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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Why I Relay

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Your response matters 4

‘Beauty and the Beast’ review 5

Tinder and the NBA

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WBB defeated by DePaul in tournament KATHERINE JAMTGAARD Staff Writer

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Kennedy Kirkpatrick, No. 23, dribbles down the court.

The UNI women’s basketball team won a bid in the NCAA tournament after a tough battle and overtime loss against Drake in the Missouri Valley championship on March 12. The Panthers’ season was not over quite yet, as they won a #10 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Tanya Warren, UNI head coach, commented on the NCAA announcement. “[The loss against Drake] was literally the agony of defeat. We lose in overtime in the conference championship, and then [the following day] to see our name come up is really the thrill of victory,” Warren said.

Over break, the Panthers

traveled to Starkville, Mississippi for the f irst round of the NCAA Tournament, to face #7 seed DePaul. DePaul University, located in Chicago, is part of the Big East conference.

Going into the tournament, Coach Warren said the Panthers were excited to be in Starksville to play in front of their “great fans.”

“We know what women’s basketball means here and we’re excited to be here,” Warren said.

The main challenges the Panthers faced in their tournament in regards to defense was getting back in transition, defending the three point line and getting the defensive rebound.

“We try to do the little things and do them well.

Each young lady understands what her role is, and

they do a very good job staying in their role in terms of what is going allow this team to f lourish,” Warren said.

On March 17, the Panthers took the f loor in the Humphrey Coliseum of Mississippi State University, with the opening game of the day against DePaul. The Panthers trailed for a majority of the game, their largest lead in the first quarter put the Panthers ahead by three.

“Today’s game was won on offense. DePaul shot extremely well. They shot the basketball extremely well and a lot of those were challenged,” Warren said.

Madison Weekly, a senior guard, said DePaul’s shooting game bolstered their victory.  See WBB, page 6

NI Feminists want your tampons. Period.

BAILEY BAACK Staff Writer

The Northern Iowa Feminists (NIF), formerly the Feminist Action League, are running a drive for menstrual products called the Red Basket Project this March in conjunction with Women’s History Month. They are accepting every kind of menstrual product, including tampons, pads, menstrual cups and sponges — all of which will be donated to Cedar Valley Friends of the Family. Donations can be made on campus via collection boxes through March 31.

Anna Nett, president of the NIF, believes The Red Basket Project serves two functions.

“One is to help provide options for people who have periods who may be in unfortunate situations. Everyone deserves to be comfortable,” Nett said. “The second one is to raise awareness

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This “Red Basket” is located in the LGBT* Center located in the upper Maucker Union plaza. Items that can be accepted include pads, tampons and other menstrual products.

regarding the necessity of making period products available and to remind people to donate period supplies when making normal donations to shelters or food pantries.”

NIF treasurer Brenna Wolfe highlighted the problem of overlooking period products when donating to homeless or women’s shelters.

“The reality is that menstru-

al products have an unfortunately high price. A box of tampons can cost seven to 10 dollars,” Wolfe said. “For women and families who are already struggling financially, menstru-

al products are often too much money.”

For homeless individuals, period products can be difficult to access. When giving to shelters, donors tend to focus on food, water and clothing.

“Which is great,” Wolfe said.

“However, menstrual products are a forgotten necessity that homeless women and trans individuals desperately need.”

The Red Basket Project implemented at UNI is modeled in collaboration with a chapter in Dubuque of the same name. The Red Basket Project in Dubuque places tampons and pads in the women’s restrooms at the Dubuque Rescue Mission and the Dubuque Food Pantry, as well as creates Period Packs of supplies for guidance counselors to distribute to students who may not otherwise have access to menstruation products.  See RED BASKET, page 2

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NEWS

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Remembering the life and legacy of Donald Shepardson JACOB MADDEN News Editor

On March 2, President Mark Nook announced that Professor Donald Shepardson died after teaching at UNI for 47 years.

Shepardson received his B.S. from Eastern Illinois University, and both his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Shepardson taught military history and diplomatic history in addition to LAC humanities courses, making Shepardson many students’ first impression of UNI. “He wanted to die in the harness,” said Reiner Hesselink, a professor in the history department. Hesselink explained that Shepardson never wanted to retire and that he was a 47-year fixture of the department.

