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Volume 114, Issue 18

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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8

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New NISG position 2

Gun violence and the NRA 3

Volleyball

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‘Battle of the Sexes’ review 5 EMMETT LYNCH Sports Writer

The Northern Iowa Volleyball team is on another three-game win streak, coming off a loss to Missouri State that ended their previous seven-game win streak. This was UNI’s first 7-0 start in league play since the start of the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) slate.

The Panthers bounced back to another streak beginning in the McLeod Center against Drake University for the university’s ‘Pink Game.’ UNI swept Drake with a 3-0 win.

Junior Bri Weber led the way with 21 kills and 14 digs.

Weber’s 21 kills were the most for a Panther in a three-set match since 2008. Sophomore Karlie Taylor recorded her 16th straight double-figure kill match and her sixth consecutive double-double with

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10 kills and 20 digs. Junior Piper Thomas added 11 kills and 22 attempts with no errors against Drake.

Volleyball went on to quickly defeat the Loyola Ramblers on 80’s night in the McLeod Center in another 3-0 sweep at home. UNI is still perfect against the Ramblers in the all-time series with an updated record of 17-0.

The Panthers posted a .379 hitting percentage in the matchup with 43 kills.

Karlie Taylor added another double-figure kill match recording 12 kills, and Piper Thomas continued her dominance in the MVC with a .733 hitting percentage and 11 kills.

The Panthers got a run for their money against the Valparaiso Crusaders in a tightly-contested match in UNI’s Purple Pride Game.  See VOLLEYBALL, page 6 GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan

SingPins serenade, perform on campus ALLISON MAZZARELLA Staff Writer

Maucker Union attendees applauded for “The Longest Time” performance by the SingPins on Tuesday, Oct.

24. And last Friday, Oct. 20, Schindler Hall echoed with the sound of the 13 member a cappella group, which is a branch of the UNI men’s Glee Club.

“When I came here my freshman year, [SingPins]

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The SingPins, a 13 member a capella group, sang in the Maucker Union last Tuesday. The SingPins used to be called ‘Camarata.’

was called Camarata,” Brandt Roskens, vocal music education major and assistant director of SingPins, said. “It was choral music only, no pop music.”

Last year, music education major and director of SingPins, Will Lubaroff, took the Camarata group, which he described as a “renaissance choir,” and, with the help of Roskens, led it in a new direction.

Associate Professor John Wiles, the faculty advisor for SingPins, had the idea of a contemporary a cappella group.

“We changed the name, GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan came up with a logo and then Will Lubaroff, senior music education major, plays the guitar during a we started doing the pop SingPins performance. music,” Roskens said. “In the Glee club, we have donators, and went with it. that really like to sing and and they help with funds. If “A couple of the guys are have a good time,” Roskens you donate so much money around from the Camarata said. you become a kingpin, so days, myself included. It’s a we just took it into SingPins really fun group — just guys  See SINGPINS, page 4

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NISG adds Chief of Staff position KELSEY CHIDLEY

Chief of staff is a compensated position, paid 10 hours per week at minimum wage.

As stated in the NISG constitution, specific compensation for each individual position is approved by Senate for each upcoming term. The by-law amendment that introduced the position eliminated compensation for the speaker of the senate, which was previously a paid position.

“There’s some overlap, but it took a lot of the behind-the scenes-administrative stuff off my plate,” said Speaker of the Senate Drew Stensland.

As speaker, Stensland oversees Senate meetings, organizes bills and resolutions and sits on legislative committees.

The speaker also checks in with senators to provide them with any necessary resources. The position is elected by senators before each upcoming term.

Stensland also stated that lower cabinet directors were previously paired with senators who would meet to check in on progress, but they are now overseen by the chief of staff instead. This move keeps the lower cabinet located more

centrally in the executive branch.

Each lower cabinet director is focused on a specific aspect of campus life spanning a variety of areas, including residence life, LGBT issues and veteran affairs. Flesch explained that his experience as 2016-2017 NISG president allowed him to form a large network of contacts on campus, which he now uses to guide these directors towards professionals who can collaborate with them on each of their individual projects.

“What I love about the position is I get to be able to work with students who are so passionate about all kinds of issues,” Flesch said.

