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Volume 113, Issue 54

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Opinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Disney filmmaker interview 2 ‘Lost City of Z’ review 5

Softball update 6

Student Guide insert after page 8

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Tristan Bernhard (left) and Jamal White (right).

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After a year of contentious issues including the US Presidential election, as well as issues of mental health and diversity, the student body elected Jamal White, junior marketing and organizational management major, as student body president and Tristan Bernhard, junior social science teaching and political science major, as student body vice president.

White is from St. Charles, south of Des Moines, and Bernhard is from Mason City.

The two are involved with several different groups on campus, specifically in student life.

Bernhard, who was a senator in Northern Iowa Student Government (NISG) for two years, has found many oppor-

tunities for involvement across campus. Bernhard has served as a Resident Assistant (RA) and as a member of the Department of Residence Inclusive Communities Team.

“I’ve also been heavily involved in Camp Adventure,” Bernhard said. “Which has been really transformative, so that’s probably been my favorite involvement that I’ve done, in addition to [National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH)] and some other student orgs too.”

White has also been heavily involved in residence life and student life as a whole.

“I’ve been a resident assistant too, just like Tristan,” White said. “As well as the Inclusive Communities Team, Student Admissions Ambassadors, Connecting Alumni to Students, NRHH.”  See PRES/VP, page 2

First-ever UNI Truman Scholar SYDNEY HAUER Staff Writer

Earlier this month, UNI student Rachael Johnson was announced as one of only 62 national recipients of the 2017 Truman Scholarship. Johnson is the first UNI student to ever be named a Truman Scholar, and her achievements make it easy to understand why she was chosen.

Johnson is a junior from Sioux City double majoring in elementary and middle level education, but she already has her sights set on life after graduation.

“I’m looking…at going into the higher education policy world with my grad-

RACHAEL JOHNSON

Junior elementary and middle school education major

uate studies to work on system level governance and administration for higher education,” Johnson said.  See TRUMAN, page 4

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Disney talks film, life, growth ALLYN OXLEY Staff Writer

During the past few days, UNI students, faculty and community members have been granted a deeper understanding of documentary filmmaker Abigail Disney through the William & Stephanie Clohesy Documentary Film Series.

Two of Disney’s documentaries, “Armor of Light” and “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” were screened on campus this past Monday and Tuesday, respectively.

Disney, who is the granddaughter of Roy Disney, co-founder of the Walt Disney Company and brother of Walt Disney, grew up with one of the greatest lineages in filmmaking. However, Disney would not describe her journey to filmmaking as a straight path.

Early on, she was unable to see clearly what she wanted to do with her life. Still, she knew that this would only build her knowledge and strength in preparation for her true calling.

“When you figure everything out early, you really haven’t figured it out,” Disney said.

She continued to search for her niche through her education, her philanthropy work and raising her four children.

Although Disney found great joy in watching her kids grow up and spending time with them as she worked for different non-profits, she felt she wasn’t getting to the root of the work she was doing.

“You’re responding to other people’s plans, and that’s good; you’re doing good in the world, but it’s not you doing the good,” Disney said.

“It’s grandpa’s money, and it’s grandpa’s work and grandpa’s creativity. It wasn’t me. And I started really craving to generate a fully whole person in my own right, and there were about three years there where I was a mess.”

It was at this point in her life where Disney drew a connection from her story to the story of many college students today — all trying to find their passion and not knowing when, where or how to find it.

“I understand that phase so much because it’s really hard,” Disney said.

It wasn’t until she was 46 years old, when she was asked to travel to Liberia as a part of her philanthropic work, that she found her passion.

“Someone invited me to come to Liberia, and it was part of my philanthropic work to go to Liberia,” Disney said.

“I was going there because I was interested in women’s political leadership, and they had just elected a woman

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Disney’s documentary, “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” focuses on the efforts of women in Liberia to bring peace to the country.

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president, and I said, ‘Well, this is interesting and challenging.’”

