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November 11th, 2021 — Vol. 100, Issue 5

WON. BUT NOT DONE.

by KEEGAN GODWIN executive editor

The Loras Soccer program has taken massive strides this year on both sides.

Both the Men and Women’s program have advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Coming off an excellent season last year, both the men’s and women’s program dominated this year in search of continued program success. Both programs earned automatic bids into the NCAA Tournament.

The Women’s team played the Wartburg Knights on Nov. 6 at the Rock Bowl in the A-R-C Championship match. The No. 9 Duhawks got off to a strong start by scoring three unanswered goals in the first half.

Loras would go on to defeat Wartburg with a final score of 4-1. With their excellent performances, Senior Ryleigh O’Brien and Sophomore Libby Perry both earned accolades. O’Brien won ‘Female Athlete of the Week’ and Perry won ‘Defensive Player of the Week’.

With a season record of 18-0-1 (8-00 A-R-C) and clinching the Conference Championship, the women’s team will host

the Fontbonne Griffins on the Rock Bowl this coming Friday at 1 PM. The Duhawks hope to continue their championship season in the NCAA Tournament as the winner will advance into the Second Round matchup, which is set to begin on Nov. 13 at 3:00 PM at the Rock Bowl.

The Men’s team headed across town to play the University of Dubuque Spartans in the Conference Championship. The Duhawks were ranked third in their conference while the Spartans were ranked as the top seed. Playing as the underdog, the Duhawks jumped out to an early lead thanks to Sophomore Reed Miklavcic. Loras would play stellar defense against their rivals and win the game with a 1-0 shutout. Miklavcic would win ‘Offensive Player of the Week’ for his outstanding play. Goaltender Connor Fitzpatrick would win ‘Defensive Player of the Week’ for his back-to-back shutouts in the tournament.

With a season record of 13-6-2 (5-21 A-R-C) and clinching the Conference Championship, the men’s team will travel to Northfield, MN to play the North Central Cardinals on Friday at 1:30 PM.

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The Women’s Soccer team plays this Friday at 1 PM @ the Rock Bowl against Fontbonne The Men’s Soccer team plays this Friday at 1:30 PM @ St. Olaf against North Central photo by DUHAWKS.COM

Cam’s Billboard Review Editor Cam Arvidson looks at the Billboard Hot 100 to see what is hot...and what is not

by CAM ARVIDSON sports editor

It seems to have been a return to normalcy on the Billboard charts since last week’s update. The Hot100 stayed exactly the same, with Adele’s new single “Easy on Me” leading the pack in its second straight week at number one. Retaking the first spot was Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” on the Billboard200. Each album in the top five of the Billboard200 is a re-enter, meaning these projects have been in the top five previously.

Notable new albums to crack the Billboard200 were the release of Lana Del Rey’s new album “Blue Banisters,” her second project of the year, along with Elton John’s collaborative album “The Lockdown Sessions,” coming in at eight and ten, respectively. Elton John’s new album contains some of the legend’s most ambitious collaborations of his career, including tracks with Dua Lipa, Young Thug and Nicki Minaj, Gorillaz, Miley Cyrus, and more. John’s ability to perform under the parameters of different genres and build chemistry with vastly different artists is something that not many music legends of his status could pull off, and it paid off with the album’s top ten debut.

Most notably has been the recent resurgence of Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album.” The previous week saw the album at number eight and this week at number two. The resurgence comes after Wallen requested his fans take a moment away from listening to his music after a controversial video of the country artist yelling a racial slur while under the influence surfaced back in February of this year. In the court of public opinion, it seems that Wallen’s fans have sided with him, as his chart resurgence suggests.

However, even after months away from the public eye and working to repair his image, Wallen was recently disqualified from accepting any awards at the American Music Awards. AMA representatives released a statement essentially barring Wallen from showing up, but, because chart performance and fan voting weigh heavily on nominations and winners, Wallen is up for two awards. If Wallen wins either award, the AMA’s will not allow him to participate in the ceremonies regardless. This situation could likely end like the Billboard Music Awards back in May of this year when Wallen took

home three awards despite not being invited to the show In a statement released by the organization, they claim Wallen’s future conduct will affect whether or not he will be allowed to participate in future award shows, a precedent other award organizations are likely to follow. Since the incident with Wallen broke the news, Wallen has made statements regarding his effort to become a more sympathetic and empathetic person; however, some of the promises in his apologies have not panned out to this point. Most publications are calling on his promise to donate half a million dollars to the Black Music Action Coalition. A Rolling Stone report came out in September with a Coalition member citing this statement from Wallen. The group was disappointed in Wallen’s lack of action to support “anti-racism endeavors” and thought the dollar amount he mentioned on national television was “exceptionally misleading.” With the AMA’s coming up on Nov. 21, more news and statements on Wallen will likely come out before the show.

Cavanagh wins Dubuque Mayoral race

by KCRG STAFF kcrg.com

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – City councilman Brad Cavanagh will be Dubuque’s next mayor, according to election results on Tuesday.

Cavanagh earned 5,404 votes – 62 percent while candidate David Resnick earned 3,379 votes – 38 percent.

Cavanagh, the representative for the city’s fourth ward, said that he would prioritize growing Dubuque if elected. He cited the desire to encourage development downtown, as well as the north and west sides of town.

“I want to be in the community and hear what you have to say, and I want to make sure that we build a relationship, so you know that when you have something to say you can come and talk to me.”

Cavanagh replaces incumbent and retiring mayor Roy D. Buol, who was first elected to the office in 2005.

photo by LOS ANGELES TIMES

Adele hosting Saturday Night Live in 2020. Her new single, Easy on me, stays at number one on the charts for the second week in a row.

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Preparing for Thanksgiving with the family

by AVERY WICKERSHAM executive copy editor

Bye-bye burnout

by CALASANDRA SPRAY mind and soul editor

The holidays are fast approaching and every college student knows what that means: finals. Juggling family, schoolwork, work, and extracurriculars can be a huge strain on physical and mental health and cause burnout. While burnout is not a medical diagnosis, it can be the cause of a loss of personal identity resulting in a less productive day.

The first thing to know about burnout is how to spot it. According to the Mayo Clinic, signs of burnout can include but are not limited to cynicism or overly critical evaluation of the self, lack of motivation to do work, lack of energy to be productive, difficulty concentrating, a lack of satisfaction from completed tasks, a change in sleep habits, and unexplained headaches or nausea.

Fortunately, there are ways to bounce back from burnout.

These same methods can be used as a preventative action to stop yourself from becoming burnt out.

