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College Hill adds ‘Finishing Touch’

LEZIGA BARIKOR Staff Writer

While Romeo and Juliet may have pondered what’s in a name, Jay Barber’s contains his profession.

The 25-year-old Waterloo native opened “The Finishing Touch” with his neighbor-turned business partner Alex Vance on March 14.

The combination barber shop and tattoo parlor is located on College Hill, next to the Shakery Smoothie Bar. Barber said that he noticed many of his customers go from his barber shop into Vance’s tattoo parlor and vice versa, so he thought it would make sense for the two to officially combine their businesses as they were already sharing clientele.

The two businesses operate mainly independent of one another, but there is friendly collaboration as barbers utilize the tattoo parlor and vice versa.

“They’ve done a lot of my tattoos,” Barber said.

“They’ve tattooed my mom and my dad and my brother.”

Barber first jokingly brought up the idea to Vance in February of 2018, but by

emphasis in studio ceramics.

“I like to make things that are beautiful that maybe just add a little sense of wonderment when they look at it. I do a lot of kind of whimsical, botanical work in my stuff and I kind of just want that tiny sense of whimsicality or magic that you don’t find in your everyday life.”

Anstey submitted two dress vases for the exhibition: “Persephone: Above” and “Persephone: Below.”

Anstey drew inspiration from Persephone, the Greek

goddess of spring. In Greek mythology Hades took Persephone to the Underworld for winter, where she became the Queen of the Underworld.

“There’s this dark and light aspect to Persephone and that’s what my two dresses kind of are,” Anstey said.

“One’s very light and the essence of innocence. And the other one’s kind of dark. The flowers in it are more twiggy and dark-colored and stuff like that.”

the fall, the two started making serious plans to begin a business together.

Barber’s journey to his current position was far from conventional. He started out at Kirkwood Community College, where during his final year he realized that he didn’t want to use his business degree in the corporate world. So, Barber began thinking of career paths he’d rather take.

“I have a nine-year-old son, I started cutting his hair and it kind of sparked interest in myself, so I looked into barbering,” Barber said.

“I started barber school a month later and I never

looked back.”

After completing barber school, Barber began working in the Men’s Room Hair and Beard Parlor in Cedar Rapids. After some time there, he moved on to help a fellow colleague start his own barber shop endeavor called the Five Seasons, also in Cedar Rapids. After a while, Barber wanted to relocate back home to the Waterloo area and be closer to his family.

From cutting his son’s hair, Barber recalled his own childhood memories of haircuts.

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Student work showcased in annual exhibit ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

The Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition opened in the UNI Gallery of Art in Kamerick Art Building on Monday, March 25.

This year’s juror, T.J. Dedaux-Norris, is an assistant professor of art for the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. He gave out awards to students on the opening day of the exhibit.

The exhibition is comprised a variety of mediums, including oil on canvas, book binding, ceramics and others, all made by student artists. One featured ceramic artist was Melodie Anstey. Her ceramic submission of a vase made to look like a dress was titled “Persephone: Below” and received a Merit Award from the UNI Art Department.

“I kind of just want people to take a little joy out of my work,” said Anstey, a senior majoring in art with an

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Camp Kamala launches across Iowa ELIZABETH KELSEY Staff writer

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris is no stranger to the UNI campus, having been a guest at an early voting rally hosted by the Northern Iowa Democrats last October.

Now, the current California senator has announced her candidacy for president, and her campaign team is returning to UNI, as well as to four other Iowa colleges, to launch their Camp Kamala organizing training program for students and young Iowans.

Between April 13-16, one-night camps will be held at Iowa State, the University of Iowa, Drake, Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) and here at UNI. The UNI camp will take place on Thursday, April 18, from 4-7 p.m. (location to be determined).

Miryam Lipper, Kamala Harris Iowa communications director, said that one of the main barriers to political involvement is a lack of understanding of how the process works, especially the caucus procedure. To combat this, she said, the training camps will be centered around the caucus process and the princi-

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2020 Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris and her campaign recently launched a Camp Kamala organizing training program in an effort to educate college students at the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Iowa, Des Moines Area Community College and Drake University about how political organization works in Iowa as compated to other states.

ples of political organization.

“It’s really about teaching them about organizing generally, and learning about Kamala in case she is the candidate they end up being interested in,” she said. “This is a way to make sure that they know a little bit about Kamala, a lot about the caucus, a lot about organizing, and can go from there.”

