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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Chalk controversy on College St.
JIMMY JOHN’S Customer appreciation day at Jimmy John’s draws a crowd on College Hill.
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DISCRIMINATION Columnist says so-called religious freedom laws are not discriminatory.
OPINION PAGE 3
SOFTBALL Panthers go 2-1 in a three-game series. SPORTS PAGE 6
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Phrases such as “ANTI-STREET HARASSMENT WEEK” and “CONSENT IS REQUIRED” covered various surfaces on College Hill, including walls and sidewalks. The phrases were written in chalk, causing varying reactions among College Hill businesses.
CASEY ALLBEE Staff Writer
“Consent is required” was just one of the many anti-sexual harassment messages that were seen on College Hill and Main Street on Friday, April 8. These messages were written in chalk on the sidewalks and even walls of some businesses during the evening hours. Sigma Phi Epsilon recently hosted their annual Sexual Assault Awareness week (SAAW), which began on April 4 and ended on April 8. This
was the fraternity’s fourth year hosting SAAW. Despite the timing of the fraternity’s week-long sexual assault awareness event in conjunction with the chalkings that appeared on College Hill and Main Street, Jared Riter, Sigma Phi Epsilon president, said he did not have any knowledge of the chalkings. “None of my members took part in the chalking, and Sigma Phi Epsilon did not have any knowledge of this or take part in this in any way,” Riter said. Sigma Phi Epsilon Advisor
Alan Heisterkamp echoed Riter, saying, he had no idea who wrote the messages. On Saturday, April 9, employees of one business on Main Street found an anti-sexual harassment message written in chalk on the side of their building. According to police call logs, the business reported this to the Cedar Falls Police. The incident was recorded as a vandalism case. One individual, who wishes to remain anonymous, works at a bar on Main Street and had
attempted to clean off a message that was written outside of the business. The message reportedly said, “Consent is required.” The individual could not clean off the message after 20 minutes of sweeping, and the message remained on the sidewalk all weekend until it rained again. “The thing I didn’t like about it was how it made it looked like people got raped there,” the individual said.
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ing a bike to power a blender. According to finance and real estate double major and NISG senator, Cavan Finn, the Panther Bash has happened in the past “to give students a chance to meet the new representatives, we have a lot of senators and some of the new upper cabinet is here today talking about NISG.” Finn explained that the Panther Bash aims to show students the fun side of NISG. “We really wanted to
bring it outside instead of in the Union, we have a more welcoming environment out here,” Finn said. This year, the Panther Bash featured a dunk tank where members of the athletic department, the dance and cheer teams, students and staff alike sat precariously above the so-called “ice bath.” This was one of the most popular activities at the event.
NISG bash makes a splash Staff Writer
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TK cycles to power a smoothie bicycle. Along with this, a dunk tank, free snacks, music provided by KULT and a STAT booth were present.
See CHALK, page 2
The sun shone out of the stormy clouds on Thursday, just in time for the NISG Panther Bash. The event was located outside the main doors of the Union, and featured free snacks for finals week studying, as well as a number of other activities. The STAT booth sold memberships, KULT Radio provided music and students could make smoothies by rid-
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VP open forums continue SYDNEY KUNZ
Eric E. Arneson was the final VP candidate to deliver his open forum.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, a position she has held since July 2011. Prior to her time at Bloomsburg, Somerville served as dean of students at Iowa State University for more than four years. Somerville earned a B.A. in English and writing from Ohio Northern University, an M.A. in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University and Ph.D. in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. Some of the main points that Somerville brought forth in her forum included: increased retention and graduation rates, an inclusive educational environment and the use of a strategic planning process as a way to re-commit and re-affirm student life priorities and vision. Somerville also spoke about sexual misconduct and discrimination. “Sexual misconduct and Title IX continues to be, nationally, something that we all pay attention to […] We always need to assure that we are appropriately providing services to survivors and helping educate the community,” she said. The fourth candidate to speak was Eileen G. Sullivan, who currently serves as the dean of students at Elmhurst College and was previously the interim assistant vice president for student life at Northern Illinois University. Sullivan received an M.S. from Eastern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University in 1998. Sullivan gave her forum on April 15. The three priorities that she said she would like to focus on if chosen were: meeting the needs of all students, collaboration across the university and helping others understand key student issues.
