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Students ‘A GO GO’ to Vertigo GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan

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Hundreds of students and community members gathered in the UNI Gallery of Art on Thursday night, Nov. 29 for the art department’s biannual performance art showcase, “Vertigo: A GO GO!”

Dozens of students performed nonstop for two hours before the packed gallery of spectators. Most performers remained in a fixed spot in the gallery. One performer stood nude, allowing people to wrap her in duct tape before ripping it off.

Another sat on a mattress, scooping out the contents of

different citrus fruits with her hands.

Two students wearing ref lective vests walked around, confronting observers with humorous insults.

Another student rolled around on the f loor wrapped in ribbon.

A few of the acts invited audience participation. One

student invited people to chew bubble gum and spit it into one big bowl. In one corner of the gallery, walls were lined with pieces of paper that said “no such thing as perfection.” Viewers could choose from a variety of positive messages like “You did it!” and “Nice work!” to stamp on the pages.

Some of the acts danced or moved in conjunction with music that pulsed throughout the gallery. This year marked Vertigo’s first collaboration with sound masters “Feel Free Hi Fi” Sound System, Derek Maxwell and Shawn Reed from the Twin Cities, according to the event’s Facebook page.

UNI frozen at U.S. Bank Basketball Classic JOEL WAUTERS

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Outside of the home of the Minnesota Vikings, the snow fell and the wind was ever present. Inside the stadium, which played host to Super Bowl LII last February and is due to welcome the 2019 NCAA Final Four, the atmosphere was electric.

Hosting its first ever basketball event, U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis invited eight college teams to the Twin Cities over the weekend as a test run event ahead of April’s national semi-final and championship games. It just so happens that the UNI Panthers were invited to partake in the action as they were slated to play the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, a team that has seen itself in the NCAA tournament the last three seasons as the Summit League tournament champions.

The Panthers entered the game at the high-profile venue having struggled recently. After finishing in fourth place at the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands, UNI dropped back-to-back games at Old Dominion and Utah State. Having not played a

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UNI (3-5) committed 15 turnovers and allowed their opponent to score 38 in their 82-50 loss to South Dakota State at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Saturday night.

home game in Cedar Falls since Nov. 6, the Panthers were eager to play one final game before returning to the friendly confines of the McLeod Center.

Things didn’t not start well for UNI. The Panthers struggled to contain Jackrabbits senior forward Mike Daum, who dominated play off the glass and in the paint. Turnovers were also a big concern for UNI, allowing eight balls to be lost

on offense in the first half alone.

For much of the first twenty minutes of play, the only Panther who seemed to be able to produce any offense was sophomore guard Trae Berhow, a Minnesota native who shot eight-for-12 from the field in the first half, including three baskets from beyond the three-point line.

“He played well,” said UNI head coach Ben

Jacobsen. “Anytime you play near your hometown, you have a game like that.”

By halftime, the numbers didn’t look good. UNI took a total of 49 shots from the field converting on only 14 for a shooting percentage of 28.6. They went into the locker room trailing 40-25 at halftime.

The second half saw the Jackrabbits exhibit more of the same offensive efficiency they displayed in

the first. Daum continued his tear across the court en route to a double-double of 24 points, 11 rebounds and one assist. The Panthers also continued to struggle, allowing points off of their turnovers, letting their 15 total turnovers in the game lead to the Jackrabbits scoring 38 points in response.

In a night where things just couldn’t seem to get going offensively for UNI, South Dakota State thrived as the Jackrabbits cruised to an 82-50 win. The Panthers now fall to 3-5 on the season.

“Where it’s been difficult has been the practice time,” Coach Jacobsen explained in his postgame press conference. “We knew we’d be playing good teams on neutral courts. Tonight, we let ourselves get behind the ‘eight-ball.’”

The Panthers will return home on Saturday, Dec. 8, to face the University of Dubuque Spartans for their first home game in over a month. UNI will also take on Iowa, Grand Canyon University, North Dakota and Stony Brook over the holiday break to close out non-conference play before opening up Missouri Valley Conference play on Jan. 2 at Bradley.

