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UNI Museum shows ceramics exhibit LEZIGA BARIKOR Staff Writer

The lastest UNI Museum exhibit came together in the last year and a half, but the idea behind it has been in the works for much longer.

Last Thursday, Sept.

27, UNI Museum director Nathan Arndt saw his fouryear idea finally become a reality with the opening of “Cultural Impressions: Identities Molded in Clay.”

The exhibit is made up of ceramic works from both the UNI Museum and the UNI Gallery of Art. Pieces featured in the exhibit range from 4,000 years ago to 2018. Some works are from contemporary artists, and others date pre-Columbian to Mesopotamia. The pieces are also geographically diverse, according to Jessica Cruz, the exhibit preparator and outreach coordinator of the UNI Museum.

Arndt thought about doing a joint exhibit when he started at UNI four years ago and visited the UNI Gallery of

Art. “It sparked with me being new here that we had the wonderful ceramics collection in the museum,” said Arndt. “‘Why aren’t our two departments working together and looking at objects?’”

Timing for exhibits never seemed to line up, but when it did, Arndt reached out to Darrell Taylor, director of the UNI Gallery of Art, to ask if he’d be interested in working on the project together.

“Until the last several months I didn’t know what direction we were going,” said Taylor. “I didn’t know what his initial theme or idea was, and then once he told me it made perfect sense.”

The two co-curated the exhibit with ceramic pieces showcasing both style and cultural functionalities.

“One of the really unique things about pottery is that it has been something that has been a part of human experience almost since the very beginning,” said Cruz.

One of Taylor’s favorite pieces from the exhibit is

by Virginia Scotchie. It is a bottomless bowl that can’t be used for the intended purpose.

“They’re really an artistic expression,” Taylor said.

Cruz said that even early ceramics that were mainly practical had embellishments added to them.

“It’s always been something that we use, something that we still continue to use.

And it also straddles this line between art and craft,” Cruz said.

On opening night of the exhibit, there were around 50 people in attendance. Art professor Joann Schnabel spoke, as well as Arndt and Taylor.

The original goal of the exhibit was collaboration, according to Arndt, but now he sees it as something more.

“It started to dawn on me that a lot of people were creating separation between art and ethnographic, which to me was a crying shame because the stuff that’s made across the world is just as beautiful as anything being made in an art studio,” Arndt

ter.

The “archaeologists” are students from an archaeological field world class, led by associate professor of anthropology Donald Gaff.

The purpose of this dig is to excavate the former location of Central Hall. Gaff

said he has had the idea to excavate this area for a long time, but decided to finally lead it this year in preparation for the 150th anniversary of Central Hall’s construction. Although it burned down in 1965, Central Hall was the first building on

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“Cultural Impressions: Identities Molded in Clay” is an exhibit that features pieces from the UNI Museum and UNI Gallery of Art.

said.

One of Cruz’s favorite pieces is a red Owens ceramics art piece juxtaposed next to an ancient Chinese piece done in a similar style. The Owens piece is done by a Sea Grove Potter.

According to Taylor, the Sea Grove Potter community from North Carolina is inspired by Asian design.

The UNI Gallery of Art has Sea Grove Pottery piec-

es thanks to donations from UNI alum Lawrence Auld.

Taylor said the Gallery of Art’s relationship with its donors is essential since they have little to no budget to purchase pieces on their own.

Other pieces in the exhibit also have UNI connections, including some by former UNI art professor Dean Schwartz.

UNI’s campus. “[The past] helps us to understand the present,” Gaff said. “Sometimes that’s a little abstract when you’re doing stuff from thousands of years ago. But we’re talking about a building that was here in the 1960s. There are people around today who had classes in there, who had been in the building, and so it gives us through archaeology a different look because you have official campus histories and yearbooks where some of those things are memorialized. But what often gets lost is those little day-today things, and that’s what archaeology tells us about.”

The digging process itself entails skimming off about ten centimeters of soil at a time. The class screens each layer of the soil in search of artifacts. So far, the class’s findings have only been associated with contemporary campus life, such as pencils, pieces of brick and some small metal artifacts that have yet to be identified. Next semester, Gaff will

examine any artifacts they end up finding in the lab version of the same class.

