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Maucker turns orange for the kids SYDNEY HAUER

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Cheers and excitement emanated from Maucker Union on Saturday as a sea of orange took over for UNI Dance Marathon (UNI DM)’s annual Big Event.

Participants’ faces were painted with the letters “FTK” (For the Kids), and the main floor of the Union was adorned with orange balloons and streamers.

The 12-hour event ran from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m., and participants were required to stay on their feet the whole time. By the end of the day, participants had raised $680,464.08.

The annual Big Event offers student participants, whether dancers, morale captains or executives, a chance to celebrate all of the work they put in over the past six

months collecting donations.

It also offers an opportunity for students to meet the “kiddos” and their families that they are sponsoring.

The “kiddos” in attendance were a part of the 63 that UNI DM sponsors during their treatment at the Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City and are well enough to attend. The “kiddos” ran around freely, participating in activities such as an inflatable obstacle course and bungee run in the ballroom.

Very little space in the Union went unused. Rooms in the basement were filled with different activities, such as a silent disco, video games, board games and arts and crafts. Another was an “inspiration room,” which allowed dancers to write letters of inspiration to the kids.

Morale captains, who are each in charge of around

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30 dancers, got up on stage every hour on the hour to perform a morale dance.

During the four o’clock hour, student organizations, such as the UNI Dance Team and football team, participated in a dance-off.

UNI DM currently has around 800 registered dancers. In order to participate, each dancer has to raise at least $200.

Throughout the day, participants push to raise as much money as they can. Each participant has their own donor drive that they are operating individually. A gong was rang

each time $100 was raised, followed by ecstatic cheers from the crowd.

According to Suzanna Groves, a freshman communication sciences and disorders major, the money raised

by UNI DM helps to cover a variety of expenses that a family with a child in the hospital can incur in addition to the costs of treatment, such as parking passes, wigs, care packages and meals.

Groves has been involved in Dance Marathon since high school and wanted to stay involved when she came to UNI.

“I think it’s a great way to get to know kids, but also empathize with those who are going through hard times,” said Groves.

Her favorite part about the Big Event is the spirit and excitement that participants bring.

“Building up to it, it’s been kind of just go, go, go, but today has been a day to really reflect and be like, wow, we really did all of that.

Everyone is so happy today, and that’s something that’s really great too.”

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Bouncing back in the second half of the double header, UNI easily handled the host school University of Tulsa with a 10-4 victory.

Four different Panthers had two RBIs apiece in this one, pacing a balanced scoring attack.

The second day of the tournament was a rough one for the purple and gold, as they dropped both games.

UNI got out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning in their matchup against McNeese State on a Courtney Krodinger RBI single.

However, the Cowgirls scored six unanswered runs through the next three innings to lead 6-1.

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Panther softball goes 1-3 in Oklahoma TONI FORTMANN/Northern Iowan

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Over the weekend, the UNI softball team made a trip down south for a weekend series in the Oklahoma State and Tulsa Tournament.

The six-game slate featured matchups against strong opponents such as the University of Illinois, University of Tulsa and Oklahoma State University.

It has been a season of ups and downs so far for Northern Iowa, and this weekend saw more frustration unfold.

The Panthers split their first two games on Friday, falling in a heartbreaker in extra innings to Illinois by the score of 10-9.

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Reading series features Wapsipinicon Almanac CECILIA MITCHELL Staff Writer

On the evening of Thursday, Feb. 28, over 50 people congregated in the Hearst Center for the Arts to attend the latest Final Thursday Reading Series, which featured Wapsipinicon Almanac publisher Timothy Fay and his guest contributors. The reading commemorated the 25th and final issue of the Almanac.

The event began at 7:15 p.m. with an introduction from Jim O’Loughlin, associate professor of English at UNI, who explained that the series has been held in the Hearst Center for 19 seasons.

O’Loughlin began the traditional open-mic session with his short story “Of the Mountains.” Several authors, UNI students and community members alike, then proceeded to read their prose and poetry aloud. Their topics ranged from love, life, death and even Cedar Falls’ snowy conditions.

A short break followed, where attendees were encouraged to help themselves to free Sidecar coffee served with local Hansen’s Dairy

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Timothy Fay (picutred above), Avery Gregurich and Doug McReynolds shared exerpts of their contributions to the Wapsipinicon Almanac at the Hearst Center for the Arts on Thursday, Feb. 28.

cream. A table at the back of the room held publications by local authors and the final edition of the Wapsipinicon Almanac for sale.

