11-10-22

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A UNITED future for education

UNI professors awarded $1 million grant for ESL project

KATE MURPHY Staff Writer

A grant worth over one mil lion dollars was awarded to the Department of Languages and Literatures for an English as a Second Language (ESL) teach ers preparation project aimed at helping teachers be more pre pared to get ESL certified in Iowa.

Assistant Professors Aliza Fones and Carmen Durham were awarded the grant this year for a project known as Project UNITED, which stands for University of Northern Iowa Teacher Education for Diverse Learners. Both are assis tant professors working at the University of Northern Iowa, and have been working on get ting this grant for the past year.

According to Fones, she’s been extremely motivated to work in ESL for a long time. She’s in her fourth year teach ing at University of Northern Iowa.

Durham said that she and Fones are the ones who created the proposal to get awarded the grant and are also the ones who set the goals for this project.

“We are the directors of the project and oversee all the steps to complete it. Aliza and I will oversee how the funds are

spent, and we will ensure that we meet the goals of the proj ect,” Durham said. “However, a lot of others at University of Northern Iowa will also benefit from the funds and will support us.”

Two other associate profes sors, Elizabeth Zwanziger and

Elise DuBord, are also going to help recruit students and select scholarship recipients for proj ect UNITED.

“They are really knowledge able about K-12 schools in Iowa and the needs of future teachers in ESL,” Durham said.

State and county midterm results roll in

The following results are according to Associated Press as of Nov. 9.

Iowa Governor:

Kim Reynolds (R) : 58.1%

Deidre DeJear (D) : 39.6%

U.S. Senate:

Chuck Grassley (R) : 56.1%

Michael Franken (D) : 43.9%

U.S. House

District 1:

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) : 53.3%

Christina Bohannan (D) : 46.7%

District 2: Ashley Hinson (R) : 54.1%

Liz Mathis (D) : 45.9%

District 3:

Zach Nunn (R) : 50.3%

Cindy Axne (D) : 49.7%

District 4: Randy Feenstra (R) : 67.4%

Ryan Melton (D) : 30.4 %

Iowa Governor: Kim Reynolds (R) : 58.1% Deidre DeJear (D) : 39.6%

Attorney General: Brenna Bird (R) : 50.8% Tom Miller (D) : 49.1%

Secretary of Agriculture: Mike Naig (R) : 61% John Norwood (D) : 39%

State Auditor: Race uncalled at time of publication Rob Sand (D) : 50.1% Todd Halbur (R) : 49.9%

Secretary of State: Paul Pate (R) : 60% Joel Miller (D) : 40%

State Treasurer: Roby Smith (R) : 51% Michael Fitzgerald (D) : 49%

Iowa Constitutional Amendment: according to the New York Times, as of Nov. 9 Yes : 65.1% No : 34.9 %

Black Hawk County results: according to the Black Hawk County Auditor’s Office as of Nov. 9

County Treasurer: Lynda Hintzman : 97.9%

County Recorder: Sandie L. Smith : 97.77%

County Attorney: Brian J. Williams : 97.74%

Soil & Water District Commissioner: Jennifer Trent : 51.8% Kristi Heffelmeier : 47.6%

N.I. EN ESPAÑOL

Comité de enseñanza de español

El Departamento de Letras y Literaturas presentó un comité de enseñanza de español el 8 de noviembre en Rod Library a las 7:00 p.m.

Este evento invitó a actuales estudiantes que se están enfocando en Enseñanza de inglés como segunda lengua (TESOL, por sus siglas en inglés), Enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera y a ex alumnos del programa a dis cutir sobre las experiencias de preparación en UNI para trabajar en programas esco lares de inmersión, escuelas internacionales y en otros sitios.

CORRECTION

The Northern Iowan would like to correct a series of inaccuracies in the article, “Seerley Boulevard’s iconic flowering trees replanted after 60 years,” originally published on Oct. 31.

The original article stated that the College Hill Partnership provided financial and planning sup port for the replanting of the trees. The College Hill neighborhood and friends of Hugh Pettersen were responsible for raising the funds to purchase the new trees.

Additionally, the article stated that the stumps remained for a number of weeks. The stumps were removed, and the new trees were planted within one week.

Cedar Falls Public Works was also incorrectly credit ed with fundraising for the project. They were respon sible for planting the trees, but did not contribute to fundraising efforts.

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UNI’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) teaching program allows students the opportunity to work hands-on with students learning English. Project UNITED will provide further support and resources to help fill the need for ESL certified teachers in Iowa schools.

CAMPUS LIFE UNI professor showcases the Bulgarian rose industry in photo display. CAMPUS

OPINION Opinion Columnist Bailey Klinkhammer discusses the weight of changing Iowa’s second amendment.

