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Athletics are majority of student fees JACOB MADDEN Staff Writer
MOVIE REVIEW Movie critic says “Masterminds” is dumb but the good kind. CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 6
VP DEBATE Columnist scrutinizes the vice presidential debate that occurred Tuesday night.
OPINION PAGE 4
VOLLEYBALL Panthers take it all against the Sycamores. SPORTS PAGE 8
Editor’s note: the Northern Iowan receives nine dollars per student from the Student Services Fee. This past weekend, thousands of students packed the UNI-Dome for UNI’s Homecoming football game. While students may have enjoyed free tickets to the game, they had already, in fact, financially contributed to the football team – and UNI’s athletic department as a whole – through mandatory student fees. In addition to the price of tuition, students are charged with mandatory fees every year. Danielle Massey, junior business administration major and director of administration and finance at Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG), explained what student fees are and how they are used within the university. According to Massey, the decision process begins with the student fees committee, which recommends total student fees to the president of the university. The president then recommends these fees to the Board of Regents, who have
60.8% 5.6% 8.9% 5.6% the final decision on public university spending. “It’s a very hard process, which is good,” Massey said. “If you’re going to be charging students a bunch of money, you should probably make sure it’s an [appropriate] amount.” The Student Fees Committee is made up of the NISG president, the chairperson of the NISG organization and finance committee, three at-large student seats and five at-large faculty and staff seats, according to
Massey. The faculty and staff are appointed by the university president, while the students are appointed by NISG. Both the NISG President and the NISG finance director serve in non-voting roles due to NISG receiving their funding directly from student fees. “Student fees is a giant, two years out, kind of plan,” Massey said. “All the line items allocate their money how they see fit. So, for example, [NISG] allocates its
money through organization finance committee through me.” Student fees are divided into two categories: the student activities fee (SAF) and the student services fee (SSF). The SAF contains the NISG budget, which is allocated to student organizations, as well as allocations to the GBPAC, the music and theatre departments, the office of student life and the center for multicultural education, among others. See FEES, page 2
Student opens up about alleged racist incident Exectutive Editor
to the Northern Iowan’s multiple requests for comment.
Kem Lieth didn’t expect the attention when she tweeted out an accusation against a former member of the UNI track team, JC Abrahamson. She was just angry. “Tonight he called me a nigga, literally spat at my face and said ‘go back to where you came from,’” reads Lieth’s tweet, posted at 2:35 a.m. Friday. Abrahamson did not respond
Lieth’s account The night began with a Homecoming tradition. Lieth, who’s in her second season as a member of the UNI women’s rugby team, had wrapped up a nursery-rhyme-themed scavenger hunt with her teammates. Clad in a cow costume (portraying the cow jumping over the moon in “Hey Diddle Diddle”), Lieth, a senior psychology major, took to the Hill with her friends after dropping
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off some of her teammates. The group found themselves outside of Domino’s on the Hill after a night of bar hopping. They encountered Abrahamson and his friends there just before 2 a.m. Lieth said she first addressed a friend who was with Abrahamson, but Abrahamson approached her. After Abrahamson approached her (he appeared to be intoxicated), Lieth said, she brought up derogatory comments he had made to her at an earlier date while at a party.
“He [had] said, ‘I heard you like tall white guys. I’m a tall white guy,’” Lieth said Abrahamson had told her on an earlier occasion. She indicated that he was referencing the size of his genitals. According to Lieth, Abrahamson doubled down on the earlier statement. “He said, ‘Oh, if you don’t like tall white guys then you can go back to where you came from,” Lieth said. “And I was like, ‘You can go back to where you came from. This is native land; it’s not any of ours, ya know?
And he’s like, ‘Whatever, you’re just a n-word.’ “And I was like, ‘Excuse me? Say that again.’ And I did get in his face [...] And that’s when he spat at me.” Lieth said she grabbed him by the shirt then, and friends of both parties interceded. “It all happened so fast and I was so angry,” she said. Lieth said the group got the attention of a Cedar Falls police officer across the street at Kwik Star and he intervened. See INCIDENT, page 3
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The SSF contains two allocations: intercollegiate athletics and the Panther Shuttle Bus and Weekend Safe Ride. According to the student fee breakdown provided by Massey, the combined SSF and SAF were a total of $339 per student this academic year.
