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Voters sound off on 2018 midterm NICOLE BAXTER Staff Writer

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As the polls closed across the country and results trickled in, pollsters on every news network reported the count, minute by minute. Like every election in this country gives rise to, about half of Americans woke up on Wednesday morning with disappointment—the other half, enthusiasm— or at the very least, contentment.

What happened in Iowa?

Iowa both went blue and stayed red.

In the gubernatorial race between Fred Hubbell (D) and incumbent Kim Reynolds (R), Reynolds was able to hold onto the governorship by 50.4 percent to 47.4 percent. Reynolds was Lieutenant Governor from 2011 to 2017, until she assumed the position after Terry Branstad, then governor, was appointed to be the United States Ambassador to China.

Her victory marks the first time a female governor has been elected in Iowa.

Christopher Larimer, professor of political science, said this signifies the true beginning of a Reynolds agenda for the next two years.

“Now, going into this session, she has the electoral mandate,” said Larimer. “She can really push her own agenda—not Terry Branstad’s agenda; it’s not a carry over for Branstad.”

House races First to proclaim victory for democrats was UNI’s own district one. First-time runner Abby Finkenauer (D) defeated incumbent Rod Blum (R) with the vote split 50.9 percent to 46 percent.

Incumbent Dave Loebsack (D) in district two was the second democrat to secure a victory over Christopher Peters (R). The count was split 54.8 percent to 42.6 percent.

In Iowa’s third district, Cindy Axne (D) defeated incumbent David Young (R), 49 percent to 47.5 percent.

It was evident early in the night that democrats were going to secure a victory in three of the four districts. As the night progressed, eyes turned towards district four.

Last to tally votes was Iowa’s fourth district, a race watched closely by national pollsters throughout the midterm season. Republican incumbent since 2003, Steve King faced firsttime runner J.D. Scholten (D).

Scholten was defeated by King, 50 percent to 47 percent.

National attention was focused on the fourth district,

be served from noon until 5 p.m. and drawings for door prizes will occur at 7 p.m.

“For the door prizes, Riot Games is sending us some stuff and Tespa is sending us some stuff,” said Chad Schafer, junior social science teaching major and programming director for Panther eSports. “Tespa will be sending us some ‘Overwatch’ gear and stuff like that, and then Riot, of course, will be stuff that will be ‘League of Legends’-focused.”

Schafer added that proceeds from the 50/50 raffle, which would normally go to Panther eSports, will be donated to the UNI Veterans Association to help fund their upcoming PTSD conference.

Many other games will be present at the convention, including “FIFA,” “Madden,” “Fortnite” and “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.” Board games and card games like “Coup,” “Secret Hitler,” “Catan,” “Magic: The Gathering,” and “Yu-Gi-Oh!” will also be featured. There will

also be a room dedicated to a short “Dungeons and Dragons” campaign.

While everyone is busy gaming, Schafer said he looks forward to being able to take in the atmosphere and excitement at the event.

“I always like the hours between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. at this event because that’s when pretty much every single tournament has started, or has been going on for awhile,” Schafer said. “That’s usually the time period of the day when you can walk around anywhere and see at least one person playing something. It’s really fun to just see, between 100 to 200 people in one area that are all focused on games.”

In order to make sure that everything goes smoothly, Schafer will be serving as a “runner” for the event. He doesn’t want to be in any of the tournaments or be designated to a specific game. Instead, he’ll be walking around the Maucker Union and making sure every-

in part due to recent media coverage of Rep. Steve King being associated with white nationalism and racism.

The comments from Rep. Steve Stivers, head of National Republican Congressional Committee, caught the attention of many media outlets just days before the election.

On Tuesday, Oct. 30, Stivers condemned King’s most recent comments and behavior, of which he called “completely inappropriate” and then indicated that King is a white supremacist.

Despite the controversy around Rep. King, he was able to hold onto his seat once again, making 2018 the start of his ninth term.

Associate professor of political science Justin Holmes said the race was much closer than previous races for King.

“That fourth district race was dramatically closer than anyone would have thought, myself included,” said Holmes.

With a difference of just over 10,500 votes, Holmes said, “The margin for King was much tighter than the normal margin for King is in the fourth district, and I think all of that gives a little trouble for Trump here going forward.”

