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Support and dissent at rally

TIME TO DUEL New club on campus brings dueling monsters to the table.

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STATE OF THE U President Katie Evans addresses the state of the University of Northern Iowa.

IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan (left) Donald J. Trump speaks at his self-funded rally held in the West Gym on UNI’s campus. Some issues he addressed included national security, poll numbers, and trade. (right) Logun Buckley, senior sociology and political science major, yells, “Bigots can’t be president!” He was one of approximately 30 students who were protesting outside of the entrance to the rally.

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The men’s basketball team continues to do well over winter break, with a win against No. 5 ranked ISU. SPORTS PAGE 6

“’Oh, shut up, silly woman,’ said the reptile with a grin.

‘You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in,’” read GOP Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump from a piece of paper he was holding.

He was reciting lyrics from Al Wilson’s 1968 song, “The Snake” to a UNI crowd of 1,500 on Tuesday.

The recitation was an extended metaphor to charac-

terize the current migration of Syrian refugees, especially what Trump said he sees happening with refugees living in Germany. The song tells the story of a “vicious snake” who persuades a woman to take him in and save his life. In the end, the snake bites and kills the woman.

“Does that make sense to everyone? We have no idea who we’re taking in and we better be careful,” Trump told the audience at the end of the recitation.

He claimed many of the refu-

gees being taken in in parts are Europe are men and that there is an “unusual” lack of women and children.

The rest of Trump’s speech consisted of flaunting dominant poll numbers and criticizing current policies regarding national security, economics and immigration.

Tanner Strudthoff, freshman public administration and political science major, said he was undecided about who he would support among Republican presidential can-

didates, but he said he liked Trump’s plan for national security and to combat terrorism.

“To me, that’s the most important thing in this election — national security,” Strudthoff said. “The United States military is pretty small right now, and that scares me, honestly.”

While Trump drew supporters waiting in lines in the bitter cold hours prior to his speech, his visit also attracted some 30 protestors.

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UNI faculty says ‘yes’ to supporting diversity NICK FISHER Executive Editor

Following multiple student-only and open forums on issues of diversity and discrimination, the UNI Faculty Senate endorsed a statement in support of diversity and inclusion on Dec. 14.

“As a community of scholar-teachers we respect all members of the University and community by actively embracing the diversity of people of different ethnicities, colors, cultures, sexual orientations, political affiliations, religious beliefs and abilities,” the statement reads.

“We support programs, policies and respectful dialogs [sic] that

promote inclusion, equity, mutual understanding and freedom of thought and speech.”

The endorsement of the statement followed what chair of the Faculty Senate and professor of biology, Steve O’Kane, dubbed a “teach-in” on diversity and inclusion practices at UNI and the surrounding Cedar Valley.

Senior philosophy major and

NISG director of diversity and student life, Hansen Breitling, spoke on behalf of students facing discriminatory behavior and/or hurtful speech.

“Where do students face issues? It’s everywhere,” Breitling said. “It’s when you’re coming in from Admissions. It’s living in the residence hall. It’s when you go to classes. It’s when

you go home. So it’s all the time.

It’s constant.”

Breitling devoted much of his time to informing faculty of examples of “ignorant” or hurtful comments made to minority students in the classroom that he said often go unaddressed by faculty.

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“Divine inspiration” brings Trump truck to UNI

Julian Raven’s truck, parked outside the West Gym, with a huge vinyl copy of his painting entitled “Unafraid and Unashamed” displayed on the side.

“I’m compelled to do it, as my civic duty as a newborn citizen,” Raven said.

The rally at the West Gym on Tuesday was the first Trump rally Raven has ever attended. However, he opted to stay outside in his truck for fears of vandalism.

“I’m not even going to go in because I’m protecting the truck. The truck is too vulnerable,” Raven said. “I was 20 minutes in a supermarket today just around the corner, and it was the first time I left it unattended. And someone went up to the back of it and they wrote ‘racist bigot’ in the back in the dirt.”

According to Raven, the large artwork on the side of the truck is actually a vinyl copy of the original painting, which he keeps in a crate in the back of the truck. Raven said that the painting itself measures at 7x15 feet and that it weighs 400 pounds with the frame on it.

