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Winter driving advice 3

Athletes suffer from CTE JOEL WAUTERS

Sports Writer

“Sports do have a risk of injury,” said Don Bishop, UNI’s director of athletic training services. “One of the key things to have in place is having trained personnel on hand to help prevent, treat and care for any problems.”

In today’s sports, the threat of injury can petrify an athlete. How long will they be out? When can they come back in the game?

Some injuries, however, have much more serious repercussions than some time off the field.

One of the biggest injury fears in sports today is the development of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

(CTE). This disease has gained widespread attention in professional sports in recent years.

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This degenerative brain disease is caused by repetitive head trauma in sports.

CTE and the damage it

causes to the brain can have far-reaching consequences, as documented in the deaths of several athletes, including former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez and longtime NFL safety Dave Duerson.

Several athletes have even considered early retirement from the games they love to prevent further damage to their brains, such as San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland, who said an emotional goodbye to the game at age 24.

Symptoms of this disease have included impulsive behavior, emotional instability, short term memory loss and, most striking of all, suicidal thoughts or behaviors.  See CTE, page 6

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NFL update 6

UNI student arrested for sexual abuse JACOB MADDEN News Editor

As reported by Cedar Falls Police arrest records, Brandon Charles Westendorf, 21, of 2107 College St. No. 31, was arrested on Oct. 30 at 10:44 p.m., on charges of Third Degree Sexual Abuse.

He was taken to the Black Hawk County Jail.

Westendorf is a junior studying business administration at UNI. On Sept. 15, Cedar Falls Police responded to a call at an apartment complex to investigate a reported sexual assault.

According to a press release issued by the Cedar Falls Police, an adult victim reported being sexually assaulted while inside the apartment.

Brandon Charles Westendorf

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Westendorf was arrested on Oct. 30 as a result of an investigation linked to the incident that allegedly took place on Sept. 15.  See ARREST, page 2

THE PHOTO PANTHER LEZIGA BARIKOR

Campus Life Editor

On Nov. 4, 2013, a new big cat, in the leagues with the likes of TC and TK, prowled onto UNI’s campus to stay. That was the day Roland Ferrie of Crescoe, IA, the “Photo Panther,” started his job as the university photographer. Everything from action-packed athletics photos to candid student pictures have been taken by Ferrie ever since.

“I basically decide what gets photographed, and I just love being on a campus,” Ferrie said.

“There’s no place in the world that has the energy of a college campus. It keeps me feeling moderately young.”

Ferrie, at only 35, is a fully self-taught photographer, and he used his college days to practice. A Wartburg 2008 graduate with a B.A. in public

relations and communications, Ferrie worked at his campus paper, yearbook and other areas at his university. After college, he worked in Waverly at Lattin Photography before starting at UNI. The only thing he says he misses about his old job is the use of medium format or film camera work.

“The dark room had a certain romance to it that there’s nothing comparable in digital,” Ferrie said. “You never were going to get the same photo twice, there was a uniqueness about the dark room that you don’t have with digital photography.”

The reason Ferrie was first motivated to start photography was nostalgia.

“I like the idea of being able to preserve memories,” Ferrie said.

Ferrie’s office in Bartlett is dim, since he rarely turns on

the florescent lights, letting in only select window lighting. All the editing Ferrie needs to do on his two 4K computer monitors means extra lights tampers with his ability to properly see the colors on the screen. Most of the university’s photography is taken and edited in 4k and is then released in standard 1080 resolution. The numbers 4K and 1080p refer to the number of pixels that make a digital image.

The job of university photographer encapsulates more than simply taking photos.

