10-24-22

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Student loan forgiveness up close

What students need to know, from applications to lawsuits

On Aug. 24, President Biden announced to the country that he was planning on forgiving student loans but did not have a clear set of guidelines on who was eligible for relief and when the application would be open.

One week ago, on Monday, Oct. 17, the Biden administra tion announced that the form was officially available for peo ple to fill out to see if they were eligible for student debt relief.

Why is this the time for mass student debt forgiveness? Many across the country are asking, and the response that the Biden administration has given is that too many young Americans are being weighed down by an astronomical amount of debt when graduating college that prior generations hadn’t faced.

According to the CollegeBoard, in the last 40 years, the cost of both private and public four-year institutions for post-secondary education

have nearly tripled after tak ing inflation adjustments into account.

At one time, Pell Grants cov ered up to 80 percent of the cost of a four-year public college degree for many low-income middle-class working families. Today, a Pell Grant does not quite cover a third.

According to the U.S. Department of Education (ED), the average undergraduate stu dent graduates their institution with about $25,000 in debt.

The University of Northern Iowa has its fair share of stu dents with debt problems, like many universities across the nation. The 2021 UNI Financial

Aid Annual Report shows that roughly 67.5 percent of under graduates graduate with debt and 32.5 percent without. The average student indebtedness at UNI is $24,593. When you include transfer students, the average goes down to $22,966.

Go green with campus cleanup

LUKE NELSON Staff Writer

The Recycling & Reuse Technology Transfer Center (RRTTC) is hosting a campus cleanup on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. in the WRC parking lot. The event is expected to last an hour and a half with the afternoon culminating in a trip to Chad’s Pizza.

The sign up for this event is located on their website: rrttc. com. Students are still encour aged to show up and help out without signing up prior to the event.

Jenny Bruss is the out reach and programming coor dinator for the RRTTC who aims to promote sustainability, research and education on and off campus.

A dazzling dance with Orchesis’ fall show

MALLORY SCHMITZ News Editor

Orchesis Dance Company twirled and triumphed their way through their annual fall show on Saturday, Oct. 22.

The stage in Russell Hall’s Bengtson Auditorium was brought to life with stunning performances choreographed almost entirely by members of the company.

The Orchesis dancers

brought the audience through a journey of pieces haunting, exhilarating and even existen tial.

The show opened with a toe-tapping group dance to Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.” Later, a hip-hop piece to Cardi B’s “No Limit” brought the energy to the stage. Illuminate Dance Troupe had three guest perfor mances, one of which show cased traditional German folk dance Kreuz Konig.

A piece titled, “Consider the end…” had dancers per forming alongside Carl Sagan’s famous speech “Pale Blue Dot,” putting a contemplative mood on the show. The piece “Vacant Chair, Heavy Hearts” expressed haunting themes of grief and loneliness. To close out the show, a piece titled “Unphased in the Shadows,” including all of the Orchesis members, showed a triumph of light over darkness and left the audience in high spirits.

Accompanied by master fully designed lighting and creative costuming, Orchesis gave a performance filled to the brim with both talent and personality.

Orchesis Dance Company is a student organization at UNI. It was established in 1926 and is currently run under the direc tion of advisor Mandy Masmar. Students take on leadership roles as well, with Rachel Kuehner serving as president, Lindsay Amundson as vice president, Alecia Anderson as

secretary and Lauren Paine as treasurer.

“This is my first year as president of Orchesis, so it is the first time I’ve gotten a chance to work on the ‘behind the scenes’ things within the company, and I have personally enjoyed get ting to learn more about our connections within the univer sity and the community that I have never gotten the chance to be a part of before,” Kuehner said. “I am looking forward to continuing to build these con

nections and challenging myself to be a good leader within the company.”

Amundson greatly cherishes the time she spends with other Orchesis members, saying “I’m looking forward to continuing to grow as a dancer and cho reographer with this company. Everyone here is so special and we get a very unique opportu nity to create and move together each week.”

TREVOR MEYERS Staff Writer

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Orchesis performs a wide variety of dance genres including ballet, hiphop and contemporary. The dancers above performed a tap selection called

into a New Dimension,” choreographed by Orchesis member Alecia Anderson.

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The moving piece “On the Verge” showcased dancers Lindsay Amundson, Hayden Comstock and Lauren Paine. The dance was choreographed by Orchesis member Bailey Wolf to Taylor Swift’s “Tolerate It.”