Raven also shared the story of his painting, which he believes was inspired by God. After meditating on Trump, Raven said he connected Trump with the image of an eagle swooping down and grabbing a flagpole.

Approximately a month later, after completing other projects, Raven sat at his computer searching for images

“Students again and again say that comments are made, things are said, questions are asked and instead of seeing these times as educational opportunities, they just get glossed over and that silence hurts,” Breitling said.

Breitling described an instance in which the class was peer-assessing prospective paper topics and an African American student received feedback on her proposed topic dealing with racial injustice when a student said: “I don’t know why you keep talking about it [racial injustice].

You’re not in the cotton fields anymore, so why do you keep bringing it up?”

O’Kane and other faculty senators said that faculty might not know how to handle every situation and may gloss over the comment not out of apathy, but out of not knowing a nuanced statement to guide the discussion toward a “teachable moment.”

Scott Peters, political science associate professor, said he believed he would recognize that moment as such, but might not know what to say.

“I’d like to think that I know the exact way to cut to, to deal with the situation … but would I actually get in that zone that

allows us to make some progress as a class and move the needle a little bit? I’m not sure,” Peters said. “I might be so taken aback or so stunned or something that I can’t guarantee that in the moment I would do that.”

UNI Provost Jim Wohlpart said that he is interested in “finding the leverage points” at the systemic level to create changes. He identified a proposed measure, a New Faculty Colloquium, as one such point.

This initiative would provide professional development to incoming assistant professors that would include strategies to address inclusion issues in the classroom and would brief new professors about the current

culture at UNI. Reverend Abraham Funchess, executive director of the Waterloo Human Rights commission, spoke about perceptions of UNI outside of UNI, particularly in Waterloo.

Funchess said many in the Waterloo community see UNI as disconnected, and referred to a UNI professor who writes “Donald Trump-esque” columns for the W-CF Courier without rebuttal by other UNI professors.

Robert Smith, director of the Educational Opportunity Programs and Special Community Services (UNI CUE), spoke about his work with education majors in han-

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When UNI students and Cedar Falls community members attended GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rally this past Tuesday, they may have seen a painting of Trump emblazoned on the side of a large truck parked next to the West Gym, the site of the rally. Seated in the driver’s seat was artist and evangelist Julian Raven, the man behind the enormous piece of artwork.

The painting, which depicts Trump’s face next to a bald eagle gripping the American flag against a background of Earth, is entitled “Unafraid

and Unashamed.” According to Raven, the painting is the result of divine inspiration and two months of hard work.

Raven, who lives in Elmira, NY, was born in London and raised in Spain. Although he has lived in the United States for the last 20 years, he didn’t become a U.S. citizen until Sep. 17 of last year. Raven traveled nearly 1000 miles from New York to be at UNI on Tuesday for Trump’s rally.

He said that his goal was to travel the entire state of Iowa for the subsequent 21 days in the truck as a way of supporting Trump. Raven stressed that this tour is a grassroots effort that is not officially endorsed by the Trump campaign.

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Artist/evangelist Julian Raven, who traveled nearly 1000 miles from Elmira, New York to be at the Trump rally at the West Gym on Tuesday, sits in the driver’s seat of his truck during the rally.

of eagles. At this point, his 13-year-old daughter walked in and suggested that Raven give the completed painting of the eagle to Trump when he becomes president.

According to Raven, he had not told his daughter of his plan to paint a portrait of Trump along with the image of the eagle. The next morning, Raven said that he turned on the news and saw Trump being interviewed on CNN with a bald eagle perched on his arm.

“Mr. Trump’s no collec-

tor of eagles. The only image on the internet of him and an eagle is that [interview],” Raven said. “And then the next segment in the video is him sitting there with the thing perched on his desk. It blew me away.”

Since the completion of his painting, Raven has gone on to meet Trump at Trump Towers in New York City, where a copy of his painting now hangs.

Raven plans on supporting Trump this year with his first vote as an American citizen. dling complex diversity issues raised in the classroom, among other things.

Wohlpart concluded by responding to a concern raised

by Xavier Escandell about the representation of diverse students in the classroom.

“Let’s make the commitment first, and then let’s work on the recruitment,” Wohlpart said.

“Let’s be really honest with those students. Let’s tell them when they come here: ‘We’ve got problems on our campus.

