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Campanile upgrades commence

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer

The Campanile, a 96 year old UNI campus icon, is getting a facelift this year. Originally constructed in 1926, the instrument within the Campanile, called a car illon, will receive nine new bells, seven of which will be cast during the week of Homecoming. Additionally, new clock faces will be installed and landscaping around the Campanile will be redone to make the tower more visible.

The carillon, the instru ment within the Campanile that allows carillonneurs to play the bells within the tower, will be receiving two new base bells as well as upper octave bells to fill out and complete the carillon. For the Guild of Carillonneurs (a group of stu dents who play the carillon) these extra bells will come in handy. President of the Guild of Carillonneurs, Emily Clouser, said oftentimes musi cians have to adapt to the lack of octaves, so they are looking forward to the installation of new bells.

“We’ve had to get cre ative with pieces that required

either C#/Db or D#/Eb in the baseline,” Clouser said.

Seven of these new bells will be cast on site by the Verdin Company, using the world’s only traveling “bell foundry on wheels” which allows bells to be cast and created on site. On Thursday, Oct. 6, members of the UNI community will assist the bell casters by passing bronze

ingots to the furnace. The bell pour will occur at 8:30 p.m. on Lawther Field. On Friday, Oct. 7, the bell molds will be broken at 10 a.m. with the assistance of audience mem bers and sledge hammers. By Friday evening, the university community will celebrate the completed casting of the bells. In addition to new bells, the Campanile will also get its old

bells refurbished by the Verdin company, which was first part nered with UNI in 1968 to upgrade the carillon from a 15-bell chime to the current 47-bell carillon and absorbed the company which originally cast the Campanile’s bells in 1926.

Traducción: Las oportunidades para trabajar con ESPN

YESSENIA RODRÍGUEZ Traductora invitada MAYRA VILLANUEVA Editora en español

Artículo original escrita por Mallory Schmitz, editora de noticas.

UNI conecta y entrena a estudi antes con las transmisiones de deportes en vivo de ESPN.

Los estudiantes involucra dos con el equipo de ESPN son entrenados para operar las cámaras para las transmisiones en ESPN.

Las transmisiones de UNI en ESPN ofrecen una alta cali dad de imagen al ver el partido en vivo en televisión así como la experiencia en el campo.

La mayoría del personal, operando las cámaras o traba jando en el cuarto de control, son estudiantes de UNI.

Proposed nursing program breaks new ground

NIXSON BENITEZ Executive Editor

Iowa is facing a critical shortage of nurses. As of this past month there were nearly 4,500 open jobs for nurses in Iowa, a number four times higher than any other field.

On Sept. 23, the office of the provost released a state ment mentioning that fall 2022 marks the start of phase three of strategic planning. This phase’s focus is on building a collective vision for the future of UNI and includes begin ning the process of starting a new school of health.

The letter also includ ed the welcome of UNI’s Chief Academic Nurse Administrator Nancy Kertz, Ph.D. The university cannot proceed with formal plan ning and development until the Board of Regents gives

approval in their next meeting.

Academic Positioning (AP) is a strategic plan at UNI that involves over 100 faculty, staff and students. AP was created because UNI will be hitting its 150th anniversary in 2026 and is looking into the next 50 years and what needs to be in place for the university to be successful in the future. AP also answers the questions of what academic programs in particular does Iowa need to have to prepare individuals for future jobs.

AP is made up of four academic areas including Healthcare, Big Data/Data Analytics, Engineering/ Applied Engineering and Sustainability. AP also iden tified two support services including academic advising and credential/alternative cre dentialing. Nursing was later identified and recommended

after identifying some trends in demand.

“Working nurses are over stretched right now because hospitals, clinics and nurs ing homes can’t find enough employees. This stress is unfortunately not only impacting the quality of care available to Iowa residents, but is causing increased num bers of people to leave the profession, compounding the issue.” Provost Jose Herrera said in a statement. “We are at a point where we have done as much pre-planning as pos sible to ensure this is the right path for UNI. We now have to work through the formal process of getting Board of Regents approval. The Board looks carefully at a range of issues in making that approv al, including needs of the state and the financial plans of run ning the program.”

According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, over 91,000 qualified applicants were denied admis sions to nursing schools this last year. In 2030, the Iowa Workforce projects that nurses will still be the number one needed job with over 37,000

positions needing filled.

Many healthcare providers especially in rural areas are having difficulty overcoming staffing shortages.

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In the midst of a nursing shortage in Iowa and examining the interests of incoming students, UNI has proposed a new nursing program awaiting approval from the Board of Regents.

