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SYDNEY HAUER

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At around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27, Jacob Levang and Jacob Stites were named the new NISG student body president and vice president, respectively for the 2019-2020 school year.

Around 80 students gathered in the Union to hear the results when they were announced.

Levang and Stites received 58 percent of the vote, with Amjad and McCutchan receiving 42 percent of the vote. Actual numbers have not been released as of this

time, but should be released within the next week.

“We just want to thank everyone who’s supported us,” said Stites shortly after the results were announced.

“We want to thank our entire team, everyone who attended our roundtables, everyone who voted for us. We want

a toss of 63 feet, 6.75 inches and Kirkpatrick in the long jump with a leap of 24 feet, 2.25 inches. Kirkpatrick narrowly missed a first-place finish, missing the top honor by a centimeter.

The men and women would have several other point-scoring finishes, as the men would end day one in first, while the women remained in fourth.

Day two of the championships, Sunday, Feb. 24, came with plenty of other points scored.

On the women’s side, Maddie McCalla was the lone champion, winning the 400-meter dash in a time of 54.89, an indoor personal best. McCalla would go on to place second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.52, another personal best.

Lyndsie Schinkel, Patrice Watson and Maria Gonzalez were all able to earn AllConference awards, placing third in their respective events.

Schinkel competed in the 800meter run (2:10.37), Watson in the 60-meter hurdles (8.58) and Gonzalez in the high jump (5 feet, 5.25 inches). This is Gonzalez’s second time receiving All-Conference honors.

For the men, the 4x400 meter squad was the only relay of the

weekend to earn a first-place finish with a team of Sven Van Den Bergh, Tayshaun Cooper, Bryce Newcomb and Connor Blough demolishing the rest of the field and crossing the finish line roughly 25 meters ahead of the competition in a blazing 3:14.38.

Connor Ham, despite a slow start, was able to dash past the other runners to a first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles.

Ham ran a time of 7.93 seconds, a personal best and the highest-ranking event in the NCAA among the men’s track athletes at the MVC championships. Ham ultimately won the Most Outstanding Athlete honor for the men as well.

Another sprinter for the Panthers, Evan Long, was able to garner second place finishes in the 200-meter dash (21.65) and the 400-meter dash (47.79).

Van Den Bergh placed third in the 400 as well (48.25) Keegan Tritle, UNI’s record holder in the shot put, placed second in the shot put with a throw of 61 feet 5 inches.

The men of UNI would go on to place second and the women would place fourth. “[I was] really pleased and happy with how they competed.

We had a really good meet on

to thank our competitors for putting up a good fight. They really challenged us, made us think differently about some of our ideas on our platform, so, hoping that we can do what’s best.”

Levang echoed Stites sentiment and thanked their competition.

“I think they challenged us immensely and they made the student body get very engaged in this election, which I think is important, and civic engagement was great, and we saw that all throughout campus, and that was really awesome.”

Levang is a junior business management major from Des Moines, and Stites is a junior economics major, also from Des Moines.

With their campaign slogan “Reaching New Heights,” Levang and Stites focused their campaign on increasing NISG transparency, campus equity and inclusivity, sexual assault advocacy and prevention, an off-campus housing initiative and mental health advocacy.

Amjad and McCutchan’s campaign focused largely on diversity and inclusion, as well as NISG transparency and mental health and sexual violence prevention. One of the reasons they initially decided to run was because of a perceived lack of diversity on the bill by some UNI students.

“Honestly, that 58 percent, that’s shocking to me,” said McCutchan. “That’s really close. I mean, I study political science, and in elections, that’s pretty damn close. I think that it is encouraging that it was so close and that so many people got out and participated in the elections.”

“Congratulations to Levang and Stites,” Amjad said. “I’m glad we ran; we ran with our ethics and morals intact and we wish them a very happy administration.

We hope that everything that they want to work for for the university at the end pays off, and we together, if they want, can make UNI a better place.”

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UNI hosts MVC track, places second and fourth ELIOT CLOUGH

Sports Editor

After coming off of an MVC Championship meet in the 2018 outdoor season in which the Northern Iowa men were able to come out on top by a single point over the Redbirds of Illinois State, the UNI-Dome played host to quite the environment this past weekend.

Day one of the championships, Saturday, Feb. 23, saw several Panthers grab AllConference placings as Brooke Lorenz was able to earn the honor for the first time in her career with a second-place finish in the pentathlon. Lorenz would score a personal best in the competition, scoring a total of 3,545 points and hitting personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles, long jump and shot put.