The first step is to set boundaries. If a task is not helping to achieve bigger goals, set it aside for a time when one has more time and energy to handle it. I am guilty of not adhering to this advice. Any time extra credit is offered in a class, I’ll jump on it. Even if it means my regular work suffers while I’m busy doing optional things. Whereas, if I assess what time and energy I have available to accomplish tasks, then I would set the

extra credit on the back burner to wait for a time when I have more energy. Doing this could improve my regular class scores and eliminate the need for extra credit. This concept applies outside of the classroom as well. Before saying yes to an extracurricular or an available shift at your job, make sure to check in with oneself and ask if it’s reasonable to add something else to one’s plate.

One way that I have found to accomplish setting boundaries for myself is setting a three-task rule. I like checking little boxes off in my planner but every time I look, it seems there are more boxes left to be checked than those done. At the end of the day, no matter how many boxes I have checked off, I don’t feel accomplished because there was something that I didn’t do. There were still unchecked boxes. Now, I make sure to only place three boxes on each spread for my daily tasks. If I get those three things done and I have more energy, then I can do three more. However, if I get those three things done, I feel accomplished even if I don’t have the energy to do more. Celebrating the small wins makes the big jobs a little easier.

In the same respect, take some personal time. Turn off devices, don’t check emails, forget about homework for an hour, and do something personal. If one feels the weight of everything they have to do is crashing down on them, sometimes taking a step back allows one the sense of mind to see each thing as an individual task instead of a mass horde of them. Having a moment to oneself to do something relaxing and fun, such as painting, going for a walk, reading a book that’s not for a class, or playing a video game, can help relieve tension. When one does pick their work back up, it hopefully doesn’t feel so overwhelming.

For me, I have a self-love hour every day. An hour before bed, I put down all my work so that my brain can wind down. This also helps me to fall asleep instead of lying there thinking of all the things I need to get done.

Another way to help prevent or recover from burnout is to talk to someone about it. Bottling up our feelings often makes them worse. Call a friend, video chat with family, or even talk to a counselor. Loras’ campus has an excellent counseling center that one can turn to if you feel the need.

Through connecting with others, we can find a support system that helps us feel less alone when dealing with lots of stress. This support system can also help us to re-discover ourselves if we are feeling lost in the sea of tasks and accomplishments. Remember, we are not robots and are not meant to spend our lives constantly working.

As finals approach, be sure to make time for oneself and prioritize tasks so that burnout doesn’t occur. If one notices signs of burnout in themselves or others, re-evaluate where time can be made to rest and rejuvenate. That way, everyone can get back to being productive instead of forcing themselves through each task on a never-ending list.

Remember: be kind to yourselves and good luck studying!

Though it’s hard to believe, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Whether students are heading home or staying on campus, there are a lot of things to remember and some ways to prepare for Thanksgiving break.

One of the biggest things to remember about Thanksgiving break is that some professors will assign work for break, or there will be projects due right after break. The best way to keep up with assignments is to write them out in a planner or even on a piece of paper. Separate assignments by class, color-code them, and use them as a checklist.

When an assignment is finished, cross it off the list. Make sure to include all of the due dates with each assignment—this ensures a system to prioritize the assignments due either over break or right after break. Enjoy the break, but don’t get behind in classes!

If students live in campus housing (and even for the students that live off-campus), it’s important to prepare each room for departures.

Most specifically, clean food and trash out of dorms and apartments.

At this point in the semester, food might be abandoned in students’ fridges, so it’s a smart idea to go through refrigerators and cabinets for anything that might, or has, gone bad. Remember to also take out all trash, unplug everything from the walls, and straighten up rooms for a pleasant return to campus.

Some people are flying or driving long distances to get home, so make sure to pack everything before departing. Pack toiletries (if flying, ensure all toiletries are under three ounces), multiple pairs of clothes, a winter jacket if necessary, medications, and school work. It’s best to make a list and cross items off as they’re packed.

Being home can often be a stressor, so just try to take some deep breaths and mentally prepare oneself for being home. This is a very hard time for everyone—we’re all at an age where we’re figuring out the world, and it’s hard to go from having freedom to going home to different rules. There are plenty of resources to talk to if one is feeling nervous to go home: the Counseling Center is open and many professors are willing to talk to their students. If one can’t get an appointment with the Counseling Center, try emailing student advisors or even talking to a trusted friend.

A break is coming up soon, Duhawks. Keep up the good work, and have safe travels at the end of the month!

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Tips with Trish: Socializing skills

by TRICIA BORELLI Director of the Counseling Center

Dear Italee, I don’t know how to make friends, but I really want them. I find myself feeling awkward and uncomfortable in conversations with new people. I don’t really understand social cues or what to look for I guess. I feel like it’s just not something I learned so I feel very lonely much of the time. I just want to have a friend group like normal people, but I don’t know how to be a friend to people.

How do I socialize with people? Where do I start?

Signed, Lonely Italee says: Thank you for writing in. You aren’t alone in this! You’d be surprised just how many people find themselves in the same situation. As for where to start, that depends on how well you have socialized so far. Obviously, this is very simplified but bear with me.

Let’s say you are at square one. Not a lot of social skills or never really had any long-term friends. That’s fine! Weirdly enough, we start with reflection within ourselves. How many times have you found yourself frustrated, stressed, angry, or worried in a relationship but the other people seemed fine? It can be disorienting. Start by understanding yourself. What makes you happy? What makes you worry? What makes you angry? What makes you sad? Can you identify how intensely you are feeling these emotions? Are they appropriate for the situation? Do you know how to deal with these emotions appropriately? This last question is important because we don’t want to lash out at our friends, but we also don’t want to isolate or hide our feelings away.

Alongside this, identify your own personal self-talk. Do you have a lot of negative self-talk? (e.g. “I’m such a loser.”

“I’m annoying.” “No one wants to be my friend.”) Negative self-talk can come from or lead to a lot of negative emotions.

It’s difficult to make friends when we’re so self-conscious about ourselves and our actions. How often do you find yourself in this type of self-talk? Is it often?

What about positive self-talk? (e.g., “I like myself.” “I did that well.” “I’m okay, even if I mess this up.”) How often does positive self-talk come up and can we use it against negative self-talk? Improve that self-confidence!

You are worthy of friendship!

From here, we have to learn how to empathize with other people. There will be differences in any friendship that may cause dissonance. Sometimes our emotions make us feel like those things are personal. Almost like our friends are intentionally causing tension, leaving us out, or that they don’t like us anymore.

Instead, we have to pace ourselves and try to understand the other person’s position without jumping to a conclusion.

