Ed Tibbetts from Iowa Capital Dispatch places doubt on Trump getting the votes of farmers.
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Social Emotional Learning Conference promotes teaching focused on specific skills and mental health.
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The blue safety phones scattered across UNI’s campus since the ‘90s are being removed and replaced with a 21st century safety solutionan app called Rave Guardian.
The blue safety phones were originally installed across highly trafficked areas of campus to assist those in an emergency situation to alert the authorities with just the push of a button. However, with the introduction of cell phones, these blue phones quickly became outdated and experienced very little usage.
Chief of UNI’s Police Department, Helen Haire, noted how the blue phones were a good idea in the 90s, but are not practical in the 2020s.
“If you are in need and if someone is following you, are you going to stop and pick up that blue phone?” Haire said. “You probably aren’t going to want to do that. At the time that was the only option. But now you have a cell phone and you could call someone and keep walking.”
Haire added, “We have to think about what [the students] want, need and will use. When we talk to students they may be aware we have the blue phones because campus tours may mention them, but when we ask them to tell me where one is, nobody knows.”
The Associate Director of UNI’s Public Safety
Department, Joe Tyler, spearheaded the push to get a more updated safety feature for UNI’s campus. They decided to use the safety app Rave Guardian to serve UNI’s campus. The app has numerous features including safety timers, call directories leading to the UNI Police Department, UNI Counseling Center,
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Sexual Assult Support and other helpful resources. Additionally, users can call UNI Police or 911 with just the push of a button. Tyler and Haire collaborated with University Relations and IT to create this app.
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UNI kicker and Cedar Falls native Matthew Cook on breaking records in his own hometown SPORTS PAGE 6
El Programa de Cultura e Inglés Intensivo (CIEP por sus siglas en inglés) de la Universidad del Norte de Iowa en este momento se está asociando con estudiantes de Yucatán en la Universidad Marista de Mérida. De acuerdo con Carolina Coronado-Park, la Directora del Compromiso Internacional, este es un programa híbrido que permite a los estudiantes a recibir el máximo provecho del programa. Es un programa que dura 8 semanas donde los estudiantes se asocian con voluntarias que hablan tanto inglés como español y conversan en línea por dos horas cada semana y después se conocen en persona por las últimas dos semanas. Esta conexión entre el programa de CIEP de UNI y la Universidad Marista empezó hace varios años.
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Rising above all else on the University of Northern Iowa’s campus stands the Campanile. In regular times its bells on the hour and the weekly Friday performances
were looked upon fondly by passing students and faculty. Nevertheless, for the past five months, the tower has remained silent. The overarching Our Tomorrow campaign is the cause of this silence, as the Campanile and its renovation were included in the $250 million movement.
Until the bells ring again, the UNI Guild of Carillonneurs has been working hard to prepare for another hundred years of performance and entertainment. The Guild of Carillonneurs is the musical organization on campus that plays the carillon, or the collection of bells at the top of the clocktower. President of the UNI Guild of Carillonneurs Emily Clouser states regarding the carillon, “While the bells have been away, the Guild has been busy practicing and further developing our playing technique for the carillon. It’s a unique enough instrument that the technique takes a while to perfect — especially considering most of us had never played one or knew what one was before coming to college.”
A carillon is somewhat like a piano with different keys
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Some members of the Guild of Carillonneurs had the unique opportunity to help break the mold for the new bells that were cast during the Our Tomorrow campaign launch this past October. Since then, the group has been collaborating with carillonneurs from other universities, cataloguing UNI’s collection of carillon music and staying active on social media.
representing different notes.
Clouser expands on this by saying, “However, a carillon keyboard is much larger and more spaced out than a Piano keyboard. So, we use our fists to strike the wooden pegs, which pull the wires connect-
ed to the clappers within the bells through a radial system. When the wire is pulled down, the clapper strikes the side of the bell, sounding the chime.”
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“We are turning the corner,” Tyler said. “This is getting into the 2020’s, which is good. I think the students will love it. Our hope is that it will continue to grow and that students will use it. The more students who use it, the better.”
Haire added, “[The Rave Guardian app] is so much more adaptable to the students’ needs.”
