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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Partisan bias bill opinion 3 DM’s Big Event 4 ‘Boys will be Boys’ review 5 MVC men’s basketball update 7
Bill would require profs to disclose politics NICOLE BAXTER Staff Writer
An Iowa bill requiring Regent universities to hire nearly equal numbers of Democratic and Republican professors has been referred to the Senate Education Committe on Capitol Hill in
UNI faculty across campus. Joe Gorton, president of UNI United Faculty, called the proposal “un-American, unconstitutional and stupid.” Gorton labeled the bill fascist and in violation of the First Amendment. “This is an attack against American democracy. It is an attempt to restrain people’s
head of political science, said the bill in question, if it were to become law, would infringe upon one’s right to association, of which political association is included. “I’m under the understanding that right now they can hire people because of diversity,” Chelgren told the Des Moines
“You’re supposed to be bringing in faculty based on their knowledge and their teaching ability, their scholarly ability, in terms of producing research — that’s why they are hired. [Political ideology] has nothing to do with that.” Hoffman admits that hyper partisanship has been increas-
creating Socialists here; we are educating students.” While the content has proven contentious, Larimer also identified a number of issues with the structure of the proposal. “The bill has huge legal challenges, and almost equally large are the implementation issues with it. Because of those two
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This graph represents information obtained from a 2007 study. These percentages represent how full-time professors identified their political beliefs. Out of 1,416 professors who responded, 62 percent considered themselves “slightly” to “extremely” liberal, 20 percent considered themselves “slightly” to “extremely” conservative and the remaining 17 percent considered themselves “middle of the road.”
Des Moines. State Senator Mark Chelgren, R-Ottumwa, introduced Senate File 288, which “prohibits such a university from hiring a person as a professor or instructor if the percentage of the faculty belonging to one political party would exceed by 10 percent the percentage of faculty belonging to the other political party.” This proposal has been met with strong opposition by
political ideas and identities,” Gorton said. Many members of the faculty at UNI have called the bill unconstitutional, claiming that it is in clear violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, which states, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” Donna Hoffman, department
Register on Feb. 20. “They want to have people of different thinking, different processes, different expertise […] so this would fall right into category with what existing hiring practices are.” Chelgren did not return the NI’s requests for comment. Associate professor of political science Christopher Larimer believes this requirement would undermine the hiring process significantly.
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featured monthly art exhibits, with last month’s exhibit spotlighting local artist and UNI alumna Chaveevah Ferguson. Ferguson is a self-taught
artist and has been for as long as she can remember. She grew up in Chicago, where she danced with the Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago for 12 years before moving to Waterloo and attending UNI. Last Wednesday, March 1, Ferguson presented some of her artwork at the Rod Library. She has been painting since she was 20 years old. She started with oils but eventually shifted to acrylics due to the faster drying rate. Ferguson explained that she has always observed the world around her, which has helped her in her artwork. “I would sometimes be at parties, and I would look around and see that everyone else it talking to somebody but me,” Ferguson said. “I would just be looking and seeing what’s going on.” Ferguson enjoys painting
Chaveevah chats about art Staff Writer
For the past few years, the Rod Library has routinely
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Two attendees of Ferguson’s presentation look at her paintings. Some of Ferguson’s artwork were on display for most of the month of February.
ing, but insists that ideally, a professor’s partisanship does not influence the conduct within the classroom. “Just because I have a political affiliation, or do not have a political affiliation, does not affect what I teach,” Hoffman said. “It is a common trope that [universities] are indoctrinating students. We don’t go around creating Democrats here, or creating Republicans here or
things I don’t see the bill going anywhere. I’d be surprised if it makes it through a subcommittee,” Larimer said. Hoffman added that if the bill passes, it would be difficult to enforce, especially considering one can change their registered party at any time, making the mandatory balance impractical to maintain. See POLI. PROFS, page 2
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Chaveevah Ferguson, a self-taught artist and UNI alumna, points to a figure in one of her paintings. She is interested in observing the world around her.
