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Opinion Columnist Taylor Lien reviews the new AppleTV+ series.

Alpha Psi Omega hosts annual screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

UNI wins 2 at home, Petersen ties all-time win record.

REC launches #UNIisnotanAlly campaign ELIZABETH KELESY News Editor

Following President Nook’s Oct. 30 email to campus regarding the concerns of the UNI

Racial and Ethnic Coalition (REC), members of REC have launched a social media campaign titled #UNIisnotanAlly.

“In view of the fact that UNI has chosen community engage-

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ment and diversity and inclusion as some of its important pillars, we feel like they haven’t upheld that,” said REC member Mahlia Brown, senior psychology major.

“UNI is not being an ally to students of color. They say they are, but to be an ally is to actively participate and partake in social change without having to be reminded of it all the time.”

The social media campaign, launched at 8 a.m. on Nov. 1, aims to share students’ experiences with racism at UNI by recording personal testimony videos and reposting stories posted on students’ personal social media pages, using the hashtag #UNIisnotanAlly.

“Administration has consistently tried to silence the voices of students of color,” said REC member and senior social work and Spanish major Ryan Frank. “At the end of the day, it shouldn’t have to come to students creating a coalition to hold these people accountable to their jobs that they get paid for while

we as students pay to go here.”

This sentiment was shared by students in several video testimonies posted on the #UNIisnotanAlly social media platforms.

“You guys expect us to come to you when we’re struggling, but then, when we’re looking for ways to fix it, you guys are not there to help us,” said junior communications major Patten Tody. “It doesn’t make sense that I have the problem, but then I have to be my own resource in fixing the problem.”

Junior political science and philosophy major Laito Zarkpah said, “As minority students, we need to focus on going to school […] instead of focusing on teaching administrators and other students on campus how to properly interact with minority students.” #UNIisnotanAlly is the latest in a series of tensions between REC and the UNI Senior Leadership Team. As mentioned in an online news

update from the Northern Iowan, President Nook’s campus email on Oct. 30 addressed the recent Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) resolution in support of REC, condemning the inaction of Senior Leadership to follow through on short-term goals mutually established by REC and Senior Leadership in April 2019. These goals included clarifying the roles of Senior Leadership and Bias Reporting Teams, developing a new script for admissions which included multicultural resources, and hanging resource posters in campus buildings. “[REC’s] very reasonable requests were not fully accomplished by the time members of leadership met with the group again in September, a reflection that we did not prioritize them nor our commitment of becoming a “diverse and inclusive campus community,” Nook wrote on Oct. 30.

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Panthers take down Illinois State 27-10 COLIN HORNING

Sports Writer

Looking to pick up a signature win against a top 10 FCS opponent, the ninthranked Panther football team trekked out to Normal, Ill., to take on No. 7 Illinois State on Saturday, Nov. 2.

UNI came up short in the previous three matchups against ranked Iowa State, Weber State and North Dakota State opponents, but this time the Panthers broke through for their first top-ten FCS win of the season.

A strong defensive effort and consistent offensive play

led to a smooth sailing 27-10 victory for UNI to advance to 6-3 overall.

The Panthers got into the scoring column early in the first quarter with an 11-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Will McElvain to senior wide receiver Jaylin James, capping off a 7-play, 61-yard drive. Illinois State answered right back on their ensuing drive, moving 66 yards down the field for a four-yard TD pass to knot the score at 7-7.

UNI took the lead back with 11 seconds remaining in the half with a 16-yard TD pass from McElvain to wide receiver Suni Lane, giving the Panthers a 14-7 edge going into halftime.

The UNI defense held the Redbirds to 210 yards for the game and three points in the second half. With the defense standing pat, the offense had the pressure of a tough road environment lifted. McElvain and the offensive team put up 13 more points in the second half, opening up the Panther lead to finish off a crucial

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27-10 road victory.

McElvain completed 14 of 28 passes for 189 yards and three touchdowns, along with one interception. The redshirt freshman also ran for 35 total yards on ten carries.

Freshman running back Nick McCabe had a breakout game,

carrying the ball ten times for 45 yards, both career-highs to lead the Panther rushing attack.

Up next, the Panthers will return to the UNI-Dome on Saturday, Nov. 9 to face off against the 3-6 Indiana State Sycamores.

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However, Brown and Frank said that REC’s interactions with Senior Leadership have included more than Nook’s email portrays, most crucially that Senior Leadership also failed to complete the goals after a one-month extension.