For example, your friend doesn’t personally invite you to Sonic when they went with other people. You may feel betrayed and left out and the conclusion is that they don’t want you around anymore. Now take a step back and look at the situation. Was this late at night? Do they normally invite you to places? Have they hung out with you recently? Did you let them know you wanted to hang out?

Maybe it was a last-minute plan, and they went with the people they were around at the time. They aren’t feeling any negative feelings towards you. It wasn’t an intentional act against you. It’s not the end of the friendship.

Empathizing with other people can also help with socializing as it can help you process what’s happening in a social gathering. As we get older, socializing

beginning. Unfiltered and unsolicited opinions can turn people off, especially if they don’t know you well. Again, be respectful. This was a lot of information.

I know it was, but one more thing. There In this column by Tricia Borelli, director of Counseling Services, she answers questions are levels of friendship. You will not from students about their emotional well-being become best friends with someone after hanging out with them twice. Maybe in while attending college. Send questions to: kindergarten, when the most complicated Ms. Borelli, Loras, Box 100, thing about us is that we really like the or e-mail tricia.borelli@loras.edu. color blue, finding a shared interest/ All names will be kept confidential. opinion can mean a great friendship.

We’re not in kindergarten anymore though. People have complicated becomes more complex and subtler. feelings, opinions, behaviors, etc.

Being able to empathize and understand emotions can help you pick up on other People start as strangers. You don’t know people’s social cues. their names and you don’t hang out with them. Then you move to acquaintances.

Observing people’s interactions in a You know their name and maybe have a social setting will make it easier to chat or two occasionally. Maybe they sit predict how someone will react or feel. next to you or you’ve had a group project together. Friendly, but not really friends.

When creating a relationship with After hanging out a few more times and another person, there are written and learning about them more, we can move unwritten rules. Written rules are like to friends. These are people you have laws or things considered to be common dinner with or do homework with. You sense. Don’t harm anyone. Don’t harass know more about these people’s likes and anyone. Be respectful to yourself and dislikes and they know more about yours others. These are usually well known. It’s too. The closer you get to the person usually the unwritten rules that can trip people up. Maintaining eye contact when after some time, you might find that your interactions are comfortable and easy. directly speaking to someone. When You like hanging out with each other and someone asks you about your day, it’s do it often. We can move them to best expected you ask the same in return. Ask friend status. people about their interests if they ask you about yours. Most of these are about I cannot stress enough that this takes showing interest and being equal in the time and effort. These are skills. It’s okay friendship. Starting out with small topics if you’re still a bit awkward. Everyone has with people will help you learn these. to start somewhere. Take it at your own pace and evaluate how you’ve changed Develop a filter! Ah, this is a big one! over time. Again, this is very simplified Some people need to develop an internal and easier said than done. Getting out of filter to avoid saying or doing things that your comfort zone is always scary, but the might insult people, hurt their feelings, reward could mean meeting fun people. etc. Do you consider yourself a blunt or If you find yourself still struggling, talk straightforward person? Not to say you to a parent, advisor/peer advisor, or the need to stop, but maybe consider giving counseling center. You can and will make your opinions appropriately. If you don’t friends. like something your friend likes, instead of saying “I think it’s dumb” consider Signed, saying instead, “It’s not really my thing”.

Soften the blow a bit, at least in the Italee

The hum of healing

by AVERY WICKERSHAM executive copy editor

Sounds are all around us, from the chirping of birds to the crashing of oceans to someone’s favorite song. While many people find different sounds relaxing, there are specific frequencies that one can listen to that can have a certain healing effect. These are known as “Solfeggio frequencies.”

Solfeggio frequencies have been around for millennia. Many scientists and mathematicians have dedicated studies to these frequencies and how they affect the human body. In fact, a biochemist named Dr. Glen Rein performed an experiment in 1988 with different frequencies and their effect on DNA. Rein “exposed similar DNA vials to four kinds of music with different frequencies – Gregorian chants, Sanskrit chants, classical, and rock. By measuring the rate of UV light absorption, an essential function of healthy DNA, Rein was able to assess the effects of each type of music” (Relax Melodies).

According to the experiment, rock music was the most harmful, classical music was slightly helpful, and Gregorian chants and Sanskrit chants significantly increased the absorption of UV light, which has a healing effect (Relax Melodies). This experiment set the stage for more research about sound and the human body; thus, the Solfeggio frequencies were born.

The Nature Healing Society has a list of multiple healing frequencies and their effects. They are as

follows: 396 Hz: releases fear and guilt 417 Hz: promotes change 528 Hz: DNA repair 639 Hz: promoting reconnection and healthy relationships 741 Hz: expression and solutions 852 Hz: returning to a spiritual order These are “part of the olden six-tone scale believed to have incorporated scared music, inclusive of the famous and beautiful Gregorian Chants” (Nature Healing Society).

The above list is merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Solfeggio frequencies, and there are many different playlists on streaming services and YouTube if one is interested. In order to really feel the effect of the frequencies, meditation is necessary. Meditation looks different for everyone, but the bare bones include a quiet place to oneself with the frequencies playing. Some people like to sit on a yoga mat, some people like to light a candle with a comforting scent, and some like to run a diffuser with a calming or stimulating essential oil like peppermint, lavender, eucalyptus, or lemongrass.

When meditating, put headphones in to really absorb the frequency and to cancel out the rest of the world for a few minutes. Take

deep breaths while listening; and listen to as many frequencies as needed—or, Google frequencies for specific healing. Take all the time needed. The rest of the world can wait.

Making this part of one’s daily routine would be beneficial for mood improvement, anxiety relief, and even bodily repair. When a break is necessary, consider a meditation session with some Solfeggio frequencies!

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Christmas in El Dorado, Part I

by SARWAN MOGHAMIS staff writer

El Dorado is like any other city. Skyscrapers, large crowds, traffic. I guess the only real difference is that people here aren’t your ordinary folks. Werewolves, elves, trolls, witches, merman, and way more live here.

I’m a werebeast myself, son of a werewolf and a beast. I currently live with my half-sister who’s both werewolf and elf. Also living with her fiancé who’s human but claims to be “five percent merman.” Christmas in our family usually involves screaming, threats, and law enforcement, but I guess this year is different. If I’m going to tell a Christmas story, I’m going to do it right.

‘Twas the night before Christmas, or Christmas Eve. This is the night where Santa Claus delivers gifts around the world. Who makes these gifts? Not elves, at least not anymore.

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little town with all these museums and restaurants, but it’s cold as hell.

You’re probably wondering what Christmas is like now. Well, we still put up a tree, share gifts, watch classic movies like “How the Grinch Saved Christmas,” based on the autobiography written by the Grinch back when he was alive.

Now, I’ve heard that guy was a delight.