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Food insecurity leads to new pantry ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

Students who use the basement of Maucker Union for the study space or computer lab may notice recent changes.

The university is working on installing a food and essentials pantry to help students who struggle with food insecurities.

The pantry’s soft opening is tentatively scheduled for next month, but the project has been in the works since last fall.

“I started going around campus talking to a lot of people, doing a lot of active listening,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Paula Knudson.

“What I learned is, we had a lot of departments, a lot of people, staff members or faculty, around campus that were bringing in food to their offices or departments just for students because they were seeing some students not having enough to eat. So, we had all these little pockets around campus.”

Although the Lutheran Student Center does have a food pantry, Knudson discovered that not every student felt comfortable going to religious organization for assistance, and because the Northeast Iowa Food Bank is in Waterloo, it’s

not an option for students who don’t have reliable transportation. UNI has partnered with Northeast Iowa Food Bank to create the food pantry.

Survey Sent Knudson assembled a task force to address the problem.

One of the first things they did was survey the students.

Out of the 1,500 survey respondents, the task force discovered that 16 percent of them were food insecure. The number was even higher among minorities and those who come from a lower socioeconomic background. In addition to that, 80 percent of survey respondents said they knew someone who struggled with food insecurity and wanted to help them.

“Quite honestly, when we got those results, the task force suggested that we do an oversight committee to figure out how to operate [a food pantry],” Knudson said. “We decided instead [to] just get it up and running. The need is there. We know it. We’ll figure some of this out. Let’s get something open. We just made a decision to move it forward.”

The task force identified places on campus that would be effective for the food pantry. Maucker Union was chosen largely because it’s easily

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accessible to many students.

Knudson admits that there are pros and cons to the location.

Although it’s central to life on campus, students who need the assistance of a food pantry may want more privacy than what the Union provides.

Donations Accepted Although the pantry has not opened yet, food donations are already being accepted. The Noehren Haunted House collected several hundred pounds of canned goods. There are also donation boxes around campus where people can donate canned and dry goods as well as essentials like tooth paste and laundry detergent.

Nonperishable food items are being accepted through Dec. 7 at 23rd St Market, Biscotti’s, the Book Bistro, Chats, Essentials, the Maucker Union Food Court and Schindigs.

Some of the items collected will go into backpacks for students who have to stay on campus over winter break.

“We don’t want our students to go hungry,” Knudson said.

In addition to these items, the installation of the pantry itself will cost about $20,000, according to Knudson. The main way that these funds are being raised is through PAWPrint, a crowdfunding platform exclusively for UNI.

There have been reports of a man exposing himself on campus.

Campus public safety reported two incidents on Nov. 14 outside of Shull Hall and another on 27th Street within a 15 minute period. According to a UNI Alert, the man in question usually sits inside his vehicle and asks nearby pedestrians for directions. When pedestrians approach the vehicle, reports stated that the man had his genitals exposed, and in one case reported, was masturbating.

The man in question is

described as 25 to 40 years in age with black or dark hair and a beard, driving a dark Jeep.

Three similar reports in the College Hill area were made in November.

Armed Robbery On the evening of Saturday, Dec. 1, Cedar Falls and UNI police responded to a report of an individual with a handgun in the Olive Street and 20th Street area. Around 10:50 p.m. that night, a woman was confronted by a blonde-haired male wearing a trench coat who threatened her and stole her purse.

Authorities were on the scene of the incident but the suspect fled and is at-large.

Student Involvement The marketing efforts ahead of launching the fundraiser weren’t only by UNI staff. A group of leadership students assisted in the marketing as a project for one of their leadership classes. While many of the students in the class chose to help the YMCA or the Boys’ and Girls’ Club, one group of students desired to do something less mainstream. When they heard about the food pantry, they immediately wanted to help.

