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Winter is coming, but will classes be canceled?

ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

After an uncharacteristically mild start to winter this year in Iowa, including December temperatures in the 40’s, the typical snow accumulations and freezing temperatures are well underway. As students brave icy sidewalks and gusty winds to get to class, many are left wondering: why does UNI cancel classes so rarely?

On Jan. 22 and 23, inclement weather led most K-12 schools in the Cedar Valley and many across central

Iowa to cancel classes. Even Hawkeye Community College, Kirkwood Community College and most DMACC campuses canceled classes for one or both days. Cedar Falls and Waterloo received nearly five inches of snow, according to KCRG, but classes proceeded as scheduled for UNI students.

The non-cancellation was in line with UNI’s official weather policy, which states, in part, “It is the policy of the University to continue normal hours of operation and maintain a regular work schedule for staff members during peri-

ods of severe weather and/or adverse working conditions.”

“If we have severe weather, we generally stay open,” said Jim Wohlpart, UNI provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, who is responsible for determining whether or not UNI cancels or delays classes during inclement weather. “We’re different from the K-12 system.

The K-12 system has buses that go out on rural highways and they’re dealing with kids.

Everybody who we’re dealing with is an adult. Our policy goes on to state that we expect

people to take due care and caution and be responsible. If they can’t get here and it’s not safe, they shouldn’t come.

That is a choice that they get to make.”

When deciding how inclement weather might affect the university, Wohlpart consults the senior vice president for finance and operations, Michael Hager. The snowstorm of Jan. 22 and 23 was no exception. “[Michael Hager] and I started talking and emailing and texting Tuesday afternoon. Here’s the weather fore-

cast — are you looking at this? Here’s what it looks like.

Here’s the peaks. Here’s the lows,” Wohlpart said. “Before we go to bed, we’re texting and emailing [. . .] At five o’clock [Wednesday morning], Michael Hager drives to campus. So, he’s on campus checking if the grounds crews have gotten up here.

They were up here at 3 a.m.

Sidewalks were cleared. Roads were cleared. He was driving around on the roads. All the main arteries were cleared.”

Track and field dominates in the Dome FRANK WALSH

Sports Writer

The snow taking over Cedar Falls is a sure sign that indoor track season beginning for the University of Northern Iowa.

Once football season is over and the turf is rolled up, the UNI track and field team is ready to take over the dome.

The Jack Jennett Open on Friday, Jan. 25 was filled with tough competitors that wanted to win.

On the field side of things, Cade Kirkpatrick was able to win the long jump with a mark of 23’11.5”, which currently ranks second in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Katie Cross won the women’s long jump with a mark of 18-4.25.

Maddie McCalla, senior

sprinter for the cats, took first place in the 400-meter dash, running an MVC leading time of 55.54 seconds. McKayla Cole, reigning all-conference honoree in the outdoor 10,000-meter run, also blew the doors off her competition, winning the 3,000 by nearly a minute.

Following the dominance in the Dome, the Panthers headed south to Iowa City to compete in the Black and Gold Premier on Jan. 26. UNI took home five wins.

On the men’s side, Tayshaun Cooper continued his successful season thus far, winning the 60-meter dash in a time of 6.85 seconds and now leads the MVC with that time.

Alex Jackson also won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:38.87, his career best at this distance.

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UNI’s throwers placed first and second in the shot put.

Darius King won the title, followed by Keegan Tritle.

The 4x400 squad won as well, with a time of 3:10.86. Lyndsie Schinkel was the only cham-

pion for the women, charging home for a victory in the 600meter run, in 1:33.91.

Coming up, UNI will head to South Bend, Ind., and Lincoln, NE, on Saturday, Feb. 2.

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what we’re used to; it’s part of a way of figuring out Staff Writer how to create these opporUNI art students used tunities for students and to portraiture to help bring make them meaningful, rich to life the stories of nurs- and effective.” ing home residents at Dooley’s original objecCountry View Care Center tive for the project began in Waterloo. to evolve. She said the idea The exhibition display- to highlight invisible people ing these portraits, “Being through portraits eventualSeen: Portraits in Place and ly became a way to “reprePerson,” is now on display sent with dignity a true porin Kamerick Art Building traiture of people who don’t until Monday, Feb. 18. usually get represented.”

