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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

CAMPUS CLUBS A glimpse into nine out of 250+ clubs at UNI. CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 5

BUNDY BLUES Columnist frustrated with debate surrounding armed protests in Oregon.

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SUPER BOWL 50 Columnist compares the two Super Bowl teams.

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by sydney hauer//staff writer Caucus season is upon us. For politically involved students on campus, the Iowa caucuses can be one of the most exciting times to be an Iowan. On Feb. 1 at 7 p.m., Iowans will report to their caucus sites and fight for their preferred candidate.

“The most difficult part of caucusing can be making the commitment to go,” said Donna Hoffman, head of the political science department at UNI. “It’s not quick like voting, because it’s not voting. It’s a meeting that will take at least an hour, but it’s an important part of the [elec-

tion process] that each party governs itself at the grassroots level.”

Young voters and first-time caucus goers can be unsure about the process, possibly even intimidated by it.

Hoffman said the potential apprehension and confusion stems from all of the technicalities involved, such as figuring out your precinct, ward number, registering to vote and where you go to participate in the caucus.

According to Hoffman, the first thing that you need

to know in order to participate in the Iowa caucus is that you must be a registered Democrat or Republican; if you are registered as a no party-affiliate or anything else, you must change your registration. You can do this at your caucus site, as long as you have an ID ready and get there early.

To know where your location is, you have to find out what precinct you belong to.

You can find this information by going to the Iowa Secretary of State’s website and typing in your zip code and address. It

will give you your precinct number, as well as a complete list of precincts and locations. For example, Democrats living in the immediate area around campus will be in the West Gym or in Maucker Union on the UNI campus, and Republicans at Peet Jr. High and Holmes Jr. High both in Cedar Falls — depending on their precinct number.

Some students are ahead of the curve and have already located their caucus site, like Zack Martin, junior philosophy major.

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The Vermont senator went on to speak for over an hour to a crowd of 1,250 people; he emphasized what he sees as the success of his grassroots campaign and covered a variety of domestic issues.

While he remained quiet on foreign policy, unlike at his campaign stop in Waterloo in December, Sanders did discuss plans to eliminate the cost of tuition at public universities, efforts

to correct what he referred to as a “rigged economy,” the importance of clean energy and universal health care.

In attempt to quell critics who question his electability, he touted poll numbers (resembling Donald Trump’s visit to the West Gym on Jan. 12) that show him as a more viable candidate than Hillary Clinton against Trump as the GOP nominee.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd of 1,250 at UNI on Jan. 24. Among other points, he touted his electability.

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“We are going to talk about the most important issues that face our country. We’re going to talk about them in depth, and I’m going to bore the hell out of you,” said Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at a rally held at the West Gym on UNI’s campus Jan. 24.

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Charges for mental health services proposed JOSIE ROBERTSON

will be able to meet the students’ needs in a quicker manner and allow for emergency visits on a daily basis,” O’Connell said.

According to Evans, hiring additional staff is not feasible considering their current budget. Funding for the Counseling Center currently comes from the General Education Fund, a mixture of state appropriation and tuition. Meanwhile, the costs of counseling and health services come from the mandatory health fee.

Other solutions have been discussed, such as an increase in the mandatory health fee, which is paid by all students taking more than five credit hours. According to O’Connell, this increase would cost every student $25-$35 more each year. The mandatory health fee totaled approximately $115 this year.

According to Evans, a mandatory health fee increase would take up to two years if approved.

O’Connell said UNI is not unique among regent universities in the state, as both Iowa State University and the University of Iowa bill students for psychiatric services and have been doing so for over 10 years.

According to O’Connell, psychiatric care is considered a service that goes beyond most student health clinics covered by the mandatory health fee.

O’Connell explained that pinpointing the exact end cost for students is difficult. The fees for services at the clinic are set according to the typical billing in the local area.

“The exact amounts of the fees and what an insurance company pays is different depending upon the service provided and the contract that we have with each insurance company,” O’Connell said.

Therefore, the student’s portion would depend upon their copay amounts determined by their health insurance company.

Cece Hawbaker, freshman business major, is not surprised about the timing of the proposal, as she believes more students are realizing that those around them may need more help than they can give.

“It just makes me a little bit scared if someone does need that help and can’t afford that extra billing,” Hawbaker said.

“So I can’t say that I would one-hundred percent support it [the proposal], but would also understand if it became a reality.”

Other options have also been discussed in regards to students seeking psychiatric services without health insurance.

Students may be encouraged to sign up for the Affordable Care Act, and additional assistance could potentially be presented to students by a fund through the UNI Foundation.

Students may also work with mental health case managers to refer students to additional options in the community.

According to O’Connell, if the Student Health Center were to continue with the current services levels, the clinic may refer students to local psychiatric providers or their hometown community providers.

