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Jesse McCartney in at UNI 4 Most college students can remember life before their first smartphone, but many students now likely can’t fathom going through life without their mobile device.

According to a 2016 study conducted by market research company dscout, the average smartphone user spends 2.4 hours per day on their phone, while the “heavy user,” the top 10 percent of smartphone users in terms of time spent on their device, is on their phone 3.75 hours per day.

The average user touches their smartphone screen 2,617 times a day, while the heavy user averages 5,427 touches a day, according to the same study Along with this rise in smartphone use, some experts have expressed concerns that these addictive little screens are adversely impacting mental well-being.

Adam Butler, head of UNI’s department of psychology, weighed in on the issue.

“We have to realize that smartphones are a new technology. Humans have behaviors — emotions — that were adaptive hundreds of thousands of years ago,” Butler said. “Our psychology has evolved to be adaptive.

But the vast number of human generations that have lived on this planet […] lived without smartphones.”

Butler went on to question

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the effect of connecting with one another through an electronically mediated form of communication.

“The question is, what is the consequence of that? What is the consequence of removing people from the social environment in which we evolved to exist?” Butler said. “We don’t really know the answer to that.

However, we do see an explosion in the number of young people with serious psychological problems — anxiety, depression, at a rate that we didn’t used to see.

“For example, the UNI Counseling Center is completely overwhelmed, and counseling centers on college campuses throughout the United Sates are overwhelmed with students needing services,” Butler continued. “But the question is, why, all of a sudden, do we have a really strong demand for counseling services? Nobody knows why.”

A 2016 survey by the American College Health Association (ACHA) found that 17 percent of college students were diagnosed or treated for anxiety, and about 14 percent were diagnosed with or treated for depression, compared to 10.4 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively, in the ACHA’s 2008 survey.  See PSYCHOLOGY, page 2

Youngstown falls to Panthers, 19-14 WILLIAM RIEPE

Sports Writer

The Panthers battled Youngstown State this weekend at the UNI-Dome, putting together their best defensive performance of the year and coming out on top, with a final score of 19-14.

This came after two clutch short range f ield goals from Sam Drysdale and two second quarter touchdown rushes by Marcus Weymiller.

Weymiller gained 133 yards on 29 carries as well as two touchdowns. Weymiller was coming off of a 177yard performance last week.

Weymiller’s presence in the backfield has given the offense a well needed consistency in the running game.

Daurice Fountain enjoyed another week grabbing 100 yards on three catches.

Fountain has proved to be

Eli Dunne’s favorite target as he leads the team this season with 39 receptions, 625 yards and five touchdowns.

Dunne grabbed 151 yards and completed 45 precent of his passes. This was Dunne’s second game in a row without an interception but also his first game of the season not throwing a touchdown pass.

Dunne had turnover problems early in the season but seems to have his arm under control now. The lack of turnovers by the offense is ref lecting well on the scoreboard.

Defensively, the Panthers put on a clinic, racking up an astonishing 10 sacks and 13 tackles for loss. Jared Farley was absent on top of the tackle list, while Neal Rickey is entering his third week of highlight level play in the pass rush. He earned four and a half tackles for a

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The UNI football team celebrates after a touchdown. In last weekend’s game against Youngstown State, previously ranked No. 9, UNI defended at the Dome, 19-14. YSU has not won at the UNI-Dome since 1999.

loss, as well as three and a half sacks.

The pass rush seems to have found its way, putting

up big numbers in the last few showings. This is coming off of an early season sack drought, where they

failed to get to any quarterbacks early.  See FOOTBALL, page 6

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Gov. candidate talks state funding SARAH HOFMEYER

they’re going up,” Norris said. “Making college affordable is critical.”

According to Norris, the state budget will not immediately allow for a tuition drop, so he plans to build a bridge for the time in between.

“I’d like to see a seven-year tax credit for individuals who stay and work in Iowa after graduating college,” Norris said.

