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Check out the new updates to our Homecoming Traditions Challenge.

Columnist Cooling points out the conflicts in new cannabis laws.

Panther Volleyball swept by Northern Illinois Universitywww on home turf.

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UNI gets FY16 funding Board of Regents approve $12.9 million AMBER ROUSE

Execitove Editor

Kicking off the start of a new school year, the Iowa Board of Regents approved funding for fiscal year 2016.

The board approved $649 million for the FY16 budget. The board also approved $12.9 million to be distributed between Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa.

The $12.9 million is part of an appropriation request proposed by Patrice Sayre, Chief Business Officer of the Board of Regents. Sayer

proposed the $12.9 million be divided in near-equal parts as ISU would receive $6,366,297 and UNI would receive $6,605,01.

“It would be in the board’s best interest to lobby aggressively for the full appropriation,” said Bruce Rastetter, BOR President.

The $6.6 million dollars UNI will receive will be used in part to off-set funds cut during the recession.

UNI’s $6.6 million will be distributed among financial aid, enrollment management, deferred maintenance and TIER recommendations.

The board discussed going to a performance-based funding system, which would increase funding for UNI from approximately $90.7 million to approximately $114.4 million. The performance-based system will be determined by enrollment, student progress, number of graduates and other factors.

According to a graph provided in the agenda packet, appropriations used to contribute to a much higher percentage of the Regents Universities’ budget.

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Caribou is calling all coffee-lovers MAKAELA SHULTZ Staff Writer

Caribou Coffee has officially started brewing in Cedar Falls.

Caribou gave away coupon booklets to their first 100 customers to celebrate their grand opening last Thursday. The booklets contained 52 coupons,

each redeemable for one free cup of coffee each week for one year.

Hours before opening at 5:30 a.m., customers began lining up in front of the coffee house in hopes of winning one of the highly-valued coupon booklets.

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Third Annual Candle Vigil

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Samantha Mallow, senior electronic media major and co-president of TWLOHA encourages students to celebrate valuble reasons why life is worth living.

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With the downpour of rain on Tuesday evening, the student organization To Write Love On Her Arms held their third annual candlelight vigil in the Elm Room of Maucker

Union.

The vigil is meant to raise awareness during Suicide Prevention Week to those individuals who have taken their own life in the past.

“Suicide is such a tragedy,” said Samantha Mallow, senior electronic media major and

co-president of TWLOHA, “and it is something that can be completely prevented. We want to remember those that we have lost, in hopes to prevent it from happening to others in the future.”

The event began with statistics such as -- suicide is the

Sammie Salow, nursing student at Allen Hospital College, studies away at the brand new Caribou Coffee shop.

second leading cause of death in ages 13-24 year olds and the tenth leading cause of death in the nation, every 13.3 minutes someone takes their own life and on average 40,000 people commit suicide a year.

There were tears welling in people’s eyes remembering

those individuals who could not see the reasons to continue their lives. Those individuals that have left this world could not see the pain that tore in the survivors’ hearts by the result of their actions.

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The University of Northern Iowa Veterans Association (UNIVA) is helping pilot a new form of funding for student organizations called crowd funding.

They produced video and a website to help raise money for various events on campus.

UNIVA is one of the first groups on campus to try out crowd funding.

This is a fundraiser that targets a large number of people by requesting them to each donate a small amount of money toward a cause.

A common example is a website known as Kickstarter, which has had many successful projects.

“This has the potential to really help out students,” said Jeremy Rosel, senior history major.

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Rosel is also a co-chair of UNIVA. Crowd funding opens up a whole new group of people to help out fundraising for campus events or various costs of a student organization.

UNIVA members explain what they do in a video that can be found on their crowd funding website.

Anyone can watch and choose to donate a small or large amount of money to the group.

The fundraiser started on Aug 28 and ends on Sept

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In 1981 appropriations accounted for 77.4 percent of the Universities’ budgets and tuition accounted for 20.8 percent.

Those numbers have changed drastically today as appropriations account for 34.7 percent and tuition accounts for 60.7 percent.

During the meeting, each of the three Universities’ presidents and the superintendent presented reports about the progress of their respective colleges.

UNI President William Ruud reported highlights of UNI, which included the Panther Marching Band

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UNIVA aims to raise money so that they can open an account with the UNI Foundation Office.