SPORTS UNI volleyball goes 15-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

MAYRA VILLANUEVA Editora en español

Durham and Fones also worked closely with Rebecca Rinehart, who is a preaward administrator at the University of Northern Iowa, and that’s how they learned to apply for the grant.

“She was so knowledge able. It’s a well known grant in our field, big universities get this grant a lot and Carmen and I know other colleagues who have gotten it before,” Fones said. “When we real ized it was being offered in March we just jumped on it.”

Fones said with her experi ence previously working, she wanted to come back to help bring more teachers into the field.

“I’ve been doing this work for a long time, I started out as a K-12 teacher for ESL in a rural area where I’m from. I’m very motivated by the need for better academics for English learning speakers,” Fones said.

Durham elaborated more on the project they created and why this issue is becom ing more prominent in the state of Iowa in particular.

“There is a growing pop ulation of immigrant and ref ugee youth in Iowa, even in rural areas, and we want to make sure that teachers are ready to work with these stu dents,” Durham said.

Fones said with the help of their partnership with Area Education Agency, they’ll be able to reach out to multi ple teachers across multiple districts even in rural areas. Fones also said that using this grant to give out more scholarships is the first step in Project UNITED.

“At UNI, providing schol arships and course work opportunities for future fac ulty, like, pre-serving teach ers, that is half the project,” Fones said.

Durham added that it’s also important to provide affordable options for current

teachers in Iowa as well so we can grow the amount of teachers with an ESL cer tification, while preparing students looking to become teachers with ESL training too.

“It can be challenging for UNI students to get multiple certifications when it requires taking additional classes and paying the additional tuition, so we want to lower the barri er.” Durham said.

Fones said their hope is to grow the capacity at UNI so more teachers can have the training they need as English speaking teachers. Their big picture idea is that this will impact student English learn ers in Iowa schools.

“I think teachers really care about their students and want to do the best job possi ble, especially for immigrant and refugee youth, but there are really specific teach ing strategies that work for students who are learning English,” Durham said.

Fones said having an impact on the teachers will help students in Iowa get the impact they need as student English learners and hopes this grant will provide teach ers the training they need to help their students.

“It’s all about the impact factor,” Fones said. “The

una oportunidad de aclarar dudas y de entender mejor las posibilidades que esta espe cialización ofrece”.

También Dobrila comentó que con la demanda de docentes de español en las escuelas públicas en el estado, este evento es una excelente manera para informar a los estudiantes sobre la espe cialización o, por lo menos, hacerles saber un poco más sobre ello.

impact I can have in K-12 schools and the work I do at UNI is for teachers who will be going out and helping these students. The next step is shaping teachers who can help these students succeed.”

conecta a los antiguos estudi antes con los actuales creando una comunidad de aprendiza je más grande y con experien cias variadas.

Muchos actuales y antig uos estudiantes y profesores asistieron al evento, y muchos tuvieron la oportunidad de hacerlo por Zoom.

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La consejera académi ca e instructora de español, Elena Dobrila, habla sobre los números de estudiantes en estas áreas: actualmente hay “9 estudiantes en el

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programa de enseñanza de TESOL/Español, 25 estudi antes de español sin el enfoque de enseñanza y 20 estudiantes con la especial ización de enseñanza del español”. Dobrila también mencionó que esta es una buena oportunidad para los

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alumnos antiguos del pro grama para contar sus expe riencias y que los estudiantes actuales puedan saber más sobre sus posibilidades en el futuro. Dobrila dijo, “Para los estudiantes que están en este programa ahora o, que lo están considerando, sería

La organizadora de este evento y profesora de español, Heather Jerónimo, contó que el motivo de este evento es para celebrar a los ex estudi antes y sus experiencias después de la universidad. La profesora Jerónimo dijo que, “Se espera que los estudi antes aprendan sobre la expe riencia de enseñar español en varios tipos de escuelas. Los participantes hablarán de las habilidades que han aprendi do en el programa de español en UNI y cómo han podido poner en práctica estas habi lidades en sus carreras”.

Además, las profesoras Jerónimo y Dobrila agregaron que con este comité, el pro grama de docencia en UNI, en este caso, la enseñanza de español, se mejora porque

Hubo cuatro participantes en el comité con diferentes experiencias con la enseñan za de español, lo cual brindó puntos de vista diferentes en la enseñanza de español para los estudiantes actuales. Durante la sesión del even to, Dra. Jerónimo hizo pre guntas a los participantes y otros estudiantes también hicieron preguntas sobre las experiencias únicas de la enseñanza en los diferentes sitios y escuelas incluyendo sus logros y desafíos que la profesión puede traer.