In addition to his service in the UNI history department, Shepardson served in the US Air Force during the Korean War, according to his obituary. According to Hesselink, that military service partially inspired his specialty in military and diplomatic history.

Shepardson published two

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“We want to send the message with this project that periods are normal and that everyone deserves to have one that is relatively comfortable,” Nett said.

“There should not be a stigma attached.”

The NIF encourages all UNI students, faculty and staff to donate.

As for the mission of the organization NIF public relations director Rylee Junk believes that equality and inclusion are key.

“The mission of the Northern Iowa Feminists is to recognize gender and sex-related issues and advo-

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books as a scholar: “Conflict and Diplomacy from the Great War to the Cold War,” 1999, and “Rosa Luxemburg and the Noble Dream,” 1996.

According to Hesselink, Shepardson’s military service and scholarly study greatly impacted his view of war. Hesselink described Shepardson as a pacifist, saying “he was very much against this projection of [American] power overseas.”

Even beyond his scholarly contributions, Shepardson was a dedicated member of the history department according to Robert Martin, history department head.

“He was an exceptionally good departmental citizen,” Martin said. “He was somebody you always knew you could count on.”

According to Martin, Shepardson was incredibly generous with his time, both with his students and his colleagues.

“He was just a very congenial, very nice man,” Martin said.

Martin recalled that even as his health declined, he thought of his students.

“The morning before he died, he called me about seven

o’clock in the morning. He told me he had called an ambulance to take him to the hospital,” Martin said. “What he seemed most concerned about was that he had scheduled a test for his eight and nine o’clock classes and he was very worried that those students were going to come for their test and there wasn’t going to be anyone there.”

According to Martin, that concern for students was typical for Shepardson.

“He was very student oriented in a kind of quiet way,” Martin said. “He wasn’t dynamic, he didn’t fraternize with the students that much, but he was almost always here and his door was always open.”

Martin described Shepardson as thoughtful in all of his affairs, as well as intellectual in a quiet, humble way.

“I would love to have a department full of colleagues like Don,” Martin said. “I’ve got good colleagues, but he knew the history of the institution and the department in a way that nobody else did.”

“You may not always agree with him,” Martin said. “But you knew he was a person of great integrity. I’m going to

cate for the equality of all genders and sexes,” Junk said. “In doing so, we recognize the intersection of identities within these communities and research how we can support all of these identities through feminism.”

Wolfe also echoed this sentiment of inclusivity when describing NIF’s overall mission.

“Northern Iowa Feminists is not a man-hating, feminazi group for women only,” Wolfe said. “We are open to anyone and everyone.”

NIF meetings take place every Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Oak Room, located in the basement of Maucker Union. Collection boxes for The Red Basket Project can be found at the WRC, Social Work Department Office, WGS Department Office, LGBT* Center, the NISG Office, Hagemann Hall Office and the Dean of Education’s Office until March 31.

Those who wish to donate after March can still do so by contacting Rylee Junk at rylee@uni.edu.

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Donald Shepardson, pictured above with history department head Robert Martin’s service dog Nick, taught at five different universities in his lifetime. He began teaching at UNI in 1970 and specialized in military and diplomatic history.

miss him a lot.”

According to Hesselink, Shepardson also had a passion for tennis, where he was known for his hard hits. Shepardson also reportedly held that American cinema had reached its zenith with “High Noon,” a 1952 Western Drama.

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“Maybe his students should watch that movie to honor him,” Hesselink said.

“He loved this place,” Martin said. “He told me — actually a week or two before he died — that this was a good place, that he was glad that he had spent his career here.”

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Beast and Belle are epitome of masculine and feminine roles If you didn’t get any time over your spring break to catch the live-action remake of Disney’s 1991 classic “Beauty & The Beast,” go online now and look for show times that will reasonably fit your schedule so you can correct your egregious error.

I’m only partly kidding.

This visually gorgeous film continues Disney’s so-far winning streak of live-action adaptations of their animated classics, most notably “Cinderella” and “The Jungle Book.” But as great as the acting, music, choreography and plot-hole elimination are, I think the preservation (in some cases, enhancement) of the most important literary themes on which the original film (and the original fairy tale itself) stood is most crucial to this version’s critical and commercial success.

