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On campus positivity rate doubles. Iowa Board of Regents lifts university travel bans.
Women in Computing organization hosts “Take Apart a Computer” night.
The Bradley Braves edge UNI Panthers 62-59 in quarterfinal.
UNI to host HLC for site visit
university’s accreditation. The re-accreditation process ensures the university is meeting proper standards and criteria specified by the HLC and ensuring student success. Maintaining accreditation assures the university will receive federal funding, such as grants and
subsidized loans. It is also necessary for the university to be accredited so that students can transfer credits and pursue graduate programs. The re-accreditation process involves more than just the site visit. Part of the preparation has included the composition of an
assurance argument, laying out for the HLC how the university is meeting the standards for a higher learning institution. The assurance argument has taken three years to write and was submitted in late February to the HLC. Professor of political science and co-chair of the HLC Steering Committee Scott Peters noted the hard work that many people have put into the composition of the argument. “We had six different committees working on that process over that time period,” Peters said. “All told, over 100 people across campus helped out with this. Faculty, staff and students have been working on this for several years.” “It’s a substantial piece of work,” he continued. “Thirty four thousand words, over 1,000 pieces of evidence that we cited along the way. We also have to show that we comply with various federal regu-
near the start of the second quarter gave the Panthers a 6-0 lead. Following a Brawntae Wells strip sack and recovery by UNI’s Caleb Houghtelling, the Panthers gained possession at Southern’s 23-yard line with just over four minutes left in the half. Running back Tyler Hoosman punched it in to put the visiting Panthers up 13-0 just before the half. The Southern Illinois offense came to life in the second half as they scored on their first three possessions. The Salukis received the ball to start the second half and were able to cut into the UNI lead with a field goal following a six minute, 43 second drive, and soon got the ball back again following a UNI drive that stalled out around midfield. Trailing by two scores, Southern decided to pull out a trick play, which wound up being a success. Running back Javon Williams, Jr. received a toss in the back-
field, who then aired out a 42-yard bomb to Avante Cox for the touchdown, trimming the Panther lead down to 13-10. Northern Iowa was able to tack on another field goal in the third quarter, but things on the offensive side of the ball remained stag-
nant while Southern’s offense was waking up. SIU took possession of the ball to start the fourth quarter and made the most of the trip. A blend of ground-and-pound running mixed with short passing proved to be effective for the Salukis as the UNI
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The Higher Learning Commission is set to visit UNI at the end of the month as part of the re-accredidation process.
CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer
For the first time in 10 years, the University of Northern Iowa’s campus will be visited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) on March 29-30 in order to reaffirm the
lations, and then the last part of it is the site visit.” Director of Institutional Research & Effectiveness and co-chair of the HLC Steering Committee Kristin Moser encourages students to participate in the site visit on March 29. “It’s just really important from an HLC perspective to see that students are active and engaged,” Moser said. “We really want student voices to be heard, so we sent out a student opinion survey that was shared with the HLC review team. It’s important for them to be involved because we want to demonstrate just how great our students are. We are telling this story, we are sharing the experiences of our students on campus, we are talking about the quality of the programming, but it’s important for student voices to be heard in that conversation.”
defense had no answer. With the drive right at the goal line, the hosts punched it in from three yards out to take the 17-16 lead, following a 12-play, 75 yard possession that took six minutes off the clock.
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Southern Illinois rallies past UNI, 17-16 COLIN HORNING
Sports Editor
The unrelenting Missouri Valley Football Conference schedule continued this past Saturday as No. 4 UNI met the 10th-ranked Southern Illinois in Carbondale, Ill. Coming off of two dominating defensive victories against Youngstown State and Illinois State in the previous two weeks, the Panthers were facing a tough road test against a team that had defeated the nation’s No. 1 team North Dakota State by 24 points two weeks ago. Despite a strong start from the Panther defense, the Salukis were able to rally past UNI in the second half en route to a 17-16 victory. The Panthers shut out their opponents in the first half, leading 13-0 at the break. A Matthew Cook chipshot field goal from 26 yards out in the first quarter put UNI up 3-0 early on, before another field goal from Cook
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UNI falls short of a victory against SIU in Saturday’s game.