“I am in charge of basically creating and helping select visuals that will portray the university in a manner that’s consistent with our mission statements and in order to best recruit new students,” Ferrie said. “Whether that means still photographs or video.”  See PANTHER, page 4

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Public Radio brings rock, news to UNI KELSEY CHIDLEY Staff Writer

The UNI museum recently debuted an exhibit highlighting the life and work of Herb Hake, a former UNI professor and radio director who had a large impact on radio in his time at UNI. Hake’s legacy continues at UNI through Iowa Public Radio (IPR), which commemorated Hake by taking the call letters KHKE in 1972. Today, the Cedar Falls location of IPR is on the third floor of the Communication Arts Center.

“We’ve always kind of said we want to bring the world to Iowa and take Iowa to the world,” said Al Schares, the station’s music program director.

The studio operates two radio stations: KUNI and KHKE. KUNI transmits a mix of news and music, while KHKE plays classical music.

Music production is a special focus of the Cedar Falls studio.

“All of the music that IPR produces is done here in this facility,” Schares said.

“Programs that are produced

by IPR producers are done here. Anything that we go out and record, we bring back here and do the post-production on it and get ready for air.”

IPR on UNI’s campus is also known for Studio One, a performance space with an audience room for up to 50 people. Schares said that local musicians perform there a few times a month, live on air.

Recent shows have featured Crystal City, Wooden Nickel Lottery and We Are the Willows, among others.

Studio One also broadcasts monthly from the Des Moines Social Club, which hosts shows by a variety of musicians. The studio covers music festivals around the state of Iowa as well, such as the 80/35 Music Festival held in Des Moines during the summer and other rock and blues events.

“We’re one of, I would say,

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The UNI branch of Iowa Public Radio, housed in the Communication Arts Center, focuses primarily on music production, including rock and classical.

only a handful of […] public radio stations who offer rock and roll,” Schares said. “We know how important a younger audience is to our future, to future growth.”

In addition, Iowa Public Radio broadcasts and records classical performances across the state, from symphonies to operas.

Schares said that this variety of programming has been a staple of Iowa Public Radio for decades. Doug Vernier, former director of broadcasting for KUNI and KHKE, contributed to the unique programming from the 1970s onward. “[Vernier’s] belief was that public radio needed to appeal not just to older audiences but to younger audiences, as well,” Schares said. “I think he felt that it was important for future growth and support.”

KUNI and KHKE were officially moved to the

Communication Arts Center in 1978. According to the Iowa Public Radio website, IPR was formed in 2004. The Iowa Board of Regents created the network in order to combine various radio stations based in each of Iowa’s three public universities. Now, IPR consists of 24 radio stations that transmit different combinations of news and music.

Schares explained that IPR is funded through a combination of state government, federal government, corporations and members.

However, the largest portion of its budget — around 40 percent — comes from listener contributions. This has become especially important in recent years with dwindling support from the state and federal government.

“If public radio wasn’t doing it, where would you find classical music on the radio?”

Schares said. “Where would

you find the brand of rock and roll that we’re playing?

You know, the independents, the local ingredient, is very important to us.”

In addition to Cedar Falls, IPR has studios in Iowa City and Ames, with main offices located in Des Moines. Full daily and weekly schedules of programming are available on the Iowa Public Radio website.

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ARREST

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As stated in the press release, Cedar Falls Police investigated and found that Westendorf had allegedly made sexual contact with the victim and the act was, allegedly, done without the consent of the victim.

According to Iowa Code 709.4, Third Degree Sexual Abuse includes, but is not limited to, performing a sex

Schares explained that Iowa Public Radio offers 24-hour streams of both news and classical music, in addition to the unique variety of rock music and beyond.

“That’s always been the most important thing to us, is to reflect the state that we live in and offer something that no one else offers on the air,” Schares said. act without the consent of the other person or performing a sex act when the other person is mentally incapacitated, physically incapacitated or physically helpless.

Third Degree Sexual Abuse is a class C felony punishable by confinement up to 10 years and a fine of up to $10,000.

Westendorf was released from Black Hawk County Jail on the morning of Oct. 31 after posting bond.

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Ice guys finish last on winter roads Just like a scene straight out of “Game of Thrones,” winter is coming and will inevitably rear its ugly head once again. After the light snow last Friday, it looks like fall has fallen through and we’re on to the next chapter.