The app can be personalized to the user, which can include information about place of residence and medical conditions. In an emergency, this profile will be presented to responders for a more efficient response.
The app will also allow UNI Police to detect where an emergency call is coming from compared to the blue phones which alerted police to an emergency, but often not the exact location of the emergency. Visitors on UNI’s campus can also download the app and use it if necessary.
One of the features Tyler is most excited about with the
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“La Universidad Marista estaba buscando compromiso internacional”, dijo Coronado-Park. Ellos querían combinar especializaciones con las áreas de estudio porque eso permitiría a los estudiantes y facultad enfocarse en el idioma y Antropología del Estado, que educa a los estudiantes de las diferencias entre la cultura y la civilización durante sus visitas a los Estados Unidos. Gracias a los Socias de las Américas, una organización independiente y sin ánimo de lucro que trabaja por las oficinas internacionales en Washington D. C., del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos, esta subvención fue propuesta y ganada en 2018.
Desde la ganancia de la subvención, el CIEP ha afectado varias comunidades, incluyendo otras universidades de todo el mundo.
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new app is the Safety Timer. This feature allows the user’s friends or family to monitor their status updates and location, and will notify them at assigned check-in times. If the timer expires, the app will notify their designated personal guardian. If the user pushes the panic call button, the UNI Police Department will be notified.
“We have escorts on campus who can help students, but oftentimes students aren’t aware of that service,” Tyler said. “The nice thing is students will be able to set those safety timers and do it themselves, so at least someone knows they are out walking.”
In addition to the introduction of the Rave Guardian app, UNI’s Department of Public Safety has been hard at work offering various programs aimed at creating a safer campus community. They offer Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) courses to help improve personal safety, as well as Violent Incident Defense Strategies (VIDS) trainings which provide attend-
ees strategies to assist in an event involving an armed and violent encounter. The next VIDS training will take place Thursday, April 13, 1-3 p.m. in Gilchrist Hall Room 009.
The bicycle patrol units will also be riding around campus more often due to the warmer spring weather.
“You’ll see more of a presence on campus just because it is getting nicer outside,” Tyler said. “We’re always out and about and patrolling, but we usually don’t have many problems, especially on the inner campus.”
UNI’s Department of Public Safety also hosts yearly safety walks in collaboration with Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG), the Student Life Division and Accessibility Services to see what areas of campus can be improved in regards to lighting, accessibility and overall safety.
For more information about the Department of Public Safety at UNI, visit https:// publicsafety.uni.edu.
CIEP tenía que ser más creativos. Creando más programas, como programas de “Inglés para un propósito específico”, ellos fueron capaces de contratar a un conjunto de los estudiantes más diversos.
En el futuro, CoronadoPark quería ver CIEP expandir el programa para los estudiantes multilingües y apoyar por los programas de búsqueda de títulos porque algunas veces los estudiantes necesitan ayuda adicional para aprender escritura académica y habilidades lingüísticas. También ella quería revelar que el programa no es solamente para los estudiantes, sino para todos en la comunidad del campus, que el programa es todo inclusivo.
El programa de CIEP conecta la Universidad del Norte de Iowa con la Universidad Marista de Mérida este semestre para enseñar los estudiantes de las dos universidades la importancia de ser bilingüe y aprender de diferentes culturas.
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So, Donald Trump thinks playing the farm card is his ace in the hole in Iowa.
He might want to rethink that hand.
At the Adler Theatre in Davenport this week, Trump targeted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for opposing ethanol and the former president claimed to be the savior of the American farm.
“How could a farmer vote against me,” Trump asked?
It’s true farmers backed Trump in 2016 and 2020 –against Democrats. But that may not be the case against a Republican.
They, like other Republicans, want to win in 2024. And while Trump may portray his record as an unadulterated success for American agriculture, the real record is quite different.
How many farmers really want to go back to the days when agriculture was at the tip of the spear in the ex-president’s trade war with China?
Yet, a second Trump term is headed that way.
Last month, Trump unveiled a new trade policy that is much the same as the old trade policy.
Tariffs. Revoking China’s most favored nation trade status. Restricting its imports. More conflict.