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NEWS
ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor
COVID-19 on campus: positivity and cases double; Regents lift travel ban MARCH 15, 2021 |
ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor
The number of COVID19 cases on the UNI campus as detected by Student Health Center testing doubled last week, and the campus positivity rate more than doubled as well. According to data released Friday, March 12 at noon, the 79 tests conducted from March 8-14 through the Student Health Center resulted in 12 positive cases, for an 15.19% campus positivity rate. This is an increase of more than 8% than from last week’s rate of 6.82% and marks the first time since the beginning of the spring 2021 semester that the UNI campus positivity rate was above 10%. However, the positivity rate may decrease slightly today when the Student Health Center updates last week’s data to include any tests conducted on Friday. Since the end-ofweek updates only include data collected through Thursday, Friday numbers are added to the weekly total by noon on the following Monday and are therefore not included in the NI’s weekly analysis. The university also reported six student self-reported cases
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of COVID-19 from March 8-14, with none from employees. However, these self-reported cases may also be counted in the Student Health Center weekly totals and therefore, the numbers cannot be combined for a grand total. In other pandemic-related news, the UNI COVID-19 Response Team clarified that even after receiving a COVID19 vaccine, individuals must still wear masks and maintain social distancing in public spaces on campus. However, vaccinated individuals may gather indoors off campus with other fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask. Additionally, UNI’s daily Panther Health Survey added a question regarding recent travel which could have increased the respondent’s risk of contracting COVID-19, citing recently updated travel recommendations from the CDC. “Please remember that the CDC says travel increases your chance of spreading and getting COVID-19. You should delay travel to protect yourself and others,” read an update from the COVID-19 Response Team on March 11, the oneyear anniversary of the official declaration of COVID-19 as a
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This graphic depicts the positivity rate and number of COVID-19 cases on campus as well as other statistics regarding the ongoing pandemic.
pandemic. Despite continued CDC guidelines discouraging travel, the Iowa Board of Regents (BOR) announced Thursday that it was lifting a ban on university-sponsored international travel imposed in March 2020 in response to the pandemic.
In a statement, BOR President Michael Richards explained that he was lifting the ban because “conditions related to COVID-19 continue to improve,” although he added that the overall State of Emergency for the Regents Universities issued on March
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A student forum will be held on March 29 as part of the site visit. Although in person seats have been filled for the event, students still have the opportunity to provide feedback to the HLC reviewer during the forum over Zoom from 1-2 p.m. The Zoom link will be emailed to the student body in the coming weeks. If students, faculty or staff want more information regarding the HLC visit and accreditation process, they can visit accreditation.uni.edu. The website includes videos explaining the different crite-
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18, 2020 remains in effect. Decisions regarding international travel are now up to the president of each individual university. According to the COVID-19 Response Team, “UNI is reviewing this decision and will provide information to campus next week.” ria the university must meet, an executive summary of the assurance argument and preparatory questions for faculty, staff and students for the forums. To further educate the campus on the HLC, the committee is hosting an Ultimate UNI Team Challenge trivia event to test knowledge about the HLC. Teams must be between three to six players and represent an office or unit on-campus. Winners of the trivia contest will win a free catered lunch. Registration ends March 19, and teams must contact Erika GonzalezSmith at erika.smith@uni.edu in order to participate. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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OPINION
EMMA’LE MAAS Executive Editor
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No relief with the relief bill TANNER RICHARDS
Opinion Columnist
As expected, the House of Representatives has voted to pass the heavily partisan COVID-19 “Relief ” Bill which is to be signed by the President this Friday. We can now add an additional $1.9 trillion to our national debt clock – another example of wasteful pork spending using our tax dollars. What exactly is this “rescue plan” that President Biden is proposing? As you dive deeper into the bill, it looks more like a bailout fund for blue states that have mishandled the pandemic. All the while, red states are being punished for handling the pandemic the right way: by not instituting harmful lockdowns and for not sending COVID-19 infected patients back into nursing homes. Nonetheless, let’s look at the numbers and what this bill is going to do. Your tax dollars are going to fund abortions abroad, blue states will receive $200.7 billion while red states
will receive $130.5 billion, $800 million will go to foreign aid and money will be funneled to unions. You, the taxpayer, would only receive 9% of the money in the bill, if that. On the bright side, the bill transferred less than a percent of school funding to cover programs for homeless children instead. It also mandates that elementary schools and secondary schools release a reopening plan within 30 days of receiving COVID19 related funding. Other than that, nothing else was really changed in the bill. President Joe Biden promised you $2,000 checks; instead you may only be getting $1,400, roughly the same amount that former President Trump provided under the CARES Act. What most do not understand is that the $1,400 promised under this bill is simply taxpayer money that is just going back to the taxpayers. It also includes a $60 billion increase of surprise tax hikes on large corporations that employ millions throughout this country. It also implies that
Biden intends to punish red states that actually follow the science and keep their economies open and let local city leaders decide what the best course of action would be. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had plenty of opportunities to actually help middle America from her parties disastrous policies, but she was only interested in playing party politics while going on late night TV showing off her fancy candy in her $25,000 fridge. Millions of Americans can’t even afford to put food on the table for their kids or pay for a roof over their head because of unemployment brought on by lockdowns. Since these same politicians encouraged lockdowns, Speaker Pelosi thought it would be a good idea, while thousands of businesses aren’t allowed to open in her state to go and get her hair done, without wearing a mask. They lecture us about locking down in our homes or else we’ll kill grandma; meanwhile these D.C. politicians don’t follow the rules they themselves drafted.
