2-21-2022

FACEBOOK.COM/NORTHERNIOWAN

WWW.NORTHERNIOWAN.COM

TWITTER: @NORTHERNIOWAN

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42

CEDAR FALLS, IA

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2022

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 36

OPINION

CAMPUS LIFE

SPORTS

OPINION PAGE 3

CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4

SPORTS PAGE 6

Columnist Abagail Saathoff writes on treating female Olympic athletes with respect.

Panthers fall to Wisconsin in final home dual of the season.

TAIG hosted a painting party Wednesday Feb. 16 to connect with transfer students.

The value of your vote

By voting this week, you can increase student engagement Voting for student body representatives is coming up Feb. 22 and 23 with issues facing PARKER DANIELS the UNI Guest Columnist community Editor’s Note: Parker Daniels is the current Chief Justice for the Northern Iowa Student Government.

One of the most asked questions that I get as a member of Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) is, “what do you guys actually do?”

That is a fair question as most students see NISG as an organization only for wannabe politicians, but in all reality that is far from the truth. NISG is an organization that advocates for all UNI students both current and future. Our primary goal as an organization is to bring about lasting positive change that will impact our campus for years to come.

The student body will elect a new group of NISG members this Tuesday and Wednesday. The students elected this week will have an opportunity to meet with various members of the university administration and work on a

Courtesy/NISG

Students will have the chance to elect Northern Iowan Student Government representatives Feb. 22-23.

number of initiatives that will impact your time here at UNI. With important issues facing our campus such as mental health, student engagement and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important now than ever for student voices to be heard. By voting this week, you can increase student engagement with the issues facing the UNI community and give the next group of NISG members the support

they need to advocate on your behalf.

We have all heard how important it is to vote thousands of times throughout our lives. As students who are navigating life, trying to earn a degree and graduate, it hardly crosses our minds to vote, especially in a student government election.

The truth of the matter is that voting is always important no matter what the election

may be. The right to vote is the most essential part of any functioning democracy. Today in the United States, being able to vote is more or less treated as a given when that is far from the case. For the vast majority of our history, the right to vote was a right that only a few had, and even today there continues to be a large concentrated effort to prevent people from accessing the ballot box.

See VALUE OF VOTING, page 2

Courtesy/NISG

Parker Daniels, pictured above, discusses the importance of voting in the upcoming student election.

Film Appreciation Club features ‘best worst movie ever’ “The Room” was played last Friday night featuring spoons and other shenanigans THEO ALDER

Staff Writer

Spoons upon spoons upon spoons. The worst best movie ever, “The Room,” was featured at the film appreciation club last Friday. The night kicked off with pizza, drinks and of course spoons for the viewing. Every time a spoon appears on screen, usually appearing in a generic picture frame inside Johnny’s (Tommy Wiseau) house, audience members are supposed to chuck their spoon at the screen. And at Friday’s viewing, spoons were flying.

“The Room” claims its title of being “the worst best movie ever,” by stitching together one sex scene and passing it off as two different sex scenes in different

COURTESY/The Daily Beast

The Film Appreciation Club featured “The Room” Feb. 18 highlighting Tommy Wisaeu’s captivatingly horrible acting.

moments in the film. This film was creative in its effort to ignore continuity and created an entire set on top of a fake rooftop, along with some noticeable CGI skyline of San Francisco.

The triple threat, Wiseau not only acted in this movie,

but wrote and directed the film as well. At the beginning of the viewing within the opening credits, there were roars of cheering from the audience as Wiseau’s name appeared on the screen.

At the viewing, famous lines were yelled out along-

side the actors on screen much like “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” “You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!” Echoed throughout the theatre - often with more passion than Wiseau himself. Although this film lacks a basic plot, many people in the audience had a great time watching it with lots of laughter and funny comments throughout the show.

None of these performances from the film were nominated for awards, but the audience had a great time listening to actors deliver iconic lines that Wiseau wrote himself. Although the writing seems random at times, the audience had a great time booing and laughing at the somewhat crazy events on screen.

Jazz comes to life at UNI 67th annual Tall-

corn Jazz Festival returned in-person Feb. 17-18 MALLORY SCHMITZ Staff Writer

The sweet sounds of live jazz graced the UNI campus Feb. 17-18 during the 67th consecutive Tallcorn Jazz Festival.