In this week’s installment of the series on gender and sexuality, I introduce you to a Loras College student who identifies as non-binary. Since the student is only out to a select few friends and family members, they will be identified as Julien Smith (a pseudonym) in the story. For consistency, Smith will be referred to as she in the story.

Her extremely annoying fiancé is determined to gift her the best Christmas ever. I told the clueless chump that it’s just not going to happen, but after all she’s done for me, taking me in from rehab and making sure I don’t relapse on wolfsbane, the least I can do is give her a happy Christmas.

When I was first offered the opportunity to interview a non-binary student for my series, I must confess that I wasn’t interested. The problem was, I didn’t think enough about the hyphenated word, non-binary. This is probably because I didn’t understand what the word meant. But, I needed an interview for the fourth installment, so I asked to meet Julien Smith to talk about her journey. We were barely over a minute into the interview when I realized my incompetence on the topic.

Her fiancé and I aren’t what you’d call… friends. You see, he’s a stuck-up know-it-all while I’m freer and more lovable. Working with him will be hard, but can you imagine how much my sister will do for me if this works? I could hold this over her forever!

To be continued…

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This last Friday, we saw the release of Marvel’s third film this year, “Eternals.” Coming off the heels of a recent Academy Award win, director Chloe Zhao’s (“Nomadland”) ambitious superhero turn has already proven to be polarizing. Popular online review website Rotten Tomatoes currently places “Eternals” at 47 percent, making it the lowest scoring MCU film. But is the film actually rotten, or did Rotten Tomatoes get this one wrong? Let’s talk about it.

In full truth, this film is… fine? It’s not the worst Marvel property that has been released in the last 10 years, but it is also far from the best. In truth, it is a very average movie. There are flashes of brilliance within the two hours and 37-minute runtime, but more often than not, I found myself asking, “Why should I care about any of these characters?”

In terms of positives, the cinematography is some of the best we’ve ever gotten from a Marvel project.

You can easily see Zhao’s creative eye in the film’s framing, story, and characters. While it does take some time for you to care about this new team of heroes, once you do, the film becomes far more interesting and stressful to watch.

The cast is exceptional, and you can tell they’ve all bought into the absurdity of this universe. I want to give special praise to Barry Keoghan’s Druig, Gemma Chan’s Sersi, and Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos, as they represent the heart of the film. Unlike many Comic Book properties, “Eternals” touches on

the themes of mortality and morality, and these three characters do the most heavy-lifting in getting you to understand the weight of these concepts and the stakes they have in our own universe.

With that said, it feels weighed down by the limitations of being a Marvel film.

It is such a departure from everything we’ve seen up to this point that it was sometimes difficult to understand how these characters could ever fit into the world of Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man. If you take it as a standalone film it is enjoyable, but when you place it in-universe, it gets a bit messy. It is entertaining enough to keep you interested while watching, but not enough that you will think about it after you’ve left the theatre.

The big question you might be asking is: if I am a huge Marvel fan do I have to watch “Eternals?” To that, I would say this movie is so loosely connected to the MCU that if you wanted to skip it, you could. The end credit scenes offer some hints towards the wider Marvel Universe, but ultimately, you could get that information from a Google search. If the film was 30 minutes shorter, I’d have an easier time outright recommending it to people, but it is a long time investment. What I will say is that if you’ve got three hours to spare and you’re a fan of this universe or Chloe Zhao’s previous work, give it a watch. But if you saw the trailers and thought, “I won’t enjoy this movie,” you’re probably right.

Final Score- 5.5/10

“One of the things that really interested me was binders … some of my friends use packers,” Smith said. Whoa. What? “I’m about to learn some sh*t,” I thought to myself.

When it comes to labeling an individual’s personal identity, that can be tricky.

“Binary” generally means either this or that – one or the other. In gender, that binary would be either man or woman.

In an article in “Teen Vogue,” Aida Manduley, MSW, a non-binary sex educator and therapist, defines a non-binary person as “someone who does not identify as a man or a woman, or solely as one of those two genders.”

Manduley says non-binary is often used as “an umbrella term for other identities that fall outside the man/woman dichotomy and may be more specific. Manduley goes on to say that no matter how “this person identifies their gender, it does not neatly follow the binary of man and woman.”

Anyway, Santa is of course being taken care of by armed forces. Elves are free.

Some still live in the North Pole, but instead of a toy factory, it’s now a cute

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NON-BINARY IS NOT A THIRD GENDER

My sister, being a half-elf, doesn’t actually care for this season. On top of the dark history of heritage, her dad passed away when she was a kid on Christmas Day. Our mom was desperate and married my father, which is how yours truly was born, but he walked out on us when I was thirteen. But this story isn’t about me, it’s about my sister.

Now it’s time for a history lesson. To be fair, I was never fully awake during my world history class in high school, but this topic was actually interesting.

So back in god knows when, elves were basically slaves. Santa needed people to build his gifts, so he bought them, but he wasn’t all that bad of a guy… who are we kidding? He was a horrible guy. He literally broke into people’s homes through their chimneys! The dude watched over children, only gave the nice kids gifts, and the naughty ones got coal. And don’t even get me started on those poor reindeer.

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Julien Smith says that, while she is not a big fan of assigning labels, it does help when it comes to trying to communicate what she feels. One of the things that having the label does, Smith says, is make her feel that she is not broken.

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“There are plenty of people like myself who prefer to just say non-binary because we don’t have a specific idea of our specific identities because there are a whole bunch of identities underneath non-binary,” Smith said. “I don’t know – I vibe with the word so I just go with it.”

When Smith was first questioning her identity, she was in middle school and came across the word transgender. She said she asked her dad about it and got the worst definition anyone could possibly give.

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“[Eventually,] I got an explanation from someone who was experiencing trans feelings.”

Like her dad trying to define the word trans to her, Smith says that nonbinary identification is very confusing for most people. Since our society thrives a great deal on stereotypes, people want to put others into a neat little box. Smith said that non-binary people simply don’t fit into that box.

“Since it’s not one thing, it’s not a third gender, and people get really confused,” Smith said. “How you identify, how you feel, is not really a choice but how you act on it is.”

Smith says that friends come to her with questions about how they should identify themselves. Smith said it’s not up to her to assign a label to them, if they’re straight or if they’re cisgender.

“You need to choose if you want to take on the label,” Smith said. “You can’t label someone else – they have to label themselves.”

Smith said, when it comes to pronouns, it’s not that important to her, adding that she is open to any or all pronouns.

“I like to joke that the only way to misgender me is to use neo-pronouns,” Smith said. Neo-pronouns, Smith explained, is a new category of pronouns for people who aren’t comfortable with he, she, and they.