This is going to be the hardest place that is going to be for you to be, and the hardest work you’re going to do. I hope you know that you have a partner in that.’”

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The state of the university From the Pres.

Dear fellow students, Happy spring semester!

As we are ending our holiday break, we wanted to reflect back on this eventful semester.

Our executive team has been through some changes and has been working through some serious issues. Paul Andersen, last year’s Student Body Vice President, will be once again filling the role. Our team is in the process of updating goals and having a truly productive second semester. One important lesson that our group has learned, is that communicating is key and we should be having fun as a group.

Our team has been working on several important projects throughout this year. We have supported Diversity-related initiatives, such as adding a Chief Diversity Officer position, looking to improve the Center for Multicultural Education and encouraging people to feel confident in reports of bias. We helped organize a panel on Mental Health and are looking to continue partnerships throughout

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campus to provide awareness and prevention programming for students.

Relating to these two issues, among others, we are looking at the University of Iowa’s newly announced freshman seminar in diversity and inclusion, and what many other universities are providing for students to cover a variety of topics.

We hosted an event for student organization leaders to socialize, as well as an event in coordination with city staff to let students know about their rental rights. In the second week of this semester, we will host a mock caucus to help students learn how to caucus.

With Student Government’s increased budget next year, we are looking to increase funding for student organizations, as well as ensure Panther Shuttle and Safe Ride routes are sufficient, if not adding more routes.

This will join a few other issues to be voted on in next semester’s elections, so be sure to look for voting.

There have been many accomplishments throughout campus, as well. One of our very own, Parker Bennett, is one of the many students that studies textiles and apparel, designed a winning coat for the Dreamcoat Style Show.

Former First Lady of Iowa and appointee of President Obama to US Aid, Christie Vilsack, visited campus and was the keynote speaker at the annual Women in Politics Scholarship Banquet. Recent UNI grad, Tom Blanford elected to the city council ward 4 to build up the relationship between students and the city.

Rachael Johnson, a sopho-

more from Souix City, is serving as the student regent for the Iowa Board of Regents, and has been working hard to represent the students of all three of the Regent schools.

There have been many accolades across campus.

UNI’s musical last semester was “Rent”, and after a successful flash mob in the union, it broke records with several sold out shows. Additionally, this year the Men’s Varsity Glee Club celebrated its 55th anniversary and invited alumni back to join in the Christmas Variety Show - what a success!

For the fifth time in the program’s history, UNI School of Music students, Aaron DeSantiago, Aaron Brown, Kayla Kjeldseth, Megan Grey and Michael Gookin traveled to Costa Rica as part of the Promising Young Artists of the 21st Century program.

Military and Veteran Students held a successful Veterans Week and hosted comedian Bobby Henline, a wounded Iraqi War Veteran.

UNI Wellness Services facili-

tated the It’s On Us Pledge for the second year in a row, promoting sexual assault awareness and prevention.

Another great campaign that came to UNI was the It’s Get Better Campaign. These members of the LA Gay Men’s Chorus, hosted a weeklong of activities to discuss the Cedar Falls climate for the LGBT* Community and then performed a fantastic show at GBPAC, even involving UNI choral performers.

Last but certainly not least, it was certainly a great semester for athletics. The women’s volleyball team made it to the NCAA tournament, while the football team made it to the playoffs. Men’s and women’s basketball teams are having great seasons. The men’s team has upset UNC, first number one team to lose to MVC team on the road, not to mention beating Iowa State. Go Cats!

Sincerely, Katie Evans & Paul Andersen, Northern Iowa Student Government President and Vice President

Five irrelevant issues in Donald Trump’s speech If this election cycle has proven one thing true of the presidential candidates, it’s who’s in touch with reality – who it is that acknowledges (and sticks with) the issues that average American people actually face, and who doesn’t.

Tuesday, the leading Republican candidate, Donald Trump, visited campus and was met by several protestors, both outside and inside of the rally. For the most part, I would assume these protestors are people who, too, are sick of the bigotry, the prejudiced words and the lack of substantive discussion lead

by Trump. He’s not focusing on the issues plaguing the United States today. This is why when I heard that the protestors at one point chanted “Feel the Bern” I was a bit disappointed.

