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UNI alumnus receives career advice from President Obama

In a chance encounter, the electronic media graduate asked the president for tips on getting a job, and 43 hours later, he landed one. < See PAGE 5 ASTRONOMY

Observatory offers views from out of this world At the observatory atop McCollum Science Hall, students and budding astronomers can take in the evening sky, punctuated by puns from professor Siobahn Morgan. < See PAGE 6 OPINION

Destroying America: the task of the modernday patriot Konrardy urges readers to choose reason over the emotions invoked by patriotism. < See PAGE 4

Rashida Jones and Adam Scott from the NBC television show “Parks and Recreation” are speaking at the University of Northern Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 8.

The event, which is sponsored

by Panthers for Obama, is in Lang Auditorium and begins at 6:15 p.m. Jones and Scott will discuss the importance of

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the November election and why students should vote and get involved.

UNI improv troupe Half-Masted “will be firing up the crowd” before Jones and Scott speak, according to the Facebook event.

Jones and Scott are also speaking at Drake University, Iowa State University and the University of Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 8 and Sunday, Sept. 9.

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Cox starts position as dean of library services CODY GRIMES News Writer

Christopher Cox recently began his position at the University of Northern Iowa as the new dean of library services. Cox replaced Kate Martin, the acting dean of library services.

“My mom is also a librarian, so I suppose it may be in my blood. I have found the profession to be the perfect fit for me — I get to teach, have an impact on student learning and share my love of books and information discovery with others,” Cox said.

Before coming to UNI, Cox was interim director of libraries at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and he most recently served as dean of libraries at Western Washington University. His position at Western Washington was similar to the one he now holds at UNI. Cox said his goals this semester are “to listen, learn and plan.”

“Since I started just last week, I’m still learning the ropes as it were,” Cox said.

“My main roles as dean are to work collaboratively with library faculty and staff and the campus, to chart a course for the library, to be the face of the library where outreach is concerned and to garner the financial resources needed to allow us to provide the information resources and services that users expect, when and where they need them,” Cox continued.

With the closure of the UNI museum, the

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Rashida Jones, Adam Scott to speak at UNI

FOOTBALL The UNI football team faced a formidable opponent in Madison, Wis., and lost – but just by a nose.

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Departments feeling effects of program cuts, restructurings LINH TA News Writer

In early March, the University of Northern Iowa administration announced the closure and restructuring of more than 50 programs from all of UNI’s colleges. Now in the fall semester, numerous programs continue to feel the effects of these cuts, including the department of languages and literature and the department of physics.

The department of languages and literature had their French and German majors and a few dual major

programs cut and lost five faculty, due to either early retirement “or other forms of letting people go,” according to Julie Husband, interim head for the Department of Languages and Literature.

“We’re working really hard,” Husband said. “The faculty in French and German in particular should be commended for being so flexible and being very professional in helping out with the teach out.”

According to Kyle Woollums, senior French and Spanish teaching major, a teach out is “a plan designed

to permit students to finish their studies.” The plan includes which courses will be offered based upon “the needs of the students and requirements of the program.”

This year, the department of languages and literature is offering Chinese language courses to students, thanks to a grant from the Taiwanese Department of Education.

Husband said the timing of the grant and the closure of the programs are unrelated.

“We were able to bring a professor in Chinese for this year, and we have booked beyond that. He is teaching

first and second semester Chinese,” Husband said.

Woollums said he has noticed a difference in the quality of his French classes as there are fewer course choices, and courses often have adjunct instructors.

“So what we’re seeing are people who aren’t used to the culture of UNI or the French program, trying to teach us, and it’s an adjustment process for everybody,” Woollums said.

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Rainbow Reception welcomes UNI LGBT students and allies KIRSTEN TJOSSEM Staff Writer

Moving to a new town to go to school on a campus with unfamiliar faces can be intimidating. Fortunately for University of Northern Iowa students, there are several events throughout the first few weeks of school designed to make everyone feel welcome and at home.

One of those events is the Rainbow Reception, which welcomes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and ally students back to campus.

Student assistance and outreach coordinator Melissa Payne created the event three years ago after looking at events on other campuses.

She felt that UNI needed a way to inform its LGBT students of the resources available to them.

UNI Proud co-president and senior biology major Sara Holmes remembers attending the very first Rainbow Reception three years ago.

