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Hoping for happily ever after LEZIGA BARIKOR Staff Writer

CHALK

Multiple student organizations clash over chalkings.

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TUITION

Vice President Katie Evans addresses the recent tuition increase.

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The Student Admissions Ambassadors participate in their pride cry dance. SAA incorporated themes from Disney’s animated movie “Mulan” in their performance.

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“Oh, we just can’t wait for victory,” the Dance Marathon group sang to the tune of “The Lion King” song, “I Just Can’t Wait to be King” during their Pride Cry demonstration. It was one of many performances put on by UNI student organizations to kick off UNI’s Homecoming Week.

The Kick Off event was held at Lawther Field on Monday night. Mackenzi Brophy, senior communication and electronic media production major, and Liz Riehle, junior elementary education major, were the emcees for the night; the two roommates are members of the UNI improv group Half Masted.

“Homecoming is always very busy. There’s a new event every night, so the homecoming committee is just working hours and hours,” Brophy said.

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Paul courts youth vote at UNI NICK FISHER

Executive Editor

In a stop that corresponded directly with the airtime of the Democratic Presidential debate, Sen. Rand Paul visited UNI Tuesday as part of his 11-campus tour aimed at driving 10,000 Iowa college students to caucus Feb. 1.

Roughly 100 attendees were encouraged to “take a ‘selfie’ with Rand,” and to download the Rand Paul 2016 app along with Paul’s introductory video, which featured only young people expressing a “stand with Rand” message.

Paul also tried to livestream his entire day, although the livestream site had a spotty per-

formance due to technical difficulties on Tuesday.

According to a CNN news story Wednesday (Oct. 14), Paul said his “doing this dumbass live streaming” is proof that he’s still in the race, although his favor has diminished in recent polls.

This comment was in response to one of the most Googled questions about him, which was whether or not he was still running.

“In 2008 and 2012, college wasn’t in session for the caucuses,” said Cliff Maloney Jr., youth director for the Paul campaign.

Paul himself did not make direct appeals to youth in regards to student tuition and student loan debt. Instead, he remained consistent on his plans for fiscal responsibility in the

federal government, limited government in domestic and foreign policy and the protection of individual rights — all grounded, he said, in a strict adherence to the Constitution.

“That’s what the Constitution is about; it’s about binding the government in the chains of the Constitution,” Paul said.

Paul wrapped up his college tour yesterday (Oct. 14) at Morningside College in Sioux City, Buena Vista University in Storm Lake and Drake University in Des Moines. He was at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Loras College in Dubuque, Upper Iowa University in Fayette and Wartburg College in Waverly before closing Tuesday with his UNI stop. On Monday, he was

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Rand Paul speaks during a rally held in the Commons Ballroom on UNI’s campus. The event drew about 100 students and community members.

at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Cornell College in Mount Vernon and the University of

Iowa in Iowa City.

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He visits every year, but just who is Brother Jed? JACOB MADDEN Staff Writer

A crowd of yelling students can mean many things on a college campus, but one of the most contentious causes of these are campus evangelists. Campus evangelists like Brother Jed Smock, who hails from Terre Haute, IN, return to campuses across the country every semester, inciting fervor and passion in the students, almost exclusively in opposition to their efforts.

Brother Matthias, UNI’s most recent evangelical visitor, may not be associated directly with Brother Jed, but the confrontational style of preaching exhibited by Matthias is indicative of Brother Jed’s “school”

of ministry. Smock claims confrontational evangelism as the only way to impact students.

Smock’s visits to UNI’s campus are fequent and have been occurring for years. According to the Northern Iowan archives, he visited last year in 2014.

According to his website, brojed.org, Smock cites the Bible as his reason for doing this, saying that, “Proverbs 27:5 - Open rebuke is better than secret love” is the only way to reach students. This approach to spreading what he believes to be the ultimate truth comes from a mixture of views, attitudes and ideas.

According to his website, part of Smock’s mission is “to declare the gospel of Jesus

Christ to the college and university students of America and the world.” Smock goes on to say: “the skeptics on the campuses are constantly condemning God and justifying their unbelief.”

Tanner Schrad, freshman biology major, believes that Smock’s form of evangelism is void of respect. “[Smock] has his right to preach,” Schrad said, “[but] why can’t you have open love instead of open rebuke? […]

You respect my decisions, and I’ll respect yours.”

Smock and other evangelists who frequent UNI’s campus have an approach that is considered by some as inflammatory and abrasive. This tactic causes

many students to congregate in a unified opposition.

