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Volume 114, Issue 44

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Select release movie review 4

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Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit AMELIA DUAX Staff Writer

UNI’s Art Gallery was packed with students, parents and faculty members on Monday night in anticipation of seeing the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. This year’s exhibition began with an opening awards ceremony in the Kamerick Art Building, followed by a reception in the UNI Art Gallery.

The pieces that earned awards were chosen by this year’s Juror, Jamal Currie.

Currie is the Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. One of Currie’s grandparents worked in the Art Department at UNI in the 1950’s and 60’s, and his grandmother gave the department a large endowment for the future.

Multiple awards were given to students who had entered their works into the exhibition.

The awards are as follows:

Who Won: Madelyn Stillman won the Design Alumni Merit Award.

James Lange and Krayton Evenson both earned the Rod Library Purchase Award.

Deo Rai earned the UNI Department of Communication Studies Merit Award.

Eathan Bell and Katelyn Mary-Margaret earned the Harry and Rita Guillaume Award. Mackenzie Miller and Craig Johnson earned the Dr. Jeffrey Funderburk and Dr. Deedee Heistad Purchase Award.

Heidi Schmidt earned the Harry K. Watts Scholarship Foundation for Graphic Design Students.

Abby Krei earned the UNI Office of Vice President and Provost Purchase Award.

Sean Berg earned the UNI College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Merit Award.

Rylie Lawrence earned the UNI Public Art Incubator Award. Melodie Anstey earned the College Hill Arts Festival Merit Award. The Raymond

Performance Award went to Nicholas Blake, Anastasia Chloe, Taylor Hansen and Shannon Williams.

There were also Merit Awards given to Hanna Seggerman, Jonathan Etringer and a group of art students involved in a fifteen-minute video performance. The students involved were Anastasia Chloe, Dylan Eigenberger, Shannon Liza Williams, Michelle Patrilla, Marcelina Weaver and Taylor Hansen.

Students React: “I was excited! I mean, nobody ever expects that they are going to win,” Hansen said. “It took us all semester to plan and film, so it took lots of different people’s expertise.

I did a lot of the editing, and other people did the planning and other elements of the project. It’s cool to see it all come together, and collaboratively we decided to put it into the Juried Student Art Exhibition.”

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Pints, Profs and Philosophy on the Hill See ART, page 5

SARAH HOFMEYER Staff Writer

Pints, Profs and Philosophy will be held at the Octopus on College Hill on Friday, March 23.

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Given the national discussion on sexual assault sparked by the #MeToo movement, the UNI Philosophy Club invites students to join the discussion this Friday, March 23, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at the Octopus College Hill during their “Pints, Profs and Philosophy” event.

The event’s discussion topic is sexual ethics, including good sex and the ethics of consent.

According to Ana Davis, Philosophy Club vice president, the topic allows for a broad range of discussion.

She explains that Philosophy Club has questions to spark discussion and professors have talking points, but they encourage students to bring their own curiosity and ques-

tions to the table. The event is structured to allow for debate, discussion and questions.

Associate Professor of political science Ana Kogl and Philosophy and World Religions Instructor Abbylyn Helgevold will speak together on topics like bad dates, sexual assault and the social ramifications of both. Most of the hour-long event will center around discussion, with an open forum included.

Davis said that Philosophy Club members represent many unique perspectives, and this event is all about sharing those perspectives.

“If you have something to give, like knowledge or an experience, others have something to gain,” Davis said.

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PTSD event returning to UNI MARCH 22, 2018 |

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ticipants discussed PTSD as it more directly pertained to military members and veterNext Wednesday, March ans. However, this year, the 28, Military and Veteran focus for the conference will Student Services (MVSS) be on recovery from the disand the UNI Veterans order.

Association (UNIVA) will be Speakers at the conference ushering in the second annual will deliver presentations Statewide PTSD Awareness related to subjects such as Conference, to be held in the mental, emotional and acaMaucker Union Ballroom demic support for individuals from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with PTSD, as well as ther“MVSS and UNIVA apy options, including art, worked diligently to ensure music and service dogs. In we provided the most up-to- addition, the conference will date information regard- feature an open panel discusing PTSD,” said Chiquita sion regarding the day-toLoveless, MVSS coordinator. day effects of PTSD. “We took the time to inter“PTSD involves everyone view each speaker to make and is a day-to-day norm sure they were well-rounded for some who are not aware in the field.” of it,” Loveless said. “For Loveless explained that at example, something as last year’s conference, par- small as stubbing a toe may Executive Editor

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cause a traumatic impact or being in an automobile accident may cause a person not to want to ever drive again. Some of us may still be carrying traumatic events which occurred from childhood, and it is time to release and learn how to channel the negative energy to a positive state.”

