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Dining centers continue to adapt ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor
With COVID-19, social distancing and capacity limits, meeting the needs of students while keeping everyone safe was always going to be challenging for the UNI dining centers. But over halfway into this unusual fall semester, UNI Dining Services Director Janet Despard is pleased with how dining center staff have handled the many changes that have come their way. “They’ve been absolute troopers, being flexible and
understanding and supportive, and they know that we’re here to serve students, and they’re on the front lines every day,” she said. “Our staff have been nothing short of amazing.” Adjustments at Rialto and Piazza have continued throughout the semester as UNI Dining constantly re-evaluates safety procedures while striving to offer high-quality dining. “Every student and employee at the Rialto is really trying to keep things going smoothly as possible in the most clean and effective way,” said Garrett Pospisil, a
junior communication sciences and disorders major who works as a student supervisor in Rialto. “Sometimes it is hard with COVID, and it does limit things, (but) we are still trying to make sure that everyone is getting their money’s worth and getting the most out of their experience here while protecting themselves.” Despard said that as the semester has progressed, UNI Dining has shifted to gradually offer more self-service options while still maintaining safety.
these COVID-19 considerations in mind. Keep in mind risk levels of different settings (adapted from CDC guidance): • Lowest risk: virtual-only activities (i.e. virtual happy hour, virtual game night) • More risk: smaller, outdoor, and in-person gathering where attendees are wearing a face covering, are able to maintain physical distancing (6+ feet), are not sharing objects (drinks, water bottles, etc.) and come from the same geographic area • Higher risk: medium-sized, in person gatherings that are not adapted to allow for physical distancing (6+ feet) and attendees
come from different geographic areas • Highest risk: large, in-person gatherings where it is difficult to practice physical distancing and attendees are from different geographic areas • Avoid large gatherings, playing drinking games, sharing bottles/cups and sharing cannabis and tobacco products (i.e. vapes). If hosting a get-together, limit it to only a few close friends and ask friends to not post on social media to avoid unwanted guests; join your friends outside; remind friends to bring and wear face masks; encourage physical distancing; and ask friends to stay home if they have symptoms, even if they’re minor.
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Dining centers Piazza and Rialto continue to re-evaluate safety procedures while still providing high-quality dining.
Stay safe in social settings: Do it for YOU! STUDENT WELLNESS SERVICES Guest Columnist
Student Wellness Services has highlighted recommendations pertaining to COVID-19 precautions, alcohol and other drugs, sexual health, friends and phone safety so that you can remain safe while still maintaining your social wellness. What will you add to your personal safety checklist? COVID-19 Considerations for Social Gatherings If you plan to get together with friends during COVID19, it’s important to keep
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If you choose not to include drinking in your weekend plans, you are not alone! In fact, one in three UNI students choose not to drink alcohol according to the 2020 National College Health Assessment. If you plan to drink, maintain your buzz and avoid regrets/ poor decisions by staying in your “sweet spot” (BAC of .05 or less)! Follow these sweet spot tips: • Set a limit on how many standard drinks you will have and keep track. BAC calculators like the one found at alcohol.org/ bac-calculator are great options
to estimate where your BAC is so you can plan effectively. • Pace drinks to one or less per hour. • Choose drinks that contain less alcohol by volume. • Eat a substantial meal before you go out and snack throughout the night. • Keep in mind Iowa alcohol laws (alcohol only for 21+) and UNI policies: policies.uni.edu/1318 • Avoid mixing alcohol with other drugs (legal or illegal). • Mixing alcohol and drugs could lead to dangerous reactions and increases your risk of alcohol overdose. In addition, alcohol can make a medication less effective or even useless, or it may make the medication toxic to your body. • If you are taking a prescription medication, such as anti-anxiety or anti-depression drugs, alcohol may affect you differently than it has in the past. If you are planning to consume alcohol, make sure you first speak with your doctor to best understand how alcohol and your medication will interact. • It’s difficult to know exactly how cannabis will affect you every time you use it. When mixed with alcohol, it may cause nausea, vomiting, panic, anxiety, paranoia or other psychotic symptoms, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
