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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Elections restore hope 3

‘Everyday Astronaut’ 4 How students save time 5 Men’s & Women’s basketball 6

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She was an innovative Union relief worker, leader in women’s pension law and starter of several Iowa orphanages. A tablet on the monument dedicated to her reads, “She combined a high degree of courage, a strong sense of social responsibility and an independence rare of the woman of that day.”

Annie Turner Wittenmyer (1827-1900) was commemorated with a monument on UNI’s campus in 1996. The statue in her name is located outside of Lang Hall, near where Wittenmyer helped erect a Civil War orphanage in 1869 that would later become Central Hall, the first building on UNI’s campus.

Martha Reineke, professor of philosophy and world religions, was on the Women’s Studies Advisory Board, which came up with the idea to dedicate part of UNI’s campus to Annie Wittenmyer.

“At the time, state law required that one percent of government building budgets go to art, which is why most buildings at UNI have sculptures near them,” Reineke said. “The artist was from Dubuque, and his vision was to have a traditional monument appearance to go with Lang, but also to create contemporary art to capture her

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courageous spirit, as she really defied a lot of odds. He wanted people to think of her soaring spirit, so he did a contemporary version of the Winged Victory.”

Reineke went on to discuss some of the odds Wittenmyer overcame in her day. According to Reineke, women’s organizations contributed food, cloth-

ing and bedding during the Civil War. Almost every community would have a “women’s society” that did this.

“The governor at the time, [Samuel] Kirkwood, decided he would form an aid commission to send supplies to troops,” Reineke said. “He appointed 13 men and completely ignored the fact that

women all over the state were doing this and had a network already set up. He told women they could continue to fundraise but to send the money to his commission. Women were outraged. He was particularly negative toward Wittenmyer, a widow at the time. She had to be very tough.”

Wittenmyer continued to

do the work the women started under the U.S. Christian Commission, as a state representative of Iowa to this federal organization.

Eventually, Kirkwood’s commission gave up.

“They realized women could do it a lot better,” Reineke said.

McLeod Center on Oct. 17.

The Panthers beat the Drake Bulldogs in a 3-0 win.

Leading the victory was Junior Bri Weber, who put together a 21 kill, 14 dig effort in the victory against Drake.

Weber’s 21 kills marked the most a Panther has recorded in a three-set match since the NCAA made a rule to use 25-point sets in 2008.

Sophomore Karlie Taylor had a productive game as well, recording 20 digs and 10 kills. This marked Taylor’s 16th straight double figure kill

match, this also being her sixth consecutive match recording a double-double.

Junior Piper Thomas added 11 kills in 22 attempts.

Thomas is currently leading the league in attacks. Her percentage leads the Missouri Valley.

The next on their streak was Loyola University for ‘80’s Night’ in Cedar Falls. This matchup resulted in another 3-0 victory for the Panthers.

UNI posted a .379 hitting percentage with 43 kills, while the Ramblers had a .000 hit-

ting percentage and recorded only 22 kills.

Karlie Taylor kept another streak going by notching her 17th-straight double-figure kill match, recording 12 kills in the match. Thomas complemented the game with a .733 hitting percentage.

The Panthers then topped off the win streak with another home victory against Valparaiso in the ‘Purple Pride Game’. This was a tightly-knit five-set matchup with UNI winning 3-2.

This win marked the 35th

20-win season in program history. Thomas recorded a match-high 22 kills for the Panthers. UNI has faced Valparaiso two times this season, with Thomas post 45 kills in the two matches against the Crusaders. Taylor set a careerhigh with six blocks, five of them being solo.

Taylor continued to add to her double-figure kill routine with 19 kills and her eighth consecutive double-double with 14 digs.

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Volleyball continues successful season, 23-6 EMMETT LYNCH Sports Writer

The UNI volleyball team now holds an impressive overall record of 23-6. The Panthers create another series of victories after a tough Missouri Valley Conference setback to Missouri State in the McLeod Center last week on Hawaiian Night.