I am a committed supporter of Senator Sanders and his run for presidency, but I am also a committed proponent of sticking with the relevant issues at hand rather than resorting to “candidate camps.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m immensely proud of my

fellow students for braving the bitter cold to protest the words and ideas of a dangerous man. They are right to refer to him as a bigot and are right to recognize his ignorance as particularly dangerous.

But there is a plethora of topics that could have been expressed regarding Trump’s inadequacies and the danger that his demagoguery poses.

But by moving away from real issues for this moment of presidential endorsement, what the protestors did here was not radically different than Trump obsessing over China any chance he can get during rallies for his United States presidency. We must stick to the issues as much as possible.

Of course, being in a public position of power, it is important to decide in what context the influence will be utilized — relevant, real concerns or exaggerating and altogether ignoring significant issues. Here are five ways Trump failed to use his position to talk about real, important matters last night: 1.) This goes for all candidates, if you come to UNI’s campus (or any college campus) to speak, you must address student loan debt and the rising cost of tuition.

Trump did not mention any

such thing. NI records show that other candidates such as Rand Paul have sidestepped such important concerns to a localized demographic. This is unfortunate.

2.) Trump’s insistence on reviewing his poll numbers.

This is something we should all be used to by now, but the shear time he devoted to this last night was staggering. In a roughly 40-minute speech, Trump used at least 10 minutes to talk about his poll numbers.

3.) Trump’s insistence on reviewing other candidates’ poll numbers. Again, we should be used to this by now, but Trump should stick to IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan relevant issues in his speech rather than pointing out why Protestors gather outside of Donald Trump’s rally at UNI on Tuesday in his opponents should “drop what they dubbed the “Dump on Trump.” out” of the race.

4.) This has a tie to number annoyance, but it’s the idea or policing reform. His only three, and I will explain why, that his de facto claim when mention of campaign finance but it’s Trump’s de facto pan- he is confused is to make a reform, as is his classic motto, dering to “support our vets” non-substantive call to sup- is that he is self-funded — without having any clear plan porting our vets. beholden to none. There is to do so. Last night, following 5.) Trump did not address bipartisan agreement that we a review of Jeb Bush’s poll income inequality, nor did he do not want billionaires fundnumbers and the claim that utter the words. Frankly, this ing our candidates — that Bush spent $69 million on his is preposterous. Additionally, much we can agree upon — campaign, Trump suggested he mischaracterized Senator but do we want billionaires the money could have been Sanders as a man who is going being the only ones who can better spent elsewhere: “Give to “tax you all at 90 percent” in run for President? it to all of you, or, you know a silly impression of Sanders.

As voters, we must hold what, give it to our vets!” He misrepresented many oth- our candidates to the high(paraphrase) he cried to rau- ers as well, including Hillary est scrutiny about the issues, cous applause. I will concede Clinton and Ted Cruz. He while maintaining our own that this is more of a personal did not address prison reform focus as well.

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The protestors were predominantly UNI students, but there were faculty and Waterloo-Cedar Falls residents as well.

Most of the time, the group chanted, “bigots can’t be President” and held signs that bore the same phrase. Other signs read: “Fear breeds hate, Trump is a coward,” “Love always wins” and “Mein Trumph” to name a few.

Yena Balekyani, senior sociology and political science major, was one of the spokespeople for the group.

She said she didn’t want to stand silently by while Trump continues to proliferate what she calls “bigoted speech.”

“We want people to know that the things that he says and does are not to be supported,” Yena said.

Logun Buckley, senior communication studies major, said Trump is “terrifying” and that he came out to protest what he called Trump’s “hateful rhetoric.”

“He’s finding the bad, the hateful, parts in people:

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‘I hate Mexicans. I hate Muslims.’ He’s finding that in people and pushing it to the forefront as the biggest issue,” Buckley said.

He went on to say that Trump does this to detract from issues such as income inequality, which Buckley said people like Trump benefit from.

“I think his ideas are dangerous,” Balekyani said. “And his supporters are adding gasoline on the fire.”

Inside the event, a PA system instructed attendees not to hurt protestors, which elicited cheers and laughter.