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

President Joe Biden unveiled his intentions to forgive student debt on Aug. 24. Since then, a multitude of questions have arisen regarding who is applicable, why it is necessary and the legality of the program.

The Student Health Advisory Committee raises awareness with Don’t Ghost Your Mental Health.

Dave Busiek from Iowa Capital Dispatch proposes altering the traditional political debate format.

OPINION

SPORTS Panthers reign victorious in the UNI-Dome against Missouri State, 41-20.

CLEANUP

She described the event as “A great opportunity to give back to the campus.”

Bruss stated that getting involved in the RRTTC’s events doesn’t take a huge commitment, but it helps out a lot. “Everyone can do one thing to be greener,” she said. “It only takes one step.” Bruss’ involvement in the RRTTC reaches many students through a variety of hosted activities.

The RRTTC is hosting a slew of events such as the Chew & View, which is an event where participants meet up at

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Traducción: El programa de Rod Library se esfuerza para hacer los libros de textos más accesibles

BAILEY KLINKHAMMER Escritora YESSENIA RODRÍGUEZ Traductora

En una encuesta para los estudiantes de UNI, más de la mitad de los estudiantes de UNI no pueden comprar los materi ales requeridos para los cursos porque simplemente no tienen el dinero. El Programa de Rod Library de Equidad de Libros Textos se propone a cambiar esa estadística.

El programa fue fundado en el 2016, y Rod Library sigue esforzándose para que los mate riales requeridos para los cur sos sean más accesibles para todos los estudiantes. Anne Marie Gruber trabaja en Rod Library como intermediaria y bibliotecaria para el Programa de Equidad de Libros de Textos, y ella se sentó con Northern Iowan para hablar sobre el Programa.

“El acceso a los libros de textos no es igual para todos. Hay unos que tienen más difi cultad que otros para comprar los libros de texto. Aquellos que

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Starbucks and discuss individ uals’ impact on the environ ment and how to reduce waste. This event will take place on Nov. 8.

The first meeting of the student sustainability group is on Nov. 10. This group seeks ways to reduce negative envi ronmental impacts across cam pus. All students are welcome to join the sustainability group.

Later in the year, students can participate in a brand sort that increases awareness of the effect 12 brands have on the environment by sorting the campus’ waste in hazmat suits. The details and signups for each event can be found on

tienen dificultades con las cosas más básicas se les hace aún más difícil el acceso a los materi ales para las clases”, comentó Gruber.

Los estudiantes de UNI no son los únicos que les hace difícil. No es un secreto que los libros de textos son muy caros, y los precios solo siguen subiendo. Pagar por matrícu la, alojamiento y materiales de curso puede ser demasiado para estudiantes universitarios. Por esta razón, se creó el Programa de Equidad de Libros de Texto.

Porque es un programa de equidad, hay muchas dif erentes maneras para que los estudiantes y profesores puedan acceder a materiales de curso gratis. El profesorado puede llenar un formulario en Rod Library y enviar sus planes de cursos, y una facultad de la biblioteca trabaja con el profe sor para encontrar materiales de curso que son gratis y económi cos para los estudiantes.

Más allá de la transición completa para materiales de curso gratis y económicos, los profesores también pueden proporcionar los materiales de cursos en la biblioteca como reserva para que los estudiantes puedan acceder a ellos duran te el semestre. Los libros de reserva dan a los estudiantes la oportunidad de venir a Rod Library en su tiempo personal y usar los materiales o libros por tres horas.

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the RRTTC website. Students can also find more informa tion on the RRTTC Instagram account and Facebook account.

The RRTTC is already running the plastics campaign which effectively reduces the use of plastic bags on campus. At the beginning of the year most students received a UNI bag in a small, sealable pouch. This replaces several pounds of harmful pollutants.

The RRTTC is pointing UNI’s campus in a sustainable direction, and the student body can be the pushing factor by volunteering for sustainability events like the cleanup.

STUDENT LOANS continued from page 1

In the 2020-2021 school year, roughly 4,826 students borrowed federal and private loans with the average stu dent loan being borrowed at $7,713. Roughly 8,412 stu dents of the 2020-2021 school year received some sort of aid from the university. With just over 67 percent of graduating students leaving with debt, there are definitely many stu dents at this university who will be graduating soon who are curious as to how this will affect them.

After talking to Jack Murphy, a financial aid coun selor at UNI, many students at UNI are interested in this debt relief.

