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Movie critic Rouse feels so-so about the Hunger Games’ Mockingjay.

Columnist Boisen provides all students with the ultimate finals tip guide.

Panther women take another hit in Monday’s game against Creighton.

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Finals take the stage in Lang FATIMAH ALRUBH AND AMBER ROUSE

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An advanced interpersonal communication course at the University of Northern Iowan will be hosting a performance as their final called “Inter’ception.”

Led by Communication Studies instructor Nikki Harken-Zumbach, the Inter’ception performance has been completely prepared by members of the advanced interpersonal course, said Madison Twedt, senior communication major and one of the publicity cordinators of Inter’ception.

“Inter’ception takes place at two of our characters’ . . . wedding reception. During the performance you will see many different relationships, interactions, secrets and conflicts between characters unfold,” said Twedt.

Harken-Zumbach created the idea to host an interpersonal performance incorporating theories from the

advanced interpersonal textbook.

The inspiration came from a show on Netflix, “Mixology,” where twenty strangers meet at a bar and the single-season show goes through all their interactions, conflicts and relationships, said Twedt.

Throughout the course of fall semester, the class collectively developed characters, created a script and appointed parts such as actors, stage

directors and managers, publicity costume, hair and make-up and set crew.

The class worked individually as well as in teams to create characters, a setting and a script. The work will be developed into a full production that they will perform in front of an audience Thursday, Dec. 18 at noon in Lang Hall’s Interpreter’s Theater.

See INTERCEPTION, page 7

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Left, Danielle Hamilton, senior communication major, and right, Nora Agnes, communication major, act out a scene for their final project.

Above, Lauren Lewey, senior communication major, gets into her character, bridesmaid Ellie, to rehearse scenes.

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Holidays at Hearst

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With the temperature dropping rapidly, many University of Northern Iowa students are trying to improvise parking spots wherever they can to reduce the amount of time they spend outside on their commute to classes. One of those improvised parking spots is located between Lang Hall and President Ruud’s home.

Many have heard that while merry bells keep ringing, may your every wish come true. Though members of the UNI Clarinet Ensemble do much more than ring bells, they still spread the same message as Bing Crosby while wishing happy holidays to all.

The Hearst Center for the Arts hosted the UNI Clarinet Ensemble for their holiday concert performance

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Cars are often found parked in front of Lang Hall, despite the lack of parking meters marking official parking locations.

See METERS, page 2

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Sunday afternoon. Amanda McCandless, associate professor of music, and Stacia Fortune, graduate assistant for the school of music, conducted the UNI Clarinet Ensemble.

The ensemble itself is made up of clarinet majors and minors who play clarinet and other harmony instruments. These harmony instruments include: E-flat clarinet, basset horn, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet.

See CONCERT, page 6

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There are many popular pastimes during the holiday season.

One such pastime is volunteering.

University of Northern Iowa’s Residence Hall Association and Service and Leadership Council teamed up Wednesday afternoon to pull students into the Maucker Union Ballroom to volunteer whatever time they could to make some lucky people’s holiday season a little brighter.

RHA and SLC students stood outside the entrance to Maucker Ballroom and invited students sitting in the Union to come in and volunteer just ten minutes of their time to help make someone else’s holiday a little better.

“We just recruited people in the Union to come give a little bit of their time,” said Riley Harvey, senior business administration management major and member of RHA. There were four different activities students who had even just a few minutes to spare could

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do in order to spread some holiday cheer.

“I saw the sign and thought I should come in. It seemed like a good thing to do with my time,” said Matthew Malone, senior secondary math education major, as he wrapped a Christmas present.

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zens in the nursing home, making tie-blankets and writing letters to members of the military were the four activities offered for student volunteers.

“I like doing this kind of stuff…Volunteering and helping others,” said Kelsey Bergman, sophomore communication major as she worked on a tie-blanket.

Want your textbook for just a day?

AMANDA SCHUELLER Staff Writer

Packback, a textbook company offering pay-as-you-go textbook rentals, is making its way onto the University of Northern Iowa’s campus.

Packback targets college students who spend money on required textbooks that are hardly used in class.

“Packback enables students to take control over their education and what they spend,” said Brycen Henry, sophomore economics and political science

double major and brand ambassador for Packback.

Packback charges $3 to $5 per day for book rentals.

Students can change the number of days they have the book, and they can extend their rental for the semester. Packback is the first textbook retailer. that allows paying per-use.

Packback offers other advantages such as textbook price comparisons and selling textbooks back to Packback, said Henry.

According to Packback’s website, the rent per-day option

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decreases the need for used textbooks. When fewer students buy used textbooks, textbook companies selling new books are faced with less competition, which lowers their prices, according to the website.

[Renting textbooks per day] can still add up.

Trent Simpson

family services major

UNI students each have their own routine when it comes to buying or renting textbooks.

Trent Simpson, junior family services major, usually rents his books from online retailers such as Amazon or Chegg.

“It’s irritating when professors require a specific textbook, only for the class to find out it won’t be used in the class,” Simpson said. “[Renting textbooks per day] can still add up.”

Emma Shipley, a sophomore biochemistry major who usually buys her textbooks from University Book and Supply, said the ability to rent textbooks during shorter periods seems like it would be “very useful.”

According to Henry, Packback was founded in 2012 by four college students that took their idea to a business plan competition and won first place. The founders understood firsthand what college students experience when it comes to buying, using and selling back textbooks, said Henry in an email.

The very first model of this company began in the Fall of 2013 at Illinois State University, said Henry.