Loveless also stressed the collaborative efforts between MVSS and the student leaders of UNIVA, including Cole Passick, Emily Meier and Wes Negus, in organizing and planning for next Wednesday’s conference.

“All are military members who have served this great country, and I am proud to serve this great university alongside of them,” Loveless said.

Voter Identification bill changes voting requirements JACOB MADDEN News Editor

A new voter identification law was passed in the Iowa Legislature recently, and went into effect Jan. 1 this year. The changes may affect UNI students and their ability to vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

According to the Black Hawk County website, the new law requires specified identification be provided in order to vote. The identification must be provided at the polling place.

Acceptable forms of ID include a Department of Trasportation-issued driver’s license or nonoperator’s ID, a U.S. passport or U.S. military or veterans ID card.

The new regulations also provide a method to acquire an Iowa Voter Identification Card, which will allow a voter to vote at a polling place without possessing the aforementioned ID. Beyond new rules about providing ID at the polling place,

new regulations also touch on the ability of voters to submit absentee ballots among other issues.

According to the Black Hawk County website, if a voter does not possess any of the previously mentioned forms of ID, multiple forms may be provided specific to the law. Voters can contact the Black Hawk County Election office for details on the procedure.

In addition, if a voter does not possess the requisite ID to vote at the polling place, another voter of the same precinct may sign a prescribed oath to attest to the identity of

the voter. A voter may attest in this way two times, but may also attest once to another voter who is registering to vote on election day.

Until Jan. 1 of 2019, a registered voter may sign a prescribed oath attesting to their identity, allowing them to vote without possessing any ID as previously specified.

The first day of absentee and satellite voting has also been changed from 40 days before election day to 29 days.

More information about voter registration and the new regulations can be found on the Black Hawk County website.

Davis encourages all students to attend the event, explaining that past Pints, Profs and Philosophy gatherings have seen great attendance and lively discussion.

“Members are active.

The appeal is that you get to voice your opinion and understand where it fits in amongst others,” Davis said.

“The discussion is invaluable for everyone.”

Davis also notes that students do not need to be 21 to attend Pints, Profs and Philosophy, despite the event location.

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The conference will also be co-sponsored by UNI Counseling Services, UNI Student Disability Services and the UNI Wellness Center.

Loveless urged all UNI students to attend the conference, explaining that PTSD can affect individuals from all backgrounds.

“My hopes are that [students] are able to identify PTSD symptoms for themselves, friends and family members,” Loveless said. “There is a myth that only military members deal with PTSD, which is not true. PTSD can come from all walks of life.”

Students can register to attend the event at military. uni.edu/ptsd. The general registration fee is $10, but registration is free for all

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Chiquita Loveless, coordinator of Military and Veteran Student Services, enourages all students to attend the PTSD awareness event, which is now in its second year.

UNI students. The registration deadline is this Friday, March 23.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1765: British Parliament passes the Stamp act, providing additional fuel to the kindling of revolution in America.

1894: The first Stanley Cup championship is played in Montreal, Canada.

1930: Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is born.

1933: Franklin Delano Roosevelt legalizes the taxation of beer and wine in the U.S. The act was passed as part of a New Deal legislation package during Prohibition. The 21st Amendment would be passed the following December, ending Prohibition entirely.

1942: Sir Stanley Cripps arrives in India to begin independence talks with Mohandas Gandhi on behalf of the British government.

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Stop blaming violent media MARCH 22, 2018 |

It is exceptionally rare for me to write an article that has anything to do with politics. I much prefer writing opinion pieces about recent media events and discussing the impacts of them.

This topic is about media so I feel like I’m staying within my boundaries, but this will also involve some political discourse, so please bear with me.

As a result of the tragic and terrible shooting in Parkland, Florida last month, a lot questions have arisen

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regarding what to do to prevent another shooting like it. Gun control, government competence and even arming teachers have all been brought up these past few weeks.

Another issue was added into the pool too: moderating violent media, as it so clearly makes young people violent.