With winter weather, all I can say is take advisory.

I always used to joke with my buddies back in high school that, “Well, looks like the first snow is here; time

for everyone to forget how to drive.”

And honestly, sometimes the truth to that statement scares me.

I was in Cedar Falls this past Friday morning for class but took off for home by noon.

I saw one car being pulled out of the ditch by a tow truck and later saw a one-car accident on my way through Fort Dodge.

I usually don’t come across that many accidents but to see two in one day on the first day of snow made me think maybe it was just a coincidence. However, years of experience begs to differ.

I don’t think I can blame

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these two accidents on the little amount of snow we got last week. The ground is still fairly warm compared to the snow, and most of it melted either upon hitting the ground or on my car windshield.

But I think this serves as a pertinent warning for what’s to come. Soon, there will be blankets of snowflakes all around us. After all, this is Iowa — too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.

So, before our environment turns into a scene straight out of “The Revenant,” let’s first think about preparing.

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I consider myself somewhat of a car guy. I may not be good enough to be signed by Dale Junior’s pit crew, but I’ve been changing oil, batteries and tires for quite some time now.

So, let’s talk about oil — no, not the drilling crisis that’s plaguing our country, but the actual motor oil under your hood. Have you checked it lately?

Before winter comes full force, you may want to check it to see if you’re low or if it needs changed, based on your mileage. Nothing would scream toasty in the middle of winter quite like an under the

hood fire because your engine got too hot.

Taking your car to Walmart to have the oil changed once every 1,000 to 2,000 miles is one of the best ways to make it last. You know what they say: nothing runs quite like a well-oiled machine.

Batteries are another critical car component in winter.

Most of us like a warm, toasty car —with the exception of fire — and I’m not one to tell you not to start your car and let it preheat, because I’ve done it too.

The issue comes when your battery doesn’t always want to cooperate. You’re trying to start your car, and you hear an obnoxious ticking or nothing at all. Odds are your battery is dead — at least that’s a prime place to start looking for a problem.

In the winter, it seems like more batteries tend to go dead — at least car batteries. The best thing to do as a student, even if you don’t drive that often, is to check your car and make sure it starts once a week.

If you do have a battery issue and you’re not experienced, don’t try to mess with it; battery acid burns are some of the nastiest burns you can

receive.

Not all cars are equal or the same (a price tag can tell you that), but it’s good to know what kind of car you’re dealing with. For the most part, most of us are probably driving front wheel drive cars.

If you fall under that category, it may be wise to ask your parents (if you don’t know so yourself) when the last time you had new tires put on the front for the best traction and control this winter.

For you rear-wheel car drivers out there, it may be time to think about putting your snow tires on the rear.

Take it from me: nothing impresses the ladies quite like sliding around a corner into a parallel-parked Honda.

To sum it up, it never hurts to be overly prepared. Now is the time to get an ice scraper and a few extra blankets put in the trunk.

Just because you’re winter road ready doesn’t mean everyone is, so always keep your eyes peeled. Be a smart driver and a safe driver this winter, and try not to follow Facebook meme advice. There is no such thing as blinker fluid, so don’t worry about it freezing.

MoviePass is transforming moviegoing experience In the past couple of weeks, you may have heard of a service for movie-goers called MoviePass, the advertisements for which have recently flooded much of social media and other video streaming services.

MoviePass is said to basically be the Netflix for movie theaters. It’s a subscription where you pay $10 a month to be able to see one movie in theaters every single day.

Skeptical? I was too.

While I was intrigued by MoviePass’s claims, I decided to look deeper into the service to see exactly how it works.

Basically, you sign up on the app and pay the first month’s fee, after which point they send you a MoviePass debit card.

Once you receive the MoviePass card in the mail, you activate your card and then the next time you are at one of the 4,000 theaters that work with MoviePass, you open the app, select your show

time and the cost of the ticket is then loaded onto the card.

