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NISG member to be investigated CLINTON OLSASKY

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JACOB MADDEN News Editor

Yesterday, March 28, at approximately 10:20 p.m., a motion to form an investigative committee, with the goal of looking into past behavior of Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) Director of Governmental Relations Maggie Miller, passed with 16 yes votes, zero no votes and one abstention.

NISG President Jamal White put forward Executive Order 28, calling for the removal of Miller from office. The formation of an investigative committee does not constitute a guilty verdict from the Senate, but is the beginning of the process of impeachment as laid out in the NISG Constitution.

The two impeachable offenses, as enumerated in the NISG constitution, are “abuse of powers or responsibilities” and “unethical conduct while in office.”

“I truly believe in the standard of ‘innocent until proven guilty.’ I do not view the forming of this committee as a bad thing, rather a good thing to prove definitively that I did not operate inappropriately in my role,” Miller wrote in a statement to the Northern Iowan.

“The Senators did the right thing forming this committee, and I am confident at the end of it, we will be able to put these rumors to rest. Until the results of this committee are revealed, I will continue to operate as a servant leader for this campus and fight for student interests at the Capitol.”

The order lists several rea-

sons calling for the removal of Miller, including devaluing students, abuse of power and using her position to defame other NISG members to legislators at the state house. “[Miller] has made it very difficult to operate well within our workplace and has made it a very uncomfortable dynamic and atmosphere,” White said.

“I think it’s just been a trying year altogether in dealing with ongoing poor behavior on her part, and I think that it came time when we had to draw a line. [...] The work that you do doesn’t excuse bad behavior to any extent, and that will not be accepted or tolerated.”

“The way that she treats the people that she represents is very unbecoming,” said Darvel Givens, NISG director of diversity. “It’s appalling. It’s vicious. [...] I’m in no way angry with

her or upset; it’s more of a disappointment because of the work that she has done this year, for her to put her own self in this situation.”

Givens went on to describe Miller’s alleged abuse of power, as detailed in the executive order.

According to Givens, the allegation leveled against Miller was in reference to efforts on Miller’s behalf to contact legislators, informing them of an alleged interaction between Miller and Givens.

Givens maintains that Miller’s intentions were to “taint and defame” his character.

“The fact that a report was filed was horrendous,” Givens said. “But [...], the fact that she

President Cole Passick. “This year, I was expecting around 200.”

All told, roughly 230 people attended the conference.

Last year at the statewide conference, the focus was on defining PTSD. This year the conference is focused on recovery from PTSD and other mental health issues.

Dennis Clark was the first speaker. Clark is a certified prosthetist orthotist — someone who makes prosthetic limbs and custom braces — who works for Walter Reed Army Medical Centre.

For his presentation, Clark drew from the examples of his real patients, including a military amputee named Michael. In a video, Michael described his desire for normalcy in spite of

his amputation. He wishes he could do simple things like put on his pants or go for for a walk without the struggles that come with being an amputee.

“One of the things we learn at Walter Reed is these are not normal patients. Everybody is Type A to the max,” Clark said. “They’re all competing — with themselves and with each other all the time.”

Clark discussed some of the pros and cons of this competitive nature. Although it can create a lot of frustration early on in the amputee patients, being competitive also helps these amputees on the road to recovery. “Each of us can give an example, can give a word of help and praise at anytime,” Clark said. “And that’s critical as we move forward. Healing is a lifetime event.”

Clark also described the importance of having a strong group of physical and occupational therapists, counselors

and social workers to help amputees.

“The team creates the outcome. They can’t do it by themselves,” Clark said.

Passick, who is also the event coordinator, introduced the keynote speaker Steven Onken as an international expert in recovery. Onken is also as associate professor is the Department of Social Work at UNI. “We have many ways of gaining wisdom from many sources. One such source is rediscovering what we know to be true,” Onken explained.

“I’m hoping that in terms of how I present this information and integrate this information, it will help you rediscover what you know inside to be true about hope, healing and recovery.”

Onken began his presentation by giving a detailed definition of PTSD. “[PTSD] is the person’s experience of the event, not

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knew in her heart of hearts that it was false makes it even more psychotic.”

The following reasons were listed in the executive order as explanation for the recommended impeachment: See NISG, page 2

Annual PTSD conference returns to UNI LEZIGA BARIKOR

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ANNA FLANDERS Staff Writer

On Wednesday, Mar. 28, the second annual PTSD Conference was held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The first two speakers presented in the Central Ballroom of the Union, while the breakout sessions were in the lower level of the Union. The UNI Veterans Association (UNI VA) hosted the event.