Trump began his speech by referring to the breaking news of Iran taking over two U.S. boats and holding 10 American sailors in custody. He went on to say that this crisis serves as “an indication of where we’re going,” and that it is further proof for him that President Obama’s 2015 Iran nuclear deal is “the dumbest deal” he’s ever seen.

Trump took a swipe at Jeb Bush for low polling numbers and for spend-

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ing what Trump claimed to be $69 million on his campaign. He called this a “waste of money.”

Trump continued to tout his self-funded campaign. This resonated well with potential voters such as Waterloo resident Chris Cappussi, who said he supported Trump largely because of “the fact that he doesn’t need to take money from anyone else.”

Trump also questioned GOP candidate Ted Cruz’s legitimacy to run for president, given his birth and prior citizenship in Canada.

In addition, Trump threw jabs at Democratic frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, saying that Clinton “should probably be in prison” and that he “would love to run against a socialist” in Sanders.

While emphasizing the importance of rebuilding the U.S. military, Trump still asserted his prior opposition to invading Iraq.

“I said, ‘don’t go into Iraq’ and I’m the most militaristic person in this room,” Trump said of his stance to invading Iraq in 2003.

Tr ump emphasized what he claims to be trade deficits with China, as he did in a campaign stop in Waterloo in October.

Trump also reiterated his intent to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border that he would force Mexico to pay for.

Senior social science teaching major, Dan Kauble, was in attendance at the rally. He stated that he is not a Trump supporter and said that he would vote for any of the three Democratic Party frontrunners.

“I think this rally has the potential to say a lot about Iowa and our campus; because I think it’s going to be interesting to see how many students support Trump,” Kauble said. “I think that would be a good gauge as to the political and social forces that are working on campus.”

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Yu-Gi-...Oh? SHELBY WELSCH

Staff Writer

The newest club at UNI is calling all “Yu-Gi-Oh” players for a duel. The Dueling Panthers was officially established as a UNI organization as of last month’s NISG senate meeting.

The club will provide a place for students to test their skills in “Yu-Gi-Oh”, as well as meet more people who have a common interest in the card game.

Students don’t even have to know how to play the game to join.

The founding members of the club are sophomore music education major and Keaton Hull, and freshman social science major and vice president, Jess Larison.

“Because the purpose of the organization is relatively simple and straightforward,” said Hull, who acts as the president of The Dueling Panthers. “It wasn’t very difficult to start the organization. We just had to go through the process of getting it approved by the UNI Student Government.”

Any student is free to join the organization as long as they have an open mind. All that Hull asks is that interested students have the ability to work well with others and maintain a good attitude.

“To join the club you must show up to our first meeting next semester and then to gain full membership status, you must attend multiple meetings to show interest in the organization,” Hull said.

So, what’s the story behind the name “Dueling Panthers?”

Hull says the technical term for a person who plays “Yu-Gi-

Oh” is a “duelist”, and the action of playing is called dueling. The founding members also wanted to add some UNI spirit into the name, so decided to stick the mascot into it as well.

Because the club is so new, it currently has six members.

However, Hull is confident that once the club starts to grow more, they won’t have any problem getting more people to join their team.

Meetings will start next semester and will be held every Tuesday at 9 p.m. to discuss upcoming events, leaving time at the end to duel each other. Hull also plans to open up Sunday as a time to potentially get together and duel as well.

Hull has big goals for the future of the club and hopes to take the members on a trip to a “Yu-Gi-Oh” tournament next year.

“I think it would be good for everyone in the organization to get closer,” Hull said.

However, Hull isn’t the only one who is excited about the implementation of Dueling Panthers.

Isaak Sund, graduate music student and treasurer of the Dueling Panthers, decided to help kick-start the club because his friends asked him to, and he thought it would be a good opportunity to get together and play a childhood game he loves.

“This club gives people the opportunity to play a popular old game, yet again,” Sund said.

If students are interested in furthering their “Yu-Gi-Oh” skills or have been wanting to learn how to play, they can contact Hull for information on how to get involved with the club.

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

“I relay because I’m tired of watching people lose their loved ones to cancer. When I was in elementary school, my family always participated in the Relay for Life event in my grandma’s hometown.

My brother and I would race and point out all the names we knew on the bags lining the track (and there were quite a few).