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On that road, there are a few metered locations where cars may parallel park. Towards the end of the road, there appears to be enough space to accommodate one to two more cars even though there is no meter. Several students are using the space to their advantage by parking in that location, where they can be ticketed for parking in an undesignated space.

Weiqi Huang, junior computer science major, has parked in one of the undesignated parking stalls and has been issued about 15 parking tickets because of it.

Huang said he continues to park there for convenience purposes.

“I want to hurry to get to class because it’s close to my class,” Huang said. “I hate tickets but I have no choice because I am late for class.”

Public safety does not approve of unofficial parking spots.

“They are trying to make three spaces out of two,” said Helen Haire, chief of police and director of Public Safety at UNI. “Students do that and we wish they wouldn’t.”

The area along a cul-de-sac in front of Lang Hall serves as a traffic point for UNI facilities vehicles and it serves as a dropoff location for Maucker Union’s loading dock. Placing cars in dangerous or obstructive positions could lead to potential losses of time and money for the university, according to Haire.

“I mean, there is space for it and they can make more money off of meters anyway,” said Alex Wilson, senior criminology major.

UNI Public Safety will look into the situation and try to determine if there is enough room for a third metered location to be constructed.

“I am not opposed to putting another parking space there if there is room for one,” Haire said.

“We will look at it, and I will put my eyes on it to see what is going on and talk to our other folks at the university who have an input on that decision.”

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GUEST COLUMN Stressed?!

According to the University of Northern Iowa National College Health Assessment, stress is the leading factor that negatively affects UNI students’ academic performance.

Stress is the pressure we feel as our bodies respond to everyday demands.

A little stress is good and can be motivating, but too much stress can have a negative effect on your physical and emotional well-being.

Being a student is stressful. We have deadlines for class, tests to study for, homework to complete, student organization meetings to attend and on top of all that — attempting to balance in a social life.

We often get so busy we just accept being stressed and forget that we can do things (even little things) to manage it.

How many people do you know that can be upset while laughing?

Some techniques for relieving stress can be as simple as thinking of something that makes you happy, makes you laugh or just puts a smile on your face. It seems like common sense, right? But how often do you stop during your busy life just to think of those things?

In fact, laughter not only improves your mood, it also stimulates many organs,

activates and relieves your stress response and soothes tension. How many people do you know that can be upset while laughing?

Another good way to relieve stress is through exercise and dance.

Everybody responds to stress differently and everybody’s technique for managing that stress will look differently.

Exercise and other physical activity produces endorphins -- chemicals in the brain that act as natural painkillers and can help relieve stress. Often times, as students, we feel like exercising has to be a big commitment. We have to go to the WRC every day at a certain time and if we miss a day, we might as well just try to start again next week.

However, there are a lot of little things you can do during your day to get some exercise in and relieve stress. The next time you take a study break, get up and walk around the building you are in, take the stairs instead of the elevator or join a fitness class!

It is important as college students that we make time for self-care. This means working hard to make sure we get adequate sleep and that our techniques for dealing with stress are healthy.

Stress management tech-

niques help to soften the burden of stress and prevent its harmful side-effects.

Everybody responds to stress differently and everybody’s technique for managing that stress will look differently. What is really important is that you find a stress reliever that works for you.

Mine is dancing to a Taylor Swift song every morning. Some other techniques to relieve stress include: calling a friend, playing with a pet, deep breathing, yoga, reading a book you enjoy (that is not assigned), getting a massage, listening to music or finding a quiet place.

If you are overwhelmed by the stress in your life and it is causing you mental or physical side effects, please seek help.

Your future self will thank you!

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Public Safety crime log 865: 12/4/14 HARASSMENT. ITC “B” LOT. PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDED TO REPORTING PARTY AFTER THE REPORTING PARTY WAS HARASSED BY A NON-STUDENT. NONSTUDENT WAS ADVISED NOT TO RETURN TO CAMPUS. CHARGES WERE NOT PRESSED PER REPORTING PARTY’S REQUEST. 867: 12/6/14 CRIMINAL TRAFFIC. 23RD AND CAMPUS STREETS. ASTRID AMBRIZ-AGUILAR WAS DRIVING ON SUSPENDED LICENSE. 870: 12/6/14 ASSAULT. HILLSIDE JENNINGS, 100 BLOCK F STREET. JEFFERY JACKSON WAS ARRESTED ON DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGES. 872: 12/8/14 DRUG/LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION. 9TH FLOOR DANCER. PUBLIC SAFETY SEARCHED THE DORM ROOM WITH A WARRANT. JULIAN ANDERSON-CRESPO WAS ARRESTED ON POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND DRUG PARAPHINILIA. VON PATRICK MRIANDA AND CHASE HULBERT WERE ARRESTED ON POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHINILIA.

875: 12/8/14 DRUG LAW VIOLATION. SHULL HALL. PUBLIC SAFETY SEARCHED DORM ROOM WITH A WARRANT. JOSIAH CUELLAR WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT We have a number of great resources on-cam- TO DELIVER. pus, such as the Counseling THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY UNI Center, which is here to PUBLIC SAFETY. help you. Don’t forget to take time during finals week *THE NORTHERN IOWAN HAS OMITTED NAMES OF to participate in De-stress PARTIES IN CASE #865 FOR PRIVACY PURPOSES. Days! Your future self will thank you!

There will be a number of great stress-relieving activities happening in Maucker Union and the Library Dec. 15 through Dec. 17. Some activities include puzzles, walking the labyrinth, crafts and mini-massages!

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Happy Holidays!