And of these themes, what thrills me the most is the movie’s classic portrayal of the relationship between men and women.

For women, Belle is a rare breed of intelligence, kindness, patience and bravery. She works to expand her understanding through reading and traveling, and she gives and sacrifices much for those that she loves (first her father and eventually the

Beast).

But while she is long-suffering, she is also not a pushover who merely sits back and allows her life to be determined by others. She pushes back against every important male figure in her life at one point or another, from her father’s protestation of her taking his place as castle prisoner, to her declining of Gaston’s repeated and obnoxious offers of marriage, and to her refusing dinner with the Beast and later rebuking him for his temper.

As such, she is neither the domesticated stereotype of the 1950s (an at best exaggerated take on women of that era, by the way) nor defiant for defiance’s sake.

For men, the Beast is also intelligent and principled, holding lofty but reasoned ethical standards. While he does allow himself to become stubborn and even mean in his moralism, he is less merciful to himself than he is to anyone else (as someone who is just as merciless to himself, I can tell you that this is the dominant source of his bad temper). Under all that misplaced aggression and dominance, we find a (rightfully) guilt-ridden soul who does the best he knows to do in order to make life better for himself and for his absurdly loyal servants.

He learns more about how to do this, of course, through Belle’s well-executed efforts

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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Bella and Dan Stevens as the Beast, premiered in theaters March 17. Day says the movie offers a “classic portrayal of the relationship between men and women.”

to coax out the princely gentlemen buried underneath the Beast’s animalistic exterior.

He even manages to show us that aggression is good and righteous, in proper contexts, which brings us to arguably the best demonstration of male-female dynamic in the entire movie.

Midway through, Belle wisely wants to flee the woods to safety, as there’s every chance the wolves that the Beast successfully scared away (on his own initiative, by the way, and after he had all-but banished Belle from the castle) will come back.

But the Beast is weak from injury in his fight, and he would just as likely not survive another attack if he didn’t get to safety.

Why I relay IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan

Ashley Resewher lost both her father and uncle to cancer before her 12th birthday.

In addition, Belle learned just before the Beast arrived that she simply could not protect herself from the wolves on her own. In short, they need each other, but in distinctly different ways. She urges the Beast to get moving for both their sakes, telling him, “You have to help me.

You have to stand.” But this urging is not a command; it’s a plea. She doesn’t seek to control him, but, rather, she calls him up to rise to the occasion and do his part for their survival.

This pattern continues, with Belle gently guiding the Beast back towards his original humanity and true masculinity, and the Beast responding (with some stumbles) to her challenges. Between his

initiation and her expansion on his efforts, they both not only survive but flourish, and, eventually, so do the castle and the village.

This latest iteration of the “tale as old as time” follows after its predecessors in presenting a beautiful model for men and women to celebrate and aspire to (though perhaps not copy verbatim), marked by both mutual respect for each other as persons and particular care for each other appropriate to their distinct strengths and weaknesses.

Kudos to Disney for preserving this beautiful truth.

Editor’s note: For the Northern Iowan film critic’s review of the movie’s technical aspects, see page 5.

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

“I was just 8 years old when I found out my dad was diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer. For a while I did not know what cancer was, but I soon found out. I watched my dad go through many surgeries and treatments. Things finally started looking up and were getting back to normal.

Then out of nowhere my Uncle Terry was diagnosed with colon cancer. He went into the hospital, and things started going downhill. Just a couple short months later my uncle passed away.

My dad wanted to do something for my uncle and fight back against cancer, so he made a Relay For Life team. His team was called ‘Cool Beans.’ A few months after Relay For Life, my dad’s cancer came back. This time the doctors could not do anything about it. In November of 2007, when I was just 11 years old I lost my first best friend and the best dad anyone could ever ask for.

Today, my dad’s team, ‘Cool Beans,’ is still carried on by my mom in Cedar Rapids and myself here at UNI. I Relay not only to keep my dad’s team alive, but also in hopes that someday no one will have to lose a family member from this horrible disease.”

