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Opinion Columnist Taylor Lien pays homage to the NBC sitcom.
BSU plans Black History Month events.
UNI wins against Missouri State and Evansville.
NISG engages students at open house LAUREN MCGUILL Staff Writer
On Wednesday, Jan. 29, Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) hosted their first open house event to inform students about what they do and how others can be involved and provide information about upcoming NISG elections. The open house marked the midpoint of “Engage with NISG Week,” Jan. 27-31, which also featured events such as the UNI Mock Caucus, Maucker Union Live with Senator Ryan Frank and the You’re Next! Political Conference. Wednesday’s open house took place in Maucker Union Ballroom from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Visitors were provided food and drinks and for the first 30 minutes had time to mingle with NISG members, followed by a ‘speed dating’ event from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Visitors were placed at a table with multiple NISG members from a certain
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position. Every seven minutes, the groups would switch. Bekah Bass, a junior sociology major with minors in Spanish and women’s and gender studies, is NISG’s Chief Justice and has been a part of NISG since her freshman year. Bass expressed her excitement at the opportunity to participate in the first NISG open house. “NISG does a lot of different things for the stu-
dent body. Even though we all may have separate goals, we’re all working together to make the student body and UNI better,” she said. “I think having this open house is a great opportunity for students to see more of what we do for the school and have a chance to get involved.” Bass also said students are welcome to sit in on NISG meetings to get a
“develop collaboration among faculty, staff, and students who are engaged in research and educational activities pertaining to the Arctic, remote, and cold regions,” according to its website. On Sept. 20, 2019, UNI’s ARCTICenter was elected a member of the UArctic, a network of nearly 200 universities, research institutes and other organizations dedicated to research and education in and about the North. “We have an opportunity to start a tradition that I hope in the future will be picked up across the world,” said ARCTICenter Director Andrey Petrov. “Arctic Day in January will be something we all celebrate together.” Friday’s morning session featured multiple speakers discussing the Arctic, UArctic opportunities for research and education and indigenous tribes in the United States. Petrov began the session
by giving a brief summary of the Arctic. He discussed the rapid environmental and social changes, the eight countries in the Arctic and the 30 that are interested in being part of the Arctic Council and the importance it has in developing solutions to combat climate change. “Some people think of the Arctic as the last chance to understand and deal with dramatic climate and social changes,” Petrov said. “I think, for science, the Arctic represents a critical area of inquiry where we could focus on the most important challenges and the most diverse knowledge systems and find solutions that can be applicable to the rest of the world.” UArctic President Lars Kullerud spoke at the session via Skype to give a summary of the organization, the state of their Arctic research and the multitude of thematic networks that foster issues-based
glimpse of what being a part of NISG is like. While NISG is always busy, this is a crucial time of the year for them because of the upcoming elections. Chase Collins, a senior economics major with an ethics minor, is an associate justice for NISG. Collins and his fellow justices have been looking forward to elections, one of their main responsibilities, for months.
“We’re always working, even if you can’t see us,” he said. “Part of our job is to enforce the rules and regulations of the elections and make sure everything runs smoothly. We’re also the ones who hand out punishments in case things go wrong. We would love to have more people involved and have more students share their voice about what is important to them.” See OPEN HOUSE, page 2
UNI observes inaugural ‘Arctic Day’ ANTHONY WITHEROW Staff Writer
Friday, Jan. 31 marked the inaugural “Arctic Day” on UNI’s campus as declared by the UNI ARCTICenter. In honor of the inauguration of Arctic Day, as well as the launch of University of the Arctic (UArctic) on campus, the ARCTICenter held a launch and information session in Rod Library at 11 a.m., followed by a presentation titled “The Peoples of Frozen II: the Saami Culture in the Arctic” held in the Innovative Teaching and Technology Center (ITTC) at 3 p.m. The second session was presented by Tatiana Egorova, a Saami scholar and director of the Indigenous Peoples Office at the Barents Secretariat in Murmansk, Russia. UNI’s ARCTICenter grew out of the Arctic Lab in 2011 and was established in 2015 by the Iowa Board of Regents. The center’s mission is to
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cooperation with networks focused on responding to topical issues in the area. “They cover all sorts of ideas,” Kullerud said. “They exist because researchers somewhere had the idea to create [a network]. If the members accept that idea to be worth becoming a group, then people from a few universities work together around it.”
