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Learn how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected those student teaching this fall.

Cedar Falls passes mask mandate ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor

Although UNI students and staff have already been accustomed to the expectation of wearing face coverings in public while on campus, the situation off-campus in Cedar Falls has been another matter.

That changed Tuesday night when, in a 4-3 vote, the Cedar Falls City Council passed a citywide mask mandate for those five years of age and older, effective immediately.

Council members Frank Darrah, Kelly Dunn, Simon Harding and Mark Miller voted in favor of the resolution, while Susan deBuhr, Daryl Kruse and Dave Sires voted against it, saying they preferred a “strong recommendation” to a mandate.

Under the mandate, residents five years of age and older must wear a face covering inside any indoor public

settings, as well as outdoor public spaces where maintaining six feet of social distancing is not possible. Face coverings must also be worn while riding public transportation.

Exemptions to the mandate include those with breathing difficulties or medical exemptions, as well as those actively engaged in public safety roles, such as firefighters, law enforcement and emergency medical personnel. Masks are also not required to be worn while citizens are actively eating, drinking, or engaging in moderate exercise (jogging, biking, etc.).

The resolution does not include a penalty for noncompliance.

In the official resolution, council members called the mandate “essential” to reducing the spread of COVID-19 and accelerating economic recovery in Cedar Falls.

The resolution also noted

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Effective immediately, Cedar Falls is under a citywide mask mandate for those 5 years of age and older .

that the implementation of the mandate is “not irreconcilable with the governor’s proclamation and the guidance of the Iowa Department of Public Health.”

“This resolution is not meant to be stigmatizing

or punitive and is in the best interest of the health, welfare, and safety, and economic recovery of the City of Cedar Falls, Iowa and its residents,” the document clarified.

The mandate will be in

effect until Oct. 21, but may be extended beyond that time.

The Northern Iowan will continue to report on this developing story and its impacts on the UNI campus community in upcoming issues.

there “wasn’t any clear reasoning” why the UNI administration moved the concert’s location and restricted ticket sales to the public.

“Things did not add up, and we just basically ran around in circles until we finally got out of the administration that the reason why they closed it off was due to alleged claims of gang activity that were going to happen at the concert,” he said. “There was no legitimized evidence to prove that this was going to happen. So it was a false claim, and it was clear from our conversations that the senior leadership at the university had been participating in implicit racial bias to prevent the black community at Waterloo from attending the concert.”

In the aftermath of the event, REC hosted multiple town halls, particularly for students with diverse racial backgrounds, to hear about their experiences and inform the coalition’s goals. These six

short-term goals, which were agreed upon by UNI’s senior leadership team in the spring of 2019, included demands for the university to promote multicultural events and define where students would go if a bias incident occurred.

REC members stated that after they did not see progress on these goals in the coming months, even after multiple extensions, they launched their social media campaign #UNIisnotanAlly in the fall of 2019.

The organization has since expanded their focus beyond social justice issues and are working to ensure that all marginalized students of all walks of life have their voices heard.

“REC is a leftist organization fighting to overthrow unjust hierarchy, promote justice and equity,” explained Mohammed Rawwas, an MIS, computer science and philosophy major and an active member of REC. “The university is a small scale example of the

same power dynamics that we see play themselves out on the national and global stages and as such our work on UNI’s campus is a reflection of larger struggles against capitalism and oppression that occur constantly on a global scale.”

One of the organization’s current concerns is UNI’s Council for Inclusion, Transformative Social Justice and Advocacy (CITSJA), a group created by President Nook as a direct response to REC. REC members asserted that there is a lack of student representation in the CITSJA and a lot of speculation about the effectiveness of the program. REC has since created a counterproposal in response to CITSJA called the Council on Solidarity and Social Justice, a more than 50-page, “extensively researched” document which encases their ideal view of diversity on campus.

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UNI’s Racial and Ethnic Coalition (REC) held their first virtual town hall meeting of the semester on Monday, Sept. 7 with about 22 participants present.

The meeting began with a short history of the creation of REC, which formed during the controversy regarding the Waka Flocka Flame concert in the spring of 2019.

The Campus Activities Board (CAB) had engaged the Black artist to perform in Maucker Union, but shortly prior to the concert, the UNI administration moved the event to the Nielsen Fieldhouse off-campus. Although the concert was later returned to Maucker, it remained closed to the public with only students able to attend.