UNI’s road to their threegame win streak began with Drake University for the annual ‘Pink Game’ in the

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UNI grad wins Americorps award ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

Last month, Kristina Kofoot, UNI community engagement program coordinator, was recognized at the national level with the Tom Harkin Excellence in Americorps Award for Outstanding AmeriCorps Service. Although her work with AmeriCorps started in 2015, Kofoot has been a volunteer for as long as she can remember.

“I grew up in a family where volunteering is what you do,” Kofoot said. “If something needs to be done or if somebody needs help, you go and do it. As a youth, we used to joke with my mom that we’d be ‘volun-told’ to do things.”

As a youth, these volunteer projects included mowing lawns, helping people move, assisting with church-related activities, being a kindergarten buddy and helping at the local library.

When Kofoot transferred to UNI, she was a junior. She applied for the AmeriCorps

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When Wittenmyer worked with the U.S. Christian Commission, she traveled to hospitals for the troops.

“She realized soldiers were dying because of poor food and conditions,” Reineke said.

“They were dying because a body that has been severely injured cannot have the food they were having: salt pork and coffee. She created a new hospital diet and saw that the

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VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) position due to the push of one of her professors, Julianne Gassman. The position proved to be a sort of epiphany for Kofoot.

“I started at this position, and I’m like, ‘This is what I want to do with my life!’” Kofoot said.

“I didn’t know what I wanted to do, and then all of a sudden I was doing it. It’s so awesome to make those connections and share what people are doing and create opportunities for people.”

Within AmeriCorps, Kofoot’s focus was on VISTA’s mission of capacity-building and fighting poverty. VISTA seeks to maximize the work of volunteers within an organization and equip them to continue the work they started with VISTA even after VISTA is gone. VISTA stays with an organization for up to three years. For Kofoot, her work with VISTA at UNI was so successful that it led to the need for a full-time position.

In a sense, Kofoot helped to create the job she now holds.

“Cedar Falls has been great to me. I’ve felt like I was at home

since I started my junior year of college here,” Kofoot said.

“I wanted to give back to the community that I was living in.

I’ve always been very civically-minded. You don’t just live somewhere and go about your life; you give back to the place that you’re in, because you’re there.”

Kofoot has done a wide variety of things in her position.

Last spring, she led a food packing event with Meals from the Heartland. She also helps support other local nonprofits, such as Operation Threshold.

She planned a program to help teach faculty how to incorporate service-learning into their classrooms.

Kofoot also assisted in writing grants for the upcoming MLK Day of Service. In the summer, she helped bridge students transition from high school to college life and gave them the ground tour of service opportunities in the community. “[Community engagement] means more than just engagement,” Kofoot said. “To me, we’re interacting, but I’m also

learning something from it. I’m getting something from it. I’m becoming more aware of the problems in my community. I’m learning how to be more civically-engaged. I’m learning what the problems are and how I can help to — or how others can help to — fight those problems.”

In the future, Kofoot hopes to learn to balance having a career in nonprofits and being a volunteer. She wants to highlight the volunteer work that UNI students have done, such as the more than one million hours of volunteer work that UNI students logged since last year. Lastly, Kofoot wants to get more people involved with Americorps.

“I think everyone should know what [AmeriCorps] is, and not enough people do,” Kofoot said. “It’s an experience you’re not going to be able to get again—take it now. It’s like going on study abroad—you’re going to do it now, because you’re not going to be able to do it when you’re older. So, do it while you’re young and you can. Get those experiences.

supplies got to the hospitals.

She saw that the hospitals were staffed. She is associated with saving thousands of Union army lives.”

The U.S. Christian Commission gave her federal oversight of these diet kitchens.

“They served up to 1,800 patients, three times a day,” Reineke said.

The Commission also raised six million dollars for the care of union soldiers, and Wittenmyer served as an instrumental fundraiser, according to Reineke.

During the war, Wittenmyer opened Iowa orphans’ homes around the state. These homes were not created because children lost both parents to war, but rather because women couldn’t care for their children if they worked, according to Reineke.