large groups of people and gets inspiration from weddings and parties. Music and dance are also very influential to her artwork. When comparing dancing to painting, Ferguson said, “[It’s like] apples to oranges. They are both really good fruit, and I enjoy them both.” Many of Ferguson’s work
features groups of people with enhanced body proportions of elongated limbs and rounded faces. According to Ferguson, she doesn’t feel constrained to the idea that her art has to be exactly proportional. In addition, most of her art features vibrant colors. See CHAVEEVAH, page 4
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House committee passes weapons bill ALLISON MAZZARELLA Staff Writer
In a busy legislative session, the Republican-controlled Iowa legislature has been fast-tracking several bills through committee to the House floor. Most recently, a bill addressing public carrying of weapons passed the House Judiciary Committee and is headed to the House Floor for debate. Justin Holmes, assistant professor of political science,
explained what exactly this bill would do. “It essentially does away with the permit to carry process,” Holmes said. “The bill would more or less change it so that anyone who was qualified to purchase a gun would also be qualified to carry a concealed weapon with no additional permitting.” The current law in Iowa requires an additional permit to carry a concealed weapon in public, apart from qualifying to buy a gun.
“The concern for a lot of folks is that there is some training before you are allowed to carry concealed,” Holmes said. “There are some public safety concerns about loosening those restrictions. This does raise a few concerns that we are not passing people through that minimum standard of qualification before they carry in public.” The second major part to House Bill 133 would be the enactment of the so-called “stand your ground” law. “In general, American gun laws are fairly permissive in when you can use deadly force,” Holmes said. “The standard in Iowa now is that if you are in your place of business or your home, if somebody threatens you with violence you can use deadly force to stop them.” However, the “stand your ground” language would allow for this kind of defense outside of those areas, permitting the use of deadly force as a first action option, rather than as a last resort. According to Holmes, there is major concern in regards to this.
“It undercuts any kind of investigation,” Holmes said. “People will try to invoke this where it doesn’t really apply. We don’t want people taking justice into their own hands.” Another change would be that, with the new law, carry permits would be for life, instead of the required renewal process currently in place. Cassidy Nulty, sophomore digital journalism and textile and apparel double major, expressed concern that if the law is passed, it will only encourage more violence. “I think that with these types of laws passed, this kind of enables that kind of culture of violence,” Nulty said. “I don’t think people really understand in the heat of the moment what a gun can do. Just because you have a permit to carry, does not mean you are in the mental capacity of saying what is right in a certain situation.” Tanner Strudthoff, sophomore political science major, had mixed feelings about the bill. “Personally, I do come from a background of gun support-
ers, but I also think as a society that we can take steps in the right direction to limit certain people from getting guns,” Strudthoff said. “If you’re a law-abiding citizen, what is a stricter gun law going to do to affect you if you are obeying all the laws in the first place?” According to Strudthoff, he is a supporter of the Second Amendment, but he feels that some gun laws are too lax. “I am a supporter of the Second Amendment, but I do think that we can take a step in the right direction to make sure certain people don’t get guns, because some of the laws that we do have are letting people just get guns easy as can be,” Strudthoff said. “But I also think that criminals are going to get a gun whether there is a law or not. When have criminals ever obeyed the law?” According to the Des Moines Register, the bill passed the Iowa House Judiciary Committee after the removal of a controversial provision that would prohibit the Board of Regents from implementing gun-free policies on college campuses.
Josh Brelje, a sophomore religion major, said, “I like the idea that there would be more representation from a conservative viewpoint in the classroom.” Brelje said he has had professors who were clearly liberal and would like to see a better balance of political views on campus. Jim Wohlpart, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, feels confident in the range of voices currently at UNI. “I do know that we have faculty across the spectrum in terms of their political beliefs, and I welcome the diversity of thought and opinion on our campus,” Wohlpart said. According to Wohlpart, UNI does not ask employees to report their political affiliations, and to do so
would be unconstitutional. Many members of the faculty doubt the bill has legitimate grounds to move forward, but still strongly oppose its enactment.