“I’m really torn about this fee because I can see both sides to it,” Evans said.

Evans said the student relations arm of NISG met last week and are writing a resolution on whether they support charging students for psychiatric care.

Evans feels that it is not the right time to charge students who may need psychiatric care, given two student suicides last semester. She would like to look toward a short-term solution.

“I do think that perhaps a better idea would be to raise the mandatory health fee across the boards, as these services are received by upwards of 500 unique students,” Evans said.

On Jan. 15, President Bill Ruud announced that associate professor James Robinson had died after teaching at UNI for 45 years. Robinson received his B.A. in religion and history from Wabash College and received his PhD. in Religious Studies from the University of Wisconsin.

Martha Reineke, professor of religion and colleague of Robinson, stressed Robinson’s dedication to the university.

“He embodied the philosophy of UNI of putting students first,” Reineke said. “That passion for teaching was inspiring

for the rest of us.”

Andrew Heppeard, senior English and religion double major, had Robinson as an instructor in class and works in the Department of Philosophy and World Religions office.

“There were four religion core courses when I started [at UNI],” Heppeard said. “[Robinson] taught two of them: Hinduism and Buddhism; and Confucianism, Daoism and Zen.” According to Heppeard, Robinson’s specialty was Eastern religions, especially Tibetan Buddhism. Robinson was also reportedly fluent or

proficient in multiple languages.

Heppeard said that this allowed him to “delve into texts in their purest form.”

In addition to his academic accomplishments, Robinson also impacted the students and faculty on campus.

“He organized stuff for campus and taught half the campus: faculty, staff and students,” Heppeard said.

Heppeard spoke about a particularly memorable moment in a class with Robinson shortly after a student suicide off-campus.

“We were having a political debate about bullying [before

class], and he walked in and fostered the debate instead of starting class,” Heppeard said.

“He really cared about the discourse and was impressed by us taking the initiative to start that conversation on our own.”

One of Robinson’s most notable achievements was being a part of bringing the Dalai Lama to UNI in 2010. Reineke reported that Robinson was the only religions professor with a specialty in Eastern religions.

As a result, he was able to teach a seminar about Tibetan Buddhism and its customs so that people could maximize their experience.

Reineke noted that many people traveled hundreds of miles from across the Midwest to see the Dalai Lama speak.

According to Reineke, outside of classes on Eastern religions and Religions of the World, Robinson taught Meditation and Mystical Experience, which covered the different ways religions around the world connect to a spiritual force or place outside themselves.

Reineke went on to explain that Robinson’s most fascinating and popular class was Angels in Cross-Cultural Perspectives,

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The Student Health Center recently proposed billing students for psychiatric care, a service currently offered at no additional cost to students.

According to Shelley O’Connell, student health clinic director, the clinic must create a position for an additional psychiatric nurse practitioner to respond to the increase of students on mental health medications seeking services.

“We are limited with our part-time psychiatrist and a psychiatric nurse practitioner,” O’Connell said. “We are trying to provide care with a limited number of staff and appointments available.”

Last semester, the university did have a psychiatrist on staff. However, according to Northern Iowa Student Government president, Katie Evans, the psychiatrist was only on campus once a week and is retiring.

Evans also noted that most staff at the clinic are overscheduled and addressing issues out of their job description because the clinic is understaffed.

“By having two full time psychiatric nurse practitioners, we

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The Student Health Center proposed a charge for those seeking psychiatric care. Other proposals include a health fee increase for all students.

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Social media and the Bundy blues As civil-minded folk, we should be totally invested in the idea of speaking honestly and precisely about serious issues in the national dialogue.

Yet, a search of ‘Bundy’ (or any other issue, for that matter) on any of the giant social media outlets reveals a cesspool of crude, inaccurate and unserious political conversation.

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, LaVoy Finicum, the spokesperson for the armed individuals who have occupied an Oregon wildlife refuge for the past 26 days, was shot and killed upon resisting arrest, and Ammon Bundy himself was arrested.

One would hope that the discussion about this news item would include topics like false martyrdom, Second Amendment issues and perhaps even federal land control in the west. Instead, the people respond with irony, name calling and humor.

The effect that social media has on political dialogue is dangerous, and the reason for this resides in how we use

social media. Social media, like Facebook and Twitter, is more than just a way to connect with other people. More often than not, people use social media as a way to portray and advertise themselves to others.

So, instead of being totally honest and open, people paint themselves in favorable ways.

Thus, when it comes to political expression, people are less likely to share something that goes against the political grain of their friend circles. Even worse, people are more likely to share things ironically and facetiously in order to garner likes and interest.

Not that I ever expected anything interesting or worthy of my time from a medium where people express themselves with 140 characters, but I decided to look at the Twitter buzz related to the Bundy conversation anyway. It is atrocious.