Some students, such as freshman English major Brady Tegeler, just ask for respect.

“If [the evangelists] all could be considerate of others…then go and spread your word,” Tegeler said, “but don’t get offended if someone says no.”

Some question why evangelists like Brother Jed choose college campuses as their pulpit. Smock has responded via his website to a student who questioned this very point, saying, “No, [you’re not the only sinners], but tomorrow you may be the influential sinners unless I can persuade you to become influential saints.”

UNI professor of mathematics, Doug Shaw, has had a lot of experience with Brother Jed specifically, and has had multiple interactions with the preacher for over 30 years.

According to Shaw, he was an undergraduate when he

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first encountered Smock at the University of Illinois in 1982.

Since becoming a professor, Shaw has encountered Smock time and time again.

“To me, [Smock] is part of what it is to be on a campus,” Shaw said.

Shaw, while not necessarily

If you’re going to sell religion to people, this is the place to do it.

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agreeing with Smock’s ideas, was adamant about his capability as a speaker, debater and even as a performer. According to Shaw, Smock is one of best speakers he has seen.

“If you’re going to sell religion to people, this is the place to do it,” said Shaw. He claims that the people on the borders of the crowds that evangelists like Smock attract are the people who have not made up their mind about their personal beliefs. According to Shaw, those are the people that Smock and his fellow preachers want to target.

However, while Shaw credited Smock as a good public speaker, he also acknowledged that Smock “turns people off to Christianity too.”

Despite the amount of verbal backlash from students against these preaching methods, Smock continues his quest to “save” college students.

Schrad said that many evangelists are “kind of like politicians.”

According to Schrad, these campus evangelists believe they are absolutely right, and all of them are vying for the minds of students, and reiterated that this race shouldn’t command such pointed anger. Schrad went on to say that every student has the right to explore themselves and their ideas without feeling condemned for expressing that right, and Smock’s approach to evangelism threatens that right.

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Student orgs. wage chalking war over abortion EMILY BEISEL News Editor

UNI student organizations use chalking as a method of communicating both their beliefs and upcoming events to the student body. While some of these chalkings are to appear without any controversy, others are more provocative. UNI Right to Life, a self-styled prolife organization at UNI, was recently noticed for chalking 3,500 hearts near Maucker Union fountain. Among the hearts, the organization wrote, “Abortion stops 3,500 hearts each day,” a statement which garnered a lot of attention.

Linnea Casey, president of UNI Right to Life, said that the chalking was done about a week after National Pro-Life Chalk Day. This event was started by Students for Life of America, a nationwide, anti-abortion organization. The week delay was due to a scheduling conflict, but Right of Life still wanted to participate. The result was the drawing of 3,500 hearts.

“This is meant to be something to help people think about the practices that are happening in our country, whether or not they agree with those, and just how serious of an issue it is,” said Casey.

Emily Sigwarth, vice president of UNI Right to Life, said the chalking was meant to raise awareness on the issue of abortion in the United States.

“It was more of an eye-opening thing,” said Sigwarth. “It’s shining the light on a situation that people don’t really know about unless they do their own research.”

According to Casey, the con-

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In his speech he did not discuss higher education or the legislation he once introduced that would have eliminated the Department of Education.

Much of yesterday’s speech was devoted to foreign policy matters, notably on his reluctance to use military intervention in other countries such as Iraq and Iran.

Paul argued that sometimes the U.S. “should remain neutral” on these matters, a comment that garnered applause.

He said the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Muammar Gaddafi of Lybia caused instability, which shows how decisions to topple dictatorships were mistakes.

“So you ask yourself,” Paul said, “‘Which are we better off with, a strong man like Gaddafi in power ... or say that we want democracy for those people so we have to get rid of tyrants so they can vote for what they want?’”

“I really like when he talked about how, in the Middle East,

cept of the hearts is meant to grab students’ attention as they walk past the chalkings on campus. She said that by drawing something that wasn’t obviously baby-related, students are more inclined to read what the chalking actually says. Casey and Sigwarth both added that hearts are easy to draw, especially when done in the thousands.

“We want to show that we love women and babies,” Casey said. “We’re not out to decrease pregnancy services for women.

That is so not our aim.”

“It’s to let women know that we’re here on campus, so if [they] have questions we’re here to help,” Sigwarth said.

“We’re not here to shame [you] in your decision.”

