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Campbell, Lawther to see changes in fall CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer

Recontracting is about to begin for the 2021-22 academic year, amidst major changes regarding residence halls for the upcoming fall semester. Campbell Hall will only be used for isolation and quarantine, and Lawther will be shifting triple suites into double suites, while semi-private suites will be converted to single rooms.

Although there is a possibility COVID-19 will not be a major issue this fall with the vaccine rollout, the Department of Residence has decided to take a more cautious approach to the upcoming fall semester.

“With contracting starting now for the fall semester, we must be prepared should we need those spaces come this fall,” said Director of Residence Life Nick Rafanello. “By making the decision now, we do not disrupt the contracting process, nor disrupt residents once they have selected a room and/or moved in and then ask them to relocate.”

Campbell Hall, located on the north side of campus, was chosen for quarantine and isolation because it currently contains the most isolation

spaces. Other isolation spaces this year were housed within Noehren Hall.

“We have developed procedures that work efficiently and effectively within Campbell,” Rafanello said.

“Additionally, it is centrally located to dining options and nearest to the catering kitchen in Commons (Ballrooms) where meals for students in isolation are cooked and packaged for delivery.”

No plans have been made regarding Campbell beyond the 2021-22 academic year.

Freshman Campbell resident Samantha Davis was saddened to hear about the decision to convert Campbell into an isolation and quarantine-only dorm.

“The community in Campbell has been really interactive, and I’ve loved the rooms and lounges,” Davis said. “It’s been especially great to be a desk assistant in Campbell and see so many of the residents each day, and I’ll miss them next year when we’re spread out in different residence halls. I was pretty disappointed when I found out I couldn’t (recontract), but I understood why Campbell would make a good place for isolation.”

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As recontracting approaches the DOR decided Campbell Hall will be used for only isolation and quarantine rooms.

Statue returns to Redeker SHAWN BURRAGE

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As several students noticed UNI crew workers reinstalling “The Three Acrobats” sculpture in front of the Redecker Center on Wednesday, Jan. 20, some were left wondering when and why it was taken down in the first place.

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“The Three Acrobats” sculpture proudly stands tall once again outside of the Redecker Center in a slightly different location.

researching and conserving the piece in house since it was first removed during the summer of 2019.

The sculpture, originally named “The Three Acrobats,” and more commonly referred to as just “The Acrobats,” was installed on UNI’s campus in 1965 by artist Edmund Whiting. The sculpture, made with a fiberglass shell, had begun to age and crack, allowing the internal metal structure to rust.

This was the first time this piece was ever removed from its original installation site and conserved. When asked about the conversation process, Hedley stated, “The conservation process was a

very thorough and in-depth process, requiring a lot of time and attention. We first removed any broken pieces of the fiberglass shell, also removing any rust or lichens that had accumulated on the surface.”

She continued, “Then, we went over the internal metal skeleton, repaired any broken areas and filled the voids with marine-grade foam to protect the structure from further rust and damage. Finally, we patched the broken areas, paying close attention to the form of the piece, keeping true to the artist’s original intent and vision.”

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COVID-19 updates: U.K. variant in Iowa, winter masking tips ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor

The UNI COVID-19 Response Team this week urged caution and vigilance among the UNI community as a variant of the COVID-19 virus was announced to have been detected in Iowa for the first time.

On Monday, Feb. 1, the Iowa Department of Public Health confirmed three cases of the B.1.1.7 (UK) variant in Iowa, including one case in nearby Bremer County. The other two cases, according to KWQC in Davenport, are located in Johnson County.

Health officials believe the B.1.1.7 strain can spread easier than the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, but that it does not appear to cause more severe

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Triple and semi-private suites within Lawther Hall will become doubles and singles, respectively, in the fall.

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illness. The current COVID-19 vaccines are also considered to be effective against the variant strain.

“The arrival of this variant to Iowa underscores the importance of wearing a face covering, physically distancing, washing your hands and completing the Panther Health Survey,” the COVID-19 Response Team wrote. “The CDC is working to learn more about the various COVID-19 variants and UNI’s COVID-19 Response Team, in collaboration with our public health partners, is monitoring the situation closely.”