Led by Alexandra Dooley, After working with a volan instructor in the art unteer coordinator on camdepartment, the project’s pus, those ideas took on an objective sought to “help identity through the respeople be seen who are idents of Country View. invisible through portraits.” Dooley explained that the Last semester, Dooley’s subject of a painting plays students spent time devel- a major role in why an artoping relationships with ist might choose to create a Country View residents in painting and she wanted to order to learn more about give her students the opporthem prior to painting their tunity to paint people they portraits. might have never met or had Dooley collaborated the opportunity to paint. with the Service Learning “What’s really hard is for Institute on campus to pro- the students to paint from vide her students with the every walk of life,” Dooley unique opportunity to par- said. ticipate in the project. The While this project was department assists facul- an assignment for Dooley’s ty in community outreach, students, it was, at its core, helping develop projects for about artists forming relatheir classes that incorpo- tionships with their subrate a service-learning com- jects. What came out of it ponent. was not just an oil painting, “As faculty, we’re always but a deeper understandlooking for ways to make ing of someone who comes that real-life experience from a different walk of happen in the classroom,” life and learning how to use said Dooley. “That’s a dif- their talents to give presferent teaching model than ence and humanity to their

subjects.

“We engaged [with] people who don’t have the freedom to go where they want to go or visit with people when they want to,” Dooley said.

Residents of Country View volunteered when they heard of the project. At the start of the project, students visited the nursing home and casually engaged with those residents in groups. After interacting with the residents, students then chose who they wanted to represent.

“That was very hard for them, because that meant a few people from Country View didn’t get selected,” Dooley said. “It was interesting because none of them chose the same person; they all had somebody in their group they most connected with, and none of them had chosen the same two people.”

Once the student was paired with a resident, they returned to the nursing home to visit with the residents. Students could bring materials with them to sketch or watercolor on site, but the finished products were completed in the studio. Students could reference a photograph and the residents were invited to UNI to observe the student’s progress.

“They really identified that it was not just an

assignment, but that when you paint a picture of a person, that person has a presence, a history and a personality,” Dooley said.

“They all had this powerful sense of responsibility to their painting; they really wanted to represent their person well.”

Rachel Smith, one of Dooley’s students, had some apprehension going into the project, but came away with a new perspective. “[The project] showed me they’re active in the community,” Smith said, “they’re living fulfilling lives.”

Through the process, Smith discovered common interests with her subject, Preston.

The students were given folders with information about the residents and their interests. From those,

Smith discovered their shared love for gardening, which became the portrait’s background theme. “[I learned] to humanize them,” Smith said, “and see them as equals and not some sort of pariah.”

Students in the class took that responsibility seriously, as Dooley said she often tells her class that an artist doesn’t have the luxury of explaining a painting to those who view it.

“The painting is the story,” Dooley said.

Her hope is that whatever opinions people form while viewing the paintings, they understand there is a person behind it.

On Friday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m., there will be a reception for the Country View residents to visit campus and see the finished products.

On Thursday, Jan. 24, Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) released information regarding the 2019 NISG Student Body Elections.

This year’s election will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 26 and Wednesday, Feb. 27, according to the press release.

David Konfrst, director of public relations, said that any student who wishes to create change on campus may run.

The positions included in the student body election are president, vice president and senate positions.

“There’s a common misperception that NISG only approves bills, student organizations and has elections,” said Konfrst. “The majority of

the initiatives that NISG does [are] created by the senators and by the board of directors.

Students have opportunities to tackle any kind of project that they think will benefit the student body.”

Konfrst cited NISG Senator Katie Wempen’s initiative to offer free menstrual products to students as an example of what students can do once involved with NISG.

