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Orchesis & IDT perform at fall show

TONI FORTMANN Staff Writer

Amidst the madness of homecoming week, the UNI dance program — comprised of Orchesis Dance Company and IDT Dance Company — presented its fall performance on Friday, Oct. 19, and on Sunday, Oct. 21 in Russell Hall.

The performance featured several styles of dance; from hip-hop and hula to modern to disco.

Different styles had a varying number of performers in them. Some pieces consisted of only four dancers, while others involved

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larger groups of about twenty or thirty performers.

Both dance companies, directed by UNI’s sole dance faculty member, Mandy Masmar, began preparing for the performance just after the semester began.

“A lot of time and dedication was put into each rehearsal and performance,” said Maddie Young, a senior business administration major and president of Orchesis. “It is just a testament to the hard work and dedication that members of Orchesis and IDT have.”

The performance included 12 different pieces with students serving in a vari-

ety of capacities: dancers, understudies, choreographers, stage-hands and stage-managers. Young herself choreographed a piece titled “Seeking Serenity” and performed in three other pieces.

“The fall performance showcases everything these two dance companies have been working on since the beginning of the semester,” Young said. “It gives students the opportunity to choreograph and showcase their imagination and creativity. We love sharing our passion of dance to the student body and to have others more aware of the art as

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well. I think it is important to learn and become aware of different art forms that can broaden your understanding of others and this world we live in. The two companies are unique in that we perform so many styles of dance, many of which are not always showcased.”

Another performer was Jenny Krause, a senior human resources and psychology major and president of IDT. The pieces in which Krause danced ranged from traditional Vietnamese styles to musical theatre.

“The purpose of our performances is to tell a story

throughout every piece,” Krause said. “Each performance also makes every dancer grow not only as a dancer, but also as a performer.”

Orchesis focuses mainly on ballet and modern technique, while IDT members learn a wider variety of dance styles.

“We cover dance styles ranging from ballroom, folk, studio and many other international styles,” Krause said. “Each semester there are different styles of dance performed at each of our fall and spring shows.”

a ll-metro, three -time Iowa Basketball Coaches A sso ciat ion (I BCA), all-region and two-time all Mississippi Valley Conference honoree for the Cedar Falls Tigers.

Wolf also had an out-

standing prep career at Cedar Falls while playing the center position as a three-time all-metro player and two-time all-conference honoree.

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Women’s basketball eyes top of MVC in 2018-19 JERRIUS CAMPBELL Sports Writer

Empty college bleachers will fill up as students turn out to watch the start of the women’s basketball season.

The UNI women’s basketball team has had success in the last ten years making the playoffs in eight of the last nine seasons.

Head coach Tanya Warren is the longest tenured coach in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) for men’s or women’s basketball and holds the UNI record for all-time wins.

Warren looks to top the MVC after a phenomenal season last year with four returning starters, losing only one player to graduation.

Returning starters from last year’s rotation includes Ellie Howell, Mikaela Morgan, Rose SimonRessler and Megan Maahs.

Maahs, a junior named to the MVC all-conference

and all-defensive team last season, looks to dominate in the paint as UNI’s starting center. She made 33 starts as a sophomore and hopes to make a major impact this season.

Maahs led the conference in rebounds (322) and double-doubles (12) last season; the most double-doubles by a women’s basketball player at UNI since the 2003-2004 season.

Another key returning starter is senior guard Mikaela Morgan. She made starts in 30 games last season and brings experience and high caliber defensive play to a young evolving team.

All-MVC honorable mention Ellie Howell returns to the guard position and was named to the all-MVC preseason team. She played the most minutes for the Panthers last season with 30.1 minutes a game.

The Panthers managed to obtain three hometown

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athletes in the recruiting class of 2018. Kiana Barney, Cynthia Wolf and Kam Finley all attended Cedar Falls High School, making the short trip over to the UNI campus.

Barney was a four time

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Progress was the name of the game on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 16 at the 9th annual Women in Politics Bipartisan Scholarship Benefit hosted by UNI’s Department of Political Science.