The UArctic has various types of programs that facilitate student experiences, including their “north2north” mobility program, which provides opportunities to study in different parts of the North. Students can improve their knowledge on about Arctic people and issues by taking courses at another circumpolar institution. See ARCTIC DAY, page 5
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Iowa braces for 2020 caucuses FEBRUARY 3, 2020 |
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Throughout 2019 and the first month of 2020, all eyes have been on Iowa as the first-in-the-nation caucus approaches this evening, Monday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. A record-breaking 28 Democrats threw their hat into the ring to become the nation’s nominee. Since President Donald Trump is the incumbent, it is more than likely that he will be awarded the GOP’s nomination. However, a few have fought to run against him within the Republican party, including former congressman Joe Walsh and former Mass. governor Bill Weld. Still, attention will be mainly focused on the Democratic caucus. Here are the candidates in no particular order: Former Vice President Joe Biden Did they visit UNI? No; however, he has made stops in Waterloo, most recently on Feb. 1 at the Cattle Congress. According to his official campaign website, the former vice president hopes to rebuild the middle class,
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Each table at the open house provided information about their position and responsibilities. For example, Campus Relations discussed their menstrual products donation drive, which collects donations of menstrual protects and distributes them to various bathrooms throughout campus. They’ve also worked with the Panther Pantry in the past and hosted a food drive. No matter what you’re passionate about, according to NISG members, chances are there is a position for you. For interested students, here are the steps on how to
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“demonstrate respected leadership on the world stage” and work towards a more inclusive democracy.
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg Did they visit UNI? Yes, he visited Maucker Union on Jan. 15. Mayor Pete says on his website that he aims to “reclaim the values that drive our policy decisions.” “The purpose of the presidency is to empower and unify the country, focusing on the values we share as Americans and letting them lead us in a progressive way,” Buttigieg said during his Jan. 15 UNI town hall. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Did they visit UNI? Yes, he visited UNI in Sept. 2019. Surrogates Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and filmmaker Michael Moore also visited to stump for Sanders at UNI on Jan. 25. The senator’s main focus for his campaign has been “Medicare For All,” the Green New Deal and canceling student debt. “College should be available to all people, regardless of their income,” Sanders run for office, as provided by NISG: 1. Pick up an NISG election packet from the NISG office or designated pick-up location (see nisg.uni.edu for locations). 2. Read and complete NISG election packet. 3. Gather signatures (100 for presidential/vice presidential candidates, 25 for senators) on your petition between Feb. 10 and 14. 4. Turn in completed election packet by 6 p.m. on Feb. 14 to the NISG office. This gets your name on the ballot. 5. Encourage others to vote on MyUNIverse on Feb. 25 and 26. 6. Turn in a final finance report to the NISG office by 6 p.m. on Feb. 26.
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said during a Sept. 9 rally in UNI’s West Gym.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren Did they visit UNI? Yes, she visited on Oct. 22 in the West Gym. Warren is best known for having a plan for everything. Her latest plans include fighting digital disinformation, preventing and treating infectious disease outbreaks and restoring “integrity and competence” to the government. Billionaire Tom Steyer Did they visit UNI? Yes, he visited UNI on Oct. 21 in Maucker Union. Steyer is most known for his work with advocacy group NextGen and the “Need to Impeach” movement after President Trump took office. His main focuses for the presidency is structural reform, climate change and the economy. Andrew Yang Did they visit UNI? No, but he did make campaign stops in Waterloo. Yang’s top policies are universal basic income, “Medicare For All” and human-centered capitalism.