Students who decide to run in the election must email the Election Commission, Cole Passick, and set up a brief meeting. This can be done at nisg-chiefjustice@uni.edu.

During this meeting, those interested will receive information regarding their candidacy.

Konfrst explained that order to be placed on the official ballot, students running for president and vice president must

acquire a certain number of signatures from each college, and senators from their own respective college.

Students running for positions will campaign from Monday, Feb. 11 to Wednesday, Feb. 27, and the NISG Presidential Debate will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 20.

More information about the student body elections can be found on the NISG website.

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Socialism causes economic peril

’80s and ’90s. This led to the election of the country’s Opinion Columnist populist revolutionary leader, Hugo Chavez, in 1998.

This past Wednesday, the While Chavez was in office, United States and President he took numerous actions Trump formally recogwhich transformed the once nized Venezuelan National thriving economic power Assembly Leader (the into a socialist regime. He Venezuelan equivalent to took over the largest oil firm U.S. Congress) Juan Guaidó in Venezuela and fired thouas the interim President sands of workers when they of Venezuela, stating that went on strike, effectively the previous election of setting up the economy for President Nicolas Maduro ruin down the road once was a sham. his vice president, Maduro, Guaidó took an oath took office. Since Chavez of office in front of thouhad instituted massive welsands of Venezuelan supfare and government proporters and citizens who grams, but no longer had have suffered economic the money to pay for them horrors under the socialdue to the tanking e c o n o m y, Maduro had decided to print m o r e money in order to pay off the gover nment’s debts. This predictably led to the world’s highest inflation rate in the year 2019.

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Ve n e z u e l a Opinion Columnist Colin Horning discusses the swearing-in of the new interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, and the socialist regime which led to the country’s ultimate economic is an example of how downfall.

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ist regime of Maduro (and Hugo Chavez prior to that).

It would certainly make sense for Venezuela to have a booming economy, being that the nation sits on over 300 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. That amount comes out to be about as much as the U.S. and Saudi Arabia combined.

They did have a booming economy at one point. From the 1950s through about 1982, Venezuela was consistently one of the world’s top-five richest nations in terms of GDP per capita.

A drop in global oil prices sent Venezuela into a shortterm economic crisis in the

socialist policies can quickly ruin a once-prosperous nation. Today, the people of Venezuela in most instances have to wait in line for hours just to get a loaf of bread.

The average citizen of Venezuela has lost around 19 pounds since 2015 simply because of food shortages (sometimes referred to as the “Maduro diet.”) Basic necessities, such as groceries and toilet paper, are in extremely high demand but have incredibly low supply.

A simple Google search of “Venezuelan grocery store” will come up with results looking like a scene from a zombie apocalypse movie.

The cause for this is that there is simply too much government intervention in free markets. In Venezuela, the government controls most of the means of production and sets the market price on most items, along with forcing big businesses to pay significantly higher tax rates in order to pay for government programs. When many of the top businessmen and corporations in Venezuela were forced to pay these high tax rates, they simply left the country altogether, along with the jobs, wealth and industry goods that they used to provide the nation with. This leads the labor force to either work while on government assistance

or simply not work at all, and in turn, means that the government cannot sustain what they are promising their citizens. After all, the main source of income

Venezuela is an example of how socialist policies can quickly ruin a onceprosperous nation.

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for a government comes from taxation, specifically income tax, which becomes incredibly hard to do when people aren’t working in the first place and have no more opportunity to find work.

Venezuela is an example of how unchecked government control can, and will, ultimately lead to economic despair. The idea of everyone existing on an equal playing field in every aspect of life can sound good and tempting, but it ensures everyone will be equally miserable in the end. Socialism works in the very early stages, however, it starts to fail when the federal government runs out of other people’s money.

Student Wellness Services offers wellness coaching Editor’s Note: This guest column was submitted by Student Wellness Services.

Have you heard of Wellness Coaching yet?