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“The first year I went, I was a sophomore and had no idea of the resources available to me,” Holmes said. “It was just a great opportunity to see what all is out there and to be able to disseminate that information to my peers.”

While socializing and networking was the main focus of the event, Payne and executive vice president and provost Gloria Gibson also gave a brief presenta-

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“What we want is an environment that’s welcoming to all students,” Gibson said.

Payne continued the presentation by discussing the recent progress made.

UNI now has 3.5 out of 5 stars on the Campus Climate Index, which ranks schools on their LGBT friendliness. UNI Proud will also be hosting an event during Family Weekend Sept.

28-29. Another new addition is the Purple Pen Room, a safe space for LGBT students in the lower level of Maucker Union, open as of Sept. 4.

Payne concluded the presentation by honoring Drake Martin, a man who she said did a lot for the original Rainbow Reception and LGBT students as a whole.

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faculty members leave UNI “because she was really highly regarded.”

Acccording to Woollums, it was hard to register for the fall semester because students did not know who their professors would be until the middle of the summer.

“We didn’t have adequate advising for that because the advisers themselves didn’t know what was happening, so we had a lot of people who were in limbo for several months, and that’s really hard when you’re going into your last year of study and you don’t know what courses will be offered,” Woollums said.

Husband said the department has been “working creatively” to try to offer a variety of languages to students. For example, they have looked into options through study abroad and through partnerships with universities abroad.

Although there are cuts to faculty, Husband believes students currently enrolled in closed programs will still receive a highquality experience.

“We’ve been more creative in the courses that we offer. It has been necessary to combine courses,” Husband said. “Nonetheless, I do think that in some ways, rethinking curriculum generates people’s creative energy, and so I think they are receiving an excellent education in those areas.”

In the department of physics, the physics bachelor of arts major was cut, while the physics bachelor of science major is being restructured.

Physics department head Clifton Chancey said the department is revising the B.S. physics undergraduate curriculum to make it more accessible to students who may have wanted to enroll in the B.A. pro-

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library, under Cox, is now also responsible for the archiving, display and development of the 110,000 individual pieces the museum owns.

“The UNI Museums hold some very valuable collections, and over the next year I want to work with the museums’ staff, UNI students and faculty and community members to determine what collections are most heavily used in the curriculum, what collections are hidden gems which should be used or should be on display and what items would be best exhibited either on campus and possibly outside of campus,” Cox said.

Cox sees a brighter future for the recently homeless collections.

“While I feel the loss as others do, our economic constraints present the chance to re-envision what impacts the museums’ collections and services can have on student learning and the unique education UNI provides,” Cox said.

gram.

“We are working to be more academically inclusive in some ways,” Chancey said.

The Professional Science Master’s degree program in Applied Physics was also cut, but Chancey said he is optimistic that demand for the graduate degree will conjure a revival or a revision of the program.

Chancey said the only faculty members let go in the physics department were the ones connected with the graduate degree.

Corey Cooling, a junior physics B.S. and philosophy major, said he hasn’t noticed a difference in the quality of the classes being offered. “… But that’s probably indicative of the fact that I didn’t have very many B.A. majors in my classes,” Cooling said.

The philosophy B.A. major is facing a restructuring of its program, but Cooling said he still has great professors and is receiving a high-quality education in both the physics and philosophy programs.

He has also never experienced a class with an adjunct instructor during his time at UNI. “I don’t know what the future will hold really for the philosophy department because they are probably still up in the air,” Cooling said. “They’ve been really great about communicating with students about what’s going on.”

Overall, Husband is optimistic about the future of the department of languages and literature.

“I’m hopeful that through some creative curricular design, we can have on-campus courses at least for the language requirement that will involve more than English and Spanish,” Husband said. “The plan is to offer French on a continuing basis for the language requirement. We’ll at least have that, and I’m hopeful that we can build from there.”

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Destroying America: the task of the modern-day patriot America: the Greatest Nation in the World.

This is a phrase that is both common and confusing, and whose existence we can credit to modern patriotism.

Patriotism, as a form of bulls--- (in the philosophical sense of the word), has a huge following in society because it has been made relevant by politicians trying to win the hearts of their constituents.

Curiously enough, it wins their votes as well.

The truth is that modern patriotism is propaganda.