Dra. Jerónimo espera que este evento se realice cada año para que los actuales estudiantes aprendan más sobre las posibilidades con el programa cuando se gradúen.

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actuales estudiantes del programa sobre sus experiencias enseñando en diferentes escuelas y con diferentes grupos de estudiantes en el país así internacionalmente.

COURTESY/CARMEN DURHAM Durham is dedicated to preparing teachers to work with Iowa’s increasing population of immigrant and refugee youth.

COURTESY/ALIZA FONES Fones began her career as an ESL teacher in a rural K-12 school. Her experiences have inspired her to advocate for better academics for ESL students.

OPINION

Disclaimer: The following opinion articles featured do not reflect the opinion of the Northern Iowan newspaper or staff as a whole.

Iowa second Admendment

BAILEY KLINKHAMMER Opinion Columnist

On Election Day, when flipping over the ballot, Iowan voters were greet ed with a ballot measure. The measure, entitled ‘The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Amendment’ was passed by Iowan voters as of this morning. This measure enshrined the 2nd amendment into the Iowa Constitution, and included a provision for strict scrutiny to be applied when review ing laws that regard fire arms.

The measure reads as “Article I of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by adding the fol lowing new section: Right to keep and bear arms. Sec. 1A. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The sov ereign state of Iowa affirms and recognizes this right to be a fundamental individual right.”

Any and all restrictions

of this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.” The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Steven Holt, explained that Iowa’s gun legislation has fallen behind compared to other states, Iowa being one of six states who hadn’t implement ed the second Amendment in the state constitution. But, it isn’t the confirm ing of the second amend ment itself that’s garnering attention from Iowans, it’s the language. Specifically,

‘strict scrutiny’. Strict scru tiny, according to Cornell, is “the highest standard of review which a court will use to evaluate the consti tutionality of governmen tal discrimination. To pass strict scrutiny, the legisla ture must have passed the law to further a ‘compel ling governmental interest,’ and must have narrowly tailored the law to achieve that interest.” This piece of legislation will make it

significantly harder for gun legislation in Iowa to pass.

Instead of attempting to protect Iowans, the flood gates open to looser regula tions and more gun violence across the state.

On top of the ballot mea sure passing, Iowa’s loose gun restrictions are cross ing into schools as well, with a second school dis trict in Iowa allowing for teachers to carry guns in school. In August, the Spirit

Lake School Board voted to allow ten faculty members to carry firearms during the school day.

The Cherokee Community School District followed, voting for a sim ilar system in October. A parent of a Cherokee Community School District student commented, “I just think of the difference it could have made at Sandy Hook, or in Texas”. Those who believe that ending gun violence means arming teachers have a one dimen sional view of gun violence. One cannot meet gun vio lence with more gun vio lence and expect the issue to be resolved.

The point of making schools safer is to remove guns from classrooms, not implement regulations where guns are required in classes. All of this to say, there is no evidence that putting guns in schools slows gun violence. In fact, evidence shows the oppo site.

The optics of American hate

Editor’s Note: This arti cle is from Iowa Capitol Dispatch from Nov. 1, 2022

The road to hell isn’t paved anymore with good intentions. The asphalt is hatred.

Chances are you have experienced it recently.

A person may have confronted you because of race or ethnicity. One study shows that 22% of Americans have encoun tered that or had their prop erty damaged because of their skin color or culture.

You may hate someone you once loved because of divorce. About half of all marriages end in dissolu tion. Between 40% and 80% of those will have suffered one or more episodes of violence or abuse.

Many couples struggle in love-hate relationships. Sabrina Romanoff, clinical psychologist, says people in rollercoaster partner

ships seek excitement. They endure aggression and frus tration so that they might experience passion, mistak ing that for intimacy.

Hate has sullied journal ism, causing many of us to react bitterly to the news. The United States ranks last out of 46 countries in media trust. Only 29% of us have confidence in reports.

You may have suffered hatred or expressed some of your own in a social media post. One recent study found that 41% of Americans have experienced online harass ment, 27% of which was severe, “comprising sexual harassment, stalking, physi cal threats, swatting, doxing and sustained harassment.”

Then there are secrets. The people who keep them may end up hating oth ers or even themselves. Scientific American cites research linking secrecy to “increased anxiety, depres sion, symptoms of poor health, and even the more rapid progression of dis ease.”

Hatred afflicts politics.

Our motto once may have been “E Pluribus Unum,” out of many, one; but that has metamorphosed into “E Pluribus Duo,” out of many, two: Republicans and Democrats.