Wellness Coaching is a way for students to create the life they want by exploring their strengths and focusing on their health and well-being. Through the process of coaching, they may increase self-awareness and self-efficacy, achieve goals and have an increased sense of life satisfaction, purpose and meaning. As students, you may see personal growth in areas such as stress management, eating well, physical activity, sleep, financial management, relationships and other wellness areas.

Trained We l l n e s s Coaches will partner with students in a thought-provoking and creative process inspiring them to maximize their potential. Coaches view students as the

experts of their lives, providing support and guidance through the process of becoming the best version of themselves. The eight dimensions of a wellness model are utilized (intellectual, emotional, spiritual, environmental, financial, occupational, social and physical) to assess which wellness dimension(s) the student’s goal will address.

Wellness coaches utilize a strengths assessment developed through the VIA Institute on Character.

Each student is expected to complete the assessment prior to the first appointment with the coach. The coach reviews the assessment before meeting with them and refers to the strengths throughout the coaching process.

If you still don’t think Wellness Coaching is all it’s cracked up to be, listen to what students found most helpful about Wellness Coaching: “Being able to set goals and

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Student Wellness Services Graduate Assistant Beth Chaney pens a guest column about the new service they are offering, Wellness Coaching. Wellness Coaching focuses on the eight dimensions of well-being and helps students use their strengths to their advantage.

figure out how to overcome obstacles that might be in the way with them.”

“Taking the test to find out what my strengths are and using them to be successful.”

“It gave me realistic steps that I needed to achieve my goals.”

“Looking at the strengths quiz is always helpful because when there is a problem you can be pointed in the direction of

your strengths and decide the best way for YOU to solve the problem using your own set of skills.”

Wellness Coaching is free for all currently enrolled UNI students. On average, sessions last about 45 minutes, and the number of sessions depends on the individual needs of each student. Wellness Coaching sessions take place in the Student Health Center.

Graduate students and pro-

fessional staff have been trained to provide wellness coaching. Students can make an appointment by visiting: https://studentwellness. uni.edu/wellness-coaching.

Come check it out!

— Beth Chaney, Student Wellness Services Graduate Assistant

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Students perused opportunities to explore the world at the Study Abroad Fair last Wednesday, Jan. 23. Past participants, course leaders and study abroad staff were available to answer questions at various tables stationed around the Maucker Union ballroom.

Junior TESOL major Nina Hucke was volunteering at the South Korea table.

Hucke spent last semester at Soonchunhyang University, taking classes in English and working as a conversation partner with Korean students who were learning English.

“Study abroad in general has been something I’ve been interested in for a long time because traveling is really exciting, and I’ve always wanted to see other countries. And I’ve also always been interested in other languages,” Hucke said. “Basically I just wanted a chance to be immersed in another language

and another culture and just really explore that other place for a while.”

Niko Muniz, a junior majoring in marketing and management, spent last semester abroad as well, studying at the American College of Greece.

Beyond being able to experience much of Europe, including Amsterdam and Berlin, he also learned how major the cultural differences between people can be.

“I have so much more respect and understanding for different cultures now,” Muniz said. “Being thrown into a culture that you’re not used to, you kind of learn to adapt, so now if anyone comes up to me and doesn’t maybe speak English, I’ll be more willing to help them because I know exactly what it’s like.”

Hucke said she also learned valuable lessons about interacting with those completely different from herself, in addition to improving her Korean speaking.

“Which is still sub-par,” she noted, “but getting better.”

For students on the fence about studying abroad, Hucke encouraged them to take the leap.

“If you’ve got the opportunity [to study abroad] and it’s feasible, always go for it.

It’s just amazing to get to be in another place and do something that you can’t do in Iowa,” she said. “There’s so much out there. Wherever you end up, you’ll just have really unique experiences that you can’t get in Iowa, or even in America.”

“I would say definitely think about it hard, but don’t think too much, and just kind of go for it,” Muniz said. “Because that’s what I did. I didn’t really think too much and just went for it, and I learned a lot about myself and about the world.”

UNI’s Study Abroad Center offers both short- and longterm programs in over 30 different countries. More information is available on their website.