This upset me. Firstly, this argument has been shut down many, many times by legitimate research. Secondly, it feels like a poor attempt to distract from the real issues.

For those that may be in doubt about how violence in media affects young adults, allow me to cite some research.

The Scientific American states that there is no causal

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Opinion columnist Sam King discusses the tendency to blame violent media and video games in the wake of mass shootings.

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relationship between violent acts and violent video games and that the violence of video games is more akin to play for a child than actual violence.

Another study took place back in the 1960s in which small children were shown a video of a man beating a doll.

The children were then given a doll, and they played with it violently, but Psychology Today dismisses this research, which is still used by some to explain why violent media is bad.

It was dismissed because the study only proved that very young children will tend to mimic adult behavior. It was also determined to be purposely designed to elicit a violent reaction in children instead of being unbiased or neutral.

The American Psychology Association has done a great deal of research over violent media, as well as specifically violent video games.

They found that massive consumption of violent media for hours and hours per day as a young child may result in violent behavior; however, consumption of violent media as a teenager seemed to have no effect.

A study did point that violent video games could potentially decrease a teenager’s sensitivity to violence, but the

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study is heavily criticized as it does not accurately take into account mental health issues and family influences.

There are dozens of websites and articles I can cite.

It would be pointless to do so as they all say the same thing — that is, violent media may potentially have an effect on small children, but it has no serious relationship with young adults or teenagers.

As a personal statement, I’ve been playing violent video games and watching movies containing violence for years.

Despite that, I’ve never perpetrated any kind of violent act. I have many friends who consume similar media, but none of us are killers.

It’s time we stop blaming media when it has nothing to do with the problem at hand.

I’m not the only one who thinks so either.

Polygon published an article expressing similar exhaustion at this topic. They also discussed how “we don’t need to give up the 1st amendment to protect the 2nd.”

Surely, we can safely put this issue to bed. It’s been dead since 2011 when the Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association case was decided.

This case was over a 2005 California law that attempted to ban the sale of video games to minors that were

not directly under a parent’s supervision. The Supreme Court found that this would infringe on free speech.

That means we don’t have to blame violent media or video games anymore, right?

Well that’s apparently not true.

Our president is actually planning on meeting with executives from the video game industry to discuss this very issue; however, the Entertainment Software Association, which represents the gaming industry, has heard nothing about such a meeting (National Review).

Other Republicans, such as Senator Lamar Alexander, have explicitly stated that video games are a bigger problem than guns (Tech Crunch).

Wow. Okay. I guess all that research just doesn’t matter.

Like it or not, people play video games and watch movies that have violence in them.

Most Millennials and Gen Z’ers have played or continue to play video games of all types. 99 percent of teenagers play video games, as well (CS Monitor).

Despite all that violent media, there aren’t hordes of violent college students or teenagers. That’s a pretty good sign that it’s time to stop blaming violent media.

LTE: do you care enough to join in the march?

Editor’s note: the following letter to the editor was submitted by Steve Corbin, professor emeritus of marketing at UNI. After the June 12, 2016 shooting spree in Orlando where 49 people were slaughtered, I submitted an Op Ed to 69 newspapers in six states who published my thoughts, entitled, “I’ve had it. Enough is enough.”

My comments, which, at that time were supported by 92 percent of Americans, called for enhanced gun ownership background checks, as well as 23 specifically identified military-style assault weapons to only be used by law enforcement officers or members of the U.S. Armed Services.

Now, 97 percent of Americans are demanding gun ownership and weapon sale reform.

Since the 2016 assault, Iowa’s Republican-controlled Senate and House enacted laws permitting little children to use guns, allowing stand-your-ground as a gun killer’s legal defense argument and granting guns to

be carried into court houses.

The Governor’s Office isn’t saying “boo” as to whether we should or should not be a member of States for Gun Safety Coalition.

Our 535 federal legislative delegates are also irresponsible. Iowa Republican Senators Grassley (NRA grade “A” supporter) and Ernst ($3,124,273 NRA campaign contributions) co-sponsored legislation (H.J.Res. 40) permitting people with mental health issues to purchase guns — an immature and illogical but pro-NRA act on their behalf.

Our state and federal legislators’ non-gun control action has resulted in: 1) one child under the age of 12 is shot to death every day, 2) 27 people are killed every day as a result of gun violence, 3) millions are the victim of assaults and robberies involving a gun and 4) hundreds of law enforcement officers have been shot to death protecting their communities.

