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Columnist Clark doesn’t think the men’s basketball team will boost enrollment.

Panthers continue five-game winning streak against SIU last weekend.

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Students at RodCon participate in a duel outside of the Rod Library. The duels were hosted by UNI Sword fighting.

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For the second year, Rod Library hosted RodCon, a mini comic convention where crafts, anime, comics and a costume contest were available.

On Saturday, dressing up was optional as students, children, parents and other community members were invited to participate in the day’s festivities and wander through various vendors, artists, and panels.

To add to the festivities, UNI’s sword fighting club was on hand.

Some participants dressed up as famous comic characters such as Batman, Harley Quinn, Black Widow, Joker and others.

Jennifer Kimball, secondary science education major involved with the sword fighting club, said she would definitely come back next year.

“There’s a variety of things to go look at,” Kimball said. “I like the people who dress up because you get to see their interpretation of different characters and what they watch. How they like to put their cosplays together . . . it’s cool.”

For those who haven’t been to a comic convention before, like Kendra Gliem,

senior theater major, RodCon was the perfect place to test the waters.

“I’ve never really been to a comic convention . . . I’m just starting to get into comics and stuff so this is really [helpful] for me,” Gliem said. “This is a nice thing to see.”

Rehydrating corpses.

Opera. School shootings.

All these topics were discussed during “A Night of Active Voices!” UNI Speech hosted a performance by their nationally-ranked team in the Maucker Union Ballroom on Wednesday.

11 Speakers made speeches both impromptu and memorized, in just under an hour and a half.

The featured presentations created a line-up of speech methods such as: after dinner speaking, poetry interpretation, dramatic interpretation collage,

impromptu speaking, informative speaking and prose interpretation.

“It’s about a variety of different topics. There’s one about racism and how you shouldn’t judge people based on race, and one about mother nature,” said Megan McFadden, freshman undecided major and member of the speech team.

Taking little to no break between performances, the speech team hurried to make their “active voices” heard. Some tried to persuade. Others tried to inform and all tried to entertain. Laughter echoed through the ballroom all night.

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Star Wars characters Boba Fett and Darth Vader make an appearance at Rod Library’s RodCon.

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Heather Kelly, senior communications major, performs a piece at the UNI Speech team’s “A Night of Active Voices!”

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Cap your UNI education with zombies KATHERINE JAMTGAARD Staff Writer

Zombies, vampires and cyborgs, oh my! If monsters spark your interest, there’s a capstone for that. Monsters, Vampires, and Religion: An Awesome Alliance was developed by professor of religion, Martha Reineke, and made its premiere on the academic scene last May. “I wanted to create a course that would not entail traveling to the other side of the world to do something interesting in May but also wouldn’t be a regular ‘sit in your seat and

take notes on lectures’ course,” Reineke said.

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humans ceased to believe that monsters actually exist — people continued to be fascinated, in a kind of religious way, by monsters’ powers,” Reineke said.

Shelby Siemers, a senior family services major who took this course in the past, said monsters remain relevant in today’s society, serving as a reflection of cultural mores and norms.

“We covered how monsters pop up constantly and we’re so drawn to them because it helps us take what we see wrong in humanity and project it onto something inhuman,” Siemers said.

But what sets this capstone apart from the others?

According to Reineke, “the ideal capstone brings students from every major together to create a group learning experience that simply would not happen if they all had the same major.” With emphasis on the class’s projects, it is an opportunity to showcase a student’s major as well as the concept of monsters in a variety of ways.

For example, a past student majoring in history compared the Black Plague in Medieval Europe with a zombie apocalypse, and drew similarities between the two.

A past student majoring in computer science developed a computer simulation of a zombie epidemic in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Examples of hypothetical projects, provided

by Reineke, include a psychol-

ogy major performing a study of dreams featuring vampires and zombies or an art history major studying the depiction of cyborgs in modern art.

Reineke found that the course could relate to a variety of majors.

“One of the things I have discovered about studying monsters is that our culture is obsessed with them and that means that every discipline in the university has something to say about monsters. That is why students in any major can find something about monsters to study.”

There is much support on the national stage for Reineke’s discovery.

According to the Wall Street Journal, graduate students at Cornell University had developed a model that hypothesized how fast a zombie apocalypse would spread across America. Another example of monsters being used in research models is the book Economic of the Undead, written by a group of economists, which looks at the marketability of vampires and zombies.

Reineke hopes that students “will [learn to] respect monsters and the important work they do in human society to help humans work out some of our fears and concerns.” Reineke’s hope is for students to “feel proud about the projects on which they have worked and to leave the course having practiced some skills that make them more ready for successful employment after UNI.” The course Monsters, Vampires, and Religion: An Awesome Alliance is offered in the May term and can be found on the capstone course list for summer. Students can register for it during their summer and fall registration times.