One term used in the non-binary community is, “enby,” the shortened name for non-binary. This is not to be confused with “nb,” which is used for “nonblack.”

Smith said that the LGBTQ+ space on campus is good. She added, Loras is working on being more LGBTQ+ friendly but there is definitely room for growth.

“The campus is weird because outwardly we’re pretty good at inclusivity and tolerance,” Smith said. “Then you get parts of the administration and the donors and they can be really iffy … and then there are the anti-LGBT portions of campus, so you don’t always know what response you’re going to get.”

Oh, back to where I started. Packers are used to represent male anatomy on someone who doesn’t have that.

“Binders are essentially this tight upper garment that … squishes your boobs so they look smaller … makes you look like you don’t have them, hopefully,” Smith said.

I learned a lot from gathering this story. I hope you learned a lot from reading it.

“I essentially got, ‘they’re people who chop their genitals off’ … so I was transphobic for about a week in middle school,” Smith said with a laugh.

by DR. JAMES POLLOCK professor of English

The hand-held Titan doffs his cap thus: schling!

A little sloshing in the belly. Wick, spark wheel, eyelet, flint spring, chimney. Plaything, the ancient miracle become a trick, or many: Drop Spark, Bar Slide, Spinning Wheel, The Married Man, The Twilight Zone, The Gun. Who now remembers what it took to steal this cunning tongue of fire from the sun?

[originally published in Met Magazine, Manchester, U.K.; forthcoming in the book Durable Goods, from Signal Editions/Véhicule Press, Montreal, Canada, in 2022]

Phillip & Vee: Pt. 1

by JEREMY STROUGH help desk staff

Phillip hated the drive home. It wasn’t particularly arduous, nor was it dangerous. The only factor that made the ten-mile exercise daunting was, simply, boredom. After living most of his adult life in Tempe, Arizona, Phillip had been overjoyed to find himself in Iowa. The bland reds, tans, and browns swapped for luscious greens. The overt tapestry of fallen leaves in the fall had also been a welcome sight. What he hadn’t been prepared for wasn’t the winter but the short time directly before it. After the last leaves had finally given up their grip and tumbled to the ground, but before the flurries of snow began to coat everything in bright, pure dazzling white. In that short interim, the entire state seemed to become white-washed and appear only in shades of gray. The fields had all been harvested, leaving only dry husks and furrowed mounds of dirt. The bare trunks of trees appeared gray and lifeless. It certainly didn’t help that the sun was semi-permanently hidden in the overcast sky.

Phillip sighed and adjusted his hands on the steering wheel. Even the old country highway he was driving down was gray, having been made of pavement as opposed to asphalt. If it weren’t for the bright yellow lines down the center of the road, he’d probably fall into wondering if he’d actually lost the ability to see colors. His mind drifted off for a moment, following that line of thought.

“I wonder if that’s actually a thing…” Phillip said aloud to the empty car. “Late-onset complete color blindness. I bet Vee would probably know. I’ll have to ask him when I get home.” Phillip shook his head and returned to the present, just in time to see a speed limit sign. It was one of the few landmarks available to navigate. He was almost home.

For the last four years, since he’d moved to Iowa, Phillip had lived in, and now around, the city of Dubuque. It was a decent place, the people were nice, but he found it dreadfully boring. Compared to the sights and smells and the hustle and bustle of the cities he’d previously lived in, Dubuque’s historic calm and serene beauty were almost...too quiet. When he’d first moved in, it had been himself, Vee, and four other roommates living in a small house in a residential neighborhood. Two of the roommates had gotten married, and moved out to start their lives together. Another had moved to Indianapolis, with his longtime girlfriend. The fourth had more-or-less dropped off the face of the planet, choosing an over-the-road trucking career and living in the tractor-trailer instead of renting a place he’d almost never see.

After that, Phillip and Vee had moved to a large place on Main Street. It had been right in the heart of Dubuque’s downtown district. It had been nice but expensive. Finally, they’d found their current home. It was a small farmhouse, a few miles out from the city. It had a modestly sized yard and solitude. It was surrounded on three sides by fields also owned by the man they were renting the house from. The place had all of the rustic charm that Phillip had come to expect of Iowa and also happened to be in their price range.

Slowing down just enough to make the corner, Phillip turned onto an old dirt road. He knew that he was being too hard on the city. Most of the hardships he’d experienced since moving there had either been his own fault or of no relationship to Dubuque itself.

He tried to focus on the happier memories, and there were quite a few. Hiking among the hills and cliffs. Walking out and looking over the grand beauty of the Mississippi. Even all of the people he’d met. It was difficult to attribute a word to it, or even put a palpable statistic to it, but there was just something different about the Midwest. It was subtle but most definitely noticeable.

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Too much hustle, too much bustle

by CALASANDRA SPRAY mind-and-soul editor

To begin discussing the toxicity of hustle culture, first we need to define what it is. In my opinion hustle culture is the product of the American Dream, rags to riches story. This trope, prominent through early literature, suggests that with a little sweat and grime you can accomplish anything. The phrase “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” came out of this trope. Many people mistakenly took this as a literal thing, that as citizens we ought to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps – an impossible task. Over the last decade “hustle culture” has become a widespread phenomena for young entrepreneurs. The ideology permeating this development rests within the rags to riches story, everyone wants to start their own business to strike it rich.

The toxicity of hustle culture develops

within the shame many people feel for not hustling, and the exhaustion people face who are hustling. I have noticed in those around me a sense of guilt if they are not perceived as doing enough. Unfortunately, I myself have fallen victim to hustle culture. I’ll take on tasks that I know I don’t have the time or energy for, like picking up an extra shift, an extra class, or making plans to help out family members or friends, because it seems like everyone I talk to is doing more than me so I feel like I should be doing more as well. A phrase I often hear from motivation podcasts is that we all have the same twentyfour hours in a day and if they can do something then we can too. Logically, yes we all have the same twenty-four hours. In reality, we do not. My twenty-four hours can look a lot different then someone else’s based on personal needs for physical and mental health.

Additionally, there is this widespread

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need to fill your time 24/7 with productivity. Yes, we all have the same twenty-four hours, but how we choose to spend them differs. One person may find joy in working out every evening, another may find joy cooking healthy meals, and some people enjoy letting their brains unwind by vegging out on the couch. I’m not promoting vegging out all of the time, but I also believe that having a negative stigma attached to how one person chooses to relax versus another promotes an unhealthy mindset filled with judgment.

Burnout is not going to help any of us achieve our goals. So here is a gentle reminder that you don’t have to have a side hustle, you don’t have to be on the latest trends, there is no perfect way to live your life, and you are not falling behind. Take a deep breath and do what is best for you, not what hustle culture says you should be doing.