According to the Center for American Women in Politics, the U.S. House of Representatives is made up of 19 percent women, while the U.S. Senate is 23 percent female.

According to the National Conference of State Legislators, women occupy 28 percent of Iowa General Assembly seats and 14 percent of Iowa Senate seats.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is the state’s first female governor. However, Reynolds became governor via succession as lieutenant governor in 2017 after elected governor Terry Branstad resigned to become the U.S. ambassador to China. Iowa has yet to elect a female governor, though Reynolds has the opportunity to become the first.

“I remember a time when two thirds of our political science majors at UNI were male and when I was one of

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The 9th annual Women in Politics Scholarship benefit was last week.

only two women professors at UNI in the political science department,” UNI political science professor Ana Kogl told the NI. “That’s changing, but it’s amazing how slowly that’s changing.”

According to UNI Department of Political Science Head Scott Peters, today’s UNI political science, public administration and political communication majors are 60 percent male and 40 percent female.

According to the department’s website, today’s political science faculty is made up of eight men and five women.

Peters noted during a speech he gave at the dinner that in 2018, 235 women were currently running for the U.S. House of Representatives,

Service from 1977 until 2014.

Some of the posts Powell served in include Ambassador to Uganda, Ghana, Pakistan, Nepal and India.

She noted that the State Department had not always been accommodating to women, saying, “State Department, in its earlier period, had a tradition, it was pale, male and Yale.”

Part of the effort to increase gender parity in UNI’s political science department is the Women in Politics Scholarship, awarded annually to three junior or senior women within UNI’s political science or public administration department.

According to a pamphlet distributed at the event, this year’s recipients were senior TESOL and political science majior Audrey Simpson, senior political science and public administration major Erin Thomason and senior political

breaking the previous record of 167 women running during the 2016 election cycle.

The keynote speaker of the evening was former ambassador Nancy Powell. Powell was born and raised in Cedar Falls.

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in history and teaching from UNI in 1970, Powell worked in teaching for several years before deciding it wasn’t for her.

Powell was working on a fellowship in American history studies in New York when “my principal came to me in 1975 and handed me a flyer,” Powell said. “He said, ‘I threw this away, but you’re crazy enough to be interested in this (the Foreign Service).”

Powell served in the Foreign

Kamala Harris visits UNI On Tuesday, Oct. 23, United States Senator Kamala Harris of California visited UNI’s campus as part of an initiative to encourage voting ahead of the Nov. 6 mid-term elections.

Harris, a Democrat who served as California’s Attorney General from 2011 to 2017 and elected into the U.S. Senate in 2016, was also spending the day campaigning for Iowa Democrats seeking election to state offices. One of those with her was Deidre DeJear, who is running against incumbent Republican Paul

Pate for Iowa Secretary of State.

“The secretary of state is such an important office,” Harris said as she spoke outside the West Gym. “It will be about upholding one of the most important pillars and symbols of what it means to have a democracy.”

A Harris has been rumored to be one of several politicians considering running for president in 2020.

With the midterm elections less than two weeks away, UNI is holding early voting a for staff and students on Thursday Oct. 25 in Maucker Union from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

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science major Kelsey Chidley.

According to Chidley, the scholarship “encourages women in the political science and public admin[istration] department at UNI… in an industry that hasn’t always been that welcoming of women.”

Simpson and Chidley both told the NI that they did not specifically apply for the Women in Politics scholarship, but that they received it after filling out the standard UNI scholarship application.

Student Body Vice President Kristen Ahart attended the dinner. Her advice to women looking to get involved was, “I know what it feels like to think that you’re not capable of your ambitions. I want to be the first to tell you that you definitely are… Use your resources.

Know what you’re capable of.

Never doubt yourself.”

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Survivors of sexual assault or misconduct can contact UNI police at 319-273-2712 and can also seek support by contacting the Riverview Center’s 24-hour sexual assault crisis and support line at 888-557-0301.

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that Khashoggi was brutally beaten, murdered and dismembered shortly after his arrival.

Hatice Cengiz, Khashoggi’s fiancé, stood outside for almost twelve hours waiting for her partner to exit the consulate.

