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Panthers beat Redbirds, 77-64 FRANK WALSH

Sports Writer

The Panther men’s basketball team hosted the Illinois State University Redbirds on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls.

UNI squared up against a Missouri Valley Conference foe that came to town ranked second in the conference. The defensive and offensive play of the Panthers was in sync as they defeated the Redbirds, 77-64.

The win came in large part due to the high accuracy of three-point shooting, in which the Panthers hit 16 of 31 attempts from downtown.

Trae Berhow lead UNI with 20 points, shooting five-for-eight from three-point range.

Spencer Haldeman added 16 along with three baskets from beyond the arc, as AJ Green scored 13 points and Isaiah Brown contributed ten points.

Shandon Goldman was able to score two buckets from long range in the win as well.

“It was comforting,” said Berhow after the win describing the team’s overall play. “It

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shows the amount of work we have put in.”

Berhow fought for six rebounds, five of which came on the defensive end of the floor.

The Panther defense was also able to shutdown Milik Yarbrough, one of Illinois State’s top players, with him only scoring five points in 19

minutes with five turnovers.

After a tough loss at Drake the weekend prior, head coach Ben Jacobson was pleased with his team’s performance.

“The response of our team to come out and put on a performance like this was great,” he said. “Without it we’d probably

lose again.”

Next up for the Panthers will be the Missouri State Bears on Wednesday, Feb. 20, on the road in Springfield. UNI will be back in the McLeod Center on Saturday, Feb. 23, as they host the Crusaders of Valparaiso University.

having at least half a tank of gas, inspecting the brakes thoroughly and driving slowly even on roads with typically faster speed limits such as highways and interstates.

Driving in the snow is no joke. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) estimates that over 1,300 people are killed and more than 116,800 people are injured

in vehicle crashes every year on pavement that is snowy, slushy or icy. Just from snowfall or sleet alone, the FHWA says, 900 people are killed and 76,000 are injured in vehicular accidents.

By paying heed to the winter weather driving and vehicle safety tips listed above, students can avoid becoming a part of these statistics.

Winter weather survival: vehicles EMMA’LE MAAS Staff Writer

“Suddenly this guy just cuts us off out of nowhere,” freshman English major Kersten Kahley recalled after driving back to UNI after winter break in a storm. “[...] we start sliding and swerving on the road until we were completely sideways on the interstate. Thank God no one was behind us or we’d be dead.”

With the snow and ice brought on by harsh Iowa winters, stories like these become more common. However, there are things students can do to prepare their vehicles for winter.

Brian Jensen, service manager at Dan Deery Toyota, recommends students know their vehicle inside and out.

“Only you will know when something is wrong right away when driving your vehicle and it’s up to you to get it fixed before driving in any dangerous environment,” he said.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

(NHTSA) shares similar advice on their website: Know the vehicle firsthand.

It also recommended having the entire vehicle checked out before any major trips, especially in the winter weather, and being on the alert for any safety recalls.

Of course, no amount of vehicle safety checks can be better than simply driving safe.

“Follow speed limits and weather recommendations and know your limits when it comes to driving,” Jensen said.

The best way to learn how to drive in the winter is to practice. The NHTSA recommends practicing driving on snow-covered or icy roads — but not a major road — when given the opportunity.

This gives practicing drivers plenty of space for trial and error and lessens the risk of posing an immediate danger to others.

The American Automobile Association’s (AAA) first recommendation is to stay home.

“Only go out if necessary,” the AAA website states. “Even

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if you can drive well in bad weather, it’s better to avoid taking unnecessary risks by venturing out.”

AAA also recommends drivers be prepared for any kind of disaster on the road: Pack blankets, check spare tires and bring extra food and water.

When it comes to the vehicle itself, they strongly advise

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BSU chats about cultural experiences ELIZABETH KELSEY Staff Writer

The area in front of Chats in Maucker Union lived up to its name from 6:30-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, as UNI’s Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a Brotha & Sista Chat.