The goal of patriotism is to emotionally connect you to a country’s well being to such an extent that you consider your citizenship an integral part of your identity as a human being.

That being said, according to many Americans, our greatness as a nation is owed to our individual freedoms – the same ones Mitt Romney referred to in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last Thursday.

Romney referred to our freedoms as that which drew our immigrant ancestors to

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this country. “Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak (one’s) mind. Freedom to build a life. This,” Romney said, “is the essence of the American experience.”

That phrase, “the essence of the American experience,” makes it sound like the United States is the only free country in the world, which is not the case. In fact, if you define “free country” as “one where there is open political competition, a climate of respect for civil liberties, significant independent civic life and independent media,” there are 86 other free countries (out of 195 recognized countries in the world), according to an April 27 article from weekendmirror.com.

Because 43 percent of the world’s population shares in our unique experience as defined above, it follows that the “essence of the American experience” must be some-

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

It is frustrating as a conservative student at UNI to see conservatives and Republicans lumped in with comments made from extremists such as Missouri Senate hopeful Todd Akin. The vast majority of us, including those running for office in November, have denounced his comments on rape and have urged him to drop his bid.

previously considered.

This creates the need for someone to upset the status quo, a person Socrates called a “social gadfly.” The position is not an easy one – a lesson Socrates learned the hard way. Socrates was sentenced to death because people grew

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tired of listening to him criticize everybody, a game that apparently grew old after a while. (Again, I’m using his execution as evidence that

nobody really appreciated the unceasing Socratic commentary.)

But it is a cause Socrates believed in so deeply that he was willing to die for it.

So, if you are the patriotic type and this upsets you… that is the point. The modern view of patriotism is such that speaking out against something you don’t agree elicits a response similar to what I would expect for committing actual treason.

Because of this – I hate to be the one to tell you – you are actually doing more harm than anyone else. You are hindering potential progress because of your inability to accept innovation from the individual willing to challenge the process.

Detach yourself emotionally from your country.

Instead, devote yourself to accomplishing something you can truly be proud of.

When it comes to patriotism, George Carlin said it best: “To me, pride should be reserved for something you achieve on your own.”

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thing more than freedom itself.

After living my entire life in this country and observing our social and political practices with the feeling of an outsider looking in, I believe the essence of the American experience is our grasp on truthiness, both as individuals and as a nation.

Truthiness is the idea that because you believe something, it must be true. This is obviously a problem on the individual level, because truthiness immunizes us to reason, which (ironically enough) nullifies the individual freedoms we are seemingly so passionate about.

On a national level, truthiness leads to a tyranny of majority, which by definition eliminates the voice of the minority. A system of government needs a voice of opposition because having your beliefs challenged forces you to remember why you adopted your belief in the first place. Furthermore, the ability to be persuaded through reason allows you to adjust your beliefs if the opposition makes a point you had not

That being said, the party cannot control who runs with our party label. Most of us are not against birth control and do not have a problem with gays. To paint a picture of us as “waging war” on such is like saying all Democrats want communism and are “waging war on capitalism.”

It isn’t fair and is quite frankly insulting.

–­ A frustrated female conservative junior

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or those who don’t know, last year my predecessor Spencer Walrath started a practice of student body presidents submitting columns to the Northern Iowan. Their purpose is to inform students about what the Northern Iowa Student Government is currently working on. Every other Tuesday, you will find a letter from me here. This is part of an attempt to make NISG more honest, transparent and accessible to the students whom we serve.

A lot has happened over the summer and in the first two weeks of class. Over the summer, I had several meetings and conference calls with the Iowa Board of Regents working on a program called Universities for a Better Iowa. This program, created last semester, is an education effort put on by Iowa’s three public universities – the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.

The program is about educating Iowans about the effects public higher education has on the state of Iowa, and not just on its citizens, but on the larger economy as well.

More recently, Student Body Vice President KaLeigh White and I have been busy getting our Lower Cabinet positions ready for the year.

The applications closed at 5

p.m. Monday, and by the time you read this, most of the interviews will be over. We are very pleased that more than 30 students applied for these 10 positions, which will be vital in helping us follow through on our platform planks. It was very difficult narrowing down the applications to continue to the interviewing stage because there were so many good ones.