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Colorado Senator Michael Bennet Did they visit UNI? No. According to his campaign website, his goals for his presidency are to drive economic opportunity, restore American values and fix “broken” politics.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Did they visit UNI? No. Bloomberg’s top issues on his campaign website include the economy, career and technical education and climate change. Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Did they visit UNI? No. Some of the congresswoman’s top campaign issues include reprioritizing U.S. citizens, civil liberties and protections and criminal justice reform. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar Did they visit UNI? No; however, her daughter, Abigail Bessler, stumped for her mom on Jan. 23. Klobuchar also visited Cedar Falls on Feb. 1. Klobuchar’s top issues featured on her campaign website include health care, shared prosperity and cli-
mate change.
Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick Did they visit UNI? No. The former governor is running on his “Deval for All” policy platform, which includes economic growth, education investment, reformation of systems such as health care, immigration and criminal justice, democracy reformation and rebuilding American power and influence. Prior to the caucus, the Des Moines Register was scheduled to release poll data on Feb. 1. However, the Register decided not to release it due to an “issue with the way the survey was administered,” according to a press release on the Register’s website. In the most recent Register poll, Sanders polled in first place, followed by Warren, Buttigeig and Biden in second, third and fourth, respectively. To find your Democratic caucus precinct, visit w w w. i w i l l v o t e . c o m / locate/?lang=en&state=IA. For Republican caucus precincts, visit www.iowagop. org/2020-caucus-locations.
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An ode to NBC’s ‘The Good Place’ TAYLOR LIEN
Opinion Columnist
NBC’s “The Good Place” aired its series finale on Thursday night. I’ve been following this show since midway through the first season. This show has grown to be one of the most personally important shows I’ve ever watched for a list of reasons too long to recount. “Whenever You’re Ready” was the perfect ending to a show that had taken on the stakes of the entire universe. It was quiet in its delivery and it forced the audience to confront it’s mortality in a way that it never quite had before. For those of you who are unfamiliar, “The Good Place” was a sitcom on NBC airing from 2016-2020 starring Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D’Arcy Carden and Manny Jacinto. It follows the recently-deceased Eleanor Shellstrop (Bell) as she maneuvers the Good Place, a Heavenlike posthumous destination. Based on her actions on Earth, she quickly realizes that she doesn’t belong in the Good Place and enlists the help of philosopher Chidi Anagonye (Jackson Harper). This finale definitely had less jokes than other episodes but it served to never cheapen the message of the finale: life is precious because it is limited. We don’t know what happens next, but hopefully it’s peaceful. That’s a lot for a network television show to take
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on, especially one that pitches itself as a sitcom. Much of the show name-dropped a lot of Western philosophers including Emmanuel Kant, Plato, Socrates and Kierkegaard. Yet, the finale took on a much more Eastern worldview with Chidi (Jackson Harper) discussing one Buddhist perspective on death. The entire episode centers around making your final peace with the world and the characters deliver it beautifully. That didn’t mean I wasn’t sobbing my way through it. It’s easy to say the finale was a pivot and, in a lot of ways, it wasn’t like many of the other episodes that had preceded it. For me, it was exactly the type of finale I wanted. My favorite television finales are
the ones that bend the rules of the show to fit the emotional catharsis we want for the characters. One of these is “One Last Ride” from “Parks and Recreation,” which happens to be another Michael Schur project. That finale takes us through the future of every character in a beautiful and satisfying way. “The Good Place” managed a similar concept, but in its own imagined afterlife way. A finale is never going to satisfy everyone. The fact that a show like this found its audience on network television is something that will never cease to amaze me. Despite how you may feel about how things ended, it is a massive feat in 2020 to have a show like “The Good Place” air for the
exact number of episodes the creator intended. This show will be written about for years to come for its accomplishments in turning the sitcom concept on its head. Yet, I think it is impossible to talk about this show without discussing the way that in a time where network television is usually making safer bets, NBC bet on “The Good Place.” Michael Schur and many other people involved with the show have talked about the ways in which NBC has been very generous to the show and its production. This type of kindness from a network makes me hopeful for the future of television. In an age where Artificial Intelligence is being developed to create movie scripts that an
