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MIDTERM TIPS

FILM REVIEW

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Opinion Columnist Abigale Bennethum gives her top 10 midterm tips.

Film Critic Hunter Friesen reviews “Gemini Man.”

UNI soccer takes down Indiana state 2-1.

Late meals and weekend hours return ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor

Freshman accounting major Thomas Digmann sat in Rialto at 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, enjoying his pizza and brownie.

“It’s exciting,” he said. “It’s nice to just have the option to come here later. It was a pretty narrow window otherwise.”

Beginning Monday, Oct. 14, Rialto is once again offering late breakfast and lunch hours, after eliminating late breakfast, lunch and dinner at the beginning of the fall 2019 semester. Digmann and several of his fellow students were taking advantage of the newly returned late lunch.

“It works better with class schedules, so then you can come whenever,” said Kennedy Sclemme, a freshman undecided major.

Eating late lunch with

Schlemme was her friend Mei Felton, also a freshman undecided major. Both students, who live in Bender Hall, said they appreciated the more flexible options provided by late meals at Rialto.

“We used to not be able to eat lunch at the regular time,” said Felton. “Now we can come after.”

In addition to the re-opening of Rialto for late breakfast and lunch, UNI Dining Services revealed on Monday that, beginning in January, both Piazza and Rialto will be open all weekend. Since the start of the fall 2019 semester, Piazza has been closed on Saturdays, while Rialto has been closed on Sundays.

“That will be very nice as well,” said Digmann, a resident of Campbell Hall. “I go to church [on Sundays], and it’s just down the street here, and having to literally go the oppo-

site direction to get breakfast was a little annoying,” The current changes are, essentially, a return to the hours offered by UNI Dining last year. In January, once both dining centers open on the weekends, dining hours

will be largely identical to those of the 2018-2019 school year, with the exception that late dinner will not be offered at Rialto.

Annie Karr, DOR Assistant Director of Marketing and Conference Services, said that

her department had received student feedback indicating “disappointment” regarding the more limited hours, both in terms of anecdotal reports and social media interaction.

up the ponds north of the WRC on Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Those who are interested in joining the clean-up can meet in the northern WRC parking lot at 5 p.m.

Equipment, gloves and free pizza from The Other Place will be provided.

This event has gone on for a total of 14 years.

“We also clean up Dry Run Creek,” said RRTTC Program Manager Jenny Bruss. “We start at the wetland and work the way down to Dry Run Creek, especially when there’s f looding

because the garbage collects.”

According to the RRTTC’s website, their goal is to solve solid waste problems through education and research. In addition to this mission, RRTTC allows students to work with community members on research projects that improve the environment.

They also host films and several events during UNI Earth Week.

RRTTC was inspired to do this particular event because it involved an area that others weren’t looking after.

“There are no other groups that look after the creek and wetlands,” Bruss said. “We’re trying to provide environmental stewardship.”

Bruss’ favorite part of the clean up is seeing the totals of garbage that the volunteer team is able to haul out.

She is inspired when she sees people coming out to help with the event, and it

gives her a sense of school spirit.

Although environmental protection and change can seem like an overwhelming task, Bruss wanted to emphasize that even small acts can add up to a bigger end. She believes that the work of several people can accomplish a lot.

Even though large efforts can be impressive, Bruss wanted to let others know that putting on these kinds of event is difficult without volunteers. Finding people who have the time and interest can be a tough process, and it’s something that many organizations struggle with.

“I’m hoping for a big turnout so we can cover more ground,” Bruss said.

“Everyone’s help goes a long way in cleaning up campus.

We’ll have bags and gloves that are provided. People just need to come prepared to get wet and dirty. We’ll enjoy some pizza afterwards.”

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RRTTC to host wetland clean-up COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

In an effort to clean up trash from the local wetlands before winter arrives, the Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center (RRTTC) at UNI is cleaning COURTESY PHOTO

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“When you take away something that somebody is used to, it’s change, and kind of adapting to that change can be difficult sometimes,” she said.

One of the most prevalent reasons for student disappointment was a concern about being forced to walk across campus for meals in cold weather, according to Karr.