These are the hashtags I ran into: #BranchStupidian, #CamoJockey, #Cowliphate, #DaeshBag, #TaliBanjo, #TaliBundy, #VanillaISIS, # Ya l l Q a e d a and #YeeHawdists. Opening your message with a hashtag like this is not a way to begin any sort of serious political conversation.

Besides being totally unse-

rious and childish about a real issue, my problem with most of these hashtags is the inaccuracy. Like it or not, the Bundy protestors are not terrorists.

They are not using terror to achieve political aims. They are not scaring people. They are not holding hostages. None of the general sentiments surrounding this politically and emotionally charged word, terrorist, apply here. Calling them terrorists does real damage to the language. If the use of the word terrorist wasn’t already too broad, repeated use of the word in this context only makes it broader.

The issue I take with the word terrorist being applied here, besides the inaccuracy, is that the emotional and political baggage of this word hijacks a person’s perceptions before they can start forming their own opinions about these protesters. Fallacious use of the word undermines critical thought.

Now, I know what people will say. They will say that you shouldn’t expect serious conversation on Facebook or Twitter. Do not be satisfied with this answer, folks. This answer is a normative claim, it dodges the issue, and it avoids personal responsibility.

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Protest leader Ammon Bundy (holding papers) wallks to press conference on Jan. 7. Columnist Moeller is critical of the use of “terrorist” to refer to these armed protestors.

I would argue that we should hold ourselves to higher standards. We should do our best to shy away from sharing an article that tells you what to feel before you read it. We should do our best to share our full thoughts, with little or no consideration to the ‘standard opinion’ held by our respective political circles.

Moreover, if we see one of our friends post something that is not serious, poking fun and ridiculing someone, even if we generally agree with

this friend and dislike what is being made fun of, we should withhold approval and praise.

Do not like, do not reinforce the damaging behavior.

Facebook and Twitter will not change for us. The more liking and sharing that goes on, the better for them. The change on the net and off has to come from within us. Take yourself seriously, and take others seriously (even if they disagree with you), and treat serious issues with the respect they deserve.

Hyper-masculinity kills Caucus for Bernie LETTER TO THE EDITOR

“If you think women are crazy, you’ve never had a dude go from hitting on you to literally threatening to kill you in the time it takes you to say ‘no, thanks,’” said Kendra Wells, feminist cartoonist. And perhaps this says it all, but permit me to say more.

Last Friday, a man by the name of Charles McKinney shot 29-year-old Janese Talton-Jackson in Pittsburg.

McKinney allegedly shot the woman in response to being turned down.

Let us switch the conversation for a minute from “gunman and mental illness” to “gunman and overcompensation for lacking expected level of masculinity.” Popular media loves the former and often dismisses the latter.

The stringent qualifications of maleness are requiring men to express attributes that they cannot offer, which is in turn putting women at an increased risk of being victimized by

acts of reclamation for simply declining unwanted advances or leaving coercive situations.

The premise of this particular incident is not an isolated one. In fact, many mass shooters cite their disappointment regarding their “beta male” status and their inability to get a girl friend or their inability to

Masculinity is not only harming women, it is affecting people everywhere.

cope with rejection.

Remember the young male shooter who killed nine at a community college in Oregon in October of 2015? He was so frustrated about not having a girlfriend that he essentially took the lives of nine others before taking his own. And what better way to redeem your masculinity than through an act of mass murder?

The severity of retaliation demonstrated by these men is the ultimate portrayal of the desperation resuliting from consistently coming up short

in masculinity points. After all, it is us, society, telling these men that they must be aggressive, assertive, powerful, but most of all they must be dominant in order to be a “real man.”

So, what is a man to do when the ability to play his masculine role is taken away?

Before I am written off as a man-hating feminist, let me make this clear: gender construction, specifically that of masculinity, is not only harming women, it is affecting people everywhere.

Not living up to the standards of maleness makes it difficult for many men to establish an identity that is specific to their gender, causing confusion. In some cases, it seems this role confusion leads to an internal state of crisis until the individual reacts in the form of violence against others.

Maybe it is time to reconsider the messages we are sending to young boys and men about gendered expectations and entitlement. It’s time to take a genuine, analytical approach to how women and men alike often times fall victim to society’s obsession with hyper-masculinity.

It is Jan. 24, 2016 and I am seated in the West Gym here on campus. A crowd of well over 1,000 people have come to see one man speak: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Sanders is also one of the front-runners, not only for the Democratic nomination, but also the 2016 Presidential Election.

It is around 8:00 when Sanders walks in. I am lucky enough to get a seat in the front row to the stage’s right. After taking a few quick pictures with my phone’s camera, I settle in to listen to the man. I am already familiar with his views and support him fully, but after this there is no doubt in my mind that he should be our next president.