What about “common sense gun reform” don’t our alleged representatives understand? The surviving teenagers from Marjory

Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida are more responsible adults than Congress and Iowa’s elected delegates.

The adage “out of the mouth of babes” couldn’t be more truthful than now.

Douglas H.S. student David Hogg, age 17, proclaimed to all legislators in all states: “You guys are the adults. You need to take some action and play a role. Work together.

Come over your politics and get something done.”

Cameron Kasky, 11th grader at Douglas H.S., was exceedingly mature when he said, “People are saying that it’s not time to talk about gun control. And we can respect that. Here’s a time: March 24th in every single city. We are going to be marching together as students begging for our lives.”

This Saturday, March 24, “March for our Lives” could transcend politics. As Kasky reflects so thoughtfully, “This isn’t about the GOP. This isn’t about the Democrats.

This is about the adults. We feel neglected and at this point, you’re either with us or against us.”

Children are saying “okay Speak up by contacting mom, dad, grandma, grand- your legislators demanding pa, aunt, uncle, next door gun reform and marching neighbor to any child: do (March 24) on behalf of you favor common sense gun humanity . . . or . . . don’t cry reform or not?” when a loved one of yours You’ve seen the gun car- gets killed by a gun. nage, read the gun death statistics and observed the funeral processions. And now you’ve heard the children, acting more responsible than legislators, speaking out regarding gun violence while the adults who pretend to be our legislative voice are doing nothing.

Do you care enough about your child, grandchild, grandchild who’s not even conceived or neighbor’s child to join in the March 24 march, even if it’s marching up and down your street?

Or . . . are you going to let our spineless 100 D.C. Senators, 435 D.C. Representatives, 50 Iowa Senators and 100 LANEY KRAUS-TADDEO/Northern Iowan Iowa Representatives Steve Corbin pens a letter to the editor continue to be irre- regarding the “March for Our Lives” march this upcoming Saturday. sponsible?

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FILM REVIEW

Compelling story of joy through despair LEZIGA BARIKOR Campus Life Editor

The year was 1944 when the Soviet Union occupied Romania and began to establish a communist regime.

The young pastor Richard Wurmbrand and his wife Sabina were among many of the religious leaders in attendance at the Congress of Cults held in 1945 by the Romanian Communist government.

As many religious leaders stood up to praise communism and pledge their support in a public nationwide broadcast, Wurmbrand and his wife were sickened because they knew communism had helped lead the persecution of the Christian community.

Wurmbrand’s wife said, “Richard, stand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ! They are spitting in His face.” To which he replied, “If I do so, you lose your husband.”

And his wife’s response: “I don’t wish to have a coward as a husband.”

That led to Wurmbrand choosing to stand up for his beliefs on live radio in Romania, and the following two decades of their lives were spent paying daily for that decision.

Wurmbrand’s book “Tortured for Christ” tells the story of his life, and the lives of various other people in his life, including his immediate family.

Wurmbrand and his wife were both imprisoned separately and tortured for their faith, but they survived long enough to be ransomed.

They went on to start Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), a nonprofit, interdenominational Christian missions organization dedi-

cated to serving persecuted Christians around the world.

VOM produced and funded the making of this movie to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of the book.

Directing: 4/5 Director John Grooters has an established number of IMDb credits for directing and producing documentary-style films. Grooters is also experienced in video shorts, which helped in keeping the pacing of the story tight and interesting. One powerful thing to note about this film is that it was all shot on location in Romania, including the prison where Wurmbrand was actually tortured.

The bulk of the movie was a successful blend of documentary and narrative. The use of close-up shots to increase the tension in scenes, such as when Wurmbrand is being tortured or is risking his life to give out bibles disguised as communist propaganda, was highly effective. The cutaways were clean, and it kept the voice over heavy story moving quickly.

The use of lighting in the film was also very well done, as the communist leaders grew in menace with darkness, but the prisoners in direct lighting appeared haggard and ever hopeful. The source lighting was excellent, and in scenes where the prisoners used their shackles to sing worship songs, the golden light from the old school lamps brought a warmth to what should’ve been a bleak scene.

And for a movie about torture, Grooters did a good job letting the audio tell the story more than sensationalizing the carnage of what occurred.

There were also many

gleeful and c o m e d i c moments to lighten an otherwise bleak subject.