Just as Khashoggi instructed if he were not to return, Cengiz contacted local authorities as well as government officials with ties to Khashoggi.

The Saudi Arabian government denied reports that Khashoggi had been harmed or

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involuntarily held at the consulate for nearly two weeks.

Opinion Columnist Officials initially told Turkish The disappearance of a police that Khashoggi had left prominent journalist and critic through another exit. of the Saudi Arabian governHowever, authorities were able ment has made internal news. to obtain video-surveillance Jamal Khashoggi kissed his surrounding the compound, fiancé goodbye for the last time confirming that Khashoggi had before entering the Saudi connot left. sulate in Istanbul, Turkey on As days passed since Tuesday, Oct. 2 to obtain docKhashoggi’s disappearance, uments related to their upcomTurkish media began to unveil ing marriage. While his fiancé disturbing details about his fate. stood outside, sources believe According to video footage, flight logs and local officials, 15 Saudi agents arrived in at the consulate in Turkey on the morning of Oct. 2, leaving several hours after Khashoggi’s disappearance.

While we do not know exactly what happened behind the walls of the Saudi consulate, it was reported that the 15-person TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE crew brought a Opinion columnist Jack Ave discusses the recent murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and how the bone-saw into U.S. needs to learn from this incident.

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the country. The crew arrived at the consulate without luggage, but left with several large bags. A member of the crew is also a doctor who specialized in post-mortems.

These emerging details seemed to all but seal Khashoggi’s fate.

On Saturday, Oct. 20, Saudi Arabian officials confirmed that Khashoggi was dead.

According to a statement from Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor, Khashoggi engaged in a physical altercation with Saudi officials, which led to his accidental death.

Allies of the United States have come out and condemned the extra-judicial killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Many fear that the murder of an outspoken journalist signals a larger attack on the freedom of the press.

In the world of fake news, media distrust and political polarization, we must learn from this international incident.

In the United States especially, our administration has removed protections for the press and our commander in chief labels unfavorable media as dangerous.

Christina Koningisor argues

in the Yale Law Review that the current trend in American politics could lead to the censorship we’ve seen from the Saudi government. She writes that, “President Trump has engaged in a range of efforts to deny access to specific journalists or outlets as a form of political retaliation. He has also demonstrated substantial animosity toward the press more broadly. Such actions may damage the credibility of the press and undermine longstanding democratic traditions and norms. But they also raise the specter that these smaller threats are merely the precursors to more aggressive action against the press, such as the selective enforcement of laws criminalizing the publication of classified information or the selective subpoenaing of reporters as a means of silencing political dissent.”

Jamal Khashoggi’s last publication before his untimely death seemed hauntingly appropriate. He wrote that, “A state-run narrative dominates the public psyche, and while many do not believe it, a large majority of the population falls victim to this false narrative.

Sadly, this situation is unlikely to change.”

Kavanaugh allegations lead to slippery slope COLIN HORNING that nearly resulted in him

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being rejected from the highest court in the land The recent confirma- and his life being ruined. tion process of current Had Kavanaugh been provSupreme Court Justice (then en guilty to these claims Supreme Court nominee) against him, then of course Brett Kavanaugh was, to he wouldn’t be deserving of put it bluntly, a mess. The a seat on the Supreme Court. whole operation will surely But that’s the issue here: go down in time as one of there was not any definithe most bizarre and unique tive proof and most of the Supreme Court hearings in entire allegation was based American history. on a woman’s memory from Right at the center of over 30 years ago during an the chaos was the sexu- occasion in which there was al assault allegation of We’ve now Christine Blasey Ford against Kavanaugh. Despite reached a the fact that Kavanaugh point where an ended up being confirmed 50-48, it was mere allega- allegation or claim tions that nearly resulted in him being rejected from the against someone is nation’s highest court and enough to potentially his life being ruined. While many people think that Ford tarnish everything gave a compelling testimony they’ve accomplished and many people believe that she was in fact telling the up to this point. truth, the whole process gave COLIN HORNING no actual proof of the inciOpinion Columnist dent happening. It definitely sounds like Ford is telling presumably alcohol involved. the truth when she claims We’ve now reached a point that she was assaulted at a where an allegation or claim young age, but there is no against someone, without way of proving that it was proof, is potentially enough definitely Brett Kavanaugh to tarnish everything they who did it. have accomplished up to What is scary is that it this point. Who’s to say that was allegations, not charges, other people won’t be willing

