November 21, 2019 edition of The Lorian

I am DM: Duing Push Day November 21, 2019 — Vol. 98, Issue 7

A SNEAK PEAK OF WHAT’S INSIDE

Loras College Dance Marathon raises almost ten thousand dollars for the kids during their annual push day.

by CORA SHEFCHIK staff writer

PETE TAKES IOWA

Read about Pete Buttigieg, democratic candidate for president, advancements in the polls.

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Every school year, Loras College Dance Marathon (LCDM) does two Push Days.

What is a Push Day? This is a 24-hour focus on raising awareness of the Miracle Kiddos and making as many miracles as possible.

This semester’s theme was “I Am DM.” “The theme was a throwback to DM10.

Krista Weitz gave a speech that served as an inspiration to all. It was a call-and-response situation in which participants responded to each question with ‘I am’, showing people we are not alone and we are stronger together.

Since DM15 is a legacy year we wanted to remember past years so we thought reusing

the theme would help us remember how far we’ve come,” said senior Jamie Engelke, one of the co-president of DM. Some of the “I am” statements that came out of this focus include; I Am a Duhawk, student, sister, Catholic, athlete, leader, future teacher, miracle maker, and I Am For The Kids. Not all of these relate directly to Dance Marathon, however, the point was for students to think, “What am I” and relate their answer to LCDM participants.

Throughout the 24 hours, LCDM had many different focuses. At 10 p.m. on Nov. 12, there was a kick off at LCDM Headquarters with a live video. At 8 a.m. the next day Duhawk Beanies went on sale at Headquarters. At 10 a.m. participants focused on why they participant in LCDM. At 2 p.m. there was free chips and queso sponsored

by Carlos O’Kelly, and students were asked to focus on spreading kindness for World Kindness Day. At 4 p.m. there was a match hour of up to $1000 sponsored by the Sis-

ters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which the participants met! At 6 p.m. LCDM had Bingo for fun Loras prizes.

From 8 p.m. – 9 p.m. a Hall Crawl was organized to raise awareness of the Push Day and ask for donations. Then finally, at 10 p.m.

Engelke and the other co-president, senior Madison Cline, and junior Finance Chair Brianna Kramer revealed the grand total for the 24-hours, $9,812.50.

LCDM would like to thank the sponsors, students or staff members that helped out or donated during the Fall Push Day; “I Am DM”. Stay tuned for upcoming events. Do not worry, if you were not able to buy a purple or grey Duhawk Beanie, there will be an online order form coming very soon, and a portion of your payment will still go towards our Miracle Families.

If you would like to join the movement, you can email either Engelke or Cline for more information!

SPEAKING SPANISH

Check out the Lorian’s first full spanish article about sea turtles.

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THE NEW NETFLIX

The Lorian reviews Disney+ and campares the benefits of Disney+, Netflix and Hulu. Which streaming service do you want?

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photo by CONTRIBUTED

Members of Loras College Dance Marathon show off just how much money they raised on their annnual push day. All funds raised by the club are donated to the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. The group raised almost 10,000, all for the kids!

Historic finish; unexpected result

Women’s cross country denied NCAA post season bid

by AUDREY MILLER staff writer

OT VICTORY

Read about how the women’s basketball team defeated the team ranked #17 in the nation in overtime.

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For t he f irst t ime in histor y, t he well-respected C entral Region with mu l t i p l e n at i o n a l l y - r a n k e d t e a m s did not get a single at-large bid.

This past weekend was a whirlwind of activity and emotions for the women’s cross country team—and the higher the high, the harder the fall. After achieving the highest finish a Loras women’s team has obtained in a regional meet since 1997, the women were denied a spot at the 2019 NCAA DIII national championship.

The rules for the regional cross country championship are as follows: multiple

conferences come together in larger regional competitions, the top two teams in each region auto-qualify for the national championships, and 16 additional teams from across the nation receive at-large bids to the national championships.

H o w e v e r, t h e N C A A s e l e c t i o n committee’s at-large bid decisions are much less simple than that, and these complications were not brought to light until they resulted in three deserving teams to be wrongly placed on the national stage.

“The committee wouldn’t take into account our wins against nationally ranked St. Thomas and St. Olaf, and instead, we’re stuck on the head-to-head loss we had against Occidental College at a meet five weeks ago,” said assistant coach Ethan Adlfinger. “We were gridlocked from something five weeks ago and,

unfortunately, a terrific team run and welltimed taper for the region championships – beating nationally ranked, quality programs – couldn’t undo that earlier loss or bring in both Occidental and Loras into the national meet in the eyes of the committee.”

In the Central Region, four teams have been consistently nationally ranked during the season: Carleton, Wartburg, St. Thomas, and St. Olaf. On Saturday, Loras’ women upset both St. Thomas and St. Olaf at the end of the meet. The team assumed the selection committee would look favorably on all three teams and give three at-large bids to the Central Region. A situation like that would not be unprecedented, as the Central Region is historically strong.

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Nov. 21, 2019

Pete Buttigieg: from outsider to leader

Three months away from the Iowa Caucuses, current Mayor of South Bend, IN, Pete Buttigieg leads the way in the latest polls. Due to his performances in Iowa put him above other candidates.

by GATIEN DELAUNCY staff writer

According to the Des Moines Register’s latest poll, Pete Buttigieg jumped up to first place in the democratic primary race in Iowa, meaning around 25% of democrats designated Buttigieg as their first choice.

Elizabeth Warren is the second most popular choice in the state of Iowa, receiving 16% of the votes. She is closely followed by Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, as they both obtained 15% of the votes. This “Big 4” neatly dominates the poll, as the candidate after Biden and Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, received 6% of the votes.

RealClearPolitics released a poll that combines surveys published by eight newspapers including the NY Times, CNN, and The Des Moines Register. The data corroborates the trends drawn by the Des Moines Register poll, with the exception that the differences within the first four candidates are lower and the gap with the rest of the candidates is even more pronounced. The graph, issued by RealClearPolitics, traces

ground operations in the state,” according to CNN. CNN also reported that “63% of likely caucus-goers think his views are about right” and “only 7% say his views are too liberal, while 13% feel they’re too conservative.” Second place goes to Biden with 55% of people who think that his political opinions are right in the middle, while Sanders is perceived as too liberal by 53% of likely caucus-goers. The current Mayor of South Bend, Buttigieg, is perceived as the most moderate candidate, strengthening these primary elections and pushing toward the main objective: to elect the candidate who will most likely defeat Donald Trump in November 2020.

However, compared to other Democrat candidates, Buttigieg tends to be more conservative. As reported by the Canadian newspaper Le Journal de Québec, the young Democrat is the only one among the candidates to promote his religious beliefs and one of the only two candidates — with Tulsi Gabbard — to have served his country militarily. On the Health Care issue, Buttigieg departs from liberal candidates such as Sanders or Warren who support Medicare for all. Indeed, he believes that the private sector has a role to play: “I would call it Medicare for all who want it. You make it available on the exchanges, people can buy in. If people like us are right, that will be not only a more inclusive plan, but a more efficient plan, then it will be a very natural glide path to the single-payer environment. But let’s remember, even in countries that have socialized

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Let’s get down to business

by JAMIE ENGELKE staff writer

Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is a business club for everyone, “dedicated to inspiring and developing the next generation of leaders by preparing members for careers in business and business-related fields.” The Chapter at Loras College will do just that for members. Throughout the year, they participate in many things including service, business tours, and competitions.

Loras College PBL is a service centered organization in which they participate in service opportu n it i e s throughout the ye ar.

So far t h e y ’v e helped L o r a s College Dance Marathon with their Rake-A-Thon by raking community members’ lawns for free will donations. Before semester ends the club plans to sponsor two children in The Giving Tree by buying and donating presents for families in the Dubuque area, as well as provide coffee, hot chocolate, tea and donuts during Monday and Tuesday of finals week on the third floor of Keane.

This year’s PBL added something new: going on business tours. So far, they’ve gone to Verena Street Coffee Co. where they learned about the company’s history as well as production, distribution, and marketing of their products and even got to sample some

great coffee. Business tours are a great way for students to network with community members and learn more about local businesses. PBL hopes to go on an additional one or two tours in the spring.

The third main focus of PBL is competitions. During the spring months, usually beginning in March, students can test their skills and knowledge by competing at a state level in a variety of tests. These include online objectives, in-person production or presentation events, and a combination as an individual or team. Some of the many topics include accounting, impromptu speaking, sports management, marketing, and website design.

Competing at the state level qualifies you to attend the State Leadership Conference and if you receive a first or second place award in your competitive event at the state level you qualify to attend the National Leadership Conference in June of 2020 in Salt Lake City, UT. Loras College PBL has had many successes both at the State and National levels. Last year at the NLC conference in San Antonio, CA., three PBL members attended the conference from Loras College and two placed within the top ten at the national level.

PBL hosts member meetings once a month so if you are interesting in joining, please contact President Jamie Engelke at Jamie.engelke@loras.edu or contact our advisors Doug Gambrall or Allison Tringale.

A night of Mexican fun for a good cause

by SAMANTHA GARCIA-BRACHO staff writer

the change in popularity rating of Dem- medicine there’s still a private sector. It’s ocratic primary candidates in Iowa. It is just that for our primary care, we can’t be interesting to note the progress made by relying on the tender mercies of the corpoWarren, with an increase of 8.8% between rate system,” Buttigieg declared during the March and November 2019. On the other second night of the first Democratic debate hand, Biden and Sanders have experienced on June 27, 2019. a decrease in populariButtigieg’s perty since March, as they formances in Iowa I would call it Medicare for lost respectively 10.4 put h i m ab ove and 2.8% of the inall who want it. You make it other candidates; tended voices. But the available on the exchanges, the national levmost impressive progpeople can buy in. If people el’s latest surveys ress comes from Buttishow him having like us are right, that will be around 6% of the gieg, who had only 1% of the votes on March not only a more inclusive votes, w here as 21 and is now the first Biden and Sandplan, but a more efficient choice, claiming 21% ers are at the top plan, then it will be a very of the potential voters of the ranking — natural glide path to the — an increase of 20% 19% each — and single-payer environment.