“Last year we had 145, and we maxed out,” said UNI VA LEZIGA BARIKOR/Northern Iowan

the event itself, that is traumatizing,” Onken said.

For the rest of his presentation, Onken focused on recovery.

“Recovery is complex, both the process and desired outcome,” Onken said. “It’s unique. No two people recover the same way. It’s adaptive.

People change as they recover.

That’s why standard protocols don’t work.”

After the keynote speaker, conference-goers attended breakout sessions.

“I think that one of the things that’s important is for all people attending to step up in leadership roles — moral leadership,” Onken said. “I think we’re at a point and time in our society where we need people to step forward and help better articulate and secure the coins of resources and attention to the types of challenges that we’re facing today.”

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UNI to host Literacy Conference ANNA FLANDERS

in their classroom. So that, I think, has sustained [the conference], because its embodiment is around that.”

At first, the conference was called the Beginning Reading Conference and focused on early childhood education. It changed its name to the Elementary Literacy Conference in 2008 to include more grade level educators.

“I think it was an avenue for teachers to come and find innovative new ideas and strategies to teach reading and writing in their classroom, and that has become such a big focus for elementary teachers across the years,” Tallakson said. “They’re always searching for new ways to be able to help their students be successful, and this was a fun way for them to come and get motivated themselves, but also learn new strategies they could work with their students on.”

Tallakson believes that in the very early years of the Beginning Reading Conference, attendance averaged around 20 teachers.

Now the conference draws, on average, 450-500 people.

The very first conference featured local teachers as the speakers. Soon afterward, the conference began using children’s authors and illustrators as keynote speakers.

Over the years the conference has featured authors like Marc Brown, Steven Kellogg, Lois Elhert, Rosemary Wells, Kevin Henkes and Mem Fox. When Dr. Lucy McCormick Calkins spoke in 1988, Tallakson estimates that there were 1,200 in attendance.

Each year the keynote speaker is selected by whichever committee member is chairing the conference. The chair also helps determine the conference theme.

This year the keynote speakers are Eric Litwin and John Schumacher. Litwin’s books include “Pete the Cat,” “Groovy Joe,” and “The Nuts.” He is known for incorporating music into his presentations. John Schumacher, aka “Mr. Schu,” is known for blogging, lecturing part-time at Rutgers University and representing school libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs.

Both Litwin’s and Schumacher’s work coincides

“Ms. Miller has displayed an outrageous abuse of power and has failed to serve as a positive and supportive role model within her role as Director of Governmental Relations.

“Ms. Miller has used her role to manipulate and depower other students creating a negative rhetoric at the capitol about other students within NISG to legislators.

“Ms. Miller has managed to devalue and diminish the character and work of other

NISG members and students of UNI at large.”

The motion passed by the NISG Senate to form the committee, which will begin investigation next week on Wednesday, April 4, as the constitution requires one week’s notice be given before an investigation begins.

The investigation will be headed by NISG Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ben Dzaboff and four other members to be appointed by Dzaboff. The investigation will last for one week, with evidence being presented to the

investigative committee after seven days, at which point, if the committee deems necessary, formal charges shall be created and the accused will appear before the committee.

If the accused is found guilty of the charges by a majority vote of the committee, the accused will have been impeached.

Should the committee decide to impeach, the investigative committee would bring the charges before the Senate, where a two-thirds vote is needed to remove Miller from office.

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For 50 years, UNI has hosted the Elementary Literacy Conference on campus to give new teaching strategies to current and future teachers.

This year’s conference will be held on April 13 in the Schindler Education Center.

The conference started in 1969 at the Malcolm Price Laboratory School, which closed in 2012. Teachers Joan Duea and Delsie Charais Foreman created the conference to help prepare children become better readers.

“If you had to choose the thing that’s going to make a student the most successful, [it] is that they become literate,” explained conference co-chair Denise Tallakson.

“All elementary teachers are usually teaching reading in some form, and most of them are doing it on a daily basis

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with the 2018 conference theme of incorporating fun and humor into reading.

“If [kids] don’t have fun when you’re doing this, the desire to read isn’t going to be there,” Tallakson said. “So, to really give kids the opportunity to enjoy literature, to laugh and to learn at the same time, then they’ll see [reading] as something they want to do for the rest of their life.”

