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The burning of Great Wall on the corner of 22nd and College Street in April of 2016 has ignited a series of new projects up and down the Hill, bringing apartments, restaurants, a bakery and more. UNI students are anticipating the changes brought about by this shake-up at the epicenter of Cedar Falls night life. “I would love to see more food options on the Hill. The more variety, the better,” said Sam Arndt, a sophomore manufacturing engineering technology major. Two apartment complexes are expected to provide more options for student living directly on the Hill. Urban Flats, an apartment construction project located on 23rd Street between University
Book and Supply and Third Eye Tattoo and Gallery, is nearing completion. These apartments, developed by UNI alumni Brent Dahlstrom and Ryan Kriener, are just a taste of what is to come in 2018. Dahlstrom and Kriener are taking on another residential project as well. The Landing, a five-story apartment complex offering ground-level parking and various apartment options close to campus, is slated to occupy an L-shaped area behind the previous location of Great Wall Chinese Restaurant. The Landing will take the place of Ginger’s and IPPA to the west and border Great Wall’s former parking lot to the north. “We are hoping that the buildings are a new, fresh design,” Kriener said. “It just keeps encouraging landlords to improve and update their units, just to make it a more vibrant
area.” According to the project developers of The Landing, around 3,000 square feet on the ground level of the building will be reserved for retail spaces. Kriener said there is interest in having a national chain restaurant located in a portion of that space along with other businesses. Urban Flats will also have retail space available, which a locally owned restaurant is likely to occupy. Dave Deibler, the Co-owner of Octopus College Hill and Mohair Pair and former president of the College Hill Partnership, said this type of expansion is exactly what the area needs. “I think there is a lot of room for growth, and I’m very happy with the development that is going on,” Deibler said. “What I want is a lot more den-
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Little Bigs opened Nov. 7, 2016, which replaced Beck’s Taproom Grill.
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Great Wall burned to the ground in April 2016. Reconstruction has started.
sity and a lot more businesses. I want more people to live down here so they don’t have to get in car. They can walk and ride their bikes and we need to provide more services, more places to eat, more varied businesses.” With the addition of the two apartment complexes and their
featured retail space, the Hill will be seeing more vehicle and pedestrian traffic. The matter of parking has been raised as a concern in the past. However, Deibler does not see it being an issue for his businesses. See COLLEGE HILL, page 2
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Urban Flats is still under construction and is scheduled to open May 2017. It will be a combination of commercial and residential spaces.
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Former NASA engineer tells story of surviving as a child in the WWII German occupation of Hungary.
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in Washington, DC. Gorog also makes it his mission to remember the child victims of the Holocaust who were not as lucky as he was. “Preserving the memory of
the one million children who were killed in the Holocaust is extremely important for me personally,” Gorog said. This is the ninth consecutive year of the lecture series funded by Norman Cohn, a Waterloo native and a graduate of Iowa State Teacher’s College (now UNI). Cohn established the lecture series to promote Holocaust awareness and education. Stephen Gaies, director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education, began the event by introducing the lecture series and then introducing Gorog, who spoke to a full crowd in Curris Room 109. Gorog was born in Hungary in 1941 as Péter Grünwald. Born into a Jewish Orthodox family, Gorog described the anti-Semitism that ran rampant in Hungary at the time. His father, Arpád, was taken to a Hungarian forced labor camp in 1940.