“A lot of the dissatisfaction that [we] would see on social media was students that were unhappy with having to walk farther to get their meals in weather that was not so friendly,” she said.

Both Karr and Janet Despard, Director of Dining Services, cited last winter’s polar vortex, stating that the cold was “fresh in people’s minds” when the reduced hours were announced last spring. Karr also mentioned the closure of Rialto for two weeks in the fall of 2018 after the erroneous activation of the dining center’s sprinkler system, stating that that closure likely also had an impact on how students viewed this fall’s reduced dining hours.

“Students experienced having Rialto closed for a short period of time last year,” Karr said.

The re-opening of Rialto for late breakfast and lunch doesn’t only benefit students who have to work around class schedules to grab a bite to eat— extended hours will also give student employees the opportunity to pick up additional shifts. Despard said that the reduced hours had led to some requests for more hours, although not overwhelmingly so.

“There are times that we have a glut of hours

available, and others [when] hours are in demand,” she said. “Weekend hours seemed to be in demand, certainly more than weekday hours.”

Employees will have to wait until January to get those additional weekend hours, however. Although the re-appearance of late breakfast and lunch at Rialto took effect on Monday, Rialto will continue to be closed on Sundays, and Piazza on Saturdays, through the end of the fall 2019 semester.

“It’ll be quite a bit [of work] to get the weekends open for January,” Despard said, “and I don’t think we wanted to over-promise and under-deliver.”

Dining Services is waiting until second semester to re-open both dining centers on the weekends in order to allot the necessary time—a minimum of six weeks, according to Despard— to hire the needed professional staff members. Although the reduced dining operations at the beginning of the semester had allowed Dining Services to operate with fewer professional staff, Despard emphasized that this had not led to any elimination of active positions.

“There were positions that were not filled, what we would call “left open due to attrition,” she said. “A position was vacated because someone resigned to take another position somewhere else or a transfer, but no one was let go.”

Now, Despard said, Dining Services will need to hire about four professional staff members, split between Rialto and Piazza, as well as approximately 50 additional student employees.

Staffing concerns were also behind the decision to open Rialto for late breakfast and late lunch but not

late dinner, according to Despard and Karr.

“To add back in the late night service requires adding more staff than just adding the late breakfast and late lunch,” Despard said.

“Because those people are already there, we just keep the door open and add some additional student labor to do that. With opening at 7:15 a.m., there’s still two shifts, but when we’re open for late night, it adds a third shift.”

At this time, there are no plans to re-open Rialto for late dinner, but for next year, said Despard, operations at all UNI Dining facilities are currently being evaluated. The current expansion of dining hours also comes on the cusp of re-contracting for students to live on campus for the 2020-2021 school year, and Despard said that the DOR wanted to be responsive to student feedback as students are making decisions about where to live.

“We’re hoping that this change will encourage more students to live on campus,” she said, noting that students who live on campus for their first two years persist and graduate at higher rates than those who don’t. “And as we were hearing some more feedback on the changes from this year, we realized that [expanding dining hours] might be something that we would want to do.”

Karr also noted that DOR will soon release additional announcements in preparation for re-contracting. Enhancements to meal plans and menu options for the 2020-2021 school year are in the works, in addition to new single-room options and financial award package updates.

For now, DOR continues to welcome student feedback and encourages students to

make the most of all dining options on campus, even those which might not be right next door.

“It’s been interesting to hear some of the comments—I didn’t know this about Rialto, or I’ve never been to Piazza,” Despard

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said, “They’re neither negative nor positive, but just interesting to hear from students who got to go out and try something different. Granted, it wasn’t their choice, but it’s kind of nice to see something different on campus.”

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Top 10 tips for successful midterms ABIGAIL BENNETHUM

Opinion Columnist

The dreaded season of midterms is upon us. In this season of the school year, multiple things come with it, including stress, lack of sleep and a period of time that seems like it goes on forever. Besides finals week, this period of about threeish weeks or whenever the professors decide to test us all at once can be one of the most hectic times of the school year. Scrambling to get all the projects and papers completed, all while studying for the multiple exams that are happening one after another.

In light of this season of exams, students are inevitably going to feel overwhelmed and scrambled— here are 10 tips to destress and help prepare you.