Between Sept. 12 and the next scheduled meeting on Oct. 16, Frank said, REC received “zero communication” from Senior Leadership.

“We did our own checking because they weren’t communicating with us,” Brown said. “When we came into that [Oct. 16] meeting, we had checked buildings [for posters], we had discussed with advisers of Ethnic Student Promoters, people who worked in Admissions, different entities around campus […] to see if they had heard any communication from Senior Leadership. They said no.”

According to Frank, each Senior Leadership member present at the Oct. 16 meeting was asked to individually complete a checklist to indicate, from their personal perspective, whether each of the six goals had been completed by Oct. 16. Frank said that none of the forms were completely filled out, nor did members’ answers agree with each other.

“Almost every sheet looked different,” Frank said. “Some members of Leadership circled ‘Yes’ for certain goals, and others circled ‘No.’ There were question marks. None of the Leadership was on the same page as to whether or not these things were done, so that showed us that they were not communicating with each other as well as not communicating with us.”

REC members ended the meeting early, which led Nook to write, in an Oct. 21 letter to NISG, that Senior Leadership members “were not given an opportunity” to verbally present how the six requests had been completed, nor were they allowed to discuss the administration’s planned next steps.

“The University administration has several initiatives underway, which we would

have shared, and are interested in developing others,” Nook wrote.

Frank and Brown, however, said they believed a verbal presentation was unnecessary, because REC already knew the goals were not completed to the extent they expected.

“We already knew that these things were not done in the way in which we asked and by the time in which we asked,” Frank said. “Therefore, we didn’t see a purpose to meet until these requests had been met and until we as a coalition feel that Senior Leadership is taking us seriously.”

“We gave them the chance to explain themselves or talk about anything to do with those sheets,” Brown said.

“And in [their responses on] the sheets, there was nothing explicitly stated about having to talk or discuss anything.”

Following the Oct. 16 meeting, REC asked NISG to pass a resolution supporting REC and condemning Senior Leadership for their inaction.

The resolution was passed unanimously.

“Our hope was really to hold [Senior Leadership] accountable,” Brown said. “As a governing body, we thought NISG would be a good way to do that.”

On Oct. 18, Frank and fellow REC member Sashay Carroll met with President Nook, at Nook’s request.

Frank said the meeting began with Nook expressing his belief that all six goals had been completed by Oct. 16, contrasting the opinions of Senior Leadership members on Oct. 16. During the meeting, however, Frank said the three reached the consensus that at least one goal (publicity support for racial/ethnic diversity groups) had not been completed.

This was contradicted in Nook’s Oct. 21 letter to NISG, which asked NISG to rescind its condemnation due to its basis on “inaccurate information.” The letter stated that “the REC requests were complete before the Oct. 16 deadline” and that the lack of communication between Senior Leadership and REC was due

to a lack of clarity as to when REC expected updates. “[REC] communicated that they were expecting to hear from us as each item was completed,” Nook wrote. “This certainly could have been done, and we apologize that it wasn’t, but this was not our understanding from our previous meetings.”

Nook’s letter and the Oct. 18 meeting exemplify the root causes of disagreement between Senior Leadership and REC: a lack of consensus as to what “completed” meant for each task and a lack of consensus as to how communication would be handled. From the perspective of Senior Leadership, these questions were not clarified, but Brown and Frank said that, from the perspective of REC, initial meetings had explicitly addressed these issues. “[President Nook] was under the understanding that just because the [admissions] script was drafted and not sent to anybody, that it was done, even though we made it very clear that what we as REC determined was ‘done’ was that it would be implemented in the training for all admissions groups,” Frank said. “It was not what we would consider ‘done,’ and that should have been known because we made it explicitly clear in the previous meetings.”

Brown said that REC also explicitly stated at the April meeting that Senior Leadership should communicate as tasks were completed.

“At the first meeting, we made explicit comments as to the dates we wanted things done, and that when it’s completed, we wanted to know that it is completed,” she said.

“We said, ‘We will keep an open line of communication with you, just as you will with us.’ We didn’t put it down in writing and have them sign it, because we thought that as a collaborative entity, anything that happened in that meeting would be agreed upon.”

Frank added that he considered open communication to be “a general expectation and common courtesy.”

“I find it ridiculous that

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REC members distributed posters promoting their #UNIisnotanAlly campaign, which hopes to elevate voices of students of color at UNI.