This would allow them to support their various events on campus.

These events include Veteran’s Week, the Veteran’s ball and volunteer opportunities in the community. UNIVA also seeks to create a scholarship for veterans.

Through their crowd funding project, they hope to better support these events as well as spread awareness of their group.

Julia Heuer, the Veteran Student Services Coordinator and advisor for the group, says the goal of the UNIVA is to, “create a cultural awareness on campus about military culture.”

The group also helps veterans transition to student life and the classroom.

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UNI has raised $40 million since January 2014 to help fund scholarships.

Ruud reported enrollment numbers for the 201415 school year. UNI’s enrollment reached 11,928 new and transfer students as well as an increase in student retention.

This is the second year in a row enrollment has been up.

“A top priority at UNI is recruiting and retaining students,” said UNI President Bill Ruud. “We’ve had some success, and we’re on the path to see more success as we implement and improve our enrollment management structure and process.”

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come hang out and hear about experiences from people who have been around the world,” said Molly Skovronski, senior real estate and personal finance major.

Skovronski is also a member of UNIVA. The meetings are a place where military members can be involved and connected as well as find common ground with other students.

The group enjoys meeting for social events and going out on the town.

They are like any other student organization and want to help give UNI students opportunities to become connected.

UNIVA is always looking for other veterans on campus who may not know about the group, but anyone can join. UNIVA meetings are held at 5 p.m. Tuesdays in the Veterans Student Services office.

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- 1928 TV’s first drama series premiered: WGY’s Queens Messenger.

-1941 FDR orders any Axis ship found in American waters to be shot on sight.

-1941 construction of the Pentagon begins.

-1965 Beatles’ “Help!” album goes #1.

- 1966 Rolling Stones perform on the Ed Sullivan Show.

-1977 Ludacris was born.

-1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket Victory against India.

-1996 Union Pacific Railroad purchases Sounthern Pacific Railroad.

-2001 Terrorists attacks hit the U.S. World Trade Centers killing 2,941 people.

- 2012 Japan nationalizes three of the disputed Senkaku Islands.

Opinion Cannabis law makes use impossible AMBER ROUSE

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COREY COOLING

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After much lobbying and debate in the Statehouse last spring, a special law allowing parents of children with severe epilepsy to purchase cannabis oil extract for medical use signed into law by the governor.

Effective July 1, Iowa parents who get a recommendation from an Iowa neurologist will be able to purchase and possess cannabis oil extract without breaking Iowa law.

Several Iowa families banded together to lobby for this law, which from the outset seemed like a longshot.

Several of these children, one of which happens to be the daughter of the mayor of West Des Moines, suffer from severe seizures that require them to be monitored constantly. After exhausting all the FDA-approved medical options, they’ve learned that cannabis oil extract reduces these seizures and enable these families to have a little normalcy to their lives.

One former Iowa family from Tama saw their child’s seizures go from several per day to a one or two in a month

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under cannabis oil treatment.

Here’s the problem -- even though we have this law in effect, the only way to use it is to break several state and federal laws.

While Branstad signed this bill into law, he won’t allow anybody in Iowa to produce the extract. After six months of ‘exhausting every other option,’ an Iowa family may utilize this law by getting a recommendation from an Iowan neurologist who has to fill out a form.

As of early September, none of these Iowa families have this form because it doesn’t exist yet!

When this form does exist, these families then have to pay to travel to another state where they have to hope that a vendor will observe the Iowa law.

Then, they have to purchase the extract out-of-pocket and travel with it back to Iowa.

If they fly, they’ll be breaking federal drug trafficking laws.

If they drive, they’ll break Colorado law for bringing it out of state, Nebraska law for bringing it into the state, and then Iowa law again for bringing it into the state. Once in Iowa, they are then in the clear until their child turns 18, for the extract is illegal for adults to consume in Iowa. Assuming these families can afford to do

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all of this, it is quite an ordeal to get your child’s medicine.

This new law does put Iowans in a place where caring for their loved ones and observing the law are conflicting. The legal practice of this law is impossible.

This is an example of a bad law in a long, long line of stupid, ineffectively enforced, ignorant laws. The modern prohibition on marijuana is outdated, ineffective, and costly.

Despite medical and scientific evidence to the contrary, the DEA still lists marijuana as a substance with “no currently accepted medical use.”

