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Madsen and Findley look back on their time in office as they finish their term.

Columnist Nelson examines who benefits from pot decriminalization.

Panther football start spring season with two returning quarterbacks.

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Committee unaware of fee hike LINH TA

Executive Editor

A $25 increase in the proposed Student Services Fee for 2015 was passed without the knowledge of some Student Services Fee Committee members, according to UNI senior and

committee member Chris Miller.

The mandatory fee, which funds line items such as student services like athletics, Northern Iowa Student Government and the Northern Iowan, was proposed to the Iowa Board of Regents in October 2013.

UNI requested a $37 increase in the fee with $25 of that going toward the athletics department, due to a transference. The transference is a process of moving funding athletics off the general education fund, and instead funding it by student fees.

However, some com-

mittee members are confused as to why they didn’t find out about the decision until March. Others believe improper steps were taken

by UNI President William Ruud, Vice President of Student Affairs Terry Hogan, and SSFC Chair and former NISG President Thomas

Men perform for autism funding CASSIDY NOBLE Staff Writer

Eight men showcased their talents and donned formal wear for an interview Monday night as part of Alpha Xi Delta’s fourth annual Xi Man Competition, a pageant that raises money for Autism Speaks.

Autism Speaks is the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, according the its website. Alpha Xi Delta began a partnership with Autism Speaks five years ago, and has since raised $2,000,000 for the organization.

“We are all up here raising money for autism. It is a great cause,” said Garrett Harris, winner of the competition.

To win, Harris had to impress the three judges with his rendition of Lee Brice’s “I

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Drive Your Truck” for the talent portion, an original UNI cheer and his answers to two interview questions. He and the other competitors also participated in a group dance to Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy.”

Over 100 people were in attendance, cheering on the competitors. They gave money to their favorites, and the Xi Man that collected the most money was crowned the People’s Choice.

Joshua Pannhoff, sophomore communications major, took home the honor.

“Winning is a wonderful thing, but I think when you add winning for such a good cause and in turn raising money, it just heightens that feeling a thousand times,” Pannhoff said.

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Madsen.

AFFECT OF $25 FEE Other than raising the cost of attending UNI for 2015, Madsen said the $25 will impact the other line items the committee funds.

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UNI faculty face gender pay gap AMBER ROUSE

Associate Executive Editor

Female faculty members at UNI make about $10,000 less annually than their male counterparts, according to an American Association of University Professors report released this month. The annual report surveyed full-time faculty salaries of U.S. public and private institutions for the 2013-14 academic year.

For some UNI female faculty members, coming into a work environment with a pay inequality poses obstacles.

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Garrett Harris, Junior management major, sang and played guitar to the song “Drive Your Truck” by Lee Brice. Harris was the winner of Xi Man.

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“For FY15, it kind of forced us, unfortunately, to not raise other line items.

So I think it’ll affect the student body a lot next year,” Madsen said.

However, Hogan said Ruud accepted all of the recommendations the committee proposed for FY15.

Hogan said the $25 is a fee the president added on and will have zero affect Terry Hogan on the other UNI Vice President of line items.

Student Affairs Ruud did not respond to requests for an interview.

“There’s no way for it to have an affect because they’re both already approved. So there was no money taken from one thing to do something else,” Hogan said.

Madsen argues that while Hogan said it has no impact on the administration’s side, the $25 does impact how much the committee decides to recommend, as they want to keep costs low for students.

“On the president’s side, it doesn’t have much of an impact,” Madsen said. “In our side, we just kind of have to keep it in the back of our minds.”

CONFUSION AROUND FEE PROCESS In spring 2013, the committee voted against the $25 transference for athletics for FY15. Leslie Williams, dean of students and committee member, said a survey was sent out last spring asking students whether or not they Leslie Williams approved the Dean of Students

transference. Williams said the results said no and that’s why the committee did not recommend it.

University Relations Director Scott Ketelsen did not respond to requests for survey results.

The committee sent the recommendation to the executive board and former President Benjamin Allen left the responsibility of deciding what to do with the recommendation and the student services fee to Ruud when he came into office.