At each camp, attendees will sit in on trainings with campaign staff to

learn about the caucus process and about how political organizing works in Iowa as compared to other states.

The goal, said Lipper, is for students to be able to take what they learn and apply it as organizational leaders in their own communities.

“The way to best organize any group of people is for someone they know and trust to be the person who’s advocating on behalf of someone,” she said, “versus the campaign just always coming to people and trying

On Tuesday, April 3, at approximately 3 p.m., a fire broke out in a kiln in the Industrial Technology Center (ITC).

The building did not have any damage from the fire and no one was injured.

The ITC holds six undergraduate programs: Construction management,

electrical engineering technology, technology and engineering education, technology management, graphic technologies and manufacturing engineering technology.

The building was built in the 1970’s and requested a $36.2 million renovation in 2018.

In the spring of 2018, an exterior wall outside of the ITC fell.

On Tuesday, April 3, at around 3 p.m., a kiln fire started in the Industrial Technology Center. The building did not suffer any serious damages and there were no injuries.

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to tell them about Kamala, or whatever issue they’re talking about.”

The timing of the camps is critical, according to Lipper, since many students will soon be leaving college campuses to return home for the summer months.

“If we didn’t get students organized, if we didn’t teach them about Kamala and teach them about the caucus in general before they headed home for the summer, then we were going to miss out on a huge opportunity,”

she said.

“Our campaign is working to organize young Iowans who are the future of the country,” Will Dubbs, Kamala Harris Iowa State Director, said in a March 28 announcement of the Camp Kamala program. “I am proud that we will be able to utilize the excitement around Kamala’s campaign heading into the critical summer months.”

One of those young Iowans is elementary education major Danielle Templeton, recruitment director for the Northern Iowa Democrats, the organization sponsoring the Camp Kamala event here at UNI. Templeton said that the skills that the program offers attendees are “widely applicable.”

“What I think is a great opportunity about this event is that Kamala’s campaign approached us about teaching organizing skills in general,” said Templeton.

“For people who want to learn about electoral politics and how to work on campaigns, this can be an entry point for people who maybe voted in 2018 and want to do more leading into the caucuses.”

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A case for funding public history APRIL 4, 2019 |

The case for the funding of public history institutions is one that is often bogged down and mired by the usual hubbub of our political life.

Some hear the word “public” in the name and instantly examine it as a utility with material limitations, such as gas lines or infrastructure.

Others immediately reject its importance wholesale, given their own assumptions of progress. I argue that “public,” or rather, local, and better said, “living” history, is easily one of the most important and necessary tools for society and these institutions deserve our support.

Firstly, I would turn to the semantic problem which “public” history creates. The word public implies a socially held utility – one that is under the purview of government attentions. This opens the door up for two points of engagement from my friends on the right. The first, also the most obvious contention that they would raise, is the economic cost. Why should an already fattened, scatological tax burden be fur-

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ther extended for this or that museum? This is a fair point which I will address below, but it is so often dismissed by those “cultured” elect among us.

The second avenue which the right will present is one which is dynamic and philosophically driven. It is also one justly raised by liberals and progressives. Public implies a collective “us,” which is a dangerous water Americans have yet to successfully navigate. I am not going to flesh out the left and right’s schismatic arguments presented here for lack of space, but they share something in common. This common concern is with the “how” and “who” that is presented in the “us.” So then, these difficulties said, why is public history even important? If we can’t agree at all then what’s the point?

To explain this, allow me a trip into the anecdotal. I have had the immense privilege of working at Living History Farms (LHF) for the past six years. I’ve worked on everything from blacksmithing to building houses to farming, just like the Iowan did in the 1700’s. All of this in historically correct settings, clothing and environment. My job in the summer is basically playing

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a real-life video game, and I absolutely love it. LHF has a special part of my soul that nowhere else ever will.

It gives meaning and purpose to the people who work there. Our shared love of history brings together people as diverse as a Democratic Socialist Activist, a Reaganite ex-lawyer, a progressive farmer and myself all working side by side.