The event, part of BSU’s ongoing series of events for Black History Month, mimicked a speed-dating setup.

In the center of Maucker Union, 25 tables were arranged in rows, decorated with Valentine’s Day centerpieces and bags of candy. The tables also contained small slips of paper with questions covering controversial topics and experiences within the black community.

Seated at each table was a member of BSU. The empty seat opposite them was filled by interested attendees, who had the chance to discuss the questions for five minutes before rotating to the next table.

Paris Haywood, sophomore marketing major and BSU president, said that BSU wanted to incorporate a discussion-based event into its Black History Month planning.

“But we didn’t want to have a panel. We just wanted it to be more personable

between two people,” said Haywood.

As the “Brotha & Sista” name implies, many of the questions were centered around romantic relationships between men and women as members of the Black community.

“We’re trying to get African American males to come talk,” said Haywood.

“Some of the questions are tailored towards what they would want to ask us [as African American women] and what we would want to ask them, just to bring us closer together.”

Topics for discussion included the questions, “Why do black men often ignore their mental health issues?”, “Do you believe black women are the largest minority group?”, and “Is black love still a goal in the black community?”

Although many questions were designed for members of the black community, BSU organizers emphasized that even non-members could still benefit from the event.

“We have one designated person at each table to be the conversation starter, so even if you don’t know the answer to this question, I could educate you on it,” said freshman political science major and BSU member Ochuko Avwunuma.

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On Wednesday, Feb. 13, the Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a Brotha & Sista Chat, in which various topics and experiences were shared. BSU is hosting a variety of events in honor of Black History Month during the month of February.

On the morning of Sunday, Feb. 17, the UNI Office of Public Safety issued a campus-wide email stating that a rape had occurred over the weekend.

The incident occurred early Sunday at approximately 1:45 a.m. in an on-campus parking lot. The assault was committed

by a male the student met earlier in the evening.

The only person responsible for sexual assault is the perpetrator.

Survivors of sexual assault or misconduct can contact UNI police at 319-273-2712 and can also seek support by contacting the Riverview Center’s 24-hour sexual assault crisis and support line at 888-557-0310.

One of the questions at Avwunuma’s table was: “Why don’t black women like having their hair touched?”

She said that question was a good example of a topic that offered a chance for education. Those who aren’t members of the black community may not be able to contribute, but they can learn from the stories of black women like Avwunuma, who regularly has “complete strangers” touch her hair without invitation.

“To me, I’m not part of a petting zoo,” she said. “My hair is a part of me, it’s a part of my culture. You can say you like my hair and ask how I did it, but for you to then touch my hair is not appropriate.”

Even among those who identify as part of the black community, not everyone has experienced the same issues.

Shawn Burrage, a sophomore deciding major who attended the event, identifies as a member of the black community but was raised in

a white community. He said he didn’t personally have a lot of the same experiences as those he chatted with.

“I did not have a for-sure opinion on what black culture was because I haven’t been exposed to it,” Burrage said. But he said he enjoyed the opportunity to learn from those who were raised as a part of that culture and said that he didn’t need to share the experiences to learn from those who did.

Other attendees like Santiago Villafana, senior sociology major, expressed similar feelings. Villafana said that even though he doesn’t identify as a member of the black community, his experience in Latino culture allowed him to draw connections.

“Our cultures tend to intertwine in some aspects,” he said. “What I can say about Latino culture, they can take that template and sort of apply it to black culture and black experience, just because we do

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have some commonalities between us as people.”

Attendees danced and sang along to music issuing from a blue Victrola record player. Before long, the five-minute rule had been abandoned, with conversations flowing naturally well past that time limit.

Attendees pulled up extra chairs, creating chats of three, four and even five “brothas” and “sistas” at the same table.

The event concluded with a raffle drawing for two prizes and attendees gradually exited into the cold, carrying bags of extra candy.

Villafana said that he was glad he attended the event.

“It definitely helped shed some light on some issues,” he said. “I think just to have this type of conversation in general is just really important, and the fact that they’re having an event promoting the discussion of these issues, I think it’s necessary and it’s good.”