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The search for a new vice president of student affairs has been narrowed down to five candidates by the vice president of student affairs search committee. The selected candidate will hold several roles overseeing student affairs on campus, including: the Wellness and Recreation Center, Residence Life, the Center for Multicultural Education and other duties related to promoting improved student life. Throughout this past month, the five remaining candidates engaged in open forums with both faculty and students. All five candidates’ open forums are currently available for viewing on the official search webpage. Peter Gitau and Laura Bayless were the first two candidates to present their open forums, which took place on April 4 and April 11, respectively. A story that appeared in the April 14 issue of The Northern Iowan includes summaries of these first two forums. Dione D. Somerville gave her open forum in Sabin Hall on April 14. Somerville is currently serving as vice president of student affairs at
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Dione D. Somerville, current vice president of student affairs at Bloomberg University of Pennsylvania, spoke at an open forum April 14 in Sabin Hall.
When speaking on student issues, Sullivan specifically addressed mental health. “The hiring of staff at a counseling center on a college campus probably is the only thing that keeps pace the hiring of development officers or admissions officers in different times,” Sullivan said. “We have done a lot of monitoring of our students’ health needs to make sure that we have the proper infrastructure to support them.” The fifth candidate was Eric E. Arneson, who is the current assistant vice president for student affairs at Florida International University. Arneson received his M.A. in college student personnel at Bowling Green State University and later his Ph.D. in higher education at Florida International University in 2011. Arneson’s forum took place on April 18. Some of the topics that were addressed included: how to add to student success by increasing student involvement and adding student leadership curriculum. Arneson also spoke about increasing diversity by creating a diversity advisory council, as well as staff recruitment and collaboration with academic, athletic and business partnerships. “Being able to bring over 350 people which are stu-
dent affairs professionals from around the state […] on our campus – that highlights our campus and allows people from University of Iowa, maybe Minnesota or Wisconsin, see the great things that are going on here, because we actually bring them to campus,” Arneson said on the topic of increasing UNI’s visibility. Brenda Bass, dean of the college of social and behavioral sciences and search committee chair, spoke about the search process for a new vice president of student affairs (VPSA). “The VPSA search committee is very pleased with the caliber of candidates that accepted our invitation to visit UNI and share their experiences, expertise and vision for our student affairs division,” Bass said. Bass also expressed gratitude to the students who provided comments on the candidates. “Even though the finalists have unique backgrounds, they all focused on the key concept that is paramount for our needs, which is: student success for all of our UNI students,” said Bass. “The feedback has been excellent from students, faculty and staff. This truly has been an engaged campus search, and I personally thank everyone who took the time to submit their thoughts and opinions to the committee.” The Northern Iowan is published semi-weekly on Monday and Thursday during the academic year, except for holidays and examination periods, by the University of Northern Iowa, L011 Maucker Union, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0166 under the auspices of the Board of Student Publications. Advertising errors that are the fault of the Northern Iowan will be corrected at no cost to the advertiser only if the Northern Iowan office is notified within seven days of the original publication. Publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertisement at any time. The Northern Iowan is funded in part with student activity fees. A copy of the Northern Iowan grievance procedure is available at the Northern Iowan office, located at L011 Maucker Union. All material is © 2016 by the Northern Iowan and may not be used without permission.