In fall 2014, Ruud and Hogan met with Madsen and former Vice President Blake Findley to discuss their thoughts Bill Ruud UNI President on the $25, Madsen said.

Madsen and Findley told Ruud and Hogan they supported the fee. However, Madsen said he was supposed to return to the SSFC and gather their opinions about the fee, but he was confused about the process and forgot about asking them, due to the stress of trying to fund the Panther Shuttle.

“I’d been to three services fee committee meetings at that point in time, so I was confused as to ‘Am I supposed to bring the committee together; when am I supposed to bring them together?’” Madsen said. “And then it was on my checklist and then came the bus thing. That just took all my focus and I completely forgot about it.”

Madsen was in attendance at the regents meeting where the BOR discussed the fee. He also conducted an interview with the Northern Iowan in November regarding the passage of the $25 for athletics. He said he forgot again to confer with the committee about the fee.

“I had forgotten that it had to go to the committee,” Madsen said. “I’m not quite sure how because I remember them talk-

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ing about the conversion and thinking, ‘Oh yeah, they talked to us about it, we’re good to go.’

I don’t know how it happened, but it completely blanked my mind.”

Madsen said he also wasn’t 100 percent sure on how to get the committee together.

Every other Friday since the beginning of the fall semester, however, Miller said he held a standing appointment with Madsen to ask him about SSFC matTom Madsen ters.

Chair of SSFC “Every time I asked Tom when we would meet as a committee, he responded, ‘Let me get back to you,’ until finally, in November, he told that it wouldn’t be until the spring semester.”

Some members of the Student Services Fee Committee said they didn’t find out about the discussion between Ruud, Hogan, Madsen and Findley until Madsen sent an email in March.

“In my mind, I guess I was just surprised I didn’t know about it,” Williams said. “And I was like, was that something I should have known?”

After the committee found out about the $25 for athletics, Miller said there was a vote to reallocate $5 of the $25 to the rest of the line items. The motion failed 4-3-1.

However, Madsen said the $5 never officially came to vote.

“The vote that we had wasn’t for $5 conversion, it was for whether to keep the $25 intact and just to send that recommendation out,” Madsen said.

He also said the committee looked at what was recommended to the BOR in the fall and noticed the requested $25 was recommended to all go toward athletics.

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“I’m sure I’m not the only one that feels it has a negative impact on efficiency because it affects morale,” said Catherine MacGillivray, interim director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. “When morale is low, efficiency is low.”

Jerry Smith, chair of UNI Faculty Senate, said there are not enough women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.

These disciplines have higherpaid positions than other disciplines.

At UNI, faculty members who feel salary inequality should be addressed are joining together to contact their individual departments to request equity adjustments, according to MacGillivray. They hope that collectively acting upon the issue will have more of an

impact.

“We’re in the salary review phase of the year now; faculty members are asking for their raises,” MacGillivray said. “If faculty feels their salary is not equitable, they can ask for an equity adjustment.”

Phyllis Baker, department head and professor of sociology, anthropology and criminology, has been researching the gender pay gap at the national level. According to her data, between 1979-2000, the gender pay gap gradually decreased.

However, around 2000, the gap stopped decreasing.

She said there are multiple reasons for this stop.

“The reasons are both human capital reasons, cultural reasons, as well as structural reasons,” Baker said. “Culturally because women began choosing to stay home with the children.”

Baker also noted women tend to enter into occupations like teaching, which don’t pay as

THURSDAY

SPAGHETTI SUPPER Wesley Foundation 5-7 p.m.

The Wesley Foundation hosts a spaghetti supper to raise money for Gabriel, a 4-monthold who has been diagnosed with a life-threatening heart defect.

JACKSON KATZ: ”MORE THAN A FEW GOOD MEN” Lang Hall, Room 2 7:30 p.m.

UNI hosts a lecture by Jackson Katz, an anti-sexist male activist who focuses on social constructions of violent masculinities through sports and media. His lecture covers the development and impact of the MVP (Mentors in Violence Prevention) program.

SATURDAY

The 22nd Annual Textile and Apparel Design Show Lang Hall, Auditorium 7-10 p.m.

UNI presents the Textile and Apparel Design Show. The show, produced by students, features designs by UNI Textiles and Apparel Students.