The one shortcoming was the video before and after the movie that tried tying in the present day, because it took away from the compelling story of Wu r m b r a n d ’ s life.

Writing: 4.5/5 The screenplay was written by Steve PUBLIC DOMAIN Cleary and This is the mug shot of Pastor Richard Wurmbrand. He wrote the book, now movie, Grooters. They “Tortured for Christ” about his persection under the Romanian communist regime. was very convincing and took heavily The actors did a confrom the source material and essential to conveying the vincing job of showing an historical evidence. Grooters emotional depth of the sub- astounding level of peace, has well-established IMDb ject matter. joy and love in the face of Emil Mandanac played evil. The Russian tormencredits, but this appears to be one of Cleary’s first Wurmbrand, and his per- tors also portrayed callousformance captured the resil- ness in a stark way that major projects.

The goal of the film ience and torment of a man made it, although not easier, was to create a narrative who would not let go of his more believable to see them as close as possible to the convictions. The actor did beat praying prisoners. actual events, and that a remarkable job immersFor a story about people was well achieved by the ing himself into the pris- who refused to let go of use of English, Romanian oner pastor so well that by their convictions, the cast and Russian with the nec- the third act he was nearly did a great job portraying essary subtitles. Viewers unrecognizable to the young even heavier levels of sufwere able to feel more fully pastor he was in the first. fering as the Russian oppresimmersed when listening to The desperation displayed in sion grew throughout the Russian guards interrogate his face during the scenes plot. in solitary confinement were Wurmbrand.

Overall: 4.5/5 One lighthearted scene gripping.

The Christian testimony But the show-steal- is typically the story of how that utilized these well is where Wurmbrand’s son and ing performance was one one came to the acceptance some friends go pester the of another priest, who for of Christ, but the testimoRussian guards in the few a rough seven to 10 min- ny Wurmbrand told was Russian words they know, ute scene was beaten, hung one of how God met him pleading for “gum,” “please” upside down and then throughout his suffering. In and “thank you” as they watched his son get beat- the final act of the movie scurry off. Wurmbrand’s son en to death by the Russian as Wurmbrand lays on what breaks from Russian to say, guards. In desperation, the should’ve been his death bed, “God bless you,” in English man cried out his complianc- he asked his doctor friend, a and hands a Russian soldier es, but his son reminded him Christian hiding out in the to never stop proclaiming Communist ranks, to delieva flower.

The use of dialogue from the name of Jesus. The abso- er this message to his wife: the book works extremely lute devastation of the scene “God is here.” well for the monologues. In a was so potent, it brought a For Christian audiencbrutal moment, as Christian deeper level of heaviness to es, this movie serves as a prisoners are listening to the narrative. powerful depiction of faith The supporting actors and the persecuted church. one prisoner preach (which was against prison rules), who came and went through For more secular audiences, he is taken by a guard and Wurmbrand’s perspective the film is an emotionalwere essential to his story ly griping historical biopic beaten.

Once the man returned, because with every sacrifice, that fully exposes the horbruised and bloody, he asks the tension heightened for rors communism inflicted on where he left off in the teach- Wurmbrand and his wife. religious communities. ing. In the following mono- Raluca Botez did an excelThroughout the torture, logue Wurmbrand said, “We lent job portraying the type Wurmbrand expressed love were happy preaching. They of strong 1940s Romanian for the communists while were happy beating us, so woman who refused to let hating the communist sysher husband stay silent even tem. The encouraging meseveryone was happy.”

The perplexing joy and at the risk of death. sage the movie ended on Botez’s shining scene from Wurmbrand was, “God smiles makes it clear in that scene none of the prisoners was when the Russian secret will judge us not according are the victims, but rather police came for her at mid- to how much we endured, the victors because they had night to arrest her. In the but how much we could a source of joy that couldn’t scene, she stood tall and love.” gracefully requested the be beaten out of them. chance to pray with her famActing: 5/5 The acting in this movie ily before being taken away.

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A collection of stories of why students decide to relay for life

I relay because I want to live in a world where cancer isn’t such a feared word. I want to work each and every day, towards a cancer free world.

I have lost many family members and friends from cancer. It is one of the hardest things to see what people are going through as they, and their family, battle cancer. I feel so helpless when I see people fighting, and that is why I relay. I relay to work as hard as I can towards putting an end to cancer. I fundraise for those that I’ve lost, and those that others have lost.