“One of the homes in Davenport persisted past the Civil War,” Reineke said. “The one that was on UNI’s campus

was just south of where Lang Hall is.”

The orphanage would later become Central Hall, which burned down in 1965.

After the war, Wittenmyer became the first president for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. This organization was the largest women’s organization of its day.

The organization advocated for women’s suffrage. A key point of the suffrage movement was for women to be able to vote to keep property in their own name, according to Reineke.

“It was against the law for women to own any property; it all belonged to their husbands,” Reineke said. “Even if a woman worked outside the home, whatever she earned she had to give to her husband.

When husbands got any money in their pocket, they would go to the local saloon and drink it all away. All over the country, there were thousands of families with hungry children.”

After her service with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, Annie Wittenmyer spent three decades lobbying the legislature to give pensions to single women who volunteered as nurses for the government in the Civil War. “A generation of women couldn’t marry because so many men died in the war; plus, these women gave the years of their lives when they would’ve been married to work,” Reineke said. “Widows could get their husband’s pension, but single women got nothing. There were women reaching late middle age who couldn’t do the manual labor they once did, and they were desperate.”

According to Reineke, Wittenmyer also played an influential role in getting a law passed that gave any woman who assisted in the war $12 per month.

Wittenmyer died two years

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Learn new things. Try different things. Go different places.”

For those who might be looking to volunteer for the first time, Kofoot suggests finding a student organization that does volunteer work. If a person wants a more personal experience, Lauren Finke with the Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley is available every Thursday in the Union to match students’ interests and schedules with local volunteer opportunities.

“I want every single student to leave this university having done some sort of service that means something to them,” Kofoot said. after getting this groundbreaking law passed.

Reineke feels the statue is well-deserved, considering Wittenmyer’s achievements.

“Any one of the things she accomplished would earn her a monument,” Reineke said.

The monument, now over 20 years old, has received some criticism in recent years.

“The way the platform and the tablets have been set up are fairly awkward,” Connors said.

Connors also said that the sculpture could be criticized as being too modern to represent a woman of the 19th century.

According to Reineke, the plantings around the monument could also use some work.

“The UNI botany people are very clever,” Reineke said.

“But the plantings, they’re pretty lame. It’s possible it’s hard to get things to grow on that slope.”

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Election results restore hope It is a strange feeling to be blindsided by a restoration of hope. This week’s state and local elections did just that for me.

In my mind, the election results that the United States saw Tuesday night combined to create a reactionary clarification of true mainstream values regarding fellow Americans’ life, liberty and happiness. That evening and these public officials embody a preliminary redemption.

Beyond clarifying the nation’s ability to just elect decent human beings that lead without playing on paranoia and prejudice, Tuesday’s results also increased representation of the nation’s most marginalized identities.

Just in case you managed to miss it, progressive and Democratic candidates wiped out Republican candidates and incumbents in elections at every level and in every branch of state governments

across the nation.

Communities large and small, red and blue, turned out to support notably progressive and, in some instances, historically significant state representatives, city prosecutors, mayors, delegates, council members and legislators.

Mazahir Salih is believed to be the first Sudanese woman to be elected as a public official outside of Sudan.

And she just so happened to be elected as a council member in Iowa City.

Vi Lyles is the first black woman to become the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Melvin Carter became the first black mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Elizabeth Guzman and Hala Ayala both defeated Republicans for seats in Virginia’s House of Delegates, effectively becoming the state’s first-ever Latina delegates.

Civil rights lawyer and legal aid to Black Lives Matter, Larry Krasner, was elected as Philadelphia’s district attorney.

New Jersey’s Ravi Bhalla became the first turbaned Sikh mayor in U.S. history.

Fifteen unapologetic socialists won various races Tuesday night, bringing the total number of socialist public officials to 35 in the United States. Ross Grooters of Pleasant Hill, Iowa is among those elected this week.

The first-ever mayor of recently-established city Framington, Massachusetts is a black woman by the name of Yvonne Spicer.