Last April, an amendment to the NISG constitution revived the chief of staff position, which had already existed in NISG in previous years. The move was introduced as an amendment to NISG by-laws, and then as an amendment to the NISG Constitution. Amendments to the NISG constitution must be approved by a majority of the student body.

Chief of staff, like other appointed executive branch

positions in NISG, is approved by a majority vote from Senate.

The chief of staff is responsible for recording Senate meeting minutes, so the amendment also eliminated the paid position of recording secretary.

NISG has seen other changes this year, as well.

Stensland explained that a by-law amendment passed this semester allows unfilled Senate positions from specific colleges to be filled by at-large Senate candidates. He indicated that upcoming additions to the NISG website will keep students more up to date on

current initiatives and projects. “[Senate is] one of the few places on campus where you walk into it, and you’re able to do whatever you want with it,” Stensland said. “So whatever you’re passionate about, you can work on that.”

Flesch stated that NISG has also been focusing on establishing a visible presence on campus through newsletters and other public communication.

“I’d say, look for more transparency,” Flesch said.

“I think that’s one thing that we’re really trying to focus on.”

Last Thursday, Oct. 19, UNI was one of approximately 800 colleges and universities that signed a letter issued by the American Council on Education (ACE) in support of legislative action to permanently protect Dreamers.

Dreamers is the collective term used to refer to the individuals who are enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that the Trump administration rescinded in September.

The DACA policy, which was established in 2012 by the Obama administration,

allowed individuals who had entered the United States as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation.

According to the ACE website, roughly 350,000 of the 800,000 individuals with DACA status — or Dreamers — are currently enrolled in school or college.

The ACE letter issued last week was formally addressed to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer.

The letter called for a “permanent legislative solu-

tion” and stated that the ACE is ready to “work with Congress in a bipartisan manner” to address the issue.

In addition, the letter stated that there is “widespread support” to protect individuals enrolled in the DACA program, especially among educational institutions across the country.

“Colleges and universities have seen these remarkable people up close, in our classrooms and as our colleagues and friends,” the ACE letter states. “Despite the challenges they face, they have made incredible contributions to our country and its economy and security.”

UNI’s formal support

of legislative solutions to protect Dreamers last week was preceded by an off icial statement issued

by UNI President Mark Nook in early September, shortly after the Trump Administration announced their intentions to rescind DACA. “Individuals who are registered in the DACA program have had a positive impact on our country and on the universities they attend,” Nook said in his statement in September. “We will work with our congressional delegation to help them understand the importance of this issue to students, the community and the state.”

Although the Trump

Administration announced their plans to rescind DACA on Sept. 5, 2017, the ending of the policy has been delayed until March 5, 2018 in order to allow Congress enough time to pass legislation to provide a permanent solution for individuals enrolled in the DACA program.

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This year, the executive branch of Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) has grown by one member: the position of chief of staff, which was approved in a constitutional amendment last semester.

“Really, I’m just kind of a Swiss army knife for whatever [NISG] needs,” said Hunter Flesch, NISG chief of staff and former NISG president.

According to Flesch, the chief of staff takes care of administrative duties in the NISG office, records Senate meeting minutes and makes Senate bills, resolutions and executive orders public. The other main focus of the position is on monthly meetings with each of the 14 lower cabinet directors to provide support for their initiatives.

“It just makes a lot more sense in my eyes, from being in the presidential role last year, seeing how much work was dedicated to all kinds of random tasks,” Flesch said. “It seemed like it was hard to nail down the depth of the positions that you want to work in.”

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Doing Halloween the ‘college way’ The leaves are changing colors and gradually falling off tree branches all over campus. The air’s getting cooler, and more jackets and sweaters are starting to appear on students as they hustle to classes.

“The Walking Dead” has made its return for the new season. Horror and thriller movie marathons are on repeat on TV. Pumpkins are being placed outside apartment and dorm doors. This can only mean one thing…

Halloween is right around the corner.

If you’re like me, you might have procrastinated on finding a costume or might not even know what exactly you’re going to be doing for

Halloween.

First of all, in case you didn’t know, since Halloween falls on a Tuesday next week, people are going to be celebrating this weekend, before Halloween. And I’m sure there will be some events on Tuesday too.

If you’re struggling on finding an idea on what to wear, don’t worry. There are plenty of cheap and easy costume ideas out there. As I got stuck brainstorming on what I should wear, I decided to look at the movies and TV shows that recently came out. There are many that provide some fun costume ideas.