“I know a lot of people are concerned about parking,” Deibler said. “I think having parking problems is a sign that your neighborhood is successful.” Although a full parking lot may be a sign of a prosperous neighborhood, Deibler acknowledged that extra parking is never a bad thing to have available. “I know we need more parking, but we have a parking ramp that sits empty,” Deibler said. Deibler estimated that the parking garage located on 23rd Street behind Bartlett Hall is, on average, 17 percent unoccupied. “Every time I drive to the Hill I have a hard time finding a spot close to where I’m going,” said Molly Daugherty, a junior finance and real estate major. “I always find a place eventually, but it would be more convenient to have additional parking lots.” As construction looks to improve the overall aesthetic of
the area, parking does not seem to be a major factor in the plans to redevelop the Hill. The main goal of the College Hill Partnership (CHP) is to create an attractive atmosphere. The CHP utilizes tax increment financing (TIF) to aid in the betterment of the area. Deibler said the CHP plays the role of an invisible hand, which helps the small business owners accomplish things they could not do alone. “I think the original intention [of the CHP] was to create something that’s maybe similar to the community of Main Street,” Deibler said. “But [they] realized that College Hill is a lot different than downtown Cedar Falls. It is just a different world with different needs.” Although Main Street is a popular destination for many diners and shoppers, the Hill often attracts a different crowd. According to Deibler, the Hill is not historic like Main Street; as the atmosphere is younger and more energetic. While the new businesses bring new life to the Hill, offering new housing and dining options, Arndt said it is not
why he goes to College Street. “It would be nice to have some new places to get food, but when I think of the Hill, I think booze. To me, Main [Street] is where the food is,” said Arndt. Great Wall Chinese Restaurant is set to return in a new commercial structure occupying the space of their former parking lot on College Street. The construction design proposed by Levi Architecture of Cedar Falls accommodates four spaces in total, leaving room for three other tenets. The opening of Little Bigs, residing where Beck’s once did, marked the beginning of several new projects on the Hill. Andrea Geary will soon be opening Milkbox Bakery in the space formerly occupied by La Calle on College Street. Milkbox Bakery will sell homemade breads, pastries, croissants, doughnuts, cookies, cakes and more. Geary told the Courier that she is hoping the new location will be a nice place to build a community. It is unknown whether the owners of Gingers or IPPA intend on reopening at a new location in the future.
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The UNI Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education hosted the ninth Annual Norman Cohn Holocaust Remembrance and Education Lecture at the Curris Business Building on Tuesday, April 4, at 7 p.m. The presenter was a Holocaust survivor and retired NASA engineer Peter Gorog, who now works in conjunction with the Office of Survivor Affairs of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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According to Gorog, his father would send postcards back to his family, but they were heavily censored and did not reveal much about his life in the camp. Gorog’s mother, Olga, kept diaries about their lives in Hungary and the details of young Peter, hoping to show Arpád all that had occurred in his absence upon his return. “Unfortunately, that didn’t happen,” Gorog said at the lecture. In 1943, Olga received an official notice from the Hungarian Minister of Defense that Arpád had disappeared. Most men in Hungarian labor camps died of exposure during the harsh Russian winter, without enough food, proper clothes or medical care to sustain them. Gorog pointed out that Hungary was not occupied by Nazi Germany until the war was nearly over in 1944. Hungary has a long history of anti-Sem-
itism, and the Hungarian government has since admitted to being complicit in the deaths of 600,000 out of 800,000 Hungarian Jews in World War II. Gorog and his mother were forced to leave their apartment in 1944 and hide in the apartment of a Catholic friend. Days later, they were reported and had to move to an apartment building owned by the Swedish Embassy. Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg bought apartment buildings in Hungary, making them protected by international law. “He single-handedly saved tens of thousands of Jewish people,” Gorog said of Wallenberg. Among the number safeguarded by Wallenberg were Gorog, his mother and his grandparents. See GOROG, page 5
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Atheist movement getting it LTE: NISG Pres. wrong, says atheist student responds to columnist
I am writing today in regard to the atheist movement, its current status and where it should go moving forward. Atheism and agnosticism are on the rise in the United States and in Iowa. A 2014 Pew Religious Landscape study found that 23 percent of Americans do not consider themselves affiliated with a religion, though being unaffiliated does not necessarily mean that one does not believe in God or in any deities. The study also found that seven percent of Americans identify as atheist or agnostic. Though it is a single-digit number, seven percent is a significant portion of the population; that means roughly 17.5 million Americans are atheist or agnostic! Six percent of Iowans identify as atheist or agnostic, which means statistically speaking about 750 UNI undergraduate students are atheist or agnostic. Atheists and agnostics are your friends, family, classmates, coworkers and teachers. I have two bones to pick with the atheist movement. First, the atheist movement has not been able to organize nearly as effectively as other progressive movements, such