“We had a big surge in calls in the weeks follow ing the announcement of the student loan debt relief plan. Many asking if it was going to be applicable to them and other questions on how it will work,” he said. Murphy also provided the information about the 2021 UNI Financial Aid Report.

The biggest question on everyone’s mind besides if they were eligible or not for forgiveness was how much forgiveness in student debt would they be given. According to the studentaid. gov website, you can be eligi ble for up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness if you received a Pell Grant. If you had not received a Pell grant through the government, you’re only eligible for up to $10,000 in loan forgiveness.

The RRTTC hosts events throughout the year promoting sustainability. They tabled in Maucker Union earlier this school year, and will continue to host a variety of educational events that allow students to connect over sustainability issues.

All of this also depends on whether you meet income requirements. You are eligi ble for aid if you meet the following requirements:

If you did not file taxes and made less than the required income to file fed eral taxes, filed single or married and filed your taxes separately and made under $125,000. Married, filed your taxes jointly, head of house hold or you are a qualifying widow(er) and made less than $250,000. If your parents claimed you as a dependent on their taxes then you would just have to see what category your parent/s fell under when they filed their 2020 or 2021 taxes.

The following loans are eligible for relief if the stu dent loans were disbursed on or before June 30 of 2022: William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loans held by ED or in default at a guar anty agency, Federal Perkins Loan Program loans held by ED, Defaulted loans (includes ED-held or commercially ser viced Subsidized Stafford, Unsubsidized Stafford, par ent PLUS, graduate PLUS and Perkins loans held by ED.

Over the last few weeks, the Biden administration has been fighting several differ ent lawsuits around the coun try trying to stop the student loan forgiveness plan with each getting rejected, includ ing Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett rejecting to hear an

appeal in Wisconsin to stop the relief plan. But on Friday, Oct. 21 the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, located in St. Louis, had an appeal filed. As a result, it has temporarily blocked any student loan for giveness. The Biden adminis tration has been ordered not to act on said program while it is being considered in the appeal court.

This, however, does not stop anyone from applying to the program–22 million bor rowers have already applied to the program in the week since its launch.

When applying for this program, people should be aware of scams as many peo ple will try to take advan tage of this situation. As the Federal Student Aid website says, “You might be contact ed by a company saying they will help you get a loan dis charge, forgiveness, cancel lation or debt relief for a fee. You never have to pay for help with your federal stu dent aid. Make sure you only work with ED and our loan servicers, and never reveal your personal information or account password to anyone.”

If you believe that you have been contacted by a scam, you can report it to the Federal Trade Commission by calling 1-877-382-4357 or by visiting reportfraud.ftc. gov For any other questions you may have about the loan forgiveness process or appli cation you can visit studen taid.gov for further informa tion.

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Change the format to better serve voters

DAVE BUSIEK Iowa Capital Dispatch

Editor’s note: This arti cle is from Iowa Capital Dispatch from Sept. 29, 2022

Iowans are losing one more traditional handhold on the world of politics as incumbent candidates are either refusing to partici pate in debates or limiting themselves to just one.

And maybe that’s a good thing – but only IF debates evolve into something more useful for voters. Sadly, I don’t think that’s happen ing, but I have a few ideas that might work.

The format has got ten stale. Candidates are trained to mostly ignore the questions they’re asked and pivot to what they really want to say, and there’s no penalty for doing so. Rules prevent journalists from asking meaningful follow-up questions. The whole experience can leave voters feeling like they just watched longer versions of scripted TV political ads.

I’ve organized many televised debates, for offic es ranging from city coun cil to Statehouse to gover nor, Congress and a nation

ally televised presidential candidate debate in 2015. As the organizer, I often felt like a ping-pong ball getting swatted back and forth by campaigns insist ing we do things their way or they wouldn’t partici pate. It takes a lot of diplo macy to bring two warring campaigns to agreement on a date, place and rules. Usually, we could make it happen but sometimes we couldn’t.

A case in point is former U.S. Rep. David Young, who first ran for the House seat in the Des Moines area in 2014. Young was only too happy to take part in both our Republican pri mary debate and the gen eral election debate when he first ran in 2014. It was a high-profile affair, spon sored by KCCI-TV and The Des Moines Register. He wrote thank-you notes after each debate. He won that general election against Staci Appel.

Two years later, when he was the incumbent, he couldn’t be bothered and refused to take part in our debate. He no longer need ed us, and perhaps that was the right call as he won re-election. But in 2018, he refused again and lost

to Democrat Cindy Axne. When 2020 rolled around, there was Young – once again a challenger and once again eagerly participating in high-profile televised debates.