to make unproven allegations Ford’s allegations without an article back on Sept. 27, against someone for politi- proof and instead shifted the stating how Ford was credcal or financial gain in the accountability to Kavanaugh ible because she was honest future? I am by no means to prove that these claims are about not knowing critical saying that Ford simply made not true. details of the incident. As her story up, but her accusaDemocrat Senator Joe I’ve stated before, Ford did tion should have come with Donnelly from Indiana was not show any actual verifiample amounts of evidence quoted after the testimo- cation but was willing to be for it to be taken more seri- ny saying: “I think she’s an believed anyway. This is not ously, especially consider- extraordinarily compelling something to be taken lighting the context of confirm- and brave person. I think ly. Allegations are just that: ing or denying a Supreme that she’s been extraordi- alleged - which by definition, Court Justice, one of the narily credible, compelling means without proof. If our most powerful positions in and courageous,” but gave no media and top-ranking polithe world. The entire burden evidence as to why he thinks ticians do not require definof proof was shifted during she is credible (Donnelly itive evidence of an altercathe confirmation process as ended up voting against con- tion, then I can see our counwell. It’s common knowl- firming Kavanaugh). try going down a dangerous edge that in our judicial sysSlate magazine published road in the future. tem, the person being accused is innocent until proven guilty, in which the one laying claims against the defendant has to show indisputable evidence in order to prove the defendant guilty. But in the case of the Kavanaugh confirmation, many Democratic senators and members of the TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE media were will- Opinion columnist Colin Horning discusses what he sees as the harmful ability of allegations ing to believe alone to potentially ruin someone’s career without sufficient proof.

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Student entrepreneur wins pitch competition ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

On Oct. 9, UNI held an elevator pitch competition where 15 students pitched their business ideas. Gabe Groothuis, a senior majoring in marketing and management with a certificate in entrepreneurship, won with his pitch for Groothuis Solutions.

“I’m very competitive,” Groothuis said. “I love to compete, so I was definitely trying to win. There were some really good ideas. There are some businesses [in the competition] that are definitely further along in the process than I am, but I think a lot of it’s just trying to convince people and presenting well.”

Groothuis had 90 seconds to pitch his business idea. Required discussion points included the problem he was solving, the competition he would face and what landmarks he had achieved for his business so far.

As the winner, Groothuis received $500 for his business as well as an all-expenses-paid trip to the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Conference in Kansas City in November.

At the conference, Groothuis will compete in another elevator pitch competition, this time against students from all across the country. The grand prize is $5,000.

Groothuis Solutions provides consulting and coaching services for high school students involved in mock trial.

Groothuis himself participated in mock trial throughout high school. His team won the national competition during his

senior year.

“What was a frustration for me was there just wasn’t a lot of resources out there to help supplement [our team’s training],” Groothuis said. “There’s usually a teacher who’s leading a program and then maybe an attorney will help out, or maybe you call an expert to come in and work with you. If you’re doing a case on like medical stuff, you might call your local doctor to ask them some questions if you don’t know. But as far as supplemental resources, there just wasn’t a whole lot out there. So, after I got done with high school, my program wanted me to come back and help out. So, I started teaching some workshops and doing some stuff remotely from here.

It’s a great way to give back the knowledge that I have.”

Groothuis started helping his former mock trial program in the summer of 2016, right after he graduated high school.

In 2017, he turned his mock trial consulting and coaching services into a business under the name Groothuis Solutions.

The first time Groothuis competed in the UNI Elevator Pitch Competition in 2017, he used a fake business concept from a class and placed second.

After another year of building Groothuis Solutions, he decided to pitch his own business in the competition.

“A key aspect about a pitch is it shouldn’t be completely memorized,” Groothuis said.