as the LGBT movement or the Women’s March movement in January following President Trump’s inauguration. Atheists and agnostics have the numbers to create a rather loud racket in politics; it is just a matter of mobilizing. Secondly, many atheists seem to have misguided intentions in mind when promoting atheism. The most common form of atheist activism I have seen consists of people trying to prove to others that their religion is not true; most commonly through debunking Bible verses. This is not how it should be. First off, trying to convince somebody their religion is false is a conversation that almost always goes nowhere. It is extremely difficult to uproot such deeply held beliefs, and one is more likely to alienate than “convert” people. Instead of trying to debunk people’s faith, an effort should instead be taken to increase acceptance of atheists. Though tolerance has improved over the decades, it is still difficult to be openly atheist in America. A 2016 Morning Consultant Poll found that just 39 percent of Americans would vote for an atheist to
be president. A 2014 Pew poll asked respondents to rate their opinion of religious groups on a scale of 0-100. Atheists scored an average of 41, with 40 percent of the public rating atheists below a 33. It is extremely difficult for many to come out as atheist, and that is not the way it should be. It is time to respect people’s faith, but also to make our lack of faith respected. Instead of debunking religion and Biblical verses, it is time to launch an atheist acceptance movement. A loud and clear message needs to be sent; a lot of people do not believe in God, and that is okay. Americans are people of all faiths and creeds, and this includes no creed at all. If you have questions about atheism, agnosticism or just want to meet one, I highly recommend attending a UNIFI meeting. The folks there are incredibly friendly, open-minded and love to talk to both the faithful and the faithless. Past movements have shown that when you come together and make your voice heard; public opinion can turn very quickly in your favor. So, let’s get to work. -Anonymous
As you are aware, an opinion article was written last week regarding issues surrounding sexual assault and misperceptions related to it. As brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon we are writing to explain the importance of sexual assault awareness campaigns. We want to make something abundantly clear — the victim is never to blame. It doesn’t matter what a person wears or what they choose to consume; sexual assault is never acceptable. Blaming someone for being drunk will never justify such a horrible thing happening to another human being. We’ve had friends come to us, asking us for help because they were sexually assaulted and had no idea know what to do. They were fearful, shocked this would ever happen to them. No matter what data you look at, there exists an immense amount of victims who never report because they are so emotionally scarred or just want to move on, forgetting it ever happened. Saying at a certain number of occurrences sexual
assault is only “a serious problem [and] not a crisis” makes us irate. One is too many, and a statistic doesn’t calculate the burden victims must unwillingly carry with them for their entire life. Sexual assault campaigns are vital to ending this issue. Each member of SigEp completes the Mentors in Violence Prevention training, educating us to be active bystanders. Proceeds we raise go to the Cedar Valley Friends of the Family to help victims. Leah Gutknecht, UNI’s Title IX Officer, supports these campaigns stating, “We’re proud of the ways UNI students have played an active role in addressing sexual misconduct. Our students are a critical part of our efforts.” This has nothing to do with us feeling better about ourselves. It has everything to do with ensuring victims have the resources they need and more preventive action is taken.
The following piece is in response to Kyle Day’s “Bad studies don’t help rape victims.” In the article, Day recklessly addresses the “1-in-5” statistic regarding the prevalence of campus-related sexual assault. In a perplexing attack on the research behind this particular statistic, Day confuses the subject at hand. He fails to identify sound methodology, appreciate awareness campaigns, discern sexual assault from rape (while simultaneously refusing to accept the definition of sexual assault) and his piece fails to adequately address the nature of sexual assault and rape as the most severely underreported crimes in the US. As careful readers have pointed out online, Day’s piece perpetuates a veiled sexism wrapped in a sophisticated attempt to question
a statistic widely accepted (for good reason) by experts. Whether he meant to or not, his piece participates in the normalization of sexual violence and downplays the prevalence and experience of traumatic crimes that, as a man, Day is less likely to ever endure. Do not be fooled — this is incredibly consequential and dangerous, as Day has demonstrated. Day isn’t alone. Men everywhere choose to look past the reality of sensitive and complex consequences of specific experiences and speak out on subjects that they seem to know very little about. The name for this behavior is “mansplaining.” It is never productive and regardless of intention it often times works to perpetuate the very culture that fosters such high frequency of sex crimes. Don’t let any person get away with explaining an experience that they do not fully comprehend — challenge them. Because it. Is. Dangerous. As an individual that is passionately pursuing both