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While renovations around the Campanile have just recently started with the removal of trees, the final product projected to be finished in 2026 may be similar to the above conceptualized image. The details of the plans are not set in stone and may change between now and the start of construction.

CAMPUS LIFE UNI’s own Guild of Carillonneurs to provide concert during campaniling tradition.

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OPINION Opinion Columnist Bailey Klinkhammer criticizes the messages in Colleen Hoover’s popular books.

SPORTS Panthers grab first home win against Indiana State Syca mores, 20-14.

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A few of the bells are expe riencing corrosion and rust that will be repaired in Verdin’s shop located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The bells will be removed via crane one week after Homecoming, which is why a gravel path was con structed the length of Lawther field. The current plan is to reinstall the bells this next summer, and have the carillon ready to play again by the time school starts up in fall 2023.

According to Mike Zwanziger, Assistant Vice President and Director, Facilities Management, the carillon will also receive a new keyboard. Clouser notes the carillon is definitely in need of

a new keyboard due to weather and wear.

“Our current [keyboard] is pretty well-worn from tem perature fluctuations within the tower and plenty of years of use,” Clouser said. “It sounds pretty clunky when we play and makes it hard to get a good recording of a piece from with in the tower.”

The internal structure of the Campanile will also be updated to increase safety and accessibility.

“We are looking forward to having a full spiral staircase to the top, an updated light switch system, and an auto mated hatch,” Clouser said.

“Currently, there is an 84-step spiral staircase that leads to the level where the clock mecha

nism sits. Carillonneurs must then climb a ship ladder to the final floor where the carillon manual sits.”

The sometimes inconve nient lighting system will also be updated for safety reasons.

“There are five switches which can be easily missed when climbing and descending if a carillonneur is newer to the tower,” Clouser said. “Not to mention the previous worries where lighting was sometimes unreliable so carillonneurs were instructed to carry a fully charged cell phone with flash light abilities.”

Phase one of the Campanile restoration project, which involves renovations to the carillon and internal structure of the Campanile, is expect ed to be completed by fall 2023. Phase two of the project involves redoing landscaping and repouring the plaza area surrounding the Campanile. According to Zwanziger, the aim is to have all of the Campanile construction com pleted by UNI’s 150th anniver sary in 2026.

The renovations to the Campanile will be largely funded by the Our Tomorrow campaign, which is aiming to raise $250 million by 2026 for various projects around cam pus.

“We haven’t done a cam paign that is this ambitious before,” Senior Development Writer Nicholas Fisher said. “It

The renovations currently planned will be largely funded by the Our Tomorrow fundraising campaign, which will officially launch with a celebration on Friday, Oct. 7 at 5:30 p.m. by the Campanile.

is certainly historic in nature. Donors are stepping up and we will announce our progress at the event.”

UNI is planning several fun events to officially launch the Our Tomorrow Campaign, with food trucks, live music, prizes, ax throwing, badmin ton, bags, face painting, giant volleyball, and a Homecoming Parade with guests of honor Kurt Warner and his wife Brenda. All these events are open to the public, and are happening on Lawther Field or right by the Campanile.

For more information about the Our Tomorrow campaign and for a full schedule of fes tivities, visit ourtomorrow.uni. edu.

El Departamento de Comunicaciones ofrece a estudi antes, no importa su especial idad o nivel de experiencia, la oportunidad de trabajar en vivo las transmisiones de deportes con el equipo de ESPN.

Como profesor de comuni cación y medios de comunica ciones, Eric Bradley explica que cada escuela en la Conferencia de Valle en Missouri tienen un requisito de hacer una cierta can tidad de transmisiones cada año.

“La Conferencia de Valle tiene un trato con ESPN que dice que [ESPN] proporciona a ofrecer una gran cantidad de transmisiones cada año, y cada escuela tiene que producir su propia transmisión”, dice Braley.

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UNI President Mark Nook said, “When you look at the students that are applying to UNI and you ask them what field you want to study in… the largest number [of stu dent responses] are in health related fields. It outnumbers, education, business, science–it outnumbers all of those almost two to one.”

“Launching a new pro gram like nursing is a com plex multi-step process.” Herrera said, “After deter mining the demand for such a program, as well as its bene fits for the state of Iowa… It takes time to develop a new program like this and to work through the various levels of accreditation and review. We are hopeful that we could start our first cohort in the fall of 2024.”

Many of UNI’s partners in the provider settings are committed to helping because they experience the short age of nurses every day. If approved, the first class of nursing students would grad uate in 2028 or earlier due to many students graduating early.