Alongside my coworkers, we’ve had hours long conversations with people from as far flung places as Germany, South Africa, Ghana, Romania, Kazakhstan, Russia and every American state. These travelers run the gamut from a Berkeley history professor, German hikers, a Kazakhstani John Deere fanatic and Ghanan engineers. This diverse cast of visitors is paired alongside as many as some 20,000 Iowa students who are all immersed in the amazing, living history of Iowa at LHF. Few things seem more valuable to me than providing to the public a story of this amazing place we call home.

Public history institutions show us how the places we call home have influenced the world as we live in, and they deserve our support. Did you know that Iowa had female blacksmiths in the 1800’s?

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Opinion columnist Kevin Wiggins makes a case for the importance of the funding of public history regardless of political party.

Pictured: A replica of an early Iowa farm village at Living History Farms.

These women owned and operated their own businesses, often successfully. The first female lawyer in the U.S. passed the bar in Iowa in 1869 and we were the first state to mandate the desegregation of schools in 1868.

One of the cofounders of the ancestor organization to the NAACP is from Iowa and we used to be one of the largest coalmining states in the US, but so goes the conception that “Iowa is boring we don’t have any interesting history at all.”

“Local” history not only makes the past vibrant, it illuminates not just how, but why we are where we are in the now. It is utterly impossible to understand our place

in the now without the how, which public history institutions are in a prime position to answer. We are a part of the process of happening and we cannot truly know anything now without the past.

Without the past, we know nothing of what makes us great. What is more, we will not be able to correct for the sins of the past which carry on into the present.

The human tendency to forget is what terrifies me most for the future, but we must remember the local happenings which allowed for the existence of great humans.

The story of us begins from the ground up, with the local lives of common people. May we never forget that.

What can presidents be investigated for?

Robert Mueller’s 22-month long investigation into potential criminal activity by President Trump yielded what few political commentator’s expected: Pretty much nothing. The hysteria surrounding Russian influence into the election was peddled mainly by those identifying with the Democratic Party. CNN and MSNBC, the Democrats most industrious propaganda machines, spent countless hours propagating vague and often times false “developments” in the Russia investigation. However, external enemies often turn into internal ones and the Russia investigation was no exception; who can forget the labeling of Bernie Sanders as a Russian agent because some ads supporting him were paid for with Russian rubles and, just recently, President Trump labeling those who investigated his ties to Russia “traitors.”

Trump’s corruption and scandal-ridden two years in office are often juxtaposed to former President Obama’s eight-year tenure. Obama is lauded as the “cleanest” President in history without a single internal scandal or personal scuff, in contrast to Trump’s aggressive handshakes and misogynistic comments. Of course, when this statement is made there are generous negations taking place: Obama’s brutal record of whistleblower crackdowns, transferring over 100 percent of black wealth to the banking industry post-2008 or his personal admittance that his economic and social policies led to the rise of white supremacy and nationalism. When “scandal” remains at the level of appearances, Obama justifiably remains “cleaner.”

“Scandals” such as these can be reduced to policy mistakes or pragmatism in the face of the largest recession since 1929 and an expected racist reaction to the first Black president in history: Perhaps, perhaps not.

There is, however, one category of scandal common to nearly every president in U.S.

history. A scandal that, if it were investigated, would make every “Leader of the Free World” implicated in crimes against humanity. The crime we are speaking of here is not the petty theft of an election or breaking unwritten rules of the presidency. This crime is one motivated not by reputation, libido or “national security.” A crime so massive and immoral that, if its full effects were admitted, would reveal American values to be that which they are: A fraud.

We are all accessories in this crime; we all benefit from its devastation. The crime we are speaking of is none other than imperialism.

And yet, an investigation of this kind remains an utter impossibility. For, if presidents were to legitimize investigations into their predecessors, that would necessitate an investigation into the war crimes they are currently committing. Obama refused to demand answers for Bush’s drone program and targeting of innocent civilians only to then increase the practice of said crimes. Our polemical target here is not conservatives

or democrats, not Obama nor Bush, but the system itself, the system of “democracy” under capitalism. Those defenders of liberal democracy who, with juvenile haste, proclaim the injustices of past show that we must with greater energy participate, protest and above all vote, fail to recognize the unfreedom they are promoting.

To these tools of capital, I say, “Have you ever gotten to vote on imperialism?”

The Mueller spectacle revealed the disavowed truth of American democracy. It showed us that aspect which we all know but constantly deny: American democracy is a theatre, a sham, a spectacle.