why it’s so severely underreported: survivors may fear being blamed for involvement (for example, referencing the “sociologically-established link between sexual assault and alcohol consumption” when discussing what’s good for “rape victims”), survivors may not report their experience for fear of reliving it when testifying in court, the surNIJ The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) cites a study by Lisa Fedina, Jennifer Lynne Holmes vivor’s perpetraand Bethany Backes using this definition of sexual assault. The full study, “How Prevalent tor is likely to be Is Campus Sexual Assault in the United States?” was published in 2016. an acquaintance, if not a family sociology and criminolo- able source for estimates on member or friend, these pergy, and having experienced rates of sexual assault. The petrators are highly unlikeencounters of sexual vio- institution itself acknowl- ly to be indicted and sanclence, I feel qualified enough edges their inability to pro- tioned for the crime anyway, to address two significant duce accurate statistics on and ignorance of what conerrors in Day’s reasoning. the prevalence of rape and stitutes sexual assault keeps First, the Bureau of Justice sexual assault, as sex crimes people from reporting that Statistics, which bases their have the lowest official they’ve been violated. research on official crime reporting rate. reports, is not the most reliHere are some reasons See ‘BAD STUDIES’, page 5
-Hunter Flesch, NISG President -Jared Riter, Sigma Phi Epsilon President
‘Bad studies’ column misguided ‘mansplaining’
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Drag ball kicks off Pride Week moniker as the “University of Nothing Impossible.” Staff Writer Pride Week kicked off Pride Week is in full gear, with their annual Drag and UNI Proud has planned Ball on Monday, April 3. a week full of activities that According to Daft, there were a range of talents, celebrate equality and love This year’s theme for including students, faculty Pride Week is “All You Need and even professionals. The is Love,” which UNI Proud performers practiced extenPresident Ella Daft sees as a sively beforehand, and Daft great representation of the felt they were extremely prepared for the event. UNI community. In addition, the ball had a Daft said the progress that the university has made new location this year. In the reflects UNI’s unofficial past, it had taken place in the Maucker Union ballrooms, but this was the first year it was held elsewhere. “This is the first year we have had Drag Ball in Lang’s Auditorium,” Daft said. “We are excited for the new experience.” The night kicked off with an act by Luna, who rocked out two perfor mances. Luna danced KIRBY DAVIS/Northern Iowan to Wicked’s Chloe De Paris was one of many performers who “What is This participated in UNI Proud’s Drag Ball on Monday. SHELBY WELSCH
Feeling?” and “Q.U.E.E.N” by Janelle Monae. After that, Paris a la Grande performed “End of Time” by Beyonce and “Take me Home” by Jess Glynne. Next up on the lineup was Alex Gayskarth, who shook his booty to “YOUTH” by Troye Sivan and “Victorious” by Panic! At the Disco. Chloe De Paris slowed things down for the audience and showed off some sensuous dance moves to Whitney Houston’s “I’m Every Woman” and “He Proposed” by Kelly Price. Next, one of the Masters of Ceremonies, Artemis Cardiac, showcased two Lady Gaga songs, “Joanne” and “Artpop.” After that, the Resh Prince came out and wowed the audience by dancing to “Death of a Bachelor” by Panic! At the Disco and “Chickni Chameli” by Agneepath. Up next, the other Master of Ceremonies, Lana del Gay, danced to “Hard Out Here” by Lily Allen and “Blue Jeans” by Lana Del Rey. Lastly, Lady Xa Xa blew the crowd away with two vocal performances, “Wonder” by Natalie Merchant and “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera. Lady Xa Xa was the only performer
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to actually sing her songs, and she received a standing ovation after singing “Beautiful.” Brody Hall, sophomore communications major, said that he found Lady Xa Xa’s performance to be very moving, and it made him realize how suppor tive the LGBTQ KIRBY DAVIS/Northern Iowan community Drag performers Lana del Gay (left) and Artemis Cardiac (right) took the stage on Monday for UNI Proud’s annual truly is. “I think Drag Ball. the drag show went quite it was wonderful that there was a well. She also commented standing ovation for individ- on the support that shined uals using drag as an artis- through the performances. “The show was very tic expression,” Hall said. energetic and fun, and I “There is so much support think it was a great way to all around.” get people excited about the Another audience memrest of Pride Week,” White ber, senior leisure, youth said. “You could tell that and human services major the participants were very Gabby White, felt that despite UNI’s small LGBTQ close and supportive of each community in comparison to other.” other big schools in Iowa, See DRAG BALL, page 5
A collection of stories of why students decide to relay for life, a 10-hour event that will be held this saturday, april 8, at 2 p.m. at the mcleod center
“Like many, I have been greatly affected by cancer. Cancer isn’t something that just a single race or a specific age has to go through. Cancer has no preference. I relay so families do not have to go through the pain and suffering involved with cancer. My family has dealt with this pain and suffering personally. The summer before my freshman year of high school, my grandmother was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. At this time, my grandmother was 86 years old. She went through a strenuous amount of treatment and her symptoms stopped while I was a sophomore. At this time, my grandmother was feeling better. This is because her cancer was not progressing. Everything took a turn for the worse when she fell and broke her hip my junior year of high school. At this time, the cancer started attacking her hip, making her weaker, which caused her to be checked into a nursing home. She never made it back home after she checked in. My grandmother was literally my best friend, so losing her was heartbreaking. Even though I was destroyed emotionally, I could not grasp how my mom was feeling. I remember looking over her at the funeral and just seeing so much sadness in her eyes. I cannot imagine how much pain she was going through and is still going through. This year, I am personally relaying for my grandma and for others who lost their battle.” — Katrina Ganschow
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Katrina Ganschow shares how she lost her grandmother to cancer and why she participates in Relay for Life, which takes place this Saturday, April 8, in the McLeod Center from 2 p.m. to 12 a.m.
