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Opinion Columnist Abigail Bennethum discusses the importance of art.

UNI’s ukelele club, Uke-N-I, holds weekly meetings.

Six Panther wrestlers finished first in their season opener.

UNI community packs REC town hall ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor

More than 200 UNI students, faculty and community members attended a town hall hosted by the UNI Racial and Ethnic Coalition (REC) at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, exceeding the capacity of the University Room in Maucker Union.

“I just want to take a second to appreciate all of you for coming,” said senior communications major and REC member Sashay Carroll. “We were not expecting this turnout whatsoever. I’ve never felt so supported by my community than I do in this moment.”

To accommodate the large crowd, a live stream was set up across the hall in the Oak Room. Allies in attendance were asked to give priority for students of color to be in the University Room, and many willingly gave up their seats to view the event from the live stream.

“We really appreciate allies being here, and this is also a space for you, [… but] students of color’s voices do come at a higher price in this area because we are talking about issues pertaining to students of color,” said senior psychology major and REC member Mahlia Brown. “If you do have questions, that is fine,

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but give precedence to students and faculty of color. This is a safe space for allies to listen.”

The event began with a summary of the formation of REC and the launching of their social media campaign, #UNIisnotanAlly, following the UNI administration’s “inaction” regarding mutually agreed-upon goals. The 13 members of REC introduced themselves and urged attendees to join one of the group’s four committees: PR/Social Media, Research, Recruitment and Focus.

“If you are not helping to fight against racism, you are complicit with racism,” Carroll said. “Ya’ll know that, right?”

REC members also addressed recent actions taken by UNI administration,

including the Climate Survey sent to the UNI community on Oct. 30, which, according to Brown, had not been sent for three years. REC members have created their own additional climate survey, linked on their social media accounts, which they urged attendees to complete.

The floor was then opened for all attendees to ask questions and for students of color to share their experiences at UNI. Students described marginalization, racial profiling by university police and classroom microagressions, hurtful comments or actions that members of minority cultures experience in their day-to-day interactions.

“It’s hard being a black student here, so it’s hard to tell people ‘Come to UNI!’ when

I don’t know that I love being here,” said senior economics major Rachel Greene, a member of Student Admissions Ambassadors (SAA). “But I love my education, so for those of you [here] that are professors […] thank you for coming, because it really means a lot to students of color like me who don’t see this here ever.”

In addressing the multiple faculty members present, students expressed their frustration at being asked to be the sole educators regarding their culture. Instead of relying on students of color to explain their own history, Brown said, faculty should educate themselves regarding cultural competency.

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ISSO collecting winter clothing donations SOFIA LEGASPI

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With the early arrival of winter in Cedar Falls, UNI community members are encouraged to clean out their closets and donate extra winter outerwear for international students.

Gently used coats, jackets, hats, scarves, gloves, mittens, boots and other winter clothing can be dropped off at ISSO in Maucker Union 113. Donations are also accepted at the Study Abroad Center in 103 East Bartlett Hall.

“Many of the students who arrive in Iowa, they are not properly prepared for the

winter. They don’t know how hard the winter can be here,” said Isabela Varela, director of the International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO).

“They know what is cold, but they cannot imagine or have experienced this kind of cold and how dangerous it can be.”

Aside from underestimating Iowa weather, Varela brought up the financial burden that winter attire can place on international students. While it is a burden that all students can face, she said, most other students at UNI are from the Midwest and already prepared for winter.

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“Institutional racism and implicit biases are always at play,” Brown said. “Just because you think you are an ally doesn’t mean you necessarily are a helpful ally. You can think that you’re supporting students of color and be microagressing them. […]

I would say towards faculty, educate yourself. Go to a workshop. Go to an educational program. One is not enough. Continuously educate yourself.”

Bre Eigenheer, sophomore English education major and student programs coordinator at the UNI Center for Multicultural Education (CME), mentioned the center’s educational events, such as their regular “Hot Wings, Hot Topics” discussion series.

She said that she rarely sees faculty or administrators at these events and urged them to attend.

