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COLIN HORNING

Sports Writer

The UNI men’s basketball team ventured down to Springfield, Mo., last Wednesday night for a Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) matchup against the Missouri State Bears.

Dominating on both ends of the floor, the Panthers came away with a convincing 63-43 victory.

Northern Iowa trailed 19-17 at the half in a low-scoring first 20 minutes of action, shooting a dismal 6-23, or 26 percent from the field. However, the second half was a completely different story as the purple and gold exploded with 46 points while shooting a blistering 70 percent from the field, only missing six total shots (14-20) in the final 20 minutes of the game.

Senior guard Wyatt Lohaus led the Panther men with 22 points, along with six rebounds.

Junior Isaiah Brown tallied 15 points to go along with his six rebounds. Freshman star AJ Green added 10 points. Junior guard Spencer Haldeman led the second-unit with 12 points, seven of which came from the foul line.

The Panthers were able to hold MSU to 31 percent from

the field for the entire game, as well as 2-18 from three-point range, for a microscopic 11 percent.

Riding the momentum of three straight wins, including that dominant win over Missouri State, the UNI men’s basketball squad was feeling a wave of confidence going into their Saturday night matchup against the Crusaders of Valparaiso University in the McLeod Center.

UNI was able to keep a steady lead throughout the 40 minutes of play, defeating their conference rival 64-53 for their fourth straight victory. The win puts the Panthers at 9-7 in conference play and in fourth place overall, trailing conference leader Drake by a game and a half with only two games remaining in the regular season.

Guard AJ Green paced the Panthers with 22 points on 9-16 shooting along with five rebounds.

Luke McDonnell had a well-rounded performance, putting in 13 points, four

rebounds, three assists and two steals.

For the game, the Panther men held Valpo to 44 percent shooting from the field and 33 percent from three-point range.

A stout defensive effort once again from UNI only allowed two second-chance points from the visitors, as well as only two fast-break points.

The Panthers have two regular season games remaining, this Wednesday, Feb. 27, against Loyola-Chicago, and March 2 at Indiana State.

Farhan and Micah announce NISG bid ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

When NISG campaign season started on Feb. 11, students found themselves with only one ticket option for president and vice-president: Jacob Levang and Jacob Stites. This changed on Sunday, Feb. 17 when Farhan Amjad and Micah McCutchan announced their candidacy for president and vice-president, respectively.

Even though he declared later, Amjad had been thinking about announcing a presidential run for a while. According to McCutchan, one major catalyst in choosing to launch their campaign was a letter that Director of Gender Violence Prevention Brenna Wolfe posted on Facebook denouncing Levang and Stites.

“People [were] saying they were unhappy that [Levang and Stites] was their only

option,” said McCutchan, who is a junior double majoring in political science and public administration with a minor in international affairs. “Once [Farhan] decided that he did want to run, I was approached by people who were surrounding him already as his base team [. . .] They were discussing who would be a suitable running mate, and then I was approached by several people in that group. It took a couple asks for me to think about it, but that’s statistically pretty normal for women. It takes three asks for a woman to realize that maybe she is qualified to do something like that. So I was like, ‘You know what? I would be happy to present that option for students’.”

Why are they running?

“Representation and transparency,” said Amjad who is double majoring in computer

science and digital media production. “There’s systematic discrimination that needs to be addressed and once we address it, we need to add in people who have a diverse opinion inside the government itself [. . .]

Having just one kind of people representing just means that you have a stagnant opinion and no diversity, which kind of ruins the whole perspective of diversity and inclusion.

So that’s what we’re trying to achieve here.”

As an international student from Pakistan, Amjad understands the need for UNI to increase their inclusion efforts on campus. He does not feel that the international students at UNI have a prominent enough voice. He recounts coming here 7,000 miles from Pakistan and experiencing culture shock and homesickness.

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Another UNI student passes away weekend of Feb. 15-17.

Hartman died on Saturday, Feb. 16, according to an obituary published in the Sioux City Journal.