Danica Roem, the TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE first-ever openly trans- Opinion columnist Abbi Cobb recaps Tuesday’s state and local election results, gender woman to serve which saw many Democratic candidates come out on top in elections at every level in a state legislature, across the country. Pictured above is Melvin Carter, who became the first black mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday. defeated Bob Marshall, warnings. sentatives from the work leading contributor to A certain message was that’s to be done. the anti-trans bathroom bill, sent to the recently emboldMaintaining this momenfor a Virginia House seat.

Andrea Jenkins of ened bigots and suprema- tum is going to require some Minneapolis became the cists among us, and I hope effort from more voters than nation’s first trans woman that message is received with women of color, as they’ve of color elected to a city fear because a sort of revolu- largely carried the weight tion is bubbling up from the that’s resulted in Democratic council. success in the last two elecFormer news anchor Chris bottom up.

That much is very appar- tion cycles.

Hurst, whose girlfriend was True progressive change shot dead on live TV in ent.

And while these social- needs people to hold public 2015, beat NRA-supported incumbent Joseph Yost for a ly progressive victories are officials accountable because absolutely a cause for cel- mere physical representation Pennsylvania House seat.

Furthermore, I con- ebration, constituents must doesn’t by any means guarsider Tuesday’s results as not let the success distract antee true progressive advodemonstrating a series of themselves or their repre- cacy.

be present?

Well, you’re in luck because every Wednesday throughout the rest of the semester, from 2 to 4 p.m. in room 176 of the Wellness/ Recreation Center (WRC), you can drop by to walk the labyrinth.

What is the labyrinth, you ask?

The labyrinth is an ancient walking meditation.

Labyrinths are very different from a maze as there are no wrong turns, no dead ends and no tricks. They are typically in the form of a circle

with a meandering but purposeful path from the edge to the center and then back out again.

This is a tool that can help clear your mind.

The labyrinth is also helpful in calming anxieties during high-stress situations and transitions. Labyrinths can enhance creativity, better connect you to what is sacred and even lead to personal and spiritual growth.

How do you walk it?

Walk slowly as you journey toward the center of the labyrinth, putting one foot in front of the other as you focus on your breathing.

When you reach the center, stay as long as you need.

You may stand, sit, lay down or move around.

Whenever you are ready, walk the same path out that you took to the center, continuing your walk at a slow pace.

There are many different approaches to walking the labyrinth: — Choose to let all thoughts go when they present themselves to you. Quiet yourself of all concerns and worries. Just be. Let your soul be still and rest.

— Reflect on where you

Students lose stress in the labyrinth Editor’s note: the following guest column was submitted by UNI Student Wellness Services.

How many times during the week do you allow a quiet moment for yourself to clear your mind and be present in your thoughts? The everyday demands of school, work and life in general make it difficult to carve out that alone time everyone needs.

What if there were two hours every Wednesday that you could go to a quiet place on campus and simply recharge your mind and just

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Student Wellness Services pens a guest column explaining the benefits of walking the labyrinth in the Wellness/Recreation Center (WRC).

are in your life. Ask yourself a question. Is there a decision you need to make?

— Use a phrase that you repeat over and over. This phrase may be a favorite saying, a prayer, scripture, piece of poetry or it may be some nonsense word or phrase.

What are the benefits of walking the labyrinth?

While walking one may feel joy in slowing down the pace of life and find peace, insight, reflection, creativity, relaxation and wisdom.

Some view the labyrinth in a metaphorical sense: it can represent one’s life. There are many twists and turns along the way, but everyone is on a single path through their life, having separate and distinct experiences throughout.

After walking the labyrinth, individuals may find answers to their questions about life, while others may find creativity, healing or a newfound wholeness.

Students who walked the labyrinth had this to say about their experience: “It made me feel relaxed and remember to take life one step at a time. In the middle, it made me remember that in darkness, we will always find light.”

“I really enjoyed the labyrinth. it made me feel completely at peace, which is so rare. I would recommend this greatly.”

“The labyrinth was a great way to step back for a few minutes and reflect.