Republicans, farmers included, don’t care for China. But Politico reported this month the Trump plan isn’t rating raves from farm state lawmakers. Quite the opposite.The plan, is “raising hackles,” according to the article, as lawmakers worry it would “inflict new harm on the U.S. agricultural economy, which relies on exports to its biggest market: China.”
From Politico:
“There are serious trade disparities that should rightfully be raised, but we should be honest about the potential economic impact to rural America,” said Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.).
“Another farm state Republican lawmaker was more blunt when asked about how Trump’s new trade proposal could impact the U.S. agriculture economy, calling it ‘f—ing suicide’ for rural communities.”
It’s unlikely DeSantis will urge a softer approach to China and risk looking weak. He’s already doing that when it comes to Russia and Ukraine. Still, when a fellow Republican says your trade plan is “f—ing suicide” for rural America, it’s usually not a recipe for political success in Iowa.
But then, Trump’s old record in rural America isn’t necessarily anything to brag about – although that’s exactly what Trump did in Davenport.
The ex-president claimed he’d rained money down on America’s farmers.
“We handed checks to the farmers for $28 billion,” Trump boasted. “Did anybody get a check in this room?”
What Trump didn’t mention was that he was paying
farmers for the exports they’d lost after he launched firststrike tariffs against China (and even some of our allies) which China then responded to with retaliatory tariffs on farm products.
We saw what happened. Exports plummeted, especially soybeans. And that $28 billion – contrary to what Trump claims – didn’t come from China. It came from the U.S. treasury. And the tariff revenues – again, contrary to Trump’s claims – didn’t come from China. That false claim has been debunked repeatedly. Tariff revenues flowing into the U.S. treasury came from duties paid by American importers, some of it passed on to consumers in this country.
Trump should have asked people in the Adler: “Did anybody in this room get the bill for my tariffs?”
Trump may think Iowa farmers won’t mind going back to 2020, when almost 40% of their net income came from U.S. government checks. But I don’t think that’s what they want. And I don’t think Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, who was sitting up front for Trump’s speech, wants that, either. In 2018, she said “nobody wins in a trade war.”
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said in
2019 that Iowa farmers want “trade, not aid.” Those words were echoed by the Iowa Farm Bureau president.
I think that’s still the sentiment.
So, DeSantis has some ammunition of his own. And not just on trade, but ethanol policy. It was Trump’s EPA that repeatedly and generously handed out “small refinery” exemptions to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard.
Farmers remember that. DeSantis could have some exposure on ethanol if he runs for president. He co-sponsored a bill when he was in Congress to eliminate the RFS. But Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, said candidates can start campaigning in Iowa with a “blank slate” when it comes to ethanol, according to Radio Iowa. “We’re not going to hold too much to what they might have done six or seven years ago when they had a different role, a different perspective,” he said.
What is important, Shaw said, is candidates should have a national energy policy, and it should include ethanol.
It would be good to remember, too, that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz opposed ethanol subsidies, and despite Trump hammering him for it,
Cruz won the Iowa caucuses in 2016.
As for Trump’s trade war, was it worth it?
An economist at the Tax Foundation wrote last year, “the economic literature shows that the U.S. import tariffs and subsequent retaliatory tariffs imposed by China and other countries on U.S. agricultural exports have hurt the U.S. agricultural industry and could impact future production, further raising food prices.”
Even Trump’s “Phase One” deal with China that called for China to buy $200 billion in additional goods and services in 2020 and 2021 didn’t work out like he planned. Trump blames Biden, but in February 2021, just after Biden took office, the Petersen Institute for International Economics was already calling Phase One a “flop.”
Based on 2020 results, it said, “China was never on pace to meet that commitment,” with the pandemic “only partly to blame.”
Trade tends not to be a big topic in presidential elections. But I hope 2024 is an exception. Iowa’s economy depends a lot on foreign trade. And Biden, who has kept Trump’s tariffs on China in place, is in the midst of his own get-tough-on-China approach that some analysts say is even harsher than Trump’s.
