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Professor Elise DuBord talks about the history of immigrants from non-white countries in the Constitution roundtable on Wednesday, Sept. 18.

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Is this normal? According to UNI Department of Political Science Chair Scott Peters, this has been the most asked question of political science faculty in the past year. That’s why on Sept. 19, the #PanthersVote lecture series held a roundtable

discussion over the topic. The panel included several professors from varying fields. The panel was UNI’s method of commemorating Constitution Day, a Sept. 17 holiday which, according to the United States National Archives, “is designated as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day to commemorate the signing of the U.S.

Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787.” According to Peters, panels like these are of particularly important in today’s political moment, in which according to Peters, “…democracy seems more vulnerable than just a few years ago.” The panel kicked off with a lecture by Jayme Renfro,

One of the most striking pieces on the wall depicts a woman reclining on a sofa with a cup in hand labeled “DIET.” Macabre figures surround her and appear to be mocking her, one holding up a mirror with the word “FATTIE.” In the bottom right corner, a girl embraces a coffin. Other words in the image include “CALORIES” and “THINNER.” “When we unwrapped and brought all the pieces over, that is the piece that got more responses from head-turnings as we were hanging the work on the wall,” Beddow said about the piece, a lithograph by Jenny Schmid titled “Anorexia Girl” from The Downfall of Young Girls Series. Two UNI students — sophomore studio art major Patrick Wilkie and junior finance major Mustafa Akbar — helped curate the exhibit. Both expressed how difficult curating can be.

“It’s amazing how much we can accomplish through teamwork,” Akbar said about the experience. “People think that putting up an exhibition is only about picking up nice artwork. But putting together a show is a lot of work, and if you don’t know what you’re doing then you might find yourself [in] over your head.” Aside from being student-curated, Beddow said that artworks displayed in that particular section of the library are usually student pieces. However, for this exhibition, only one of the pieces on loan from the UNI Permanent Art Collection was student-made. Created by UNI alum Scot John Schwester in 2006, the watercolor piece is titled “After the Protest.” The other half of the exhibit, dealing with human rights, includes photographs of Irish artist Danny Devenny taken by Phillip

“The Economy and You.” Renfro touched on the question of whether it is normal that the economy is largely seen as “booming,” “but that most Americans are not feeling the ‘booming’ economy?” Renfro presented a case that Americans give disproportionate weight to misleading statistics when analyzing how well the economy is doing. She noted that common economic barometers such as GDP, the stock market, and unemployment rates give a clear picture of how very wealthy Americans are doing, but does not give a quality picture of how most of the population is doing. Renfro cited real wage stagnation in the past 40 years, meaning today’s American workers have the same purchasing power as they did in 1978, and an employment rate of 15 percent among men ages 25-54 when people who have given up looking for work are included in unemployment statistics as evidence that most Americans aren’t doing as well as popular economic narratives would suggest. “It’s not normal,” said Renfro. We used to have wages that grew, we used to have unions, we used to have a manufacturing sector, and so this idea that ‘Oh

the economy is doing so well,’ sure, it is doing well, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that all of us are going to be feeling it.” Political science professor Donna Hoffman discussed the role of norms in a democratic society, such as the United States. Hoffman said that norms are necessary for a democracy to function, and expressed concern with several norms broken by the Trump campaign and administration in the past few years. Hoffmann discussed the use of non-disclosure agreements during the drafting of a 2017 executive order, saying, “That was put together with the help of staffers from the House Judiciary Committee. Staff are often people who haven’t been out of college long, they go work for Congressman on their staff… the staffers that worked on that executive order had to sign non-disclosure agreements for the White House. Meaning that they could not tell their boss, the member of Congress, what they were doing,” said Hoffmann. The heavy use of these agreements represents a break from past precedent. See CONSTITUTION, page 2

Exhibit explores human rights and social issues SOFIA LEGASPI

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A “Human Rights and Social Issues” exhibition is currently on display in the Learning Commons of the Rod Library. The exhibit corresponds with the Frederick Douglass Power of Words Festival taking place this week. Julie Ann Beddow, fine and performing arts collection library assistant, organized the exhibit and coordinated the theme. “We were fortunate enough to work with Darrell Taylor of the UNI Gallery of Art,” Beddow said. “He loaned several pieces that were thematically selected [. . .] so we have some really fascinating pieces that cover those issues and that would fall under the social issues.” Issues addressed in the exhibit include anorexia, suicide, protest and LGBTQ struggles.