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Good deeds and fun come together for a night of loteria and elote en vaso, which translates to Mexican bingo and street corn. All funds raised at this event will go towards Almost Home, a shelter for people in need, as they are in urgent need of laundry coins to wash their clothes. This event will be hosted by LULAC Council #380 on Thursday, November 21st.

Rodrigo Espino, a thirdyear student, introduced the idea of having a college chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at Loras College to make people on campus aware of the civil rights and traditions of the Latinx community. Espino, who is also an intern for Almost Home, took this approach to provide a service component to the community of Dubuque. “Eloteria is a great opportunity to have the community come together and also to raise awareness about the homeless population in Dubuque,” said Espino.

LULAC #380 have been addressing a multitude of issues regarding immi-

gration, educational attainment, political influence, and host events that celebrate the Latin American culture on campus.

They are appreciative of being able to do so at Loras and it was time to give back to their neighbors. “There are many organizations in Dubuque that work to help Almost Home get the resources they need, but it is difficult to find places to do laundry,” said Espino.

“LULAC and Almost Home partnered up to help raise funds to help these people out,” he added.

The attendees will pay the small fee of $4 per card and $2 per student, and the winners will leave with prizes on their hands.

Loras Faculty, Staff, and Students, are encouraged to join. Espino is hoping to have a great attendance to “learn about a culture but also help those in need.” The members of LULAC #380 are challenged to plan more fundraisers in the near future but this time, there is no better way to spend a Thursday night than playing Mexican Bingo and eating Street Corn, all for a good cause!

For further information about Loras College LULAC, follow @LorasCollegeLULAC on Facebook, and @LulacLoras on Twitter and Instagram.

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Mother Nature v. Midwest farmers

NCAA Selection Committee continued from Page 1

DIII cross country team learned they did not receive an at-large bid to the national meet, meaning that two highly-ranked teams were not selected.

Since Loras beat both St. Thomas and St. Olaf in the regional competition on Saturday, neither team got a bid.

Fur ther complicating the issue this year, the Central Region—which encompasses the American Rivers Conference—was denied a representative on the NCAA selection committee. This means that the Central Region did not have a voice on the committee, unlike the other seven regions. As concerned coaches began looking into the politics of how this could have happened, they discovered that even the selection committee itself is not constructed in the most neutral way possible. Of the “eight” regional representatives, only three are cross country coaches.

Other wise, two are track coaches, one is an athletic director, one is an assistant conference commissioner, and one spot was left unfilled–the C e nt r a l R e g i on’s re pre s e nt at i v e .

While Adlfinger touches on the reasons the NCAA committee did not grant Loras an at-large bid to the national meet, more information came to light following the decision. Some East Coast teams, who were well-represented on the NCAA committee and who had similar seasons to the Loras’ women’s team, did make the cut into the national meet.

“Ithaca is going to the National Championships after finishing third in the Atlantic Region, which is fine; we thought they would go because, like us, they ran well at Regionals,” said head coach Bob Schultz. “However, also like us, they did not race great two weeks before conference. That same weekend we got 10th in Ohio, Ithaca got 13th in Connecticut. That’s the same place as us in their region, but they lost to five teams not in the National Championship, whereas we lost to four teams not in the National Championship. I have obviously already shared this with the NCAA who I’ve exchanged emails with and am still waiting on a reply to this latest revelation about Ithaca.”

Running sports have the unique ability to be more objectively scored than other sports: time and place are very black-and-white and are difficult to argue against. However, the way the current NCAA selection committee has chosen at-large qualifying teams is a lot more gray. Subjective decisions, based on subjective national rankings, are ultimately what dictates which teams move on to the annual national championship meet. But rising support from teams across the nation have brought notice to the way Loras was shortchanged in the national rankings.

At the end of the day, the silver lining was the outpouring of support from the Loras community and other Division III teams, both in our conference and beyond. Conference teams such as Coe, Simpson, University of Dubuque, Wartburg, and Luther not only offered words of support but went above and beyond to remedy the situation.

Wartburg’s head coach Ryan Chapman reached out to the committee to find out the rationale behind the decision to leave Loras out and to find if there was any way to revert the decision. Chapman was the coach who had been denied access from the NCAA committee in the first place, leaving the Central Region without a representative. Luther’s head coach, Yarrow Pasche began drafting a new proposal for the way the at-large bids should be divvied up between regions.

She plans on bringing this proposal to the December NCAA meeting, which will not change the 2019 committee results, but may help teams like Loras and Luther in the future when it should count.

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by MEGAN GRONAU staff writer

photo by CONTRIBUTED

The Loras College Mock Trial team competed at St. Olaf College last weekend.

This was the third tournament for the team. Team member include (back row, left to right) Marianne Gleason, Abbey Kwiatkoski, Josie Edel, Senior Captain Anna Petersen, Georgia Walter, Ivana Pernell, Morgan Muenster, Co-Junior Captain Mallory Gardiner (front row, left to right) Mary Fellers, Caroline Breitbach, Co-Junior Captain Jake Heelein. The next tournament for the team is the 32nd National Loras Invitational tournament on January 18th and 19th.

Weary workers endure a service shortage

by ROSE GOTTSCHALK

participation while in school during the academic year.”

So there’s a decline in labor force It’s easy to notice the “help wanted” in teenagers, but for a good reason: signs popping up in restaurant windows, education. They are going to school to especially when they have attention get a better education so they don’t have grabbers like “student loan forgiveness,” to work in food service, but restaurants “mentorship programs,” and “free meal are suffering for it. Not only restaurants, with every shift” posted on walls, websites, but dining services like on Loras and counters. The signs all point to a single Campus. issue society is facing; the shortage of “People just don’t want to work workers in the food industry. nights or weekends,” said Joe Kuhse, Restaurants have to pull all the stops in chef for the café here on campus. “They order to bring in job applicators. And after want a nine to five job.” Kuhse has been that, they have to try and keep the workers working overtime for over a year now as there. These eye-catching advertisements Aramark has been searching for a night are what keeps workers working, with the cook. incoming and outgoing flow of employees, When Asian and pasta station but restaurants can’t rely on this method if first closed in the cafe, people were they want to stay open. complaining. But it all comes back to “Teenage the shortage of employment is workers. Without expected to shrink by the bodies to People just don’t want 600,000 from 2016 to properly man the to work nights or 2026,” according to stations, cuts have Restaurant Dive writer, to be made to save weekends. They want Alicia Kelso. Teenagers the current workers a nine to five job. aren’t working in the from stress and Joe Kuhse working overtime. food industry, and Chef for the care when they do it’s not Unless more people for long. are interested in For many people, these jobs, the working with food isn’t ideal. Take to any stations will continue to stay closed. social media platform and there are jokes The usual cooks for these stations, and memes about the poor treatment Jacque Frye and Kay Conner, are both of customers and about what insanity transitioning to work in the pub. workers face in their crazy hours. This “At the end of the day, I was industry has become something people exhausted. Working in the kitchen, for look down on, to the point that they refuse me, is more enjoyable,” Frye said. “It’s to even try working there. also better hours.” She is currently still “Declining labor force participation in the café, covering for Debbie Leach is often a cause for concern as it can Bechen, who is on medical leave. contribute to declines in output per capita So next time you’re in the café, and may reflect barriers to work or a weak Einstein’s, or the pub, thank the job market,” said Lauren Bauer, Patrick workers. They work hard to make sure Liu, Emily Moss, Ryan Nunn, and Jay students can eat late at night, especially Shambaugh, writers for brookings.edu. “At around finals, when you’re up until 1 the same time, the reasons for declining a.m. writing a paper or up early in the teen labor force participation seem to morning to get some extra studying in. reflect increasing time spent in school during the summer as well as a decline in labor force executive copy editor

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This year, thanks to Mother Nature, it was very different than the last when it comes to crop season; it seems she took side against the farmers here in the Midwest.

The spring brought hope for a normal year with decent weather. Then it rained, rained some more, and continued to rain for days and days. Farmers prayed for the bare minimum, being a two day sunny and windy period to dry everything up in order to plant. But this didn’t seem to help even the small crop farmers, who relied on this

The weather has a major impact on how the crops are being harvested as well, and as of right now most fields are still full. With recent cold temperatures and snow fall, it could be a while until all of it is out of the ground. yield to keep their farm afloat. A lot of people don’t realize how much farmers rely on their crop yields when it comes to the winter. Less yield means less crops, which means feeding livestock becomes more expensive because an outside food supply is needed.

“The schedules are pushed back this year, compared to previous years,” says 20 year old Will Decker of Balltown, IA, who is continuing his family’s farming legacy. Planting and harvesting seasons have not been the same because most farmers were not able to get in the fields to begin planting until mid to late May. They started as soon as they could begin, but farmers didn’t finish planting until the second or third weekend in June. The ideal planting season begins in late April and is continuous until the planting is done, which usually takes roughly a week or two. The weather has a major impact on how the crops are being harvested as well, and as of right now most fields are still full. With recent cold temperatures and snow fall, it could be a while until all of it is out of the ground.

“We usually chop all our corn and because it was wet this year we couldn’t chop ours when it was ready, so it got dryer than we wanted,” says Amanda and Eric Gaul of Farley, IA. “To us this isn’t ideal because now we will have to add other ingredients in order for it to be suitably enough for the cows to eat. The nutrients in the silage won’t be as good as they would have been if we chopped it when it was ready.”

With the growing season being shor tened this year due to more condensation, some farmers are having to stretch out their supplies rather than having a cushion to fall back on like the other years. The corn also has more moisture in it compared to a normal growing season, which calls for an extra drying step before being sold or stored.

Will this year’s wet season affect future yields? Todd Gronau of Durango, IA says no, “because each year is different. Just like how the weather changes year to year and season to season, so does the planting and harvesting season. We try to keep it as normal as possible, but that doesn’t always happen when it is wet and cool weather, which are not ideal growing conditions. Next year could be a normal growing season again. ” With crop yields varying across the Midwest, we can expect to see a price increase of certain store-bought products since there is an unnatural limited supply.