algorithm has said will sell tickets, this is the type of show we as consumers deserve. It is comforting to know while living in a time where ethical or moral choices are harder and more complicated than ever, there is a show that holds your hand and makes jokes to help the medicine go down. It is obvious while watching the finale of this show, that everyone in front of and behind the camera loved working on this show. When watching a show as intimate and personal as this one, it feels like an added bonus that everyone on the show actually loves each other that much. Shows like “The Good Place” don’t come along all the time. If they did, it wouldn’t be special. Something about this show, no matter how many times I rewatch it, will never fail to feel unmatched. Watching it for four years (mostly) in real time felt like I and everyone else on the Internet who won’t shut up about this show were in this together. I will probably never stop recommending this show to anyone who will listen, but I will never get tired of my friends texting me about season one finale twist, or the heartbreak at the end of the third. This show underscores what it’s like to be human and the most universal experience we will ever have, death. It’s beautiful that in life, a show about death has brought so many of us together. Now, go do something good.
Is gamification the future of productivity? EMERSON SLOMKA
Opinion Columnist
In our society, there’s an interesting dichotomy that exists in our daily lives: work and play. Work is the necessary evil that pays the bills, while play is keeps us motivated and amused in-between shifts. We see these two activities as being polar
opposites — work drains our motivation while play refuels it and refreshes us. However, a modern philosophy known as gamification challenges this notion, arguing that work and play are far more similar than we often realize and can actually be combined to make our daily lives much more satisfying and fulfilling. Merriam-Webster defines
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gamification as “the process of adding games or game-like elements to something [such as a task] so as to encourage participation.” While the word “gamification” is relatively new, being coined in 2002, the concept certainly isn’t. According to Mark J. Nelson’s publication “Soviet and American precursors to the gamification of work,” gamification played a major role in keeping workers of the Soviet Union motivated without monetary incentives, encouraging competition between both individuals and factories to see who was the most productive. Many workplaces around the world utilize this style of morale-boosting to this day and incorporate game-like elements into their daily workplace routines. However, gamification is not confined to corporations. Many people take advantage of apps like Habitica, a chore-tracking app that com-
bines household tasks with RPG-style quests, and Nerd Fitness, a fitness website based on fantasy and science fiction. Users of Nerd Fitness are encouraged to select a “class” based on Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy games, such as warrior (for strengthbased weight-lifters), scout (for endurance runners) and monk (for agile martial arts users). Not even the scientific community is excluded from the benefits of gamification — Foldit, a game produced by the University of Washington, is an online puzzle game that allows players to contribute to scientific research by having players competitively “fold the best proteins,” something that computers’ algorithms are far inferior to human intuition at achieving. Within three weeks of the game being online, researchers at the University of Washington discovered the structure of the enzyme
which causes reproduction of the AIDS virus — something biochemists had been baffled by for nearly a decade. By turning research into a competitive game, over 57,000 players were inspired to contribute to science without so much as stepping foot into a laboratory. When we begin to think about our lives from a gamified standpoint, we can see some interesting parallels between work and play. Gamification takes advantage of our innate psychology by allowing us to set goals, watch our progress and compete our way to the top, rewarding us when we achieve our goals and best our opponents, all while providing some level of escapism. When we gamify our lives, every floor we sweep is a level to clear, every weight we lift raises our strength skill and every customer we please is another battle we win.
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Black History Month with BSU FEBRUARY 3, 2020 |
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ALEX JOHNSON Staff Writer
UNI’s Black Student Union (BSU) will host several events this February in observation of Black History Month.
