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and significance of drag in society.

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Fulfilling

ERIN MCRAE Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa has long been regarded as one of the midwest’s top spots for future educators, boasting a 98% placement rate after graduation. UNI is also in the top 1% in the nation in number of B.A. teaching graduates, known for providing hands-on opportunities for future educators.

Iowa has also become the hotspot of controversial legislation around education, recently passing Senate File (SF) 496 in both the house and senate, which increases the number of books banned and reduces standards on health education. Iowa public school districts are no longer allowed to provide any instruction regarding gender identity and sexual orientation for kindergarten through sixth grade. Public school districts must post a list of all books in the school’s library, which will be fully accessible by the public. SF 496 also requires public schools to notify parents if a child has had a change in gender identity or plans to

LAUREN MCGUILL Staff Writer

UNI’s Green Dot program is hosting a new project for the month of April, “Through the Lens of a Panther” where staff, faculty and students can submit a photo they’ve taken on campus and include two to three sentences answering the question: “what does community look like to you?” Hannah Menken, a second year graduate student in UNI’s School Counseling Program, is the Graduate Assistant for Green Dot and is responsible for creating the “Through the Lens of a Panther” project. Menkens position at Green Dot tasks her to oversee program planning, schedule training and events, and to assist with cam-

Iowa state legislature recently passed SF 496, which increases government regulation on education through means including book bans and restrictions over discussions involving gender identity and sexual orientation. UNI students entering the education field have to take these recent changes into consideration when looking for jobs and preparing for careers in the field.

transition. Just last month at a school board meeting, Des Moines public school district interim Superintendent Matt Smith said, “I am actually being told by many folks that we look to recruit from outside the state, that Iowa is no longer a destination.”

The newly passed bill has

pus outreach to ensure culture change on campus.

“April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. One thing

been met with public contention, drawing national attention as Iowa joins a list of other states implementing more government control in public schools. At the same time, fewer students are majoring in education and the nationwide teacher shortage continues to grow. Some account this to the

that I wanted to showcase during the month was a project called ‘Through the Lens of a Panther.’ We are taught in

dwindling salaries teachers receive. While these obstacles hinder growth in the education sector, UNI’s College of Education accounts for over 2,200 or 25% of all students, making it the program with one of the highest enrollment.

La Galería de Arte de UNI está presentando una exposición para el programa de Licenciatura en Bellas Artes (BFA, por sus siglas en inglés) de la primavera 2023 desde el lunes, 24 de abril, hasta el viernes, 5 de mayo. Habrá una recepción la noche de la inauguración que tendrá lugar el lunes, 24 de abril a las 7 p.m. en el vestíbulo sur del Kamerick Art Building (KAB). Este evento es gratuito y abierto al público.

Esta exposición presentará el trabajo de cinco estudiantes artistas: Jenna Lou Jansen, Jules Marie Hammerand, Madeline LeRoy, Summer Weed y Taylor Lee Rachel Sullivan. En ellas se exploran múltiples temas a través de diferentes formas de arte, incluyendo salud mental, autoestima, feminidad, automatismo y más.

our field of counseling that we need to see through the ‘lens’ or the ‘perspective’ of our clients and I feel that it could

be applied everywhere else. It’s always interesting to see or hear someone’s perspective on something that may seem mundane to us. This project can show us how to share our perspective with others within our community,” said Menken.

Green Dot will be collecting submissions for the project until Sunday, April 30, and will be posting the photos on their social media. And if there are an abundance of responses, the submissions may be posted around campus to showcase what a strong community UNI has cultivated and to encourage the campus to learn more about Green Dot and its message.

Klinkhammer dives in on the history

SPORTS Softballs dominates in three-game sweep of Salukis.

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Abigail Morlan is a junior studying elementary education with a strategy II instructional strategist minor who was born and raised in Cedar Falls. For her, picking UNI was an easy choice. “In my opinion, UNI is one of the best schools in the country for education,” Morlan said. She plans to stay in the Cedar Valley and teach in the Waterloo school district after graduation.

Morlan said that pursuing her career choice has not been without its obstacles. Despite the change in the educational climate, Morlan still has hope for what the future will look like. “I think currently with such a shortage and high need for educators, it has created a toxic climate in many schools. There is more negativity and more teachers are leaving the field. This is incredibly discouraging to students who are going through the education program who are so excited to teach,” she said.