A peek at the polls California also went to the polls, where the recall against Gavin Newsom was opinion editor voted against with 61.88 percent voting Millions upon millions of voters went no; which is nearly identical to what he to the polls this year. There was a fair voter got when he ran for governor in 2018 turnout across the country for elections (61.95 percent). Newsom had won in that weren’t the midterms or president. part due to large democratic enthusiasm What were they all for? after conservative radio host Larry Elder, Before this fall, Georgia went to the whom many saw as a controversial figure, polls in January to vote for two US Senate jumped into the race in the summer. seats that would decide who controlled The enthusiasm among Democrats the senate. Both Democratic candidates largely stemmed from opposition to won with roughly 51 percent of the vote Elder’s conservative platform, which had each. Texas held a special congressional policies that weren’t popular in the liberal race that pitted to pro-trump republicans California. against each-other in a runoff election in Recently, there were two major a fairly republican district. Trump had gubernatorial races in New Jersey and endorsed Susan Wright, whose husband was the representative of the district (sixth Virginia. These races almost entirely congressional) until he passed away which reversed the status quo of the past decade.

In New Jersey, the last time a Republican opened up the seat. State representative was elected statewide was 2013 when Jake Ellzey, who ran for the seat in 2018 Chris Christie ran for reelection as and was defeated by Susan Wright’s governor. In 2017, former President now deceased husband Ron, won the Obama official Phil Murphy was elected election. In Ohio’s eleventh congressional governor as a Democrat in a landslide. district, a Democratic Party “proxy war” This year, Phil Murphy, whose approval had happened. It was a continuation rating has been both above and below 50 of the ongoing feud between the more percent, won reelection for a second term moderate wing of the party and the more with a little over 50 percent of the vote, progressive. Bernie Sanders affiliated which makes him the first Democratic groups and individuals backed his former campaign surrogate, the former Ohio state governor to win reelection in New Jersey since 1977. Meanwhile, the president of senator Nina Turner. Moderate democrats the State Senate, a Democrat, surprisingly backed Cuyahoga county council woman lost his seat in the legislature to a truck Shontel Brown; who ended up wining the driver who spent less than $10,000 on his primary election against Turner. campaign.

America’s eyes were on Virginia this year as well. Virginia has a one consecutive term limit, so former Governor Terry McAuliffe was running to take back the governor’s mansion. McAuliffe easily won the Democratic primary against three other candidates. McAuliffe was running against multi-millionaire businessman Glenn Younkin, who had won a crowded Republican convention earlier this year.

Younkin tried to distance himself from former President Trump while not alienating Trump voters.

Younkin tried to highlight local issues such as education, taxes, and jobs. McAuliffe’s mistake was forcing the narrative that Trump was a threat to the race and the state, as many Democrats successfully did in California just months before. The only problem was that Trump was staying fairly photo by CNN quiet and out of the race for the Glenn Younkin became the first republican to most part. On top of that, voters win a statewide race in Virginia since 2009. didn’t seem to care about Trump

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even though, according to exit polls done

by The Washington Post, he had only a 40 percent approval rating.

According to the same exit polls, roughly 70 percent of voters said either taxes, education, or the economy/jobs were the most important issues. Younkin was not only talking about the issues voters cared about, but he got the backing of rural voters and suburban voters that had just voted for Joe Biden last year (54 percent of voters in Virginia in 2020 voted for Biden compared to 44 percent for Trump). Younkin was able to portray himself as a change candidate, while McAuliffe was more of the status quo.

Biden’s approval at 46 percent, Democrats in Congress not passing the infrastructure bill, and McAuliffe’s negative campaign all contributed to a loss for Democrats in a race they should have won. Younkin received 50.7 percent to McAuliffe’s 48.5 percent. The Virginia House of Delegates elections put Republicans back in control.

Also, both the Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General races went to Republicans, the former making Winsome Sears the first woman and woman of color to hold the position.

In addition to these elections, voters turned down defunding the police in Minneapolis. New York City elected a Democrat Eric Adams, a centrist, who ran on issues such as crime. Adams will take his first tree payments in bitcoin. In Buffalo, New York; Byron Brown won a write-in campaign for mayor against the Democratic candidate India Walton who is a democratic socialist. Brown had lost the democratic party nomination, but won the general election by courting republicans, independents, and even democrats.

The main takeaway from this year’s election results show that Biden’s approval is currently not good. He is going to need to accomplish some big items on his agenda if he or anyone in his administration is thinking about running for president in 2024. Not only that, but the elections in Virginia and New Jersey are big indicators to the Biden administration that if they don’t fix things now, they could lose control of Congress next year. These elections also show that in order to succeed, the Republicans need to find a healthy relationship between distancing themselves from Trump while also courting his loyal supporters.

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Everyday Existentialism

by ARJA KUMAR staff writer

One of the most interesting phenomena of life is the existential crisis. This is defined as a moment in which one questions whether their life has meaning, purpose, or value. Along with this can come a sense of helplessness, loneliness, guilt, fear, anxiety, vulnerability, or dread.

These moments are notoriously known to be terrible, negative experiences that fate one to go out and buy a shiny red sports car, book a one-way exotic trip, grow a mullet, or get a weird piercing or tattoo. Yet, questioning one’s life and goals is healthy and can provide direction and lead to fulfillment, making the existential point of crisis a positive learning experience. These moments can even be of great development for one’s life.

There is a beautiful moment in the film American Beauty, where the protagonist, Lester Burnham, a depressed, frustrated suburban father, comes face to face with the subject of his desires — a young girl named Angela. Encountering her on a rainy night and on the verge of almost fulfilling his fantasy, Lester comes to a startling realization that this isn’t what he wanted all along. The man and the young girl instead comfort each other and bond over their shared frustrations in life.

Lester smiles at a photograph of his family and comes full circle with his existential dilemma. He finally understands what real beauty is. Surprisingly, at this very same moment, a mysterious figure shoots Lester and he falls dead, with the narration describing all the meaningful experiences in his life. He closes with, “It’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world.

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Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst… And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life…”

Like this meaningful film shows, the power of existentialism lies within its interconnectedness with ordinary life. There are no actual extravagant, mountain-climbing moments in which stars burst, flags wave, and dramatic music plays in life. Instead, great moments of existentialism occur everyday during the mundane, within the privacy of the self, quietly but just as grandly. For example, it can occur in the grocery store aisle meeting people you once knew dearly but have drifted away; when a young adult moves away from home and is thrust into the business of the world; when a child encounters an untrusted, scary stranger for the first time; when a person loses the person they love; or when a person loses the job they worked so hard for.