SPEED READING CLASSES FOR UNI STUDENTS Iris Reading is hosting free speed-reading courses for UNI students. Program instructors will focus on how to read textbooks more quickly while also picking up more information from them.

The online workshops have limited space. Students are asked to register for their chosen time at http://www.irisreading.com/school/UNI. Class times: -Tues, Dec. 16, 5 to 5:30 p.m.

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The Northern Iowan staff wishes our readers a great holiday break! Check out our next issue Jan. 15 for sports, THINKSTOCK news and entertainment!

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Every tip you will ever need ERIC BOISEN boisen @uni.edu

Every Tip You Will Ever Need to Survive Finals Week It is that time of year when everyone is making a big deal over finals week.

Chances are your “dead week” is anything but. Professors, not wanting to wait until finals to have their class over with, assign many of their tests and papers the week before finals. Most students, perhaps overwhelmed by this, are procrastinating. I myself am writing this opinion column before the three papers I have due this week. In this time of procrastination, let me give you a few pieces of advice that may or may not help you. If this is your first finals week as a college student, take note.

1. Everyone is on Facebook right now, so if you have anything you want to get a ton of likes (new relationship, funny photos, etc), post it now. Anytime between the end of finals and next semester is a social media dead time.

2. I know you want to binge watch shows on Netflix, but you should replace one show or movie with a book you’ve been meaning to read (or at least a documentary).

It should be noted that I read that last idea to my

Here is a pro-tip: employers don’t really look at your GPA, they look at what you were involved in and what you have accomplished.

lovely girlfriend and she said “That’s a great idea!

We should read a book!” I promptly responded “Oh, I wasn’t going to do that myself.” Hypocritical, maybe, but I like giving advice that I don’t follow.

3. Coffee is love, coffee is life, drink coffee constantly.

You may be one of those freshmen who think “I don’t need to drink coffee to stay awake.” You are lying. I know, I was one of you. Just come on over to the dark (roast) side.

4. Your professor is not out to get you. They want you to succeed. If you are seriously struggling, talk to your professor about any possible accommodations. Hopefully you have introduced yourself earlier this semester or made a good impression; that will help a ton!

5. Sleep. Get some. Your work during finals will be twice as productive if you get a good amount of sleep.

Even though seeing the sunrise over the hills of the

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Perkins parking lot does have its perks, sleep is more important.

6. For real.

7. Sleep.

8. Do it.

9. Don’t get caught up in the finals week stress.

Though getting good grades is important, one bad paper or test is not going to ruin your college career. Here is a protip: employers don’t really look at your GPA, they look at what you were involved in and what you have accomplished. So work hard and do your best, but one bad grade will not end you.

10. SLEEP 11. Take this time to reflect on the past semester. What did you like? What didn’t you like? What could you improve on for next semester? Focus on one or two small goals that you can work on for next semester. Over the course of four years, those small goals will make a huge difference.

12. Hang out with your friends before you leave for break. If this is your first year here, you will most likely be home all break. By the end of break, you will either hate being home and/or extremely miss your friends.

Make sure to see them before you leave for home.

My last tip for you is to reiterate that finals week, while important, is not the end of the world. Work hard and study hard, but get some sleep and take time for yourself. Your health is more important than your grade.

While I hope you take these words to heart, I want you to know that I will not do any of that. In fact, I am currently making a pot of coffee to start my third partial all-nighter of the week.

To finals week! May we all survive!

Schwarzenegger had it right - body building BRETT IRVING Opinion Columnist

I am going to make a blasphemous statement that will probably lead to massive riots. Bodybuilding is the hardest sport out there.

I will get to why in a second, but first let me share some history for you.

On Sept. 18 the 50th Mr. Olympia was held in Las Vegas with Phil Heath winning his fourth title. An accomplishment that would not have occurred had it not been for the perseverance of Ben and Joe Weider and Eugene Sandow. The Weiders are the ones responsible for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s fame. Sandow is the founder of modern bodybuilding.

The sport itself started back in the late 1890’s when it became popular to show off massive feats of strength.

Unfortunately, these men were also fat, until Sandow showed up. At the time, he had not only good strength, but also balance in his physique that caused people to want to be like him.

He eventually began traveling around Europe promoting competition for bodybuilding and by 1901, the first show was held. Fastforward to 1965 where bodybuilding was in the midst of the golden age yet there was no way of determining the best of the best. That’s when Joe Weider comes in.

He founded Mr. Olympia that year and crowned Larry Scott as the champion (for those of you fond of the preacher curl it is actually called the Scott curl). The next 5 decades saw the crowning of 13 champions; Arnold claimed seven Lee Haney with eight, Ronnie Coleman

grabbed eight, Dorian Yates with six and both Jay Cutler and Phil Heath with four.

Now back to my original statement. Bodybuilding is the hardest sport. Not to take way from other sports like football, which are very difficult in their own right, but bodybuilding is different in many ways.

Now, I know most of you reading this are going to cry foul claiming you train hard and I am just going to call BS. First and foremost it’s an individual sport. That’s right, no coach, no teammates, not true support other

than your own mind. Now sure, some people have lifting partners, but the most successful lifters usually train by themselves.

The second point is the training style. In most sports the weight training involves either explosive training or heavy training. In bodybuilding, most of the time it is high-volume training. Most bodybuilders will do anywhere between 25 to 50 sets for a specific muscle group whether it be arms or legs. If that’s not enough, the workouts are intense.