In response to the results, Austin Kornyta, sophomore communication studies major said, “I am somewhat surprised about the election. It is wild to me that Iowa elected 3/4 Democrats in Congress, a Republican governor, and a white supremacist kept his seat.”

What did turnout look like?

Locally, Black Hawk county saw record turnouts, according to the Courier. They report an unofficial count of 53,394 ballots cast, up from 2014 at 46,947.

Precincts on campus and in the surrounding area had a total of 1,678 ballots cast on election day, according to the Black Hawk County Auditor’s office. This included the voting locations of Gilchrist Hall, UNI Bookstore and the Hearst Center.

Including absentee ballots sent to those precincts, the total number of ballots cast for this election from those precincts totals 2,478.

Holmes said, “This was a pretty engaged election, nationwide for midterms, and Iowa is a state that votes at a pretty high rate compared to the rest of the country.”

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Students level up at upcoming UNI-Con COLBY WEBER Staff Writer

While the football season continues, many students will be headed to an entirely different type of game this weekend.

Instead of signs and jerseys, they’ll be bringing their controllers and consoles.

On Saturday, Nov. 10, Panther eSports, Panther Tabletop Gaming and Dueling Panthers will host UNI-Con, a gaming convention open to all students and community members from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m in Maucker Union.

The event is sponsored by Tespa, the Cedar Falls Tourism Board and NISG. Paw Pics Photography Club will be taking pictures at the event.

Both casual and competitive games will be represented and the event will feature a 50/50 raffle at 6 p.m. Tournaments will be held for “Overwatch,” “League of Legends” and “Super Smash Bros” (both the Melee and Wii U versions). Food will

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one is having a good time.

Schafer sees the event as an opportunity for students to connect with one another.

“We’ll actually have several other colleges taking their competitive teams,” Schafer said.

“Hopefully, what I would like for people to get out of the event is communicating with other people from other colleges and learning what their eSports pro-

grams are like. Also, just being able to play games with other people that you wouldn’t necessarily play games with.”

While consoles, computers and board games will be provided, Schafer encouraged students to bring their own games to enjoy and share with others.

More information for the event is available on the UNICon 2018 Facebook page.

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University re-evaluating computer labs AMELIA DUAX Staff Writer

Maucker Union is a central meeting place for students that offers a variety of dining and studying options. One of these amenities is a computer lab that offers many desktop computers for students to use. Recently, however, there have been concerns about how often the computer labs in various locations across campus are actually being used.

Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) Public Relations Director David Konfrst explained that since there has been a recorded lack of use of computer labs in major locations on campus, some ideas have been proposed about renovating the labs and incorporating other aspects that might be additionally useful to students.

“It is a pretty well-known fact on campus for some of the University officials that the computer labs are not getting as much use out of them as they were hoping for,” Konfrst said.

“A lot of this has to do with students either bringing their own laptops or simply going over to the Rod Library.”

Konfrst said that when he worked as a student employee in the Union, there was a record

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What does this mean for Iowa?

Has Iowa gone blue, or red?

Or is it purple?

According to Holmes, “[Iowa is] very much a purple state in a lot of ways.”

“In terms of the results, I think that we have two different stories for Iowa. In a lot of ways, 2018 is the most ‘Iowa’ decision ever. You get a really split decision,” Holmes said.

The split decision between districts indicates the differences in rural Iowa and urban Iowa, according to Larimer.

“More than anything, the state legislative elections, to me, illustrate how clear the rural-urban divide is in Iowa,” Larimer

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of how many students were using the computer lab. He said the data recorded on these logs across campus helped to spur the idea for potential change.

From Konfrst’s experience working in the Union, he stated that a maximum of around five students had been using the lab at a given time, and those results were from finals week.

“The biggest issue on campus is that we have all these computers and they’re not being used,” Konfrst said. “Some things that were brought up in discussion with the Senate were to possibly have more printing stations. Usually in the Union when students are using the

computer labs, it’s mostly just for printing.”

Konfrst also mentioned that in addition to more printing stations, NISG has been collaborating with Panther eSports about the possibility of using unused lab space for a complete gaming station. According to Konfrst, that option would hopefully be more attractive to students and has been in the works for a long time. Nothing has been officially decided, but the university is still brainstorming ideas for a better way to manage the computer labs.