“It’s something that even when the class is over and even when we graduate, it’s still something that’s going to be going on,” said Reis Rausch, a senior supply chain manage-

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Vice President of Student Affairs Paula Knudson said that the plan is to have the food pantry operable in January, but some options in December.

ment major with an organizational leadership minor, who was one of the students to help the food pantry. “What was cool to us was even when we’re all done, when we don’t have our hands in it anymore, it’s still going to be helping people out.”

The students helped by leading a can drive with local businesses and raising awareness. For instance, they sent emails to faculty members, urging them to donate.

Although Rausch was aware that food insecurity was a problem, he didn’t realize just how prevalent it was among UNI students until he got involved with the project.

“I just want people to know about it,” Rausch said. “There are kids that are skipping meals and doing all of this. How can you function fully as a student and get good grades and do all this stuff if you can’t even afford to get food? I just wanted to raise awareness through campus, so kids know that this stuff is out there if they need it.”

Rausch hopes to continue help with the food pantry until he graduates in May, even after the leadership project concludes.

Fundraising Efforts Originally before launching their crowdfunding, the goal was $4,000. An anonymous donor agreed to match that goal with $2,000 for a total of $6,000. They met their goal within 24 hours of launching on Giving Tuesday (Nov. 27).

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“We’ve seen a lot of faculty and staff support the project and that doesn’t surprise me,” said Kyle Soldwich, who is the associate director of annual giving programs. “From the task force to talking to Paula — there’s a lot of people who are really passionate about this issue and getting the food pantry launched.”

Soldwich said that there will be some additional marketing pushes in the final days of the campaign.

Although there are still some questions about how it will operate, Knudson knows they want the pantry to be exclusively for students. Because the original survey also found that students are more receptive to their peers helping them, Knudson hopes the pantry can also be run by students. Ashley Adams, campus programs coordinator at Student Life and Event Services, is currently trying to identify a group of students who would be up to this task.

When the pantry has its soft opening in January, it will be heavily reliant upon food and essentials donations. Knudson hopes the pantry will be fully operational in the fall of 2019.

“We hope to have refrigeration, which might require some purchasing,” Knudson said. “And the less purchasing we have to do in food, the more we can invest in marketing and the supplemental things.”

Monetary donations will still be accepted through Tuesday, Dec. 4 at pawprint. uni.edu/food pantry.

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Trump criticism is disproportionate COLIN HORNING Opinion Columnist

It’s no secret that President Donald Trump has received a lot of criticism during his time in the Oval Office.

He and his fellow Republicans have had their fair share of occurrences that deservingly garner criticism from the national press, which is a freedom that not many other countries are lucky enough to have. After all, the First Amendment and the ability to criticize those in power without fear of drastic repercussion is one of the cornerstones of American society and an important reason why America is the greatest nation in modern history. But from what I’ve seen, there has been simply too much of a focus on the negatives of his presidency in the media, as well as a tendency to blame him for occurrences that are simply not the fault of the President. Take Hurricane Florence, the storm that hit along the Atlantic coast in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia last September.

Back on Sept. 11 of this year, the Washington Post ran an op-ed written by cartoonist Tom Toles with the title “Yes, You can Blame President Trump for Hurricane Florence.” The absurdity of such an article title is something one might find on a clickbait website or from a tabloid, not a respected newspaper like the Washington Post. But it’s not just one miscellaneous opinion article from a few months ago that demonstrates the media’s tendency to use President Trump as a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong.

Back on Sept. 12, 2017, the Media Rating Council (MRC) and their subsidiary website NewsBusters published a study detailing the positive and negative coverage of the major network and cable news channels with regards to President Trump’s first 100 days in office. The study analyzed “clear positive or negative tones from experts presented as non-partisan, voters, or opinionated statements from the networks’ own reporters.” They found that roughly 91 percent of network newscast coverage of the president (from CBS,

NBC and ABC News) was, in fact, negative towards the president and only nine percent positive. CNN came in with 93 percent negative and seven percent positive, and BBC totaled at 74 percent negative and 26 percent positive. Even Fox News, which is typically viewed as a more pro-Trump, conservative channel, came in with more negative coverage of the president, with a near fifty-fifty split of 52 percent negative and 48 percent positive.