Other groups on campus opposed Right to Life’s this chalking and decided to create a chalk response. UNI Freethinkers and Inquirers (UNIFI) teamed up with UNI Students Together for the Advancement of Reproductive Rights (UNI STARR) to create chalkings that opposed Right to Life’s message(s).

Aaron Friel, president of UNIFI, said that he reached out to UNI STARR because UNIFI does not necessarily take a firm stance as either a pro-life or pro-choice organization. Their primary focus, he said, is being a skeptical scientific group, so they decided to stick to the “empirical” aspect of the abortion discussion.

These rebuttal chalkings came as no surprise to Right to Life’s members.

“We knew we were going to get kickback from it,” Sigwarth

said.

“When there’s a group on campus that has opposing views to yours, you have to be willing and open to what they have to say as well,” said Casey. “As long as they take ownership of what they’re writing, they have freedom of speech. We just hope that our message will resound with people as well and help them discover truth.”

Together, UNIFI and UNI STARR made chalkings near Right to Life’s. Erin Pearshall, president of UNI STARR, explained why their chalking included the drawing of hundreds of stars.

“Each star represents two women that died by having an illegal abortion before Roe vs.

Wade,” Pearshall said. “It’s estimated that there was between 200,000 to 1.2 million illegal abortions each year, and around 5,000 women died annually due to the abortions being unsafe.

Even if abortions were illegal, they would still happen. That’s one of the many reasons why we need to keep fighting for reproductive rights and keep abortions safe and legal.”

According to Friel, campus chalkings must be credited to their respective student organizations or risk being washed off by UNI faculty. He said that some of the immediate chalk responses to Right to Life’s hearts drawing were not made by members of UNIFI or UNI STARR. These responses, between Wright and Sabin, said things such as, “Every abortion is a story; not a statistic” and, “My body my choice.”

Because these statements were not signed by any student orga-

we are arming both sides,” said Adam Demory, sophomore marketing major at UNI. “And how, when we arm both sides like that, it leads to more fighting,” Paul decried Republican presidential candidates who support a no-fly zone over Iraq and Syria, citing a potential conflict with Russia.

“Carly Fiorina stands up [in the recent Republican debate] and says she’ll be so strong that she won’t talk to Putin,” Paul said. He then called this “a dumb idea,” referencing the Cold War with Russia.

Paul said the Democratic and the Republican parties are too eager to spend — he said Democrats call for more “domestic and welfare spending,” and Republicans call for more defense spending.

“The number one priority [of the federal government] is to defend our country,” Paul said. “But we have to get away from thinking it can just be a blank check. “ Paul referred to himself as “a different kind of Republican” on several occasions, and his campaign dubbed him an “anti-

establishment” candidate.

But Jared Girres, freshman criminology major at UNI, wasn’t convinced.

“His dad was a senator,” said Girres, referring to former U.S. Sen. and former presidential candidate Ron Paul. ”He’s not new to this stuff ... He grew up in it just like George and Jeb,” a reference to the Bush brothers – one a former president and the other seeking the 2016 nomination.

Girres said Paul was trying to distance himself from his father, Iris Frasher/Northern Iowan Ron Paul, in the same way Jeb Bush tends to distance himself An attendee takes a “selfie” with Rand Paul after his speech. The Paul campagin has a goal of driving 10,000 Iowa college students to caucus. from his brother, George W. of Planned Parenthood. centers do not perform abortion Bush.

“I really don’t think there procedures.

On another matter, Paul, Paul also called for criminal who has shown support for should be any money for the legalization of medical Planned Parenthood and I’m justice reform citing the story marijuana in the past, was going to continue fighting of Kalief Browder, jailed in New asked about the legalization against that,” Paul replied, York for three years without of recreational marijuana in referencing alleged videos of standing trial or being convicted Planned Parenthood staff that for a minor theft. Browder Colorado.

He said the federal detractors say show staffers committed suicide after his government, per the 10th discussing the harvesting of release.

“I want to be a Republican that amendment, has no authority fetal tissue. He called the videos defends the sixth amendment over what states choose to do “horrific.”

Paul pointed to community with the same fervor that we about crime.

The senator was also asked health centers as the solution defend the second amendment,” about his stance on the defunding for women’s health care. These Paul said.

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Anti-abortion group UNI Right to Life drew 3,500 hearts near Maucker Union to represent the number of abortions that take place in the U.S. daily.

nization, they were washed off a few days after they appeared.