Services for Hartman took place at his home parish, St. John Lutheran Church in Council Bluffs.

According the Sioux City Journal obituary, Hartman had been heavily involved at the parish from a young age and had participated in local and national mission trips.

The visitation was held from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, with the funeral at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23.

According to Knudson’s

email, Hartman was described by faculty and classmates as “an intelligent and kind young man” as well as “a great listener” who displayed patience and respect towards his peers and professors.

The Sioux City Journal obituary noted that he was “always eager to accomplish meaningful work with and for people” and showed “kindness, love, and deep compassion.”

Along with many other honors and leadership positions in high school, Hartman had developed a Kids Against Cancer Relay

“It was really hard for me, because on one side you’re facing microaggressions, on the other side, you’re missing your parents, you’re homesick, and it’s just a cluster of events,” Amjad said.

“There are almost 600 international students at UNI. How many do we know? Ten? Twenty? Fifty? What about the rest of them—how do we incorporate those? That is just one identity that I’m representing. What about the other identities? People of color? Why aren’t we incorporated into society in such a way? That is where we come in.”

Even though Amjad is an NISG senator for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences, McCutchan considers Amjad and herself to be “NISG outsiders.” Despite their outsider status, McCutchan thinks that one of their biggest strengths is how heavily involved in campus they are.

McCutchan is involved in groups such as the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, Model UNI and MOVEment.

Amjad is part of the International Student Association, International Business Students and Student

Admissions Ambassadors.

“We know that we don’t represent every identity on this campus,” McCutchan said. “We represent some, but there’s no way that we can speak for every single student on the issues that they face, and that’s why we want to reach out into the student body and have those voices be heard so that we can represent them effectively because we don’t know what every single student needs.”

Amjad also emphasizes the importance of diversifying their upper cabinet if they are elected.

“At the end, we’re a team that works for the betterment of UNI,” Amjad said.

Another key part of Amjad and McCutchan’s platform is increased transparency from the university administration and NISG to the student body.

“When I went and talked to the Director of Gender Violence Prevention [Brenna Wolf], she talked to me a lot about how there’s not a lot of transparency between the administration of the university and student government when student government takes issues to the administration and the administration says ‘no’,” McCutchan said.

“I think that we need to have more transparency there.

If students demand something,

and student gove r n m e n t takes that demand to the administration and the administration says ‘no,’ that blame shouldn’t come back on student gover nment.

We should be holding the administration accountable.

We should be holding them accountable for not doing what students need.”

Amjad and Amjad M c C u t c h a n Farhan Amjad (pictured left) and Micah McCutchan (right) announced their Courtesy/Farhan 2019 NISG election have already bid on Feb. 17. They will oppose Jacob Levang and Jacob Stites for NISG president and vice made an effort president. to increase informed their followers of this we need to be held accounttransparency. change in a Facebook post on able,” Amjad said.

According to McCutchan, Feb 22.

“So when we say that everysome students approached her According to McCutchan, one should come to the debate, about a clause in their platform she and Amjad want to keep it’s so everyone can see these that addressed undocumented hearing from students about perspectives and they can ask UNI students in an incorrect how they can change their plat- us the hard questions because at way. form for the betterment of the the end if we cannot represent Whereas the original clause student body. and answer the students’ quescalls for “safe spaces” for undocOne way they would like tions, we are not fit. So everyone umented students, the update to hear from students is at should come. Everyone should will call for “safe people” in the upcoming debate against make it hard for us. Ask us the an effort to increase the safety Levang and Stites on Monday, hard questions—the questions of such students, according to Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. in Maucker no one wants to ask. We can McCutchan.

Union Coffeehouse. grow and make our platform Farhan and Micah for NISG “We’re representatives and and the university better.”

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After the tragic announcement of the Feb. 17 deaths of UNI seniors Tristan Marlow and Justin Kime, the Panther community received a notice on Wednesday, Feb. 20 that another member of the UNI student body had passed away.