But, it’s not just the major TV networks who have shown skewed coverage of the current presidency. Three of the most popular and well-respected newspapers in America, (the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal) have also been far more negative towards President Trump.

According to the MRC study, the Times came in with an 87 percent negative, 13 percent positive split, the Post had 83 percent negative, 17 positive split and the WSJ was 70 percent negative and 30 percent positive towards President Trump.

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ident was already pretty obvious, but this study just goes to confirm how disproportionately the mainstream media in America covers President Trump. I am by no means saying that Trump’s days in office have been perfect; far from it.

But his administration has accomplished a lot that the newspapers and network channels tend to overlook or downplay. During the Trump presidency, the stock market has reached alltime highs, unemployment for Blacks, Latinos/Latinas, women and for the overall country has seen record lows, American GDP has hit 4.2 percent and is on track

for the three percent annual growth the president campaigned on and the Islamic State (ISIS) has lost nearly 96 percent of its territory in the Middle East since Trump was inaugurated in January of 2017.

All of these accomplishments are rarely talked about, except for more pro-Trump outlets such as Fox News, Breitbart, etc.

Media companies are free to cover the president how they please; however, their obvious bias has led to a mostly negative portrayal of President Trump when he in fact deserves more credit for his accomplishments as president.

UNI to hold De-Stress Days for “dead week” Editor’s Note: This guest column was submitted by Student Wellness Services.

It’s that time of year once again! Time to put everything you have spent the past 14 weeks learning to the test - literally! It’s very common to find oneself becoming overwhelmed by the amount of stress that final exams may cause. However, there are a few things you can do to prevent letting the stress of finals week get the best

of you: make sure to get adequate sleep, make time to take care of your body and eat a balanced variety of foods.

These are just a few steps you can take that may help reduce stress during finals week.

Looking for more ideas? You are in luck! There will be many stress relieving activities for you to try during De-Stress Days at UNI! Student Wellness Services and the Student Health Advisory Committee will be hosting De-Stress Days

during the week prior to finals week. Join us in the Maucker Union Ballroom on Dec. 3, 4 and 5 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for fun, stress relieving activities! We will have puzzles, coloring pages/ colored pencils and beads available for those who would like to make bracelets.

If you are looking to practice gratitude, cards will be available to write notes of gratitude to the people in your support network. We will also have the labyrinth

available, a walking meditation that can be used to experience peace and relaxation.

But wait, there’s more!

Each day, Student Wellness Services will also have a number of massage therapy students available from Capri College to provide free five minute massages.

In addition to all of this, we are collaborating with Retrieving Freedom and will have fluffy visitors every day of De-Stress days! We will also provide hot tea and hot

chocolate free of charge!

These activities are not only fun, but they provide stress-relieving qualities. It is important that students find a healthy way to handle stressful situations, and attending De-Stress Days is a good place to start!

Contact Student Wellness Services for any interest in scheduling a program related to a number of wellness topics at https://studentwellness.uni.edu/prog ram-request.

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Caple Jr.’s ‘Creed II’ packs a punch HUNTER FRIESEN Film Critic

The first “Creed” film was an entertaining surprise that was able to be both of fan service to the “Rocky” franchise and a great standalone story filled with rich characters and relationships.

The new sequel, “Creed II,” goes bigger than the first as the return of Ivan Drago reignites a rivalry 33 years in the making. Viktor, Ivan’s son, challenges Adonis Creed to a match that will determine who will be the heavyweight champion of the world. Accepting the challenge, Adonis fights for his name and to take revenge against the son of the man who killed his father.

Directing: 3/5 Now that Ryan Coogler has moved on to “Black Panther” and its sequel, the director mantle now falls on Steven Caple Jr. Caple Jr. tries to imitate Coogler rather than put his own stamp on the franchise.

This technique more or less works, but only because Coogler supplied a proven template that could easily be followed.