Lyndsie Schinkel, Jolissa Kriegel, Katie Nimrod and Alyssa Williams were also able to place second in the Distance Medley Relay for the women, running a combined time of 12:02.87.

On the men’s field side, Isaac Holtz and Cade Kirkpatrick would go on to also place second in their respective events, Holtz in the weight throw with

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both sides, and so when you perform at your best and you get beat, it’s a little easier to take than if you have a lot of things that don’t go your way.

So, [we’re] looking forward to turning the page and getting right to outdoors,” said Head Coach Dave Paulsen following the meet.

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Women’s panel tackles tough issues

At 7 p.m., the panel opened with an introduction of the speakers. The women on the panel represented a mix of ages and specialties, but their passions were the same: representation and inclusion.

Rachel Morgan, an instructor in the Languages and Literatures Department, served as the moderator.

One participant in the discussion was Amy Osatinski, an assistant professor of theatre and the director for “Legacy of Light.”

Representing the science side of the discussion was the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department Head Siobhan Morgan, who brought in her personal experience of being

a female astrophysicist.

Both the panel and these two theatre productions combine several often uncorrelated areas of study, such as theatre, math, art and astrophysics.

The women answered questions about both productions, as well as addressed specific challenges that being “the only women in the room” in their respective fields sometimes presents.

“I never realized the barriers of my gender until I was the only one,” said Carla Lienhard, an attendee of the panel and a UNI graduate in information systems. She is currently working for John Deere.

Morgan also shared the frustration she experienced from being the token female in the past.

Since she began teaching at UNI in 1991, Morgan said there are more women studying science now than ever, but the number is nowhere close to being equal to that of men in the department.

She believes that more women are moving into the field of astrophysics, but it is happening very slowly.

The slow increase of women entering science fields was a theme throughout the discussion.

Osatinski echoed this sen-

McCutchan said that her experience running for student body vice president encouraged her to become more involved with NISG. “It’s been an amazing experience, personally; definitely changed me,” McCutchan said. “I’ve met so many amazing people, really just connected with people that I never thought really that would be in our corner so it was really nice; a really nice experience to have. I feel like

I am closer to UNI now.”

Amjad said that he and McCutchan plan to remain engaged with the student body and keep working toward creating positive change on UNI’s campus.

“I hope that [Levang and Stites] know that we are still here to support them and support anything that NISG puts forward,” he said. “Obviously, we both ran because we care a lot about this university, and so, if they ask for anything going forward, we will be there and we want to make UNI

better.”

Levang and Stites are looking forward to taking some time to relax now that the campaign season has come to an end.

“We put together a really good campaign. I’m just proud of everyone who helped us out,” Stites said.

“I think more than anything, I’m just proud to say that I get to be in office next to this guy,” Levang said. “We’ve had a friendship for six years now, or seven, I don’t even know. I don’t know if I could’ve ever imagined seven

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On Tuesday, Feb. 26, a panel discussion was held in the Communication Arts Building to discuss the challenges faced by women in male-dominated fields.

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A group of students, staff and community members braved the icy weather to attend Theatre UNI’s Women in Science Panel Thursday night. A panel of female leaders spoke about the difficulty they face as outliers in their respective fields.

This discussion served as a promotional and informative event for two of the current women-empowering theatre productions in Eastern Iowa: Theatre UNI’s “Legacy of Light,” and Theatre Cedar Rapids’ (TCR) “Ada and the Memory Engine.”

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timent by sharing statistics of women in high-ranking theatre roles, which she said are “atrocious.”

Osatinski said that the only design jobs in theatre that have more women than men are in costumes. She shared how difficult it can be for women to land directing roles in the theatre world, and that this is largely due to people being offered jobs based on networking, and men often hire their male friends. She said that this results in a lack of female voices at the table.

Lisa Kelly, director of “Ada and the Memory Engine,” said she is excited to share the life of the first computer programmer and bring the figures who are hidden from the light onto the stage.

Jessica Link, who is playing Ada Byron Lovelace in TCR’s show and is an alumni of the UNI Theatre Department, expressed how difficult it is for women to acquire acting jobs, and that there are often fewer opportunities for women on the stage.

According to Link, the show she is starring in, a story about a woman, written by a woman, has more male characters in it than female ones.

The discussion wrapped

up with a question about what advice the panel has for young women about the enter the workforce.

“I have worked every level of theatre; collegiate, professional, and community.

I have experienced sexual harassment in every single one,” Link said. “My advice to you is to know your chain of command. If your boss doesn’t listen to you, go to the person above him until you find someone who does.”