Ryan Frank, fifth-year social work and Spanish major and co-founder of REC, said

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Student teachers adapt to COVID-19 EMMA’LE MAAS Executive Editor

Schools across the country are beginning to return to classes after the COVID19 pandemic forced them to close down in early spring of this year. As teachers and students reunite, one familiar face may be noticeably absent.

Many school districts this year chose to “opt-out” of student teaching programs in an attempt to cut down the number of people in their buildings. Those who are allowed in the building still face a number of obstacles, including virtual supervised lessons and attempting to squeeze as much learning as possible into shortened semesters. Not to mention, they’re trying to connect with students in new ways as masks block typical social cues they’ve been trained to recognize.

UNI elementary education major Camryn Salvador, currently student teaching in Burlington, Iowa, recalled her struggles to adapt.

“At the Pre-K age, they aren’t the best at using their words, so you can read their faces really well to know if they’re uncomfortable, if

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The town hall also included a discussion of REC’s concerns regarding the mandate placed on UNI

by Iowa law forcing them to buy furniture made from prison labor.

“Prison labor is modern day slavery, and the prison labor in Iowa average 80 cents an hour, so we’re calling on the administration to lobby for this law to be changed and lobby against the issues of mass incarceration in general,” said Rawwas.

REC members also voiced

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they’re upset, if they’re listening or having a good time, and with (masks), you kind of lose that,” she said.

A UNI student teacher in Waterloo who wished to

remain anonymous due to contracts also expressed her concerns for students.

“I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t all really overwhelming, especially with all the

their concerns regarding UNI’s approval of military training in the same building as the on-campus child development center, as well as the basic dangers of COVID-19 and student/ staff exposure.

“This is ultimately a decision that the university administration made knowing full well that the consequences of those actions would be severe as we have seen from UNI’s own numbers,” said social work major and REC member Gisselle Herrera. “There have been dozens of cases amongst students due to the return on campus in the first few weeks alone.”

Town hall participants also expressed concern with a statement made by NISG Student Body President Elle Boeding, a student member of UNI’s COVID-19 response team, indicating the possibility of a rise in campus COVID-19 testing costs to $80.

The meeting concluded with a Q&A session, in which REC members emphasized the organization’s push to prevent them from just being a one-and-done thing.

Moving forward, they hope to recruit more students and communicate their message with the help of the #UNIisnotanAlly social media websites.

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COVID-19 precautions and protocols,” she said.

She also described moments of feeling unprepared for the changes facing her.

“The past few years my expectations were one thing, and now over the last six months it had to change into something else,” she said.

“We were always taught to create a classroom community with groups or partners, but that’s not really possible.”

She said part of her job also involves working with students as they follow their own new rules.

“At the end of class, they’ll say, ‘School is so different, I don’t like it,’ or they’ll go to their friend’s desk and try to talk to them and we’ll have to be like, ‘Hey, sorry, but you have to stay in your little bubble,’” she said. “It sucks to have to (be) almost policing them to follow rules… I feel really bad.”

Elementary education major Olivia Frick, who is also student teaching in Waterloo, discussed the new changes in her school as well.

“Everything’s a little different with COVID… but we wear masks, we wash our hands and sanitize so much…

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be back and seeing people,” she said.

Still, all the student teachers interviewed expressed optimism for the future as educators.

“I think as long as we keep kids as our first priority, I think we will be fine,” Frick said.

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Salvador also expressed the same sentiment.

“Even though things are a little bit scary right now, it’s super easy to look to the future where things are going to be better,” she said. “(The students) just want to grow and they want to be loved, and the teaching can come last.”

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Rawwas: U.S. makes ‘enemy’ out of China MOHAMMED RAWWAS

Opinion Columnist

In every era, the United States requires an official enemy, an embodiment of evil itself, an “axis of evil,” or an “evil empire” as you will, as Reagan once termed the Soviet Union. This is required as a justification for the continuation of the military industrial complex, the ridiculous amount of discretionary spending that the U.S. spends on tanks that end up sitting unused in some Nevada desert. Furthermore, the specter of the official enemy can be summoned in order to foster nationalist sentiments, to rally the people around a specific administration or national project. The Cold War provided decades of material for successive U.S. administrations to demonize other societies, in this case the Soviet Union, but in addition to this Korea, Vietnam and others.