Create a plan of study Organize your exams and projects into a list according to what you may need to prioritize the most and how much studying is needed.

In this list, you can include where to study, when to study and the content you need to focus on.

Schedule set breaks Setting a 10-15-minute study break will give your brain a breather and provide something to look forward to while you are studying.

Periodically taking breaks improves memory, retention of information and sparks new creative ideas and potential solutions.

Don’t refuge, go to the library!

Staying in your dorm or apartment causes a lot of outside distractions that can take away from the main focus of preparing for exams. One of the best resources for quiet study space is right here on campus: Rod Library!

Get plenty of sleep We are all college students that stay up late to cram and finish assignments, but that doesn’t mean the importance of getting a

good night’s rest goes away.

Managing your time and blocking out a long-term resting period is beneficial for content retention and rejuvenating your body.

Eat healthy You don’t have to change your diet up, but doing something simple can be beneficial. For example, packing a baggie of carrots or fruits to bring to the library to cure a hungry stomach.

Utilize campus resources Whether it is peer tutoring, heading to the library or attending a study session, using these resources can help you with any content you may be struggling to learn.

Track your progress This can be as simple as keeping a sticky note with all your to-dos and crossing each one out as you progress through the week.

Keeping track will show you what you have already done and what you have left to

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accomplish.

Keep a positive outlook Don’t demean yourself; tell yourself you can do this and you are going to succeed. Positive thoughts, positive outcomes!

Keep your mental health a priority Take a break and do something that will make you smile. Do something that will give your mind

a rest. Something simple could be taking a light walk, listening to music, or giving somebody a call.

Treat yourself at the end of the week Plan a relaxing night with friends and do something fun. It could be having a movie night, going out to dinner or even going out for ice cream. Celebrate the short amount of time you have before finals.

Language leaves room for ambiguity KEVIN WIGGINS

Opinion Columnist

Language is one of those aspects of the human experience which constantly haunts us. What the exactly correct way to conjugate a verb, or the correct form of there/their/ they’re, and even finding “the right words” for how to communicate how we feel can be incredibly daunting.

Navigating the waters of any relationship can be difficult enough, but the realities of interhuman communication are muddy, to say the least. It is in this avenue that the abuses of the “gaps” or holes in language can be exploited by friends, lovers and, of course, politicians.

The truly funny thing about living in the modern-liberal world order is its ambiguity of terms. In Ohio on Oct. 15, the Democratic debate was awash with terms like “our values,” and other hollow terminology.

The interrogation of these terms isn’t actually taking place even though the illusion of communication is in fact taking place in front of us. What I mean here is that there is no actual exposition taking place other than attempts at keeping to the broadest ambiguity.

When Joe Biden says

“this is the United States of America…” with emphasis towards “our values,” he isn’t sharing the entire content of what he is thinking or advocating, we the listener are to bring our own notions of what “our values” are.

Certainly, Elizabeth Warren’s invocation of the term cannot have the same meaning to the healthy portion of Americans who find her take on America to be vile, or in direct contradiction to their take of what

“our values” even are?

Take another example which is used in the United States time and time again invoking our “freedom as Americans.” Now, I am in no way about to attempt to make a statement about the actualization of these “freedoms,” per se. However, it is curious that we invoke this trope over and over in the U.S. as if our “freedom” can be caricatured as Ronald Reagan riding a velociraptor with twin Uzis pointed at the Reds. For a libertari-

an, it could mean “freedom” from government (control), or for another American, the “freedom” to be as they are and love whom they choose.

The word carries with it so many different senses that it can be perverted and used for manipulation, but maybe that’s just politics. Ever since Foucault, there has been a healthy discussion in academic circles of the multiplicity of ways in which the state organizes itself to control its “citizens.” The thesis of Foucault’s mag-

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Opinion Columnist Kevin Wiggins discusses the ambiguity of modern language and how words can take on varying meanings. He poses the question “Does the reality of our politics truly reflect ‘our values’ and our freedom?”

num opus “Discipline & Punish” strikes at the heart of this dilemma. In the work, he argues that the state got exhausted skewering people. I mean, executions are so damn bloody, Louis! So, the state discovered new ways of control, such as “reformatory institutions” like schools, prisons and even hospitals.