According to Disney, Liberia sparked an interest that she hadn’t experienced before — leaving her with a desire to uncover stories and shed light on areas of darkness where many people don’t venture to look.

Her experience in Liberia eventually resulted in the making of “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” which focuses on the role women play in bringing peace to the country.

“I came home so clear that that film needed making, and I needed a lot of persuading to actually go out and make it,” Disney said. “Yet, until that moment when I stepped off the airplane, and I felt that bolt of electricity in my leg — knowing I knew how to do that job — until that moment, I wasn’t sure it was me who should be doing it.”

In that single moment, Disney was sure that she was meant to be a filmmaker — to tell stories and provide others with a voice for the rest of the

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White also served as the lower cabinet director of student organizations and engagement.

Bernhard said that one of the first things he wants to accomplish is a diversity leadership certificate, which was one of the features of White and Bernhards campaign.

The diversity leadership certificate would create a program to incentivize diverse academic courses.

“We really think that’s something that’s really feasible,” Bernhard said. “That’s something we can really get done before we leave office.

“In addition to that, in general, Jamal and I are just working on building a really solid team that can, as a whole administration, support students really well,” Bernhard

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Abigail Disney spoke about her less than easy path to her filmmaking niche, and the challenges one faces when coming into their own in the shadow of family.

world to hear. For Disney, her life before coming to this conclusion was not wasted in any sense of the word.

“Even though I was 46 years old when I found my path — that’s a long time to wait to find your path...I don’t think I wasted a minute,” Disney said.

Disney’s advice to those searching for their passion is

simple: learn, work hard and enjoy the ride.

“Always learn and always be open to learning things that have nothing to do with what you’re doing,” Disney said. “Be hungry for every piece of knowledge that you can get your hands on because…you will never get old if you’re always a beginner at something.”

said.

White said that he would like to focus on building NISG’s brand as a support structure for students.

“Really creating those relationships with students,” White said. “To where we’re being the voice and we want them to be comfortable sharing their voice so we can be the voice at the upper level with administration and at the state level.

“I hope to ultimately work on campus culture and climate and what that looks like. So if it’s with things such as sexual assault, or awareness to things such as diversity to create a better climate on campus, and to create new programs that can really enhance the campus culture as a whole.”

Bernhard echoed this sentiment, stressing the need to bridge the gap between the student body and the faculty, especially as it relates to issues

such as diversity.

“One of the areas I think we can really make the biggest strides in is in faculty’s familiarity with diversity issues,” Bernhard said. “I think there is still a really large gap there between, kind of the student understanding of diversity issues and the faculty experience. A lot of the concerned students I talked to, that is the issue, that things are happening in the classroom.”

White and Bernhard also said the campus political climate is a difficult issue to tackle. White said that having open conversations and approaching political issues with moderation can help bridge the gap between ideologies.

White and Bernhard have also written a letter welcoming new and returning students back for the new year on page two of the Northern Iowan Orientation Guide.

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OPINION

NICK FISHER Executive Editor

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APRIL 27, 2017 | NORTHERNIOWAN.COM | VOLUME 113, ISSUE 54 The Northern Iowan’s Executive Editor, Nick Fisher, will be graduating this May. He has been with the Northern Iowan since 2014 and has served as the Executive Editor for the past two years. Nick has written over 69 stories and has taken 27 photos.

All-staff opinion column

What fears do you have about the job market? What’s higher education’s role in preparing students?

The role of higher education in the current job market seems to become less and less clear to me as I near my senior year of my undergraduate. Higher education plays a vital role in increasing access to employment opportunities, but it certainly doesn’t provide the privilege of security it once did.

I have several friends and classmates that are graduating with a BA in May or have graduated in past semesters.

An important observation I’ve noted in interactions with many of my graduating peers is that it’s better to leave some questions unasked.

I no longer ask them if they’ve searched for or found a job. I don’t even ask them what they want to do after graduation. I typically wait for these details to be shared voluntarily, because the sense of insecurity and uncertainty in conversa-

tions with recent or soon-tobe graduates is overwhelming, even for me.