At 8 p.m., O’Loughlin prefaced the main event by explaining that this Final Thursday reading was the first of two UNI events to feature Fay and the Almanac.

The second will be a discussion and celebration of the publication’s run, hosted by O’Loughlin, Fay and Brian

Pals at 11 a.m. the next day in Rod Library.

Fay has printed the Wapsipinicon Almanac with traditional letterpress technology since 1988. He began his portion of the evening by reading an excerpt of his “Talk of the Township” section of the most recent Almanac, which he had penned since the publication’s fourth copy.

Fay then introduced his first guest, Avery Gregurich.

Gregurich, who hails from the Des Moines area, read parts of his narrative essay “Controlled Burn,” which was also published in the most recent edition. The piece details his experience researching the Meskwaki tribe and their means of income on their settlement through casino, tobacco and hemp.

Fay followed by reading a short anecdote about the locals of Anamosa, the home

of Fay’s Route 3 Press letterpress printing business.

The next featured contributor was Cedar Falls author Doug McReynolds. His essay wistfully described the county fair as timeless and nostalgic. “There’s no phenomenon that binds us so securely to a place and time as a county fair,” McReynolds read. “The county fair belongs to us.”

Fay closed the night with two more readings. The first was an excerpt from the opening issue of the Almanac, published in 1988. In it, Fay relates his embarking on his publishing journey to setting off in a canoe.

Fay then read a farewell letter included in the final issue. “ The Wapsipinicon Almanac jumped from a canoe onto dry ground in May of 1988. I’ve decided it’s time for it to slip back into the current and course its way downstream,” Fay reads.

“It’s been an interesting journey. I can’t think of anything else I’d prefer giving my time to for the past 30 years.”

As the event concluded, Fay, Gregurich and McReynolds received the audience’s standing ovation.

UNI student recounts fleeing civil war

Staff Writer

Try to imagine walking from Cedar Falls to the state of New York. It would be a lengthy journey of approximately 16 days without stopping.

UNI student FourtyTwo Yet need not imagine, for he embarked on a similar journey at age seven when he departed his war-torn village in Sudan to seek asylum in Kenya.

Though turning his back on his home in Sudan was a necessary sacrifice, safety came at a great cost.

“From when I was seven to 26, I haven’t seen my mom,” Yet said. “She’s still in the village.” He is currently 26 years old.

Last Friday, March 1, Yet presented his story as part of the Hot Wings, Hot Topics event he helped to coordinate.

The monthly event invites students and community members to the Center for Multicultural Education

(CME) where they can enjoy free wings and learn about controversial topics.

Yet is a senior social work major and an active participant of both the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice (DIS) and the UNI Veterans Association (UNIVA).

He helped coordinate this event, which featured two other panelist, Professor Stephen Gaies from the Department of Languages and Literatures, and Assistant Professor Yasemin Sari from the Department of Philosophy

and World Religions.

Yet started off the panel by discussing his own experience as a refugee.

“I was one of the Lost Boys,” Yet said.

“The Lost Boys of Sudan” is a term given to the group of more than 20,000 boys displaced or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War, a conflict that began in 1983 and ended in 2005.

The war claimed the lives of more than 500,000 people, according to UNICEF. “The Lost Boys” were most-

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ly between the ages of seven and 17. They were forced to brave the Sudan wilderness to find refuge from the conflict.

Many died during the trip, and the survivors mainly reside in refugee camps located in Kenya, the Sudan and Uganda.

Yet ended up in a Kenyan refugee camp.

“The things I was eating, you don’t want to know— you’re eating to survive,” Yet said. “In that situation you have no choice.”

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One topic discussed by both Yet and Gaies was the length of time refugees spend in camps.

According to data presented

by Gaies from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), less than one percent of the world’s refugees are actually relocated as of 2017. Gaies said the statistics for 2018 could still take some time to be reported.

From 2016 to 2017, the

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number of refugees relocated dropped by 50 percent worldwide.

“I came to the United States five years ago from the refugee camp,” Yet said.

