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Cline visits UNI to promote his first novel, “Ready Player One.”
Columnist Irving advocates for scientific literacy, especially in voting.
Columnist Tjepkes previews the men’s basketball season in the MVC.
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Early satellite voting for UNI CASSIDY NOBLE Staff Writer
With the fer vor of political advertisements, debates and on-campus activities, the time has finally come for the 2014 elections. Students at t e n d i n g UNI can vote early this week from October 20th to October 24th at the Maucker, Union as well as on the south side of the Redeker Center. For the remainder of the week, students can participate in the political process by filling out the necessary paperwork and casting a vote for their
preferred candidate. The overall procedure takes about ten minutes. Voting takes place between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students who would prefer to vote on Election Day may register at the Black Hawk County Courthouse by bringing in two forms of identification and going through the same steps. University identification does not count because the ID must have a valid expiration date. University of Northern Iowa college student votes count. College students make up approximately 30 percent of the population
in Cedar Falls. However, on average, only 40 percent of college level students participate in the democratic process according to the Civic Youth organization. Students can vote “If we don’t vote, we don’t show them (the candidates) that we (the students) have any reason to care,” said Victoria Hurst, senior public administration and political science major. Hurst also serves as NISG director of student relations.
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Pete Lee-ving in the moment CASSIDY NOBLE Staff Writer
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Comedian Pete Lee performed on Tuesday in the Commons Ballroom. He is known for his random and monotone style of comedy.
On Tuesday evening, comedian Pete Lee performed his random and monotone style of comedy in the Commons Ballroom in Mauker Union amidst series of groans and fits of laughter. “I find it amusing,” Lee commented as his show commenced, “I didn’t get accepted here but they asked me to be a guest lector here.” He kicked off his act by bouncing over topics that related to UNI students such as the interesting décor of the lights and floor pattern, then over to drugs, Ebola and regional, accents particularly comparing Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin See COMEDIAN, page 7
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Starting Monday, students and Cedar Valley community members have had the opportunity to vote early on campus at the voter booths around campus.
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Do you think the "It's On Us" campaign will help change the way UNI deals with assault cases?
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I can’t say it’ll change how they deal with them, I think it could potentially change the number of cases. We’re hoping for there to be less cases.
Sam Weinman
Junior Marketing & Spanish major
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Hurst said the state legislature determines funding for the universities, which can affect students directly. The positions available and that have been the most heavily advertised are governor (Hatch v. Branstad), United States Senate (Braley v. Ernst) and U.S. House of Representatives (Young v. Appel) all of which are too close to call at this time in the election. Hurst went on to explain that the reason candidates
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It is very important to get your voice heard and to make an impact to show UNI cares. Kevin Gartmann
UNI student body president
Though the election is not for the President of the United States, the elections for Gover nor, Attorney General and five others in the next coming weeks have more of a direct impact on everyday life in Iowa. Because fewer people vote in non-presidential elections, a vote for representatives this year will carry more weight than it will two years from now. “It is very important to get your voice heard,” said Kevin Gartmann, student body president at UNI, “and to make an impact to show UNI cares.”
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I don’t know how making a self-pledge would change the way it should be handled. I think it should still be handled with the same level of seriousness whether they said they would do it or not. I think making people aware of that it could happen and it does happen will make them kind of see a situation in kind of a different light.
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I feel like it’s helping with awareness more so than a lot of things. I mean, as students, we had to take the online class and so I think students are made aware of it but it’s not really real until someone else starts talking about it so it’s not some cheesy, like, thing that people take as a joke.
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Eliza Kjar
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I think student leaders taking a stand and informing others about it is a great idea. I don’t think a lot of people know about it. It’s a good way to inform students and make them aware that this is happening.
Kris Walters
Senior Economics, financial management & real estate major
Opinion For scientifically illiterate America AMBER ROUSE
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OCTOBER 23, 2014
BRETT IRVING
Opinion Columnist
Everything GMO will kill you, climate change never happens, vaccines cause autism and anyone who accepts evolution is the antichrist. Stop me if you have heard these before or better yet, have recited them yourself. All of these seem a bit strange do they not? Statements such as these are not too uncommon in today’s society, and unfortunately, more than a fair share of people believe them. Why would anyone believe such gibberish? Simple. America’s scientific literacy is dwindling into non-existence and it has hurt us all economically, politically and socially. Before delving into greater detail a few definitions are in order. First, literacy, which we all should know is the ability to read, write and comprehend what has been read and what has been written. Second, scientific literacy is the knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision making, civil and cultural affairs and economic productivity (Oxford English Dictionary).