This shouldn’t call into question, or even make us doubt how we use language as we go about our daily lives, but it should give us pause. How is it that these two parties which claim to be diametrically opposed to each other invoke nearly the same language, and inflame passions so hotly?

Perhaps this arises out of the nature of “citizens” in a liberal-democracy. Like Roland Barthes argued, we create a myth of ourselves, accepting a “story of us,” but that doesn’t satisfy our need for living authentically. The maintenance of this myth can be deadly; look to the American citizens droned down under the Obama administration in Yemen, the continuation of that senseless war under Trump and even now as we are active in over 150 countries worldwide. Does the reality of our politics truly reflect “our values” and our “freedom;” can politics ever?

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2 Smiths can’t save ‘Gemini Man’ HUNTER FRIESEN Film Critic

Henry Brogan (Will Smith) is the most elite assassin the U.S. government has ever had. He has 72 confirmed kills and is even able to hit a target on a moving train from over two kilometers away. Disillusioned and fatigued from years of killing, Henry decides to put it all away for a quiet retirement.

Unfortunately for him, the life he’s lived the past few decades doesn’t just go away. After figuring out some dark secrets about his last job, Henry is betrayed by his government and made an enemy of the state.

Knowing that Brogan is the best there ever was, the government decides to send their most valuable asset,

Gemini: a direct clone of Brogan that “possesses all his strengths without his pain.”

Pitted against a seemingly perfect version of himself, Henry must go on the run and fight to clear his name.

Directing: 3/5 Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Ang Lee, “Gemini Man” is both a marvel and a tragedy on a technical level.

Repeating the technique he used in his previous feature “Billy Lyn’s Long Halftime Walk,” Lee uses a frame rate of 120 frames per second, five times more than the traditional 24. This results in a give and take situation where the technology grants unparalleled picture quality at the expense of your eyeballs. The glorious

images become physically hard to watch and induce headaches, especially when paired with 3D. Another technical innovation that Lee incorporates is the use of de-aging on 51-year old Will Smith to allow him to play the 23-year old clone. Just like the frame rate, this technique has its ups and downs.

During the early, darker-lit scenes, the effects look great and don’t cause any distraction. Near the end of the film is when things start to slide downhill. Scenes taking place in the daylight show off the imperfections in facial movements. The final scene is the most guilty as the effects are laughably atrocious and make the clone look more like a character from “The Polar Express” than an actual living human.

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Will Smith plays the dual roles of Henry Brogan and his clone in Ang Lee’s “Gemini Man.” The film was released on Oct. 11 and received a 25 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating.

Even with these technical innovations, Lee still isn’t able to make full use of them in the action set pieces.

The larger shootouts are handled pretty well, as they flow together with steady camerawork and tight blocking. The hand-to-hand combat sequences are when Lee loses focus, leaning heavily on the “Jason Bourne”-style of choppy editing and shaky cam. It becomes hard to tell what’s going and who’s winning a fight, especially since the two Will Smith characters look and dress exactly alike.

Writing: 2/5 With three credited screenwriters and countless that have come and gone over the years, the script for “Gemini Man” is a mess that feels like it was ripped straight from the 1990s.

That feeling is fitting since the screenplay was first written in 1997 and seems to have never been updated.

It is heavily laden with cliches and hammy dialogue that are impossible to recover from despite the cast’s best efforts.

The plot for “Gemini Man” is pretty simple on paper, but on film, it’s a confusing mess. It’s a strain to keep all the facts straight and follow the reasoning for anything to happen.

There’s also a lack of humanity and character development. Will Smith does his best in his dual roles, but the writing gives him nothing to work with.

By the end, most characters are just shells of a person.

Acting: 3/5 As noted before, Will Smith turns in one of his better performances and does a great job in his dueling roles. As Henry, Smith is closed off and mature. When playing the clone, he’s more vulnerable. Even with the writing’s severe limitations on what he can do, Smith can sell you on the idea that these are two separate characters.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Dani, Henry’s sidekick who’s forced to join him on the run. Winstead does a nice job as a companion to Smith. Unfortunately, she also falls prey to the writing and gets saddled with a cliched backstory and overly expository dialogue.