“This pretty clearly is not good public policy,” Hoffman said. A similar bill was proposed in North Carolina but was dismissed.
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The bill allows for university employees who do not affiliate with a party to report “no party,” in which case they would not be included in the recorded count of faculty composition. Hoffman, however, said that such a declaration has the potential to interfere with voting rights. “In Iowa, we can participate in caucuses and primaries only if we are registered as a Democrat or a Republican,” Hoffman said. “Independents cannot participate in those events.” One would have to change from a “no party” identif ication to either a Republican or Democratic identif ication in order to exercise their right to polit-
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ical association and, in turn, jeopardize their position at the university, according to Hoffman. UNI students are also calling the merits of the bill into question. Austin Smith, a sophomore all science teaching major, said, “It’s a good idea in theory, but I would say it’s unfair to hire a professor based on their political party.”
It’s a good idea in theory, but I would say it’s unfair to hire a professor based on their political ideology. Austin Smith Sophomore
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Problems with prof political bill A couple of weeks ago, Iowa state senator Mark Chelgren introduced a bill that would mandate Iowa’s state universities to ensure the proportion of professors registered with each of the major parties fall within 10 percent of each other in order to achieve what Chelgren describes as “partisan bias.” Chelgren, a Republican, is certainly addressing the perceived liberal bias among college professors. I question whether Chelgren would be so interested in political diversity among college professors if universities had a reputation for a conservative bias. Regarding the bill, I disagree with Chelgren’s proposal. The bill allows professors and potential professors to change their party affiliation and not be counted in the tally. This would make enforcement of the bill practically impossible; professors or potential professors would just change their party affiliation to “No
Party” and avoid the bill completely. The passing of this bill would be purely ceremonial. I believe Chelgren knows this; and I, among others, believe Chelgren proposed this bill merely to fire up his base and increase his name recognition. However, even if this bill was enforceable, I would oppose it for the following reasons. One: Iowa’s universities are supposed to hire the best faculty available to provide the highest quality education to students. Making hiring decisions based on political affiliations will lower the quality of faculty at Iowa’s school and impact the quality of our schools. The recent gutting of collective bargaining rights has already made it more difficult for Iowa’s universities to attract and keep quality faculty; Chelgren’s bill would further amplify the problem. Two: studies have shown that liberal-leaning professors outnumber their conservative coworkers in most or all fields of study. This means that not only are Democratic professors likely teaching political science courses; they are likely teaching classes on non-po-
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The Iowa State Capitol building is pictured above. State Senator Mark Chelgren proposed a bill that would seek even political representation among Iowa college professors.
litical subjects such as mathematics, physics and computer science. Politics has nothing to do with many fields taught on our campuses. It makes no sense to not hire a well-qualified engineering professor because they are a Democrat. Three: Iowa’s universities should make a great effort to encourage and celebrate diversity. I do not think it is a good idea to hire professors who may harbor homophobic, xenophobic or religiously bigoted views for the sake of political diversity.
For example, the rights of our LGBTQ+ friends and allies are not a political debate; they are a matter of human rights. This is not an issue we should be encouraging “political diversity” on. We would not want to hire a professor who says, “I don’t really care for black people,” so why treat “I don’t really care for gay people” or “I don’t like Muslims” differently? Tax policy and healthcare are political issues; tolerance is not. Understand that I know many Republicans hold progressive views on many
social issues, especially among the younger generations. My Republican friends and colleagues generally do not hold backwards views on such issues; but it is likely that Senator Chelgren intends to encourage the hiring of such people as a part of his crusade for “political diversity.” Four: some fields have established facts that the political arena can disagree with, we must resist “political diversity” in fields of established fact. For example, should we hire faculty who deny the reality of anthropogenic climate change or evolution for the sake of “political diversity?” I think it is a bad idea. It is the job of our universities to teach established facts, not to teach both sides of the argument as equals for the sake of political diversity. Accepting climate science and denying climate science are not equally merited arguments; one is true and the other is not. As I stated before, Chelgren’s bill is likely intended as more of a publicity stunt than a serious attempt to change how Iowa’s universities hire faculty. This is something we should be thankful for.