Senior Leadership expects us to communicate to them that they should communicate to us,” he said. “How do you expect students to know that you are working on these things or that you got these things done if you’re not communicating to them that you got it done, nor do we actually see the physical, tangible, results?”

On Oct. 23, NISG passed a resolution refusing to rescind their condemnation and reiterating their request for the original resolution to be sent to campus. Nook addressed this request in his Oct. 30 email, which described the situation and included a link to the resolution.

UNI administration has also made several additional recent announcements related to diversity. A reaffirmation statement of the university’s commitment to diversity and equality was published, a campus climate survey was launched, and a President’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Advisory Committee is being formed.

“This committee of faculty, staff, and students will work to ensure that diversity, inclusion, and equity are central priorities in all our endeavors,” Nook wrote. “The first action of this committee will be to work with stakeholders on campus and in our community to create a Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Action Plan.”

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views the letter as a “cover-up” and a “lie” due to the information it eliminated regarding the interactions between Senior Leadership and REC. Moving forward, REC is focusing its efforts on #UNIisnotanAlly. The coalition has garnered the support of UNI Faculty Senate and United Faculty, which released a Nov. 2 statement of “solidarity” with REC. The statement also condemned the removal of informational materials and the “physical blocking” of students from distributing such materials, actions which, according to the statement, were “witnessed by faculty and faculty leadership” as REC members attempted to publicize their movement on Nov. 1.

REC members hope that #UNIisnotanAlly will not only bring attention to the needs of students of color, but also encourage and educate non-minority students and faculty.

“I’m hoping that this movement can reach white students on campus that are allies so that they can help uplift voices and amplify the message that students of color need and deserve to be heard,” Frank said.

In her video, Tody said, “A minority problem is not just a minority problem. A minority problem is a UNI problem.”

“Every student on this campus’ voice should matter,” Brown said. “It shouldn’t matter what position you hold or if you have a fancy title. Your voice is your voice and that should be taken seriously.”

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‘Dickinson’ brings poet to life TAYLOR LIEN

Opinion Columnist

This past weekend, Apple debuted their streaming service AppleTV+. The black comedy “Dickinson,” based on the life of American poet Emily Dickinson, was one of the debut original series on the service. The press and marketing around this series definitely meant I was very excited to see it. As a digital media and English double major, this show is a perfect intersection of my interests. Emily Dickinson was brought to life in this show in a way that dissecting her poetry in a classroom never truly could.

Hailee Steinfeld stars as Emily Dickinson in her twenties and Jane Krakowski plays her mother who shares Emily’s name. Wiz Khalifa also plays a personified Death, since much of Dickinson’s poetry centers the theme.

Out of the ten episode first season, several episodes centered around some of her most famous poems.

Throughout the series, her poems are brought to life on the screen. The historical aspects of the series are used with a lot of liberties.

The music is current, and the scripts use modern slang.

It is easy to see why this is

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Opinion Columnist Taylor Lien reviews “Dickinson” on AppleTV+. The series revolves around poet Emily Dickinson, played by Hailee Steinfeld. According to Lien, this portrayal gives life to the poet, who is historically seen as an “unmarried recluse.” “Dickinson received an 88 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes at launch.

one of Apple’s highest rated original series on launch with a 88 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Steinfeld gives a dynamic and convincing performance as Dickinson. She gives life to the poet in a way that is much more than the unmarried recluse narrative that we are often given in the front of our English textbooks.

Steinfeld also plays well alongside her onscreen siblings, Lavinia, played by Anna

Baryshnikov, and Austin, played by Adrian Enscoe.

Dickinson is also portrayed as being in some sort of romantic relationship with her childhood best friend Sue Gilbert, played by Ella Hunt.

The entire season centers around love and Dickinson’s relationship to the expectations of women during the 1850s. Throughout the season, Emily and Sue’s choices are held up in juxtaposition, not for the viewer to make

value judgements about one or the others choices, but more to allow observations about how Emiliy’s privilege allowed her to make decisions that went against gender norms at the time.

The show is set in the months leading up to the start of the Civil War, and throughout the season we see glimpses of a nation divided and uneasy. Since the Dickinsons lived in Amherst, Massachusetts, we see more

of an abolitionist perspective from many of the characters. Despite the fact that the characters are speaking about a war that was fought almost 200 years ago, many of the sentiments are applicable to current political situations.