According to Norris, this bridge will help graduates who want to work in rural areas as much-needed healthcare providers or as teachers. Norris sees this bridge as one that will help students and also help the state of Iowa rebuild a workforce in decline.

“It’s a wise investment of state tax credit dollars,” Norris said. “We are short [on] work force in this state,

and we are going to see our economy contract unless we can help our business and industry attract workers.

What better way to attract workers than to have a tax credit to pay off student loans?”

To Norris, giving tax benefits to students who want to stay in Iowa is beneficial for the economy long term, as he thinks it will encourage students to settle down in Iowa for more of their lives. He also sees this as a much-needed redirection of current funds that go to wealthy corporations like fertilizer plants or Apple.

Norris’s plans to improve lives for students in Iowa does not stop at funding universities and lowering tuition costs.

“As critical or more critical to our economy and our future are getting those

students who aren’t going onto a fouryear college or community college work,” Norris said.

N o r r i s wants high school students to master a craft before they graduate, like ma nu fact u r ing, so they can secure a higher skilled Courtesy Photo/FACEBOOK industry job John Norris, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for upon gradua- Iowa, talked to the NI about several issues, including tion. He has a state funding and mental health. plan to do just that, and it would fill jobs positions. across the state, especially This plan would also in places with many open- connect students with local ings, like Northwest Iowa, opportunities. where, according to Norris, Mt. Pleasant has 300 open See CANDIDATE, page 4

mental health problems], only because people become absorbed in their phone to The ACHA has also record- the exclusion of actual social ed an increase in attention interaction.” deficit, hyperactivity disorder However, Butler later (ADHD) and insomnia among added, “There are studies college students. It is unclear showing that people who whether the statistics reflect spend a lot of time on social a dramatic increase in mental media, Facebook, Instagram health problems in young peo- […] are more likely to be ple, whether more young peo- depressed. They’re more likely ple are comfortable asking for to feel bad about their lives.” help or a combination of both.

Butler attributed this to the Butler was hesitant to “highlight-reel” effect. directly link smartphones “I don’t put on social media to the state of mental health when I wake up and I’ve got among young people, saying, a flat tire on my bike, or “I think it’s possible [smart- any other thing that’s gone phones] do [contribute to wrong,” Butler said. “Most of the people […] post the positive things.

They post the good picture of themselves, not the one where they look hideous. And Courtesy Photo/PEXELS Some experts are considering a possible link between so, you look increased smartphone usage and deteriorating mental at that and well-being for young people. think, ‘Look

at all the fun stuff that person is doing, and I haven’t left the house in three days, or I never get to do anything fun because I constantly have work to do.’”

Butler noted that the tendency of people to compare their own lives to others’ “highlight reels” on social media can make people feel unhappy about their lives, which then negatively impact their mental health.

Concern regarding the habit-forming aspects of popular technology, known as addictive feedback loops, has also grown in recent years.

These addictive feedback loops include the Facebook ‘like’ button, Snapchat’s ‘snap streak’ feature and the auto play feature on YouTube and Netflix.

Nir Eyal, author of “Hooked: How to Build HabitForming Products,” states in his book that the addictive aspect of these features are no accident.

“The technologies we use have turned into compulsions, if not full-fledged addictions,” Eyal writes. “It’s the pull to

visit YouTube, Facebook or Twitter for just a few minutes, only to find yourself still tapping and scrolling an hour later […] just as their designers intended.”

The debate over whether practices such as the “hook cycle” is good, innovative business or an unethical means of psychologically manipulating consumers rages on.

Butler said that while tech products can be “addictive” in the sense that users feel a pull to check their phone, the comparison of tech addiction to a drug addiction is not accurate.