“It’s also disappointing knowing how much work goes into this field, yet many teachers cannot afford to live. The pay is nowhere near enough,

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Aaron Wilson es un profesor de grabado en el departamento de arte quien ha estado aconsejando a los estudiantes que están presentando sus obras.

Según Wilson, el departamento de arte de UNI les da a los estudiantes una oportunidad para crecer como artistas más allá del salón de clases. “Los estudiantes del BFA trabajan de cerca con nuestra facultad para desarrollar una dirección creativa clara que culmina en esta exposición. Muchas de sus clases avanzadas de práctica permiten el estudio creativo independiente, guiado por la crítica continua.

El título también requiere un curso de prácticas profesionales que ayuda a preparar a los estudiantes para sus carreras después de la graduación. Un curso de teoría del arte, llamado Problemas Críticos en Arte Contemporáneo, también es un requisito. “Por eso, la gama de interacción con la facultad es amplia”, dijo Wilson.

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but I have decided to continue for the kids and because I am so passionate about education. They are future leaders and change-makers, so I want to make a positive impact and give students the tools they need to be independent and thrive,” Morlan said.

most rewarding part of the job,” Wadle said.

Becky Hawbaker Faculty Co-Chair for Educator Preparation

Morlan is not the only student majoring in education who thinks the education system has faults. Samuel Wadle is a math teaching major at UNI who has dreamed of pursuing a career in education since elementary school. “While I may teach math, the part of education that really draws me to the profession is the students and how educators are able to shape them. Creating a lasting impression on those kids is the

“La facultad del departamento de arte disfruta la oportunidad de trabajar con estudiantes detalladamente, más allá de lo que el título de Licenciatura en Humanidades permite. Lo qué yo más disfruto personalmente de enseñar a los estudiantes del BFA es la oportunidad de ver sus obras evolucionar durante el curso del programa. La exposición del BFA actúa como un catalizador para hacer crecer su trabajo, muchas veces más allá de sus propias expectativas”.

La estudiante Jenna Jansen es una pintora y artista de performance cuyas obras serán presentadas en la próxima exposición. Para ella, la oferta de cursos fuera de su especialización y las memorias de niñez le han ayudado a formar su habilidad artística.

“También soy estudiante de psicología, y pienso que mis cursos de psicología han influido profundamente en algunos de mis procesos de pensamiento, especialmente mi trabajo de performance. Conceptos como

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According to Wadle, the recent legislation is harming Iowa schools. “I feel as educators, it is our responsibility to provide a safe and positive environment in which the students are able to learn. Banning and/ or restricting people or things does one thing in my eyes; it takes away an opportunity to learn. These students will likely be presented with difficult or uncomfortable situations at some point in their lives and making school a space where these situations do not occur eliminates the chance we have as educators to prepare our students for what may lie ahead,” Wadle said.

Becky Hawbaker is a UNI alumni, graduating in 1991 with a history-teaching major, and later attending the University of Iowa where she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in special education. Hawbaker is now an assistant professor in the Department of Teaching and serves as the faculty co-chair for educator preparation.

For Hawbaker, the recent action in the Iowa house and senate has changed the way she approaches conversations with UNI education students.

la concientización, y el estado de fluidez son herramientas que me gusta utilizar cuando creó arte”, dijo Jansen. “En este momento de mi vida, mirando atrás a las experiencias del pasado es donde me encontré en términos de inspiración para dibujar. Me tomó mucho tiempo pensando en mi crianza como una niña joven en el rural noreste de Iowa y cómo ha sido integrada en mi existencia entera”.

El trabajo de Jansen presentará reflexiones sobre el género y la imagen género. “Yo he pintado muchas de mis obras a partir de fotografías de mí misma puesto un traje de baño en diferentes pasos de mi vida. Las maneras en que yo personalmente he sido entrenada para representar mi género, como ponerme maquillaje y llevar puesto bikinis, son cosas en las que me enfoqué mientras estuve creando esta obra. También hay algunos trabajos de vídeos y esculturales incluidos en el programa que siguen el mismo tema”, dijo Jansen.

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“New legislation and the current political climate have definitely influenced how I talk to my students about their future teaching jobs. It is important for our new teachers to go in with their eyes wide open and understand that things we used to take for granted, like a general respect for teachers and respect for their content knowledge, are no longer so true,” she said.