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The “Human Rights and Social Issues” exhibitions is on display in Rod Library.

Hopper, an assistant professor in UNI’s communications department. Devenny, best known for painting politically connotative murals, has murals of Frederick Douglass in Ireland and Massachusetts. “During July 2005 I had the incredible good fortune to encounter Devenny on Falls Road in Belfast,

Northern Ireland,” Hopper wrote in his artist statement. “According to Bill Rolston, Devenny first painted a Frederick Douglass mural in 2003 on a wall in New Bedford, Massachusetts opposite the home where Douglass first found refuge after escaping from slavery.” See EXHIBITION, page 5

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Senator looks at cost-free menstrual products that it almost costs less to provide these products to Staff Writer students as opposed to having someone having to go and refill these machines During the Sept. 5 and take out the money each Northern Iowan Student month,” Wempen said. According to a 2015 artiGovernment (NISG) Senate meeting, Senator Katie cle in the University of Wempen announced that Iowa campus paper, The they would be working on Daily Iowan, their univerplacing free-to-use femi- sity saved nearly $30,000 nine hygiene products into by taking off the locks on tampon machines in the restrooms on campus. “In our first campus restrooms. They instead do relations meeting it was the refilling of the machines brought up,” Wempen said. themselves, and save money “We determined that this on having the machines could be a really great focus checked and restocked every three months. The article for us now.” Wempen explained that also indicates that ISU has she is on a committee which had free feminine hygiene is researching what other products in restrooms since schools have done to pro- 2010, but a news archive in vide free feminine hygiene ISU’s database from 2006 products, including schools implies that this policy has in Iowa, such as Iowa State been in place that much earUniversity (ISU). This proj- lier. “Condoms are provided in ect is being looked at by a sub committee of campus some university bathrooms already,” Wempen said. “So relations. “Some studies have shown we figured that it could be LEZIGA BARIKOR

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an extension of that.” what this would look like exploratory stage and lookSophomore criminology and how they could possibly ing to hear more student major Lilah Flickinger said, get funding for it. voices on the subject and “Hell yes,” to this restroom “There could be an oppor- researching it. There could idea. tunity for us to get grants potentially be a survey of “I think it’s stupid that or funds to connect us to students. She encourages we offer free condoms in the a national organization,” students to get in contact bathroom, but no free femi- Wempen said. with their college specific nine products,” Flickinger According to Wempen, NISG senator to weigh in said. “Plus we spend so the committee is in an on the topic. much to go to school here, they should be able to toss us 25 cents if we need it.” “You don’t always have a quarter on you to get one [feminine hygiene product],” said Toshia Prier, junior social work major. As to the funding of this project, Wempen said they are still in the beginning LEZIGA BARIKOR/NORTHERN IOWAN stages of talking NISG senators are looking into providing free-to-use feminine hygenie products in to officials about restrooms.