• Take the Alcohol eCHECKUP TO GO online assessment to receive personalized feedback about your alcohol use AND be entered to win a $25 Target gift card! Email a digital copy of your certificate of completion as an attachment to wellness@uni. edu by 11:59 p.m. on Oct., 30, 2020. Get started here: aodeducation.uni.edu. • If you see the following signs of alcohol overdose, call 911 for help: • Cold, clammy skin/pale or bluish skin • Unconscious/semi-conscious • Prolonged vomiting/very rapid or very slow pulse • Slow, shallow or irregular breathing/seizures Panthers take care of one another. We encourage students to seek medical or professional help for someone who needs it. In turn, students who seek medical assistance for themselves or another person, due to intoxication of alcohol and/or other drugs may not be held accountable through the student conduct process. The student(s) may be required to complete an educational sanction, but not further conduct action. Questions about the Good Samaritan Provision? Visit the Dean of Students Staff in Gilchrist 118 or call 319-273-2332. See STAY SAFE, page 3
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COVID-19 on campus: positivity rate increases OCTOBER 18, 2020 |
ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor
After over a month of decreasing positivity rates for COVID-19 testing on campus, the UNI Student Health Center reported an increased positivity rate for the week of Oct. 12-18. According to UNI’s latest COVID-19 data, released Friday, Oct. 15, the positivity rate for testing conducted through the Student Health Center from Oct. 12-18 was 12.5%, as compared to the previous week’s 8.09% rate.
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“When we were first starting off the year, we were moving forward with the idea that we would need to serve everything. We were prepared to be literally putting ketchup into little cups for people to pick up and go,” Despard said. “(Now), technically, the guidance says we can offer self-service, but I think we’re being abundantly cautious by limiting how much of it is self-service. There’s still a lot of perceptions and concerns about ‘how many people have touched this utensil,’ and we don’t want people to feel uncomfortable.” The limited self-service options in the dining centers now include certain condiments and, in a mid-semester change, pizza. Despard explained that when workers served pizza directly to students, the line inevitably moved more slowly, causing a backlog and increasing the number of students standing in close proximity. Recognizing this inability to socially distance as the greater of two evils, they shifted to self-service, with staff changing the pizza spatula with
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The number of positive cases reported through the Student Health Center also increased slightly, from 11 cases during period from Oct. 5-11 to 13 cases from Oct. 12-18. However, the number of self-reported weekly cases declined last week, with the university reporting 12 cases as opposed to 21 during the previous week. The accompa ny ing graphic includes additional information; for more details, visit https://forw a r d t o g e t h e r. u n i . e d u / covid19-dashboard.
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every new pie. “We know now that being near people is a more dangerous proposition perhaps than a common contact point,” Despard said. However, many offerings which were traditionally selfserve, such as the salad bar, are still being handled by student workers. The necessity for extra hands to man these stations has meant a slight reduction in dining center offerings, according to Despard. “We don’t have Wok made-
to-order at Piazza (except) in the middle of the afternoon when it’s quieter and the staff can manage it,” she said. “For a while, we were serving on disposable paper products to have fewer staff in the dishroom. We’ve gradually re-introduced those things.” Pospisil said that although options are limited, he feels students are still getting their money’s worth out of their meal plans. “Now that we’ve gotten used to the flow of things and
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we’ve gotten more employees, I would feel like now they are paying for what they would have originally paid for,” he said. “At the beginning, things were reduced more, (and) the amount of options wasn’t there, but we’ve gotten to a point where we’re trying to make every option available.” Many of these adjustments have been motivated by student input, said Annie Karr, Assistant Director of Marketing and Conference Services. For example, after hearing concerns about students pulling tables together and eating in large groups, UNI Dining put capacity limits on the tables. Social distancing reminder decals were also installed at dining center entrances after Karr received a private message from a concerned student. “We take it all in stride, and the complaints that we do get, we really try to listen to those, and if they’re something we’re able to work with, then we will,” Karr said. In the next few weeks, UNI Dining staff will begin planning for the spring semester, but Despard said that plan will remain flexible based on the changing public health situaThe Northern Iowan is published semi-weekly on Monday and Thursday during the academic year, except for holidays and examination periods, by the University of Northern Iowa, L011 Maucker Union, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0166 under the auspices of the Board of Student Publications. Advertising errors that are the fault of the Northern Iowan will be corrected at no cost to the advertiser only if the Northern Iowan office is notified within seven days of the original publication. Publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertisement at any time. The Northern Iowan is funded in part with student activity fees. A copy of the Northern Iowan grievance procedure is available at the Northern Iowan office, located at L011 Maucker Union. All material is © 2020 by the Northern Iowan and may not be used without permission.
