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Tropical Celebration 2019 LEZIGA BARIKOR/Northern Iowan

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Tropical wear and sandals were required for this year’s Tropical Celebration Day (TC Day) on campus.

UNI President Mark Nook issued a Presidential Proclamation on April 18, setting Monday, April 22 to be TC Day. “I love dressing up, and I have far too many tropical t-shirts in my closet, so this is one of the only opportunities I get to actually wear these things,” said Roman Galles, a fourth-year biology

major.

Students, faculty and staff were able to visit the President’s Office in Seerley to receive free ice cream and Italian Ice and pose in a photo booth.

The event was planned out by Nook’s office, and the treats were coordinated through UNI Dining Services. Flavors ranged from sweet cream, peanut butter, cookie dough and strawberry.

Galles and his friends, from the fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha, were very in tune with the spirit of TC Day.

Working together, they inf lated a large blow-up yellow duck and brought it to Nook’s office for a photo opportunity. Nook appeared delighted to help the students and posed for several photos with the duck, even taking a seat on it himself.

The owner of the large blow-up duck had been wait-

ing for an opportunity like this for some time.

“I honestly just wanted to get a picture of Mark Nook and my blow-up duck because I’ve had this for two years after winning it in a hall raffle and I’ve not gotten to use it yet,” said Josh Larson, a senior majoring in secondary mathematics education. “So,

I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity.”

“My friend Josh here has dedicated the next couple hours to sitting in the fountain of Maucker Union with the duck! He’s hanging out with the duck in the fountain,” Galles said.

food truck offered FilipinoAmerican cuisine, including “pancit” (rice noodles with vegetables) and “lumpia” (a Filipino-style fried egg roll made with meat and vegetables). Beverages were provided by Pearl Tea, a local bubble tea shop that’s run by three UNI graduates and international students which opened in 2018. The restaurant offered their signature milk tea with tapioca pearls.

According to Patel, the event’s performances and activities were designed to showcase the various cultures of UNI students. One particularly popular attraction throughout the night was the henna station, as ISA members assisted attendees in creating temporary designs on their hands and arms. The nearby photobooth offered attendees a chance to don traditional attire from various countries and take their picture in front of a display of international flags.

The evening’s performances began at 6:45 p.m., following a moment of silence

observed in honor of the recent earthquake in the Philippines and the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.

First to take the stage was K.U.D. Kolo, a Waterloo Bosnian dance group which recently celebrated 16 years of traditional Bosnian dancing. Dressed in traditional “dijimas” (loose pants and blouses in bright colors), the dancers ranged from eight years old to college-age and were part of one of K.U.D. Kolo’s three dance companies. Their intricate, fastpaced footwork, including

a high-energy finale with tambourines, left the crowd cheering in appreciation for their hard work.

Next, Ashita Goel, an international student from India, performed a Bollywood song, followed by Ylaine Lee of Malaysia, who presented a traditional Malay dance that included precise hand placements and flexed feet. Lee, a junior marketing management major, said she has been studying traditional dance for over 10 years.

ISA presents Spring Diversity Showcase ELIZABETH KELSEY Staff Writer

Maucker Un ion Coffeehouse was abuzz with bright colors and international flags on Monday evening, April 22, as the UNI International Student Association (ISA) presented their annual Spring Diversity Showcase.

“It’s just tradition,” said Nipa Patel, a senior supply chain management major and the director of promotion and outreach for ISA. “It’s the biggest event for our organiza-

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tion every year, and it always happens in spring. We’re just excited to spread the diversity.”

This year’s theme was “Connecting our Worlds,” featuring performances and traditional fashion from six continents and more than ten countries. Over 50 UNI students and community members attended the event.

The evening began with food provided by local businesses. Waterloo coffeehouse and restaurant Cottonwood Canyon provided curried goat and rice, while Kubo

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Scene D presents “The Christians” SYDNEY HAUER

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Associate Professor of English Grant Tracey portrays a pastor having a crisis of faith in an upcoming theatre production, “The Christians.”

It is put on by independent theatre project “Scene D” from April 25-28 at 7 p.m.