In addition to the keynote speaker, the conference includes breakout sessions. This year’s titles include 21st Century Book Reports, A Buffet of Small Group Reading Instructions, Best Practices for English Learners in Literacy and Bringing Multicultural Literature to Life. Teachers come from as far as Florida and Texas to lead breakout sessions. This year, a couple of students from the College of Education are also leading sessions.

Although the majority of conference goers are teachers, students may also attend.

UNI students of all majors can attend the conference free of charge.

Registration is still open as of press time.

“We’re encouraging [students] to sign up, because they’re treated just as the teachers,” explained conference co-chair Lynn Ensworth. “They get the free lunch — it’s really a professional development day in the life of a real teacher.”

On Thursday, April 12 from 6 to 7 p.m., there will be a pre-conference event at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center that is open to the community.

This year, Eric Litwin will be giving a free concert and book signing.

That same night, there is a gala honoring past conference chairs and committee members. The conference chair rotates each year among the committee members.

According to Ensworth, most committee members have served for over twenty years.

“It is a lot of work, and none of us have ever been compensated for that. It’s just because we know [the conference] is so important and that teachers wait until the next year to come,” Ensworth said. “So many of us have put in many years of hard work to keep it alive.”

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The students leading the charge against gun violence and mass shootings have been working tirelessly to get meaningful gun reforms passed, and their efforts have been inspirational.

With that being said, their “manifesto” fundamentally fails to address the core issues leading to gun violence and fails to recognize the struggle of people outside of their sphere. Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School recently published an editorial in their school paper, The Eagle

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Eye, and was then published in The Guardian.

Here is where they are wrong.

Their first demand is to “ban semi-automatic weapons that fire high-velocity rounds.” They say access to these weapons “puts us into the kind of danger faced by men and women trapped in war zones.”

This blatantly ignores the fact that our own police forces are armed with military grade weapons and that SWAT teams regularly storm houses in low income neighborhoods. In addition, this reflects their blatant ignorance to victims of gun violence outside of their sphere.

This ban would disproportionately affect poor people of color, most often the

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Opinion columnist Caleb Stekl criticizes a recently published editorial by the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for failing to address what he perceives to be the core issues leadig to gun violence.

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target of SWAT raids, from defending themselves against imperialist aggression. Any call to disarm civilians must include the demilitarization of law enforcement.

They want to “change privacy laws to allow mental healthcare providers to communicate with law enforcement.”

Privacy laws already make mental healthcare professionals mandatory reporters of any violent or suicidal statements. If patients knew their honesty would lead to police intervention, it would dissuade people from seeking help and comfort from professionals. We should encourage people to seek help when they are not feeling well, not punish them by reporting them to the police.

If mass shootings were about mental health, then why aren’t they ever done by members of the LGBTQ* or black communities who face far more social scrutiny than the average white male?

The MSD editorial further suggested to “establish a database of gun sales and universal background checks” that would “be paired with infractions of gun laws, past criminal offenses and the status of the gun owner’s mental health and physical capability.”

We already disenfranchise millions of former felons from being able to vote

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again.

To beat a dead horse, disenfranchisement disproportionately affects poor people of color, and these laws would make it easier for cops to indiscriminately kill unarmed poor people of color.

Limiting a person’s ability to own a weapon to their “physical capability” further disenfranchises persons with physical disabilities.

How many veterans only have one arm, leg or eye?

Certainly no one would argue they shouldn’t own weapons. So, why shouldn’t the poor woman who lost her eye due to a lack of affordable healthcare be able to defend herself ?

MSD students say we should “increase funding for school security.”

As opinion columnist Brenna Wolfe pointed out, resource officers are not the answer. Metal detectors, clear backpacks and better locks on doors will not prevent mass shootings.

All of the most recent school shootings have involved a shooter accessing the building from outside. A metal detector or an officer with a pistol will do little against a determined shooter with an assault rifle.

MSD students fundamentally miss the point when it comes to gun violence. School shooters are white, evangel-

ical males. Mass shooters, in general, are white males.

A large majority of violent terrorist incidents in the United States are committed by white males. Why? W hite supremacy requires violence to maintain its power. From manifest destiny to Charlottesville, this has remained true. That doesn’t mean the targets of their violence will be persons of color, but it does mean white supremacists will be violent.