“Best-case scenario would be that we find something substantial, whether that be part of the foundation or just even things like finding bricks — or maybe we’re 30 centimeters down, and we find a pencil which would have been from a long time ago,” said Trenton Delp, a senior majoring in anthropology and speech language pathology and one of the students participating in the dig. “But finding something that has some substance that would allow us to paint a picture or paint a story of what might have happened.”

Gaff believes the dig is helping his students learn what archeology is like in real life, as opposed to the unrealistic depictions of the field on television.

Delp appreciates that the class is giving him real experience working in archaeology.

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Archaeologists dig for Central Hall ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

Every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., students walking

by Lang Hall can witness a archaeological dig happening right on campus this semes-

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Prof talks buddies and boogeyman CALEB STEKL Staff Writer

Evan Renfro, professor of Political Science, gave a lecture titled “Buddies and Boogeymen: U.S. Foreign Policy as Domestic Politics” on Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. in Rod Library.

Renfro’s lecture was the final of five lectures in the #PanthersVote series designed to engage, inform and encourage voter turnout in the run-up to the midterm elections in November. The lecture series was hosted by the American Democracy Project.

The lecture began with Renfro discussing the origin of the idea of “boogeymen.”

He explained that the concept was developed by professors Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman, who created the Propaganda Model in the 1980’s. This model was an attempt to understand how mass corporate media shapes narratives and perceptions about the world.

To demonstrate how syntax informs narratives, Renfro asked, “if I told you there was a militant that was captured, and there was a soldier that was kidnapped, which one would you feel sorry for?”

The use of the words “soldier” and “militant” is just one way media can shape narratives. This affects how

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and what decisions are made by people in power, Renfro explained.

Renfro made clear that the Propaganda Model cannot be applied to all media outlets, only those which are privately owned. This is because stories in private media must pass through a number of “filters,” Renfro said.

He listed five filters which help to shape the narrative of a news story: flack, concentration of ownership, reliance on advertising, reliance on experts and elites, and the boogeyman.

Flack is “highly orchestrated criticism,” according to Renfro. It prevents reporters from criticizing those in power and keeps investigative journalism within the boundaries set either by those in power or the owners.

Renfro noted his former professor published an editorial in the Los Angeles Times which criticized Israel for supplying small arms to a Central American country, comparing it to “exporting the Holocaust to Central America.”

She later stepped down from the paper.

He then spoke about about the concentration of ownership.

A problem of concentration is that “you may think you are getting many perspectives w h e n , in reality, those perspectives are in the hands of just a few companies,” R e n f r o argued.

T h e n o t i o n that there are many different newspapers and web-

sites one can choose from is, according to Renfro, “a myth, a mirage.” He explained that The New York Times, Washington Post, Fox News Network, and the Wall Street Journal are all owned by a small number of private individuals and families.

Another filter leading to news distortion is private publications’ reliance on advertising revenue.

Renfro said this is a problem because “you don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” As an example, he argued that the New York Times would not run an investigative piece on blood diamonds in the Congo because that would upset one of their biggest advertisers, Tiffany’s.

According to Renfro, the reliance on experts in producing news stories creates a biased perspective and fails to capture a diverse set of viewpoints.

“You can choose from the Goldman Sachs banker who is an expert [on the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis], or you can speak to that single mom who is now living out of her car,” lamented Renfro.

The final filter, the

boogeyman, is “that entity which we blame all of our problems,” Renfro explained.

According to Dr. Renfro, “the boogeyman serves as an externalized justification for elected policymakers who can say its not our fault, it's that other person’s fault.”

After discussing the production of media bias, the lecture turned to Donald Trump’s foregin policy.

Specifically, how President Trump has transformed the nation’s typical boogeymen, Russia and North Korea, into allies and the nation’s typical allies, such as England and Canada, into the boogeymen.

Renfro discussed four theories that can possibly help explain this phenomenon.

The first theory, Diversionary War Theory, states that “a country’s leader will initiate conflict with a state in order to divert your attention from trouble at home.” This tactic is often used to inflate polling numbers during times of a domestic crisis.

Renfro explained a second theory, the personalization of politics, as “if I personally like you, we’re going to have good relations...but if I

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personally dislike you we’re going to have problems” Trump’s affectionate relationship with Vladimir Putin, argued Renfro, is an example pointing to this theory’s credibility.

Another theory put forward by Renfro was one named after the executive himself, The Trump Model.

The Trump Model is as follows: “heated rhetoric, followed by threats, followed by a sit-down meeting, followed by a nice talk, followed by deal-making,” Renfro explained. “It is nothing but New York real estate.”