The women nodded in agreement, and the atmosphere took on a somber tone.

The panel concluded with questions from the audience.

An audience member asked, “As a white, cisgender male, what can I do to help the women around me? How can I be an ally?”

Almost simultaneously, the women responded with varying degrees of, “See something, say something.”

Kayleigh Sizemore, a student majoring in Theatre for Youth and Creative Writing and the dramaturg for “Legacy of Light” said, “Men can do a lot to help.

The moments when there are no women in the room, and the men are saying sexist things, standing up and saying something could change the culture we live in.”

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Are you pro-life or pro-birth?

Editor’s Note: This Letter to the Editor was submitted by Steve Corbin, professor emeritus of marketing.

“I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion that that makes you pro-life. Your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. That’s not pro-life. That’s probirth.”

– Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B., Erie, Pa. Exploring the honorable Sister’s thesis is meritorious.

The prefix “pro-” means to support a cause. The noun “life” is an organism com-

posed of cells that can grow, learn and respond to stimuli preceding death.

Hence, if someone purports to be pro-life, s/he is a radical proponent that from cell development to death; everything in between is important. Here’s a Sister Joan-like morality test, as, who knows, some people may really be pro-birth and not pro-life.

Research is replete the greatest growth of the human brain’s sensory pathways occurs within the first four months of birth and the greatest growth of the human brain for learning a language occurs during the first eight months of life.

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Steve Corbin, professor emeritus of marketing, argues that many people who are pro-life are actually pro-birth in their daily and political actions.

Therefore, true pro-lifers only support politicians who advocate mandated universal pre-K education for all children, correct?

Since children’s cell, brain development and learning are precious, I’m confident dedicated pro-lifers are appalled that since 2016, Iowa’s Republican controlled Governor’s Office, House and Senate have continually given public schools below inflation (3 percent) funding.

Iowa is now the 16th worst financed public school support state in America—how embarrassing.

Pro-lifers obviously embrace life to the end.

Therefore, supporting the death penalty would be blatant hypocrisy.

Rest assured, honorable pro-lifers are ticked off that regular inspections of Iowa nursing homes have substantially decreased under Republican control—shameful—the vulnerable elderly need as much protection as a six-week-old fetus.

Both political parties of Iowa’s 2013 legislature permitted home schooling with no certified teacher, attendance records or intellectual growth measurements.

A pro- life champion would insist upon annual intellec-

tual assessments to the point if a home school child was not growing academically year-by-year, the child must return to public education so the child can grow and prosper as God intended.

Concur?

Knowing guns kill people, it’s understandable that unrestricted age gun usage and weak background gun purchase laws are repulsive to pro-lifers. Logically, pro-lifers ardently support “red flag” laws.

It’s well known that honorable pro-lifers did not support Kim Reynolds (R) in her 2018 gubernatorial bid because she proudly signed legislation slashing $4.3 million from the budget of the Department of Human Services, which oversees child protection.

How appalling. I’m confident that bona fide pro-lifers are, right now, insisting the Republican controlled legislature fully fund DHS and hire child abuse investigators for Iowa’s 56 counties where no such personnel exist.

Pro-lifers, I’m sure, are known to be public advocates for asylum seekers who are desperately leaving countries rife with crime and coming to the USA

where we proudly welcome them as our fellow living souls. Pro-lifers’ opposition to Homeland Security’s separation of 2,737 families and support of pro-immigration efforts is in concert with Pope Francis’s Feb. 13 Vatican proclamation.

Finally, pro-lifers recognize that women are invaluable to the birthing process. As such, women’s health care is paramount, which includes having widely accessible health care centers to give women answers to their questions and provide birth control, cancer screenings, vulva-breast-uterus care, LGBTQ health inquiries, HIV prevention, sex education, STD testing, pregnancy testing, HPV vaccine and overall reproductive health.

Legislative and financial support by pro-lifers of multiple 501(c)(3) nonprofit health care centers that provide the above services is understandable so they can publicly proclaim their prolife cause. Correct?

These are just a few of the pro-life tests. Sister Chittister’s pro-life and pro-birth differentiation and morality challenge for pro-lifers is worthy of consideration.

Is the spring break “bronze glow” really worth it?

SAMANTHA GOODMAN Medical Center. Users often

Opinion Columnist

With spring break just around the corner, tanning beds are regularly being occupied by students yearning for that bronze color to show off in their bikinis.