Then you’re free to go to the ticket kiosk, pay for your ticket and enjoy the movie.

Indeed, it sounded too good to be true.

So, I decided to just give it a shot and subscribe. Then I waited and waited for my card to arrive. When my impatience grew larger, I started to look at the social media threads about people who have also recently subscribed to MoviePass.

A lot of people were also frustrated about their cards taking a long time to arrive, but then I saw a few comments on how when they finally did arrive, it was totally worth the wait.

This is also around the time when I discovered that MoviePass had been around for a couple of years and that their monthly subscription cost used to range from $50 and up and that it gradually went down to $30.

MoviePass later sent an email to me saying that since they recently announced their new $10 fee, their subscription numbers grew at an extremely faster rate than previously expected, and their compa-

ny needed to expand to issue everybody their cards. This was understandable, and I was willing to wait.

When my card finally did arrive, I was anxious to try it.

I was still a little confused on how to go about activating the card because the website and app wasn’t very clear.

So, I went to YouTube and was able to find help on it.

Someone posted a video saying that to activate the card, you must go to the theater, click your show time and then enter your card number.

The first time you do this, you activate the card. The second time, when you see the word “Success” and a photo of the film’s poster that you are purchasing the ticket for, you actually get the money onto your card to go buy the ticket.

When I was able to find some free time, I headed over to the College Square Theater and tried it out. And to my surprise, it worked.

Not only did it work very smoothly, but it was really fast and efficient. I was very pleased by how quickly the money was loaded onto the card, and not even in a matter of a minute, I was able to get my movie ticket and enjoy the

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So far, I have used MoviePass twice due to a pretty busy schedule, but even in using it just those two times, I have been able to make my money back from the first month’s subscription payment.

The one catch is that you can only use MoviePass once a day, and it can only be for regular 2D showings. MoviePass has also recently updated their terms of service, which has made some people nervous because they now state that they have the right to update how often it can be used or introduced other limitations.

To my knowledge, nothing has changed so far, but even

if it was limited to something like three times a week, it would still be worth it.

Think about it. If a movie ticket is $8, and you are able to buy three tickets a week for a month, that would still be about $96 (minus the $10 for the monthly fee) that has been saved at the movies.

I hope MoviePass stays the way it is because it is an amazing service that I highly recommend, especially for those who are cinephiles. Even if you go to the movies two to three times a month, you can still save some money. And hey, if you often take your dates to the movies, you can save even more money.

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UNI Proud held their annual Halloween Dragaganza on Friday, Oct. 27, in the Lang Hall Auditorium. The Halloween Dragaganza has been ongoing for over 10 years now.

Some performers on Friday included: Dr. Bay, Hollywood Hope, Artemis Cardiac, Taylor Slayswift and Alex Gayskarth.

While the performers were dressed up in costumes, there were also numerous members of the audience dressed up to participate in the Halloween costume contest. Some participants of the costume contest dressed up as: Mario and Luigi, the Babadook, Mean Girls characters and Minnie & Mickey Mouse.

The winner of the costume contest was an individual who dressed up as Charlie

Price from the Broadway Show “Kinky Boots.”

The Dragaganza Show featured performances to older songs, such as “It’s Raining Men” by The Weather Girls and “Come Little Children” from Hocus Pocus, as well as current chart toppers like Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do.” Throughout the night, the performers could receive donations from audience members. All donations went

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On Friday, Sept. 22, Ferrie rolled out of his office, camera equipment in tow, to do a video shoot at 3 p.m. and another one later that night.

He was accompanied by Paul Kaufmann, the electronic communication specialist who shares Ferrie’s office and works in UNI’s photography

division.

Ferrie quickly set up his camera, tripod and homemade teleprompter in the stairway of Rod Library between the third and fourth floors.

“I don’t have to be the most creative person in the world. And I’ve told several people, I’m not the most creative photographer in the world, but what I am is ruthlessly efficient,” Ferrie said.