And not just any Republican. Many hate RINOs (Republicans in Name Only). What, exactly, is meant by that derogato ry term? RINOs believe in less government, a strong military and the U.S. Constitution. Go figure.

And not just any Democrat. There are so many wings — progressive, old guard, new guard, mod erates and conservatives. Little that they propose flies in Congress even though they hold the majority.

Politics are so toxic that many of us hate our oppo nent’s party more than we love our own, spewing par tisan epithets in person or online.

Hate speech, however infuriating, is not a crime. The U.S. Department of Justice cites First Amendment protections,

noting that people cannot be prosecuted for beliefs, even if racist. Nevertheless, free speech does not protect those whose criminal con duct is rooted in philosoph ical beliefs.

Hate crimes are increas ingly frequent. The DOJ reports that some 8,052 incidents happened in 2020, involving 11,126 victims.

Hatred erupts in bigot ed violence as evidenced in several mass shootings, including the Tops grocery store massacre in Buffalo, N.Y. Or it can result in political violence as in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

People hate collectively to feel a sense of belong ing. Extremist groups pose a distinct threat. The Rand Corporation conducted a study on why people join such groups, noting such factors as financial instabil ity, mental health, margin alization, recruitment, pro paganda and, in particular, social bonding.

Interviewees expressed a renewed sense of power, embracing group members

as family and friends. Americans exist “in a perpetual state of love and hate,” according to The Guardian, a British newspa per,

Isn’t love the opposite of hate? Not necessarily. Love and hate are two sides of the same emotional coin.

A psychology study titled “The Deeper the Love, the Deeper the Hate” focused on the relationship between those intense feelings. Love flourishes because of shared values but mutates in the aftermath of betrayal into hate.

The late Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, believed the opposite of hate is indifference:

“I came to a conclusion that the peril threatening humankind today is indif ference, even more than hatred. There are more people who are indifferent than there are people who hate. Hate is an action. Hate takes time. Hate takes ener gy. And even it demands

MICHAEL BUGEJA Iowa Capitol Dispatch

Last night 65 percent of voters voted ‘Yes’ to add more language to the second Admendment in the state of Iowa

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The language added to the 2nd Admendment would require any restrictions on guns to survive “strict scruitny.”

Observance of Veterens Day

TREVOR MEYERS Staff Writer

Veterans Day is observed in America on the 11th day of November every year as a day to collectively honor those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. But why exact ly does America celebrate and honor their veterans on November 11 every year?

For that answer, you need to turn the clock back all the way to November 1918 in Europe.

After a little over four years of constant and bloody battling in trenches in main land Europe, the German empire capitulated and surrendered to the Allied nations and a cease-fire/ armistice willing to place at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918. As this was regarded at the time as “the war to end all wars,” people started to reflect on the impact that the war had on the world, as roughly 9.7 million military person nel were killed and about 10 million civilians. There were a lot of people to honor and remember. Thus, the name Remembrance Day or Armistice Day, came about for Nov. 11.

You also might think to yourself, why do veter an organizations sell those little paper poppy flowers? The reason for that is after many soldiers were buried in the later part of the war, a vast number of poppy flow ers started to randomly grow on top of the graves where soldiers were buried, thus it became a symbol of those who sacrifice everything for

us by giving their lives and fighting in wars.

In November of 1919, United States President Woodrow Wilson pro claimed the first Armistice Day in America by say ing “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…”

On May 13, 1938, a mea sure passed that made Nov. 11 each year a legal holi day dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be known as Armistice Day, and it was mainly only cele brated by World War I veter ans in America.

After World War II, which required the massive mobilization of soldiers in our country’s history, and the Korean War, many vet erans’ organizations wanted to amend the act of 1938 by replacing the word armistice with the word veteran. It finally became law on June 1, 1954, and Nov. 11 official ly became known as a day to honor American veterans of all wars. This Friday marks the 68th Veterans Day. For those who wish to be a part of some Veterans Day celebration, UNI’s Military and Veteran Student Services are having a “Veterans Night Out.” Participants can have a night out on the town with

food and fun and learn about military history and tradi tion. Located at the grout Museum Iowa Sullivan Brothers Museum at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. If you’re interested in registering for the event, please email Austin Wood adwood96@ uni.edu.

The forms’ contents vary considerably, even with in the same document. For example, Herbert Pesch wrote that he was “in [the] same convoy, in which the West Gate was when she rammed on Oct. 7, 1918 – 6 lives lost – Bodies not recov ered.” This is a reference to the sinking of the U.S.S. West Gate, which sank fol lowing a collision with the U.S.S. American. Just a few lines after this somber note, Pesch commented that he saw many New York City sights along with Niagara Falls. His account is a mix of his war experience but also includes a bit of light ness when he referred to his sightseeing.