Regular tanning bed usage places users at a risk of 60 percent for developing skin cancer, as well as premature skin aging, according to the American Cancer Society.

Tanning bed users often put these concerns out of sight and out of mind as soon as they close the lid and expose themselves to potentially deadly UV rays.

However, when they are older and their skin looks twice its age, they will likely regret it.

So, tanning bed users, is the bronze color really worth it?

Not only are tanning beds physically harmful and detrimental to your health, they also can impact users mentally. Regular and consistent tanning bed users are becoming “tanning bed dependent,” according to a 2017 study conducted by researchers at the Georgetown University

become obsessed with the warmth provided, the relaxation experienced and the attractive way it makes their bodies appear.

Tanning bed users exhibit similar brain wave patterns of drug addicts and activate certain parts of the brain that drug users would when presented with the addictive substances. This process releases endorphins, making the user come back for more and essentially gives birth to the addiction.

I used to be a tanning bed user. I bought the membership a month prior to my vacation and visited the tanning salon religiously. I strived to get the darkest color I could because I wanted my money’s worth and be the darkest of my friends and family. Many of my friends also were tanning, and we had contests to see who could get the darkest. Did I mention we were in seventh grade? Pathetic.

Around this same time, Iowa legislature was attempting to pass a law that would restrict minors from the use of indoor tanning beds.

When I heard of this, I was infuriated. How could I get the tan I needed before my vacations? The bill did not pass at the time, but it should have.

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa currently has no laws restricting any age person from the use PEXELS of tanning beds. columnist Samantha Goodman discusses the harmful effects of tanning bed usage, Minors must have Opinion and asks readers to weigh the pros and cons before making a decision to use them. parental consent to tan, and if seeing the prevalent and har- School of Medicine. This low the person is younger than rowing risks that use of tan- of an SPF will not prevent age 16, the parent has to be ning beds entail and are try- skin from burning. Do you present in the salon at all ing to prevent this situation know what will? Sunscreen. times. Many bills have tried from getting worse.

So, that should be your best to be passed, such as HF111, Many tanning bed users friend, not toxic UV rays.

HF143, HF395 and HF117, argue that they tan before If you are truly worried fighting to at least restrict their vacation to prevent about getting burnt before persons younger than the age burning while being under going to your tropical desof 17 or 18 from the harmful the intense rays of the sun. tination, wear sunscreen. If effects.

However, having an existing you are truly worried about Iowa is one of five states tan before entering harsh rays your look before going to that has no laws prevent- only provides an SPF of 2 or your tropical destination, ing minors from the use of 3, according to David Leffell, get a spray tan. But if you indoor tanning, as of Jan. the chief of dermatologic are truly worried about your 1, 2017. Five out of 50. surgery and cutaneous oncol- health down the line, stay out Obviously, other states are ogy at the Yale University of tanning beds.

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Crossing the border with HSAB ELIZABETH KELSEY Staff Writer

“Are you ready to cross the border?”

Approximately 20 students nodded in response to the question posed by Jennifer Cooley, professor and head of the UNI Languages and Literatures Department.

They stood outside the University Room in Maucker Union on Monday evening, Feb. 25, waiting to experience a Border-Crossing Simulation hosted by the UNI Honors Student Advisory Board (HSAB).

According to Cooley, the simulation is an interactive performance event which arose as an extension of a class project from the fall section of her Spanish Advanced Conversation course. Students in the class watched documentaries, listened to radio interviews, read articles and conducted an interview with a local immigrant who has crossed the border three times.

During the fall 2018 semester, the group performed the event at the UNI Center for

Multicultural Education, as well as at regional schools such as Wartburg College and Hawkeye Community College.

Outside the darkened room, Cooley distributed notecards to each participant describing the persona that they would take on for the simulation, ranging from single mothers to teenagers and children. She then ushered participants into the room, two by two.

“Safe travels,” she said, closing the door behind them.

When participants entered, they were greeted by actor Olinca Padierna, a senior Spanish major. She stood behind a small folding table covered with face-down playing cards and instructed them — in Spanish — to choose one. The number they drew determined whether students could pass to the next checkpoint.

In total, there were three table checkpoints through which students had to pass to “cross the border” safely — the train, the shelter (“Casa de Migrantes”) and the border itself (“la frontera”). Another

actor, junior Spanish education major Lauren Winter, roamed the room in the role of a gang member, demanding clothing, drugs and other valuables from participants.

If students “died,” they were instructed to lay down on the floor, where they often found their shoes and glasses stolen by Winter and her fellow actors.