The performances will be held at Rock & Bach Studios, located at 1509 Rainbow Dr., formerly Calvary Baptist Church.

Scene D was founded in 2018. The project, headed by Orion Risk and Jacqueline Kehoe, focuses on showcasing works that highlight those who would not normally be at the forefront of a story, as well as current issues that affect everyone.

“We always look for scripts that we’re in love with, so we read dozens and dozens,” said Risk. “When I read this, I was like, oh wow. This is a complicated story, it has deep things about humanity, it makes me think multiple times and I think every person who watches it will walk away with something different.”

“The Christians” was written by Lucas Hnath, a Tonynominated playwright. It follows a pastor named Paul,

played by Tracey, who founds a church that grows and becomes larger over time.

“He’s doing really well, but he has a moment of conviction. He’s like, ‘Oh shoot, something I believe has to change because it’s not right,’” Risk said. “So, he gets up in front of his entire group and says, ‘Look, we have to believe a different thing,’ and the play

follows from that moment.”

According to Risk, the play is about the complicated nature of belief, as well as, how can leadership decide the direction of a group?

“This play, it’s called ‘The Christians’ because all of these big questions about belief and leadership and communication are dissected inside of that space of Christianity.

Most everyone in some way or another will probably have been touched by that culture.”

The play will also feature Kim Groninga, an adjust professor in the Languages and Literatures department, and the set design was largely created by TheatreUNI students.

“For me personally, I am really inspired by seeing other people making happen the

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Stand up for public transportation Last week, the Student Fees Committee (SFC) of the Northern Iowa Student Gover nment (NISG) approved a motion that would cut funding for the Panther Shuttle and Panther Safe Ride from the student fees appropriations for the 2019-2020 school year.

Panther Shuttle and Safe Ride are both free services, paid for and used mainly by students. The Panther Shuttle provides a vital service to UNI students and its benefits include providing transportation for students without vehicles, saving students money on parking fees and fuel costs, alleviating campus parking congestion, increasing accessibility for disabled students, decreasing traffic in and around campus, etc.

Safe Ride, while not used as frequently as Panther Shuttle, provides a necessary service for students, and its benefits include: decreasing the likelihood of students driving intoxicated, allowing women to avoid walking home alone and/or intoxicated and saving students from needing to pay a private company for a safe ride home, etc.

Public opinion on the

matter is split between those who desire to see these vital services maintained and those who see them as a “luxury” that we cannot afford in “these tough financial times.”

I will here not entertain the fantastic postulations of those cynics who purport either that (1) fighting against administrative decisions is farcical, nor (2) will I give credence or editorial space to those who dismiss the struggles of those who desperately require public transportation. Those who hold to the false belief that public transportation is a luxury and is a “privilege not a right” will, in time, be deposited to the trash bin of history, remembered as nothing more than enemies of humanity. What I will entertain, on the contrary, is the question of change, of a way out of this austerity inspired, administrative authoritarianism.

To posit change we must first describe: How did this motion get passed?

The SFC, which is wholly funded by student fees, is not run by majority students. Rather, it is composed of half faculty and half student voting members. Therefore, we do not have democratic control of the funds that we, as students, create. However, I am not claiming that a student run committee would be any more beneficial for students: It was, in fact, a student who was the decid-

ing vote in favor of cutting these services.

Further, once this decision is commented and (quasi) voted on by NISG, which amounts to nothing more than a charade of democracy, the decision is then in the hands of President Nook to either approve or disprove the cuts to the Board of Regents (BOR). The BOR and UNI administration are, to no one’s avail, extremely unlikely to appropriate funding for programs once they are initially cut.

So, what can be done and, more importantly, what must be done? If we are to maintain any semblance of campus democracy or, if we seek to fulfill the call of democracy our instructors demand of us, we must take action against this measure.

This action is necessitated by the inherently unequal (im)balance of power that proliferates the university structure. Students compose over 11,000 members of this 15,000 person campus.

Our tuition and fees fund about 60 percent of this institution’s budget. What is needed, then, is a change in this balance of power.

Students must be able to bargain with those in power if our demands to administration and legislators are not listened to and met on issues such as tuition and student fees appropriations.