It’s a very hard process, which is good. If you’re going to be charging students a bunch of money, you should probably make sure it’s an [appropriate] amount.
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Out of the $339 paid by every UNI student in mandatory fees per year, $206 goes towards intercollegiate athletics, or 60.7 percent. The total amount of student fees that went to athletics this year was over $2 million.
Intercollegiate athletics received $206 of the $339 paid by each student this year, which is 60.7 percent of each student’s fees and totaled $2,042,859 from student fees this year. The next highest allocations went to student activities (music, theatre, GBPAC, office of student life, etc.), with $83.90 (24.7 percent)
and student organizations through NISG, which received $30.10 per student (8.9 percent). “I think student organizations should get more because most students aren’t necessarily involved with athletics,” said Taylor Erhardt, freshman leisure, youth and human services major. Erhardt said he does not attend many sporting events, and the funding imbalance between athletics and the arts is a way of “saying athletics is more important.” According to Bethany West, the associate athletic director for business, the athletic department had a budget of about $14 million this year, meaning stu-
dent fees made up around 14.6 percent of the athletic department’s total budget. The remainder of the budget consists of funding from NCAA and conference distribution, ticket sales, donations, media rights and sponsorships, as well as institutional support. West explained that the funds are transferred from the university to the athletics department in lump sums (50 percent in the fall and 50 percent in the spring), but that the department does not allocate money to different sports or departments in lump sums. “Intercollegiate athletics is committed to having a positive relationship with the student body and
the university community,” West said in a statement to the Northern Iowan. “We support the university mission by providing a dynamic, personalized learning environment for students outside of the classroom and by enhancing student life.” According to the statement, more than 370 students participate in the 17 NCAA sports on campus, as well as the thousands of reported students who attend athletic events throughout the year. The statement concluded that a reduction in student fees would result in a potential reduction of scholarships and staffing to cover fixed costs within the department. Sophomore social science
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education major Brenna Wolfe said NISG should get more money allocated from student fees. “NISG does so much for our campus, and they fund student organizations,” Wolfe said. “Because of NISG, almost every student gets to feel involved in a community on our campus.” Wolfe, however, primarily focused on the lack of transparency and information, saying, “I just want to know how they use this money.”
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Congressmen come to campus and Berkley Bedell came to UNI’s campus as part of the Congress to Campus Two former US Program. Representatives with over Bedell represented Iowa’s two decades of service in sixth district as a Democrat public office between them from 1975 to 1987. Ewing visited UNI on Monday represented Illinois’s 15th and Tuesday. Tom Ewing district as a Republican from 1991 to 2001. Congress to Campus is a program put on by the US Association of Former Members of Congress (FMC). The organization sends bipartisan pairs of former elected Congress people to various college and university campuses around the country to talk and work with students in an effort to increase their participation in the democratic proCourtesy Photo cess. Former US representative Tom Ewing visited “It is intended to UNI, along with Berkley Bedell, as part of the try to alert students Congress to Campus Program. JOSH DAUSENER Staff Writer
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Cedar Falls Police records confirm a call for service to the address of Domino’s at 1:52 a.m. Friday morning. Lieth said the police suggested that both parties go home safely, and Abrahamson’s friends apologized to her. Lieth is a native of Storm Lake, and her parents are from South Sudan. Lieth said they’ve lived in the US for decades. UNI response UNI students received a statement via email from University Relations indicat-
ing that incident was being investigated by “the proper authorities.” Melanie Majeed, Northern Iowa Student Government director of diversity, said UNI’s Bias Response Team (BRT) met Monday to discuss the incident. “[This situation] had already moved to [The Office of Compliance and Equity Management], so yesterday was really just to update us on what was going on,” Majeed said in an interview with the NI Tuesday. She said that multiple reports were received and speculated that those reports may have been directly filed
to the opportunities of public service, and how you can get involved in running for Congress or political office,” Ewing said. The program allows students to meet former members of Congress face to face and discuss issues related to democracy, ranging from democratic actions as simple as voting or even running for Congress. According to the FMC’s official website, the program is “an authentic and candid insiders’ look at the workings of American government and politics.” According to Donna Hoffman, political science department head, the two former representatives met with UNI students in various political science classes, talked with UNI’s ROTC and student veterans group and attended a dinner with leaders from Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG).
