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THURSDAY, APRIL 5

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42

VOLUME 116, ISSUE 6

NEWSPAPERS

FINANCIAL LIT

SOFTBALL

OPINION PAGE 3

CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4

SPORTS PAGE 6

Opinion columnist Colin Horning writes about the importance of physical news.

Learn about the importance of maintaining a good credit score.

Panthers beat Indian Hills 14-10.

Constitution Day Address confronts slavery’s legacy SOFIA LEGASPI

Campus Life Editor

UNI and Cedar Valley community members packed the Great Hall of the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) on the evening of Monday, Sept. 16 to hear Nikole Hannah-Jones deliver the UNI 2019 Constitution Day Address. A Waterloo native, HannahJones works as an investigative journalist for The New York Times Magazine, where she covers topics of civil rights and racial injustice. “Tonight’s lecture is part of a much bigger effort which aims to increase dialogue across the state about complex public issues and to equip students, faculty and staff with the skills to build a shared understanding of challenges, to empathize with experiences very different from our own and to create positive change from collaboration,” said UNI President Mark Nook as he introduced the speaker. Originally, HannahJones’ planned lecture was

titled “Separate and Unequal: Considering Modern Day Segregation and the American Constitution.” However, as she began her talk, Hannah-Jones told the audience that she would be going “a bit rogue” and would not be speaking on school segregation, but instead on the 1619 Project. At the mention of this, the audience erupted into applause. The 1619 Project is an interactive collection of essays and other works, organized by Hannah-Jones and The New York Times, in observation of the 400th anniversary of American slavery. HannahJones said the topic of her lecture, while seemingly unrelated to the anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was “perfect timing.” “So much of the 1619 Project is talking about how our Constitution failed many of the citizens at our founding,” she said, “and how it has actually been black Americans who have worked the hardest to make the ideals of the Constitution true.”

Hannah-Jones outlined a history of slavery in the United States, from its inception in 1619 to its legacy that prevails today. She asked the audience to consider their misconceptions about American slavery. “We are taught that slavery was marginal to the United States, that slavery was not that unusual,” she said. “And that is simply not the truth. Slavery was foundational.” She painted a picture of Thomas Jefferson penning the well-known liberating words of the Declaration of Independence with a young Robert Hemings sitting beside him — his halfblack brother-in-law, serving him as a slave. The original draft of the Declaration had actually mentioned slavery and criticized it, she said. However, some founders disliked the implications of the criticism — namely, that their newborn nation would have to abolish slavery or else face accusations of hypocrisy — and struck the passage from the Declaration.

Sweet 16 team Hall of Fame-bound LINDY RUBLAITUS/Northern Iowan

JACOB POTTER

Sports Editor

The fondest memory for many UNI fans will be brought to the forefront again as the 2009-10 men’s basketball team that took down the No. 1-ranked Kansas Jayhawks will be inducted into the UNI Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday September, 26. Nearly a decade later, the team will be back in Cedar Falls to be enshrined in UNI history, as well as being honored during halftime of the football game when the Panthers host Idaho State at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Panther Nation went wild when Ali Farorkhmanesh hit the biggest shot in UNI’s history. Farokhmanesh’s risky three-point shot paid off big

for the Panthers as they took a 4-point lead at 66-62 with 35 seconds remaining. Tensions were relieved for UNI when the final buzzer hit with the score of 69-67 to clinch the first Sweet 16 berth in the school’s history. The historic upset put UNI on the map as Farokhmanesh graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, decorated in purple and gold. Not only were the Jayhawks the No. 1 seed, but they also had current NBA veterans Marcus and Markieff Morris on the team. Following the exhilaration of taking down the top dogs, UNI faced Michigan State led by Draymond Green. The Panthers couldn’t advance to the Elite Eight as they fell to the Spartans, 59-52. See HALL OF FAME, page 6

See ADDRESS, page 2

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