According to Friel, it is things like comprehensive sex education and access to birth control which ultimately prevent abortion. He cited evidence of Colorado’s implementation of free birth control and sex education that teaches contraceptive use as opposed to abstinence, which led to a 42 percent reduction in abortions over the course of a year.

Some of the pro-choice population on campus took issue with Right to Life’s chalking, because they claimed it to be insensitive towards women who have had abortions.

“From my knowledge,” Pearshall said, “Right to Life failed to state that those hearts also represented abortions from incest, rape, endangerment of the women’s health and those who had abortions because of a miscarriage.”

For those who aren’t sure where they stand on the issue, Friel has a response.

“Even if you’re pro-life or

pro-choice I think we can agree that giving people options before the point of even having an abortion is a really good goal to work towards, and that’s what UNIFI’s message is,” Friel said.

Both UNIFI and Right to Life presidents acknowledge that not everyone will align with their beliefs, and encourage open discussion and debate about the issue of abortion.

“This was our intent,” Casey said, “not to change the world, to stop [abortion] from happening, we know that’s not going to happen. We just want people to be aware.”

Friel said that even if UNIFI may oppose certain beliefs of other groups, he respects that they can have a dialogue about controversial topics.

“I enjoy a vibrant debate on campus, event if it means just though chalk,” Friel said.

“Having a discussion where people’s ideas are challenged in either direction is definitely the point of a university education.”

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Homecoming pride is more than sports pomp

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President addresses tuition increase UNI is a very unique institution of higher education. As a sophomore, I, along with many of my peers, was able to be a teaching assistant for a first-year only class. I have also been able to engage in undergraduate research — these are opportunities that undergraduate students across the country do not have and are opportunities only available at select universities.

These opportunities cannot continue without adequate funding for our university and, unfortunately, this means raising tuition for the spring semester. My hope for the future is that as more and more people from across the country recognize UNI for the gem that it is, we get back up to our enrollment of 14,000, and are allocated a higher, more appropriate level of state funding.

However, that is not the case as this year’s graduating class has one of the low-

est enrollments. Additionally, the legislature did not allocate the Board of Regents’s recommended increases to UNI’s funding after the Board approved of a third year tuition freeze. The student government, after a lot of discussion and talking to other students, we recognized that consistent, gradual increases are better than large leaps after years of a stagnation tuition and allow for families to plan.

This is why I supported the tuition increase.

–Katie Evans, student body president

Columnist Carr-Murphy doesn’t connect to the “traditional” Homecoming pride surrounding sports, but feels UNI pride in an academic sense.

surprised: I’ve never taken much notice of homecoming week or its activities.

This isn’t due to distaste for homecoming activities, but more a result of needing to stay focused on schoolwork, regardless of any outside influences. I am, however, incredibly proud to be a UNI panther. This institution is part of my family. It’s where my grandmother and mother went to school, and where my older brother is a current graduate student. I love UNI, and I love the way it has fostered me as I searched for a path to my best self.

I know there are so many people on campus who feel the same way I do, and the fact that they express it through putting on their Panther gear and screaming in the UNIdome or the McLeod Center is completely fine. I am glad they are expressing a pride in our university. But that type of expression doesn’t suit all of us, and it can be surprisingly transient and shortlived. Every week at UNI offers tons of opportunities to take part in campus activities, learn from guest speakers and panels, and support your fellow Panthers in their pursuits. It’s scarcely believable that people graduate from UNI without attending any concerts, recitals, theatrical productions or gallery showcases, especially because they happen so frequently!

Please don’t misunderstand the sentiment behind

this column. I don’t intend to disparage the athletic programs here whatsoever, because our student athletes work so hard and achieve so much, and they are an integral part of UNI pride.

What I’m advocating for is a different way of thinking about school spirit, a school spirit that is expressed every week, not just Homecoming week. You don’t need a sporting event, a parade or any

special event to express how proud you are to be Panther.

You can do it simply by being your best in academics, in volunteerism, or in whatever pursuits you feel called to.

We all have a responsibility to the history and heritage of UNI, and I hope we can learn to value the many forms of UNI pride that take place outside of homecoming week and the pomp of collegiate athletics.

erasing chalk that you don’t agree with. If you have taken Philosophy: The Art of Thinking then you may have read John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty,” and you may be familiar with this passage: “The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.”

Mill is saying that those who censor opinions are robbing themselves of a chance to change their mind as well as deprive themselves of prop-

er argumentation and dialogue, which he thinks is just as valuable as being “correct.”

Whether or not you have read Mill or agree with him on other points, I think this point is fairly straightforward and incontrovertible.