SUNDAY

BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL GBPAC 7:30 p.m.

The Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center presents “Bring It On: The Musical,” a work which focuses on the competitive world of cheerleading.

MONDAY

FILM AND DISCUSSION: “THE GARDEN” CME 7 p.m.

The Center for Multicultural Education presents “The Garden,” a film which explores the lives of Los Angeles farmers creating a community garden.

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much as other occupations.

However, women still don’t receive equal pay in the education field.

President Barack Obama signed an executive order April 7 that addresses unequal pay among federal contractors.

This order prohibits contractors from retaliating against employees who compare their wages.

“I think President Obama is exactly right to try to reduce or eliminate those disparities,” Smith said.

In light of the AAUP study as well as Obama’s orders, UNI has been monitoring the gender gap, according to the office of Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs Nancy Lippens.

“The university regularly reviews pay on the basis of equity and makes adjustments as needed,” the office wrote in an email correspondence. “The University of Northern Iowa is committed to salary equity.”

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Build your own future as students RENAE BEARD

renaeb @uni.edu

As college students, we’re in prime positions for the rest of our lives. After all, we are adults now. (Accruing student loans and acquiring debt makes you an adult, right?)

However, between class, friends, family, pets, jobs, homework and paying bills, sometimes there isn’t much time to think about the future, let alone the impact you want your life to have.

Interestingly, in the past couple months, I’ve had the opportunity to consider my purpose, establish requirements for my ideal job and plan my legacy. Sometimes it feels like if it weren’t for class assignments or workshops, I wouldn’t create the time for myself to pause and contemplate that while I am a busy student, I am also setting the foundation for my future.

I think John Rohns says it best: “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”

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Columnist Beard stresses students should further their college education past what professors teach. She says setting aside time to find what drives them personally can set the foundation for students’ futures.

In part, I have to credit the Blue Zones Project of the Cedar Valley for this reflection. I am thrilled that I decided to attend their “Finding Your Purpose” workshop in Maucker Union in March.

The two hours spent learning about stories about purpose, the life spiral, identifying gifts

and discovering how to utilize them flew by. It truly felt as if the secrets to living the fullest life were outlined simply in an 11-page interactive workbook.

I left feeling fulfilled with a new sense of empowerment.

As if part of some universal plot of inward reflection, a couple of weeks later I was

asked to identify characteristics of my future career. A few days later, an assignment in a different class required serious thought about life and the legacy I wanted to leave behind. The combination of these three events has allowed me ample time to consider living from three uniquely dif-

ferent perspectives of life and success. All this quality time spent thinking about my own life has left me feeling knowledgeable.

So my advice is to take time to grow you. Recover and reconnect with your values periodically. Life is a lot of work. Don’t take everything personally; you’re not going to make everyone happy simultaneously (and that’s OK).

Recognize your gifts and do something that involves them every day. Take the answer “no” as a personal invitation to do something yourself.

Remember that everyone has bad days. Surround yourself with good, supportive people.

And most importantly, don’t strive for a job, or even a career; build your life. I leave you with the wise words of Steve Jobs: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

Decriminalization of weed affects racial justice Nehemiah Nelson nelsonaf @uni.edu

Weed has become a burning issue in the United States.

Colorado and Washington blazed the way for weed with statewide legalization.

President Obama publicly admitted to smoking in his early adult life, as did many other politicians. The Core Alcohol and Drug Survey reported that 31.3 percent of college students nationwide have used marijuana in the past year — nearly one in three.

If you’re looking for an article to sway you for or against the legalization of marijuana, I suggest you search elsewhere. Instead, I intend to examine who marijuana enforcement laws and legalization efforts affect and how these laws serve the hegemonic population.

Anything more than a cursory glance into weed enforcement laws reveals people of color or lower class status are targeted for pot-related charges the most often. A study by the

American Civil Liberties Union tells us that AfricanAmericans are two to seven times more likely to be arrested for pot-related charges than white people who use the same amount of pot, a sobering statistic.