“Basically, I just started out by writing down what I wanted, and it’s always too long, and you just gotta start cutting away and cutting away and just giv-

ing enough that people will be interested and ask questions.”

For the national competition, Groothuis plans on making some changes to his winning pitch.

“It’s gotta be really concise,” Groothuis said. “I’ve been watching some YouTube videos and stuff. I’ve never been to the national competition before, so I’m just trying to see what other students are doing and it seems like a lot of them are really focused on landmarks to date. So, I wanted to focus more on projections and […] I want to stress that my goal is to build an online platform to make it more scalable to go nationwide.”

Unlike the UNI competition, the national conference does not release their criteria to the contestants in advance. All the students still have 90 seconds to present their pitch.

“I’m trying to be confident with it and honest — that’s a big thing,” Groothuis said. “If they can tell that you’re lying or faking, it’s not good.

Currently, Groothuis runs his business out of the R.J. McElroy Student Business Incubator in the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. This is a space where high school and college students from around the Cedar Valley can work on growing their businesses.

Groothuis’ passion for entrepreneurship started when he was a child.

“I love to work,” Groothuis said. “I really do. I remember when I was a little kid, my brother and I would sell lemonade on the corner and I was mowing lawns for neighbors whenever I could. I’ve worked

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Senior marketing and management major Gabe Groothuis pitched his business idea for Groothuis Solutions, which provides services for high school students involved in mock trial.

other jobs throughout college as well, but I definitely love entrepreneurship.”

Groothuis isn’t sure where the future will take him or his business, but he’s thankful for the people who have helped him so far. He wants to continue to give back.

“I’m definitely praying about it and seeing where the Lord

leads,” Groothuis said. “I’m focused on growing [Groothuis Solutions] right now. I don’t know how big it could get.

There really isn’t a lot of competition besides people who are doing this for free, so I really don’t know how big the market is for this. So, we’ll see. If it’s something the Lord opens up, I’d love to do it.”

Black Hawk County to host “Spelling Bee” COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

The stage is set and the stakes are substantial. The lights are on, the curtains drawn and the participants’ hands are trembling with anticipation. Hundreds of ears are listening to every syllable that’s coming from their lips. One false move could spell the difference between the buzz of victory and the sting of defeat.

Such is the plot of Theatre UNI’s latest production: “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” showing in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 27 and 28 at 2 p.m. The two-time Tony-award-winning musical, which first premiered on Broadway on 2005, will also involve audience participation in the form of guest spellers.

UNI alumna Anne Healy is the guest director for the play.

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Theatre UNI will be performing the hit musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on Oct. 26, 27 and 28.

“It’s the story of a group of middle schoolers who come to the spelling bee to

try to win the championship,” Healy said. “They’re a group of misfits who come to learn

a little bit more about themselves. They learn that winning isn’t everything and that

losing doesn’t make you a loser.”

As the play’s director, Healy’s duties include framing the show and figuring out how it will look. Sound is also taken into Healy’s consideration for the musical. Being a guest director requires working with a new team, which Healy says she finds exciting.

“This is a very interesting production,” Healy said. “We first began work on the show in Strayer-Wood Theatre, and now we’ve moved the set and musicians and all of that over into Gallagher Bluedorn.

We’re in a new space and a much larger hall, and it’s kind of an interesting process for the students to have to change spaces and work in a different theatre under different working conditions.”

The performers in the play have also faced challenges in their roles.

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Project educates on violence, assault, abuse ADRIANA MIENE Staff Writer

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The Clothesline Project, organized by the women’s and gender studies program, will be on display in the Maucker Union courtyard on Oct. 26.

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Erika Bailey, a senior criminology and theatre performance major, will be playing the role of Rona Lisa Peretti, one of the spelling bee hosts. Her character is confident, passionate about what she does and nostalgic for the old days.

“First thing to know about me is that I like to have all of my ducks in a row,” Bailey said. “While I share that trait with my character, Rona’s dialogue is partially made up of improvised lines.

That is absolutely terrifying.