Jazz bands from 38 Iowa high schools gathered at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and Bengtson Auditorium in Russell Hall. Each band performed a set and then received constructive feedback from professionals.

Mike Conrad, assistant professor of jazz studies & music education at UNI, detailed the process saying, “We have judges from all over the midwest really, professional jazz musicians who are here to help them understand the music better and dig into the details a little bit deeper.

Each band gets to work directly with a clinician after each of their performances as well.

They leave the stage and go into our jazz studio, and they get about 25 minutes with somebody who gets in the weeds and works with them a little bit.”

At the end of each day of performances, awards were given out ranking the bands and selecting outstanding soloists based on the adjudicators’ ratings. This year’s winning bands in each class were as follows: Cedar Falls (4A), Cedar Falls II (4A-II), Xavier (3A), Belmond-Klemme (2A) and Lisbon (1A).

After the competitive portion each day, attendees and audience members got to enjoy the Sinfonian Dimensions in Jazz (SDIJ) Concert.

See JAZZY AT UNI, page 2

PAGE 2

FEBRUARY 21, 2022 |

NEWS

NORTHERNIOWAN.COM

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN News Editor

|

JAZZY AT UNI

continued from page 1

This year, both of UNI’s jazz bands performed a set consisting of pieces by jazz greats, including a handful of pieces composed and arranged by UNI faculty.

Following the UNI bands, the concert hosted internationally renowned guest performer Melissa Aldana, a Grammy-nominated saxophonist and composer. UNI Jazz Band One accompanied her performance.

Aldana hails from Chile and in 2013 became the first South American to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. She composes her own music, much of it from her own life experiences. She closed her set each night with a song of hers titled, “Los Ojos de Chile,” inspired by Chilean political protesters in 2019 who lost their sight due to rubber bullets and gassing by police forces.

Conrad emphasizes the great opportunity the festival is for the Cedar Falls community. “As a kid who grew up

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 36 In 2021, the event was held virtually due to the COVID19 pandemic. Conrad says, “Having that year gap has been interesting. Usually we run it year after year and remember what we did last year. We’ve had to degrease some of the wheels this year.”

“Last year we didn’t want to do nothing, so we offered an online festival where bands submitted videos and received video feedback from clinicians. We couldn’t do an in-person concert so our jazz bands recorded in our jazz studio, and we did a video premiere of the music we recorded,” he recollects.

“That was successful for what it was, but we’re really grateful to be back to the live in-person event.”

The dates for the 2023 festival have been set for Feb. 16-17, and Conrad encourages everyone to take advantage of the audience experience the event has to offer each year.

“It’s world-class music that you would have to go to New York or Chicago to hear,” says Conrad, “but it’s happening right here in Cedar Falls, so that’s pretty cool.”

VALUE OF VOTING

continued from page 1

Northern Iowan wins 11 awards at Iowa College Media Association

Being able to vote is a right that many have fought and died for us to have and that is why it should not be treated as a given but should be practiced at every level, especially a student government election at a university.

Voting at its core is the ability to create change whether big or small or good or bad.

Voting is an opportunity to have your voice heard and amazing things can happen when you vote. For us here at UNI, this is evident by some of the work that NISG has been able to accomplish for students in the past. For example, the Meditation Room that was established in Maucker Union or the establishment of free menstrual products through the work of NISG could not have been done without student support at the ballot box. The impact that NISG can have across campus is limitless when backed by a passionate student body.

Regardless of your involvement on campus or your passion for UNI, I encourage you to vote in the Northern Iowa Student Government Elections this Tuesday and Wednesday!

You can vote in the student government elections through MyUniverse under the Life@ UNI tab!

Students from the Northern Iowan student newspaper at the University of Northern Iowa won 11 awards at the annual Iowa College Media Association awards presentation.

“I’m especially pleased with the Northern Iowan’s two first place awards for special section cover and headline writ-

• Best Print/Online News Photo (2nd), Karla DeBruin • Best Written Feature Reporting (3rd), Emma’le Maas • Best Graphic or Illustration (3rd), Karla DeBruin • Best Print/Online News Reporting (Honorable Mention), Elizabeth Kelsey

PRESS RELEASE

KARLA DE BRUIN/Northern Iowan

COURTESY/Tallcorn Jazz Fest

UNI hosted the Tallcorn Jazz Festival Feb. 17-18. The festival was held virtually last year due to the COVID-19.

in Iowa who fell in love with jazz music, I sort of saw UNI as the place to go for jazz, and part of that is due to the history of the program being one of the oldest college jazz programs.”

