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OPINION

Opinion Columnist

Abigail Saathoff says it’s time for “The Bachelor” craze to end.

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CAMPUS LIFE

Explore different ways to stick to new year’s resolutions without breaking the bank.

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Never forgetting, never repeating

UNI hosts webinar with survivor for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

This past Thursday, Jan. 27, was a day of somber remembrance as it marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Seventyeight years ago, on Jan. 27, 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest and most notorious Nazi concentration death camp where over 1.1 million people, the majority of them being Jews, were systematically killed by the Nazi regime, was finally liberated.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day was originally established back in 2005 as a resolution to the general assembly of the United Nations and has officially been observed every year since 2006. However, there have been other events that have occurred every year to commemorate the Holocaust remembrance in countries around the world.

The oldest official Remembrance Day and primary Holocaust Remembrance Day is called Yom HaShoah (Day of Holocaust), which is observed within many Jewish

communities around the world. In 1951, the Parliament of the State of Israel, also known as the Knesset, chose the 27th of Nisan on the Jewish calendar as it loosely corresponded to the same time of the Warsaw ghetto uprising in 1943. The 27th of Nisan corresponds to a date in April or May each year, this year falling on April 18.

There are many traditions that are associated with observing Yom HaShoah in Israel, such as a two-minute siren that goes off twice that day, along with lighting special memorial candles, reading names of the deceased, wearing white and hearing testimonies from survivors.

Within the United States

there have also been a variety of celebrations, but in 1980, the United States Congress unanimously passed a piece of legislation that created the “Days of Holocaust Remembrance,’’ which was an eight day period that coincided with the already existing Yom HaShoah.

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N.I. EN ESPAÑOL Traducción: Las relaciones como el corazón palpitante de la educación superior

“¿Cómo estás?” dice Leo Lambert, el presidente de Elon Universidad, que está es la pregunta que los estudiantes universitarios desean oír de sus profesores. El martes, enero 24, el presidente Lambert se sentó con la facultad y los empleados de UNI y Wartburg para hablar sobre la importancia de crear relaciones y tener una conversación genuina de doble sentido con estudiantes universitarios en las clases.

En un estudio conducido por el presidente Lambert para su libro, Relationship Rich Education, los estudiantes que tienen una relación concreta con sus profesores tienden a tener una índice superior de graduarse y tienden de recordar su tiempo en la escuela universitaria con cariño.

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A resident assistant takeover: UNI’s 32nd Annual Midwest RA Conference

This past weekend, the University of Northern Iowa hosted the 2023 Midwest Resident Assistant Conference. This gathering, which was the 32nd annual meeting set on UNI’s campus, provided a wide array of sessions, team-building and fun experiences for RAs to experience en masse. Over 500 RAs are expected to have attended this gathering, which took place Friday, Feb. 27Sunday, Feb. 29.

In total, resident assistants from 45 colleges and universities across 10 Midwest states that included Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin attended.

For accommodations, resident assistants and advisors were housed in Bender, Dancer

and Rider Halls, as well as local community hotels. The conference committee hoped that housing visiting resident assistants in UNI dorms would provide a new perspective to reflect on their residence life system back home.

According to a news release provided by UNI’s Assistant Director of Communications Adam Amdor, this conference was designed to, “provide RAs the opportunity to experience a variety of programming typically focused on personal growth and professional development. Guests are also encouraged to network and connect with one another, as well as to venture out and explore and support the community.” Overall, this conference is seen as a way that these RAs connected by similar experiences can share and grow as professionals and students.

This conference was first held on the UNI campus in

1991, and it has only grown since then, thus providing more and more services each year. Programming at this year’s conference mainly revolved around teaching skills in professional development, mental health, overall life skills, engagement and resident inclusion. The conference also provided a case study activity which allowed visiting groups of resident assistants 15 minutes to present on current issues and problems facing their resident life systems and systems around the Midwest.

The chair of this year’s conference is UNI’s Assistant Director of Residence Life and Engagement Jordan Rockwell. “Overall, the goal of the conference is to create stronger RAs, not only for our university, but for colleges all around the Midwest,” Rockwell stated.

“Being an RA, you’re working and living in a unique set of

circumstances and challenges that not a lot of people get to experience. So, the conference provides the opportunity for RAs to really connect, share some really great ideas and inevitably take that experience

with them back to their colleges, so their campus communities are also positively impacted,” Rockwell added.

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COURTESY/SOL NAYMAN & TREVOR MEYERS

Polish Holocaust survivor Sol Nayman shared his story with the UNI community via webinar, pictured above right. He shared the journey his family made from fleeing from their village when he was just a young child to becoming a leader in Holocaust education today. The above left photo shows, from left to right, Sol, his mother Sore, father Yudle and sister Mania before going to Canada 1948.