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Everything from stem cells to climate change can influence who get elected and who gets ousted.
Our economy is no doubt the best in the world. Even during the recession, our economy out-performed a vast majority of the world, but how is our economy this successful? Science is the answer, dear readers. Science is innovation. It creates new technologies (cell phones, computers, cars, everything), new jobs, especially ones that do not yet exist, and better medical care. I bet my bottom dollar there is someone reading this with a cell phone on hand or a computer, but how? Again, science (are you seeing the pattern yet). Just imagine what society would be like without all these wonderful tech toys. Did someone say Middle Ages? With these new tech toys, someone is needed to produce them, fix them when you drop them in the toilet and update them. This is how
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jobs are created by science. The average growth rate over the past few years in the science and tech industries has been around 8 percent. That may seem low but the average for the US is around four to five percent annually. (BLS) Unfortunately for us in science, our research has become a battleground for politics. Everything from stem cells to climate change
can influence who gets elected and who gets ousted. The saddest fact of all is our research is completely controlled by the government through funding. One trend I have noticed has been that most studies are either taken out of context in order to show a certain point of view, or if the study shows results that disagree are either ignored or stated as doctored up or false
by those in politics. The best thing you can do as a voter in this instance is to look up the study yourself and read it. Even if it disagrees with your point of view, keep in mind scientists are not trying to prove or disprove anything, they are just trying to figure things out. That is how science works!
do the exact opposite of what these perpetrators wanted: ignoring their fits of childishness? My vote is for the latter option. Don’t get me wrong here. I do believe UNI administration should have addressed these posts in the way they did, but I do not think we, as students, should stoop to the yakkers’ level by hiding behind our phones to give it any more attention than it deserves. The more we complain about how these posts undermine our ability to rise against trolls, the more we feed those microaggressors. If we cut off the yakkers’ air supply of attention, we can show how we have matured as adults. We can show these yakkers that we cannot be affected by their hateful posts. And that, my friends, is how we can truly rise above these microaggressors and show that we cannot be put down by a group of people who are too afraid to put their name behind what they say. -Amber Rouse Executive Editor, Northern Iowan
A student uses the smart phone application, Yik Yak. Recently, posts on this app featured UNI students and community with offensive “yaks.”
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR As many of you are aware by this point, early last week the I, Too, am UNI Facebook account uploaded screenshots of posts from the Yik Yak app. These posts were of “yaks,” which consisted of sexist, racist, homophobic and overall disgusting comments about UNI students and our community. I have noticed a big push towards combatting these attacks and to this I say, stop giving these yaks attention. It is not about who the victims are, nor is it about how hurtful these posts are. It is about recognizing that whoever anonymously posted these comments did so with the intention to upset people. They clearly succeeded. Yik Yak has revived a part of internet culture many of us have not had to encounter. That culture is internet trolling. With social media, you are held accountable for what you say. However, internet trolls rely on anonymity to stir up trouble. In most cases, trolls say things they don’t even feel or believe in. They say outra-
But should we really revery back to our middle school days and get so upset about something someone said? geous things to get people riled up. They think it’s funny and they like the attention. The best way to deal with an internet troll is to not give them the attention they seek. Whoever posted these clearly do not have a shred of self-respect and thought of no one but themselves. But should we really revert back to our middle school days and get so upset about something someone said? No, we shouldn’t. Instead, we should focus on how we represent ourselves in the way we handle this situation. Do we want others to see us paying attention to these posts, or do we want people to see UNI students rise above this level of immaturity and