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The same message appeared outside of Mohair Pear on College Hill, but one employee at the business felt differently. Emily Mollman, who has worked at Mohair Pear for a year, said she understood the reasoning behind the chalkings. “I think…the chalkings about sexual assaults… [are] an interesting way to talk about it. It gives people the chance to…reflect on it,” Mollman said. While Mollman supported the chalkings, she felt that the individuals could have been more aware of where they placed the messages. “I think the idea was just that people are going to be walking up and down College Hill, but I definitely understand businesses or people being upset,” Mollman said. Many of the chalkings have been cleaned up or washed away by the weather, but some remains from the messages can still be seen on College Hill. Craig Berte, assistant chief of the Cedar Falls Police Department, explained that the business called in the incident due to corporate policy and that there was no investigation or follow-up because there was no monetary damage to the building. “We did not do an investigation because it is very common,” Berte said. “There’s all kinds of different groups and organizations that chalk on sidewalks…very common on the Hill and Main Street.” Berte said that there has to be damage in order for an incident to count as vandalism or criminal mischief in the eyes of the law. Berte went on to explain that chalking would only count as vandalism if someone is unable to clean it off or if the weather, such as rain or snow, cannot wash it away. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Religious freedom not discrimination In light of last week’s article on the rise of religious freedom bills and other similar legislation (Volume 112, Issue 52, Page 2), I’d like to do something rather unpopular on a public university campus and defend such laws, or at least their intent. I’m in a unique position to write about this, as I studied constitutional law under Michael Farris, who basically named the original federal bill back in 1990s. It was passed by a near-unanimous Congress and signed by President Clinton. There was a ‘yuge’ movement behind it, with evangelicals, Jews, civil rights activists and dozens of other disparate, usually opposing groups united to push back against a catastrophic Supreme Court decision. In summary, the decision (Employment Division v. Smith) had the effect of reducing religious liberty to being a kind of second-class right by applying a less-stringent test to examine state action challenged on religious freedom
grounds than on grounds of free speech, free press or freedom of assembly, etc. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, at the federal and state levels, was a legislature-driven effort to rectify the high court’s error. The singular motivating realization behind this effort was the understanding that religious people are religious in every aspect of their life. Contrary to claims you might hear from secular critics, religion, properly understood, is not a hobby. It is not reducible to a weekly activity or even merely to believing there is something “out there.” It is a way of life. It is a given set of principles, values and codes of conduct (rooted in particular beliefs about the spiritual realm) that have relevance for all of a religious person’s life. To have religious liberty in any meaningful sense of the term is not merely to have the state allow a person to attend the religious services of their choice. It is to be free to live out one’s religious beliefs in specific, concrete ways as determined by the claims of said religion. It is to be free to live in accordance with one’s religious convictions. There are, of course,
long-standing, universally accepted limitations to this. A jihadist Muslim, for example, cannot claim religious liberty in the course of taking the lives of innocent people. Private property is similarly sacrosanct in the U.S., such that there is no religious justification for stealing that will stand in the American judiciary. But the mere declination to participate in a particular economic transaction does not cross those lines at all. This is not exclusive to conservative Christians, either. Robust religious liberty also protects the right of Jewish butchers to decline to prepare or transport pork to customers. It protects the right of Muslim business owners to close their stores during the day for their scheduled prayers. It even protects the right of liberal Christians to decline to cater an anniversary dinner for, say, the county branch of the GOP. This is not discrimination we’re talking about here. These bakers, florists, photographers, etc., that you’ve read about are overwhelmingly not bigots who put up signs in their storefronts saying, “We don’t serve your kind here.” Perhaps the best example is Barronelle Stutzman,
I have a shocking revelation to make: Hambone Carmichael is a pseudonym for Hannah Carr-Murphy. I was the one who wrote the satire article about UNI College Republicans and UNI Right to Life (RTL) wanting to help female students make decisions. Obviously, there are several people who are upset about this, as there have been two letters to the editor so far, the latest in last Thursday’s Northern Iowan. I would like to take a moment to respond to any and all students who found this piece objectionable. First, I am not a journalist, nor has anyone hired me to be one. I am an opinion writer, which is why the page in the French Fry that the piece in question appeared on was called “Liberal Complaining.” Second, for “unsatisfied and bitter opinionist,” I wish you had truly submitted your application to be an