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April is National STD Awareness Month The week-long spring break vacation many college students longed for has passed and now it is back to the books. Nonetheless, what happens on spring break doesn’t always stay on spring break.

For some individuals, this may mean the contraction of an STD (sexually transmitted disease).

For some students’ spring break vacation, they headed to a vacation hot spot where they may have been surrounded by alcohol.

It is important to note that alcohol can lower self-control, and affects judgement and feelings.

Drinking alcohol can cause individuals to take risks they wouldn’t usually take and can make it more difficult to make decisions about sex. A couple’s best intention to use condoms or other latex protection is often inhibited by their use of alcohol.

If a condom is used, alcohol may cause the couple to be careless in which the condom slips or breaks.

Sex and alcohol simply do not mix and this risky combination could lead to an unplanned pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.

Not only this, but unwanted sex often occurs under the influence of alcohol. Consent to any sexual activity may NEVER be obtained if the victim is mentally incapacitated, including through the use of alcohol or drugs. To put it simply, if someone is too

drunk to drive, they are too drunk to give knowing consent.

According to the National Institutes of Health, at least 50 percent of sexual assaults involve alcohol (victim, perpetrator, or both who had been drinking). It is the initiator’s responsibility to ensure there is consent.

If the initiator of any sexual activity drinks too much alcohol, this DOES NOT take away the responsibility of their actions.

The victim is never at fault for the sexual assault, even if the victim was also drinking alcohol.

If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual violence, contact Joan Thompson, UNI Victim Services Advocate at 319-273-2137 or joan.thompson@uni.edu.

April is National STD Awareness Month. What a great time to know your sexual health status by getting yourself tested!

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What does the NCAA mean for prospective students?

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The UNI men’s basketball team has done incredibly well this season and I am really happy that the team’s hard work has paid off. From the team’s and fans’ perspective, it must be very rewarding to see them go so far. I say “it must be” because as much as I am happy to be at UNI, I have never had an overabundance of school spirit or interest in UNI’s sports or teams — not because I think our team lacks the skill or talent, but because I genuinely do not care about sports.

I’ve never been interested in them. I know nothing about them, and to this day I couldn’t tell you a single rule about any sport, whether it be tennis or football, rugby or baseball. So, with this very biased perspective, I don’t really see this recent exposure of the men’s basketball team as being a huge

. . . but I definitely wasn’t interested in the university’s sports teams.

hook for future students who were not already interested in UNI’s basketball program.

Whatever you are interested in, you will most likely be drawn to schools and universities that align or are involved with that interest: theatre, swimming, marching band, etc. If someone is interested in a great Library Sciences program, they will go to a school that offers one; if they are interested in choir competitions, they will go to a school that is known for their choir prowess.

In short, students will go to schools where their interests are showcased.

Thinking back to four or five years ago when I was looking into colleges for the first time, university sports teams never played a role in my decision-making, but other

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UNI’s men’s basketball team cheers on their team mates on the court at the NCAA tournament against Louisville.

things factored in, like the English and Art programs, the size of the classrooms, the culture of the city and tuition costs. I wasn’t solely interested in the academic side of the university, but I definitely wasn’t interested in the university’s sports teams.

The recent attention to the UNI men’s basketball team would only solidify the positive opinions of students who are already interested in the team and the college.

Just as I would be interested in fiction workshops at a university, my opinion of the program would be strength-

ened if there was significant exposure to award-winning professors or lecturers.

There are so many factors that go into choosing a college and if I was in high school looking for future colleges, I personally wouldn’t be swayed at all by the basketball team’s achievements.

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Writers painted pictures with words Thursday at the Hearst Center for the Arts in Cedar Falls as the Final Thursday Reading Series presented their featured writer for the month of March.

The penultimate reading for the spring semester, hosted by the Hearst Center, had their monthly appreciation of the written word by having an open mic followed by a featured writer. This month’s writer was the University of Northern Iowa’s own language and literature associate professor, Jeremy Schraffenberger.

Schraffenberger’s most recent published work, “The Waxen Poor” is a collection of poems dedicated to his brother, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age.

The event started at 7

p.m. with an open mic. The public took the stage and discussed and recited the pieces they were working on. Michaella Garringer, sophomore English major, didn’t participate in the open mic, but listened to the performers.

“I’m just really interested in hearing other people’s poetry, and trying to work up the courage to go up there myself,” Garringer said.

Once the open mic closed, Schraffenberger took the stage, asking for the audience’s help with choosing what suit coat he should wear.

Schraffenberger started his readings with some newer poems not found in “The Waxen Poor.” His topics of interest in these poems are those of humanists. These poems feature homophonic titles such as “Torch Her,” a poem about tortures administered by American military forces.