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Each year, the RA conference brings hundreds of RAs to UNI’s campus to connect with each other and to learn professional development skills to implement in their own lives and resident communities.

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Last Thursday, the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at the University of Northern Iowa partnered with the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities to put on a webinar with Holocaust Survivor and Educator Sol Nayman so he could share his story.

Sol was born in Stoczek Węgrówski, Poland, on Nov.

5, 1935. In September 1939, the Nazis invaded Poland and attacked the town. His hometown had a Jewish population of a little over 1,000 people. As they knew the Nazis were approaching, the family fled to the nearby forest and hid. Sol remembers his father quickly grabbing a thick blanket and wrapping him in it and carrying him. From the forest, they slowly saw the flames grow and spread in their town as the Nazis set fire to it. His grandmother tried to go back into town to help someone, and that was the last time his family ever saw her.

They then fled and made it to Baialystok, which at that time was under Soviet control as Hitler and Stalin signed a treaty that split the country of Poland in half. From there, Sol and his family were loaded onto old, smelly and cramped cattle cars as they were deported without being told where they were going without any food and water. Eventually their train reached what we now know as the Komi region of the USSR, where he and his family lived in a hard labor camp where 5,000 other Jewish families were living at the time, and they were used as free labor for the Soviets.

In 1944, they were shipped

his

to a labor camp in Ukraine. Sol spoke of how extremely brutal conditions were and all that somebody could do was “survive today and hope to see you tomorrow.”

When the war ended in 1945, they were given a choice to become citizens of the Soviet Union and still possibly face discrimination as they were Jewish, or they were told to leave. His family chose the latter, and they ended up in a displaced persons camp in Wetzlar, which was located in the American zone of western Germany. Finally, for the first time in almost five years, Sol and his family were able to celebrate their religion, as for the last several years they had not been allowed to celebrate any Jewish holidays or perform any ceremonies. Sol also remembers going to school and being excited to have a school uniform as it was new clean clothes for him to finally wear.

After much trial and tribulations of trying to figure out where to go and what country would accept his family, on Oct. 16, 1948, Sol and his family arrived in Canada on the SS

Sturgis where he still resides today. After telling the audience his story, he then reflected on several key moments that saved him and his family’s life such as deciding to flee his hometown to the woods back in September of 1939. If they had not fled, he talked about how he and his family most likely would’ve been shot in their home or deported to the nearest concentration camp, Treblinka. Because of his father’s quick thinking to go to the woods, they were able to make it onto the Soviet side, and Sol said, “Every day I thank God for not turning me into ashes at Treblinka”.

For years after the war and well into his adulthood, Sol struggled with being a Holocaust survivor as he had not had to endure a Nazi concentration camp or under Nazi occupation. That changed on a visit he made to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum where he read their definition of what a holocaust survivor was: “All those who are displaced, persecuted or discriminated against due to the racial, religious and ethnic and political policies of the Nazis and their allies between 1933 and 1945.” After reading that, Sol finally was able to accept in his heart that he was a Holocaust survivor.

In the many years since he started doing Holocaust education around Canada and the rest of the world, Sol accomplished many things such as getting a Jewish memorial in the cemetery of his hometown in the 1990s. Sol also warned the audience of the danger of banning books as banning a book can lead to burning a book, and burning a book can lead to burning people.

Sol has also been an active member for the International March of the Living. Every year people march the path leading from Auschwitz to Birkenau as a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Hundreds of survivors have walked the path as a symbol of defiance to how they are still living despite the Nazis’ best effort to systematically kill and wipe out the Jewish people. Sol is also the last surviving Jewish person from Stoczek Węgrówski, Poland to have lived there before the Nazi invasion.

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In a Q&A towards the end of the webinar, I was given a chance to ask Sol the following question: As a member of the last generation to grow up learning about the Holocaust with survivors being alive to tell us the stories, how can we carry the torch to teach the next generation that will not grow up with survivors to tell their story? Sol replied with “I will use a quote from Eli Wiesel: ‘When you listen to a witness you become a witness.’ There are many great books and resources that tell survivor stories,” Sol also talked about how we need to remember, support and to look forward.

Here at the University of Northern Iowa, we do remember, support and look forward to the future when it comes to Holocaust remembrance.