Existentialism is therefore a philosophy that leads one to face powerful, passionate emotions and deep, intense thoughts. This approach of thought is experiential and liberating, as the beauty of existentialism lies in its pure celebration of being human. Existentialism pits us in the boxing ring with who we are — and there is no escape.

By shoving, big, thought-provoking, and often, shocking questions in our face, existentialism gets to the gut of existence, which everyone must encounter nudely at one point or another in their life. Most importantly, at the heart of existentialism is the idea that each person has a radical freedom in which they are constantly defining themselves by constantly making their own choices. We each create our own unique meaning in this way.

Existentialism is hence a great and beneficial philosophy for each person to explore because it teaches so many valuable lessons. Although it can be a somewhat sad and sobering way of thinking too, it importantly teaches one to grasp one’s freedom, ability to change, and responsibility over actions and moreover, life. Many might appreciate how existentialism does not have a fixed moral code, but instead leaves choice to the individual. With existentialism, it is up to us to create what we become.

This can be scary but liberating. Along with this radical freedom, there is a radical responsibility that holds us fully accountable for what we choose. There can thus be no one else that we can blame but ourselves. This further guides one to radical acceptance, as one is pushed to live

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more fully, knowing that they are in complete charge of their life.

Existentialism is all around us. It is in everyday situations and everyday questions that we ask ourselves.

“Who am I? What is my real nature or identity? What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life?” Nowadays, modern kids, teenagers, adults, middle agers, and elderly alike are confused as ever in their lives about what they want to do and what they want to believe. It therefore can be difficult to distinguish a belief system that speaks to one. We live in a time where we have the ability to be more well-informed than ever — perhaps even too well-informed. With too many beliefs set out on a silver platter in front of us, we often do not know which one is best for us. Since there is no prescription for this kind of existential confusion, one might feel worried about what one ought to do about it. Yet, existential moments are common and nothing to worry about. Neither are they something that one has to solve lickety-split like a wound or a bad headache. Instead, moments of existentialism are as normal a part of life as brushing one’s hair or driving to school. In fact, if you don’t question yourself once a day, are you truly living? Being confused about one’s beliefs can be a transformative process, leading one to metamorphosis. Interacting with existentialism in everyday life is thus a great gateway to starting to figure out which thought system one should adopt.

What in the world?

A summary of the major events going around the globe

by KEEGAN GODWIN executive editor

-U.S. Build Back Better Bill/Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Update Congress passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Nov. 5, 2021, giving the Biden Administration a huge win.

After months of debate and negotiation, a $1.2 trillion package was sent to President Biden’s desk that will deliver $550 billion in new federal investments towards

American infrastructure. The original bill, unveiled in March, was $2.25 trillion and was largely opposed by both sides due to its high cost. Many Democrats claim this bill will inevitably ‘pay for itself ’. However, the Congressional Budget Office, or CBO, says the bill will add $256 billion to the deficit over the next ten years.

With the passing of the infrastructure bill, many Democrats now look towards their next task: the social spending bill. The social spending bill, also known as the Build Back Better bill, is a $1.75 trillion bill that invests in social safety net and climate policy.

This bill is strongly opposed

by Republicans and loosely supported by Democrats.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he wants to pass this bill by Thanksgiving, but others think differently.

Senators Manchin and Sinema have openly opposed this bill due to its cost and many Progressive Democrats have also displayed their opposition to this bill.

At this moment, Congress is in recess and the House will photo by CNN review the bill next week.

-Jan. 6 Committee In response to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack, a select committee was formed in Congress to investigate. The committee was formed on Jul. 1, 2021. On Nov. 9, the committee issued ten more subpoenas. A Congressional subpoena is an order to produce records or testimonies in front of Congress (or a select committee). Failure to comply with the subpoena can result in civil or criminal penalties.

Leader of the Select Committee, Bennie Thompson (D-MO), said his panel “wants to learn every detail of what went on in the White House on Jan. 6 and in the days beforehand”.

The committee hopes to determine what led to the Jan. 6 incident and then to issue out proper delegation in regards to punishment. The committee is largely opposed by proTrump Republicans. It will be interesting to see how the committee deals with these new subpoenas after Steve Bannon refused to appear in front of Scene from the Capitol building on Jan 6, 2021. Congress was expected to announce the formal Congress. victory of Joe Biden before pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building.

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No. 3 Wrestling opens season with dominant showing at UW-Platteville

Coach’s Column

Justin Heinzen, Women’s Basketball

by NATHAN CAMERON

by COACH JUSTIN HEINZEN Head Women’s Basketball coach

We’re very excited for a return to some normalcy and to grow this year’s team. We returned a good core of the team from a year ago and I think we have a very talented yet still younger group with a super high ceiling.

This is probably one of the deepest teams I can remember, and that piece will be fun to work with as things progress this year.

We’ll likely be led from a statistical perspective by sophomore Sami Martin, juniors Madison Haslow, and Cierra Bachmann, who have been the most consistent for us early on, but I wouldn’t be shocked if a handful of others showcased our balance and depth any given night.

Senior Sydney Schuler, junior Madison Fleckenstein, senior Jaime Ryan, junior Alli Udelhofen, and sophomore Megan Murray all bring back good experience, and we have brought in one of our best-recruiting classes in recent history. I think fans will become accustomed to new names like freshman Emerson Whittenbaugh, senior Mackenzie Rogers, and freshmen Tess Johnson, Silvana Scarcella, Meghan Stapleton, and Daniella Jarrell. That’s a lot of names, and not all of them, so we’ve spent some time talking about roles, the importance of collective buy-in, and unity.

Offensive and defensive systems are new this year, and we’ll bring an aggressive brand of basketball to the court. While we’re still growing into what that looks like, I think our teams’ strengths will be showcased well: the ability to hit the three, a very strong inside game, and most importantly, an extremely unselfish group.

They’ve been good with picking things up thus far and I think with a little more time to develop a few concepts, we will be a pretty tough team to beat. Our league will be loaded at the top with a few national contenders so we were very intentional about challenging ourselves in the nonconference and will undoubtedly have one of the strongest schedules in the nation.

We haven’t been shy about talking about a title; it’s an achievable goal and one we can accomplish together.

assistant director of athletic communictions

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (Nov. 6, 2021) - Entering the season ranked No. 3 in the National Wresting C oaches Association Preseason Poll, the Loras College wrestling team opened their season on the campus of University of Wisconsin - Platteville in a five-team tournament with the University of Chicago, Cornell College, University of Dubuque, a n d U W- P l a t t e v i l l e .