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UNI Proud Halloween Annual dragaganza

to the jOURney Foundation.

The jOURney Foundation is an organization with the mission of providing support and resources for people in the transgender, intersex and gender-non-conforming community.

UNI Proud raised $47 for the jOURney Foundation.

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“I get the photos done, I get them done well and I get them done quickly.”

Making easy small talk with the people involved in the video shoot of the day, Ferrie soon wrapped up the filming with minimal difficulties. At one point during the filming, Ferrie had to tell the talent to move her microphone.

“Sometimes the small-

est things make the biggest noise,” Ferrie said as he reviewed his footage.

While tearing down the shoot, the sudden sound of shattered glass echoed down the stairwell. However, Ferrie merely shrugged off the breaking of another teleprompter screen, which would be fixed by the next week.

Ferrie has made two teleprompters that the university uses.

“It costs us a total of $12,” Ferrie said.

The university could’ve bought one, but he said he didn’t see the point since he could make one himself for a much cheaper price.

“Rather than wasting the money on it, put the money where we can make the most impact,” Ferrie said.

University Relations, as recent as the start of this 2017 school year, updated the university photographer job description to include a large video component, according to Ferrie. They also updated the photo request process to make it clear that he does not mainly photograph meetings and speakers.

“I’m the marketing photographer,” Ferrie said. “The thought process is that instead of being at a meeting or a conference that is going to yield us an extremely low marketability [...] we can hopefully spend more time in classrooms and things that really showcase our academic excellence.”

Classrooms are some of Ferrie’s favorite places to photograph.

“I don’t think we spend enough time bragging about the university,” Ferrie said.

“Because, we do a lot of really cool things here, and people need to know about it.”

Ferrie explained how he came up with his username for his social media accounts.

“Well, my license plate is ‘SHUTTER,’ but that was my nickname in college,” Ferrie said. “I thought about using that, but it didn’t quite scream UNI enough, so I thought a light bit of alliteration with Photo Panther would be alright. And it’s worked and it’s stuck, and now I’ve got old professors calling me ‘Photo Panther’ now. I’ve got state representatives calling me ‘Photo Panther.’”

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Roland Ferrie has been the university photographer since Nov. 4, 2013. He does all university photography, videography and manages UNI’s image.

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West African Drum Ensemble LEZIGA BARIKOR

Campus Life Editor

Fast rhythms reverberated throughout the Maucker Union this past Tuesday, Oct. 31, when the UNI West African Drum Ensemble (UNI-WADE), performed from 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“It sounded really neat,” said Crystal Spencer, sophomore music major. “Kind of gave a nice vibe. Something different.”

The UNI-WADE was originally formed in the fall of 1997 and now continues as a one credit hour course offered through the UNI School of Music. It is open to people from all majors.

The class meets at 8 a.m. every Monday and Wednesday in Davis Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC). The UNIWADE Director Ryan Frost said in an email that class sizes range from 10 to 15 students each semester.

According to Frost, the group performs between two

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UNI’s West African Drum Ensemble performed in Maucker Union this week.

and four times each semester.

Their next concert is at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, in Davis Hall of the GBPAC. “I love when West African Drum comes to the Union,” said Jennifer Zehner, a junior elementary education major.

Zehner, as a part of the Student Life Team, helped bring UNI-WADE to the Maucker Union last semester. She said Student Life contacted Frost to bring the group back again this

fall semester.

“They’re something so different than most things you see,” Zehner said.

During the performance, the drummers all wore brightly colored traditional shirts from the West African region. They switched from sitting and performing to standing and performing after transitioning instruments.

“We performed a piece from the Ewe people,” Frost said.

help students define and deal with stress.

“It’s an interactive session that will help students with identifying the causes and symptoms of stress,” said Joan Thompson, who is a health promotion coordinator for Student Wellness.