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UNI Counseling Center offers cocoa, conversation EMMA KOSSAYIAN Staff Writer

The UNI Counseling Center offered a safe place to escape the cold on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) provided hot cocoa, cookies and most importantly, conversation at their “Cocoa & Counseling” event.

At 4:30 p.m., the doors opened to a stream of students. They were greeted with friendly smiles from counseling staff: a mix of psychologists, mental health counselors, counseling and social work interns, practicum counselors and support staff.

After filling their cups and grabbing their cookies, students were given a tour of the Counseling Center. They were shown how it is a safe space where someone can go to communicate their feelings and stresses with complete confidence and confidentiality.

Sarah Rasing, NISG mental health director and junior English teaching major, put this event together in hopes that her fellow students would get to see the place she cares so much about. Her goal for this event was for students to feel more comfortable with this space and the staff who are there to help them.

“As director of mental health for the Northern Iowa Student Government, I am working to bridge the gap between the student government and the Counseling Center along with all the organizations on campus, like Active Minds and To Write Love on Her Arms,” Rasing said.

Rasing’s role is to support these groups in any way that she can. Once she gathers their leaders across campus, they can bring in students of all identities and experiences to talk about mental health.

Rasing has several initiatives planned for the Panthers.

She is working to have people QPR-trained across the university. QPR training stands for Question, Persuade and Refer and is led by Brian Nissen, UNI’s suicide prevention educator.

According to the QPR Institute’s website, QPR includes three suicide-prevention steps that could help save a life, similar to how those trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver save thousands of lives annually. Those trained in QPR are able to recognize suicide warning signs and know how to “question, persuade and refer someone to help.”

The goal is to have leaders at UNI trained in this ability.

Student organizations are perfect for this practice because of their close connection to many students. Because of this goal, many NISG representatives were present at the event.

Suicide is the third-leading cause of death for people aged

15 through 24, according to the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education’s website.

“More than 80 percent of college students felt overwhelmed by all they had to do in the past year and 45 percent have felt things were hopeless,” states the Chadron State College Behavior Intervention

Team on their website, citing the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

All UNI students are welcome at the Counseling Center.

The support service is covered by students’ mandatory health fee. A 24/7 crisis text line is also available for those who text “HELLO” to 741741.

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NISG hosted “Cocoa & Counseling” at the UNI Counseling Center on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The meet-and-greet event was organized by NISG Mental Health Director Sarah Rasing.

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Relax at Rod with Student Wellness Services COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

Between classes, parttime jobs and extracurricular activities, many students may struggle to find time to relax.

With such hectic schedules, it may seem impossible to take time out of one’s day for selfcare. That’s why the Student Wellness Services has created free events for just this purpose. “Wellness Wednesday” and “Take Time Thursday” occur every week from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Makerspace in Rod Library.

“They’re events where students can come in from all over campus, and we have activities like coloring, bracelet-making, essential oils and gratitude cards,” said Brianna De Moss, a graduate assistant with Student Wellness Services. “It’s just a space where students can come and de-stress from their day, and we always offer an activity on Wednesdays based on the dimensions of wellness.

Thursdays generally have to do with coping with stress, unwinding and making sure that your social and emotional wellness is in check.”

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Wohlpart and Hager spoke several times between 5 and 7 a.m. last Wednesday. In their decision-making process, they rely heavily on weather forecasts from various sources. They are also in continuous communication with the grounds crew to ensure they are able to clear the snow around campus.

“If it’s snowing a certain amount, [the grounds crew] can’t get things cleared,” Wohlpart said. “When I got up here at 7, everything was clear. By 8, none of the sidewalks were clear, and they just couldn’t keep up with

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Students can participate in de-stress activities on “Wellness Wednesday” and “Take-Time Thursday” every week from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the library.

tal, financial, occupational and social health. Each activity on Wednesdays is based on one of these aspects and they can either be more passive activities or ones where facilitators lead students. These can vary from nutritional advice to information on sexual health and contraceptive methods, as well as crafts like glitter jars and stress balls. Even students who don’t wish to participate in these activities can use the time for a lunch break, homework or meeting other students from different majors.