REC members emphasized their goal of addressing systemic issues rather than isolated incidents.

“REC is about creating systematic, institutional change for students of color,” Carroll said. “This is a movement. This is not a moment.”

Jamie Butler Chidozie, director of the CME, noted that UNI faculty and staff of color experience the same marginalization and called upon administrators to take

ownership.

“I don’t want students to leave here feeling like the onus is on you to change systematic oppression […] here on campus,” she said. “You are here to be students and you should be in a place where you are thriving and it is clear that you are not. We are in a point where we can do some shifting, but the onus is not on you [as students]. It can’t be, because you are not the decision makers.”

The town hall was followed by breakout sessions.

Students of color remained in the University Room, while allies moved to the Oak Room for an informational session led by REC members Brown, Laura Roman Jimenez and Ryan Frank. The three emphasized the critical role that allies play.

“When we have voices coming outside the 13 of us telling [administration] that they feel the same way, they take us a lot more seriously,” Brown said.

Jimenez, a senior business administration major, called for allies to make their support of minority students known by attending events hosted by student organizations such as UNIDos and Black Student Union (BSU).

However, she and her fellow REC members also stressed that allies must “know their role” as listeners, learners and guests in spaces meant for marginalized populations,

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Related: REC, students from Iowa and ISU attend Board of Regents meeting In coordination with similar student organizations from universities across Iowa, members of REC attended the public comment portion of the Board of Regents committee meeting at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 13 in the Commons Ballroom.

Representatives from the “Does UIowa Love Me?” movement and Iowa State Students Against Racism joined REC at the meeting, along with members of statewide grassroots student organization Iowa Student Action.

Becky Hawbaker, president of UNI United Faculty, also spoke on behalf of the assembled students.

REC member Gisselle Hererra, a senior social work major, delivered a statement on behalf of REC, addressing Board of Regents executives and representatives from all three of Iowa’s public universities.

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and must speak with students of color, not for them.

Senior social work major Isabella Pedersen found the evening informative.

“I really appreciated REC’s willingness to have conversations about how white students can be allies in this movement and their willingness to answer questions and take time to educate us,” she said.

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“Students of color need to be recognized as integral parts of the university community – not just another source of revenue. Furthermore, the amount of control that the Board of Regents exercises over decisions that will ultimately impact students, with absolutely no racial diversity and little student representation, is fundamentally undemocratic and damaging to the experiences of students,” she said. “We are demanding a town hall meeting with the Board to have student voices be heard and that equitable and swift action will be

taken.”

At the conclusion of the public comment portion of the meeting, Carroll asked Board of Regents members if they would be willing to meet with members of the student organizations in a town hall.

When silence followed her question, she reiterated, “Will you meet with us? Yes or no?”

The question was again met with silence.

“You have underestimated the power of students for far too long,” said Carroll as the assembled students filed out of the ballroom.

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UNI police reported that 27-year-old Courtney Elsbernd of Waterloo was found dead in her vehicle in a remote UNI parking lot on Sunday, Nov. 10.

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ment with creative activities has the potential to contribute towards reducing stress and depression and can serve as a vehicle for alleviating the burden of chronic disease. Another way art can be beneficial is as a tool for kickstarting all other learning. In his book “Arts with the Brain in Mind,” Eric Jensen said, “The systems art nourishes includes our integrated sensory, additional, cognitive, emotional, and motor capabilities are the driving forces behind all other learning.” Lastly, art is beneficial to broaden our intellectual horizons, mak-

ing our brains think outside of the formulas and equations that we have grown up learning. Comprehension, interpretation and imagination help individuals expand their range of thinking and making their own thoughts to what is in front of them.

People may try to rebut and say, “Well, art isn’t popular because not all people have the talent.” Well, to that I want to stress how somebody doesn’t need to be good at art to enjoy it.

Enjoying art is as simple as looking at a painting and appreciating it. Henry David Thoreau once said, “It is

not what you look at that matters, it is what you see.”

From my experience with art, interpreting what you see comes from what you personally take out of the piece, even if it isn’t exactly what the artist has in mind.