In college, you never have time to just step back, take a breath and reflect. This was much needed, I would say — [a] great experience, and I would do it again in a heartbeat.”

Here at UNI, the labyrinth has been doing amazing work in students’ lives, leaving them feeling relaxed, less stressed, more focused and self-aware. It will be accessible during De-Stress Days on Dec. 11, 12 and 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Maucker Union Ballroom.

The labyrinth can also be made available for student organizations, events and meetings.

For more information or if you need an accommodation to participate, please contact Joan Thompson at 319-2732137 or joan.thompson@uni. edu.

— By Brooke Hottle, Graduate Assistant, Student Wellness Services

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Houston, we have an ‘Everyday Astronaut’ bers.

Dodd photographs himself Staff Writer in the Russian space suit in An afternoon of online both ordinary and extravagant shopping at Sidecar Coffee situations around the world, shop brought about life chang- everywhere from Machu ing moment for Tim Dodd.

Picchu to the Kennedy Space In 2013 Dodd, who grew Center. Dodd also likes to hide up in Cedar Falls and attend- easter eggs of hidden messaged UNI, purchased a Russian es within the photos. high altitude survivor space One UNI professor was suit online, which launched instrumental in bringing Dodd the career of his persona as to campus. the “Everyday Astronaut.”

“When I became part of This journey is what Dodd the Hearst committee, I sugdiscussed during his lecture gested Tim because we wanton Tuesday at the Rod Library ed to include local people,” as part of the Hearst Lecture said Philip Hopper, committee Series at UNI. member and associate profes“This is probably the big- sor of digital media. “We were gest reception I’ve had,” Dodd looking for people who were said of the turnout to the lec- innovators, people who also ture. The lecture was attended integrate various practices.” by around 30 to 40 students, The lecture began with an faculty and community mem- introduction by Hopper, after which Dodd delved into the evolution of his career.

Dodd, who has been a selftaught photographer since 2009, now focuses entirely on “Everyday Astronaut,” COURTESY PHOTO Tim Dodd, former UNI student, rose to fame in 2013 which Hopper described as, after posting pictures in this Russian space suit.

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“The story of an adventurer stranded on earth.”

Dodd said he does this in an attempt to bridge the gap that separates rocket science with the general public — to bring space to earth.

“The future is all of us exploring this journey together. If we can at least unite upon exploring the cosmos together and learning more about where we are in the universe, I don’t see any harm in that,” Dodd said. “The rest of the universe is for us to explore together. To me, that’s just the most beautiful thing.”

“We’re living in an interesting time when I can be an online persona and be shrouded in almost privacy,” Dodd said. “My neighbors may not have any idea what I do for a living.”

Dodd supports himself through public speaking events, ad revenue from YouTube and contributions from fans.

“So far that’s the big question: how do you turn this into a career? I’m making a very big sacrifice in income, compared to being a photographer full time, to pursue this,” Dodd said.

Dodd, however, does not appear to have any regrets.

“I left campus very defeat-

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The Hearst Lecture Series brought Tim Dodd, the “Everyday Astronaut,” to UNI this past Tuesday, Nov. 7.

ed,” Dodd said. “I was 21, and I would walk around campus and be like, ‘Why can everyone on campus do this, and I can’t?’ To come back and be able to share success feels pretty good.”

A brief time for questions and answers followed the conclusion of the lecture. Dodd stayed around after, to talk and take pictures with the legendary space suit itself, as well to sign posters.

The Hearst Lecture Series was started by James Hearst. “[James] decided he wanted an endowment for this lecture series in the name of his wife, Meryl,” said Gayle Pohl, associate professor of public

relations and co-chair of the Hearst Lecture Committee.

The Hearsts deposited money into an account that went towards the six departments within the College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences. The members of the committee change each year as it rotates through those six departments.

“We have a focus of community engagement,” Pohl said.

“We want to really involve the community in the series,” Pohl said.

The next Hearst Lecture Series Lecture will be Thursday, Jan. 25, featuring notable sports writer Bob Ryan.

