10-6-22

Panthers get ready to growl and groove

“That ‘70s HOCO” brings week of festivities

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a groovy 70’s theme, offic es around campus show their panther pride in a diverse way. Although homecoming week is halfway over, students and alumni alike still have a wide array of activities to get involved in and traditions to take part in. Heather Harbach, Ph.D., UNI’s Vice President of Student Life, sat down to discuss all things homecoming and community this week.

“Homecoming brings a sense of connection to the communities on campus. It brings a certain energy and excitement within our common community,” she said. Especially with the Verdin Company bell foundry being on campus, UNI’s Homecoming brings another layer of excite ment.

NISG September updates

Board of Regents Meeting Highlights

From the launch of the Green Dot initiative, a productive Board of Regents meeting and the introduction of more than twenty new members, Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) has had a busy first month of fall semester advo cating for UNI’s students and campus community.

The Board of Regents, the governing body for all three state universities in the state of Iowa, met on UNI’s cam pus Sept. 14 and 15 to discuss everything from facilities man agement to academic affairs. The following items are high lights from that meeting.

Our Tomorrow campaign kicks off historic fundraising push

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This Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8, UNI will have the official launch of Our Tomorrow, the biggest fund raising campaign that the University has ever undertak

The Our Tomorrow fund raising campaign has a goal of raising $250 million by the year 2026. This money will be used to support the people, programs and spaces that make UNI unique.

Over the last few months, the UNI Foundation YouTube page has been previewing what the university will be doing with this campaign. Over the course of six short videos all titled “Our Tomorrow,” UNI Foundation shows pictures and plans for iconic buildings on campus such as the Gallagher

Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, which will be under going a major remodel on the existing lobby facade that faces University Avenue as well as an addition to the building by adding a marquee lounge.

Another structure seeing changes is the Campanile. Besides the current upgrades occurring to the Campanile and its bells, the tower itself and the carillon, the instrument used to play the bells, will also under go improvements. As there is no temperature regulation in the top of the Campanile, the wide temperature changes throughout the year with Iowa weather have been taking its toll on the rigging that supports the bells and connects to the carillon. Having a climate-con trolled area at the top of the Campanile will help preserve everything for years to come.

In another YouTube video

titled “Our Tomorrow: The Campaign for UNI” alumni Dan Fick, Ph.D., who was a part of the class of 1985, walks into the UNI-Dome and shares his personal experience of how he fell in love with campus and his program, including a story of when he first hit the bench

mark of running two miles under nine minutes at UNI. He then goes on to talk about the importance of investing in the university and UNI-Dome.

There is more to this cam paign than fixing and renovat ing buildings on campus. More details will be made clear at the

launch, where they will talk about the main pillars of the campaign.

The campaign is investing not only in current and future Panthers, but for past Panthers as well, as expressed in one of UNI Foundation’s most recent YouTube videos.

“Our Tomorrow focuses not just on ‘tomorrow,’ but ‘our.’ ‘Our’ means the students here, the students who will be coming, the graduates and alums… Even though I grad uated a long time ago, this is still my tomorrow. What is UNI going to be… UNI can make an impact unforeseen for students, for the communi ty… it’s the vision of UNI that makes it stand out,” said Sandy Phillips Stevens, ’72 alum.

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is delegated toward building renovations. The Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center will be undergoing a major remodel.

conceptualized image above shows a possibility for the final product.

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student enjoys pizza at last year’s Homecoming pep rally hosted by the Campus Activities Board (CAB). This year, CAB will host a Homecoming dance party at the Campanile Plaza from

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CAMPUS LIFE Students partici pated in the UNI Traditions Challenge Amazing Race on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

Opinion Columnist Drew Hill defends capitalism as a successful economic system.

SPORTS Panthers to take on Illinois State Red birds in Homecoming game.

On UNI’s campus, Homecoming festivities are in full swing. Decked out in

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NISG passed a resolution formally recognizing Green Dot Week celebrating the launch of the new gender violence provention initiative. Above NISG President Masinovic and Vice President Krutsinger pose with Univeristy President Mark Nook at the kickoff event.

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UNI has requested approval to replace the UNI-Dome fab ric roof for $8 million through private donations, gifts and athletic funds. This project is expected to begin in 2023, and the roof will have an estimated lifespan of 20 to 25 years.