NISG candidate violates election procedures
Editor’s note: The Northern Iowa Student Government election commission found the campaign of Jamal White and Tristan Bernhard, who won this year’s election, guilty of violating election rules regarding the reporting of finances. The commission said White used a student organization’s funds to purchase materials related to his campaign. Below is the complete public censure from the election commission. Introduction This is a public censure being released due to an allegation received about campaign actions that took place concerning the campaign of Jamal White and Tristan Bernhard during the 2017 NISG Student Body Elections. We as the Election Commission of NISG, consisting of: Nicole Bishop, Elizabeth Martin, Courtney Klein, Jamison Whiting and Ben Dzaboff are releasing this statement so as to foster a sense of transparency and to request NISG to assist us in passing legislation to improve upon our current NISG election rules and Constitution. This year with the circumstances that we faced we feel as though the current rules in a way inhibited us from doing the best job possible.
Clauses 1 and 2). The campaign team of Jamal and Tristan were found guilty for failure to submit a comprehensive finalized finance report. The use of AMA funds to purchase materials is under the control of the student organization.
We have provided links to the current constitution and election rules, for reference. We will outline the infractions of Jamal and Tristan’s campaign, and then we will provide our suggestions for future updates to the election rules and the Constitution. Decision Jamal White and Tristan Bernhard: Vote: 4-0-1 Guilty: Jamal White used AMA (American Marketing Association) student organization’s funds to purchase a SnapChat Geofilter that was not shown on the campaign’s final financial report. Further,
the AMA’s debit card was used to purchase posters from CopyWorks. The posters were shown on the finalized finance report and are accounted for, but were still paid for by the AMA’s debit card. The party was found guilty for violating the Election Rules Section 7, Subsection B, Clauses 4 and 5, for failure to report all financial expenses. However, this is fundamentally a student organization problem because the money was paid back in full to the AMA from Jamal. After all of the money was allocated, the total amount was not over the allowed spending cap that the Election Rules grants (Section 7, Subsection B,
Recommendations At this time, the Election Commission feels that the only sanction available, as dictated by the election rules, is a Public Censure. We could not reprimand the campaign team of Jamal and Tristan more effectively because of the limitations of the rules. While the Election Commission was unable to enforce sanctions believed to be more adequate for the violation of this campaign team, the commission maintains the ability to recommend changes to the Election Rules and the Constitution to the Northern Iowa Student Government. At this time, the Election Commission recommends considering the following changes: • Adding a clause to Section 10 to acknowledge the Election Commission has the power to issue sanctions after the results have
been verified.
• The clause could possibly mention something along the lines of the next ticket to receive the majority of public votes is the winner of the election, if the allegation is bad enough. • Adding a clause to Section 10 to acknowledge the Election Commission has the power to issue sanctions during polling hours. • Adding in a clause about a strict appeal process to challenging the results or procedures of the election. • Adding a timeline to the Election Rules for reporting potential infractions. The Election Commission needs adequate time to thoroughly analyze potential allegation. • Adding a clause so the candidates and campaign teams have to follow the constitutions of the student organizations on campus if they are going to be working with them. -2017 NISG election commision
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Panther Portrait: CLINTON OLSASKY Associate Executive Editor
On Saturday, March 4, a sea of orange converged on Maucker Union as UNI Dance Marathon hosted their sixth annual “Big Event.” Over 1,000 dancers took to Maucker Union’s main floor for 12 straight hours on Saturday, from noon to midnight. Throughout these 12 hours, dancers were to remain standing and weren’t allowed to consume any caffeine as a way to reflect the fight that the “miracle kiddos” are forced to wage every day. The event marked the culmination of the past year’s
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worth of fundraising initiatives. The student-run organization raises money for the Children’s Miracle Netowrk and the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. According to the UNI Dance Marathon website, all the money that the organization raises is allocated towards four main areas that benefit families with children facing life-threatening illnesses. These four areas are: research, education, equipment and enhancements. By the end of Saturday’s event, it was revealed that $453,278.06 was raised this year, well over the organization’s initial goal of $400,000.