The first event is the BSU Kickoff on Monday, Feb. 3 from 12 to 2 p.m. in Maucker Union. BSU Secretary Laito Zarkpah, a third-year political science major, described the kick-off as a “flash mob/ peaceful protest.” The event will “increase awareness of the culture, various challeng-
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es, and achievements of the people in the black community,” according to event publicity. The following day on Feb. 4, students will be able to share and observe poetry and creative dance during “Poetic Justice,” held in the Maucker Union Hemisphere Lounge
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from 7 to 10 p.m. The event, Zarkpah explained, will allow contestants to voice their emotions through poetry, as well as compete for a first place prize. Students will be able to further express themselves during the BSU Awards talent show in Lang Hall on Friday, Feb. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. The ever-popular BSU Skate Party will take place on Saturday, Feb. 15 in the Wellness and Recreation Center basketball courts from 6 to 9 p.m. BSU President Paris Haywood, third-year business marketing major, emphasized this years’ glowin-the-dark theme and R&B music. Some skates will be provided. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, black and educated (BAE) professionals will gather in the Maucker Union ballrooms to speak about their journeys through the educational system, challenges faced with earing their degrees and struggles with white-washed history. The first floor of Lang Hall will be converted into the “Tunnel of Oppression” from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb.
20. Participants will learn about the range of oppressions African-Americans face, such as micro-aggression and colorism, “through depictions of scenes and scenarios from various time periods,” event publicity reads. “[Even] if you don’t go to anything else, go to the Tunnel of Oppression” Zarkpah said. The Gift of Life Church in Waterloo invites UNI community members to a church service followed by a “Soul Food Dinner” at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23. BSU will provide transportation from campus to the church. A final Black History Month event titled “Toast for Change” will be held in the Commons Ballroom from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 1. The event will recognize graduating BSU members and thank sponsors, advisors and members for their efforts to create positive change on UNI’s campus. More information can be found on the organization’s Facebook page UNI BSU, Twitter and Instagram @UNIBSU or by emailing bsu@uni.edu.
Panther PORTRAIT: hot topics with sae CECILIA MITCHELL
Associate Campus Life Editor
Improv comedy group Some Assembly Required (SAE) presented their first show of the semester on the evening of Friday, Jan. 31 at ThreeHouse: A Wesley Foundation. “Hot Topics” featured a “variety of
short and long form improv games,” according to SAE’s Facebook page. Admission was free with a suggested $1 donation to the troupe. SAE members dressed up in outfits reminiscent to the Hot Topic mall store style, a theme also harkened to in the event poster for the show.
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“If you’re a student in Iowa and you’d like to visit the North, we have programs that can help you do that, including the north2north scholarship system,” Kullerud said. “I also know that students from the North would much likely want to go to you to study, so you should also find a way to join [north2north] and invite students to you.”
The Indigenous peoples of the Arctic was another big talking point of the day. The Arctic is a homeland for many Indigenous tribes and a space of Indigenous knowledge that has a strong sustainability element. Mary Youngbear, registrar for the Meskwaki Cultural Center and Museum in Tama, Iowa, spoke about indigenous tribes in North America. She encouraged everyone in the audience to acknowledge the history of
the over 500 North American tribes and take every opportunity they can to learn their history. “Everywhere you go in this state, there’s a history of other tribes,” Youngbear said. “This land has all of their memories — all their ceremonies, all the songs, they’re still here.” For those seeking more information about the department and student opportunities, the UNI ARCTICenter office is located in ITTC 348.
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Panthers defeat Bears, Aces PATRICK HANSEN
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Forward Austin Phyfe shoots for two points against the Missouri State Bears on Jan. 29.