From 2007 to 2019, the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education (CHGE) at UNI organized a Holocaust remembrance ceremony that has either taken place on campus or at a venue in the Cedar FallsWaterloo area, where a proclamation was received for the Day of Holocaust Remembrance from the state of Iowa, city of Cedar Falls, city of Waterloo and the University of Northern Iowa. Due to the pandemic, no ceremony was held from 20202022, but hopefully a ceremony will resume, most likely in a virtual form this spring.

Stephen Gaies, the director of the CHGE, talked about the collaboration that they have had with the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities. “Since its establishment, the CHGE has emphasized collaboration and partnerships with numerous organizations and institutions throughout the state: other universities and colleges, public school districts, museums, libraries, religious and cultural organizations. These efforts have allowed us to program speakers, to organize art and educational exhibits, concerts, film screenings and to conduct teacher workshops at different venues throughout the state,” he said. The CHGE does not only focus on Holocaust education, as they also hope to shed light on other genocides that have happened throughout the world and other human rights issues that are going on in the present day.

Later this year will mark the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II, and the generation that served in the generation that experienced the second world war are slowly aging and unfortunately passing away. Events like these teach us the importance of collecting the stories from remaining survivors with the purpose to “Never Forget” so something like the Holocaust happens “Never Again.”

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COURTESY/SOL NAYMAN

Sol’s hometown of Stoczek Węgrówski, Poland after Nazis invaded in 1939.

TREVOR MEYERS

The above memorial commemorates the site of Dachau concentration camp near Munich, Germany. It is one of many attempts around the world to preserve a tragic history in hopes of preventing more genocides.

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Why it’s time to stop watching “The Bachelor”

ABIGAIL SAATHOFF Opinion Columnist

On March 25, 2002, the first season of “The Bachelor” premiered. The show was something special, focusing on one lucky man and 25 women on the search for true love. People fell in love with the show; over 9.9 million people watched its premiere, and 18.2 million watched the finale. But, the show ended with no proposal and a future announcement that the couple had broken up. But, since its start the show has been open to criticism: its lack of ethnic and cultural diversity, (its first African-American bachelor came in season 25) stigmatizing virginity, scarce representation of various body shapes and sizes and the perpetuation of unfair stereotypes against both women and men.

If you’ve been alive for the last ten years, there is a good chance you’ve heard of “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette,”

“The Bachelor in Paradise,” or one of the many other spinoffs of the popular show. It’s a show many love to watch; the juicy drama, the interesting storylines and the attractive men all make the show a fan favorite. But the show has long remained the same, one man and 25 women, all models thin and beautiful, and the man, equally attrac-

tive. “The Bachelor” is stuck in the past, and each needs to step up their crappy casting and exploitation of poor behavior or walk happily into the sunset once and for all after 21 years. From the first time I watched “The Bachelor,” my freshman year of college, I was skeptical of the show, but quickly became enthralled in the fun

of watching the show. But, the longer I watched the more and more issues I discovered with the show, which took away from my general enjoyment. I realized that it wasn’t the great show I thought it was, but rather one of the worst shows on television to date, yet, like many other viewers, I couldn’t stop watching.

First and foremost, the show is marketed as an opportunity for men and women to find love, but the show is simply a fight to the finish to be the winner of a relatively standard man that looks remarkably like a Ken doll. Throughout the show, the women fight with each other, frustrated when the others find success, or when they don’t find themself a match with the selected Bachelor. Even the trailers usually show at least one heated debate between the women, and in a recent season, one of the women started a rumor that another woman was an escort. Not only is this uncomfortable to watch, but unfairly represents women as backstabbing, rude, and unkind. And, at the end of the day, why not figure out if the relationship is a match, rather than blackmailing your way through?

Finding your community at UNI

BAILEY KLINKHAMMER Opinion Columnist

As of 2021, UNI reported an undergraduate student enrollment of almost 8,000 students. Of those students include almost 2,000 transfer students, 1,500 students in the College of Business and almost 2,000 incoming freshmen. The student population at UNI encapsulates a wide array of students, within a variety of majors, cultural identities and other demographics. The student organizations on UNI’s campus provide students with the opportunity to find their community and cement their place on UNI’s campus.

On UNI’s campus, there are a wide array of volunteer organizations and philanthropic opportunities for students to build a resume and relationships with other people on campus. These organizations include Connecting Alumni to Students (CATS), which works on keeping strong relationships with alumni, UNI’s Make the Change, which

writes letter bundles to a nominated person and Dance Marathon, an organization who volunteers their time and energy to raising money and awareness for children with cancer. As undergraduate students who may be looking at post-undergraduate academic opportunities, volunteering can serve as a catalyst for vital service hours in the academic sphere. On top of volunteering, there are plenty of philanthropic opportunities through Fraternity and Sorority Life on campus that provide an opportunity for students to network philanthropically and create strong relationships with other organizations.

