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March 1, 2018
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Volume 114, Issue 41
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Jersey Boys review 4
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NISG to have runoff presidential election CLINTON OLSASKY
Executive Editor
JOSHUA DAUSENER Copy Editor
The Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) presidential election is heading to a second round after no ticket was able to secure a majority of the vote in this week’s election. NISG election rules mandate that a presidential ticket secure 50 percent of the vote plus one to win office. The runoff will be between Drew Stensland and Kristan Ahart, and Tristan Bernhard and Cole Malcolm. Seán Dugan and Chad Schafer were eliminated after finishing in third place. Tristan and Cole finished first with 46.5 percent of the vote, Drew and Kristen achieved second place with 42.5 percent of the vote and Seán and Chad came in third with 10.1 percent of the vote. The runoff election will
GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan
JACOB MADDEN/Northern Iowan
Vice presidential candidate Kristen Ahart and presidential candidate Drew Stensland wait in anticipation for the election results.
Presidential candidate Tristan Bernhard and vice presidential candidate Cole Malcolm chat after the runoff election announcement.
be held next week. Polls are expected to open at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 6, and close at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7. The election commission plans to announce the results soon after polls close next Wednesday. Presidential candidate Drew Stensland spoke regarding last night’s results. “I think it really speaks to
how hard we’ve been working,” Stensland said. “We’re only down a few points [...] and I think we’re in an awesome position to really work hard over the next week, really reconnect with voters and continue the work that we’ve started over the past few days and just make sure we go out and win this.” Stensland’s running mate,
vice presidential candidate Kristen Ahart, credited their team’s work for launching their ticket into the runoff. “I’m nothing but proud for our team and the hard work that all of them have put into this night,” Ahart said. “We really have them to thank for everything. Kudos to our team.” Presidential candidate Tristan Bernhard also
expressed pride in the work his campaign has done over the last two weeks. “We’re very proud of the work we’ve put in so far, but I think these results show that we have a lot of work left to do to connect with the student body and represent their interests,” Bernhard said.
ence back to a time in life where everything was seemingly carefree. “I feel like there was a time in our lives when life was just more loose, more easy, more fun, and we didn’t get so stressed out about everything. We weren’t always in competition,” Setnick said. “When we looked in the mirror, it wasn’t like were always trying to check and see what was wrong.” Setnick continuously brought the innocence and playfulness of childhood into her speech to help show how the pressures of adulthood can take a toll on mental health. Setnick also touched on major topics such as depression, anxiety, stress and the unrealistic expectations of society. According to Setnick, hurtful or degrading words can do a lot of damage, because those words can mentally stick with
someone for a long time. Setnick’s presentation was not only full of valuable information, but also had lots of humorous visual aids and interactive questions. One of Setnick’s images in her presentation was of a birthday card that showed a baby with thought bubbles surrounding it, labeling the baby’s body with ‘fleshy arms’, ‘pudgy thighs’ and ‘saggy chest’. Setnick used this image as a way to explain how society puts negative labels on everyone, even when it is normal to have those characteristics. “What we’ve been told about our bodies can have a huge effect on how we feel about ourselves,” Setnick said. “Those things can stick, even if many years later, they don’t apply at all. It can be really hard to shake that stuff off.” Setnick also emphasized that
her presentation was for anyone, not just women. “It is so important to me that people stop thinking of body image issues as any kind of certain specific type of person, demographic, size, race or gender,” Setnick said. Setnick ended her presentation with a message about acceptance, taking care of one’s body, and ending the war on one’s body. “If you could get really comfortable with your own insecurities, then you don’t have to bully other people, or your own body,” Setnick said with a smile. “Being mean to yourself and saying those mean things that you would never let anyone else say to you or you would never say to someone else, is really still you walking around being victimized.”
See ELECTION, page 2
Students hear how to stop bullying their body
HAYLEY PALINSKY/Northern Iowan
Dietition and eating disorders expert Jessica Setnick talks about body positivity in her “Stop Bullying Your Body” presentation.
AMELIA DUAX Staff Writer
Students had the opportunity to eat healthy food and hear about how to ‘Stop Bullying Your Body’ Tuesday night in the Maucker Union Old Central
Ballroom. The UNI Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness (BIEDA) organization supported the event. The speaker was Jessica Setnick, a dietitian and eating disorders expert from Dallas, Texas. Setnick began her speech by bringing everyone in the audi-
See BODY, page 5
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