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Dance Marathon must get political The perennial “For the Kids” (FKT) charity event evokes images of orange shirts, loud music, dancing and Instagram posts. The 24-hour dance event is a time of celebration, happiness and joy. FTKers get a sense of immense satisfaction that they have done something worthwhile for those in need.

They have helped make the world a better place. While others complain and rabble about politics and economics, we, the FTKers, we’re pragmatic. We put our money where your mouth is.

Opposed to this rose-y picture of the event, my claim is a simple one: FTK is a sham.

It is not ‘For the Kids.’

Let’s examine the cultural and social logic working within the event.

On the one hand, we have the causes necessitating FTK: children’s illness, medical bills and expensive healthcare not covering the massive costs of extended hospital stays. On the other, we have the aesthetic created by those

involved: Snapchat stories, Instagram celebrations and lots of smiling faces. How do we reconcile these two diametrically opposed pictures of the struggle to pay for medical care? Children’s cancer wards are not filled with balloons and raves. For every parent that receives a check from FTK, thousands more receive no help at all. What exactly is being celebrated at the precipice of FTK, the 24-hour dance marathon?

What exactly are you cheering for?

The amounts raised by FTK throughout the nation represent only a sliver of the medical debt incurred by parents and families each year.

If you’re going to dance and sing about all the good you have done, then you also need to dance and sing for those you haven’t helped. The only ethical way to perform after raising money for children with cancer is a profound sense of guilt, a troubling anxiety. We should now ask the question: who are you really dancing for? Is it ‘For the Kids,’ or is it ‘For Me,’ so that I can say ‘I’m a good person, I helped?’ This is not to say that FTK does no good. The millions raised by the nationwide event do help people, and it’s a nice gesture

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Opinion columnist Caleb Stekl believes that Dance Marathon should advocate for a political system that he sees would solve the issues that they raise money for to begin with.

of solidarity to those in need.

However, the limit of FTK’s utility is inscribed in its very structure. It cannot solve the problem which it is premised upon. FTK does not even attempt to ask the question of its own cause.

Namely, what about our political and economic structure requires us to raise money?

Why don’t people have the funding they need to ensure their child doesn’t die? We

can confidently say that FTK is strictly apolitical. There are no political demands either from the event as an organization or the individuals involved. Medicare for All (M4A), on the other hand, can and would solve the problem. M4A demands universal healthcare free of charge at the point of service. Parents would not have to depend on FTK, working class individuals would not

have to hysterically create GoFundMe pages to supplement their poor insurance and we could all rest well knowing an illness won’t bankrupt our families. That should be the demand of FTK. Instead, of dancing and singing with your friends and posting Instagram stories of the great time you’re having, demand a political system where FTK does not exist.

cycle, FSPAC made contributions to 169 candidates, and 87 percent of them won and now serve in the 116th Congress.”

Heichiner (2017) of The Atlantic states that “according to the North-American Interfraternity Conference, Thirty-nine percent of Senators in the 113th U.S Congress, and one-fourth of U.S Representatives, belonged to Greek organizations, primarily fraternities—as well as one-third of all Supreme Court justices and about 40 percent of U.S. presidents.”

Fraternities’ power in our government and society as a whole is a not a result of their inherent greater qualifications or competence, simply their fortune at being involved in a club that started before most of our ancestors could even vote.

At UNI, we perpetuate this pattern on a microscale. SigEp men continue to dominate our student government.

Many say that it doesn’t matter, but student leaders today turn into society’s

leaders tomorrow.

If SigEp wants to prove their leadership on this campus, they will work harder to elevate marginalized

voices to positions of power instead of trying to speak for them in committee leadership, legislative positions and executive leadership.

Fraternities have unfair power advantages Editor’s Note: This Letter to the Editor was submitted by political communication major Hannah Gregor.

When the same people come to power over and over again, we as a society begin to believe there is a natural hierarchy of people. However, when we look at the generational patterns in populations, we see that being born in the right body to the right family is more important than the success of an individual.

The fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon began in 1901 with 12 white college educated men looking to form a society to increase brotherhood and community. Today, that same organization’s website boasts that “around 15,000 SigEp undergraduates are on more than 220 college campuses each year.”

The men involved in this fraternity are not evil or malicious, but we need to recognize how they benefit from their institution.

As this fraternity grew in success, alumni were able to accumulate wealth and

power to pass down to new men in the fraternity. The issue arises when we consider where other people were in 1901 and their ability to pursue the same success.

In 1901, suffragists were still fighting for the right to vote. The United States was living in the Jim Crow era, with Black Americans fighting for their right to exist.

Low income workers were just beginning their fight for fair wages and working conditions.

While the men of SigEp were leading governments, innovating in science, or become entrepreneurs, many Americans were simply fighting for their rights for equal opportunity. Often when we criticize Greek life, specifically fraternities, it’s about attacking the individuals involved. Instead, I argue that we should critique their generational privilege, as alumni pass down money and political protection.

The FratPac’s website, a Political Action Committee for Greek life, gloats that “In the 2017-2018 election

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‘Legacy of Light’ empowers women ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

Science, comedy, romance, history and even some sword-fighting combine in Theatre UNI’s upcoming production of “Legacy of Light.”

The show premieres in the Strayer-Wood Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and will continue playing through Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m.

Written by Karen Zacarias, the play is based on the true story of Émilie Du Châtelet, a French scientist who lived in the 1700’s. Du Châtelet’s story is presented alongside the fictional character of Olivia, a modern-day scientist inspired by Du Châtelet’s work. “‘Legacy of Light’ is about women empowerment,” said

Bonnie Ruble, the production stage manager and a senior theatre design and production major. “And it is about women in science, and their struggles that are still relevant today.”

Ruble said that much of

Women are powerful beings, and they can do pretty much anything and deserve credit for the work that they do.

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Châtelet’s work was overlooked by her contemporary and fellow scientist, Voltaire.

“So, it’s also showing that

a lot of these things that are happening are still relevant today — showing that women are powerful beings, and they can do pretty much anything and deserve credit for the work that they do,” Ruble said.

Du Châtelet made important contributions to the scientific community, such as her research on energy and light. She was the first scientist to discover that energy was a constant, according to The Concord Consortium. However, her work was seldom credited due to the fact that she was a woman.

She had a relationship with Voltaire; the two of them wrote the book “Elements of Newton’s Philosophy” together.

However, only Voltaire’s name made it to print,

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Theatre UNI’s production of “Legacy of Light” will show in Strayer-Wood Theatre from Feb. 21 through March 3. Main characters include Voltaire (Jakob Reha, left), Émilie du Châtelet (Dani Schmaltz, middle) and SaintLambert (John Schaeffer, right).

according to the American Physical Society. Du Châtelet was also a translator, with her French translation and commentary of Newton’s

“Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica” still being used in France today.

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FILM REVIEW

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ malfunctions where it matters HUNTER FRIESEN Flim Critic

In the 23rd century, a colossal war known as “The Fall” took place and wiped out a majority of the people and resources on Earth. The only two places that remain are the poverty-stricken wasteland of Iron City and the luxurious sky city of Zalem.

Now in the year 2563, Dr. Dyson Ido scouts through the scraps and finds a broken female cyborg that appears to be a relic from the great war. After her body and human brain are repaired, she wakes up and is named Alita, the name of the doctor’s deceased daughter.

With no memory, Alita sets out to discover her past and the purpose she serves

in this divided time. Her journey takes her through the streets of Iron City as she interacts with a mix of both humans and robots, each fighting to survive in the tough world.

Directing: 1/5 After years of lying dormant, Robert Rodriguez was appointed to direct this adaptation of the first four manga book in the “Alita” series.