After Schraffenberger read his new poetry, he started reciting “The Waxen Poor.” Many of the poems, dedicated to his brother, explain how he thinks and delves into the shallow end of his brother’s mind, allowing the readers a slight reality of what it’s like to have the disorder.

“When I’m writing emotionally, I feel like a straight on approach is different than a political poem ... and then you write that poem, and it makes you cry, and you actually have trouble writing ... but you realize ‘I have to go back there’ .. and maybe finding language for it will take years, but at least you know, ‘I have to go back there,’” Schraffenberger said.

The event concluded with a question-andanswer period, where Schraffenberger discussed his writings, and gave tips on writing in general.

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Jeremy Schraffenberger, associate professor in the department of language and literature, performs poetry for the Final Thursday Reading Series. The event was held at the Hearst Center for the Arts.

RODCON

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Timothy Quan used a booth to showcase comics he created. He said RodCon was a good way to meet people and show them his work.

Other vendors offered key chains, handmade items such as steam punk jewelry and

artwork. Some artists drew commission-based artwork on the spot.

“I really enjoy all the stands where you can buy stuff ... my favorite part is the fact that people bring their own art in,” Gliem said, “That’s so cool. Because of course DC, Marvel — that’s so awesome, but people are bringing in their own stuff and it’s neat.”

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Attendants cosplaying as Miyazaki characters visit the various booths at Rod Con. The convention was held in the Rod Library Saturday. Above, vendors display their work.

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Many of the speeches began on a light-hearted note, or a self-deprecating joke before tur ning to a much darker topic. A speech featuring the warping of masculinity in society to something violent, called “The Link Between Masculinity and School Shootings” began with the theme of underpaid teachers and the jokes rolled

from there.

And UNI Speech drew some students who were looking to see how a college speech team performs.

“I did speech in high school so it’s cool to see how it works at a higher level,” said Kyle Chaska, freshman biolog y major.

UNI Speech goes to Portland, Oregon later this year for the American Fo re n si c s As s o c i at i o n Nationals, as they have

since 2011. This, evidently, also drew some students to the event.

“I know our speech team is really good. I’m expecting to be persuaded,” said Randy Andermann, sophomore communications major, as he noted their recent awards and qualification to AFA. UNI Speech has consistently placed in the top 10 at AFA Nationals. Only time will tell if that streak continues for another year.

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Jessica Wayson, junior all science teaching major, gives a speech for the UNI Speech Spring Showcase: “A Night of Active Voices!” The event was held Wednesday in Maucker Union’s Old Central Ballroom.

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Potential rule changes could alter tempo of men’s basketball RYAN HERRRING Sports Columnist

We are down to the final four teams in the tournament giving hoops fans a bittersweet feeling.

We’re stoked for Final Four weekend but sad because, unfortunately, this means the season is coming to an end. There is a good chance that when games start back up next year, things will be different.

There has been discussion on possible rule changes that could be made this offseason when the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee meets in May. Two of the big issues being discussed are a potential reduction to the shot clock and an increase in the restricted area under the basket. Before getting into the rule change proposals, let’s look at the problems people have with the way things are today.

College basketball has been historically low scoring this year as many teams find themselves playing tough-nosed defense and playing at a slow tempo. I personally love seeing great defense but would be lying if I said I would rather see teams throwing up bricks instead of going up and down the floor exchanging baskets.

Because, let’s be honest, most people want to see action and want to see buckets.

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Two rules that may be changed by next season are a shortened shot clock time and a larger restriction area.

As for the restricted area, they would like to reduce the amount of collisions being made under the hoop by extending the area. So many times you see guys make athletic moves to get to the rim and before you know it someone slides right in front of him as he’s going up for the finish. Then you have a dangerous collision and everyone looking straight to the ref for their judgment call on whether or not the defender was set.

Charge or no charge? Well, it’s kind of hard to tell for sure but with the restricted area being

where it is today, taking charges is a huge part of the defensive scheme. So, there we have our issues.

These changes are tough to go about and can’t be made without some sort of experimentation. What better place to test it than the National Invitational Tournament? We might as well try out some new rules in the battle of teams that didn’t quite make it to “The Big Dance.” It is the next best thing to the NCAA Tournament and you will be sure to get a high level of play from teams trying

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Panthers sweep SIU for three straight wins BRANDON TJEPKES Sports Writer

The UNI softball team had a busy weekend as they played three games against Southern Illinois. The Panthers hosted the Redbirds for a double header Saturday, winning both games. The first duel ended with an 8-0 win and the second with a 9-1 Panther victory. The Panthers won again on Sunday 8-0.

UNI struck first in the first inning with a Rikki Alcaraz single to give Micalla Rettinger an early run. Julia Hunter soloed a home run to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead after two innings. Macey Wolfe came in two innings later to add a solo homer of her own.