Adrian Garnet chose to write a brief narrative of his service, rather than listing a few highlights like Pesch. Garnet described moving from location to location, both domestically and over seas, before ultimately arriv ing in France at ChateauThierry. He served on the front until the armistice was signed, when he then joined the Allied army of occupa tion in Germany. Like Pesch, he mentions specific places or dates, which researchers can connect to the broader war.

Veterans Day is one of 11 federal holidays. Therefore, all non-essential government offices will be closed in observance of this day.

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This Veterans Day this will be the nation’s 103rd observation day. Students can visit the Military and Veterans student services office for resources and more information.

Tales of the Bulgarian Rose

AUBREY SCHAFBUCH Staff Writer

On the second level of Rod Library on the art wall hang 15 freshly printed pho tographs taken by journal istic professors Rick Traux and Anelia Dimitrova, P.h.D., who also serves as an advi sor for the Northern Iowan. The photo story “Tales of the Bulgarian Rose” includes a total of 33 photos and serves as a memory snapshot of their 1997 trip to Bulgaria after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Their purpose was to docu ment the rose industry after the rise of democracy in the country. The images will be showcased in ROD Library until January when they will be moved to the Hurst Center For the Arts.

They knew they would be covering the story of the rose before they even boarded the plane. “It’s one of the treasured, iconic products of Bulgaria. The oil of the rose is more expensive than gold. It’s one of the things Bulgaria has for centuries prided itself on,” Dimitrova says. Having grown up in Bulgaria her self, she was familiar with the rose industry and wanted to share where she grew up with Traux, her husband.

Harvesting rose oil is a very intense and laborious process. The picking season is short, lasting for only the month of June. Workers have to wake up in the early hours to pick roses before the morn ing dew evaporates, filling their bags to the brim with these flowers only to produce a thimble of oil. The oil har vested from the roses is used in the finest perfumes in the world.

OPTICS

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The UC Berkeley-based Greater Good Science Center lists “Eight Ways to Stand Up to Hate. Recommendations include educating your self, understanding all view points, speaking up when you encounter racism, resisting social pressure and heeding your conscience. The Center also suggests finding a role model, connecting with people different than you, and press ing the mental pause button so as not to act on impulse.

If you do any of the above, you won’t be indifferent to the plights of others and

“It was a very tumultuous year in time. The Berlin wall had just fallen eight years earlier. Eight years is nothing for history,” Dimitrova says. Everything in these people’s lives had tumbled down. Prior to the fall of communism, agriculture was collectivized in Bulgaria and owned by the state. When they began their journey of telling the story of the rose in ‘97, farms were abandoned and owner ship was unclear. “There were a lot of people, especially older people, harkening after communist times,” she said.

“Everything was orderly, they didn’t have any ownership or property, but the state took

care of everything. And now they could see that democra cy can be disheveled.”

In fact, after all these years Traux learned that ‘97 was when the rose industry in Bulgaria had “literally hit its worst point.” Fortunately, the country has rebounded and is currently as strong as it’s ever been.

25 years later, this story comes to life for the first time. Traux can’t remember when the inspiration struck to make it an exhibit, but assumes it started when his favorite picture fell off the wall of their home and broke. The image is of four young women in traditional dress

may boost your self-esteem, enhance your values and deep en your relationships.

Michael Bugeja, distin guished professor of liberal arts and sciences at Iowa State University, teaches media eth ics and technology and social change. These views are his own.

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A study done by Dr. Melvin Livingston found that, “More severe shootings were associ ated with shooters who were older and therefore unlikely to be students, whereas the presence of a school resource officer was unassociated with

any reduction in school shoot ing severity.”

Beyond teachers having firearms in schools, even the presence of student resource officers show no effect on the rates of gun violence. In fact, in reflection of past major school shootings, resource officers have proven to be unhelpful in times of need.

The Marjory-Stoneman Douglas High School shoot ing, which resulted in 17 injured and 17 murdered, the resource officer on duty ran and hid when fire was opened on the school. Former Deputy Scot Peterson has since been charged with criminal neg ligence. A similar situation occurred at Uvalde’s Robb

at the rose festival. Seeing the broken picture sitting in their basement Traux says, “I was so ashamed that I hadn’t fixed it up and put it back on the wall.” About a year and a half ago, Traux took the picture and got it reframed, thus inspiring a motion to print about 15 pictures and show them somewhere. What surprised him was that at the end of the summer, he had 33 stunningly important images.

Dimitrova says, “working on this project had a life sus taining role during the pan demic, with how we were all isolated. The timing was per fect…working on this recon nected us with our younger selves 25 years ago. It also helped keep up that interest and sustain interest in our work.”