At that age, I didn’t realize the significance of the bags. Knowing now what they mean, that each one I recognized represented a loved one who had fought or was fighting cancer, it breaks my heart. My roommate just lost her father to cancer and I witness her pain every day, and it hurts me not to be able to do anything about it.

I relay for all the people I care about who have lost someone close to them, because, even though I can’t do anything alone to fix their pain, I can do my part to make sure other people won’t have to feel the same.”

-Brittney England, Junior Movement and Exercise Science Major FILM REVIEW

The force has awakened JOSHUA ROUSE

Film Critic

After 10 years, the “Star Wars” movie franchise comes back to life with the seventh movie in the series, “Star Wars The Force Awakens”. Warning: It is highly recommended to watch Episodes (movies) “A New Hope”, “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” to understand seventh film and get the feel of the series. But if you want the whole story, watch all previous six movies before watching the new film.

Directed by J.J. Abrams, written by Abrams and Laurence Kasdan (who wrote episodes V and VI), “The Force Awakens” picks up 30 years after the events of “Return of the Jedi”.

Explained in the opening crawl (via the satisfyingly traditional yellow scrolling text), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) has gone missing, and remnants of the Empire have begun to terrorize the galaxy. Joined by old faces and new friends, two unlikely heroes must accept their destiny and save the galaxy.

Speaking of old faces, a

majority of the original cast returns, reprising the elderly versions of the roles played in their youth. Harrison Ford’s Han Solo and Peter Mayhew’s Chewbacca, in particular, steal the show. But that isn’t to say the new characters are lacking in talent. Picking from a pool of generally unknown actors, the choices were well selected as Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaacs and Adam Driver deliver fresh new energy into the decades-old franchise.

If only that discovery of the new and unseen had been brought to the rest of the movie. While it was great that J.J. Abrams was able to recapture the feel of the original trilogy, overall “The Force Awakens” felt too safe. Yes, it was a much needed push in the right direction after the sometimes questionable execution of the prequel trilogy, but this new movie seemed too familiar to be anything ground breaking in the “Star Wars” universe.

It was exactly what it needed to be, which is both the best and worst thing about it.

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Panthers slay another giant, upset no. 5 Iowa State

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Wes Washpun has led the Panthers to a 6-1 record in the McLeod Center.

DYLAN PADY

Sports Writer

After wrapping up the first academic semester of the 2015-2016 year, the UNI men’s basketball team continued to practice and compete as students returned home for winter break.

The team’s first game over break was against Iowa

State in Des Moines. The Panthers (7-3 at the time) won the contest with a final score of 81-79.

Paul Jesperson made seven of the team’s 13 total three-pointers of the night. Wes Washpun led the Panthers with 28 points by shooting 9-14 from the field as well as making 8-10 free throws from the line.

After upsetting Iowa State, the team traveled to Honolulu, HI, where they went 1-2 in a three-game series. The Panthers’ lone win came from a 63-59 victory against Washington State. The Panthers scored 24 points in the paint as well as 15 points off turnovers in a game in which Washington State led for almost half the match.

The Panthers quickly returned to Cedar Falls for a home game against Bradley. The Panthers won, 80-44, with points from almost everyone as well as 20 points from the bench.

Bradley’s shots would just not fall as they finished 33 percent from the field and 27 percent from deep.

Losing two in a row to Souther n Illinois and Missouri State, the team’s record on the road now stands at 2-5. After the losses, UNI came back home to play Drake University and won, 77-44. Matt Bohannon led the Panthers with 21 points. Bohannon and Jeremy Morgan also led

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with six rebounds each. The Panthers’ record at home is now 6-1, their only loss being to Colorado State.

Now with just seven home games and six games on the road, the Panthers will

rematch some familiar faces, such as Southern Illinois and Missouri State. These games, however, will be played in Cedar Falls with home court advantage for the Panthers.

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Wyatt Lohaus (33) dribbles by a UNC defender. The Panthers come back to the McLeod Center on Saturday, Jan. 16 to play Loyola.

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Northern Iowa in search for athletic director Three Panthers earn titles KILEY COPPOCK Staff Writer

The University of Norther n Iowa has recently contracted with the Collegiate Sports Associates out of North Carolina to assist in the search for a new athletic director, according to a press release issued to the Northern Iowan.