The fifth inning gave UNI four runs, but it was all grinding with no big plays. Two straight walks gave Kristin Lock an easy run. A wild pitch gave Kennedy Bailey a stolen run. And two singles made room for both Michaela Martin and Wolfe to score.

The long inning ended with a 7-0 Panther lead. Rikki Alcaraz added a solo home run the next inning to make the score 8-0.

Alcaraz and Bailey were the big hitters for the Panthers as they both hit over .300.

The Panthers used the

to prove themselves.

The current college basketball shot clock is 35 seconds and there is a restricted-area arc that extends three feet from the center of the basket. This year’s NIT has been played with a 30 second shot clock and a fourfoot restricted-area arc. There have been arguments for a 24 second shot clock but I think 30 is definitely the rational choice.

A 24 second shot clock is too big of a change and would be nearly impossible to get any offense going. Especially if teams decide to press, leaving

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The weekend sweep of SIU starts UNI’s streak making five straight wins.

momentum from the first game earning five runs. Lock started off the inning with a single and was brought home by Wolfe.

Both Hunter and Caitlin Wnek brought in two runs each to end the inning. Alcaraz added another solo homer the next inning to have a 6-0 lead. The fifth and final inning consisted of Bailey, Lock, and Wolfe scoring again to end the game 9-1.

The third game was more of the same. Sunday’s first inning was a score-fest for the Panthers. Lock started the game with a solo homer and Rettinger scored shortly after-

wards. Hunter hit a home run of her own bringing in 4 RBI’s.

Wnek hit a single to allow Martin to score.

No one scored again until the fifth inning when Wnek brought Samantha Olsen in on a single. The game ended with an 8-0 Panther victory.

The largest impact of the weekend was pitcher Chelsea Ross. She recorded her second no-hitter during the first game on Saturday. Ross also struck out 14 Redbird batters.

The Panthers will bring this momentum to their next game against at Iowa State on Wednesday, April 1.

you with around 15-20 seconds by the time they cross half court.

This NBA-style would not translate to the college level simply because of the difference in athleticism. The 30 second shot clock is reasonable and will keep the game moving at a faster pace. The extra foot extension to the restricted area will obviously benefit the offensive players, allowing them to take the ball to the rack with more confidence. Also, not having to worry as much about getting whistled at for an offensive foul and instead more possible free throw situations. So far, the NIT Tournament has been pretty exciting and for the most part higher in scoring than the regular season games.

The committee will evaluate what they’ve gotten out of this experimental change to help them reach a final decision on what the future of the game holds. Let’s not get too dramatic on these issues though. The game is not “broken” and this is still one of the most exciting sports in the country. Look at how exciting this whole season has been and the crazy events of the tournament we are in the midst of completing. Sure, there are some are changes that could be made to improve the game, but regardless, college basketball rocks.

The Panthers started off their outdoor track and field season with success this weekend in Emporia, Kan. Competing against twenty other teams in their conference, the UNI men placed seventh and women finished second in the Emporia State University Spring Open.

Earning a total of 46 team points, the UNI men excelled in their field events and placed top four in a number of them.

Sophomore Shawn Koch’s 14.91 meter leap earned him second place in the triple jump, falling behind Minnesota State’s David Pearcill by only 0.05 meters. Pole vaulting senior Corey Szamlewski took second with 4.91 meters.

UNI had success with their throwers on Saturday as well.

Justin Baker proved this with a huge personal best record of 59.37 meters in the hammer throw, earning third in the competition.

The Panther women scored extremely high Saturday.

Falling only to Kansas, they earned second overall with 99

team points.

UNI’s heroine Alex Wilson continued to impress this weekend. Wilson took first in the 1500 meter run at 4:28.75 and an additional fourth place in the 800 meter run at 2:14.15.

Dynamic duo Rachel Peth and Christine MacNeill earned second and third respectively in the 100 meter hurdle. With a mere 0.02 second gap between the two, Peth finished in 14.61 seconds and MacNeill in 14.63.

Senior Holly Salzbrenner took a first place victory for the Panthers in the 400 meter hurdle, finishing at 1:03.30 minutes.

Another first place victory came in the high jump by UNI’s Kassidy Sharp. Sharp’s 1.65 meter leap and junior Emily Endelman’s fourth place score of 1.55 meters earned UNI 15 points in the high jump alone.

After building momentum this weekend, the Panther track and field athletes will travel to Mount Vernon, IA next Saturday to compete in the Cornell Invitational.

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Pita Pit is now accepting applications at the Cedar Falls location. Google: Pita Pit Application.

Want Rewarding Employment that will help you with your future career? LSI on the Bremwood Campus in Waverly is seeking full-time, part-time help to work with behavioral adolescents in their residential program. Additional hours available in summer.

Go to www.LSIowa.org<http:// www.LSIowa.org> to apply for a “Youth Associate” or “Youth Specialist” position.

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