I’d rather skip those questions to avoid my brief consolation period that consists of variations of “I’m sure you’ll find something.”

The wavering role of higher education in the current job market is the source of most of my career-related concerns.

I realize that a BA in sociology and criminology won’t cut it in terms of achieving the goals that I’ve determined. I almost have no choice other than continuing my education if I want to do something I enjoy and am proud of.

Furthermore, upon attaining the education I deem necessary, the next concern will likely be where I can find a job.

I’m pretty sure that the job market here in Iowa cannot and will not have much to offer me, forcing me to either relocate or settle for a position here.

While higher education tends to afford graduates more options than those without college degrees, it simply does not warrant the confidence in employability that it used to.

The biggest concern in the US job market is the automation and digitalization of the work force. Just a couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column regarding the issue of automation and the lack of preparation for the tremendous impact this will have on the US job market.

A recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated that over a third, 38%, of US jobs would be at a “high risk” of automation by the 2030s. The fields cited as having the highest risk were manufacturing, transportation, and storage. Another field of work that could soon be decimated is retail.

Automation and the rise of e-commerce giants such as Amazon have begun to harm employment at conventional retail stores. Since

October, 89,000 American retail employees have been laid off; a number higher than the number of people employed by the entire US coal industry. One in 10 Americans work in retail. If Donald Trump cares about the common worker, where is the rhetoric in bringing back retail jobs, given that the industry is hemorrhaging far more jobs than coal?

President Trump and his administration’s handling of the job market is at best misguided. Instead of preparing American workers for tomorrow and ensuring a smooth transition into an uncertain future, the president and his administration insist on trying to bring back jobs that will likely soon be obsolete.

If the president truly cared about coal miners, he would prepare them for stable, promising careers in fields such as green energy instead of trying to back coal and manufacturing jobs that are increasingly being left behind and made obsolete.

I went to the premiere of “Into the Woods” by UNI Theater last Friday (a great show, by the way, congrats to all involved), and noticed in the program the written desire of one of the cast members to move to a “major city” after graduation.

Urban, coastal life in the US has a powerful pull over us, with the literature we read and watch being written about characters living as close to the ocean and as far away from open spaces as possible (NYC, LA, DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, etc.). We are practically

trained to associate such places and cities with prosperity, pleasure, and progress, and “middle America” with poverty, pain, and primitiveness, with whole states being left in economic limbo (or worse, especially for smaller towns).

Fortunately, this trend is already beginning to reverse itself, with states like New York and California enduring recent net losses in population rather than gains for the first time in decades, and subsequent economic flourishing finding its way to great places like Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, and Utah (and yes, even you, Nebraska). But this only happens when people decide to make it happen; that is, when people see their homes as beautiful and lovely, and choose to work to make them even better places to be.

I know not exactly what future you see for yourselves, and wherever you end up, I wish you all the best. And while I share your legitimate concerns with the future of the U.S. job market (whether it’s automation, globalization, or other factors), I hope that you at least take the time to look beyond the perceived “power centers” of our society to secure your future.

Look for places for which you will be good, not just those that are good for you; places that need your talents and your passion to live and thrive. You may not impact as many people, but those around you will likely feel your impact more dramatically that otherwise. They themselves might just have an even greater impact on you, as well.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Executive editor bids farewell, discusses role of student press

NICK FISHER NI executive editor

Half of my four years at the University of Northern Iowa were spent as executive editor for this student newspaper, and I couldn’t have asked for a better educational experience. Working at the Northern Iowan, producing over 100 editions in two years, taught me so much about the written word, the world around me and the people in it. (And don’t forget AP style!)

Prior to proper reflection, I must express thanks to the colleagues and friends who’ve made every late-night layout a

blast.

I’d like to thank Laura Smith, my advisor and mentor for these past two years, for her guidance, wisdom and her friendship. Every difficult decision — whether it be to alter content strategy, the focus of a story or even remove a comma —was made easier because you were there.