UNI’s previous athletic director, Troy Dannen, officially left UNI on Dec. 31, 2015. He accepted the position as athletic director for Tulane University in New Orleans As of now, Jean Berger will serve as UNI’s interim director of athletics, until a new athletic director is chosen for the full-time position.

To help with this search is Collegiate Sports Associates founder and president Todd Turner, who has worked as an athletic director at many other universities.

Michael Hager, senior vice president for finance and operations and chair of the search committee at UNI, epressed his excite-

ment for this future collaboration.

“I am pleased to have Todd’s depth and breadth of experience in helping UNI search for the next director of athletics,” Hager said. “Todd understands the important role of academics in the lives of our student athletes.”

Turner has held the position of athletic director at the University of Connecticut, North Carolina State University, Vanderbilt University and the University of Washington.

President Bill Ruud issued a statement of appreciation of Dannen’s work at UNI. “Troy has really taken UNI’s athletic program to a new level,” Ruud said.

“He has done a great deal to enhance athletics at UNI, from improving our facilities to increasing the number of scholarships for student athletes. We are grateful for Troy’s leadership and support, and we wish him and his family the best at Tulane.”

Dannen had served as

UNI’s director of athletics for eight years and was active not only in athletics but also throughout academics, fundraising, business operations and marketing. Also in that time, he was honored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics as Under Armour AD of the year in 2014.

“The opportunity to serve my alma mater in this position for the last eight years has been a dream,” Dannen said. “President Allen, and now President Ruud have given me the opportunity to lead an outstanding group of coaches and student athletes and work alongside a fantastic staff.

It is an opportunity I will always cherish.”

Dannen also wishes nothing but the best for the future of Northern Iowa athletics.

“As accomplished as Northern Iowa has been competitively, academically, socially and fiscally,” said Dannen, “I’m confident the best is yet to come for Panther Nation.”

ZACH HUNTLEY

Sports Writer

Three UNI wrestlers were crowned with first place titles this past weekend at the Pat Flanagan Open. Taking on some of the area’s most skilled competitors, an additional four Panthers medaled in their individual weight classes.

Rallying from the 125pound weight bracket, freshman Jay Schwarm continued to prove his strength this past weekend as he earned two major decisions, a decision and the fastest tech fall of the tournament, taken in only two minutes and 11 seconds.

The second first place title, weighing in at 174 pounds and claiming his sixth pin of the season, came from Taylor Lujan.

Starting off with a 2:11 pin in his first match, J.J. Everard fought for two more major decisions and secured his second heavyweight title of the season.

Claiming their spot at second place were freshmen Paden Moore and Isaiah

Patton.

Moore, who competed for a shot at the 157-pound bout title, scored two decisions over his first two opponents and pinned his third competitor. He fell to the University of Iowa’s Logan Thompson, 9-5, in the final round.

Isaiah Patton won his first three matches before he fell to University of Iowa’s Burke Paddock in the fourth with a final score of 6-2.

Junior Tyler Willers recorded a tech fall, two decisions and a pin before fell to Wisconsin’s Eli Stickley in his fifth match of the night and earned the Panthers a third place medal.

Two victories by pin and three by decision led UNI’s Hunter Washburn to face Frank Corrozza of Coe College, which he then fell to by 9-5, earning a fourth place victory for the team.

The Panthers will be heading to Blacksburg, Virginia this Friday to take on the No. 12-ranked Virginia Tech. Following this meet, UNI will travel Norfolk, Virginia on Sunday, Jan. 17.

Here are the upcoming sporting events for your Panthers!

Jan. 15 - Women’s Swimming and Diving @ Illinois State 5 p.m.

Jan. 16 - Track and Field Panther Open 11 a.m.

Jan. 16 - Women’s Tennis vs. UTEP 4:30 p.m.

Jan. 15 - Wrestling @ #12 Virginia Tech 6 p.m.

Jan. 16 - Women’s Swimming and Diving @ Quincy 12 p.m.

Jan. 17 - Wrestling @ Old Dominion 12 p.m.

Jan. 15 - Women’s Basketball vs. Illinois State 7 p.m.

Jan. 16 - Men’s Basketball vs. Loyola 3 p.m.

Jan. 17 - Women’s Basketball vs. Indiana State 2 p.m.

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