Last week, Blake Findley wrote an article about the late Drake Martin. I highly suggest reading it, even if you didn’t know Drake. He was a wonderful man who only ever cared about students and making them feel special.

KaLeigh and I sent flowers to the visitation on behalf of the entire student body. Last week, a resolution recognizing the wonderful life of this man was passed through the NISG senate, which will be given to the family.

On a happier note, I would like to congratulate the UNI Panthers on their stellar performance against the University of Wisconsin Badgers Saturday. With predictions of a 42-0 or 46-10 loss, the Panthers held the Badgers to less than 30 points.

This was only the third time in two years an opponent has kept the Badgers’ point tally so low. A special shout-out goes to Sawyer Kollmorgen, who put up excellent num-

bers as a redshirt freshman in his first-ever college game against the No. 12 team in the nation. I would also like to congratulate the volleyball team on a strong start to the season. Keep up the good work everyone. Show them what UNI students are made of.

Some of the other things that I’m working on, but can’t elaborate too much on yet, are helping the International Student Association resolve an issue they are having and trying to proactively address some problems that might be cropping up here in the near future. I have also been appointed to the search committee to find the next president of UNI. This will be a very time-consuming venture, but the Board of Regents is confident we can find a new president by Christmas.

I hope that the beginning of your semester has been going well and I’m excited to see what the rest of the semester has in store for us.

Cheers, Jordan Bancroft-Smithe NISG Student Body President

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GALLERY OF ART

‘Made in Iowa’ exhibit opens to public KRISTIN FOXHOVEN Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art recently opened its doors to the public with its first exhibit of the school year.

The gallery features Richard Colburn’s “Made in Iowa: Photographs from 30 years” and “Photography at UNI.” Colburn, a professor in the UNI Department of Art, gave an artist’s gallery talk on

Aug. 29, where he discussed the photographs he took over a span of 30 years.

Within these selections were images of Iowa during Iowa Caucuses, a “Closed School” series (including Malcolm Price Laboratory School recent closing) and photographs showing the economic and cultural status of Iowans and people of the midwest. Colburn also curated photographs from the UNI Permanent Art Collection

that includes works from the Charles and Florence Herman Photography Collection fund.

On his exhibit, Colburn said, “It’s important to practice what I preach here as a professor, and for people to see what I actually do outside of the classroom.”

The exhibit will be open to the public for no charge until Sept. 15, and is located on the main floor of Kamerick Art Building.

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Top left: A University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art patron examines one of the “Made in Iowa” exhibit items. The exhibit opened a few weeks ago.

Bottom left: UNI photos, part of the “Made in Iowa” exhibit, are pictured.

The images from UNI included the Malcolm Price Laboratory School closing.

Bottom right: A student studies a photograph in the “Made in Iowa” exhibit.

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pictures, Getting said, “Mr. President, I’m looking for a Staff Writer job. Do you have any advice?”

Tim Getting was a typiTo his surprise, Obama cal college graduate who was gave him the advice that having a hard time finding a helped land him a job as a job – that is, until the day he KWWL editor two days later. received job advice from a very The president told him that unlikely source. Little did the in order to get the job he COLBY CAMBELL/Northern Iowan University of Northern Iowa wanted, he needed to apply in alumnus know, his day out person. Obama then told him Larry Baker gives a reading of his new book, “Love and Other Delusions.” for lunch would land him job that he should apply for any Baker was the featured author at the Final Thursday Reading Series Aug. advice from none other than position so he would be able 30.

President Barack Obama. to gain a good track record On Aug. 14, while Obama for future advancements in his was in Waterloo during his career. tour of Iowa, the President Getting’s friend, Owen made a stop on Main Street Siebring, had a cell phone in Cedar Falls. Just before the in hand to record the whole TREY ROOSA said this gave him more of a president’s arrival, Getting interaction. Siebring is also a Staff Writer reason to continue writing the was speaking with a friend over lunch about how he was On Thursday, Aug. 30, the novel. < See GETTING, page 6 The Final Thursday Hearst Center for the Arts Reading Series is in its 12th hosted a book reading by season.

It features regional Larry Baker, author of “Love writers and offers audience and Other Delusions,” “A Good members a chance to share Man,” “The Flamingo Rising” their work at an open mic. and “Athens, America.” Baker Anyone can present an origispoke at the Final Thursday Reading Series, promoting nal narrative on any topic.

