEW Movie reviewer says ‘hell yeah’ to “Hell or High Water.” CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4

FREE SPEECH Copy editor takes a critical look at free speech at UNI and elsewhere.

OPINION PAGE 3

SOCCER Panthers rage against the Razorbacks away and wallop the Warriors at home. SPORTS PAGE 6

(Left) Courtesy photo; (Right) COURTESY PHOTO/Tribune News Service

David Harris, UNI athletic director, supports Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers quarterback, and his decision to refuse to stand for the national anthem. Kaepernick’s actions have caused national outcry and admiration.

CLINTON OLSASKY News Editor

On August 26, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made headlines as he sat down during the national anthem before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers. Kaepernick explained his reasoning in an interview with NFL Media, saying, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”

UNI athletic director David Harris weighed in on Kaepernick’s protest. He offered advice to student athletes who might feel the need to make similar protests here at UNI. “I think because our student athletes are so visible – they’re well known, they represent our community – I think it’s important that we ensure that they’re really thoughtful about what it is that they’re doing and the reasons that they do it,” Harris said. “We want to make sure that they understand, ulti-

mately, if they take a stance that will be determined to be controversial by other people, then are they ready to stand up to what that might mean to them?” Kaepernick’s refusal to stand has garnered a wide array of both support and criticism across the country. Harris expressed support for Kaepernick, citing the rights afforded him by the U.S. Constitution. “I believe that, as a citizen, he certainly has a right to be able to protest if he feels that there are things in this country that

he has an issue with,” Harris said. “The Constitution protects his right to be able to non-violently protest and bring attention to that particular issue. I think if you look at things that have happened in our country over the past several months and the past year – just looking at this past summer – then you can certainly see that there are issues between people of color and the police in various communities throughout the country.” See KAEPERNICK, page 2

Be arrested for science UNI student JOSH DAUSENER Staff Writer

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“This is not only the crisis of our lives, it is the crisis of our species’ existence,” Sandra Steingraber said to her audience during a lecture last Wednesday, Sept. 7. Steingraber’s lecture, “Be Arrested if Necessary: The Case for Science in Action,” focused on the influence of science in public policy, and the role science and political activism

Dr. Sandra Steingraber Sandra Steingraber, ecologist and author, recently spoke at UNI. Her lecture discussed the relationship among science, activism, and politics.

Biologist, writer, science journalist, active citizen coming to the...

WEDNESDAY, SEP. 7 7 PM • Lang Hall Auditorium

can play in creating informed public policy that works for the greater good. The title of the lecture was inspired partly by a column in “Nature” titled as such, and partly because Steingraber herself was arrested for protesting a natural gas storage plant at Seneca Lake in 2013. The lecture, organized by the Center for Energy and Environmental (CEEE), is part of an effort from scientists such as

See ARRESTED, page 4

found dead

On the evening of Sept. 10, the body of a UNI student was pulled from the Iowa River. The Johnson County Sheriff ’s Office confirmed that the student was Nathan Twedt, a sophomore finance major. Twedt was 20 years old. According to the Iowa City Press-Citizen, Twedt’s body was recovered near the Benton Street bridge in Iowa City. Officials found Twedt’s body at 7:48 p.m. The investigation was currently ongoing at press time.


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