The debate dance Taxpayers asked to pay more for 25 per cent fewer students at UNI

Of all the debates I organized, I think the most effective was NOT the typ ical format with candidates behind a podium, coinflips, timed answers, and rules about who gets to respond to whom.

The best ones were more informal, sitting around a table with a journalist or two asking pointed ques tions and good follow-ups. We didn’t time answers. We just asked the candidates to be respectful and keep their answers short. The modera tor had the ability to inter rupt and move things along. Iowa PBS does a good job with that during their Iowa Press debates. That’s a bet ter format because it’s less scripted and more like a discussion around the din ner table.

In fact, the dinner table would be a GREAT place for future debates. When Gov. Tom Vilsack ran for re-election against Doug Gross, we found a family willing to host the candi dates to their house for din

ner on successive nights. The only rule – no ties! Our cameras rolled as mom, dad and the kids asked questions not only about issues, but about what they like to eat, and about their families. The hosts keenly observed who preferred pie or cake for dessert, and who got up to help clean dishes. It was so much more personal – and informative. Viewers got a sense of who the candi dates are as real people. It’s nearly impossible for candidates to prep because they had no idea what an 8-year-old kid might ask them.

That’s what we need more of. Informal, unscript ed conversations between candidates and Iowans affected by their decisions. I realize it’s difficult these days to get candidates to agree to events where they don’t control the message. With incumbents skipping debates or limiting them selves to just one, I fear voters will become increas ingly reliant on the 30-sec ond scripted ads, which are pervasive, often negative, and frequently misleading.

Horror movies are the worst

ABIGAIL SAATHOFF Opinion Columnist

Horror movies have been around for years, and from “Candyman to Carnival of Souls,” to “Paranormal Activity” to “The Conjuring,” nearly every horror movie I’ve seen, with the rare exception, has been horrible. The idea of a film created for the sole purpose of scaring the soul out of its viewers just simply seems illogical to me.

Anytime someone says “I love horror movies,” my jaw drops. How can some one enjoy and love the same films that send chills up my spine and my whole body to tense? Statistically speaking, horror movies can increase your heart rate.

Nick Hall’s article about “The Scariest Movies of All Time” states that “Sinister: takes the cake for the scari est movie of all time, with a “difference in resting heart

rate to BPM strike of 32 percent.” In the same arti cle, it mentions that BPMs can jump up into the 130s (from resting of 85). These stats all seem crazy to me, it can’t be normal to have that big of a jump while watch ing a movie.

Those with anxiety may also have a more difficult time with horror films than others. An article titled “Can Horror Movies be Bad for your Mental Health” states, “watching horrific images can trigger unwant ed thoughts and feelings and increased levels of anxiety or panic, and even increase our sensitivity to star tle-eliciting stimuli, making those of us who are anxious more likely to respond neg atively and misinterpret the sensations as real threats.”

Regardless of my feelings, people seem to like horror movies, something about the thrill of being able to watch something scary take

place while in the safety of your own home.

The other day, I watched the film “Hereditary,” and I have spent the last cou ple of days turning around quickly to see if someone was behind me and sleeping with a light on. According to an article from the Harvard Business Review, there’s something called Post Horror relaxation, defined as, “while we feel highly stimulated during a horror experience, a sense of relief arrives after a posi tive conclusion of the expe rience (e.g., the evil entity gets obliterated), triggering the release of endorphins in our brain. This group of peptides can make us feel relaxed and refreshed.” I’d never had that experience before, instead, I spent the following hours anxious and nervous, attempting to con vince myself that the movie was not real.

To me, horror movies

seem to be some of the most unpleasant experi ences that I have encoun tered. The few times I have watched horror movies, I’ve found myself so tense, that after the film ends I have to unfold my hands off the pillow, or whatever I’m holding. VeryWellMind, “Because horror movies do such a good job at simulat ing threatening situations, this means our emotional responses to them are simi lar to those we’d experience if we encountered a real-life threat,” which makes sense as tiwhy I’m so terrified.

Overall, horror movies are the absolute worst. With every new horror movie, I try to watch it seems like they just get worse. Though I have a huge amount of distaste for horror movies, I do enjoy films with a sto ryline like “A Quiet Place” and “It,” but otherwise, the movies just don’t make sense to me.