This reefer-madness has got to end.

While I am 100 percent for medical marijuana for children, I’ve seen studies that show recreational use is harmful for high school students.

So let’s do what we should have done 50 years ago: legalize recreational use for adults over 21. If the federal government won’t do it, let’s follow Colorado’s example.

Nine months after legalizing marijuana, Colorado has seen youth cannabis use decrease, crime rates have dropped and they’re sitting on a huge pile of new tax revenue.

In the meantime, it is critical we fix the current Iowa law for the sake of our affected

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Boy holding cannabis leaf. Columnist Cory Cooling advocates for the legalization of marijuana in Iowa law.

families.

As it currently stands, these families are months away from treatment and will still be breaking the law. We need to license cannabis oil producers in Iowa and we need to make this process more available to all families in need of it.

I hope Gov. Branstad can sleep at night (maybe after a drink or two) knowing that he signed a bill into law that demands Iowa families to break state and federal law to

give their children the care they deserve.

Medical marijuana is necessary but let’s be real: it needs to be recreational. I’d rather Iowa not follow California’s stance on “medical” marijuana, and not insult the medical profession by faking glaucoma to get a prescription.

Rather, let’s have Iowa continue to be a leader and embrace recreational marijuana. The risks of doing nothing are just too high.

We the people need minimum wage raised RILEY COSGROVE

rileycos@uni.edu

A typical day for a college student usually begins the same. We wake up, go through our morning hygiene rituals, all the while thinking about all of the things we need to accomplish for the day. Between school, student organizations and employment to stay above water, we are swamped and constantly on the move.

After a long day, we check our bank accounts and see the part-time minimum wage job we are working to help get us through school has failed yet again to help cover our expenses. Even though we worked 20 hours in the last two-week pay period, after taxes we were only able to come up with about $130.

Sure, that may seem like enough money to get the average college student by for two weeks, but between groceries, gas, rent, utilities and anything else you may need to

survive, we are bound to end up with the short end of the stick.

Of course one could argue you did not work enough hours last week and that you should get another job, but that is impossible due to course-load and countless hours of unpaid internships and volunteer work that you are participating in to build up your resume, so that after you graduate, you can hopefully get a job that will bring in at least 20K a year.

It used to be that by simply earning a Bachelor’s Degree would guarantee you job security and a salary a family of four could easily live on.

However, earning your degree is not enough to secure a job in the market today.

Despite public outcry and emphasis on raising the minimum wage from the Obama Administration, Congress has failed to act on this issue.

The Republican-dominated congress has spent most of their time trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act and attacking President Obama on almost any decision he makes.

It comes to no surprise that

congress has not decided to act on the issue of minimum wage.

The main argument from the opposing side of raising minimum wage is that by raising the minimum wage, it will reduce the availability for jobs and reduce employment.

However, this theory has been proven wrong more than once.

. . . the average college student can’t help but wonder if anyone cares about our wellbeing.

States who have already raised their State’s minimum wage beyond the federal wage have already seen higher job growth than states that have not increased their minimum wage.

Senate Candidate Republican Joni Ernst has said the current federal wage of $7.25 was “appropriate” for Iowa and has even gone on to say she does not support

a federal minimum wage, but thinks it should be a state’s decision to set minimum wage.

Unfortunately for Ernst, she has not paid attention to what citizens in her own state have to say about the current federal minimum wage.

A recent poll, commissioned by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, found that 80 percent of Iowans say they could not support their household on Iowa’s minimum wage, which amounts to about $15,000 per year. Still Ernst takes the position that the current minimum wage is working for Iowans.

Raising the minimum wage would increase wages for 306,000 Iowans and would life 26,000 Iowans out of poverty.

Also, not only does not raising the minimum wage prevent Iowa’s economy from growing, Several studies done by MIT have proven that a family of three in Des Moines needs to make $52,362 a year to meet the minimum standards of living.

Although the facts have been consistent and the theories by Ernst and other fellow Republicans, it seems Ernst

is decided to ignore Iowans wants and continue with her dangerous and harmful agenda on the federal minimum wage.

As we continue to work for $7.25 an hour, the average college student can’t help but wonder if anyone cares about our well-being. Already we are seeing interest rates grow as college loans continue to skyrocket, and without any progress coming out of congress, it seems as college students we are underpaid, profit centers around our government.