In an email to the student body, Vice President of Student Affairs Paula Knudson wrote that Brendan Hartman, a 21-year-old senior economics major from Council Bluffs, Iowa, died the

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In her email to the student body, Knudson said, “This has been a week of great loss for our Panther family.”

In light of the deaths of Brendan Hartman, Tristan Marlow, and Justin Kime, the university is striving to provide resources and support for all students.

An ongoing grief support group is being held at the UNI Counseling Center on Thursdays at 3 p.m.

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Is YouTube a practical career?

ABBY BENNETHUM

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Growing up, we were asked what we wanted to be when we were older. Such a simple question, yet it follows with two decades in the making.

Some of the most common things that children want to be are teachers, doctors, firefighters, ballerinas and veterinarians. As we grow up, the majority of us usually fall into other categories that they never even thought existed.

For example: sales representative, engineer, crime statistics analysis and many other career pathways.

Something that has become very prominent in our society today are careers in social media. Today, many kids are dreaming of becoming an Instagram model, social media influencer and the most popular, a YouTuber.

I think that a lot of the

time people fail to realize that it is not practical to be a YouTube star and move to Los Angeles as a teenager. It isn’t something that the major ity of teenagers do. If everybody did this, it would become the norm. Really dangerous things could result from YouTubers trying to capture the viewers attentions.

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” - Bob Fitzsimmons This quote perfectly pertains to this situation, the bigger you are, the more potential there is for scandals, beef with other YouTubers and people that want to take you down.

It is hard getting to the top, but even harder staying there.

Then there’s question if you are interesting enough to stay at the top and earn more AdSense and get all the sponsorships? More likely than not, it is a no.

Being an avid YouTube

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Opinion columnist Abby Bennethum discusses how careers in social media, especially YouTube, are impractical due to their fast-burning, ever-evolving nature.

watcher, I can say that having your whole life on screen doesn’t sound appealing to me.

Not just to yourself but your loved ones and potential partners. Relationships become more of a business tactic than an actual loving partnership, and if those relationships fail, which is more than likely, then it too will be publicized and commented and poked and prodded at. They would always have to face being criticized and obsessed that their favorite OTP (One True Pair) has broken up.

A big problem that comes with this type of career is the constant immediate gratification of likes and views.

Currently social media is at its peak, but I don’t think it is going to last forever. There are going to be newer and more interesting people that

are going to replace the spot that you might have once held.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Bob Fitzsimmons

Professional Boxer

I want to mention that there are some people who are meant to thrive in this sort of community. However, I also feel that education is not just something good to have, but a vital safety net because of the fact that not all kids and teens are going to make a living from doing slime reviews and whatever the most popular “challenge” is at that time.

Education is not only

important, but being academically honest is critical as well.

It does a disservice to our youth when the social media community demonstrates “life hacks” to show ways to cheat on tests. It does not advance our society when YouTubers make money by showing their impressionable audiences (kids 11-14 years old) ways to “fool” teachers and showing kids that being a YouTuber is all fun and games with no rules or responsibilities. In fact, it promotes dishonesty and discourages hard work.

I want to stress the fact that a college education may not be for everyone, because if you can do something that is fulfilling to your life and gives you an opportunity to support yourself and potential loved ones, then I say go ahead and do it.

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Oh My Grill coming to College Hill SARAH RITONDALE Staff Writer

Come April, Cedar Falls residents will be able to grab a burger on the Hill with the opening of #OMG - Oh My Grill.

Oh My Grill currently has one other location in Iowa City. Owner Omer Noorwala decided to open a branch in Cedar Falls in order to offer residents a more convenient meal option right beside UNI’s campus.

Noorwala also owns Up In Smoke, also located on the Hill.

“In Cedar Falls, there are only a couple restaurants that are not franchises, but still nobody opens late, so that’s our basic niche,” Noorwala said. “We want to serve those people who are tired of either eating Domino’s Pizza or Kwik Star Food. There is no other option. Or you could drive down to McDonalds which is a DUI. I don’t want anyone to drive, just to be able to walk around on the Hill.”