In addition, both Bedell and Ewing visited students from Peet and Holmes Junior High School and Cedar Falls High School. “We have a chance to tell them about our experience and the satisfaction we obtained from it, and our perception [of ] what the situation is in our nation,” Bedell said. “We’re telling them that we hope they’ll become more involved and maybe run for Congress. We want to tell them that anybody can do it. As far as I’m concerned, I’m trying to tell them that we face terrible problems ahead in our society, in their lifetime.” Bedell urged students to be involved in the political process, telling students, “You can sit on the sidelines and watch others, or you can get into the game and have some impact on what happens.”
While discussing the issue of taking action in politics, the 2016 election came up in the conversation. Both Bedell and Ewing strongly urged UNI students to practice their right to vote, even if they don’t support either of the two major parties’ candidates. “I personally think there’s some good reasons to not vote for either of them, but that is absolutely the wrong position to take,” Ewing said. “Your choice isn’t the greatest, but staying home is not a choice. Things aren’t forever; whoever is elected is not going to be there forever. This is a bridge to a better day ahead.” Bedell also stressed the importance of voting in the presidential election. “That’s about the craziest thing I’ve ever heard of,” Bedell said of the decision to not vote on election day.
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The official Twitter account for UNI Athletics responded to the controversial situation with the above tweet at 2:10 p.m. on Sept. 30.
with Compliance Equity Management, hence the situation falling under their immediate purview. Majeed said the full investigation could take 60 days, per the university’s discrimination, harassment and sexual misconduct policy. Majeed herself shared Lieth’s Twitter post on Facebook Friday, criticizing Abrahamson’s behavior. Her post was shared over 1,000 times. She said she wasn’t accusing Abrahamson, but was trying to draw attention to the situation to make both Lieth and Abrahamson aware that the incident was being looked into. “You’re innocent until proven guilty,” Majeed said. “But [the post] was just to bring awareness and to like move forward from last year — to know that she did tweet something, and something could be done about it.” Intent of slur The language Lieth has ascribed to Abrahamson has
caused confusion among some. Some have wondered whether the alleged use of the slur was meant to demean. “He did say ‘nigga.’ He did not say, ‘nigger,’” Lieth said. “But it doesn’t matter, especially if you’re not in my circle of friends […] You don’t know me well enough to call me that. That word has a negative connotation, and you shouldn’t just throw it out there like that.” Lieth added that Abrahamson’s alleged spitting made it clear to her that he used the slur out of ill-will. Majeed said she reached out to Lieth encouraging her to file a report. “It was two UNI students that were involved, so it is part of the university’s responsibility,” she said. She went on to say that UNI would like to know about situations such as this and have them on file. “We had a lot of backlash last year about how the BRT wasn’t really active with the report and responding,” Majeed said. “So this was also
a chance to prove ourselves and show that the university is doing something to make this a better place.” Majeed also acknowledged that she was one of the university’s fiercest critics last academic year. When asked whether this was the first racist incident she had experienced, Lieth laughed. “No, it’s not,” Lieth said. “And I’m not saying it’s just been here at UNI either. I’ve always [...] been a minority. I know a lot about oppression, systematic racism and things like that — I’m an educated person. So petty things don’t get to me because I know there’s a bigger system they’re a part of [...] but if somebody chooses to be mean to you, you can tell that.” Officials within the Office of Compliance and Equity Management told the NI that student privacy laws bar them from disclosing information on pending investigations. To report a bias-related incident, visit uni.edu/brt