“We have staple activities, but my favorite things are the de-stress activities that are consistent every time,” De Moss said. “Two days a week,

you can stop by and take a break from everything that’s going on. I really appreciate how we have things that are here consistently.”

Wellness Ambassador Alexandria Diehl, a freshman majoring in pre-law political science, also mentioned how Student Wellness Services allows professors to request programs, along with events at Rod Library, Walk the Labyrinth and other activities that are regularly scheduled.

They attempt to keep a balance between helping students individually and hosting campus-wide events.

“I hope that students walk out of here feeling supported and feeling de-stressed. I hope

that they’re able to take away at least one learning piece from what we’ve done on that day,” De Moss said.

“The students should know that campus cares for them,” Diehl said. “We want students to get in touch with Student Wellness Services and

all of the amazing things we offer. Even if you only have five to 10 minutes, you can use that time to color a page, find a place to relax, or do what you need to relax. Whatever works for you to de-stress, like coloring or homework, that’s what we hope to provide.”

it because it started coming down really hard. So then I could’ve canceled it at 8, [but then] it’s supposed to stop at nine and they’re on top of it, so what do you do?”

With the roads and sidewalks clear, Wohlpart and Hager decided not to delay.

According to the forecast at the time, the snow was supposed to slow down at 7 a.m. and stop at 8.

“Unfortunately, that’s not what happened,” Wohlpart said. “The snow picked up at 7 o’clock and lasted until 9:30. If that had been the forecast, in hindsight, we probably would have had a very different conversation.”

When Jacob Duffield, a

junior majoring in social work, arrived on campus Wednesday morning, he was shocked that even University Avenue was not cleared.

“I’ve been able to make it through the weather most of the time,” Duffield said. “But I know that there’s a lot of students who live an hour away that unless the interstate’s cleared off, they’re not gonna make it.”

While Duffield had a relatively short commute to campus from Waterloo, other students like Jalissa Snyder traveled much further — 45 minutes, to be exact.

“That storm [Wednesday] was kind of iffy, but I made it,” said Snyder, a junior majoring

in philosophy. “I was kind of shocked I made it. Maybe a delay would have been nice, but it is what it is. And you get out of college what you put into it. So it also gives those students a chance who actually want to be here to come. And if someone isn’t able to come due to weather, then talk to the teacher about it.”

Wohlpart believes that regardless of cancellations or delays, inclement weather is a disruption in people’s lives.

“That’s why we say very clearly in the policy: your safety is most important to us,” Wohlpart said. “You need to make sure you take care of your safety. If you can’t get out of your driveway or can’t

get here, then you need to talk to your teacher if you’re a student. Talk to your supervisor if you’re staff.”

In Wohlpart’s experience, UNI’s infrequent delays and cancellations are standard fare for universities. Ames and Iowa City each got one to two inches of snow last week, but Iowa State University and the University of Iowa still held classes.

In the three and a half years Wohlpart has been UNI’s provost, the university has delayed classes twice and canceled once. The cancelation occurred during his first year at UNI during the 2015-2016 winter.

“My very first call I had to make was a big storm is coming in. The day before I canceled classes the next day,” Wohlpart said. “And the storm didn’t come. The joke was here’s the new provost from Florida — I spent 21 years in Florida — that was the joke. I got lots of feedback from students and they still rip me about this — which is fine. Here’s the provost from Florida, canceled classes because he’s afraid of a little snow.”

With the windchill predicted to plummet to extreme sub-zero temperatures next week, students are encouraged to make decisions that are best for their safety, whether or not classes are canceled.

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Alber claims 100th win, cracks top 20 ELIOT CLOUGH Sports Editor

Intense. If you’ve ever been inside the West Gym on a cold, Iowa night when the Panthers take to the mats, you fully know the definition of that word, and so does Northern Colorado.

UNI wiped the floor with the Bears on Friday night, winning by a final score of 38-6.