“This long-running festival has given UNI this reputation as a hub in Iowa for jazz,” adds Conrad. “I always hear the judges and clinicians who come to our festival almost surprised that there’s some pretty good jazz happening in Iowa, especially the folks

who come from out of town to be here. I think we’re pretty proud of that.”

The event has been organized and run almost entirely by members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, UNI’s music fraternity, every year since its conception in the 1950s.

The members take care of the majority of the planning of the event, as well as setting up, tearing down, announcing each band, and more the day of to ensure the event runs smoothly.

ing,” Christopher Martin, the Northern Iowan faculty co-advisor said. “I’m also impressed that the NI received second place awards for best newspaper front page and best media website. The Northern Iowan’s student editors are maintaining quality in print while also producing an excellent website.”

Northern Iowan executive editor Nixson Benitez was also a top three finalist for

the ICMA’s Pat Pisarik Student Journalist of the Year.

The ICMA presented the awards in a virtual session over Zoom on Feb. 17, 2022.

The materials considered for the contest were published between Oct. 17, 2020 and Oct. 15, 2021. Fourteen Iowa colleges and universities are members of the ICMA. The winners of UNI’s 11 ICMA awards:

KARLA DE BRUIN/Northern Iowan

KARLA DE BRUIN/Northern Iowan

• Best Headline Writing (1st), Colin Horning, Caroline Christensen • Best Magazine Cover or Special Section Cover (1st), Karla DeBruin • Best Print Newspaper Front Page (2nd), Caroline Christensen • Best Media Website (2nd), Karla DeBruin • Best Print/Online Profile (2nd), Nixson Benitez

Courtesy/Northern Iowan

Emma’le Maas was the former executive editor of the Northern Iowan.

Nixson Benitez is the current executive editor of the Northern Iowan.

Caroline Christensen is the current news editor of the Northern Iowan.

Karla De Bruin is the current managing editor of the Northern Iowan.

NORTHERN IOWAN

EDITORIAL STAFF

PRODUCTION STAFF

CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN News Editor chriscbi@uni.edu

KARLA DE BRUIN

The Northern Iowan is published semi-weekly on Monday and Thursday during the academic year, except for holidays and examination periods, by the University of Northern Iowa, L011 Maucker Union, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0166 under the auspices of the Board of Student Publications.

Advertising errors that are the fault of the Northern Iowan will be corrected at no cost to the advertiser only if the Northern Iowan office is notified within seven days of the original publication. Publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertisement at any time.

The Northern Iowan is funded in part with student activity fees.

L011 Maucker Union Cedar Falls, IA 50614 www.northerniowan.com northern-iowan@uni.edu 319.273.2157

NIXSON BENITEZ Executive Editor benitezn@uni.edu 319.273.6826

KARLA DE BRUIN Managing Editor debruik@uni.edu 319.273.6420

CATHERINE CROW Campus Life Editor catherine.crow@uni.edu COLIN HORNING Sports Editor chorning@uni.edu SOPHIE HOFFMEIER Copy Editor hoffmeis@uni.edu

Webmaster Graphic Artist

ADVISORS

ANELIA DIMITROVA anelia.dimitrova@uni.edu

CHRIS MARTIN

christopher.martin@uni.edu

CIRCULATION

DORI CLAUSEN Circulation Manager

All material is © 2021 by the Northern Iowan and may not be used without permission.

See NORTHERN IOWAN, page 5

KARLA DE BRUIN/Northern Iowan

Elizabeth Kelsey was the former news editor of the Northern Iowan.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letters must be less than 300 words in length and are subject to editing. Not all submissions will be printed. Send submissions to maase@uni.edu.

SEND US STORY IDEAS

Tell us what’s happening on campus. Email submissions to northern-iowan@uni.edu.

Do you want to have an event listed here? Email us at northern-iowan@uni.edu with information about the event to have it featured.

PAGE 3

OPINION

NIXSON BENITEZ Executive Editor

FEBRUARY 21, 2022 |

NORTHERNIOWAN.COM

|

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 36

Disclaimer: The following opinion articles featured do not reflect the opinion of the Northern Iowan newspaper or staff as a whole.