Yet explained that he went through a long process of many interviews where he had to wait to find out whether he would be admitted or not. One of the first opportunities he sought when he finally arrived to the U.S. was the ability to go to school.

“The only people I am in contact with are my brothers.

I have 12 siblings, six girls and six boys,” Yet said. “Two of them didn’t make it during that war.”

Yet also lost his father during the war. He explained that this is how he got his name.

“I was named for the machine gun when war broke out,” Yet said. “The gun called AK-42 is a machine gun normally used to destroy the [sic] village.”

Yet explained how people would come into villages and hand guns to children and send them into their houses.

“Forty-two is a machine gun,” Yet said again. “That’s the gun that killed my dad.”

Sophomore communication major Patten Tody attended the event, and said it was

VOLUME 115, ISSUE 40 empowering.

“Today’s topic was really dear to my heart because I’m also a refugee and I came here when I was seven years old in 2006,” Tody said. “For refugees, there’s so much to it that we don’t talk about. [...]

We don’t talk about how those people became what they are and why they’re in those countries.”

Tody said she appreciated how this event dug deeper into the issues involving refugees and immigration.

Fourty-two is a machine

gun...That’s the gun that killed

my dad.

FourtyTwo Yet

Senior social work

“Having this session is really empowering because you get to see the life of other people,” Tody said. “Many people don’t get that chance. So to hear a story like that, because it’s a story similar to mine’s is like, you know there are people like me out there.”

Junior finance major Laura Roman Jimenez said, “I think it was really helpful because a lot of when we think of refugees

and when we think of the crisis, we often don’t realize what it entails, and as we saw out there, people thought that the U.S. or other western nations did so much more because we hear that very much inflated in the news and in the media, but when you actually look at the statistics and the facts it’s actually a very abysmal number.”

According to more research done by UNHCR, 86 percent of refugees are hosted in the developing world with the top five countries being Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Iran and Uganda.

Gaies also said the amount of people being let into America has decreased significantly from 2016 to 2017.

Roman Jimenez also appreciated what presenter Sari had to say about the topic and her idea of “artificial” equality and humanity.

“Discussion is really important and remembering that also these aren’t numbers, these are people,” Jimenez said.

“We do have to recognize their humanity, it is important to hear their stories as lucky as we were to hear FourtyTwo’s.”

Yet said he hoped that the event helped people to know that refugees aren’t scary, and can better understand the problems that refugees go through.

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how you met new people, discussed school endeavors and got more in touch with your most inner self.

Drinking was the highlight of Fridays and Saturdays. For some people, drinking is the highlight of almost all their weekends and most of their weekdays, too. Nothing would beat getting ready at 8 p.m. to head over to your friend’s dorm room and pregame with Diet Sprite and UV Cake until 11 p.m., when it was then an acceptable time to stop at a party or a bar.

Now, I think being in bed before 10 p.m. is always an accomplishment.

Recently, I was having a wine night with one of my friends, where we were discussing what drinking meant to us.

It’s how we grew up, we decided. It’s what settled the brickwork between adolescence and adulthood. By finding our balances and exposing our deepest and truest thoughts to those around us while intoxicated, we learned what it meant to be an adult.By taking part in drinking, we were not only proving to each other, but also to ourselves, that we were now mature.

In reality, we learned what it was like to make mistakes.

Didn’t you ever wake up in your dorm room bed, unbeknownst to you how you got there, thinking, “I don’t even remember coming home.”

Didn’t you ever look at your texts from the night before and question why you would ever send that message to someone?

I know I have had these experiences—and I attribute them all to my growing process.

Now, at 22, I still have minor instances of, “Oh my god, why?” but they are not near the severity of what it was like when I was 18 or 19. I have learned that with great drinking comes even greater responsibility. Lessons to learn and life to be lived.

I do not regret the times of being in an altered state of mind. No, I’m glad they happened. To be honest, I learned a lot about myself while being drunk. I learned what I was holding on to and what I needed to let go of. I learned that I did not have to be afraid of what I was thinking, that I could be just as confident sober as not sober. I learned that I could break away from my old thoughts and patterns and get peace of mind all by myself, no instruction manual needed. I learned that I could seek out help if I really needed it.

Drinking is a sanctuary to many. It’s not how we have fun, it is the fun we have. But it doesn’t need to be. I think being an adult is realizing that you must take responsibility for your part in any situation or relationship, without having some sort of substance guide you there. You do not need alcohol like it needs you.