Hoffmann also expressed concern with the Trump campaign’s failure to disclose. Trump’s tax returns, appointment of family members Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to White House roles, lack of respect towards foreign leaders, the increasingly partisan use of American law-enforcement institutions and referring to the press as the “enemy of the American people.” “If there are no norms… then what will constrain a future president? Once a president does something, it is then a precedent. Oftentimes, future presidents follow. What contains presidential behavior if the Congress doesn’t check that behavior?” said Hoffmann. Communication studies professor Christopher Martin gave a lecture titled, “Gaslighting: Demonizing the Press.” Martin began by saying, “Politicians lie… some politicians lie more

than others.” Martin cited a Washington Post report which documented over 5,000 misleading or false statements from the Trump administration since Trump was inaugurated. Martin noted that this isn’t the first time the press has come under fire from an American president, citing a Lyndon Johnson quote, “If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim,” Richard Nixon referring to the press as “the enemy” to a staffer as the Watergate scandal unfolded, and tension typical between the press and the American president. However, Martin noted that Trump’s attacks on the press are unlike what we’ve seen before. According to Martin, quotes such as “alternative facts,” “truth isn’t truth,” and “Just remember: what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening,” from

administration officals adds up to an attempt to “gaslight” the media and confuse people. Lastly, languages and literature professor Elise DuBord discussed the treatment of immigrants in American society. Unlike the other lectures, DuBord concluded that Trump’s attitude toward immigrants is relatively consistent with past episodes of American history, but noted that we may want to reconsider American immigration policy. DuBord noted the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, a law severely restricting Chinese immigration, is akin to the 2017 Muslim Ban executive order given it’s nature of restricting immigration from a particular ethnic group. DuBord compared Japanese Internment Camps to family separation policies and the Muslim Ban. Lastly, DuBord said that Trump is hardly the first time the U.S. has seen aggressive deportation policy, noting that undocumented immigrants

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JACK AVE administered by the FBI,

an intoxicated Kavanaugh Opinion Columnist pinned Ford to a bed, forci bly groping her and remov“But fortunately, we had ing her clothes. A classmate a good saying that we’ve of Kavanaugh, Mark Judge, held firm to this day... turned up the music to prewhich is: What happens at vent other students from Georgetown Prep, stays at hearing Ford’s screams for Georgetown Prep. That’s help. been a good thing for all of After thirty-six years, us” making the decision to --Brett Kavanaugh in come forward was excrucia 2015 speech at Catholic ating. In an interview with University of America’s The Washington Post, Ford Columbus School of Law expressed concern for her Dr. Christine Blasey safety. She feared that comFord disagrees with her ing forward “…would upend alleged abuser. On Sunday, her life and probably would Sept. 16, 2018, Ford public- not affect Kavanaugh’s conly accused Brett Kavanaugh firmation.” (the current Supreme Court While Kavanaugh’s connominee) of sexual assault firmation is still pending, while they were both stu- Ford has already experidents during the summer of enced numerous accounts 1982. of harassment along with In late July, Ford con- several death threats. For tacted Representative Anna her safety, she was forced to Eshoo and later Senator leave her home. Dianne Feinstein accusing Early this week, chair Kavanaugh of assault, ask- of the Senate Judiciary ing to remain anonymous. Committee, Senator Chuck A redacted report was sent Grassley, scheduled a public to the Senate Judiciary hearing for Monday, Sept. Committee in order to pro- 24, saying that both Ford tect Ford’s privacy. However, and Kavanaugh will testify. once the accusations became Holding a confirmation widely reported by main- hearing for a Supreme Court stream media, Ford publi- nominee eight days after an cally came forward. accusation of sexual assault According to the account, denies the committee (and collaborated with 2012 the public) the ability to notes from Ford’s thera- effectively vet a candidate pist and a recent polygraph for a lifetime term.