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Although the event was free of charge, the performers accepted tips and donations from audience members who were enjoying their time at the show. All tips were donated to the Cedar AIDS Support System, an organization that provides confidential assistance and support to those who are diagnosed with HIV or AIDS in the Cedar Valley. Hall thought the idea of donating to this cause was extremely heartwarming. “The Cedar AIDS
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Support System is definitely a good cause that has positively influenced the LGBT community over the years,” Hall said. There will be many other events throughout Pride Week including a film screening of the documentary “Gen Silent” tonight and a “Progressive Prom” dance on Friday. Daft encouraged every UNI student to join the LGBTQ community at these events. “[Pride Week] allows us to take a moment and enjoy the progress we have made, while still looking forward to the work that still needs to be done,” Daft said.
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Gorog recalled playing in an inner courtyard with other Jewish children, pretending to shoot each other with sticks. A Hungarian Nazi, who was not permitted on the grounds, saw the children and entered. He gave the children a real weapon, sans ammunition, to play with. Soon after, he was discovered and removed. “He found pleasure seeing these little Jewish boys wearing the Star of David shooting each other, even if it was just playing,” Gorog said. Eventually, when the Nazis invaded Hungary, every Jew from the buildings owned by Wallenberg were rounded up to either be sent to concentration camps or shot at the bank of the Danube River. According to Gorog, by “sheer luck or divine intervention,” the young Nazi who had
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The second error I’d like to address is Day’s dismissal of the need for awareness campaigns. Without defining and publicizing what constitutes sexual assault and rape, survivors everywhere would go without knowing that these acts have been committed against them. Take, for example, the fact that the National Institute
given Gorog and his friends a weapon recognized Gorog and his mother and requested they be left behind. After the Nazis left them, Gorog and Olga moved to the Budapest ghetto to wait out the rest of the war. Bombs ravaged Hungary, but Gorog and Olga survived, and in 1945, they were freed from the Jewish ghetto. Unable to leave, Gorog lived under the Communist system in Hungary. He earned a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering in Hungary, which he used to get a job at NASA in the United States when he defected in 1980. He worked at NASA for the next 34 years, contributing to projects such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the upcoming James Webb Space Telescopes. He retired in 2014 and now volunteers at the Holocaust Memorial Museum,
giving lectures, leading tours and translating documents — including the diaries his mother kept in Hungary.
of Justice recently published research that suggests that sexual violence perpetrated by acquaintances and intimate partners has been on the rise since the seventies. Consider for a second that this increase may have something to do with changing definitions and increased awareness of what rape and sexual assault are. Finally, I need something to be very clear to Day and others like him: survivors of sexual assault and their advocates do not need to be raped
in order for their experiences of sexual assault and their advocacy to be valid. I’ve come to understand that a significant display of decency is learning when it is appropriate to voice your advice and when it isn’t. Let Day’s column be an example of indecency, then, and we must not let it go unanswered. The real lesson we take from Day’s column is that we cannot let misguided voices speak for us; we must call them out.