Leave athletes alone

Tribune News Service

Mikaela Shiffrin on Instragram expresses to continue to get up and Simone Biles supports Shiffrin in the same post on Instagram.

ABIGAIL SAATHOFF

Opinion Columnist

In the 2021 Summer Olympics Simone Biles shocked the nation by pulling out of the team event m id- compet it ion.

In the eyes of some fans and viewers, Biles quickly moved from the greatest gymnast of all time to a quitter. That wasn’t what happened at all – Biles got a case of the twisties, a gymnastic term for “the sudden inability for a gymnast to make the requisite spins,” a mental block that was impossible for Biles to get out of.

K nowing that competing would risk her safety, she stopped competing.

A similar event happened at the 2022 Winter Oly mpics with Alpine Skier Mikaela Shiff rin.

Shiffrin is one of the greatest in her own right, with two gold medals and one silver from her previous perfor mances. She came to the Olympics favored to win gold medals in three of her six events, but that didn’t happen. Shiff rin recorded multiple did-not

-finish results, placed 18th in one race and ninth in another before nar rowly finishing fourth in the team event.

Shiff r in, much li ke Biles, was greeted with anger and hate; people posting on social media claimed she choked, calling her a failure and more.

Even worse, NBC’s broadcasting capit alized on her failure, featuring her on-screen as she sat on the side of a course taking a moment. Perhaps the most ridiculous thing NBC could have done, drawing fur ther attention to Shiffrin taking a moment.

Shiffrin’s experience at these games was awful; things did not go to plan and despite her struggling, haters and bullies on social media still went to town.

Shiffrin included some of the hateful comments she received on her Twitter page on Feb. 17, citing comments like “can’t handle the pressure,” “got what you deserved,” “your time is over retire,” “can’t perfor m as soon as she has a competition,” “dumb bitch can’t even do the one

thing she is supposed to do right,” “can’t wait for you to be done so we don’t have to see your loser face anymore,” and even more.

Seeing all of these things come up for Shiffrin is reminiscent of Biles’ experience this summer, and even further back to the experience of Naomi Osaka after she pulled out of the French Open. Seeing each of these stories play out only makes me question why – why do we insist upon treating female athletes this way when they fail? Comparatively, five-time Olympian Shaun W hite nar rowly missed medaling when he fell in his final event, and all the attention that has come his way has been relatively positive, not the aggressive bullying some other athletes have encountered.

The biggest thing fans, viewers and haters tend to forget about is that these athletes are human and normal people with normal people issues. But they are held to a much higher standard, leaving no leeway for any moments of relief or breath. Women

Naomi Oskaka/Courtesy

Naomi Osaka expressed on Instagram about regretting her experience in the Winter Olympics.

are held to an even higher standard, which means when they fall or fail the reactions are even more agg ressive. T his most com monly takes place online. According to the Pew Research Center Part 5: Witnessing Harassment Online by Maeve Duggan, “60% of internet users said they had witnessed someone being called offensive names,” with more recent events, this has only increased.

The bullying isn’t even justified, as many of the people who complain and bully these athletes are not even athletes themselves, but are people sitting on their couch watching the games, deeming themselves able to judge. According to the Coloradoan: Beware of judging others from the comfort of your couch by Mary Francis, “We harshly judge those around us who dare to be great, to speak out for their beliefs or who have worked every day of their lives to be the best.

Of course, the hypocrisy of it is that we all hate to be judged but we have

all been guilty of judging someone else.” Regardless of how difficult it is to remember how hatef ul the criticism and bullying is, it’s so important, and these very comments can have life-long impacts on the athletes.

Even worse, bullying female athletes is not a new thing; articles dating back to at least 2014 include mention of cyberbullying on Twitter. The earliest I could find was an article from 2014, “Even Olympic Athletes Aren’t Immune from Cyberbullying” by Tim Woda. It detailed the cyberbullying faced by Elise Christie after she fell during a speed skate event in the Olympics.

With all that being said, the bullying of athletes, specif ically female athletes over social media, needs to end. Fans, viewers and more need to grow up and recognize that these athletes are real people too.

They don’t deserve merciless hate from strangers on the internet.