We haven’t yet heard DeSantis talk about his own trade ideas. But, as far as the Iowa caucuses are concerned, if Trump is banking on his record with farmers to lift him up here, his story isn’t as rosy as he claims. And even though polls say rural Iowa tends to still like Trump, I suspect they aren’t eager to go back to the turmoil of his trade wars.
Not when they can choose another Republican.
At the least, the idea will probably get a lot more skeptical look in rural America than it got Monday at the Adler Theatre.
The Social and Emotional Learning Conference sponsored by the UNI College of Education and Ken Budke returns on April 7, 2023 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The conference will take place in Maucker Union and Schindler Education Center with a limited virtual option available as well.
The conference will highlight many different aspects of social and emotional learning and how educators can benefit from this knowledge. “The goal is to present new information, research, practical applications of research on social and emotional learning and how we can improve those services we provide to kids in school,” said Nicole Skaar, Associate Professor & Coordinator, School Psychology Program.
Marc Brackett, Ph.D., and Gina McGovern, Ph.D.,
are the two keynote speakers at the conference. Brackett is a nationally recognized author, professor at Yale University, and a lead developer of RULER, a social and emotional learning approach.
Brackett will speak on how social and emotional intelligence sets up well-being and success in both school and life. McGovern is a professor at Central Michigan University and is known for her research on developing social and emotional skills and ethnic-racial identity in kids.
During her speech, McGovern will speak about racial equity-oriented social and emotional learning and will be joined by Cortez Watson, founder and president of The Hip-Hop F.I.R.M.
After the keynote speakers in the Maucker Union Ballroom, attendees will make their way to Schindler Education Center for four
breakout sessions. There are five to six different speakers in each breakout session, offering attendees the opportunity to learn about a plethora of different aspects to social and emotional learning.
Pat Zietlow Miller will be joining the conference to discuss her books and how they connect to social and emotional learning. Miller has authored over 20 children’s books, with her first book, “Sophie’s Squash,” earning a Golden Kite Award, an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor. Miller’s book “Be Kind” was on the New York Times bestseller list for 10 weeks.
An online version of the event is being offered to people who can’t attend the event in person. Online attendees will be able to watch both keynote speakers and Rasheena Bell’s breakout session “Linked Through Love: A Trauma-
People attending the event online will receive zoom links in their confirmation emails. Understanding and utilizing social and emotional learning is more important than ever.
“The pandemic put a highlight on skills and the things that kids need when they come to school,” said Skaar. “It also highlighted mental health issues that were happening in our adolescence.” Skaar referenced the CASEL framework as the best way to define social and emotional learning. This framework highlightsself-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills and social awareness.
“These really are the skills of success for people working in our society,” said Skaar. “The team of us that have planned this for a second year really hope that teachers, educators, students
that attend and faculty that attend really come away with some tangible things that they can do to improve the social and emotional learning in their classroom or in their lives,” said Skaar. “And also maybe a different perspective of what social and emotional learning is and how it can positively impact the lives of our K-12 students.”
The conference is free to UNI students, faculty and staff. Practicing professionals can register for the entire conference for $60 or the limited online version for $30. Visit the UNI website to register for the in person or online version of the conference and view the full schedule.
Rod Library will be hosting the Inspire conference student Research and Engagement on Monday April 3, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Tuesday April 4, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This confrence is a chance for undergraduate and graduate students to share their research and experiences,like internships and study abroad opportunities. The conference is sponsored by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Graduate College at UNI.
The conference began in 1994 as the CSBS student research conference. In 2018 it was extended to include engagement and the name was changed to INSPIRE Student Research & Engagement Conference.
Helen Harton, professor of psychology and graduate coordinator and
Windee Weiss, an Associate Professor in the Kinesiology & Physical Education Division, are the co-coordinators of the conference.
Registration is not required for the event, and all UNI students are welcome to attend. “This year we have around 100 students presenting nearly 90 projects from every college on campus. They can do poster presentations, where they show a poster related to their project and talk to people who come by during a session, or oral presentations, where they do a talk,” said Harton. Harton also mentioned other options like computer simulation presentations, and music performances. Each year, the conference has a little over 100 attendees. In previous years, the mayor and several other committee members attended.