—Ashley Resewher

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Workshops to end in performance SARAH RITONDALE Staff Writer

This week, UNI SAVE (Students Advocating for Voices and Equality) are presenting performance-based workshops as part of their “Your Response Matters” initiative. The workshops, which are being held in the Interpreters Theatre in Lang Hall, started on Monday, March 20, and will conclude tonight, March 23.

These workshops will culminate in one final workshop on Friday, March 24, which will be followed by a performance at 7:30 p.m. consisting of the stories and experiences shared throughout the week.

According to UNI SAVE, these workshops entail the opportunity to not only self-reflect, but to listen to how others respond to their unique circumstances.

The performance at the end

of the week is meant to play, create and build community.

“The [Your Response Matters] workshops are in response to the SAVE students commenting on observing people not having enough time to process and respond to their lives,” said Amandajean Nolte, director of UNI SAVE and production coordinator for the UNI Interpreters Theatre.

“Whether it is not having the time to celebrate a personal success before moving onto the next item on the to-do list or feeling like there isn’t time to grieve a loss because life keeps turning, these workshops offer a place to pause and reflect.”

“Your Response Matters” is an opportunity for students to recognize both positive and negative aspects of their lives and have the opportunity to appreciate or recuperate from circumstances that are thrown

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in their direction, according to UNI SAVE. In addition, it will offer a safe place where students can connect with one another.

“I never give myself the time to reflect on things and then express my feelings or experiences by doing something creative, or by creating something with other people,” said Megan Rion, graduate instructor in the communication studies department. “For me, it’s about connecting with others about how I am feeling.

And they are feeling and creating something to express that — allowing myself to spend this time being playful.”

According to the UNI communication studies website, UNI SAVE “use[s] dialogue, workshopping, storytelling and performance to facilitate community engagement in social change.”

In effect, the group uses these means of engagement for students to better understand one another and the types of challenges people are facing and overcoming.

The organization has stated that their goal is to better society as a whole by having people become more capable of empathizing with one another. UNI SAVE explores social justice and aims to create a safer environment for everyone involved.

“SAVE works to create spaces where honest dialogues can happen, and community is built through story shar-

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The Interpreters Theatre, located in Lang Hall, will serve as the venue for UNI SAVE’s “Your Response Matters” performance this Friday.

ing and understanding,” Nolte said.

In addition to self-reflection, another aspect of “Your Response Matters” is that it provides the opportunity to listen to others’ experiences.

“There also must be time to hear other people’s responses to their circumstances,” Nolte said. “It is through this story-sharing and hearing that real empathy and understanding is practiced.”

The students in the workshop will not be the only ones listening to each other, as the performance on Friday will also allow audience members to listen and engage with the performers.

“Students are encouraged to join us on Friday at 7:30 to watch what we have created; there may also be a chance for the audience members to participate,” Rion said. “Audience

members will be able to reflect on their own lives and see how they can ‘play’ more themselves, too. If there are experiences or feelings that they have been experiencing, this can be a new way for audience members to process things in their lives.”

Because the maximum number of participants that are able to attend each workshop is only 15 people, some students may not have had the opportunity to sign up for “Your Response Matters.”

However, Nolte is informing students that SAVE plans to host more of these workshops in the coming year.

“This pilot offers us a chance to try out some new techniques and get feedback from participants and audience members as we embark on this new platform of performance,” Nolte said.

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FILM REVIEW

Beauty & Beast: not the Belle of the ball JOSHUA ROUSE

Film Critic

In a quiet village in France, Belle spends her days reading copious amounts of books, awaiting the day she can escape the ordinary life of a village girl and the advances of the hyper-masculine Gaston. Belle hopes to escape to the fantasy worlds in her books, but little does she know, that day of liberation is closer than she realizes.

When her father stumbles upon the castle of a prince who takes on the cursed form of a beast, Belle races to save him and ends up as the Beast’s prisoner in her father’s stead.

Comforted by the castle’s enchanted staff, Belle begins to live at the castle and hopes to break the curse on the Beast, unbeknownst of the trouble brewing back in her village by the love-sick Gaston.

Directing: 3/5 “Beauty and the Beast” is Disney’s live action remake of their animated 1991 classic of the same name. Director Bill Condon has an eye for detail in translating the hand-drawn images to real life, the prince’s castle being the most visually striking set piece of the whole movie.