Dimitrova highlights that although she feels pride now that the photo story is pub lished, most of all she feels

Elementary, in a shooting that killed 19. The police force that was armed and protected waited over an hour to enter the building and confront the shooter. It has been prov en time and time again that students and teachers can’t even trust resource officers or police officers to do their job why force said job onto teach ers? Why shift the responsi bility of a police officer who refuses to do their job onto the shoulders of educators? The ballot measure dismisses these kinds of questions.

There’s one simple fact about the ballot measure: it ensures that gun violence will continue to plague Iowa. In Iowa, we’ve cultivated a

a great sense of nostalgia. Traux and Dimitrov had only been married for a year before flying out to Bulgaria. In fact, Traux’s uncle gave a large cash gift for their wed ding present that they saved and helped fund the trip with. UNI also gave Dimitrova a small summer grant towards the project. She says, “It was very important that at the time we didn’t have any money and it was a nice little gift and a vote of confidence that we should do something that is meaningful.”

When looking back on the time spent in Bulgaria those 25 years ago, Dimitrova says, “The most import ant thing is being a witness to something…It’s almost like you are a time cap sule, because you capture a moment in time. Every single one of these images is immea surably valuable because it cannot be repeated.”

culture where this is okay, where it’s accepted as the price we pay for the right to keep and bear arms. As Iowans, we continue to vote for people and policies that don’t have our best interests in mind. All for what, because this has worked in the past? Because as Iowans, it’s what we know? Instead, we’d rath er continue to uphold the pol icies that infringe our rights and vote for people who don’t represent Iowa’s best inter est because we fear change? Voting for who you know or what you’ve always known is lazy. It isn’t a performance of civic duty, it’s a disservice to Iowans. Iowa can do better. It must do better.

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Pictured is Anelia Dimnitrova and Rick Traux of their display in Rod Library.

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This picture was take in the Rose Valley, Kazanlak, Bulgaria.

Late flag dooms Panthers vs No. 1 SDSU

BEN LAHART Sports Writer

UNI suffered a heart breaking loss to No. 1 South Dakota State last weekend after a last second field goal was made as time expired, settling the score at 31-28.

The first quarter served to be less exciting than the rest of the game resulting in only three combined points. The Panthers started with a quick three-and-out lead ing to a 23-yard field goal for the Jackrabbits on their ensuing drive. UNI’s next drive showed a little more promise before a Theo Day pass was tipped and inter cepted by SDSU at their own 27-yard line.

A UNI defensive stop got the ball back for the offense leading to the Panthers first points of the game. The five-play, 86-yard drive was

capped off by a 34-yard touchdown run by Vance McShane. This gave UNI their first lead of the game, 7-3. The Jackrabbits fol lowed with a 75-yard touch down drive of their own, scored by running back Isaiah Davis from one yard out. Another three-and-out totalling in -10 yards result ed in another punt by the Panthers. A good return by SDSU led to a two-play touchdown drive including a 22-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mark Gronowski. SDSU led 17-7.

Penalties spoiled the next two drives with two straight punts. As the first half began to wind down UNI went on an eight-play, 77-yard drive resulting in a 22-yard touchdown pass from Day to Desmond Hutson. With under two minutes left in the half, SDSU completed an 11-play, 52-yard drive end

ing in a 45-yard field goal as time expired. The halftime score sat at 20-14 in favor of the Jackrabbits.

SDSU started the sec ond half with a nine-play, 72-yard drive resulting in a 16-yard touchdown run. After a successful twopoint conversion, SDSU led 28-14. UNI’s first drive of the second half started off with a dropped deep pass to Sergio Morancy that would have resulted in a 35-yard gain. Morancy made up for it on the next play, catch ing a 53-yard pass to move the chains. A 21-yard touch down pass to Logan Wolf put the UNI deficit at just seven points with 8:33 remaining in the third quarter.

Both offenses took a step back as the next three drives resulted in punts, leading to the second tipped ball interception thrown by Day. Two more drives ending in punts, sent the contest into the fourth quarter with the score still sitting at 28-21. The following SDSU drive turned the tides for the game with an interception by Benny Sapp III on the first play. This gave the Panthers the ball on their own 48-yard line.

During this nine play drive, UNI found them selves in a hard spot. Facing fourth down, Day completed his third straight pass for 14 yards to Deion McShane resulting in a first down at the SDSU 10-yard line. Day kept the ball on a 2-yard touchdown scramble to tie the game at 28-28.