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Opinion columninst Jack Ave discusses the recent sexual assault allegation toward Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Therefore, in order to accurately understand what happened at Georgetown Prep, the Senate Judiciary Committee should postpone Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote to allow ample time for an FBI investigation. On Wednesday, Sept.19, in a letter addressed to the committee, Ford’s lawyers wrote that, “a full investigation by law enforcement officials will ensure that the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in

a non-partisan manner, and that the Committee is fully informed before conducting any hearing or making any decisions.” The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is Iowa’s senior senator, Chuck Grassley. In the age of #MeToo, survivors of sexual violence are increasingly shining light on the darkest corners of our society. In the last few months alone, the darkness of Iowa has made national headlines. Iowans in the wake of crisis

are uniting to fight violence against women and take a stand against harassment. Senator Chuck Grassley must postpone Ford’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee until the FBI investigation has concluded. As his home state reels from the death of two college women at the hands of gendered violence, Grassley should signal to his constituents that survivors must be taken seriously.

ly escaped the realm of high school pettiness and drama. Didn’t we come to college to learn? To become better and smarter than we were in high school? We should take that seriously. Let’s grow out of our parties and our teams. Let’s

Twitter war. For example: volunteering with Cedar Bend Humane Society, offering aid to people living through Hurricane Florence, or something as small as buying coffee for a friend. Literally anything is better than trying to divide us. The world, our nation especially, is full of division, and it’s time to start mending it together. We, as Iowans, especially as young Iowans, can lead the way. I get that rivalries are strong, and fun to joke about, but at the end of the day we’re all a part of the Iowan community. The unity of our state and our nation is so much bigger than our loyalty to a school or a party. Let’s show our nation and our world that we are bigger than the schools we go to and the teams we support. Together, we can create something beautiful. Or, something fun to watch on a Monday night. Maybe even both.

Between sports and politics, we are all one all thinking, “Duh, that’s kind of the objective of sports, to win,” and you wouldn’t be wrong about that. But seeing the divisive nature of last weekend’s UNI vs. Iowa football game has pointed something out to me: sports are exactly like politics. Listen, I know it sounds totally silly at first, or maybe it sounds completely obvious to most of you, but

upon examination, I swear it’s true. There are teams: UNI, Iowa, Democrats, Republicans. There are positions: linebacker, quarterback, senator, President. There are even remnants of the same system: drafting, Scrolling through the Super Bowl, elections, social media the past couple forums. days has made me realize So, what? the true nature of sports: Neither should divide competition and division. us as a nation, and more I know- you’re probably importantly, a community. The past week I’ve seen an increase in negativity on all social media platforms based on what team people are cheering for and what school they go to, and it reminds me of the 2016 election cycle that cracked our nation apart. There were tweets saying UNI students who supported Iowa this weekend should just stay in Iowa City, or that people who support UNI are stupid. It’s all just a game of cyclical name NI ARCHIVES calling, and I guess I Opinion columnist Albie Nicols writes about the similarities between politics and thought we had all finalsports and how he views both can be divisive.

The world, our nation especially, is full of division, and it’s time to start mending it together. We, as Iowans, especially as young Iowans, can lead the way. ALBIE NICOL

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think about and act upon what matters, rather than what people think should matter to us. We definitely have better things to do than create a

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FILM REVIEW

‘The Predator’ falls prey to laziness HUNTER FRIESEN Film Critic

The original “Predator” from 1987 was a film full of mindless action done in a smart way. Every other sequel, spin-off and reboot following has just been mindless action done really dumb. “The Predator,” the new quasi-reboot/sequel, is no exception to that trend. “The Predator” tries to be a lot of things at once: an ultra-gory action thriller, a witty character comedy and a relationship drama between family and friends. Instead, it’s none of these things as each piece is weighed down by the other until the whole thing falls apart into one lazy mess. Directing: 2/5 “The Predator” comes as the first failure by director Shane Black, who previously did well with “Iron Man 3” and “The Nice Guys.” Black’s trademark use of witty banter doesn’t go over well here like it has in his previous films. Most of the jokes are shoehorned in for the sake of having them and are delivered with little effort. They also seem really out of place. Dramatic scenes have jokes in them for no reason and scenes that are supposed to be comedic end up being dry. Also, the whole tone of the film just feels off. It never settles and constantly keeps seesawing between hard

