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NISG Debates

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

LIAISON City council student liaison approved for trial period.

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Jacob Madden/Northern Iowan CLINTON OLSASKY

LETTER

Associate Executive Editor

Letter from the news editor suggests NISG has “normalized controversy.”

OPINION PAGE 3

MBB Panthers win big at home on Wednesday but fall short at Wichita State.

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On Thursday, Feb. 16, approximately 100 UNI students gathered in the main floor of the Maucker Union for the 2017 Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) senatorial and presidential candidate debates.

The two presidential and vice-presidential tickets were Maggie Miller & Danielle Massey, and Jamal White & Tristan Bernhard. The two teams debated for nearly an hour, first fielding questions from debate moderator Jerome Soneson, associate professor and head of the philosophy and world religions department.

SYDNEY HAUER//STAFF WRITER SYDNEY HAUER Staff Writer

Brass instruments echoed off UNI’s halls this weekend as multiple bands descended on campus.

Bengtson Auditorium in Russell Hall and Gallagher Bluedorn’s Davis Hall served as the venues for the talents of world renowned jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, UNI Jazz students and many high school jazz bands this past weekend.

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia held their 66th annual Tallcorn Jazz Festival and Sinfonian Dimensions in Jazz concerts (SDIJ) on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17 and 18. The festival held over 50 high school jazz bands

The second half of the debate consisted of a town hall forum in which audience members had the opportunity to pose questions to either ticket.

All UNI students will have the opportunity to vote for student body president, vice president and senators all day Tuesday, Feb. 21 through Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. Students will be able to vote via their MyUniverse account.

Miller, a junior political science and public administration double major, and Massey, a junior economics and business administration double major, have promoted their platform around the slogan “Teaming Up For You.” The Miller & Massey platform is separated into three areas of focus: stu-

dents, campus and community.

White, a junior marketing and organizational leadership management double major, and Bernhard, a sophomore social science education major, have chosen the phrase “Making the Best, Better” as their campaign slogan. Their platform revolves around four main areas of concern: diversity and inclusivity, campus safety, student engagement and mental health.

One of the first questions Soneson asked in the debate was what each ticket considered to be the greatest issue facing UNI students.

White said that campus engagement and, by extension, inclusivity and diversity is the foremost challenge that stu-

dents face.

“We have worked extensively on that engagement aspect, as well as the inclusivity aspect, to make sure that students are finding a place here on campus and making sure that they are getting engaged,” White said.

Massey said that two of their platform’s biggest initiatives are diversity and inclusion and mental health.

Mental health Mental health would become a chief focus in the debate — namely, how each ticket would work to improve the resources available to students on campus.

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TallcornJAZZFest

between Friday and Saturday and featured a concert each night by the UNI Jazz Panthers and Jazz Band One. The SDIJ concerts featured guest artist Rosenwinkel.

The Tallcorn Jazz Festival is completely run by the brothers of music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Music professor Chris Merz, the director of Jazz Band One, is involved only when it comes to selecting the guest artist and getting the judges lined up. All of the communication and scheduling with high school bands is completely conducted by the students.

Ryan Garmoe and Thomas Sparks were both helped organizing the festival.

“I am the Tallcorn coordi-

nator — the person who does most of the organizing for the festival,” said Ryan Garmoe, trumpet performance major and a brother in the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. “Thomas Sparks is the other coordinator. And together both of us kind of run the festival.”

Garmoe said that planning the festival involves a lot of logistics and planning ahead — a process that takes months.

“We use the School of Music buildings and a lot of the school of music’s gear, but we’re the ones that organize all of [it],” Garmoe said.

Sinfonia members purchase the food for concessions and work the concession stands, as well as do all of the tabulation and results.

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Abram Miller, sophomore composition-theory major, jams away on his saxophone. Miller is a part of UNI Jazz Panthers.

“It started as a high school jazz festival, and back when it was getting started and the fraternity was really small, it was

about 10 or 12 people doing all of this,” Garmoe said.