All three regent univer sities (Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa) all stressed the shift to virtu al learning and how that has impacted the facility needs coming out of the pandemic.

President Nook requested an $8 million increase request to the FY 2023 budget allo cation for UNI. $4 million of that money would be for tuition differentiation, and $4 million for Educators for Iowa. Additionally. $2 million was requested to expand an addi tional four community college partnerships through UNI, and $400,000 for various economic development projects.

Additionally, after mem bers of NISG and the other student governments from Iowa

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La hija mayor

ALEXIA GARCÍA escritora invitada MAYRA VILLANUEVA

en español

Nota editorial: Esta es una colaboración especial con la clase de español avanza do de la escuela secundaria de Marshalltown. Se le qui ere agradecer a la escritora, Alexia García por su contri bución al periódico estudian til y dedicación al escribir su relato.

–Hija ven– se escucha todo el día por toda la casa. Aunque la familia tiene cuatro hijas la mayor sabe que se están refiriendo a ella. La mayor en una casa hispana siempre ha tenido que ser el pegamento que mantiene la casa junta. Es la primera en ser llama da si necesitan algo o la que

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and Iowa State spoke with the Board of Regents, the board requested an additional $1 mil lion to their FY 2024 appropri ations requests from the state legislature to be used specifi cally for mental health on our campuses. If approved, this funding will be split between the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa.

The Academic Affairs Committee noted all three pub lic universities are currently experiencing a student worker shortage in residence halls, din ing halls and other areas around campus.

2022 enrollment numbers were also discussed, with UNI’s total enrollment being 8,949 students. UNI’s first year class reached 2,200 students, including 764 transfers. UNI continues to offer the lowest tuition rates among the state’s three universities.

New Student Organization Approved

NISG voted to approve a new student organization called the Panther Clubhouse which

puede calmar cualquier drama en la casa. E incluso es la primera que cae por todos los problemas de sus hermanas, aunque ella no sea la culpable. Si su padre está enojado es la primera en tomar las “pedra das’’, y si trata de defender su perspectiva de la historia es callada y mandada a su cuarto. Incluso su madre no está a su lado, pero es la primera en disculparse con ella.

Desde chiquita la mayor trata de desaparecer para pare cer que no está, pero siempre

seeks to bring all Disney lovers together and share their love of all things Disney related.

Resolutions Passed

Resolutions are created to officially recognize or com memorate certain events, hol idays or important programs. During the month of September, a resolution passed recogniz ing Green Dot Week and their launch event, along with a reso lution in support of the textbook equity initiative spearheaded by Marie Anne Gruber and finally a resolution in recognition of International Peace Day Sept. 21 was passed.

Bills Passed

From the UNI Baseball Club, Winterguard or the Public Relations Student Society of America, NISG passed several bills to help fund certain student organizations across campus.

To receive more information about how to get student orga nization funding from NISG, visit nisg.uni.edu and under the “Student Organizations” tab, click “funding.”

la encuentran. Ha aprendido a observar las maneras que las personas platican y se mue ven. Si piensa que una persona está enojada o triste, trata de arreglar la situación. Esto es porque quisiera que alguien se fijara en ella; tener su atención. Pero es difícil saber que la mayor está cansada porque se presenta como si todo estu viera bien. Sus hermanas inc luso dicen que es perfecta. Pero si ellas supieran sobre lo que pasa en la mente de la mayor no creyeran que es perfecta.

New Board of Directors

Sworn In

NISG gained nine new Board of Directors this month. Board of Directors are an inte gral part of student government and work to improve specific areas of campus.

Christian Kreger: Director of Gender Violence Prevention

Jacob McGrane: Director of Military and Veteran Affairs

Lizbeth Montalvo: Director of Mental Health

Kehde Campbell: Director of Residence Life

Luigi Lopez: Director of Racial and Ethnic Affairs

Trevor Meyers: Director of Transfer Students

Nneoma Nnaji: Director of International Student Affairs

Rachel Bass: Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life

Kylie Rink: Director of First Year Students

Kerrigan Levi: Director of Sustainability

New Senators Sworn In

Senators of NISG serve to represent senators’ respective

Los padres la comparan sus hermanas con ella. A ella no le gusta esta comparación porque causa conflictos con sus her manas. Ve a sus hermanas y desea que no se sientan como ella algún día.