“This is going to be a continuous process; there’s not going to be a decision overnight. We

said. “Democrats are going to be from cities, Republicans are going to be from the rural areas.”

What about the rest of the Nation?

Nationwide, the Democrats wrested control of the House of Representatives fairly early in the night. As of Wednesday evening, the seats were divided 220 democrats, 196 republicans, making for a 26-seat shift from red to blue.

Of the 36 gubernatorial races across the country, 23 went to democrats and 25 went to republicans, resulting in seven gains for democrats. These races are crucial in determining redistricting guidelines—a battle that has been a major campaigning point for democratic candidates.

What does this mean for 2020?

Now that Iowa has flipped two of the three previously Republican held seats, Holmes projects Iowa to continue turning blue. “Reading Iowa is tough—we’re complicated. My suspicion is that Iowa will likely be bluer in 2020 than it was in 2016.”

With control of the House, Democrats now have the chance to forge ahead with efforts to investigate the president, something they were unable to accomplish as a House minority.

Regarding the potential to enforce oversight measures, Larimer said, “If they push too hard, and it would become so negative, then there might be backlash in 2020.”

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are going to reach out in the near future with our Town Hall to get feedback on this kind of stuff,” Konfrst said. “Stuff like this is incredibly important because it is important that students get to use these resources and get to have the best possible experience at the university. So, making sure that their input is included on these kind of decisions is extremely important.

While the feedback we have was just initially from NISG, we are going to reach out more and get more feedback from students on what they would want.”

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sible gaming station would be a good idea.

“I have my own laptop, so I don’t really use the computer labs on campus except to print,” Loomis said. “I think that the university is making a good decision by adding more printers to the Union. As for a gaming station, I don’t really play video games, but it sounds like a pretty fun idea.”

Senior political science major Sam Hites said he spends around four to five hours in the computer lab each week.

He said that he likes the computer labs as they currently are and isn’t fond of the idea of using the excess space for a gaming station.

“Some days I feel more focused on the desktop,” Hites said. “If [a gaming station] was in proximity to any computers it would be distracting. I think part of the going to a computer lab is knowing that you’re in a space where everybody else is also in the computer lab just working.”

Students can expect more ideas to be presented as the university works with NISG to evaluate the best way to make use of the Union computer labs.

Student voices will be taken into consideration as the brainstorming process continues in the months to come.

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The importance of Iowa politics COLIN HORNING

Opinion Columnist

If you’re someone like me who has lived in Iowa his whole life, you probably tend to view our state as rather insignificant to the rest of the United States, aside from our massive production of corn, soybeans and other agricultural products.

We tend to be regarded as one of those states located in “flyover country,” lying somewhere in between New York and Los Angeles, and kind of in the general vicinity of Chicago.

It’s understandable how we get forgotten: the vast majority of Iowa is covered in farmland, with a town containing 40,000 residents like Cedar Falls being considered a “city” to a lot of people. But low and behold, Iowa has turned into one of the most important states in the entire country in terms of the role we play in national politics. The obvious answer here is our first-in-the-nation caucuses, which as we know garner a lot of national media attention. The caucuses, usually held at the beginning of

February, are typically a good indicator of how well presidential candidates will do throughout the primary season.

While the caucuses haven’t been the most accurate in determining the eventual Democrat or Republican nominees (Ted Cruz won the Iowa caucuses in 2016, Donald Trump was second), they are good at shoring up the playing field.

Three candidates for president in 2016 dropped out within two days of the Iowa caucuses due to their poor showing at the polls (Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and Rand Paul). The caucuses also result in many presidential candidates, both current and potential, spending a lot of time in Iowa before the actual election season is in full swing in order to get name recognition.

Just in the past few months, we’ve seen prominent political figures visit Iowa, including California Senator Kamala Harris, former Vice President Joe Biden, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and of course President Trump himself, all of whom are being talked about as potential presiden-

tial candidates in 2020.

During the general election for President, Iowa plays another significant role that not many other states can claim: we are one of several “swing states,” or “battleground states.” Due to the fact that our state is neither deeply red or blue, it can be hard to predict which presidential candidate the state will vote for.