It is for enjoyment, advocacy and impact upon a person.

Furthermore, art is not just to admire, or for mental benefits, but it is a learning tool for our history. Looking through our history textbooks, we see paintings from hundreds of thousands of years ago, depicting and recording important events throughout history, including the signing of the Declaration of Independence painted by John Trumbull, The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and so many more vital pieces that tell our histories.

People tend to learn more from looking at photographs, but there are basically no photographs from these time periods, so we rely on artists and creators to document history. That is something which should be appreciated every day, because without it, we wouldn’t have some of the most amazing art that has influenced so many people.

was fired and then reinstated from a U.K. government advisory role after being perjured by British media, a situation the mild-mannered Scruton handled with poise and grace. He has since then made a number of public appearances all of which have centered around his 2018 book “Conservatism - An Introduction to the Great Tradition.”

The book is a succinct, warm, historically-minded review of the Anglo-Liberal tradition. Combining the shyness of Sir Isaiah Berlin and Scruton’s own Yorkshire wit, Scruton penned a read that is wholly worthwhile.

So then, but what is his answer to what it means to be a “Conservative?” For Sir Scruton, to be a Conservative is to belong to the tradition of Anglo-Liberalism.

What this means, namely, is to embrace plurality, liberty, tradition, personal freedom and, above all, to be alert to the use of force by the state. At 75 and as a man who used to smuggle banned books into the U.S.S.R., Sir Scrunton has expressed his fears for the future repeatedly and he has especially expressed his fears for the

future of the West.

On the other side of the Atlantic however, another answer has arisen, this coming from Washington Post columnist George Will.

Where Scruton emphasizes tradition, Will emphasizes a “conservative sensibility” that embraces change.

For Will, this “sensibility” is one that is open to the possibilities of ever evolving change. Will would say that those of this sensibility reject what Friedrich von Hayek called the “fatal conceit.” This “conceit” is the idea that change has to come in centralized rhythmic patterns, arrogantly constructed by government.

Will greets this love of free progress, public choice, free association and plurality with candor. In this sensibility, Will represents his own character as an outlier in the mainstream American right.

A staunch atheist, environmentalist, and defender of capitalism, Will has drawn equal criticism from all corners.

However, as numerous reviewers have noted, both of these books are noticeably absent of one particular word: Trump. In a world

increasingly consumed with attention to one man, Will asserts that President Trump “just isn’t interesting.” Yet, while Will is correct in saying that the media’s coverage of the president is prosaic and affected, he knowingly ignores the moment we inhabit. In the 1960s, William Buckley defined “the conservative consensus” in terms of groups united in opposition to the Soviet Union. Now, in the absence of a material foe, the American right is grasping for some sort of unity, a sense of purpose. What is it that unites a libertarian from Iowa, an evangelical pastor from Alabama and a New England liberal Republican?

The answer to this question used to be individual liberty. However, now with the advent of “National Conservatism” what separates the American right from left? For pundits like Tucker Carlson, Mark Levin and Michael Knowles, the answer lies in reciprocal collectivist sentiment. For them, in our “culture,” creed and conception of “tradition” lies our salvation against the horrors posed by “demographic transfor-

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Art comes in many different forms such as painting, sculpture, literature, architecture, music, dance, theater, photography and cinema. When we were younger, our teachers opened us up to a world of creative freedom where our imagination was limitless, but due to funding, our production was limited.

We have all heard it before: how our art teachers would tell us to be careful with the supplies because they bought them with their own money.

As little elementary kids, we didn’t think much of them making that announcement.

Underappreciated art has always been a problem in schools and society. I think it is time to bring this problem to light: society needs to be educated on the benefits that art has to offer.

Not only has the subject of art been underfunded, but it has been extremely underappreciated. Art is proven to have many benefits tying to mental and emotional health. First, art reduces stress. According to the U.S. National Institute of Health’s website, extensive research found that engage-

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As well as the concept of art being underappreciated as a whole, potential career paths in the art can be extremely looked over in our society especially when STEM dominates most of the “popular” fields of study.