Following the end of the Cold War, the U.S. searched for a new official enemy, with the Gulf War providing just one example among many of attempts to find a new enemy, in this case Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

Ultimately, the answer came by way of 9/11, when “Islamic terrorism” entered the discourse, and groups such as Al Qaeda and the Taliban,

later ISIL, would become constructed into the new official enemy, along with the return of Saddam as an enemy to be defeated. Recently, however, it has become difficult to maintain this line, as Trump cannot simultaneously claim that he has defeated ISIL while still maintaining that ISIL is an existential threat to the U.S., especially when terrorist attacks have been so infrequent that ISIL itself has never attacked U.S. soil, beyond encouraging lone actors to carry out acts. With all this in mind, the turn to China, which has been festering in the background for decades, can now take centerstage.

The reconstruction of China as the pure embodiment of evil is a predictable move, as this marks nothing less than an attempt to resurrect the Cold War. The template already exists, many Americans are already familiar with the rhetoric of “anti-Communism,” and with COVID-19, it seems to be the perfect opportunity for the pivot. Important here is the sheer amount of misinformation required to present this view of China.

For example, the Hong Kong protests are often reported as “pro-democracy” protests, whereas in reality there have been multiple instances of British colonial flags being displayed prominently during protests, with protestors wax-

ing nostalgic of the days of British colonialism, as well as pro-Trump protestors begging for foreign intervention.

Furthermore, the South China Sea disputes have been oft-misreported, cast as evidence of China’s expansionist zeal, whereas in reality these are islands that China was dispossessed of during the Japanese invasion during World War II, or taken by the Philippines under Marcos, and which China has a legitimate claim to.

Finally, and perhaps most prominently, the situation with the Uyghurs has been blindly parroted by liberals in the US, with no appreciation for the fact that American notions of race, religion and ethnicity simply

do not map cleanly onto the Chinese context, and that this narrative is being pushed by a far-right Christian fundamentalist on an anti-China crusade.

Given the clear motivation for the U.S. government and U.S. mainstream media to push a specific narrative in regards to China, it would be best to be skeptical of supposed “information” in regards to the “oppression” of the Uyghurs. And perhaps the specific dynamic of Islamophobia in a post-9/11 United States is perhaps less applicable to China, a country that, since Mao, has made efforts to recognize minority nationalities and already has implemented affirmative action policies to support their minori-

ty nationalities.

Finally, and this may be an obvious point, but the hypocrisy of Republican congressmen denouncing China over “concentration camps” given the Trump administration’s actual use of concentration camps at the border, as opposed to the imagined ones in China, along with the kidnapping of children, etc., is all too clear.

Ultimately, this is all a distraction from the actual repression taking place right here at home. It is much easier to condemn a foreign country that you do not affect the policy of as opposed to actually attempting to think through how we can resist the U.S. state.

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Seybert: Teach ASL in schools ADDI SEYBERT

Opinion Columnist

This world is full of sounds, even ones we don’t think about – the clacking of a keyboard, birds chirping, background conversations. For a hearing person, these little sounds are taken for granted every day. Yet for Deaf people, these little noises go entirely unnoticed. Deaf people cannot hear things a hearing person wouldn’t think twice about; they cannot hear their friends laughing, listen to music without a heavy beat or even hear their own names. Without being able to hear their peers, Deaf people often get left out of hearing conversations. To combat this feeling of social and cultural commission, Deaf people

developed American Sign Language (ASL) as a means of communication.

ASL is a visual language that has been used in the American Deaf community since the 1800s. Before then, Deaf people were only able to communicate through gestures, lip-reading and writing. Even then, they were still frequently left out of conversations with their hearing counterparts, as ASL was not yet widely taught to those outside of the Deaf community (or sometimes, even those within it). It was just assumed that these people were incapable of communicating with others, even though they were perfectly capable – they just couldn’t hear.

Since the 1800s, ASL has made miraculous strides and is now widely used among

the Deaf community. Even so, hearing people are often not given the chance to learn the beautiful language until college; while learning ASL in college is better late than never, waiting for so long to teach it may actually do more harm than good.

According to Scientific American, fluency in a foreign language is easiest to achieve if the language is taught before the age of 18.