La hija mayor apenas tiene 16 años, pero ella se siente mayor de lo que es. Trata de llenar su horario de actividades que la mantengan ocupada. Trata de evitar estar en su casa por mucho tiempo y estudia en su cuarto el tiempo que está en casa. Pero esto causa que se sienta sola. Siente que no tiene a alguien en quien confiar. Y se siente más sola cuando le está preguntando a otras perso nas si ellas están bien, aunque ella no esté bien.

Pero, aunque sepa todo lo que pasó y pasa ella todavía ama a su familia. Y no les desea nada malo. También le encanta cuando sus padres tienen sus días buenos y se siente un poco más relajada. Se asegura de siempre estar allí por quien sea y mantener sus calificaciones. También se ase gura de no desanimar a nadie o causar algún problema en casa.

colleges and the student body as a whole. During the month of September, seven new Senators joined the ranks of NISG.

Cooper Messina: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Grant Pedersen: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Joshua Walsh: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Claire Schadl: College of Business Administration

Mason Miller: College of Business Administration

Christelle Tungu: College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Hattie Dukes: College of Education

Associate Justices

Associate Justices help to regulate all NISG and student protocols, and they act as the Election Commission during campaign season each spring.

This September, NISG wel comed two new associate jus tices into the judicial branch: Aaron Burger and Alma Hodzic.

TOMORROW

The launch of Our Tomorrow will be this Friday, Oct. 7 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. between the Commons and the Campanile. There will be lots to do, including archery tag, axe throwing, badmin ton, bags, face painting, giant volleyball and ROTC’s joust house. In addition, speakers including University President Mark Nook and homecoming VIPs Kurt and Brenda Warner will present.

The kickoff is just the start of connecting with alumni and community members for fundraising. Regional events will continue to be held around the state of Iowa and beyond, including Our Tomorrow cele brations in Chicago on Oct. 11, the Twin Cities on Dec. 7 and Washington D.C. on Feb. 8.

For more information on the Our Tomorrow campaign, donation instructions and a full schedule of events, visit ourto morrow.uni.edu.

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Making a case for capitalism

Although capitalism gets a lot of heat, it is the system that made the US the richest nation

DREW HILL Opinion Columnist

In 2021, Gallup had a poll that said 60 percent of Americans favored cap italism, while 38 percent favored socialism. The gap between these two decreas es as you break it down by generation, however. Another poll from 2019 said that 51 percent of millen nials are favorable towards capitalism, compared to 49 percent that are favorable towards socialism. This is noticeable especially when you consider that 61 percent of Generation X and 68 per cent of Baby Boomers were favorable to capitalism.

A lot of people today feel disillusioned by capi talism because of inequal ities between the rich and poor. Others feel that it is based on chasing wealth, and is therefore corrupt. So, is capitalism a broken sys tem? What is the cause of the many problems we see today?

First, an explanation of how capitalism is sup posed to work is in order. Capitalism, or free enter prise, allows for private businesses to offer goods and services to consumers independent of government interference. Since anyone can offer a similar prod uct, competition for the consumer’s money results. Consumers will usually choose the product or ser vice that is the highest qual ity for the lowest price. This improves products and ser vices. To pay for those prod ucts and services, people

work and provide their prod uct or service, or they pro duce for an employer. Since people have motivation to work and provide the highest quality at the lowest prices, capitalism should result in a better life for all.

One problem is that some corporations are huge and have almost eliminated com petition. Lack of competition can lead to inflated prices and loss of quality, since the monopoly has nothing to keep it from forcing peo ple to pay for higher prices. The chase of the profit leads to large companies not car ing about their employees and trying to replace them with automated workers. As a result, the elites in control of large businesses get richer while the poor struggle.