action and silly over-the-top fun, each jarringly contrasting with the other. When the film is hard action, it’s ordinary gory action that’s been done better by others. Specifically, the whole third act of the film feels like a generic shoot ‘em up. It’s a huge disappointment considering that the film had been building up to this moment throughout the first two acts. Writing: 2/5 Along with Fred Dekker, Shane Black also serves as a writer. Similar to his directing, Black’s writing is lackluster and a letdown when compared to his previous work. The overall plot comes off as lazy. There really isn’t a big picture for the film and how it connects to the rest of the franchise. We do get some connectors and facts, but mainly they’re just cast aside in favor of more action set pieces. Another misstep is the introduction of the main character’s son, Rory, who acts as a link between the aliens and humans. Just like every other kid in an action movie, Rory’s only purpose is to artificially raise the stakes and force us to care for him just because he’s a kid. The biggest gripe against the writers is how they take the “Suicide Squad” approach towards the characters. We go around introducing each

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Directed by Shane Black and starring Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn and Sterling K. Brown, the sci-fi action film “The Predator” was released on Sept. 14. The film received a 34 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

character and learn one trait about them. Then the characters only act on that one trait the whole movie, which quickly gets tiresome. Acting: 2/5 Stemming from the bad writing is some equally bad acting from the main cast. Boyd Holbrook plays our lead character, Quinn McKenna, an elite stealth sniper. Holbrook is very boring in the role and plays the same “conflicted army person with a heart of gold” character that we’ve seen over and over. Just like Holbrook, Olivia

Munn plays her character, Dr. Casey Bracket, like every other action movie scientist. She gives some science mumbo jumbo every few minutes and doesn’t do much else. Sterling K. Brown lacks his usual confidence here. He always looks unsure of himself as he doesn’t know how to play his character. He wants to be a multi-layered villain but ends up being a cartoon. One slight nod can be given to Keegan-Michael Key. His manic energy allows for some of the jokes to not totally fail.

Overall: 2/5 Everybody’s heard the saying, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Most films embody this statement, shooting too high and coming out average. “The Predator,” on the other hand, does the exact opposite of this statement. It seems like the filmmakers didn’t care enough to shoot for the moon. They shot for average at best and missed badly, leaving us with a film that feels like an empty shell of what it could have been.

UNI ScholarWorks:12,000 works and counting COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

Institutional repository UNI ScholarWorks has recently reached a total of 12,428 works published and over 400,000 downloads. “The whole purpose of UNI ScholarWorks is to collect, preserve and make available the research, creative and scholarly output from the university,” explained Digital Scholarship Librarian Ellen Neuhaus. “It’s trying to showcase the output of the university on a global scale.” In order to display the impact and usage of the university’s research, several tools are used on the website for UNI ScholarWorks. “One of the best features is the global readership map that’s throughout the system and at the site level,” Neuhaus said. “That’s where you notice that there are over 400,00 downloads and over 12,000

items. That’s for the entire site, and each pin drop is telling you someone from a particular country is actually looking at and downloading the item. Then it will also tell you the title of the item being looked at or downloaded, the author and the collection.” This institutional repository contains a variety of different works which are seen around the world. “We have undergraduate student work, graduate theses and dissertations, undergraduate honors program theses, a faculty book gallery, a newsletter and faculty publications,” Neuhaus said. Along with these works, UNI ScholarWorks also contains other resources that are available to students and faculty. Open-access books, lesson plans and manuals from the Tallgrass Prairie Center in Cedar Falls are hosted on the site for anyone to use. Research projects and papers

from the University of Iowa and Iowa State University are also available, along with UNI projects through the shared database known as the Iowa Research Commons. UNI ScholarWorks went live in Feb. 2015. “I was asked to implement it, and over the last couple years I have been able to add some staff to help. Now we have been working very hard trying to identify content,” Neuhaus said. Neuhaus estimates there being half a million downloads before mid-January. As more content is being downloaded and read, some research papers and projects from UNI ScholarWorks are receiving recognition. Megan Vogt-Kostner is a former UNI student and research analyst with the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness. During her time at UNI, Vogt-Kostner wrote a research paper describing