It is important to remember Midterm November elections are quickly approaching, and we the people can vote candidates out as we do in. Do you want a congress that focuses on growing and strengthening our economy by providing its citizens with a wage that is reasonable, or do you want to continue on with our Republican-majority House of Representatives who would rather waste your tax dollars by refusing to pass any legislation drafted by Democrats, for their own political egos. I guess that choice is inevitably going to be the decision of We

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Addition to traditions challenge KAYLA KROGMAN Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa has its fair share of traditions, but this year students will be challenged to accept some changes to their school spirit curriculum. The UNI Traditions Challenge is a ritual that aims to keep various traditions alive through the Alumni Association and Connecting Students to Alumni (CATS).

“The Traditions Challenge was created as a way to engage students with activities on campus that make the UNI experience unique.

We like to think of it as a “to-do list” of things students should do before they graduate,” said Sarah Crim, vice president of the traditions challenge and member of CATS. “Our program is different than a lot of other programs because we give students the freedom to interpret what each tradition means to them. Students can personalize their involvement with

the program and complete the traditions that mean the most to them,” Crim added.

There is no specific way to complete any one tradition.

Though it is not required for students to complete all the traditions to be considered a Tradition Keeper, it is highly encouraged in order to get the ‘full UNI experience’.

Students and alumni alike can benefit from the program as it helps continue the culture of involvement and community at UNI. When alumni return to campus with their children or for Homecoming, they can remember the ways they were involved at UNI and the place the university’s traditions hold in their own experience. The program creates a tangible way to collect pieces of their time at UNI in one place.

“This past spring, we took the opportunity to start a new tradition from within the program,” said Crim.

The night before the Traditions Keeper Ceremony, the medallions and lapel pins that will be presented to stu-

dents are taken to the top of the Campanile.

The Campanile is the center point of one the most popular traditions at UNI: Campaniling. It also provides a visual sense of identity to students and a historical tie to past Panthers.

“We feel as if taking the medallions and pins to the Campanile provides just an extra ounce of tradition in the ceremony and the way we recognize students for their completion of the Traditions Challenge,” added Crim.

The Traditions Challenge can be completed throughout student’s college career with two distinctions to be rewarded - a lapel pin for completing 25 challenges and a medallion for completing 45 - both of which to be worn at commencement.

The 23rd Street Market has a Traditions Challenge booklet listing the traditions and in-depth backgrounds of traditions come and gone.

It also contains a checklist to help students keep track of what they’ve yet to complete.

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The Campanile is the focal point of the new addition to the traditions challenge. The Traditions Challenge allows students to get involved on campus at UNI.

Question: My roommate keeps throwing their dirty laundry all over the place! What should I do?

Sincerely, Neat-Freak

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Electronic candles lit in rememberance of those who had taken their lives. TWLOHA put on the event Tuesday for Suicide Prevention Week.

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Due to the rain, the traditional walk around campus to raise awareness was exchanged for last minute plans to do an activity in the Union.

The attendees of the event were asked to think of ‘Reasons to Stay Alive’, which consisted of creating a positive list of items that people find joy and happiness in. The list ranged from puppies and friends all the way to Taylor Swift and Netflix.

With the creative flow of ideas and the positive atmosphere that followed, many of the participants were laughing and enjoying themselves at some of the thoughts that were written on the board.

“I thought it was a lot of fun,” Elizabeth Gowin, freshman graphic technologies major said.

What the rain took away from the group in terms of numbers, they more than made up for in personal interactions.

“We had a lot of good

dialogue and conversation,” said Paige Hageman, senior math education major and the treasurer of the club, “I think it definitely gave people a lot of positive thoughts which is what we always want to leave the group with.”

If you are suffering from depression or other mental illnesses, please seek help at UNI’s Counseling Center.

Suicide is completely preventable. There are networks available to help anyone who feels like they are struggling.

Dear Neat; This is a problem many college students find themselves facing. The first thing you need to do is sit down and talk to your roommate. Calmly and rationally explain to them that their messy habits are making you uncomfortable.

Let them know that you want to bring people into your shared living space and would hate to embarrass them by allowing a stranger see their dirty underwear strewn across the floor.