“The same sorts of pathways may be active. It’s not the same in the sense [that] there may be a psychological dependency, but there’s not going to be a physical dependency,” Butler said. “If you’re an alcoholic […] you can’t just decide, ‘Okay, I’m not going to drink anymore.’ You will get violently and potentially life-threateningly ill. You need to go to a hospital and go through a medical withdrawal. If I stopped looking at Facebook, I’m not going to start vomiting and going into

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Important elections happen more often than just every four years. In November of 2018, Iowans will have the opportunity to elect a new governor in the gubernatorial election.

John Norris, a fifth generation Iowan and Democratic candidate, is putting his hat in the race.

The focus of Norris’s campaign lies with mental health, environmental justice and education needs in the state.

One of the largest issues Norris sees with the current administration, led by Kim Reynolds, is funding for Regent institutions.

“My first order of business is to fund the regents at a level that the tuitions aren’t going up at the rate

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convulsions. It’s not quite the same, but the same reward pathways in the brain may be involved.”

Although smartphones have the potential to be incredibly useful devices that can improve the general welfare of society, they can also be dangerous if used improperly or excessively.

One option for users is to turn off push notifications for non-essential apps whose activity does not warrant constant attention.

Users can also delete games or apps they feel they invest too much time into and even program their phone to not download new apps.

In addition, users can choose to not take their phone to bed with them, instead leaving it plugged into a charger on the other side of the room or the other side of the house.

“People probably need to do a better job of being socially engaged in real life instead of being socially engaged through their device,” Butler said. “That would probably benefit a lot of folks.”

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Did you just assume my scouts? you could achieve, but I feel like I got the gist of what Boy Scouts was about.

The great outdoors! Oh, mother nature, in all your beauty, what else could scouts be about, right?

While many activities may Boy scouts. Wait, Girl Scouts? Girl, Scouts? Girl, be outdoors related, the overall message the scouts sends is Boy Scouts?

If you’re a little confused not only that of benefiting the reading that, join the club. individual or the Boy Scouts In case you missed it, as of of America as a whole; in my Wednesday, Oct. 12, the Boy opinion, it also focuses on benScouts of America recently efiting the community.

Yes, camping, fishing and made the executive decision to allow girls to join boy scouts. knot tying are traditional So, the big question I have is: skills taught throughout the Why did the Boy Scouts, all scouting program and, of of a sudden, make this deci- course, the highlight of every year: the pinewood derby race. sion?

Growing up, I myself was But what do these seemingly a Cub Scout and later a Boy common activities teach our Scout. I never did achieve the growing youth?

Camping teaches planrank of Eagle Scout, which was the highest level of scout ning, execution and allows teamwork opportunities.

The pinewood derby teaches woodworking and working with limited resources.

Knot tying: all around, a good common skill to have. Lastly, TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Opinion columnist Tanner Schrad discusses the Boy if anyone has Scouts of America’s recent decision to allow girls to ever tried fishjoin the organization. ing, you know

it takes patience and, in theory, should help teach patience.

Believe me, I too wish there was a cheat code to catching fish.

Alas, catching a fish, albeit difficult, is not enough to get you to the high rank of Eagle Scout. The biggest part in becoming an Eagle Scout is a community project. An example being, a member from my troop back in the day made a map of the town’s graveyard and catalogued all individuals buried there.

So, what’s the big deal about becoming an Eagle Scout? Achieving the rank of Eagle scout provides some important benefits. Just the title alone has proven that said scout is devoted, loyal, honest and a hard-working leader.

Another incentive is the scholarships that are only available to Eagle Scouts.

Possibly the biggest reason to become an Eagle Scout is any person interested in joining the military — any branch — gets rank advancements and pay raises just for previously being an Eagle Scout.

Now, back to the main topic! (Hopefully, all this provides an answer as to why anyone would want to join scouts. It’s all about employment opportunity and benefitting the community and

society).

Being a former Boy Scout and not a Girl Scout, I didn’t want to make assumptions about what Girl Scouts was about, so I went to an “expert.” By this, I mean I asked my girlfriend who was a scout, and she informed me that Girl Scouts for her was pretty much the same thing I was doing as a Boy Scout.