The film stays smoothly slow throughout as Caple Jr. allows his cast to freely take reign over the material. Sometimes this proves to be tedious, but mostly it makes the story more character-driven.

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and Caple Jr. does an okay job with the two major ones.

The first one doesn’t make much of an impact as it comes and goes with little originality or flair. The second one, however, really comes alive as the sound of bones crunching and the whipping of the camera lends itself to a visceral experience. The original “Gonna Fly Now” theme is even thrown in to cap off the grueling bout.

Writing: 3/5 From a script by Sylvester Stallone and Juel Taylor, “Creed II” is serviceable enough in the writing department despite being wholly unoriginal.

The overall plot is a beatfor-beat recreation of “Rocky IV.” Revisiting that story is great on a nostalgia level, but on a storytelling level, it takes away from the suspense. The final fight even takes place in Moscow just to rub it in a little bit more.

The one area in which the film truly excels is how it handles the relationships and interactions between characters. The conversations between the main core feel authentic and help grow the connection the audience shares with them.

The importance of family pops up more than once as Adonis begins his life as a father and Rocky tries to reconnect with his distant son. These include some beautiful moments of tenderness that provide a great counterweight to the stonecold fights.

The one character that gets the short end of the stick is Viktor, who really doesn’t have any reason to be in the movie except for name recognition. In a franchise full of great opponents, this one falls to the bottom of the barrel as Viktor’s development as a character is given little thought and brushed aside for more scenes of him beating guys up.

Acting: 4/5 With the “Creed” series and his role in “Black Panther,” Michael B. Jordan is on a hot streak right now. He brings his natural talents to the screen and more than delivers on the physical and emotional demands of the character. He also has that bit of charisma his onscreen father possessed all those years ago. Watching him in the ring is a sight to see as he rolls with the punches and is able to fledge out his character without any dialogue.

Another standout performance comes from Stallone as his most iconic character.

For two films now, Stallone has naturally been able to play Rocky as the wise elder to the young prodigy. His scenes with Jordan are excellent and lend to the emotional heart of the story.

Tessa Thompson does a good job as Bianca. She proves to be Adonis’ rock as the two further their relationship into parenthood.

Lastly, Dolph Lundgren and Florian Munteanu do a fine job as father-son combo Ivan and Viktor Drago, respectively. Lundgren can be a bit over the top at times, but he does well at being both menacing and vulnerable.

Munteanu physically is more gorilla than human as he towers over his competition and stokes fear through his muscles.

Overall: 3.5/5 Led by powerhouse performances from Jordan and Stallone, “Creed II” is able to deliver on the expectations of its predecessor. While it does fall into “Rocky IV”esque melodrama at times, Caple Jr.’s film finds the right balance and knows when to strike and when to let back as it sports some thrilling fight scenes along with some touching human moments.

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‘She Kills Monsters’ fun 90’s romp ADRIANA MIENE Staff Writer

TheatreUNI went back in time to 1995 Athens, Ohio, for their production of “She Kills Monsters,” written by Vietnamese-American playwright Qui Nguyen.

Audiences in Strayer-Wood Theatre were exposed to a plethora of strong female characters and iconic 90’s pop culture references while immersed in the story of high school teacher, Agnes Evans, and her emotional journey to get to know her deceased younger sister, Tilly.

Director Matthew Weedman chose to briefly introduce viewers to Agnes, portrayed by Marjorie Gast, and the rest of her family, alluding to the tragic car accident which took the lives of all of her family members using lights and video projections.

This was a very cool directorial choice.

While packing up her sister’s room, Agnes finds a “Dungeons & Dragons” (D&D) notebook containing maps, a plot line and characters. Agnes enlists the help of a high school student, Chuck, to aid in her understanding of the game that Tilly had written.

The character of Chuck added significant comic relief to the play through the skillful acting of Luke Van Cleve. Chuck, who is appointed as the Dungeon Master, agrees to lead Agnes down the path of her first D&D campaign in an attempt to get to know Tilly through her character, Tillius.