opinion writer for the NI. Nick, our executive editor, actually goes out of his way to provide a range of views in the newspaper, and it’s always harder for him to find conservative writers on our campus. Which brings me to my favorite instance of irony ever, that a conservative might get a job by being a “diversity hire.” Speaking of literary devices like irony, I think it’s time we had a good explanation of satire. The simplest definition I could find was from literarydevices.net, which calls satire: “a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule.” I appreciate people sharing that they felt shocked, hurt or not amused by my clearly marked satire article, but I am unmoved by these complaints. What moves me to respond to their LTE’s is their opinion that I am bullying them, their misunderstanding of my motives,
and their “hope that [I] understand the weight of [my] ‘satire’ words.” As listed above in the simple definition of satire, writers often use humor, exaggeration or ridicule for the purpose of exposing foolishness. So, no, I’m not looking to make friends with the right-leaning when I write satire about them. I’m looking to exaggerate real traits or beliefs they may have (i.e. that the government has a right to make decisions on behalf of women about their own health) in order to reveal how foolish I believe them to be. Some call this bullying, while others call it social commentary. And for unsatisfied and bitter, who said they expect quality from the NI and did not regard my writing to be quality: the fact that anyone is still writing about my satire piece three weeks later means it was good satire. As for not understanding the weight of my words, I assure you, I have considered them far more carefully than the many male
a florist in Washington state who had worked with one Rob Ingersoll for years before he asked her to service his same-sex wedding. It was the only time there had Tribune News Service ever been anything like a conflict A 2015 study asked Americans whether they believe between the religious liberty is at risk. Day says we have the right to two of them, religious freedom and that hot-button religious freedom much less laws are not discriminatory. any refusal to engage They might as well not in commerce on the part of exist, and people would be either. She declined because better off not being religious she wouldn’t /couldn’t utilize in the first place. Ask yourher skills to service an event self what that suggests about she could not approve of due how (some of) the agitators to the demands of her faith. decrying these religious freeShe had every right to do dom laws think about reliso, despite what her state gious people. now asserts. Finally: the next time you Contrary to claims made hear someone (especially in last week’s article, these a progressive) scoff at the laws are not an effort to pre- notion that doing business vent people from “being who with someone constitutes any they are.” If anything, they sort of statement of approvintend the exact opposite. al, ask them how they felt Religious beliefs that stay in when they heard that Elton a one’s head and have no John performed at Rush effects on how they live are Limbaugh’s fourth wedding useless. in 2011.
Satire piece not bullying LTE: Greek life
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spreads awareness I recently read the article criticizing the “Walk a mile in her shoes” event held on campus this week. As I read this article, I felt that it was written by someone who jumped to conclusions too quickly. By this, I mean that, without actually attending the event or engaging with the participants, you can’t accurately describe the motivation behind putting this event on. As a female sexual assault and rape victim (who never wears high heels), I am proud to go to a school where an event like this occurs, as well as the sexual assault awareness week also put on by a campus fraternity. I am proud of these men for continuing to raise awareness about this topic. I am not personally Greek, but I have been around the Greek system at UNI for almost my entire college career. I have also attended this event two of the last three years. These men, who while “clattering, whooping and hollering” have never doubted my experiences,
have offered to take me to counseling and have been some of my best friends. I have never felt as safe as I do with these men, whether in private or in public. Frater nity men get blamed for perpetrating sexual assault more than any other group on college campuses, yet they are the ones who educate their members about intervening when they sense something isn’t right in a situation. They are fully aware that walking a literal mile in red high heels in no way sums up the experiences of a sexual assault victim nor any woman. It is to raise awareness of sexual assault and to let victims know they are there to support them. There has never been the intention of “disrespecting or mocking” the LGBT* community. While their “gimmicky” awareness may not be enough to end sexual assault, it is a way to spread awareness and they have my full support. -Anonymous
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FILM REVIEW
Big plot dreams poorly executed in “Criminal” JOSHUA ROUSE Film Critic
When Jan Stroop (Michael Pitt), a hacker known as “The Dutchman” claims he will sell his program to control the U.S. Ballistic Missile System to the highest bidder, London-based CIA agent Bill Pope (Ryan Renolds) is sent undercover to strike up a deal with Jan. But Bill is captured and tortured to death by the anarchist Heimbahl (Jordi Malla), who wants “The Dutchman” for himself. This loss of Agent Bill prompts CIA boss, Quaker Wells (Gary Oldman) to invest in a procedure made by Dr. Franks (Tommy Lee Jones), which involves transferring the mind from one person to another. This will allow for the CIA to use Billy’s memories to find “The Dutchman” before Heimbahl does. The subject for the newly created operation is life-long criminal, Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner). The operation is a success, but with one side effect; Jericho, being a sociopath, is completely incapable of feeling emotions or empathy for other people.