The Girl Scouts of America even has a Golden Award, which is their parallel to the Eagle Scout rank, with similar benefits.

Well in that case, my mind goes back to square one in why girls would be allowed into Boy Scouts. As confusing as it may be, all I can think of is that this is a step towards equality for the Boy Scouts of America — everybody has an equal opportunity to prove themselves through this wellknown program.

Some smaller townships might not have enough girls interested in scouts for a Girl Scout program, and this would be a way to allow scout groups to form.

How should boys feel about this? Well, if there were girls in scouts while I was in scouts, I would have been more interested anyway (although I might have paid less attention during meetings, if that was

possible).

I think boys should welcome girls into their group with open arms — in many cases, I believe females truly are better at some activities than males. Welding, for example, tends to require a steady hand, and I’ve always been told girls are naturally steadier.

So, absolutely! Give them the opportunity to “be prepared;” that is the slogan, after all.

After all this, though, I hope the Boy Scouts of America remains the same in their rules. The Boy Scouts has been doing the same thing for a very long time and that it should continue the way it has.

I feel anyone going into scouts should know the potential danger of camping and other events hosted by scout groups across the country. I also think the bar for scouts, especially to become an Eagle Scout, has been set at a high level, but not one that is unreachable.

All these skills apply to both men and women, and now Boy Scouts has opened an opportunity for both young boys and girls to grow together, coexisting, similar to that of a workplace.

What more could you want from scouts?

Breast cancer campaigns do little to help cause According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), one in eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives. For 2017 alone, the ACS estimated that 252,710 new cases would be diagnosed and 40,610 women would die from it.

It’s important to note that breast cancer does not only affect women, though the vast majority of the disease’s victims are women.

These statistics are alarming. They indicate a very real threat to the lives of thousands of women annually.

And what are we doing about it?

As consumers and as friends and family of those that have been or will be diagnosed, what are we actually doing about breast cancer prevention, treatment, and awareness?

It is October after all, and there’s no better time to critically evaluate our per-

formance on protecting the women we care about.

Every year around this time, there are intense international campaigns that aim to raise awareness about breast cancer detection or advocate for donating money to fund research.

Companies have done this using multiple different strategies, several of which emphasize saving the “tatas” or saving “second base.”

You can read these slogans on shirts, bumper stickers, coffee mugs, on carcinogen-containing perfumes or on carcinogen-containing food packaging — you name the material item, and I’m sure you can buy it in the color pink with some juvenile message printed on it.

While I understand that many individuals, both men and women, whose lives are affected by breast cancer find comic relief in these campaigns, others perceive these slogans as demeaning and painfully dismissive.

For the latter group of people, breast cancer awareness has a lot more to do with saving the lives of women everywhere through prevention and education and less

to do with sparing women’s body parts for sexual pleasure.

Every year the NFL, an industry well-know for its advocacy during the month of October, shows off athletes adorned in pink uniforms. You may even know someone that’s given in to buying some of the breast cancer-associated NFL merchandise that is so widely accessible during this time each year.

But how much good does this particular campaign actually do? According to the Think Before You Pink campaign, the answer is very little, aside from these men looking like stylish philanthropists.

And even beyond doing little to help the cause, some advocates suggest that the NFL’s campaign is particularly problematic. Donations coming from NFL teams go toward funding annual screenings, not diagnostic screenings. These are different.

One saves lives, and the other does not. Public service announcements involving players and coaches are also notorious for propping

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Opinion columnist Abbi Cobb takes a look at the vailidity of some notable breast cancer campaigns, such as the NFL’s annual awareness effort.

up the importance of annual screenings, despite this advice being outdated and largely unproven.

What does the NFL’s “A Crucial Catch” campaign have in common with Susan G. Komen’s “Save Second Base” t-shirts? They are there to increase profit and awareness of their own multi-million and billion dollar industries.

Instead of reckless and unhealthy, capital-motivated campaigns, breast cancer fighters and survivors could use a couple of things that would be relatively easy to deliver upon.