But this we all readily admit: We all tacitly accept Trump’s aphorism of “the Swamp.”

We laugh at our politicians; we mock their idiosyncratic tendencies; we call imperialist dogs like Bush “a family man” and Obama “cultured.” And when these theatrics are disturbed by political dissonance we, with orgasmic jubilation, affirm this to be the very mark of our civilized existence. We call ourselves civilized against the backdrop of third-world

barbarism, a barbarism we created and only because of it can we enjoy our “civilization.” When a generation comes around that demands greater Democracy from our political system, they are called “socialists,” “communists” and “radicals.” They are boycotted, blacklisted and called traitors.

Why is it that those who want to make politicians accountable to their voters, who want to make bosses respect their workers, who demand equality and justice from their government, are marginalized?

Here is revealed the Reality of American Democracy: It is not Washington that is the theatre, it is us, the majority. We are the puppets, politicians are the directors. We with exuberant jubilee placed our highest hopes for Democracy in Robert Mueller. Even if Mueller discovered that Russia handed Trump the election, Hillary Clinton would be imperialism with a human face. To paraphrase the indomitable German communist playwright Bertolt Brecht: What is the theft of an election compared to the invasion of Iraq/Vietnam/Korea/ Afghanistan/etc.?

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New DC film ‘Shazam!’ fizzles out HUNTER FRIESEN Film Critic

If you had told me that we would get both a “Captain Marvel” and “Shazam” film in the same year, I would have called you crazy. But stranger things have happened, which is something we’ve had to get used to over the past couple of years. So now the year is 2019 and both of these films have premiered within the span of a month. Unfortunately, as happy as I am to see these films get their moment to shine, the experience that I got out of both of them didn’t match well with my expectations.

The superhero origin story told in “Shazam!” centers around Billy Batson, a troubled kid who has committed his whole life to running away from foster homes and finding his real mom.

One fateful day, Billy is approached by an all-seeing wizard who wishes to transfer his power to him so that he may fight off the seven deadly sins seeking to destroy humanity. By speaking the wizard’s name, Billy is suddenly transformed into the unstoppable superhero Shazam that possess the combined powers of the Greek gods.

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The newest film in the DC Extended Universe follows the origin story of the superhero “Shazam.” The film stars Zachary Levi (pictured left), Asher Angel (pictured right), Mark Strong and Djimon Hounsou. It received a 93 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

With his new, nearly unlimited powers, Billy must now set out to do good in the world, while still trying to find his real home.

Directing: 2/5 “Shazam!” is directed by David F. Sandberg, who has made his name with the horror films “Annabelle: Creation” and “Lights Out.” One admirable thing that can be said of Sandberg is his intention and ability to make this film a moderately fun ride throughout as it pokes fun at

itself from time to time.

To my regret, that is probably the only good thing that can be said about his directing, which has a consistent pattern of him packing so much smaller material into an already overstuffed main narrative.

The biggest issue that plagues “Shazam!” is that it always acts like it’s different than all the other superhero films, even though it really isn’t. This problem can be glaringly seen in the egregious 132-minute runtime, which follows the generic origin path where the hero gets their powers, has some struggles along the way and then vanquishes evil in a climatic CGI battle. The one thing that that this film does different lies within its effects, which are a lot worse when compared to the competition.

Writing: 2/5 Written by Henry Gayden, “Shazam!” tries really hard (and fails) to be the family-friendly version of “Deadpool.”

The problem that this film repeatedly runs into stems from the fact that “Deadpool”’s style works solely on the effortless charm of Ryan Reynolds and its ability

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In addition to information about the caucus process itself, Camp Kamala attendees will also hear from Iowans who are already supporting Harris, as well as be able to speak with campaign team members about the issues motivating the Harris campaign. “[Students] have a voice that needs to be heard, and the issues that are being discussed in this election — climate change, student loan debt — are really issues that they are going to have to deal

to be R-rated — two things that “Shazam!” sorely lacks.

To be fair, a few of the jokes are actually quite funny, but the majority just fall flat and feel like a pale imitation.

Another problem with “Shazam!” is its terrible one-dimensional villain, whose name I couldn’t even remember until the credits rolled by.

Basically, he’s a supervillain that does bad things because that’s what a supervillain does.