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dent to be an invitation to participate in the radical transformation of the GOP, the severe damaging of the conservative movement and the weakening of America by means of leadership (if you can call it that) from an inexperienced, overconfident populist, and told Trump to go to hell instead. Yet the facts of Tuesday night force me to applaud Pence, who was overwhelmingly respectful, deliberate and on-topic throughout the event. I was almost mesmerized by his ability to be precise and polished, even somewhat calculated, while still coming across as warm and personable. He likely changed no one’s opinion of Trump himself, but he arguably succeeded in rehabilitating his campaign and giving undecided voters a reason to not say “no” to Trump just yet. Senator Kaine, however, ended up sounding like Trump. I would go so far as to call his debate performance “Trumplite.” Pence did interrupt Kaine occasionally, but his interruption was at least dominated by making light jabs and single-sentence mockery some of Kaine’s more obviously absurd points. In contrast, Kaine’s interruption was employed overwhelmingly to take over the conversation, to steamroll Pence during
her statements were not as firm as could be desired. Abbi Cobb, a fellow columnist here at the Northern Iowan, called Clinton out on her somewhat inadequate statement in reference to racial police brutality. Clinton said that “implicit bias is a problem for everyone, not just police,” saying police are biased while deflecting the question by including them in a catchall “everyone” category so as not to alienate more conservative voters. Kyle Day, another columnist, called the Democratic party out as a whole for their “maintained majority . . . control over our largest, most influential cities,” stating that such control places the oversight of “the plight(s) of racial minorities, particularly blacks,” in the hands of the left, apparently absolving conservatives of any liability. While Day’s comments highlight the problems addressed in Clinton’s deflection mentioned above – that the entire institution is at fault – his claim that the Democratic party has held our “most influential” cities for “a half-century” while leaving minorities to fend for themselves is about as true as much of Trump’s own claims. For more on the truth of Trumps statements, Politifact. com provides a real-time fact-
check of presidential debates, and readers can still review an accurate representation of Trump’s campaign thus far as reflected by the September 26 debate. First off, New York City – the largest in US by population – has elected a republican for three-fifths of their mayors in the last 50 years. This includes Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is known for his support of the infamous New York Stop-andFrisk policy. According to the New York Civil Liberties Union, Stopand-Frisk was utilized 22,939 times with 80 percent of those stopped being innocent and 83 percent being either black or Latino. Los Angeles, our next largest city by population, has admittedly only seen one Republican as mayor in the last 50 years, and even that lasted only seven years. And those seven years weren’t half bad. As with many locations in America in the early 90s, LA saw the start of a drop in violent and property crime, stemmed only recently with the first two years of increased violent crime and the first year of increase in property crime in 2015, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. There is the question of crimes outside of property
As a political junkie, I’m all but obligated to pay attention to the things other Americans don’t. One of these is the vice presidential debate from last Tuesday night, to which I was looking forward with greater interest than the presidential debate last week. My anticipation was not rewarded as I would have liked, for while the last debate devolved into a hot mess in which nei-
ther Trump nor Clinton walked away looking great, here Mike Pence emerged as the absurdly clear victor over Tim Kaine. You should understand where this assessment comes from. I did like Governor Pence and appreciated much of what he has done and worked for both in the Congress and in his home state. But as a #NeverTrump conservative, my opinion of Pence has lower rather significantly since last summer. I still consider his agreement to serve as Trump’s vice president as something akin to a Faustian bargain. Were I in Pence’s shoes, I likely would have taken the request to serve as vice presi-
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Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence speaks during the 2016 US Vice Presidential Debate on Tuesday.