“I tell them to really research the schools and districts they apply to teach in and to be cautious in their first few years until they have their standard license. I tell them about some of the negative experiences of some of my former students. I tell them to join their union and research their contract before they sign it,” Hawbaker said. “But I also tell them that our democracy has never needed caring, intelligent, creative, principled young teachers like them in our schools more, and that the power to transform lives through education is ultimately worth the frustrations, stress and noise.”

As Hawbaker pursued her own education, she encountered obstacles. But ultimately, her passion for teaching held constant throughout all struggles.

Taylor Sullivan es un colega estudiante BFA y dijo que sus obras estaran llenas de color. Sullivan dijo que los espectadores pueden esperar a ver, “Mucho rosa. Y un sentido abrumador de ambos feminidad infantil y adulta”.

La inspiración de Sullivan viene de sus propias experiencias de su vida. “La mayoría de mi trabajo actual que será exhibido en la presentación es derivado de mi experiencia creciendo como una niña nacida en Y2K. Hay un idioma inherente y una cultura circundante de esa década sobre la que yo quería comentar. Yo nunca fui una Barbie, yo fui una Bratz. Como una hija única, estoy interesada en inclinarme a la identidad estereotípica de la hija única que es consentida, hermosa y obtiene todo lo que ella quiera”, dijo Sullivan. “Todo lo que es rosa y brillante y reluciente y empalagoso es la veta a la que yo estoy aspirando”.

También Sullivan da crédito de su éxito al departamento de arte de UNI. “Mis profesores

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“I completed my Ph.D. while working full time here at UNI (2008-2018) and trying to be a good mother to three wonderful daughters. The closure of Price Lab and my battle with breast cancer in 2012 were probably my biggest obstacles, and I overcame them with the support of my family, friends and colleagues. I just stayed focused on the positives and where I had the power to make change,” Hawbaker said.

Despite encountering numerous obstacles, Hawbaker has focused on improving the future of education by connecting with young students here at UNI. She is eager to make a difference in the educational system, and is using UNI as the catalyst for that movement.

“I chose to become a teacher because it was a perfect match for my love of learning, my desire to make a positive difference, and because I really enjoy working with children and youth,” Hawbaker said. “Teaching is really more of a vocation or calling than just a job, and despite, or maybe even because of all the new controversies and political pressures, I’d still choose teaching all over again.”

y las clases en UNI me han convertido en la artista que yo soy hoy en día. Mirando atrás, viniendo al departamento de arte yo no entendía la profundidad que el arte podía tener ni el espacio que podía ocupar. Yo no sabía qué era arte de performance cuando llegué aquí por primera vez. Siempre estoy agradecida a la facultad por permitir que mi mente creativa se expanda”, dijo Sullivan.

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Debunking Drag

BAILEY KLINKHAMMER

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“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the famed drag show hosted by RuPaul, recently celebrated its 200th episode during its 15th season on air. While the 200th episode aired, dozens of bills surrounding restrictions on the art of drag sat in state congresses. The general American public has become too comfortable with the state of LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S. Since Obergefell v. Hodges, we’ve seen the American public accept the state of affairs for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Because of this comfort, politicians take their chance to demolish LGBTQ+ spaces, namely within the drag sphere.

It’s a common misconception that drag began within the last fifty years. In reality, we can trace the history of drag all the way back to Ancient Greece. When women were barred from performing in Greek theaters, the male actors would dress in drag to perform the female roles. Outside of the theater, drag performances were also prominent in religious ritual performances in Greece. Over the years, drag has evolved in many different ways, in an array of countries. In the United States specifically, one of the first recorded drag queens was named William Dorsey Swann, the first person to ever refer to themselves as “the Queen of Drag.” Swann was born into slavery in Maryland, just three years before President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. In the 1880s when Swann entered his twenties, he began hosting his own drag balls in Washington D.C. Swann embraced the danger that came along with hosting these balls; while Swann was known for hosting these balls, they were also known for holding their own when police would eventually raid these drag balls. Swann was arrested countless times during raids on their drag balls, even being sentenced to 300 days in prison after one raid in 1896, convicted of “being a suspicious

character” and “keeping a disorderly house.” Swann paved the way for drag shows and the liberation of black LGBTQ+ people in America.