Theatre presents ‘Genuine Cigarettes’ SYDNEY HAUER Staff Writer

UNI Interpreters Theatre will be presenting a scripted reading of “Genuine Cigarettes,” written and directed by Kelso Breitsprecher on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

“The story is centered

around this guy named Ian,” Breitsprecher said. “He is a college dropout and is becoming a raging alcoholic. He has some mental health problems, and just got out of a relationship and is still being haunted by a former relationship.”

“Genuine Cigarettes” takes place from when Ian arrives

at the local bar until he leaves, after all of his issues have begun to pile up.

The script serves as a one act play without intermission, and has a running time of about an hour.

Breitsprecher, a UNI student studying theatre performance, was inspired to write the story after dealing with some issues in his personal life.

He made the decision to perform the work as a scripted reading instead of a play because of the interest of time, and because Breitsprecher hopes that the scripted reading will serve as an opportunity to hear his play aloud so he can make adjustments to it.

“Staged reading means that basically we have two days of rehearsal, and we go over the script and get a feel for it and talk about how we’re going to go about reading the script in front of the audience,” Breitsprecher explained.

He said that the actors will have the scripts in front of

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Reineke plans to advocate for the monument to be kept in “tip-top shape” before winter hits.

According to Reineke, the Wittenmyer monument is also

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The UNI Interpreters Theatre’s “Genuine Cigarettes” will premiere this Friday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m.

them and will read them in a theatrical manner while acting.

“There’s no set, but it’s still definitely something you’ll want to see.

“I hope people get out of it that there are certain things that are very hard to talk about in everyday life, whether that comes to mental health, relationships, alcoholism, dependency,” Breitsprecher said. “These things need to be talked about even though they are hard and even though they

are uncomfortable.”

He said that it is important to talk about these issues because it can save a person’s life.

“Also, be careful with who you associate yourself with.

Certain relationships can be really good for you and other relationships can destroy you,” Breitsprecher said.

Admission is free. There will be tickets available online at Eventbrite for the event; otherwise, there will be some tickets available at the event.

popular for many UNI student ambassadors.

“I know that for many student ambassadors, it’s their favorite part of the tour,” Reineke commented. “She was a fighter. Virtually everything she did, people didn’t think it needed to be done. Not only

did she convince them, but she showed them how to do it.”

One of the tablets that surrounds this piece of Iowa history serves as a message for everyone who passes by: “Give yourself with a single aim and with all your might to the work you have undertaken.”

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Panther Portrait:

UNITuba ensembles gallagher bluedorn

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The UNITUBA Ensemble performed this Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in Davis Hall, located in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC).

The concert was directed by the tuba instructor Jesse Orth, and it was free to the public. According to their website, UNITUBA was formed in 1974 and is now one of the oldest of its kind in the world.

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How students save time in their daily routines SARAH RITONDALE

schedule as Crispin and Osmic is Elizabeth Martin, senior quantitative ecoEven though students nomics and political science cannot add more hours to double major. Martin does the day, some students on everything to save time UNI’s campus have figured in her busy schedule from out a way to crunch their common tricks, such as findaily routines together to ishing her online courses as make time. quickly as possible, doing “When I wanted to relax homework in class or studybut also study for my foren- ing her notes while walking sics class, I’d put on an around campus. episode of “Bones” and try However, Martin also has to name the bones or type some time saving ideas that of fracture or post-mortem are a little more abstract. interval before the show “I use voice text on my did,” said Jamie Crispin, phone to write papers while senior anthropology and in the bathroom, whether criminology double major. in the shower or on the toi“It was the easiest way to let,” Martin said. “I also eat kind of study, but also binge in class and refuse to take watch Netflix.” classes with professors that For students like Crispin, will not let me eat. I even it is really important to be learned a new way to tie my able to save as much time as shoes to save time!” possible. Crispin said her Even students with involvement in activities schedules that are not as and clubs all over campus crazy as others still find makes her feel passionate ways to save as much time about finishing what she in their lives as possible. needs to do, while still leav“Last year, I would brush ing time for herself. my teeth in the shower to On a less extreme scale shave off a couple of minthan Crispin, Amela Osmic, utes,” said Katie Jerome, senior economics and phi- senior public relations losophy major, also finds it major. saves time to do what she is Like Jerome, juniors required to do while watch- Annie Palmer and Katie ing Netflix.