To put into perspective how divided our state’s politics are, it’s worth noting that Republican Senator (and UNI alum) Chuck Grassley has been elected to the U.S. Senate for seven straight terms dating back to 1980, while at the same time serving alongside Democratic Senator Tom Harkin, who was elected to five consecutive terms dating back to 1984 and ending in 2014.

During presidential campaigns, Iowa voted for Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama twice, while voting for Republicans George Bush in 2004 and Donald Trump in 2016.

On top of this, most election cycles show our state with slim polling numbers between candidates, with many polling outlets often

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times calling the Iowa race a “toss-up.” Despite the fact that Iowa only has six electoral votes to offer in presidential elections, many candidates will spend a lot of time campaigning here both during caucus season and during the general election season in order to engage voters and potentially capture crucial electoral votes for the presidency. Even though a mere six votes might not seem like a lot, they can be critical to presidential candidates. Every electoral vote matters.

While a lot of people who aren’t from the Midwest

tend to forget about Iowa and disregard our importance as a state, it’s important to remember that we play a massive role in national politics. Our first-in-the-nation caucuses are definitely unique and crucial during the primary season.

Our reputation of being a swing-state during presidential election years means that our state will continue to receive national attention from both candidates and the media. Even though it might not seem like it, Iowa plays a very important role in determining the politics of the rest of America.

Overcoming unconscious biases is crucial Editor’s Note: This letter to the editor was submitted by Steve Corbin, UNI professor emeritus of marketing.

With the 2018 election concluded (thankfully), maybe we can get back to a normal life without political banter and negative campaigning. Until, that is, the next news story reveals something about immigration, race, sexual orientation, birthright citizenship, mass murder or other issues that raise our dander.

Why do people get upset and at times display uncivil behavior? Fifty percent of

our being is DNA-related; I trust you selected good parents. The other 50 percent is nurture-oriented; you were raised in a good-togreat family, neighborhood, school district and associated only with the best people, correct? Everything we’ve been exposed to since birth is lodged in our brain.

Past experiences form our attitudes, values, beliefs and behavior and for some to radical extremes such as killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue, child and spousal abuse, ignoring refugee-asylum individuals, supporting white supremacy

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and spewing hate.

Social psychologists note everyone has an unconscious bias. For example, what goes through your mind when you observe a non-English speaking person, an individual who you can’t decipher their gender, a shabbily dressed person holding a “homeless--need food” sign or a woman dressed with a black veil covering her face?

With today’s unparalleled divisiveness, it may be time to get an honest assessment of our biases so we can consciously take steps to acknowledge who we are, identify blind spots and shortcomings, ponder actions to overcome biases and attempt to transform into more mature, accepting, tolerant and civil people.

I commend you to read Dolly Chugh’s book “The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias” or take Harvard University’s online Implicit Association Test that will raise awareness where biases in race, gender, sexual orientation, age and other areas may exist.

Ponder this Aug. 3, 2018 job posting from Williams

College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, inviting applications for the position of Assistant Coach of Nordic Skiing: “Our expectation is that the successful candidate will excel at working in a community that is broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual orientation and religion.”

Assuming you are a qualified Nordic skiing coach, how well would you excel at the seven identified areas?

Do you have a problem working with individuals from a certain race? Can you work with people of a different ethnicity? Can you work equally well with individuals from a different socioeconomic station in life? Do you hold any biases toward a particular gender?

Can you successfully interact with people who are of a different nationality? Are you accepting of transgender, gay, lesbian and people who question their sexual orientation? And, finally, of the 4,200 religions in the world, is your chosen belief the only acceptable one or are you non-judgmental

of other’s belief system?

Reflect on your answers.

Research is replete with the fact that the most emotionally mature adults are those who seek internal peace, are principled, possess a spirit of humility, know their weaknesses and are accepting of other people’s attributes.

Overcoming one’s unconscious biases are becoming more important, especially where up to 100 languages are spoken in some Iowa school districts, Iowans with Hispanic descent are our largest minority group, 99.55 percent of Iowans are of immigrant orientation, 3.2 percent of Iowa adults are LGBTQ, religious beliefs in Iowa range from the most orthodox to proclaimed atheist, Iowa political ideology are polar opposites and Iowa values can no longer be defined.

The only way in which Iowa will become a better place to live is for all of us to reflect on issues that divide us and overcome our biases so civility can once again remain steadfast in Iowa. Plus, Iowa needs political hygiene right now.