I’ve really had to focus in on how I operate within the ‘improv’ technique — where my strengths and weaknesses lie. That’s been a really interesting category of theatre to explore. I’ve always admired the greats like Chris Farley, and while I’m only dipping my toes in the water — dang,

on Oct. 22, 23 and 24.

According to Naughton, approximately 30 shirts had been turned in by noon on the last day. Campus community members were encouraged to decorate their shirts with their thoughts and feelings on relationship violence and/ or sexual assault, as well as supportive messages for survivors.

The T-shirts will be displayed in Maucker Union courtyard, extending up to Rod Library, on Oct. 26.

T-shirts from the previous four years will be hung throughout Sabin Hall. In the future, the WGS program hopes to combine all the T-shirts into one big display.

There will be a table set up outside Maucker Union with resources and information about the Clothesline Project on Oct. 26. For more information about the WGS program or the Clothesline Project, students can visit the WGS office in Sabin 225 or email them at wgs@uni.edu.

the Wellness and Recreation Center — Orchesis on Mondays and Wednesdays, and IDT on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

“All in all, we are a community of friends who wants to share our love and passion for dance with others,” Young

said.

Orchesis will be holding auditions on the Wednesday before finals. IDT does not require any audition or previous dance experience. For more information, students can contact Mandy Masmar at mandy.masmar@uni.edu.

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On Friday, Oct. 26, the women’s and gender studies (WGS) program will be bringing the Clothesline Project to UNI’s campus.

This marks the fifth year the project has visited UNI. “Although we are an academic program, a big part of women’s and gender studies is activism and advocacy, so that’s why we put on a lot of these programs on campus,” said Sara Naughton, a programming graduate assistant. “The Clothesline Project — I feel the biggest parts of it are about support and awareness about issues of violence, abuse and assault. But also, it can be a very healing experience for survivors to be able to decorate a T-shirt with their story, see it hung up for all to see and be able to know that all those T-shirts represent different stories and they are not alone.”

The Clothesline Project

is a national campaign that addresses violence against women. The program started in Massachusetts in 1990 but has since spread world-wide, taking place every October in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM).

According to the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, DVAM originally started as a “Day of Unity” in 1981. Soon, the day became an awareness week and by 1987, it was an awareness month.

The first toll-free domestic violence hotline also became available that year. Two years later, the U.S. Congress passed a law designating October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The Clothesline Project is an interactive event in which those who have been affected by violence in any way — first-hand or otherwise — can decorate T-shirts to shed light on the issue and how many are affected.

T-shirt-decorating events were held in Maucker Union

is that stuff hard!”

Once they’ve left the auditorium, Healy hopes play-goers will have seen a bit of themselves within the charming and quirky characters.

Healy is a fan of the show’s music, composed by William Finn. When the cast starts singing, she believes the audience will find the lyrics to be clever and imaginative.

“I think that I would want everybody going home believing that every moment is a learning opportunity,” Bailey said. “Throughout every experience that we have there is something that we can take from it. From there, we can move forward and grow. Nothing is not important. I believe that if we start thinking like that, we’ll begin to take more risks and we’ll begin living our lives more how we want to and less like we think we have to.”

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Both Orchesis and IDT are student organizations, but they also function as classes through which students can receive credit. Both companies meet twice a week in

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Finley joins her former teammates from Cedar Falls on UNI’s team this season.

After transferring from LinnMar High School in Marion, Finley finished her prep career at Cedar Falls, where she earned first and second team conference honors. She also surpassed the 1,000-point mark as a senior and finished at 1,141 career points.

The Panthers also recruited out of state athlete Alyssa Iverson from Chicago. Iverson led her team to four conference

titles and four regional titles with a 105-25 record in her prep career.

UNI, who has finished as runner-up at the last three MVC tournaments, was picked to finish second once again this season behind in-state rival Drake. The Panthers will take the court against the Upper Iowa Peacocks on Sunday, Nov. 4, at home for an exhibition game.