In their message, the COVID-19 Response Team also addressed a unique aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic: the difficulties of mask-wearing in winter weather.

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UNI will receive additional COVID-19 relief funding UNI will receive more than $3 million in COVID-19 relief funding as part of the latest federal aid package, but administrators have not yet decided how that money will be disbursed to students.

This funding is available through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA), which gave the U.S. Department of Education about $22.7 billion to distribute to institutions of higher education through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II).

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drop in the next week, including several days with highs in the negative degrees, the message emphasized that scarves, ski masks and other similar winter gear are not suitable for preventing COVID-19 transmission, since they are typically made of loosely knit fabrics.

These items should instead be worn over a mask, according to the CDC. “Along with exposure to snow or rain, your mask can become wet just from breathing in cold air, which makes it less effective,” the email stated. “A wet mask is harder to breathe through, is less efficient at filtering and vents more around the edges. Be sure to change your mask if it’s wet… (and) if your reusable mask becomes wet, the CDC recommends you put it in a sealed plastic bag until it can be washed.”

next fall. Over the past two years, there has been a growing demand from the student body for more single room options.

“The number of new freshmen was up this year, and early indications are for another good freshmen class this fall,” Rafanello said. “However, it is too early to tell just where enrollment will be for next year. That said, we have found students increasingly interested in single room options. The past few years, we have advertised this during recontracting — for students to contract for a super single room if they would like one.”

Same room reservations begin Feb. 8, with same space roommate selection opening on Feb. 11 and priority room reservations starting Feb. 15. For more information about recontracting and on-campus housing options for the 2021-2022 academic year, visit dor.uni.edu.

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Timothy Bakula, Director of the Office of the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, told the NI in an email on Jan. 31 that UNI will receive $3,809,369 in relief funds for students.

“However, we’re still in the planning stages of how we will identify students for these funds, determine dollars amounts and make awards,” he wrote.

The funding is similar to the more than $3 million which UNI received under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) of March 2020 but with several distinctions.

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institutions prioritize students with exceptional need, such as students who receive Pell Grants, in awarding financial aid grants to students.

However, students do not need to be only Pell recipients or students who are eligible for Pell grants. In addition, the CRRSAA explicitly provides that financial aid grants to students may be provided to students exclusively enrolled in distance education.

Bakula noted that the UNI Senior Leadership team will be finalizing the plan for releasing these new funds to students within the next few weeks. The Northern Iowan will continue to report on the situation.

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The Iowa Caucuses: one year later JACOB MADDEN

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One year ago yesterday, the 2020 Iowa Caucuses launched.

All eyes were on Democrats with a wide-open field. Elizabeth Warren had peaked early, some candidates had already dropped out and Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders were slugging it out for the momentum a win in Iowa would give them. Then, the whole thing came off the rails. I would know; I was in the room.

I started working at the Iowa Democratic Party in May of 2019 and began working closely with the caucus team in November of 2019. I, like every other staff member at the Iowa Democratic Party, worked diligently to fulfill the promise we had made to Iowans: the 2020 caucuses would be the most

accessible, successful caucuses ever held.

I do want to include a disclaimer here: I was not privy to every conversation, and I was not a high-level decision-maker. The post-mortem report commissioned by the IDP only spoke to senior staff, and I did not speak with anyone internally, which is in part why I am writing this, but I can’t speak for all of the junior staff who were there at the time. I was, however, involved in many of the processes that built the caucuses.

The big problem, as I observed, which was backed up by the post-mortem report, was the intercession of the DNC into the caucus process. Specifically, the DNC placed a tremendously high bar on the IDP for changes it needed to make to the caucuses. Development of the reporting app did not begin until October of 2019, due in large

part to drawn out negotiations with the DNC and the failure of the reporting portion of the app was precipitated by a DNC requirement for raw data sharing, which was not proposed until days before the caucuses.

Even beyond the app, during the night I had to call a friend to bring reams of paper to the boiler room at midnight because we had to manually receive caucus results. I chaired three different precinct caucuses at assisted living facilities around the state over the phone because satellite caucus chairs — which were recruited by a campaign — failed to appear. We had a box in the boiler room with tickets so beyond fixing we could not address them immediately. Those are just a few choice examples among many.