“This is something that really is bigger, and about our futures as a university” Nook said.

misiones de ESPN para dar a los estudiantes una experiencia muy práctica trabajando en las transmisiones en vivo para una cadena mayor.

“Entrenamos a los estudi antes para que tomen roles como directores, productores, narra dores y operadores de cámara”, dice él. “Usualmente hay 14 roles en una transmisión”.

Los estudiantes están entrenados con las cámaras y en el cuarto de control, como direc tores y productores que deciden que se muestra en la cámara. “Es una mezcla híbrida entres los estudiantes que están en estas funciones importantes y unos ex alumnos que son traba jadores freelance para enseñarles y ayudarlos”, dice.

En una semana normal, el equipo produce tres a cuatro transmisiones. Aunque, una de las características de los deportes

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en vivo, es que cualquier cosa puede pasar. Braley dice que durante el torneo de UNI sóftbol en el UNI-Dome en febrero pas ado, hicieron 16 transmisiones en un fin de semana.

La oportunidad de trabajar en la transmisión de ESPN está disponible a todos los estudi antes.

“Hemos tenido estudiantes

de música, de relaciones públi cas y de producción de medios digitales”, dice Braley.

Los estudiantes también pueden recibir un crédito de medios de comunicación por trabajar en las transmisiones.

Esto requiere trabajar 13 eventos durante el curso de un semes tre y luego reciben una nota y crédito. Los estudiantes muchas

veces participan durante varios semestres.

Aunque UNI no es la única universidad que ofrece las expe riencias de las producciones de los deportes en vivo, Braley cree que el énfasis de la educación en el programa de UNI nos hace diferentes.

“Los comentarios que hemos recibido es que somos unas de las mejores escuelas en el Valle de Conferencias de Missouri de la cualidad de producción porque nosotros trabajamos bien duro y lo enseñamos cómo una clase, y los estudiantes tienen una experiencia práctica traba jando en ella”, dice.

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The Verdin Company will be casting seven new bells on Oct. 6. It is the same company that upgraded the carillon in 1968, and they absorbed the company that cast the original bells in 1929.

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Colleen Hoover writes bad books

BookTok has brought emerging themes of emotional, physical and mental abuse to young teenage girls

BAILEY KLINKHAMMER Opinion Columnist

Editor’s Note: The arti cle contains spoilers for “November 9.”

Colleen Hoover is no stranger to critical acclaim. One of her more popular books, It Ends With Us, sold 768,700 copies and climbed to the coveted #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. This fanfare occurred almost five years after the book was original ly published. So, what hap pened? The short answer is BookTok, a community on TikTok that raves about their current favorite books and provides niche recommen dations to each other. Her books have received wide spread praise, leading many to believe that they’re genu inely good romance stories. But, upon further reflection, they prove to do the exact opposite.

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when “November 9”, “Ugly Love”, and “It Ends With Us” began trending on TikTok, but soon enough, everyone was talking about it, reading it or suggesting it. When you have an over whelming amount of peo ple telling you something is good, a reasonable assump tion would be that it’s prob ably good. With “November 9,” that proved to be incred ibly wrong. “November 9” follows the story of Fallon, the main protagonist, and

Ben, her love interest. They have many cute interactions, but throughout the book, you can slowly see their ‘love’ turn into something out of a horror movie. One of the main plot points in the book is tha Fallon is disfigured due to a house fire that almost took her life. Towards the end of the book, it’s revealed that Ben, her love interest, is the one who set the fire. On top of that, Ben proves to be an overall toxic love interest. He’s incredibly self centered and makes very weird and creepy observations about Fallon’s body after only an hour of meeting her. After only about thirty pages in,

every single action or com ment he made should have had any reader screaming “run!” Unfortunately, many of the actions have been romanticized by communi ties such as BookTok. There are multiple times within the book where Fallon is attempting to leave and Ben physically holds her back, or makes comments saying that he wishes he could ‘hold her down’. Towards the middle of the book, there are scenes where Fallon is asking Ben explicitly to stop touching her and he refuses. Overall, “November 9” does not depict a healthy relationship in any way, shape or form.

In reality, Ben is obsessive and controlling to the point where it damages Fallon, physically, emotionally and mentally.

“November 9” isn’t the only book written by Hoover that depicts emotional abuse and portays it as a romantic fantasy. In “It Ends With Us”, a character similar to Ben from “November 9”, Ryle, commits acts of physical vio lence against the main char acter Lily. Throughout the entire book, Ryle’s actions are romanticized and seen as ‘mistakes’ that are worthy of forgiveness. Hoover doesn’t make mistakes with her writ ing, either. This repetitive

behavior demonstrates that she knows exactly what she’s writing and who she’s writ ing for. But, this behavior pulls women who are already infatuated with the idea of the horrible men she’s cre ated in even further. This kind of writing isn’t some thing to aspire to or some thing to applaud. Her audi ence is mainly teenage girls and young adult women. Are these really the relationships that we should be marketing towards that demographic?