However, there is a big reason why many of these problems happen. Some companies may become monopolies through shrewd business within the capital istic system. However, most are the result of government influence. One way to elimi nate competition, instead of producing the best product, is to funnel money to politi cians and influence them to pass government regulations that force competitors out of business. When those giant companies are about to go out of business due to not meeting consumer expecta tions or not handling their finances well, then the gov ernment keeps them afloat with bailouts and subsidies. This happened in 2008. According to a CNN Money special report, the Treasury Department invested about $200 billion in banks. This

included bailouts that were as much as 25 billion each for banks like Wells Fargo, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase.

Giant companies that saw their competition forced out of business and were bailed out despite struggling have less motivation to provide the best services and products for the lowest prices to consum ers. Government interfer ence, which is not intended to be part of capitalism, has led to many of the problems that people blame on capi talism. However, many peo ple want the government to fix these problems. Another 2019 Gallup poll says that government intervention is more favorable now than it was in 2010. Asking the gov ernment to solve the prob lems that it caused creates a vicious cycle of problems and solutions that lead to more problems.

The idea of giving indi viduals more freedom over their own economic deci sions naturally goes handin-hand with political free dom. It is rare for a society that gives its citizens many political rights to take away their economic rights. In the same way, a government that is very oppressive does not often give its citizens many economic rights. So, the economy is related to polit ical systems.

One alternative to capital ism is socialism. Socialism is an idea that governments should have a role in regu lating and controlling some aspects of the economy. An extreme of this is commu

nism, which gives complete control over the economy to the state. However, most sup porters of socialism do not want to go to communism. They want some govern ment regulation and safety nets, but also free enterprise. However, the problem with giving the government con trol is that it does not want to relinquish that control. Also, as previously mentioned, government interference tends to lead to monopo lies and horrible inefficiency. When a business knows that it has to sell a high-quality product for a low price to get consumers to buy it, that business is more likely to work to cut costs. However, when a company knows it can rely on the government to make up its losses, it will not try as hard to maintain lower costs and quality. Also, when employees are working for the state, who provides for the citizens based on the whims of the bureaucracy, they are less likely to work hard and try to succeed.

There are benefits to cap italism that socialism and government intervention do not provide. For one thing, capitalism provides a great er incentive to work. Also, there is greater innovation. When a person has the right to invent or create some thing and profit off that, and has to provide new ways to appeal to consumers, they are more likely to produce new and innovative meth ods, products and services. When a person has no free dom over their own work, and are simply working for

the government, there is less motivation to go beyond the status quo. Finally, people have the opportunity to suc ceed. Many of the most suc cessful Americans in history did not come from wealthy or politically-connected fam ilies. Many worked their way up from poverty to succeed. Karl Marx saw it differently. He saw economic success as an exploitation of others. Even though wealth may be passed down, and the top one percent may get richer, the people have opportunities to break the cycle and succeed. Capitalism may not be perfect, but it is the most successful economic system the world has seen. Socialism and communism do not end well. In Cuba, Venezuela, Cambodia, the Soviet Union, and other countries, these systems ended in poverty, hunger, and oppressive gov ernments. China’s economy has been different because of capitalist practices integrated into their system. This same system brought widespread famines and poverty at its beginning without those cap italist policies. On the con trary, the United States is one of the richest nations in the world. Even though there is a gap between the rich and the poor, even the poor would be wealthy in many countries around the world. The free market has served America well for many years, and is one of the things that has made America a great coun try. Giving the government more power over the econo my is one of the main causes of the problems in the first

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Traditions Challenge: The Amazing Race

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challenge for the Amazing race for Homecoming week. Students, faculty, and staff gathered on the Maucker union rooftop to kick off the event.

Karina Rivera ‘20

Social work

“If there was one thing I could change about UNI, it would be the dining halls in terms of the food that is served there. Peers who have been here longer before covid have told me that the food used to be better–there used to be a better selection. My other peers who still use the dining halls tell me that there is even less than there was before. I think that really needs to change.”

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If there’s one thing you could change about UNI, what would it be, and why?

Quotes and hotos by: Emma Becker

Alex Guschin ‘20 Elementary education

“One thing I would change about UNI is about the education program, specifically the special education program because [it] has so many credits and so many courses attached to it just for the minor. It’s about as big as a major credit-wise, and I think that special education should just be included in regular education. In my opinion, it should be required of all teachers.”