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With the wild and dangerous Jericho on the loose, containing CIA secrets in his head, it’s a race against time for Quaker to get Jericho back in line and find “The Dutchman” and his program before Heimbahl. Wow. And that’s just the basic info you can get from watching a trailer. There are a couple plot details I left out, but I’ll touch on those later. As you can tell, it’s a pretty bloated plot, with one action/thriller cliché after
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his own immoral freedom, begins to come under the influence of the personality of Bill Pope. He starts to care for others, especially when he meets with Bill’s wife Jill (Gal Godot) and their daughter Emma (Lara Decaro.) This character arc is one of the better points of “Criminal.” Helped along by an engaging performance by Costner, watching Jericho’s behavior and gradual change over the course of the movie was very pleasing.
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Republican legislators who have spouted falsehoods about women’s health in the past several years. Another part of the definition of satire says “a writer in a satire uses fictional characters, which stand for real people, to expose and condemn their corruption.” So, despite both letter-writers being extremely offended by my so-called false quotations, I was well in keeping with techniques of satire to create fictional characters and exaggerate their features in order to continue making my point. In short, I did not quote specific members of UNI RTL or UNI College
His interactions with Jill and Emma give this spy-thriller, with a hint of sci-fi, a pleasant sense of heart while the rest of the movie is all guns-blazi n g - t y p i c a l - a c t i o n - m ov ie-flair. Along with Costner’s performance, Oldman and Jones stick out as two other high points of the film, especially when their characters clash over how to handle Jericho. Oldman, as Quaker, wants to get right down to business and treat Jericho as a tool. Jones, as the conflicted Dr. Frank, wants to take time and still see Jericho as a person. Other than that, Heimbahl is a bit of a bore as an extremely cookie cutter anarchist, while other characters are the typical character tropes you’d find in any other spy thriller. Overall, Criminal is not so bad. It clips along at a pretty good pace. But as stated before, all the ideas it has with the brain switching, the hacker plot and the pulpy action movie conventions would have worked so much better with a cleaner execution.
Republicans, because I used no names and because I was writing satire, which is a type of fiction. As a final note, “unsatisfied and bitter opinionist” – when I had a disagreement with UNI RTL in the fall semester, one of their major contentions was that I had painted them as a religious organization when they are clearly not (despite the fact that their biggest partner organization Alternatives is extremely Christian). So, I’m confused about what you could be referring to when you talk about my “bullying of certain politically and religiously based student orgs.” Perhaps the right hand knows not what the left hand is doing?
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Cleaning up UNI Creek PANTHER PORTRAIT: TORI RAYNER Staff Writer
Beer bottles, grocery bags and plywood were among the litter items found during the UNI Creek Clean-Up last Tuesday. This was one of the events that took place last week in celebration of Earth week. Despite the rainy weather that day, a group of volunteer students followed the edges of Dry Run Creek to pick up garbage bags full of trash.