Of course, there’s the notion that what Hoover writes is works of fiction, which makes sense.

Iowa has made it harder to vote, study shows

ED TIBBETTS Guest Columnist

Since the 2020 election, it got harder to vote in Iowa, relative to other states, according to a new study.

The Cost of Voting Index, which measures the ease of vot ing in all 50 states, ranked Iowa 23rd in the nation in its 2022 report, a decline of four places.

The new study was published in the Election Law Journal. The authors said they were updating their work in the wake of numer ous changes to state election laws after the 2020 election.

The report said that in 2021 alone, 19 states passed at least 33 new laws making it more difficult to vote, while 25 states passed 62 laws that reduced the cost of voting.

Iowa was one of those states that put in place new restrictions. Republicans who control state government made several chang es in 2021, including reducing the number of early and absentee voting days from 29 to 20.

The 2020 election presented numerous challenges across the country because of the COVID19 pandemic; then, after the elec tion, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed the pres idency had been stolen from him.

“Many states made voting easier by codifying changes in response to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic,” the new report said. “Other states, over concerns about voter fraud and seemingly at the prompting of former President Donald Trump, took a step backward and made voting more difficult.”

In Iowa, Republicans said they needed to make changes in order to restore voter confidence, but Democrats, who opposed the changes, said they would simply raise barriers to voting.

The new study said that Vermont made the biggest move toward making it easier to vote, going from 23rd to 3rd place, while Wisconsin went the far thest in the other direction, going from 38th to 47th place.

“Besides Wisconsin,” the study said, “Florida (28th to 33rd), Georgia (25th to 29th), and Iowa (19th to 23rd) will each make it more difficult to vote, relatively speaking, than was the case in 2020.”

The study noted that neither Florida nor Iowa have adopted an automatic voter registration process, which many other states

are doing. It also cited changes to laws governing drop boxes and restrictions related to absentee ballot procedures.

The change to the voting win dow in Iowa also “undoubted ly” is being captured in the new index scores, Scot Schraufnagel, a political science professor at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and one of the study’s authors, said in an email Wednesday.

The Cost of Voting Index measures 10 major areas. They include voter registration, voter ID laws, early voting, poll hours and voting inconvenience. Voter registration deadlines and early voting days weigh heaviest in determining the cost of voting.

Oregon, which has an all voteby-mail process, was ranked the easiest state in which to vote. The

authors said it also has the most progressive voter registration process in the country. The state of Washington is the next easiest state in which to vote, the study said, while Mississippi and New Hampshire ranked at the bottom of the index.

Illinois ranked 11th in the country.

Over the years, Iowa’s rank ing in the index has dropped sig nificantly as changes have been made to voting laws.

In 2016, Iowa was ranked among the top 10 easiest states in the country in which to vote. However, that changed after Republicans passed a law in 2017 that, among other things, put in place a voter ID require ment and reduced the number of days for early and absentee voting from 40 days to 29 days.

A large faction of BookTok is dedicated solely to Hoover and her novels, as well as defending them and perpetuating the idea that they’re anywhere near the idea of good.

UNI Carillonneurs to perform during campaniling

MEG GROVE Staff Writer

UNI Carillonneurs to Perform During Campaniling

Homecoming is right around the corner here at UNI and there are many events happening this week to get the school spirit going. One of the biggest events will be a campanilling carillon concert on Friday, Oct. 7 at 11:45 p.m.

Homecoming is back and so are the 70s. The Student Guild of Carillonneurs will be performing a short set fea turing fan favorite oldies on Friday night. Concert goers will also hear the Westminster Chime at midnight.

Campanilling is a long standing tradition on cam pus and the Student Guild of Carillonneurs is excit ed to carry it on this year.

“Campanilling has been going on since my mom was in school here,” said Emily Clouser, UNI Carillonneurs President. “It’s also something a lot of alumni come back and talk about.”

Almost anyone would agree that campanilling is the best tradition at UNI. “It’s

just a great environment to be out there on the plaza with everyone and the bells go off,” said Clouser. “It’s a magical moment.” Campanilling is the perfect time to connect with other students and have some fun after the first months of classes.