After about 20 minutes, Cooley switched on the lights, concluding the simulation portion of the evening. Participants retrieved their belongings and pulled up chairs to participate in a short debriefing session.

Cooley asked attendees to describe their emotions and reactions to the simulation.

Since the simulation was conducted almost entirely in Spanish, attendees with no Spanish experience discussed the difficulties that the communication barrier imposed.

Cooley said that this was by design, since many non-English speaking migrants struggle to communicate with border agents.

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Students in Jennifer Cooley’s Advanced Conversation and Reading in Spanish class researched and created the border-crossing simulation.

‘Kick It!’ campaign uplifts kid with cancer ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

While many 13-year-olds have been spending their winters enjoying snow days and playing video games, Thomas Wichmann spent his in the hospital.

In December 2018, after a series of seizures, Wichmann discovered that he had a brain tumor the size of two Ping-Pong balls. When Wichmann underwent brain surgery, doctors quickly discovered the cancer was more advanced than they’d initially thought, and a biopsy confirmed that the cancer was stage four.

“Thomas is a regular 13-year-old kid,” said Wichmann’s cousin Eric

Fluegge, a UNI senior majoring in marketing sales management. “He loves to play soccer, as he was selected to be on the Olympic development team in his home state of Minnesota this past summer. He loves to go fishing.

He loves to hang out with his two brothers, Luca and Liam, and he loves music, as he plays cello and bass guitar.”

Fluegge is also the president of Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE). He used a video on PSE’s social media profiles to launch the “Kick It Thomas!” campaign at UNI on Wednesday, Feb. 13, to support his cousin.

The campaign is simple: Anyone who wants to participate cuts out an outline of

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Eric Fluegge began the “Kick It Thomas!” campaign to support his 13-yearold cousin, Thomas Wichmann, who was diagnosed with brain cancer.

their foot from construction paper and writes an encouraging message to Wichmann on it. He added that participants should include their name and where they are from. Messages should be addressed to “Patient Thomas Wichmann” and sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

“We believe that through your help and support, we can encourage this kid to kick this tumor and stay positive through this incredibly tough time,” Fluegge said in his video.

The goal is for as many footprints as possible to plaster the walls of Wichmann’s St. Jude’s hospital room in Memphis, Tenn., where he had his surgery to remove the tumor and is now undergoing radiation treatment.

“Kick It Thomas!” was started by Wichmann and Fluegge’s cousin Elizabeth, who attends Luther College and involved her school’s Dance Marathon team in the campaign. When Elizabeth reached out to Fluegge wanting to involve UNI’s Dance Marathon, he decided he wanted to do more. He used his position in PSE to get the word out about the campaign. “[PSE] is a co-ed fraternity, which is really cool

because it means there’s a bunch of sororities and fraternities and other organizations that are also part of that,” Fluegge said. “So it was really easy to get a bunch of different people involved right away. It started to really catch on to those organizations, so that’s exciting to see that take place.”

Involvement in the “Kick It Thomas!” campaign has spread across the country, with participants from Illinois, Arizona, New Mexico and other states sending their footprints to Wichmann.

“We would love to expand this project as much as possible,” Fluegge said. “Any student organization can participate. It takes 10 minutes to do [. . .] It’s a really cool morale-boosting activity. Not only is it helpful for someone like Thomas, but us as people. We love feeling like we’ve helped someone else and made a big difference in someone’s life. We would love for the video to get liked and shared as often and as widely as possible. And if you have any connections with people in larger organizations, that would be great for you to share the video with them.”

Wichmann has already had about two weeks of radiation and will have eight weeks total by the end of

treatment. He will then be able to return to Minnesota to start chemotherapy.

“It’s been tough on him, obviously. We’re just trying to keep his spirits high with this whole ‘Kick It Thomas!’ campaign,” Fluegge said.

“When they found out about the prognosis, he kept it together pretty well from what I’ve heard, but it’s such as big thing to comprehend when you’re 13-years-old.

When I hear stories about him handling the situation, it’s hard for me to decipher whether it’s he’s handling it really well or he doesn’t fully comprehend the situation.”

“Kick It Thomas!” will also be incorporated into Dance Marathon’s Big Event on Saturday, March 2. According to Fluegge, there will be a booth where dancers can make footprints to send to Wichmann.

“I think it’s a very simple way to make a difference,” Fluegge said. “Someone who’s 13 and young like that — I mean, he thinks the world of people who are in their 20s. So to get a bunch of letters personalized from those people — it just means the world to them. So our hope from that is that he stays encouraged through this time and can continue to be uplifted.”