The opening village scene is another aspect of the film taken straight from the animated original. The frame is constantly filled with motion as the villagers go about their daily lives and create the exposition for the audience.

One more delightful detail in this live-action version is the depiction of French costumes and specifics of the villagers’ lives, all of which make it clear that this movie takes place in France.

Unfortunately, this eye for detail doesn’t make everything a smooth transition from cartoon to real life. “Be Our Guest” is undoubtedly the most impressive song of the movie, wowing the eyes with just as much splendor and energy as the original version.

“Gaston’s Song,” however, comes off as underwhelming compared to the over-the-top style of the original animated song due to the limits of live-action filmmaking.

While the staff of the castle are creatively personified through CGI in their cursed furniture forms, the Beast is rendered onto the screen by motion capture, when it would have been perfectly acceptable – and even more visually impressive – to create his monstrous personage with costuming and practical effects.

Writing: 3/5 If you have seen the animated “Beauty and the Beast,”

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“Beauty and the Beast,” Disney’s live-action reimagining of their 1991 animated film of the same name, has received generally favorable reviews from critics. The film, which currently carries a 70 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, has grossed over $428 million worldwide as of press time.

then you have seen this movie.

Not to say this is a bad thing, but rather that both films feature pretty much the same plot and characters.

There are several attempts in this recent version to give the characters and the story more depth. While some of these are welcome additions, especially those regarding the prince’s curse, other elements feel tacked on or unnecessary.

In particular, there is a bit that expands upon the parental circumstances of Belle and the Beast, but it is not executed all that smoothly, thereby losing the emotional impact that it could have had.

Acting: 3/5 Even though each actor and actress had their own strengths they brought to their respective roles, there was one glaring problem throughout most

of the movie.

Because this is a remake of a Disney classic, many of the lines were taken right from the original. This resulted in a great deal of the acting feeling a bit forced, with lines being said simply for nostalgia reasons because their 90’s counterpart said it, as opposed to the character themselves needing to say it.

This is a problem I foresee plaguing the future Disney live-action remakes. It takes away from the emotional connection that the actors and actresses can have with their role, and it can especially affect how the audience connects to the performance on screen. It’s an experience akin to a band doing a cover of a classic song.

Despite this issue, the cast still manages to put their best foot forward, with

Luke Evans as Gaston, Ewan McGregor as Lumiere and Ian McKellan stealing the show as Cogsworth. Emma Watson as Belle is solid enough, shining in the more emotional moments – especially with veteran actor Kevin Kline as her father, Maurice.

However, Dan Stevens as the Beast is one of the more disappointing points of the movie. His voice and presence just isn’t as powerful or intimidating as Robby Benson’s, who voiced the Beast in the 1991 animated film.

Overall: Despite some unnecessary fluff and animation-to-live-action translation issues, “Beauty and the Beast” is charming at its core. This new film features entertaining performances, eye-popping set design and will undoubtedly engage mem-

bers of younger generations who have never seen Disney’s original adaption.

TL:DR (TOO LONG; DIDN’T READ) + Luke Evans, Ewan McGregor and Ian McKellan, steal the show as Gaston, Lumiere, and Cogsworth, respectively. + Set design and ‘Be Our Guest’ are visual highlights of the film — Some things work better in the 90’s animation than they do in live action — The Beast is a bit underwhelming, both in visual and vocal presentation.

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Men’s and Women’s Track:

3/25: Bill Cornell Spring Classic (Carbondale, IL) 3/30-4/1: Florida Relays (Gainesville, FL) 4/8: Husker Spring Invitational (Lincoln, NE) Softball

3/35-3/26: Indiana State (Terre Haute, IN) 2/29: Iowa State (Ames, IA)

4/1-4/2: Evansville (Cedar Falls, IA)

Men’s and Women’s Golf:

3/27-3/28: Little Rock State Invitational (Maumelle, AR) 4/1-4/2: Bradley Invitational (Peoria, IL)

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4/9-4/10: Indiana State Spring Invitational (Terre Haute, IN)

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OPINION

How Tinder is changing the game for many NBA players DYLAN PADY

Sports Editor

Tinder launched in 2012 and has been changing the way NBA players score.