Now I know most of you reading this are going to cry foul claiming you train hard and I am just going to call BS. Over half of you do not train legs or if you do you cannot even get past a quarter squat and at least 90 percent of you have the energy to talk to your buddies in

there for five minutes. That is not intense.

If you want intense do four to five sets of 12 reps per exercise with 30 to 60 sec in-between each set. That’s intense and you should be drenched in sweat and exhausted when you’re finished.

The third thing that makes bodybuilding so difficult is the diet. When I talk diet I am not talking Atkins or weight watchers I am talking pre-contest dieting.

The purpose of the precontest diet is to lose body fat (get down under 5 percent) and build or maintain muscle.

Most people who weight lift can eat a diet that allows them to maintain right around 10 to 15 percent without a problem, but that’s not the hard part.

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We’re in a climate change hole, stop digging JONATHAN KOOMEY MCT Campus

(TNS) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released its Fifth Assessment Report, summarizing the state of climate science and solutions. The report reinforces previous findings that the earth is warming, humans are primarily responsible and rapid reductions in emissions are urgently needed. Our current emissions trend substantially increases the risk of costly, dangerous, irreversible and potentially catastrophic changes in the global life support systems we all depend upon.

We’ve dug ourselves into a deep climate hole. Despite ever more dire warnings, greenhouse gas emissions have grown 42 percent since the IPCC’s first assessment report in 1990. Preserving a safe climate means turning global greenhouse gas emissions down this decade and reducing them rapidly in absolute terms during the next 40 years, even as GDP and population increase. It also

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The hard part comes when you have to manipulate your calorie intake.

Each and every meal has to be weighed properly in order to know for sure how many grams of carbs, fats and protein you are consuming. Still not much of challenge the week before the contest is the hardest.

For that week carbs must be under 30 grams per day and then you must eat a lot of carbs at least 24 if not 48 hours prior to coming onstage. If you time it wrong, it can mean the difference from first to last place.

The final reason is a little and it is nothing we can control and that is genetics.

The size and shape of our

means keeping three quarters of proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground or safely storing the emissions from burning those fuels.

The science summarized by the IPCC gives clear guidance for what we should do next: _Stop new digging The more high-emissions infrastructure we build now, the more we’ll have to scrap in coming decades, so let’s stop building it as soon as we can.

That means no new coal-fired power plants, no new shipping terminals to move coal overseas, no more pipelines or rail lines to unconventional oil supplies, and no drilling for oil in the soon-to-be ice-free Arctic. It will be difficult to stop these projects. But once built, they will be even harder to shut down. Better to not build them in the first place. _Charge the full cost of digging To stabilize the climate, we need policies consistent with a low emissions world (like those now in place in California), including putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. We also need even

muscle, bones and joints are controlled by genetics which means there is really nothing we can do about it.

If you have short muscles with small bellies, too bad, no bodybuilding carrier for you.

Oh sure, every sport has their genetics for speed and size, but in those sports hard work goes a long way in bodybuilding you can work your butt off and still lose to a person with better genetics and half the work ethic.

I want to wrap things up by saying all sports are difficult and challenging and we all have our opinions about which is more difficult than the other.

In the end given the information I have presented I think it is safe to say, that bodybuilding is one of, if not the, toughest sport out there.

stricter safety and environmental regulations. That also means ditching the “all of the above” energy strategy in the U.S., where fossil fuels are supported on a coequal basis with non-fossil energy sources. Subsidies for fossil fuels need to end.

Mountaintop removal coal mining and single-bid auctions of fossil fuels on public lands need to stop. And bonding requirements for U.S. natural gas drilling companies, last set in 1960 and never adjusted for inflation, need to increase substantially.

Climb out with alternatives.

Existing clean energy technologies already offer many opportunities in both developed and developing economies. Costs are dropping fast.

Wind generation is now competitive with conventional energy sources, even without counting the latter’s pollution costs. Solar is not far behind.

Deploying distributed renewable electricity in microgrids is often cheaper than extending the central electric grid in the developing world. Energy efficiency remains the cheapest, cleanest, fastest emissions

reduction resource, with innovation (especially in information technologies) delivering more and better efficiency options with each passing day.

Retrofitting existing hydropower facilities is simple and cost effective. Cogeneration of heat and power remains underused. And if the nuclear industry can build plants as quickly, cheaply and safely as they say they can, nuclear power might also help.

Surviving this stage of human development means we will need to evolve as a species and learn how to face challenges like climate change, trying many things, failing fast and doing more of what works and less of what doesn’t work. We will need to foster rapid innovation, fierce competition and active coordination, all at the same time.

We also need to reassess our responsibilities to each other, to the earth and to future generations. And we will need to explore changes in our values, our behaviors and our institutions, which can be as powerful as new technologies in improving our future.

Today’s technology allows

us to move past combustion now, in most applications.

But scaling up new technology to meet the demands of a modern industrial society won’t be easy. Not doing so will be harder still, because of the damage runaway climate change will inflict on the earth and on human society.

The new IPCC Synthesis Report shows how to climb out of this hole. But first we need to stop digging. ___ ABOUT THE WRITER Jonathan Koomey is a research fellow at the SteyerTaylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University and author of “Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs.” He can be reached at jonkoomeyforoutreach@gmail.com.

This essay is available to McClatchy-Tribune News Service subscribers.

McClatchy-Tribune did not subsidize the writing of this column; the opinions are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of McClatchy-Tribune or its editors.

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FILM REVIEW

“Mockingjay:” a lot of drama, not enough action JOSHUA ROUSE

Film Critic

I have never read the Hunger Games trilogy, so I went to these movies without the knowledge of how similar they are to the books but they seemed to be pretty close, or so I was told. I had not seen the movies until recently, so it was good to see them all in a close time frame.