Throughout the play, the setting changes back and forth between the D&D world of New Landia and the real world. Tillius, Lilith and Kaliope, played by Mikayla Wahl, Rachel Winter and Dani Schmaltz, respectively, are introduced through Chuck’s narration and character sheets projected onto the back wall of the stage telling the audience facts about them, including general “badassery.” The use of these projections was a unique tool that added a new dimension to the play and kept the audience up to speed.

Before the role-playing game commences, a wary and weirded-out Agnes has to create a character. She doesn’t want to pick a new name or be a magical creature, so instead she keeps her human status but is dubbed “Agnes the Asshatted.”

The crew visits a “retired” demon, Orcus, in order to try to get Tillius’ soul back, only to discover that he had bargained her soul for a new TV to watch “Twin Peaks.” Patrick Hale, in a great performance, brought the Easy Cheese-obsessed demon to life. At one point, he

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even uses the canned cheese to defeat a lower-level enemy.

The crew meets many enemies along the way, and some foes are not as easy to defeat, such as Farrah played

by Cecilia Mitchell. Farrah is a cute forest fairy who turns out to be a homicidal maniac. A little comic relief occurs each time the party faces a new enemy because Steve the Mage would appear and usually be killed by the foe to show the ruthlessness of each monster.

Agnes slowly gets to know her sister through the character of Tillius, discovering things that she never knew and that she really didn’t know her sister at all. Through the game, she finds out that Tilly was a lesbian and the bullying she had endured because of it. This discovery, along with being unable to save the character of Lilith, Tillius’ fictional lover, from an untimely death, frustrates Agnes to the point of quitting the game.

Eventually, Chuck introduces Agnes to the rest of Tilly’s D&D friends in real life whose characters she had already gotten to know. Agnes realizes how the game provides an escape for many people, whether they are escaping bullies like Tilly had been or the reality of being disabled like Kelly (Kaliope).

Agnes resumes the game and gets some closure as she helps Tillius kill monsters, big, bad bosses and finally Tiamat, the dragon that has never been defeated before. The way the dragon was portrayed was pretty underwhelming, as it was five individual people with dragon heads on them. I had expected something much bigger and more impressive, especially after seeing the dragon originally portrayed on the screen.

Even without the help of the remaining members of the party, Agnes the Asshatted becomes the first to conquer the dragon while getting to say goodbye to her sister in a totally badass way. However, I was disappointed by the length of the battle. I think it would have been more effective and dramatic had it been even slightly longer.

Overall, “She Kills Monsters” was heartwarming and entertaining. The costumes and props used were impressive and added a lot to the show. The background projections also added to the

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TheatreUNI performed “She Kills Monsters,” written by Qui Nguyen and directed by Matthew Weedman, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2.

experience rather than distract from the acting, and helped us understand all of the characters, the map of New Landia and the foes they were fac-

ing. The performance made for a fun night out with lots of laughs and an audience that raised the roof with a standing ovation at curtain call.

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Panthers season ends at UC-Davis, 23-16 EMMETT LYNCH Sports Writer

The UNI football team’s postseason run officially ended this past weekend in Northern California as the University of CaliforniaDavis defeated UNI 23-16 in the second round of the FCS Playoffs on Saturday.

The Panthers were able to rally from a 23-6 deficit late in the second half to keep the game competitive.

The game began as a showdown between kickers with UNI striking first with a field goal by All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) kicker Austin Errthum.

The Aggies followed with a kick of their own, and the game was tied with a pair of early field goals. That is until Errthum kicked it through the uprights to take the lead for UNI with a score of 6-3 with 4:16 left in the first quarter. UC Davis answered with the game’s first touchdown pass to claim the lead 10-6.

The score at halftime stood at 13-6 in the Aggies favor, with UNI’s only points coming from Errthum and special teams. Opening the third quarter, UC-Davis expanded their lead with another field goal by Aggie kicker Max O’Rourke.