The increased likelihood of people of color being arrested on drug-related charges — illustrated by racially-charged laws such as New York’s notorious stop-and-frisk procedure — demonstrates a fundamentally racist dynamic in our country’s consideration of drugs that is often overlooked.

However, the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana receives special attention because it marks the lone junction of our nation’s perception of drug users with the desire of white middle class citizens to use drugs.

Organizations working for the legalization of marijuana, such as NORML, casually dismiss the racial injustice that results from draconian enforcement of marijuana laws. Perhaps part of the unconcerned attitude comes from the homogenous composition

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David Temple, of Dallas, smells a container of marijuana at a dispensary in Edgewater, Colorado.

of such groups. Until these organizations make racial justice a priority, they will continue to prolong prejudiced practices.

One possible outcome of the legalization of marijuana is that high prices at dispensaries could still adversely affect marginalized people who earn lower incomes due to institutionalized

racism. According to journalists Neill Franklin and Shaleen Title, Colorado’s recent decriminalization laws are better for people of color because they not only decriminalize the expensive pot sold at dispensaries, but possession of any bud.

This law addresses the possibility of imbalanced protection of privileged

populations over marginalized groups. As other states, like Maryland, continue to discuss reforming marijuana laws, our nation must consider the racial impact our laws may have.

Whether you want to bake or ban, keep in mind what your personal politics about drug usage say about racial injustice.

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Joseph Tagger (Morgan Freeman), Agent Buchanan (Cillian Murphy) and Evelyn Caster (Rebecca Hall) watch Will Caster (Johnny Depp) on a monitor in the new film “Transcendence.”

‘Transcendence’ fails to transcend KATHERINE JAMTGAARD Film Critic

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Former Northern Iowa Student Government Vice President Blake Findley and former NISG President Tom Madsen stand inside Maucker Union a week after their last day in office. Madsen and Findley will both return to UNI next year to finish their schooling and are succeeded by Kevin Gartman and Paul Anderson, respectively.

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While looking back at his year as Northern Iowa Student Government president, Thomas Madsen felt a bit bittersweet. Though both he and former Vice President Blake Findley will have more free time, the pair looks fondly on their work in office.

“During my term, I have been able to meet incredible people here at UNI and around the state as well. It is going to be strange not seeing and spending as much time with the people I got to work with now that my time is up,” Madsen said. “However, I am honored

and proud that I got to represent the student body here at UNI.” Madsen and Findley stepped down from their former positions as president and vice president April 16. Kevin Gartman and Paul Anderson took over their respective positions.

Now that Findley’s had a chance to look back, he said he’s proud of how his term went.

“We were able to reach out to students and create programs that were needed here at the university,” Findley said.

“I am going to miss knowing what is going on within our student government, but, more importantly, I am going to miss interacting with the students

of UNI, and I am honored I was able to represent our university.”

Madsen said one of the things he is most proud of is student government’s lobbying efforts on campus and at the state capital. “ … We were able to gain the appropriate support needed by the state for the university,” Madsen said. “By doing that, we were also able to create better lines of communication within NISG and across campus by getting out there and interacting with various students, faculty and staff here at UNI.” See TOM AND BLAKE, page 5

Singing a working song KAYLA KROGMAN Staff Writer

The UNI community joined in a protest of the past Monday night. Corey Dolgon, sociology professor at Stonehill College, had his audience stand up and link hands while he sang “Solidarity Forever” as part of his historical singing lecture about the U.S. labor movement.

He said having the audience participate makes them feel more like they are part of an actual protest.

Dolgon, who was brought to UNI by the Interpreters Theatre, shared 14 folk songs throughout the night.

He said protest songs have three key roles: giving the

writer an identity, dignity and passion; articulating political ideologies; and developing solidarity.

He chose folk songs because he said they had a large impact on the labor movement.

“When people get angry, when they’re suffering, they start singing,” he said. “That’s why folk songs were so imperative to the labor movement.”

He said songs that tell a story had the greatest impact, such as Merle Travis’ “Dark as a Dungeon.” The song describes the working conditions of miners and tells the story of a miner who died in the mine.

Dolgon channeled a miner’s wife in “Hungry Ragged Blues,” in which Aunt Molly,

a young midwife and early widow, advises miners to strike until they receive higher wages due to the dangers of the job.