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ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

On Sunday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m., UNI will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I with music.

The Varsity Men’s Glee Club and the Wind Ensemble will be performing in the “ARMISTICE” concert in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Faculty members Bob Dunn and Sean Botkin will also perform solos on the guitar and piano, respectively.

“I think the students in the Glee Club were at first intrigued by the idea of doing something different,” said Glee Club director John Wiles. “I like to say that the Glee Club does everything from the sublime to the ridiculous. There’s

no ridiculous in this concert for sure [. . .] We aim towards hope because, in the end, armistice is about peace.”

Although most of the music during the concert will represent England and the United States, Wiles also selected pieces that represent other regions affected by the war, such as France and Spain.

Some of these songs will explicitly be about World War I while others simply recall the sounds of it, according to Wiles. For example, the piece Dunn will be performing has nothing to do with the war; however, its composer, Enrique Granados, had an important link to it. In 1916, Granados was attacked by a German U-boat while traveling across the English Channel. He and

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his wife both drowned.

“Music affects different people in different ways,” Dunn said. “I think the general response [to the concert] would be one of reflection and somberness and perhaps, ‘Why can’t we do better than this?

Why do we have to have war?’ [. . .] War and armed conflict is a futile thing. I hope that people will be able to reflect on that.

World leaders do necessarily.

Ideally, I would like to see us get to a place where we realize the futility and the waste of war.”

The concert will also feature a reading of “In Flanders Field” by John McRae, one of the most well-known poems about World War I. One of the pieces during the show was composed by Anthony Maglione, whom the Glee Club commissioned to set to music “Dulce et Decorum est,” a poem by Owen Wilfred.

In addition to his work as a composer, Maglione is an associate professor of music and director of choral studies at William Jewell College in Kansas City. He and Wiles met for the first time a few years ago at the Intercollegiate Men’s

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“I heard Tony’s music for the first time about four or five years ago,” Wiles said. “I was really touched by it. I think that his music has a heavy percussive quality and its non-western influences in his music and there’s clear architecture to what he does [. . .] That’s why I asked Tony to do it.”

“I took a lot of time to study the poem,” Maglione said. “I got some analyses of Owen Wilfred’s other works. I got a lot of his World War I material, some letters that he had written and that sort. Then I decided

how I was going to break the poem up.”

Although he could have done the poem as one continuous movement, Maglione said he decided to divide the poem into three sections.

“The first section describes this group of soldiers marching away from a battle,” Maglione said. “So, they’ve already fought.

They’re exhausted. They’re bloody. And they’re just trying to get away from the battle so that they can get home and rest.”

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Panther PORTRAIT: LowRay ADRIANA MIENE Staff Writer

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Twin Cities band LowRay played at the Octopus on College Hill last Thursday, Nov. 1.

Band members Daniel Fowlds and James Irving created LowRay in 2015 after they had both taken a break from the music industry.

Lead singer and guitarist Fowlds is a Minneapolis native who has played in bands since the 80’s. Fowlds said he is most confident on guitar and vocals but occasionally uses a keyboard to write some of the band’s songs.

Irving, who plays drums for the band, grew up in England.

His music career began while he was still a teenager.

Fowlds writes all of the songs the band plays while Irving helps polish them.

On their band website, Fowlds and Irving touch on the fact that they bring in other people to play with them for live gigs.

“People come in and add their own flavor,” Irving said.

LowRay’s newest LP, “Friends and the Fakers,” comes out on Nov. 9 and has 10 tracks that mix classic FM radio rock with power pop, soul, R&B, new wave and country.

For more information on upcoming shows and news about LowRay, students can visit their website www.lowrayband.com or follow them on social media.

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‘Meet the Monsters’ previews play EMMA KOSSAYIAN Staff Writer

The UNI Theatre Department hosted “Meet the Monsters” at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 in the Strayer-Wood Theatre.

The event provided a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming production “She Kills Monsters,” written by Qui Nguyen. Its plot centers around Agnes and her journey through her younger sister’s “Dungeons and Dragons” campaign after she passes away.

Fifty costume-adorned spectators gathered to learn more about the intricate show.

Matt Weedman, an associate professor in the theatre department and the show’s director, opened with a brief summary of the 90’s throwback.