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MSA celebrates World Hijab Day COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

Students passing through Maucker Union had the opportunity to learn about the hijab and how to wear it on Monday, Feb. 25. The event, celebrating World Hijab Day, was organized by the UNI Muslim Students Association (MSA).

World Hijab Day takes place on the first day of February each year. The event was started by Nazma Khan, a New Yorker who wished to spread awareness about what a hijab is and why some Muslim women choose to wear them, according to the World Hijab Day website.

“Hijab is a symbol of Islam,” said Luma Yasin, a junior finance major. “Women wear them when they hit puberty.

The purpose is modesty and covering the beauty of women.”

The hijab functions as a type of scarf or veil. For women such as freshman biomedical major Leila Masinovic, they’re an article of clothing that makes her proud to be Muslim.

Hijabs come in many different styles and designs. The type of covering that is worn

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Anna Rasmussen, a senior psychology major who attended the event, said her inability to speak Spanish made her “frustrated and confused by the process.”

“I was overwhelmed by the fact that I didn’t really have control,” she said.

The lack of control and positive options was something that resonated with other attendees. By using a role of the dice or the random selection of a card to determine whether participants advanced to the next checkpoint, Cooley said the group “tried to recreate those moments of sheer chance.”

“Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where there are no good options,” she said.

depends on the culture that a person is from. One variety, called a burqa, covers the entire face. Other forms of the hijab reveal the face. Styles can change based on regional differences or personal preferences.

For example, a hijab can be made out of a thick material or one that’s lighter. While Masinovic says they can get hot on occasion, her experiences with wearing one have helped her to figure out which clothes are breathable.

As for how often a hijab is worn, it depends on the person.

“Hijabis wear them all

the time,” Masinovic said.

“However, when you’re just hanging out with your female friends, you don’t necessarily have to. Some people only wear them on holidays or special occasions.”

Hijabs are meant to be worn when a Muslim woman is surrounded by males to whom they aren’t directly related. People who wear hijabs do not wear them in front of their cousins before they hit puberty.

They can also take them off in front of their fathers, brothers, uncles, husbands and males who haven’t hit puberty yet.

Cooley said that contrary to some popular portrayals, immigration across the U.S.Mexico border is not at its highest levels in history.

“But there is a different demographic,” she said, “because we are seeing more women than ever before and more unaccompanied minors than ever before.”

When discussing what she learned as an actor in the simulation, Winter said that the “specific details” of each individual story really resonated with her.

“Right now, you hear so much about immigration and crossing the border,” she said, “and I think it’s so easy to label those people and to just see it as an illegal act.

We don’t always consider the people who are doing this or the reasons that they’re doing this, or the political

and economic factors in their own countries.”

It’s this kind of critical thinking which Cooley wants to inspire.

“A lot of this has to do with spurring dialogue,” she said. “We really hope that when they leave the room, they’ll have some new and perhaps better-informed perspectives about the issue that we’re trying to explore.”

Both participants and attendees said that the simulation also reminded them of the disconnect between role-playing the events and actually experiencing them firsthand.

“This is just a brief taste of what they go through,” Rasmussen said.

“What we do is a simulation, but there are people who experience the real-life thing,” Winter said.

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local food and film festival

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The UNI Muslim Students Association celebrated World Hijab Day on Monday, Feb. 26 in Maucker Union.

MSA hopes to deliver the right message about the hijab and how it alters perceptions of others, along with a woman’s feelings as a whole. As part of the World Hijab Day celebration, MSA challenged non-Muslim women to wear a hijab for a day.

In general, they want to raise awareness about Islam and promote a better understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims. In addition to World Hijab Day, they also host

a variety of other events.

“There are misconceptions about the hijab,” Yasin said.

“Some people say that we’re forced to wear them by men.

I have many friends whose moms decided not to put on the hijab, but their daughters do. It’s required by Islam after a woman hits puberty, but the choice to wear it is between her and God. It’s totally my choice.

I love my hijab and I love putting it on. It describes me and describes who I am.”

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groovy news SOFIA LEGASPI

Campus Life Editor

Music from Groovy News sounded throughout Maucker Union during the lunch hour on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

Vince Gotera, a professor of languages and literatures, played guitar while his daughter Amelia Gotera provided vocals.

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Their setlist included “Give Me One Reason,” “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” “Mr. Sandman” and other popular songs from the 60s to the present.

Groovy News was joined during some songs by languages and literatures associate professor Jim O’Loughlin on the harmonica.