In my experience, your roommate will most likely respect you for approaching them and talking faceto-face rather than behind their back or leaving passive-aggressive sticky notes for them to find. They are likely to respond by making more of an effort to keep

your shared living space clean.

If that doesn’t work, I would go to your resident assistant and let them know about the problem. Resident assistants have received training to resolve these types of issues and will most likely work with both you and your roommate to solve the problem.

If problems persist, you may need to approach the Department of Residence about getting a new roommate but be sure to request a clean roomie!

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Rod Library undergoes transformations for accessibility IAN SHILHANEK Staff Writer

In July of this year Rod Library began work on three new renovations inside their space that will change the library experience for students.

The majority of the renovations are completed, with the new West Entrance being the only one of the three that is open for students at this time.

Book Bistro is a new café that hopes to be open Sept.

15 with a grand opening ceremony planned for Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. The patio is planned to be finished in late September.

Book Bistro will be a café serving alternate options of food or drinks to students such as grilled cheese sandwiches, various coffees and teas. The Book Bistro will provide another place for students to hang out with their friends or make new ones.

Alex Grover, the assistant retail manager of 23rd Street Market said, “It will be nice to have food in the

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Rod Library expects the Book Bistro to be opened on September 15. This past summer the library underwent renovations that opened up a west entrance of the library to allow closer access to the bistro.

library, especially in winter time and students won’t want to leave. The renovations will turn this section into a social setting and not a let’s be quiet and study

ase o f the

area, and that will be nice.”

The library is also adding a museum on the first floor and is nearly completed. The museum is undergoing some minor upgrades

and will soon start bringing artifacts over from the Hudson Road museum.

The library has also opened the space on the main floor, adding more

technologies and now has an area where students can hook up laptops.

“We hope that the café will bring in different people. They might walk through that new entrance, use our services and also that becomes a gathering place for campus,” said Christopher Cox, dean of library services.

These changes in the library might not be the last. Other things that will benefit students learning experiences are being discussed and are in the works.

One such project would be a maker’s space, which is a space that would be available in the library that would offer students and faculty a place to visualize things using Legos, a craft table, a 3D printer or tools to help them design and build projects. Other possibilities are a larger public programing space and possibly adding a CAT classroom into the library.

Rod library is continuing to evolve and improve itself into a better place for students to study and socialize.

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Ebola Hemmorhagic Fever BRETT IRVING

Columnist

The disease is caused by the ebolavirus which is a member of the filovirdea family. It is a hook-like enveloped virus with a negative sense RNA genome.

The disease causes a severe hemorrhagic fever characterized by a high fever muscle pain and severe internal and external bleeding.

The disease is transmitted through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected patient, which is why the disease causes so many deaths in Africa due to poor sanitation.

Ebola was discovered in two simultaneous outbreaks in 1976 killing over 200 people. Since then there have been numerous outbreaks including the current one in West Africa that has killed over 300 individuals. In the United States, Ebola is not really a problem thankfully,

although a simian version of the virus did end up in California in the 1980’s killing all the monkeys in a lab yet not causing any harm to the workers. Those who live in Africa or traveling there, the Ebola virus can be horrifying.

What is a person supposed to do to prevent contracting the virus? One can prevent contracting the virus by avoiding hotspots, wearing protective clothing, avoiding contact with infected patients and maintaining a high state of sterility.

As far as treatment goes there is no cure or vaccine for the virus at this time so the only option is general supportive care. However, transfusion of convalescent serum has shown to be effective in curing some patients.

For more information go to The CDC or WHO web site.

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Ally Bair, junior public relations major and Sabrina Santos, junior economics and history double major sit in the new Caribou Coffee located on University Ave. The new location opened last Thursday.

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Caribou is one of many coffee shops sprinkled around Cedar Falls. Kat Hauser, a Caribou manager, doesn’t see competing coffee shops as a threat and revels in Caribou’s unique flavor.

“All the coffee shops are so different from one another and Caribou Coffee will fit in nicely with the mix of coffee shops,” Hauser said. “The overall

culture is unique. We are very people-oriented and people-driven.”

The new coffee is located at 6719 University Ave, about a mile off campus next to other recentlyopened restaurants.

Students and customers can get their caffeine fix bright and early as their doors open at 5:30 a.m.

Monday through Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday mornings. If it’s looking like a late night, Caribou closes

at 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 p.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Sundays.