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Julie Ann Beddow, library assistant, used a range of descriptions for Ferguson’s work. “Her art is colorful, vibrant, whimsical and different,” Beddow said. “Something very different — but [it’s] nice to see this type of color and shades on our walls.” When Ferguson is painting for fun, she often uses unrealistic colors on realistic images to allow for creativity and amusement. “If an artist is inspired — or amused — or finds joy in what he or she creates, I believe the same inspiration, amusement or joy will be communicated to those who view the art,” Ferguson said. Ferguson explained that she comes up with an idea and sketches it out with pencil and paper before putting it down on a canvas. A lot of the time, she doesn’t know how things will turn out. According to Ferguson, when moving the drawing from paper to canvas, everything just seems to come together. “Everyone just moves into the space they’re supposed to be in,” Ferguson said. Kaytlyn Anzivino, freshman deciding major, praised the unplanned nature of
Ferguson’s artwork. “I like that she doesn’t really know what she’s going to paint until she just does it,” Anzivino said. Ferguson also illustrates many children’s books and started her own publishing company, called BaHar Publishing in Waterloo. Following the discussion, a drawing took place for a prize from the artist. Camille Petrich, freshman psychology major, was the winner of the drawing. “I really liked [Ferguson’s] presentation and her artwork,” Petrich said. “It’s always really colorful with a cool color scheme.” The Rod Library showcases different artwork every month. Chris Cox, dean of the library, explained the purpose of the building’s art wall. “One of the things we want to do by creating an art wall is to have a place where the community, students and faculty can display their art,” Cox said. At her presentation, Ferguson discussed her goals as someone who displays and shares her artwork with others. “It’s a good thing and a blessing when your life and your art overlap and the same enjoyment it gives you, it gives other people,” Ferguson said. “That’s what every artist dreams of.”
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THEATER REVIEW
Play expertly explores masculinity CLINTON OLSASKY
one of the talkback sessions, saying, “To pinpoint one thing, and say that’s the problem, is How does the problemat- easy.” ic construction of masculinAnd Courtney certainity adversely affect not only ly didn’t take the easy route women, but the men who con- when examining his play’s tinue to assume these rigid various themes. Indeed, “Boys gender roles? Will Be Boys” embraced the The original play “Boys Will full complexity of masculinity Be Boys” addressed this ques- and didn’t shy away from a tion and many more through number of uncomfortable topa series of episodic scenes and ics, including: cat calling, mass vignettes that explored the shootings and even rape. ways in which we’re all taught It is important to note, what it means to “be a man” — though, that although “Boys and the various consequences Will Be Boys” explored such that come with it. dark and unsettling subject The play premiered at the matter, the play was still able UNI Interpreters Theatre in to maintain a comedic tone Lang Hall this past weekend, throughout. running for three straight Now, while some might find nights from Thursday, March this dichotomy between drama 2, through Saturday, March 4. and comedy to be too jarring The play was written and given the serious topics at hand, directed by Ryan Courtney, a the humor never borders on the UNI communication and per- offensive. Thanks to Courtney’s formance studies graduate sensitive and cleverly written student. Following each per- screenplay, the laughter that formance, there were brief the humor in the play elicited talkback sessions in which from the audience proved to Courtney led audience mem- be introspective, rather than bers in a discussion about the mean-spirited. themes and issues presented in As was discussed in one of the play. the talkback forums held after Courtney, who also acted the performances, numerous in the play, stressed the full audience members reported complexity of these issues at feeling uncomfortable that they laughed during various moments in the performance. This uncomfortable laughter then forced the question: how has the social construction of masculinity affected our own perceptions of what we find funny and, more importantly, what we consider to be acceptable behavior in our society? Courtney was able to pose these questions to his audience by focusing in on two GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan main stories. One The play “Boys Will Be Boys” explored societal of them involved masculinity and what it means to “be a man.” a teenager whose Associate Executive Editor
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UNI communication and performance studies graduate student Ryan Courtney (pictured far left) wrote, directed and starred in the original play “Boys Will Be Boys” this past weekend at the Interpreters Theatre.