This means that if someone waits to learn a new language until after the age of fluency, they will struggle to grasp the grammatical structures or subtle nuances of the language. Most likely, they will never be able to learn the language as well as a native speaker.

However, ASL is generally only offered in schools at the collegiate level, which only makes it harder on the

hearing community to learn and the Deaf community to understand. After all, what is the point of learning a new language if it is effectively unusable? Not only that, but American elementary schools often offer courses in languages such as Spanish, French or even Latin – why did ASL not make the cut?

If society as a whole ever wants to build a bridge between the Deaf and hearing communities, it has to offer ASL in schools. It would allow Deaf people to be included in the narrative (and make it much easier for them to learn instead of being forced to lip-read) and hearing people to learn a beautiful new language.

It could also help hearing people advocate for the Deaf community if necessary, something that hap-

pens all too infrequently in the world. Everyone has a voice, both Deaf and hearing alike, and teaching ASL in schools is the first step to making them heard.

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First show choir comes to UNI lives as student organizations on campus. Whether they faded into obscurity or lost members over the years due to disinterest remains to be seen, however, Panther Pulse has risen to fill the hole and give new life for the next generation of college show choirs.

Before coming up with the idea for Panther Pulse in a friend’s car, Autry Fasnacht, a sophomore communications major, public relations minor at UNI had been regretting something. He mused to a friend that he’d missed his chance to be a part of show choir in high school. He had been in choir since kindergarten, but there is a resounding difference between the two that, for both Fasnacht and Toom, begins and ends with a singular word.

“It’s quite literally a show,” explains Toom. “There’s singing, there’s dancing, there’s lights, there’s music, there’s sound effects.” On occasion, Toom even referred to the participants in show choir as cast members, equating the experience to a production.

Fasnacht’s reflection ended in query rather than abrupt realization of a missed opportunity.

UNI is a place for people to do what college is all about and try something new. A place for those who did show choir in high school to continue out their love for it in college, Fasnacht came to the conclusion, “Why

KAYLA LAWRENCE Staff Writer

On a cold and rainy day, a conversation in a car between friends became the idea from which Panther Pulse was born.

One of UNI’s newest student organizations on campus, perhaps with an idea that should be up there with some of the oldest, Panther Pulse is currently UNI’s only co-ed show choir on campus. They’re calling for all musically inclined, performance loving students to come out and join.

“Anyone that has a passion for music, wants to be able to perform, and wants to be able to do this type of thing, we absolutely would love to see them,” said Leah Toom, President of Panther Pulse.

UNI has a long history with show choir. The Men’s Glee Club is, of course, the much loved and, until this semester, most recent in UNI’s show choir history. Their holiday show is always highly anticipated, with a tendency to sell out as soon as tickets are available. But even so, a group of students found that campus lacked a creative space like the Men’s Glee Club, meant for anyone and everyone.

This had not always been the case for UNI. AmmUNIition, created in 2009, and the Union Connection from the 1980’s are two other co-ed show choirs in UNI’s past that had brief

not?”

“It hurt to have to leave that part of me behind,” Toom said.

As a former member of show choir herself, she stressed the importance of anyone being able to continue something they loved in college as well. She said she didn’t want kids to feel that because high school was over, so was what they loved. “We really want to bring this experience into the college world,” Toom said. “Maybe they want to get back involved with it if they were in it in high school.

Be able to still keep doing the things they love without having to worry about, like, ‘Oh, I’m not actually in high school anymore. It’s just done for me.’”

Panther Pulse has gotten off to a rocky start due to the unusual circumstances this semester revolving around the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent change in the American Choral Director Association’s guidelines that recommends a thirteen-foot distance between singers also makes it near impossible for rehearsing, much less performances. The group of dedicated students behind Panther Pulse hasn’t allowed that to slow them down. Reasoning that the situation this semester is not likely to see much change, they’ve redirected their efforts elsewhere as they focus on community engagement, social media outreach, planning and fundraising.

“What we’re planning to do

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Panther Pulse executive team.

is focus on fundraising and some virtual game nights throughout the semester,” said Fasnacht.

There are already plans for trivia, auditions and informational meetings, the first of which was set for Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Maucker Union Ballroom. They also have high hopes that the state of campus will turn around in time for next year, so they can finally start rehearsals for a possible apocalypse-themed show.