I, along with the entire NI staff, owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Michele Smith. She’s the backbone, the foundation, for the Northern Iowan. We rely on you for so much from day to day, and you’ve always been there to provide perspective, wisdom and support when things got dicey.

To Chris and the rest of the Northern Iowan board: thank you for the confidence you’ve placed in students to both maintain and push the boundaries of NI tradition.

Your continued support will ensure the preservation of this fine institution well into the future.

Hannah, it’s been one heck of a ride. The work you did

each day to produce our newspaper cannot be understated.

(For those who may be wondering, there’s a lot more to it than crosswords and Sudoku!)

Clinton, you’ll do great.

You have the talent, the passion and the guts to take the newspaper to the next level.

To Jacob, Leziga and Dylan: we’ve had an amazing year. It’s a pleasure to leave this labor of love in such capable hands.

Iris, you’ve been here longer than I’ve been alive, practically. You’ve been a model of dedication to the paper, and I’ve tried my very best emulate your hard work over the time that I’ve known you.

There’s many I’ve left out, but I must touch on the real substance of what I’ve learned. Perhaps the most relevant takeaway from my time here has been the importance of the student press.

I’ve learned that in an increasingly polarized world, the role of the press — especially the student press — cannot be understated.

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Johnson believes that her undergraduate degree in K-12 education will help her with her future plans because she will understand the basics of education, what students will be coming to college with after high school and how she can help to bridge the gap between the two.

She hopes to work in the governing body that administrates higher education.

Student regent Johnson is a student regent, appointed by the governor in March of 2015 to serve on the Board of Regents (BOR) for a sixyear term.

However, she is only able to serve on the board as long as she is a student, as well as one year after no longer being a student.

Her position on the board is equitable to all others, as she is a full serving member.

Her vote, input and impact is the same as other non-student members.

When [I] see these other people doing phenomenal things, it just pushes me at least to think bigger and drive harder and dream big.

Rachael Johnson

Truman Scholarship recipient

The Truman Scholarship serves as a living memorial to President Harry Truman.

“It is a $30,000 scholarship for students who apply for it in their junior year of college, who are committed to public service and being a change agent,” Johnson explained.

Students who apply for the scholarship must go through a lengthy application process.

Out of a little fewer than 800 students who applied, only 62 students were chosen.

“There were probably eight or so essays that I had to write,” Johnson said.

“I had to write a full policy proposal, in which I focused on the GEAR UP program.”

The GEAR UP program is an acronym for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. Johnson was a member of the Gear Up federal grant program at her middle school and high school.

“That was where I kind of found the passion to continue on with this,” she said.

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The project she proposed in her application was to extend the program beyond the senior year of high school to the 14th year of schooling.

“I thought it was so important, not only to get students to college, but make sure they succeed at college,” Johnson said. “So, getting them past that first year, retaining them in the schools and then allowing the colleges to really take over full support. It does need to be a partnership between both the state, the different local organizations, the schools and the universities…working together to kind of solve that problem and to bridge that gap.”

As well as writing essays, Johnson had to receive four different letters of recommendation. All of her letters of recommendation were written by leaders within the university, such as Donna Hoffman, head of the political science department, and Provost Jim Wohlpart.

She also had to list all activities she was involved in since back in high school.

“It was a very lengthy process and very difficult at times, but I think one thing that was really awesome about the process was the fact that it made me look at things and analyze myself in a way that I wouldn’t have without that,” Johnson said.

Semifinalist After submitting her application, Johnson was notified that she was a semifinalist and traveled down to Kansas City, where she was interviewed by a board of nine policymakers from across the United States. “[It] was really exciting to kind of share my excitement for a program and a proposal with other people,” she said about her experience. “It was intimidating, but it was also really fun.”

After interviewing, she waited for a few weeks. Then, President Nook brought her into his office and told her that she had been chosen to receive the scholarship.

“He pulled me into his office and just said, ‘I have some really good news to share,’ and it was very exciting,” Johnson said.