[I enjoy] getting out into the community with the students and just fostering a sense of excitement about taking care of things... JENNY BRUSS
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Each year, the Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center (RRTTC) sets aside two occurrences during the academic year to clean up different sections of the creek. Last week, the clean-up took place in the area behind the Center of Energy and Environmental Education (CEEE) building. In the fall, the focus was on the wetland area near the WRC, where most of the debris from tailgating was recovered. Jenny Bruss, program and community outreach coordinator for the RRTTC, was busy
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The dunk tank featured not only dance and cheer team members, but also director of athletics, David Harrison, and track and field head coach, Dave Paulson. Student athletes Jamison Whiting and Rashadeen Gray also got in the dunk tank. TC and TK made an appearance at the event, making sure that each of the volunteers fell in the tank even if students couldn’t quite hit the target. Coach Paulson commented that being up in the dunk tank was a good fear to have. “I like the idea of what’s going on, to get kids together on campus having some fun things on campus heading into finals,” Paulson said. “[It] keeps everyone lighthearted and enjoying what they’re doing here.” “I really like it because it gets students involved with the athletes, the coaches, when we don’t really get
throughout the week creating events that students could attend to better the community’s environment. “[I enjoy] getting out into the community with the students and just fostering a sense of excitement about taking care of things and being a part of the solution,” Bruss said. According to Bruss, since beginning the clean-up nearly eight years ago, the UNI community shows appreciation towards the progress of the clean-ups, particularly when events are held in the area. “We’ll do a 5K run through the prairie, usually in late summer, so when you go running through there it’s nice and clean usually,” Bruss said. “It’s just nice to be able to enjoy the area after it’s been cleaned out.” Some of the students that were in attendance on the day of the clean-up explained that it was their first time attending the event, including junior finance and real estate double major, Renae Mitchell, and senior English major, Oliva Wandro. “It was only an hour, it’s not too hard and it’s fun to be outside,” said Mitchell after the project was complete. Mitchell also explained that she would be interested in attending another event in the future. “[I loved] getting to be outside and walking through the woods,” Wandro said. Wandro said her most interesting find during the clean-up was a collection of “10 beer bottles in one area,” while Mitchell discovered the
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skull of a deer. The floods that have run through the area in years past have brought odd and unusual items, including bicycles, hats, mittens, broom heads and shoes. The RRTTC had other events that were open to the public to celebrate Earth Week as well. On Monday, guest speaker Doug Cameron, leader in food and agriculture technology, was invited to campus to discuss green technologies and green businesses. An Earth Day Celebration IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan was held on Wednesday afternoon where students and faculty could learn about sustainability and going green at various educational booths. The RRTTC provided free bike tune-ups, smoothies, s’mores, T-shirts, sunglasses and reusable bags at this event as well. On Wednesday, the film, “Just Eat It” was screened in the CEEE Auditorium. The film discussed the topic of food IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan waste in America. UNI students, gathered to the Bruss discussed other KATIE BAUGHMAN College Hill location and waited ways that students could get Campus Life Editor in a line spanning the block. At a involved with environmental given time, more than 50 people advocacy throughout the year, Jimmy John’s celebrated including clubs and organiza- Customer Appreciation Day by were waiting in line. The wait, at times, for cheap tions, signing up for a news- offering one dollar subs on April sandwiches was up to 30 minletter and checking out the 21. Customers, including many utes or longer. RRTTC website for upcoming events. “We try and do a number of things throughout the year on campus and off campus with DAILY SPECIALS different community groups,” Monday: Buffalo said Bruss. “We love to have Daily Special Chicken includes Regular the students attend.” Tuesday: Philly Steak Pita and 22 oz.
that interaction all the time,” said junior communications major, AJ Hudspeth. Hudspeth said he particularly enjoyed the dunk tank. Hudspeth said events like this are really nice, “people can just kind of come and go, it’s just out in the public, you don’t have to go to a specific area.” JACOB MADDEN/Northenr Iowan “I think this going Attendees of the Panther Bash gather in attempt to dunk to be a fellow students and staff. s e m e s t e r ly thing,” Finn said, “just to Finn added that if students kind of get our faces out to see NISG members out havthe university, get your stu- ing fun, they might want dent leaders out there, I feel to join NISG or be more involved on campus. is very important.”
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Panthers softball hosts three-game series, goes 2-1 vs. Missouri State DYLAN PADY
Associate Sports Editor
In a three-game series against Missouri State University, the Panthers went 2-1, winning two consecutive games on Saturday, followed by a loss on Sunday. The Panther’s record has increased to 34-14 as they finish the season strong with six games left. Game One: The first game of the series finished in a 4-2 victory for the Panthers. The Bears scored early in the first inning and again later in the fifth. The Panthers did not get their first run of the night until the fifth inning and rallied back during the sixth inning to secure the win. The first run of the fifth started off with three homeruns by Anna Varriano, Chelsea Ross and Alyssa Buchanan. Buchanan’s contact brought
Caitlin Wnek to home base for the RBI to put the Panthers for the game-winning 4-2 score. Game Two: There was quite a bit more scoring in game two of the
series, but the Panthers came out on top with a final score of 11-8. The first runs of the game came off a homerun over right center by Kennedy Bailey, which brought Wnek in for the RBI.