At the same time, drinking is how we learn to accept people for who they are. In any state, the ones we love are the ones we love, plain and simple.

When you see your best friend, completely wasted and spewing out utter nonsense and

you realize in your moment that you love them regardless, you know that you’re happy for them just being there.

At this point in my life, I do not have a drinking problem and have no plans of becoming a teetotaler any time in the near future. I know people that have given up alcohol and it has saved their lives. I know people that are miserable because they don’t or can’t drink. I think it’s perspective.

Is the shot glass empty or full?

And if it’s full, do you really need it anyway?

Well, that’s for you or your bartender to decide.

and force for change that the labor movement has at its disOpinion Columnist posal -- mainly due to the lack On Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, of class consciousness in the protests in Haiti erupted in current mainstream discourse. reaction to the country’s pres- When strikes have been used, ident, Jovenel Moïse, and his they have been fairly effective, administration’s theft of bil- such as the teacher’s strikes lions of dollars that were on in West Virginia that sparked loan from Venezuela’s oil pro- more teacher’s strikes nationgram Petrocaribe, as well as wide. These should be encourdecreases in purchasing power aged to the greatest extent and other economic concerns. possible.

Another dimension of The protestors demanded the funds be allocated towards this event has been the U.S. establishing and strengthen- response, including direct ing social programs such as intervention. I believe that the health care, housing and edu- US response, in contrast to the cation, as was their intended response to the Venezuela sitpurpose, the prosecution of uation, is revealing in demonthose involved in the corrup- strating the U.S. empire’s real tion and mishandling of these intentions abroad. To take a resources, the resignation of step back, it should be noted President Jovenel Moïse and that the 2015 election that addressing their concerns President Jovenel Moïse origregarding the economy and inally won was fraudulent, standards of living. Alongside with an official verification protests and a general strike, commission from the Haitian protestors set luxury vehi- government, alongside other cles ablaze and threw rocks organizations within the at the president’s home. The country, finding innumerapolice, meanwhile, have fired ble instances of significant live ammunition into crowds cases of fraud. At the time, of protestors, with a total of the United States government issued official declarations 9 deaths reported.

Not only are the protestor’s denouncing the annulment actions justified, but should be of the election results, citing replicated worldwide. In the such ludicrous reasons as the US, the strike has been grossly cost to fund a re-election.

Elections were held again underused as one of the most powerful forms of rebellion in 2016, in which Jovenel

Moïse once again “won,” this time successfully ascending to the presidency, although the US refused to fund international observers so the results of this election can also be called into question. Because Moïse had committed fraud to secure his victory in the 2015 election, it is not unreasonable to assume that he did so again, and there were reports of intimidation and violence at the polls.

The important point is that the US is clearly not concerned with democracy, as demonstrated by their official statements decrying the annulment of the 2015 election, despite the fact that it was found to be fraudulent. Compare this with them feigning concern for democracy in the case of Venezuela, supporting what amounts to a coup by recognizing Juan Guaidó as interim president and refusing to recognize Maduro as the winner of the most recent election, despite multiple international observers recognizing the validity of the election. The reality is that the US empire is only concerned with pursuing its own interest overseas, and the right-wing Haitian administration will be amenable towards US capital in the country, while the Maduro government will not

be. “Democracy” is of no concern.

Furthermore, private mercenary contractors, five of which are ex-military American citizens, and most likely sent there by the US government, have been caught in Haiti. Armed with automatic rifles, pistols, telescopes, satellite phones and even drones, they were arrested for illegally carrying these weapons. They claimed they were on a “government mission,” and members of the Moïse administration tried to have them released from custody, leading to the belief that they were sent by the US to assist the Moïse administration in quelling the protests, with violence if necessary.

This intervention and escalation by the US government must be firmly opposed by its citizenry in the strongest terms possible.

Finally, the State Department decried the violence of the Haitian protests with a spokesperson quoted as stating, “there is no excuse for violence.” This is simply stated axiomatically and never justified. The hypocrisy of the State Department issuing this statement is somehow lost. But of course, this is exactly the point. Military action by the US government

is not considered “violence,” and therefore does not need to be excused, but people demanding a better future for themselves and their posterity somehow needs to be justified.