UNI Carillonneurs per forms at a bunch of events throughout the year. “Basically anything that happens with the Bell Foundry we’re going to be playing at,” said Clouser. Carillonneurs have been per forming at the UNI Campanile since it was built in 1928. You can support a big part of UNI culture and history this year by attending these events.

The group has been per forming every Friday in the month leading up to home coming. This past Friday, they played a UNI tribute set, including the victory march, school song and more. Hopefully this Friday will be their biggest concert of the month.

There are a slew of events happening this week to get the school spirit amped up in the UNI community. Make sure to add campanilling to your schedule on Friday night.

VOX POP

How do you feel about UNI campus parking?

Madison Langford ‘20 early childhood education

“In the past it hasn’t been bad, but I feel this year they oversold parking. I bought a CP pass and have had a hard time finding a spot at night. Other than that I think it serves its purpose.”

Ryan Carlin ‘21 English

“I have the CP lot pass and in the parking lots near PV, we don’t have that many spots. It’s not bad during the day, but at night after coming back from a job, I’ll have difficulty finding a spot to park.”

Maya McDermott ‘20 digital media leader ship

“My freshman year I had a bad experience with C and CP parking, but as I’ve been here a couple more years and have B parking, I feel like it is more accessible. My parking pass also works for the McLeod center at the gym, which is really nice as a basketball player.”

“It’s frustrating that I paid for CP parking but I have to park in the C or R lot if I get back past 8 p.m..”

Quotes by and photos by: Aubrey Schafbuch

Michaela Kehoe ‘22 art education

“Horrible. I am not too big of a fan of it this year. I feel like it’s very crowded and people can’t find spaces anywhere.”

Taylor Tendall ‘20 Spanish teaching

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During campaniling, students gather around and kiss someone at midnight as the bells ring. This tradition began in the 1920s, shortly after the campanile was installed

Submissions open for Art of C.H.A.N.G.E. Exhibit

TALIYA JAMES Staff Writer

The Art of C.H.A.N.G.E. Exhibit will be in-person at the Byrd Sanctuary in Kamerick Art Building Oct. 17-21, 2022, and submis sions for art pieces are now open. The exhibit will also be available online at https:// sites.google.com/uni.edu/ theartofchange/home starting Oct. 17, 2022.

“The Art of C.H.A.N.G.E, conceptualized by former student and alum, Karrah Bates, is an artistic exhibit focused on combatting stig mas and myths surround ing sexual assault on UNI’s campus,” Isabelle Johnson, Sexual Assault Prevention Graduate Assistant said. C.H.A.N.G.E. stands for: Challenging Harmful Assault Narratives through Group Expression. The exhibit is meant to “provide a space for survivors and supporters to share their creative work relating to these stigmas, bring awareness, and contin ue prevention efforts on our campus,” Johnson said.

“There is no funding for

this project, but we are very fortunate to have many indi viduals at Kamerick Art Building assisting us with displaying this exhibit,” she said. They rely on submissions to be successful.

They have already had submissions for the exhibit.

“So far, we have a wide vari ety of mediums being used in the pieces, from photography to paint,” Johnson said. As the deadline gets closer, they hope to have many more sub missions.

Anyone associated with UNI can submit artwork for the exhibit. The art pieces can be submitted online, https://equity.uni.edu/pre vention-and-education/artchange near the bottom of the page, or in-person at Gilcrest 117 after completing the sub mission form on the website.

“Submissions can be anony mous or with the artist name attached,” she said. For any other questions, they can be directed to equity@uni.edu or (319) 273-2846. Each submission will have its own individual post on the OCEM social media accounts.

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She isn’t depicting a “real” relationship, so it must be acceptable. On the other hand, media consumption within certain demographics have certain affects on those demo graphics, regardless of it being passed off as works of fiction or not. This can be proven true through the cultural phe nomenon “Jaws,” directed by Steven Spielberg. Since the release of the movie in 1975, shark populations have fall en continuously every year, reaching losses into the hun dreds of millions. “Jaws” is a work of fiction based on a book that was also labeled a work of fiction. Media produc ers such as authors, directors and musicians cannot simply pass off art as “works of fic tion” without considering the consequences, which is exact ly what Hoover does in pub lishing her books. Her books are aimed at younger girls who are most likely entering their first relationships. If the relationships they idolize in books reflect abusive behav iors, Hoover inevitably ends up leading her fans into rela tionships that could potential ly inflict harm on them.

Beyond the fact that her

books depict an abusive fan tasy, Hoover has been openly ciritcized by several promi nent book reviewers in the recent past. Her “response” to these criticisms have not been kind. These responses include immediate blockings across social media platforms and a flimsy statement on Instagram denoting valid criticism as “online hate” from “people who know nothing about writing.” This simply isn’t an appropriate way for an author to be responding to criticism, especially considering what the criticism is surrounding.