If you’re interested in making history as a part of Panther Pulse, you can reach out to any of the officers at unipantherpulse@gmail.com. You can also

follow them @pantherpulse on Instagram and like or message their Facebook page under the same name for updates.

For those students who might be hesitant, skeptical or scared, Toom stated, “I want people to know that even if they don’t think they would be good enough to do something like this, they absolutely are. Everyone is welcome to, just, try...It would be so much more than just saying, ‘Oh, I heard about it, but I never actually thought I could go do that.’

You absolutely can. Anyone can!”

Virtual sorority recruitment kicks off this week ANTHONY WITHEROW

Campus Life Editor

All six of UNI’s sorority chapters will be hoping to recruit their newest members when primary recruitment begins on Wednesday, Sept. 9 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 13. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the recruitment process will look different than normal years, as the events will take place virtually as opposed to the traditional in-person format.

Held each fall during the semester’s first few weeks, primary recruitment is a mutual selection process where students partake in a multitude of activities designed to teach them about the different sorority chapters in a concentrated peri-

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od of time. It is also an opportunity for students to meet sorority members, ask questions and define financial obligations.

Virtual recruitment meetings will be on Sept.

9 and Sept. 10. Students will visit all six of the

sorority chapters on one of the two days. The conversations will focus on topics such as high school involvement, summer activities and what they want to get out of the sorority experience.

Students will attend six 30-minute events with 15

minutes in between each for breaks. There will be an hour break at 6 p.m. for dinner.

Once recruitment is up, it is up to the sorority chapters themselves to decide the events they will be hosting for the remainder of the week and if they will be in person, virtual or a mix of both. Many sorority chapters plan to hold both in person and virtual events.

“We will take this semester as it comes, but our events will be both virtual and socially distant with masks in person,” said Alpha Xi Delta President Lauren Scholbrock. “All chapters want to ensure that all members remain safe while also getting the most out of their membership.”

Despite the different format, sorority chapters are optimistic for the event, with Alpha Phi President Kelsey Van Aalsburg stating there are more women registered for recruitment this year than last year.

“Since virtual recruitment has never been done before, there were many obstacles we had to overcome,” said Van Aalsburg.

“All of the women in Greek life at the University of Northern Iowa are very resilient and we bounced back quickly. I am very proud of this community and the innovation that we have all had during these uncertain times.”

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CAB to host virtual game night AASHITA VADHERA

Staff Writer

If you are interested in winning some fancy prizes, the UNI Campus Activity Board (CAB) has just the event for you.

Though COVID-19 may have put a damper on many things, CAB will not let it stop them from ensuring their students still get a chance to have a fun and healthy dose of interaction. On Thursday, Sept. 10 they will be hosting their second event of the semester, Panther Game Night, over Zoom.

“We will be doing multiple rounds of everyone’s favorite trivia game, ‘Kahoot’ and also bingo,” said CAB Event Management Director Helen Beyer. “We will be having multiple rounds of each game so everyone will have a chance to win an awesome prize.”

Beyer also shared the

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prizes that students will be able to win, which include Airpods, Beats Solo headphones, a microwave, smart TV, retro record player, Google Chromecast, JBL Pulse 3 bluetooth speaker and a UNI merch basket.

Winners will be able to pick up their prizes starting the following day at the Student Life Desk in Maucker Union.

Hosting an event is a lot of work in itself, but having to do it online comes with its own set of issues.

“It has definitely been a change moving to virtual events, but we have an amazing team that is ready to take on the challenge,” Beyer said. “For this event in particular, there is not a lot that had to be changed when going

from in person to virtual. The main difference is that we have the double-edged sword of technology. While technology is great for bringing us together during these challenging times, we also have to think about whether there might be technical problems (loss of video, audio, etc.).”

Despite the move to a virtual format, the expected turnout for Panther Game Night has left CAB members optimistic.

Isaiah Finan, Director of Operations for CAB offered some insight.

“We expect the event to go well. Despite COVID, students still want to attend events and socialize with one another, regardless of the format,” said Finan. “We’ve seen good attendance so far for our fall semester, and our registrations indicate high attendance for the rest of our fall events roster.” When asked about

Panther Game Night, Finan added, “We expect a good turnout for the event and are on track to have a few hundred participants this Thursday.”