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Brittany Kridinger throws the ball to first base. The Panthers scored 23 runs during the three-game series.
After only allowing two runs in the top of the fifth, Bailey Lange stepped up to the plate and brought Samantha Olson home with a homerun over center field. This started an eight-run inning in the bottom of the fifth to bring the Panthers to a 10-6 lead. Missouri State’s Kaitlin Beason doubled down the right field line and brought two Bears home safe. Chelsea Ross answered back with a quick homerun and UNI secured the victory at 11-8. Game Three: UNI’s seven-game winning-streak came to an end with the Panthers’ loss to the Bears, 9-8. Out of the last eight games played at home in Cedar Falls, the Panthers proceeded to win all but one, going 10-3 in their last 13 games total.
The Bears found some momentum in the third inning and were up 6-1. The only Panther run came from Buchanan’s single to left field to score Lange. Wnek got things rolling for UNI as she hit a homerun for the second point of the afternoon. Lange answered with a big homerun, bringing Olson in for the RBI. Buchanan singled again, allowing Micalla Rettinger the go ahead point. After an error towards the end of the fourth, UNI was down, 8-6. In the sixth inning, Bailey tied the game with a single towards right center. Wnek and Kate Kinnetz made it to home plate. The Bears scored off an error in the bottom of the seventh and took the 9-8 win. UNI’s next four games will all be on the road. They will play Nebraska-Omaha on April 26, followed by Drake University on April 27.
TRACK & FIELD
Top-ten finishes at Musco Invitational continues track and field success ZACH HUNTLEY Sports Writer
Unable to settle for less, the UNI Track and Field team continued to make strides in both personal and conference standings this weekend at the outdoor Musco Invitational in Iowa City. The Panthers performed exceptionally in a number of events, breaking records both on the track and in the field. In the women’s 400-meter dash, both Maddie Beeler and Madisen Irmen broke personal records. Finishing second was Beeler at 54.51, ranking fourth in UNI’s record book and third was Irmen with 55.96. Five Panthers earned top-10 finishes in the women’s 800meter dash, three of which broke personal records. Junior Brette Correy won the event with a time of 2:06.85, notching second in UNI’s records and first in the
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). Finishing in behind her was senior Amber Clock with 2:08.71 and sophomore Ashley Norem at 2:13.84. On the men’s side, four Panthers earned top-five finishes in the 800. Finishing in first place was junior Luke Johnston with a time of 1:50.83. Behind him, Colynn Black took second with 1:51.19, Jordan Pingel finished third with 1:52.01 and taking fifth was Dylan Eigenberger with a final time of 1:53.74. Finishing less than half a second behind Iowa State’s ‘A’ team, UNI’s women’s 4-x-400 team took second overall. The team, consisting of Maddie Beeler, Maddie Bell, Madisen Irmen and Jennifer Roberts, notched their season best time, finishing with 3:45.63. For the second time in the invitational, five Panthers earned top-10 finishes, this time in the women’s 100-meter hurdle.
Paige Knodle rose UNI’s record time with a finish in 13.26; following her lead, Rachel Peth took third with a personal best time of 13.91. Again splitting hairs against Iowa State, Roberts took second with a 1:00.68 finish in the women’s 400-meter hurdle. Roberts was a mere .14 seconds behind ISU, who finished in 1:00.54. A number of UNI’s field athletes showed their strength this weekend, snatching four firstplace finishes. Junior Chaley Rath continued to improve her season’s record in the women’s high jump as she notched a height of 1.72 m./507.75ft. In the women’s pole vault, Anna Loken took first with a height of 3.60m/11-09.75ft. Again, in the women’s javelin throw, UNI secured a first place finish with the efforts of Knodle’s 44.56 m./146-02 ft. finish.