With the third book of the Hunger Games split between two movies, this penultimate movie of the Hunger Games series was mostly build-up with a little action. But it was certainly not a boring movie. Picking up right after Catching Fire, Mockingjay kicked things off with drama and kept it up through the rest of the movie.

While the movie was low on action, the excellent performances by Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss), Woody Harrelson (Haymitch), Donald Sutherland (President Snow), Liam Hemsworth (Gale) and Josh Hutcherson (Peeta) in their recurring

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The UNI Clarinet Ensemble meets once a week for fifty minutes and has been working on the music featured in their Holiday Concert for about eight weeks.

Members of the ensemble fit the theme, as they dressed

roles throughout these films kept the movie tense and interesting.

Even though they were playing these characters for a third time, the events and changes in the characters’ lives remained evident in the acting. For example, the Katniss I saw in Mockingjay

is different from the Katniss I saw in Hunger Games. The events of the past two movies are weighing down upon her and Lawrence did a great job in keeping up with the changes the character went through.

One of the major highlights of Mockingjay (and

the Hunger Games movies in general) is that you can tell time has passed with these movies. The direction that started with Gary Ross’s and Suzanne Collin’s collaboration on the first Hunger Games continues into these next two movies. These aren’t just a money grab.

The author of the books and the director for Catching Fire and now Mockingjay, Francis Lawrence, set out to make worthwhile movies, and that’s what they accomplished. Some details are left out. President Snow’s thought process was a little confusing and the system and society of the Capital was unfavorably foggy, but the actors, the directors and the whole crew put together their best effort to make this not another young adult money maker.

Mockingjay is very wellmade cinematic-wise. As a movie by itself, it carries the torch lit by the first two, carrying all of the characters toward the climactic final battle between Katniss and the Capital.

If you have enjoyed the first two, you will enjoy this one. Even if you haven’t read the books, they are still enjoyable films. I can attest to that.

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Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) shows her support to the people in the hospital. Mockingjay is the third and final book in “The Hunger Games” trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

in holiday colors and wore Santa and elf hats.

The Sophomore Quartet played their rendition of “Joy to the World” featuring Arianna Edvenson, Joseph Kreassig, Nicholas Schumacher and Austin Wright.

The ensemble also performed five pieces of The Nutcracker Suite, such as

“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” and “Dance of the Reed Flutes.”

“I thought it was really great, and it really got me into the Christmas Spirit,” said Erin Norton, junior communication studies major.

Norton said she enjoyed the Nutcracker Suite Movements best.

The Senior Quartet also contributed to the holiday performance with three Christmas Carols: “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “O Holy Night” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” This quartet is made up of clarinet players Nicholas Carlo, Hayley Graham, Laura Rodriguez and bass clarinet player Molly

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A group of my friends are actually going to have a group of people come over and have a study session. Other than that, I’ll be in the library all night.

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Studying... a lot. And trying to watch a few seasons of Netflix, because I won’t have time to next week.”

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senior leisure youth & human services major

Fewell.

To conclude the afternoon’s performance, the ensemble played an upbeat Christmas carol medley entitled, “Christmas Festival.”

This piece was conducted by Fortune.

The UNI Clarinet Ensemble gives one to two concerts each semester.

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Sam Thaldorf junior biology major

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Studying as much as I can without getting too overwhelmed.

Just trying to stay ahead of the game so I don’t have too many stressors.

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junior health promotion major

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Lots of research, organizing materials, establishing thesis arguments and timelines for various papers.

Stuff like that.

Jacob Stewart

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senior history and English major

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PANTHER PORTRAITS: CHIMES OF CHRISTMAS

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Students let their voices be heard at the Chimes of Christmas event. The show took place Tuesday evening at the Gallgher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.

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A student sings a solo during the Chimes of Christmas concert. The show was part of the Spotlight Series.

MUSIC REVIEW

First impressions NICK CAROLAN

Music Reviewer

Live music is one of many pleasures in my life.

Whether I’m familiar with what’s being played or not, it’s a rare occurrence when I walk away not enjoying what I’ve heard. I believe that rare occurrence happened last Wednesday night at Octopus Bar on College Hill where they hosted Satellite, a showcase of local area talent that happens once a month. Love the idea. Every upcoming artist needs that platform to shine and grow on. None of which happened Wednesday night. What you’re about to read is less of a review on music and more of a review of my first live music experience at Octopus.

I arrived at the Octopus a little after 11 p.m. after enjoying some drinks with a few buddies at Social House.

Trying to get a proper buzz before going into the unexpected. Buzzed probably isn’t the correct term for how I was feeling. You know the mood where you uncontrollably sing “Don’t Stop Believing” at one in the morning with your friends? Pretty much that.

I was surprised with the amount of people attending when I walked in. Every booth and table had been taken and only two spots at the bar were open. I felt like Lloyd Christmas up there putting out the vibe, listening to the DJ set play “Love Sosa.”

This prompted me to order Soco lime on the rocks. Only $3. Just adding fuel to the fire at this point.

Now I’m not one to complain about size of concert venues. I’ve been in small bars, outside festivals and stadiums for shows. Always elbow-to-

elbow with the person standing next to you, fighting for a comfortable viewing placement. There was none of that happening on the floor of Octopus.

Marq C, local hip-hop artist from Waterloo hit the small stage with his own rendition of Rich Homie Quan’s “Type Of Way.” Everyone seemed to be crowded by the bar during the first few minutes of his set, no one standing by the stage. Can’t really blame them when Soco limes are only $3.