Certainly the DNC was right to impose goals and changes on the caucuses to improve them

in any number of ways — and I’m glad they did — but their approach to meeting those goals meant that the small team at the IDP was hung out to dry while the DNC sought political cover and the national press piled on.

There were massive improvements made in 2020. Assisted living facilities held caucuses, we had our first deaf and hard of hearing caucus, virtually every caucus-goer will tell you that the rules changes made the caucuses efficient in the room and they were far more enjoyable than the 2016 caucuses.

But the problems that exist are going to remain systemic unless big changes are made to the caucus process. The satellite caucuses were a great start, but they were not as accessible as a virtual caucus would have been. We could have hired more accessibility staff earlier, and more. There are lots of things

that would be positive changes to the Iowa Caucuses, but I don’t think they can ever be “fixed.”

I do hope that the ideals of the caucuses, however, will remain a part of our nomination process on both sides of the aisle: incentivizing rural representation, encouraging community organizing, party building and allowing small states to have a voice in the nomination process. Ultimately, I want South Carolina to move to the front of the nominating calendar in 2024, and with Jaime Harrison at the head of the DNC it seems likely to happen. For representation alone, it would be a step in the right direction. Besides, I’d like to see someone else take a stab at being the center of the political universe because — having been there — it’s a lot harder than it looks.

While the military coup should be rightly condemned, and while we should have no sympathy for the Burmese military, the truth is, as in the case of Thailand, that the military has always been in power.

While allowing elections to take place in 2015, and allowing a civilian government to develop, this development was mostly for the sake of appearance, with the military not only retaining one-fourths of the seats in Parliament, but also control over its operations and heavy influence over the executive branch. So, this “coup” does little more than allow appearances to once again match reality, as the Burmese military formally reasserts control of the coun-

try.

One result of this military coup is it frames Aung San Suu Kyi and her administration as the martyrs in this operation, and the narrative becomes framed around their successful return to power as the goal. Protests outside the Burmese Embassy in Thailand included people holding framed photos of Suu Kyi, advocating her return to power. However, heroizing Suu Kyi is an inherently fraught gesture, and one that the international community has already partook in.

Before “coming to power” Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her supposed “struggle for democracy.” However, Carlos Sardiña Galache, in his text “The Burmese Labyrinth,” notes that, even when campaigning, Suu

Kyi and her political party never spoke of a concrete political program or advocated for any set of policies.

Once Suu Kyi was elected, it became clear that she did not have real power and was now simply in collusion with the very military that she had verbally lambasted for decades.

This was the inevitable conclusion, since the military had willingly allowed this civilian administration to form, and they had no reason to willingly give up power. It is also unclear that Suu Kyi even wants anything different. Perhaps most notably, when the military began and continued its genocide against the Rohingya, Suu Kyi was quiet on the issue. She even trafficked in far-right conspiracy theories herself that the Rohingya were not actually Burmese but

in fact recent immigrants from Bangladesh. This conspiracy theory has been used by elements of Buddhist nationalists to rhetorically buttress the genocide against the Muslim minority, and Suu Kyi was repeating this very same talking point, hence why defending Suu Kyi is dangerous.

The Burmese military should not be in power. They are the ones who began the genocide against the Rohingya.

However, that does not mean that Suu Kyi should be in power either.

It’s clear that “democracy” for Burma only means the continued annihilation of the Rohingya, making the only option a step beyond democracy, not backwards into the military regime again, but a form that transcends democracy.

“Will a union provide better wages and benefits?” to which they answer, “A union cannot guarantee better wages and benefits. With union negotiations, you could end up with more, the same… or less than what you make today,” but fail to mention that these conditions also apply to a non-unionized Amazon.

Attempts at unionizing have been made in the past, but Amazon’s strict monitoring of unionization efforts and aggressive methods of union-busting have prevented them from succeeding. In 2019, Amazon employee Justin Rashad Long was fired for attempting to unionize workers in a Staten Island fulfillment center, with Amazon citing that he was fired for a safety violation, though the violation he was fired for typically only warranted a twoweek suspension. The Retail, Wholesale and Department

Store Union came to his defense, but Long was never rehired. In 2020, the same fulfilment center fired Christian Smalls, who organized a walkout to protest unsafe working conditions.