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This past weekend the third COVID-19 relief bill was passed.
The American Rescue plan should be an example of what we are in for these next few years. This bill essentially establishes a welfare-entitlement state for citizens not willing to get a job. There is already a shortage of workers in this country thanks to President Biden cancelling the Keystone pipeline and
progressive policies ruining small businesse. Biden inherited one of the greatest scientific miracles in vaccine rollout thanks to Operation Warp Speed and the greatest economy in the world, and now he seeks to ruin that legacy with essentially another Obama-era term in office.
Wear a mask without having a mandate AL MAIER Opinion Columnist
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a statement on Feb. 8, 2021 saying if Americans are fully vaccinated that they are allowed to gather indoors without masks if they have waited a full two weeks after
receiving the Moderna, Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson vaccine. While this is now considered to be a low-risk activity, there are still new cases of COVID-19, and many people are still in the hospital. There are also several reports of the strain from the United Kingdom that have seriously affected many Americans as well. Iowa’s
governor, Kim Reynolds, may have lifted restrictions on wearing masks, but we should still do our part to mask up and protect those around us. Similarly, Montana and Texas have relaxed restrictions as well while states like New York, Massachusetts and Arkansas are getting ready to relax mandates. This might be safe for fam-
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Opinion Columnist Al Maier argues the importance of wearing a mask, even without a mandate.
ilies that have been quarantining together and can now gather in larger groups, but it is safe to keep masking up! The CDC recommends that the mask fit snugly against our faces and that we still maintain six feet of distance between ourselves when going outside to the public though. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is the head of infectious diseases, has also come out recently and stated that it is still far too early to be lifting the COVID-19 restrictions around the United States. A few other governors have started to lift the mask mandate, and many others are heavily warning against it as well. People should still get tested for COVID-19 even if they have been vaccinated but experience symptoms after a gathering is held and make sure to inform those that were at the gathering too. Schools and universities across the country are seeing the decline of cases, but “the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, Ashish Jha, said decisions such as those by (Mississippi’s Governor) Reeves and Texas’s governor, Greg Abbott, to lift
restrictions could slow the process of getting life back to normal and put residents at risk of infection and death,” according to The Guardian. That being said, our Panther community is doing a pretty good job of handling the situation as we move forward to the next few months. We have been safe enough that our president is now allowing for both a virtual and in-person graduation for the class of 2021. Protecting relatives and protecting those around you whom you do not know is a great first step in curbing the spread. Yes, cases and hospitalizations are dropping, but as mentioned before, it is not as quickly as we expect or want it to. Until we can truly know the long-term effectiveness of the vaccine, it is best to keep masking up and remaining socially distanced through these next few months. If we can follow the guidelines, then we might be able to return to the way our lives were a full year ago sooner rather than later. We have been in quarantine for over a year now, and hopefully we will be able to move.