The girl next to me ordered a water which sounded like a pretty good idea but I wasn’t ready to accept defeat at that point. “Another Soco lime, please.”

Ten minutes into the set, everyone standing by the bar were gone. No one was standing by the stage because of a poorly placed table smack dab in the middle of the floor. This was about the time Marq C was doing a slow R&B number that K-Ci & JoJo would be proud of. I couldn’t have picked a better reason to stay. He then covered the song “Tuesday” by ILOVEMAKONNEN (I don’t know how to pronounce that either).

People seemed bored the whole time. Marq C had the right idea by trying to get more crowd interaction but no one was having it that night.

Marq C had great vocals when he decided to go a cappella.

He was working a dead crowd which I have to imagine is every artist’s nightmare. It was a lame first time experience and first impressions are everything. There’s got to be another platform in town for these artists.

IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan

Women sporting UNI colors sing during the performance. The UNI School of Music choral ensembles and orchestra performed winter and holiday music at the event.

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Gina Owens, junior communication major, said most class projects don’t involve a play but she enjoys the realistic experience.

“It’s a lot easier to remember,” Owens said. “Looking back at the class now I can remember the theories because we talked about them so much, using them in real situations, compared to trying to memorize them off of a piece of paper.”

Among the 13 actors includes Adam Winter, senior communication major.

He said the time spent in this particular class has been different than other Communication courses he has taken.

Winter’s character, the step-father of the groom, has a secret he debates sharing throughout the production.

Winter said he connects with his character, due to a shared interest in sports.

“His secret kind of takes away from it, but it’s kind of interesting to have conflicting aspects of his life,” Winter said.

The performance is free and open to the public.

Because of the in-depth grasp on advanced interpersonal theories, HarkenZubach decided to help four

ERIN KEISER/Northern Iowan

Left, Adam Winter, senior communication major, and right, De’Ambre Zanders, senior communication major, run lines in preparation for Inter’ception. The performance will take place in Lang Hall 40 Dec. 18.

students compose a proposal to submit to the National Council on Undergrad Research.

If selected by the council, the four students who collaborated on the proposal will fly to Spokane,WA., in April to present the project.

Harken-Zumbach will find out Jan. 14, 2015 if this proposal is selected.

“In this, we actually get to work together as a whole unit and put our skills that we haven’t been able to use in college together and make a play about it,” Winter said.

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Fantasy football playoffs RILEY UBBEN

Sports Editor

The fantasy football playoffs are upon us and the lineup options are as limited as ever. With the waiver wire picked clean and the trading block closed, the only option for fantasy football managers is to hope that they picked the right lineups for the week. If you had Peyton Manning or other disappointing performers, finding the correct lineup is crucial for building your comeback run and advancing to the next run.

If you haven’t heard, Cam Newton is likely out for the week after injuring his back in a car accident Tuesday morning. Newton posted 35 standard league fantasy points last week, but it is best to pick up another option at the quarterback position just to be safe if he is out this week.

HOT: Matt Ryan found himself in a shootout Monday night against the Packers and went toe-to-toe with Aaron Rodgers in the second half.

Ryan ended the game with four touchdown passes along with 375 yards, giving him 31 points. Ryan is available in over 20 percent of ESPN. com leagues and will square off against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Georgia Dome on Sunday.

NOT: Don’t get me wrong, I am fully engulfed

OPINION

Sports are my thing SEAN DENGLER

Sports Columnist

MCT Campus

Johnny Manziel will be getting his first start as a NFL quarterback on Sunday against divisional opponent Cincinatti.

Expect Manziel to throw short passes most of the day, resulting in few fantasy points,

in the Johnny Manziel hype as much as you are, but he is not a valid option for the fantasy footballers who are in the top four bracket of their league. The Browns will try to rely on their group of running backs this week to open up the passing opportunities for Johnny Football. Sure, there is a chance that the rookie will get some oppor-

tunities to gain a few fantasy points on the ground, but it is unlikely that he will toss too many touchdowns in his first start.

Running backs.

HOT: If your league is one of the 10 percent that C.J. Anderson is available in, I question the validity of your league as a whole. However, if by some chance he is avail-

able and you can scoop him up on the wavier wire, you must do so. Anderson hasn’t scored under 23 fantasy points in his last three starts. The Chargers have not allowed a rushing touchdown by a running back since week nine, but they also haven’t played the Broncos since week eight.

See PLAYOFFS, page 9

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Panthers suffer another setback

RYAN NELSON Sports Writer

MIKE DUNLOP/Northern Iowan

Ellie Herzberg (10) scored a game-high 17 points and added three assists while grabbing four rebounds in UNI’s 58-56 loss to Creighton on Monday.

The UNI Women’s basketball team has battled adversity all year and things became even more difficult on Monday night when the Panthers welcomed former MVC rival Creighton, now in the Big East, to the McLeod Center. With three of their five returning starters injured, the Panthers fell to the Jays 58-56.

In her second career start of the season, freshman guard Ellie Herzberg scored 13 of her game-high 17 points come in the first half, passing her career high of 10 points less than eight minutes into the affair. Not only was she scoring on offense, but she was passing as well, generating three assists. Herzberg also got it done on the defensive end of the floor, snatching up a game high three steals, a rejection, and pulling down four rebounds as well.

See SETBACK, page 9

There are things in my life which haven’t come easy such as remembering lyrics, but sports come easy to me. I was not blessed with the athletic build, but I love writing about them. I share the same affinity for them I did as a young child.