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Take away Trump’s Twitter EMERSON SLOMKA
Opinion Columnist
On Oct. 16, President Donald Trump tweeted a link to an article titled “Twitter Shuts Down Entire Network To Slow Spread Of Negative Biden News” and captioned as “Wow, this has never been done in history. This includes his really bad interview last night. Why is Twitter doing this. [sic] Bringing more attention to Sleepy Joe & Big T.” This truly does seem like a controversial move on Twitter’s end, especially for an apolitical platform. Why would they halt site traffic – losing money in the process, just to support a presidential candidate? But in reality, this never happened. The headline belonged to The Babylon Bee, a satire “news” website similar to The Onion. Sporting the tagline “fake news you can trust,” The Babylon Bee specializes in satirizing current events, politics, religion and practically all facets of modern life and society. Headlines on this site include “Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed Against A Duck To See If She Is A Witch” and “Mark Zuckerberg Pops Out
Of Man’s Shower To Warn Him The Story He’s Reading Is Fake News.” The Babylon Bee makes no attempt to hide its absurdity and the fact that it is, indeed, satire. But Trump’s tweet seemed to convey a sense of genuine shock and stupefaction. Replies to this Tweet range from condemnation of Trump’s ignorance, a plethora of jokes and claims from supporters that it was some sort of self-aware joke on his part. However, no aspect of Trump’s tweet seems to indicate that he’s in on the joke. Rather, he seems to be falling for it quite spectacularly. For someone so dismissive of actual information and journalism (to the point in which “fake news” has become a slogan, and in some regard, a meme) to blindly accept information presented in a headline of an unfamiliar website is laughable, but when you consider that this person is the president of the United States, this revelation quickly becomes terrifying. That’s not where the story ends, however. Within a 24-hour period of this tweet, Trump retweeted a QAnon conspiracy that Joe Biden was involved in a plot to fake the assassination of Osama Bin Laden and that Biden Sexual Health
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If you plan on engaging in sexual activity, make sure you think about your personal boundaries and the safety measures you will take, especially during COVID19. Consider the following ideas to include in your sexual health safety checklist: • Get yourself tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) before engaging in sex with a new partner. The Student Health Clinic and off-campus community providers offer STI testing. For more information on free or low-cost confidential testing options, visit: studentwellness.uni.edu/ get-yourself-tested. • Stock up on protection! Visit the Student Health Center lobby (any time between 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., M-F) to make a FREE safer sex kit (i.e. condoms, dental dams, lube, condom carrier cases). • Avoid mixing sex with alcohol and/or other drugs. When alcohol is involved, it’s difficult to make safe sexual health decisions. Partners are more likely to be careless when using a
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President Donald Trump at the Town Hall style debate held on NBC across from Savannah Guthrie.
“had SEAL Team 6 killed” to cover it up – a baseless conspiracy that was conclusively disproven. In general, Trump seems to be in support of QAnon, a cult-like conspiracy theorist organization with beliefs so laughable and absurd that one can’t help but be reminded of the 1980s Satanic panic that obviously inspired it. Believers of QAnon believe that a global Satanic pedophile ring is plotting against Trump and that Trump is planning a “day of reckoning” known as “The Storm” in which Trump will prevail and defeat the Satanic cult. It’s a lot to take in, but even more to take in that
there are supposedly millions involved in the “QAnon community” which Trump refuses to condemn, or at the very least, question. No one can be expected to know everything, but those in positions of power should be expected to know the difference between journalism and satire as well as conspiracy theories and reality. These only require minimal logical thinking and a sound grasp on reality, which I’m becoming less and less convinced our president has. Trump uses social media recklessly, and he doesn’t seem to fully grasp the impact that it has on people. To him,
Twitter is a toy, a means of entertainment. To the world, it’s a way to get statements from the president, official or unofficial. Communications are changing, and if Trump refuses to take social media seriously, he may land all of us in a lot of trouble. During an NBC News town hall on Thursday, Trump attempted to justify his questionable Twitter usage: “I’ll put it out there. People can decide for themselves. I don’t take a position.” NBC moderator Savannah Guthrie responded, “You’re the president. You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle who just retweets whatever.”