On top of volunteer opportunities available to UNI students, there are also a wide array of opportunities for students to sink their claws into their education and further enrich themselves academically and musically. There are clubs such as the Forensics Club, Psychology Club, Student Elementary & Early Childhood Association (SEECA) and Student Association of Middle Level Educators (SAMLE). There is

also a variety of pre-professional clubs to serve those in pre-professional programs and provide them opportunities for academic enrichment and networking outside of the classroom. This includes the Pre-Law Club, Pre-Dental Club, Pre-Medical Club and Pre-Physical Therapy Club, among others. On top of furthering education and enriching students outside of the classroom, there are also a wide variety of art/theater clubs that allow students not in those particular majors to enjoy the arts. The Clay Club, Orchesis Dance Company, the Varsity Glee Club and Student Theater Association are all clubs that provide an opportunity for students to enrich themselves in the arts, even if they aren’t ina theatrical or musical program.

For those looking for a place to explore and enjoy their hobbies, there are also diverse opportunities for students to spend time enjoying their hobbies within a club and community on campus. Among these include clubs and organizations like the Yarn Club, Fishing Club,

Yoga Club, and Panther Tabletop Gaming Club. These clubs allow for students to experience their hobbies and interests within a community on campus, providing a space for networking within a place where there is a shared interest. These clubs tend to be more laid back and more of ‘come as you are’ type organizations, where people will meet you at your skill level and help you reach whatever goals you might have in mind.

As mentioned above, there are sweeping opportunities for students to get involved on campus. So, why do some students struggle with finding their community on campus? One of the biggest reasons this can occur is because sometimes students just aren’t aware of the opportunities available to them. Through use of the Panther FYI, UNI students can find their communities on campus and cement their place within UNI. The Panther FYI allows students to take a quiz over their interests and wants from an organization, then provides students with a list of organizations that fits their inter-

ests. On top of the Panther FYI, there’s also the Office for Student Involvement, whose Instagram works on featuring UNI organizations and communities. The importance of getting involved on campus cannot be understated. Finding a community on campus can make or break a college experience. Everyone at UNI can benefit from surrounding themselves with likeminded people within the worlds of academics, entertainment, arts, volunteering, hobbies and cultural identities.

Overall, college is a time for undergraduate students to explore their interests and enjoy themselves while embarking on a rigorous academic journey. It’s important for students to find clubs that cater to their interests, which can prohibit burn out and strengthen a student’s relationship with the university. The right community on UNI’s campus is out there for students. Creating concrete connections on campus keeps students here at UNI, and the right organization and community is waiting for you.

New year’s resolution on a budget

MEG GROVE Staff Writer

Every year, a vast majority of people’s New Year’s resolutions are to lose weight, become fit or get back into the gym. These resolutions are tough to keep while in school and on a budget. UNI recognizes these barriers and provides resources to make it easier for students to practice healthy lifestyle habits.

Gym memberships can be expensive, but UNI provides many opportunities for stu-

dents to work out and get their body moving without adding that monthly fee to a budget. Students at UNI pay a recreation fee included in tuition which allows all students drop-in use at the Wellness and Recreation Center (WRC).

Students have access to three fitness centers, gymnasiums, leisure and lap pools, racquetball courts, a spin studio, a boxing center and lounges for free at the WRC.

Students can also participate in programs such as intramurals, sport clubs, group fit-

ness classes, personal training, outdoor recreation gear rental, outdoor clinics and aquatics for a small fee.

Working out and keeping your body moving is important for your physical and mental health. “A recent study showed that 90% of respondents agreed that use of the WRC improved their mental health. Additional research shows that WRC users have higher GPAs, higher graduation rates and had a 7% higher retention rate compared to a non-user comparison group,” said Christopher Denison, recreation services director. “This semester we are averaging about 1,000 uses a day and still have room for more.”

Another issue students face is eating healthy while on a budget. Healthy and organic foods tend to be more expensive and busy schedules make for lots of drive-thru stops. UNI tries to help encourage healthy eating habits in multiple ways.

The dining centers offer allergy friendly and vegan options for students with a meal plan. They also offer healthy foods and snacks for students.

Students can also schedule individual appointments with Lisa Smith, Administrative

Dietician/Purchasing Manager, to help them with healthy eating habits. Smith helps students with specialty diets, locating healthy healthy foods in the dining center and eating healthy on and off campus.