The one problem with this theory is that foreign policy is not real estate. “There is not a profit margin[...] people are living or dying,” Renfro said.

Nathan Spicer, a junior history major, said the most interesting part of Renfro’s lecture was “his models for explaining the sudden change in perceptions of foreign affairs.”

Sam Plunk, a senior Political Science major, described the Trump Model as “a pretty intuitive description based on Trump's time in the real estate market.”

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JACK AVE

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“Who do you believe?”

This loaded question looms over every observer when sexual assault allegations are made public. With the growth of the #MeToo movement as well as the recent public accusations against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh, it seems that the way we approach ‘belief ’ in one person or another is becoming increasingly more important. #WhyIDidntReport has become a trending hash tag on Twitter in the past several weeks. The vast number of personal testimonies (mostly from women, people of color and gender minorities) demonstrated a disturbing trend of not being believed. For most, it was “ignorance of their pain.”

While assault allegations in the media have become polarizing and partisan, the disbelief of experiences happens more frequently than some of us realize.

A recent UNI alumnus,

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Laticia Aossey, has been diagnosed with multiple severe chronic stomach problems.

“Most of my life, I was told it was just in my head,” Aossey said in a recent interview where she described a long history of her chronic pain being ignored.

Aossey recalled her struggle to be believed by doctors who were supposed to treat her.

“I was told for years that I didn’t have stomach problems, like they said I was eating something wrong or it was just because of my nerves because I was ‘upset.’”

Unfortunately, Aossey’s experience is one that many women experience. The dismissal of female pain is a trend that is empirically confirmed.

University of Rhode Island researcher, Karen L. Calderone, found in a study she conducted that women are half as likely as men to receive pain killers after surgery because doctors often do not take their complaints seriously.

According to Joe Fassler of The Atlantic, “Nationwide, men wait an average of 49 minutes before receiving an analgesic for acute abdominal pain. Women wait an average of 65 minutes for the same thing.”

It now seems that when asked the question “Who do I believe?” we should think more carefully about how we respond.

The choices we make about who we believe may seem insignificant. It may be convenient to dismiss someone’s pain, just as it is more convenient for doctors to send hurting patients home.

However, the question of whom we believe isn’t supposed to be a convenient question. Who we choose to believe and not believe changes the way we view the world and the way we think about other people’s pain.

Patricia Hill Collins, a professor of sociology, argues that, “epistemological choices about who to trust, what to believe and why something is true are not benign academic issues.

Opinion columnist Jack Ave discusses the societal trivialization of female pain, and how this damages women’s believability in serious situations.

Instead, these concerns tap the fundamental question of which versions of truth will prevail and shape thought and action.”

Our individual choices have real ramifications.

Whether it’s in the medical field, courtroom, or even the voting booth, we must believe the pain of others and take it seriously. We must be critical when we ask ourselves whom we believe and why we believe them.

It took years for Laticia

Aossey’s pain to be believed.

Her doctors often made the choice to give an easier, more convenient answer.

Aossey remembers how frustrated she felt when her pain wasn’t believed.

“They’re not taking us seriously,” she said. “…To be told that something that you feel everyday isn’t valid, to be told that the pain that you’re in in that moment isn’t there…how are you supposed to feel about that?

It’s ridiculous.”

the matter at hand. In both cases, an investigation could not verify the accounts.

However, in the case of Ford, she has specifically asked the FBI to investigate, which is an unlikely request if her allegations are indeed fraudulent. This makes a following statement even more curious, when the writer implies that the FBI does not have enough evidence to investigate. If we were concerned with discovering the truth, it seems like the logical route would be to call for an investigation.

The letter also calls into question the polygraph results by claiming that they can be unreliable; however, ABC News reports that polygraph tests are 70-90 percent accurate. So, it is curious that this let-

ter is decrying the delay in Kavanaugh’s confirmation process considering the fact that there is, at the very least, a 70-90 percent chance that Ford’s allegations are true. Shouldn’t the confirmation be delayed if highly probable testimony of sexual assault is provided? Why is the author of this letter admonishing such a delay?

Furthermore, the letter states that the evidence is unsubstantiated and hard to believe because it lacks a specific time and place.

However, studies have shown that, during traumatic situations, the brain is less likely to remember peripheral details of the event.