Oh My Grill will also boast all free-range organic beef that is processed in house, meaning no frozen patties. All of their vegetables will also be from local farms to keep up with their theme of 100 percent fresh ingredients.

“My main focus is the beef is going to be organ-

ic and 100 percent Halal,” Noorwala said. “So it will be grinded and everything made from scratch — all the patties and everything — so no frozen food, no additives, no antibiotics […] and all of our vegetables and our ingredients will be from local farmers, and everyday fresh everything comes.”

Noorwala spoke about the other main goal of Oh My Grill: providing latenight service for their customers. Not only will customers be able to dine in late into the night, but there will also be catering and delivery service as well.

Currently, Noorwala plans to only open for dinner from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m., seven days a week. As time goes on, however, residents of Cedar Falls can look forward to the restaurant being open for longer hours.

“If we start off at dinner, we are probably going to go all the way to the morning for the weekends, for breakfast,” Noorwala said. “We might be open until 6 a.m., but that’s for the future.”

Noorwala said he is covering what he believes to be all the basic needs of a Cedar Falls restaurants. For example, the Halal meat will cater to the Muslim community. However, he plans to add one more piece to the puzzle in order to reach his target customer of all college students: The price.

“Since it’s for college kids, we are going to consider that price is a very big factor for college kids to depend on, so our menu will range from five dollars,” Noorwala said. “Say, if you want to come in, you can have a shake or fries or a burger, and it will be under 10 dollars. Everything is under 10 dollars.”

Oh My Grill will also have a loyalty program where customers can earn points. These points will be interchangeable with those gained through Up In Smoke.

“And then we are going to collaborate,” Noorwala said. “Because we have a big customer base here [at Up In Smoke] — about 2,000 customers — so we are going to push them towards Oh My Grill.”

Oh My Grill will be serving menu items such as burgers, shakes and fries.

The space that used to house Nick’s Pizza will be remodeled and should be complete by the end of March, with the restaurant opening for business in April.

“It’s going to be a nice hopping place with loud music,” Noorwala said. “We aren’t going to sell any alcohol, but it will be a nice happening place; we will make it pretty cool […] It is going to be fresh. It will be one-of-a-kind and no one is serving burgers like we do.”

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A new burger joint called “Oh My Grill” will be opening in April on College Hill, in the former location of Nick’s Pizza.

UNI NLA wins awards at national conference COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

In early January, several UNI students attended the Alliance Management Institutes national conference and won awards.

Sophomore Katelyn Brockmeyer and juniors Madison Gaffney, Mikaela Heikens, Jenna Hoover and Josie Riedell won the firstplace award for their presentation, which was called “NLA Annual Campaign: A Study in Fundraising and Student Development Best Practices.”

The students were a part of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance at UNI. “The program at UNI is a certificate program for students to build skills for the social sector,” said Julianne Gassman, campus executive director of UNI’s Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. “We’re building a talented and pre-

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Students from the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance at UNI won several awards for their work at the Alliance Management Institute’s national conference in Florida last January.

pared workforce for the social sector.”

The NLA is part of a national program with a headquarters in Kansas and has several workforce partners. UNI’s program allows students to earn credentials as a certified nonprofit professional. This is done by going through a set of 10 courses where they learn various competencies, skills and

abilities. As a part of the program, they also do a 300hour internship and attend the conference in Florida.

“Our students did a presentation on how they managed their fundraising campaign and how they raised their funds,” Gassman said.

“We took 41 students to Orlando, Fla., and the students never paid anything.

We raised a lot of money.

They talked about the way

that our campaign was structured and the way that we do that, and we won first place in the best practices for a student association.”

In total, students from UNI NLA raised $22,040.

This money is used to help students develop themselves professionally.

For their fundraising campaign, students ask for support from family, friends and donors. The UNI Nonprofit

Leadership Alliance has a database of over 200 alumni and local donors with whom students can speak with.