Shortly after Swann retired from hosting drag balls, drag continued to evolve. This time, it reflected the Greek theaters aforementioned. During the Progressive Era, “female impersonators” began to take New York City by storm, one by the name of Julian Eltinge even performing on Broadway. Alongside the growth of the drag scene in NYC came the prominence of

night clubs. Since the identities of LGBTQ+ people in NYC were criminalized, they made their own spaces to express themselves and their identities.

These night clubs provided a space for that, as well as a forum for drag shows at entertainment in these clubs. As LGBTQ+ people were continued to be persecuted for their identities, the dire need for their liberation became more and more apparent – and drag queens were a vital part of the LGBTQ+ protests and riots that took place in the 1960s and 1970s.

Drag is a catalyst of gay

culture. For decades, queens helped open up spaces for queer culture and gay liberation. They are a symbol for queer joy and expression. Their art takes hours, and drag queens push the label for facets of fashion, makeup and hairstyling, as well as entertainment – but they are being persecuted. It’s nothing new to their history, but after a period of mild acceptance of the general public, this turnaround is jarring. Across the country, drag has been persecuted. In states like Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Idaho and Missouri, there are statewide bans on “adult caba -

ret performances” – which is what these states are choosing to define drag as. What conservatives are pushing is a lie – yes, there are drag shows that are risque. Yes, there are drag shows that are not an environment children should be in. But that is the same way we classify movies. It’s the same way we classify music, plays, books and TV. Because drag is an art form. Drag contains multitudes. One of the biggest myths about drag is that it’s based on sexuality, that it’s too sexual for children to engage in, that it’s too vulgar and too dangerous. In some instances, drag is too sexual for children to be exposed to. But, just like music, tv shows, movies and books – there are going to be times where it’s not appropriate for a child to engage with that media. Does that mean that the entirety of an art form is inappropriate for children? Does that mean that there can’t be censored versions of that art form? No. So why is drag being generalized as entirely vulgar and dangerous? The short answer is because conservatives want the gay community to not be seen and not to be heard. They want to make the gay community invisible. If you aren’t familiar with drag –it is very, very hard for a drag queen not to be seen or heard. You cannot make drag invisible. But, you can criminalize and imprison queens, effectively placing a gag on the gay community. You can restrain it and police it, which is exactly what’s happening in these states that are introducing and passing these bills.

Drag is about the celebration of being queer and queer expression. Drag queens offer representation of queer joy. According to homophobic conservatives, one of the biggest dangers facing America today is representation. When a little kid sees someone older fully and freely expressing themselves, they understand that it’s okay for them to do that as well. Erase that representation, and you effectively erase children looking for a place to feel accepted in society. That is why these anti-drag bills are being introduced. Drag isn’t dangerous, but the celebration of queer expression is – and that is what’s being policed here.

Bailey Klinkhammer explores common myths and misperceptions about drag

Drag is about the celebration of being queer and queer expression. Drag queens offer representation of queer joy.

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Modern drag can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks, and in modern Americans history to William Dorsey Swann, the first person ever to refer to themselves as the “Queen of Drag.”

Uprising Magazine releases Issue 15

PEYTON GUTHRIE Staff Writer

Uprising Magazine will be releasing Issue 15 on April 17, 2023. This magazine features an abundance of topics from fashion, arts, culture and much more.

“Uprising is a fully student-run publication of the University of Northern Iowa,” says Mia Rampton, Co-Editor in Chief of Uprising Magazine. Everything from their several committees to their models are from the University of Northern Iowa, working to put together a magazine overflowing with various topics of interest. “We’ll sometimes outsource photography, but for the most part, the models and creators are students.” says Rampton of their Uprising team. Before the semester even starts, Mia Rampton and Ireland Frisch, both co-editor in chiefs of Uprising Magazine, work to finalize a color palette, theme, and the magazine’s message before pitching it to their team.

“We have many different committees within [Uprising Magazine]. There’s the edi -

torial committee, the graphic design committee, the publications committee, the marketing committee and the finance committee,” says Rampton. Specializing in their respective areas, each of these committees work together to put together a professional magazine that uses discussion-inspiring storytelling and engaging follow-ups to reach its readers.

When planning for release,

they have to be thinking several months in advance, so predicting what will still be relevant is just one challenging aspect of putting together the magazine. “We look at the news, at fashion magazines and where the industry is going,” says Rampton.