Even though just recently “STEM” turned to “STEAM” which now incorporates art, there is still an underappreciation of art and the work that comes along with it.

There are a vast amount of careers an individual can go into, including advertising, directing, animating, interior design, graphic design, illustration, art teaching and so much more. Individuals dedicate their lives to making pieces that spark an interest in people, which is something not many people can do.

Here on campus, we have some amazing artwork that deserves to be appreciated, most of these works are by students and faculty in our art department. So, I challenge you as you walk to classes every day and throughout the buildings and see all of the artwork, make a mental note and appreciate the time and work somebody took to create an amazing addition to our campus.

mation.” Meanwhile, the culture, territory wholly, totally, germane to the left continues its march against the founding, and we of the right stand flaccid to its advance.

So truly, what is it to be “conservative?” My difficulty in answering this question is proof enough for me of the crisis faced by the American right. As we begin to stand resolute, ready to defend “our President” from charges so half-witted only a corporate Democratic presidential nominee could have committed them, what does this say of the state of the right? I argue that we have last our path. Only by embracing a sensibility of adventure, freedom, personal liberty and security can we achieve a future worth having. Thus, through our embrace of this sensibility, while maintaining the great tradition, but only by accepting exciting change as it comes can we Conservatives truly be of use. We must be open to change, but never forget our inheritance from those who came before us — only by maintaining the wisdom of the past can we unveil the future.

What does it mean to be ‘conservative?’

KEVIN WIGGINS

Opinion Columnist

A glance into the archives of the American conservative tradition reveals whatever a given viewer might already believe. Within the Anglo-American liberal tradition, ever since Edmund Burke (1729-1797), there has existed something of an identity crisis. The question of “what is to be a ‘conservative?’” has dogged, and embittered conversations in right-wing circles for centuries. Nowadays, as the left flagellates its members, masturbates at the altar of division and the Republican party kicks the can down the road with unlimited spending, the question arises: what is it even to be a “conservative?”

Two astute attempts to answer this question have arisen over the past year from both sides of the Atlantic. Between both of these answers I believe is a window into the predicament the American right finds itself in today. The first of these answers comes from Sir Roger Scruton, a British peer and professor of philosophy. In April, Scruton

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CAMPUS LIFE NOVEMBER 14, 2019 |

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‘Jojo Rabbit’ comically attacks Nazis HUNTER FRIESEN Film Critic

If you’re going to make a movie about the Nazis, you’d better make sure it’s going to be good. Multiply that rule by infinity if you’re going to make it a comedy.

Because of this strict rule, only a select few have been able to take the greatest human atrocity of the modern era and turn it into a joke. Charlie Chaplin did it in 1940 with “The Great Dictator” (although he wasn’t fully aware of the horrors), followed by Roberto Benigni with “Life is Beautiful” in 1998. Now, in 2019, Taika Waititi has added his name to that illustrious list with his newest film, “Jojo Rabbit.”

Set in the waning months of World War II, this “anti-

hate satire” follows the life of Jojo Betzler, a young boy growing up in the Hitler Youth. His patriotism runs so high Adolf Hitler himself acts as his imaginary friend.

One day, Jojo discovers that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl named Elsa in their walls.

This bewilders the boy, putting him in a quandary over what to do with his foreign guest. With an “enemy” in his home, Jojo must confront his nationalistic ideals and learn for himself what truly lies within the people he was born to hate.

Directing: 4/5 Apart from a few problems structurally and tonally, “Jojo Rabbit” is near faultlessly helmed by New Zealand native and “Thor: Ragnarok” director Waititi.

From the often-symmetric shot composition to the sumptuous production design, “Jojo Rabbit” is the most Wes Anderson-esque film that Wes Anderson didn’t direct. It does feel like Waititi is copying a little too hard from time to time, but the distinct whimsical style he employs effortlessly immerses the audience into the satirical world.