The Final Thursday his newest work, “Love and Reading Series takes place the Other Delusions.” last Thursday of every month During the reading, Baker at the Hearst Center for the described the characters in Arts (304 W. Seerley Blvd.). his novel. The young man is For more information, contact naive and easily susceptible Photo courtesy of Tim Getting Photo courtesy of Tim Getting the Hearst Center for the Arts UNI alumnus Tim Getting asks President Barack Tim Getting and the Dance Party crew appear in a still and Baker himself said he at 319-273-8641.

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having trouble finding a fulltime job. Soon after, Getting saw members of the Secret Service gathering outside the restaurant. He learned Obama would be making an appearance across the street at the Pump House.

Before the President made his stop, the electronic media graduate decided he was going to ask the President one very important question.

“I had thought about it a few minutes before because I told my friend to record it to see if anything came out of it, and something totally unexpected came out of it,” Getting said.

As the president walked by, shaking hands and taking

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Observatory offers views from out of this world BRIAN FREESE Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa may not have a space program, but on Thursday nights at 9 p.m. in McCollum Science Hall, students can get a little closer to the stars.

Professor Siobahn Morgan, head of the earth science department, conducts an observatory show every week where she teaches students about objects in the sky, shows off some of the constellations and gives students a close-up view of a celestial body using the observatory’s 12-inch reflecting telescope.

According to Morgan, “... the best part is pointing out stars and constellations on the observatory deck. That is something that everyone can participate in, and it also gives me a chance to tell corny jokes and make bad puns about the names of objects in the sky.”

In order to attend, students and interested members of the public meet at the polar bear outside room 137 in McCollum Science Hall.

After climbing a few flights of stairs, passing by machinery and images of galaxies and nebulae, the show progresses to the deck on the roof of the building. Even though the show takes place on the roof, it will not be canceled due to weather.

Furthermore, the observatory itself is not air-conditioned, nor is it heated. If the air inside the observatory is

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UNI alumnus and works as a full-time photographer for KWWL. While shooting the video, Siebring was shocked by what was occurring.

“You can hear me laughing at the end of the video because it was crazy that Tim was having a conversation with Obama,” Siebring said.

Immediately after speaking with the president, Getting added subtitles to the video and posted it on YouTube.

By the next day, Getting had been contacted by Obama’s Iowa campaign headquarters and the video was posted on the Iowa blog for the president’s website.

Taking Obama’s advice, Getting went to the KWWL station with his application in hand and ran into the news director while in the lobby.

After an interview, Getting was offered a full-time position within 43 hours of posting his video.

In order to thank the president, Getting created another video offering Obama not only his sincere gratitude, but also a dance party in his honor at

hotter or colder than the outside air, the temperature difference would create air currents and disrupt the images seen through the telescope.

Cell phones, cameras and other electronic devices are prohibited, but not for reasons related to noise or distraction.

The white light given off by screens and flashes is harsh on the eyes, which makes it more difficult to view the night sky.

For this reason, the flashlights and deck lighting used on the roof are colored red, which is much easier on the eyes.

To the naked eye, the moon appears round and smooth.

Through the observatory telescope, however, the moon becomes large enough to distinguish craters on the edge of the moon, giving it a jagged edge instead. Later in the semester, the telescope will be aimed at planets in the solar system, including Jupiter.

Stargazing is a long-standing tradition at UNI, Morgan said. The university has offered observatory shows for more than 20 years.

Fallon Millerski, a freshman business major, had not been to an observatory show before this past Thursday. Her experience piqued an interest in studying the stars.

“Now that I’ve come, I really want to take an astronomy class next year,” Millerski said.

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the White House after the election. As one of the founders of the UNI dance parties, Getting felt that it was a perfect way to thank the president.

“It is something that has really meant a lot to me and it’s something that is very silly and ridiculous but at the same time it is a lot of good, clean and healthy fun,” Getting said. “It’s just an opportunity to take something cool to an even cooler level.”

Now beginning his job as an editor for the 5, 6 and 10 o’clock news at KWWL, Getting can look back on this experience with new knowledge and potentially help others who are in the same situation he was.

“One piece of advice that I would give is to find something that will make you stand out, and you have to get creative,” Getting said. “Find something that shows who you really are and dig deep to find a way to make yourself stand out to other candidates.”