his speaking time and attempting to force Pence to directly address some of Trump’s more controversial commentary. At one point, Kaine even chided, “You can’t defend any of it!” with a rhythm, tone and ego like those of a twelve-year-old in his or her first middle school practice debate. More than most others, that point in the debate opened Kaine up to the charge of blending the worst tactics of Donald Trump and Saul Alinsky. To his credit, getting Pence to directly address Trump’s comments was not a terrible strategy. If you can get your opponent to defend the inde-
fensible, you’re doing well. But Kaine should have known that Pence, unlike Trump, has a near-superhuman ability to stay on message. Messaging for the GOP was even one of the great tasks to which Pence set himself during his time in Congress. Essentially, Kaine targeted the Trump-Pence campaign where they were weakest, but did so in a way that practically catered to Pence’s greatest strengths. Kaine must have had little on which to fall back, because he kept up this strategy all throughout the night, no matter how often it failed. And
and violence – namely corruption. Mayor Richard Riordan, a Republican, of LA closed his mayoral career of the heels of the notorious Rampart police corruption scandal in which his own administration stood in murky waters, according to a March 2000 article in the LA
Times. This brings us to Chicago, the third largest city by population in the US. It hasn’t seen a non-Democrat mayor since 1931, with 32 of the last 50 years seeing the Daley Dynasty
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Truth or Trump: Race relations in political debate With a political atmosphere charged with negativity and flatout falsehoods, it is hard to find anyone with a leg to stand on. In one corner, an ego inflated with hot air arguably sporting the most talked about hair of the decade, who can’t keep a business afloat and yet wants to run a country. In the other, a politician who has not only made her fair share of mistakes in office, but has a somewhat spotted history as a lawyer representing – and keeping free – dangerous individuals. In order to move past spotty histories such as these, the candidates must take a firm and informed stance on key, hot-button voter-drawing issues. Maybe not as firm or informed as the voting public would like. In our Oct. 3 issue, our opinion columnists wrote on the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. No one really expected that Trump would be the best informed – especially, it seems, of his own previous statements. And though Hillary came prepared and informed, some of
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Should I stay or should I go? As the weekend approaches, many of your fellow students will pack their duffle bags and make the trek home for the weekend. Considering UNI has the reputation of being a “suitcase school”, it is no secret that Friday through Sunday the campus population significantly drops, but why? If college is the time to be independent and opportunistic, then why is so much of the student body running back to their hometowns on the weekends? Perhaps people are so eager to go home because they miss their family, highschool friends or their sweetheart. Or maybe they just get bored on campus and can find nothing better to do. There are numerous reasons people decide to go home, but are those trips down the highway every five days costing you more than a quarter-tank of gas? Jillian Kinzie, an associate director of the Center of
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in keeping it up, Kaine came across as a petulant, self-righteous, second-rate bully (in other words, Trump-lite). As a voter discouraged by the whole course of this election cycle, I was hoping for a kind of second-chance with this debate, in which a real contest of ideas could take place between two ostensibly respectable representatives. Only one of the two men on that stage seemed genuinely interested in such an event.
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in office. Richard M. Daley, the most recent of the Daleys, also benefitted from the nationwide decrease in crime in the 90s that Mayor Riordan had in LA. While Riordan’s part was played in increasing LAPD ranks, the decrease in Chicago crime is largely credited with Daley’s focus on gun control. Also in contrast, Riordan’s work with the LAPD ended in a corruption scandal, whereas Daley’s gun control programs were met with a legal suit by gun rights activists – which the activists won in the US Supreme Court. It was also Daley, however, who continued to build stronger race relations after his predecessor Mayor Harold Washington, according to a New York Times article from
Postsecondary Research and National Survey of Student Engagement Institute, was interviewed by the New York Times regarding students who leave campus on the weekends. She happens to see a correlation between those who go home often and their academic success. “The reality is that the less engaged students are, the more likely they are to leave, to drop or to do poorly in courses,” said Kinzie. She goes on to say that those particular students who do not take full advantage of the collegiate lifestyle are missing out and “have a justkind-of-not-so-great college experience.” Although it is much quieter on the weekends at UNI, with the desolate dining centers and vacant hallways, there is no shortage of things to keep busy with. Friday nights are filled with club meetings, comedy shows and residence hall events; Saturday offers many athletic events, theater and musical performances, and of course, there is always the option to venture down to the Hill and check out what is happening at the pubs! Whatever activity that
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Columnist Baxter makes the case for students staying on UNI’s campus. The school, Baxter says, has a “suitcase” reputation.