Growing up on a farm in rural Iowa, there wasn’t much to do. A lot of playing with ant farms and following my dog around took place. A relief from this boredom was playing sports. The first team sport I ever played was soccer at age five. At the time, I loved every moment of it, but it was me and my teammates chasing a ball. At this young age and through my high school days I learned valuable lessons such as teamwork, perseverance and hard work.

I retired from athletics and came to UNI. After a couple years of wanting to be involved with sports, I started writing about them for the Northern Iowan. Through my writing, I have rekindled my love for sports. I have also gained some appreciation for new sports such as women’s basketball and volleyball.

I have tried to share this newfound appreciation. I have always wanted to inform and raise new points people have not thought of. Sometimes football and men’s basketball are focused on too much.

People should realize every sport is important and each should gain the same amount of appreciation.

I have always tried to entertain through my columns. Sports allows people to not think about their lives, and this is what I do with my columns. I want people to enjoy reading them and bring a better mood to their day. Writing and sports are two of my favorite activities and there is nothing better than sharing this with other people.

Writing these columns is a phenomenal opportunity I look forward to writing them until my graduation in May. After graduation, expect to find me in the streets of Cedar Falls telling people how great of a sportswriter I was. While I do not expect this to happen, my life will be alright. Sports have been with me since I was at least five years-old, and my love for writing came while I was in college. Together, they will help lead me into the future.

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Travis Kelce (87) racked up 110 yards receiving last week against the Arizona Cardinals. Kelce, one of Alex Smith’s favorite targets, should once again put up numbers as he squares off against the Raiders this week.

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NOT: The New England Patriots running back carousel. Not a single person knows who will be the workhorse for the Patriots this week outside of the organization. After last week, one could say that LeGarrette Blount is in line to take over that role. Blount got 20 carries but only accumulated 66 yards on the day. You could take a chance on Blount

and hope he is more productive this week, just don’t be disappointed when Shane Vereen or Jonas Gray vulture your fantasy points.

With the way professional football is going, receivers are about to be the hot commodity in the world of fantasy football. This season, I have relied heavily on my wide receivers and made the playoffs in all three of my fantasy football leagues. With the no-touch rules of the modern NFL, it

is only a matter of time before every receiving record in the book goes down.

HOT: Odell Beckham Jr. is still available in over 10 percent of ESPN.com leagues. I cannot stress to you enough that this man is a star. All he does is rack up yardage and find the endzone. Last week against the Tennessee Titans, OBJ had 17 fantasy points with a few minutes remaining in the first quarter. However, the Giants were up big and

got away from taking chances downfield. It may be much of the same this week as the Giants take on a divisional opponent in the Washington Redskins. The fact that it is a divisional game leads me to believe that the score will be close and OBJ will be productive all game.

NOT: The Josh Gordon experiment for me has come to an end this week as Johnny Manziel gets his first career start. Gordon was most productive last season when he was catching the deep bombs and although I do expect the Browns to take a few chances deep, I see them relying on their defense more and have Manziel in there as more of a game-manager than a playmaker. Gordon should get a few quick screens for small chunks of yardage, but I don’t see him performing the likes of Mike Evans and other receivers ranked around him this week.

Unless you have Rob Gronkowski this season, you are more than likely as frustrated as I am with the tight end position.

HOT: Travis Kelce is not your average fantasy football tight end. He is more likely to put up high yardage numbers than find the endzone. Last week he caught seven passes for a season-high 110 yards against the Arizona Cardinals.

This week he is facing off against an Oakland Raiders team at Arrowhead Stadium. I expect Kelce to once again be one of Alex Smith’s favorite

and most reliable targets this week.

NOT: Larry Donnell is ranked one spot higher than Kelce on ESPN.com this week. Donnell is not much of a yardage threat but more of a redzone target. Since Odell Beckham Jr. started to play, Donnell has two touchdowns.

Before OBJ made his debut, Donnell had four touchdowns in four games.

Defenses more than likely are not going to get you the amount of points you are hoping for, but it is always nice when your defense can score in the higher singledigits range.

HOT: The obvious pick here is the Baltimore Ravens.

They play the Jacksonville Jaguars this week and should be able to score over 10, which is almost unheard of if a team doesn’t get a defensive or special teams touchdown.

The Ravens have tallied 17 sacks in their last four games and should be able to continue that trend against a subpar Jaguars offensive line.

NOT: The Bills came into last week’s game against the Denver Broncos as the top defense in fantasy football and remain in the top spot despite playing one of the better quarterbacks in the game. The Bills still put up six points but are up against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers this week. Don’t get discouraged and drop the Bills just yet, they will face off against the Oakland Raiders in week 16.

MIKE DUNLOP/Northern Iowan

Missouri Valley All-Conference honoree Jen Keitel (42) went down with an apparent knee injury with a minute left in the first half on Monday.

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“It was a little nerve-racking… felt natural once the game got doing,” Herzberg said.

The Panthers dominated the first half in every facet, building up a 16 point, 36-20 lead.

However, adversity struck UNI once again. With a minute left in the first half, all-conference forward Jen Keitel went down with what appeared to be a knee injury.

With Keitel out, Creighton began to take advantage of mismatches and overwhelmed UNI in the paint and on the glass. The Bluejays had 10 second chance points and outscored UNI 24-4 in the paint in the second half.

Herzberg was not able to get going either, only adding four more points.

UNI kept battling and kept extending their lead off of timely 3-pointers, but Creighton cracked down defensively, and held UNI scoreless for the final 4:10 of the game.