The UNI offense struggled to get in rhythm coming out for the second half, result-

ing in another three-and-out possession. The Aggies were fluid in capitalizing on the player and coaching errors of this game. They followed up with a gritty drive with Aggie running back Ulonzo Gillium scoring a two-yard touchdown to put UC-Davis up 23-6.

It seemed as if the luck of the Panthers was beginning to run out. That is until Trevor Allen answered with a one yard rushing touchdown with six minutes to play in the third quarter.

UNI’s defense came up big with a pair of interceptions in the second half against Aggie quarterback Jake Maier.

Panther linebacker Duncan Ferch has been consistent in his playmaking and intercepting this season, leading UNI in career tackles with 103, and rounding up 10 tackles in the final game of his collegiate career.

Ferch returned his fifth and final interception of the year 63 yards into Aggie territory, giving him a season total of 186 return yards, a new school record.

Defensive back Austin Evans also intercepted a pass from Maier out of the air and went for a return of 20 yards.

Both interceptions came with fairly lengthy returns, but the UNI offense failed at converting points off the turnovers.

COURTESY PHOTO/UNI Athletics

After a season of back-and-forth results, the Panthers ended their 2018 season with a 23-16 loss in Davis, Calif. on Saturday.

Errthum followed with a 45-yard field goal with 14:09 to play at the top of the fourth quarter. The game came down to a dramatic drive ending with UNI going for it on fourth down. UNI marched down all the way to the Aggies 35-yard line, but were unable to convert in the final minutes.

Panther quarterback Eli Dunne completed 22 of 40 passes for 273 yards and a pair of interceptions. Allen, along with fellow running backs Marcus Weymiller, and Tyler Hoosman combined for 121 yards on the ground while nine Panthers caught passes led by Allen with five. Terrell Carey caught two passes for

a team-high 56 yards. This is a young Panther defense that could have used some experience in the secondary.

UNI ends the season with a 7-6 record after its fourth trip to the FCS Playoffs in five seasons. UC Davis advances to play Eastern Washington in the FCS quarter-final round.

Waves too strong as UNI’s season ends VOLLEYBALL

FRANK WALSH

Sports Writer

The incredible season for the UNI volleyball team has

come to an end. This season was a historic one for the Panthers as they were able to dominate the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)

and bring back to Cedar Falls a regular season and postseason tournament conference championship.

UNI’s first round game

Courtesy Photo/UNI Athletics

The UNI volleyball team won their first Missouri Valley Conference tournament title since 2011 and made their fourth straight appearance in the NCAA tournament on Thursday night in Madison against Pepperdine.

of the NCAA tournament took place in Madison, Wis. against the Pepperdine University Waves.

This tough California team was able to steal the first set from the Panthers by a score of 25-22. The Waves put UNI into a deeper deficit as they took the second set at 25-21, to take a 2-0 set lead.

In response, the Panthers rallied to take the third set by a score of 25-19, as well as the fourth set 25-20 to force a decisive, winner-takeall fifth set. UNI kept with the Waves for nearly every point, but ultimately dropped the fifth set by a score of 15-13. The Panthers ended their 2018 season with an overall record of 24-10.

“Being able to look back at all the hard work we put in and know we have something to pull from, we weren’t going to let them just roll us over,” said senior Piper Thomas. “We are a team of fighters and I think that’s what we did.”

Despite the loss, the

Panthers were able to put up some impressive statistics.

Junior Karlie Taylor was able to attack the Waves with a towering total of 23 kills.

Her defensive skills were showcased as well in this game by having four blocks on top of her applauding offensive game.

Thomas was able to end her collegiate volleyball career with strong numbers as well. She was able to have an impressive 13 kills with one block on top of it.

Sophomore Jaydlin Seehase was also able to get 13 kills against Pepperdine, as well as three blocks to add to her defensive game.

Rachel Koop also contributed with 58 assists.

Overall, a first-round loss was not what the Panthers envisioned happening, but this season was still one to remember. The Panthers were able to win their first conference tournament title in six seasons and qualified for the NCAA tournament in four straight seasons.

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