Many of Hoover’s fans also jump to her defense at the notion of negativty towards her books. The saddest part about that is that Hoover isn’t portraying situations that her audience should ever be near, yet this audience is romanti cizing those situations because of Hoover, and she refuses to take accountability for it.

Of course, this isn’t to say that domestic violence can’t be portrayed in books. It can, but there’s a right way to do it.

In “Normal People” by Sally Rooney, Marianne is shown in an abusive situation, but automatically removed by her friends and main love inter est, Connell, the second they find out. On the other hand, Hoover depicts her characters

as staying in these relation ships and discouraging their family or friends from get ting involved. There’s a stark difference between the two depictions, which leads to two different effects on readers.

Hoover isn’t entirely to blame for this phenomenon. While she is the source, a larg er issue is the community that surrounds these books. A large faction of BookTok is dedicat ed solely to Hoover and her novels, as well as defending them and perpetuating the idea that they’re anywhere near the idea of “good” This is in large part due to the roman ticization of the male charac ters Hoover writes. Whatever small redeeming qualities a male love interest may have, many young female readers cling to that to prove that a certain character “just made a mistake,” or in some instanc es, blatantly disregarding the abusive actions alltogether. In an era of staunch feminism, it’s completely lost on many how such novels could slip through the cracks to become fan favorites. There are plen ty of books on the market and on BookTok in particular that depict healthy relation ships that also suffer through conflict, as real relationships do. These are the books that should be pushed to the fore

front of literature, not trashy novels that depict women in abusive relationships, roman ticizing it and then staying.

There is a lot of account ability that Hoover should take for the effects her novels have, and the potential damage she could do with them. Whether or not that will be received is still a question for a later date. Until then, many of her books

that romanticize abusive sit uations remain at solid four out of five stars on sites like Goodreads. We will remain in a cycle that teaches young girls to accept abuse if it’s from a man they desire until those that help perpetuate that cycle take accountability for their roles and end their par ticipation in it.

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Colleen Hoover’s books have sparked conversations about the toxicity behind the plots of her stories.

Panthers cut down Sycamores, 20-14

ADAM JOHNSON Sports Writer

UNI football went up against Indiana State on Saturday, Oct. 1. Coming off of a victory last week against Western Illinois, the Panthers were looking to continue that success and get their first home win of the season. Great defense and a strong perfor mance in the run game helped the Panthers grab their first home victory in a close one, 20-14.

The Panthers would receive the ball to start the game, and looked to jump ahead early against the Sycamores. The open ing drive was not looking promising, as the Panthers found themselves looking at a third and 15. However, quarterback Theo Day was able to find Sam Schnee for

16 yards, and that got the Panthers going. The Panthers made several big plays to make their way down the field, and Day took matters into his own hands on a sixyard touchdown run to give the Panthers a 7-0 lead.

Indiana State’s offense controlled the ball for a long period of time following the Panthers opening drive. The Sycamores got the ball with 11:19 left in the first, and after a long 18-play drive that included a fourth down conversion and several third down conversions, Ryan O’Grady made a 30-yard field goal to make the score 7-3.

The Panthers next drive started well, as they found themselves at the Indiana State 27 yard line. Day got sacked on back-to-back plays, and UNI found them selves looking at third and 31.

Following both of the sacks, Day was intercepted by Rylan Cole, who returned it all the way to the Panthers 40-yard line.

With the great field posi tion, the Sycamores would make it all the way to the two-yard line, but a sack by Edwin Dearma caused a 30-yard field goal by Indiana State. The kick was no good, and the Panthers maintained their 7-3 lead. UNI would make their way down the field, and get a field goal to put the game at 10-3 going into the half.

Indiana State received the second half kickoff, but UNI got it back quickly. The Panthers capitalized as their drive ended with Day throw ing an 18-yard strike to Alex Allen in the endzone. This extended the lead to 17-3.

Indiana State was able to get a field goal, and then recovered an onside kick. This gave them the ball with a chance to get it closer down 17-6, but a missed field goal following the recovery would keep the score right where it was.

The Sycamores would get it back and finally get into the endzone on a 20-yard run by Dawson Basinger. A successful two point try fol lowed, and the Panthers saw their lead narrow to 17-14. UNI got it back with 7:44 left in the game, and put together a long drive that eventually ended in a field goal with 1:44 left. With a 20-14 lead, the Panthers defense needed to step up to finish the game. Indiana State struggled early in the drive and found themselves with a fourth and nine at

their own 26-yard line. It was make or break for the Sycamores, and on fourth down they managed to stay alive. Quarterback Gavin Screws found Harry Van Dyne for 17 yards and the first down. This was just delaying the inevitable for Indiana State though, as on a fourth and 13, UNI’s Benny Sapp III came through with a big interception with just 39 seconds left in the game.