The cause of the MSD students’ own pain was a white supremacist. He was trained by one, and he had swastikas on his bullet clips.

So, what does this mean for whiteness and gun violence?

The violent international imperialism our country has embraced — liberal and conservative alike, emulated through our films and songs — has become a stalwart of our cultural fabric.

Weapons are not for self-defense, but for offense.

We cannot dismiss poor people of color in our quest to end gun violence. Instead, we must change both the public’s and law enforcement’s culture of violence.

Black folks have been leading the charge against gun violence for over 100 years. Now that white kids are doing it, will we listen?

Unfortunately, yes.

Gun violence tied to male entitlement We, as a society, need to stop teaching men that they are entitled to women.

With a task as huge as this, it will take all of us to undo years upon years of this horrific lesson we inadvertently teach young men.

You may be asking: Albie, this has been a problem for quite a while now; why did you decide to talk about it now?

Well frankly, I’m sick and tired of violence against women being justified or engaged in because the man was in a relationship with her, or because he was upset she broke off the relationship.

Sadly, the death and injury associated with toxic masculinity, and the violence that stems from it, is

only going up.

The most recent event of this nature was at Great Mills High School in Great Hills, Maryland. On Tuesday, March 20, before school started, Austin Rollins, a 17-year-old student, shot two fellow students, 14-year-old Desmond Barnes and 16-year-old Jaelynn Willey.

Shortly after the shooting began, the school resource officer, Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill, quickly responded and shot Rollins to prevent him from continuing to harm other students. Rollins was pronounced dead a few hours later at a local hospital.

Barnes was shot in the thigh and released from a nearby hospital the next day. Unfortunately, Willey didn’t recover from the shooting.

According to The Washington Times, on Thursday, March 22, Melissa Willey, the mother of Jaelynn, shared that

Jaelynn was brain dead, and the family had chosen to take her off of life support.

Later that evening, Jaelynn passed away, surrounded by family members.

While news sources have made no connection between Rollins and Barnes, according to an article from CNN, local police discovered that Rollins had a “prior relationship which recently ended.” Ending a relationship with someone shouldn’t put you in physical danger, especially in a place where you are meant to be safe, such as school.

This shooting is an example of why our society needs to work on the way we depict women and how we teach men to treat women, especially during and after a meaningful relationship.

A young woman should not have had to lose her life for us to examine the way we are conditioning the young men in our society to treat women poorly, but

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Opinion columnist Albie Nicol argues that male entitlement is connected to the recent uptick in gun violence.

let’s not let our past reflect our future — let’s learn from it.

What can you do? Hold the men in your life to a standard. Do not let the men you know tear down women because they rejected them, broke up with them or proved them wrong.

Show young children in your life stress-coping and anger-coping strategies, so they are less likely to

let anger and stress dictate their actions. Normalize the idea that boys and men can be sensitive, caring and emotional.

Most importantly, listen.

Listen to your friends and be there for them when something hard like a break-up hits them.

Help end the ignorant thought that men are entitled to women, before that ignorant thought ends us.

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Renowned PR professional visits SARAH RITONDALE Staff Writer

UNI welcomed Fraser Seitel to campus on Tuesday, March 28, as part of the Hearst Lecture Series to discuss “Public Relations in the Age of Nationalism” or, as Seitel put it, “Public Relations in the Age of Trump.”

“It’s really not so much nationalism that we who practice public relations need to consider these days,” Seitel said. “The elephant [in the room] really is public relations in the age of the new President Trump, and there’s a good reason why public relations people are reluctant to face up to the implications on our business.”

Seitel is known for co-founding Emerald Panthers, a public relations firm based in Newark, New Jersey. He has also published multiple books and currently serves as an adjunct professor at New York University, among other accomplishments. Seitel has made appearances on various news outlets, such as Fox News, MSNBC and National Public Radio.

“The reason we are reluctant to mention the name of our distinguished president […] is because Donald Trump, more than any other force that I can remember in my years in this business, has so single handedly shaken the very principles upon which the public relations business is supposed to stand,” Seitel said.

Seitel provided several examples in which he felt Trump defied every rule in the public relations world.

These included: to never lie, always check one’s facts, don’t attack the media, don’t bad mouth your adversaries, always keep your word and always take the high road.

Seitel showed why each one is important to public relations, as well as how Trump does the opposite of each. Seitel went on to explain what this means for people in the public relations world today.