Other than providing a source of inspiration and enacting social justice through appealing to causes on campus for its readers, Uprising

Magazine also provides a way for students to express themselves and their various stories. “It’s a really nice creative outlet for University of Northern Iowa students,” says Rampton. “Our writers aren’t assigned a topic to write about, it’s more like ‘Whatever you want to write about, we’ll help you polish it up so that it is magazine-ready.’”

Students working on the magazine are awarded a lot

of creative freedom when it comes to sharing their stories and putting together the magazine. Rampton has mentioned how proud she is that Uprising continues to move more and more in a creative direction as time goes on. “We want to respect the time you’re giving and make sure you’re having fun,” says Rampton.

Rampton invites students to join the team to share their creative passions. “I feel like when you first look at it, you think you need to be a fashion major, but I think it’s really nice that anyone can get involved despite their major,” says Rampton.

Students who are looking to express themselves and their interests would be a great fit on the Uprising team, as its members are granted a lot of freedom to really focus on topics that they find relevant and interesting with the assistance of their team. “It’s a great reflection of the University of Northern Iowa,” says Rampton of the Uprising Magazine team.

Uprising Magazine publishes once a semester. Students who are interested can visit jointheuprising.com

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Uprising Magazine is a great way for students to be creative on campus, enhance their skills and get involved.

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The Green Dot initiative was created and funded by Northern Iowa Student Government in their 20202021 session and is dedicated to lowering the rates of interpersonal gender violence. Research done by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics states that gender violence impacts as many as 1 in 5 women, 1 in 14 men, and 1 in 4 transgender students on college campuses each year. Green Dot’s goal is focused on bystander intervention. It uses a metaphor of Green Dots, which represent an action or choice that promotes safety and an intolerance for violence, and Red Dots which represent an act of power-based interpersonal violence, with the intention that Green Dots will outnumber the Red Dots.

This month, the “Through the Lens of a Panther” project isn’t all Green Dot will be working on.

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nering with organizations across campus and within the community to promote sexual assault awareness, support surivors and encourage others to get involved. This wouldn’t be able to happen if I didn’t get help from our other Graduate Assistant from OCEM, Isabella Johnson. She has helped create all of these great events,” Menken said.

Upcoming activities include yoga, a Panther Pantry donation event, pet therapy event with Pet Pals, What Were You Wearing?

Exhibit, Green Dot scavenger hunt and many others that are available on their website, equity.uni.edu, by clicking on the “Prevention and Education” tab, then clicking the “Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2023” for a full list of activities. For more information about Green Dot, visit https://equity.uni.edu/green-dot to view upcoming training sessions, learn facts and statistics, and learn what you can do to help promote a safe community here at UNI.

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Get tested! It’s the only way to know for sure if you have an STI. Many STIs don’t cause any symptoms , so you could have one and not know If you’re not comfortable talking to your regular provider about STIs, find a clinic that provides confidential testing that is free or low cost.

All STIs are treatable . If you test positive for an STI, work with your healthcare provider to get the correct treatment. Ask about partner services to get your partner tested and treated. Avoid having sex until you and your sex partner both complete treatment

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Panthers dominant in sweep of Salukis

ADAM JOHNSON Sports Writer

UNI softball had a home series against Southern Illinois on Friday, April 14 and Saturday, April 15. The Salukis came into the series with a 29-8 record and a 10-4 record in conference play. The Panthers, who came into this series with a 12-1 conference record, were battling an opponent that was right up near the top of the conference standings with them.

The action on Friday featured a double header. The first game did not get off to the start that the Panthers would have liked. In the top of the first inning, with Kailyn Packard in the circle, the Panthers defense gave up three runs that came across unearned. However, the Panthers wasted no time getting back. With a runner on first, Alexis Pupillo got the party started with a two-run blast. A little later in the inning, Mya Dodge hit a solo home run, and just like that, the game was tied.

The Panthers kept the Salukis quiet in the second, and then it was back to work with the bats. Dodge struck

again with the bases loaded, hitting a triple and driving in three runs. The Panthers added two more runs in the inning and took an 8-3 lead. The Salukis would add a run in the third, but it would never be enough. In the bottom of the inning, Kylee Sanders, Dodge and Addison McElrath all sent the ball out of the park. Dodge hit her home run with a runner on, and it was her second of the day. In the bottom of the fourth, the home run party continued. Daryn Lamprecht, Pupillo, and Dodge all hit home runs. Pupillo hit a two-run shot for her second of the game, and Dodge also hit a two-run blast for her third home run of the game. The Salukis would get a run in the top of the fifth, but the Panthers dominated on their way to a 17-5 victory. The Panthers amassed eight home runs in the game, and Dodge had three of them along with a triple and eight RBIs.