The pick sealed the game for the Panthers, and they ended this one in the vic tory formation, when Day went down to a knee on the last play of the game. The

Panthers picked up the vic tory, 20-14.

The Panthers are winners of two in a row, after starting the season 0-3. With three straight home games in front of them, they will look to add to this now two game winning streak. The Panthers will have their homecoming game against Illinois State next weekend, on Saturday Oct. 8. Game time will be at 4 p.m. and this will be the annual Homecoming football game, capping off a week full of activities. NFL great and UNI grad Kurt Warner will be back on campus for the parade.

UNI ties MVC match vs Evansville, 2-2

DREW HILL Sports Writer

The UNI women’s soc cer team went on the road to Evansville, Ind. on Thursday, Sept. 29 to face the Evansville Purple Aces. UNI came into the game at 4-5-1, having lost their previous game to Missouri State 2-0. Evansville came into the game 1-5-3. They started the season with a win in their third game, but had lost four in a row before tying in the previous game. With six Missouri Valley

Conference (MVC) games left for each team, both were looking to gain some momentum to move up the standings before the end of the season.

Both teams played evenly in the first half, as UNI got three shots and Evansville got four. However, it was UNI that converted first. In the 16th minute, Lizzie Mewes scored her first goal of the season to put UNI up 1-0. Both teams remained scoreless the rest of the half, leaving UNI up 1-0.

Evansville controlled

the early part of the sec ond half, gaining six shots and five corner kicks in the next 22 minutes. They finally converted in the 69th minute with a goal by Hailey Autenrieb, assisted by Monique Landrum and Nicole Benati. This tied the game at 1-1. The Panthers responded quickly, getting two shots on goal. Lauren Heinsch finally converted a penalty kick in the 77th min ute to put UNI back on top 2-1. With the game winding down, Evansville went on the attack. UNI was on defense

for nearly all of the rest of the game, only getting one more shot. Evansville put up four shots and a corner kick, but had not scored by the 88th minute. It looked like UNI would survive to win, but finally, with less than three minutes to go, Emily Ormson scored for Evansville on an assist from Rachel Rosborough to tie the game at 2-2. The Panthers were unable to score again, so the game ended in a tie at 2-2.

UNI had nine shots, including six on goal.

Evansville had 16 shots, including 12 on goal. UNI had four corner kicks to Evansville’s 10. UNI had ten saves, and goalkeeper Caitlin Richards had nine of those. Evansville had four saves. UNI was led in shots by Heinsch, who had five. Heinsch and Caroline Hazen each had two shots on goal to lead the Panthers.

UNI played on Sunday, Oct. 2, against Indiana State in Terre Haute, Ind. UNI returns home to Cedar Falls to play on Thursday, Oct. 6, against the Drake Bulldogs.

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Benny Sapp III intercepts a pass to seal the win for UNI. The Panthers have improved to 2-3 after losing their first three games of the season.

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Theo Day (12) celebrates after running in a touchdown to open the scoring on Saturday. Day also added a touchdown pass to his total.

Panthers sweep weekend, stay unbeaten in MVC

BEN LAHART Sports Writer

Since starting 1-5, the UNI volleyball team has gone 10-1 over their last 11 matches, winning four straight, including notch ing two more wins over the weekend. The Panthers played in Springfield, Mo. against Missouri State (5-11, 2-2 MVC) on Friday, Sept. 30, winning 3-1. On Saturday Oct. 1, they played again on the road against the Southern Illinois Salukis (9-7, 2-2 MVC) winning 3-0.

In the match against Missouri State, UNI dropped the first set losing 25-19.

However, the Panthers kept it very close up until the very end. The team made up for the loss in the first set by winning the second with a score of 25-21. In the next set the Panthers quickly got out to an 8-2 lead and never looked back, winning the set 25-16. The following set was a lot closer. UNI found them selves down 18-14 in the mid dle of the set before ending on an 11-5 run to secure the win with a score of 25-23. With this win, UNI has won their last two matches and seven of the last 10 against Missouri State.

Kira Fallert and Emily Holterhaus accounted for

nearly half of the 61 total kills, tallying 15 and 13 respective ly. Inga Rotto led the team in blocks with four while Carly Spies and Fallert each had three. Sydney Petersen and Tayler Alden each had one ace in the match as well. The final score was UNI winning 3-1.