“Participants will become aware of a variety of coping strategies that may be helpful in reducing their stress, and we’ll give them the opportunity to practice some breathing exercises and some self-soothing exercises.”

The first Coping with Stress session was held yesterday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. Coping with Stress will be repeated on the first Wednesday of every month.

This is the first session of the series “Wellness Wednesdays.”

Wellness Wednesdays consists of five weeks of themed sessions that will be scheduled every month. When a month

contains a holiday or break (such as Thanksgiving), that week will be skipped.

The second Wellness Wednesday will focus on developing quality sleeping habits, as sleep was reported as the second most common factor (behind anxiety) negatively impacting academic performance. The third Wellness Wednesday, titled “Facts on Tap,” is about alcohol education. Week four will feature tips on sexual health.

For months that have a fifth Wednesday, the final Wellness Wednesday will be all about healthy relationships.

All of these sessions are free and can be taken without in-advance registration. Each should run 45 to 60 minutes each. Primarily, the sessions will be presented by graduate assistants, but sometimes professional staff from Wellness Services will also help.

“It’s one of our efforts,” Thompson said. “We do other things — give tips and tricks on social media, our website and Facebook.”

For those who can’t make these 2 to 3 p.m. timeslots, the Student Wellness offers “Food, Sex, Alcohol and More.”

According to Thompson, these are programs that are available upon request for presentation to a student organization. Topics include Intuitive Eating, Body Image, Dimensions of Wellness, Quality of Life and Goal Setting, among others. Some of the Wellness Wednesdays topics like Coping with Stress

“They live in the southeast corner of Ghana. […] And we also performed Bamaya.”

The Bamaya piece, called the Dagomba, is from the northern region of Ghana, according to Frost. They then ended on another Ewe piece from Kinka.

Samantha Steffensmeier, senior leisure youth and human services major, joined UNIWADE at the start of the school year.

“It helps me explore other cultures through music,” Steffensmeier said. “It is kind of hard to get up in the morning, but it is also a refreshing way […] and energetic way to get your blood pumping.”

“It’s early, but we get to wake up and play some fun music and dance,” said Katie Campbell, senior English and graphic design double major. “You get to know the people in the ensemble very well [in class].”

Although the class is taught through the UNI School of Music, they don’t learn how to play their instruments like

other music students typically do.

“We don’t actually use music; we just kind of learn it,” Campbell said.

The learning method UNIWADE uses is called oral tradition, which, according to Frost is how people from that region also learn their instruments.

“There’s a lot that’s just improvise and go with the flow when something happens,” Campbell said. “We’ll learn dances and learn different drumming techniques with different instruments.”

According to Frost, the ensemble used a variety of drums from the West African nation of Ghana during their performance. This included the talking drum, also known as the luna, sogo, kidi and the djembe.

“It’s open to everyone, and you don’t have to be a percussionist or a musician to join,” Campbell said. “You’ll learn everything you need to know in the class. And it’s just a lot of fun.”

are also available. Complete program descriptions and a program request form can be found on the Student Wellness website.

“If any of the counsellors

or the doctors or RAs want to refer their students or their patients to a workshop that might be helpful to them, they can have some choices to go to,” Thompson said.

Wellness Wednesday hopes to bring change ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

According to the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment II, stress is the number-one factor that negatively impacts academic performance. Nearly 25 percent of 1,274 participants from UNI reported that stress impacted their “individual academic performance.”

For the purpose of this study, that meant receiving a lower grade on an exam, an important project or course.

It also included receiving an incomplete in a course, dropping a course or receiving a disruption in thesis, dissertation or practicum work. The study is held every other year.

Student Wellness Services have taken these results into consideration and created the “Coping with Stress” session at the Student Health Center to

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NFL week eight: a real roller coaster WILLIAM RIEPE

Sports Writer

The NFL recently hit the mid-season mark, as well as the week eight trade deadline.

It’s been a rollercoaster for some teams, but most things happening in the NFL might not surprise you.