An article penned by James Hopper, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and teaching associate in psychology at Harvard Medical School, and David Lisak, Ph.D., a forensic consultant, appearing in TIME magazine, noted that during traumatic experiences, the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus are impaired, and the amygdala will redirect attention towards information that it deems necessary for survival, rather than peripheral details or contextual information.

A research article published by the University of Arizona entitled “Traumatic

Memory Characteristics” also demonstrated that people who experienced rape had fewer clear memories of the event as compared to other traumatic experiences. The fact that Ford cannot recall specific details from an event that took place in 1982, especially one in which she was focused on staying alive and not on memorizing every detail of her surroundings, should not be held against her.

There is now a time at which the event took place. As reported by the Washington Post, Kavanaugh himself submitted a calendar as evidence that the allegation was false.

However, that very calendar contains an event on July 1 that is described the exact same way that Ford described the event that she was at, such as both accounts placing the same people at the party. There was no way that Ford would be able to know details about the party, including the people present there, unless she had been there.

To further discuss the validity of the claims, therapist notes from 2012 verify that Ford talked about these claims well before Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court.

This clearly debunks the idea that Ford is a political

operative who has fabricated these allegations in order to delay the hearing, as at the time she originally made the claims there was no way she could have known that Kavanaugh would ever be nominated to the Supreme Court. If Ford was making these claims up, it would be unlikely that she would place another witness in the room that it occurred, or that she would want the FBI to investigate her claims.

Furthermore, that second witness, Mark Judge, has even written a book claiming that he and Kavanaugh were blackout drunks during college, which is consistent with the story being presented. The same goes for the second accusation, from Deborah Ramirez, in which she places multiple witnesses within her story, which would be a curious decision if it was fabricated.

Other students have claimed that they did hear about this incident after the fact, as reported by The New Yorker. In sum, I believe that Ford’s claims are credible, and that anyone attacking her credibility is engaging in willful ignorance, and I ask that the author of this letter reconsiders his stance on this issue and retract his original claims regarding the validity of Ford’s allegations.

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LTE: The evidence backs up Ford’s credibility Editors Note: This letter to the editor was submitted by Mohammed Rawwas, UNI professor of marketing, in response to an LTE published in the September 27 issue of the Northern Iowan titled “Delay drives Kavanaugh accusation.”

In the September 27, 2018 issue of The Northern Iowan, I read a letter to the editor entitled “Delay drives Kavanaugh accusation.” It contains some rather curious arguments that I think must be addressed.

First of all, a large section of the letter is dedicated to providing anecdotal evidence of two false rape allegations that have absolutely no bearing on the case being discussed, and only serve to obfuscate from

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Mohammed Rawwas, UNI professor of marketing, responds to an LTE published in the Sept. 27 issue of the NI.

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Filmmaker S. Leo Chiang to visit UNI SARAH RITONDALE Staff Writer

The William and Stephanie Clohesy Documentary Film Series is bringing their sixth filmmaker to campus from Oct. 8 to 10.

Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker, S. Leo Chiang, will be visiting several classrooms at UNI and Hawkeye Community College, giving a public lecture and screening two of his documentaries.

“Oftentimes, documentary films and other films are available to be screened here, but very rarely is the filmmaker actually here to interact with students,” said David O’Shields, UNI’s documentary filmmaker- in-residence and director of the Clohesy Series. “We wanted to select the most accomplished documentary filmmakers, not just in the country but in the world, to bring to campus.”

Chiang is a native of Taiwan and has been living

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There are also historical pieces discovered in the Cedar Falls-Waterloo area.

One bowl in particular was shattered by a lone hunter and left where it was, according to Arndt. Once rediscovered, the pieces were put back together to tell the story of that particular pottery. Only the neckline of the pottery piece is on display at the exhibit.

“The goal of it is kind of to make people think

in the United States for a number of years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering and received his Master of Fine Arts in film production from the University of Southern California. He has taught documentary production at several universities, is a co-founder of the Asian American Documentary network and previously was the co-chair of New Day Films.

According to O’Shields, students interested in pursuing a future in the filmmaking business would benefit greatly from hearing and experiencing what Chiang has to say. However, he added, Chiang’s story would also benefit anyone in any field because it proves that people can achieve what they set their mind to.