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City Council to confirm student liaison LEZIGA BARIKOR Copy Editor

Tonight, the Cedar Falls City Council will make the vote to approve the appointment of Cade Olmstead as the temporary UNI Student Liaison. According to the Feb. 20 regular meeting agenda for the CF City Council, the vote will approve the recommendation of Mayor Jim Brown for this new trial position to start with an end date of April 30.

According to 4th Ward Council Member Tom Blanford, after the trial period of the new position the city council will review the progress of the program and see if any changes

need to be made to it.

“My goal is to then renew it as a permanent position,” said Blanford.

The most important vote, to confirm that UNI will have a student liaison within the City Council, has already occurred, so tonight in City Hall the vote is to confirm NISG’s appointment to the position. Blanford said a simple majority, four out of seven, is required to pass it, but he anticipates a unanimous vote.

The meeting will be open to the public at 7 p.m. tonight and can also be viewed on CFU cable channel 15.

Campaign Promise The idea of creating this role of student liaison for UNI was

an issue that Blanford talked about when campaigning for his position on the CF City Council.

After being elected November 2015, Blanford started reaching out to the Northern Iowan Student Government (NISG), UNI students and administrators to get an idea for how to make the position work.

Blanford said he worked closely with Mayor Brown and “held a number of meetings with student body president, NISG senate administration, other city council members [and] city staff,” amongst others who would be affected by this decision.

School Board Equivalent Drew Stensland, sophomore

NISG College of Social and Behavior Sciences (CSBS) senator, was one of the students who worked alongside the mayor and city council members.

Stensland ran for Senate on the platform of bringing a student liaison into the picture.

“I’m actually from Cedar Falls originally, and one of the things that they implemented my sophomore year of high school was they actually put a student rep on the school board,” said Stensland. “I actually was able to serve in that role as the student rep for three years.

“When I came to UNI, I noticed […] Cedar Falls didn’t have that, so that’s why I ran on it and why I worked on the plan,” said Stensland.

Ideal Candidate Blanford worked alongside former NISG President Katie Evans and Former Vice President Renae Beard to jumpstart the initiative for a student liaison. Blanford said NISG has been a great partner on this initiative.

Stensland worked over the summer with NISG Director of Governmental Relations Alyssa Dixon, Vice President Avery Johnson and also met with Mayor Brown to plan for what the student liaison position would be.

Stensland said his vision is “that students will be able to have a voice” at the municipal level.

Making similar remarks, Blanford stated that ideally the liaison would be “somebody who is actively on UNI’s campus, actively connected to the student body, that can serve as an advisor to council on issues that will impact students or campus or anything related to that area.”

Olmstead, freshman public administration and sociology double major, said he knew before he arrived on campus that he wanted to work in NISG. He submitted his application over summer for the senate, and then went on to apply for the lower cabinet director for local government relations which he has served in until now.

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tion basically,” said Olmstead. “It was kind of I think the intended purpose of this position from the very beginning when it was made, and now it’s really coming into fruition.”

Past Liaisons The idea of having a student liaison for city council or as a non-voting member of the city council is nothing new in Iowa.

Iowa has precedence for this at both Iowa State University’s Government of the Student Body (GSB) and University of Iowa’s Student Government (UISG).

According to both Blanford and Stensland, UNI did have a student liaison with the Cedar Falls City Council around eight years ago. Stensland hypothesizes that the reason the position didn’t work was because the student was seated in the audience and not with the council members.

This time around, Blanford says the student will “be right next to the Chief of Police on the far side of the council chamber.”

In the Jan. 16 Cedar Falls Committee of the Whole minutes, Mayor Brown cited GSB and UISG’s student liaisons when expressing interest in giving UNI representation in City Council meetings.

According to the minutes, Brown said, “This would be a non-voting member and would attend all the City Council meetings.”

Brown also said, “In doing this it will improve communication between the City and the University,” according to the minutes.