This requires mass student mobilization, organized in such a way that it pres-

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Opinion Columnist Caleb Stekl discusses the potential funding cut by the Student Fees Committee of NISG which would eliminate Panther Safe Ride and the Panther Shuttle. Stekl argues that public transporation is a right and not a privilege and that students who disagree with the cut should write letters and petition.

ents a serious threat to the administration’s monopoly of power. Before this is accomplished, though, we must strike back on the question of public transportation. For effective action, we must present President Nook with a serious show of support for public transportation, showing him that students will not accept this

flagrant abuse of power endangering the safety, accessibility, well-being of the campus community. In the name of democracy and justice, send NISG a short letter or email olmsteac@ uni.edu with your name and student ID if you would like to be placed on the petition in favor of keeping public transportation.

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School of Music to perform Beethoven’s 9th ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

Approximately 270 students, faculty and alumni from the UNI School of Music will join forces to perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 “Choral” in the Great Hall of Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m.

The orchestra is conducted by Rebecca Burkhardt and the choirs are directed by John Wiles and Amy Kotsonis.

“It’s a monumental work in the repertory as well as in its breadth in being able to perform it,” Burkhardt said. “It is one of those things that every conductor and every student of music should at least perform once.

So, the stars aligned, and we had the right year with the right choruses and the right orchestra, and we just decided to go ahead and program it for the spring. And we started that a couple years ago because it takes a lot of planning with all the choruses and everybody in the right realm. It takes a lot of collaboration.”

Although Burkhardt has

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Several performance groups within the UNI School of Music are collaborating to present “Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 “Choral” on Sunday, April 28 in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.

been conducting at UNI for 31 years, this will be her first time undertaking the endeavor of conducting Beethoven’s Ninth. She knows it may be many of the audience members’ only opportunity to hear a live performance of the symphony.

“I hope [the audience] never forgets the tune or the

sentiment,” Burkhardt said.

“I hope that they feel the empowerment of the music that we feel. That’s our job is to send that off the stage into the audience: That they feel what we feel. It’s not only infectious — it’s like a laser beam of power would just get sent into the audience, and hopefully, they will enjoy it and enjoy that it’s an

uplifting experience for all.”

Symphony No. 9 was Beethoven’s last symphony, composed in 1824, just three years before his death. It remains one of the most widely-performed symphonies in the world. According to Burkhardt, Beethoven was completely deaf while writing it.

The symphony is com-

prised of four movements.

For the first three, only the orchestra is playing on stage.

The UNI Grand Chorus, which is all the UNI choirs collectively, will enter the stage to perform during the fourth movement. Overall, the whole performance will take about one hour and ten minutes.

“There’s lots of notes,” said Joel Andrews, a junior choral music education and general studies major who will be playing the French horn. “[There are] lots of important, iconic parts because everyone knows this symphony. Something Dr. Burkhardt always says is, ‘Beethoven is the ultimate equalizer in orchestras.’”

Andrews noted the high expectations the audience would bring since many people have heard the piece before.

“It’s just hard because everyone knows what it’s supposed to sound like, and if you don’t sound like that, it doesn’t sound great,” he said. “That’s a big challenge, is kind of meeting the level that the music requires.”

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Student explores heritage in ‘Bandit Queen’ COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

Brittany Starr was fascinated when she heard stories about her outlaw relative Belle Starr.

As her grandfather, James Starr, spoke of Belle Starr’s hilarious exploits, Brittany Starr wanted to know more about her larger-than-life tales. After speaking with a guest artist over lunch, Starr decided to write, direct and star in her own play production titled “Bandit Queen.”

“Jay and Eliza are college students,” said Starr, a senior majoring in theatre with a performance emphasis. “Their American history professor told them that as extra credit for their project, they can hike up to Belle Starr’s grave and research more about her. Essentially, they’re hiking up there to get a feel for what she went through. Her tomb is by her cabin spot and along the way there, they realize that Belle Starr is actually there. She was messing with them the entire time and she’s helping them understand that women have been treated unfairly in her time and in today’s society.”

Starr faced several challenges while making the production. She performed

extensive research on her past relative through websites such as Ancestry.com.