“I think it is very enriching to not only the students in communication studies, but also to various students around campus as well as the Cedar Falls community that they get to meet the

filmmaker and see that for students that are interested in filmmaking, and especially documentary filmmaking, that this is something that can happen. It is attainable,” O’Shields said. “These people are not abstract; they are flesh-and-blood people who went through a lot of the same things that students are going through now and learning and thinking about pursuing.”

O’Shields said that the films themselves would appeal to anyone who is ready to listen.

Chiang’s newest film “Out Run” will be shown on Monday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in Lang Hall Auditorium. The film follows the efforts of politicians to become part of the political discourse and help to govern the Philippines, a country with many taboos surrounding the LGBT lifestyle.

On Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m., Chiang’s Emmy Awardnominated film “A Village Called Versailles” will be

differently, going home and looking at the idea that this ceramic piece means something different to me than it does to someone else, but it’s still important,” Arndt said.

“So it’s kind of respecting cultural objects.”

Arndt hopes students come and ask questions about the pieces because the small plaques can only contain so many details. One way students have been interacting with the exhibit is through visits set up by professors during class time.

“I want students and anyone else who might be viewing that exhibition to realize that we have incredible objects, art objects and historical objects on campus,” Taylor said. “They are a resource for researchers and for scholars and for students to study. In a sense, combining our collections in this way is an opportunity for students to realize that these two collections exist.”

Arndt echoed the sentiment that a cross-departmental exhibit is a unique opportunity, especially for students who play a role in putting the displays together.

“A big goal for us is to make people look at objects around them in a different light, make them respect them, make them actually see value in them,” Arndt said. “And I think this has done that.”

The exhibit will be up all year and closes July 20, 2019.

The Friends of Sartori Memorial Hospital will again be hosting the very popular

Jewelry Sale Monday, October 8, 2018

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

West Dining Room Sartori Memorial Hospital Masquerade, a nationally known $5 jewelry company, will be selling a wide variety of quality jewelry and accessories for men, women and children including rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, jewelry sets, wallets and watches — and everything is $5.

Cash, check and credit cards will be accepted.

Associates can use payroll deduction.

Parking and Entrance Guide All proceeds will go toward Friends of Sartori Memorial Hospital future projects and health care educational scholarships.

Directional signage will be posted in hallways and at stairs/elevators to guide shoppers.

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Emmy-Award-nominated filmmaker S. Leo Chiang will visit UNI on Oct. 8, 9 and 10 to screen two of his films and give a public lecture.

screened in the John Deere Auditorium in the Curris Business Building. The documentary records a New Orleans Vietnamese community coming together in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It is a political story about human endurance and what people can do when they band together and challenge adversity.

Finally, Chiang will be giving a public lecture on

Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 9 a.m. in Rod Library 301.

“Not only are these films an important part of their educational experience while they are university students, but it will broaden their horizons, and they get a chance to meet the filmmaker and participate in a question-and-answer section,” O’Shields said.

For more information about Chiang, students can visit sleochiang.com.

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Local historical pottery from the Cedar Falls-Waterloo area.

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Palladium Knob Bowl by Virginia Scotchie, 2015.

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Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

Students can experience Latin art, food and music on campus this month during Latinx Heritage Month.

Latinx Heritage Month, also known as Hispanic Heritage Month, is an annual national celebration of Latin culture running from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. UNIdos, Lambda Theta Phi, Lambda Theta Alpha and the Center for Multicultural Education are working together to host several events in order to raise awareness of the month.

The term “Latinx” is used in order to be more inclusive in the community, according to Adalberto Castrejon, junior marketing management major and UNIdos president.

Sometimes the term “Latino” is used, but because the term is masculine, “Latinx” is preferred because it is all-encompassing.

Several events have already happened for Latinx Heritage Month. It began with a Carne Asada Kickoff on Sept. 16.

“Carne asada is a dish that’s very popular in Latin countries,” Castrejon said.

“It’s like a steak taco. We also served empanadas and there was live music at the Campanile.”

Other events included a Latin dance instructional on Sept. 19 and a lecture by history professor Fernando Calderon about Afro-Latinx history and culture on Sept.

26.

This Friday, Oct. 5,

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“Getting messy in the dirt is always a fun experience,” Delp said. “But I think another thing that I enjoy is just that I am learning. It’s not just me, like, when I was a kid going out and digging a hole. We’re digging for a purpose. So I’m learning real scientific things about how to dig properly [. . .]

I like the application of it.”