ISU and UI both list their student city council liaison member as part of their executive branch in the respective constitutions and bylaws and websites. NISG senators are volunteers, but the executive branch is monetarily compensated for their work according to the NISG constitution. According to Stensland, there is no salary for the city council liaison, but they are still in the works of deciding how the position will be compensated — possibly through internship credit.

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NISG voting begins Tuesday Maggie Miller and Danielle Massey

Being the president and vice president of the student body is no simple task.

These positions aren’t simply about leadership, and they certainly are not about popularity. These positions are a job. They’re jobs that are hard, and take an immense amount of knowledge and effort every single day.

They aren’t glamorous.

They’re staying up till 3 a.m. and drafting responses to all 47 emails you got that day, and then starting your homework.

No candidates are more familiar with these jobs than Danielle Massey and myself. The answer to

the question “Why Miller & Massey?” can be summed up into one word: experience. Students should vote for us because these positions are jobs and we fit all of the qualifications.

Danielle and I have years of experience advocating for students, and we understand that being in these jobs means we don’t do what we want — we do what the students need.

We have the experience working with those who will implement the change this university needs.

Danielle has experience working with student organizations and helping them reach their full potential.

I have experience working with legislators on both sides of the aisle, all who want to know more about how special UNI is so we can begin to grow as an

institution.

We have experience working as a team, and communicating when we disagree, or when we are upset. Danielle and I know what these jobs are about, and we know exactly what needs to be done once we are elected. There will be no learning curve, and we will begin to serve you on day one in office.

We know our goals are lofty, but isn’t that what leadership is about? Mark Yarnell once said, “A leader is someone who demonstrates what’s possible.”

Our goals serve to challenge this university, and if there is no challenge, we cannot expect it to grow.

This Feb. 21 and 22, vote Miller & Massey, and allow Danielle and I to team up for you and show you just how much is possible at the University of Northern Iowa.

Panthers for Life, -Maggie Miller and Danielle Massey

NISG normalizes controversy in ignoring conflict of interest LETTER FROM THE EDITOR JACOB MADDEN News Editor

In the past two years, Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) has gone through a tumultuous period of establishing visibility to students and re-establishing their credibility to those students who work with NISG closely. This period of confusion has culminated into dubious circumstances this election season with the possibility of a dangerous precedent to be set for the future.

Recent history of allegations Two issues dominated the news coming out of NISG last year, the first of which was the introduction of a bill to impeach then-NISG President Katie Evans, an issue that coincided with the resignation of then-Vice President Renae Beard and then-Senator Heather Applegate. According to the Northern Iowan archives, Applegate resigned as a direct result of the failure of the senate to form an investigative committee in regards to the allegations

made against Evans.

The resignation of Beard and Applegate came on Nov. 18 of 2015 after Beard and Evans won the election in a runoff in March of 2015. This issue was followed shortly after by the chaos that was the 2016 NISG election.

Hunter Flesch and Avery Johnson won the election after a five-hour long emergency deliberation with the election commission over several allegations.

The allegations came in after the votes had been tallied and the election commission had to sort out accusations made between the Hunter-Avery ticket and their opponents Jamison Whiting and Aaron Friel.

These allegations laid the foundation for a normalization of controversy surrounding NISG, and one that persists into this year’s affairs and election.

Conflict of interest ignored This year NISG has not seen nearly as much controversy as last, but the ripples of last year’s mistakes continue to plague NISG. The primary issue to be addressed by NISG, and one that they continue to ignore, is the

existence of conflicts of interest that are evident upon rudimentary analysis.

The conflicts of interest are most apparent in the campaign of Maggie Miller. Miller is the current chief justice of the NISG Supreme Court, and has “stepped aside” from her position for this election.

Traditionally, the chief justice of the supreme court served as election commissioner, the primary logistical mover during election season. This year, Miller nominated Associate Justice Ben Dzaboff to be election commissioner and he was appointed to the position by his fellow Justices. Whiting, a presidential candidate last year, was additionally appointed to the election commission as an advisor after his experience with the allegation and sanction system.

While Miller is not on the election commission, she still had unfair access to the election rules and her close relationship to the election commission breaks from standard democratic principles.