Legally, Amazon is allowed to express anti-union sentiments, but the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) grants employees the right to form or join unions, take coordinated action (such as protesting) to improve their working conditions or to refrain from such activities. The firings of Justin Rashad Long and Christian Smalls were unjust, but since they technically were not fired for their activism, very little action could be taken legally.

Obviously Amazon has strong anti-union sentiments – but why? Of course, it’s clear that Amazon doesn’t have its workers’ best interests in mind – unsafe working conditions, frequent injuries and long hours

prove that the wellbeing of workers is low on Amazon’s list of priorities. However, cutting corners is what makes Amazon the commerce giant they are, and if unionization helps workers not be exploited, Amazon’s productivity suffers. Unions give power to the workers, and this is precisely what Amazon is afraid of.

Companies taking anti-union stances is nothing new. In fact, union-busting dates back to the Industrial Revolution, and the first “Red Scare” lead to many violent confrontations between union members and law enforcement, including the Everett Massacre, in which local authorities confronted members of the anarchistic labor union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), resulting in five union member deaths and 27 injuries. The ways that unions are demonized within American society have evolved,

but the sentiment has stayed the same: workers who organize are powerful, and this is incredibly intimidating to those in charge.

While Amazon has desperately tried to paint their anti-union campaign as being in the best interest of their workers, the reality is that they’re terrified of their workers finally having a voice and being able to advocate for their rights. Out of all southern states, Alabama has the highest percentage of union members, and Bessemer in particular has a strong history with the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. If Amazon workers in Bessemer vote to unionize, it will send a strong (and necessary) message to Amazon that workers are tired of unfair and inhumane working conditions, and potentially give other Amazon facilities the push they need to pursue unionization.

On the Burma coup MOHAMMED RAWWAS Opinion Columnist

On Feb. 1, the military of Burma took power in a coup d’état against the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Immediately, international reaction poured in, with many Western countries, all allies, condemning the coup. The White House, issued a statement that “the United States is alarmed by reports that the Burmese military has taken steps to undermine the country’s democratic transition.”

The truth of the matter is, however, that there was no such “democratic transition” occurring in Burma at all.

Amazon must unionize EMERSON SLOMKA Opinion Columnist

As Amazon employees in Bessemer, Ala. prepare to vote on the potential joining of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, pushback from the company has been intense. Employees have been forced to attend meetings about the “dangers” of unionizing, and the facility has been bombarding workers with text messages, often up to five a day, with antiunion rhetoric. Perhaps most intriguing has been the development of Amazon’s new website, doitwithoutdues.com, which is solely dedicated to dissuading Amazon workers from unionizing on the grounds that union members pay dues in order to fund their operations. For example, in a Q&A list Amazon asks,

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Panther PORTRAIT: Coffee date with sorority life ANTHONY WITHEROW

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UNI Students were given the opportunity to grab a cup of coffee and learn about Sorority Life on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Located in the lounge behind Chats in Maucker Union, multiple

sorority members discussed the engagement experiences students can expect, as well as the leadership skills they can gain.

Students interested in joining a sorority or fraternity can find more information at https://studentlife. uni.edu/fsl.

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The statue “The Acrobats” outside the Redecker Center received a facelift over the winter break.

piece this past Wednesday because we saw an opporcontinued from page 1 tunity to be able to return When asked about the it to the public, so we convenience of reinstall- decided to jump. I will ing “The Acrobats” on admit, it was one chilly Wednesday, Jan. 20, Abby install.” said, “We installed this Sculpture

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“The Little Things” brings little to the table HUNTER FRIESEN Film Critic

The serial killer genre was once the biggest attraction at the cinema. “The Silence of the Lambs” (winner of Best Picture), “Se7en” and “American Psycho” ruled the box office and were made on big budgets with big stars. With prestige television shows like “True Detective” and “Mindhunter” taking up space in the genre, films shifted towards low budgets and horror, which can be seen in “Saw” and the rebooted “Halloween” franchise. As one of the first cinematic releases of 2021, Warner Brothers is offering to take us back with “The Little Things.”