Wellness coaching programs are offered “to explore ways to create a healthy relationship with your food, mind and body with a trained wellness coach,” said Shawna Jesse, health promotion coordinator. The wellness coaching programs are covered by the mandatory health fee so students don’t have to pay out of pocket.

According to the UNI

website, these wellness coaching sessions, “can help you create a routine, manage stress, eat well, strengthen relationships, practice gratitude and self-compassion, create a balanced budget, make career decisions and move your body in a way that you enjoy.” These sessions help build and strengthen healthy habits.

It’s important to take care of yourself in all aspects of life in order to feel your best. Be sure to check out the Student Health & Well-Being page on the UNI website to see all the programs and services available to students.

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Different events and services held during this conference included residence life educational group sessions at the Schindler Education Building, wellness activities at the WRC, an award ceremony at Lang Hall Auditorium and even a closing party Saturday night at the Maucker Union Ballrooms.

Another main event of this conference was keynote speaker Sara Lowery. Lowery is known as an experienced and knowledgeable public speaker in areas regarding leadership, mental health support and self-love and support. Lowery currently serves as the assistant director of fraternity and sorority leadership & learning at the

University of Delaware.

Resident assistants are a large part of any university’s residence life system, as they help bridge the gap between residence life leadership and students.

University resident assistants also help administer dorms and strive to keep them as safe and inclusive environments. Another potentially overlooked element of the RA system is that they help students develop in ways that will

help them transition to more independent living at later times in their academic career.

Regarding his prior experience as a RA, conference chair Jordan Rockwell said, “My mantra when I was an RA was ‘we comfort the challenged and we challenge the comfortable.’” Rockwell continued, “And really, what it boils down to is how can we better comfort and support the students who may be

struggling, whether that be academically or personally, and then how can we challenge those who are a bit more comfortable and encourage growth, and we try to provide them both learning and programmatic opportunities to make them better people as a whole.”

The record number of participants in the conference was 572 in 2014, and the university hopes that this year’s conference will rival or surpass the previ -

ous record. The University of Northern Iowa was honored to be able to host this year’s conference regarding the professional development of the Midwest’s college resident assistants. The department of Housing and Dining is looking forward to being able to carry on this tradition for a 33rd year in 2024.

My mantra when I was an RA was ‘ we comfort the challneged and we challenge the comfortable

RAs across the midwest attended this year’s RA conference to be inspired and grow as leaders at their universities.

EMILY EAVES/NORTHERN IOWAN Utilizing equipment and space at the WRC is a great way to stay healthy and fit on a budget.

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Losing weight and becoming more fit is a common resolution people make going into the new year.

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Secondly, the show leaves out major portions of representation of the female population, frequently featuring thin, toned, white women. It took till the later seasons for representation of people of color to appear (which is still in need of improvement), but throughout 44 seasons of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” combined, there have only been “two plus-size contestants,” one a professional surfer, and the other an offensive lineman in the NFL. In an article by Refinery 29, they theorized that though there is no specific weight requirement or limit, it is because “anyone over a size 12, say, is weeded out via the application,” though I think size 6 is more accurate. Even in July of 2022, a social media initiative was launched by a group of fans called “Roses for Everybody,” The campaign had one small request cast at least five plus-size people and give them equitable screen time compared to everyone else. Despite this, their simple requests were still not met.

The bigger problem comes from the reaction from fans in 2021, during Matt James’ season, one of his friends was caught body shaming a contestant. The friend said “Now, how was Victoria’s body? You know, cause when I look at her, it doesn’t look nice…and you’ve been making out with this woman,” according to Kerry Justich. Mind you, this contestant is not plus-size and even so received a fair share of criticism.

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Third, the show rarely ends in love. Rather than focusing on the concept of finding true love through match-making, rather weird group dates, 15-minute conversations, skydiving, hot tub and wedding-themed dates. All of these ideas do little to nothing to kindle love. I feel like most of the time the show focuses on surface-level attraction, and contestants rarely know enough about each other to warrant a proposal by the end of the season. This idea makes sense with the show’s lack of success, as over the 26 seasons of “The Bachelor,” two couples are still together, and over the 19 seasons of “The Bachelorette,” four couples are still together. The total for the shows is a groundbreaking six couples.

“The Bachelor in Paradise,” a show where previous contestants come from “The Bachelor” or “Bachelorette,” and men and women can connect and get together with whoever they want has had a bit more success, with thirteen couples over eight seasons, but is mostly due to the nature of the show.

Overall, the Bachelor is an entertaining show for sure, but fails to accomplish the very goal of the show, finding love. In addition, the show features very little ethnic and cultural diversity, almost no size inclusivity and further displays unfair stereotypes for both men and women. In my opinion, it’s time to try a different show. I recommend “Love is Blind,” which is a similar show but instead focuses on blind love rather than surface level.