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I nternational I nsights

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Study abroad and say bon voyage

by HARRIET SIEGRIST staff writer

In essence, studying abroad can seem daunting and sound scary, but in reality it may be one of the most beneficial experiences, especially for college students. The opportunity to live in a foreign country grants you the chance to learn different cultures and lifestyles, and possibly see other countries if you travel while abroad. There are plenty of reasons to hop on the airplane and get a new stamp (or stamps!) on your passport, whether it be for three weeks or three months. Keep reading to learn about more benefits to studying abroad.

New food

Every place has traditional foods and drinks and you will get many chances to eat dishes that you don’t get in the U.S. Whether it’s drinking a Guinness in Ireland or eating a macaroon in France, there’s bound to be something you’ll want to try while you’re away.

Education

Education is vastly different depending on where you travel to. Going abroad is an opportunity to experience alternate styles of learning. You’ll broaden your knowledge and gain perspective. The classroom is a great place to familiarize yourself with the customs and get to know your new country.

Language

Receiving the chance to learn another language is an opportunity you should never turn down. Although not all programs will require you to know the

country’s main language, one of the greatest ways to become fluent is to expose yourself to the language. For example, living in a Spanish speaking country will vastly improve your Spanish speaking skills.

Learn a new culture

The distinct cultures and traditions of different countries are fascinating.

Exposing yourself to somewhere new forces you to learn and adapt to incredible new customs, traditions, and social interactions. It takes time to adjust to a new place and you may experience culture shock, but in the end the difficulties you experience will be worth the stories and memories you bring home.

Career opportunities

After returning home you’ll bring back new perspectives on life, potentially language skills, new education, and hopefully a larger willingness to learn and grow. All of these great things will help you stand out to a future employer and set you apart from other applicants. Many employers have admitted that study abroad alums have a better chance of being hired, and the same goes for graduate schools, accepting more students who have studied abroad.

Even if you decide that you would rather move back to the country after you graduate, having lived there for some time and experiencing a new education system may become valuable in finding a job in the U.S.

Find new interests

Being in the Midwest means you more than likely haven’t been able to experience

everything you would like to, like surfing or hiking in the mountains. When you leave for another country you’ll find new activities and interests. Who knows, maybe you have an undiscovered talent for windsurfing, but you can’t find out without going somewhere that offers such a thing.

Besides trying activities, countries have different forms of entertainment. Nothing beats the excitement of an international fútbol match or seeing a live salsa performance in Madrid.

Personal development

If this is your first time being away from home for an extended period of time, remember this is an opportunity to grow, learn about yourself, exit your comfort zone and become more independent.

You get the chance to explore the world and your curiosity about everything you encounter. Sometimes it is overwhelming to be in a new place, especially if you try out a solo trip, but testing your independence and adapting to situations will empower you and help with problem solving. You may get lost but what you find may be even greater than what you were looking for.

Crossing off experiences on your bucket list

So you want to see the Amazon rain forest, visit the Eiffel tower, and kiss the Blarney Stone? Unless you take the leap and hop on the airplane, you won’t be crossing off those experiences from your bucket list anytime soon. But if you study abroad, you may be following your dreams before you even graduate college. Now doesn’t sound that more appealing than only seeing photos online?

Life experiences and memories

This could be your only opportunity to travel for a long period of time. Eventually you’ll have a career, maybe a family, and other things that’ll hold you back.

You don’t want your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pass before you even get to grab at it.

The time is now for you to travel the world, learn from it, and grow. Studying abroad is an experience that is unlike anything else. It is unique and every student should try it if they are able to.

Visit the CEL office or email Abigail.

Behrens@loras.edu for more information on your future trip.

Salvando a las tortugas marinas

Spanish article

by ERICK AVILA

How they help

guest writer

mantener el equilibrio en los arrecifes.

Danger of extinction and why

Las tortugas marinas han habitado La tortuga marina tiene un papel el planeta por más de 100 años y son importante en el bienestar de los océanos considerados como uno de los seres más y ayudan con el mantenimiento de los antiguos pero, su existencia ecosistemas. Sus habilidades peligra. Hay siete tipos de grandiosas de nadar las han Hay muchas tortugas marinas y todas convertido en excelentes las especies están en peligro maneras en navegadores. Ellas nacen de extinción. Las tortugas las que las en Colombia, crecen en has sido cazadas durante Puerto Rico y reproducen en tortugas siglos por sus caparazones Australia. Las tortugas viajan nos ayudan, llamativos. No solo son el mundo y en el proceso, ahora cazadas por sus caparazones benefician al ecosistema. pero también por su carne, nos toca Cuando navegan transportan piel y huevos. Son víctimas ayudarlas. nutrientes a diferentes playas de sobreexplotación y caza y dunas costeras. Sin las furtiva. El hábitat de las tortugas marinas el transporte tortugas es afectado por cause de nutrientes sería imposible, afectando de manera negativa al ecosistema. Algunas de pescar. Algunas veces se encuentran atrapados en equipaje de tortugas marinas consumen medusas. pescar. Una razón mayor Las medusas se multiplican de manera porque las tortugas están incontrolable las tortugas marinas ayudan en peligro es por causa a mantener la población de las medusas de escombros de plástico controlada. Algunas especies de tortugas encontrados en el mar. Las son esencial para podar las praderas tortugas marinas confunden estos marinas mientras otras son clave en escombros por comida y se la comen.

Estos plásticos no solo afectas el hábitat de las tortugas pero incluso el hábitat de otros animales marinos, poniendo su existencia en peligro.

How we can help them

Las tortugas marinas pertenecen al grupo de reptil más antiguo, ganándole a las serpientes y cocodrilos. Hoy en día, toda especia de tortuga marina esta en peligro de extinción. Hay varias diferentes maneras en las cual podemos ayudar en la conservación de las tortugas. Plástico y escombros en el mar están afectando a las tortugas de manera fatal. Cada vez que vayas a la playa limpia tu basura y no dejas plástico o basura atrás. Si vez plástico en la playa recógelo y tíralo. Intenta no usar plástico y en vez usa material reciclable.

En vez de usar popotes de plástico usa popotes reusables. Ten bolsas reusables en tu carro y úsalas en vez de bolsas de plástico. Incluso mantén las playas oscuras y seguras para los nidos de las tortugas maneras. Hay muchas maneras en las que las tortugas nos ayudan, ahora nos toca ayudarlas.

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Is Facebook is harming the lives of people around the world? while there is some disparity among education demographics, Facebook n recent years, the role of social media reaches everyone. In the simplest of terms, Facebook is everywhere, no in our daily lives has become a key issue not only in terms of the standard matter how much we try to ignore it.

This is why it is so concerning generational complaint about phone that Facebook has a complete lack usage but also because of of moderation, resulting how social media impacts in it stopping its own our news, diet and life. One Zuckerberg contributions to both company, in particular, has failed to domestic and global dominated the world of unrest. While Zuckerberg explain his controversy surrounding was grilled by Congress policies on media usage, specifically for in October of this year, its moderation policy, and objectively Zuckerberg failed to explain that company is Facebook. false political his policies on objectively Created in 2004 by ads, violent false political ads, violent CEO Mark Zuckerberg, speech and privacy, but speech and Facebook has emerged as what was lacking from the privacy. one of the most popular questioning was Facebook’s social media sites in role in assisting an outright America, perhaps even the genocide in Myanmar. world. With an estimated As of 2018, there were eighteen two billion monthly users, the service million people who use Facebook in is by far one of the most prolific and Myanmar, resulting in at least thirtypowerful forces in Silicon Valley. In five percent of the population receiving 2018, the site itself was worth more their information from Facebook in one than half a trillion dollars. Facebook is everywhere in America, dominating the way or another. Though Facebook had current of social life. Sixty-nine percent no office in Myanmar, its presence was certainly felt by the people living there, of American adults in 2019 reported to as the state’s military took advantage Pew Research that they used the social of the site’s inability to moderate itself, media site, and of those adults, 74 percent said they use the service at least flooding Facebook with anti-Muslim once a day. Facebook also benefits from propaganda. The military falsified socalled Muslim crimes and portrayed a general popularity among numerous Islam as a threat to the status of the demographics, with two-thirds of majority-Buddhist population. One women using the site compared to Buddhist monk, a man by the name sixty-three percent of men. A majority of Wirathu, was a major contributor of college graduates and high school graduates use Facebook, indicating that to this frenzy of sectarian bigotry. He

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had amassed hundreds of thousands the issue. In fact, leaders in Myanmar of followers before Facebook finally had little to no idea how to contact removed his account, but as the Times Facebook to address the massive have pointed out, those who share his misinformation campaign, because, as videos don’t get banned. Under the previously stated, they had no office guise of claiming to be entertainment in the country. Indeed, Facebook’s accounts, other accounts tied to the desire to profit from the increasingly military gained a following that ranked lucrative and more open online market in the millions. in Myanmar was prioritized as being These patterns were not just random far more important than the potential occurrences, but rather, a part of a for sectarian violence as they failed state-orchestrated attempt to commit to hire enough Burmese speakers to genocide. In 2014, a riot broke out moderate new accounts and failed to over a false allegation—spread on consider what their service could do to Facebook—that a Muslim shop owner the country. had raped a Buddhist woman. When the While our concerns about privacy, shop owner was confronted, the police bias and monopolies in America attempted to break certainly are valid, we up the confrontation, must remember one worsening the situation. simple thing: we are Facebook’s desire The tension lead to not as disconnected to profit from open violence, resulting from the world as we the increasingly in one Muslim and one once were, and to make Buddhist being killed policy about social lucrative and and 20 other people media in America is more open being injured. In the to make policy on a online market end, over 200,000 global scale. Facebook in Myanmar was Rohingya people fled failed to consider its prioritized as the country to escape role in the world and the violence and hundreds of thousands being far more persecution perpetrated of people lost their important than by their own homes as a result. Some the potential for government. It is no lost their lives as well. sectarian violence wonder that the United We can’t ignore these Nations referred to the things any longer and Rohingya as the most we can’t restrict these persecuted group in the world back in issues surrounding social media as an 2013. Despite all this, Facebook did American issue or a Western issue. It very little, banning accounts only when is a global issue, and it is high time we they found it too bothersome to ignore acted like it.