Jay Schwarm, UNI’s 125 pound wrestler, began the winning ways for the Panthers, pinning Rico Montoya in 4:10.

Montoya is currently the 17th-ranked wrestler in the nation at this weight.

UNI wrestling veterans Bryce Steiert at 165 pounds and Carter Isley at 285 pounds

also defeated their challengers by pin.

Tech-falls came at the hands of Jack Skudlarczyk (133), Max Thomsen (149) and Taylor Lujan (174).

The biggest win of the night came from the AllAmerican hopeful, Josh Alber, as he was able to garner the 100th win for his career, defeating his opponent at 141 pounds.

Alber joins the ranks of only 20 other Panthers before him to achieve that number of wins. Alber also remained undefeated in the Big 12 with his win on Friday night.

Following the duel with Northern Colorado, the Panthers took on another Big 12 opponent in the University of Oklahoma on Sunday, Jan. 27, in the West Gym.

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Panthers fall to Salukis, top the Purple Aces MEN’S BASKETBALL

PATRICK HANSEN

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Sports Writer

UNI men’s basketball traveled to Southern Illinois on Wednesday, Jan. 23 to take on the Salukis in a Missouri Valley Conference matchup. The Panthers fell to the Salukis for the second time this season with a score of 70-62.

The purple and gold started out strong, leading by 21 points and going into the half with the score 35-19.

Coming out of the first half, the Salukis put the hammer down on the Panther defense as they went on a 15-2 run, cutting the lead down to two.

The Salukis then tied the game with 8:41 left in the first half, and never looked back.

Southern Illinois ultimate-

ly scored 51 points and only allowed 27, in order to pull off the eight-point win, 70-62.

On Saturday night, the

UNI men returned to the McLeod Center to take on the University of Evansville Purple Aces.

The Panthers led the Aces for most of the first half, but went into halftime down five 36-31.

Evansville started the second half hot, as they extended the lead to 48-39, but the purple and gold stormed back, regaining their lead with 9:27 to go and controlling the game from then on.

The Panthers scored 50 points in the second half to complete the win 81-74.

UNI met the night with many career bests as Spencer Haldeman scored 24 with 21 coming in the second half.

Trae Berhow also broke a personal record,as he tied his career high with 19 and finished with a double-double, grabbing 10 rebounds. Luke McDonnell also recorded a double-double with 10 points and a career high 14 rebounds.

The Panthers improved to 9-12 following the win over the Aces and will travel to Chicago, Ill. to take on Loyola (12-8) this coming Wednesday, Jan. 30.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UNI women win in team effort over Evansville JACOB POTTER

Sports Writer

Looking to bounce back from a 88-64 blowout loss to Drake, the UNI women’s basketball team dominated the University of Evansville Purple Aces on Friday night, advancing to 11-7 on the season.

UNI started the game

with a 16-0 run, and wouldn’t look back. Evansville finally got on the scoreboard with 3:47 left in the first quarter with a free throw, making the score 16-1.

The Panthers continued their dominance throughout the first half, not letting up a field goal until the 8:02 mark in the second quarter, making it 24-5.

The purple and gold

took a 37-17 lead going into halftime. A big key to the 20-point halftime lead was only committing one turnover in the first half.

“I thought we did a terrific job of taking care of the basketball, and that’s one of the things that, obviously, we really emphasized coming off the Drake game is valuing the basketball,” said head coach Tanya Warren.

The Panthers gained their largest lead (31 points) with 1:48 left in the fourth quarter on the way to a 74-46 rout.

“From start to finish we were locked in on both ends of the ball,” Warren said.

Abby Gerrits led the Panthers in scoring with 11 points. Karli Rucker added 10, followed by Mikaela Morgan, Ellie Howell and Alyssa Iverson scoring nine

points each. Iverson scored the first points of her career as a Panther.

Nicole Kroeger dished out a game-high eight assists and Heidi Hillyard pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.

Following their contest with Evansville, the Panthers traveled to Indiana State University to take on the Sycamores on Sunday, Jan. 27.

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