It is impressive, the way that the dialogue speaks to our current day just as well as the 1850s. There is never a time where it feels forced or preachy. There is an invisible echo to situations our nation currently finds itself in, but it never feels as if the actors will turn to the camera and wink or mention the menace of social media.

Dickinson is a subversive period comedy that handles its subject matter with care and grace and gives dimension to history in ways that are hard to imagine. The modern music and feminist bent given to this show makes it a standout amonst all of the other choices available on streaming platforms. It does something so many other shows try and often don’t succeed at. It asks questions without giving easy answers.

Even with the overcrowded market of streaming services, give AppleTV+ a try, even just for a week or so, to experience the charming magic of “Dickinson.”

Streaming services need to revisit content renewal processes GABRIELLE LEITNER

Executive Editor

Earlier this year, fans of the Netflix show “Santa Clarita Diet” were rudely awoken by the news of its cancellation after the release of its third season. The Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant-produced dark comedy revolves around Sheila (Barrymore) and Joel (Olyphant) Hammond, suburban realtors in California and how their world is turned

upside-down after Sheila is infected with a disease that turns her into a zombie. While I won’t spoil the end of season three, I will say it ended on a huge cliff-hanger and assumes that it will get another season.

As a fan of the show, I was, of course, upset that one of my favorite Netflix original shows was canceled.

Over this past summer, I learned that another one of my favorite shows, NBC’s “The Good Place,” was also com-

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ing to an end. While the news of the show’s ending was sad, I accepted and understood that the story was finished being told and that the four seasons we have received are how the show was intended to be, as showrunner and creator Michael Schur determined the show’s ending.

There is a big difference between a show getting canceled and a show deciding to end. When a showrunner decides when a show will end, to me, it shows that they had a vision for what the storyline was going to be throughout the entire series and the storyline is coming to an end and there is no reason to prolong the ending of the show. This, to me, shows that a coherent plot was created and paced for a planned amount of time, something that I see more in network television, as opposed to streaming services.

I don’t think that shows should keep making new seasons just because it is popular. When a show ends on its own terms, I can see the passion that went into that project.

I think Netflix is the biggest culprit of terminating shows without warning. With Netflix, according to Vice President of

Original Programing Cindy Holland, three factors come into play when the company decides to renew a show or not: viewership, how beloved is the fanbase and how social is the title.

While these factors make sense, I think establishing limits and expressing how many seasons a show will be given on the platform will allow writers to flesh out their stories a lot more thoroughly and give more insight into what they have to work with. When a show is pitched, target audiences are established pretty early on. For “Santa Clarita Diet,” the zomcom catered to a niche audience (fans of zombies and comedy) and, while Netflix does not release viewership numbers, I’m sure the cost of production outweighed the viewership and niche fandom, as the show is relatively CGI-heavy and has some big names associated with it.

When networks only factor in viewership, however, it can leave blindspots and mediocrity as writers run out of ideas. One example of this is the U.S. version of “The Office.” The 8th and 9th season are, for the most part, unmemorable. I think

that the writers of the show couldn’t come up with creative ideas to continue the storylines of their characters in a meaningful way, however, pressure from their network, NBC, and fans of the show urged the show to continue for all the wrong reasons. NBC saw this show as a cash grab, since they knew that the show just worked and the people would continue to watch, until they don’t.

When it all boils down, television is a form of art. There are many factors that go into the creation of a show. I think, when done right, television can be beautiful and appreciated by the audience. It is cruel to limit art and networks, streaming services and showrunners need to do better when it comes to producing show within their known means. I think the television cancellation system is broken and, as we move forward towards streaming services, the renewal process for shows needs to be revisited to fit better within the direction the industry is heading towards. As the streaming wars take off, it will be interesting to see the processes implemented on different platforms for their original content.

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rocky horror picture show CECILIA MITCHELL Copy Editor

On Friday, Nov. 1, over 100 students and community members gathered in the StrayerWood Theater for the annual midnight screening of the Tim Curry cult classic, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Alpha Psi Omega, UNI’s theatre honors society, hosted the event. An admission fee of either $3 or a donation of three canned goods benefitted the Northeast Iowa Food Bank.

The event, hosted by David Harnois of TheatreUNI, began a little after midnight on Nov. 2 with the “auction of the virgins,” a tradition where

“Rocky Horror” first-timers are invited onstage and “auctioned” off to the satirical bids of the crowd. Nearly half of the audience were new to the “Rocky Horror” experience.