“My answer is keeping in mind these principals of our profession and the attack under which we now find them,” Seitel said. “There are at least five qualities that ought to help public relations professionals through this period of increasingly perilous daily pursuits.”

Seitel continued, explaining his five public relations differentiators for 2018.

His first responsibility is to exhibit fairness to differentiate oneself. He explained how most situations are not black and white and, in public relations you must listen, not judge and be fair in order to preserve one’s own credibility.

Seitel went on to say that public relations professionals need to take proper action and always do the right thing. He said that, to him, PR stands for recognition of performance, and public relations professionals must stand by what is right

in order to protect oneself. Seitel expressed his belief that if someone is a bad person, nothing a public relations professional says can change that.

Seitel’s third responsibility is to be a counselor.

He advises how people should do their best to speak up when tough situations arise because, if a person makes no comment, that makes the person appear guilty.

He provided the GABRIELLE LEITNER/Northern Iowan recent example of The public relations professional Fraser Seitel visited UNI this Tuesday to talk Facebook founder Mark about PR in the era of nationalism.

Zuckerberg and his this field, of spinning and different now with this thing reluctance to speak up about Cambridge Analytica, lying, public relations people in Florida,” Seitel said. “The a political data firm hired must seize the moral high ground on this issue of guns

by President Trump’s 2016 ground in any argument and and gun control seems to election campaign, gaining we should never sacrifice our be shifting. So, if I were access to the private informa- values that ought to begin advising the NRA it might tion of 50 million Facebook and end in telling the truth,” be time, if you’re a smart Seitel said. organization, to get ahead users without their consent.

The fifth responsibility of it and start to exhibit “Your job as a public relaSeitel shared with UNI stua bit more compromise and tions person is to provide dents was to counsel humanhumanity.” that advice straight forwardity.

Seitel’s speech elicited ly and candidly and frank“Our job in this field is several questions at the end. ly,” Seitel said. “Management to remind our management, Maddie Crist, a student today needs an aggressive our clients and ourselves attending for her journalism and gutsy and candid comthat [with] every decision and law class at UNI, statmunications council to proyou make in business you’re ed, “I thought he was really tect its most precious orgadealing with human beings, blunt, but I also really apprenizational asset […] So, that you’re dealing with people, ciated his honesty.” means that public relations Suzanne Seedorff, a gradpeople today must be orient- and you must always think of humanity,” Seitel said. uate of UNI’s PR departed towards counseling.”

Seitel used the example ment, had a similar opinion The fourth responsibility, of the March for Our Lives regarding Seitel’s speech.

Sietel said, is to always tell movement from the perspec“I thought it was wonderthe truth. He said the truth tive of the National Rifle ful,” Seedorff said. “I think always comes out; therefore, Association (NRA). he gave us all a good remindit is important to protect “If the NRA were my clier of the ethics, the stanoneself and be sure to do the ent I would caution them dards that we have to stand right thing. that it does seem a little bit for in our practice.”

“Despite the reputation of

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Campus Life Editor

The Maucker Union Live series featured the musical talents of Rickey Neal this Wednesday, March 28, at 12 p.m.

Neal is a senior liberal arts major. He performed piano, using other audio backings.

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Chuck Xander led the session “Veterans and PTSD.” The session examined how PTSD affects military service members.

Xander said that PTSD is an issue that everyone recovers from differently.

In the forgiveness workshop, Craig Groehn discussed how forgiveness can be a

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means of therapeutic intervention for those who suffer from PTSD. Groehn examined the moral, emotional and spiritual effects of forgiveness.

“Forgive others not for them but because you deserve peace,” Groehn said.

“Sometimes there is no solution but forgiveness and the wisdom that comes from that.

That allows people to move on from their lives.”

For her breakout session, Kaylee Michaelson taught about PTSD from sexual assault. The session went in depth about what the survivors of sexual trauma experience.

One topic Michaelson highlighted was tonic mobility.

“They freeze when they’re being sexually assaulted instead of fighting,” Michaelson said.

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“Each survivor has their own reactions,” Michaelson said. “They also have their own healing process that they go through. No survivor is the same as another survivor.”

John Scott Dickinson guided a session titled “Post Traumatic Growth.”

“I wanted to communicate a message of hope,” Dickinson said. “That if you have trauma in your life it can make you a better, stronger

person in time.”

There was a student panel on PTSD in the ballroom at 12:15 p.m. The panelists discussed how they were diagnosed with PTSD and how it has affected their lives personally and professionally.