I found that some particularly good ideas came from movies and shows such as, “Baby Driver,” “A Ghost Story,” “Get Out,” “Blade Runner 2049,” “Riverdale,” “Stranger Things,” “Logan Lucky” and so much more.

As Halloween draws clos-

er, I knew it was finally time to make a decision of what I will be wearing. So, I bought some glasses, a jacket and got my white Apple headphones ready.

That’s right. I decided I’m going to be going as Baby from “Baby Driver.” It’s not only a really easy costume to put together, but it’s also a fun one, too. Not to mention that it’s also just a really good movie.

Now for something to do…

There’s always going to be plenty of house parties and people dressed up at the bars. But what else?

Well, if you haven’t seen yet, there are a ton of posters all over campus for a wide variety of different Halloween events that are being hosted by many of UNI’s clubs and organizations. So, go to your local bulletin board and find an event. There are plenty of

options for you to explore and enjoy.

A n d g u e s s what? A lot of these e v e n t s have free food and free candy.

T h e s e TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE t h i n g s Opinion columnist Cristian Ortiz offers some advice to a l w a y s students who aren’t sure how best to celebrate Halloween m a k e this weekend. events at If you want some more college so much better. free candy, go trick-or-treatThere are plenty of ing on Tuesday night. I’ve events that are during the never gone in Cedar Falls week too, so if you find your- before, but I’m sure there are self re-watching the same plenty of people who will scary movie on TV or want- find it amusing that college ing a reason to procrasti- kids are out trick-or-treating nate homework, there will and who will surely throw definitely be something out some candy your way. there for you to do!

Who knows? Baby might And I don’t care what even make his first Cedar anybody says. We are not too Falls trick-or-treating old to go trick-or-treating. appearance.

Gun violence, gun control and the NRA killed. We have had four mass shootings and 107 unintentional shootings. Eight officers have been shot or killed.

Since the beginning of 2014 until Oct. 24, 2017, there have been 1,282 mass shootings in the United States, and 53,694 people have died because of a gun, also according to Gun Violence Archive.

We need to face that we have a gun violence problem. We need to enact comprehensive gun control, but what is actually effective?

Earlier this year, the New York Times published “How to Prevent Gun Deaths?

Where Experts and the Public Agree,” which displays survey results on 29 gun control ideas. They were looking for the intersection of effectiveness and popularity.

According to the research,

the three most effective gun control policies had over 80 percent public support. The first was “requiring sellers to run background checks on anyone who buys a gun,” which received an effectiveness rating of 7.3 out of 10 This year in the United and had 86 percent public States, there have been 50,400 support. 20 out of the 29 incidents relating to guns, gun control policy proposal according to Gun Violence had over 70 percent of public Archive. Specifically, this support. year there have been more These are not crazy polithan 12,540 people killed and cies that take away all guns.

25,900 people injured. Some It’s common sense gun con3,000 children under the age trol legislation like “preventof 18 have been killed or ing sales of all firearms and injured by a gun. In addition, ammunition to anyone conthere have been 293 mass sidered to be a ‘known or shootings and 1,638 uninsuspected terrorist’ by the tentional shootings. Those FBI.” are the statistics for this year That’s right. In the United alone.

States right now, terrorists In Iowa, from 2014 to can purchase guns legally.

2017, 254 people have been You may be asking: if 20 killed due to gun violence. out of 29 policies have over100 children under the age whelming support from of 18 have been injured or the public, why isn’t Congress enacting laws?

The answer: the NRA. The National Rifle Association (NRA) is an extremely radical lobbying machine that does not represent the majority of NRA members and nonNRA gun owners.

The NRA is quite literally the lobbying puppet of the firearm industry. The Violence TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Policy Center estiOpinion columnist Brenna Wolfe discusses the recent upsurge in gun violence in mates that between the United States and the NRA’s lobbying influence on issues related to gun control. 2005 and 2011, the

firearms industry donated as much as $38.9 million to the NRA. Chief Wayne LaPierre of the NRA believes that the right to bear arms means the right to any kind of firearm for any reason without any rules for everyone. They want no regulations whatsoever.

The NRA machine uses its money and power to silence responsible politicians and squash practical efforts to reduce gun violence. Every legislative proposal relating to gun control is ruthlessly attacked through smear tactics, giving funds to political opponents and blackmailing legislators to vote against it.