Emma Terpstra ‘20 Human resources

“I would make more parking available just because when I have a CP pass and I’m trying to find a parking spot, lots of times the lots are full and so I think they should redo the parking a little better or maybe sell less passes.”

Julian Perez ‘20 Music education Lauren Geerlings ‘19 Violin performance

“I think it would definitely be funding for the multicultural students. For me, I was very lucky to have a decent amount of scholarships to help pay for my tuition and the fees, but with many other multicultural students, sometimes they don’t have the same opportunities.”

“Housing and Dining facilities immediately comes to my mind because they’re extremely slow at getting to you and getting accommodations. Student Accessibility Services in general, but especially Housing and Dining.”

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The bell foundry will be on campus both Thursday and Friday to cast new bells for UNI’s beloved Campanile. An ingot pass ing will be held so students can touch the metals that will be put into the bells, as well as being present for the casting of the bells Friday night.

“This is something real ly special, these bells will live on for years and years to come, and long beyond their time at our institu tion, students get to be a part of UNI’s future,” Harbach said. Thursday’s Homecoming events will include a University Picnic on Lawther Field from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., a Carillon performance with the Campanile at 12:30 p.m., and UNI’s Women’s Soccer Team vs. Drake at 3:00 p.m. Friday is chock-full of UNI traditions and Homecoming celebrations, giving students and alumni every opportunity to cele brate UNI. “So many big things happen in a short amount of time, when you can look back and reflect,

at the time it may not have thought about it, but reflec tion brings gratitude,” Harbach said.

Panther Friday encour ages UNI students and alum ni to show their Panther

Pride by wearing their pur ple and gold. Friday’s fes tivities also include another Carillon performance at 10 a.m., and an Anthropology Dig Open House from noon - 2 p.m. in the south part of campus near the obser vatory. The Our Tomorrow Exhibition will be open in Rod Library from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., and student orga nization golf cart decoration for Saturday’s parade from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. downtown. Later that night, the UNI Swimming & Diving Team will host their Homecoming meet, and UNI’s Volleyball team will face off against Bradley. The Our Tomorrow Campaign Celebration including live music from Micahel Cavanaugh and spe cial guest Kurt Warner from 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the Campanile Plaza. Following the Our Tomorrow celebra tion will be a Homecoming dance party at the Campanile Plaza from 9 p.m. - 11:45 p.m., and immediately fol

lowing is UNI’s long-stand ing Campaniling tradition at midnight.

Going into Saturday’s celebrations, Harbach dis cussed how important it is for UNI as a community to be able to celebrate together. “We want people to have a fun experience and celebrate a community that hasn’t been able to be around each other. There’s something for everyone, students and alumni,” she said.

Saturday’s Homecoming events include the Homecoming 5k Run/Walk at 8 a.m. at 2700 Campus Street, followed by the Homecoming Parade down town at 10 a.m., with spe cial guest Kurt Warner. The Men’s Soccer Club will face off against St. Thomas at 1 p.m. on the fields west of the Dome. The UNI Football team will take on Illinois State’s Redbirds in the Dome at 4 p.m., and the UNI Volleyball team will follow suit at 7 p.m.

“Homecoming is truly a celebration of the past, pres ent and future. This year is a really intentional celebra tion, with the launching of Our Tomorrow and the bell foundry,” Harbach said.

She also emphasized the importance of community and how students and alumni can celebrate UNI this week, saying, “What I always tell students is take advantage of

it, there are so many things to do, put yourself out there and see what it’s like. Don’t miss out, join the fun; it’s truly a special time of year.”

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Preview: Redbirds @ Panthers

BEN LAHART Sports Writer

The UNI football team is looking for a homecom ing game victory this week end against the Illinois State Redbirds. The Panthers are coming off two straight wins, including their first home win of the season last week against Indiana State where they won 20-14. UNI and Illinois State currently sit in the middle of the conference rankings at fifth and sixth respectively.

It took an overtime peri od to decide the victor of this matchup last season with Illinois State emerging victo rious 17-10. The UNI defense played very well a year ago, only allowing 164 yards of offense. Despite the score, the offense also performed well, putting up over 300 yards. However, penalties and a crucial 44-yard interception return for a touchdown ulti mately decided the outcome.

