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April 12, 2018
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Volume 114, Issue 50
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Stalking: a growing problem 2
Addressing hate crimes 3
‘Doubt’ theater review 4
NBA playoffs 6
Singing for a mission trip to Kenya ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer
On Sunday, April 20, at 7 p.m., Celeste Bembry, student retention and recruitment coordinator for the College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences, will be performing “An Intimate Eve of Modern Jazz” at the Waterloo Center for the Arts. The event will function as a fundraiser for a mission trip to Kenya Bembry plans to go on in August. Bembry will be going on the trip with six to seven members of the Antioch Baptist Church in Waterloo. The church has partnered with Children of Hope Ministries to engage with Kenyan orphans who have lost their parents due to HIV and AIDS.
“I just want to love the kids,” Bembry said. “They’re without their parents, so as brief as we are there, I want these children to know that they are loved and to have hope.” Although Bembry is known for her classical singing and Christian spirituals, she chose to perform a selection of jazz pieces for her fundraiser to challenge herself as a musician. Bembry will be covering artists like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Rodgers and Hammerstein. The selection of songs for the evening will be on topics of love, community and environmentalism. “I get to connect with people that are strangers to me, but not really a stranger, because we’re in this life
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experience together,” Bembry explained. “I think my goal is to invite folks from the Cedar Valley. I may not know them, but they’re coming in and from the exchange of what I give and as I talk — I will be very verbal, talking to folks during the set. So, I will get to know them as they get to know me, and that is a very beautiful thing to come out of that with another one hundred or so new friends.” The duo Pantera Roxa — formerly known as Purple Panthers — will accompany Bembry during her performance. The endeavor has been nearly three years in the making for Bembry. Back in 2015, members of the Antioch Baptist Church went on their first mission trip to Kenya. Approximately
six months later, an the congregation invited Bembry to perform at their of church during a presentation with Celeste about the trip. Bembry “I sat there & just overwhelmed Pantera Roxa with this wonderful opportunity to come from Waterloo, Iowa and to go in the world to do good things for people,” Bembry recalled. “And before I Fundraiser: sang a note, I Kenya Mission Trip stood before that Friday, April 20, 2018| 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. congregation, and I said, ‘I vow to Waterloo Center for the Arts you: if you do this 225 Commercial Street, Waterloo For tickets, email celestelea@yahoo.com | $50.00 per person again, I’m in! I would love to be a part of that mission work.’” See BEMBRY, page 2
upcoming 2018 season, completing the lineup of games for the Panthers on the gridiron this fall.
Prior to its off icial release on Monday, April 9, the UNI athletic department had trouble finding an 11th team for the Panthers to play. UNI is just one of several schools around the nation that has had trouble filling out their list of opponents for the coming year this offseason. With the scheduling of the Hampton University Pirates for a third non-conference game, the UNI athletic department has now been able to have the schedule released publically. While most games still need to be scheduled as it relates to kickoff time and broadcast information, the Panthers now know who they will go toe-to-toe with on the field. The purple and gold will kick the season off on the road at Montana on Sept. 1 at 6p.m., followed by a big showdown with
JAZZ
UNI football finalizes their 2018 season
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JOEL WAUTERS
Associate Sports Editor
After weeks of specula-
tion and concern of whether it would be filled, the UNI football team has scheduled its 11th opponent for the
in-state rival Iowa on Sept. 15 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. This will be the first time the Panthers and Hawkeyes have faced off since their last heartstopping meeting in 2014 where Iowa won 31-23. UNI returns home for their first game in the UNIDome on Sept. 22 against Hampton, before opening the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) season on the road at Indiana State in a rare Thursday night game on Sept. 27. Reigning national champion North Dakota State will come to the dome of Oct. 6 in the home conference opener. The Bisons are coming off their record-breaking sixth national title in the last seven seasons and look to be the dominating force of the league once again. See FOOTBALL, page 6
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