The UNI men’s basketball team has continued their winning ways as the Panthers have taken down the Missouri State Bears and the Evansville Aces in the past week to improve their record to 19-3 on the season, remaining undefeated at home. As Missouri State rolled into Cedar Falls, the Bears came out ready to play as they went back and forth with the Panthers throughout the first ten minutes of play, bringing the score to 23-21 with the Panthers leading the game. Following a Trae Berhow three-pointer, the Panthers went on a hot streak in the final ten minutes, going into halftime with a 51-31 lead thanks to nine first-half turnovers. “I thought tonight was maybe as good of a night as we’ve had in terms of handling some of the traps,” said head coach Ben Jacobson. The Panthers started off the second half shooting a high percentage from behind the arc to keep extending the Panther lead. AJ Green led the way for the Panthers with 27 points, 8-8 on free throws and six rebounds.
All five UNI starters hit double digits in points and the team shot 53 percent from three-point range to propel the Panthers to the 95-66 win. Isaiah Brown finished with 16 points and nine assists. He attributed his success to his teammates. “It’s easy to get assists when you got people like this on your team like this. Trae, Phyfe, Spence, you know, when they’re open you can almost count it. I was just turning down good looks for great looks,” Brown said. Three days later, the Panthers traveled out to Evansville, Ind., in a battle with the Evansville Aces. The Panthers started out the first half giving away eight turnovers and grabbing eight steals. Freshman Noah Carter led the first-half scoring
with eight points. The Panther defense held the Aces to just 26 percent shooting, grabbing 16 points as UNI took a 30-16 point lead into halftime. The Panthers seemed to be facing a whole new team in the second half as Evansville opened up hitting their first eight attempts, bringing the Panther lead to four points, although UNI was able to maintain their lead throughout the rest of the game. The Aces posted 52 points in the second half, compared to the Panthers’ 50 as UNI grabbed their 19th win on the season, advancing to 8-2 in conference play. The Panthers will make the trip to take on Valparaiso on Feb. 5 with a 7 p.m. tip-off time, followed by a return home to host the Drake Bulldogs on Feb. 8 at 3 p.m.
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Panther Train moves to first in Big 12 conference BRIELLE KIEWIET Sports Writer
The Panther wrestling team traveled to Norman, Okla., for a Big 12 competition against the University of Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday, Feb. 1. With a 25-13 win over the Sooners, the Panthers are now first in the Big 12 standings. “That has to be a hallmark of our program,” said head coach Doug Schwab. “Every single time we step out there we will give 420 seconds, we will fight from start to finish, we will give the extra effort. And not for us, you know, for each other. For our team, for something bigger
than us.” Jay Schwarm (125) started the Panthers off with a pin at the 1:16 mark, giving them an early 6-0 lead. Recording his 12th pin of the season, Schwarm is tied for number one in the NCAA. The Sooners quickly tied it up with a decision over Jack Skudlarczyk (133), and fifteenth-ranked Michael Blockhus fell against UO’s fifth-ranked wrestler in a sudden victory. UNI regained the lead 9-6 when Max Thomsen (149) recorded two takedowns and an escape. Paden Moore (157) fell 10-2 to No. 20 Justin Thomas. “That’s something as a coach, you have to stay in the
moment and be aware and keep them in the moment, but then you also have to, kind of, have the big picture in mind,” said coach Schwab. “That’s what we’re trying to do with our guys. We’re trying to keep them in the moment as much as possible.” Austin Yant (165), added a 10-0 major decision and recorded multiple takedowns, giving the Panthers a 13-10 lead. Taylor Lujan (184), followed with a 9-3 win over UO’s Darrien Roberts. At 197, Isaiah Patton fell 5-2 against OU’s Jake Woodley. Heavyweight Carter Isley ended the night with the team’s
second pin, giving the Panthers the 12-point win. The Panthers are now 5-1 in the Big 12 conference and 6-3
in the season. Next, they return to the West Gym to host the Mountaineers of West Virginia on Friday, Feb. 14.