Presentations however are limited to students
and recent graduates. “It’s a great opportunity to see all the cool things that students are doing at UNI and the ways they are going beyond the classroom to increase their skills and help others,” stated Harton.
Harton encourages students to think about what projects they are willing to share in the following year. “It’s a great way to get feedback about your project, as well as to enhance valuable communication skills. It’s also fun to share with others things that you’ve spent months working on!” said Harton.
People interested in learning more about the conference should definitely attend to learn more about what amazing research opportunities UNI has to offer. And those interested in past conferences, can visit https://scholarworks. uni.edu/csbsresearchconf/ to read past students’ papers and view past presentations.
tice carillon located in Jebe Hall to begin building excitement for the bells’ return. We had many students, alumni, faculty, and community members attend both in Jebe and over live stream. The concert lasted roughly a half hour and featured duet performances from all current members of our Guild. Also, Sandy Nordahl did an excellent job at lighting the practice carillon and transforming Jebe into the perfect venue for this concert.”
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The Guild of Carillonneurs consists of an auditioned group of ten UNI students from multiple majors and disciplines. Even though the bells are down, that hasn’t stopped the Guild from doing other carillon-related outings.
Vice President of the Guild Ryan Gruman states, “After the bell removal, the UNI Guild hosted the Guild from Yale during their carillon tour. We shared a joint performance together and then traveled to Iowa State University, where both groups got to tour and play the Carillon in the Campanile on ISU’s campus. We also got to look at ISU’s traveling campanile, which is a small playable model that the ISU Guild takes to different events throughout the year.”
Most recently, on Sunday,
March 26, 2023, the Guild of Carillonneurs held a preliminary carillon performance from Jebe Hall at the Gallagher Bluedorn.
This 30-minute performance consisted of songs that included the UNI fight song and Alma Mater via carillon. Clouser stated regarding this pre-season concert,
“Yesterday we held a Carillon Concert on our prac-
As a student organization, the Guild is determined to be as active on campus as possible. Clouser says, “Our members have also been active at Student Organization Fairs for admitted students and on social media keeping students, community members, alumni and faculty up to date on project progress.
Another big project we took on was organizing and cataloging all the music and carillon pieces that have accumulated at the top
of the campanile over the years.”
Clouser also stated in our interview that the Guild has over 300 carillon-specific musical pieces in its collection, with some written by late UNI Alum and University Carillonneur
Robert Byrnes.
Another exciting thing on the minds of the Guild is that the Campanile tower will celebrate its 100-year birthday next year in 2024. When the $2 million renovation is complete courtesy of “Our Tomorrow,” the Campanile will have in total 58 bells allowing for a four-octave range.
This will make the UNI Campanile the most comprehensive Carillon tower in the State of Iowa. According to a 2018 interview by UNI President Mark Nook, the Campanile represents UNI more than most realize, “The Campanile is a metaphor for UNI and what we are all about.
The University of Northern Iowa provides a very solid foundation through the education students receive here that allows our graduates to chase their dreams, to reach for the sky, and create a life that enhances the lives of the people around them.
The solid granite base of the Campanile is much like the education one receives at UNI.”
Due to the Campanile being a campus icon in the eyes of many, it is well overdue for the renovation and beautification it is currently receiving. Nevertheless, a consequence of this progress is a little bit more quietness around campus on the hour. All in all, the work being done this year will allow all Northern Iowans to enjoy the bells and music of the Campanile for decades to come.
CADEN SHEA Sports Writer
Not every college athlete gets the opportunity to break school records. A lot of college athletes don’t get the opportunity to play in the very building they grew up watching football. Matthew Cook is doing both. Cook is the kicker for the University of Northern Iowa’s football team and had a phenomenal season, breaking the school record for most consecutive PATs made with 114.
Cook was born and raised in Cedar Falls and has had a very familiar place in which he has played football for most of his life. “It’s actually kind of similar to just like it was in high school because all of our games, especially the home ones and the playoffs were in the Dome,” he said. “It’s been very similar because a lot of the guys actually came and played here with me – Logan Wolf, Cael Loecher – those types of guys, even Colin Klatt came back, I played with him my junior year, even soccer back to when we were 10. It feels pretty normal to play with some of these guys and I’ve watched this UNI football team ever since I was a little kid so it feels pretty surreal to be playing in the place where I grew up watching football.”