Members of the group are required to structure a campaign and create call sheets to learn how to appropriately fundraise.

UNI won a second award at the conference for their campus as a whole. The award that they received was also related to fundraising.

This was a part of a competition with other campuses all across the country.

Every fall, the student association reaches out to the local community and nonprofit organizations.

Afterwards, students do a follow-up with agencies to see who they will be working with and the timeline for their project. They work with the nonprofit sector as a whole, with their clients ranging from food banks to nursing homes.

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THEATRE REVIEW

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‘Legacy of Light’ shines on stage CECILIA MITCHELL Staff Writer

TheatreUNI’s production of “Legacy of Light” opened Thursday, Feb. 21, in StrayerWood Theatre. Students and community members alike were greeted by an array of hanging lights over the stage as they took their seats. A short and comical voiceover of pre-show reminders gave the audience their first taste of the characters that soon would fill the space with their bright energy.

“Legacy of Light” by Karen Zacarias begins with the story of Émilie du Châtelet, a real life 18th century female scientist from France who made unaccredited strides in physics research. Émilie (freshman Danielle Schmaltz) is first joined onstage by her lover, Jean François de SaintLambert (freshman Jonathon Schaffer). The pair is interrupted by the writer Voltaire (senior Jakob Reha). Voltaire resides with Émilie in her home and is also her lover, research partner and longtime companion. The action that follows combines comedy, combat and drama that sets the scene for the intricate, twisting tale to come.

The play then jumps forward over 200 years to present-day New Jersey, where we meet Olivia, an accomplished scientist who has potentially just discovered the formation of a new planet light years away. Olivia, who was played by understudy Quinn Rauchenecker on opening night, is joined by her husband Peter (junior Noah Hynick) in excitement over her work.

The mood changes quickly when Olivia reveals that recent events have inspired her desire

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“We don’t exist for the purpose of the service,” Gassman said. “We engage in service activities so that they build our knowledge,

for a baby again.

Zacarias’ script juxtaposes the stories of these two female scientists, separated by time but bonded by more than just the journey of motherhood, in a touching form of magical realism that gains in intensity and complexity as the play goes on.

Director Amy Osatinski, associate professor of theatre, succeeded in her choice of a script that combines female empowerment with history, science and morality. I was impressed with the timing and staging of the show as well; interludes between scenes allowed for the intricacies of the story to be contextualized while actors made full use of the stage and its unique components.

The set, designed by Ron Koinzan with assistant scenic designer senior Natalie Ervolino, featured multiple platforms and a big metal apple tree. Furniture that denoted place and time were moved on and off stage by silent, costumed stagehands who added another layer to the story during scene changes. The light theme was well-integrated into the set, including some delightful surprises towards the end.

The lighting designer, senior Chris Hanian, did a wonderful job with this production. Crucial to a show with such focus on metaphorical and literal light, I was impressed with the timing of light in conjunction with the script and the visual contrast created between scenes. The light design added a wondrous element to the show that was well-executed and greatly intensified the story.

Contrast was integral to the story of “Legacy of Light,” and designer Amy Rohrberg successfully provided that in

the costuming. Émilie and her daughter Pauline (freshman Maren Borer) graced the stage in elaborate and puffy 18th-century gowns while contemporary character Millie (sophomore Zoe Sneed) donned quirky modern fashion.

The big white powdered wigs atop the French characters added a fun and accuCOURTESY PHOTO/TheatreUNI rate historical Staff writer Cecilia Mitchell reviews TheatreUNI’s production of “Legacy of Light.” The play will component. continue to show through March 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. and March 3 at 2 p.m.