He said the labor movement was important because “labor was once the most formidable progressive force in U.S. history.”

“It had also long practiced various forms of racial and gender discrimination,” Dolgon said.

Dolgon spoke of all unions, including those that were less popular at the time, like those consisting of African Americans.

Chris Martin, head of the communication studies department, said the event was “a wonderful way to gain a sense of history.”

Wally Pfister’s film “Transcendence” depicts Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) working toward the advancement of artificial intelligence, but those that work with and for him are taken down by an anti-technology group. Caster gets shot and is dying, which leads his wife, Evelyn (Rebecca Hall), and friend, Max (Paul Bettany), to upload him into the system, creating an artificial intelligence of Caster.

This movie encourages us to think about our relationship with technology and how far we are willing to take it. How hooked are we and how is it controlling our daily lives? It asks if we are willing to let technology get so advanced that it becomes self aware, that it desires to make changes, mend people and take matters into its own hands.

If someone were to be uploaded to such a system, we wouldn’t know how much of them remained the human person and how much of them had changed to accommodate the artificial intelligence.

This movie also probes the idea of how long we are willing to hold onto some-

thing from the past before letting it go. Evelyn allowed her husband’s artificial intelligence to thrive for five years before realizing it was an invasion of humanity and privacy.

Overall, the movie was easy to follow and different, but it wasn’t believable. If the solution of destroying an artificial intelligence that has access to every aspect of technology was to simply upload a virus that would utterly destroy all of technology, more people would probably act out.

If people suddenly no longer had access to phones, the Internet and power, riots would break out because today’s society relies so heavily on technology.

Adding to the disbelief of the story was the lack of action and intensity. Strangely, no casualties were taken in the final battle to take down the system.

Despite the trailer hinting at some action, the plot line was pretty dull.

For a majority of the movie I was rather perplexed, and I left the theater in frustration because I thought it was going to be so much more than it had been. It’s strange to say, but it was too simple and too laid back.

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“Our ability to go back would’ve been bad politics, would’ve caused more controversy and it would’ve looked pretty bad on us,” Madsen said. “If I actually thought this would’ve worked, I would’ve done it in a heartbeat.”

THE FUTURE OF SSFC Now, the 10 members of the SSFC are trying to determine the future impact of the $25 on students, their recommendation for funding for FY16 and how to run in a smoother fashion.

Committee member Corey Cooling said a large portion of the Student Services Fee will go toward athletics due to the $25 transference.

“We’re not sure if that is fair to call it the Student Services Fee when so much of it goes to athletics,” Cooling said. “So there’s talk in the committee of basically consolidating all the athleticsrelated line items into one line item so that way there’s more transparency with student fees.”

Williams said she would like to see more communication with the committee in the future.

However, she said she is unsure who is to blame for the lack of communication this year.

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In high school, Pannhoff said he worked with mentally and physically disabled people. He said he was glad to “do a good service and have fun” by participating in the competition.

As an intermission, Alpha Xi Delta played a

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During their term, Madsen and Findley revamped the UNI website, negotiated contracts with area apartment complexes to gain support for the Panther Shuttle, created an advising council to better serve the needs of international students at UNI and worked with members of the university to set goals for the completion of the Maucker Union roof renovation, which is set to begin next year.

The pair also established the Above and Beyond Awards, which recognizes faculty and staff who students believe go above and beyond their jobs.

Findly said he could never give back to the university what this job has afforded him.

“I took this job because it gave me the opportunity to serve and represent a university that I am proud of,” Findley said. “Through this position I have been able to gain relationships and experiences that I could never give back to the university.”

“I know Tom’s been a champ.

He’s thrown himself under the bus, but I don’t know if that’s necessary,” she said. “You know, sometimes a lot of things happen and just the next step doesn’t get communicated down the line.”

Miller said there was a series of missteps this year that Madsen and Findley could have solved, however. He said Madsen was the only student to vote against reallocating $5 of the $25. The other committee members to vote against the reallocation were faculty and administration.

“Don’t let them convince you that this was a tiny mistake that was made and that all people make them,” Miller said.