We cannot be bystanders. We all have the responsibility to not only raise our voice — it’s also important what we do. Peter Gorog
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As far as his message to society, Gorog encourages people of all nations to “be aware of what’s going on around us.” “We cannot be bystanders,” Gorog said. “We all have the responsibility to not only raise our voice — it’s also important what we do.”
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Panth er s ho r t sto p Sammey Bunch was named the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) player of the week on Monday. This is the first time Bunch has received this honor and it serves as a great start to her freshman season of softball at UNI. In her 2017 debut, Bunch is one of only three players on the team who has started in every game this season (31). In her efforts on the diamond, Bunch has been up to bat 88 times, recorded 26 runs and made contact at least 30 times. This feat gives Bunch a .340 batting average, which happens to be the best average on the team; second only to Ashley Chesser who has a higher average
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Freshman shortstop Bunch, #12
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but fewer at bats. Serving as an offensive cannon behind the plate for UNI, Bunch has recorded nine doubles this season, three triples and four home runs. Bunch has a .400 on-base percentage, second on the team to Anna Varriano, who leads with .460.
For her own individual game highs, Bunch is tied with Varriano for most runs scored during a game (3) and has hit the most doubles during a single game (2). Bunch scored three runs against Oklahoma State at the beginning of March and just recently recorded her two doubles in their contest against Evansville on April 1. In their three-game series against Evansville, Bunch had 10 RBI’s to help UNI ensure the series sweep. Additionally, Northern Iowa was ahead 12-4 before Bunch stepped up and closed the bottom of the sixth inning with a two-run, walk-off home run. The Panthers are just one weekend into their long stretch of home games. First, they knocked out Evansville and swept them
in the series. This weekend they will face Southern Illinois in three games. Afterwards, they will play the University of Iowa just once before finishing things up against Bradley University. After UNI finishes up at home, their first away game will involve a trip to Des Moines where the Panthers will go head-tohead against the Drake Bulldogs on April 18. Their series against the Bulldogs only consists of two games, both on that Tuesday. Afterwards, the team will travel to Chicago and take on Loyola University in a three game series before coming back home to play Wichita State in their final home series of the regular season. Of their 31 games played this season, the Panthers
are currently 18-13 in the regular season. Within the MVC, UNI stands at 6-3 with three conference wins at home, three on the road and their only three losses coming from games spent on the road. CORRECTION In the April 3 issue of the Northern Iowan, the sports page was omitted accidentally. The omission was due to a production error in conjunction with the inclusion of the French Fry, the Northern Iowan’s annual satirical insert. The Northern Iowan apologizes for it’s omission of the page. The stories that were slated to run on the sports page on April 3 can be found online at northerniowan.com.
UNC earns NCAA championship title OPINION
BRENNAN WHISLER Sports Columnist
It took over a year, but Roy Williams has led his team to their third championship win since his arrival in Chapel Hill. After losing to Villanova on a buzzer beater in last year’s final, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) found itself playing the Gonzaga University Bulldogs in the finals. While UNC’s season was a redemption story, the Zags were all about proving themselves as they reached their first Final Four and Finals in school history. Although the competition was tight throughout the entire game, UNC avoided another chance at being heartbroken by preventing Gonzaga from scoring in the final two minutes, eventually winning 71-65. The game’s officials were guilty of, and criticized for, making small foul calls and missing large ones. While 44 fouls are a lot, it’s not unheard of and at the college level small stuff will be called more than the NBA. Of course, there are the naysayers who feel North Carolina doesn’t deserve
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North Carolina’s Kennedy Meeks (3) blocks Gonzaga’s Zach Collins (32) in the first half of the national championship game.
the victory and there is some validity to that. UNC limped its way to the final by winning their previous two games by three points. The Oregon game especially showed how luck can decide outcomes as UNC missed their final four free throws and Oregon could not take advantage of it. However, the biggest point of contention came at the start of the tournament on Selection Sunday. While very few would object to Villanova and Gonzaga being one seed and only a few more to Kansas, North Carolina got the heat for being the most undeserved number one seed of the tournament. They had the most losses and didn’t win their conference tourney, as did Kansas. The best proof was that Duke had beaten UNC twice this season, won the ACC Tournament and was only two seed. But UNC proved why they deserved the one seed and why Roy Williams is one of the all-time greats. Plus, what’s March Madness without a little controversy? This is UNC’s sixth NCAA championship. It will be exciting to see what is in store for next season.
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