Johnson said that she is very excited to be a member of the Truman community. She will be attending a Truman Scholars leadership week at the end of May, where everyone who won the Truman Scholarship this year will gather to receive help in developing leadership skills and policy work.

There is also the Truman Foundation, an organization made up of alumni who have won the scholarship in the past and who all continue to

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stay connected.

“I think that would be what I’m even more excited for than the monetary assistance that the scholarship offers,” Johnson said. “When [I] see these other people doing phenomenal things, it just pushes me at least to think bigger and drive harder and dream big. It’s exciting. It’s a little overwhelming still, but it’s very exciting.”

Future plans Johnson plans to use the summer to look at different graduate programs and schools.

As for Johnson’s daily life as a UNI student and BOR member, a typical day for her is very busy. She can be found answering phone calls and emails, attending class and going to meetings at UNI and around the state.

“I’m driven by my Google calendar. Wherever it says to go, I go,” she laughed.

In her free time, she loves to spend time with her friends and family, read, see movies and try new local restaurants. She also loves to go shopping.

“Retail therapy is my type of therapy,” Johnson said.

Johnson said that her main advice for students is for them to find a mentor.

“Just finding someone,

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The Harry S. Truman Scholarship, established in 1975, was awarded to just 62 college juniors this year, one of whom was UNI’s own Rachael Johnson.

whether it be a faculty member or a staff member, or a fellow student you can really connect with — [someone] who you value their opinion and you value their judgement and you trust them, is really important,” Johnson said. “I would say if you’re struggling, that’s what I’d suggest.”

Lastly, Johnson urged students to seek out opportunities for community engagement and involvement.

“Another thing is to get involved,” Johnson said.

“Find your community here on campus. Find where you fit, and you’ll do great things.”

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‘Lost City’ is must ‘Z’ movie JOSHUA ROUSE

Staff Writer

The year is 1905. British Officer Percy Fawcett seeks decorations and recognition in order to rebuild the family name that his father ruined due to his reckless living.

In order to ease territorial tensions in South America, Fawcett is assigned to mapping the border between Peru and Brazil.

While braving the dangerous jungles, Fawcett finds evidence of an ancient civilization which he calls Z (pronounced Zed per the British English pronunciation).

Upon coming back to England, Fawcett is determined to return to the continent and uncover the location and secrets of Z, believing it to be the redemption he has searched for his whole life.

Directing: 5/5 James Gray both directed and wrote this adaption of the 2007 novel of the same name by David Grann. Percy Fawcett was a real person and his expeditions for Z really did happen.

Gray handles this well.

While other biopics often run the risk of romanticizing their subject’s exploits or even falling into the generic formula

for a biography movie, “The Lost City of Z” remains fresh and captivating throughout the entire 140-minute run time.

Not only is the story and the character of Percy emotionally investing, but Gray has plenty of mastery from the director’s chair to keep things engaging.

“Lost City” feels like a long movie, but it’s never sluggish.

This is largely due to Darius Khondji’s cinematography. With Gray and Kohnji at the helm, the craftsmanship of “Lost City” is definitely one of the high points of this film.

Writing: 5/5 There is a lot Gray manages to pack in and successfully unravel as the plot develops.

Not only does it cover two decades worth of Fawcett’s life, it touches on British classism, sexism, European racism and even the patriotism of WWI. With all of these “isms” and resulting themes working in the background, as well as Gray’s masterful filmmaking, “Lost City” lands as more of an intellectual movie than an emotionally dramatic one.

This is not to say that it’s hard to get involved with the characters and the story; rather, it’s that the intelligence of “Lost City” shines all the brighter.

The film clips along at a

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The new adventure drama “The Lost City of Z,” starring Charlie Hunnam, has received positive reviews from critics and currently carries an 88 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

satisfying rate, managing to cover all its bases as we watch Fawcett’s physical as well as internal journey — we follow him as he grows from ambitious young man to humble and determined dreamer.

Acting: 5/5 Charlie Hunnam leads the cast with a strong performance as Percy Fawcett. The effort Hunnam puts into the role is certainly some of his best work and adds to the emotional investment that the film asks of the audience.

