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Orchesis and IDT Dance Company perform at their fall showcase.

Panther advance 14-9 in their season.

Warren holds town hall in West Gym

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ANNA ALLDREDGE Staff Writer

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, over 700 UNI students, staff and community members gathered to hear presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speak in the West Gym. Warren, a Harvard University professor, is a frontrunner out of 19 candidates seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. In the most recent Des Moines Register poll, published on Sept. 21, Warren took the lead with 22 percet. Opening remarks were given by Iowa State Senator Eric Giddens, one of sever-

al Iowa politicians who has committed to supporting Warren in the 2020 race. “Not only does Elizabeth have the leadership skills and the tenacity to take on the powerful forces of corruption that are crippling our democracy, but she personally understands the systemic changes that have to happen,” said Giddens. “She’s developed, by far, the most detailed plans to get us there.” Warren was introduced by ​ Athena Sade-Whitehead, a UNI vocal performance graduate student and avid supporter of Warren’s campaign. ​ Warren was ran to the stage, dancing and rallying

the crowd. To begin, she shared a bit about herself and the background that inspired her candidacy. When Warren was a child, her mother took a full-time minimum-wage job, despite never having entered the workforce. Warren said the lesson she learned from her mother was, “No matter how scared you are, no matter how hard it looks, when it comes down to it, you reach down deep and you find what you have to find [...] and you take care of the people you love.” “It wasn’t until years later,” she said, “that I came to understand that wasn’t just the lesson my mother taught

me. It’s what millions of people do across this country every day.” Warren said she is running for public office is because, to her, a full-time minimum-wage job can no longer support a family. Warren outlined the steps she would take to revive America’s democracy and strengthen the middle class. She discussed her “two cent” wealth tax, in which individuals who have accumulated more than $50 million must pay two cents for every dollar earned after that. Warren said she would use this tax to provide universal childcare, fund public schools, make college and trade schools tuition-free and cancel student loan debt for the majority of the population. She would ensure social security for retired citizens and increase financial security for those with disabilities. She also proposed adding a Constitutional amendment to secure the fundamental voting rights of every individual, outlawing gerrymandering, tackling racist voter suppression laws and repealing Citizens United. After sharing her plan of action, Warren opened the floor to audience questions. Cedar Valley community members and UNI students,

chosen at random through a raffle, brought up topics ranging from foreign policy to LGBTQIA+ inclusion in schools. After over an hour of speaking, Warren stayed after to take pictures, sign books and meet attendees. Campaign workers distributed information on Warren’s upcoming “Weekend of Action” and gathered caucus commitments for Warren. The crowd ranged from undecided voters to committed Warren advocates, such as sophomore English major Bailey Renfro.

tant for Women’s and Gender Studies. “It has evolved now to represent violence against all marginalized populations. That includes minorities and the LGBTQ community.” The event is happening in conjunction with Relationship Violence Awareness Month. Shirt-decorating events took place from Oct. 21 through 23, with participants able to share either their personal experiences or those of friends and family members. The messages that will be displayed during Friday’s “Bearing Witness” event will vary between support, anger and confusion around rela-

tionship and gender violence. The Clothesline Project began in 1990 in Hyannis, Massachusetts, according to its website. The program has gone on since 2014 at UNI. As more shirts are created, shirts from previous years are hung up in Sabin Hall. The Clothesline Project is a global project in which several schools and communities participate. As she has continued to work with the program, Naugthon has found the stories that she’s heard to be motivating.

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Clothesline Project brings awareness COLBY WEBER

Staff Writer

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Colorful shirts will be displayed across UNI’s campus on Friday, Oct. 25 as part of the Clothesline Project, an interactive event that visually represents violence that occurs within communities, both noticeable and hidden. “The history of the Clothesline Project originally started out as a representation of violence against women, hence the clothesline since doing laundry was seen as a woman’s job and issue,” said Sara Naughton, a second-year graduate programming assis-

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