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did what Disney does best: gave an otherwise typical streaming service its own spin and made it, well, Disney.

Opening the website or app, viewers can create their own profile. This was especially fun as the images to choose from ranged from Winnie the Pooh characters to the Princess lineups.

There’s a profile picture for every user.

Next, the home screen. This is where the Disney twist on streaming services comes in. The top is a slideshow of Disney hits, both classic originals and recent movies. Below the slideshow are the different companies involved, such as the animation studio, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, or National Geographic.

The rest of the page is broken apart in different movie/TV show categories, like “Originals,” “Recommended,” “Out of the Vault,” and According more. There

It was an exciting and (un)productive week as America welcomed the release of the long awaiting service, Disney+.

Children, adults and college students everywhere have been looking forward to the streaming service since it was announced back in 2017. Not only is Disney+ a way to procrastinate, but it’s also a way to jump back into our childhoods and re-watch the classic shows and movies we grew up with.

Whether it’s to watch That’s So Raven or Monsters, Inc, or more recent media like Avengers: Endgame, and Duck Tales, Disney+ has everyone’s favorites.

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, people everywhere were able to start streaming the service. There are many ways to sign up, from free one-month trials to bundle packages with Verizon, Hulu and ESPN, so there is definitely a plan that will suit to cnet writer your needs. According to Joan E. Solsman, cnet writer Joan E. Solsman, Disney+ acquired over 10 Disney+ acquired million subscribers in its first over 10 million 24 hours, which explains the subscribers in its technical issues that the service first 24 hours. faced on launch. While this doesn’t compare to other services like Netflix and Hulu, Disney announced they wouldn’t update their numbers until their regular earnings calls.

Not sure you want to subscribe?

Here’s a breakdown so you can make a decision.

In a world of streaming services, it’s hard to make a service unique. Disney

are so many categories for every movie need that searching can go on for hours before something is selected.

The best part of browsing through Disney+ is the wide array of categories.

The kinds of sections it offers are diverse, with ones like “Through the Decades,” “Princesses,” “The Muppets,” and other collections. The division of the movies and shows into things like “Toy Story collection” and “Darth Vader collection” makes it easier for anyone itching to see what was missed in the original search to find what they want.

Every time I’ve opened Disney+, I find something new that I want to watch.

There are some drawbacks that I’ve found. Maybe it’s from being spoiled from Netflix, but there are little perks from alternative streaming services that I miss.

There isn’t There a “recently are many

watched” tab, and the screen will exit full screen in between episodes when watching a show. Some users also have issues resuming what they were watching, which forces them to restart.

But these are minor setbacks compared to the plus of having a range of shows and movies available to watch.

Another noteworthy aspect is that Disney added a disclaimer to some of the older movies. The Guardian highlighted some of these movies, like Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp (1955) and Dumbo (1941) that contain “outdated cultural depictions.” This warning redeems some of Disney’s past issues with being insensitive, although it doesn’t erase these altogether.

Don’t know if you still want Disney+?

Here are some shows and movies it includes and what to look forward too: The original series, like Encore and The Mandalorian. Movies that haven’t come out of the Vault in years, like Snow White ways to sign and Bambi. The ability to up ... there is own everything at the tip of a finger. definitely a plan The Marvel shows coming that will suit out in the next year. your needs.

All the shorts that are included.

Seeing Mickey throughout the years, from his first appearance to his last.

And so much more!

So try the free trial, and binge as many shows and movies as possible.

Not enough time? Consider the subscription. You won’t doubt spending the $6.99/month.

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Dairy Farming: It’s a way of life staff writer

“Cock-a-doodle-do!” The alarm sounds at 3:30 a.m. Time to wake up and brave the elements for the day ahead. Like most dairy farmers, Rachel Hefel, 19 of Epworth, IA rolls out of bed at this time. She puts on her boots and heads out the door to the barn to round up cattle for morning milking. Rachel milks with her parents on their family farm. Both of her parents grew up farming and established their own farm in 1990. Rachel also is heavily involved with showing cattle all over the country from county fair shows to the World Dairy Expo and other big shows. Being a dairy farmer isn’t easy, when adding showing cattle into the mix, it ends up being a job only a hardworking and driven person can do. It takes the strongest love to accomplish what they do.

What is a normal day like for you?

Are you planning to continue your family’s legacy?

1. Visit with family

I’m hoping to continue my family’s legacy. I want to continue milking but also broaden my ability to raise and develop show cattle.

2. Visit with friends

Are there any struggles or challenges in the Dairy Industry?

3. Pick up a hobby

During the holidays, plenty of people come back into town. It’s the perfect time to make a trip to visit some high school friends.

Plan an afternoon and go ice skating or sledding with them.

With no homework due in the next few days, pick up a hobby.

It could be something new or something you haven’t done since school picked up. Whatever the case, it can be easy to lose track of time while doing a hobby, making the break go faster.

There are many challenges in the dairy industry today.

The current milk price is low which causes a lot of small family farms to sell out. Last year’s harsh winter killed a lot of hay ground, making hay more expensive. Another challenge is the wet season, it alters planting and harvesting times which brings rise to additional challenges on the farm.

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5. Clean your room

One of the best ways to make use of your time is to tidy your room. Being away at college, clutter can grow and accumulate in the room you aren’t occupying. If you aren’t using the things at home, why not donate it or give it to someone who could use it.

Also, nothing will make mom feel prouder than coming home and seeing your room clean.

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6. Re-explore your town

It isn’t hard to grow so accustomed to your college town that you start to forget about the paths you took every day in high school become just roads while you’re gone. Re-familiarize yourself with these roads and remember those special moments before you left.

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9. Skype college friends

If you don’t have a car or can’t get out for a whole day, skyping friends from school is one way to help break the home blues. Add your roommates and the neighbors and just talk the night away.

It can help make everyone feel like they’re back at school, even for just a few minutes, and create some excitement about school.

10. Go shopping

If you’re home for Thanksgiving, Black Friday shopping is a great way to spend time and relieve stress, especially with some tough weeks coming up. Even if it’s not Thanksgiving break, shopping is a great way to get out of the house and do something.

Buy notebooks for next semester and work on #7, getting organized.

11. Give back to community

This helps everyone involved. It will help the community and yourself. Volunteering at a soup kitchen or a local food dispensary not only makes you feel good and helps spread holiday cheer, but it’s a great way to help people in your community. Some people don’t get to have the traditional holiday meal, this is your way to make someone’s day better.

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This is a great way to prepare for the next semester and feel prepared for upcoming classes. It feels great to pick up some new notebooks and it gets you looking forward to returning to school.

Even if break just started, sometimes seeing the friends made in college is the only way to get through the boredom. So, plan an afternoon and drive somewhere to get lunch with your roommate or neighbors.

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A job can create a routine, and a routine is exactly what is needed when time needs to go faster. There’s an opportunity to make new friends, make money, and be productive with your time.

I enjoy being a part of the farm and I see myself staying in the dairy industry for the rest of my life. Working in harsh conditions sometimes makes it less enjoyable, but the cattle are the number one priority 24 hours a day for 7 days a week and all 365 days a year. For farmers there are no days off.

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Do you enjoy doing it or is it more of an obligation?

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Released for download and purchase on Oct. 8, 2018, Lewis Capaldi released a new single titled “Someone you loved”. Although it was released over a year ago, this single has climbed to the top of the charts and now resides at #1 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart.

It has been on the “Hot 100” chart for the past 27 weeks.

Lewis Capaldi, a Scottish singer/songwriter born on Oct. 7, 1996, started practicing and playing music at the age of 2-years-old. He began his career by composing and uploading music to SoundCloud, the streaming service, for several years, until his manager, Ryan Walter, came along. Capaldi continuously churned out music and his work eventually paid off. In November of 2017, he started to star as the opening act for different bands and artists, such as Rag’n’Bone Man, Milky Chance, Niall Horan, Sam Smith, and Kodaline. In the past year, Capaldi has gained recognition through being named as one of the

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Being home for break is the perfect time to visit relatives.

Whether its grandma or the cousins, they’ll all be excited to see you and wanting to catch up on what you’ve been up too. Have an afternoon set aside to visit with everyone.

How does showing cattle affect your life?

acts in BBC Radio’s “Brit List”. Due to the high-rise of attention Capaldi gained, he was invited and performed at the festivals Lolapalooza, Bonnaroo, Firefly, Mountain Jam, Osheaga, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Rize, and TRNSMT. Since the beginning of 2017, Lewis Capaldi has been releasing music through the recording labels Virgin EMI Records and Capitol Records. Capaldi’s second single, “Someone you loved”, is the song that the artist is most well-known for. The single itself is a break-up song through-and-through. By listening to this song in its entirety, the listener can feel and understand the heartbreak and sadness Capaldi is going through. According to Billboard, this song is based on an actual break-up that he experienced around the time the song was composed. The song starts with a desperate and melancholic tone as Capaldi paints the picture of pain and lost trust. He explains that he was devoted and thought he was loved, but was cast aside. The song stays in this tone as Capaldi describes how he is hurting and is going to continue working through the pain until it subsides.

It takes an emotional and talented artist to convey strong feelings through the song. If you are feeling down or want to listen to a song about struggle, heartbreak, pain, and hope for moving past that in the future, this song is for you. I highly recommend giving Lewis Capaldi, a very talented artist’s, song “Someone you loved” a listen.

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With the holidays fast approaching, many people will be heading home for break. Whether it’s for a few days during Thanksgiving, several weeks for Christmas, or over a month because you’re not taking a J-term, home can get pretty, well, boring. During the school year, you itch to leave school and lie in your own bed and not have to wake up to walk across a cold campus, but by day three hanging around home can get boring.

Here are some things to do to avoid the College Break Bores.