While the kicker is a
very specialized position on the team, Cook doesn’t feel unseen. “I don’t feel as overlooked as some of the other positions,” he said. “There’s 11 guys involved every time I go on the field and mainly I’m the only one who gets his name called on the scoreboard. I kind of feel fortunate enough as that. I have guys that have taught me everything I need to know and haven’t gotten their name said once like Nick Simpson and Nate Murphy, they were my snapper and holder for two or three years… I don’t really feel unnoticed, I think a lot of other people do.”
The road to becoming a kicker has come naturally for Cook, who has been kicking around a ball his whole life. “Me and my brother played soccer as kids so we naturally wanted to kick a ball,” Cook said. “When they would let fans on the field after UNI games, we tried to kick field goals, most likely missing. My brother chose to be a kicker in either seventh or eighth grade and I decided to follow in his footsteps… He would be kicking as a seventh or eighth grader and I’d come join him as a third or fourth grader so I probably would’ve never been a kicker if it wasn’t for him or definitely not as good of a kicker as early.”
Breaking records was never a priority for Cook who just wanted to do his job well and wasn’t doing it for any accolades or praise. “I never knew I was close to breaking any sort of records until people who are paying a lot closer attention to stats than I am come up to me and say ‘You need this many more kicks to get the record,” he said. “I could have never dreamed to have these records from when I was young. I never even
thought I was going to play college football until Coach [Ryan] Clanton called me up and said he wanted me to come for a visit. It’s a really unexpected adventure that I’ve gotten to take. It feels amazing to know that the team I’ve watched ever since I was little, I’m holding at least the one record for it. It’s a pretty cool feeling to have.”
Cook doesn’t plan to stop playing football anytime soon. He wants to take his game to
wherever he would get the chance to shine. “I have one more year of football here at UNI… Depending on how that season goes I’d love to play at the next level whether that be the NFL, the CFL or the USFL – I’m open to almost anything. I love playing with these guys and I’d love to get to know a bunch of other people and see what it’s like across this country so if there’s a chance to play at the next level I’d love to do so.”
ADAM JOHNSON Sports Writer
This past week, the UNI Panthers softball team had two games. The first game was at Missouri on Wednesday, March 29, and the Panthers hosted Bradley on Saturday, April 1. The Panthers brought a seven game win streak with them to Missouri and were looking to extend it. The Panthers did not get off to a hot start against Missouri, as in the top of the first inning, the Panther batters went down in order. The Tigers got things going in the bottom of the inning when Alex Honhold hit a two run home run, and after one the Panthers were down 2-0. In the bottom of the second, the Tigers added on two more runs on an error and a sacrifice fly. This 4-0 lead for the Tigers put a lot of pressure on the bats of the Panthers. Both teams’ bats were quiet for
several innings before the Panthers finally scored their first run in the top of the sixth inning on an RBI
single from Mya Dodge. Neither team would get another run across, and the Panthers went home
with a 4-1 loss. Missouri’s Jordan Webber pitched four shutout innings, and picked up the win. Kailyn Packard took the loss for the Panthers. The Panthers looked to rebound the tough loss with a victory against Bradley.
Samantha Heyer was on the mound for the Panthers, and she started things off great. In the first inning, she struck out the first two batters, and the third grounded out. When it was the Panthers turn to bat, they gave Heyer some early run support. Maya Dodge hit a two run homerun. Heyer continued to make quick work of the Braves batters, as she struck out the side in the top of the second and third innings. She added two more strikeouts in the fourth inning as well. It was in the bottom of the fourth when the Panthers really got things going. They managed seven runs on six hits in the inning,
and took a convincing 9-0 lead.
Heyer came out of the game in the top of the fifth, but she had a fantastic game with 10 strikeouts, only giving up one hit. Anna Wischnowski came in to finish things off in the top of the fifth inning, and the Panthers got the 9-0 victory. Heyer picked up her ninth win of the season to go to 9-2, and Grace French had the loss for the Braves.