The first showcase demonstrated the different levels of learning stage combat for the first scene in the show, which features Agnes’ sister, Tilly, battling four Kobolds (which are basically alligator dragons).

The actors did their first pass at 25 percent speed, which they use for learning and practicing.

The first step, they explained, was getting the movements into

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Of all the works featured in the concert, Wiles is most excited for the work set by Maglione.

In the second movement, Maglione’s composition employs 12-tone music in which all 12 notes of master chromatic tones are used. According to Wiles, this is something even music majors seldom encounter

muscle memory before adding the weapons.

Next, they did rehearsal speed, which is about half the normal speed. They began to flow through the movements while using swords and shields.

Finally, they did performance speed. The crowd cheered and applauded with a few intermixed “eww’s” when Tilly cut one of the Kobold’s Achilles tendons before slitting its throat.

Jay Laupp, a senior theatre design and production major, is the weapons master for the show. He ensures the actors’ safety and the weapons’ condition after every rehearsal.

Across the hall in the Bertha Martin Theatre, different artistic pieces of the immense show were displayed. The booths showed off things like puppets, projected imagery that will be used in the show and an up-close look at the weapons.

The production’s largest monster, called a “Bugbear,” is over ten feet tall. Puppet and scenic designer Mark A. Parrot shared a fun story of inspiration for the appearance of the puppets.

“My son went to school for one semester in Athens, Ohio,”

Parrot said. “This is where the play is set, so I modeled these beasts after the humans I saw walking around.”

The sketch on the screen depicted a giant ugly man with yellow pit stains on his white tank-top with matching jean shorts. All the monsters were humorous, yet also scary.

Parrot also showed the process EMMA KOSSAYIAN/Northern Iowan for making heads In anticipation of their upcoming production “She Kills Monsters,” TheatreUNI hosted for a dragon in the “Meet the Monsters,” an event showcasing various behind-the-scenes aspects of the play. show. He thanked cess while wearing a steampunk common inspiration: the early the Art Department for letting costume, one eye completely hand-drawn pictures from the him use an industrial laser cut- black and the other appearing to first editions of D&D. ter, which allowed him to cut have been ripped out of her face.

“She Kills Monsters” is a over 2,500 pieces of cardboard The prosthetic took her three change of pace for TheatreUNI. to be glued together to make a hours to apply, not including The stage is a large white canvas five-headed dragon. sculpting the piece. Jeffries is a to be painted with projections, This showcase gave the pub- great example of how theatre the lighting eerie and mysterilic a chance to see how stu- students learn every part of ous, and the costumes rich and dents and staff come together what it takes to put on a show. fantasy-based. The actors, crew to make a beautiful show.

The last part of the night and staff have poured their One student, KJ Jeffries, a was the design presentation. hearts into this show. sophomore theatre performance The artistic team, including Performances run from Nov. major, worked extensively to lighting, set, sound and costume 28 through Dec. 2. Students can carve horns for one of the char- designers, discussed their artis- visit theatre.uni.edu/theatre-uni acters. She explained the pro- tic processes. They all shared a for more information.

during their studies.

“I want it to be a warning,” Maglione said. “A warning that war is awful [. . .] In current memory, we have not seen a war on American soil. And I think we should keep that in mind while we’re dealing with each other and all our divisive rhetoric and remind ourselves we’re all people and that the end result of aggression and things of that sort can wind up being

this brutality. War is awful, and I know that we celebrate the resolution of it,

but so much went wrong with World War I.” The event is ticketed, but

all veterans and current military members will receive free admission.

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SWIM & DIVE

UNI 3-0 at South Dakota Quad Duals ELIOT CLOUGH

Sports Writer

The Panthers swimming and diving team victoriously returned to Cedar Falls after defeating the likes of the South Dakota Coyotes, South Dakota State Jackrabbits and the St. Cloud State Huskies on Nov. 2-3 in Sioux Falls, S.D. UNI rolled to victory over the Jackrabbits with a team score of 178-63, while the purple and gold took down the Huskies 156-87. South Dakota State gave UNI a tough challenge, but it was the Panthers who edged out the Jackrabbits 122-121.

Crystal Florman, who was

named the Missouri Valley Conference swimmer of the week early last month, continued her winning ways for the Panthers, placing first in two individual events, the 50 and 100-yard freestyle.