Miller set the agenda all of last semester for what rules were to be voted on the supreme court meetings.

Jamal White and Tristan Bernhard

Since stepping on campus, Jamal and Tristan have worked hard for the University and have become the epitome of involved students on campus.

Their extensive and diverse set of experiences have given them the leadership tools necessary to represent this University’s great students.

Jamal and Tristan have a strong foundation in Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) already, having served three combined years. Jamal currently serves as the Director of Student Organizations and Engagement, and Tristan serves as a senator for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the chair of the Campus Relations Committee.

This experience in NISG will allow Jamal and Tristan to be familiar with the functionality of NISG prior to taking office, if elected. More importantly, these candidates have the experience to represent not just NISG, but the entire student body. The biggest issues facing this campus present themselves in residence life on a weekly basis, so the three years combined experience as resident assistants in the dorms will be vital for understanding student issues and concerns.

In addition to residence life, Jamal and Tristan have been involved with Student Admissions Ambassadors, Connecting Alumni to Students, Ethnic Student Promoters, the National Residence Hall For clarity, no rules were changed in any way that gives a clear advantage to Miller, however the possibility of blatant power grabs were, and are, extant.

This past semester, the supreme court changed the rules to unify the wording of who the election commissioner is, who the chief justice is and the difference between the supreme court and the election commission.

This is a good thing. Clarity of language in law is critical to the most efficient operation of a government at any level.

However, the clarification of

Honorary, Black Student Union, Dancer Senate, Hagemann Senate, Camp Adventure, Panther Pep Crew, Intramurals, Inclusive Communities Team, Diversity Exit Requirement Committee and much more. These involvements will help them accurately represent students of all kinds on campus.

When it comes to policy, this ticket represents feasible, attainable goals to achieve for the student body. Jamal and Tristan worked hard to ensure that the ideas they present to students are achievable, well-researched and credible.

As many students may have heard, the University of Northern Iowa is operating under severe budget restraints.

With Jamal and Tristan, voters can be assured representation that works hard to make their tuition and fees go farther, as well as work to get full funding at UNI. Jamal and Tristan’s student focused ticket has what it takes to bring the University of Northern Iowa to the next level and make sure that it is constantly progressing.

The four areas of emphasis for the ticket are Diversity and Inclusion, Mental Health, Campus Safety, and Student Engagement. Within these four areas are cost-effective ways to address the issues that face our panther community today.

For the full campaign platform please visit JTforNISG. com. Students are also urged to email Jamal (whitejam@ uni.edu) or Tristan (tristanb@ uni.edu) with any questions or concerns. We hope to earn your vote on Feb. 21 and 22 on MyUNIverse.

-Jamal White and Tristan Bernhard rules allows for the chief justice to “step aside” when they feel they are not fit to run the election commission. This enumeration allows for one glaring opportunity: the chief justice can run for president and retain their position of chief justice if they lose.

This is immensely problematic, as it establishes a troubling pathway to the presidency.

Dangerous precedent Given the information enumerated in the election rules See CONTROVERSY, page 4

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TALLCORN

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“As the jazz program became more of a figurehead around the school of music, it started to pick up some steam. And now it’s one of the biggest festivals in the state.”

According to Garmoe, Tallcorn has become the biggest jazz festival on this side of the Mississippi River.

“It’s so genuine, in that it’s run by college kids. You don’t have a bunch of band parents that know everyone, trying to keep a strict enforcement of rules,” said Thomas Sparks, senior music education major.

“It’s very chill. We try to make sure that the kids don’t trash the place, but we’re able to add our own little twists and spins to it.”

Each year, Tallcorn brings in a guest artist to play with Jazz Band One at the SDIJ concerts and offer a masterclass to those who want to participate.

“I think the reason [Merz] chose Kurt Rosenwinkel is because he is just completely

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different from the artists we have had in the past,” Garmoe said. “It’s really fresh, and it challenges our current mode of thinking, which is absolutely necessary.”