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Presidente Lambert también cree que las relaciones con la facultad muestran una de las razones por qué los estudiantes se quedan en una institución de 4 años, muchos de los estudiantes están “una conversación decidiendo quedarse”.

“Los mensajes de alto nivel sobre conexiones deben ser un valor institucional. Una educación universitaria sin estas conexiones es una pobre experiencia total” dijo Presidente Lambert. Él describe las conexiones que los estudiantes universitarios tienen como ‘constelaciones’. Él alienta a educadores a ‘olvidarse de torniquetes’ y pensar en cómo los estudiantes pueden adaptarse en sus clases y en los programas de estudios y aprender a ser parte de la constelación de sus estudiantes. Siendo directo y teniendo conexiones se aleja del típico modelo ‘transaccional’ de relaciones a una más ‘relacional’. En vez de simplemente tener interacciones con estudiantes que estén en una base de solo necesidad, interactúa con estudiantes sobre sus intereses y vida personal.

Presidente Lambert noto una tradición de su compañeros a traer un recién graduado a una clase de estudiantes de primer año en el primer día de clase del semestre para hablar de la importancia de tener buenas relaciones con profesores. “Obviamente, todos los estudiantes no tendrán ese tipo de relación con cada miembro de la facultad pero enseña un ejemplo de algo por luchar con tus educadores”.

“Una de mis colegas, Dr. Steve Grande, el director de servicio-comunitaria aprendizaje en la universidad de James Madison en Virginia dijo una vez: ‘Antes de ir a trabajar yo trato de aumentar mi conciencia en cómo mis palabras impactan mis estudiantes’”. Una cosa que el presidente Lambert estresa en sus escritos y en hablar con la facultad es la humildad e intencionalidad cuando interactúan con los estudiantes. Presidente Lambert también sabe cómo COVID-19 puede afectar la habilidad de los estudiantes a extender y crear esa conexión. Él implora a los educadores a re-explicar las reglas de compromiso en las clases porque “usted no puede suponer que los estudiantes aprenden por ósmosis” y estresar a la gente sobre contenido. “Sí, los estudiantes necesitan aprender contenido pero su bienestar y calidad es más importante”, él elabora. Él también anima a los educadores a cambiar sus horas de oficina para ‘horas de estudiantes’, que hace por un ambiente más agradable que puede hacer que los estudi-

antes se sienten menos intimidados y más inclinados a visitar. “Es importante de iniciar oportunidades para conectar, asegurando que la cultura de campus es enriquecido por la facultad como compañeros académicos, es muy importante para las habilidades de desarrollo profesional”.

“¿Tienes un profesor que conozca su nombre?”, o “¿Has ido a las horas de oficina?”, son dos preguntas que son alertas rojas que el Presidente Lambert avisa que les preguntas a los estudiantes que se sienten fuera de lugar en campus o en las clases. Presidente Lambert estresa que “las instituciones pueden hacer mucho pero no todo. De todos modos, buenas prácticas están pasando por todos lados”. Uno de los más beneficiosos y una de las prácticas fáciles que el presidente Lambert anima es identificarse con los estudiantes.

Por ejemplo, conectando con los estudiantes en un nivel personal, los profesores que

fueron a la escuela universitaria cómo estudiantes de la primera generación conectando con otros estudiantes de la primera generación en campus y proporcionando tutoría a esos estudiantes. O, locación geográfica, intereses y ser parte de otra comunidad, hay avenidas interminables para que los profesores puedan conectar con los estudiantes.

El presidente Lambert ‘s “Relaciones como el corazón palpitante de la educación superior” seminario dió consejos a los educadores y les proporcionaron con herramientas en cómo crear auténtica y significativa relaciones con los estudiantes. Hacia la final, el presidente Lambert explica simplemente – que crear relaciones no es difícil. Solo es una serie de pasos pequeños para construir una fundación. “Pequeñas, cosas simples que nosotros como educadores podemos hacer para marcar la diferencia y podemos ver a miles de flores florecer”.

“The Bachelor” is notorious for having a servere lack of diversity across the board, even

seasons.

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Lambert dijo que la pandemia tiene muchos efectos en las experiencias de los estudiantes en el salón de clase.

Panthers stop Beacons, fall to Sycamores

DREW HILL Sports Writer

The UNI men’s basketball team was at home in the McLeod Center on Wednesday, Jan. 25, to face the Valparaiso Beacons. They then traveled to Terre Haute, Ind., on Saturday, Jan. 28, to face the Indiana State Sycamores. After winning their fourth straight home game against the Beacons, 77-66, UNI dropped a tight game on the road to Indiana State, 79-71.