Check out Getting’s video on YouTube by searching “My ‘Thank You’ to President Obama.”

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University of Northern Iowa redshirt freshman quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen was named one of five Football Championship Subdivision National Players of the Week

by The Sports Network for his KOLLMORGEN performance against the University of Wisconsin Badgers last weekend.

Kollmorgen received the distinction of Freshman of the Week, his second honor this week for his performance against Wisconsin.

In his season debut, Kollmorgen became just the fifth freshman in UNI history to start at quarterback. He completed 18-of-34 passes for 265 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.

Kollmorgen led a fourthquarter rally with two touchdown passes to running back David Johnson, cutting the score from 26-7 to 26-21.

Kollmorgen was also named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Week.

Panthers come up just short in 26-21 loss to Wisconsin BRAD EILERS Sports Editor

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The UNI defense held Wisconsin running back Montee Ball (28) to 120 yards rushing on 32 carries, an average of 3.8 yards per carry. Ball averaged 6.3 yards per carry last season.

It was over.

Trailing 19-0, on the road, in a hostile environment, playing against the No. 12-ranked team from the Football Bowl Subdivision, the University of Northern Iowa football team had only compiled 56 yards of total offense against the University of Wisconsin Badgers’ stifling defense and hadn’t crossed midfield all game.

It was over.

At least that’s what everyone in Camp Randall Stadium thought midway through last Saturday’s season opener.

Everyone except the 65 players donning the purple and gold uniforms.

On the ensuing drive, the Panthers managed to put together a 13-play, 75-yard drive capped by a 2-yard touchdown pass from redshirt freshman Sawyer Kollmorgen to sophomore Chad Owens with 52 seconds left in the

third quarter. The drive was keyed by a 21-yard pass from Kollmorgen to sophomore Brett LeMaster on 4th-and-4 at the Wisconsin 27-yard line.

“We called the timeout and I was just looking at their eyes,” Farley said of the team’s decision to go for it on fourth down. “They believed.

They wanted it. If they want it, it’s on them to make the play, and they made the play.”

“We finally started moving the ball. I think Farley realized our offense finally got in a rhythm. So it just kicked everything off for us,” Kollmorgen told media following the game. “I was trying not to be too hyped, not be too relaxed, just find a happy medium. Once we started rolling, that’s when I settled in the most.”

However, just two minutes later, the Badgers answered with their only big play of the day, as junior quarterback Danny O’Brien sold a play< See FOOTBALL, page 9

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David Johnson (7) and the UNI Panthers will host Central State University in their 2012 home opener at 6 p.m. in the UNI-Dome.

The No. 8-ranked University of Northern Iowa Panthers will square off with the Central State University Marauders Saturday at 6 p.m. in the UNI-Dome for the team’s home opener. The Panthers are coming off a hard-fought 26-21 defeat at the hands of the University of Wisconsin Badgers in last weekend’s season opener. The Marauders, a Division-II team from Wilberforce, Ohio, dropped a 28-27 contest to Stillman College in their season opener.

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However, despite being favored and playing a Division-II team sandwiched between two Big Ten Conference opponents, UNI head coach Mark Farley insists his team won’t be overlooking the Marauders.

“Everybody starts to talk to the players and all the attention starts to go past this game and we met yesterday … all our focus will go on (Central State),” said Farley. “This is a big game for us. We are at home and we need to win. Hopefully our players will stay focused.”

UNI (0-1) may not be overlooking CSU, but Farley did admit the Panthers don’t know “a whole lot” about their opponents.

“They’ve got a couple of new coaches. It’s personnel we have no familiarity with. The school, we’re not familiar with,” said Farley. “Say what

you want about who we’re playing and who we’re going to play and who we did play. It doesn’t matter to us. We’re trying to find a plan so our players are comfortable in the game and playing the plan.”

The Marauders return 15 starters (six on offense, seven on defense, two on special teams) from last year’s one-win team and traditionally run a pro-style offense along with a 4-3 base defense.

Saturday could also mark a significant milestone in Farley’s head coaching tenure at UNI. He currently holds a 99-40 career record at UNI and will be trying for his 100th career victory as head coach of the Panthers.

Saturday’s game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. UNI students can get into the game for free by showing their student ID.