What struck me and what sets him apart from the rest of the candidates is that he does not rely on hate or fear to win applause. There is a fair amount of fear in this race thus far with most of the Republican candidates warning the nation against ISIS and Syrian refugees. Sanders knows that the biggest problems in this country are those that were created on our end by bad human decisions, plain and simple.

Republicans like to argue

about what this country was founded on and they often seem to miss the biggest foundation stone of our country; democracy. This country was built on the idea that every citizen has a say. That is what set the founding fathers apart from the Crown they were fighting against. The republicans love to look at the fathers, but fail to see that when a person’s voice is taken away and you kill democracy.

What exacerbates the problem is that when elections are purchased, most people feel powerless, as if their votes do not matter. This leads to the effects of the 2014 mid-term election where we saw only 37 percent of people get out and vote. This is another tenant of democracy that is dying; if people do not vote, democracy ceases to be.

At about 9:00, Senator Sanders left the West Gym. As he made his rounds on his way out, I reached out and shook his hand. At this moment, I realize that this man not only deserves to be the next president but, more simply, needs to be heard.

-Colin Mattox, sophomore English major

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A great taste of the 250 clubs on campus KILEY COPPOCK Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa has over 250 student organizations. These clubs are classified into many different categories including: science, political, business, music, service, religion and more. However, some organizations are more well-known than others. Listed below is only a short compilation of some of the possibly lesser-known clubs UNI has to offer.

Art for El Salvador Art for El Salvador has been at UNI since 2012. This is a charity organization that creates and sells art to help impoverished communities in El Salvador. Club advisor Denise Tallakson, shared a significant accomplishment this group has already seen.

“Last year we helped a community get a new school and took a delegation to dedicate the school in May,” said Tallakson.

Tallakson also commented on why she thinks students should join Art for El Salvador.

“We are a welcoming group of people who use arts as a means to helping others,” said Tallakson.

Art for El Salvador hosts an annual event called ‘Art from the Heart’ that helps others learn more about this group. It will be held Feb 21 from 2-6p.m. in the Maucker Union this year.

Sparkles Sparkles is an organization that began at UNI in 2013.

UNI students work with children with disabilities by hosting cheerleading practices once a week, as well as performing at UNI football, volleyball and basketball games. Sparkles has also volunteered at other events such as Pride Cry, the homecoming parade and the Special Olympics.

Senior elementary education major and coach of the UNI Sparkles, Ellen Jelinske, explains why students should consider

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“I love this team so much because when I am having a bad day,” said Jelinske. “I know I can come to practice and get a big hug from many of the kids on the team and I know that will make my day so much better.”

Capoeira Sports Club According to the club’s page, Capoeira is a form of martial arts created by African slaves in Brazil. Capoeira has been a club on campus since 1999 and meets at UNI WRC Room 176 on Wednesdays from 8:30-10 p.m.

Senior TESOL major and club president, Colin Johnson, explained how this club can benefit both students and faculty at UNI. “Capoeira is a great way to get in some cardio and strength training at the end of the day,” Johnson said. “If you’re looking for a fun new way to workout, as well as meet new people and learn about Brazilian culture and history, Capoeira is the club for

you!”

Students Advocating for Voices and Equality (SAVE) According to UNI’s student organization directory, SAVE is an organization that works to start the conversation about social justice at UNI. They foster activism and advocacy to create a more inclusive environment for all. They participate in a number of different activities to do so, including story telling, dialoguing and even workshopping. SAVE also aims to develop more community engagement in social work.

Potters and Sculptors The UNI Potters and Sculptors club is an organization made up of students with interests in the three-dimensional arts, such as ceramics and sculpture. The organization is committed to furthering art education through the attendance of events, use of professional resources, group discussions and bringing in visiting artists.

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Hardwoods This club has been at UNI for the past four years and was started by Thomas Yackle and Josh Koppes. This club networks and participates in volunteer work with many businesses in the Cedar Valley area. Yackle explained the purpose of this organization.

“Our goal each year is to put between 3,000-5,000 trees in the ground each year in a devastated area,” said Yackle. He encourages students to become involved with their club.

“Our organization is wild and fun,” Yackle said. “We bring in brilliant ideas and we expand on them in every array of life.”

Student Interior Designers of Northern Iowa This organization was established in 1973 to be a home for students to understand the role of interior design in society. According to UNI’s student organization directory, membership to the Student Interior Designers of Northern Iowa is open to majors and prospective majors who are committed to the profession of interior design.

Associate professor of interior

design Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi encourages students to join.

“Anyone who loves design and wants to stay connected with both the creativity and the science behind the design will benefit from the activities that this organization engages in,” said Betrabet.

Further, she explained that students will have the opportunities to build their credentials in the field, participate in service projects and experience the professional nature of design.