Modern-day basketball teams are putting up more numbers than ever before as they are able to maintain a clear, competitive focus even on a long string of games on the road.

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“They came out hot,” Weekly said of DePaul.

“They shot a great percentage from the field. But in every game there are things that we could’ve done differently.

In the end, when someone shoots as well as DePaul did, it takes a toll on your defense. We let our offensive struggles get into our defense as well.”

DePaul ended the game with 38 points in the paint,

The case of the matter is, when players used to compete on the road, they would often spend all night at the clubs, celebrating and having fun. A lot of players have began to replace nights on the town with local matchings on Tinder.

In the 1997-1998 season, road teams only won 32 percent of their games before

the dawn of MySpace or even YouTube. The application was released in 2012 and was registering millions of “swipes” by 2014.

Also by 2014, road teams in the NBA’s win percentage increased to a whopping 42 percent.

The game is certainly changing and I’m not denying that players are much

better than they were in the past. But to protect their multi-million dollar careers, partying and staying out has almost began to fall off for many professional athletes.

In 1993, Michael Jordan was caught out at two in the morning gambling in Atlantic City, just before game two of their series against the New York Knicks.

NBA players were infamous for their partying habits, but some kept it more in control than others.

Modern NBA teams are always looking to maintain a positive image for their fanbase. The players’ Tinder habits are simply making them better role-models by cutting the drinking and partying.

13 points from turnovers, 19 points from second chance shots, six points from fast breaks and 30 points from the bench.

“When their bigs is in trouble you think that you have a chance to exploit some areas. But with what Tanita Allen did, 25 points off the bench, 5-6 from three, that’s extraordinary. [...] I knew they were good offensively, but I didn’t know they were that well oiled of a machine,” Warren said.

“They are constantly moving the ball and themselves.

[...] It’s a difficult offense to defend, and it is just constant. They executed it well today and knocked down a lot of shots,” Weekly added.

UNI, on the other hand, had 32 points in the paint, 16 from turnovers, seven from second chance opportunities, four points from fast breaks and 17 points from the bench.

“We got good shots, we just didn’t hit them today.

When you can’t make a shot it takes a toll on your defense,” said Weekly.

As far as the experience of the host, Warren had only

good things to say.

“The experience has been outstanding. Everyone was welcoming, the fans got into it. [...] They love women’s basketball here and that is very evident. [...] They wanted to make this a firstclass event, and they went above and beyond,” said Warren.

For Megan Maahs, a freshman UNI forward, the NCAA Tournament was a “great experience, getting here was such a fun journey. I have to thank the seniors for everything they have done for me

and all the ways they have led me.”

Angie Davison, a senior on the team said, “We are like a family [...] This is probably one of the closest teams I have ever been on and we just do a really good job of staying together no matter what is happening during each game.”

The Panthers lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to DePaul, 88-67. The Panthers end their season with an overall record of 24-9 and a conference record of 15-3.

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For Rent June 1 2 bdrm apt, 2423 Tremont St. Cedar Falls. 266-6440

College kids rent from me and love it! Large and nice 3 bdrm home. 2003 Main St., C.F. Parking, laundry, and includes utilities. $1175/mo.

319-266-4200 319-404-1295

3-4 bdrm house, $1190/ mo. 4 bdrm house, $1300/ mo. Close to UNI, off-street parking, A/C, W/D. June 1, year lease.

Brad 319-239-4246 call/ text.

For rent: Available May 15. 2 bdrm duplex off-street parking, utilities included.

1 block from UNI. Rent negotiable.

319-277-2504

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Sign a lease at any of these addresses between March 1 and March 15 and receive a new 42” at screen TV! 621 W. 4th St. 824 W. 7th St. 521 S. Division

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Contact us to set up YOUR showing and lock in your new home TODAY!

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Campus Court Apartments $1050 for 12 months | $1260 for 10 months

10 and 12 month leasing options

Free Cable & Internet - Dishwasher and major applicances included Washers and Dryers in each building - Soundproofing between units Basketball & Volleyball courts, and an area to grill out! Free campus shuttle that stops every hour

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