catches your eye, it is truly best to stay on campus. Fight the urge to go home and reminisce with family and friends as long as possible. The comfort they offer is great, but this is a vital time in our lives to practice self-reliance. Going home so mom or dad can cook a nice meal and do your laundry does not help you grow. At home, there is limited opportunity to branch out and meet new people. Stepping out of your comfort zone and socializing is beneficial towards your own happiness and future career. Employers
look for people who can easily adapt to new environments and interact with coworkers. By going home, being around family and close friends all weekend, you miss the chance to be challenged which can hugely advance your social and academic life. As Kinzie said, staying on campus makes your experience better. Meeting new friends is a huge part of what can make or break your perception of college. Involvement is key, but resting is equally as important. For most, courses keep them rather occupied throughout
the week and the weekend is a time to relax with peers. Sophomore Collin Burns shares his reason for staying on campus, saying he sticks around, “Mainly because I’ve created great friendships here and being able to hang with friends and go out is what I look forward to at the end of my busy week.” Many students, like Collin, enjoy the tranquility of the campus, but admit that it does get a little boring with so few people around. “It would be nice to run into new people and make more friends, but I understand why people go home. I knew UNI was a suitcase college before I came here, but it doesn’t affect my weekend too much. It would just be nice to see some different faces around.” With the question of “Should I stay or should I go?” running through your mind on Friday afternoon, I encourage you to consider all that you are actually missing out on by going home. Be strong and step out of your shell. There are plenty of activities to keep you busy, just be open to trying new things and meeting new people.
Vice-presidential debates rarely have any substantial impact on the course of a US presidential election, so this debate is likely to fall into that history (although, almost nothing about this election has been common to recent history). It certainly hasn’t shaken me from my #NeverTrump stance. It has, however, reassured me that, with Pence as an active, involved VP, a Trump White House may not quite be the apocalypse that many on all sides of our political spectrum have made it out to be. September 2010. In this article, Maria de los Angeles Torres – director of Latin American and Latinos studies at University of Illinois Chicago, and former member of Mayor Washington’s cabinet – goes on to applaud Daley’s work in supporting minority groups in Chicago. In New York, a Republican mayor approved the assault of 18,353 innocent people by police officers. In LA, a Republican mayor fought crime by putting armed, corrupt police officers on the streets. In Chicago, a Democratic Mayor got guns off the streets and continued his predecessor’s support of minority communities. I suppose Day’s claims were right. Democrats just might be responsible for some of the changes in race relations today.
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‘Dumb’ humor fills ‘Masterminds’ JOSHUA ROUSE Film Critic
From Jared Hess, director of cult hit comedies “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Nacho Libre” comes a screwball comedy based on the 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery, “Masterminds.” A Loomis employee named David Ghantt steals one of the largest amounts of money in US history. Coaxed into the operation by his crush and fellow employee, Kelly Campbell, Ghantt enacts the plan masterminded by Kelly’s scheming longtime friend, Steve. But when things go awry, Steve tips off the FBI and hires a hitman to get rid of Ghantt to keep the feds off his trial. Now, Ghantt must outrun the law, find a way to deal justice to Steve, all while trying to save his girl from the plotting mastermind. Cinematography and Effects 3/5 With the copious amounts of humorous bodily stunts and both vehicular and property destructionis orchestrated quite well. None of the aforementioned sequences appeared fake or overload-
Hess sticks to his guns and uses offthe-wall antics and witty, verbal humor to work in the laughs. While some jokes fall flat, the overall mood and pacing of the movie leaves the duds in the dust as it barrels ahead into the next zany mishap. Acting 3/5 Z a c h Galifianakis leads the cast as David Ghantt, TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE accompanied by “Masterminds,” a new film released on Sept. 30, scored a 51% User Score and 36% Kristen Wiig as Critic Score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film stars Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig and Jason Kelly Campbell, Sudeikis. Owen Wilson as ed with CGI. They occur delay shows itself in the odd Kelly’s schemin quick snappy movements, jumps in plot through the ing friend, Jason Sudeikis adding to the ridiculousness beginning of the film, mov- as The Hitman, Leslie Jones of the already odd situation ing in clunky strokes rather as FBI agent Scanlon and the characters find them- than planned out details. Kate McKinnon as Ghantt’s selves in, which is a strength These jumps become few obsessive fiancé, Jandice. of this movie. The jokes and and far between as the film The cast does a great job in sight gags come fast without goes on, however. keeping up the film’s comeover staying their welcome. As mentioned before, one dic timing, while accenting Writing 2/5 of “Masterminds’” biggest the scenery with their odd“Masterminds” was origi- strengths are its quick paced ball characters. nally supposed to come out comedy. Another strength is However, “Masterminds” a year ago, but was delayed the quality of said quick- falls flat in emotion. The due to bankruptcy of its for- humor. Instead of wasting love triangle B plot between mer distributor, Relativity time on raunchy sex jokes or Ghantt, Kelly and Jandice Media. The effects of this pining for unfunny material, could have had a bit more
oomph to it, particularly in Ghantt’s and Kelly’s budding romance. Overall: “Masterminds” is a dumb movie. But it’s the good kind of dumb; the humor is so dumb that it goes full circle into clever, at times. There are lots of laughs to be had during the course of the film, and director Hess certainly knows how to handle comedy. While “Masterminds” isn’t his best work, fans of Hess’s previous films will certainly find enough to enjoy.