Clear motives for his actions or any other defining character traits are nonexistent Retouching on the point of needless subplots, the whole storyline about the missing mother is handled quite amateurishly and laughably underwhelms in its conclusion. Part of the blame can be placed on Sandberg for spending too much time on it, but most of it should go to Gayden for not cutting this tedious and unimportant plot out of an already bloated story.

Acting: 3/5 Maybe the finest quality that this film has lies within its lead actor, Zachary Levi, who brings a lot of energy to the titular role. He’s no Ryan Reynolds, which he tries really hard to be, but he does with more than anyone else,” Lipper said.

Students who are interested in attending should apply at action.kamalaharris. org/signup/camp-kamala/.

The application closes on April 13 and participants will be accepted on a rolling basis. For students who are unable to attend the camps, Lipper recommended visiting kamalaharris.org for a list of campaign events, which will be posted on a rolling basis and updated frequently.

Beyond merely recruiting workers and votes for Harris, the campaign hopes that the Camp Kamala program

a good enough job to cover over many of the storytelling faults.

Asher Angel plays Billy and does a below-average job.

His performance of Billy as an insufferably meddling kid wildly contrasts with Levi’s and makes it really hard to believe both of them are playing the same core character.

The villain role of Sivana is played by Mark Strong. Just like his character, Strong’s dull performance is immediately forgotten after watching.

Lastly, Djimon Hounsou underwhelmingly stars as the wizard, who can best be described as a dollar store version of Gandalf.

Overall: 2.5/5 After seven entries, the DC Extended Universe has yet to put out one above average film. And although “Shazam!” falls prey to many of the same problems that have besieged the other films in the universe, the one thing that it can hang its hat on is its ability to be quite entertaining for a portion of its runtime. Still, don’t expect to be blown away, just moderately surprised.

will help students recognize the importance of political involvement and give them the tools to be involved.

“Students and young people in Iowa are going to play a critical organizing role in the caucuses,” Senator Harris said in the March 28 announcement.

“Political activism on college campuses is a critical part of this caucus process,” Lipper said. “Students have been speaking up over the past couple of years in really unique ways. College students are going to have a huge role in the election and their voice matters.”

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The UNI West African Drum Ensemble (UNIWADE) performed during Maucker Union Live at noon Wednesday, April 3.

The group’s performance included singing, drumming and dancing.

UNI-WADE is offered as a class instructed by Ryan Frost through the School of Music. The group was formed in 1997, according to their website.

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“I was always so picky about my haircut. I used to drive my barber nuts,” Barber said. “It’s almost like he hated when I’d come in, but he loved me at the same time. He’s like ‘Ah, here goes Jay!’” Barber’s ultimate goal was to open up his own parlor. Before he figured out when it would happen, he

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Although ceramics is Anstey’s favorite art medium, she admits it’s a very demanding one.

“I would say it’s always a time crunch when it comes to ceramics and trying to get it done by the deadline,” Anstey said. “The ruffles of the dress — I had to make sure they hung just right. Every little flower was handmade, and they

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had a vision in mind for it.

“I’ve taught a lot of classes, barber classes, and one of the classes that I did for students and cosmetologists that wanted to learn more about men’s hair, I called it The Finishing Touch,” Barber said. “I had my buddy make up a logo for me and that was before I even thought about opening this.”

Barber said his father helped him build his shop.

“Everything in here, me

and my dad built custom.

When we first got this place, it was a dirt floor,” Barber said. “Me and my dad were a big part of actually putting this place together, literally.”

The shop also has special deals for students of all ages, from middle school to college, as long as they have a student ID. Student Tuesdays offer discounted haircuts. Barber said students can also make appointments via the Booksy app,

and walk-ins are accepted every day.

According to Barber, he’s seen a lot of diverse clientele.

“We really pride ourselves just in having a different environment and a welcoming, just comfortable environment for people to come in. We have moms that bring their kids in,” Barber said. “It used to be the dads that would bring kids in. We made it okay for moms to

step into a barber shop and feel comfortable and not feel like this is man’s place.”

Business has been going well for the shop, according to Barber.

“It feels like we’ve been open forever,” Barber said.

There are plans in the works for a grand opening.

Barber does not yet have a date set, but he said that when it happens they will open up the shop for everyone and host a free grill-out.

were tiny, so [I] had to be super careful and detailed.”