Best known for making fast and cheap films focused more on action than story (“Sin City,” “From Dusk Till Dawn”), it becomes clear right away that Rodriguez was the wrong man for the job. Needlessly setting the pace to maximum overdrive and never looking back, he blitzes past

all the background information and shoves the audience straight into the narrative. Important questions are never answered or given a passing thought as the film either expects the audience to already know all the answers or to just not care enough to bother asking.

Along with the fastpaced story comes some rapid action set pieces that share the same miserable fate. Keeping track of what is going on becomes a chore as the characters whisk around the screen with their superhuman abilities.

Anyone wishing to see this in 3D should pack some ibuprofen.

Writing: 1/5 Despite being written by the usually brilliant

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Released on Feb. 14, “Alita: Battle Angel” stars Rosa Salazar and is directed by Robert Rodriguez. The action film is based on “Gunnm,” a cyberpunk manga series by Yukito Kishiro.

James Cameron (“Titanic,” “Avatar”), the screenplay is filled with some of the most atrocious dialogue of the modern era. Cameron’s ham-fisted approach towards the themes of humanity and morals are so predictable and cheesy that it sparks a feeling of nausea every time a character opens their mouth.

Even weaker than the dialogue is the overall plot, which is absolutely incoherent — with no rhyme or reason for anything. Even when Cameron tries to explain anything, he lazily falls into drab expository dialogue that creates more questions than it answers.

“Alita: Battle Angel” boasts a solid cast on paper, but the script fails to develop any of its characters in a meaningful way. Arcs and clear motivations are nonexistent as characters do whatever the script needs them to do, even if it makes no sense.

Quite possibly the worst part of the script and film as a whole is the downright insulting cliffhanger ending. After answering zero questions and setting up nothing interesting, the film has the audacity to stare right at the audience and tell them that all will be revealed once they come back and pay more money.

Acting: 2/5 Faring just a smidge better than other departments, the acting is still subpar across the board. This comes as a bit of a surprise,

considering the supporting roles are filled by three Oscar winners.

Playing the titular character is Rosa Salazar, who does an adequate job. She does reasonably at blending her human emotions and robotic body into a believable character but tends to over-act during the most important scenes.

Keean Johnson plays Hugo, a motorcycle-riding drifter who gets romantically involved with Alita.

Johnson is mostly just a pretty boy and is never able to make his character tolerable enough to care about.

Jennifer Connelly is very cold and stilted as Chiren, the ex-wife of Ido. Never speaking above a monotone, Connelly attempts to make her character mysterious but ends up being boring and uninteresting.

Both Christoph Waltz and Mahershala Ali are below average in their supporting roles as Ido and Vector, respectively. Each one doesn’t really seem to care and kind of just passes through each scene with little energy.

Overall: 1.5/5 With Robert Rodriguez, James Cameron and a $200 million production budget, “Alita: Battle Angel” proves yet again that money can’t buy quality and that even the best talent in the industry can still make a truly awful film.

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Panther PORTRAIT: BSU Skate Party SOFIA LEGASPI

SOFIA LEGASPI/Northern Iowan

Campus Life Editor

Hundreds of people laced up their roller skates on Friday evening, Feb. 15, for a skate party hosted by UNI’s Black Student Union (BSU) and Hawkeye Community College.

Skaters decked out 19992000s fashion glided around the lower basketball courts of the Wellness and Recreation Center (WRC) to music from the era.

Free and open to the public, the event attracted several families and children as well as college students. Roller skates were provided for feet as small as size one.

“It’s just a way to invite the community to experience Black History Month and fun by having music, black cultural music,” said BSU member Jameka Mosley, a third-year student double majoring in sociology and anthropology.

“It’s just a really fun event.

Everybody tends to come; this is probably one of our best events, to be honest.”

Although BSU has hosted several skate parties in the past, this was their first year partnering with Hawkeye Community College.

With two different schools and communities coming together, attendance skyrocketed. Moseley said she was not expecting so many people to come.

At certain points in the

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Because she rarely was credited for her work, many people have never heard her name.