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I start my day by bottle-feeding the calves and currently I have 30 to feed. Then I go back into the parlor to help finish milking and clean up. All the outside calves and heifers are to be fed and watered, followed by the show heifers which have a separate pen. Next is to do “odds and ends” jobs around the farm like scraping yards, bedding pens, fixing machinery, etc. Once all the morning chores are complete, there is time to have a quick lunch before heading back outside for afternoon/evening chores. Milking starts back up at 3-3:30 p.m. once the cattle are all in the barn. Calves are bottle fed again and are given grain. Once everything is finished, it all gets cleaned up so it’s ready for the next day. Most nights we are done with everything around 7 p.m. Also depending on the time of year, I could be working show cattle by leading and washing them or I could be helping with field work.

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Music Review:

Breaking the at home blues

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Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve are all right around the corner. If you want to impress your family or friends this holiday season, try making this simple, yet delicious, recipe.

You can never go wrong with caramel corn and it’s always a great snack!

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2 cookie sheets Parchment paper Measuring cup Large bowl Airtight container.

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2 Cups brown sugar 2 Sticks butter ½ Cup syrup (white or brown) 1 Teaspoon salt 1 Teaspoon baking soda 7 ½ Quarts of popped corn

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Cook brown sugar, butter, syrup, and salt for five minutes on the stovetop. Remove mixture from heat and place into a large bowl. Add baking soda and popcorn to the mixture. Coat well and spread onto cookie sheets that are covered with parchment paper.

Place in a 200-degree oven for 1 hour, stirring at 15-minute intervals (peanuts may be added if desired). Remove from the oven and let cool. It makes a big batch (approx. 2 cookie sheets full), it is not sticky and can be stored in an airtight container.

Whose king is that? I think I know.

Its owner is quite happy though.

Full of joy like a vivid rainbow, I watch her laugh. I cry hello.

She gives her king a shake, And laughs until her belly aches.

The only other sound’s the break, Of distant waves and birds awake.

The king is comical, potable and deep, But she has promises to keep, After cake and lots of sleep.

Sweet dreams come to her cheap.

She rises from her gentle bed, With thoughts of kittens in her head, She eats her jam with lots of bread.

Ready for the day ahead.

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Tips with Trish: In this column by Tricia Borelli, director of Counseling Services, she answers questions from students about their emotional well-being while attending college. Send questions to: Ms. Borelli, Loras, Box 100, or e-mail tricia.borelli@loras.edu.

All names will be kept confidential.

by TRICIA BORELLI Director of the Counseling Center

Dear Trish,

I know you are swamped and unfortunately I can’t seem to find time to make it to your office so I am settling for some written advice. I don’t think I have depression but I have been in a funk lately and have been irritable and unhappy. Any quick tips on helping me get out of this rut?

Signed, No time for therapy Trish says,

It is known around the country that wait times for counseling sessions, both in college and in the private sector, can be long. So my best advice for what might help your irritability and unhappiness is as follows. 1. Get good sleep and eat well. 2. Hang around positive people who bring you joy.

Positivity breeds positivity. 3. Consider a break from social media. As great as it can be to help us stay connected, social media has been found to create anxiety and bring people down more than the reverse. 4. Practice gratitude and kindness. After all, this is the month of Thanksgiving, isn’t it?

And because gratitude is one of my favorite topics I will spend a little more time on this one.

Practicing gratitude daily can take

Lots of value in being grateful many forms. It can be fun recalling random things that bring your life joy.

Doing this can help you contemplate your own blessedness and hence, improve your mood.

Another popular first step in brightening your perspective is starting a gratitude journal where you write down up to five things over the past day that make you feel thankful. It’s a good way to end the day as opposed to what some of us do, dwell on the negatives or worry about the future. Another tip is to re-frame some negative thoughts into positive ones like changing, “Ugh, nothing good in the café again today” to “I’m so glad that I can have a hot meal when so many go hungry.” For me, just not having to cook the meal myself is a blessing.

As students and staff at Loras College, we also know the importance of kindness and that serving others brings us our own joy. It is a part of most of our beings. Try doing something nice for someone else or at the very least, saying something nice.

It is so fun to see someone react to a compliment. If you think something nice, say it. If you think something not so nice, don’t say it.

Sounds simple but the truth is, we don’t practice gratitude and kindness enough. Give it a try.

Signed, Trish

Latinx/Hispanic pride on campus

by SAMANTHA GARCIA-BRACHO guest writer

At the beginning of the fall semester, Loras introduced the first college chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Dubuque, Iowa.

LULAC is the oldest Latinx/ Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States, and starting a council on campus will raise awareness of the rights and traditions of the Latinx community.

Under the council number 380, Loras LULAC involves and serves all Hispanic nationality groups. They have been addressing a multitude of issues regarding immigration, educational attainment, political influence, and hosting events that celebrate Latin American culture.

Sergio Perez, director of the Center for Inclusion and Advocacy, set LULAC in motion after junior Rodrigo Espino presented the idea of integrating culture around campus.

“I have the luxury of knowing folks from a wide range of Latinx identities and experience,” said Perez. “We know what we need to be successful by simply having one another’s backs.”

“The Center” is a safe space that celebrates diversity. Here students, faculty, and staff can be themselves without being judged. It also presents the opportunity for students to grow personally, educationally, and professionally. This is where LULAC started and with very-well attended council meetings, they will continue working on celebrating their “Latinidad” around the area.

For further information about Loras College LULAC, contact Sergio Perez at (563) 588-7205, via email sergio.perez@ loras.edu, or follow @LorasCollegeLULAC on Facebook, and @LulacLoras on Twitter and Instagram.

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Praying for the dead united—whether in Heaven, Purgatory, or on earth—it’s only natural for us to all look out for each other. We, on earth, can pray In the Catholic Church, many months for the souls in Purgatory to ease their have special devotions. For example, suffering and speed up their cleansing June is devoted to the Sacred Heart, July process. It’s good to do this in general to the Precious Blood, and October to but making it personal, like specifically the Rosary. As we near the end of the liturgical year along with the chilly change praying for a loved one who has passed on, will motivate you to pray more. While of seasons, it’s only fitting that November it’s tempting to think of your grandma as be dedicated to praying for the dead. instantly being in Heaven, it’s important to Specifically, the souls in Purgatory. remember that we all have imperfections The Catechism defines Purgatory as: “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, and all have a decent chance of passing through Purgatory before entering but still imperfectly purified, are indeed paradise. assured of their eternal But have no fear, because salvation; but after death your prayers ease the Much like they undergo purification, process and even strengthen students during so as to achieve the holiness the spiritual bond between necessary to enter the joy of finals week, it’s the person(s) in mind. haven,” (CCC 1030). the one last push While any prayer is helpful, In other words, everyone before freedom there are a few special who is in Purgatory is and peace. ones that are particularly going to get to Heaven powerful. The Mass, of someday, but they have a lot course, is the most powerful of suffering and cleansing prayer of all.

Never underestimate to do beforehand. Why must they go the significance of offering a mass for through this? Because Heaven is the abode someone, since it’s the prayer where Jesus of God, who is perfection Himself. Only takes a physical role. Another prayer is the a person cleansed of their sins through Prayer of St. Gertrude, said to be given to the temporal punishments of Purgatory the saint by Jesus, who promised that onecould even stand to be in the presence of thousand souls would be released from something that wonderful. For someone Purgatory every time it is said. who hasn’t achieved that, it would be like “Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most staring at the sun; they just wouldn’t be Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, able to handle it. However, this suffering in union with the masses said throughout isn’t filled with despair like it is in Hell but the world today, for all the holy souls in an experience of great consolation from purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for assurance of salvation. Much like students sinners in the universal church, those during finals week, it’s the one last push in my own home and within my family. before freedom and peace. Of course, Amen.” the comparison stops there, as a final can As a bonus, prayers for souls in determine your grade while there is no Purgatory are a great investment of your such system for souls. Instead, they are joyful in their suffering because they know time, since the bond that you build with the souls-and their gratitude for your helpwith certainty that Heaven is just around is so great that they will intercede for you the corner. in your own times of need on earth.

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by CELIA BALDERSTON

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With holiday season approaching at an alarming rate, many are scrambling to decorate where they live, buy plane tickets, and prepare for each individual holiday.

While many find this time of year joyful, the holidays are also riddled with anxiety, sometimes even seasonal depression.

Why are so many people depressed and anxious during such a jubilant time of year? Studies show that there are at least 5 key factors that play into this feeling of gloom: organizing/planning, finances, shopping for gifts, staying healthy, and traveling. This feeling of hopelessness during the holiday season is called “Holiday Blues.” The Holiday Blues are loosely defined as seasonal depression that falls during the holidays.

Like many people, I often become anxious and stressed during the holiday season. But for every stressful activity, there is an amazing opportunity to spend time with family and enjoy what is going on. To avoid the Holiday Blues, try following these tips:

Limit alcohol

Like many other substances, alcohol is addicting. If you are feeling down, it is best to stay away from depressants that lower

Spend time with your loved ones

This point is pretty self-explanatory.

Spending time with loved ones, usually, not only takes the edge off of life but it also gives many people a chance to catch up with those you have not seen for a while.

Frequently exercise and practice healthy habits

your inhibitions.

Get plenty of sleep

It’s our body’s way of healing and resting. After first semester concludes, our whole being will be exhausted and over-worked. Use the time off to catch up on sleep.

Learn to avoid over-committing

Over-committing is dangerous because it happens very easily. As those who

constantly live and work in a college environment, especially Loras College, we tend to sign up for too many things, work overtime, and stay up very late. If you can kick over-committing to the curb, you will cut toxic behaviors out of your life.

Be open to new experiences and those who celebrate other traditions The world we live in is very diverse and unique. Even though Loras College has a student body that is highly Christian-

Dining with Duhawks success

by SHAE SLAVEN AND SARAH MOCKLER guest writers

Every school year, Loras College offers several opportunities for students to participate in a service or social justice trip whether it be over Thanksgiving Break, J-Term Break, or Spring Break. This year there has been a significant effort put in to make these trips more accessible to all Loras students.