Our story opens in 1990 Los Angeles as disgraced police detective Joe Deacon (Denzel Washington) retur ns to his old precinct.

Immediately, he’s sucked into a developing case led by young hotshot Jim Baxter (Rami Malek) that contains similar patterns to the case that destroyed his career many years ago.

Young women are being followed to their homes and stabbed to death by a sadistic killer.

The prime suspect is a grimy crime buff named Albert Sparma (Jared Leto). Sparma may look and talk the part of a killer, but there’s no evidence to link him to the murders. In order to stop the killings they suspect he’ll do, Deacon and Baxter race against the clock to

gather evidence in a city ravaged by fear.

There’s a line in the movie, and also in the trailer, that has stuck with me. At one point Deacon says, “It’s the little things that rip you apart, and it’s the little things that get you caught.”

While he’s describing how to cover up a murder, those same words can be said about making a movie. It’s the little things like character development, an engaging plot and a satisfying ending that can rip apart this type of movie. These are the little or, in this case, big things that hold “The Little Things” back from reaching the heights of its predecessors.

Writer/director John Lee Hancock, who’s had an average career with films such as “The Blind Side” and “Saving Mr. Banks,” is the one to blame for this hollowness.

Hancock, for the most part, has written and directed his films, which signifies a certain amount of uniqueness. Similar to Denzel’s quote, I was also struck with the question of, “What exactly is a John Lee Hancock film?”

That question can be answered for many writer/directors like Quentin Tarantino, Woody Allen or Kevin Smith. But for Hancock, there isn’t anything special he brings to the table. He doesn’t have a style or any original substance. His films are no different than the usual made-by-committee studio fodder.

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To give him the benefit of the doubt, Hancock does bring above-average craftsmanship with cinematography and can carry a tense mood for most of the picture. However, he still makes the unforgivable sin of delivering a shockingly underwhelming ending to a whodunit mystery.

Hancock’s missteps also bleed into the central performances. As one of the best actors of a generation, Denzel Washington is incapable of doing wrong. I’m only partially blaming him for his work here. There is a property in mathematics that stipulates that the product of any number multiplied by zero is zero.

In the film’s case, with the character of Joe Deacon having zero depth, the

amount of work he puts into his performance does not matter. He must have known this fact on set, as he seems to be on autopilot and just doing a job for a paycheck.

While Denzel knows he’s too good for this material, Rami Malek proves he isn’t good enough. His performance here is inconsistent, leaning too hard on the eccentricities and genre tropes of the rookie cop who hasn’t tasted defeat yet.

His Oscar win in 2018 for playing Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody” is looking worse with each subsequent role.

As Sparma, Jared Leto is his best in years, even though that is an incredibly low bar since he’s been nothing short of embarrassing since his

2013 Oscar win. Leto is fully hamming it up with his long greasy hair, odd mannerisms and overall creepy demeanor. It may not be the most nuanced performance, but it sure is the most entertaining, which is worth something in this case.

While “The Little Things” may amount to little, it’s still a harmless return to the bigger budget serial killer dramas of yesteryear. In a time of year when there are fewer new releases, easy entertainment isn’t the worst thing in the world.

“The Little Things” is in theatres and available on HBO Max until March 1.

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Panthers drop two games, fall to 0-5 DAVID WARRINGTON Sports Writer

The UNI Panthers volleyball team hosted two matches over the weekend at the McLeod Center, taking on the Drake University Bulldogs on Friday, Jan. 29 and the 25th-ranked Marquette University Golden Eagles on Saturday, Jan. 30. The Panthers put up a good fight in both matches, with most of the sets looking like they could go either way, but they couldn’t come out on top in either match, losing both by a score of three sets to one.

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UNI dropped two games over the weekend in the McLeod Center, one against Drake and the other against Marquette.

In the first match of the weekend, the Panthers welcomed Drake to Cedar Falls for a rematch of their game earlier in the season that the Bulldogs won 3-1. The first two sets of the match were very close, with multiple ties and lead changes throughout.