Panther Palms “Panther Palms is an American Sign Language choir dedicated to performing songs for entertainment,” said graduate Speech-Language Pathology major and club president, Kaitlyn Friday.

This club has been on campus for three years, with the main goal being, “to spread awareness of American Sign Language, entertain and teach students to interpret and sign music in ASL,” said Friday.

The first meeting of this semester will be on Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. in CBB room 28. Friday encourages students to check out this club.

“Students are able to meet new people and make relationships with people they may not have had the opportunity to meet otherwise,” said Friday.

“We are a diverse club and, most importantly, we have a lot of fun.”

Student Leadership Outdoor Education The Student Leadership Outdoor Education club works on developing leadership through experiences in the outdoors, according to the club’s page. They also focus on the protection, exploration, community service and other aspects of the relationship they develop with the environment. Opportunities for outdoor recreation and meeting new people is also a perk of this club.

If any of these clubs interest you or you want to learn more about the diversity of organizations UNI has to offer, check out the full list at the UNI student organization directory.

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“about 90 percent of students commented that Professor continued from page 2 Robinson’s approach to studying religion was the most which reportedly analyzed the influential.” various mediators or messenAfter the students learned gers between this world and this, they reportedly creatthe different spirit worlds of ed a ‘most valuable professor’ religions. award which they presented Reineke also oversaw a to Robinson. junior/senior seminar in “The students really the religions department, at adored him,” Reineke said. the end of which each stu“He put a lot of amazing dent wrote a paper about the work into his life and eduapproach to the study of reli- cation and did his best to gion they found most helpful. share that with his students,” According to Reineke Heppeard said.

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Sanders stated his intention to make public colleges and universities tuition free, which elicited applause from the largely college-aged crowd at the rally.

Sanders asked the crowd if anyone in attendance was dealing with student debt. Dozens of voices cried out, with responses ranging from a few thousand

about the issues, the things that Americans want to hear. And climate change is a big thing for me.”

Sanders discussed what he sees as the dangers of climate change, promising that he will work with countries like Russia, China and India to shift the world’s reliance on fossil fuel to sustainable energy.

Sanders thanked the people of Iowa for leading the cause for sustainable energy. According to

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Rand Paul: January 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Maucker Union Jeb Bush: January 30 at the Cedar Falls Eagles Club Chris Christie: January 30 at The Supervisors Club in Waterloo Carly Fiorina: January 30 at the Steamboat Gardens in Waterloo Bernie Sanders: January 31 at the Sullivan Brothers Center in Waterloo Donald Trump: January 31 at the Ramada Hotel in Waterloo Martin O’Malley: January 31 at Jameson’s Irish Pub in Waterloo

dollars all the way up to $180,000 for one couple.

“Why are we punishing people in this country for the crime of trying to get an education?”

Sanders asked in reference to what he deemed “outrageously high” student debt. “What a sane society wants to do is to encourage people to get an education, not saddle them with debt for the rest of their life.”

Megan Kennedy, junior family services and psychology double major, agreed with Sanders’s stance on multiple issues, including college tuition.

“I’m supporting Bernie Sanders because he supports lowering the cost or making college free, breaking up the banks of Wall Street and expanding Medicaid,” Kennedy said. “He also is the only one not getting money from big corporations.

He’s getting all individual donations, which I really think shows how popular he is.”

Sanders spoke at length about his campaign’s dependence on individual supporters, rather than Super PACs. “It turns out that in the last nine months, we have received 2.5 million individual contributions. It turns out that that is more individual contributions than any campaign in the history of the United States,” Sanders said. He claimed these donations averaged $27.

“The biggest thing is that he doesn’t take money from corporate donors,” said Stephanie Hundley, Waterloo resident.

“He doesn’t talk about ridiculous things that most of the candidates talk about. He talks

Sanders, Iowa receives about 30 percent of its electricity from wind and is leading the way in biofuels.

Sanders assailed what he sees as a “rigged economy,” citing the wealth of the Walton family. He also characterized pay inequality for women workers as “old-fashioned sexism.”

He called for raising federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 “over the next few years.” He referred to the current minimum wage as a “starvation wage.”

Doug Kennedy, sophomore accounting major, was supportive of Sanders’s stance on raising the minimum wage but was skeptical as to how high it would increase “I feel like it won’t get up to $15,” Kennedy said. “But I think it’s necessary to have it increase just a little bit. That would definitely help out millions of people in this nation.”

Sanders’ call for a single payer healthcare system elicited the loudest applause of the evening.

Bettina Fabos, associate professor of communication studies, appreciated the candidness with which Sanders spoke.

“He can really speak the truth very directly and very honestly,” Fabos said. “I think that’s refreshing. And I think that we’re ready for that change.”

“If we stand together, there is nothing we cannot accomplish,” Sanders said. “This election, for me, is not just asking you to vote for Bernie Sanders. This election is about transforming our country and creating a government that works for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.”