PAGE 4

CATHERINE CROW

CAMPUS LIFE FEBRUARY 21, 2022 |

NORTHERNIOWAN.COM

|

Campus Life Editor

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 36

No honor among thieves in “Uncharted” HUNTER FRIESEN Film Critic

In terms of adapting a video game to film, “Uncharted” should have been the easiest one yet. The cinematic sequences are all there, from the plane ejection and sinking cruise ship in “Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception,” to the train sequence in “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.” These levels contained some of the most impressive moments in video game history, with the sound and visuals delivering enough excitement to please even the most adventurous of spirits.

Even though it seemed like a slam dunk on paper, publisher Sony struggled for years to get a film adaptation off the ground. They tried to get the ball rolling in 2008, only a year after the first game in the series was released. Things stagnated for a while until “The Fighter” and “American

Hustle” writer/director David O. Russell was announced to be helming the project in 2010.

In hindsight, Russell was an odd choice, and both parties were better off going their separate ways. Little did Sony know that Russell would only be the first of six directors to be attached to the project before leaving shortly after.

Eventually, in 2017, Tom Holland was announced for the lead role of Nathan Drake, with Mark Wahlberg, the original choice for Nathan back in the Russell days, playing his older partner, Sully.

“Zombieland” and “Venom” director Ruben Fleischer came aboard, and the film was finally completed after a decade of turmoil.

And yet after all this time, I still would much rather play the “Uncharted” games a second time than watch the “Uncharted” movie again.

Working as a mix-and-

match of different story elements within the game series, “Uncharted” starts with the street-smart orphan Nathan Drake working at a bar. There he meets Sully, who offers to make Nathan his partner in a search for lost Spanish pirate gold worth nearly $5 billion.

Also on the hunt for the treasure is Santiago Moncada, an heir to the family that funded the pirate’s expedition, who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

From there, the two parties bounce off each other in their hunt, which takes them from New York to Barcelona to the Philippines. Except it’s obvious that much of this movie never took place in any of those locations, with dubious green screening utilized as a cheap shortcut.

The “Uncharted” games were often seen as the video game equivalent of the “Indiana Jones” series, with

the bonus that “Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End” was a great fourth entry while “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” gets worse the more that hindsight allows.

Both those series made great use of locations, taking the audience around the world on death-defying journeys.

2022’s “Uncharted” doesn’t have that authentic feeling of adventure, as everything is kept bottled up. The characters in the film are in disbelief at what’s happening, but we as the audience feel none of that.

It’s all weightless and formulaic, plodding from one beat to the next.

What saves “Uncharted” from being a total trainwreck is the relative likeability of its cast. No one can argue that Tom Holland has been one of, if not the best portrayals of Spider-Man. But the jury is still out if he can carry a film outside of the

Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He’s had little success over the years shedding his boyish looks in streaming titles such as “The Devil All the Time” or “Cherry.” Even if that same boyishness makes Holland a bit of a miscast, his charm and banterous chemistry with Wahlberg keep the film light on its toes.

Overall: 2.5/5 As far as video game adaptations go, “Uncharted” is one of the better ones if the bar it has to jump over is generously low. It makes a slightly amusing two hours, with nothing exceptional to make it stick once the credits roll. If you have more time to spare, I’d recommend playing the games. But if you only have two hours, you could do worse than seeing this.

Transfer advocacy and involvement group painting night

TREVOR MEYERS / NORTHERN IOWAN

TREVOR MEYERS / NORTHERN IOWAN

TREVOR MEYERS / NORTHERN IOWAN

TAIG / COURTESY

TAIG is for all transfer students, no matter how long they have been here. The organization had a painting night on Wednesday, Feb.16. TAIG meets every other Wednesday at 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. and will be at the admissions welcome center March 2.

PAGE 5 CATHERINE CROW Campus Life Editor

CAMPUS LIFE FEBRUARY 21, 2022 |

NORTHERNIOWAN.COM

|

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 36

Panther portrait : Panther Esports

CATHERINE CROW / NORTHERN IOWAN

UNI panther Esports meets weekly from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Union. You can join the Esports team through Discord.

NORTHERN IOWAN

continued from page 2

Best Print/Online Investigative News Reporting (Honorable Mention), Emma’le Maas

Best Print/Online Profile (Honorable Mention), Karla DeBruin, Caroline Christensen The University of Northern Iowa’s independent student newspaper was founded in 1892. Digital journalism pro-

fessors Christopher Martin and Anelia Dimitrova are co-advisors to the newspaper, which receives funds from UNI student fees. The website is northerniowan.com.