the arrival of undocumented child immigrants to the United States from Guatemala and Honduras. Vogt-Kostner has since received recognition and an award for her paper, but she believes that she wouldn’t have been as successful without the support of UNI ScholarWorks. “I think that this was a topic that wouldn’t have ever been explored necessarily. Because at the time, it was

all over national news, it was all over state news that this was occurring,” Vogt-Kostner said. “So then when I wrote the paper, I wanted to get it out and that’s kind of why I turned to ScholarWorks and said, ‘What can I do to have people read this and use this for future practice, to know that people’s voices are being heard?’” See SCHOLARWORKS, page 5

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According to the their website, the goal of UNI ScholarWorks is “to showcase the knowledge, creativity, and innovative spirit of UNI.”

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The Student Organization Fair took place in the Maucker Union ballrooms on Tuesday, Sept. 19 after being forced indoors by a downpour of rain. Of the 272 student organizations listed on UNI’s online directory, over 80 were represented at the fair. Honor societies, dance groups, college ministries and nonprofit and volunteer organizations were only a few of the many types of organizations recruiting students. Latin sorority Lambda Theta Alpha and Latin fraternity Lambda Theta Phi each presented a demonstration where members chanted, sang and danced. Brass band BYOBrass provided high-energy music in the ballroom lobby, including songs like “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor.

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Rolston had published a series of photo essays documenting political murals in Northern Ireland. While Hopper was photographing Devenny working in 2005, Rolston joined them and began painting alongside Devenny. In one of Hopper’s photographs, he captures “the old friends enjoying a bit of a craic, or mischievous fun, at the expense of a nearby photographer.” According to Hopper’s artist statement, Douglass had visited the United Kingdom and Ireland in the mid-1840s. During that time, he wrote the following: “I breathe, and lo! the chattel [slave] becomes a man. I gaze around in vain for one who will question my equal humanity, claim me as his slave, or offer me an insult. I employ a cab — I am seated beside white people — I reach the hotel — I enter the same door — I am shown into the same parlour —

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“That’s a big thing in the social work field, those injustices need to be shown and brought to light,” VogtKostner continued. “So this was a really good way of saying ‘Your voices were heard.’ When you do any sort of qual-

I breathe, and lo! the chattel [slave] becomes a man. FREDERICK DOUGLASS

I dine at the same table — and no one is offended.” Beddow encouraged students to visit the exhibit while attending the Frederick Douglass Power of Words Festival and celebrating the bicentennial of his birth. “Also to see some of the social issues that they may only think about and not talk about [. . .] we’ve got it on art on the library walls,” Beddow added. The Human Rights and Social Issues exhibition will be on display until the end of October. The Frederick Douglass Power of Words Festival continues on campus through Saturday, Sept. 22. A list of events can be found at frederickdouglassfest.uni.edu. itative research, those individuals are trusting that you’re going to do something with their words, and do something to make that impact. So it was kind of a way for me to give back to those individuals, those people who were on the ground doing that hard work and helping the people, those at-risk populations.”

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Space Jam 2 is a go with LeBron James JOEL WAUTERS Sports Editor

“Wave your hands in the air if you feel fine, we’re gonna take it into overtime.” Those are the musical lyrics to Quad City DJ’s title song to the 1996 film, “Space Jam.” Now, after years of speculation and debate about whether it would happen, it is finally happening, basketball fans. Space Jam 2 is officially happening! The original 1996 family film tells the story of Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan as he teams up with the Looney Tunes gang, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and more to play a game of basketball against a group of aliens who plan to kidnap the Looney Tunes and enslave them on their home planet. Set during the period in which Jordan first retired from the NBA and played minor league baseball, the film’s ending creates a fictional segway that results in Jordan returning to the Bulls, which he did in real life in 1995. While the long awaited sequel is not expected to begin production until the 2019 NBA offseason, fans know who will be the headline