The Duhawks put on a dominant performance with six wrestlers in Jalen Schropp, Daniel Ruiz, Gabe Fiser, Shane Liegel, Colin Murphy and Wyatt Wriedt.

At 141 lbs., 2021 AllAmerican Schropp opened the tournament against Cornell’s Kyler Henderson and advanced photo from DUHAWKS.COM with a 3:28 fall, going Coming in at number three marks the third conseuctive pre-season where the Duhawks on to face Nate Boulton Wrestling team has notched a top three national ranking. from UW-Platteville, who Norman, winning on a 22-7 technical fall LaMonto in a 5-3 decision to move on and Schropp downed with a fall in 1:16. In the and advancing on to face Cornell’s Gabe face Tyler Thurston from cross-town rival championship matchup, Schropp faced Carter. Fiser downed Carter by an 11-3 University of Dubuque in the final round of Zach Licht from Platteville, who Schropp major decision to take on Nathan Wynsma the tournament where Murphy took the win defeated by pin fall to take win the weight from Platteville in the championship, taking by a 9-3 decision. class. the 165 lb. weight class victory on a suddenReturning NWCA National Champion Wrestling at 149 lbs., returning All- victory win over Wynsma.

Wriedt took on Franco Fontela in the Amer ican Ruiz s quared of f against 2021 NWCA National Champion Liegel opening round of the 285 lb. weight class.

Platteville’s Andrew Steinhardt who Ruiz began the tournament with a first-round bye Wriedt took a 9-1 major decision from made quick work of with a 25 second before taking on Cael Mclaren and winning Fontela to advance and face Luke Leranth pin. Ruiz advanced to take on Cornell’s by fall in 1:07. Liegel then went on Jacob from Platteville. Wriedt took down Leranth Landon Card who Ruiz defeated by a 9-0 Sklenar from Platteville where Liegel took a in 2:19 by pin fall before taking on Cole major decision to move on to face Traevin 13-3 major decision to advance to the final Fibranz from Chicago in the final round.

Osborn. Ruiz advanced to the championship matchup. Liegel met Maguire Pecci from Wriedt claimed the 285 lb. champion title matchup after defeating Osborn by a 10-2 Chicago in the championship matchup with an 8-1 decision over Fibranz to secure major decision. Ruiz faced Daniel Meeker in where Liegel took the win by a 3-1 decision the Duhawks’ sixth champion of the day. the final round and came away with the win to win the 184 lb. weight class.

The Duhawks return to the mats on in the weight class by way of 3-2 decision.

Colin Murphy began his weekend Saturday, Nov. 13 in Decorah, Iowa as Fiser, an All-American at 165 lbs., against Cornell’s Frank Milella where they compete in the Luther Open hosted opened up the weekend with a first-round Murphy advanced on a 4:51 fall to swaure by Luther College. The tournament is bye before taking on Platteville’s Owen off against Jake LaMonto. Murphy downed scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM.

Volleyball closes out season in A-R-C tournament semifinals

by NATHAN CAMERON assistant director of athletic communictions

WAVERLY, Iowa (Nov. 5, 2021) - Advancing in the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) Tournament with a Quarterfinals victory over the Simpson College Storm on Tuesday, Nov. 2, the No. 3 seeded Loras College women’s volleyball team (21-11, 5-3 A-R-C) traveled to the campus of Wartburg College to take on the No. 2 seeded Coe College Kohawks (24-7, 7-1 A-R-C) in the Semifinals round of the Tournament. Graduate student libero Krystal Tranel wrapped up her collegiate career with 20 digs in the match to place her second all-time in program history with 1,831 career digs behind current assistant coach Haley Bergan who holds the program record with 2,318 digs in her career.

Coe got off to an early 2-0 lead in the first set on a kill and a Duhawks error before All-Conference hitter Liz Fleckenstein put the Duhawks on the board with a kill assisted by All-Conference setter Sara Hoskins. The Kohawks continued to add to their lead in the middle of the set with the Duhawks spoiling any runs longer than two points in a row, adding two straight of their own on the board on a Cat Gleason kill and a Coe error to bring the score to 17-9. Later in the set, All-Conference hitter Lyndsi Wilgenbusch put down a kill that put Moira Mixan at the

service line who followed with an ace to bring the score to 21-11 but the Kohawks held on to take the first set 25-12.

Gleason started the second set off hot for the Duhawks with a set-opening kill and added another kill alongside Wilgenbusch to give Loras a 3-1 early. The Duhawks outscored the Kohawks 7-3 in the early part of the set, scoring on only two Coe error as the Duhawks floored four kills and an ace in the run to give them a five-point lead at 10-5. Coe responded by putting up six straight of their own to go ahead by one but the lead was short lived as Fleckenstein put down a kill to tie the score once more at 11-11. The Kohawks scored two more after the Fleckenstein kilsl to take the lead again, and while the Duhawks stayed under their nose the Kohawks widened the lead by six at 24-18. In the final moments of the set, the Duhawks’ offense sparked on a Coe service error that was followed by back-toback Wilgenbusch kills to see the Duhawks go on a threepoint run by the Kohawks prevailed and took set two by a 25-21 margin.

The Kohawks went up 5-1 early in the third set but were quickly plagued by errors, giving Loras six straight points on five errors and a Gleason service ate to put the Duhawks up by two at 7-5. Coe tied the score soon thereafter at 8-8 and went ahead by three at 12-9 as they outscored the Duhawks

6-1 to jump ahead by three. A Kohawks service error followed by a Fleckenstein kill brought the Duhawks back within one but a five point run for Coe ensued and their lead was extended to six points. Down by eight at 20-12, the Duhawks made a late-set comeback on a Fleckenstein kill, a Talia McAtee service ace and a Mixan kill before Coe put a kill down to cut the Duhawks run short. Mixan responded by flooring another kill that was followed by a Coe error to bring the score to 21-17. In the final moments of the match, the Duhawks’ offense kicked it into high gear and outscored the Kohawks 5-1 on three kills, an ace and a Kohawks error to come within two at 24-22 but Coe held off the attack and took the set 25-22 to advance to the A-R-C Tournament Finals.

Fleckenstein led the attack offensively with 10 kills in the match while Gleason added nine and Wilgenbusch with seven. Mixan added two more aces to her career numbers, seeing her stay at second all-time in program history with 151, just shy of Courtney Clark’s record of 165 career aces.

Defensively, Olivia Smith held down the net with three total blocks in the match while Hoskins had one block and 27 assists at setter. Tranel put up 20 digs in the match to see her improve to second all-time in career digs with 1,831 in her four years wearing the purple and gold.