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR The Pink Ribbon Run committee, along with the Beyond Pink TEAM, would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank two amazing groups of students on the UNI campus. Oct. 4th marked the 8th year for this local breast cancer 5k and the 2nd year that the Gamma Phi Beta sorority and the Student Alumni Ambassadors have volunteered to help out along the route. Being a course volunteer is SO important. It is crucial that you know that you have volunteers who are reliable and punctual. The Pink Ribbon Run
How uplifting it is for us as a community to see young people . . . get up early on a cold Saturday morning to celebrate breast cancer survivors . . . Committee was so fortunate to have these two student groups fill over 75 percent of the available volunteer positions. The people who
participated in the walk/run Pink TEAM- a local said our volunteers were breast cancer coaliphenomenal at cheering tion. 98 percent of them on and protecting money raised for them from traffic. the Beyond Pink How uplifting it is TEAM stays for us as a community local and assists to see young people, local women with many who aren’t even support, educafrom Cedar Falls, get up tion, and care needs early on a cold Saturday raised by a breast morning to celebrate cancer diagnosis. breast cancer surviThe 8th vors and raising Annual Pink funds for a great Ribbon Run cause. broke a record The Pink by having R i b b o n over 750 Run raises particimoney for pants regTHINKSTOCK the Beyond istered for
the event. Without our volunteers we would have been lost. Thank you so much to the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and the Student Alumni Ambassadors. The University of Northern Iowa should be very proud to have your student members representing the university through volunteerism in the community. Thanks to all! -Gabbi DeWitt Pink Ribbon Run Committee Beyond Pink TEAM member
UNCF should not have allied with Koch brothers FRED MCKISSACK MCT Campus
The United Negro College Fund has compromised itself shamefully in allying with the Koch brothers. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) was founded in 1944 to aid black men and women in attending historically black universities and colleges. It was once a creator of African-American intellectual and economic growth. Now it has happily received $25 million from one of the most right-wing outfits in the country. “We are enormously grateful to Koch Industries and the Charles Koch Foundation for their longstanding support of
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They have no political agenda nor do they take sides. The biggest impact that scientific illiteracy has on our country is within the social realm. There is a lot of misprints, misrepresentation, and misconceptions about science within our communities that tend to spread like wild fire especially when backed by a celebrity. A few that come to mind are vaccines cause autism (hundreds of studies prove they do not), Dr. Oz frauds, and the overall functioning of science. I will be talking about the vaccines in a later article so I will jump to Oz. Dr. Oz got caught by congress for pushing certain products that promoted weight loss without any scientific backing to prove that it worked. The biggest issue that arises is how little people know about how science works. Some might think that our sole goal is to prove or disprove everything right or wrong. However, this is not the case. Our goal in science is sim-
UNCF and for helping create new opportunities for earned success and a better future for our students,” Dr. Michael Lomax, president and CEO of UNCF, is quoted in the July newsletter for Koch Industries. Wow! Where to begin? Well, for starters, Charles Koch, who is now 78 years old, was a member of the John Birch Society in the 1960s, and his father was on its national council. The John Birch Society was one of the most rabid opponents of the civil rights movement in America. When UNCF took $25 million from the Kochs, it didn’t ask for an apology. Dr. Lomax, a literature professor and former university president, whose compensation ple. We observe a phenomenon, we make a hypothesis about what is occurring, we test said hypothesis, if the hypothesis is correct we record our observations and continue testing new ways to confirm the hypothesis, if the original test does not confirm the hypothesis we change our hypothesis to fit the new data we collected and try again. That last sentence is where I witness people getting into trouble. When we hit a result that disproves our beliefs or thoughts on the event observed, we tend to alter the data to fit our view point. This is a problem we all must avoid for it is the leading cause of scientific illiteracy in the country. The final thought I would like to leave with you is this. You do not need to be a scientist to be scientifically literate. Being scientifically literate allows you to be more skeptical of the world around you, and not believing everything you are told. However, it does not mean everyone is wrong either. Have a thirst for knowledge and a vicious hunger for facts.