perception of masculinity is compromised by his parents and best friend, while the second story featured a group of male office workers who engage in sexist behavior towards their female colleagues. The first subplot is definitely the weightier of the two, as the teenager, named Sam (played by Ryan Hansen), comes to realize that his perception of masculinity and what it means to “be a man” greatly differs from that of his family and best friend Danny (Caleb Rea). While the actors in this subplot did get several opportunities to flex their comedic muscles (most notably, Courtney as Mike, Sam’s clueless and overcompensating father), the humor in this story was effectively juxtaposed with a surprising, dark and genuinely moving climax. As for the second subplot, this was where much of the aforementioned uncomfortable laughter came into play. There was one scene in particular in which an office worker named Todd (Joseph Robledo) was throwing pieces of crumpled up paper at his co-worker Kim (Mallory Park) while engaging in cat calling. Although this behavior is
obviously unacceptable, the audience still let out plenty of awkward chortles and chuckles throughout the scene. Whether this laughter came as a result of Courtney’s script, the actors’ performances or the audience’s own learned perceptions of acceptable masculine behavior, this was just one of many moments in the play in which the audience was forced to not only analyze the performances on stage, but to recognize how they, themselves, perform in everyday life. In addition to the play’s fine balancing act between humor and drama, “Boys Will Be Boys” moved along at a brisk pace and never felt sluggish. To be sure, this pacing can be attributed to the play’s episodic nature, as well as to the use of in-house produced video segments.
These short videos, which played on a screen in the Interpreters Theatre between scenes, mocked and satirized current events related to masculinity, such as random mass shootings and President Trump’s frankly detestable behavior towards women. In short, “Boys Will Be Boys” successfully conveyed the complex nature of societal masculinity, thereby challenging audience members to question their own perceptions of gender roles. Courtney’s willingness to fully embrace this complexity, while also deftly balancing drama and humor, makes “Boys Will Be Boys” a uniquely insightful, daring and absorbing glimpse into what it means “to be a man” and — more importantly — to be a human being.
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OPINION
Men’s season ends after 70-64 loss to Missouri DYLAN PADY Sports Editor
Last Friday, in St. Louis, Missouri, the UNI men’s basketball team was invited to the Scottrade Center to compete in the Missouri State Conference (MVC) tournament. UNI’s efforts in the regular season earned them the No. 3 seed in the tournament. The No. 6 seed was earned by Missouri State and the Bears would be UNI’s first opponent in the MVC Quarterfinals. The Panthers fell just short of the Bears that night with a final score of 70-64, making them 0-3 at the No. 3 seed throughout the tournament. The score remained close throughout the entire game and the Panthers were only down 31-29 going into halftime, after Jordan Ashton went 2-4 at the free throw line during the last minute of the half. The biggest (and most reoccurring) problem for UNI would be their
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Students and fans storm the court after UNI’s victory over the North Carolina from last year’s season.