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Panthers smash Aces 95-46 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

COLIN HORNING

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It was domination from start to finish for the UNI women’s basketball team last Sunday, Feb. 24, against the University of Evansville. The Panthers convincingly took care of the lowly Purple Aces with a final score of 95-46.

Five Northern Iowa women scored in double figures, with sophomore Nicole Kroeger leading the way with 22 points and four three-pointers.

Senior Mikaela Morgan tacked on 16 points and made four three-point shots herself, while Karli Rucker, Cynthia Wolf and Bre Gunnels each saw themselves in double figures as well. Heidi Hillyard led the

Panther women in rebounding with 10 for the game, followed by nine from Wolf.

The purple and gold were firing on all cylinders, as the home team made 57 percent of their total shots from the field, 44 percent from three-point range and 88 percent at the foul line.

A stout defensive effort held Evansville to only 32 percent overall shooting and an ice-cold 17 percent from three.

Taking advantage of points off of turnovers dominated this game, as UNI forced 14 turnovers from the visitors, resulting in 26 total points on the other end.

The Panthers themselves committed 11 turnovers for the game, but the Purple Aces were not able to take advantage as

they totaled a mere seven of their 46 points from turnovers.

The UNI reserves were also able to outplay their opponents, outscoring the Evansville bench 28-12.

With the win, the Panther women continued their ascent up the MVC standings, grabbing their fourth conference win in their last five games.

With a conference record of now 10-4 and an overall record of 17-9, things are looking promising for UNI to make a bid in the NCAA tournament in March.

Four regular-season games remain, two of which will be played in the McLeod Center before the Panthers travel to Moline, Ill., for the MVC tournament from Thursday through Sunday, March 14-17.

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Should I stay or should I go? The Zion edition OPINION

Sports Writer

The marquee game of the college basketball season between historic rivals Duke and North Carolina sparked a national debate about sitting out to avoid injury after Zion Williamson blew out the left side of his shoe.

The sea of Cameron Crazies fell silent just 30 seconds into the highly anticipated matchup when the 6’7, 280-pound Williamson tore through his shoe as he slid at the top of the key. Williamson is seemingly the first player to blow out a shoe since Calvin Cambridge in “Like Mike.”

All jokes aside, Williamson sliding caused him to suffer a mild knee sprain that kept him out of the historic matchup. Without their leader, Duke JACOB POTTER

wasn’t able to keep pace with North Carolina, falling 88-72.

After the game, Williamson was listed as day-to-day.

Williamson’s injury posed the question of whether he should sit out the rest of the season, including March Madness, in order to reduce the risk of injury that would affect his NBA draft stock.

Scottie Pippen spoke about Williamson sitting out prior to the injury, “For him as a young player, I would shut it down. I would stop playing because I feel that he could risk a major injury that could really hurt his career.”

The two opposing viewpoints in the Zion debate are sitting out to reduce the risk of injury or to continue playing to develop as a player and contend for a championship.

Many national pundits agree with Pippen.

“The fact that he has a lot of money riding on it and he’s getting paid nothing for college; the obvious decision is to not play and sit out. Wait till you get that big pay day,” Bomani Jones, co-host of ESPN’s “High Noon,” said.

Jay Williams, former NBA player and current ESPN college basketball analyst, concurred saying, “You have a chance to make a lot of money.

That’s a major, major decision, and you have to be able to compartmentalize your love for the game as opposed to the long end of the game business wise.”

Williams also said, “He doesn’t need to play anymore. There’s nothing else for Zion Williamson to prove on this level.”

Jalen Rose, former NBA player and current ESPN analyst, brought up a valid coun-

terargument, “He’s getting better instruction and coaching right now then he’s going to get next season. That’s an absolute fact. He gets a chance to play on a big stage. He gets a chance to develop his game, and I think he comes back and plays really well.”

Another reason to continue playing is that an injury can happen at any time.

“Even if he shuts it down, it’s not like he’s going and locking himself in a room. [If] he shuts it down he’s going to have a personal trainer, he’s going to be working out... So, if we talk about shutting it down, he really won’t be shutting it down,” Seth Greenberg, former college basketball coach and current ESPN college basketball analyst, said.

“His equipment malfunctioned. That’s what led

to his knee getting injured.

Therefore, if he’s working out in a gym somewhere and not playing at Duke that same thing could have happened,” Jalen Rose said.

Prior to the injury, Williamson addressed the topic of sitting out the season, “I can’t just stop playing.

