2-27-20

Page 1

FACEBOOK.COM/NORTHERNIOWAN

WWW.NORTHERNIOWAN.COM

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA

CEDAR FALLS, IA

TWITTER: @NORTHERNIOWAN

THURSDAY, APRIL 5

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42

VOLUME 116, ISSUE 39

LEOPOLD LECTURE

FILM REVIEW

Erin Brockovich presents her lecture “The Power of One.”

Film Critic Hunter Friesen reviews “The Last Thing He Wanted.”

TENNIS

NEWS PAGE 2

CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 5

SPORTS PAGE 6

Panthers split matches at home against Milwaukee and Gustavus.

NISG announces election results The Northern Iowa St udent G over n ment (NISG) election this year wasn’t an especially tight race. With only one set of candidates running for student body president and vice president, Elle Boeding and Rachel Greene could be fairly certain of the outcome of the elections, which ended Wednesday night at 6 p.m. But Boeding said that, although their victory — with 100% of the vote — wasn’t exactly a surprise, it still felt good. “We’re excited to get to work,” she said. “We’re excited to actually start advocating for students in a way that is going to make a broader impact and we’re really excited about that.” “To be completely honest, it hasn’t hit me yet,” Greene

said. “But I’m super excited. We already have meetings set up with the current administration to see what our duties are going to be. I’m just excited to actually do the job. I’m better at that than the campaigning part, so to actually do that and hear students and continue to stay engaged, I’m super excited.” Boeding and Greene’s campaign, with the slogan “For the Students,” focused on a three-pronged platform of Advocacy, Access and Academics. Within their platform, the newly-elected president and vice president hope to emphasize diversity and inclusion services on campus, establish trainings and better access to resources for mental health and sexual assault support and continue to hold higher administration accountable for student success. Election results were

improvised solos by voice artist Dakota Anderson and tenor saxophone artist Andrey Floranovich. Concert attendee Holden Caloud, a junior history education major, said, “[It was] an overall great performance by everyone. I thought a wide variety of ideas were shown by the soloists.” In particular, Caloud noted Johnny Hartleip of the Roomba Cats, is one of his childhood friends. “It’s been

great to see him grow and I can’t wait to see him do great things in the future,” he said. “I think my favorite part about coming to these concerts is seeing students’ own arrangements and how they get to try them out,” Alayna Ringsby, a freshman music education major, said. “I feel like it’s a really good setting for them to do [so] and it’s always fun to see what they come up with.”

ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor

COURTESY PHOTO

announced by the NISG election commission in Maucker Union at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Chief Justice Bekah Bass, a junior sociology major with minors in Spanish and women and gender studies, introduced the commission before the evening’s winners were announced. “The names that we are about to announce will have large responsibilities to fulfill as the new voice for students on UNI’s campus,” Bass said. The commission began by announcing the winners of Senate seats from the various colleges. Many of the colleges had at least one open seat, and two — the College of Undecided/ Interdisciplinary/General Studies and the College of Education — had no viable candidates. See NISG ELECTIONS, page 2

Jazz combos present spring concert ANNA ALLDREDGE Staff Writer

On Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m., audience members settled in for a night of improv and individuality in Russell Hall’s Bengtson Auditorium with the UNI Jazz combo groups. UNI’s School of Music faculty artist Chris Merz, along with graduate student conductors, organized this event to feature four groups of UNI students. Leading off the concert was the Isaac Schwartz combo with a set featuring trumpet, saxophone and electric guitar solos. Their final chart, “Back in June,” was written by combo member Andrew Piper. Piper, who had played trumpet on their two previous selections, switched over to the piano to give this piece a melodic and resonant component. As the title suggests, “Back in June” portrayed melancholic and

nostalgic emotions. The Max McBride combo, which followed, performed the charts “Kryptonite,” “Echoes” and “Minorities.” Throughout their three pieces, the group demonstrated control over rhythmically diverse music. Their soloists and rhythm section dynamically complimented each other throughout the performance, which enhanced the emotion of the solo sections. The Roomba Cats, the next combo to enter the stage, kicked off their portion of the night with a chart that began with only the wind performers, showing off the group’s control of tone and time. Their final selection was a fast-paced swing tune featuring technically challenging solos from saxophone artists Johnny Hartleip and Tyler Utter. The Flat Earth combo closed out the night with both unison lines and

GABI CUMMINGS/Northern Iowan


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
2-27-20 by Northern Iowan - Issuu