On the women’s side of the hammer throw, Sarah Pate won the event with a personal best throw of 57.89 m./189-11 ft., notching third all-time at UNI and fourth in the MVC. Right behind her was Chloe Schmidt with a 53.52 m./175-07 ft. toss
for third. For the men’s hammer throw, Justin Baker continues to stay on top, winning with a length of 64.36m/211-02 ft. Junior Brad Walski finished third and freshman Isaac Holtz finished right behind him, taking fourth.
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Maddie Bell (left) prepares to hand off the baton. The women’s 4-x-400 team finished second behind Iowa State by half a second.
OPINION
Never bet against the San Antonio Spurs in the playoffs RYAN HERRING
Sports Columnist
With the NBA post-season in full swing we shift our focus to the top teams in the league. We also start projecting who will win the NBA Finals. It seems like everyone has a good idea who is heading to the promised land before the playoffs start. With each series being seven games, the better teams usually pull it off, making upsets uncommon. The best players on the best teams get the job done. This year everyone is pointing to the the Golden State Warriors, for good reason. They just recorded the best record in
NBA history. Also, people are pointing to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. James has taken his team to the finals the last five years and with the way he is playing and the talent he has around him, it is looking like that number is going to extend to six. These are the two favorites that would potentially set up a finals rematch from last year. These are two solid picks, but there is one team that a lot of people don’t seem to be talking about and they should be – the San Antonio Spurs. It seems to be a common theme for the Spurs to be quietly (very) good and then sneak up
on everyone in the playoffs. That is exactly what Gregg Popovich and his team want. They don’t like dominating media headlines or being the topic of discussion. They just want to play team basketball and win games, which is exactly what they do. The reason they win games is because of the leadership from these people: Gregg Popovich, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. Popovich and Duncan have won five NBA titles with the Spurs and Tony Parker has won four. If you throw in Manu Ginobili to that mix then you have a trio of guys who have won 123 playoff games with their coach,
making them the winningest playoff trio of all time. The San Antonio Spurs seem like they are getting old, and they are. Tim Duncan is 40, Manu Ginobili is 38 and Tony Parker is 33, but year in and year out they prove to us they still are a valuable threat in this league. They went an impressive 67-15 this regular season, which is insanely good, while all the talk was on the Warriors record breaking season and what LeBron James said, thought or ate that day. I’m not saying the Spurs are my pick to win the finals. The Golden State Warriors just
notched the best regular season of all time and have Steph Curry, who is quite simply just unbelievable right now with his 400-plus made threes this season. All I’m saying is don’t sleep on the Spurs. They’ve been impressive all year and have carried that with them so far this postseason. If there is a team out there that can beat this record-breaking Warriors team, I think it is them. Not to mention, we all have learned our lesson to never count the Spurs out come playoff time. All they do is win, win, win.
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FUN & GAMES
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Across 1 “Grey’s Anatomy” airer 4 Skins to remove 9 Non-shaving razor name? 14 Scrooge word 15 Brilliance 16 San Antonio landmark 17 Roger Clemens, for one 18 *Unit in a bowl 20 Layered rock 22 “Sorry, we’re full” sign 23 Test release 24 Glimpse 25 Make fun of 27 Sportscast staple 30 Set boundaries 34 Tour de France, e.g. 37 Nikon competitor 38 LAX datum 39 *Website for do-it-yourselfers 42 Gen-__ 43 Don’t bother 45 Exercise result, all too often 47 Rose support 50 Made the last move, in a way 51 Later years 53 Degs. for writers 56 Weakness 59 Look over 60 Sherlock Holmes enemy Colo-
nel Sebastian __ 61 *Fast pace 65 One in Paris 66 Tart 67 David’s role on “Frasier” 68 Chemical ending 69 Eponymous trailblazer Chisholm 70 Davis of “A League of Their Own” 71 Thrice, in Rx’s Down 1 Belittle 2 Family with several notable composers 3 *Skinflint 4 Athlete nicknamed “O Rei do Futebol” 5 Old French coin 6 Name of more than 5,000 U.S. streets 7 Sign of forgetfulness 8 Kept in reserve 9 Western defense gp. 10 Neckwear denoting affiliation 11 Zoo sight 12 Latin 101 word 13 UCLA Bruins coach Jim 19 A conspicuous position, with
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