First, universal access not

only to diagnostic exams, but also to treatment could save a lot of lives. Second, a PSA emphasis on prevention measures based on the research findings that we already have at our disposal could prove effective.

Continued funding for research purposes is vital, but it’s also important to keep in mind that we’ve made leaps and bounds in terms of what types of chemicals, foods, pollution, behaviors, etc. that we know lead to cancers.

This information can and should be turning into action more often than what we’re seeing.

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Jesse McCartney: still a heart-throb SHELBY WELSCH Event Critic

The anticipation was wild. Oodles of college girls and the occasional college boy stood in a line that snaked all around the Maucker Union, anxiously waiting to fulfill their childhood fantasy of meeting Jesse McCartney. I couldn’t hide my excitement either, and reminisced on the fond memories I had of listening to McCartney’s first album on my old portable CD player.

The lines were very orderly, a little too orderly I thought, considering we were all about to see an artist whose posters dominated our bedroom walls as kids. And, as suspected, when the doors opened at 7:30 p.m., the orderliness was completely abandoned, as people were desperate to get closer, throwing elbows and stealthily slinking their bodies in front of others in hopes of getting a spot in front of the stage.

As we sorted into the Maucker Union ballroom, I took a look around. The ballroom was barely three-quarters full, and despite it being a “sold out” event, the venue definitely could have fit a good hundred more people.

But, I wasn’t complaining because the air got so hot so quickly, that it wasn’t long before it felt we were in a steam room full of sweat.

The opening band, “4 Door Theatre” came out on stage, and the crowd was obviously disappointed that McCartney wasn’t coming out right away. They let

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“[This would be] a combination of internships and apprenticeships [during] junior and senior year of high school where [students] can begin to take core courses in the morning or afternoon at the school and spend the other part of the day working at a local manufacturing plant,” Norris said.

Norris added that the plan is not just beneficial to the students involved, or the state economy, but to the community, as well.

“It gets them [students] on a better path and keeps them in the local community,” he said. “We should be investing in internships and apprenticeships programs through the community colleges, with the high schools, with the local busi-

their sighs and “awww’s” be known. I felt bad for the poor openers, so I gave them an encouraging clap and cheer as they made their way on stage.

They were pretty good, but I definitely preferred their rock songs over their slow, ballad-like songs. The slower songs were honestly just so dang awkward because nobody in the crowd knew the lyrics; either that, or the audience members were simply bitter that the band wasn’t McCartney.

However, the band’s excitement never ceased and I appreciated their energy and positive attitudes.

The biggest thing that struck me as odd with “4 Door Theatre” is that they never revealed their band name to the crowd.

They took a poll on how many audience members knew of them and also asked us to follow them on social media, but they never actually said their band name during the performance. I had to go onto the CAB Facebook page and look up who they were. So, I found that a little weird.

After the openers, we all stood huddled together like herded cattle in the ballroom for a good 45 minutes before McCartney came out to perform. It was a long, hot wait, and a few of my friends decided to leave because it was such a long break. However, when McCartney did come out, it was well worth the downtime.

McCartney started off the show by jamming the intro of one of his most

popular tracks, “Leavin’,” on a beat pad and performed it to sweet perfection. He then went on to perform songs from all of his albums and even sprinkled a couple covers into his setlist. Although I had my speculations that he wouldn’t sound as good as he did to my 8-year-old ears back in 2004, he was better than ever.

McCartney wowed the squealing audience time and time again, and even performed a brand new song, which he plans to release this spring along with other fresh beats. I enjoyed his easy-going style and was welcomed with those same silly butterflies in my stomach that I got all those years ago when he performed songs from earlier albums.

I also really appreciated how thoughtful he was of his fans. In between song breaks, he would respond to crowd member’s homemade signs, signed T-shirts that were thrown at him and even took a selfie with a girl for her birthday. It was really sweet, and it all made sense as to why he’s still considered a heart-throb to this day.