GLENN GRAY Opinion Columnist

Editor’s Note: This arti cle was submitted Sept. 20, 2022. According to the Board of Regents. “The Board approved FY 2024 appropria tions requests totaling $630.46 million, including $32 million in incremental funding for the Higher Education General Fund.” UNI requested $4 mil lion to address undergraduate tuition and fees as well.

Glenn Gray is a tenured uni versity administrator with 35 years of experience in higher education including 19 years of service as an executive director and assistant vice president.

Andy Milone’s Sep. 9 arti cle in The Courier relative to enrollment being down at the University of Northern Iowa begs the question: why should Iowa taxpayers, who already provide more than half (58 per cent) of UNI’s budgeted reve nue, provide even more fund ing to UNI when enrollment is down by 25 percent?

More specifically, the Board of Regents are request ing $35.7 million more in state funding, bringing the regents’ total funding request for the upcoming fiscal year to $611.5 million. This request includes $8 million more for UNI.

Mark Nook began serv ing as president of UNI on Feb. 1, 2017, when fall 2017 enrollment was 11,907 stu dents. UNI’s enrollment has since dropped by 25 percent , a decline of 2,958 students over the past five years. Fall 2022 enrollment represents the lowest enrollment at UNI in 55 years.

To add insult to injury, UNI is already overpriced. Resident undergraduate tuition and fees at UNI, a medium size pub lic land-grant institution, total only $832 below Iowa and Iowa State – both large public research institutions.

Don’t ghost your mental health

SHAC & Active Minds Raising Awareness for the Importance of Mental Health

MEG GROVE Staff Writer

Struggling with men tal health and feeling over whelmed is a common strug gle college students face. The Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) and Active Minds are two groups on campus that recognize and try to combat this issue. The groups recently hosted Don’t Ghost Your Mental Health, an event for students to de-stress and take a break from school.

“We wanted the UNI cam pus and student body to really understand the importance of taking a break from school and involving yourself in some type of activity that gets your mind off of schoolwork or other daily stresses in your life to keep that harmony in the school life balance,” SHAC President Kayla Kellogg said.

The event, hosted from 7-8 p.m. on Oct. 20, had all kinds of crafts for students to stop in and try. Coloring sheets and rainbow scratch paper were the fan favorites according to Kellogg. While they had orig inally planned to have cookies to decorate, they instead host ed a raffle for $10 target gift cards.

“We chose those activ ities because it’s a simple, de-stressing thing to do,” said Kellogg. “It could take five to ten minutes just to give you a little break from your daily life.” The event had a great turnout with almost 80 people showing up to de-stress and do crafts.

Kellogg’s personal favorite part of the night was the post it note wall. “It was meant to leave something positive and take what you need,” she said. Students were able to write a positive note and leave it on the whiteboard for others to see and take. “If it inspired them people took it off the whiteboard to keep for future reference,” said Kellogg.

It’s important for students to take time to focus on their mental health. Students can fall behind not only in their schoolwork, but in their daily tasks as well when they don’t meet their mental health needs.

Everyone’s different and has different things that help their mental health. “You just have to find what works for you in destressing,” said Kellogg. “It really could just be taking a five minute walk, listening to music or doing these little crafts. Just getting your mind away from anything that causes you stress.”

SHAC is focused on all dimensions of wellbeing while Active Minds is dedicated to helping students who are fac ing mental health issues as well as destigmatizing the topic so it is easier for people to reach out for help. “There’s a bunch of services on campus that can help you,” Kellogg said.

While UNI does offer coun seling sessions, students are only provided five free ses sions before being charged for appointments. The amount of free appointments may not be realistic for everyone, but it is available for those in need.

Students can schedule an ini tial assessment at 319-2732676.

Another service offered by UNI is Wellness Coaching. This is free for all students, covered by the mandatory health fee. Wellness coaching focuses on the eight dimen

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sions of wellness. Students can sign up for this service on the UNI Wellness Coaching web site.

Taking time for your men tal health, during good times and bad, is important for your overall health and achieving your full potential. Remember

it can be as simple as taking a quick walk or doing Halloween coloring sheets. While SHAC doesn’t have any more events planned for the fall semester, make sure to stay updated with the Active Minds social media pages to see what they have in store for the rest of the year.

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According to the Mayo Clinic Health System, coloring pages help relax the body and as well improve sleep.

“It is so wonderful to know that there is a whole company support ing you, and I can’t wait to keep dancing with everyone,” she said.