Amy Osatinski, the show director for “Legacy of Light” and assistant professor of theater and directing, hadn’t heard of Du Châtelet until she was a PhD student. “Legacy of Light” was part of the contemporary theater seminar Osatinski was taking. The following year, her university put on a production of the play.

“I love that it’s a play told by a woman,” Osatinski said. “It’s about a woman and it’s really told from the female perspective. It seems silly, but that’s really rare that you find a play that focuses on women and really captures that perspective. I also love the fact that it’s set in two time periods and that those time periods in the play cross.

They are sort of — I call it magical realism. It’s a realistic play, but there’s this element of magic to it and science.”

Women are not only featured in the play; they have been vital in the production side of things as well. The director, assistant director, stage manager and assistant stage manager

evening, the check-in line snaked across the WRC lower level, up the stairs and past the front desk. UNI students Hayden Comstock and Natalie Newhard said they waited in line for about 25 minutes.

“Definitely worth the wait!” said Newhard, a freshman majoring in elementary education. “There was fun music, lots of upbeat people

and plenty of room for roller skaters of all skill levels.”

Due to a limited number of roller skates, people were limited to about 15 minutes of skating during the busiest portions of the evening, according to Lizzie Hill, a UNI freshman double majoring in leisure, youth and human services and theatre performance who attended the event.

for the show are all women.

The play has presented Theatre UNI with many opportunities for research. For example, Osatinski says that on one occasion President Mark Nook, who holds a PhD in astronomy, talked to Theatre UNI about the formation of planets.

A French professor also helped them with their pronunciation of some of the French words in the play.

“It’s been really neat to be able to utilize the resources on campus,” Osatinski said. “I think [it’s been] really great for the students to understand as theater artists [they should] be well-rounded students of the world and to know how to do that scientific research [because] even if they’re not going to be scientists, they have to play one.”

One of the changes that Osatinski has made to the play under her direction is the addition of a pantomime chorus.

These are actors playing characters intertwined with the rest of the story, almost like interludes between scenes. She added these scenes to make sure that the play never stops moving, which is a note Karen Zacarias made as the playwright.

Osatinski hopes that audi-

ence members leave the play with questions about the universe and themselves. She hopes the play gets them thinking about what their legacies will be after they’re gone and what they want them to be.

“I hope that the audience takes away the deeper meaning behind the comedy,” Ruble said.

“I think I want them to see the struggles that these women are having. And I want them to be able to realize that this is something that’s happened and is still happening.”

Comstock, a freshman deciding major, said the large crowd didn’t stop her from enjoying herself.

“The crowd control was amazing,” she said. “When I saw the line, I thought for sure it was gonna be packed and difficult to skate. The people in line were respectful and those running the event were amazing.”

Friday night’s skate party was one of several Black History Month events organized by BSU. Their upcoming events include “All About the Business” at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18 in the Maucker Union Ballroom and “Tunnel of Oppression” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20 in the Lang Hall basement classrooms.

Panther|Preview Hispanic Family and Film Series

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Monday, Feb. 18 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 19 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 20 6 p.m.

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Panthers fall to top dog, Drake WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

PATRICK HANSEN

GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan

Sports Writer

The UNI women’s basketball team traveled to Drake University to take on the Bulldogs in a conference battle between two of the top three teams in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Panthers are currently playing without senior guard, Ellie Howell, who is out with an injury, but coach Tanya Warren said in a press conference, “For us to be able to go on the road and win two without Ellie is a huge testament to this team that starts with our seniors who lead the way and really get our young kids to understand what this program is about.”

The women of UNI started out weak in the first eight minutes of the first quarter against Drake’s defense, as they allowed the Bulldogs to grab an 8-0

run and a 17-7 lead, but the Panthers were quick to respond as they hit a 10-0 run leading 18-17 at the end of the first quarter.

The purple and gold tried to keep it close in the second quarter, but could not keep up to pace with Drake as they allowed 22 in the second while

being held to just 13.

In the second half, the Panthers were able to stay even in scoring with the Bulldogs, but were unable to cut the defi-

cit down at all as they fell to the number one team in the Missouri Valley Conference, 76-61.