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GOP Presidential candidate Marco Rubio, speaks at a Cedar Falls Town Hall meeting Oct. 2015. The Iowa caucuses are Feb. 1 at 7 p.m.

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“I have no real concern [about the caucus procedure],” Martin said.” I am 25 and was old enough eight years ago to caucus for Barack Obama, so I know the process.”

The Caucus process is different for each party, but both processes lead to the election of delegates to go on to the county convention, the next stage in the election process.

Many voters think the caucuses involve casting a ballot, but this is not the case. The point of the caucus is not to vote for a candidate but instead to select representative delegates for each candidate from each precinct.

Democrats For the Democrats, caucus-goers will split into different groups of supporters for the candidates involved. In this case there will be three: one for Bernie Sanders, one for Hillary Clinton and one for Martin O’Malley. Caucusgoers who are undecided will

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eventually have to pick a side, and the citizens that make up each group will then be counted.

Each group has to reach a certain number of supporters, called a “viability number,” and if a group of supporters does not reach the viability number, the group will not be counted among the final results.

Those in the disqualified group must split up into the remaining groups that reached the viability threshold, or not participate at all. At this time the process becomes highly interactive, as supporters can attempt to persuade people from other groups to come to their side.

Once the still viable groups have officially decided, each group collectively elects the delegates. These can be anyone in the group. The elected delegates then go on to the county convention. The number of delegates each group has depends on how many supporters are in each group.

The caucus results for the Democrats are in the form of delegate strength and not

hard numbers.

Republicans The Republicans’ process is different and much more private because you don’t publicly discuss the candidate of your choice unless you choose to. Once the caucus begins, there will be time to speak on behalf of the candidate of your choosing, but that is not mandatory.

Following this, a preference poll using anonymous ballots will be conducted. The results of the straw poll are reported to the media in hard numbers rather than delegate strength.

“If you want to have a voice, you ought to be active and get involved this early on in the process. If students don’t participate, their issues won’t be heard,” Hoffman said.

According to civicyouth. org, four percent of eligible voters under 30 turned out to caucus in 2012, and 13 percent in 2008 (the last time both parties had meaningful caucus numbers).

Christen Brodbeck, senior communication major, said he doesn’t plan on caucusing because she doesn’t yet see a candidate that aligns with her moderate politic views.

But were she to caucus, she said, she’d feel confident in the process because she attended NISG’s mock caucus on Jan. 25.

“I sometimes believe younger people have gotten the idea that we can’t make a difference in politics,” Brodbeck said. “Like it’s all a big system.”

She said this was unfortunate and urges those who have chosen a candidate to caucus, no matter who they support.

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Bohannon has a successful career, holds record for threes RYAN HERRING

Sports Columnist

“Kaboom!

The Bohanimal!”

Gary Rima, the voice of the UNI Panthers, belted this signature call after each Matt Bohannon three-pointer. And it’s safe to say Panther fans have heard this often over the last four years, as Bohannon has set the record for most career three-pointers in UNI history.

Bohannon is a fifth-year senior here at UNI and has been a very special piece to the program. Bohannon said he was drawn to the coaching staff when he was recruited.

“I love being around a coaching staff that cares about you and wants you to be successful,” said Bohannon.

It seems to have worked out quite well for both sides.

Let’s recap his career here: a three-year starter, part of that historic 31-4 season--including a conference tournament championship, an NCAA tournament berth and two huge wins this season against No. 1 North Carolina

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Matt Bohannon has been crucial for the Panthers. Bohannon is currnetly ranks second on the team with 12.4 points per game.

and No. 5 Iowa State.

Oh yeah, and he has drained well over 200 threes in a Panther uniform. The old record was 203, but as of press time Bohannon passed that mark with an impressive 236. He has since continued to build up that record each game, and I have feeling

Bohannon has a lot more left in him for the remainder of the year.

His game isn’t all about shooting threes. He is a great defender and has no problem attacking the basket. He continuously develops and improves his game, which obviously has paid off

tremendously.

Bohannon said this past summer that he lifted three to four days a week, ran three to four times a week, do extra agility drills, ball handling exercises and would try to get up anywhere from 500-700 shots a day. His hard work has made him one of the best shooters in the country.

Bohannon’s current averages per game include 34 minutes, 12.4 points and 41 percent shooting from behind the arc.

The stats and numbers say a lot about the guy, but what says most about him is the character and leadership qualities he demonstrates to younger UNI athletes, both on and off the field.

When a teammate of his gets knocked down, you can bet Bohannon will be the first one over there to help him up.

When the going gets tough, Bohannon always stays calm, cool and collected. Off the floor, he illustrates what getting up shots and putting in the extra time can do for you. He can be admired for both his talents

and great character.