Delp has also enjoyed how the dig has helped bring attention to the anthropology major. Since the dig is happening on campus, it often sparks conversations with passersby.

“We’re learning about things that are still yet to come,” Delp said. “We’re painting a picture of the past. We’re getting an understanding of what happened before us to help understand what’s happening now or

a rally titled “Forum on Keeping Families Together” will be held on the rooftop of Maucker Union from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., hosted by languages and literatures professor Juan Castillo.

Guest speakers will include Nilvia Brownson and two staff and faculty members from Hawkeye Community College. The event will focus on the separation of migrant families at the US-Mexico border and the impact it can have on individuals.

“I’m excited about it because of the political climate that’s going on right now, and speaking about that topic is very important,” Castrejon said. “Discussing about it will be good to raise awareness here at UNI. I’m also excited about this because in previous years there haven’t been many social justice events that have taken place here on UNI’s campus, so that event being focused on social justice and immigration within the Latin community will be very impactful and very powerful.”

While a previously-planned Concha Fundraiser has been canceled, there will be one other event for Latinx Heritage Month: a Latinx Showcase on Oct. 12 in Lang Hall Auditorium from 5 to 8 p.m.

This event will be a display of various arts within Latinx culture, including dance routines, poetry and more. Lambda Theta Phi will be giving a salute during the showcase, which is meant to pay respect to ancestors who had to fight in wars instead of being able what’s gonna happen in the future — or possibly happen in the future. Anthropology, to me, gives better understanding to things just like any science or history would. It helps you know about the past, the present and the future.”

The dig comes with challenges. The biggest one?

The weather.

“So with this constant non-stop rain, the first thing we have to do is literally bail out the excavation units, take buckets and dump out all the water and the soil is just muddy,” Gaff said. “When it’s drier, it goes through the screen a lot easier. When it’s wet, it just balls up into clay balls, and each of those has got to be pushed through.

Weather has definitely been a challenge.”

Gaff says his class will keep digging until it gets too cold for them to continue.

to go to school or college. A rap performance by Anthony Cortez will also be featured.

“Overall, when I started planning for the month, I wanted UNI to be aware of the Latin culture, the food and the dance,” Castrejon said. “I wanted people to be more cognizant of our culture and more open to it.”

The goal of increasing awareness for Latinx culture also extends to the club of which Castrejon is president, UNIdos, formerly known as the Hispanic and Latinx Student Union.

Other events UNIdos sponsors include a celebration of Día de los Muertos and the Latinx Ball, which is a culmination of the work

that they do throughout the semester.

Through this organization and others, Castrejon

hopes to educate the community and build support for the Latinx population at UNI.

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VOLLEYBALL

UNI knocks off two undefeated MVC opponents JOEL WAUTERS

Sports Editor

Facing an uphill battle against two of the best teams in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), the UNI volleyball team picked up crucial wins last week over the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers and the Valparaiso Crusaders.

Heading into their showdown with Loyola last Friday, the Panthers held an 8-6 record on the season. The start of their MVC play is 2-0, after sweeping Indiana State earlier this week.

The Ramblers entered the contest as one of five teams still undefeated in conference play, along with UNI and Valparaiso.

The Panthers came out strong on the attack, outperforming the Ramblers by tallying 54 kills to Loyola’s 33. The purple and gold also struck Loyola with a .265 hitting attack throughout the

match. Despite the Ramblers out-blocking UNI eight to three, it was the Panthers, led

by Piper Thomas and Kate Busswitz, who shut down any hope of the Ramblers making an offensive move.

Thomas led the match with 18 kills, as Busswitz provided an additional 15 kills plus two blocks and an ace serve. Each set came down to the wire, but it was UNI who came out victorious with 25-22, 25-23 and 25-22 to hand Loyola their first defeat in MVC play.

In a quick turnaround, the Panthers traveled to Valparaiso, Indiana, the next day to take on the Crusaders in another battle of the MVC’s undefeated teams. Just as they had done a day earlier in Chicago, the Panthers came out strong on the attack.

Thomas notched a season high of 19 kills along with a .472 attack percentage, her fourth straight match with an attack percentage over .400.

Busswitz, along with Karlie Taylor and Jaydlin Seehase, each posted double-digit numbers in kills as Rachel Koop tallied 47 assists. Koop is now averaging 11.5 assists per set this season.