After performing numerous wildly entertaining songs, the crowd finally got to hear the hit McCartney became famous for in the early 2000’s, “Beautiful Soul.” He played it after several chants from the audience requesting the song.

We all sang along, and it was such a special tribute to my childhood. I literally had a warm, fuzzy feeling in my chest when he performed it, and a flood of memories

ness communities to bridge folks from high school to meaningful employment.”

When addressing funding the program, Norris cites what he views as misuse of state dollars under the Reynolds administration, which he said isn’t the only misstep the current administration has made.

He also sees danger in the recent stripping of collective bargaining rights for teachers and public employees.

“When you lower the public employee standard of living, you set the bar lower for everyone else,” Norris said. “This is a dangerous economic policy.”

In fact, Norris thinks Iowa will see the impact of this economic policy soon.

“The reality is we’re going to start losing teachers to states like Minnesota, who value public employ-

ees, understand the importance of healthcare benefits, maternity leave, decent pay and things that attract teachers,” Norris said. “And it’s going to be particularly hard for our rural schools.”

For Norris, the policy he would enact is clear.

“You’ve got to restore [collective bargaining],” Norris said.

Finally, Norris has a few other key issues to bring to his campaign, including water quality and reforming farming practices in response.

“I’m very passionate about the environment and conservation and cleaning up our water crisis,” Norris said. “Denial of climate change is only going to make this more expensive and harder to fix. We’ve got to change the culture of farming.”

In addition, mental health

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Jesse McCartney, 30-year-old singer-songwriter, performed in the Maucker Union ballroom Saturday, Oct. 21. McCartney was brought in by the UNI Campus Activities Board (CAB).

rushed into my head as I recalled the mini obsession that I had as a child for McCartney.

As I filed out of the Maucker Union ballroom, I was really happy with the performance. Although it started off with a bit of a rocky start in regards to the

long wait and the mediocre opening band, McCartney was truly amazing and brought back a lot of special childhood memories to a lot of people. I’m grateful that I get to add this wonderful night into my cherished McCartney memories forever.

is as pertinent an issue to Norris as it is to UNI’s campus community.

“Our denial of dealing with our mental health issues in Iowa is just a shirking of the responsibility of government to look out for our most vulnerable citizens,” Norris said. “That’s why I’m running — to try and get our state priorities back in order and provide essential government functions that help move our state forward.”

Norris has been working on such issues for decades. He has marched in California for environmental justice and helped set up the Rainbow Coalition.

“My roots are in activism and progressive politics,” Norris said.

Norris has a lengthy rap sheet of government experience, and some critics have suggested this makes him

an establishment Democrat.

According to Norris, his motivation is more intrinsic than establishment-based.

“My whole motivation in life has been about making positive progressive change,” Norris said.

“Sometimes when you get the chance to make that, you do that within government. I’ve never worked in government for the job; I’ve always worked in government for causes I believe in.”

Danielle Templeton, recruitment director for the Northern Iowa Democrats, says the organization is committed to making voting accessible for students on campus come next year’s gubernatorial election.

“We can guarantee we will be advocating for a satellite location on UNI’s campus for voting in the guber natorial election,” Templeton said.

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Orchesis and IDT fall show OCTOBER 23, 2017

ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

On Oct. 20 and 22, UNI’s Orchesis and International Dance Theatre (IDT) dance companies collaborated for their fall show. Both shows were in Russell Hall and offered free admission, drawing full audiences on Friday night and Sunday morning.

“I really enjoy the fall show, because it brings together both companies that are diverse in what they do individually and then also within their own company,” said Mandy Masmar, the director and instructor for both dance companies. “[In] the fall show we get to share a wide array of styles... We have ballet. We have jazz. We have tap. We have folk. We have ballroom.”

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the rest of the choreography.

There were 12 dances total, six being performed by each dance company.