Runs were not quite as easy to come by in the second game. In the bottom of the first, Madison Parks got the Panthers on the board with a home run. Southern Illinois could do nothing against Samantha Heyer,

and the Panthers kept adding just enough runs. In the third, Pupillo homered and Taylor Hogan drove in a run. Up 3-0, the Panthers added two more runs in the fifth inning on a McElrath home run. The Salukis stayed silent the whole game, and the icing was put on the cake when Dodge hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth. The Panthers took the second game 7-0. Heyer pitched a complete game shutout with 14 strikeouts, and only gave up one hit and a walk.

The Panthers had already won the series going into Saturday, but they were looking for the sweep. Heyer was pitching again, so things were looking good for the Panthers. In the bottom of the first, the Panthers jumped out to a 5-0 lead on four hits, one of them being a two-run home run by Hogan. Two more runs were added in each of the second and third innings, and the Panthers had a convincing 9-0 lead. The Salukis finally scored on a home run in the fourth to cut the lead to 9-2. In the top of the fifth, with the game already well in hand, the UNI bats went crazy. There were nine runs

scored on seven hits, with home runs from Brooke Snider and Lamprecht. The Panthers completed the sweep with an 18-2 victory.

The Panthers improved to a 26-11 record and 15-1 conference record. They sit alone at the top of the con -

ference standings, a couple of games up on the next closest opponent. The Panthers will get back out on the diamond on Tuesday, April 18, when they play a single game against Drake on the road.

UNI falls to Drake in season finale

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The Panthers concluded the 2023 tennis season with a loss to their in-state rivals, the Drake

Bulldogs. The Panthers were celebrating Senior Day to honor their only senior, Thaissa Moreira. UNI was only victorious in one of their seven matchups on Saturday against the

Bulldogs.

The day would start with doubles action as the team of Andrijana Brkic and Kim Zizek took on Drake’s Millie Haagensen and Darinka Stephan. Brkic and Zizek were shutout by their opponents as they fell 6-0. Moreira and Issa Sullivan stepped up to take on Elizabete Klavinska and Jyun-Yi Lee. Drake was victorious with a 6-4 victory over the Panthers. Darta Dalecka and Kanyanut Sudsaard were the final team representing UNI in the doubles category as they took on the team of Ines Stephani and Oriana Parkins-Godwin from Drake. The Panthers put up a good fight but were ultimately bested by their competition 6-4.

Sudsaard was up first for the Panthers in singles action as she faced ParkinsGodwin. Sudsaard was shut

out in consecutive rounds as her opponent had the upper hand for the majority of the contest. Sullivan faced Drake’s Rebecca Ehn in the next match of the day. Sullivan could not get it done for the Panthers as she lost in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-1. Zizek was up next for the Panthers as she went up against Klavinska from Drake. Zizek lost the first set 6-2 and retired the second set after being down 5-0 late in the action.

The fourth singles matchup of the day would see Moreira in her final match of her UNI career as she took on Stephan who was representing the Bulldogs. Moreira did all she could to be victorious in her last match as a Panther but Stephan proved to be too much for her. Moreira dropped the last two sets of her career, 6-3 and 6-4. UNI’s Dalecka

and Drake’s Haagensen took the court next as they engaged in a heated battle. Dalecka lost the first set 6-2 but attempted to mount a comeback in the second. She was ultimately unsuccessful as she fell 7-5. The last matchup of the day saw the Panthers get their only victory as Brkic defeated Stefani. Brkic lost the first set 7-6 but rebounded and won the second 7-6 in her favor. She won a 10 point tiebreaker to seal the match and win the lone point for her team.

The loss ends UNI’s 2022-2023 tennis season. The Panthers compiled a record of 5-15-1 on the season, including a 1-7 mark in Missouri Valley Conference. With only one senior graduating, the Panthers will look to come back next year with a strong, more experienced team.

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Mya Dodge (12) was one of many standout Panthers in their dominant sweep this weekend against Southern Illinois.

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Andrijana Brkic was the lone Panther to pick up a victory in the season ending loss to Drake.

