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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
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OPINION PAGE 3
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
SPORTS PAGE 6
Opinion Columnist Dani Goedken argues for free STD testing on campus.
Former Panther linebacker found his place playing for the Baltimore Ravens.
TheatreUNI holds 10-minute play auditions with adaptations for COVID-19.
Address discusses women’s suffrage LAUREN MCGUILL Staff Writer
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, UNI hosted its annual Constitution Day Address to celebrate the day the Constitution was signed: Sept. 17. The event was hosted by UNI Professor and Department Head of Political Science, Scott Peters. Peters introduced this year’s speaker, Professor Christina Wolbrecht from University of Notre Dame. Wolbrecht hosted a Zoom presentation based on her new co-authored book “A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage.” The book along with her presentation specially focused on women voting since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. Wolbrecht opened the Zoom presentation with a brief introduction of herself and her new book and then explained how the women gained the right to vote and
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Professor Christina Wolbrecht hosts Zoom presentation annual Constitution Day Address over Zoom based on her new co-authored book “A Century of Votes for Women.”
how it changed America’s voting system. After the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified, everyone had the same question: what would women do with their right
to vote? Many newspapers, politicians and even scholars agreed that women would simply vote whichever way their husband told them to. They were convinced that women
knew nothing of politics and would simply pick the candidate their husband agreed with. With this new opinion, many newspapers began to question if the women’s suf-
frage movement was a failure, and surprisingly the scholars agreed. Although the voting records from decades ago aren’t exact, it is certain that there was a huge gender gap between voting populations. Even though women were now legally allowed to vote, states had very low percentages of women voters. And while it was nowhere near as severe as the segregation African Americans faced pertaining to the right to vote, there were still many obstacles that women had to face in order to vote. A specific one being the date to register to vote was in January, specially the January before the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. Wolbrecht showcases various graphs and charts showing women’s voting patterns from their first election until the most recent in 2016. See ADDRESS, page 2
MVC releases schedules for conference play
COLIN HORNING
Sports Editor
\\.After much speculation surrounding how the 2020-2021 men’s and women’s basketball seasons would pan out, the Missouri Valley Conference released their
schedules for conference play on the men’s and women’s side. Both teams are scheduled for 18 MVC games, with nine being played at home in the McLeod Center and the remaining nine coming on the road. The State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, or “Arch Madness,” is scheduled for March 4-7 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, MO for the men’s teams while the Hoops in the Heartland conference tournament for the women will take place March 11-14 at the Taxslayer Center in the Quad Cities. The Panther men’s and women’s teams are both returning strong teams for the seasonand look poised to compete amongst the top tier of the Missouri Valley. The men’s conference schedule will take place from Dec. 30 through Feb. 27. The Panther men will open the conference slate on Wednesday, Dec. 30 at home against the Missouri State Bears. Amongst the nine home games, five are scheduled on Wednesdays, three on Saturdays and one on a Sunday. Home games on Wednesdays will see
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Clouded in uncertanty midst a pandemic, the Missouri Valley Conference releases schedules for both the men’s and women’s side.
the Panthers matchup against Illinois State on Jan. 6, Bradley on Jan. 20, Indiana State on Feb. 3 and Southern Illinois on Feb. 24 along with their home opener
against Missouri State on Dec. 30. Saturday home games will have UNI host Evansville on Jan. 9, Valparaiso on Jan. 23 and Loyola-Chicago on Feb. 6. The
lone Sunday home game will be against Drake University on Feb. 14. See MVC SCHEDULE, page 6