The show’s opening number was a Bollywood mashup. This piece was choreographed by a student from Malaysia for the 2017 spring show and restaged for the fall. IDT dance company members donned Panther purple and gold skirts for the piece.

Throughout the show, the dancers utilized props. For example, at the start of “Bright Encounters,” three Orchesis members wore sunglasses while a fourth went without. As the jazz dance progressed, the lights on stage got brighter as all but one of the dancers shed her pair of sunglasses.

More props appeared in Orchesis’ contemporary “Finding Our Voices.” Each dancer began staring down at a notebook. The dancers eventually threw down their note-

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The fall show of UNI IDT and Orchesis dance companies featured dances ranging from jazz, tap, jive and hiplet, a ballet and hip hop combo.

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books, only to later pick them back up and tear the pages to pieces.

Although many audience members may be familiar with styles of dance such as jazz, tap and jive at least by name, they may not have heard of “hiplet” (pronounced hip-lay), a combination of hip hop and ballet.

Orchesis danced this piece in tutus and pointe shoes, combining pointe steps with hip hop movements.

One Orchesis company piece was inspired by Masmar’s postpartum depression.

“When the light comes up, you see me exhausted — the exact moment I become a mom with the baby,” Masmar said.

“Like I give birth, and he’s there, and it starts right there.”

And it goes through my journey all the way up to now…

[That] makes me very vulnerable, because it is very personal.

But it makes me very excited, because I think it’s an important thing to speak about.”

Another piece that Masmar choreographed was “Oktoberfest,” which is a compilation of German folk dances that IDT has performed at Oktoberfests around the state of Iowa during their fall semester. The dance showed the performers in traditional dirndls.

Orchesis President Kendra Gerrish choreographed a modern dance titled “To Dance.”

According to Gerrish, the choreography is about dance appreciation. Having danced since age three, Gerrish continues to find new ways to enjoy it.

“To me [dance] has always

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The UNI IDT and Orchesis dance companies hosted their annual free fall show this Friday, Oct 20 and Sunday, Oct. 22.

been [...] my stress relief, my [...] saving grace,” Gerrish said. “When I come into the studio, I can let go of anything that’s outside those doors. I can just be with who I’m there with and just be in the moment.”

The show also featured Latin and jive dances performed by IDT and two tap pieces—one from each dance company.

After the opening night, Gerrish was enthusiastic.

“Tonight — huge crowd!

That was awesome,” Gerrish said. “We could definitely feel the vibes off of them. Overall, I think from what I saw backstage... everyone had that great intensity, that great energy.

And so feeding off of each other, we’re all like, ‘Yes, we’re doing so good! Let’s keep doing it.’ So that energy from backstage was awesome.”

IDT’s president Alyssa Swanson shared a similar sentiment.

“I think it went really well. I think the audience reacted real-

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Managing Editor

On Friday, Oct. 20, students walking by Maucker Union were invited to put on safety gear, grab a hammer and smash away at an old piano.

The event was held by the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity, a Greek organization consisting of music and non-music majors serving

the UNI School of Music.

Students wishing to partake were charged a dollar for two hits, with the money going towards the non-profit educational charity Music For All, which supports music education by providing opportunities for students across America to participate in music.

Jason Andriano, vice president of the fraternity and junior music education

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major, was one of the volunteers at the booth.

“Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia decided to do the piano smashing for students to release some stress and to get out and do something fun,” Andriano said.

By the end of the event, the ground was covered in piano keys, wood splinters and other remnants of the unconventional fundraising event.

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ly well, so that helped us keep the energy going,” Swanson said.

Orchesis and IDT both function as academic classes, student organizations and dance companies. Students receive credit for joining either company. As student organizations, there are student officers and committee heads in both companies. While Orchesis is audition-based, IDT welcomes anyone to join their dance company.

“If you’ve never had dance experience before, IDT is a good place to start, because it is not auditioned,” Swanson said.

“We can start baby steps, and we teach you all different skill levels. I’ve been dancing since I was three, but then there’s other people who this is their first time ever dancing.”