Lastly, Clive Owen plays Verris, the leader of the Gemini project and the supposed villain of the film — I say “supposed” because the film never really figured out if he is a bad guy or not.

Owen does fine, but mostly because its a role he’s been playing the last decade in subsequently worse films.

Overall: 2.5/5 “Gemini Man” is neither a good nor a bad film. Mainly, it’s a tech demo that may lead to better films using these innovations in the future.

“Gemini Man” also teaches a valuable filmmaking lesson: all the bells and whistles money can afford are no match for a good story, which is something this film sorely lacks.

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Making campus more magical LAUREN MCGUILL Staff Writer

When Amanda Bruns arrived on campus as a freshman in 2017, she was ecstatic to start her life at UNI, particularly looking forward to joining the Harry Potter Club. Much to her disappointment, however, she discovered the club had been disbanded the past year.

Two years later, Bruns is preparing to host the revived Harry Potter Club’s first meeting as the organization’s president, alongside her friends Noelle Patton and Sydney Barnum.

The club will be a place for fans of the franchise to make new friends, share their love of the series and will overall offer a fun and creative way to take a break from stress classes and jobs.

“I think a lot of people are very focused on their studies,” said Bruns, a junior social science education major. “Then they can join a fun club and you can meet other people who are interested in the same things as you.”

The goal of the club is not to see who knows the most about Harry Potter — although there may be

a trivia night in the near future — but to create a community where students can go to relax and have fun.

“All are welcome,” Bruns said. “Even if you don’t like Harry Potter, you can still come!”

The club leaders have many ideas of their own about what the club might entail but are planning on asking new members for suggestions and ideas for the organization’s direction. Current ideas include painting dragon eggs, book and movie discussions, making Harry Potter-themed snacks and possibly even a

Quidditch tournament.

“The club’s big event would be a Quidditch tournament,” said Patton, a history major who serves as the organization’s treasurer. “We’d like to have it on Lawther Field. It’ll be BYOB — bring your own broomstick.”

The Harry Potter Club is also considering having a house system where each group member is sorted into a Hogwarts house: either Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin or Gryffindor.

Throughout the year, each house would be rewarded points.

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The revived Harry Potter Club will be hosting its first meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. in Rod Library 324.

Club leadership said the club would ideally meet a couple times a month, possibly with additional events or activities on the weekend.

“I think having activities to do on the weekend might make more people want to stay on campus on the weekends instead of going home,” said Barnum, a pre-radiography major.

The club’s first meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. in the Rod Library, room 324. There are no requirements to join.

Those unable to make the meeting but interested in the club can contact Bruns at abruns@uni.edu.

“You don’t even have to love Harry Potter,” Bruns said. “I feel like it’s something that everyone has experience with — you’ve read the books, seen the movies or at least heard about it. You can come even if you just have a slight interest.”

“Or if you just like looking at Daniel Radcliffe,” Patton said.

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Wells’ passion to mentor underprivileged youth JACOB POTTER

Sports Editor

Panther junior defensive lineman Brawntae Wells’ passion on the field is matched by his purpose in life to mentor and inspire underprivileged youth.

The Des Moines native was recognized as the October Playmaker of the Month for his work on the field and in the

community by the Institute for Sport and Social Justice.

“It was really amazing to know that others care about some of the things that I care about,” Wells said.

“Seeing others want to applaud me for what I do in the community, and applaud me for my passion for wanting to help young individuals be productive members of society; it feels really good. Something that GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan

I’m really proud of that I get to share with my family, especially my mother the way she raised me and my older brothers [...] it stays true to my character.”

Head coach Mark Farley was proud to see the fellow Panther making a difference.

“Brawntae received a really nice award for what he did within the community,” Farley said.

“He goes to practice every day, he does the things on the football field, then he goes and does the community work [...] he is always trying to make a difference because that’s important to him. That’s why he came to school here, because of the criminology program.”

Wells works as a volunteer youth mentor with the Juvenile Court Services in Waterloo and at the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center. Growing up in Des Moines, Wells looks to help those that are in similar situations.