In the middle of seventh grade, a friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer. She developed a brain tumor and passed the next year. Shannon was THE nicest, most caring person I’ve ever met. She fought, hard, against the horrible disease that was slowly taking over her body. Yet throughout the entire process, she remained positive and friendly. She remained her beautiful self throughout the long process. She strived to “be someone who means something to someone somewhere.” Shannon is one of the reasons that I GABBRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan relay, to bring positivity and to spread joy. I want to work to influence the lives of others.

Relay For Life takes place Friday, April 6, from I relay because I want to make a difference.

6 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the McLeod Center — Sage Hoy, junior elementary education major

Player one ready? UNI eSports holds Pan-Con PEYTON HUSMANN Staff Writer

On Saturday, March 24, Panther eSports and Panther Tabletop Gaming will host the second annual Panther Gaming Convention (PanCon). This event will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the West Gym. It is free and open to the public.

“This event showcases the growing trend in the 2010’s to video games becoming the dominant recreational activity on college campuses,” said Seàn Dugan, president of Panther eSports and a senior business management major.

Pan-Con will have a variety of games, including Fortnite, Smash/ Melee, League of Legends, Overwatch and Magic

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Darrell Taylor, the Director of the UNI Gallery of Art, talked about this year’s exhibition and its juror.

“Each year is a different juror, and every juror has

the Gathering. According to Dugan, the number of games is too large to list them all, but they are trying to incorporate as many consoles and genres as possible.

There will also be many different tournaments going on at Pan-Con, according to Dugan. These tournaments will include a free and open-to-all League of Legends tournament, three free Magic the Gathering tour naments, one paid DraftMagic tournament, paid Smash and paid Melee tournaments and a Risk (the board game) tournament.

Along with the tournaments come prizes, according to Dungan. The size of the prizes are dependent on the number of people that sign up for the tournaments.

The Smash/ Melee tournaments have a $5 entry fee and the Magic the Gathering draft tournament has a $15 entry fee.

The winners will receive gift cards.

Along with P a n - C o n , Dugan wanted to say that Panther eSports and Panther T a b l e t o p Gaming have both been creDLYAN PADY/Northern Iowan ated in the last Panther eSports is going to hold their second annual Panther Gaming Convention on two years. He Saturday, March 24. There will be a mix of different consoles and board games. wants to show “Here at UNI we have munities in Iowa because of how new organizations can a huge gaming communi- our conventions that bring grow quickly when they ty that is quickly becoming in tons of people from take initiative. one of the top gaming com- around Iowa,” Dugan said.

their own particular interests and concerns that they bring to the job of being a juror. The juror that we had last year was looking at a completely different body of artwork than Currie was looking at,” Taylor said.

“Currie’s particular concerns were students who

were creating artwork that had some kind of political or social commentary.”

As for the students who were involved in the exhibition, Taylor says that the recognition and awards received will help them with finding a career later in life.

“In most cases, this is

the very first professional show that any of these artists have been a part of, and very possibly the first award they have received in a professional setting,” Taylor said.

Taylor continued, saying, “So, this exhibition, plus any awards that any of these

students have received, are going to find their way onto resumes when they go forward onto graduate school or into their professions.”

The Juried Student Art Exhibition will be open to the public through Saturday, April 14, in the Kamerick Art Building Gallery.

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SOFTBALL

UNI softball is 16-10 in regular season DYLAN PADY

Sports Editor

The UNI women’s softball team possesses an overall record of 16-10. They began their season 4-1 in Cedar Falls after hosting the UNIDome Classic. They followed their initial performance with a 5-1 finish in Florida, during the Diamond Nine Citrus Blossom Invitational.

In their third tournament of the season, UNI traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama and were unable to earn a single win at the Easton Bama Bash. They lost to Florida State, Georgia State twice

and Alabama before game five (Florida State) was canceled due to weather.

The Panthers turned it around and really hit their stride with a 4-1 finish in Nashville, Tennessee, followed by a 2-2 finish in Lawrence, Kansas during the Jayhawk Invitational.

Their first non-tournament game was canceled due to the weather. But on Sunday, March 18, the Panthers split their double header against Bradley in Peoria, Illinois.

They won their first game 9-6 and lost their second 7-4.

In game one, UNI was the first team on the board.

Brittney Roby made it home after an error by Bradley’s center fielder. Kennedy Bailey was then batted in by Brittney Krodinger, who hit a double and wrapped up the first inning, 2-0.