TL, DR: Too Long, Didn’t Read + Good, dumb fun + Quick-paced verbal humor and sight gags +Odd plot skips and scene jumps fumble the beginning of the film
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Panther volleyball back on track VOLLEYBALL
BRENNAN WHISLER
Sports Writer
The UNI volleyball team notched their second straight win this past Monday as the Lady Panthers chopped down the Indiana State Sycamores. UNI was able to even their Missouri Valley record to 3-3 and increase their overall record to 12-7. UNI used an eight ace, 95 dig night to beat Indiana State by a set score 25-12, 25-22, 21-25, 25-19. The first set saw UNI demonstrate their prowess by going on an early 11-0 run, which then saw them go up 14-4. From there, UNI never let them come close in the set again. The second set was much more back and forth at the beginning. UNI, however, was able to get a late set cushion that, despite an ISU 4-0 run at the end, was enough to win the set. The third set saw ISU jump
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Heather Hook (10) sets up an oppertunity for Kayla Haneline (13) to spike the ball against Indiana State.
out to an 8-2 lead that they would not lose in set. UNI was able to tie it a few times, but the Sycamores wouldn’t be denied. The fourth set played out the same as second; while it stayed close, UNI was never threatened and the Panthers finished strong. Senior Amie Held helped lead the team with her 10th double-double of the season, amassing 18 kills, 20 digs and two aces. Sophomore Kendyl Sorge had a game high 29 digs to compliment her two aces. Sorge was also this past week’s Missouri Valley Defensive Player of the Week for the second time. Sorge averaged over six digs per set this past week and is second in the conference in that category in MVC games. She’s had seven 20-plus dig games this season. As the volleyball team is now a little over halfway through the season, with 12 MVC games left, it’s a good
time to take note of where the team is and what is coming up. The Panthers have played six of their conference foes once so far and haven’t played three others yet. UNI is currently fifth in the conference. The number one and number two spot both belong to teams who have beaten UNI. There is a chance for UNI to win out if they improve from past matches. Considering all three MVC losses have come from the fifth set, UNI has shown that it can compete with the good teams in the Valley. Outside of Wichita State though, the team hasn’t proved they can beat the WuShocks just yet. It is possible UNI can win the seven games they have left with teams below them in conference. Even Missouri State on the road is winnable. The other five games, while challenging, need to be won if they want to finish first.