The show began soon after, supplemented by the jeers of costumed movie-goers, singing, dancing and the use of props corresponding to the on-screen action. Prop bags were available for purchase outside the event, alongside concessions.

Rubber gloves were snapped in sync with the movie’s anti-hero, Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter, and the Time Warp dance was performed multiple times by an excited late-night crowd.

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Weekly club unites anime fans LAUREN MCGUILL Staff Writer

For the past decade, anime has grown in popularity in numerous countries, including

the United States. The genre is based around Japanese animated TV shows and movies and draws inspiration from a variety of other genres, from horror and sci-fi to romance.

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The UNI Anime Club meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Curris 127 to watch and discuss anime.

At UNI, anime-lovers gather on Wednesday evenings to watch and discuss new and old animes. The Anime Club meets from 6 to 8 p.m. in Curris Business Building, room 127.

Meetings consist of watching two episodes of anime, followed by a detailed discussion of the episodes.

“Our mission is to unite the weebs and provide a safe and fun environment!” states the group’s mission on its Facebook page.

The club’s president, Kumari Kinrade, explained that the club’s leaders meet and select a theme for each month. The Anime Club watches selections during weekly meetings correlating to that theme.

“October’s theme was ‘spooky’ for Halloween, so we watched more horror and Halloween-related animes, like ‘Hellsing Ultimate’ and ‘Ghost Stories,’” said Kinrade, a senior graphic design major.

While the club mostly watches a new anime each week, there are exceptions. Kinrade explained how they’ve watched

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Studio Ghibli movies in the past, such as “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and “Spirited Away.” They also have a weekly anime, a series the club votes to watch throughout the entire semester — this semester’s selection is “Demon Slayer.”

The group also discusses board games, video games and manga relating to the anime they watch and will occasionally have anime trivia nights.

The Anime Club launched at UNI in August 2016 and has seen much growth since Kinrade joined.

“I’ve been a part of the club since freshman year,” she said.

“And that first year, I was pretty

much the only member, apart from the president.”

Currently, the club may have up to 10 students attending meetings on some weeks, but consistently has three or four members, including Vice President Colby Weber and Public Relations manager, Allie Zapata.

“It’s super-duper laid-back,” Kinrade said. “You can come in for an episode then leave if you want. It’s not serious at all, we just want to have fun.”

Those interested in joining the Anime Club or getting more information can attend a meeting or contact animeclub@ uni.edu.

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Lawther RLC serves students ELIZABETH KELSEY News Editor

Even though it’s tucked away in a side hallway, Michelle Moyna’s room is hard to miss.

It’s the one with all the balloons.

They litter the floor of Moyna’s office in Lawther Hall, where she works as a Residence Life Coordinator (RLC). Streamers adorn the file cabinet, and the door is covered with colorful name tags and paper cutouts.

Moyna, her curly red hair cascading onto the shoulders of her UNI jacket, is as bright and outgoing as her office.

“I love getting to know students,” she said, “like, sitting at the desk and watching people come up with packages. I always want to talk to them.”

A Florida native, Moyna received her bachelor’s degree in social science education from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and completed her master’s degree in Student Personnel and Higher Education from the University of Florida.

She began her current job as Lawther Hall’s RLC in July of 2018.

She may be far from home, but she has family connections to Cedar Falls: her mother, father and grandmother all attended UNI. Her grandmother, in fact, once lived in Lawther Hall.

Moyna fell in love with

student affairs after getting involved with the Campus Activities Board (CAB) at UCF. “I always wanted to be a teacher because my parents were both teachers, but then I didn’t really enjoy my education classes in undergrad,” she said. “But I was very involved with CAB at UCF, and I was like, ‘Wait, people can get paid an adult salary to work with college students?’”

Moyna is now doing just that. Her daily schedule is variable, she said, but revolves around meetings with student employees and various residence hall directors and groups.

The best part of my job is definitely working with students.

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“I supervise all eight RAs that work in this building, I help advise the Lawther Activities Board and I’m one of the advisers for RHA [Residence Hall Association],” she said.

“I’m [also] the chair for the Training Committee for all student and staff training, helping with the RA conference that we host every year at UNI […] and just kind of whatever else pops up.”

In addition, Moyna is

on call “24/7,” as she puts it, to address issues that arise within Lawther, from mental health crises to policy violations to facilities requests.