On Saturday, the Panthers continued their momentum with a very dominant first set against Southern Illinois. They started out with an early lead of 11-1 before ultimately winning 25-6. UNI didn’t see a loss the rest of the weekend, winning their fifth and sixth straight sets of the road trip.

These sets were a bit more competitive but with streaks of four and six straight points in each set respectively, UNI found themselves win ning both with a score of 25-20. This accounted for the twelfth straight win against Southern Illinois, with the streak dating all the way back to the 2016 season.

Holterhaus again finished with 13 kills in one less set than the day before. Rotto also totaled double digit kills with 10. Spies and Rotto shared the team high in blocks with four a piece, while Holterhaus finished with three. Petersen tripled her number of aces

from the day before with three at the end of this match. Spies also had two aces in the match. The final score was a UNI sweep winning 3-0.

The Panthers are current ly undefeated in conference play sitting atop the Missouri Valley Conference with a 4-0 record and an 11-6 record overall. UNI will look to con tinue their winning streak as they start a five game home stand this Friday, Oct. 7, as they host Bradley University in the McLeod Center at 6 p.m. The Panthers will fol low that with the Purple Out game against Illinois State the next day, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m.

Dear NFL: wake up and protect your players

DAVID WARRINGTON Sports Editor

Anyone who watched Thursday’s primetime matchup between the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals witnessed an utter failure in every safe guard the National Football League supposedly has in place to protect its play ers from concussions.

During Miami’s win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Sept. 25, Dolphins quarter back Tua Tagovailoa took a bad hit. When he got up,

he was clutching his head and struggling to keep his balance, at one point actual ly falling down and having to be helped back up. At first, the right thing hap pened, and he was removed from the game. However, the training staff claimed it was a back issue, not a con cussion, and put him back in for the second half.

Fast forward just four days to Thursday Night Football, and despite suf fering what many believed was a concussion earlier that week, Tagovailoa was

back out there. Tagovailoa again took a bad hit, being slammed on the back of his head. In a disturbing sight, Tagovailoa locked up and was lying on the ground motionless before being stretchered off of the field and brought straight to the hospital. Fortunately, he was released the same night, but this is indicative of a bigger problem.

Chris Nowinski, Ph.D., a former football player at Harvard as well as a profes sional wrestler in the WWE, retired from wrestling after multiple concussions gave him permanent post-concus sion syndrome. Nowinski is now the co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation. His organiza tion works to educate people in contact sports as well as the military about the severity and seriousness of concussions.

“This is a disaster,” Nowinski said via Twitter. “Pray for Tua. Fire the med ical staff and coaches. I pre dicted this and I hate that I am right. Two concussions in five days can kill some one. This can end careers.

How are we so stupid in 2022?”

This situation is also per sonal to me. When I played football, I suffered two con cussions. My first, when I was in eighth grade, ended my season after just two games. The second, occur ring during my sophomore season, effectively ended my career. Fortunately, I was able to continue play ing long snapper, a position where I couldn’t be hit, but I would never play as I had before again.

It goes beyond just miss ing playing time. When I had my concussions, I turned into a different per son. I was rude and would have constant, drastic mood swings. Simple decisions would cause me major anxi ety. Of course, there are also concerns of chronic traumat ic encephalopathy (CTE). As more research goes into CTE and the deaths relat ed to the progressive brain condition, the more people see that they have to take concussions seriously.

However, my point in writing this isn’t that we should stop playing football.

On the contrary, I want peo ple to continue being able to play. I just want it to be done in a safe way, with concus sions being taken seriously. This sadly isn’t always the case.

“He didn’t have anything more serious than a concus sion,” Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said after the game. This single quote is indicative of the much bigger issue. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury. A concussion isn’t a “that could’ve been bad” type of injury. It is one of the most serious injuries related to football, as well as other contact sports, and needs to be treated as such.

Tagovailoa was failed on a deep level by the protec tions that are supposed to be in place to protect players from themselves and their desire to succeed and per form. Relying on players to self report concussive symp toms isn’t good enough. The NFL needs to take a good, long look at itself and its policies, and see what needs to happen to ensure this doesn’t happen again.

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Emily Holterhaus (10) recorded her 1,000th career kill during UNI’s 3-1 victory over Missouri State this past Friday. The Panthers have won 10 of their last 11 matches.

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Inga Rotto (13) became UNI’s all-time leader in matches played on Saturday, competing in her 139th match with the Panthers.

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Tua Tagovailoa is checked out by doctors after receiving a concussion during Miami’s game against Cincinnati on Thursday.

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