One student panelist was Lindsey Wagner, who is a second-year post-graduate student affairs.

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A collection of stories of why students decide to relay for life

Growing up, when I was really young, I never really understood the severity of cancer. I didn’t understand the impact that hearing the words “you have cancer” can have on someone and the people who love them. My Aunt Julie had been battling cancer for many years of my childhood, but she always seemed to win. Three separate times, she had been diagnosed. Two of those three times, she got better and seemed to be fine. Because of this, I thought that cancer was just something that made you sick for a while, but you always got better. That’s why the third battle with cancer was so hard for me to understand.

The third time Aunt Julie got diagnosed with cancer was the summer before my freshman year of high school. She was diagnosed at the beginning of the summer, and I didn’t think much of it. Over the course of the summer, my family and I made a few visits up to Mayo Clinic to see her. Towards the end of the summer, the visits became more frequent, and now, I wasn’t allowed to go along. I later found out why, when my mom got

a call from my uncle a couple weeks before school started. Aunt Julie had passed away. I hadn’t been allowed to go on those final few visits because she didn’t want me to remember her in a hospital bed. She wanted me to remember her for all of the amazing, fun memories that we had shared together, all of the holidays and random trips where she would come and surprise me. I will always cherish those memories, and they will stay with me forever. It is still hard at times dealing with her being gone and knowing that she wasn’t able to be there when I graduated high school. She won’t be there when I graduate from college, and I can’t share all of my accomplishments with her right away like I used to do when I was little.

But at the same time, she is always with me. Each and every day, I share with her my accomplishments and tell her how my life is going. During my eighth grade year, I went through the Sacrament of Confirmation. This was one of the occasions when Aunt Julie was well enough to come and visit to celebrate with us. After the Confirmation Mass, she gave me a chain with a cross pendant. Every single day, I put that chain on, and I know that my Aunt Julie is with me, no matter what happens. I Relay because I don’t want to see anyone go through the pain that I saw my mom go through, losing her sister. I Relay because I don’t want anyone to have to suffer through battle after battle. I Relay because I want everyone to have the opportunity to make more memories with their family and friends.

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“One person with PTSD is one person with PTSD,” Wagner said. “Every individual’s going to have different symptoms, because no two individuals are going to be the same.”

“Next year, we’d like to bring it back and we’d like to see how maintenance is going because the path of recovery is not just a simple thing where you’re broken and you’re fixed,”

Passick said. “That’s not how PTSD works.”

“On that pathway to recovery, there’s setbacks,” Passick said. “There’s flashbacks, there’s those things that you can’t account for in life, but what are you doing in your life to maintain that?”

“Conferences like that bring all kinds of people together because trauma can happen to anybody,” Dickinson said. “So to have a conference where you have so many different

people with so many different experiences makes it so more powerful.”

CORRECTION

In the March 22 issue of the NI, there was an error in the reporting of some of the names of winners for the Annual Juried Art Exhibition. The NI regrets this mistake.

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TRACK AND FIELD

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Track and field wrap indoor season JOEL WAUTERS

Sports Writer

Athletes from nine Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) teams gathered on Feb. 24 through Feb. 25 in the UNI-Dome for the MVC Indoor Track & Field Championships. By the end of the two-day event, Panther runners, jumpers and throwers amassed an impressive performance with 23 All-Conference recipients, with the women’s team taking third, and the men finishing fourth.

The Illinois State Redbirds took both the men’s and women’s team titles.

On the women’s side, senior Brette Correy clinched her second straight title in the 800 meter dash in 2:09.82, a four second drop from her preliminary heat time.

Freshman pole vaulter Lauren Beauchamp became UNI’s first conference pole vault champion since 2003, out-jumping her closest competition from Illinois State by two inches.

Maria Gonzalez and Kassidy Sharp went back to back to take second and third in the high jump.

The 4x400 meter relay of Maddie Bell, Maddie Irmen, Brette Correy and Jolissa Kriegel finished fourth with a time of 3:52.94.

For the men, freshman Isaiah Trousil took fourth in the 60 meters with a time of 6.86, just 0.3 seconds off from the UNI school record.

Evan Long, Jacob Smith and Jojo Frost finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 400 meters.

Senior Jordan Pingel ran a 1:55.64 in the half mile, and junior Cole Philips clinched fourth in the 60 meter hurdles, clocking in at 8.09.