Alger have come up with “I read a lot of my emails simple time savers so they while I’m watching Netflix,” have more time in their day Osmic said. to do what they enjoy.

Another student with “I listen to audiobooks a similar time-crunching instead of actually reading 90 percent of the time to save hours of my life,” Palmer said.

A l g e r employs a similar method, saying, “I watch videos for my classes or listen to audio books while I work LEZIGA BARIKOR/Northern Iowan out.”

Caroline Hunkele, junior elementary education Junior commajor, was one of several students who discussed munication dissome of their favorite time-saving strategies. orders major Staff Writer

Kate Custis has found the most effective way for her to save time throughout her busy week is by meal planning.

“I do a lot of meal prepping on the weekends or make crock pot meals to save time during the week so I just have to heat stuff up during the week instead of cooking,” Custis said Olivia Willoughby, junior biology major, mentioned her professor’s idea of how students can force themselves to study.

“My math professor suggested to keep flash cards

in the bathroom so you are forced to study them every day!” Willoughby said. “My classes are less memorization, but I thought it was genius.”

Shortcuts also prove to be a common way for students to save time, especially those who live off campus.

“I cut through Bartlett Hall and use the mobile printing thing!” said Carlotta Dooley, junior marketing and management major.

Caroline Hunkele, junior elementary education major,

also uses a shortcut to make it home.

“I take the bus when I really don’t feel like walking,” Hunkele said. “I live pretty far, so walking takes up a huge chunk of my time.”

“I think saving time is so important to me because I would rather be early and have as much time as possible to do my homework and stuff for classes without feeling rushed” Jerome said. “When I finally do get free time, I try to prioritize my sleep or watch Netflix to relax.”

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Men’s team splits exhibition games at 1-1 JERRIUS CAMPBELL Sports Writer

The University of Northern Iowa’s men’s basketball team fell short against Wisconsin during their first preseason exhibition game in the Cheese State on Nov. 1. The final score after regulation 69-38.

The Panthers, on the offensive end, only made 40 percent of their shots in the first half as the Panthers shot 8-20 from the field.

Sophomore Juwan McCloud scored the first 10 points of the game, putting the Panthers up 10-2 in the first four minutes.

The eight point edge did not last long, as the Badgers would go on a 20-2 run. At the end of intermission, the Badgers led 35-18. Offense seemed to be absent in the first half for the Panthers, but McCloud ended the first half 5-9 from field goal range.

At the beginning of the sec-

ond half, the Panthers jumped out to a quick seven points.

Isaiah Brown and Tywon Pickford brought UNI closer, 35-25. The Badgers would then go on a big 27-3, run increasing their lead to 62-25.

The Panthers shot 26 percent from the field in the second half, and only made 3-12 from the three point range.

After a rough first game, the Panthers team then hosted NC Pembroke for their first home game of the year.

Brown scored three points and recorded three steals in the first half of play. Spencer Haldeman came off the bench and knocked down four three-pointers. The Panthers were strong at the free throw line, making six of their nine attempts in the first half. The Panthers shot 37 percent from the field in the first half.

UNI scored ten points in the first half off of second chance points, and at intermission UNI led Pembroke 37-23.

After the halftime break, UNI continued to find the bottom of the net. Haldeman went 6-6 from the free throw line, while freshman Tywon Pickford would score all 15 of his points in the second half, shooting 4-8 from the field and adding on four free throws.

Pickford would finish the game with a 15 point double-double, recording 11 rebounds. Haldeman ended the game with 20 points to help the Panther beat NC Pembroke at their home opener.

The Panthers will hit the road to play North Carolina in their first regular season match up. North Carolina were the NCAA national champions last season, and look to hold their spot in the ACC, while North Carolina is ranked ninth in the nation.