The company has 20 members this semester and rehearses tech nique for two hours every Monday and Wednesday. There are also rehearsals outside of those tech nique sessions where individual pieces take shape.

“We aren’t a very large com pany, but we are all so close, and that quick connection is what has made this year so special to me,” Amundson said.

For the rest of this semester, Orchesis has a few more perfor mances. On Nov. 6 they will be doing a pre-show for Ailey II dance company starting at 6:15 in the GBPAC lobby.

They will also have a guest performance in the Men’s Varsity Glee Club Christmas Variety Show

on Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The Orchesis feature is always a fan-favorite for attendees of the Glee Club Christmas Variety Show, and a highlight for Kuehner.

“I am choreographing our dance with Alecia Anderson, a fel low Orchesis member who serves as one of our officers,” she said.

“I am excited to create and teach a Christmas dance, it is the perfect way to get ready for the holiday season with the company!”

In the spring, the Orchesis Annual Gala will be April 14 at 7 p.m. and April 15 at 2 p.m. at the Oster Regent Theater on Main Street.

Orchesis will be holding audi tions for next semester on Dec. 7.

Any and all dance experience is welcome. To keep up on future Orchesis events, auditions and fundraisers, find them on social media at UNI Orchesis Dance Company.

And according to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the net cost and the low-income net cost to attend UNI is higher than it is to attend UI and Iowa State. Net cost reflects the cost of attending a univer sity after scholarships and grants.

The UNI campus is already designed, staffed and financed to serve 13,000 students. It’s time for President Mark Nook and vice president for finance, Michael Hager to right the taxpayer’s sinking ship or step aside to allow more capable leadership to do so.

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Dancers Hayden Comstock and Lydia Iliff face each other during their perfomance “Exhale: the Bionic Chandelier.”

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The show opened with the dance, “Their Work to be Done,” a group dance choreographed by Lindsay Amundson to Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.”

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Dancer Bailey Wold points to the sky during her performance of “She Never Touches the Ground.”

UNI dominates Missouri State, 41-20

BEN LAHART Sports Writer

The UNI football team had a dominant win over the Missouri State Bears on Saturday, Oct. 22. The Panthers won 41-20, while individually some players had career best performanc es.

All three phases of the game started hot, right from the opening kickoff. Kicker Matthew Cook, with some help from the Bears, pinned the Missouri State offense at their own 2-yard line to start the first drive. After a rush for no gain, defensive back Stefan Black II intercepted MSU’s first pass of the game. UNI’s first offensive snap carried that momentum into the endzone as Dom Williams rushed for a 9-yard touch down.

After four short plays, MSU punted the ball back to UNI leading to a 10 play,

73-yard drive ending in anoth er Williams rushing touch down, this time from one yard out. The Panthers led 14-0 with 6:40 left in the first quar ter.

After three straight drives all ending in punts, UNI added to their lead in the second quarter. The drive was high lighted by a trick play, 30-yard completion, from receiver Sam Schnee to tight end Alex Allen leading to a 25-yard field goal from Cook to put the Panthers up 17-0 halfway through the quarter.

This quarter saw the most points scored, as each team scored a touchdown. Missouri State found the endzone for the first time with a 15-yard touchdown pass from Jason Shelley to Naveon Mitchell with 4:07 left in the half. UNI responded with a 12 play drive ending in a 27-yard touchdown pass of their own. Theo Day had to use his legs to buy time before firing the ball to Sergio Morancy in the endzone. UNI

led at halftime 24-7.

UNI started the second half with a three-and-out and a punt, which MSU returned to the UNI 20-yard line. The Bears took advantage of the good field position and quickly scored their second touchdown of the game with a 1-yard rush into the end zone. The Panthers followed this with another touchdown drive ending once again with a Williams score from 2 yards out.

On the ensuing drive, after MSU had reached the redzone, quarterback Shelley fumbled the ball due to a sack from Cordarrius Bailey which was recovered by Spencer Culvelier. Another 12 play drive led to another Williams touchdown on a 10 yard carry to the endzone. Missouri State scored their final points of the game with a 6-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter. After a failed two-point conversion the score sat at 38-20.

A 35-yard field goal from Cook accounted for the final points of the game, ending a 10 play, 74-yard drive. MSU turned the ball over due to a failed fourth down conver sion on the next drive, and after one first down UNI was able to run the rest of the clock out to end the game. The final score was 41-20, UNI.

Williams flourished against the Bears, totalling 123 total yards as well as a career high four rushing touchdowns.