is now an eye-popping $1.5 million, does not seem to have brought up the awkward business of the Kochs’ support for ending the desegregation of a North Carolina school district in 2009. What are Koch Industries and the Charles Koch Foundation buying with their donation to a noted civil rights organization? Two things: Cover and cadre. In supporting a far-reaching right-wing agenda, the Kochs are involved with some repugnant characters and repulsive ballot initiatives. When their candidates say outrageous things about racial minorities or women, the taint of it
wends its way back to Wichita, the home of Koch Industries. So the Kochs cover the bad smell by buying some good public relations. The grant also serves as a recruiting device for the Kochs’ ideology. According to the UNCF, $18.5 million of the grant will go to fund “scholarships at the undergraduate and graduate levels and is focused on how entrepreneurship, economics, and innovation contribute to well-being for individuals, communities, and society.” In other words, the grant will help nurture more Libertarian, free-market, anti-government, Ayn Rand acolytes. These scholarship winners
will find the doors open to them in the right-wing think tanks and lobbying groups the Kochs also fund. The Kochs are creating an internship factory for their brand of political and economic ideology. It’s an ideology that seeks to privatize schools, destroy trade unions, trash the social safety net and do away with government regulation of industry. It’s an ideology that denies climate science. It’s an ideology that coddles the most repellent social conservatives and perpetuates culture wars. That’s not an ideology the United Negro College Fund should be supporting.
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We’re getting nerdy with Ernie KAYLA KROGMAN Staff Writer
Geeks united Tuesday night to listen to Ernie Cline discuss his first novel, “Ready Player One.” The Reaching for Higher Ground keynote speaker gave a lecture in Lang Auditorium in accordance with the theme for this academic year: social media. Throughout his discussion, Cline explained social media and its role in his novel. “We all have avatars,” Cline said. He also explained how people use their Facebook profiles like an avatar as a different way of presenting ones self. In addition, Cline mentioned how people like to escape to alternate realities. “Video games let you simulate an adventure,” Cline
said. Though he had always
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Hungry on the weekend? Don’t eat that sad Sunday sandwich. On October 26th, you have the opportunity to eat great chili, meet new friends and see your own chili concoction go to the judge’s table. Oh, and you get to feel good about this, too. Going to miss a little studying for it? Just say, “it’s for the kids!” Because it really is. UNI 4 Kids is an active student group with the goal of raising funds for local budding musicians, athletes and dancers to pursue their passion. Not everyone has the money to pay for that drum set, or the membership fee it takes to be on the AAU youth basketball team. However, UNI 4 Kids looks to change these circumstances. By way of fundraisers (like the Chili Cook-Off) and partnerships with local business, UNI 4 Kids raises money to administer needbased scholarships to youth in the Cedar Valley who would otherwise not have the funds to participate in their desired program. This notable student group works closely with the Boys & Girls Club of
the spoken word scene, of which he has written several,
such as “When I was a Kid” and “Nerd Porn.” In doing research for his novel, he said the most work he had to do was learning about virtual technologies and climate change, for the main themes and settings of the book. As far as finding pop culture references he needed, he was already very fluent in 80’s culture. “He’s sort of an amazing multi-talented man,” Nikki Harken, co-coordinator of cornerstone, said. Prior to her introduction of Cline, Harken sampled his slam poetry, “Dance, Monkey, Dance.” Though most attendees were there to fulfill a cornerstone class requirement, many were thankful for the opportunity to meet Cline.
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Ernest Cline gives a lecture for the Reaching for Higher Ground project. Cline discussed his science fiction novel, “Ready Player One” and how it connects with social media.
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the Cedar Valley to identify applicable youth for the program, and are very direct in helping the child reach their goals. The foundation of the group’s mission is to provide financial assistance, but they do not stop there. Members of UNI 4 Kids — mostly UNI athletes and students — foster a positive support system and provide mentorship to ensure the participants have access to every available opportunity. Having a lazy Sunday? Come on over and eat some chili.