The purple and gold, who participated in last year’s Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT), will

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The UNI’s women’s basketball team was picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference’s preseason poll.

open up the regular season competition in the Preseason WNIT against the Delaware Blue Hens and Creighton Bluejays on Nov. 9 and Nov. 20, respectively. UNI will also appear in the Beach Classic, hosted in Long Beach,

California, where they will play against Long Beach State 49ers and Boise State Broncos.

Through the end of November and December, the Panthers will take on nonconference opponents such as the in-state rival Iowa

Hawkeyes on the road, and the Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12. MVC games will be the deciding factor for success this season when they begin in January. The MVC tournament will be held Mar. 14-17 at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline, IL.

SOCCER

Panthers win three of last five PATRICK HANSEN

Sports Writer

The UNI soccer team grabbed their first conference win of the year as they traveled to Indiana to take on the Evansville Purple Aces on Friday, Oct. 5.

The Panthers ended the first half of the game scoreless, but within the first minute of the second half, Kelsey Yarrow and Brynell Yount both scored a goal to put the Panthers in front, 2-0. Just minutes later, Yount scored her second goal on her second shot via a penalty

kick assisted by Hannah McDevitt, which was enough to give the Panthers the win, 3-0.

On Tuesday, Oct. 9, the Panthers hosted the Western Illinois Leathernecks. The Leathernecks came into the match with a record of just 2-101, but upset the Panthers squad 1-0 in an overtime thriller. The Panthers did however outshoot the Leathernecks 22 to 10 with nine shots landing on goal.

UNI wasted no time bouncing back from the upset loss as they traveled to a cold and rainy Terre Haute, In.

to take on the Indiana State Sycamores. The Panthers hit two goals in the first half, one in the 16th minute by Jordyn Rolli and another in the 31st by Yount.

Despite leading 2-0 at halftime, Indiana State grabbed their first goal of the match by a goal off the crossbar in the 51st minute. UNI goaltender Jami Reichenberger faced nine shots, saving four to keep the Panther lead at one, ending with a 2-1 victory.

UNI hosted their in-state rivals, the Drake Bulldogs, in another cold weather match

on Wednesday, Oct.17. The Panthers were able to get on the board in the seventh minute with a shot deflected off the keeper assisted by Megan Benmore.

Drake responded in the 23rd minute with the equalizer that tied the match at 1-1 with a deflection off of Reichenberger.

The Bulldogs would add another goal in the 75th minute to finish off the Panthers 2-1.

The Panthers hosted the Valparaiso Crusaders on Saturday, Oct. 20, in their home finale on senior day, posting a 3-0 shutout. UNI used the

windy conditions in the first half to their advantage as Sydney Hayden found the netting in the eighth minute.

Jordyn Rolli scored in the 17th minute and Hayden scored her second goal of the match in the 25th minute as the Panthers were able to shut out the Crusaders for their final home win of the year.

UNI (8-7-2) will conclude the regular season at Illinois State on Thursday, Oct. 25 before playing in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, which will begin on Sunday, Oct. 28.

TENNIS

UNI wraps season at ITA Tourney EMMETT LYNCH Sports Writer

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The Panthers will wrap up their regular season at Illinois State before beginning play in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament next week.

The UNI tennis team has finished the fall campaign after competiting in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 12 through Tuesday, Oct.16.

UNI was faced with tough competition at this final event. Participating teams included the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, the Arkansas Razorbacks, the Iowa

Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones.

The freshman doubles team of Olivia Fain and Daisy Phillips defeated Adorable Huckleby and Danielle Burich of the University of Iowa by a score of 8-6 in the first round.

The two then fell to Martina Zerulo and Tatum Rice from the University of Arkansas 8-2. Their first-round win was the only victory of the tournament for UNI. Harri Proudfoot and Valentina Cara fell to Martina Okalova and Vera Ploner of

the University of Tulsa in an 8-0 shutout. Reghan Lynch went on a relentless comeback in the singles competition against Sophie Clark from the University of Iowa, but eventually fell in a competitive second set 6-3, 7-5.

With the fall season in the books, the team will take a break before resuming dual meet play in the spring. This is a very young team, with most of the roster including first-year students that look to come out strong for the spring campaign.

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