Several other Panthers came away with individual wins from the weekend, including Katie Taylor with first place finishes in the 200-freestyle and 200-backstroke, clocking times of 1:53.42 and 2:01.55.

Moriah Ross won the 200-breaststroke with a time of 2:19.81 and Kylie Engstrom took the 1650-freestyle as well as the 500-freestyle.

Engstrom swam times of 17:57.26 and 5:15.78.

Placing second behind Engstrom was Laura Vilms with a time of 18:15.63. Anika Lillegard-Bouton also placed second behind Engstrom in the 500-freestyle with a time of 5:19.29.

Another first-place finish came from the 200-medley relay team of Ross, Florman, Madison Rinaldi and Lauren Havertape. The team clocked a time of 1:47.75.

Jayden Lovell led the way for the Panthers in the diving well with a top five finish in the three-meter diving competition with a score of 224.85.

UNI will return to the water for the Kansas Classic, held in Topeka on Nov. 16-18.

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VOLLEYBALL

Redbirds snap Panthers’ MVC winning streak at 13 FRANK WALSH

Sports Writer

The UNI volleyball team will not have an unbeaten conference record in 2018.

After a strong 12-0 start to Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play, the Panthers league winning streak came to an end against the Illinois State Redbirds by a match score of 20-25, 26-24, 14-25, 2522 and 11-15 on Nov. 3 in Normal, Ill. Even though the match resulted in a loss, the Panthers were able to force the match into a five-set showdown, determined not to lose without showing incredible effort.

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With four matches remaining before the conference tournament, UNI (19-8) has fallen behind Illinois State in the Missouri Valley Conference standings by one half game.

Piper Thomas put up strong numbers on the stat sheet against the Redbirds and had a total of 21 kills.

Thomas was also able to showcase her defensive capabilities by having eight blocks as well.

Sophomore Jaydlin Seehase was also able to put up incredible numbers as well. Seehase had a total of 14 kills as part of her excellent offensive ability on the court.

Junior Karlie Taylor also played well, as she was able to get a total of 13 kills and four blocks.

This was Taylor’s second match back on the court for UNI after a non-contact injury in practice a few weeks ago.

Rachel Koop ended the match with a towering 51 assists to help the team throughout the night.

Illinois State’s offensive attack was too strong for the Panthers as the Redbirds outnumbered UNI in the kill total 67-65. The purple and gold also struggled as they committed 33 total team errors.

Despite the loss, the Panthers season will continue with two home matches remaining in the regular season.

The first remaining home match is against the Missouri State Bears on Friday, Nov. 9, with the home finale on Saturday, Nov. 10, versus the Southern Illinois Salukis.

Women’s hoops beats Upper Iowa in exhibition BASKETBALL

JOEL WAUTERS

Sports Editor

Fans of the UNI women’s basketball team got their first chance to see the Panthers take the court as head coach Tanya Warren’s team faced off against the Upper Iowa Peacocks in an exhibition match up.

Four Panthers scored double-digit points as UNI rolled to an 89-41 win over the Peacocks in their lone tune-up game prior to their regular season opener.

UNI shot 37.2 percent from the field and 37 percent from beyond the arc as they held Upper Iowa to less than 10 percent from three-point shooting. The Panthers also tallied 14 steals and forced 26 turnovers in the win.

Junior Abby Gerrits led UNI with 14 points, eight

rebounds and two assists.

Sophomore Bre Hunnels picked up a team-high 12 rebounds, as Karli Rucker, Heidi Hillyard and Taylor Hagen each tallied three assists each.

The Panthers now turn their attention to the Delaware Blue Hens for their Friday, Nov. 9 season opener at the McLeod Center.

“Delaware is a very, very good team with almost everyone back,” said Coach Warren in her Nov. 5 press conference.

“They are extremely athletic in the post. It’s really hard to double their post because of their ability to shoot the basketball on the perimeter.

It’s going to be a great challenge for us.”

Tip-off between the Panthers and Blue Hens is set for 8:30 p.m. and can also be watched on ESPN3.

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After making three consecutive appearances in the conference tournament championship game, UNI will kick off their 2018-2019 regular season on Nov. 9 when they host the University of Deleware in the Preseason WNIT Tournament.

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