The NRA is the biggest political bully this country has ever seen, and this beast has Congress in its fists.

The NRA stays alive through donations by the firearm industry and using scare tactics to persuade members.

The NRA says rhetoric like “the government is coming for people’s guns” and “background checks are a ‘slippery slope’” and “disaster is around the corner, make sure to have a gun.” Peter Cohan, writer for Forbes, describes this whole process as the “NRA Industrial Complex.”

According to the LA Times, the NRA has been stopping the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from doing any research at all on gun violence since 1996.

Why? The CDC stated

that gun ownership is a risk factor for homicide in the home. The NRA immediately lobbied to have the CDC’s funding stripped for uses of tracking gun violence.

This shows that the NRA does not even want the American public to know anything related to gun violence. They quite literally do not want gun violence to be tracked or researched.

Before we can stop gun violence by enacting common sense legislation, we have to stop the NRA. So, if you are a gun-lover, speak out against the NRA. They don’t have your interests at heart; they want your money, and they want to scare you into buying more guns in order to get a profit.

Spread the message that you can love guns and dislike the NRA. We need to meet the NRA at the table. If you can, donate money to the NRA’s biggest lobbying competitors, like Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America or Everytown for Gun Safety.

Follow them on social media and stay in the know.

When speaking about gun control, stick to the facts. Universal background checks have 86 percent public support, which means that most people want common sense gun control. Nobody is taking any guns away.

If we all work together, maybe 12,540 people can live next year instead of facing a gun death.

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the group performed in Schindler Hall, continued from page 1 the first being last About 20 students sat semester. After the on the steps in the lobby group’s transition of Schindler Hall as the from Camarata, the performance started. The SingPins have done group consisted of 13 men, performances around all wearing matching jack- campus, as well as ets with their logo. They other gigs. While quickly set the mood as they still connected with snapped and hummed before the Glee club, the they jumping into their group has slowly first song, “The Longest been gaining a name Time,” by Billy Joel. They for themselves.

Ryan Snyder, Joe followed up with “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” with much Kruger and Bryce enthusiasm from the crowd. Cox led an energetic The longer the SingPins rendition of “Don’t performed, the more stu- Worry be Happy,” in dents they drew from their the Maucker Union. studies and lunch breaks. The group members Faculty members stepped filled in the songs out of their offices to listen. with accompanying They actively interact- background singing, GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan ed with the audience as whistling and beatThe SingPins is a 13 member a cappella group which is a branch off the UNI Men’s Varsity Glee Club. They are doing more they continued with songs boxing.

Practices are led performances on campus this year under the leadership of Brandt Roskens, the assistant director. like “Hooked on a Feeling,” Adele’s “Rolling in the up by Lubaroff and place. The group practic- vidually work on their The SingPins will Deep” and “O Cecilia.” All assisted by Roskens. es two days a week for an pitches. be doing their first solo “I’m starting to take over hour, and they split into of the songs were per“I think part of the appeal Christmas show, dubbed formed a cappella, except the reins,” Roskens said. sectionals, or different and charm of a cappella Winter Extravaganza. This Lubaroff will be grad- groups. Roskens takes the music is that you can just free event will take place on one song that featured a uating next semester, upper voices, and Lubaroff take it wherever,” Lubaroff Saturday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. guitar.

This was the second time with Roskens taking his the lower in order to indi- said. in Lang Auditorium.

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Symphony harmonizes with horror for Halloween SYDNEY HAUER Staff Writer

This weekend, UNI students will have the opportunity to enjoy some spooky sounds, along with horror-themed visuals in honor of Halloween weekend.

Waterloo-Cedar Falls (WCF) Symphony will be presenting Nachtmusik

with Gary Kelley on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 4 p.m. in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) Great Hall.

A costume contest will also be held, and registration for that will happen from 3 to 3:30 p.m.

Gary Kelley is an alumnus of UNI’s art program, and his artwork will be pro-

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jected as a visual narrative to go along with the music.

The concert will feature music from Mahler’s Seventh Symphony and music by other composers, such as Berlioz, SaintSaens, Busoni and Gounod.

Jim Miller, co-executive director of WCF Symphony, said that he believes the performance will especially

be of interest to both music and art students.

“Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony is so happy to offer this combination of visual art with live music,” Miller said. “And what a treat that UNI art alum Gary Kelley has prepared 30 original works of art to tell his version of this story. There are not many

places in Iowa where you can experience a video such as this on a large screen.

This visual art, combined with the orchestra sound in the Gallagher [Bluedorn] Great Hall, is something that every student should experience.”

Tickets for students are $10 and can be purchased at the UNITix office.

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FILM REVIEW

New biopic serves up inspiration CLINTON OLSASKY

Executive Editor

Forty-four years ago, an estimated 90 million people fixed their eyes on what would go down as one of the most famous tennis matches in history: the proverbial “Battle of the Sexes” between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.

The enduring impact this matchup had on the treatment of female athletes — and women in general — can still be felt to this day.

And now, some four decades later, the real life drama that surrounded this iconic conflict serves as the inspiration for the new biographical sports film “Battle of the Sexes,” directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (“Little Miss Sunshine”).

The film, which stars Emma Stone as King and Steve Carell as Riggs, takes viewers behind the scenes of the highly publicized battle, shining a spotlight on much of the turmoil that took place off the court and away from the cameras.

Directing: 5/5

Although much of the appeal of “Battle of the Sexes” is rightfully rooted in its riveting real life story, the film also features some of the most visually stunning compositions to come out of a biopic in recent memory.

In particular, “Battle of the Sexes” benefits from a retro visual style that harkens back to the 1970s era in which the film’s fact-based story takes place. To achieve this, Dayton and Faris purposefully maintain a heavy use of film grain throughout the movie.

Consistently heavy film grain, along with subdued

lighting and an appropriately postmodern color palette, result in a visual aesthetic that often makes the viewer feel like they’re watching an old home movie.

And fortunately, this nostalgic and retrofitted visual design is nicely complemented with ultra-modern cinematic techniques.

Dayton and Faris make full use of the tools in their directorial arsenal, utilizing mirror shots, extreme close-ups and crisply executed pans and tilts, among a host of other masterful editing tricks.

Compositional framing is especially strong in “Battle of the Sexes,” as Dayton and Faris deftly transition from aesthetically pleasing symmetrical shots to intentionally unbalanced compositions that effectively evoke the constant chaos and inner conflict that seeps into King’s personal and professional life.

Writing: 4/5 Adapting real life events to film can often prove to be a challenge, but thankfully, the screenplay for “Battle of the Sexes” largely succeeds at bringing its fact-based story to life without gross dramatization.

And yet, while “Battle of the Sexes” should be commended for its adherence to veracity, the film’s greatest strength is certainly its emphasis on the people at the center of the sports-based drama.

Indeed, “Battle of the Sexes” focuses less on tennis and more on the two central characters’ personal lives off the court. This particular narrative viewpoint makes for an entirely more emotionally affecting story — especially

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“Battle of the Sexes,” starring Emma Stone, has received largely positive reviews from critics and currently carries an 85 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

for King, whose internal and external conflicts comprise much of the film’s runtime.

In short, “Battle of the Sexes” is superior to most other biopics for its ability to humanize real-life people and transform them into fully developed and emotionally complex characters — rather than mere historical figures.

With that being said, there is still a handful of narrative shortcomings in “Battle of the Sexes” — namely, a few instances of overly sentimental and contrived lines of dialogue that slightly undermine the film’s otherwise constant commitment to realism and sincerity.

Acting: 5/5 In addition to a suitably retrofitted visual design and an emotionally affecting screenplay, “Battle of the Sexes” also benefits from some truly terrific acting.

Simply put, not enough praise can be directed towards

the casting decisions for “Battle of the Sexes,” as Stone and Carell seem to have been destined to portray King and Riggs, respectively.

Stone is a particular standout in what is certainly one of the best performances of her career. As is usually the case for Stone, she brings an incredible amount of depth to her character, but she also undergoes a physical transformation. Altering her facial features and body language, Stone simply melts into King on the screen in an entirely convincing and committed portrayal.

Carell similarly assumes his character’s mannerisms but brings an added bounce of comedic buoyancy to his performance. By injecting some of the trademark goofiness that made Carell famous in his days as Michael Scott in the hit TV show “The Office,” Riggs is at once charming, charismatic and undeniably

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chauvinistic. In other words, he’s the character you love to hate.