PAGE 6

SPORTS FEBRUARY 21, 2022 |

WRESTLING

NORTHERNIOWAN.COM

COLIN HORNING Sports Editor

|

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 36

Panthers fall to Wisconsin in final home dual of season CADEN SHEA

Sports Writer

The UNI Panthers wrestling team had their last dual of the season at home in a losing effort against the Wisconsin Badgers on Feb. 17. The Panthers ended the season with a 7-7 record in duals. The Badgers were ranked No. 8 going into the dual and finished their season with an 11-2 record.

The Panthers were the first to strike as Kyle Biscoglia defeated Ethan Rotondo in the 133-pound matchup.

Biscoglia boosted the Panthers to an early 3-0 lead over the Badgers by defeating his opponent 7-1. 141-pounder Joseph Zargo of Wisconsin defeated Cael Happel 9-4 to tie the duel up at 3-3. Austin Gomez of Wisconsin versus Colin Realbuto of UNI was a tightly contested contest at the 149-

pound weight class. Gomez ultimately won the match giving the Badgers the 6-3 lead after three matches.

Derek Holschlag of UNI got the early lead after a takedown against Garrett Model in the 157-pound matchup, but Model battled back, winning the match 14-8 giving the Badgers a 9-3 advantage.

UNI’s 165-pounder Austin Yant was bested 10-2 by Wisconsin’s Dean Hamiti, giving the Badger a major decision, and making the team score 13-3 going into halftime.

The first match of the second half of action saw UNI advance forward as Lance Runyon defeated Andrew McNelly 10-3 with help from takedowns and riding time to cut the Wisconsin lead to seven points, making the score 13-6. 184-pounder Parker Keckeisen secured six takedowns and riding time to get

a 15-5 major decision over Chris Weiler to make the score 13-10 with Wisconsin still in the lead.

John Gunderson and Carter Isley of UNI were both handed major decision losses against Wisconsin’s Braxton Amos and Trent Hillger. These losses gave the Badgers the opportunity to control the outcome of the match as they were up 21-10 going into the final match.

125-pounder Eric Barnett of the University of Wisconsin defeated UNI’s Brody Teske 5-3 to give the Badgers the 24-10 win over the Panthers.

The UNI Panthers ended their dual season with a .500 record of 7-7. The team showcased both young and returning stars during this season. The team now looks to the wrestling post-season with the Big TONI FORTMANN/Northern Iowan 12 Championships scheduled to take place in Tulsa, Okla. on The Panthers were taken down by Wisconsin last Thursday, Feb. 17. They will look forward to the Big 12 conference championships in March.

March 5-6.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Panthers drop games to Missouri State, Drake

TONI FORTMANN/Northern Iowan

The UNI women’s basketball team dropped two tough Missouri Valley Conference games, falling on the road to Missouri State and at home against Drake.

DAVID WARRINGTON

Sports Writer

This past Sunday, the UNI women’s basketball team hit the road, traveling to JQH Arena in Springfield, Mo. to take on the Missouri State Lady Bears. Both teams entered the game near the top of the Missouri Valley

Conference (MVC) standings, and it was a game destined to have a large impact on how the regular season conference race pans out. UNI played well against a tough opponent, but good free throw shooting down the stretch sealed the game for the Lady Bears.

Baskets were very hard to

come by in the opening period for the Panthers. Missouri State scored 13 of the first 16 points and led it 13-3 with three minutes to go in the opening quarter. Karli Rucker did manage to knock down a three-pointer at the buzzer, and the Lady Bears led 15-8 after the opening frame. The Panthers looked like a completely different team coming into the second quarter, going on an 8-1 run capped off by a Cynthia Wolf three-pointer to take their first lead of the game at 18-16. The teams traded blows the rest of the quarter until Rucker hit a jumper to give UNI a one-point lead at the half, 29-28.

The third quarter looked like more of the same. Every time one team would score, the opposition would quickly respond. Both teams struggled to get any separation, and going into the fourth quarter the Lady Bears led by just two, 45-43. Missouri State came into the fourth quarter ready to go, starting on a 10-1 run and taking a 55-44 lead.

The Panthers tried to close the gap, but some timely free

throws sealed the game, giving Missouri State the win, 66-57.

Rucker and Kam Finley both led the way in scoring for UNI, finishing with 14 points each. Bre Gunnels and Nicole Kroeger both did well on the boards, picking up eight and seven rebounds, respectively.