Sparks mentioned that Rosenwinkel has worked with many modern jazz artists, toured internationally and been featured on many records.

“He is kind of a big name in the jazz guitar world right now, and just a monster player,” Sparks said.

The SDIJ concerts feature the same music both nights so that each day’s high school bands can experience it. However, Sparks stressed that there are a lot of different things that can happen in terms of improvisation that can make each night differ from one another.

“We like to mix things up, but we’re still coordinated enough to make it happen and make it look seamless at least,” Sparks said.

“I think Tallcorn is one of the best experiences that you can have as a jazz musician

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growing up in the Midwest because there are a lot of festivals that you can go to as a high school student or even as a college student that don’t get the same level of professionals to join the festival that we do,” said Chris Jensen, junior music technology major and UNI Jazz Panthers percussionist. “Having the guest artist that we have, I think puts Tallcorn above the rest.”

“There are a lot of people on campus who should really plan on coming to the SDIJ concerts next year,” Sparks said. “It’s going to be equally as good.”

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and constitution, it is possible that someone who is friends with the President and Vice President can be appointed to the Supreme Court as Chief Justice after confirmation by the Senate, bypassing a vote from the student body. With enough political capital invested in one’s political success, a position well-earned by Miller, the overwhelming support of other governmental officials can disincentivize any “average student” from attempting to make a difference by bringing in new ideas or perspectives because the advantage held by those already in NISG seems insurmountable.

The system as it stands now allows for a student to obtain

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UNI Jazz Panthers opened Sinfonian Dimensions in Jazz concert with a set of swing tunes, capped off by an upbeat Latin jazz chart.

political power in the judicial branch by befriending the President and Vice President and pulling a moderate amount of support in the senate. From a position on the Supreme Court — but especially Chief Justice — a student can run for NISG President, and due to the “step aside” clause, retain their position as chief or associate justice if they lose, or assume the presidency if they win. Members of the judicial branch can, effectively, make no political sacrifice to run for the office of president.

It is this type of insider play that has students disillusioned with NISG and hopeless to become involved if they have not been since their freshman year.

NISG can stop normalization

It is critical to note that all possibilities explained here are constitutional as it stands now. Some opportunities are a consequence of the admittedly correct clarification of wording in the election rules. While there is nothing wrong from a legal standpoint, it remains that NISG has a system in place that would never stand at the local, state or federal level and should state at the University level.

This does not reflect poorly on Miller, Flesch, Evans or any other particular person named, but instead reflects on the lack of oversight that NISG has on its own affairs.

NISG has the opportunity now to correct course and to reinvest itself in the success of all students, to break the normalization of controversy.

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for UNI at the state level, they will aim to extend counseling center hours into “Danielle and I have a the evening. very personal experience Bernhard questioned the with mental health,” Miller feasibility of extending evesaid. “We’ve both tried to ning hours, citing a lack of get into the counseling cen- funding for UNI’s counselters, and we’ve seen first- ing center. hand how unfortunate it “The last time we needed is to have to wait and go a counselor, it took over two through all of the steps to months to hire that person. get into the counseling cen- We are competing with the ter. Danielle and I are both private sector in this, which very passionate about advo- can pay people much better,” cating for UNI students, and Bernhard said. “When the one way we’re going to do counseling center already that is start to advocate at a doesn’t have enough money, state level.” it’s going to be impossiMassey went on to say ble to hire counselors if we that, in addition to lobbying start giving them hours that are outside the norm.”

M a s s e y responded, saying that her team will work to acquire more funding for UNI and to also prioritize UNI’s existing funds for student issues, such as mental health.

“The evening counseling hours is going to be hard, and it’s going to be one of the biggest goals that we have,” Massey said. “But setting big goals is not a problem. It’s JACOB MADDEN/Northern Iowan that Vice-presidential candidate Danielle Massey (left) something we’re going to and presidential candidate Maggie Miller (right).

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push through because this is the ‘University of Nothing Impossible.’”