“They showed that championship competitive effort that we talk about,” said head coach Dave Paulsen during a press conference on Feb. 26. “We’re gonna build on this heading into the outdoor season.”

With the indoor season now in the books, the Panthers turn their attention from the indoor track

in the UNI-Dome to the Mark Messersmith Outdoor Track and Field Complex.

The first outdoor competition of the season for the Panthers will begin today as the purple and gold travel to Waverly for the Wartburg Outdoor Select Meet. Some athletes will travel to California for the weekend for the Stanford Invitational.

The regular season will conclude in Terre Haute, Indiana as Indiana State hosts the MVC Outdoor Championships.

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OPINION

NBA week 24 update: playoff prediction JERRIUS CAMPBELL Sports Writer

Will this year’s Finals feature Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors against Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers again?

It may be too early to rule out James Harden and the red-hot Houston Rockets.

James Harden currently averages the most points per game (PPG) in the league at 30 points.

The Rockets are currently on a 10 game win-streak, leading their division with a clinched playoff spot in the west.

Former teammate Russell Westbrook has been carrying the Oklahoma City Thunder to the playoffs for several seasons.

Since the arrival of Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, the Thunder have had no problem competing in the West.

The playoff picture for both the East and West have not been officially set just yet.

After a rough start for the Cavaliers, it seems things are finally beginning to fall into place just as the playoffs approach.

James is having another great season, averaging 27 points a game and eight assists, including some of the most spectacular no look, through the legs and behind the back passes you could imagine.

The biggest question with the Cavaliers is whether or not Kevin Love

will stay healthy through the playoffs.

If not, James may struggle to carry the Cavaliers all the way to the Championship. The 76ers are one game back from playing the Cavaliers and are currently on a sevengame win streak.

The 76ers have not made the playoffs since the 2011-2012 season, but Joel Embid and Ben Simmons have been proving why they were rightly selected higher up on the draft charts.

Embid has put the 76ers on his back and has a season average of 21 points and 11 rebounds a game.

It is worth mentioning that Embid did miss two seasons and since then, has become a major impact player for the 76ers.

The Timberwolves have made their presence known with the fourth spot in the west. They pretty much have guaranteed playoff hopes.

With younger talents such as Karl Anthony Towns, Jimmy Butler and Andrew Wiggins, the west may be in for a surprise come the playoffs.

Towns currently averages 20 points and 12 rebounds a game. Will the young talented Timberwolves be able to take down the Rockets in the playoffs?

Do Curry and Kevin Durant have what it takes to make a repeat of last season?

It seems that this year’s playoffs will be one for the records books.

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44 Lucy’s sitcom partner 45 Neighborhood 46 Stark in “Game of Thrones” 47 Achieved desired results 50 Math basics: Abbr.

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Today's Horoscope

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 -- Maintain health and fitness routines despite a busy schedule. Encourage others to participate, and delegate what you can. Underscore your statements with feeling.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Relax, and play the game. Stick to fundamental rules and strategies. Compile the data so it makes sense. Fantasies prove flimsy. Seek out simple solutions.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Authorize home improvements. Keep domestic routines and practices. Do laundry and wash dishes; ignored chores can accumulate. Don’t bend the rules.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Write and express your message. Dig deeper into a favorite subject. Read the background story to distill a summary. Make a persuasive case. Invite participation.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Get into a lucrative venture. Profit from your labors and stash your prizes. Education overcomes old fears. Take advantage of a lucky break.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Follow personal priorities and enthusiasms. Do what you love, and it feeds your spirit. Dress for success. Practice and share your talents.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Rest and review plans for upcoming action. Take a refreshing pause. Recharge batteries. Restore health and energy levels. Process news and emotions. Rituals soothe.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- You have more friends than you realized. Parties, gatherings and social events provide fun and business connections simultaneously. Go for substance over symbolism.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Your good work reflects you well. Your influence is rising. Check the fine print on contracts and agreements before signing. No gambling. Follow rules closely.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Your studies and travels present new views. Draw logical conclusions and express them powerfully. Your experience and the structures you’ve built give you the edge.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- It’s easier to manage your money when you’re clear what you have and what’s expected. A windfall is always nice. Steady discipline pays higher dividends.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Together, pursue a shared dream. Reality may clash with fantasy. Things may not look as imagined. Don’t count chickens until they’re hatched. Stay in action.

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