To accommodate her on-call hours, Moyna, like all other UNI RLCs, lives in the building where she works. Each RLC has an apartment within their dorm, with utilities and rent included as part of their compensation, as well as a meal plan for UNI’s two dining centers, Rialto and Piazza. The living arrangements are a perk, Moyna said, but she does sometimes long for more of a separation between her work life and personal life.

“It can get overwhelming at times with things piling up and managing everything that happens in a day,” she said.

Moyna also deals COURTESY PHOTO with misconceptions A Florida native with UNI roots, Michele Moyna has served as the Residence Life about her position.

Coordinator for Lawther Hall since July 2018.

“Everyone just that her job provides. assumes that I’m the head ship positions in the conduct “The best part of my job or student activities divisions RA, and there’s more to it than that,” she said. “I is definitely working with of the student affairs world. think people always rush to students,” she said. “I abso“Student affairs people assumptions that I’m also a lutely adore the student staff […] help with the outside student. I wish they knew that we have in the build- of the classroom experimore about what goes on ing this year. They are what ence,” she said. “We’re the makes the job fun.” behind the scenes.” ones who are there supportIn the future, Moyna ing student leaders and stuStill, Moyna said, she loves the interaction with students hopes to move into leader- dents overall.”

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UNI men’s basketball 2019-20 season preview JACOB POTTER

Sports Editor

Coming off of a Missouri Valley Conference title game appearance, the expectations for the 2019-20 UNI men’s basketball team remain high.

“The goals of being in the hunt for a [MVC] championship, playing in the NCAA Tournament and winning NCAA Tournament games; these guys have the same goals,” head coach Ben Jacobson said.

The Panthers, who are third in the MVC preseason poll, are looking to build off of last year’s experience heading into this season.

“Our team went through the roller coaster and then some last year,” Jacobson said.

“Our team is much better

because of those experiences.”

The team returns 10 players from last season, including six seniors, along with a talented seven-man freshman recruiting class.

Coach Jacobson expects point guard A.J. Green, the All-MVC preseason first team selection, to step up in his second year after averaging 15 points per game as a true freshman.

“I’ve really been proud of him and have seen [him improve] in terms of his communication and leadership,” Jacobson said.

The Cedar Falls native looks to lead the Panthers backed by a strong work ethic.

“He’s always asking that question of himself, ‘what do I need to do to get better?,’”

Jacobson said. “That’s just the type of young guy that he is. It’s awesome to see for him individually. It’s also great for our program.”

Another player to watch is junior center Austin Phyfe, who returns after he missed most of last season with a season-ending illness. The 6-foot-9, 235-pound center looks to provide a physical presence inside.

“Austin is doing well, “Jacobson said. “He’s had a really good stretch here [...] physically he’s able to bring some different things to the mix.”

A starting backcourt of Green and Spencer Haldeman paired with Trae Berhow, Isaiah Brown and Phyfe gives the Panthers a strong starting five. The

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Purple and Gold also have solid depth with experienced players Tywhon Pickford, Luke McDonnell, Justin Dahl, Shandon Goldman and Lincoln Conrey.

This season also brings a flare of retro with the return of Marc Sonnen as a video coordinator.

“A member of that team that went into the Hall of Fame here this fall,” Jacobson said. “Great to have him back with us and he was a terrific player for us. He is off to a really good start.”

UNI opens the season at home against Old Dominion on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL

Petersen ties all-time win record in weekend sweep PATRICK HANSEN

Sports Writer

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The UNI volleyball team extended their win streak to six games on Saturday, Nov. 2 as the Panthers finished their two-game homestand 2-0.

The weekend was historic, as head coach Bobbi Petersen tied the record for the most wins in UNI volleyball history at 503 career victories in a sweep over

Missouri State. Additionally, Karlie Taylor passed former Panther Piper Thomas with 1,573 kills, 34 away from passing coach Petersen.

Friday night saw the Purple and Gold start the weekend with a 3-1 match win over Southern Illinois.

Abbi Staack led the way with 20 digs on the night, followed by Karlie Taylor recording 18 and Rachel Koop with 17. Taylor and Koop both recorded a dou-

ble-double, with Koop notching 51 assists while Taylor added 18 kills. The Panthers recorded 68 kills and 89 digs on the night.

The Panthers followed their 3-1 win with a sweep of Missouri State. Inga Rotto and Emily Holterhaus both grabbed ten kills to lead the Panther effort, followed by nine from Taylor.

Staack grabbed 17 digs in the win along with Taylor Hedges recording ten digs.