condom, causing it to break or slip, or they might have sex without using a condom. • Make consent your top priority by ensuring you and your partner(s) have a consensual conversation that is clear, coherent, willing and ongoing. People incapacitated by drugs or alcohol cannot consent. Learn more about UNI’s Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct policy: safety. uni.edu. Take into account the following considerations regarding COVID-19 and sex: • Because COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, it is easily spread through saliva. Kissing spreads the virus easily. Use barriers like condoms and dental dams to reduce the risk during oral sex. • While COVID-19 hasn’t been found in vaginal fluid, it has been found in fecal matter, which means rimming (oral/anal contact) and anal sex may spread COVID-19 as well. When rimming or having anal sex, make sure to use protective barriers (condoms and dental dams). • The safest sex you can have
is with yourself and the next safest option is with someone that you already live with. Limit close contact, including sex, with people who are not in your home. • Take a break from in-person dates and opt for video-chatting or texting instead. • If you want to learn more about safer sex during COVID-19, visit ashasexualhealth.org/sex-in-the-timeof-covid-19/.
download the app before you go out, make sure to ride with a group you trust, never ride alone and do not share the ride service with people you do not know. Make sure you have your clean mask ready to wear in the vehicle!
Friends Be extra intentional about who you surround yourself with in social settings. Consider these ideas as you select friends to spend your time with at UNI. • Keep an eye on your friends and agree to watch out for each other. Go out with a group of people you trust and leave with the group you came with! • Create a code word between you and your friends so that you can alert each other if anything feels off. • Be an active bystander and intervene if you notice someone who may be in a risky situation. • When using Uber or Lyft,
Phone Safety Phones can be your helpful sidekick in social settings if you use them wisely! Use these tips to ensure you’re using your phone most effectively and safely. • Always bring your phone fully-charged when you go out. Make sure someone you trust knows your plans so they can check in with you often. • Think twice about posting your location! Sharing too much information can put your safety at risk! • Update your phone contacts! Start a group chat to easily tell others where you’re going so they’ll know where you are at all times. Whatever you decide, be intentional about creating your own personal safety checklist! What will you add to yours? #DoItForYou
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Dr. Timothy Nelson gives presentation on Blackdom KAYLA LAWRENCE Staff Writer
On Thursday, Oct. 15, the History Club hosted a presentation by UNI alum Dr. Timothy E. Nelson, who presented his research of the Afro-Frontier in American history. This “forgotten history” bridges the gap between Black America’s past with slavery and the current racial and ethnic climate today. Nelson’s research stands to show how under circumstances of oppression, the continual return to unity in the Black community is not just part of history but part of the present. The presentation was hosted on Zoom by Assistant Professor of History Fernando Calderon, who introduced Nelson and vetted questions for him until the Q&A section of the presentation. He introduced Nelson as a former graduate of the masters program at UNI, who studied under Brian Roberts as well as Dr. Barbara Cutter, who only had good things to say of the speaker. After his time at UNI, Nelson moved on to the University of Texas El Paso where he presented his dissertation. Soon after that, Nelson moved to Blackdom, N.M. where he now teaches about its history. Nelson started the presentation by briefly explaining the history of Black migration after the end of slavery. He explored the ingenuity of
Courtesy Photo/Timothy Nelson UNI alum Timothy Nelson gives students and staff a history of the town of Blackdom, N.M. during an Oct. 15 Zoom session.
black settlers in New Mexico by their founding of the township of Blackdom. He explained that Blackdom was a settlement in New Mexico that was created to be entirely self-sufficient and intended to be an entirely Black community. They put out a call in newspapers for Black families, specifically asking for
farmers willing to move to New Mexico to help found the settlement by dry farming the land. The initial call for those who had farming experience was important to them because the challenge that farming in New Mexico posed. “They did market themselves as if it was a refuge.