It seems that his drive and competitive edge has stemmed from his family growing up. Matt’s dad and two older brothers all played division one athletics, while his younger brother, Jordan, will carry on the tradition next year. The Bohannons are a family of winners.

“Having two older brothers going through the process taught me the hard work that I need to put in to be successful,” Bohannon said.

The UNI Panthers’ season is hitting its final stride as we are approaching the last month of conference play before the conference tournament in St. Louis.

Bohannon’s senior season has been filled with ups and downs consisting of huge wins and heartbreaking losses.

It’ll be tough to repeat as Arch Madness champions this year in a tough MVC Conference, but anything is possible with the talented group of seniors UNI has consisting of Wes Washpun, Paul Jesperson and, of course, the “Bohanimal” leading the charge.

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Broncos and Panthers meet in Manning’s last chance KEVIN DEITRICK

Sports Columnist

The opponents for Super Bowl 50 have been set, with the Denver Broncos winning a close one against New England and Carolina destroying Arizona.

Today, I want to talk about how these teams got this far, and how well they will do in the big game.

First, let’s start with the Broncos. It truly has been a crazy year. Peyton Manning was disappointing for the first part of the year before getting injured, and they still make the Super Bowl!

Well, the team got out to a fast start.

Thanks to their amazing defense, they started the year 7-0. During that stretch, their defense only gave up 16 points per game.

In week 10 against the Chiefs, Manning threw four interceptions before Brock Osweiler took over.

Through the first nine games, Denver was 7-2, which is pretty good.

Manning on the other hand? Bad. Just. . . bad.

In those nine games he threw for nine touchdown passes against 17 interceptions. But we learned that Manning had been dealing with foot and rib injuries.

With a new quarterback at the helm, the Broncos

bounced back to a threegame winning streak against the Bears, the Patriots and the Chargers by a combined score of 54-42. In that three game span, Osweiler threw for a total of 686 passing yards, four passing touchdowns and two interceptions.

During the final four games of the season, the Broncos went 2-2. In the final game against San Diego, Osweiler struggled and was benched for Manning. The Broncos went on to win 27-20 thanks to a great rushing attack by C.J. Anderson and Ronnie Hillman, who rushed for a combined 212 yards and two touchdowns.

With Peyton back, the Broncos entered the playoffs, 12-4. To make the Super Bowl, they had to get by the Steelers in the divisional round, and the big bad Patriots. The saying is true, you know: “Offense wins games, defense wins championships.” But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

After taking care of business against Pittsburgh, winning 23-16, they had New England right in front of them. If Manning wanted to go out a champion, he had to find a way to win against the Patriots.

Fans of defense would have enjoyed this game.

The Broncos’ defense was phenomenal. They held the future hall of famer Tom Brady to 48 completion percentage and two interceptions. The defense went clutch to deny New England a two-point conversion to win it, 20-18.

With Peyton having a down year full of injuries and old age, he still led them to a Super Bowl.

Please, just put him in the Hall of Fame now.

Now that we know how the Broncos got to where they are, let’s take a look at the Panthers.

Carolina, led by star quarterback Cam Newton, had an awesome year. Overall, the Panthers were pretty much dominant, going 15-1, with the one loss coming from the Atlanta Falcons.

Newton made a huge leap forward this year as the league’s best dual-threat quarterback. He finished the year with 3,837 passing yards, 35 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. That’s only half of his game.

Newton also rushed for 636 yards and 10 touchdowns.

People had some doubts that Newton could do it, especially since his number one receiver, Kelvin Benjamin, is out for the year from injury. Carolina came through, went 15-1

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With age and injury problems, Super Bowl 50 might be Peyton Manning’s last chance for a championship. The Super Bowl is Feb. 7. on CBS at 6:30.

and is the number one seed in the playoffs.

After beating the Seahawks, 31-24, and destroying the Cardinals, 49-15, the Panthers are looking to beat the Broncos to win the Super Bowl.

Sorry, David Johnson.

Super Bowl 50 is a battle of young vs. old, a legend in the making vs. the man, the myth, the legend. This Super Bowl looks like one for the ages.

On one side, you want Manning to go out like John Elway, a champion.

But on the other hand, you

would like to see Newton and Carolina win a championship, because they truly deserve it.

I’ve always been fond of both teams. Growing up, my family members were Broncos fans, but I’ve always liked the Panthers.

So, as you can see, I’m torn.

Either team I choose I feel like I’m going against my childhood. It should be an awesome game, and I predict that the Panthers will win a close one. Manning is going to have to try again next year or be an analyst on ESPN.