Other standouts in the cast include Andrea Riseborough as Marilyn Barnett, the hairdresser with whom King falls in love, and Sarah Silverman as Gladys Heldman, King’s hilariously wry press agent.

Overall: 4.5/5 “Battle of the Sexes” is one of the most thoroughly enjoyable and genuinely stirring biopics in recent memory.

Not only is the film a showcase for inspired performances and visually arresting camerawork; it’s also a necessary history lesson and reminder that our work towards true gender equality is far from finished.

Indeed, more than anything, the film informs us that when it comes to how we treat each other, regardless of sex, the ball really is in our court.

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On Wednesday, Oct. 25, the Resistrar Office held the “Fall Graduation Fair” in the Maucker Union Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The fair featured various booths where students could check their graduation requirements, have graduation photos taken or record a video message.

Cookies, hot chocolate and other refreshments were provided by UNI Catering.

Some tables also had UNI flair such as buttons, pens and beads for students to take with them.

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Fishing club places ninth out of 124 schools DYLAN PADY

Sports Editor

UNI students are being reeled in after being introduced to the school’s first official fishing club. Students are now able to compete with other universities around the country in the YETI College Fishing circuit, which has been rapidly growing over the last five years. The Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) sponsors five conferences across the country, and each one has three qualifying events over the course of the season.

UNI students Conner Hinckle and Jack Mauer are the first team of two to represent UNI in a competitive fishing event. They placed ninth out of 124 teams, beating out Iowa and Iowa State at the Mississippi River-Prairie Du Chien meet on Oct. 7.

As with any other sport, preparation is key to finding success come game time. Mauer explains the initial strategy necessary in order to compete.

“Before our tournaments, Conner and I will usually analyze maps and underwater structure of the body of water we will be fishing. We usually start this process about a month or so before the tournament. We will then mark certain areas that we think could be holding fish — we then will travel to the river/ lake where the tournament is at about three days before the tournament starts,” Mauer said. “We go to all of our spots we marked on our map and try them out to see how many fish are there/what lures will work best. By the end of the three days, we usually have a game plan ready for the tournament and know which spots we will

go to throughout the day.”

Mark Myers, fishing club advisor, explains the procedure of a competitive fishing weekend.

“All the teams take off from a central location early in the morning and return about eight hours later to weigh in their catch,” Myers said. “Rules vary a bit in different states or bodies of water depending on particular regulations, but generally teams weigh their five biggest largemouth or smallmouth bass caught in the course of their day on the water. All fish are kept alive in live wells on the boats, then weighed live and released back into the river or lake where they were caught.”

Hinckle and Mauer ended the weekend catching five bass that weighed 13 pounds 6 ounces. This effort qualified them for the 2018 FLW College Fishing

National Championship. Both will travel to the Red River in Louisiana next May and represent UNI against roughly 150 teams from around the country.

It seemed fitting that Myers, an associate professor of biology, as well as an avid fisherman, was thrilled to oversee the fishing club.

“It was evident immediately upon meeting Conner and Jack that we share this passion, so I was happy to support them and to hopefully share my passion for fishing with the next generation of young anglers as faculty advisor of the UNI Fishing Club,” Myers said. “It was 100 percent their initiative that got things started.”

The club is still new, and looking for other students interested in representing UNI at the ol’ fishing hole. Mauer is excited at the success of the fishing club.

“Currently we have around 20 members involved with the club, and we are expanding quickly,” Mauer said. “The club has had a couple events this year with great turnouts, and it’s been awesome meeting other people who enjoy fishing. I’m extremely happy with where our club is and where we’re going to be in the future.”

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MLB prediction: Dodgers take World Series in six JOEL WAUTERS Sports Writer

As 2017 begins to wind down, so too does the Major League Baseball season.

This week, the two best teams in the game will begin playing the 113th World Series. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros met in Chavez Ravine, California for the first two games in a best of seven series. Here’s how these two star-filled teams got here: The Houston Astros are making their first World Series appearance since 2005 as a member of the National League (NL). Since joining the American League (AL) in the 2013 season, the Astros have shown strong signs of improvement each year.

This season, after posting a 10161 record and AL West division title, Houston quickly got to work in the playoffs, disposing of the AL East champion Boston Red Sox in a four-game AL Division Series, before taking the underdog New York Yankees to a seven game American League Championship Series (ALCS) battle.