The reality is that this comment ignores the structural violence inflicted on the Haitian people by the Moïse administration by misallocating billions of dollars that should have gone to social programs, thus robbing the Haitian people of health care, housing and education that mostly would have benefitted the poor, leading to untold deaths. Somehow, this is not considered “violence” because people categorize violence against a background of normalcy, not a background of peace. Haitian protestors burning luxury vehicles is considered “violence,” but hoarding wealth in a world with finite resources, poverty and famine, and therefore denying access to those resources and directly leading to untold deaths, is not considered so. The reality is that violence does not have an inherent value judgement; the important question is, violence to what end? It is poetic that the country with the only successful slave revolt in history is once again demonstrating this lesson, 215 years on?

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You failed a test? Take a shot. You aced a test? Take a shot. Your boyfriend dumped you? Take a shot. He told you he loved you? Take a shot. You got the job? Take a shot. They told you they decided to pick a different candidate? Take a shot.

You’re mad? Take a shot. Sad? Take a shot. Happy? Take a shot.

When I was a freshman in high school, drinking seemed like this foreign, dark and taboo activity that only a select group of people would ever associate themselves with doing—like it was the Skull and Bones for teenagers. During the special occasion that I would drink for while in high school, I always felt as though I was never doing it for myself, and that I was drinking to impress the ones around me. Maybe not even impress; I think I might have just wanted company. And if I had to take part in this certain activity to have that, then I was going to do so.

After I got to college, I quickly realized that drinking was the pinnacle and upmost important social activity. It was

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Copy Editor Brody Hall discusses his personal experience with alcohol and how it has played a part in shaping his early adulthood.

Protests in Haiti show the way forward MOHAMMED RAWWAS

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‘Hidden World’ beautifully caps off trilogy HUNTER FRIESEN

felt character interaction that will bring tears to the eyes of audience members of all ages.

Film Critic

Without many people noticing, the “How to Train Your Dragon” series has become one of the most highly regarded modern film trilogies. The first two installments struck a chord with audiences and critics by telling the beautiful story of a friendship between a boy and his dragon. The third and final film in the franchise, “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” meets the bar set by its predecessors and caps off a series a decade in the making.

Now the leader of Berk, Hiccup has transformed the island into a dragon sanctuary. Due to their vulnerability and approaching enemies, Hiccup decides to search for an underground dragon paradise known as the Hidden World. At the same time, a new Night Fury mysteriously appears, catching the eye of Toothless. With both their physical and emotional fortitude being tested by new outside forces, both Hiccup and Toothless will have to re-examine their bond and decide what truly matters to them.

Directing: 4/5 First and foremost, this is an insanely gorgeous movie with several stunning shots.

In association with the great Roger Deakins, cinematographer Gal Zimmerman has crafted a beautiful breathing

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Regan Rowenhorst is a sophomore history education major, and this year was her first participating in Dance Marathon. She decided to become a morale captain after she was influenced to do so by her friends.

“I just kind of dove into it and I’ve been learning about it since then,” Rowenhorst said. “It was honestly impulsive and I’ve gotten my passion since then from it which

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“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” is the third and final installent of the “How to Train Your Dragon” series, based on a 12-book children’s series by British author Cressida Cowell.

world filled with vivid colors.

Director Dean DeBlois uses the outstanding cinematography to its fullest potential as a large part of the film takes place in the foreground of majestic vistas. He also stages many of his scenes with single camera movements that make for more believable action.

DeBlois proves to work best without dialogue as he creates great emotional depth through movement and expression. The dragons benefit the most from this as they are developed into full characters, with most being more fleshed out than the humans.

As always, composer John Powell delivers another amazing score. The mix of epic and tenderness makes Powell’s

score quite possibly the best part of the film as it combines with the sweeping imagery.

Writing: 2/5 Serving as the sole writer, DeBlois isn’t as good on paper as he is behind the camera.

The script for this entry follows beat for beat with the previous two installments.

The main theme of dragons and humans learning how to coexist is heavily touched on, but this time to the point of boredom. I realize it’s the essential crutch of the trilogy, but it’s just tiring to tread the same points for the third film in a row. There’s only so much that can be said until it becomes monotonous.

The film also feels quite

overstuffed, as too many supporting characters fight for a small number of good jokes.