Aiding this immersion, Waititi does what he knows best and interweaves comedy with drama as he pokes fun at the Nazis while also using them as a smaller target for his much grander message. The message is one of peace and love, which can be authentically found within this story, especially in the interactions between Jojo and Elsa.

Writing: 3/5 A negative side effect of Waititi’s fluent directing is that it makes his middling writing stick it like a sore thumb.

His risque plot eventually gets boiled down to a slightly over-simplistic message that isn’t able to land its punches as hard as it should. Weirdly, it all feels a little too safe for this kind of setting with these types of characters.

The film also starts to lose its way around the middle third as a few of its many ideas and characters get lost in the shuffle. A few reveals are shocking, but only because not enough time was put into them to make us believe they were important enough in the first place.

Even with these problems looming throughout the run-

time, the script does have its shining individual moments.

The slapstick one-liners almost always land and the heart-tugging dramatic lines do hit close to home.

Acting: 5/5 With an assembled allstar cast, “Jojo Rabbit” is filled with great performances from A-list stars and fresh discoveries.

The biggest hidden treasure that has been unearthed is the talent of Roman Griffin Davis. In his first-ever role, Davis perfectly translates the precocious character of Jojo from the page to the screen.

The future will be deservedly bright for him.

Young star Thomasin McKenzie also does excellent work as Elsa. She already made a name for herself with last year’s “Leave No Trace” and her role here further solidifies her strong track record.

Scarlett Johansson plays Rosie, Jojo’s sympathetic mother who takes in Elsa for hiding. Away from her usual Marvel role, this may be Johansson’s best work in years as she is both hilarious and endearing.

In more purely comedic roles, Waititi and Sam Rockwell are a blast as Adolf Hitler and Captain Kenzendorf, respectively.

Overall: 4/5 Taking the horrors of humanity and turning it into a comedic moral lesson is no small feat, especially when you target the worst of the worst. So even with his struggles here and there, immense credit should go to Waititi as he has crafted one of the better films of the year and made something that will be timeless in its message and morals.

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NI film critic Hunter Friesen reviews comedy-drama “Jojo Rabbit” from writer and director Taika Waititi. Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie and Scarlet Johansson, the film received a 79 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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No ‘frets’ for UNI Ukulele Club NOVEMBER 14, 2019 |

COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

You may have heard popular songs such as “Best Day Of My Life” by American Authors or “I Gotta Feeling”

by The Black Eyed Peas on the radio. Instead of using a guitar or electronic instruments, the UNI Ukulele Club performs these songs with their titular instrument.

The UNI Ukulele Club or “Uke-N-I” meets on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Russell Hall, Room 68. Anyone is welcome to join, including those who don’t have prior music experience.

The club began last year and is led by Kevin Droe, associate professor of music.

During meetings, students learn new chords as they go along. They are not required to read music notes, and ukuleles are provided if a participant doesn’t have one. In addition to ukuleles, the club also has a drum set, a bass ukulele and a tambourine.

For Alisa Vance, senior accounting and management information systems major, the Ukulele Club has provided her with an opportunity to learn a new instrument.

“During the first meeting I attended, I had no idea how to play the ukulele,” Vance said. “I didn’t know any chords. During the first meeting I went to, we learned different ways to strum the ukulele and just practiced strumming.”

Club members then began

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“A few years ago, the International Services Office started a drive asking the UNI community for any winter clothing that they don’t use — coats, gloves, boots — and are in good condition to donate them for the international students,” she said.

Additionally, Varela explained, many exchange

learning how to play basic ukulele chords, then practiced alternating between chords.

“After that, we started playing along with some songs that had the chords that we had learned,” Vance said. “I loved learning to play an instrument.”

Around the world, the ukulele has grown in popularity for both those with and without prior music experience. Vance mentioned the convenience of transportation afforded by the instrument’s small size as well as the ease of learning how to play.

Although she finds the instrument easy to play, Vance has still encountered challenges while in the club.

“The biggest challenge for me is that we meet on Wednesdays and I can’t always attend,” said Vance.

“But, during the next week, I can go and pick up where I left off last time.”