Vance McShane had a solid outing with 83 total yards as well. Wide receiver Logan Wolf had arguably the best game of his career with life time bests in receptions, six, and yards, 112. Wolf also had three clutch third down recep tions resulting in first downs. Day had another impressive performance with 291 passing yards and a touchdown pass while completing almost 60 percent of his passes.

The Panther defense was also very impressive in the win with five sacks on the day. Defensive line men Cordarius Bailey and Cannon Butler each had

two sacks while defensive back Jevon Brekke had one. Bailey forced a fumble on one of his sacks to account for one of UNI’s two take aways. The other came from Stefan Black II’s first quarter interception.

UNI will travel to Carbondale, Ill. to play the Southern Illinois Salukis this Saturday, Oct. 29. The game will start at 2 p.m. and will be broadcasted on ESPN3. The final home game of the season will be the following Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Panthers race past Murray State, 3-0

ADAM JOHNSON Sports Writer

UNI women’s soccer had a home game against Murray State on Thursday, Oct. 20. The Panthers came into this game with a tie streak of five games. They looked to end that streak against the Racers, and they managed to do just that, breaking the streak with a solid victory, 3-0.

Caitlin Richards found some action in the goal for UNI early, having three saves in the first 17 minutes of the game. UNI did not get anything going up to that point, as they only had one shot, and it did not make it

to the goalkeeper. However, that changed quickly, as less than a minute after Richard’s third save, the Panthers first shot on goal was a great one. UNI’s Lauren Heinsch put one by Murray State goalie Jenna Vilacres on an assist from Lizzie Mewes. That would be the only shot on goal the Panthers had in the period, Richards picked up one more save, and UNI went into the half with the lead, 1-0.

The second period could not have started any better for the Panthers. Just six minutes in, UNI had two goals back to back. Heinsch assisted Sophia Meier for a goal, and Sydney Burskey scored on an assist by

Ashley Harrington, both goals occurring in the 52nd minute. UNI now led 3-0. UNI would only get a couple more shots on the Racers goalie, but the 3-0 lead would prove enough. Richards continued to keep the Racers in check, as she put together three more saves in the second, total ling seven for the game. By the end of the game, the Racers were left completely off the board, and UNI won it, 3-0.

UNI made the most of their opportunities to pull out this victory. While having 12 shots total, the Panthers had five shots on goal. They took advantage of the shots they got, mak

ing three of the five, help ing secure the victory.

UNI concluded the regu lar season at home against Belmont on Sunday. They

will play in the MVC Tournament beginning Thursday, Oct. 27

STEPH STARK/NORTHERN IOWAN Dom Williams (7) celebrates with Desmond Hutson (81) after Williams scored one of his four rushing touchdowns in the win.

STEPH STARK/NORTHERN IOWAN

Korby Sander (5) celebrates after recording a tackle for loss. UNI recorded seven tackles for loss and five sacks on Saturday.

COURTESY/UNI ATHLETICS

Lauren Heinsch (9) got UNI’s scoring started on Thursday with a goal in the 18th minute.

Panthers improve to 11-0 in MVC

DREW HILL Sports Writer

The UNI women’s vol leyball team improved to 18-6 and a spotless 11-0 in Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play with wins over Indiana State and Evansville. UNI stands alone atop the MVC standings. They are going into the closing stretch of the season, with seven games until the MVC Tournament.

UNI came into the match with the Indiana State Sycamores on Friday, Oct. 21, having won nine games in a row with a 16-6 overall record. Indiana State came in 3-14 overall. Despite the poor overall record, Indiana State proved to be a formida ble opponent.

In the first set, Indiana State jumped out ahead early, eventually stretching out their lead to 12-5. UNI roared back to tie it up at 12 apiece. After battling back

and forth, UNI got up 22-18, but the Sycamores tied it up again at 22. The Panthers scored the last three points to win 25-22. The second set was similar, as Indiana State jumped out ahead early. This time, UNI did not tie the score until it was 17-17. A couple of short runs enabled the Panthers to win 25-23 to take a 2-0 lead in the series. The third set saw neither team get out to a large lead.

UNI actually had the first solid lead at 10-7, but Indiana State used a 11-4 storm to get ahead 18-14. UNI answered with a 7-0 run to take a 21-18 lead. Indiana State pulled in closer, but UNI held on for a 25-22 win to complete the sweep. Emily Holterhaus led UNI in kills in this match with 12. Taylor Alden led in assists with 37. Sydney Petersen led the defense with 17 digs.