Most of them turn out to be quite irritating as they only get one trait that wears thin incredibly quickly.

The thread of single trait characters can also be extended to the main villain, Grimmel, whose one defining characteristic is his evilness. Instead of developing him and creating justifications for his actions, DeBlois backs up everything Grimmel does with the explanation that he’s a bad guy who does bad things.

Even with all his faults, DeBlois does a great job with the final act. He effortlessly ends the series on a high note through sequences of heart-

was really exciting.”

She wanted to get involved in an organization that helps cancer patients after her father passed away from brain cancer last summer.

She said Dance Marathon was a suitable organization to dedicate volunteer work to him.

Rowenhorst’s favorite parts of Dance Marathon are inspiring her dancers and experiencing the small moments that happen throughout the day.

“This morning when I was

getting ready, I was stretching because I was going to be dancing a lot, and this little miracle kiddo came up to me and she started stretching with me,” Rowenhorst said.

“I like seeing little moments like that.”

Rowenhorst was particularly inspired by a story told to her by a mother of a “dancing in our hearts” kiddo, who died of his illness.

“She said that she loves Dance Marathon because when her son passed away, everyone kind of moved on and she didn’t, and Dance Marathon is a day for her to still be his mom. That story broke my heart absolutely,” she said.

Rowenhorst believes that more students should become involved with Dance Marathon.

“I feel like Dance Marathon is one of those things that people, once they get into, they feel like they should’ve been doing it all four years. I’m sad that I missed last year.”

Paul Lee is a father of

Josephine, one of the “miracle kiddos.” This was his family’s fifth year participating in Dance Marathon.

According to Lee, Josephine was born with a brain disease that left her completely unresponsive upon birth due to brain failure, which caused full-body seizures.

“Fortunately, the treatment at Iowa City, coupled with the research and the money raised from Dance Marathon, was able to stop the seizures and stop the brain loss and actually reverse most of it,” Lee said.

He came to UNI in the 2000s in pursuit of a graduate degree in non-profit management.

“Volunteering has been a lot of my blood and a lot of who I am, but to see the thousands of college students who give up so much of their social time and their study time to raise money and bring awareness to all these kids that live right here in our area and their terminal or life-threatening illness, it’s just a lifesaver. It

Acting: 3/5 Compared to most other animated films, the voice acting is not as high of quality as one would expect.

Jay Baruchel as Hiccup is still pretty good. His voice perfectly captures the character both physically and emotionally.

America Ferrera does equally decent work as Astrid.

Her best scenes are the more intimate ones she shares with Baruchel.

F. Murray Abraham does a respectable job as Grimmel.

Unfortunately, his perfectly menacing voice is somewhat wasted on a paper-thin character.

Weighing the rest of the cast down is the comedy sidekick trio of Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig and Justin Rupple. They each sound like they’re on autopilot and end up becoming progressively more annoying throughout the length of the film.

Overall: 3/5 For lovers of the first two films, “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” is another instant classic.

While it isn’t perfect, this finale to a solid trilogy will leave you dazzled by its imagery and touched by its story.

truly is.”

He said he is truly grateful for the students who are inspired by his daughter’s story and that they have the students to look up to as role models.

“I don’t think the college students realize how much of a role model they serve for all of the miracle kiddos and their siblings, as you can have a productive life and still give back and still have fun and still do those things, so it means a lot.”

Lee encouraged more students to get involved.

“This is one of those things that will forever change your outlook on life – whether you’re just a dancer or you volunteer in some other way,” Lee said. “Being involved in something like Dance Marathon, where you can see kids that are truly miracles and kids that are suffering, you can hear the story of kids who have lost their battle and just be inspired that there is something worth living for, and to take care of that next generation.”

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The following students earned a 3.5 GPA or above while completing a minimum of 12 graded credit hours.

The College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences congratulates them on this scholarly achievement.

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Panther PORTRAIT: rOCK REVOLUTION ELLY FLENKER/Northern Iowan

SOFIA LEGASPI

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Climbers of all skill levels assembled at the Wellness and Recreation Center on Saturday, March 2 for the 20th annual Rock Revolution.

Students from UNI and across the state traveled to Cedar Falls for the top-rope climb-

ing and bouldering competition.

This year’s theme was “Rock of Ages: 20 Years of Sending.”