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USA golf team takes home Ryder Cup RYAN HERRING Sports Columnist
The United States is back on top in the world of golf. It is no question the Americans have struggled recently at the Ryder Cup. Europe has gotten the best of us in recent years but after a spectacular performance, the US won the trophy back for the first time in eight years. The Ryder Cup takes place every two years and alternates between courses in the United States and Europe. This year the tournament was held in Chaska, Minnesota at Hazeltine National. The 41st Ryder Cup teams played in Arnold Palmer’s memory as he passed away just a week before the tour nament. Palmer is America’s alltime winningest Ryder Cup player and one of the greatest golfers of all-time so it seemed obvious to dedicate this tournament to him. The Americans felt Palmer’s presence and played with great inspiration. Not only did the US win, they won 17-11, which is a very impressive margin
of victory. The Ryder Cup format consists of the US and Europe each taking their best 12 golfers and going against each other in headto-head match play. Team USA takes the top eight players in the point standings and have four captain picks, while Team Europe takes the top nine players in the points list and three captain picks. Each of the first two days includes one fourmatch session of four-balls and one four-match session of foursomes. The final day is reserved for 12 single matches. As for scoring, there are 28 total matches, with each match worth one point. Since there are no extra holes in Ryder Cup matches, each tie after 18 holes is half a point. The European team competed with six rookies on their squad. These were very talented rookies but were simply outmatched over the weekend. The US came out hot and found themselves up 4-0 in the opening session and were in control the entire weekend. Every player for the US won a match and 10 of the 12 helped earn two
points or more. Davis Love III was the US captain and one of his picks for the team was Ryan Moore, who ended up earning the final point necessary for the Americans to clinch the Ryder Cup. This was just one of the incredible stories of the weekend. Patrick Reed and Rory Mcllroy battled in an instant classic during the
leadoff singles match. These were the two hottest golfers in the Cup and the pairing gave all golf fans exactly what they wanted to see. Reed defeated Mcllory after a round filled of trading birdies and sinking long putts like we’ve never seen before. Brooks Koepka, a rookie for the US, played so well that he assured yet
another piece to the great young talent of the US. Phil Mickelson, a veteran, solidified his future as a US Ryder Cup captain with his terrific performance. Mickelson summed up the weekend perfectly by saying, “[The US Team] brought out some of their best golf.” We’re bringing home the Ryder Cup because of it.
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Team USA golfer Patrick Reed celebrates after making par on the first hole of singles at the Ryder Cup on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. The Ryder Cup was played at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota this year.
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Football prepares for South Dakota DYLAN PADY Sports Editor
Last Saturday, the UNI football team defeated Southern Illinois with a final score of 42-21. Their next two games will be on the road, first against South Dakota, followed by Youngstown State. The last time these two teams met, UNI was able to hold South Dakota to just one touchdown as they were defeated 20-7. The Panthers had home field advantage last season and a total of 10,476 fans showed up to watch these two teams square up. Aaron Bailey threw for a careerhigh 231 passing yards and even got himself a touchdown in the air. This season, the Coyotes are currently 1-3 overall, as well as 0-1 in MVC conference play. The team’s single victory was obtained after they defeated Weber State with a final score of 52-49. South Dakota’s quarterback, Chris Streveler, is currently 58-107 on passing completions and has thrown five of the team’s six total interceptions. South Dakota
is leading the MVC in interceptions, while UNI is currently still at zero. Streveler leads his team on more of a ground-and -pound game plan, as he has rushed for 441-yards and has scored four touchdowns in the process. He currently averages 90.2 rushing yards per game. The next highest effort comes from Trevor Bouma, who has 368-rushing yards, one touchdown and an 89.8-yard average per game. UNI is coming into the game with players on each side of the ball showing impressive statistical improvements this season. The Panthers are currently ranked first in the MVC’s rushing offense as well as kickoff return with an average of 26.3 yards per attempt. Bailey is currently ranked second in the MVC for rushing yards, third in passing efficiency, fourth in total offense as well as eighth in passing average per game. Other Panthers close to dominating the MVC statistics include Daurice Fountain, who is second in scoring touchdowns (3). Jared Farley is eighth overall in tackles
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Malcolm Washington, (2) D’Shawn Dexter, (30) and Karter Schult (93) all swarm to take down Southern Illinois’ ball carrier. The Panthers victory improved their record to 2-2, also earning them their first MVC victory of the season.
(9) and is tied for second in fumble recoveries (1). Karter Schult is currently leading both the FBS and the FCS in tackles for loss (13), and Fountain is ranked 23rd in the FCS for receiving
touchdowns after he earned his first four of the season against Southern Illinois last week. The South Dakota game will begin its opening kickoff at 2 p.m. After UNI’s two
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