“I understand what it’s like

growing up in an urban neighborhood,” Wells said.

“On a daily basis I understand what some of these young individuals experience, so me being able to relate with them and being able to be that role model, that positive figure to show them how I was able to overcome and see past the negatives. It just makes it awesome for what I do.”

Wells is able to help in multiple ways, and inspire through his work as a student athlete.

“It can be personal, life, family structure,” Wells said. “It can be their academics. Some of them may have behavioral issues, or some just need a positive figure. Some of them are athletes and they want to know what it’s like to be a successful student athlete.

“You get to be there for the kids. They just need positive guidance [...] you show them that just because there’s a lot of negativity around you, there’s still a lot of positivi-

ty that you just haven’t been exposed to.”

Wells is on pace to graduate with a degree in Family Services and a minor in Criminology with the plan of working near his hometown within the Polk County Juvenile Detention services.

“It just provides a structure for me to be able to go back home and be a huge influence on other lives not just out in the community, but also in the [juvenile] system to let them know that they’re not given up on,” Wells said.

Wells was raised to serve a bigger purpose as he continues to make a difference in the community.

“My mom raised me to be about something bigger than myself,” Wells said on Panther Sports Talk. “There’s always a bigger purpose, and that’s why I love UNI. It’s a big family, and we’re all about something bigger than just an individual in what we work for.”

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Panthers take down Sycamores 2-1 in overtime COLIN HORNING

Sports Writer

Coming off four consecutive losses, the Panther women’s soccer team returned home on Saturday, Oct. 12 for a conference matchup against

the Indiana State Sycamores.

A back-and-forth battle saw the Panther women come away victorious in overtime by a score of 2-1.

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ditions,” head coach Bruce Erickson said.

“We really had to mentally prepare and focus in a game where grit was probably going to win out. I was proud of the way Kennedy [Rieken] finished the game.

“I felt like Indiana State was much improved, so it will give us something to build off of this week going into our matchup against Drake.”

UNI got on the scoreboard first with a goal by senior forward Jordyn Rolli in the 31st minute of action.

Indiana State knotted it up with a goal by Celeste Wahlberg to notch the equalizer in the 72nd minute.

In the overtime period,

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Panther freshman Rieken, who was named the MVC Newcomer of the Week, came through in the clutch to give UNI the win with a goal in the 98th minute.

The Panther women out-

shot the Sycamore 14-7 for the contest, as well as notching six corner kicks to only one from Indiana State.

The win moves UNI to 1-2 in conference play and 5-7 overall for the season.

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Panthers tie for sixth at Bubba Barnett Tournament BRIELLE KIEWIET Sports Writer

The Panther men’s golf team tied for sixth place, carding a total of 891, at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate Tournament in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on Oct. 13-15.

Head coach John Bermel is expecting improvement this year with the addition of new talent.

“There’s no question we have two nice players coming in with Griffin Parker from Waukee [IA] and Ben Bermel,” coach Bermel said.

“They’re very, very good play-

ers and we expect both of them to be on the top five, and we have our top five back from last year. That’s kind of what we’re hoping for. Our expectations is that we’re going to be a lot better this year.”

The tournament was hosted by Arkansas State University, who finished first with a total of 829, at RidgePointe Country Club’s 18-hole course, two hours northeast of Little Rock.

Freshman Ben Bermel and sophomore Tommy Doyle tied for 28th place to lead the Panthers at the tournament. Ben Bermel carded a

final round of 70 for a total of 222, while Doyle finished the final round at 74 to tie Ben Bermel’s final total of 222.

“Tommy [Doyle] had a great summer of playing and is really excited about this fall,” coach Bermel said.

Griffin Parker tied for 32nd place at 223 and Carter Stochl was close behind with a total 226 to tie for 42nd place. Sam Sacquitne added a total of 237, tying for 65th place.

Up next, the Panthers will finish their fall schedule with a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio, for the Xavier Musketeer Classic on Oct. 21-22.

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The UNI men’s golf team traveled to Jonesboro, Arkansas, for the Bubba Barnett Tournement on Oct. 13-15, where they tied for sixth place.

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