Valparaiso came into the game with UNI with only a 3-7 record in Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play. However, they had won three consecutive games coming into this one. UNI also came in hot, having won six of their last seven games. In the game they played earlier this season at Valparaiso, UNI held on for a 69-67 win.

Early on against Valparaiso, the two teams battled back and forth, with neither team able to lead by more than three points for the first nine minutes of the first half. After Valparaiso tied the game at 17, UNI went on a 13-0 run, sparked by Michael Duax, who had the first five points in that run. The Beacons answered with an 8-2 run, but Bowen Born counter-attacked with a 3-pointer. Born added two more threes, and UNI

wound up with a 17-point lead, 45-28, going into halftime.

UNI started the second half with a quick layup from Duax, but Valpo began chipping away at the lead. With just under 10 minutes to go, they had whittled the lead down to five at 55-50. That was as close as the Beacons got. After Valpo again cut the lead to five at 59-54, UNI went on a 9-0 run to extend the lead to fourteen at 68-54. Valpo only got it within single digits once the rest of the game, and UNI won 77-66.

For the first time since February of 2020, all five of UNI’s starters scored in double figures in one game. Born led the Panthers in scoring with 18 points.

Tytan Anderson contributed a well-rounded game, scoring 17 points while leading the team in rebounds and assists with 10 and four, respectively, for a double-double. Duax added 15 points and seven rebounds, James Betz contributed 12 points and six rebounds and Trey Campbell had 10 points. This victory also gave Head Coach Ben Jacobson 182 career MVC wins, which ties him with former Creighton and current Oregon coach Dana Altman for the second-most in MVC history.

Indiana State proved to be a difficult matchup on the road. The Sycamores

began the MVC slate by winning their first six to

rise to the top of the standings. However, they had lost five in a row going into the game with UNI.

Indiana State jumped out to a 7-3 lead early, but the Panthers roared back with an 8-0 run to take an 11-7 lead. UNI got the lead up to as much as eight at 18-10, but the Sycamores eventually raced back to take a 30-29 lead. Indiana State soon extended the lead to six at 39-33, but UNI closed the half on a 6-0 run to tie the game at 39 apiece.

Indiana State opened the half with a three to take a 42-39 lead, but UNI soon regained the lead. A Cole Henry dunk extended the lead to three at 46-43, but the Sycamores soon tied the game on a 3-pointer. UNI’s next lead was 58-57 with 10:54 remaining. The two teams battled back and forth, but the Sycamores soon extended the lead to six. The Panthers were not to be deterred and kept it close. With 1:08 to go, Landon Wolf hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to two at 73-71. However, Indiana

State nailed six free throws in the final minute, and UNI failed to score again. The Sycamores won 79-71.

Born led the Panthers in scoring and assists with 20 points and four assists. Anderson scored six points and led the team in rebounding with nine. Duax had another good game with 17 points and seven rebounds. Henry was the only other Panther to score in double figures, contributing 10 points.

UNI now sits in third place in the MVC standings with an 8-4 conference record. Belmont and Southern Illinois are ahead with 9-2 records. Just behind the Panthers are Drake and Bradley with 7-4 records. Those two teams are UNI’s next opponents, with UNI traveling to Des Moines to face Drake on Wednesday, Feb. 1, and hosting Bradley on Saturday, Feb. 4. The Drake game will be available to stream on ESPN+, and the Bradley game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.

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Bowen Born (13) was UNI’s leading scorer in the 77-66 victory over Valparaiso on Wednesday, finishing with 18 points.

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Tytan Anderson (32) secured a double-double in the victory over Valparaiso on Wednesday, finishing with 17 points and 10 rebounds.

UNI splits road trip against Lady Bears, Salukis

ADAM JOHNSON Sports Writer

UNI women’s basketball went on a quick road trip starting on Thursday, Jan. 28. They started by traveling to Springfield, Mo.

to go up against Missouri State. This was a quality matchup, as both teams were among the top of the conference. This was a close matchup, but it was the Lady Bears that got the best of the Panthers.

The first half of the game

went toe to toe over the majority. With five minutes left in the second quarter, the game was tied at 28. Neither team had been able to mount any sort of a run to this point, but the Panthers were able to come up with one at the perfect time. The Panthers went on a 9-2 run and took a 37-30 lead into the break.