star of the film, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James. Rumors as to details of the film include a subtext plot that explores the ongoing “greatest of all-time” (G.O.A.T.) debate between James and Jordan. As in the original film, Jordan was not the only famous basketball star cast on the silver screen. Several of basketball’s biggest names from the 1990’s including Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing and Larry Bird were seen in theaters. Don’t be surprised if you see stars from today’s game such as Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook, or even, dare I say it, Lavar Ball in the sequel. The film project has already landed a producer in Ryan Coogler, who is known for several recent films such as “Black Panther” and “Creed,” to help create the movie. “I loved his vision for Black Panther,” James said recently. “So for Ryan to be able to bring that to kids, it’s amazing.” With the new NBA season set to begin in mid-October, fans can begin to get excited about this new film around the bend.

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The 1996 film features basketball legend Michael Jordan (above), along with numerous basketball icons from the era, including Boston Celtics great, Larry Bird (below-right). LeBron James (below-left) will star in the sequel.

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UNI takes one of three matches at Illinois Tournament ELIOT CLOUGH

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The UNI volleyball team traveled to Champaign, Illinois to compete in the Illini Classic this past weekend. In their three competitions over the weekend, the Panthers competed against the Lipscomb Bisons, the Illinois Fighting Illini, and the Creighton Bluejays. In their first match against Lipscomb, the Panthers defeated the Bison 3-0 in sets resulting in 25-17, 25-20 and 25-16. In total for these sets, Lipscomb only led at one point, 1-0 in the third and final game. Karlie Taylor and Piper Thomas led the way in kills for the Panthers with 14 each. Rachel Koop also had 33 assists and Kendyl Sorge had 10 digs for UNI. For their second match of the weekend, the Panthers were matched up with the eighth ranked team in the nation, the Fighting Illini. The Illini took the match 3-0, defeating the Panthers 25-13, 26-24, and 25-21. The Panthers took multiple

leads in the second and third sets, but were unable to hold on, losing both sets in close fashion. Taylor led the women with 13 kills, Koop had 22 assists, and Sorge was able to perform 10 digs for the Panthers. In their rematch with the tenth ranked Creighton, the Blue Jays were able to avenge an early season 3-0 loss to the Panthers, defeating UNI in straight sets, 25-16, 25-21 and 25-11. The second set was the only one in which the Panthers were able to gain any sort of offensive momentum, going point for point with the Bluejays until they both reached a score of 14. Following this, Creighton went on a run, never looking back and taking the match against the Panthers. Thomas led the Panthers with 11 kills, Koop had a team high of 23 assists, and Sorge had 17 digs. The Panthers open up conference play for the season, taking on the Drake Bulldogs in Des Moines this coming Friday. The Bulldogs are currently 11-1.

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The Panthers (6-6) will open Missouri Valley Conference play this Friday as they travel to Des Moines to take on the Drake Bulldogs (11-3).

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Panther men tee off at Valpo EMMETT LYNCH Sports Writer

The UNI men’s golf season is now in full swing and the Panthers are back on the course. Teeing things off at the Valpo Golf Tournament in Valparaiso, Indiana this week, the Panthers are looking to continue improving their game. UNI tied for ninth place at the tournament with a score of 917, a significant improvement from their finish at the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Invite. Next week, the Panthers

will head to Edwardsville, Illinois for the SIUE Golf Tournament. Sam Sacquitne finished the final round shooting a 71 (-1) to lead the Panthers with five birdies on the first 11 holes. Parker Oleson finished with a 75 (+3), while Alex Pries and Carter Stochl each shot a 77 (+5), as Elliot Nielsen struggled with three double bogeys, finishing with an 84 (+12). The UNI men’s team looks to continue improvement and crack the top five in the competition standings next week in Edwardsville.

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