Climbers were invited to wear their favorite outfits from the ‘90s, ‘00s, and ‘10s.

The event ran from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and was hosted by UNI Outdoors.

Local Food & Film Fest held at Hearst Center CECILIA MITCHELL Staff Writer

Students and community members gathered at the Hearst Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 2 for the fifth annual Cedar Valley Local Food & Film Festival. The free event featured a gardening class, a film screening and food and non-profit vendors.

Twenty-three different vendors occupied multiple rooms on the lower level of the Hearst Center. Fresh local food, ingredients and plants were on display for sale. Children could participate in an art activity in a separate room. Non-profit organizations like Green Iowa AmeriCorps and the Cedar Falls Food Co-Op also had tables promoting missions related to local food and food security.

On the gallery level, Black Hawk County Master Gardeners held gardening classes from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Mae Latta Hall. From 1 to 3 p.m., the hall hosted a screening of “Fresh,” an independent documentary film advocating for healthi-

er, more sustainable food on every plate as the norm, not just for a niche market. The viewing was followed by a panel discussion.

The Cedar Valley Local Food & Film Festival is in its fifth year of existence and its second year in Cedar Falls, having previously been held in Waterloo, according to UNI Local Food Program Manager Jodie Huegerich. Originally, the festival focused on local foods; this was its third year of expansion into film screenings.

This year, however, the format of the festival was

different from years prior.

Huegerich explained that in the past, films were shown at the same time the vendor fair was taking place, but the program decided to hold the vendor fair before showing the feature-length film, allowing festival-goers to attend both.

Organized by the UNI Local Food Program, the festival was also sponsored by UNI’s Recycling & Reuse Transfer Technology Center, Hearst Center for the Arts, Healthy Cedar Valley Coalition, Northeast Iowa Food Bank and the Cedar Falls Seed Library.

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The fifth annual Local Food & Film Festival was held at the Hearst Center for the Arts from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 2.

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UNI women fall to MSU, remain third PATRICK HANSEN

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The season is quickly coming to an end for the UNI women’s basketball team, as there are three games left and with the conference tournament lurking around the corner.

The Panthers, currently ranked third in the conference, traveled to Springfield, Mo. on Friday, March 1, to take on the second-ranked team in the Missouri Valley Conference, Missouri State.

Going into the game, head coach Tanya Warren said in a press conference, “We know that it’s going to be a physical game, we’re going to have to rebound and we’re going to have to defend.” With that being said, the purple and gold shot well (39 percent from the field) and rebounded efficiently (30 total),

but were hurt by the turnovers, giving them a new season high of 31.

The Panthers started out slow in the first quarter, as they allowed an 8-0 run to start the game.

The women of UNI quickly bounced back to end the first quarter with a close score of 14-9 despite allowing nine turnovers in the first 12 minutes. In the second quarter, the Bears continued to extend their lead, as they ended the first half ahead 27-19.

UNI came out of the half allowing yet another big run (9-3) from the Bears as the lead continued to grow, at one point reaching 36-22.

The Panther train then started rolling as they were able to rally to a 12-3 run over the next four minutes, bringing the score within five points with a

minute and a half left to play in the third quarter, but before the last minute and a half could run out, the Bears clawed back, putting their lead up to nine, with the score being 46-37 at the end of three quarters.

Coming out to start the fourth, the Panthers gave MSU one more run as they brought the score within four with 5:53 remaining. Despite the late push by the UNI, the Bears proved to be too much as they pulled away with a late run and ended with a ten-point win, 58-48.

The Panthers remain in good standing for the upcoming conference tournament, as they are one game above fourth place, sitting in third.

Before returning home for the final two games prior to the conference tournament, the women of UNI will travel to Southern Illinois on March 3.

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Panthers drop two, look towards MVC tourney

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JACOB POTTER

Sports Writer

From an Ali Farokhmanesh three to a Paul Jesperson half-court heave, all it takes is a little magic to ignite a historic run.

The UNI men’s basketball squad was looking for just that against LoyolaChicago and Indiana State to finish the season out strong.

A raucous crowd filed into the McLeod Center Wednesday night to witness a highly competitive, defensive game between Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) rivals, Loyola and UNI. The final home game of the season presented a

fierce battle against Loyola with UNI losing by just one point, followed by a 17-point loss to Indiana State, finishing the season 14-17.