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Gritty film drives the horrors of war JOSHUA ROUSE and have feelings. Collier
Film Critic becomes a father figure of sorts for Logan Lerman, “Fury,” a WWII film, who plays the aforemenis based on a collection tioned rookie of the team. of stories from ‘tankers’ All the actors, mainly (teams of tank drivers). Collier’s tanker team, do It is a gritty, realistic film a superb job in their roles, recreating the horrors of adding feeling and heart war into a visually pleas- to their characters, albeit ing cinematic two hours Jon Berthal’s character is and 15 minutes. the cliché army jarhead This movie is beauti- considered to be a bully. fully shot, with the colors To prepare for these dimmed to give the whole roles and get the real feelfilm an overcast look to it. ing of it, many WWII The story is pretty sim- tank drivers were interple, starring Brad Pitt as viewed and their personal Sergeant Don “Wardaddy” stories were used as inspiCollier, who leads a team ration to recreate the life of tankers who have to deal inside a tank. with a rookie thrown onto The camera work their team while they fight included many close-ups off Nazis. Other familiar from inside the tank, makfaces include Shia Labeouf, ing you feel like you were Logan Lerman, Micheal actually in the cramped Pena and Jon Bernthal. confines of the cockpit. This movie is violent The cinematography of and bloody. It is a war the whole film was artistimovie after all, and noth- cally ravishing, with creing is held back. But while ative camera-work and it is brutal and harsh, there dim colors combined to are moments where its soft create the gritty imagery side shows. of war. Just like its lead charThe battle scenes were acter, Collier, “Fury” can especially great to watch be rough at times, but and probably the film’s there are moments when strongest point besides the you really see and under- acting. The way the bulstand that these soldiers lets were lit up was cool are people too. They care to see (granted sometimes about those around them they looked like lasers).
It added a nice effect to the battles, especially with camera angles used during the tank battles. The soundtrack, composed by Steven Price, brings a grand dramatic sound to the movie, with a chilling choral sound, which was subtle during tense moments of the movie. Overall, there was nothing outstanding about the plot. It was rather simple, with the characters being the main driving point that pushed the movie along. If anything, I’d say the plot is the weakest part of the movie, but the movie was so well done in every other aspect that it is easy to forgive. David Ayer does a great job directing and writing the script, but the movie would have had a better impact if it had more of a plot. At the same time, did “Fury” need an amazing story to begin with? While it’s no “Saving Private Ryan,” “Fury” is just fine the way it is, having it revolve more around the well-written characters and the tense action than the story.
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“Our corn and cows are better than your corn and cows,” Lee said in a Minnesotan accent. “He was really random,” Molly Lembezeder, freshman elementary education major said. “But it was a good study break. He gives good advice.” The advice to which Lembezeder refers could be seen in his ‘cheat-codes for women,’ his non-masculine bathing habits where he strives to “smell like a unicorn that farts Altoids” and comparing college sex to throwing the ingredients necessary to make a cake into the oven then hoping a cake doesn’t turn
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Ian Black, freshman education major, said the free book was one of the reasons he enrolled in the cornerstone class. “The book felt so real, as if it could actually happen,” Black said. Other students felt more connected and could identify with Cline’s characters. “I lived on a farm and grew up in a small town so I could relate to the main character; I loved it,” Zach Poell, freshman special education major said. Overall, Cline’s work was already popular among
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out. His style of comedic presentation reached different types of audiences when he told various jokes or stories, which led to reactions rippling through the roughly 100 people at different times. “I thought it was funny,” said Alexa Klimes, sophomore communication and disorders major. “CAB does a really good job of bringing people here with lots of good activities.” His message focused on people being happy with their lives, wherever they are. When he was joking about bringing cookie dough down to Hell when he died or feeding birds Nyquil and Red Bull, his motto was always focused
on having fun and living in the moment. He assured that the audience would remember him with his final pieces of advice, “Don’t ever drink alcohol; the side effects include getting laid and having friends.” He closed his show by inviting all of the audience over to Wal-Mart to shoplift because, “they can’t catch all of us, only one or two of the slow ones.” His departing thought for the evening promoted the audience to go out and have a selfie taken with him. “Remember there are two types of people in this world,” Lee said, “Type-A people and those who want to have fun.”
the student body. “When someone asks me what book they should read next, I say ‘Ready Player One’,” said Christine Efferding, freshman secondary education major. Cline also had advice to give other writers in the audience. “You have to be excited about what you write,” and “If you try to make it perfect, you’ll get stuck in your writing, but if you have it all there, then you can go back and fix it,” Cline said. Deedee Heistad, director of the liberal arts core, explained the importance of the Reaching for Higher
Ground series. “It’s an opportunity to engage people in conversations about issues that are diverse in nature,” Heistad said. “Ready Player One” has already been signed into becoming a film, which would not be Cline’s first original screenplay. “Fanboys,” a 2009 cult film, was very successful for him. When Cline first started to write his book, he received the advice, “Write the book you’ve always wanted to read.” “Part of the key to happiness is having something to look forward to,” Cline said.