Two champions crowned at Kansas Relays

DREW HILL Sports Writer

The UNI track and field team traveled to Lawrence, Kan. to compete in the Kansas Relays, taking place Thursday, April 13, through Saturday, April 15. The UNI men won the 4x100 meter relay. A Panther also had a win in the 110-meter hurdles.

Jack Sumners got third in the 110-meter hurdle preliminaries on Friday with a time of 14.22 seconds. He followed up his impressive performance with a career best on Saturday to win the event with a time of 14.18 seconds to get UNI their first gold of the meet.

The 4x100 meter relay team, composed of Tinashe Chigudu, Luke Meyers, Isaiah Trousil and Deonte Dean, won the other gold medal for UNI. They finished second in the preliminaries on Friday with a time of 40.39 seconds, but won the event on Saturday with a time of 40.65 seconds.

UNI had several other notable performances as well. In the 100-meter dash, Trousil finished second in the preliminaries with a time of 10.22

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seconds. Chigudu was not far behind with a time of 10.37, which placed him eighth in the preliminaries. Dean also performed well in the preliminary heat of the 200-meter dash, finishing with a time of 20.86 seconds.

In the women’s 100meter dash, Ariana Yaklich finished in eighth in the preliminaries with a time of 11.92 seconds.

Four other runners finished close behind her, with Madelyn Sanda finishing in 11th with a time of 12.03 seconds, Libby Wedewer finishing 14th with a time of 12.12 seconds, Jill Bennett finishing 15th in 12.16 seconds and Eden Barrett finishing 16th with a time of 12.17 seconds. In the 200-meter dash preliminaries, Wedewer finished in fourth with a time of 24.48 seconds. Barrett had her career-best mark with a time of 24.89 seconds, finishing in 11th place.

The event did have to end early on Saturday due to bad weather. The events scheduled for 3 p.m. or later were canceled. Luckily, no Panther athletes were forced to miss their events.

The next meet for UNI’s track and field team is the Musco Twilight on Saturday, April 22, in

Coralville, Iowa. They then have the Drake Relays and Kip Janvrin Open from Thursday, April 27,

through Saturday, April 29.

UNI picks up two wins in spring tournament

BEN LAHART Sports Writer

The UNI volleyball team continued their spring action with the UNI Spring Tournament held in the Wellness-Recreation

Center on Saturday, April 15. The Panthers faced off against three other midwest schools, North Dakota State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska Omaha.

UNI started off the day

with a matchup against the Bison from NDSU. After a commanding 25-11 win in the first set, the Panthers lost two straight by five a piece, 25-20 and 15-10. NDSU won the match 2-1. Later in the day, UNI met

with the Iowa Hawkeyes for the second of three times this spring. The Panthers won the last matchup in late March, 2-1. UNI was able to continue this success this weekend even after losing the first set 25-22. The Panthers regrouped in order to comfortably win the next set, 25-17, and finish off with a close third set win, 15-12, to take the match, 2-1.

The final matchup for UNI featured the University of Nebraska Omaha. The Panthers made quick work of Omaha and took the win in a very close first set, winning 25-23. The success carried over into the just as close second set, as the Panthers won 26-24 to win the match 2-0.

The Panthers are coming off an excellent 27-8 season featuring a 17-1 conference record to win the regular season championship as well as the tournament championship. The

2022 season also featured an NCAA Tournament bid where the Panthers suffered a second round loss to the eighth-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers.

UNI will look to continue that success this fall as they welcome seven new women to the roster, four freshmen and three transfer players, including a 6-foot2-inch middle blocker out of Eagan High School in Minnesota, Kaitlynn Selner, and a 6-foot-1-inch outside hitter from conference rival Illinois State, Calia Clubb.

UNI will finish up their spring season with a tournament this Saturday, April 22 held in Iowa City. The Panthers will compete against the University of Iowa once again as well as Iowa State, Drake and Western Illinois University. The Panthers will have matches starting at 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. in CarverHawkeye Arena.

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UNI had a pair of champions crowned at the Kansas Relays over the weekend, with Jack Sumners claiming gold in the 110-meter hurdles and the 4x100-meter relay team also claiming first.

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UNI continued their spring volleyball season over the weekend, hosting a tournament at the Wellness-Recreation Center. The Panthers picked up two victories, dropping just one match.

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