The Panthers fell to (15-9) on the season with an (8-4) conference record, this is the eighth time in a row that UNI has fallen to Drake.

Despite the loss to their in-state rival, Karli Rucker had another career night as she scored 25 points, tying her career high from the first game this season, and recording her sixth 20-point game of this season.

Junior forward Heidi Hillyard also had a career night as she recorded her career high in rebounds grabbing nine off the board, one offensive and eight defensive.

Up next, the Panthers head home to face the Indiana State Sycamores on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. in the McLeod Center.

Softball travels to warmer weather, goes 3-2 SOFTBALL

JACOB POTTER

Sports Writer

The UNI softball team escaped the harsh Iowa winter and headed to Florida this past weekend, traveling to Jacksonville to participate in the Osprey/Dolphin Invitational.

The Panthers finished 3-2 over the weekend, tallying a record of 6-4 on the season.

“Hopefully we’re in sun and we’re in some warmth and the excitement of that takes over the adjustment that we have to make because of the facility,” said head coach Ryan Jacobs. “I think the biggest adjustment is the hops. You get true hops on the turf where on dirt you just never know what rock or what foot-hole might be there and takes a bad hop on you.”

Prior to the weekend, Jacobs previewed the fivegame slate saying, “I know they’re all going to be solid. I think it’s going to be very similar to what we just faced this last weekend.

It’s not going to be a bunch of power five teams. It’s going to be a lot of mid-major teams that are very competitive, have a lot of great players, and are very wellcoached.”

The competitive action that Jacobs expected didn’t manifest until Saturday.

Friday’s double-header didn’t start off how the Panthers expected, being shut out 4-0 by the College

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of Cha rleston Cougars.

U N I bounced back under the lights Friday night, defeating the Jacksonville University Dolphins 6-2.

The close games picked up Saturday when UNI came back from a 5-1 deficit, getting revenge against the College of Cha rleston Cougars.

The comeback cats scored five runs in the top of the sixth to put them up 6-5.

Freshman pitcher Erica Oler closed out the late rally, holding the Cougars scoreless in the two innings.

Oler garnered the first win of her young career.

The Panthers came to play again Saturday afternoon against the University of North Florida. However, the Panthers weren’t able to overcome a 6-1 deficit, falling 8-7.

The final ball game of the weekend ended in style with the Panthers taking revenge over North Florida, 7-0, with Brooke Craig earning the win and the shut out over the Ospreys. This was Craig’s second win of the year.

Up next, the Panthers escape the Iowa cold again, trekking south to Stillwater, Okla.

A six-game slate awaits March 1-3. The cats will take on the University of Illinois, University of Tulsa, McNeese State, Oklahoma State University twice and Seattle University.

TRACK AND FIELD

UNI competes at Wisconsin, Tritle breaks record ELIOT CLOUGH Championships in the UNI-

Sports Editor

UNI track and field sent a select squad of athletes to Madison, Wis. to compete in the Red and White Classic over the weekend prior to the Missouri Valley Conference

Dome next weekend.

Sending some of the top throwers in the nation, the Panthers were able to take home four of the top five placings in the shot put, including a record-breaking win for Keegan Tritle.

Already the school record

holder in the event, Tritle improved his personal best to 62-7¼. Darius King also broke the 60-foot barrier, throwing a distance of 60-9¼ for second place.

Several other UNI athletes were able to return to Iowa with wins as Katie Nimrod placed first in the

mile (5:11.59), Ryan Van Baale in the 60 meter dash (7.04), Wal Khat in the 800 (1:54.47), Cam Bauer in the triple jump (13.94 meters) and CJ May in the mile (4:22.85).

Second place Panthers included Rylan Santi in the women’s 60 meter dash,

(7.83), Allana Neitert in the weight throw (18.81 meters), Dan Blocker in the 200 meter dash (22.75) and Cam Bauer in the pole vault (4.70 meters) The MVC Championships will take place in Cedar Falls next weekend for UNI, Feb. 23-24.

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