Backed by his tense scenes. pixelated projection, and the technical excellence, the actors Some of my favorite onstage jump between time periods at of “Legacy of Light” brought moments were between Reha’s first had me concerned with the show and its deeper mean- Voltaire and freshman Sam the continuity. However, with ings to life. Schmaltz, in her Sweere’s Marquis du Châtelet. every scene, the story became second mainstage role of Sweere did a great job of more enthralling and comher freshman year, portrayed bringing comedic value to this plicated. The juxtaposed stoÉmilie du Châtelet with believ- character. Reha’s performance rylines became more integratable grace and conviction. She throughout the night was ed, and I found myself persondid not falter once throughout funny, sincere and moving — a ally connected to and invested the entire two-and-a-half hour definite highlight of the pro- in this play and its characters. I run. Hynick’s performance was duction. appreciated the careful thought also one of my favorites; the What made this show so and hard work put into this physicality of his comedy not successful acting-wise to me show that manifested in a truly only brought essential energy wasn’t just the well-cast named magical experience for the to the stage, but also made his characters. The nonverbal audience. serious moments even more components of this show told By the end of the night, I dynamic in contrast. stories just through action and was enamored with the show Rauchenecker excelled at expression, but were intriguing and plan to attend again during portraying the maturity and and easy to follow. All of these its second weekend. “Legacy of insecurity of her middle-aged, strong components, technically Light” will continue Thursday, academic role. Sneed’s preg- and in performance, furthered Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28, nancy portrayal felt real and the meaning of Zacarias’ mean- March 1 and 2, at 7:30 p.m. she made her character’s ingful and complex script. and Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m. struggle relatable. Freshman No production is perfect, For lovers of theatre, history, Thayne Lamb, the understudy and at first, I was not sure science, empowerment or even who played Millie’s brother that I would enjoy “Legacy of just seekers of good, fun enterLewis, also brought a genuine Light.” There was the occa- tainment, this production is a and raw energy to the stage in sional abrupt end to music or must-see.

skills and abilities for working with the sector. That’s a pretty distinct difference. I don’t want to not do good, but I don’t want to do good for the sake of doing good.

The purpose of our organization is to build the skills

and abilities of the students to be able to be effective employees in the nonprofit sector.”

While expectations are high in their program, Gassman hopes that the experiences that students

have with it will mirror what is expected in the workforce after graduation.

UNI’s Nonprofit Leadership Alliance is meant to help students get a job and become engaged citizens. She has seen many students who were

a part of their organization take up leadership positions in companies. When multiple extracurricular activities are combined together, she thinks that students will become powerful assets for potential employers.

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SWIMMING

Florman is MVC’s top swimmer PATRICK HANSEN

Sports Writer

The UNI swimming and diving team headed south this past weekend to Columbia, Mo., to compete in this year’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

The Panthers started out strong in the first day, finishing second at the end of the session and trailing Missouri State by just two points.

Day one was highlighted by a 200-meter medley relay

from the team of Katie Taylor, Moriah Ross, Crystal Florman and Abby Meyer, who now all own a new school record with a time of 1:40.50, cracking the old time of 1:41.11. Taylor also notched another school record in the 200-freestyle with a time of 1:49.46, beating the old record by 25 hundredths of a second.

After the second day of the championships, the purple and gold continued to hold second place as they trailed top-placed Missouri State by 78.5 points.

Day two consisted of four personal bests. Florman set

a new school record in the 50-meter freestyle with a 22.68.

Others with personal bests were Ross who swam a 2:03.94 in the 200-individual medley, Meyer with a 23.65 in the 50 freestyle and Anika Lillegard-Bouton, who earned a 5:06.99 in the 500 freestyle.

The sophomore mid-distance swimmer Taylor was also able to successfully defend her title in the 200-individual medley with a time of 2:03.94.

On the third day, the Panthers fell one spot, finishing third place overall. The day was

highlighted by Taylor scoring runner-up in the 400 Individual Medley with a 4:19.17, followed by the squad of Taylor, Ross, Florman and Meyer as they took first place in the 400-medley relay ending the ten-year reign of Missouri State winning the event.

On the final day of the tournament, the women of UNI had slipped down to fourth place, finishing the tournament with 497.5 points overall.