She had to juggle a full-time job along with her responsibilities as a student and acting in other performances.

This was all in addition to the casting process and figuring out the blocking.

During the production, Starr received assistance from Danielle McGeough, a professor of communication studies and the artistic director of the Interpreters Theatre.

Although wearing multiple hats was a challenging experience for her, Starr has still enjoyed working on the production.

“I love directing this production and working with the amazing cast and crew that I have,” Starr said. “I might have gone insane without them, so bless their hearts.

I don’t get a chance to direct too often, so it was nice to get a chance to expand my areas and dive into something that I don’t normally do.”

Assistant Director Jessica Buchanan has enjoyed that her position has allowed her to focus on the less technical aspects of the production, such as developing the movements, moments and lines of the characters. These aspects included the relation-

ships between Jay and Eliza, along with Sam and Belle.

Buchanan said she found Sam’s character particularly interesting becuase he was nonverbal. This made Sam’s expression of love for Belle difficult, but overall, she still believes that it was a fun process.

Since the play is a Western, acquiring the costumes involved a combination of buying them online and renting them from StrayerWood Theatre. Some characters had different costuming requirements, however.

“For Jay and Eliza, I just knew that they were going to be in normal, casual clothes,” Starr said. “I let those two actors run free with whatever they thought their character would wear. It turned out great.”

As audience members walk into the theater, Starr hopes they’ll arrive with an open mind. The show is free and open to the public, so everyone is welcome to explore the issues at hand.

She wants them to take the topics in the show to heart and realize that it is still difficult for women in this day and age. While the show has dancing and comedic elements, it also features some heavier themes such as femicide.

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Theatre major Brittany Starr tells the story of her ancestor Belle Starr in her production titled “Bandit Queen,” showing in the Interpreters Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on April 25, 26 and 27.

“I specifically hope that men will come to the show and learn how Jay did. With their help, we don’t have to be afraid anymore,” Starr said.

“We can take the step together towards being equals.”

The “Bandit Queen” shows in the Interpreters Theatre at 7:30 p.m. from Thursday, April 25, to Saturday, April 27. Tickets are free and can be reserved through Eventbrite.

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BEETHOVEN

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The final movement of the symphony is what most people will recognize. For this movement, Beethoven set Frederich Schiller’s poem “An die Freude” (commonly referred to as “Ode to Joy”) to music. Although the chorus is in German, an English translation will be in the program. Burkhardt said that Beethoven had wanted to set this poem to music for many years.

According to Andrews, one

TC DAY

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“You gotta celebrate the holidays,” Larson said.

It was still a bright and warm 70 degrees outside when Larson was lounging in the Maucker Union fountain on his duck, ice cream in hand.

There was no actual water in the fountain, but Larson didn’t mind.

“I wanted to float because it is the only body of water, but now there’s no water, but I’m still going to float somewhere,” he said.

Larson was not the only student enthusiastic about TC Day. Students and faculty all over campus wore tropical shirts. Free leis were available for pick-up in Rod Library.

“I literally door-busted the place last year, but I had class this time. But I literally love

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of the things that makes this symphony so iconic is that it was one of the first created by a major composer to incorporate a chorus.

“That’s really special for us to get to be a part of it and to get to be a part of it with Dr. Burkhardt,” said Lauren Leman, a junior choral music education major who will be singing alto in the concert. “She’s such a wonderful conductor, and I really enjoy working with her. The hard work has been a lot and a lot of extra time, but it’s totally it,” said senior Spanish education major Olinca Padierna. “I think it’s such a fun way to get everyone excited for the end of the year and it’s like that last push, just motivation for all of us to get through finals and stuff like that. It’s fun. And it’s always fun on campus when we all get sweet little treats just randomly.”

Transfer student Logan Sisk, a junior movement and exercise science major, said he’d never seen anything like this.

“This is a cool way to get people involved with Mark Nook,” Sisk said.

According to Nook, this event was repeated because of requests from students and faculty after last year.

“A year ago was the first time we did it,” Nook said.

“I was sitting in my office on April 18th, and it was snowing, and we had canceled classes on

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going to be worth it, and I’m really excited.”