Several songs are played each week such as “Send My Love” by Adele and “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz. These are only a small sample of the songs that are played during meetings.

The club also hosts informal concerts. So far, they have played on the Maucker Union rooftop next to the tables, as well as hosted mini ukulele lessons during Maucker Union Live last August. In the future, they may have other performances.

Being a part of the club has allowed Vance to learn

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that people relax in different ways. It also helped her find happiness in some of life’s simpler things.

“My favorite part of being in the Ukulele Club is that it is a fun time to get together and play music,” Vance said.

“There is no pressure to play the correct notes. It is a way to relieve stress and hang out with friends while doing so.”

Students interested in joining Ukulele Club can attend a meeting or email kevin.droe@uni.edu.

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The UNI Ukulele Club meets on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Russell Hall, led by associate music professor Kevin Droe.

students stay at UNI for only one semester and have no use for winter wear after leaving Iowa. In this case, donations in good condition can remain with ISSO and be utilized by future international students.

The deadline for donations is Wednesday, Nov. 20, but Varela encouraged people to continue donating even after this date since more international students will be arriving in January.

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Six Panthers claim titles in season opener are going to respond. We’re in this for the long haul.”

Champions included redThe UNI wrestling team, shirt freshman Michael better known as the Panther Blockhus who defeated fellow Train, returned this week for Panther Triston Lara to win the first time since national the 141-pound weight class. champion Drew Foster won it Redshirt senior Max Thomsen all six months ago. took down an All-American Returning three All- in Jarrett Degen out of Iowa Americans and three NCAA State to be crowned at 149. qualifiers, the Panthers opened “That’s what you want up their season with a bang to see is a little bit of that at the Harold Nichols Open assassin, where nothing gets at Iowa State University on to you man.Nothing,” Schwab Sunday, Nov. 10. Six Panther said about.Thomsen’s title. “It wrestlers claimed the title in doesn’t matter what happens, their weight group on the day I’ll still get to you and I’ll find with five more finishing in sec- a way.” ond place.

Bryce Steiert asserted his “We had some gritty wins dominance on the 174-pound yesterday, but, to me, grit is, weight class to take the top ‘Okay, you get knocked down, spot along with Taylor Lujan, how do you respond to that?,’” who won the crown at 184. head coach Doug Schwab said.

With the addition of six “I’m already seeing guys in. freshmen this season, the I’m already seeing how guys senior Lujan had some words PATRICK HANSEN

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of advice.

“I think bring guys along and showing them they’re not alone,” Lujan said. “There is a standard to live by here, we’re not going to let you get by with being mediocre.”

In the freshman/sophomore division, freshman Lance Runyon won the 165-pound class, and fellow freshman Parker Keckeisen took the 184pound class.

Now that the Panther Train crowned a national champion for the first time since 2000, the goal this season is to bring back a team title.

“Bringing a team title back to Cedar Falls, Iowa, to the University of Northern Iowa, senior Jacob Holschlag said.

“We’re like, what, one of eight teams in the entire country that have ever won a Division One title. It would be great to bring that back. I think we

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have the horsepower to do it.”

However, to get to that point Coach Schwab emphasized the grind of every day to get better.

“We, as a group, will continue to move forward and only get better,” Schwab said. “I’m a tough grader and they want me to be a tough grader, but for the first tournament out, I saw a lot of good things and I

know a lot of our guys are only going to continue to improve moving forward.”

The next match for the Panther Train will be on Sunday, Nov. 17 as the Purple and Gold will travel to the Chicagoland area to take on Northwestern. The Panthers will return home to the West Gym on Nov. 24 to face off against Nebraska.

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Preview: No. 4 UNI vs. No. 8 South Dakota State JACOB POTTER

Sports Editor

UNI football has had multiple battles with top 10 FCS programs this season, along with going wire-to-wire with Iowa State, who was ranked 21st in the nation at the time.

Coming into Saturday’s matchup, South Dakota State kept it close with No. 1 North Dakota State 23-16 earlier in the season on Saturday, Oct. 26.

The Jackrabbits also present a tough road environment.