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UNI Outdoors hosts “Boulder Bash” ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor
For the third time, Troy Miller faced the obstacle before him. He took a breath, squared his shoulders and then pulled himself up onto the rock wall. Gripping only the handholds marked with lime green tape, he maneuvered his body upward and around the corner of the wall. Before reaching up for a particularly difficult hold that had defeated him on his previous two attempts, he hooked his left leg over a ledge and pushed with his heel, giving himself just enough leverage to successfully grab the stone. Triumphantly, he swung around the final corner and jumped down to the mat several feet below. Miller, a sophomore computer science major, was competing in the Boulder Bash, a climbing event hosted by UNI Outdoors on Saturday, March 13 at the UNI Wellness and Recreation Center. “There’s a few different things to think about every time. It’s usually about where your body is positioned and how you’re balancing yourself,” he said, reviewing his successful climb. “I realized I had to have more positioning on my left side, so I got the heel up on this one to stabilize myself, and then I could go up.” The Boulder Bash was designed to “bring together the climbing community” and offer climbers a fun challenge, according to Logan Hoile, a second-year graduate student studying recreation, tourism and nonprofit leadership. “We closed down the wall for a portion of the week (and created new paths), so none of these competitors have ever climbed any of these routes,” said Hoile, who serves as a graduate assistant for UNI Outdoors. “It’s all about just trying your hardest and seeing what you’re capable of on the climbing wall with completely new routes.” Hoile said UNI Outdoors
has previously hosted Boulder Bash during fall semesters. However, since programming was limited last fall, the organization wanted to hold the event now prior to their annual Rock Revolution climbing event scheduled for April 17-18 (for more information, visit recreation.uni. edu/trips-clinics). In accordance with COVID-19 precautions, masks were required for all climbers and volunteers, and participants climbed in shifts with no more than 12 climbers in the wall area at a time. While Miller and the rest of his group climbed, spectators lined the nearby staircase, and the next group of participants awaited their turn Among them was freshman elementary education major Keely Behan, who works at the rock wall and climbs regularly. “I just started climbing this year, and I’ve fallen in love with it,” she said. “What better way to spend your weekend than at the rock wall?” Behan said she typically does top rope climbing, where climbers use harnesses and ropes to scale the highest portions of the wall. Saturday’s event was focused on bouldering, requiring participants to climb without harnesses and tackle lower but still very challenging routes. “I’m more of a top rope person, but I’m excited to see my skill set in bouldering,” Behan said. Hoile emphasized that
the Boulder Bash was designed for climbers of all experience levels. “We have boulder problems for all levels, so even if you’re a very novice climber who’s only been climbing for a month, you can still participate in this and still climb,” he said. The Boulder Bash featured more than 30 different routes, each worth a certain number of points based on its difficulty. The green path Miller had successfully finished was a challenging climb, worth 27 points. Climbers could attempt each path as many times as they wanted during their time slot. At the end, they would combine the point values from the top five paths they completed to get their total score. As an experienced boulderer, Miller was hoping to take home one of the top prizes: a special set of climbing shoes, spray-painted gold, silver or bronze to designate first, second or third place in the men’s and women’s divisions. Whether he won or lost, however, he was enjoying the opportunity to climb. “I love that it’s physical — it gets me in shape — and at the same time, it’s a lot of problem-solving,” he said. “More than anything, it’s the environment around climbing. Everyone is super chill. We’re all friends here. You just get to be a part of a great community who hangs out and gets strong together.”
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Students took to the WRC’s boulder wall to compete in UNI Outdoors’ “Boulder Bash” event.
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Panther PORTRAIT: “Take apart a computer” night
ANTHONY WITHEROW
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With the help of provided manuals, students were able to take apart and rebuild surplus computers during “Take Apart a Computer” night.
The Women in Computing organization hosted their annual “Take Apart a Computer” night on Thursday, March 11 in room 322 of the Innovative Teaching and Technology
Center (ITTC). Students were given the chance to take apart and put together computers in a workshop format. COVID19 guidelines such as masks and social distancing were required, and students were encouraged to bring their own tools with them.
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Panthers fall to Bradley in MVC quarters NICHOLAS SCHINDLER Sports Writer
The UNI women’s basketball team played in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, or “Hoops in the Heartland,” last Friday against the fifth-seeded Bradley Braves in the quarterfinal. The Panthers finished the regular season 14-11 and 11-7 in MVC play, with Bradley also 14-11 overall but 10-8 in MVC play. A close game was to be expected. The Panthers ended the first quarter leading 18-11, yet managed to score only seven points in the second quarter, taking a 25-24 lead into halftime. Bradley came out of the gates strong in
the third quarter, outscoring UNI 17 to 12 to take the lead from the Panthers and never looked back from there. Bradley won the game by a score of 62-59, led by Gabi Haack who shot nine of 10 from the free throw line and scored a team high 25 points. She also grabbed a team high seven boards for the Braves. Both teams shot about the same percentages from the field and from three-point range. Perhaps the biggest difference in this game was UNI’s struggles from the free throw line, only 63.6%, countered by Bradley shooting 94%, or 17-18 free throws. The Panthers were led
by Karli Rucker who had the most points and assists on Friday with 19 and three, respectively. The loss in the first round of the conference tournament leaves the postseason fate of the Panthers uncertain. They almost certainly needed to win the tournament in order to receive the MVC’s automatic bid to play in the NCAA tournament but now are possibly looking at an invitation to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, or WNIT. They finished the season with a record of 14-12 and 11-8 in conference play and will find out their postseason fate on Sunday, March 15.