UNI’s next match was against the Evansville Purple Aces on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. The Purple Aces came

into the match with UNI 8-16 overall and 5-5 in conference play.

For the first few points of the first set, neither team could get too far ahead of the other. After a 5-5 deadlock, however, UNI began to pull away. Highlighted by a 7-0 run, UNI jumped ahead and never looked back, winning 25-14. The second set played out similarly. With the score tied at 13-13, UNI used a 4-1 run to start to pull away. However, Evansville roared back to tie the set at 21 apiece before winning the set on a 4-1 run. The Panthers responded with a dominant third set. After jumping out to a 5-0 lead, UNI only let Evansville back within three points once. They cruised to a 25-15 win. The final set saw both teams battle back and forth to a 10-10 tie.

UNI responded with a quick 5-0 run. The Purple Aces tried to claw their way back into the game, but UNI kept them back at arm’s length,

keeping at least a three-point lead for the rest of the game enroute to a 25-19 win to win the series 3-1. Inga Rotto led the Panthers in kills in this match with 16. Alden once again led in assists with 40. Petersen also led in digs

again with 16.

UNI’s next two matches will be next week at home against Murray State on Friday, Oct. 28, and Belmont the next day, Oct. 29. Both games will be available to stream on ESPN3.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Austin Phyfe on the road to recovery

CADEN SHEA Sports Writer

The UNI basketball sea son is rapidly approaching day by day. As the Panthers look to take the court by storm, there is one familiar face who will be missing for at least the first half of the season: senior cen ter Austin Phyfe. Phyfe has been a mainstay of the team for years and possesses accolades such as a former spot on the Missouri Valley Conference All-Conference team. Fortunately, the big man is optimistic about his future on the team despite being diagnosed with blood clots in his lung last July.

Phyfe was given blood thinners for these clots which have greatly improved his state of wellbeing since the diagnosis. These blood thinners have given him a chance to possibly play again in the sport that he loves.

“I feel 10 times better than I was feeling before I had these clots removed,” Phyfe said in regards to his recovery. He feels optimistic about his future, especial ly after a positive update

that he received at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Phyfe’s biggest joy in this appointment was the news that he would most likely live a happy and normal life despite his current ailments.

Despite his drastic improvements, Phyfe is still not cleared to compete on the basketball court quite yet. The closest estimate for his return is two to three months, if at all. Coach Ben Jacobson expects Phyfe to have a “tremendous impact on the team” despite what may happen on this journey.

Phyfe still anticipates to be a crucial part of the team in a much different role than he was in previous years: play er-coach.

Phyfe has taken a handson approach to his involve ment with the team on the road to recovery by becom ing more involved with the technical side of the game than he ever has before.

Phyfe has been helping out in any possible way he can by working with everyone from coaches to staff to players. He has been especially help ful towards the players who will be stepping into his pre

vious role in the near future. This means that guys like Cole Henry and James Betz are getting a lot of one-onone attention and help from a guy who has a veteran pres ence on the team who also understands what it is like to be in their shoes.

Throughout this journey the one thing that is at the top of everyone’s priority list is Phyfe’s health. Coaches and staff do not care if he never plays again as a col lege athlete as long as his health is the utmost prior ity at all times. It is clear

to all involved that basket ball is not more important than a happy and healthy life and they have kept that their motto during this situation. “Basketball. It’s what these guys do. It’s not who they are,” Coach Jacobson said.

One of the most comfort ing things for Phyfe has been the consistent presence of Coach Jacobson along this journey. Phyfe has said that Coach Jacobson was with him every step of the way from doctor’s appointments to everything in between. He stated that Coach Jacobson

and the coaching staff and their commitment to each and every player was a huge factor in his choice to play at UNI.

No matter what happens it is clear that Phyfe will overcome whatever obstacles lie in front of him. It is clear that this man means a lot to the entire team and staff and that he will continue to rep resent the Panther spirit no matter what happens in the future. The optimism is still there and hopefully we will see Phyfe on the court once again in no time.

COURTESY/UNI ATHLETICS

Inga Rotto (13) led the Panthers on Saturday with 16 kills on a .652 hitting percentage during the 3-1 victory over Evansville.

NIXSON BENITEZ/NORTHERN IOWAN

Austin Phyfe, alongside UNI men’s basketball Head Coach Ben Jacobson, spoke to the media during UNI’s annual men’s basketball media day this past Monday, Oct. 17.

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