Nothing surprising overall, as four teams have started the year out with solid 6-2 records, including the Kansas City Chiefs, who lost their star safety Eric Berry earlier in the year with a season-ending achilles tear that removed a big part of their stacked secondary.

However, the Chiefs defense continues to dominate with youth on their side, such as second year wideout Tyreek Hill and rookie Kareem Hunt still enjoying success. There’s nothing stopping the Chiefs from a deep playoff run this year.

The biggest surprise of the

year comes in a stellar 7-1 start to the season for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Granted, most of the Eagles wins have been close, and some looked dicey, but if second year quarterback Carson Wentz can stay healthy, then there’s no reason a team with strong receivers like Alshon Jeffery can’t continue to dominate.

Only two teams in the NFL have yet to find a win. The Cleveland Browns, even after having the best off-season in regard to player acquisition, still remain at a loss for a quarterback. Rookie starter Deshone Kizer fails to control his arm, sacrificing any chance of points with a large number of interceptions.

The San Francisco 49ers had a great offseason for their defense, drafting two highly-touted pass rushers with outside linebacker Reuben Foster and defensive end Solomon Thomas.

However, they still struggle to find that spark that shuts down opposing air attacks. With debatably the worst secondary in the league, opposing quarterbacks are a safe bet against the 49ers.

This year’s trade deadline is a jumbled mess for most new football fans, as teams seem to be giving away star players for nothing more than late round draft picks. The Carolina Panthers traded away Cam Newton’s favorite target in Kelvin Benjamin and the struggling Miami Dolphins have effectively ruined their running game by allowing breakout star Jay Ajayi go for a fourth round draft pick to the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles should have success with Ajayi commanding the backfield, with offensive linemen like Lane Johnson leading blocks for the young halfback. Ajayi has no reason to not find the success

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Carolina Panthers’ Kelvin Benjamin (left) catches a touchdown pass.

he had last year.

The New England Patriots have decided to trade away Tom Brady’s backup, Jimmy Garoppolo, to the San Francisco 49ers, putting a huge damper on former Iowa quarterback CJ Beathard’s playing time.

But the trade also removes depth at the position, as an injury to Brady might spell the end for the Patriots.

The biggest complaint of this year’s season is the massive amount of injuries we have witnessed this year so far. So many top players such as Aaron Rodgers (collarbone), UNI graduate and star running back

David Johnson (wrist) and controversial, yet successful, wideout Odell Beckham Jr. (ankle) have all been removed from their lineups and placed on injured reserve.

Frankly, this season has been sort of messy so far. With no real team picked as the leader of the pack, this Superbowl is up for grabs. The Patriots’ defense have forgotten how to play football, while teams such as the Chiefs are dealing with real injury issues preventing them from being as dominate as they could be. But time will only tell, with drastic changes happening weekly.

MVP comparison: 2011 Rose versus Westbrook OPINION

DYLAN PADY

Sports Editor

Derrick Rose was born and raised in Chicago, attended the University of Memphis and would eventually return to the Windy City after being selected as the first pick of the 2008 NBA draft.

In 2009, at just 20 years old, he won the All-Rookie award and was named Rookie of the Year. In 2011, he was a twotime All-Star, winner of the All-NBA award and was even named MVP of the league.

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Both Hernandez and Duerson were found to have had this disease only after they committed suicide in 2017 and 2011, respectively.

CTE isn’t just an issue isolated to professional sports; it also ranges across the sports spectrum, even to college. In a July 2017 report by the Journal of the American Medical Association, 48 out of 53

The Bulls won their first two series in the postseason (4-1 against the Pacers and 4-2 against the Hawks) but fell to LeBron James and the Heat just before the Finals.

Rose had one more all-star season in 2012 and when the playoffs rolled around, Chicago was leading the East with a record of 50-16.

Game one featured the Philadelphia 76ers, with nearly 22 thousand fans packed into the United Center to see if the Bulls could go all the way this time.