Apart from fundraising, another change to the Service and Social Justice Trips was the name. These student trips are now called TREC TRIPS, the acronym TREC stands for Think, Reflect, Engage, and Connect. The goal of this change is to demonstrate that these trips have the ability to be very formative to an individual. It also highlights that engaging in service and social justice is about meeting people where they are at and building human connection. The goal is that the students continue to serve those in need

concentrated, there are many other religions and traditions that may differ from what we normally celebrate. So, reach out to your friends and see what type of holiday traditions they partake in.

You never know when you are going to discover something new!

but also recognize the fact that they can learn so much from those that they serve.

TREC Trips are made with the whole idea that both parties benefit in growth and learning.

Through a fundraiser called Dining with Duhawks, lowering the costs of the TREC Trips came another step closer. After much effort from Loras students and staff, the outlook of a payment overall for students has decreased. The fundraiser that started this fall included 11 faculty and staff members who had graciously offered to provide a home-cooked meal for a group of Duhawks. The lucky Duhawks were able to attend these dinners after bidding in a silent auction style process during the week of Nov. 11. With all the wonderful hosts and the students, staff, and faculty that did the bidding for these dinners, the total amount raised surpassed the goal with a grand total of $1,379!

As these new and positive changes take

place, there is hope that TREC Trips will become a common experience in the four years that a student spends as a Duhawk.

These trips are great ways to meet others, connect with communities outside their own, and has proven to be a transformative experience to all who get the opportunity.

As some of the leading figures of these TREC Trips, we want to encourage all students to participate on a TREC Trip at least once in the years spent as a Duhawk.

For an inside look at a TREC TRIP, visit MyDuhawk.com to read an article by Dr. Kevin Koch called “New Orleans coastal restoration service trip, January 2019”. This piece outlines his experience during the New Orleans TREC Trip in January 2019.

Note: Shae Slaven and Sarah Mockler are the TREC Trips Coordinators. They can be reached through email at Shae.

Slaven@loras.edu and Sarah.Mockler@ loras.edu.

SPIRITUAL LIFE SCHEDULE THURSDAY – November 21st • Eucharistic Adoration (from 8:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Chapel) • Mindfulness Meditation (from 2:30 p.m.-3 p.m. in the Interfaith Prayer Space, ACC 580) • Reconciliation (at 4:30 p.m. in Christ the King Chapel) • Daily Mass (at 5:15 p.m. in Christ the King Chapel) • Night Prayer (at 10 p.m. in the 2nd floor lobby of Beckman Hall) FRIDAY – November 22nd • Just Java (from 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. in the basement of the Peace and Justice House) • Eucharistic Adoration (from 8:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Chapel) • Daily Mass (at 5:15 p.m. in Christ the King Chapel)

SATURDAY – November 23rd • Daily Mass, “Who is God calling me to be” (at 8:30 p.m. in Christ the King Chapel) • Awaken: Adoration, prayer teams, and confessions; board games afterwards(event from 9 p.m.-10 p.m. in Christ the King Chapel and then at 1251 Walnut St) SUNDAY – November 24th • Rite of Acceptance Mass and Feast of Christ the King (at 8 p.m.)

• Sunday Night Social (immediately after Mass in Keane 11) OTHER FAITH TRADITIONS • It is our hope that you join us at Mass but we recognize the vast diversity of this academic and faith community. The addresses and service times for a variety of Dubuque area places worship are listed below. If you are in need of a ride to local service, please contact Anastacia.

Mcdermott@loras.edu.

Just like any other time of the year, it is crucial to take care of your body by exercising regularly, eating right, being in a good frame of mind, sleeping, and being social. I know this is easier said than done, but it makes a huge difference in how you feel going into and throughout the holiday season.

Overall, take care of yourself. You are about to finish the semester! Sit back, relax, and enjoy the moment. Happy Holidays, Duhawks! *All statistics and facts were read on healthline.com*

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Get to know the new swim coach Learn more about the new Duhawk swim coach Nick Wyllie in this one-on-one interview

by HARRIET SIEGRIST sports writer

DUBUQUE, IA. – Nick Wyllie — a native of Southfield, MI, and graduate of Michigan State University with a degree in kinesiology and minor in health promotion — had a unique recruiting story of his own as he enters into his first year as the head men’s and women’s swim coach for the Duhawks.

“My old roommate at Millikin University, Cole Sondgeroth — the current head men’s and women’s golf coach here — is where I heard about the job,” Wyllie said.

Nick Wyllie “[Sondgeroth] jokingly said: ‘It’s awesome here; if the swim coach position opens, I’ll let you know.’ A month later, it did open up, and I applied.”

When Wyllie received the offer, he happily accepted. He believes that everything here was set up for success, and with some hard work, this team and program could really go places. This past week, Wyllie was able to take time out of his busy schedule and answer some questions about himself and his coaching goals, as well as offer some advice.

How long have you been swimming and what did you swim?

I began when I was four and went until I was 20, so 16 years. I was a sprinter and flyer until 8 grade and from there distance.

W h y d o yo u l i k e s w i m m i n g a n d coaching it?

I like swimming for different reasons than coaching. Competing: I enjoyed the camaraderie of being on a team, I’m competitive, and I was good at it. For coaching, I started and didn’t know if I’d like it. I liked being able to see personal growth in every swimmer, in and out of the pool. It is crazy to see where people end up.

If you weren’t a swim coach what would you be doing?

I would fully delve into fitness coaching: doing CrossFit, strength…any fitness, really.

What do you like to do in your free time?

I like to work out. If I only had an hour a day of free time, I’d workout. I also like to hang out with friends and watch sports; my favorites are football and playoff hockey.

What’s your typical schedule?

Wake up at 5:30 a.m.

Coach from 6:15 – 8:15 a.m.

Answer work emails and do administrative tasks until 11 a.m.

Run to business office and meetings Work out or coach CrossFit at 12 p.m.

Return to his office around 2:30 p.m.

Coach from 2:30 – 5:45 p.m.

Team lifting from 6:30-7:30 p.m. or proctor study tables from 8 – 10 p.m.

Call recruits around 8:30 p.m.

What’s something you didn’t expect from the team, from Loras, from this job, etc.?

Life on the ice The Loras College Hockey team continues proud tradition of bringing stick and puck to Duhawks

by KEEGAN GODWIN Asst. sports editor

Founded in 1981, the Loras College Hockey Club is one of the longestrunning clubs on campus. The club is founded on the principle of having all of its members play the game they love, no matter their skill level.

The motto of the club is to: “provide its members an opportunity to play competitive hockey in an atmosphere that produces many memorable friendships and experiences.”

This motto and principle has stood strong throughout the existence of the club. Members of the club include all races, genders, ages, and skill levels, and no one is turned down – even if they have never skated before or shot a puck in their life.

Ever yone on the team has the opportunity to play in the game itself. This year, the team consists of seven players, led by team captains CJ Marshall and Matt Waldeck.

Since the club is not NCAA Division

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III, they do not play the typical colleges you would expect a Loras College sports team to play. Instead, the team will compete against other college club teams, and most of those teams are multiple colleges mixed together.

To start their season off, the Loras College Hockey Team played the Loras

Upcoming Games: Friday, November 22nd at 5:45 PM @ Mystique Ice Center Tuesday, December 3rd at 9:45 PM @ Mystique Ice Center College Alumni in the Homecoming game. This is a game played every year between the current members of the hockey team and alumni of the hockey team.

This year, the current team played the alumni on Oct. 13 at the Mystique Ice Center in downtown Dubuque. The alumni beat the currents 14-8 in an action-packed and fun-filled game. The next game for the team is currently an undecided date, but they will be playing the Dubuque Fossils, a local hockey club here in Dubuque comprised of adult hockey players.

“The team is looking good from what I can tell,” said first-year Luke O’Connell. “[There are] a few new guys – including myself – [on] the team and a bunch of returning players as well. All of them are great guys and teammates.”

The team plays at the Mystique Ice Center in downtown Dubuque. The beautiful ice arena was opened in 2010 and has been proudly hosting the Loras Hockey team for many years now.

The Mystique is also home to the Dubuque Fighting Saints; a Tier I Junior hockey team here in Dubuque.

The team will travel to Chicago in the Spring to finish out their season.

Before I got to know the team, I didn’t expect such good upperclassman leadership.

I thought I’d have to develop it, but it was already strongly developed. As for Loras, I wasn’t sure of the level of impact athletics had on the campus, but after being here, it’s clear that it’s a big part of the campus community.

What’s your favorite thing about the swim team?

Our spirit is my favorite; when we went to Coe this year, the other coach complimented us on our spirit and energy.

What do you hope for the team to accomplish this year?

I have individual goals for people and some team goals. I’ll be very happy if we get a heavy majority of lifetime bests at the end of the season.

What do you hope for the team in the next 5 years?

There are two things: I want to try to have a full roster for most of those years, and within five years, I want to see a conference title on both sides.

What advice would you give to an athlete if they want to get better?

Continuously pay attention to the details.

I’ve coached all levels of swimmers, and the difference between them is that: constantly focusing.

What is one thing you wish people knew about swimming?

That it’s yards — not meters — and from one end to the other end is a length, not a

lap.

Aside f rom coaching, Wyllie and Sondgeroth created a podcast: “Tuesday’s with Nick & Cole.” They created the podcast to talk “a little bit about Duhawk Athletics plus a little bit about life in the Key City. All this and more on Tuesday’s with Nick & Cole!” They have 11 episodes out and they can be found on Apple Podcast and Spotify.

Wyllie recommends that you tune into the next episode for lots of reasons, including: “to get a quick update on Loras sports in the past week, to find out about local restaurants and their bone-in wing quality, and if you are bored on a Tuesday morning, it’s goodquality entertainment.”

The Duhawk swim team is in action again on Friday, Nov. 22 at Simpson, but their next and final home meet will be held Jan. 11 at 1 p.m. against their rival Luther. Be sure to come support our Duhawks during the remainder of the season and have some fun with the team.

