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Panthers sink Pirates, 44-0

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EMMETT LYNCH Sports Writer

The UNI Panther football team dominated play in the UNI-Dome for their 2018 home opener this past

Saturday against the Hampton Pirates in their final non-conference matchup. The Panthers earned their first win of the season, after two tough non-conference losses to the Montana

Grizzlies and Iowa Hawkeyes. With a 44-0 score, the Panthers completed their first shutout since the 2015 season. UNI’s offense rose to the occasion putting on a stellar performance, with 414

total yards of offense and five touchdowns. Quarterback Eli Dunne picked right back up in efficiency during Saturday’s matchup after two slow games to start the year. Dunne threw

three of the five Panther touchdowns through the air as he finished the game completing 12 of 23 passes for 191 yards and zero interceptions.

off-campus friends and family members and take meals to-go. Students will now receive “guest passes,” which continue to allow students access for friends and family. However, students will receive only two guest passes per semester, a large decrease from the 20 f lex meals offered in previous years. As a result, the DOR increased the amount of dining dollars on meals plans to make up for some of the lost value. Some students were critical of the change to the meal plans, especially students who utilized all of their flex meals in the past. Hailey Johnson, a senior management information systems major, is a student who used all of her flex meals

when she had an unlimited access plan. “I was able to bring older UNI students or non-UNI students into the dining center and it gave me an opportunity to catch up with people,” said Johnson. “It allowed me to hang out with other club tennis members and get to know them on a more personal level in a casual environment.” According to Johnson, even after she stopped purchasing meal plans, she was able to dine at campus dining centers about five times each semester because of friends who had flex meals letting her in. “I have four siblings and if my family came to see me, I can’t get all of them in

the dining center with only two guest passes,” said Julia Sippola, a first-year student who had heard about the decrease. Thomas Griffin, a second-year transfer student, believes there should be closer to 10 guest passes. “I have two sisters, so if they both came up, I would have no more guest passes,”said Griffin. Jacob Schons, another second-year transfer student, agreed with Griffin. He went on to explain that if his sisters came for the weekend, he would only be able to provide one meal for them, then the rest of the time they would not be able to go to the dining centers.

See FOOTBALL, page 6

Flex meals reduced from 20 to 2

GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan

The DOR recently revised their meal plans and changed the 20 flex meals feature into 2 guest passes.

ADRIANA MIENE Staff Writer

The Department of Residence (DOR) recently revised a section of the meal

plans they offer to students. In years past, on-campus meal plans included 20 flex meals, which allowed students to grant occasional dining center access to their

See FLEX MEALS, page 2


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