Two more drives end

ing in punts led to the Jackrabbits and the game’s final drive. The drive start ed with good field position after an excellent return. With two seconds left in regulation, SDSU lined up for the game winning kick before the kick was missed to send the game to overtime. However, a controversial leaping pen alty was called giving the Jackrabbits another final shot at the win. On first and goal, from the UNI nine yard line, and with zeros on the clock, SDSU drilled the 26-yard field goal to win the game 31-28.

Day finished with 270 passing yards and three total touchdowns in the loss. Sam Schnee led the team in both receptions and yards, catch ing four passes for 69 yards. The two touchdown passes went to Hutson and Wolf. Vance McShane led the team in rushing yards with 62

while adding on a touch down run.

The UNI defense saw three players with double digit tackles including Korby Sanders’ career-high 14. Spencer Cuvelier finished with 13 and Bryce Flater had 11. Sapp’s fourth quar ter interception accounted for his fourth of the season. Matthew Cook’s four PATs tie him for second in MVFC history for consecutive PATs made in a career. Penalties were a huge part of the story in this game. Together, the two teams totalled 18 penal ties for 120 yards, with three penalties resulting in first downs.

UNI’s final game of the season will be played two weekends from now. The Panthers will travel to Vermillion, SD to play the University of South Dakota on Saturday, Nov. 19. It will also be available to stream on ESPN+.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

UNI knocks off St. Thomas to open season

ADAM JOHNSON Sports Writer

The UNI women’s bas ketball team opened up the season on Monday, Nov. 7 at home against St. Thomas. The Panthers were able to come away with the victory 58-46.

The game started out with plenty of back and forth action, as the score was tied 9-9 with just under two minutes remain ing in the first quarter. The Panthers were able to make the most of these two min

utes, as they went on a 6-0 run to close out the quarter. This gave them a 15-9 lead going into the second.

The Panthers extended their lead to as many as eight points several times in the second quarter, but St. Thomas was able to shrink the deficit to just two points going into the half. Through the first half of play, the score was 30-28 in favor of UNI.

To start the second half, St. Thomas took their first lead since they were up 5-2 when Maggie Negaard made a three point shot to put

St. Thomas up 33-30. Their lead would be short lived however, as the Panthers went on a quick 8-0 run to go ahead 38-33. The rest of the quarter was tightly con tested, and the game would go into the fourth with the Panthers narrowly in the lead, 43-40.

The fourth quarter was all UNI, as the defense stepped up big time, only giving up six points in the final quarter. On top of that, the Panthers were able to score 15 points of their own, outscoring St. Thomas by nine points and com

ing away with the victory, 58-46.

For the Panthers it was Grace Boffeli and Kam Finley who led the way. Together they combined for 37 of the teams 58 points on the day, Boffeli scoring 19 and Finley scoring 18. Boffeli added 10 rebounds to her performance, put ting up a double-double.

Finley also did more than just score, as she put in good work on the defensive end, having an impressive five steals. For St. Thomas, Jade Hill led the way in scoring with 14 points, but

Jordyn Lamker was not too far behind with nine points. Hill had two steals and four assists to go along with her scoring, and Lamker had nine rebounds, making her one point and one rebound short of a double-double.

This was not always the prettiest game for the Panthers, but they were able to come away with a victory regardless. They will get a chance to play on the home court again for their next three games, the first of which will be against Saint Louis on Sunday, Nov. 13.

COURTESY/UNI ATHLETICS

Korby Sander (5) finished with career-high 14 tackles in UNI’s 31-28 loss to No. 1 South Dakota State on Saturday.

COURTESY/UNI ATHLETICS

Theo Day (12) passed for 270 yards on Saturday with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Day also ran for a touchdown in the 31-28 loss.

Panthers improve to 15-0 in MVC play

CADEN SHEA Sports Writer

UNI was on the road last weekend as they faced both Bradley and Illinois State in Illinois. The Panthers looked to stay undefeated in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) to improve their chances of becoming conference champions. The Panthers achieved this feat as they defeated both teams in straight sets to keep their

spotless conference record.

The Panthers first traveled to Normal, Ill. to face the Southern Illinois Redbirds in volleyball action. The Panthers were attacking like never before in this game, posting season-high sta tistics in this category. The Panthers had many impres sive performances against the Redbirds. Kira Fallert tallied her fourth double-double of the year with 14 kills and 12 digs. Tayler Alden spread the ball around with 30 assists to

her teammates in the game.

Emily Holterhaus had 12 ter minations for the Panthers while Payton Ahernstorff had 10 digs to showcase the out standing depth of this team. Twins Sydney and Bayley Petersen gave the Panthers all of their aces, combining for four.