Robert Pattinson puts on a

good show as Fawcett’s second-in-command of the expedition, Henry Costin.

Sienna Miller plays Fawcett’s caring and headstrong wife, Nina.

The oldest Fawcett boy, Jack, is played by different actors as he grows. He comes to be played by Tom Holland in his teen years. Even though Holland doesn’t show up until the latter half of the movie, he still gives an inspired performance to make up for his lack of screen time.

Other big names include

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In addition to the normative journalistic roles — the watchdog, the record-keepers, the fourth estate, etc. — the student newspaper must be a model for free, expressive dialogue. The student newspaper is an open forum, and an imperfect one at that.

My philosophy has been to give students a place to speak their mind, to take their first stabs at a position on controversial issues. Far from the lack of accountability found on social media, what you say in the newspaper matters. But for students, there is room for mistakes. We are members of an academic institution, and learning can and should take place very publicly within the pages of a newspaper — this goes for student reporters, reviewers, columnists and others writing in to voice their opinion.

That is not to say words are unimportant — how and what we say matters. Words hurt, and over time words can produce harmful, toxic ways of dealing with others.

But at the same time, the energy we devote to policing language may, at times, be best reserved for other

Ian McDiarmid, Angus Macfadyen, Franco Nero and Harry Melling.

Overall: Part biopic, part adventure drama, “The Lost City of Z” is an entirely satisfying experience with expert craftsmanship by James Gray. This is supplemented by a powerful performance by Charlie Hunnam as Percy Fawcett, a man who follows his dreams at any cost.

issues. There are real, concrete problems in the world, things we have the power to change. How we talk about those issues is important, but solving problems requires perspective enough to forgive and learn from the blunders and the missteps.

Above anything else, journalism forces one to come face to face with others and talk to them. Far from the bubbles and atomization of social media, interviewing someone whom you share nothing in common with forces you to understand them — reading about what they have to say does the same. Journalists do their best to represent all sides fairly, and then it’s up to readers to form beliefs about the facts.

In the past two years as executive editor, I learned that the more we covered — the deeper we tried to go on an issue — the more complicated it became, and the less definitive my personal position on an issue became.

The lesson I’ve taken from this is that knowledge is often negotiated. The world changes as fast as our personal beliefs.

We should welcome that fact.

— Nick Fisher Executive Editor

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TRACK AND FIELD

Track team takes on Musco Twilight ZACH HUNTLEY Sports Columnist

The Northern Iowa track and field team performed exceptionally well this weekend at the Musco Twilight Invitational, with both the men and women teams returning with second place finishes. Also competing at the Francis X. Cretzmeyer track (athletic field in Iowa City) were close rivals Iowa, UNI, Drake, Iowa State, Creighton, Loyola and Western Illinois.

Senior Brandon Carnes clinched two top place finishes this weekend, taking both by storm. His 100meter dash time of 10.06 was a full .32 seconds ahead of his closest competitor.

Gaining more separation in the 200-meter, Carnes’ 20.50 time was .45 seconds away from the competition.

In the 400-meter dash, teammates Madisen Irmen

and Maddie Bell stayed close again this weekend, taking third and fourth place, recording 56.82 and 57.17 second finishes, respectively.

Moving up to the 800meter run, the Panthers swept the top three ranks with unattached Brett Corey clinching the quickest finish of the weekend at 2:08.01.

Taking top-team points was junior Lindsey Kite at second with 2:09.77 and sophomore Lyndsie Schinkel in third with 2:10.18.

Keeping up their momentum this season, the women’s 4x400 meter team of Jasmine Blue, Maddie Bell, Madisen Irmen and Lindsey Kite who notched first as well, anchoring in at 3 minutes and 44.95 seconds.

In the field events, freshman Jacob Smith made another appearance in the 400-meter hurdles, taking second in an extremely tight race — finishing only a hun-

dredth of a second behind the victor, who recorded a time of 51.68 seconds.