I’d be letting my teammates down. I’d be letting Coach K down. I’d be letting a lot of people down. I came to Duke to play.”

The basketball world is waiting to see if Williamson will keep the same mentality after his injury. The safe and monetarily concious decision is to sit out; however, it will be difficult for Williamson to sit out with Duke poised as one of the top contenders to win a championship, not to mention the flood of criticism that would pore on Durham, N.C.

A tribute to Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki OPINION

JERRIUS CAMPBELL

Sports Writer

The NBA and collegiate regular season nears an end in the coming weeks. Notable NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade are in the final stretch of their careers, two outstanding ones closing out.

Nowitzki was drafted with the 9th pick of the 1998 NBA draft to the Milwaukee Bucks, who traded him on draft day to the Dallas Mavericks. Nowitzki went on to play 21 seasons, all in Dallas, being named to the All-Star team from 2002-2006.

The seven-footer won the NBA Finals in the 2011 season over

the Miami Heat and made a major impact to the NBA in every season he played in.

Although he has always been compared to Larry Bird, Celtics great, he will finish his career having made a name for himself. The Mavericks big man had a shot of his own and made defenders pay from deep to long-range for two decades.

Nowitzki will finish his career on 7th all-time in career points at 31,340.

Miami Heat star Wade faced off against Nowitzki numerous times over the years. The explosive guard was drafted fifth in the 2003 draft by the Heat and after 16 years in the NBA, Wade won three championships (2006,

2012, 2013) with his original franchise.

In the 2006 NBA finals alongside Shaquille O’Neal, Wade made his presence known by scoring 42 points in a close 98-96 win over the Mavericks in game three of the finals, catapulting a four-game winning streak to take home the championship. Wade would also score 36 points for the Heat in a hard fought 95-92 win to seal the Championship for Miami.

In 2011, current Lakers star LeBron James and Wade teamed up with Chris Bosh in Miami in light of making a Big Three in the East. The Big Three would not win the championship their first season

together in 2011, but after a few chemistry tweaks, the Heat landed two championships in 2012 and 2013.

Fans in the Miami area changed their nickname to Wade County after Wade made a very memorable career in Miami (Dade County).

For fans around the league, it is hard to grasp the fact that two legends will be finishing their careers in 2019.

Head Coach for the Los Angeles Clippers Doc Rivers expressed his appreciation in Monday night’s Clippers versus Mavericks game in Los Angeles. As Rivers publicly recognized Nowitzki, a roaring crowd greeted Nowitzki with

open arms as a living legend who will be missed by all sports fans.

For Wade, many players have expressed their appreciation for him as he finishes off his career on his home-court in Miami.

Players like Devin Booker, Bradley Beal and Hassan Whiteside all have spoken up in the farewell tour for Wade. Beal made it known that the only reason he wears the number three is due to Wade being his favorite basketball player.

Stories like this only come around so often, and it’s fascinating to reflect on such great players and what they have done for the sport of basketball.

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-Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Your career rises with focus and attention. Keep building toward your long-term vision. If you don’t have one, think about it and write something down.

-Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Plan a vacation or trip. Your wandering feet miss the road. Long distance adventures begin with one step. Learn, explore and discover the world.

-Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Discuss shared finances. Moves you make now can have

long-term benefit. Keep building your future fund.

Disciplined efforts succeed. Work together for shared gain.

-Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Collaborate for mutual support.

Shared interests deserve your attention. Keep your promises, and make new ones. You’re building something great together.

-Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -Today is an 8 -- Discipline with your health and fitness practices provides long-term benefits. Balance work, exercise and rest. Feed your energy with good food.

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-Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Lend a helping hand. Provide emotional and physical support to someone you love. Stand together.

Listen, and bear witness.

Keep showing up.

-Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Pour your creativity into making long-desired changes at home. Play with color, texture and lighting. Remove what doesn’t fit. A few upgrades make a big difference.

-Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Write, edit and publish. Your muses have an open con-

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Share what you’re learning. Reach out to your network.

-Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Push for a lucrative goal. Disciplined efforts succeed.

Reinforce foundational supports. There’s extra income available if you’re willing to go for it.

-Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Self-discipline is your secret power.

Keep things simple and frugal. Personal matters have your attention. Dress for success, and smile for the camera.

-Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- Listen to your intuition. Consider what’s ahead, and review plans behind closed doors. Contemplate different options and potential consequences. Strategize for later action.

-Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Huddle with your team. Solutions arise naturally when you work together. Others admire your fancy footwork.

Share tricks and techniques. Learn something new.

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