Creighton finally took their first and only lead with under a minute to go, 58-56, and that score stood.

“This is a tough one to swallow,” Warren said. “We are bending, but we are not going to break. Breaking is not an option in this program.”

Herzberg was joined by sole-remaining starter Brooke Brown’s four-of-six performance from downtown, adding 12 points. The Jays were paced with 14 points from Sydney Lamberty.

UNI falls to 1-7, and hopes to end their skid when they welcome North Dakota State to town tonight at 7 p.m..

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58 Like many teen girls, and a literal hint to this puzzle’s circled squares 60 Lose 61 Nobelist Wiesel 62 Tax shelter letters 63 Take the reins 64 Single chin-up, say 65 Season ticket holder

Across 1 Go wrong 4 Party garb for Hef 7 Some grenades, briefly 12 Response to a home team bobble 13 Tough kid to handle 14 Amazon crocodilian 15 Eight-time Norris Trophy winner 17 A to A, e.g.

18 Mascara mishap 19 Practical joke during a greeting 21 Vena __: heart vessel 23 Cobbler’s tool 24 Times gone by, in times gone by

25 Less solid 28 Anti-bullfighting org.

30 Steamed cantina food 31 Postwar population phenomenon 35 Heaps 36 Boring routine 37 In need of a massage 38 Yokohama is on it 41 Gravel components 43 Work without __ 44 Pens in 45 Scammer’s target 48 “The Book of __”: 2010 film 49 Very little 50 Board buyer’s request 53 Less experienced 57 Less taxing

Down 1 Fades away 2 Dorm unit 3 Post-shower wear 4 One paid to play 5 “Star Wars” character __ Binks 6 Houston MLBer 7 School group 8 __ Bits: cracker sandwiches 9 Leave wide-eyed 10 “Order! Order!” mallet 11 Dummy Mortimer 13 How much cargo is transported 14 All-natural flytrap 16 Slangy “Ditto!”

20 Pester, puppy-style 22 Crew neck alternative 25 Medical “Now!” 26 Saintly radiance 27 Hog-wild 29 Shock __ 31 Believe 32 Chaplin of “Game of Thrones” 33 Pitcher Hershiser 34 Predicament 36 Numerical relationship 39 Like many gift subscriptions 40 Quasimodo’s workplace 41 Putting green patch 42 Mesmerized state 44 King of pop 45 Parts of peonies 46 Look forward to 47 Ad hoc law group 51 Gallbladder fluid 52 Slangy prefix meaning “ultra” 54 Street urchin 55 University founder Cornell 56 “Sleepless in Seattle” co-star 59 “Take me! Take me!” at the shelter

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By Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency (TNS) Today’s Birthday (12/11/14).

Prepare for a power surge!

List goals before 12/23, and prioritize. Embark upon a spiritual quest. Saturn in your sign (through 12/19/17, with springtime retrograde) amplifies your skills, practices and confidence. After 3/20, your family appreciates love and compassion. 4/4 brings new community participation. After 8/11, focus shifts from studies to career advancement. Collaboration can get romantic.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is a 7 -- Someone brings home a nice surprise. There’s more money available, so ask for what you need. Direct the play of the game, and consider an unusual suggestion. Honor and acknowledge your team when you get the chance. Replenish

reserves and build morale.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- A delightful development at home is worth talking about. Family fortunes can improve now. Choose the path you desire. Get advice from an eccentric friend. Share thoughts and feelings. Listen to what your kindred spirits think.

Light up the group with laughter. Celebrate together.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -Today is a 7 -- Imagination and creativity pay well. A job could require travel... go ahead and go.

Complete the written portion of your work easily and early.

Consider an unusual proposition.

You have what you need. Write, record and express yourself.

Bask in the limelight.

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Adapt ideas to current needs.

Let your partner take the lead.

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Get your message out and grow your movement.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- You’re the star today. Let yourself get pulled onstage. Do what you’ve been practicing. Stretch your body and mind. Leave your case open and replenish your coffers. A go-between helps you negotiate a deal. Express what you have to say, and have fun.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Work faster and make more money. Exceed expectations. Invest in high quality and efficiency. Learn skills by participating hands-on. Earn an unexpected bonus. Friends have useful connections. Be bold with romance... create love and give it away.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Get productive on a creative project with good music and a cup of tea. Finish up so you can start the next.

Let’s others know how they can help. Get lost in contemplation.

Ask questions and dig for ideas.

Friends devise a great plan.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- An unexpected trip could be just the thing to clear your head. There’s a puzzle, and you have the tools to solve it. Dreams provide an answer. You can afford what you need. Money saved is money earned. Relax and enjoy what you have.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -Today is a 7 -- Have meetings, work on group projects and get together with friends. Today favors social interaction. There’s more creative work coming in.

Work together for a common

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Review the facts with your partner, and you can deduce what’s needed.

Listen and learn. Budget for the future you’ve invented together.

Re-assess assets, and choose what to spend on and where to wait. Solicit imaginative solutions. Include music and creature comforts.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is an 8 -- Strengthen your social infrastructure. Re-connect with a partner, and renew a bond. Follow a strong recommendation. Get a good deal by pulling strings. Others respect your point of view. Visualize your objective before taking action. Keep a secret and win a prize.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- A partner explains what’s in your blind spot. Provide excellent service with a smile. A brilliant insight helps you achieve a goal. Wrap up a job and request a bonus for extra efforts. You’ve earned it.

You’re increasing your area of influence.

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