Coach Roy Williams looks to make it to the NCAA tournament despite losing his four of his five starters from last season.

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Isaiah Brown (24) scored 48 points from the bench last season as a twogame starter.

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Panthers defeat Sioux Falls after 80-53 final JOEL WAUTERS

Sports Writer

College basketball season is here once again, and the UNI women’s team is ready to make some noise. The Panthers opened up play for the 20172018 season with a convincing 80-53 exhibition win over the University of Sioux Falls Cougars. Junior Mikaela Morgan led the way with 18 points, while the freshman duo of Karli Rucker and Nicole Kroeger made their collegiate debut with 15 and 14 points, respectively.

Coming into the new season, UNI has much to prove following their successful campaign a year ago. After finish-

ing with a record of 24-9 (15-3 in Missouri Valley Conference play), the Panthers finished second in the conference and fell just short of winning the MVC tournament title last March.

Despite the crushing loss, the purple and gold received their first ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their third appearance in the big dance in school history. UNI fell to the DePaul University Blue Demons in the first round.

Coming into the new year, the Panthers have been picked to finish third in the league behind the defending conference champion Drake Bulldogs and Missouri State Lady Bears in this year’s MVC preseason

poll.

In order to run the table and make another run at the MVC championship, UNI must fill some key holes. The Panthers lost three key pieces of its offense with the graduation of Madison Weekly, Hannah Schonhardt and Angie Davison.

With the development of strong youthful players over the years, however, these women will get their chance to lead their squad to victory. Sophomore guard Mikaela Morgan stepped up in her freshman season to help become a cornerstone of the Panthers defense. Another strong twoway player on the court will be sophomore forward Megan

Maahs, who shot 42.8 percent from the field, as well as serving as another strong defensive piece with Morgan.

Redshirt junior Ellie Howell, who was selected as the lone Panther to the MVC preseason all-conference team, is expected to be the heart of the offense. Averaging 12.2 points per game a year ago, expect Howell’s shooting game to improve even further after a stellar season last year.

The purple and gold have also added a new legion of youth to their bench with the addition of five new freshmen, many of whom have been standout stars during their high school playing days.

The Panthers will open the

regular season tomorrow night at home against the IUPUI Jaguars before hosting in-state rival Iowa State the following Tuesday.

After a two-game tournament down in central Florida over the Thanksgiving weekend, UNI will return home on Dec. 10. after a five-game road trip to host the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers and the Iowa Hawkeyes on Dec. 17.

Missouri Valley Conference play will begin on Dec. 29. with the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers coming to the McLeod Center.

This will lead up to the MVC Tournament at the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois from March 8 to 11.

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The Panthers win streak came to an end against Illinois State in a tough 2-3 loss on the road in Normal, Illinois. In the matchup, Thomas posted a career-high 24 kills with a .355 hitting percentage.

Senior Heather Hook also

recorded a career-high with 23 digs, reaching a double-double with 55 assists. Junior Kendyl Sorge joined the mix, notching a season-high 30 digs in this match.

The Panthers then went on to bounce back from the loss and created yet another threegame win streak to come out on top against Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. This was a

sweep victory for the Panthers.

UNI posted 76 digs in this matchup. 21 of those digs belonged to Sorge. Taylor posted her 18th double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs against the Braves. Then, leading to another 3-0 sweep victory against Evansville, UNI had 53 digs and 45 kills on the night.

The UNI Volleyball team then capped off the week with

a victory at home against the Indiana Sycamores on Senior Night. This was UNI’s final home match of the season.

Senior setter Hook went out with a bang by surpassing her 4,000 career assists.

Hook posted 37 assists, nine digs and six kills in the victory against the Sycamores.

Thomas also reached new highs by recording her 1,000th

career kill. She posted 13 kills, along with Karlie Taylor adding another 13. UNI is 6829 when winning the first two sets in a match.

This was the final home game for UNI volleyball this season, and it ended in a sweep victory. UNI is set to take on MVC foe Missouri State in Springfield, Missouri on Nov. 11.

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