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CROSSWORD Sudoku One Across 1 Takes shape 6 Military installations 11 Armonk, N.Y.-based tech company 14 Quarterback with the 2011 autobiography “Through My Eyes” 15 Tell’s target 16 PBS funder 17 Downpour 19 40-yr.-old NBC show 20 Mature insect 21 Singer Vannelli 22 Fairy tale word 25 Weasel relative 29 Horned Frogs’ sch.

30 Spot 31 Forward, in a way 32 Ankle bones 34 Put up 35 1980 sci-fi thriller, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles 40 Sister of Clio 41 Drive respondent 43 It’s usually taken in twos 46 Rival 48 Reason for adolescent angst 49 1988 Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner 51 Only

52 Mythical arrow shooter 53 Key 55 2014 FIFA World Cup champion: Abbr.

56 Christmas, for many 62 “Wheel of Fortune” buy 63 “__ Grows in Brooklyn” 64 Carrot family herb 65 __ jacket 66 About 17 of them equal a United States dollar 67 Toyota’s luxury division Down 1 Former Ford model 2 Poetic preposition 3 Japanese sash 4 Tinseltown vehicle 5 Show off a butterfly, perhaps 6 Snack sack 7 Grilling garment 8 Place to kick back 9 Whitney, by birth and by education 10 D.C. VIP 11 As found 12 “Pride and Prejudice” family name 13 NBA great Karl 18 Scruff 21 Underground chamber

22 Polo Grounds slugger 23 Univ. sports organizer 24 Circular lock 26 Drops the ball 27 Track competition 28 Penny __ 30 “The Treasure of the __ Madre”: Bogart classic 33 Beer orders 34 Tokyo, long ago 36 Vice squad tactic 37 Peak south of Stromboli 38 Automaker Ferrari 39 Get dirty 42 Map abbr.

43 Generation-to-generation span 44 Calm 45 Illinois county or its seat 46 Drops a line 47 European capital 50 Tape, maybe 51 “Goosebumps” series author 54 Ben Gurion carrier 56 Drivel 57 Emptied the feedbag 58 Govt. collection agency 59 Twice cinq 60 Pac-12 sch.

61 “Of course”

Sudoku two GABE’S GIGGLES:

by O p i n i o n C o l u m n i s t Gab e Grav e rt

What did one cell say to his sister cell that stepped on his toe?

Suduko One

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By Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency (TNS) Today’s Birthday (01/28/16) Team collaborations pay off this year.

Coordinate financial plans. Income surges over spring, leading to a turning point in your travels and studies.

Explore over the next two years (with Jupiter in Libra after 9/9). Shared accounts rise, after autumn eclipses, for new financial opportunities. Share your passion.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 9 -- There’s more work coming in. Accept an offer of assistance.

Work together over the next two days.

A shift in philosophy does not require a complete turnaround. Recall a friend’s wise advice. Review instructions again.

Crossword Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8 -- Take frequent beauty breaks. A flood of work has your focus.

More assignments like this could follow. In a controversy, use your best judgment. Don’t try to spend your way out of a mess.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is a 7 -- Relax and enjoy yourself.

Play with people you love and respect over the next two days. Delegate tricky tasks to specialists. Get involved in your game. Opposites attract. Magnetism pulls you together. Share something delicious.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 7 -- Your home and family have your attention over the next few days. Household issues want solutions.

Practice your domestic crafts. Get creative with color and form. Play with long-term plans. The decisions you make now last.

- Mitosis

Suduko Two Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 9 -- Dig deeper into a favorite subject. Your concentration is especially keen today and tomorrow. Study and research your objective. Write your findings, and share news through your networks. Publish and broadcast. Talk about what you love.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 9 -- Today and tomorrow are good for making money. Plan shopping carefully, or it can escalate. Keep your credit cards locked up. Scratch out the things you can’t afford. Practice kindness, especially to those with less.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7 -- You’re especially strong and confident, with the Moon in your sign for the next two days. Use your power responsibly. Offer leadership where it’s needed. Spend a little, especially on personal matters. Express your

own style.

fantasy. Consider all possibilities.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8 -- Take things slowly today and tomorrow. Consider options and possible directions. Figure out your moves in advance. Meditate on it. Relax in hot water. Rituals and traditions soothe and guide your spirit. Pay attention to your dreams.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 -- Studies and research flourish today and tomorrow. Get out and investigate! Your wanderlust is getting worse. Apply finishing touches to your creative work. Things fall into place over the next few days. Take the philosophical high road.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8 -- Get into a party phase over the next two days. Socialize, gab and converse. Share resources and discover that your community has far more than expected. Support each other. Pass along what you’re learning.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 9 -- Career matters occupy your time over the next two days. Plan your advances, and get into motion.

It could be profitable. You can see for miles and miles. Look up. Fulfill a

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 9 -- The next two days are good for financial planning. Take on new attitudes along with new responsibilities. Advance a level. To avoid a potential problem, play the game exactly by the book. A partner can support progress.

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