Jose Altuve, the likely AL MVP, leads the team with a .400 batting average with five home runs and eight RBI’s this postseason alone. Backed up by strong pitching from Dallas Kuchel and Justin Verlander, who was traded to the Astros from the Detroit Tigers late in the season, Houston looks to bring its potent offense into the Fall Classic and come out on top.

Coming out of the National League, the Dodgers have a lot to celebrate. They are making their first appearance in the Fall Classic since winning the title in 1988 and 22nd ever appearance in the series.

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The Panthers fought off a match point in a 3-2 win

Los Angeles posted an MLB-best 104-58 record in addition to clinching the NL West division for the fifth straight year. The high powered Dodgers swept their division rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks, in three games in the National League Division Series (NLDS) before steamrolling the reigning world champion Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) four games to one.

Much of LA’s postseason success can be attributed to third baseman Justin Turner, whose .387 postseason BA and 12 RBI’s have helped his team push past their opponents late in games. Additionally, the strong pitching core is only made better by the closing pitching of closer Kenley Jansen, who has been able to silence any late game attempt at a comeback.

This World Series match-up has been greatly hyped up. At points during the regular season, these team’s offenses could not be stopped, as both achieved at least one 11 game winning streak during the 162 game schedule.

This series will be an offensive war.

The pitching, in my opinion, is almost evenly matched between the Dodgers’ rotation of Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill and Kenta Maeda, and the Astros lineup of Verlander, Kuchel and Charlie Morton.

What will tip the scale? I believe it will be the individual playmakers. Both teams have them, but I feel the Dodgers have a few more of them in Turner, first baseman Cody Bellinger and outfielder Yasiel Puig, and will be able to make raw athletic defensive plays to halt the Houston offense.

MY PREDICTION: Dodgers in 6.

triumph to score their 20th win of the season. Thomas recorded a match-high 22 kills and has posted 45 kills in the two matches played against Valparaiso this season.

Karlie Taylor set a career-high six blocks and also posted her 18th consecutive double-figure kill match with 19 kills and her eighth straight double-double with 14 digs. Moriah Johnson

made a key play with a huge block against Valparaiso’s Katherine Carlson to tie the set at 25-25.

UNI then went on to win the match 29-27, securing their 20th win. This is the 35th 20-win

season in Panther history. UNI is now 20-5 overall and 10-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Panthers will be back on the road to take on Illinois State this Friday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m.

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Across 1 Bills, say 5 Alfredo may be associated with it 10 Ways of viewing the world 14 First name in folk 15 Yale of Yale fame 16 “Fillet of a fenny snake / In the cauldron __ and bake”: “Macbeth” 17 Cosmetologist’s choices at happy hour?

19 Local govt. bond 20 Inspired 21 RR stop 23 Janitor’s tool, briefly 24 Marx collaborator 26 Collapse, with “over” 27 Previous to, poetically 28 Nursery supply 29 Cosmetologist’s preferred vacation venue?

32 “Art is __ that makes us realize truth”: Picasso 33 Knots and yards 34 Cosmetologist’s expression for hastily exiting?

38 “Just like me” 40 Shrek, e.g.

41 Cosmetologist’s favorite capital?

44 Take shots of 48 Mark on the Oregon Trail 49 Like crab apples 50 Leonine savior’s domain 52 Enzyme suffix

53 Romantic ideal, with “the” 54 Dieter’s breakfast 55 “__ Trigger”: Bugs Bunny cartoon 57 Cosmetologist’s wall covering?

61 Like much cheese 62 Final ordeal, perhaps 63 Low joint 64 Rx contents 65 Does another tour 66 Attention-getter Down 1 Brooklyn Bridge array 2 Garfield’s girlfriend 3 Oozy stuff 4 Threw a party 5 Place to pray 6 Memorable fighter 7 Pride, for example 8 Annabel Lee’s kingdom was by it 9 Writer who created the Dashwood sisters 10 Watson’s home 11 Snow globe, perhaps 12 Muezzin’s tower 13 Deli equipment 18 Dec. 25 or Jan. 1 22 Intimate, with “to” 25 Food fish 26 “Private property” sign warning 30 Mike Pompeo’s org.

31 Having four sharps 32 A lot like

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