The second half opened up with a lot of the back and forth that was seen throughout the majority of the first half. The Panthers were able to slightly grow their lead up to 14 points, and it seemed like they might pull away from Missouri State. However, to finish the quarter, the Lady Bears managed to score five straight to bring it back to the nine point game that it was to start the quarter.

To start the fourth, the Lady Bears scored five more and cut the lead down to just four for the Panthers. Not long after the Lady Bears went on another run. The score was 61-55, but a

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7-0 run by the Lady Bears gave them a 62-61 lead. The Panthers gained a small lead back, and were up 67-64 with just under four minutes left. The Panthers would never score again, and the Lady Bears scored seven, giving them a 71-67 victory.

The tough loss for the Panthers on Thursday meant they needed a big rebound on Saturday, Jan. 28. The Panthers were on the road yet again, and this time in Carbondale, Ill., for a date with Southern Illinois. In what was a high scoring affair, the Panthers were able to come out victorious.

This game started similarly to that of the game against Missouri State, as both teams were trading baskets. Scoring was at a premium, as there was not much time that the ball was not going through the basket. With 20 seconds left in the first quarter, Maya McDermott made a layup to give the Panthers a 25-22 lead. In the second quarter, the scoring did not slow

down. The Panthers got up to as big as an eight point lead, but the Salukis did not let the lead get any bigger. At the break, the Panthers led 48-42.

The third quarter was all Panthers. They had a narrow 52-50 lead with about seven minutes remaining in the quarter, but then they started to take over. They ended the quarter on a 20-8 run, and had a convincing 72-58 lead going into the fourth. The Panthers were able to sustain the lead in the final quarter of play, not leading by any less than nine points. The lead grew to as much as 17 points late in the game, and the Panthers came away with the victory, 94-81. The 94 points for the Panthers marked the most they have scored in a game all season. The Panthers will play next on Wednesday, Feb. 1, when Drake comes to town. When the teams met earlier this season in Des Moines, UNI came out on top, 70-69, thanks to a game winner from McDermott.

Panthers fall just short to No. 10 Cowboys, 19-17

BEN LAHART Sports Writer

The 15th-ranked UNI wrestling team hosted the first of three straight home duals against 10th-ranked conference rival Oklahoma State on Saturday night in the McLeod Center. The Panthers wound up just short of the Cowboys with a final score of 19-17.

UNI started off well with a 14-5 victory from Kyle Gollhofer. The redshirt sophomore won the 125 pound match in the third period. In the 133 pound class, 11th-ranked Kyle Biscoglia lost to topranked Daton Fix 8-1. Sophomore Cael Happel also suffered a loss in the 141 pound class 15-7, via major decision, to put the Cowboys up 7-4.

The Panthers started to turn the meet around with back-to-back victories. At 149 pounds, redshirt junior Colin Realbuto upset No. 23 Victor Voinovich in a 5-4 decision win. No. 12 Derek Holschlag followed

with another upset victory over No. 10 Kaden Gfeller. This match came down to an overtime takedown to allow Holschlag to win 6-4.

UNI led 10-7 at the intermission.

After the intermission, 12th ranked Austin Yant suffered his first defeat of the season in the 165 pound class via pin in the third period. Yant was pinned with just 36 seconds left in the final period to award Oklahoma State six points and give them a 13-10 lead.

UNI lost a second match in a row in the 174 pound class as redshirt sophomore Lance Runyon fell to No. 6 Dustin Plotts.

The Panthers were able to get back on track with a 20-6 victory by topranked Parker Keckeisen at 184 pounds. Keckeisen improved to 12-1 on the season with the victory, and still has yet to be pinned or give up bonus points in his Panther career. UNI’s Wyatt Voelker lost a close match in the 197 pound class in his collegiate debut.

No. 11 Tyrell Gordon closed the night off with a victory over No. 21 Konnor Douchet in the 285 class. Gordon won 3-2 via decision leaving UNI just short of victory with a final score of 19-17.

Two exhibition matches

were also held as Connor Thorpe won 4-3 at 141 pounds, while Evan Yant was pinned shortly into the second period, wrestling at 165 pounds.

UNI fell to 5-4 on the season and 2-2 in conference action after this loss.

The Panthers will look to get back on track as their next two matches will come in the McLeod Center. Sunday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. UNI takes on Oklahoma, followed by a contest Friday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. against Cal Baptist.

STEPH STARK/NORTHERN IOWAN Emerson Green (4) had an outstanding game for UNI in their victory over Southern Illinois, finishing with a team-high 26 points.

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Parker Keckeisen continued his winning ways on Saturday, picking up a victory in No. 15 UNI’s 19-17 loss against No. 10 Oklahoma State.

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