Hogan said it was unfortunate there was not clearer communication about the $25 fee decision, but that good ideas have come out of the function of the committee.

Now, Madsen said that if Ruud and Hogan asked him about the $25 again, he would be hesitant with his answer.

“I definitely would’ve been more reluctant to say yes,” Madsen said. “More inclined to say no, but I want to keep an open mind.”

Associate News Editor Correy Prigeon contributed to this report.

philanthropy video that highlighted the increasing statistics of autism.

“It used to be one in 88 people were affected; they just updated it so now it is one and 68,” said Whitney Cook, philanthropy chair and organizer of the event “It is a growing epidemic and it keeps coming, so it is really important to contribute to it.”

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FOOTBALL

Panther offense starts in stride Decision on QB to be made later

JAKE BEMIS

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Norther n Iowa football is just two weeks into spring practice, but one thing has become apparent to the Panther coaching staff: UNI’s offense is good.

UNI returns nine starters to an offense that scored 26.2 points per game last season, including running back David Johnson and quarterbacks Sawyer Kollmorgen and Brion Carnes. “(The retur ners) are a year older and a year smarter, and they’re a little bit scarred, which gives them more will and desire to play off of,” UNI head coach Mark Farley said.

“I’m excited. This team has to go through the journey, and if they do, they’ll have a story to tell.”

While the offense seems to be ahead of the defense at this point in the season, the UNI coaching staff is still deciding which quarterback will start the Panthers’ opening game against Iowa. Both Kollmorgen and Carnes are starters.

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Quarterbacks Sawyer Kollmorgen (left) and Brion Carnes (right) both started games last year for the Panthers. No official decision has been made regarding who will start UNI’s first game of the season against Iowa.

“Sawyer is really doing well,” Farley said. “I’d be really comfortable going into a game tomorrow with (Kollmorgen) as our starting quarterback. Honestly, I can say the same thing about Brion. He’s made great strides under center.”

Farley said they are cur-

rently running with both quarterbacks all the time.

He also mentioned that there is no time line on when they will name a starting quarterback.

The Panthers are rehabbing at least eight expected starters for the season who were injured last year. All

eight starters are expected to return to practices by August.

UNI’s spring practices will lead up to Friday’s spring game at the UNIDome. A pre-game tailgate will start at 5 p.m. at the Eldon Miller Plaza leading up to the game at 6:30 p.m.

“We try and let the players enjoy (the spring game). That’s their time to just have fun and yet still be productive,” Farley said.

“We control a lot of the situations during the week at practices, but come game day, I’ll let them have fun with it.”

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UNI finishes 8th at MVC Championship NICK ALVARADO

Sports Writer

After dealing with some challenging weather conditions for stretches of the Missouri Valley Conference Championship tournament, the Northern Iowa women’s golf team finished in eighth place on the final day of play.

Though unable to build on the momentum they gained from their third-place finish at the Indiana State Invitational, the Panthers rallied late and climbed up one more spot from the ninth-place spot they were sitting at on day two.

The team’s overall score of 927 was only two strokes behind seventh-place Evansville. Wichita State took home first-place honors

with a score of 900, hitting sub-300 scores for two of the three rounds.

Sarah Boss capped a strong season with another top-10 tournament finish.

Her 223 overall gave her a tie for seventh place individually.

Kaylee Benson followed Boss on the scorecard with a 233 overall score, which awarded her 31st place.

Taylor VanDyke shot a 236 overall, which included a round-three score of 75 — a career best. Her overall score landed her in 33rd place. Behind VanDyke was Allison Rollinger, who earned 38th place. She recorded an overall score of 239. Sonja Przybylski rounded out the Panthers with a score of 242 overall. She finished the tournament in a tie for 40th place.

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Sarah Boss (above) ended her season with a top-10 finish at the MVC Chamionship. Boss finished the tournament with a score of 223.

The conclusion of the MVC tournament brings the 2013-14 women’s golf season to a close, and the Panthers

will be seniors Braun. remains

bidding farewell to Boss and Amanda Plenty of youth on the Panther ros-

ter, however. Next year’s team will sport a heavy junior and sophomore squad likely led by Benson, a current sophomore.

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