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The UNI women’s basketball team awaits their postseason fate following Friday’s quarterfinal loss in the MVC tournament.
SOFTBALL
Panthers go 2-2 in Kansas Tournament DAVID WARRINGTON Sports Writer
Over the weekend, the UNI Panthers softball team, coming in with a record of 7-8 on the season, traveled to Lawrence, Kan. to participate in the Rock Chalk Challenge hosted by the University of Kansas. They played four games in two days, taking on the South Dakota State Jackrabbits and Kansas Jayhawks once each on Friday and Saturday. UNI was swept on Friday, but bounced back, sweeping the competition on Saturday. In the first game of the weekend, the Panthers took on South Dakota State. It was a struggle for both teams to cross the plate, with both sides still scoreless through three innings. In the top of the fourth, Jackrabbits catcher Allison Yoder was walked to lead off the inning. After moving up to third after a wild pitch and a groundout, Yoder came in to score after a groundout by Lindsey Culver to put the Jackrabbits ahead 1-0. In the bottom of the fifth, the Panthers responded when
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Panther defense up, and with two to play UNI got back on their own
shortstop Sammey Bunch hit a home run to left field, evening the score at 1-1. However, in the top of the seventh, the Jackrabbits would pull ahead for good after an RBI double, winning the game 2-1. Panthers pitcher Kailyn Packard put together a strong game despite the loss. Packard pitched all seven innings while only giving up eight hits and two runs, one of which was unearned. In the second game of day one, the Panthers had a matchup with the Kansas Jayhawks. The Panthers got on the board right away when Bunch led off the game with a triple. After a popout, Bunch was driven in for a run via a groundout to take a 1-0 lead. The Jayhawks bounced back in the bottom half of the first, scoring two runs to take a 2-1 advantage. The Panthers couldn’t get on the board again and gave up two more runs via solo home runs, losing the game 4-1. In the first game on Saturday, UNI had a rematch with the Jackrabbits. South Dakota State struck first, scoring one run in the bottom of the first. The
Panthers got on the board via an RBI single from Emmy Wells, tying the game at 1-1. UNI put up two more runs in the top of the fifth and finished off the scoring with another run in the sixth inning to come away with a 4-1 victory. In the final game of the weekend, the Panthers had a rematch with the Jayhawks. The game remained scoreless until the top of the third when UNI scored a run off of a RBI groundout for a 1-0 advantage. Another RBI groundout in the fourth and a RBI single in the seventh capped off the UNI scoring. Packard had another phenomenal pitching performance, allowing only four hits in a complete game shutout, helping the Panthers cruise to a 3-0 victory. With the 2-2 weekend, the Panthers move to 9-10 on the year. They will now begin Missouri Valley Conference play in a three game series in Springfield, Mo. against the Lady Bears of Missouri State, playing a doubleheader on Saturday, March 20 and a single game on Sunday, March 21.
11 yard line. Quarterback Will McElvain engineered a drive which brought UNI down to the SIU 12 yard line, with seven seconds left. UNI kicker Matthew Cook, usually a sure thing from this distance, uncharacter-
istically missed the short field goal which would have won the game. Instead, SIU took over on downs and ran out the clock to secure the 17-16 win. The UNI offense put up 401 total yards on the day,
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UNI’s softball team split their four game series over the weekend with Kansas and South Dakota State.
which is their best showing of the year so far. McElvain was 10-22 with 256 yard passing, and Hoosman led the Panthers in rushing with 77 yards on 18 carries. Deion McShane had 105 yards receiving for UNI.
Up next, the Panthers will return home on Saturday, March 20 against Missouri State. The game is scheduled for a 4 p.m. kickoff in the UNI-Dome.
FUN & GAMES
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