If you are looking for a way to contribute to the team they are hosting a win pledge event this season. For every win you pledge a certain amount of money, and at the end of the year all of the wins are added up and you will be sent an invoice of your donation amount. If you pledge a $1 and there are 100 wins, the invoice at the end will be for $100. For more information and to sign up, visit https://duhawks.com/sb_output. aspx?form=44.

Duhawks dominate

by CONNOR HALBMALER sports writer

DECORAH, IA. & DES MOINES, IA. – To compete in both the Luther Open and the Grand View Open, the Duhawks split their flock and went to Decorah and Des Moines, Iowa, respectively. It was a busy Saturday for the team, but they were able to walk away with three golds, a silver and a bronze.

The Luther Open saw the crowning of first-year Shane Liegel in the Silver 184 bracket. In the first round, Liegel was given a bye, allowing him to move on to the second round, where Isaac Gust from Wisconsin-La Crosse stood in his way. One decision win later, Liegel stepped into the semifinals to face off with Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Sam Melton. Melton couldn’t stop the Duhawk’s streak as he won through another decision, 6-0, and moved into the finals. In this championship match, Leigel’s opponent was Chase Melton, also from Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Liegel asserted his strength as a Duhawk wrestler, claiming victory through a major decision, 13-0, which gave him the gold medal.

Along with Liegel, first-year Dakoda Powell claimed a bronze medal in his Silver 285 bracket. “[First-years] Shane Leigel and Dakoda Powell both performed well,” replied Head Coach TJ Miller when asked about Luther’s Open Duhawk medal placers.

The Grand View Open, on the other hand, saw two Duhawks given gold medals. The first was senior Brandon Murray in the 157 pound bracket. A bye in the first round propelled him into his next round, where his opponent was Life’s Stephens. Murray made short work of Stephens as he won through a fall at 0:40. In the quarter finals, Devin Bahr from Wisconsin was the Duhawk’s next challenge. It was a tougher fight this time, but Murray proved his skill with a decision win, 8-5. Grand View’s Renaldo Rodriguez-Spenc stood against Murray in the semifinals. Murray’s opponent was no match for him as he pushed past into the finals round, where his final match was

against Drew Scharenbrock from Wisconsin.

At 5:31 of the match, Murray was crowned champion of his bracket with a fall.

The other champion named from the Grand View Open was junior Travis Willers. In the 165 pound bracket, Willers was given two byes, allowing him to start his tournament in the quarterfinals. His first round pitted him against Grand View’s Xavier Miller. This matchup was relatively easy for the Duhawk, who won the round with a fall at 1:43. After Miller came Iowa State’s Isaac Judge in the semifinals. Isaac provided more of a challenge for Willers,

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but the Duhawk was able to persevere with a win by decision 3-2. With two wins under his belt, and one more round ahead of him, Willers final opponent for the day was Zane Mulder from Iowa State. Willers and Mulder butted heads as they fought to prevail over one another, and in the end, Willers came out on top with a decision 9-8, granting him first place.

One other Duhawk claimed a medal for the Loras team at this tournament: junior Jacob Krakow, representing the team in the 174 weight bracket, was given the silver medal after some hard fought battles.

“We have never competed in the Grand View Open, so it was nice to do something different,” said Coach Miller. “The Grand View Open was one of the toughest tournaments we have wrestled in my time here.”

Next on the wrestling schedule is the meet against Concordia University. They’ll be traveling down to Mequon, Wisconsin, for the match on Saturday, Nov. 23.

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Women topple two top nationally ranked teams

by JON QUINN sports editor

DUBUQUE, IA – After a record breaking 2018-2019 season, the Loras College women’s basketball team is picking up right where they left off. The team came to play at their own Loras TipOff Classic with wins over teams boasting their top 25 national rankings.

But these wins didn’t come easy. During the two-day tournament Loras knocked down No. 24 Washington University in St. Louis on Nov. 15, defeating them 93-81. The momentum then carried the team to the championship match-up on Nov. 16 against University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. U.W. Oshkosh knocked the Loras women’s team out of the NCAA National tournament last year but now, it’s a brand new season.

With a tight battle against the two teams, the game went into overtime where Loras’ free-throw percentage really came into effect. U.W. Oshkosh had an appropriate .609 free-throw percentage while Loras held a .833 free-throw percentage. That made a huge difference in overtime, which gave Loras the edge, securing the win 88-83.

To highlight some of the statistics and performances for the Washington University game, senior guard Macenzie Kraemer led the team in scoring with 20 points. Kraemer started hot and never cooled off scoring within the first minute of the game. The other 18 points were acquired mostly through jumpers and one threepointer.

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Styling Loras students for success.

Asia Singleton Loras College senior

junior for ward Marissa S c h r o e d e r. S c h r o e d e r is cre dite d for ha lt ing Washington’s offense with nine defensive rebounds and 11 total rebounds.

Schroeder was also a leader in scoring tallying 17 points.

Another great performance against Wa s h i n g t o n w o u l d b e senior guard Riley Eckhart w ho a ls o le d t he te am with 18 points. We also can’t forget the first-year guard Madison Fleckenstein for game shifting momentum with her 11 made free-throws. Redshirt senior guard Kari Fitzpatrick made her presence known as well, forcing numerous turnovers which would force Washington to take a timeout.

Moving to U.W. Oshkosh, junior forward Courtney Schnoor lead the Duhawks in scoring and free-throws percentage. As mentioned earlier, free-throw percentage was a big contribution to why Loras won in overtime, and Schnoor was perfect from the line, going eight-for-eight. Adding a total of 23 points to the board helped as well.

Schnoor was closely followed by Kraemer who scored 22 points, 12 of which were scored from beyond the arc. As a team, Loras out-rebounded U.W. Oshkosh 36-28 which could have played a role in Loras’ field goal percentage (.468) and free-throw percentage (.833).

This Saturday, the team will take to the road and travel to Eau Claire, WI, to battle against the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. The game will be at the Zorn Arena at 5 p.m.

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Horizon invasion

by NATE KAISER sports writer

A culture shock brought the wrestling business to their feet this week as CM Punk returned on WWE Backstage. The Fox weekly run show saw the return of Punk right before they closed the show.

His words rang out to the masses, closing the show as Punked proclaimed: “When they think they have all the answers, I change the culture.”

Raw (Monday) 11/11/19 Monday night continued to build towards the meeting of all three brands at their next paper view event, Survivor Series.

“The Man” Becky Lynch opened up the show, reminding the women’s division why she is the most dangerous part of her career.

“Because of Bayley, Shana Bazler, or the kabuki warriors think I’m going to stop fighting, then they haven’t been paying attention to my career,” said Lynch. Lynch and Charlotte Flair would go on to face the Kabuki Warriors, but fall short after a roll-up by Asuka.

Later on in the night, Seth Rollins would lay out a challenge to the United Kingdoms’ best, and Walter would answer. Walter controlled the pace of the match by his sheer size and strength, but after a run-in by Imperium, the stage was set for an eight-man tag.

The Street Profits and Kevin Owens would tag with Rollins to take on Imperium. After a stomp from Rollins to pick up the win, the anticipation going into Survivor Series reaching a boiling point.

In the main event, the “O.C.” faced off against Randy Orton, Humberto Carrilo, and Ricochet. Orton and Ricochet struggled to find the same page throughout the match. In the end, Styles would take an RKO by Orton and a moonsault by Carrilo for the loss.

Raw clocked in at a 2.06 rating, an alltime low outside of significant holidays for the company. Later in the week, though, it was released that Raw bottomed out at 1.25 rating. Their recent ratings pose a question to WWE to decide when they should be worried about how low their ratings are getting.

AEW Dynamite (Wednesday) 11/13/19 Coming off of their blockbuster paper view event “Full Gear,” AEW settled back into the swing of things on TNT. Chris Jericho retained his world championship against Cody, the unchained mad man of AEW Jon Moxley defeated Kenny Omega in a hellacious unsanctioned match.

This week Moxley squared off with Micheal Nakazawa, and he showed no signs of slowing down. Moxley destroyed Nakazawa and put him away with an elevated Paradigm Shift. After the match, Moxley addressed the crowd in wild fashion: “I told you exactly what was going to happen at Full Gear, and I delivered as promised, as advertised,” said Moxley.

The tag team division is heating up, especially in the undercard, as AEW starts to focus on some of those lower card teams. With SCU and the Lucha Bros established rivals, teams like Jurassic Express, and the Dark Order can start to

develop more.

Luchassurs returned to save Jurassic Express from a beat down at the hands of the Dark Oder. The crowd exploded to see the big man back finally, and aligning these two teams will be an excellent way to keep the tag division moving.

Dynamite also saw the debut of the massive Warlow. Warlow destroyed Cody and proceeded to hang him from the top rope by his necktie. Nick and Matt Jackson, the Young bucks, received the beating of a lifetime from Santan and Ortiz, and next week they will take on Private Party.

AEW clocked in this week at 957,000 viewers bouncing back from last week’s 822,000 viewers. Overall, an excellent bounce-back week for AEW, with SCU retaining their Tag titles in the main event, expect to see a lot of things start to develop in the coming weeks.

NXT (Wednesday) 11/13/19 Over to the competition, NXT dropped in their viewership this week down from the 813,000 viewers to 750,000. The invasion of the O.C. last week was sure to bring in more viewers, but this week NXT struggled to keep up with AEW Dynamite.

The NXT Cruiserweight championship was on the line as the champion Lio Rush faced off against the hottest rising star in NXT Angel Garza. These two tore the house down in one of the best cruiserweight title matches in the recent month. Rush retained the title after hitting his finisher, the “Final Hour,” but the ref did miss Garzas foot grazing the rope, so expect to see these two meet up again in the future.

WarGames is on the horizon, and the teams have been set. Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee, and the new Dominik Dijakovic are set to face off against the Undisputed Era. The question is who will be the final member of Team NXT. A ladder match would show the main event pitting Mia Yim vs Io Shirai for a War Game advantage. Shirai won after a run-in from NXT UK Women’s champion Kay Lee Ray. A great show this week, building into what should be a monumental paper view at WarGames.

Smackdown (Friday) 11/15/17 Everyone is gearing up for Survivor Series, Nov. 24, and the superstars on Smackdown are doing the same.