UNI did not get on the score board until the fourth quar

ter when they scored a quick 10 points to tie and force overtime. It was in overtime that the Illinois State offense found the endzone for the first time. A failed fourth down on the next drive ended the game and sealed the Redbird victo ry.

Theo Day continued his excellent 2022 campaign last week with 180 passing yards and a passing touchdown, as well as another touchdown on the ground. He is still ranked in the top 10 in the FCS in passing yards with just over 1300 yards. Day ranks sec ond in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in pass ing yards and third in pass ing touchdowns. He scored his 10th total touchdown of the year last week with an 18-yard pass to Alex Allen in the third quarter.

UNI’s stellar offense took a slight step back in this game as they only totaled 321 yards after having reached the 400 yard mark in each of the previous four games. The running back duo of Dom Williams and Vance McShane

combined for 121 rushing yards on 21 attempts. Tight end Allen led the team in receptions, four, and receiv ing yards, 61, while hauling in a touchdown as well. On the other side of the ball, defensive back Benny Sapp III tallied his second intercep tion of the season last week in a play that sealed UNI’s win, while linebacker Spencer Culliver wrapped up double digit tackles for the third time this season.

Illinois State is coming off their second loss of the sea son after a close game with Southern Illinois, a game they lost 19-14. The Redbirds are led by former Minnesota Golden Gophers Zack and Brock Annexstad. Zack, a dual threat quarterback, saw season highs in passing yards, touchdowns, rushing attempts and yards in last week’s loss. One of his favorite receivers is his brother Brock, who also saw season highs last week as he led the Redbirds in receiving with 74 yards. The defense for the Redbirds is led by senior linebacker Zeke Vandenburgh who is coming off a season high of 14 tackles last week. He also ranks sev enth in the FCS in sacks with six on the season.

Despite the loss last sea son, UNI is still 3-1 in the last four contests against Illinois State and will look to make that 4-1 this Saturday. This is a great opportunity for the Panthers to pick up their third straight win and even out their season record in front of a packed UNI-Dome crowd. Kickoff will be at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 8. The game can also be streamed on ESPN+.

Women finish 12th, men 17th, at Missouri

COLIN HORNING Sports Writer

The UNI men’s and wom en’s cross country teams were in action on Friday, Sept. 30 in Columbia, Mo. for the Gans Creek Classic Invitational, hosted by the University of Missouri.

The Panther women fin ished in 12th place out of 24 participants with a

score of 366 points, while the men took 17th out of 22 in the field tallying 475 points overall. The University of Illinois took first place as a team in the women’s side, while Iowa State was the first place winner for the men.

Kate Crawford led UNI on the women’s side as she was the first Panther to cross the finish line in

59th place overall, run ning the 6k race in 21:44. She was followed by team mate Emma Hoins in 72nd place with a time of 21:53, Sophia Jungling in 79th place at a time of 22:09, Mia Rampton in 81st at 22:16 and Isabelle Schaffer in 107th with a time of 22:23. Paige Holub and Sydney Schaffer followed up the Panther women with

120nd and 123rd and times of 22:35 and 23:16, respec tively.

On the men’s side it was Payton Marrs leading the Panthers, finishing in 75th place with a time of 24:55.

Teammates Brady Greibel and Caleb Shumaker fol lowed up with finishes in 118th and 120th, and times just two seconds apart at 25:25 and 25:27, respec

tively. Jayden Dickson, Drake Hanson and Kon Dut rounded out the Panther men, finishing in 156th, 169th and 207th places.

Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams will return to action on Friday, Oct. 14 at the Bradley Pink Classic at the Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Ill, hosted by Bradley University.

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STEPH STARK/NORTHERN IOWAN Alex Allen (89) runs with the football during UNI’s 20-14 victory over Indiana State on Saturday.

UNI draws with Indiana State, 1-1

CADEN SHEA Sports Writer

The UNI Panthers trav eled to Terre Haute, Ind. this weekend to compete against the Indiana State Sycamores in soccer action. The Panthers engaged in a heated battle against their Missouri Valley Conference rivals, ultimately ending in a 1-1 tie. The team still looked good despite fail ing to notch a definitive win with their best shooting output of the season during this game. This tie gave the Panthers two straight ties against MVC opponents for the first time since the 2016 season.