rebounding; the Bears doubled the Panther’s total number of rebounds, 25-50. UNI was able to stay in the game by scoring 18 points off
of Missouri State turnovers; the Bears recorded 17 total turnovers compared to UNI’s five. Alize Johnson would be
deemed player of the game for the Bears, after putting up some big numbers to help Missouri State secure their victory. Johnson had 20 points, 17
rebounds and two assists. Top performers for UNI include Jeremy Morgan, who had 18 points, five rebounds, two blocks and three steals. Bennett Koch had 15 points, five rebounds, one block and two steals. Spencer Haldeman had 11 points, four rebounds and one steal. Finally, Klint Carlson had 10 points, four rebounds, three assists and a steal. The 2016-2017 season has officially reached its end for UNI. The Panthers finished 14-16 in the regular season and 9-8 in the MVC. At the beginning of the season the Panthers went on a seven game losing streak. After learning from their mistakes, UNI went on a 9-1 run that lasted for exactly a month, then finished the season with another four game losing streak. The team has a lot of young potential and it will be exciting to see what the future holds for this Panther basketball squad.
MVC Tournament Results
#1 Illinois State (80)
#8 Evansville (83) #8 Evansville (69) #9 Indiana State (72)
#4 Southern Illinois (55)
#1 Illinois State (63) #4 Southern Illinois (50)
#5 Loyola (50)
#2 Wichita State (82) #7 Bradley (67) #7 Bradley (56) #10 Drake (58) #2 Wichita State (78) #3 UNI (64) #6 Missouri State (63)
#1 Illinois State (51) #2 Wichita State (71)
#6 Missouri State (70)
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No. 2 Wichita State upsets No. 1 Illinois State DYLAN PADY Sports Editor
As the weekend long tournament comes to an end, Wichita State finished victorious and will advance to the NCAA tournament to represent the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in March. The 30-4 Shockers defeated
the 27-6 Redbirds with a final score of 71-51; both teams finished the season 17-1 in conference play. As the first half got underway, Wichita State shot 12-30 from the field, just barely missing the 50 percent mark. The Shockers made four of their 12 attempts from downtown and went 5-6 from the free throw line just within
the first half of play. The second half was a slightly different story for such a dominant offense. The Shockers came out of the halftime break shooting 7-20 from the field; a whopping 35 percent completion. They made three of their four attempts from threepoint territory, but continued to draw the foul and scored
21 points from the charity stripe. Illinois State struggled to find any offensive rhythm throughout the contest. The Redbirds were shooting 9-26 in the first half and then finished the second half shooting just 8-32. Only two of their players (Paris Lee and MiKyle McIntosh) had over 10 points: Lee scored
18 points and grabbed six rebounds, McIntosh had 16 points and seven total rebounds. Conference play has come to an end within the MVC, the Shockers will advance to the NCAA “March Madness” tournament and represent the MVC as they take on some of the best basketball colleges in America.
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FUN & GAMES
HANNAH GIBBS Managing Editor
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FOR RENT Variety of 2 & 3 bedroom apts super close to campus. Clean. No smoking. No pets. Reasonable rents. Responsible landlord. Lease begins June 1. Call Dennis/Juanita (319) 232-6819.
Sudoku One
DAILY SPECIALS Monday: Buffalo Chicken Tuesday: Philly Steak Wednesday: Chicken Breast Thursday: Chicken Souvlaki B Friday: BLT Saturday: Turkey Sunday: Gyro
Daily Special includes Regular Pita and 22 oz. fountain drink 319-266-5554 Corner of 1st St. and Hudson Rd.
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www.northerniowan.com
Jimmy
Campus Court Apartments $1050 for 12 months | $1260 for 10 months
10 and 12 month leasing options
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Free Cable & Internet - Dishwasher and major applicances included Washers and Dryers in each building - Soundproofing between units Basketball & Volleyball courts, and an area to grill out! Free campus shuttle that stops every hour
Tim|319-404-9095 | CampusCourtsCondos.com
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