New Day faced off against the Revival in a tag team championship match. The match would go to a no-contest, as the Undisputed Era jumped both teams.

Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan are aligning to face off for the Universal championship after “The Feind” Wyatt attacked Bryan at Crown Jewel. Wyatt explained that all Bryan had to do to get a championship match was to say one word: “YES.” The show would close on this note, and Smackdown would rack in 2.350 million viewers.

Other News In other news, Marty Scurll battled PCO in the finals of the Final Battle number one contender tournament for Ring of Honor.

Scurll bested Jay Lethal to qualify for the finals, and PCO bested former world champion, Dalton Castle. Dec. 13 PCO will challenge RUSH at “Final Battle” for the Ring of Honor World Championship.

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A bitter-sweet finish

by AUDREY MILLER sports writer

WAVERLY, IA. – On a blustery, thirtydegree day last weekend, the men and women’s cross country teams spiked up for what would be their final meet of the 2019 cross country season: the Central Region cross country championships. The meet was held on Saturday, Nov. 16, to dictate what teams would advance to the NCAA DIII National Championships in Louisville, KY, on Nov. 23. The men raced first at 11 a.m. and weren’t sure what to expect from the course, but were ready to finish their races on a high note after a disappointing conference championship only two weeks prior.

“I was glad by how our men’s team bounced back from conference,” said assistant coach Ethan Adlfinger. “The conference championships, in my opinion, left the group with a feeling of being kicked in the gut. It would have been much easier to mail in the season and give up. Instead, the group had a chip on their shoulder to come back and not end the season with a bad taste in their mouths.”

True to Adlfinger’s words, the men’s team showed up to the regional race with the knowledge that this would likely be the last race of the season, and they wanted to end on a high note. At the first mile, sophomore star Luke Guttormson led the Duhawks, followed closely by senior Patrick Wolak. At this point in the race, the men’s team was in 12 place of 28 teams; however, the Loras cross country team knows it is not where you are at the first mile that matters—it is the end. By the 3k mark, the team had moved into 10 place, and by the 5k—over halfway through the men’s 8k race—the men had moved up to 6 place, where they would stay for the remainder of the race.

“I am really proud of how well our men competed,” said head coach Bob Schultz. “They executed our race plan to perfection, which allowed us to have our best meet of the season. We had a great group of seniors this year and some of them, like Patrick Wolak, really stepped up and ended their careers on high notes.

They should be really proud.”

Taking the win at the regional meet was Wartburg with 52 points. Closely following the Knights in second place was Carleton with 56 points. Third, fourth, and fifth places went to St. Olaf (108), St. Thomas (129), and Luther (152), respectively. The Duhawks remained in sixth place at the finish with 189 points.

The top two finishing teams—Wartburg and Carleton—earned automatic bids to the national meet, while St. Olaf and St. Thomas only needed to wait one day until the NCAA Selection Sunday, when they garnered at-large bids to the national meet.

“We finished the season exactly where we were ranked,” noted Wolak. “When I crossed the line, the emotions immediately hit me that I had crossed the finish line of my last cross country race. Overall, I am very happy with my experience as a runner on the Loras cross country team. I have made lifelong friends and I will miss it very much.”

Finishing f irst for the Duhawks was Guttormson, who has been a frontrunner for the Duhawks all season.

Guttormson moved up throughout the entire race, finishing in 25:48 for a seventh place finish. This allowed Guttormson to punch his own individual ticket to the national meet in Louisville, as the top seven finishers not on qualifying teams advance to the national meet as individual qualifiers.

Following Guttormson as the second runner on the team was Wolak, who finished near a qualifying place for the national championships, but was not quite close enough to punch his own ticket. Wolak finished in 24 place with a time of 26:15 which earned him an AllRegion honor. Following Guttormson and Wolak in the race were the two men’s captains, senior Tyler Havens and junior Joey Schultz, as the team’s third and fourth runners. Havens finished in 46 with a time of 26:39 while Schultz finished immediately behind Havens in 47 with a time of 26:40. Senior Logan Hayes finished as the team’s fifth, with a place of 65th and time of 27:03. Finishing as the team’s sixth and seventh runners were seniors Cole Conklin-Little and Blake Keller in 87 and 88, respectively, with times only one second apart.

The women’s 6k race began at noon, with 209 women taking off from the starting line as the gun fired, signaling the beginning of the race. Within the first mile, the Duhawks had moved up to ninth place out of 30 teams. By the midway point, at the 3k, the Duhawks had moved up to fifth place. At the very end of the race, the women had finally moved up and secured their third place finish, narrowly beating fourth-place team St. Thomas, who was ranked sixteenth in the nation, and fifth-place team St. Olaf, who was ranked 24 in the nation.

Finishing first for the Duhawks and first in the race was junior Kassie Rosenbum, with her first regional title as a Duhawk.

Ros enbum ran an exac t 22-minute 6k, beating Wartburg’s second-place finisher by six seconds. This finish not only assisted the team in achieving their third-place finish, but also automatically punched Rosenbum’s ticket to nationals as an individual qualifier for the meet in Louisville.

“I am super proud of Kassie and her regional championship,” continued Schultz. “She ran a gutsy race and proved at the end of the day, she is the best runner in the region and one of the best runners in the country. I am also so proud and humbled by our super senior, Audrey Miller. The only reason she came back for an extra semester was to get our women’s team to the National Championship and, in my opinion, she did that. I am happy and satisfied that she gets to end her stellar career at the National Championship.”

Miller ran as the team’s number-two

Loras breezes past Tip-Off Tournament

by JON QUINN sports writer

runner, finishing the race in seventh place with a time of 22:39. This place also secured an individual qualifying spot.

Following Rosenbum and Miller was sophomore Kaylee Osterberger, placing 31 with a time of 23:42—securing her first All-Region honor. The next two scorers on the team were senior Maeve Dunaway, a reliable scorer for the Duhawks in 41 place with a time of 23:53, and junior Hannah Insko, a runner who, just a few weeks prior, was barely squeaking into the team’s top seven. At the regional meet, she played a large role with her 45 place finish in allowing the Duhawks to place third in the region. Rounding out the seven Loras runners were junior Emma Earles — running a time of 24:24 to garner 58 place — and sophomore Cam Reeg, who ran a time of 24:27 to place 59th.

The women’s team’s finish in the region is their highest finish since the women’s team last went to nationals in 1997. The coaches and team was optimistic that this place would get them an at-large bid into the national meet; however, it was not enough, and the women ended their season on Selection Sunday when the decision was made to give no at-large bids to the Central Region.

“This was a very bittersweet moment in coaching,” Adlfinger said about the final results. “It hurts to have such a great season ended prematurely, especially in the way that it did. At this point, I am choosing to focus on what a tremendous day Saturday was and the way our women performed. This will go down as one of the closest-knit teams I have been a part of and will be one of my favorites.”

Moving for ward, the majority of the team will get a few weeks off before beginning training for the indoor track season. Only Guttormson, Rosenbum, and Miller will move on to the NCAA DIII national championship hosted by Spalding University in Louisville, KY, this upcoming weekend. The races takes place at 10:45 a.m. (men’s) and 11:45 a.m. (women’s) in Eastern Time, and there will be a live stream of the event on the FloTrack website.

“I’m looking forward to racing with my teammate Audrey and hoping for a personal record,” said Rosenbum, who is in the hunt for yet another national title after her win in the outdoor track and field 10k in May. “I’m saddened about the bid and definitely think our team wasn’t looked at enough this season for our work.

With a young and still building team, we are just beginning and will be motivated to go again next year for nationals.”

DUBUQUE, IA – The Loras College men’s basketball team won-out the Loras Tip-Off Classic Tournament and are looking to build on their success from last season, where they finished in the sweet-16 for the NCAA Division III National tournament. The wins this week were over teams like Blackburn College (88-75) and Concordia University of Wisconsin (85-65).

The men’s team looked to breeze by their competition and establish dominance by throwing down multiple dunks. Just looking at the offensive statistics as a team for the Blackburn game, Loras out-performed Blackburn in field goal percentage (.483 to .397), 3-point field goal (.375 to .269), free-throw percentage (.741 to .667), and finally rebounds (40 to 26).

However, the Duhawks learned to never doubt the opponent because the Beavers did have the first points on the board — that is, until junior guard Rowan McGowen and sophomore Jordan Boyd knocked down two three-pointers which allowed Loras to snatch the lead and never gave it back. McGowen led the team with 21 points, 15 of which were beyond the arc.

The excitement only grew from there as junior forward Cole Navigato and Boyd sunk back-to-back dunks with 8:30 seconds left in the first half. From there, the team continued to go on an intense run for the remainder of the half, led by senior guard Matt Dacy-Seijo, Navigato, and McGowen. At half, Loras led 47-32.

Blackburn hoped to make a comeback in the second half by starting how they did in the first. They scored a quick lay-up, but the Duhawks quickly responded with scores from Boyd, Navigato, and first-year guard Jake Healy to further the score 5334. Blackburn attempted to turn up the heat, but similar to the first half, Loras was able to put a stop to the run and come out on top 88-75.

As for Concordia on Nov. 16, Loras outperformed them statistically in almost every category. Field goal percentage (.465 to .406), 3-pointer field goal percentage (.278 to .250), free-throw percentage (.737 to .727), rebounds (42 to 32), turnovers (9 to 14) and steals (9 to 4).

Some underclassman were able to steal the spotlight this game. Sophomore guard Jordan Matthews was the team’s leading scorer this game and added a total of 24 points. In addition, Loras went on a 6-0 run as the time for the first half ticked down. Nonetheless, the Concordia Falcon were persistent, and held the lead at the half 36-34.

The second half sat on a balance beam as both teams went scoreless for the first two minutes until Boyd broke the silence and sprung momentum for the Duhawks to carry them to a 54-45 lead. Loras ended the game on a 9-0 run, and Boyd slammed the final basket home to give the Duhawks the 85-65 victory.

The men’s team will be on the road this Saturday to Duluth, MN, to battle against the College of St. Scholastica at 4 p.m.