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Former First Lady Laura Bush visits UNI ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor
A sold-out crowd greeted former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night, as Bush delivered a speech and participated in a Q&A
session with UNI President Mark Nook. The event, held at Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, was part of the Joy Cole Corning Distinguished Lecture Series. Before introducing Bush, President Nook highlighted
lecture series founder Joy Cole Corning, who graduated from UNI (then Iowa State Teacher’s College) with an education degree. “[She] spent her life and her career in service to others and to the state that she
loved,” Nook said. Corning established the Distinguished Lecture Series in 2001 to “provide our students and community an opportunity to hear from distinguished leaders with a variety of backgrounds, ideas and experiences,” according to Nook. Previous guests have included astronaut Sally Ride and the Dalai Lama. Wednesday’s lecture was the first in the series following Corning’s death in May of 2017. Nook drew connections between Corning and Bush, two women passionate about political engagement and female leadership. Corning served as Iowa lieutenant governor and state senator and was the first female to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Nook also emphasized the two women’s shared background in education. “As a former teacher and school librarian, Mrs. Bush’s work in education and literacy fits well with the University of Northern Iowa’s proud history of being the largest teacher edu-
cation program in the state of Iowa,” Nook said. The crowd greeted Bush’s entrance with a standing ovation. Bush began her speech with an update on her family, addressing the May 2019 passing of her mother, Jenna Welch, as well as the deaths last year of her in-laws, President George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush. During both her 25-minute speech and the ensuing Q&A session, Bush discussed the impact of these parental figures in her life. She credited her mother with fostering her own love of literature and nature. “I had a mother who read to me all the time, which I’m sure is the reason I love to read and that I became a librarian,” she said. She cited “Little House on the Prairie” and “Little Women” as books that she and her mother shared and that shaped her own outlook on the world through their depictions of stable, secure American families.
rushing attack that we’re up him grow in front of us, and against this Saturday than he’s not playing a perfect what we’ve been up against. game by any means. He’s We’ve been up against a one a redshirt freshman. He’s back running game. This is playing a very good football a two back running game. game right now.” This changes the structure The loss puts UNI at of a lot of things.” The Panthers weren’t able to contain the Bison as they ran for 347 yards with three running backs rushing for over 80 yards. For the Panthers offensive, walk-on Quarterback Will McElvain threw 15-29 for 233 yards and one touchdown in his fifth 200-yard passing performance of the season. The redshirt freshman quarterback has thrown for 1,308 yards this season with one interception. “Will [McElvain] has progressed,” Farley said. “You’ve seen him at the Iowa State game, and kind of saw him grow. We’re all seeing
3-3 this season, and 1-1 in Missouri Valley Conference play. Up next, the Panthers return to the UNI-Dome to face South Dakota on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. for Family Weekend.
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Panthers fall at North Dakota State JACOB POTTER
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The No. 10 Panthers trekked out west to Fargo, N.D., for a top-ten matchup against the first-ranked and defending champion North Dakota State Bison on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers kept it close until the Bison added to their 25-14 lead with 21 points in the fourth quarter to cap a 46-14 win over UNI. Coming into the heavyweight bout, head coach Mark Farley knew the challenge at hand. “It’s a task,” Farley said. “They’re a great football team, and they went to Delaware and did a number on Delaware. When they went on the road and did the things that they did that’s what caught my eye.”
After North Dakota got out to a 15-0 start, the Panthers responded with a 17-yard touchdown strike to sophomore receiver Isaiah Weston, who had a careerhigh 129 receiving yards. UNI went into halftime at 18-14 after a six-yard TD run by running back Tyler Hoosman for his second TD as a Panther. An early third quarter forced fumble set the Bison up for a 30-yard TD pass to go up 25-14. North Dakota pulled away with three rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter to seal the win. The Bison rushing attack added to the challenge that faced the Panthers. “No question [that] it’ll be a tough test,” Farley said. “We’ve played well at times and […] we have defended the run well, but I think this is a whole different style of
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