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Pete Lee, comedian, gives a comedic performance on Tuesday night in Maucker Union’s Old Central Ballroom. He told jokes and stories ranging from ebola to shoplifting.
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Ernest Cline, author of “Player Ready One” gives a lecture on social media. The lecture took place Tuesday night in Lang Auditorium.
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Fantasy football hot or not: Week 8 RILEY UBBEN
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Just over midway through the fantasy football season, many of you are looking for that extra edge to make a push into the playoffs. Every week is pivotal from here on out if you want to earn bragging rights over your friends in your league. It could come down to picking up the right player off the waiver wire, or putting the right player in your starting lineup. Starting with the quarterback position for week eight. It goes without saying that I do not need to tell fantasy football owners to start Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers this week; players of their caliber at any position are must starts every week no matter the opponent. HOT: Drew Brees. Only projected for 11 points in ESPN.com leagues, Brees is facing a Packers defense that may be without cornerback Sam Shields and facing a potentially hobbled Tramon Williams. Brees and the Saints have played just one game in New Orleans this season. With two gunsling-
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Tom Brady (12) is averaging 24 fantasy points per contest since putting up four points against the Chiefs. Brady is facing a Bears defense that surrendered 393 passing yards to Ryan Tannehill last weekend.
er QBs on each squad, you can expect a shootout in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Brees to put up some decent numbers. Tom Brady is facing a Chicago Bears defense that gave up 393 yards to Ryan Tannehill and the Miami
Dolphins in Chicago last week. Brady is averaging 24 points per game in a standard league format since his four point performance against Kansas City. If the Bears cannot control the ball in this one, Brady should have an above average day
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at home. NOT: Cam Newton. Newton plays a Seattle defense on Sunday that has been subpar the past few weeks. The duel-threat QB put up just 14 points against Green Bay last weekend and could struggle this
week. The one bright spot for Newton is that Seattle allows the 10th most fantasy points to opposing QBs and he is capable of hurting a defense on the ground as well. Looking at the running back position. HOT: Jerick McKinnon is coming off of a performance last week where he rushed for 103 yards against a Buffalo Bills’ defense who had not allowed an opposing running back to rush for more than 84 yards in a game this season. Owned in just 33 percent of ESPN.com leagues, McKinnon is a solid pickup facing Tampa Bay this weekend. Norv Turner’s offense allows McKinnon to get out in space and use his speed to gain extra yards on the ground and through the air. Shane Vereen put up 23 fantasy points last week against the Jets despite rushing for just 43 yards. Both of Vereen’s touchdowns last week came via Brady and facing a cold Bears’ defense at home, he could have another good receiving day out of the backfield. See HOT OR NOT, page 9
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Getting students Previewing the 2014-15 UNI men’s basketball season involved in halftime
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Deon Mitchell (1) finished second on the team in scoring with 12.1 points per game last season. Mitchell started 24 of UNI’s 31 contests.
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With the 2014-2015 season just around the corner, here’s a sneak peak of how I believe the season will turn out. Let’s start with a small recap of last season.
The Missouri Valley Conference was dominated last season by Wichita State, recording one of the best seasons in NCAA history with a 35-1 record. The rest of the MVC had a down year with only three schools recording a winning percent-
age in conference play. Wichita State went undefeated in conference play with an 18-0 record, Indiana State was second with a 12-6 record, and UNI was the third with a 10-8 record. See PREVIEW, page 9
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Dengler argues that halftime shows at the men’s and women’s basketball games should include student activities.
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It does not seem right UNI students are not utilized for men’s and women’s basketball games. Football games have the University
of Northern Iowa marching band while basketball games have traveling performers such as the slam dunk team and the illusionists. Students need to be involved. See HALFTIME, page 9
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Odell Beckham Jr. is owned in just 22 percent of ESPN.com leagues despite scoring two touchdowns last weekend against Dallas.