According to White, the most pressing issue related to mental health on UNI’s campus is the lack of awareness. White specifically criticized NISG’s Mental Health Awareness Week, which he said wasn’t enough.

“That is not enough time to push mental health all in one week,” White said. “We have to continue the conversation throughout the whole year.”

Diversity and inclusion

Several questions were raised regarding diversity and inclusion, both in terms of race and ethnicity, as well as gender inclusivity.

At one point, Soneson asked the White-Bernhard ticket whether or not they would hold the Department of Residence accountable to their commitment of gender inclusive housing.

White responded, saying, “We want to work to continue to push that gender inclusivity within the residence halls because, being a representative from the LGBTQ community, I know that is important for my rights […] and so I want to continue to support that within my ticket.”

Massey stressed the importance of giving students the opportunity to see things from another perspective, a goal that she said

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Vice-presidential candidate Tristan Bernhard (left) and presidential candidate Jamal White (right).

would benefit from a diversity exit requirement.

“One thing we want to do is push through the diversity exit requirement so that we can make sure everyone is given a well-rounded education before the time they graduate,” Massey said.

Budget cuts

The two tickets also touched upon the budget cuts that will take effect at UNI for the 2017-2018 academic year and how these cuts will affect the implementation of their respective platforms.

“A lot of our platform is about what we can do as student leaders, regardless of money, no matter what happens at the state legislature — especially because we have a very strong Republican state legislature, which has historically not been very supportive of the colleges,” Bernhard said.

“We purposefully drafted a platform that would be resistant to that.”

Miller mentioned her

ticket’s goal of pushing for a full funding appropriations bill at UNI as a way to ensure UNI’s funding for the long term.

“It’ll be a bi-partisan bill, and this is something that is supported by Republicans,” Miller said. “Republicans can recognize when economic development is coming into their district. And they can recognize that 90 percent of UNI students go into Iowa’s workforce.”

After the debate wrapped up with the town hall forum, Sonenson praised both tickets’ performances.

“I have been around this campus for a long time, and this is the first time I have attended one of these debates,” Sonenson said. “To tell you the truth, it has lightened my heart. I’m very impressed with all of you — all the candidates […]

It’s going to be a tough choice for you all between the different candidates, but I think you are all so very fortunate to have such wonderful people step forward.”

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UNI falls to Wichita after four straight wins UNI vs Bradley - 02/15 @ Cedar Falls, McLeod Center

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Jeremy Morgan (20) 18 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST

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The men’s basketball team won their fourth game in a row after a close 64-61 victory over Bradley University but then fell on the road to Wichita State, 73-44.

In their game against Bradley, Jeremy Morgan opened the game with 2 three-pointers and assisted Bennett Koch, who found the open lane and threw it down hard with a dunk.

With just over six minutes to play in the first half, Jordan Ashton connected from downtown to put the Panthers up 23-20. As halftime approached, Koch drove inside and scored with an easy layup. He was then

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Bennett Koch (25) 18 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL

Jordan Ashton (23) 11 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK

Klint Carlson (2) 6 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST

Juwan McCloud (13) 4 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL

sent to the foul line twice and knocked down all four of his free throw attempts.

The Panthers finished the half shooting 44 percent compared to Bradley’s 48 percent. Morgan had five defensive rebounds, two assists and 11 points. Koch had a rebound, steal, assist and dropped 10 points with just 14 minutes played.

In the second half, the Panthers took advantage of Bradley’s 32 percent shooting, 0-7 from downtown and 8-25 overall. Morgan and Koch got the scoring started very quickly after the break.

Morgan opened with a successful mid-range jump shot, then Koch came in dunking the ball hard to cut the Brave’s lead to just one point. After another dunk

by Koch to tie the score at 38-38, Juwan McCloud went coast to coast after stealing the ball and scoring on the fast break layup.

With 16 minutes remaining in the second half, Ashton grabbed the offensive rebound, quickly got outside and knocked down the three-ball, giving the Panthers a 43-38 lead. After this shot, UNI’s defense was able to hold Bradley’s offense to only seven points in just under 10 minutes.