However, you can see, quickly they found out that city folk and dry farming do not mix,” Nelson said with a laugh. Nelson also focused on the ideals of the people of Blackdom, primarily those more diverse than ones that came from the typical slave narrative. The people of Blackdom, called
“Blackdomites,” believed in intentional Black sovereignty, the basis of which was separate but equal or being in charge of themselves but surrounded by their own community. These ideals were reflected in their community through the church that was founded and the dependence they had outside of the community on each others homesteads when work was scarce. Nelson also pointed out the similarity between then and the present, where Black cowboys and cowgirls rode horses through the city of Compton alongside “gangsters.” Not only is the community of these Black Americans in the west closed in a similar way that Blackdom was, but he equates the circumstances that brought them to riding through Compton to the ones that are thought to have inspired Blackdom. “Today, if Black people are coming together in a way they have not before because of the pressure similar to 1919, there is an intersectional Blackness that is going on,” said Nelson. “It is bringing Black cowboys together with Black gangsters. So the resistance today is the same as before, where you see Blackdom as the place of intention.” If you would like to learn more about Nelson or his thesis on Blackdom, you can find him, as well as his website and other resources on his Facebook page.
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Virtual clothesline project brings awareness to abuse TEHYA TOURNIER Staff Writer
Each year, the UNI Women and Gender Studies program hosts The Clothesline Project due to October being National Domestic Violence Awareness month. The Clothesline Project invites everyone to come together in support of raising awareness for violence against women, the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalized groups. Students and the community were asked to submit their t-shirt designs during the week prior to the event. A video of the messages on the shirts will be released on the day of Bearing Witness that is open for anyone to view beginning Monday, Oct. 19. The Clothesline Project originated in Hyannis, MASS. in 1990. A member of the Women’s Cape Cod Defense Agenda learned that while 58,000 soldiers were killed in the Vietnam War, 51,000 women were killed by men who claimed to have loved them. The numbers shook these women and motivated them to create a movement in order to make their voic-
NI Archives The annual Clothesline Project will take place virtually during the week of Oct. 19.
es heard and shed light on the issue of violence against women. Although usually students, faculty and the community are welcomed to participate in the event and decorate a t-shirt to be hung in front of Maucker Union to share their thoughts, feelings, supportive messages or their stories of assault first hand or otherwise. Due to COVID19 the event has gone virtual for the first time in its nine-year history at UNI. Melody Kosobucki, program organizer, says although the event will look different this year, she is still looking forward to seeing everyone’s messages and support.
“Just to take a moment to read the words that these survivors have written, when you’re actually holding the shirt and the words that a survivor held and wrote, that’s really powerful,” said Kosobucki. One in three women and one in four men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Kosobucki states this event is important because statistics of violence are rising everyday, especially while being in the middle of a pandemic. “It is even more important now to have some awareness of this
issue,” said Kosobucki. “I am looking forward to pushing for violence to be addressed more properly and efficiently.” Kosobucki wants any survivors of abuse seeing the virtual t-shirt video or hearing about this event to know they
are heard and seen. “We believe them and their story, and even if it is not their time to come forward and talk about their story, just know our hearts go out to you, and we believe you.”
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UNI picked to finish first in Valley preseason poll DAVID WARRINGTON
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The Missouri Valley Conference released their 2020-2021 preseason men’s basketball rankings on Oct. 15, and it looked very promising for the Panthers as they received the number one spot in the rankings. The conference also released the preseason All-MVC teams, which include three Panther players, with AJ Green being selected as the preseason Player of the Year. After winning the regular season conference title a
year ago, the Panthers look poised to have a strong season this year, with reigning MVC Coach of the Year Ben Jacobson back for his 15th season leading the Panthers. The MVC preseason team rankings have UNI at the No.1 one spot for the first time since 2009, receiving 30 first-place votes. They were followed by Loyola (13 first place-votes), Bradley (one first-place vote), Indiana State, Southern Illinois, Missouri State, Drake, Valparaiso, Illinois State and Evansville. Last season the Panthers won the regular season MVC
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Head coach Ben Jacobson returns for his 15th season at the helm of the Panthers. He won the MVC coach of the year last season.