The choirs and orchestra began learning the music last semester in preparation for last September’s Scholarship Benefit Concert. However, they only performed the portion of the final movement when the choir is singing.

“This year at UNI has kind of been the year of Beethoven in preparation for this,” Andrews said. “We’ve been playing a lot of his stuff, and I’ve been loving it [. . .]

It’s been some of my favorite

VOLUME 115, ISSUE 52 music. And I’ve always loved listening to it because, obviously, everyone knows and loves Beethoven. But playing it has been — I’ve learned a lot from it about the classical style of music and performance practice.”

The concert will not only feature student musicians and vocalists, but also faculty soloists. Instructor of voice Michelle Monroe is performing the soprano solo, instructor of applied voice Katherine Osbourne the mezzo-soprano solo, instructor of applied

voice Jeffrey Brich the tenor solo and professor of voice John Hines the bass solo.

“Everything about this is homegrown,” Burkhardt said.

“It’s all UNI students on the stage: orchestra, chorus, UNI faculty and UNI alumni. So, it’s great to know that this is going to be a great show and we did it.”

Tickets are free to students with a UNI ID, but should still be reserved in advance. Tickets can be purchased through unitix.uni.edu, via phone or at the ticket office.

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the 18th of April because of snow, and everyone was pretty tired of snow. I was pretty tired of snow, so I just decided we’d declare a day to kind of relax and get over winter.”

Nook said the event was a fun way to get to know students at a different level.

“I love it. I think it’s a really good idea. I hope they keep doing it,” Padierna said.

Although there are currently no plans in place for TC Day next year, Nook said that several students and employees have requested that it be instituted as an annual event.

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DIVERSITY SHOWCASE continued from page 1

“I wanted to perform tonight to represent Malaysia,” she said. “Some of the Americans don’t even know where Malaysia is, so I feel like it’s kind of my responsibility to show them that they should learn about our culture, too.”

After the next performance — a dance by six international students combining the styles and attire of four different countries — a fashion show was held.

Those dressed in traditional apparel were invited to the stage to introduce themselves, their native country and their clothing. The audience applauded each participant as they described their garments, which included several “shalwar kameez”

from Pakistan, a school uniform from Myanmar and a Vietnamese “ao dai,” traditionally worn during holidays and Vietnamese New Year.

The evening concluded with the UNI West African Drum Ensemble, led by Ryan Frost, instructor of percussion. The ensemble, which is open to all UNI students, performed a piece from the Ewe culture of Ghana, including not only drums and handheld percussion, but also movement and singing. After a rousing finale, the crowd cheered its approval.

Junior health promotion major Grace Ryken said she attended the event to learn more about the different cultures represented at UNI. “We have so many students with diverse back-

grounds, but we don’t have so many opportunities to learn about their cultures and see their cultures, because when they come here, we’re all doing things the American

way,” she said. “It’s cool to come and see a celebration of cultures like this.”

Megan Hanson, a senior elementary education major, agreed.

“It’s something different, something new, something you don’t see every day,” she said, proudly displaying her new henna tattoo. “It’s a new perspective on life.”

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Softball narrowly falls to Drake SOFTBALL

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COLIN HORNING

punched out seven Bulldogs and gave up only one hit.

Sports Writer

The Panther defense was their Achilles’ heel in this Tuesday evening saw the contest, as two errors ultiUNI softball team host the mately lead to Drake’s only Missouri Valley Conference run. A third-inning throw(MVC) leader Drake ing error by UNI third baseUniversity. The Bullddogs man Adara Opiola allowed came to round out the sea- Drake outfielder Abby Buie son series between the two to reach base. teams.

A sacrifice bunt advanced Coming into the game, Buie to second base, and a the Bulldogs had 19 consecu- throwing error by Spencer tive wins and were sitting at allowed the Bulldogs to 18-1 in the MVC, as well as scratch across their only run 34-13 overall for the season. of the ballgame.