With 1:20 left to play in the fourth quarter, Rose had 23 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. Chicago was leading 99-87.

It would unfortunately be announced that Rose suffered from a torn ACL in his knee and would not return the following season. After this moment in sports history, his career would never be the same, as he still struggles to find that explosiveness he had back when he won MVP. Another unreal point

guard from the 2008 draft was Russell Westbrook. Born in Long Beach, California, Westbrook attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and, by the time Westbrook was 19, he had scored 619 points, had 191 assists and 181 rebounds for the Bruins.

The Seattle Supersonics (who would soon become the Oklahoma City Thunder) selected Westbrook as their fourth pick in the first round.

He was not one of the starting five during his 2009 debut, but he did average 15.3 points per game (PPG), 5.3 assists (AST) and 4.9 rebounds (RBS) and received the All-Rookie award.

By 2010, Westbrook played every game as a starter and continued showing signs of improvement. But by the time he was 22, Westbrook was averaging 21.9 PPG and received the first of many AllStar and All-NBA awards.

Seven years ago, this was quite an accomplishment.

Westbrook was then given the same awards for two more

seasons and would have won seven years in a row but missed the opportunity in 2014 when he averaged another 21.8 PPG, similar to that of his first recognizable season.

It is safe to say Westbrook set the bar pretty high for himself. In 2015, he turned around and averaged 28.1 PPG with 8.6 AST and 7.3 RBS. The following year, his scoring declined, but he was moving the ball a lot more. It was his first season averaging a double-double with 23.5 PPG and 10.4 AST. It’s actually very fitting that Westbrook turned into a complete monster as soon as Kevin Durant joined the Warriors.

In 2017, Westbrook took full control of his situation and became the second player in the NBA to average a triple-double. When asked who was the better point guard, junior Dalton Mann gave his vote to Westbrook.

“Russell Westbrook, no doubt,” Mann said. “He averaged a triple-double! Only one

other guys has ever done that.”

The only other person to do that was Oscar Robertson.

Westbrook tied Robertson’s record of 41 triple-doubles and led the league in scoring with 31.6 PPG, 10.4 AST and 10.7 RBS. These numbers also earned himself the MVP award.

He is now joined by Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, which makes the Thunder one of the most solid teams in the West.

Despite the numbers and all the “what ifs,” I think Rose would have been the better player today, if not one of the greatest of all times.

Rose was so hyped and the highlight reel from his MVP season was just ridiculous.

But Westbrook is the better player and for good measure.

He was patient and kept getting better while Rose rode the hype train for the few years he could.

The two players came into the league the same year, but the differences in their careers is unbelievable.

brains of deceased former college football players were found to have had CTE. This raises many serious questions. Is playing college sports too dangerous?

Does the game need to be improved to make it safer?

Allison Gottschalk, a senior athletic training major who has served as a trainer for the UNI athletic department for the last three years, explains how she has developed symptoms of CTE after suffering a concussion

while playing volleyball years ago.

“It can’t be diagnosed until you’re deceased and they do an autopsy. They have a list of symptoms that range from irritability, aggression and speech and language difficulty,” Gottschalk said.

“I think you should be taught to play safely when you start playing a sport rather than learning the skills beforehand.”

Throughout the sports world, many new changes

have been made to help promote safe play, as well as protect athletes from injury.

“We take concussions super seriously. There’s nothing we can do about CTE — it’s more of the concussion aspect of it,” Gottschalk said about athletic training. “We usually do a baseline for the athletes before their sports season so that if a concussion occurs, we can compare the two baselines. I think it’s important to talk to the team before the season and

let them know this is what a concussion is and [that] this is what can happen to you.”

Several new rules and safety measures have been passed in recent years to help protect the body.

“New innovations are being researched and developed that may be of help — innovations to headgear, helmets, neck stabilization, mouth guards and field turfs that seek to minimize the trauma on the human brain,” Bishop said.

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