Interested students were invited to “Join IDT for a day” on Oct. 24 from 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. and Orchesis auditions on Dec. 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Maucker Union Piano smashing

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The UNI women’s swimming and diving team have hit the water running as they began their 2017-2018 season. In their three meets so far this year, the Panthers have faced some very stiff competition.

On Oct. 6, the purple and gold traveled to Iowa City to take on a pair of Big Ten foes in the Iowa Hawkeyes and Michigan State Spartans. In the double duel, the Panthers picked up some impressive wins against both teams.

Sophomore Katie Taylor took first in three events: the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and the 200 individual medley, in which she reset her own Missouri Valley Conference record.

Fe l l ow sophomore Moriah Ross put up impressive swims as well, winning the 200 breaststroke, taking second in the 100 breaststroke and finishing just behind Taylor in the 200 individual medley. In addition, the 200 medley relay team of Taylor, Ross,

Crystal Florman and Molly Lembezder took second, clocking in at 1:44.08. In the diving well, junior Alyssa Deuso led the way for UNI on the one meter springboard scoring 223.05, while senior Hannah Brummel scored 234.20 on the three meter board.

Despite the strong performance, the Panthers fell to the Hawkeyes 184-113, and to the Spartans 195105.

The Panthers returned home the following week for a set of weekend meets.

To open up competition in the home pool on Oct. 13, UNI would have to face another challenging Big Ten opponent, the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Taylor picked up two more wins in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, while Lembezder swept the 50 and 100 freestyle events.

In addition, Taylor, Ross, Florman and Lembezder took first in the 200 medley relay. Brummel finished fourth in the diving well on the three meter board at 227.46, as freshman Izzy Bunchek took third with a 242.47 in the one meter.

Despite falling to the Huskers 154-86, head coach Nick Lakin was pleased with his team’s performance, saying, “We raced a really tough opponent today and have made improvements from last week.”

The following day, the Panthers welcomed the Sioux Falls Cougars to Cedar Falls. Taylor finished on top of the podium on both the 100 breaststoke and 200 backstroke, while sophomore Madison Rinaldi finished just a few seconds behind her teammate in the 200 back.

Ross and Lembezder went one and two in the 100 butterfly swimming 59.83 and 1:00.43 respectivly, while sophomore Jordan McCullough took the 500 freestyle in 5:20.26. In addition to winning their first meet of the season 166.599.5, diver Izzy Bunchek picked up a major accomplishment as she qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships, a crucial step in qualifying for the national championship meet to be held on the campus of Ohio State

University next March.

UNI will hit the road this weekend for another set of meets, visiting

the South Dakota Coyotes on Friday and the South Dakota State Jackrabbits on Saturday.

UNI 2017-18 Women’s Swimming and Diving Schedule

10/27 @ South Dakota 10/28 @ South Dakota State 11/4 Nebraska-Omaha 11/17-19 @ Kansas Classic 1/12 Loras & Iowa Central 1/13 Iowa State 1/19 @ Illinois State 1/20 @ Western Illinois

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The Panther defense failed to draw any turnovers this week but did manage to hold both the Youngstown State quarterbacks to 258 yards combined and largely stopped the run game.

A great showing by the Panthers run game, a lack of turnovers and a great defensive performance combined to allow the Panthers to go up early, which has been the key to their success.

A 16-7 score line at half allowed the Panthers to play pressure free football and simply maintain their lead.

The Panthers have struggled playing from behind, so this early scoring is necessary for victory.

Next weekend, the Panthers will travel to Fargo, North Dakota to play

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North Dakota State. The Bison are enjoying an undefeated season in and out of

conference. This will easily be the hardest challenge the Panthers will face, and

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great performances on each side of the ball might not be enough to dethrone the

kings of the Missouri Valley Conference. Kickoff is set for Oct. 28th at 2:30 p.m.

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17 West Point, e.g.: Abbr.

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