However, the Bulldogs came out on top in both sets, winning both by the score of 25-19, to take a 2-0 lead. In the third set, needing a win to stay alive, the Panthers looked very strong, pulling out to an 11-2 lead and eventually winning the set 25-11.

However, it wasn’t enough, as the Bulldogs won the fourth set, 25-19, winning the match 3-1.

Sophomore Emily Holterhaus led the Panthers in kills with 16. Freshman Tayler Alden recorded a team high 38 assists, while junior Baylee Petersen collected 38 digs to lead the team. For the game, the Panthers had a hitting percentage of .172.

The Panther women were back at it the next day, hosting the 25th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles out of Milwaukee, Wis. The first set was close all the way through, with the Purple and Gold staying within two points until the very end and even regaining the lead at one point, 20-19, but the Golden Eagles would win the set

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The UNI volleyball team has had a rough start to the season so far, losing their first five games in 2021.

25-22 to take a 1-0 lead.

Northern Iowa continued to battle in the second set, leading 23-20 before the visitors came back to tie it up at 24-24. After both teams traded service errors to tie it at 25, the Panthers scored via a kill from Emily Holterhaus off of an assist from Tayler Alden, followed by an attack error by Marquette’s Taylor Wolf to win the set 27-25 and tie the match 1-1.

The third set was more of the same as we got yet another competitive, tightly

contested set. UNI managed to pull out to a 17-11 lead, but Marquette went on a run of their own to tie it up at 17-17. The two teams ended up tied at 24-24 before the Golden Eagles scored the final two points of the set, winning 26-24. The Panthers got out to a good start in the fourth set, leading 3-0, but Marquette took back the momentum and didn’t give it up, winning the set 25-18 and then winning the match 3-1.

Emily Holterhaus finished the match with 16 kills to go

along with nine digs. Tayler Alden recorded 38 assists, while Carly Spies recorded six kills on an impressive .357 hitting percentage. As a team, the Panthers finished the match with 49 kills and a hitting percentage of .192.

With the losses, UNI falls to 0-5 on the season entering conference play. The Panthers will look to bounce back when they travel to Evansville, Ind. to take on the Evansville Purple Aces on Sunday, Feb. 7, and Monday Feb. 8.

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Men’s basketball drops latter game vs SIU centage to 68% in the second half. Although the Panthers Sports Writer outscored Southern in the Coming off of a 74-62 second half of the game by victory from Saturday’s game ten points, they still couldn’t against Southern Illinois, the overcome the hole they had UNI men’s basketball head- dug in the first half.

Four Panthers were in ed into battle for game two double figures for the game, on Sunday afternoon. The with freshman Bowen Born Panthers played from behind leading the way with 16 for much of the game and points.

Senior Trae Berhow trailed by 13 points at halfand freshman Nate Heise foltime, but an improved second lowed Born with 13 points half saw them claw back into while sophomore Noah Carter the contest.

The Panthers struggled totaled with 11. True freshshooting in all three major man Tytan Anderson, who categories in the first half of made his collegiate debut in the game. They were held to the previous game, played 40% from the field, only made well again for UNI. He scored one three-pointer and one free eight points, grabbed five throw out of eight attempts rebounds and had five steals in 23 minutes off the bench. in the first half.

Southern Illinois was lead The second half flipped the by sophomore Lance Jones, script for UNI, as they shot who scored 27 points and made nearly 57% from the field, seven out of 11 three-pointwhich helped them get back ers.

He also shot 10-15 overinto the game. They hit six all from the field, had six threes in the second half and assists and five rebounds. SIU improved the free throw perTEHYA TOURNIER

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UNI freshman Bowen Born led the team in scoring with 16 points in Sunday’s loss at Southern Illinois.

Born is averaging 11.5 points per game this season.

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Following Sunday’s loss at the hands of Southern Illinois, the UNI men’s basketball team now sits at 5-11 overall on the 2020-21 season.

as a team made half of their three-point attempts, knocking down 15 out of 30 from beyond the arc.

The loss moves UNI to an overall record of 5-11 and 3-7 in Missouri Valley Conference play. They are

set to play again this coming weekend on Feb. 6 and 7 against Indiana State, who are 7-5 in the conference and hold a 10-7 record overall.

Both games will be played at the McLeod Center.

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