UNI was able to hold off the Crusaders in the first set, 25-20, before falling in the second set, 25-19. After the setback, UNI rallied to the end, taking the final two sets, 25-21 and 25-23, to knock off another undefeated team in the MVC three sets to one.

The Panthers currently sit tied for first place in MVC play along with the Bradley Braves and Illinois State Redbird as the only three remaining unbeaten conference teams at 4-0.

UNI (10-6) will host another set of back-to-back matches this weekend at the McLeod Center, as they host Illinois State on Friday night and Bradley on Saturday night. Both matches are set for a 7 p.m. first serve.

MVC VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS

Bradley Braves (4-0)

Illinois State Redbirds (4-0)

Northern Iowa Panthers (4-0)

Valparaiso Crusaders (4-1)

Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (3-2) (Standings are as of Oct. 3, 2018)

Panthers shut down Viterbo, 10-0 SOCCER

EMMETT LYNCH Sports Writer

The UNI soccer team has been a force to be reckoned with as the 2018 season rolls along.

With a record of 5-5-2, the Panthers have been a balanced team as they’ve looked to pick up more wins this season.

The Panthers opened Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play at 0-2, following a loss from the Missouri State Bears by a narrow score of 1-0. The lone goal came from Kennady Orlick in the 24th minute, her fifth goal of the season.

The Bears are not new to Courtesy Photo/UNI Athletics tough defense and outlasting UNI (5-5-2) scored the most goals in program history during their 10-0 competition, as they are the shutout of the Viterbo Hawks on Monday. reigning MVC tournament champions.

Hawks with a final score of Izzy LaFollette would score UNI fell to Missouri State 10-0. in the 78th minute off a pass in the championship game last Yarrow recorded her third from Elyse Reagan. season by a similar score of 1-0 goal of the year in just the LaFollette and Clare in their first ever trip to the second minute of the match.

Schooley would team up in the title game.

Viterbo goaltender Abby 82nd minute, assisting Johnnie Junior Kelsey Yarrow led Breitbach mistakenly knocked Hill with the score. Reagan the Panther offense with six the ball into her team’s own would record her second assist shots, five of them on goal. net in the 11th minute to put of the season in the 89th Goaltender Kaitlin Maxwell the Panthers up 2-0 within minute, as Emma Rottinghaus recorded ten saves in the the first 15 minutes of the would score the final Panther matchup for UNI. Just one matchup. goal to cap the offensiveminute prior to Orlick’s goal UNI took advantage of the dominated day. The ten goal in the 24th minute, Olina early lead and many Panthers performance by the Panthers Einarsdottir was handed a went on to have their share shatters the school record of yellow card. The Panthers of scores. Sophomore forward most goals in a game with six. led the Bears in shots at 14- Sydney Hayden recorded her UNI looks to continue 8, while Missouri State led in second goal of the season in Missouri Valley Conference saves 10-5. the 21st minute. play on Oct. 5 as they travel to After the close loss, the The remaining six Panther Evansville, Indiana, in hopes Panthers rebounded and went goals were firsts for many of continuing dominance by on to record their fifth shut-out players this season. Jamie recording their sixth shutout of the season against Viterbo. Althiser put the next two balls of the season against the The Panthers dominated the in the net board before half. Purple Aces.

CROSS COUNTRY

UNI competes at Roy Griak Invite PATRICK HANSEN at 26:17.60 and Sam McCool Sports Writer

The Panther cross country teams competed at the 33rd Roy Griak Invitational at the Les Bolstad Course in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, on Sept.

29. The Minnesota Golden Gophers hosted the meet.

Wal Khat placed 12th overall out of 152 runners, leading the Panther men’s team. This resulted in an 11th place finish for UNI out of 15 teams with 259 points. For Khat, this was his third top-15 finish this season.

Other top finishers for UNI included C.J. May, placing 69th with a time of a 26:12.60, Ben Ahlrichs in 74th place

finishing 75th at 26:19.70.

The women’s team placed 10th at this meet, with the athletes running their first 6K race of the year.

McKayla Cole led the Panthers, finishing in 48th place with a time of 22:36.40. Gabby Skopec placed 52nd at 22:41.10, Lucy Conroy took 60th running a 22:51.70 and Alyssa Williams ended in 68th place at 23:03.

With one regular meet remaining before the Missouri Valley Conference championships and the NCAA Midwest Regional meet, both the men and women will head to Peoria, Illinois, for the Bradley Classic on Oct. 27.

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