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NOT: Alfred Morris is averaging four points in his past three contests. With Colt McCoy as his QB this week against a Cowboys team that is capable of doing whatever they want on offense, don’t look for Morris to break out of his slump anytime soon. Morris is a play this week only if you need a flex option. Wide receivers. HOT: Golden Tate put up a career-high 154 receiving
yards on 10 receptions last week against the Saints. Tate is another must play facing an Atlanta Falcons team that is capable of giving up long touchdown plays. WAIVER WIRE PICKUP: Odell Beckham Jr., or ODB is on a bye this week but is only owned in 22 percent of ESPN. com leagues despite scoring two touchdowns last week against the Cowboys. ODB has a tough stretch of games coming up after the bye, but is a top option for Eli Manning and worth the risk because of
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Seth Tuttle (right) led UNI in scoring with 15.4 points per game while being named First-team All-MVC last season.
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While the Panthers finished third in the MVC, winning 10 of 18 conference games, they barely finished the regular season with a winning record going 16-15. If the Panthers want to be a major contender this year, they have to start winning on the road. UNI won all but two games at the McLeod Center, and those two teams happen to be Wichita State and Indiana State. But on the road, UNI lost all but three games. All the home success in the world cannot make up for a 3-10 away record. There will be a lot of experience on the court with most of the leading scorers returning for this season. Seniors Seth Tuttle and Deon Mitchell are
looking to continue their success from last year as top-scorers. Tuttle averaged 15.4 points per game while Mitchell added just over 12. Matt Bohannon averaged 9.9 points per game while leading UNI in 3-pointers made with 77 on the season. First-team All-MVC performer Seth Tuttle will also be the front man on defense as he led the Panthers in all defensive categories. Wichita State, Indiana State, and UNI will again lead the MVC this season. Wichita State will continue their successful run with another conference championship, but UNI may give them a run for their money. With the success at home and veterans on the court, the Panthers are capable of finishing the season 24-10 and second place in the MVC.
SPORTS Victor Cruz’s season-ending injury. NOT: Kelvin Benjamin is up against Seattle defensive backs that are just as big and physical as he is. Benjamin is not the type of WR who is going to outrun a DB and get open, but more of a redzone or short play threat. Tight ends. HOT: Jimmy Graham is up against a depleted Packers defense this week and should be able to get pack to putting up big numbers that are expected of him. Keep in mind that Greg Olson had 105 yards against the Packers on Sunday. NOT: Owen Daniels. Don’t sip the kool-aid and think you are going to get a tight end that is capable of putting up double-digits every week. Only ranked 12 on ESPN. com’s rankings, don’t think he is going to replace your starter in the long run. Defense/special teams. HOT: The Miami Dolphins are a good pickup this week because they play the Jags, but unfortunately there is always that one guy in every league who picks up whoever the Jags are playing. The New York Jets are ranked 15 on ESPN. com but are up against a Bills team who will be without C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson. With third and fourth string RBs and Kyle Orton as their QB, any defense is capable of putting up decent numbers against them.
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While having the marching band perform would be loud and detrimental to the court, there is a way to have students participate in basketball halftimes. This method would also be cheaper and more inspiring than bringing halftime performers from across the nation. One way students could be involved with halftime performances is having a battle of the bands. UNI students who are in a band could have their band battle another band at halftime. The crowd will choose the winner, and they will move on to play against another band. This goes on until the end of the year when a championship battle of the bands takes place during the halftime of the last home game. By doing this, bands would bring their friends to games to cheer them on while cheering the Panthers on to a victory. Another way students could be involved with halftime performances is through talent shows during halftime. There would be different themes throughout the year. There would be categories such as magic, dance,
singing, and athleticism. Winners would be selected by how much the crowd cheered for a participant. At the last home, the winners of the different themes could battle each other to be the ultimate winner. The crowd would be wowed by the impressiveness of the UNI students. There would be multiple students in these talent shows so they would bring more fans to the games. This would keep the crowd interested and build on the excitement of the Panther game. By doing these two ideas during halftimes throughout the basketball season, students and fans would better appreciate the Northern Iowa student body. There would also be an increase in attendance due to the friends of the participants being brought to the game. The athletes would be celebrated on the court as would the talented UNI students who participate in these competitions. This is a great activity to bring different worlds together for the greater good of making a Northern Iowa sporting event more special to those attending it.
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