For students planning to make their first visit, Hauser recommends the mint condition mocha with white chocolate and welcomes students looking for a new hangout.

“This is a cozy place to come study or meet up with a friend; it’s not the kind of place to just drink your coffee and leave,” Hauser said.

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Panthers swept in home opener RILEY UBBEN

Sports Editor

The Panthers home opener did not go as planned as they were swept by Northern Illinois, the first time UNI has been swept at home since 2008. UNI committed 21 attacking errors on their way to a seasonlow .115 attacking percentage.

“We were not in the system a lot tonight,” said Bobbi Petersen UNI head coach. “I do think we had a couple of kids that were trying a little bit too hard to make a bad situation better and ended up making it worse.”

The Panthers had lost three straight matches heading into the match against Northern Illinois.

“We didn’t want to be that team that talked about something and didn’t go out and put that in action and we definitely did that tonight,” Petersen said.

UNI struggled in the first set as they committed four attacking errors and found themselves down

early 10-3. The Panthers would rally in the set but fall short 25-21.

The Panthers started off the second set up 4-0 but allowed NIU to tie it at 14-14.

UNI could not close out the set up 24-23 and ending up falling 26-24.

Errors would plague the Panthers in the third and final set as they committed four attacking errors and two service errors in the set.

“I haven’t seen the team that I saw tonight all year,” Petersen said. “We never quite got over our nerves.

We did a lot of things tonight that I haven’t seen, the miscommunication, the running into each other.”

Leigh Pudwill led the Panthers in attacking percentage with .280 as she recorded nine kills on 25 attack opportunities.

The Panthers ran into a similar situation last season as they started it off with a 3-5 record before rattling off seven straight wins.

“We proved it last year that we can fight through

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The Panthers recorded a season-low .115 attacking percentage and committed 21 errors against Northern Illinois as they were swept at home for the first time since 2008.

that,” Kinsey Caldwell said. “We are going to keep improving each match and each practice.”

SOCCER

UNI finds themselves with a 2-5 record heading into the Shamrock Invitational in South Bend,

IN. The Panthers will start the invitational with a match against Northeastern on Friday at 3:30 p.m.

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UNI falls 3-0 to UC-Riverside Panthers finish ninth in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Courtesy Photo: UNI Athletics Communications

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The Panthers allowed UC-Riverside to attempt 19 total shots and nine shots on goal Monday. UNI recorded two shots on the afternoon.

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UNI recorded only one shot on goal as they fell to the University of CaliforniaRiverside 3-0 on Monday.

The loss marks the third time that the Panthers were shutout this season.

The Panthers attacked early as midfielder Annie Dale fired off a shot that went wide left just before the four-minute mark of the

first half.

UC-Riverside’s first shot on goal found the back of the net six minutes and 32 seconds into the match.

UNI goalkeeper Whitney Blunt saved the next two shots on goal before allowing one to get by her just before the end of the first half. Blunt blocked the first attempt from the UC-Riverside attackers but they capitalized on the rebound. Blunt had six saves on the afternoon.

The third and final goal of the match for UC-Riverside came from four yards out at the 77:07 mark in the second half. UC-Riverside attempted 19 shots while nine of them were on target.

The Panthers only shot on goal came from Katie Witt at the 83:47 mark.

The loss brought UNI’s record to 1-4-1 as they head home to take on the University of IllinoisChicago Friday at 7 p.m.

Sonja Przybylski (above) hit a hole-in-one on a 150-yard par-3 on Tuesday.

The shot helped Przybylski record her best score of the week with a 76.

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The University of Northern Iowa women’s golf team tied for ninth at the Golfweek Program Challenge on Tuesday.

Kaylee Benson shot the low round for the Panthers on Monday when she shot a 72 on her way to finishing in 20th place. Benson finished 12-over par and recorded five birdies during her three rounds.

Allison Rollinger finished in 33rd place while shooting a

low score of 73, just two shots over par. Rollinger finished 18-over par and recorded five birdies and 34 pars on her way to the second-lowest team score.

Sonja Przybylski had the highlight of the week as she hit a hole-in-one on the 150yard par-3 on Tuesday.

The shot helped Przybylski record her best score of the week with a five over 76.

The Panthers will resume play on Monday, September 22 as they head to Sioux Falls, S.D. for the Jackrabbit Fall Invite.

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