The Panthers had their struggles at the free throw line, making just 13 of their 22 attempts, good for 59%.

The Panthers were back in action on Saturday, Feb. 19, hosting an in-state matchup with the Drake Bulldogs.

Drake got out to a fast start, taking an 8-1 advantage and forcing UNI to call a timeout.

The Panthers responded well, going on a 14-2 run to end the quarter and taking a 15-10 lead into the second period.

UNI led by as many as 11 in the second, and ultimately went into the halftime break leading the Bulldogs 35-27.

The Bulldogs held UNI scoreless for a full five minutes early in the second half, going on a 15-0 run to turn

a 10-point deficit into a fivepoint lead. Things remained tight through the rest of the third quarter, and Drake led 53-52 going into the fourth.

The teams went back and forth throughout the fourth quarter, but Drake got the last run of the game, scoring the last six to win by a final of 73-68.

Rucker led the way offensively for UNI, finishing with 19 points. Gunnels also finished in double figures for the Panthers, pitching in 13 points. Grace Boffeli had a nice game on the boards, grabbing a team-best 10 rebounds.

With the losses, UNI falls to 16-9 on the season and 9-5 in the MVC. They remain in fourth place in the conference standings, but the gap between them and the top three teams has widened with the losses. They will be back in the McLeod Center for their next two games, starting with a matchup against Bradley on Friday, Feb. 25, as well as a senior day meeting with Illinois State on Sunday, Feb. 27.

TRACK & FIELD

UNI track & field competes at the Iowa State Classic DREW HILL

Sports Writer

On Feb. 11-12, the UNI track team headed down to Ames for the Iowa State Classic track and field meet. UNI won four events and had several other strong performances.

UNI started off the meet

with a win in the women’s 60-meter dash. After finishing fifth in the preliminary to qualify for the final, Paishence Johnson won with a time of 7.60 seconds. Emily Vos picked up another win for UNI in the women’s 200-meter dash with a time of 24.76 seconds.

UNI’s other two wins came in field events. In the men’s

pole vault, Matteo Capello won with a distance of 5.25 meters. Darius King picked up the win in the men-shot put for UNI at 19.67 meters, narrowly edging the next best score by 0.10. As a result of his win, he was named Missouri Valley Conference Male Field Athlete of the week.

UNI also had a few second

and third-place finishes. In the men’s 60-meter hurdles, Jack Sumners narrowly finished second, just 0.07 of a second behind the first-place runner and 0.01 before third. UNI got second and third in the menlong jump. Blair Brooks got second with a jump of 7.21 meters, and Carter Morton got third with a jump of 6.93

meters. Casey Hackett finished in third place in the men-triple jump with a distance of 13.18 meters. Craig Becker finished third in the men’s 1000-meter run with a time of 2:29.65.

The Panthers will return to the UNI-Dome for the Missouri Valley Indoor Championships from Feb. 27-28.

PAGE 7 KARLA DE BRUIN Managing Editor

FUN & GAMES FEBRAURY 21, 2022 |

Across 1 Foot-in-mouth incident 6 Blue ox of folklore 10 Pork or lamb cut 14 Indian or Iranian 15 Tag sale condition 16 Helen of Troy’s mother 17 Golf stroke played from sand 19 Wrinkle remover 20 Remarkable times 21 Homes of blue-plate specials 23 “The Simpsons” creator Groening 26 Apple mobile platform 28 __ fit: tantrum 29 Readily available 31 Jerry of “Law & Order” 34 Act division 35 Irritated incessantly 36 Canadian Thanksgiving mo.

39 Hesitant sounds

40 Tire-inflating aid 42 Part of rpm 43 John of England 44 Softens, with “down” 45 In an unfriendly way 47 Bitterness 49 Skippers on ponds 50 Torah teacher 52 Napoleon or Nero: Abbr.

54 Rainbow flag letters 55 Digital library contents 57 Bone-dry 59 Hit the runway 60 Lakota chief at Little Bighorn, and what’s literally found in this puzzle’s circles 66 Skin breakout 67 Poker pot starter 68 Longtime NBC newsman Roger 69 Classic Jaguars 70 Recent returnees to Los Angeles 71 Oft-poached fruit

NORTHERNIOWAN.COM

|

Down 1 Chatter away 2 Sun Devils sch.