After a 7-inning pitchers’ The win put Newman at a duel with hardly any offense record of 21-6 for the season. at all from both sides, Drake “We knew going into it was able to squeak out the what we were up against win by the score of 1-0. with Newman; she is a pheBulldog starter Nicole nomenal pitcher. Probably Newman was able to silence one of the best the Valley has the Panther bats, striking ever seen. You don’t get your out 13 while throwing a com- hits in bunches against her, plete game no-hitter, allow- so we knew we were going ing only one baserunner for to have to scratch and claw, the entire game, following a wear her down a little bit 5th inning walk to Panther and hope to get that one big centerf ielder Courtney hit,” said Panther head coach Krodinger.

Ryan Jacobs in an interview Northern Iowa starter with the Waterloo-Cedar Jaclyn Spencer was master- Falls Courier. ful in her own right, as she “ Unfortunately, we

weren’t able to do it and we gave them that freebie.”

The loss puts the purple and gold at an overall record of 22-19 for the season and 13-7 in conference play,

good enough for third place behind Southern Illinois.

Drake grew their winning streak to 20 games and sits atop the Valley with a 19-1 record.

Up next, UNI will host Southern Illinois University for three games over the weekend, April 27-28, with senior day on Sunday, April 28, starting at 11 am.

Men’s golf places sixth in MVC tournament GOLF

JACOB POTTER

Sports Writer

In the aftermath of Tiger Wood’s remarkable comeback that inspired the golf and sports world, the UNI men’s golf team finished in sixth place at the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championship, which was held on on April 22-23.

The championship took place in the heart of the Lake of the Ozarks at The Club at Porto Cima in Sunrise Beach, Mo. Porto Cima roughly translates to “Hillside by the Harbor,” a name aptly describing the lay out of the course.

The course also happened to be designed by Jack Nicklaus according to portocima.com.

Nicklaus is the all-time leader in major championships in golf.

Playing on a highly regarded course, the Panthers exceeded expectations as they were predicted to finish last in ninth place by a poll of MVC head coaches.

The top performer for the purple and gold was freshman Tommy Doyle, finishing in

14th place with a total of 225.

Parker Oleson finished just two strokes behind Doyle, marking a total of 227.

The Southern Illinois Salukis took home the title with a total of 859 as a team.

UNI tallied a total of 918, just 16 strokes behind Valparaiso’s total of 902 for a fifth-place finish.

TENNIS

The UNI golf team finished the season with a second-place finish at the UNI Men’s Invitational, a fifth-place finish at the Beu Mussatto Invitational and a final sixthplace finish.

UNI will have the entire roster returning in the fall, except that of senior Dominic Schnepf.

Tennis falls to Bradley, looks toward tournament PATRICK HANSEN

Sports Writer

The UNI women’s tennis team finished their three-game road stretch to complete the regular season this past weekend versus the Bradley Braves in Peoria, Ill. The Panthers dropped two contests earlier in the weekend and were looking for a win to boost their momentum coming back to Cedar Falls for the conference tournament.

The purple and gold were able to secure a point in doubles play as they won two of the three matches.

The second doubles team of Valentina Caro and Harri Proudfoot won 6-4, followed by the third team of Olivia Fain and Daisy Phillips winning 6-3.

The first team of Reghan Lynch and Claudia Toledo fell just short, 7-6.

In singles play, the women of UNI could not get it going as all six matchups fell to the Braves. Lynch lost in two sets 6-1, 6-3.

Toledo lost in three sets with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 10-1.

Proudfoot went down 6-1, 6-1, followed by Phillips getting shutout in the first set 6-0, then 6-3. Caro went down 6-3,

6-0, and Fain went down 6-2, 6-0.

By way of the singles matches, the Panthers ultimately fell to Bradley 6-1.

With the season winding down, UNI returns home to host the tennis conference tournament from Friday to Sunday, April 26-28.

UNI received the sixth seed and will take on the three seed Bradley once again in the first round.

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Across 1 Campaign donation orgs.