The UNI Freethinkers & Inquirers often have pieces of their chalk erased. A popularly chalked phrase is “No God? No Problem.” The implication of the phrase is that it is okay to be an atheist. Given the wealth of religious groups on campus, such words of comfort might need to be heard by someone who does not have religion in their lives. Regardless, often the word God is erased or smudged, making the phrase meaningless.

Now that you know how I feel about erasing chalk, it is actually possible that the University, not students, erased the pro-choice chalk. It

is against University policy to have chalk on campus without representation, which was the case in question.

In light of this fact, it is conceivable that the University, on the grounds of their policy, erased the pro-choice response.

I wonder, though, why now?

On any given day there are dozens of unrepresented chalk messages advertising casual events of all sorts: “House dinner!” or “FREE PIZZA [place] [time]”. If the University did in fact erase the pro-choice chalk, I am lead to believe that the University is being terribly inconsistent about enforcing their policy. If chalk without representation is prohibited, then the University should not pick and choose how it is enforced based on the gravity of the message being chalked.

I am fine with a blanket policy that results in swift removal of unrepresented chalk-

ing. However, I will not stand behind a policy that acts when called upon to remove a single offender among many.

But, I do not want to spend my time crying for help and pointing fingers. Instead, I would like to make a call to action. Engage with the dialogue. Enter the discussion. If you see chalk that you disagree with, erase not. Borrow chalk from campus resources, chalk your views clearly however they come to you, and sign your name so that the University has no reason to erase it. Either do this, or do nothing.

Whatever the case, do not commit the intellectual crime of censorship. The moment you silence the argument of another you have revealed that you are incapable of defending your own views, either by the fault of your views or by your own inability to defend them.

Once upon a time, there was a critical gap in the education system of Iowa and two men who saw an opportunity where others only saw an absence. In the midto-late 19th century, Iowa was lacking a public institution to train teachers, putting it sorely behind even other midwestern states.

Senator Edward G. Miller and Representative H. C. Hemenway, Black Hawk County legislators, proposed to the Iowa General Assembly that the upcoming vacancy of the orphanage in Cedar Falls presented an opportunity to establish a public normal school for the development of teachers.

Through tireless advocacy and Iowan grit, they prevailed, and the Iowa Normal

School under President James Cleland Gilchrist came into being in 1876. Since that time it has changed names, overcome obstacles and grown into the University of Northern Iowa we love today.

There is a simple reason for this history lesson: we have a lot to be proud of as students of this institution. Even more importantly, being proud of UNI is not only for homecoming week.

When our school has such a long and rich history, it’s an act of disservice to only celebrate our heritage for one week in the fall. The UNI traditions that truly matter are not ones that involve parades or kissing at the Campanile. Our standards of excellence in education and commitment to furthering education everywhere are the truly substantive traditions at the heart of UNI and its heritage.

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Censorship abound in UNIFI/RTL chalk war If any of you were out by the Union over the last couple of weeks you may have noticed the Right to Life chalk. The prolife student group expressed an emotional argument by chalking a large number of hearts around the Maucker Union fountain and stating a figure about the number of abortions performed daily. If this chalking caught your eye, you may have also noticed the loud pro-choice chalking response that followed the Right to Life chalk. If you didn’t have a chance to see the response, it may be because the chalking was erased within the day.

First off, I want to use this opportunity to condemn

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The event started with a statement from student body president, Katie Evans, and President Rudd. They encourage students to get involved during Homecoming.

“We want to make sure

Camp Adventure Youth Services themes from “The Lion King.”

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“Once Upon A Time” must be After the addresses, the incorporated and it must all UNI spirit squad and the dance be completed in under three team performed on stage. minutes.

Then the Pride Cry competiNoehran Hall used various tion rules were announced by Disney songs, incorporating Brophy: the UNI fight song popular dances such as the must be used in its entirety, no “Whip and Nae Nae,” as did many other performers.

Student Admissions Ambassadors cheered, “Somehow, we’ll make a panther out of you,” alluding to the popular “Mulan” song, “I’ll Make a Man Out of You.” The groups used various tactics to fill their 3 minutes.

The International Student Association redubbed the Shakira song, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” into “It’s time for UNI.” One group used the phrase “What Are Those?,” which also has its roots in the Disney movie “Hercules”; it comes from a comment Hades makes to ANNA WIKSTROM/Northern Iowan one of his minions wearing performs in Pride Cry incorporating sandals. They also used “Part of Your World” and “Come

VOLUME 112, ISSUE 14 My Way” from “The Little Mermaid,” blending both Disney and pop culture into their routine.