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action and completed a 53-yard touchdown strike to junior receiver Jared Abbrederis.

Now, it was over. There was no way a team from the Football Championship Subdivison could come back from a 19-point deficit against the Wisconsin Badgers, a team that had won 16 consecutive home games and 32 straight regular season nonconference games coming into Saturday’s matchup. The Panthers, however, never gave up.

Kollmorgen connected with sophomore running back David Johnson on back-toback drives, scoring on touchdown passes of 55 and 31 yards. UNI had closed the gap to 26-21 with 7:24 remaining in the game.

After forcing a three-andout on the next Wisconsin possession, the Panthers found themselves 75 yards from the go-ahead score with 5:17 to go.

UNI tallied 34 yards of offense on its final drive before facing a 4th-and-1 at the Wisconsin 41-yard line.

On fourth down, Kollmorgen tried to connect with LeMaster, but his pass was tipped by Badger defensive lineman Ethen Hemer and fell harmlessly to the turf.

Momen ts later, Wisconsin’s Heisman Trophy hopeful, Montee Ball, sealed the game by picking up a first down, which allowed the Badgers to kill the clock.

Wisconsin won 26-21.

“We’d probably do a hundred things different, but I’m not going to second-guess the call, or what we’ve done,” Farley said of his team’s final offensive play. “We had converted on fourth down (earlier)… There was a rush and a batted ball. Without the batted ball, we might still be playing.”

The Panthers can hold

their heads high and build off this performance.

Despite his spending twothirds of the game on the field, the Panther defense held Montee Ball to just 120 yards and one touchdown on 32 carries. That’s an average of 3.8 yards per carry, well below his average of 6.3 yards per carry a year ago. UNI also held Wisconsin to 26 points, something that hadn’t happened in exactly 20 months, when the Badgers lost a 21-19 affair to Texas Christian University in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 2011.

Kollmorgen also showed why Farley named him the starting quarterback over three others vying for the job. After going just 3-for-6 in the first half of his first collegiate start, Kollmorgen finished 18-for-34, passing for 265 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.

“There’s a lot of FBS schools that I’d rather play than those guys,” said Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema. “They’re a really really good football team …

Hopefully our guys learn, hey, you’ve got to put people away when we can.”

Last Saturday’s outcome should be no surprise; the Panthers have a history of close games with FBS opponents. UNI lost to the University of Iowa by one point in 2009 and lost to Iowa State University by one point last season. The last time UNI beat an FBS opponent was 2007, when they topped the Cyclones 24-13 in Ames.

Following this Saturday’s game with Central State University at 6 p.m., the Panthers will get another shot at beating an FBS opponent next weekend when they square off with the Hawkeyes in Iowa City.

“Coach Farley said to come out and prove we belong,” said Kollmorgen. “I think we did that today.”

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The No. 23-ranked UNI Panthers defeated Boston College and Mississippi State in the Trojan Invitational but fell to No. 5-ranked USC.

Panthers go 2-1 in the Trojan Invitational MAT MEYER Sports Writer

The No. 23-ranked University of Northern Iowa volleyball team traveled to Los Angeles, Calif., last Friday to compete in the Trojan Invitational. The Panthers won their first match against the Boston College Eagles by scores 25-17, 22-25, 25-22 and 25-7 to take it 3-1.

Shelby Kintzel led the front line with 15 kills for the Panthers and Megan Lehman added 12. Molly Turke dished out 39 assists to her teammates in the win.

UNI jumped out to an early 7-3 lead. The Panthers put together a 4-0 run to take a 15-10 lead, which was enough to hold the Eagles at bay for the rest of the set and give UNI the win with a final score of 25-17.

Boston College was determined not to go down without a fight and kept the score

close at the start of the second set. UNI took a 17-11 lead, but this time the Eagles soared back and tied the set at 20 points apiece. The run by the Eagles gave them enough momentum to finish off the Panthers in the second set 22-25.

The third set went much the same way as the second, with both teams fighting back and forth for the lead. Once again, UNI found themselves in a close set, leading 22-21 late.

However, this time it was the Panthers who came away victorious with a final score of 25-22.

After the intermission, the Panthers turned up the heat and pounced on Boston College, winning the final set in dominating fashion.

The score was 25-7.

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