3 First sign of a shark 4 Faux glow 5 Part of DOE: Abbr.

6 Low voice 7 Blond shade 8 Short life story?

9 Abbr. on a cornerstone 10 Treatment facility 11 “Wish me luck!”

12 Smells 13 Cultivated violet 18 Roach spray brand 22 Critic’s harsh words 23 City in northern Iraq 24 Dried chili pepper 25 Historic educational center of Paris’ Latin Quarter 27 “Neener neener!”

30 Clutter-averse type 32 Vintage cars named with the initials of their company’s founder 33 Music majors’ degs.

35 River of Florence 37 Fanzine figure 38 Romantic rendezvous 41 Org. with a five-ring logo 46 Brewski 48 Dwellings 49 Agile 50 “Just chill!”

51 Taken __: shocked 53 Puzzles with dead-end paths 56 Lasting mark 58 Chain famous for breakfasts 61 Genetic letters 62 All-hrs. cash source 63 Belfast-born actor Stephen 64 McCartney’s title 65 Golf Hall of Famer Ernie

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 36

PAGE 8

CLASSIFIEDS FEBRUARY 21, 2022 |

CROSSWORD

NORTHERNIOWAN.COM

|

Today's Horoscope Feb. 21, 2022

Today's Birthday (02/21/22).

You're generating a metamorphosis this year. Disciplined private consideration and preparation fulfill your beautiful dream. Professional victories this winter give you something to talk about next spring. Your education takes a twist next summer, leading your exploration in exciting autumn directions. Prepare to unfold wings.

To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) – Today is an 8. Attend to shared finances. Delays or misunderstandings could slow the action. An unexpected expense requires budget adjustment. Collaboration can get lucrative. Pull together.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) – Today is an 8. You and your partner may not agree on everything. A challenge requires diplomacy and tact.

Share the load for what you both love.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) – Today is an 8. Nurture your physical well-being. Delays, misunderstandings or mistakes could affect your work, healthy and energy levels.

Recharge with exercise, good food and rest.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) – Today is an 8. Focus on what you love. Avoid distractions or controversy. Don't listen to negativity. Adapt a creative project around unexpected changes for new possibilities.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) – Today is an 8. Domestic projects face a challenge. Reinforce structural elements. Clarify misunderstandings in the moment.

Don't try to force anything.

Make repairs and enjoy the results.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Today is an 8. Patiently navigate a creative project around delays or breakdowns. Edit and revise for new circumstances. Let go of preconceptions. Clarify miscommunications. Discuss possibilities.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) – Today is an 8. Maintain positive cash flow around a challenge. Compute expenses and scratch out anything unnecessary. Fortune favors initiative and effort. Find new resources in unexpected places.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) – Today is a 9. You're gaining confidence. Adjust with personal changes or transitions.

Draw upon hidden resources.

Strengthen foundations. Keep your word. Hold yourself to high standards.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) – Today is a 7. Concentrate on cleanup and reorganization. Avoid distracting chatter or gossip. Get creative behind closed doors. Enjoy private rituals and practices. Revise plans. Imagine the possibilities.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) –Today is an 8. Support your team with a shared endeavor. Strengthen foundational elements of your plan.

Ignore gossip, assumptions or rumors and stick with basic facts.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) – Today is an 8. Resolve a professional challenge by clarifying communications and reinforcing foundations.

Don't push an authority figure. Polish your marketing

materials to reflect current directions.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) – Today is a 7. Traffic, delays or breakdowns could frustrate explorations. Ensure that structures for support are stable and reliable. Wait for better conditions to launch. Plan and prepare.

Managing Editor

VOLUME 118, ISSUE 36

Puzzle Answers SUDOKU ONE

KARLA DE BRUIN

SUDOKU TWO

Interested in advertising with us?

If you want to get the word out about a business, job openings, places for rent/sale, etc., advertising in our paper that is available to every UNI student is a great way to do so!

We have options for print, website, app, and social media.

For pricing and other inquiries, please contact either Managing Editor Karla DeBruin (debruik@uni.edu) or Chris Martin (christopher.martin@uni.edu).

presents

Blood AT THE ROOT

By Dominique Morisseau

Bertha Martin Theatre March 2-5: 7:30 pm March 6: 2:00 pm March 9-11: 7:30 pm

More information at theatreuni.uni.edu Tickets available at

unitix.uni.edu