title, finishing with a regular season record of 25-5, including 14-4 in MVC play, before being upset by the Drake Bulldogs in the first round of the MVC Tournament. After this, the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly ended the season, ending any postseason hopes for the Panthers along with college basketball teams around the country. The 2020-2021 MVC Preseason Player of the Year is UNI’s junior guard AJ Green. Green tested the waters of the NBA Draft process this offseason, but in the end decided to return to Cedar Falls for his junior season. Last season, Green was the leading scorer in the conference, averaging 19.7 points per game. He also finished at the top in three-pointers made with 91, just shy of three per game, while also leading in free throw percentage at 91.7 percent. Along with this, he appears in the top ten for assists and three point percentage. Two other Panthers accompanied Green in the All-MVC Preseason teams. Joining Green on the first-team was junior forward Austin Phyfe. A season ago, Phyfe led the MVC in both rebounds and field goal percentage, pulling down 8.2 rebounds a
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UNI guard AJ Green was picked as the preseason MVC Player of the Year for the upcoming season. Green won the award last year.
game and making 67.1 percent of his shot attempts. He also averaged nearly one blocked shot per game, good for eighth in the conference. Senior guard Trae Berhow was selected to the preseason All-MVC third-team. Berhow was a do-it-all player for the Panthers a year ago. He was second on the team and 14th in the conference in scoring last season with 12.5 points per game. He was also third in both three-pointers made and three-point percentage, while finishing sixth in the conference in free throw percentage
and 11th in rebounds. Head coach Ben Jacobson enters his 15th season leading the Panthers as the reigning MVC Coach of the Year, his fourth time winning that award during his tenure at UNI. He is the winningest coach in program history with an overall record of 291-174, winning an average of 20.8 games per year in his 14 seasons with the Panthers so far. Coach Jacobson looks to lead the Panthers against the best that a very strong Missouri Valley Conference has to offer in the 2020-2021 season.
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Oct. 18, 2008: Panthers defeat NDSU at the Dome COLIN HORNING
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A late afternoon football game on Oct. 18, 2008 matched up the North Dakota State Bison against the Northern Iowa Panthers at the UNIDome. Both teams came into the matchup ranked in the FCS top-25 and were looking to gain ground in the Missouri Valley Conference. North Dakota State won the coin toss and elected to defer their choice until the second half, meaning the Panthers received the ball to start the game. Led by quarterback Pat Grace, the Panthers opened the game on their own 30 yard line. A balance of running and short passes by the UNI offense brought them into NDSU territory, capped off by a 47-yard field goal by Panther kicker Billy Hallgren, giving them a quick 3-0 lead. On the ensuing Bison possession, running back Tyler Roehl broke off a 40-yard run to bring NDSU into the Panther side of the field, setting them up for a prime scoring opportunity. However, the Panther defense would stand tough and keep their opponents to
a 24-yard field goal by Bison kicker Shawn Bibeau, knotting the score at 3-3. Following the score, North Dakota State’s kickoff was returned 70 yards by UNI kick returner Jarred Herring down to the NDSU 25 yard line, leaving the Panthers in a golden opportunity to score. They would do just that, as their first play of the drive saw running back Corey Lewis break off a 25 yard run into the endzone, putting UNI up 10-3 with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter. The two teams traded three-and-out possessions before the Panthers were in business again at the start of the second quarter. Moving the ball steadily down the field, UNI was left with a third and seven at the NDSU 35-yard line. Quarterback Pat Grace found his receiver D.P. Eyman for a 35-yard touchdown, expanding the Panther lead to 17-3. The Panthers tacked on two more field goals with NDSU adding one of their own, leaving the halftime score at 23-6 UNI at the break. In the second half of the game, the Panther defense held strong. Playing with a 17 point lead, the UNI
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UNI quarterback Pat Grace escapes pressure from the NDSU defense on Oct. 18, 2008. The Panthers defeated the Bison 23-13.
offense focused more on running the clock and keeping the defense on the sideline. Northern Iowa did not score in the remainder of the game, but did spot the Bison a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to bring the score to 23-13. This score would hold for the rest of the game, as
the Panthers took down the Bison. The win moved UNI to 5-2 on the year and 3-1 in the conference, and the loss dropped NDSU to 3-4 overall on the season and 1-3 in the conference. UNI quarterback Pat Grace finished 12-23 with 149 yard and a touchdown
along with 37 rushing yards. Panther running backs Corey Lewis and Derrick Law both had strong showings, with Lewis running for 65 yards and a touchdown and Law running for 56 yards. The Panther defense continued to be strong, as they had been throughout the whole season.
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