As Bradley’s scoring drought continued, UNI took a 12-point lead after Ashton connected from deep again. Free throws kept Bradley alive throughout the contest and even got them close to stealing the lead during the final min-

utes of play.

The Panthers were getting to the line as well. Koch was sent to the line twice and made three of his four free throw attempts, which would force Bradley to make a three with nine seconds left. With two seconds left Darrell Brown put it up but missed and UNI would come out on top 64-61.

The team finished with 24 rebounds, 14 assists, eight turnovers, six steals and a block. UNI put up 28 points in the paint, four points off fast breaks and 12 points off of turnovers.

A tough 73-44 loss occured in Wichita, Kansas as 10,506 fans saw the Panthers fall to the Shockers.

The Panthers knew this would be a tough match as

Wichita State is currently 25-4 (15-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference).

It was an off night for the Panthers and without an offensive presence, the Shockers were able to run away with the game.

UNI finished the night shooting 28 percent from the field and 21 percent from three. They also made 12 of their 17 free throw attempts. The Shockers were in control of the glass, as they recorded 48 rebounds to UNI’s 23.

Shaking off the loss in Kansas, UNI will have one more road game against Indiana State on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Then they will play their last regular season game against Illinois State at home on Feb. 25.

SOFTBALL

Mixed results and weather in Vegas BRENNAN WHISLER

Sports Writer

The Northern Iowa softball team traveled out West for the DeMarini Classic in Las Vegas hosted by University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNVL).

UNI came into the tournament 4-1 and ended up playing three competitive games.

They would have played five total games, but rain on Saturday canceled both the Boise State and Brigham Young University (BYU) games. By the end of the

weekend UNI had gone 1-2 at the tournament.

The tournament opener for the Panthers came against the tournament host, the Northern Las Vegas Rebel. The first inning saw UNI power in three runs to start the game. Brittney Roby and Courtney Krodinger took advantage of a couple catcher errors to get the first two runs. Sammy Bunch would also round the bases soon after.

UNLV answered with three runs in the first and two in the second inning. In the third,

Alyssa Buchanan- #22 Pitcher Kennedy Bailey- #21 First Base Sammey Bunch- #12 Infield Courtney Krodinger- #3 Center Field Brittney Krodinger- #2 Third Base

Bailey Lange hit a two-run homerun and Abby Downs accompanied her by scoring on a wild pitch. UNLV did tie it in third a six all. Macey Wolfe scored in the fourth on Lange’s fourth RBI. Two runs by UNLV in the fourth were the final scores of the game as the Rebels won 8-7.

UNI’s first match Friday started off slow as the Idaho State Bengals went up 2-0 by the end of the third, which included a steal of home. In the same span UNI had two, three-

and-outs and could not capitalize on three walks in an inning.

The fourth inning, however, saw both Bunch and Lange score to it up 2-2. Three errors in the fifth saw UNI take the lead as both Tianna Drahn and Samantha Nicholson score to give UNI the 4-2 win.

The second game of the day against the Colorado State Rams did not go as well. A three-run leadoff inning permanently gave the Rams a lead.

Padding the lead in the fourth with a run helped keep UNI at

Brittney Roby- #1 Outfield Macey Wolfe- #4 Outfield

Bailey Lange- #10 Pitcher/Outfield Anna Varriano- #15 Catcher

Tianna Drahn- #13 Outfield

bay.

A leadoff homer by Jaci Spencer in the fifth gave UNI their first run, but were unable to capitalize on the preceding error. Bunch was able to lead the seventh off with a homer as well, but that was followed by three straight outs.

UNI travels to Louisiana this weekend for five games over three days in the Louisiana Tech Classic. They’ll play two on Friday, two on Saturday and conclude with one game on Sunday.

Samantha Nicholson- #14 Infield Jenny Kohl- #7 Second Base Jaci Spencer- #18 Pitcher Abby Downs- #11 Infield/Outfield Alicia Crivaro- #5 Infield

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