Anstey was also challenged with getting the right colors she wanted through the glazing process. She noted that ceramic pieces tend to look different before and after they are placed in the kiln.

“It’s extremely delicate work and time-consuming,” she said. “You have to have a lot of patience for it.”

Despite these many difficulties, Anstey says the challenge

is part of what she enjoys about ceramics. She finds working with clay very therapeutic.

Another student whose work made it into the exhibition is Craig Miller, who created a book binding piece entitled “Anatomy for Millennials.”

“The concept of the book is it’s like a combination between human anatomy and parts of the body and stereotypes about the Millennial generation,” said Miller, a junior graphic design major. “So just finding

connections between those two things and doing illustrations about that and kind of just finding statistics to back up those stereotypes or disprove them just to see if their true or not.”

Miller said the piece took him a total of about three to four weeks to create. He first researched stereotypes about Millennials, looking for ones he could connect with anatomy.

Then he created the layout and constructed the physical book.

The construction was the most challenging part for Miller.

“The point that I was going for was just to look at some of those stereotypes and see if maybe this isn’t true or maybe this is truer than you think it is and to do it in kind of a humorous way,” Miller said.

“So, I hope some of the people will find some of the things funny and just interesting.”

The student art pieces will remain on display through Saturday, April 20.

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UNI hits come in Bunch(es) JACOB POTTER

Sports Writer

The great American pastime may have just commenced, but UNI softball has been going strong since early February.

The Panthers made their return to Cedar Falls for the first time since the UNI-Dome Classic, which started the season for the purple and gold.

“We’re looking to get some home games in,” said Head Coach Ryan Jacobs. “It’s been one of those things where this time of year you’re excited to get back home.”

In a Sunday matinee doubleheader, the Panthers went 2-0 against the University of Evansville, outscoring the Purple Aces 19-6 between the

two contests.

Prior to the doubleheader, Jacobs previewed the matchup, saying, “Evansville is doing a great job. They’re swinging the bats really well. They’re a little bit different this year; they’ve been stealing a lot of bases, so we’re looking at some team speed there.”

UNI slowed down the bats and speed of the Purple Aces ,holding them to 11 hits and just two stolen bases in both contests.

The Panthers drove in a scorching 11 runs in game one, finishing with a score of 11-6. A rare pair of three-run homers by Sammey Bunch and Courtney Krodinger led UNI on offense.

Bunch drove in four of the

11 runs with a three-run homer and an RBI double in the contest. Additionally, Olivia Brooks went 3-5 at the plate with an RBI single.

An 8-0 shutout followed, led by the arm of junior pitcher Jaclyn Spencer.

“Adding Jackie back, will she emerge as our number one? Maybe, but we’re not going to crown her that yet.

She’s got to earn it,” Jacobs said. “She’s going to do just what they’ve been doing and as soon as she proves that she’s our number one, then guess what?

We might have a number one.

But we still have a staff of five that are going to go out there and compete, and I feel like they have put themselves in a really good spot at working together.”

Spencer did just that, striking out eight batters while allowing only three hits. Spencer also blasted a solo homer to put the Panthers up 7-0.

Bunch hit her second threerun homer of the day, while going a stellar 4-4 at the plate and driving in half of the Panthers’ runs. Brooks chipped in again, going 2-3 and scoring three runs.

The back-to-back wins puts the Panthers at 15-13 on the season.

Following UNI’s matchup with the University of Iowa on Wednesday night, the purple and gold will head east to take on the likes of Illinois State University in a three-game series on Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7.

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WRESTLING

National Champ Drew Foster visits state capitol FRANK WALSH

Sports Writer

Small-town Iowa boy and Burlington native Drew Foster is living the dream that comes with winning an NCAA Division One wrestling title.

After taking down Gabe Dean 6-4 to end UNI’s 18-year individual championship drought, Foster was honored with an invite to Iowa’s state capitol building on Monday, April 1.

Foster was joined by his coaches from Cedar Falls,

Coach Doug Schwab, Coach Randy Pugh and Coach Brett Robbins. UNI’s athletic director David Harris was also in attendance to show support.

The University of Iowa’s individual champion, Spencer Lee, was also there to be honored with Foster.

Foster was given a tour of the building by Representative Bob Kressig. The whole building stood up for and applauded the 184-pounder for his hard work and winning a championship for the state of Iowa.

“It was an honor to be asked to represent UNI at the state

capitol,” Foster said.