The first set was a state ment set for the Panthers as they started the game with seven straight points right off the bat. They kept it going, having a run of

12-0 later in the set with the Panthers further assert ing their dominance. The Redbirds would go on a late run but it was not enough as UNI was victorious 25-13. The Panthers kept the rally going in the second set despite having a 1-1 tie early on. Inga Rotto had back to back terminations in the final moments of the set to give them a 25-11 set win. The Panthers had their closest set in the third with a tie of 13-13 halfway through the set. A Panthers surge helped them win the set 25-18 and ultimately the match in straight sets.

The Panthers then trav eled to Peoria, Ill. to take on the Bradley Braves in yet another conference game. The Panthers played a very good defensive game against the Braves holding them to a .211 attack per centage compared to UNI’s percentage of .364. Alden achieved 1,000 assists on the season and etched her name on the university’s top 10 in career assists. Alden had 36 assists, seven kills, five blocks and two digs in the game against the

Braves. Fallert had 14 kills on the day while Sydney Peterson totaled 16 kills and Carley Spies notched four blocks.

The first set was high ly contested between the two teams with ties at near ly every point of the game. Alden and Holterhaus broke the tie streak towards the end of the game with set-de fining kills. The Panthers bounced back to win 25-23. While the next set was close, the Panthers kept the gas pedal on for the whole set. With help from big blocks from multiple players and a great team effort UNI won the penultimate set 25-20. Yet another closely contested game was in the books for the Panthers with the third set. The Panthers charged forward after a 13-13 tie to clinch the game with a final score of 25-18.

The Panthers look to clinch an outright regular season conference champi onship with upcoming wins at the McLeod Center as they face Southern Illinois on Friday at 6 p.m. and Missouri State on Saturday at 5 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

UNI throttles Wartburg in season opening victory

DREW HILL Sports Writer

The UNI Panthers men’s basketball team faced the Wartburg Knights in their first regular season game.

UNI piled up 105 points and won by 56 points. This is the fourth largest margin of victory for the Panthers in men’s basketball history. This game was even more impressive than the exhibi tion game against Dubuque, which UNI also won handi ly 84-52. For a young team attempting to establish their identity for the season, this was a tune-up and a chance for five players to make their UNI regular season debuts.

UNI jumped out to a 5-0 lead early, with freshman and Cedar Falls native Trey Campbell scoring the first basket for UNI this season. Wartburg tied it up at five, but that was the closest they got as UNI went on a 14-0 run and never looked back.

By halftime, UNI led 53-20. UNI kept up the pace in the second half, jumping

out to an 81-28 lead by the 11:46 mark of the second half. Wartburg scored more toward the end of the half, but UNI still stayed in full control, coasting to a 105-49 win.

Bowen Born, last sea son’s Missouri Valley Conference Sixth Man of the Year, led UNI in scoring with 19 points along with three assists. Landon Wolf, making his UNI regular season debut, was second in scoring and first in steals and three-pointers off the bench with 18 points, three steals and four three-point ers. Nate Heise put up 14 points. Campbell also had a nice debut, scoring 11 points, as well as adding two assists and two steals.

Drew Daniel also added 11 points while draining three three-pointers. Tytan Anderson led the team in rebounding and blocks with 12 boards and two blocks to go along with his six points.

Chase Courbat, making his UNI debut, and Derek Krogmann each added six rebounds of their own. The

final two Panthers mak ing their UNI debuts were Michael Duax, who scored six points to go along with four rebounds, and Ege Peksari, who scored three points while leading UNI in assists with four. James Betz started at center and scored seven points.

UNI shot 59.7 percent from the floor together with a 40.6 percent clip from three-point land on 13 made

three-pointers. The defense held the Knights to just a 31.6 percent field goal per centage, along with a 15.4 percent three-point percent age. UNI forced 22 turn overs, from which they man aged to score 27 points. UNI out-rebounded Wartburg 42-31, while scoring 14 sec ond-chance points.

UNI’s next game will kick off a four-game road trip, which includes trips

to Richmond and Virginia, along with a two-game nonconference tourna ment in Kansas City. The game against the Richmond Spiders will be Friday, Nov. 11, at 6 p.m. Richmond is led by returning star Tyler Burton, who helped lead Richmond to an upset win over Iowa in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+.

JORDAN JUNGE/NORTHERN IOWAN

The UNI volleyball team has now won 15 straight matches in conference play, as well as 21 out of their last 22. The Panthers have a chance to secure a regular season conference championship this weekend.

COURTESY/UNI ATHLETICS

Bowen Born (13) had a great opening game for UNI, finishing with 19 points while connecting on seven of his 11 shot attempts in UNI’s 105-49 victory over Wartburg on Monday.

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