Over the course of the semester, CAB has come up with many events to provide students with fun activities and games that they can enjoy no matter where they are. The organization has worked on a complete set of fall programming that consists of entirely virtual events like Panther Game Night, as well as hybrid events such as their Sip and Paint event in August.

“We would like the student body to know, even during tough times like this, The Campus Activities Board is still going to provide them with awesome and fun ways to interact with their friends and other students on campus,” Beyer said.

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SPORTS OPINION

Catching up on the U.S. Open just like all other sports that Sports Opinion Writer have been taking place this year, have had no fans in the stands.

The U.S. Open, played at the On the women’s side, Billie Jean King National there have been three Tennis Center, has been tak- Americans in the quartering place in New York City, finals. Moving onto the New York since 1981, and semifinals, assuming Serena this year’s tournament has Williams wins, we will have been full of uncertainties. two Americans left and a Going into this tournament, good shot at an American the heavy favorite for the winning the U.S. Open. men was Novak Djokovic, The main challenger the and the number one seed Americans have in winning for the women was Karolina is Niomi Osaka from Japan, Pliskova. However, neither who is ranked fourth in the is still in the tournament world and who has been in the quarterfinals. Tennis, playing great lately. A surNICHOLAS SCHINDLER

prise in this tournament is Venus Williams losing in the first round of the U.S. Open for the first time ever.

Many had her as a dark horse this year with many players opting not to play, but she was bounced early.

In the end, expect Osaka to win the U.S. Open over American Serena Williams, who has struggled a bit during this tournament.

On the men’s side, it has been just as wild. The usual names like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka all decided not to play in this year’s U.S. Open

because of the coronavirus.

There is also a possibility that they opted not to play because Djokovic would have been the heavy favorite.

However, he ended up getting bounced in the Round of 16 to Pablo Carreno Busta after getting defaulted in the first set.

Djokovic angrily bounced the ball in frustration, but the problem is that he ended up hitting a line judge.

After consulting with the umpires, they decided that he would be defaulted, which means he was forced to con-

cede and that he automatically lost. While according to the experts it was the correct call, it was unfortunate for the fans to see the best player in the world get defaulted. This likely leaves the men’s favorite Daniil Medvedev, as he is the only well-known player left in the tournament.

So far there has been a Williams sister loss in the first round and the best player in the world defaulted, but that leaves the remainder of the tournament wide open for anyone to win.

Alumni Player Profile: Daurice Fountain

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During his time at the University of Northern Iowa, wide receiver Daurice Fountain was a driving force in the Panther’s offense. His combination of speed and pass-catching skills made him a force on the offensive side of the ball, constantly keeping opposing defenses on their toes. NFL scouts would soon take notice, as the Indianapolis Colts would take the young Panther wide receiver in the 2018 draft.

Born in Madison, WI, Fountain attended James Madison Memorial High School. He was a multi-sport athlete and was named the Wisconsin Journal’s 2014 Male Athlete of the Year.

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Upon graduation, Fountain chose football as his path in college. After choosing to play for Coach Mark Farely at Northern Iowa, Fountain found himself contributing right away. As a true freshman in 2014, Fountain saw action in all 14 of the Panther’s games. Despite limited playing time as a freshman, Fountain’s contributions would not go unnoticed as he moved into a starting wide receiver role during his sophomore season.

He led the Panthers in the 2015 season with 41 receptions, 604 receiving yards and five touchdown catches. His junior year saw a slight dip in production, but Foutain was still an integral part of the Panther’s offense.

Fountain’s senior year was when he really broke out.

He would go for 66 catches

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for 943 yards and 12 touchdowns for the year, leading the Panthers in each category and near the league leaders of the Missouri Valley Football Conference in these categories as well, earning him an invitation to the East-West Shrine Game. He would also be named MVP of the Shrine Game and an All-American for the 2017 season. His pro-

duction would soon catch the eye of NFL scouts.

The Indianapolis Colts selected Fountain in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL draft, taking him 159th overall. The Colts later released him on Sept. 1 of the same year and signed him to the practice squad the next day. Fountain was promoted to the active roster on Dec. 7, but did not

see the field for the Colts. On March 30, 2020, Fountain again signed a one-year deal with the Colts. On Sept. 5, he again found himself waived and signed to the Colts’ practice squad the next day. He will look to earn a spot in the Colts offense that already features such prominent names like T.Y. Hilton, Phillip Rivers and Marlon Mack.

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