Foster ended his career with a record of 93-35 and as a two time All-American. Following his illustrious career with the Panthers, he will remain in Cedar Falls as he will wrestle for the Panther Wrestling Club.

Panthers tee off in Cedar Falls, both place second GOLF

ELIOT CLOUGH

Sports Editor

For the first time since 2006, the men and women of UNI hosted a golf tournament in Cedar Falls on Saturday, March

30, and Sunday, March 31. Both teams placed second.

Competing for the men and placing in the top ten were Jack Klingel, who placed fifth (147), Sam Sacquitne and Tommy Doyle both placed sixth (148) and Carter Stochl who placed

tenth (149).

Tucker Knaak of Creighton would win the individual title on the men’s side with a final tally of 143. Western Illinois won the team title.

For the Panther women, Emily Snelling led the way, plac-

ing third overall (154). Joining Snelling in the top 10 were Sydney Eaton, Anne Gradoville and Hannah Bermel who tied for sixth (156).

Haeri Lee of Drake won the individual title, shooting a 150.

Drake would also win the wom-

en’s team title.

Up next, the Panther men will be headed to Columbia, Mo., to compete April 8 and 9.

The UNI women will head east to compete in Terre Haute as part of the Indiana State Spring Invitational April 7 and 8.

the tournament before the Final Four, including top-overall seed and popular national champion pick, Duke. Regardless of how they got here, this weekend will certainly prove to be an exciting finish to the 2018-19 season.

The first game this Saturday will feature the Virginia Cavaliers against the Auburn Tigers, with tip-off scheduled for 6:09 p.m. Virginia certainly did not have an easy road to the Twin Cities, surviving another 16-seed scare in the first round against Gardner-Webb, winning a low-scoring, defensive contest against Oregon and squeaking out an overtime win against Purdue.

Coming off their SEC conference tournament title, Auburn has rolled through the tournament, knocking out storied programs like North Carolina,

Kansas and Kentucky on their way to the Final Four.

Although the Tigers have played extremely well and Virginia has had to grind their way through the tournament, expect this game to wind up in favor of the Cavaliers. Auburn is without leading rebounder Chuma Okeke due to an ACL tear in their game against UNC, and Virginia will be feeding off their motivation of avenging last season’s embarrassing blowout-loss to UMBC. The Cavaliers have experience from top to bottom in both coaching and from their players, which proves to be extremely valuable this time of year. They tend to slow down the pace of play, in contrast to Auburn’s up-tempo, three-point oriented offense. Expect Virginia to come out on top of this one.

The second-half of Saturday’s games will pit the Michigan State Spartans against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

The Spartans knocked off top-overall seed Duke in the previous round, proving that they can beat anybody in this tournament. They play an extremely disciplined, defensive-minded brand of basketball lead by head coach Tom Izzo. MSU hardly turns the ball over (only six times against LSU) and has the second-highest defensive field goal percentage in the country.

Their opponent, the Texas Tech Red Raiders, are appearing in their first Final Four in school history. Cruising through the tournament, TTU has won every game so far by double-digits, except for their six-point win against one-seed Gonzaga.

Along with Michigan State, Texas Tech plays a very defensive-minded style, so expect this one to be a low-scoring affair.

Due to their experience and ability to wear down their opponents, Michigan State will come out on top and face Virginia in the title game.

These two battle-tested, storied programs will be sure to make an exciting title game.

Both are disciplined, play tough defense and have experienced players and coaches.

Virginia tends to find ways to win games, regardless of if it’s pretty or not. Michigan State beat one of the best college basketball teams in recent memory to get to this spot. It will likely be a close game, but expect Michigan State to come out victorious and bring the Big Ten its first title since 2000.

This is the Final Four, MSU Spartans win it all OPINION

COLIN HORNING

Sports Writer

The 2019 Men’s Final Four will take place just a few hours north of Cedar Falls at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn.

On Saturday, April 6, the matchups will feature two-seeded Michigan State against three-seeded Texas Tech, as well as one-seeded Virginia versus five-seeded Auburn, with the winners of both games meeting on the following Monday, April 8, for the National Championship.

While there were no Cinderella teams reaching the final weekend of the tournament this season, the remaining four teams were certainly not what most of us would have expected.

Three of the four one-seeded teams were bounced out of

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