The Panthers scored three points in the second inning.

Sammey Bunch hit a triple out towards right field, bringing Tianna Drahn and Claire Dudek to home base. Brittney Krodinger flew out to right field and brought Bunch home to put the Panthers up 5-0 before the third inning.

Both teams went scoreless for three innings, before Bailey reached on a field-

er’s choice in the sixth and brought Bunch in for another run and a 6-0 lead.

Bradley finally found themselves on the board in the seventh inning, scoring all six of their points in a last minute attempt to come back against UNI. However, UNI tacked on three more runs to safeguard a 9-6 victory.

In game two, UNI still possessed an early lead, ahead 4-1 by the end of the third.

Bradley turned on the jets in the fourth inning and denied the Panthers any more runs throughout the ballgame.

Their response was also five points in the fourth inning

and an additional run in the sixth.

Bradley was victorious 7-4, but the Panthers have a winning 16-10 record compared to the Braves’ 11-14.

UNI will travel to Evansville, Indiana for a double-header against the Aces, followed by a single game in Madison against Wisconsin wrapping up a long stretch of away games for the Panthers.

Following their game against the Badgers, UNI will host a three-game series against Missouri State before hitting the road yet again, to Iowa City, where they will take on the Hawkeyes.

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2018 NCAA men’s basketball tournament OPINION

JOEL WAUTERS

Sports Writer

After the first two rounds of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, a number of brackets have likely been devastated.

The 79th edition of college basketball’s largest tournament has taken us down a

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crazy path in its first four days alone, more chaotic than anyone could have ever imagined.

The south, considered by many basketball analysts to be the most difficult corner of the bracket, has seen some shocking upsets thus far. Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) champion Loyola-Chicago upset sixth seeded Miami to make the round of 32, then stunned SEC powerhouse Tennessee on a jumper to advance to their first Sweet Sixteen since 1985.

After trailing behind Cincinnati by 22 points in the second half, seventh seeded Nevada came back to take down the south region’s second seed, 75-73.

Considered to be the greatest upset in tournament history, the sixteenth seeded Retrievers of Maryland, Baltimore County pulverized the tournament’s top overall seed Virginia by 74-54, becoming the first 16th seed to defeat a one seed. Did anyone else see this?

In the west region, ninth seeded Florida State rallied to knock off the top seed in their region, the Xavier Musketeers, who finished the year 29-6 and as Big East Conference regular season champions. Just when everyone thought the Michigan Wolverines were fin-

ished, it was freshman guard Jordan Poole who nailed the awkwardly shot three point bucket that propelled the Big 10 tournament champions past Houston by one point.

And while many thought reigning national champions North Carolina would make a deep run, they were stopped in their tracks by the Texas A&M Aggies, who knocked the Tar Heels out of the big dance by 21 points.

The east hasn’t seen too much excitement. Fans of Marshall University rejoiced as their fourteenth seeded Thundering Herd took down fourth seed Wichita State in the first round. Additionally, Texas Tech, considered to be a sleeper team by many, slipped past Florida 69-66 to advance to the round of 16 for the first time since 2005.

In the midwest region, two storylines dominated the weekend first, the continued struggles of the Oklahoma Sooners.

OU entered the season with high hopes with star freshman guard Trae Young and began with a 12-1 record. Then, once the calendar flipped and 2018 began, the Sooners fell apart, winning only seven of their 18 games in 2018.

Still, they snuck into the field of 68 teams before falling to tenth seeded Rhode Island

in the first round. As for Trae Young, he now plans to enter the NBA Draft, where he is projected to be a top 10 pick.

The other big story is the Syracuse Orange. Syracuse made the field having to play in the First Four round of play in games as an 11th seed.

After getting past Arizona State in the First Four, few gave them a chance against Texas Christian University.

Yet, the Orange snuck by into the next round where, against the Big 10 power of Michigan

State, they rallied for another tight victory and another Sweet Sixteen appearance for head coach Jim Boeheim.

52 down, 16 left. Who will survive this weekend’s Sweet Sixteen matchups and subsequent Elite Eight games?

Who will go to the Final Four in San Antonio? Based on the perennial powers remaining in the bracket, and the teams that have hot as of late, I foresee Kentucky, Michigan, Purdue, and Duke playing in the Alamodome on March 31.

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