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TRACK & FIELD
UNI competes in Iowa’s Black & Gold Invitational COLIN HORNING
Sports Editor
Track and field season is now in full-swing as the Panthers traveled to Iowa City for the Black & Gold Invitational over the weekend. After a strong showing, Northern Iowa would take the top-five spots in the shot-put along with three top-three finishes across the
board. Northern Iowa senior Darius King took home first place in the shot-put with a throw of 18.37 meters. Coming right behind King would be his teammate Keegan Tritle with his throw of 17.9 meters. They were followed by fellow Panther throwers Tom Yezek, Kyler Yodts and William Blaser, as the Panther men swept the
top five spots in the shot-put. Senior Alanna Nietert set a career-best throw of 19.10 meters, placing her at third overall in the Missouri Valley Conference and 58th overall in the NCAA. Panther sprinter Isaiah Trousil took home second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.35 seconds. He now sits at first place in the MVC and 59th overall in
the NCAA. Senior C.J. May recorded a career-best mile time of 4:12.34, placing him third overall in the meet. May currently sits at second place in the MVC. On the relay side, the UNI women took home fourth place with their 3:53.16 time and now sit at third in the conference. The men’s team placed second with a time of 3:13.94, and are now at the
top in the conference. Up next for the Panthers will be a split meet next weekend from Feb. 7 to Feb. 8. Part of the team will head to Lincoln, Neb., with the others traveling to South Bend, Ind. The will return home for the Missouri Valley Indoor Championships, held in the UNI-Dome from Saturday, Feb. 29 through Sunday, March 1.
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Down 1 Yalta Conf. attendee 2 Mauna __ Observatory 3 Rainbow shape 4 Corporate acquisition 5 Drill parts 6 Like some directors’ editions
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47 Poem of praise 48 “The thing is ... “ 49 Big Apple power company 53 Big and strong 54 Roman who wrote “The History of Rome” 55 Puzzle-solving asset 57 Unconscious state 58 Gridiron infraction, and a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across 63 Quaint oath 64 Otherworldly 65 Rooms to Go rival 66 Singer Lovett 67 One with piece offerings? 68 Sleep in a tent
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Across 1 Like much desert terrain 5 Constructed 10 Modeling material 14 Latina toon explorer 15 Bay of Bengal nation 16 Ceviche flavoring 17 Exclusive place for tennis 19 Slavic John 20 Come next 21 Tizzy 22 Keyboard slips 25 Unpredictable leg joint 29 Cleaver nickname 30 Rapper __ Rida 31 Balls in coin-op machines, say 32 Throat condition 34 Ed who plays Santa in “Elf ” 36 Con’s opposite 37 Skeet enthusiast 40 Salary 42 Game console button 43 Mary, Queen of __ 46 Air quality watchdog: Abbr.
7 Car waiting at the airport, maybe 8 Lucy who voices Master Viper in the “Kung Fu Panda” films 9 It might be opened in a bar 10 Sound of toasts 11 Walking, talking example 12 Hobbyist 13 Urge 18 USCG rank 21 Hybrid apparel 22 “Miracle Workers” (2019) network 23 “Is it soup __?” 24 Fun-loving type 26 On the other hand 27 Geppetto’s goldfish 28 Angsty rock genre 33 Send-up 34 Burros 35 “That’s all __ wrote” 38 Spa treatment, for short 39 Drawn from various sources 40 Upper-bod muscle 41 Words of regret 44 Tyke on a trike 45 Where thunderheads form 50 Get away from 51 Skateboard stunt 52 Circus clown’s collection 53 “__ Dark Materials”: HBO fantasy series 56 Code carrier 57 Animation frame 58 Distant 59 SweetWater Georgia Brown, e.g. 60 Alias letters 61 Sleep cycle 62 Put to use
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TOM STEYER, DEMOCRAT FOR PRESIDENT
This is the election that will determine the course of all our lives. Trump has made it clear that he is willing to destroy our health and our planet to please the oil and gas industry. We must stop him. We can safeguard our futures while restoring the health of the planet. We can become global leaders again through climate action. And together, we can win. Regardless of who you’re voting for in 2020, I know you’ll show up. I know you’ll speak out. I know you’ll vote, because there’s so much at stake — everything. Let’s save the world, and let’s do it together.
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