5 Actor’s nickname heard in the song “Key Largo” 10 Be in sync (with) 14 Airline that doesn’t fly on Shabbat 15 Diarist Nin 16 Spoken

17 “The Beverly Hillbillies” daughter __ May 18 Performances by Chippendales dancers 20 Sidekick 21 McJob worker 22 Le frère d’un père 23 Jubilation 27 Beach shade

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28 Nods off 32 Squash underfoot 35 “Law & Order: __” 36 Snack 37 Dallas hoopster, briefly 38 Slam-dancing area 41 Kilt wearer’s “no” 42 Like thrift shop items 44 Pitchfork target 45 Began, as a hobby 47 Phil Collins’ longtime band 49 Serious fwy. violation 50 Right now 55 Digging tool 58 Art community NNE of Santa Fe 59 Pinup’s leg 61 Sea disasters, and a hint to what’s literally hidden in 18-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across 64 Top-drawer 65 Shameful symbol in a Hawthorne novel 66 E-cigarette’s lack 67 Novelist Victor 68 Ballet title bird 69 “Family Ties” mom 70 Store securely

Down 1 Sound from a nest 2 Quran deity 3 Declare all debts resolved 4 Devious 5 Wrigley Field corners 6 Winning 7 Bouquet __: herb bundle 8 Square root of IX 9 Seer’s “gift” 10 Either “J” in J&J 11 Camaro __-Z 12 Turn on the waterworks 13 Apart from this 19 __ speak 21 __ Penh 24 Lack of continuity 25 Answer the invite, initially 26 Alaskan native 29 Nodding off 30 Jacob’s twin 31 Herding dog name 32 Too sure of oneself 33 Subdue with a zap 34 Like an extremely wellpitched game 35 Short, moneywise 39 Window framework 40 Disturbances 43 Like many a successful poker player

How to play KenKen: Fill in the blank squares so that each row and each column contain all of the digits 1 thru 5.

The heavy lines indicate areas (called cages) that contain groups of numbers that can be combined (in any order) to produce the result shown in the cage, with the indicated math operation. For example, 12x means you can multiply the values together to produce 12.

Numbers in cages may repeat, as long as they are not in the same row or column.

46 “Certainement!”

48 Crock-Pot dinner 51 Like wool, for many 52 “For goodness __!”

53 Rustler-chasing group 54 Dance that “takes two” 55 The Baltics, once: Abbr.

56 “Close call!”

57 Verdi opera 60 Catty utterance?

62 Grammy winner Corinne Bailey __ 63 Bilingual subj.

64 Massage reactions

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Today’s Horoscope

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

-Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -Keep practicing. Discipline with your work builds the infrastructure for a successful career. Plan and do the homework. Take new territory. A revelation illuminates new possibilities.

-Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Anticipate an educational change. The completion of a project opens time for something more fun. Reinforce foundational structures.

Learn the rules before attempting to break them.

-Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Financial discipline pays off. Collaborate for a shared venture.

Contribute what you can. Review budgets and plans together. Put your money where your heart is.

-Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -Coordinate efforts with your partner. Keep your side of the bargain.

Go above and beyond.

Take care of practi-

cal priorities and then celebrate the results together.

-Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -Today is a 9 -- Practice with mental as well as physical discipline. Build and strengthen foundational basics before advancing to more difficult moves. Your work is in demand.

-Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) -- Today is an 8 -Experience is the best teacher. Listen to elders and young people.

Investigate your passion for deeper understanding. Learn about love.

Creativity flowers with disciplined practice.

-Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -Take care of domestic chores and responsibilities. Take out the trash, and do the dishes.

Clean bathrooms and floors. Plan the upgrades you’d love.

-Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- The dynamics of a conversation change. Context is decisive. Keep your word, and stay respectful. Communicate and exchange resources with friends and allies.

-Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Stick to tested

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and reliable suppliers, methods and partners.

Profit through providing excellent service. Keep your financial agreements. Deliver on time and on budget.

-Capricorn (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Rely on your own talents and efforts. Take charge, and do what it takes. Use best quality materials. Self-discipline serves you well. You’re growing stronger.

-Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 5 -You’re especially sensitive. Take quiet time for yourself. Recharge and rest. Consider where you’ve been and where you’re going. Review plans to increase ease and comfort.

-Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -Your team’s discipline is admirable. Together, you’re formidable. Keep your promises rigorously. Integrity provides optimal workability. Play your part with all your heart.

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