The fourth day was highlighted by Florman, taking first in the 100 freestyle, and

Ross earning gold in in the 200-breaststroke with a 2:13.80.

Two Panther swimmers received individual awards following the meet as senior Florman earned the Missouri Valley Conference Swimmer of the Year and Taylor earned the Elite 17 Award, which is given to the athlete with the best academics and athletic performance.

Florman, Taylor, Meyer and Lauren Havertape received first-team all-conference, while Kylie Engstrom and Lauren Kacmarynski received honorable mention all-conference.

Wrestlers defeat Iowa State for third straight time FRANK WALSH

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The West Gym was completely sold out and packed with dedicated Panther fans as the Cyclones of Iowa State flooded Cedar Falls for a late season Big 12 matchup.

The venue errupted with cheers and shouting and encouraged the UNI grapplers as they went up against their in state rival. The Cyclones came into this dual meet as heavy favorites as they were ranked 11th in the nation, but the Panthers ignored the rankings and defeated the Cyclones 22-13.

At 125 pounds, Jay Schwarm started the Panthers with a win. Schwarm, who is known for his pinning capablilities, won the match with a 6-3 decision. The match was close until Schwarm tacked on a towering 3:44 total riding time over Alex Mackall.

Ranked seventh at 141 pounds, Josh Alber ended his last West Gym dual meet on a positive note for the night. He was able to score a last second takedown against 12th ranked Ian Parker to win the match 3-1.

Taylor Lujan, the eighth ranked wrestler at 174 pounds, had fans on their feet when he picked up an electric pin against Marcus Coleman.

Lujan had a tight cradle locked up to help seal the deal for UNI in the dual, giving the team an extra six points after his win by pin.

For the last match of the night, Carter Isley, UNI’s heavy-weight was in a tight contest against Gannon Gremmel. The entire match was scoreless as neither man could get a takedown until Isley was able to do so in overtime.

“The crowd was wild and helped me feel energetic in

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overtime.” said Isley after his victory. The score ended up being a close 2-0.

With the regular season

closing out, the Panthers take on the Big 12 tournament on Saturday, March 9, in Tulsa, Okla. After the Big 12 tourna-

ment the UNI wrestling team will take on the NCAA tournament on Thursday, March 21, in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Panthers top MVC foes Sycamores, Purple Aces WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

JERRIUS CAMPBELL

Sports Writer

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The UNI Women’s basketball team made a late game push past Indiana State at home on Friday, Feb. 22, in the McLeod center. UNI walked away with a 71-63 win after a few costly turnovers by Indiana State late in the fourth quarter killed their comeback hopes.

“They are very experienced, they play a lot of different defenses. They are really up tempo on offense, they can shoot the three. They play inside and outside, you’re going to have to be ready to play, you’re going to have to be ready to defend,” said Coach Tanya Warren as she prepared for Friday’s contest.

The Panthers and Sycamores both worked hard on defense in the first quarter. UNI struggled to get any kind of offense started. A made layup by Taylor Hagen off an assist by Mikaela Morgan gave the Panthers their first points of the game.

Following a made three, Morgan came up with a big steal on defense. At the end of the first quarter, UNI would lead 13-10. Rebounds were hard to come by for the purple and gold going into the 2nd quarter.

UNI would step up on defense only allowing six points going into the half, leading 35-16. The Panthers were outscored in the third quarter 18-15.

The Sycamores made their way back into the game with 1:56 remaining in the fourth only down 60-54. UNI forward, Bre Gunnels stepped up big in the fourth quarter, coming up with a steal and a basket on the other in to seal it for the Panthers.

All nine players would score in this contest, UNI was led

by Karli Rucker, Hagen, and Gunnels with 11 points apiece.

Mikaela Morgan finished with nine points.

The Panthers would take on the University of Evansville at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24, in the McLeod Center, winning their match up with the Purple Aces 95-46.

UNI will face Missouri State on Friday, March 1.

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