Over 19,000 fans attended the game vs. NDSU that received College Gameday coverage, along with the frigid weather conditions, although the field is not as bad as back in the day.

“Before they had that frozen tundra,” Farley said.

“Now they have a new field,

so you always have a good surface. It’s part of the game right now. If you’re fortunate enough to survive November and get in December, all of the games are like this.”

Coach Farley also noted that UNI’s offensive line coach, Ryan Clanton, who is from California, will experience a first this Saturday.

“He goes, ‘What is it like to play in the snow? I never have before,’” Farley said. “I’m going, ‘The same way it is anywhere else. They do clear the field to play on.’ Everybody’s looking for this answer to solve the problem. I think the way to solve the problem is to go out and be in it.”

Aside from the weather, UNI’s fifth-ranked defense is looking to step up again after forcing three turnovers and racking up three sacks against

Indiana State last Saturday.

“When we’re playing at our best we create turnovers like that,” defensive end Elerson Smith said. “That’s crazy that we had that many turnovers.

That’s a pretty cool stat.”

“Defense has to continue to play great and keep us in a place where we can always get a win,” Farley said. “If we can do that, we might be able to offset some of the things that we’re doing on offense when we’re not at full strength.”

UNI’s starting running back Tyler Hoosman is out, along with the Panthers’ leading receiver Isaiah Weston, who is questionable, but the Panthers aren’t looking for excuses.

“We’ve got a good O-line, good running backs and good receivers,” McElvain said.

“There’s still a lot of meat left

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on the bone. We’re still capable of doing a lot more and putting more points on the board.”

Coach Farley also isn’t looking for any excuses in a game with significant implications on playoff positioning.

“We just have to deal with all of the elements,” Farley emphasized. “Whether it’s South Dakota State, the inju-

ries that we’ve had or the weather that we’re going to play, we have to get lined up, put our best team on the field and go play well.”

“You only get 12 opportunities to play football, so you better enjoy all 12 of them no matter whether you play them in rain or cold,” Farley said.

“It’s one of the 12 so you better enjoy every moment of it.”

OPINION

Top 3 men’s basketball standouts to watch this season JACOB POTTER

Sports Editor

With another UNI men’s basketball season underway, the Panthers return 10 players with experience including A.J. Green, Spencer Haldeman and Austin Phyfe, who all will look to lead the Purple and Gold this season.

A.J. Green The Cedar Falls native leads UNI in his second season as the starting point guard with a work ethic to match his talent. “‘What’s this guy doing, is that something that I can add to my game?’” Jacobson said about Green’s mentality. “He’s

always asking that question of himself, ‘What can I do to get better?’”

After averaging 15.1 points as a true freshman, Green has a bright future leading his hometown team.

“Next year, I’m going to say, ‘Look, he’s quite a bit better than he was last year,’” Jacobson said. “That’s just the type of young guy that he is [...] Our guys understand how hard he works at it. They understand that he’s our best player and they understand that he needs to be involved in the leadership of our team.”

Spencer Haldeman Stating alongside Green in

the backcourt is the three-point marksman Spencer Haldeman.

“He’s somebody with no fear, if you will,” Jacobson said.

“The kind of confidence that it takes to be a really good scorer at this level, he’s got that.”

Haldeman shot over 36 percent from three last season and has high goals for the team this year.

“The sky’s the limit for this team,” Haldeman said. “I think after last year making the championship, we weren’t expected to going into the tournament, but towards the end of the tournament we all believed in what we could do. That’s kind of led into this year, too, with believing that we can get there

again and get it done this time.”

Austin Phyfe Perhaps the biggest difference for the Panthers is the return of a vital piece in 6-foot9 forward Austin Phyfe after a season-ending illness last year.

“Having a guy we can throw the ball to on the block where when you go down and help, now you’ve got a little bit farther to go to get back [to shooters],” Jacobson said.

Phyfe, a Waverly native, found success in his first game back with 10 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks.

“I’m feeling great,” Phyfe said. “Being back out there is the best feeling in the world.”

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