Another up-and-coming Panther, freshman CJ May, came home with a first place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase — recording a time of 9:22.84.

Both David Jensen and Kassidy Sharp earned third place finishes in the high jump with heights of 1.95and 1.7-meters, respectively.

Clinching third in the pole vault was senior Anna Loken, who was only .15-meters short of the leader with her 3.50-meter finish.

Charles Brown continued his reign this year in the field, notching second in the triple jump with a distance of 14.83-meters.

A number of UNI field athletes performed extremely well in the throws this weekend.

Junior Sarah Pate out-per-

formed her competition with great strides, notching a 62.04-meter hammer throw toss for first — followed by a 55.43-meter finish in second place. UNI also took sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth in women’s hammer throw this weekend. Sarah notched third in the discus throw as well, with her 45.95meter toss. Hope Koerperich wasn’t far behind, as a toss of 45.81-meters earned her a fourth place finish in the event.

On the men’s side of the shot put, Isaac Holtz, Brad Walski and Jake Humpal took third, fourth, and fifth with their 16.96-, 16.81- and 16.76- meter tosses. Again, in the discus throw, Holtz, Walski and Tom Yezek took third, fourth and fifth place with their 52.03-, 51.46- and 51.20-meter throws. Walski returned in the hammer throw to notch second with a distance of 61.48-meters.

Upcoming Track Meets Drake Relays Des Moines, IA 4/26-4/29 Wisconsin Twilight Madison, Wis 5/5 MVC Outdoor Championship Wichita, KS 5/11-5/14 NCAA West Preliminary Round Austin, TX 5/25-5/27 NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, OR 6/7-6/10 U.S. Junior Championships Sacramento, CA 6/22-6/25

SOFTBALL

Season sweep against Drake Bulldogs BRENNAN WHISLER Sports Columnist

After a semi-impressive 3-2 road trip for the Northern Iowa Softball team, the Panthers were itching to

get back home to friendly confines. Even if it was only for one game, UNI righted the ship after two straight 1-0 losses to Loyola, and the Panthers completed the season sweep against in-state

Missouri Valley rivals, the Drake Bulldogs. It proved to be the closest match of the season between the two as Drake scored their only runs against UNI on the season in their Tuesday showdown.

The game saw a slight build as both teams entered the third inning. Neither team advanced much as senior Alyssa Buchanan mowed batters down at the pitcher’s mound and Drake’s all around

ANTHONY SCHULTES/Northern Iowan

Alyssa Buchanan (22) lets one go against the Drake Bulldogs during a previous home game in Cedar Falls. These two teams played three times this season. UNI took all three games, scoring 3-0, 12-0 and 5-2.

defense kept it scoreless. The top of the third inning saw Drake break the deadlock with two runs, thanks to some timely singles.

The Panthers wouldn’t let it stop their momentum as freshman Ashley Chesser earned a single of her own to bring in junior Brittney Roby.

After a three-and-out fourth, UNI took the lead thanks senior Macey Wolfe scoring Buchanan on a single only to get brought in by senior Anna Varriano’s single, just two at bats later.

Freshman Sammey Bunch distanced the gap in the sixth inning thanks to a triple that got sophomore Brooke Craig across. She was then singled in by Buchanan to gives the ultimate score of 5-2. Buchanan cleaned the top of the seventh efficiently thanks to strike out, a pop up and a grounder. The game gave Buchanan a nice bounce back win after going the distance against Loyola for nine innings. She improves to 9-2 on the season with 1.58 ERA. UNI will play at Iowa State as a makeup game this Wednesday, once again for one game only. The weekend series will see them match up at home against Wichita State, a double on Saturday and the final on Sunday. It will be Senior Day and UNI will have one more series afterward before tourney play.

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APRIL 27, 2017 | NORTHERNIOWAN.COM | VOLUME 113, ISSUE 54 The Northern Iowan’s Managing Editor, Hannah Gibbs, will be graduating this May. She has been with the Northern Iowan since 2013 and has served as the Managing Editor for the past two years.

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