The Panthers finished the series off with Bradley in a doubleheader on Sunday. However, results were not available in time for print. The Panthers will be back out on the field on Tuesday, April 4, when they play host to in-state opponent Iowa State at 4 p.m.
With just a week left in the NBA regular season, the NBA playoff race is seemingly as close as it could possibly be. There are still a number of playoff spots up for grabs and a lot of moving around to be done before the 77th NBA champion can be crowned.
In the Eastern Conference, four teams have already clinched a spot in the playoffs led by the Milwaukee Bucks with a record of 55-22. The Boston Celtics are just 1.5 games behind in second place, followed by the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers.
If the season ended today, the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets would make up the final two playoff spots. The four play-in teams would currently be held by the Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls, however the Washington Wizards, Indianapolis Pacers and Orlando Magic are still in the running to claim a spot. The Charlotte Hornets and Detroit Pistons
have already been disqualified.
Former UNI Panther AJ Green is a rookie on the top-seeded Bucks with a two-way contract. Green has averaged 4.5 points in 33 games this season.
In the Western Conference, only three teams have secured their place in the postseason. In first place is the Denver Nuggets
with a 51-26 record closely followed by the Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings who are two and four games behind, respectively. This is the first time the Kings have made the playoffs since the 2006 season. ending what was the longest playoff drought in NBA history.
The other three teams that currently sit in the play -
offs are the Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers. The New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder make up the play-in teams currently as well.
There is a lot of opportunity for shifting in the seeding currently in the West. With each team hav -
ing only four or five games remaining, there is only a six game difference between fourth place and twelfth place. Only three teams, the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets have all been eliminated from playoff contention.
A repeat matchup from last year’s Finals is still a possibility with the Warriors and Celtics both currently in position to make the playoffs. The Warriors have taken a slight step back from last year’s championship caliber team while the Celtics have had another solid season sitting second in the East.
The Bucks currently have the best odds to win the Finals followed by the Celtics and the Suns, but the title is still up for grabs by anyone. The play-in tournament begins on Tuesday, April 11 followed by the playoffs beginning Saturday, April 15.
The UNI Panthers tennis team traveled to Illinois last weekend as they faced two strong Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) opponents in Bradley and Illinois State. However, the Panthers left in defeat as they dropped the two matches, losing 4-3 against Bradley, and 7-0 against Illinois State.
The Panthers traveled to Peoria, Ill. for the first of the two matches, looking to win their first conference match of the year. The Braves took two of the three doubles matches as UNI’s Issa Sullivan and Thaissa Moreira were able to snap a two-match losing streak with a victory over Bradley’s Mariia Pukhina and Alexandra Hildreth, 6-4. Andrijana Brkic started it off for the Panthers in the singles matches, earning her
sixth consecutive singles victory in a three-set win over Bradley’s Mariia Pukhina. Brkic lost the first set 7-6,
then caught fire as she won the next two sets, 6-0. Kim Zizek added another victory under her belt as she
defeated Maria Bezmenova in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3. The victory brought Zizek’s singles record to an even 6-6 on
the year.
Kanyanut Sudsgaard was able to notch another win in the singles category as she defeated Alexandra Hildreth, 6-0, 7-5. It was her second singles victory of the year. Despite their efforts, the Panthers lost the other three singles matches, falling to the Braves 4-3.
The Panthers faced another test on Sunday as they traveled to Normal, Ill. to take on Illinois State, the top team in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Panthers battled hard, yet left Illinois with a 7-0 defeat.
The two losses bring UNI’s overall record to 4-11-1 on the season and 0-3 in conference play. The Panthers hope to bounce back as they return home to host Valparaiso on Saturday, April 1, at 1 p.m. The Panthers will then take on Missouri State the following morning at 10 a.m.
If you’re living with HIV, getting medical care and taking your HIV medication will help you live a long, healthy life.
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Talk with your partner before having sex. Talk about when you were last tested and suggest getting tested together.
Talk to your healthcare provider about your sex life and ask what STI tests you should be getting and how often
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
Staying on your HIV treatment almost eliminates the chance of transmitting HIV to your partners.
There are programs to support you and your family and help pay for your care and treatment.
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