Adding to the weekend’s achievements, Karlie Taylor is nationally ranked third for most attacks with 1,120 and fourth in kills with 408.

Koop is also on the leaderboard in first place for total assists with 1,043.

Up next, UNI will take their show on the road on Friday, Nov. 8 at Illinois State in a match against the only conference team that has taken down the Panthers this season.

FOOTBALL

A football life — Bryce Paup’s journey from UNI to the NFL JACOB POTTER

Sports Editor

UNI defensive line coach Bryce Paup has experienced a complete football life as a former 11-year NFL veteran, highlighted by four Pro Bowl selections and being named the 1995 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Of all his experiences, Paup’s fondest memory is the battles against the world’s best.

“Just the competition,” Paup said. “It’s one of those things that there’s nothing like it. The closest thing I’ve done compared to the NFL is driving a NASCAR car. That kind of rivaled it.”

Paup came from humble beginnings, growing up in Scranton, IA. UNI head football coach Mark Farley, who was a graduate assistant in 1986, remembers the day that the future Pro Bowler joined the team.

“I remember when he walked in the door [...] he was 6-foot-5, 210 pounds. I remember I said we’ll take him,” Farley said.

Paup said the only program that recruited him was Graceland University in Lamoni, IA. He also remembers being declined by the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State.

After going under the radar, Paup went on to have an AllAmerican career at UNI, leading to being drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1990.

One of the games that stands out the most to Paup is a missed opportunity to sack a quarterback, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.

“There was one game where we played the Kansas City Chiefs; I was with the Packers and Joe Montana was a scratch,” Paup said. “I kind of wish he would’ve played because I sacked their quarterback [Dave Krieg] three times that game.”

Paup also remembers playing against the Oakland Raiders, who had several future Hall of Famers that he watched growing up.

“My rookie year, we went out and played the Raiders and, for me, Howie Long,

Willie Gault, Bo Jackson, to see those guys on the team.

I’ll never forget, I’m walking up the tunnel behind Howie Long and I wanted to reach out, tap him on the shoulder and ask him for an autograph, but got to know him after that.

It’s one of those weird things.

It was kind of surreal, like, ‘I’m finally here.’”

Another surreal moment for Paup was playing against the Dallas Cowboys.

“It was a little weird playing against them,” Paup said.

“We went down and played them at Dallas Stadium. That’s when I was in awe because I always watched them on TV. I thought, ‘Wow, that’s pretty cool.’ Then I was actually there playing in that stadium.

That’s one of those moments that I’ll never forget.”

Playing for the Packers also afforded Paup the heralded opportunity to play with Reggie White, the second alltime sack leader. Paup’s last year with the Packers in 1994 saw his first Pro Bowl selection, which he remembers fondly.

“You get to go to Hawaii

for a week to practice and play with guys that, some of them, when you were a kid, you watched growing up,” Paup said. “Pretty cool to be on the same field as them. Seeing Bo Jackson, [Jerry] Rice—got to hit him a couple times.”

Several more Pro Bowls were on the horizon as the Buffalo Bills peaked interest in Paup after five years in Green Bay. The standout linebacker/ pass rusher took his game to another level with the Bills, as he led the NFL in sacks with 17.5 to be named the 1995 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

“It was just something that I never expected,” Paup said.

“Even though it happened, I didn’t think much about it because that was an award for Reggie White, Bruce Smith, Deion Sanders [...] it’s just one of those things that no one can ever take from you.”

Not only did Paup play alongside Reggie White, but he was also in the presence of Bruce Smith, the NFL’s all-time sack leader with 200 sacks.

After being named the NFL’s best defensive player, Paup went to three straight Pro Bowls for a career total of four.

After three seasons with the Bills, Paup finished his career with two years as a Jacksonville Jaguar and his final stop in 2000 with the Minnesota Vikings. The Panther-turnedpro finished his career with 75 sacks for 78th all-time in sacks, only nine sacks behind Howie Long, who he drew inspiration from.

Paup has found his purpose after his playing days, coaching his alma mater’s D-line and mentoring the players of the UNI football program.

“You bring a guy like Bryce Paup in—he played here, he knows the people here,” Farley said. “He knows how to mentor and guide the players […] he just does it the way that he became a player—he just grinds at it every day.”

“The community and the university supported me, gave me a great opportunity and now it’s my time to give back to help other people do the same thing that I did,” Paup said.

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