UNI brought the pressure to the Sycamores during the

first half of play. They were constantly attacking the net, giving their opponents little breathing room. UNI had 10 shot attempts with in the opening 45 minutes with seven of them land ing on goal. Forward Lauren Heinsch was a leader for the Panthers, giving them three of their seven shots on goal. The Panthers first and only goal of the game came on a corner kick in the 39th min ute from Sydney Burskey, a freshman forward, with assists being credited to sophomores Maddie Eastus and Maddie Celarek.

The second half was a dif ferent story for the Panthers. They would continue their onslaught with 10 more shot attempts, three of them

being on goal, but could not obtain another goal. Ella Gorrie of the Sycamores scored the only goal for her team towards the end of the game by deflecting the ball off her thigh during a corner kick save. These were the only two goals scored in the entirety of the game, giving each team a new notch in the tie column for the season.

The Panthers had a stel lar statistical game with 20 shots with 10 of them on goal, two assists and nine total saves. Heinsch attempt ed eight total shots in the game. Goalkeeper Caitlin Richards had an exceptional performance, successfully defending nine of the 10 on shots on goal by the Sycamores.

Panthers compete at Big O Classic

ADAM JOHNSON Sports Writer

On Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 3 and 4, the UNI men’s golf team traveled to Omaha, Neb., to play in the Big O Classic. There were 14 different schools competing in the tourna ment, and UNI placed 10th in the team rankings. They also had two performers who ranked high in the individual rankings, as both Thomas Storbeck and Tommy Doyle finished at -1 through the three rounds that were played.

The first two rounds of the tournament were

played on Monday. In the first round, Jack Moody was leading the way for the Panthers. After being +2 on the front nine, he made some great ground on the back nine, having five birdies to finish the round at -2. Moody played as an individual, so his scores were not counted towards UNI’s team total. Doyle was not too far behind him, as he ended the first round even. The rest of UNI’s golfers were in similar ter ritory, as Griffin Parker was at +3, JD Pollard +2, Connor VanWeelden +4 and Storbeck +3 in a solid first round for the Panthers.

Creighton’s Shaun Campbell shot the low round of the tournament in the first, with a 66, -6.

The second round fared very well for Storbeck, who bounced back big time fol lowing his +3 on the first round. He had six birdies along with just two bogies, to put his round at 68, -4. This was his season best, and one of the lowest rounds of the tournament. Doyle went +1, VandWeelden and Moody both went +4, Parker went +7 and Pollard went +9. As a whole the Panthers struggled a bit more in the second round, and going into Tuesday, they were

ranked 11th out of 14 teams.

On Tuesday, the Panthers looked to jump up the standings as a team, and some of the individu als looked to make some noise of their own as well.

Storbeck and Doyle both finished the tournament on a great note. Storbeck went even in the third round, and Doyle went -2, his best of the season, and even got himself an eagle on the 11th hole. Both of their totals over the three rounds had them tied up at -1, which was good enough for a tie at 6th place in the individu al standings. Unfortunately the rest of UNI’s golfers

did not find quite as much success. VanWeelden and Pollard went +7, Parker +8 and Moody +15.

UNI finished in 10th with a team score of 982. St. Thomas won the team championship with a score of 863, and Creighton’s Shaun Campbell won the individual with a score of 210, -6.

UNI men’s golf will compete next on Monday and Tuesday Oct. 10 and 11, at the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational in Wichita, Kan. That will be followed by the Iowa Fall Classic in Riverside, Iowa, Oct. 16 and 17, hosted by Iowa.

The Panthers will return to their home turf this week with a game against an in-state rival, the Drake

Bulldogs. The game will kickoff on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 3 p.m. at the UNI Soccer Field.

COURTESY/UNI ATHLETICS

Lauren Heinsch (9) has been UNI’s most prolific offensive player so far this season. Heinsch has scored four goals this year.

STEPH STARK/NORTHERN IOWAN

Sydney Burskey (11) scored UNI’s only goal in their 1-1 tie with Indiana State on Sunday. After the tie, the Panthers are 4-5-3, with a 1-2-2 record in the Missouri Valley Conference.

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