“I thought Northern Iowa’s atmosphere was awesome here. I thought their fans were into it, and both teams were not relenting any inch,” said Loyola Head Coach Porter Moser.

The Panthers fell 56-55 as what would have been A.J. Green’s game-winning midrange shot attempt bounced off the top of the rim.

“We’ll take that shot every time. If we get that shot to win the game every night that we play, we’re taking it,” said UNI Head Coach Ben Jacobson following the match-up.

Several key rebounds by Loyola down the stretch gave them the late advantage.

“A couple of rebounds we probably wanted back there offensively that we gave up on the offensive end to them, but other than that it was a complete battle,”senior guard Wyatt Lohaus said.

“They made a couple of key plays, and you give them credit for that,” Jacobson added.

Freshman point guard AJ Green led the Panthers in scoring with 18 points, hitting four crucial threes.

“What a tremendous performance by him, and once he started, everybody jumped in,” Jacobson said.

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UNI committed four errors, leading to three unearned runs in this game which wound up playing a huge role in the final outcome. A small rally in the bottom of the seventh inning brought UNI to within two runs, but it would not prevail as McNeese State held on for the 7-5 victory.

In the nightcap, the UNI women were trounced by host team Oklahoma State by a final score of 12-0. OSU got out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning with a pair of two-run homers off UNI pitcher Emma Olejniczak. The Cowgirls added on three more runs in the second frame, with UNI unable to scratch across a single run. Five more Oklahoma State runs in

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Lohaus added 13 and 10 points, respectively.

In the final regular season game, UNI traveled to Terre Haute, Indiana to take on the Indiana State Sycamores Saturday afternoon.

The Panthers struggled, shooting a dismal 25 percent from three, ultimately dropping the final contest of the season 71-54.

Spencer Haldeman led the purple and gold in scoring, racking up 16 points followed by AJ Green with 10 points and six rebounds.

Despite dropping their last two, UNI proved that they can compete with the best in the conference, seeing the MVC Tournament on the horizon.

“It just shows what we’re

capable of,” junior forward Isaiah Brown said. “We know what each other can do, we know we’re a good team and I mean now’s the perfect time for us to start clicking and just staying together.

Like you said, we’re about to go to St. Louis and we’re looking to win a championship down there.”

Ranked sixth in the conference heading into the tournament, UNI is set to play third-ranked Southern Illinois on Friday, March 8.

The Salukis are undefeated against UNI on the season.

The purple and gold will need to win the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in order to receive a coveted bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Sports Editor

UNI track and field athlete Jessica Heims has been selected to represent the United States in the 2019 Paralympic Games.

The Swisher, Iowa native is one of 45 athletes for the US selected, and this is her second time participating in the games.

In 2016 while competing in Rio De Janiero, Heims placed seventh in the 400meter dash with a time of 1:09.17, and placed eighth in the discus with a throw of 25.98 meters.

The team will have their

first international competition in Lima, Peru at the Parapan American games from Aug. 23 to Sep. 1. The team will then compete in the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in November.

The Paralympic athletes typically use these competitions in order to hone their skills prior to the coming Olympiad, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2020.

Heims will first compete for the UNI track team this outdoor season, starting March 30 at the Jim Duncan Invite in Des Moines. She has red-shirted her previous two seasons while in Cedar Falls.

Heims on US team ELIOT CLOUGH

the third frame grew their lead to 12-0 after three innings of play. The game was called after the fifth inning, as Northern Iowa fell to a 1-3 record in the weekend tournament.

Next weekend, the Panthers

will travel to Murray, Ky. for a five-game set in the Murray State Tournament. They will next play at home over the weekend of March 30-31 in a three game series with the Evansville Purple Aces.

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Savor simple pleasures like a shared sunset.

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Issue public comments and promotions. Your greatest strength is love. Find interesting ways to articulate your passion.

Capricorn (Dec. 22Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Your work is in demand. Can you raise your rates? Do the market research.

Your morale gets a boost with increased cash flow. Monitor

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Aquarius (Jan. 20Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Smile and wave for the cameras. Step into the spotlight and shine. Keep high standards. You can find what you need.

Friends provide a boost.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Contemplate your next move. There’s always more to learn.

A beautiful transformation is within reach. Make harmony a goal. Peace and quiet soothe your spirit.

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