Camp Adventure used a plush Panther to reenact “The Lion King” opening. Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon incorporated “The Little Mermaid.” Lastly, the Black Student Union (BSU) chanted that UNI was ready, “bout a week ago,” concluding the competition portion of Pride Cry. As the judges deliberated, Homecoming Court was announced. The homecoming queens included: Molly Norman, Emily Thompson, Camryn Wrage, Alicia Hornfeck and Natalie Rork.

The kings were: Kantinka Kyeremateng, Jamal White, Kody Gafkjen, Archie Hardin and Robert Orman.

Some members were able to give their first impressions on being chosen for the 2015 Homecoming Court.

“I’m just super excited to have this kind of opportuni-

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ty to express my school spirit a little more and express my love for the University and the Panthers,” said White, sophomore marketing and organizational leadership major.

Emily Thompson, senior art major expressed similar sentiments.

“I think it’s an awesome honor to represent a school that means so much for me and get to show my pride,” Thompson said.

“It’s definitely an honor to be on stage with other members of the community who are super involved,” said Robert Orman, senior biology teaching major.

Lastly, the finalists from the Pride Cry were announced.

The finalists were SAA, CATS, Noehren Hall, Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Dance Marathon and Camp Adventure; they will all be competing again later in the week.

The Kick Off concluded 75004 of with a big group rendition the UNI Fight Song.

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Pedro, Princess and others perform for votes SHELBY WELSCH Staff Writer

Panther Princesses, prancing and pop songs.

These were a few things that the Homecoming court showcased in the Maucker Union Ballroom Tuesday for the talent portion of the election.

The queen candidates included: senior elementary education major Alicia Hornfeck, senior communications major Molly Norman, senior communications and public relations major Natalie Rork, senior art major Emily Thompson and junior accounting major Camryn Wrage. The king candidates were: sophomore marketing major Jamal White, senior management major Kantinka Kyerementeng, senior biology education major Bobby Orman, sophomore leisure, youth and human services major Kody Gafkjen and senior communication and public relations major Archie Hardin.

The event began with a Q&A, including questions like: ‘What would you like to see more of at UNI?,’ ‘What makes you proud to be a Panther?,’ or ‘What is your favorite fairytale theme song and why?’

Many of the questions reflected the homecoming theme of “Once Upon a time.”

Each participant then had three minutes to show off in a talent in he talent portion of the event.

First was Hornfeck. She sang and danced to an original song set to the tune of the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” theme. The lyrics involved her desire to get the the homecoming crown and the Panther pride she possesses.

Next, Gafkjen performed his version of the “Vote for Pedro” dance from the movie “Napoleon Dynamite.” The audience responded to his dance with smiles and laughter.

“Kody was so good, he made me want to vote for Pedro,” said

sophomore psychology major, Spencer Westhoff.

Next in the show was Norman, performing a comedy skit on how she was a “Panther princess.” Hardin also went the comedic route with a skit. According to early childhood education major, Daniele Calcagno, both routines were hilarious.

“I thought the comedy routines were so funny,” Calcagno said. “They had the whole audience cracking up.”

Rork followed Hardin’s performance, leading an audience-wide Zumba dance. Though space was tight, everybody got up and modeled Rork’s moves.

Kyerementeng also danced for his act, dancing to a mashup of African, hip-hop and pop music.

Thompson played a mashup of Taylor Swift’s “White Dress” on the piano, with students in the audience singing along with the piano.

Orman’s talent involved per-

forming different magic tricks. Royalty. The winners will be He picked a random person from announced on Friday at 8 p.m. the audience and attempted to during the Pep Rally in the ‘woo’ them by making a flower McLeod Center. The winners of appear out of his sleeve, which the competition will also be prehe then followed with a card sented during the homecoming trick. halftime game on Saturday night.

Following Orman’s mini magic show was Wrage.

She painted a solar system on a canvas in under two minutes. The last act of the night consisted of White lip-syncing and dancing to the song, “Closer”

by Ne-Yo and, “Girlfriend” by Justin Bieber.

After each candidate had performed, the audience got to vote for the two people they thought PHILIP ADAMS/Northern Iowan most deserved to Kody Gafkjen performs his interpretation of the represent UNI as the Vote for Pedro dance from “Napoleon Dynamite” 2015 Homecoming during the Homecoming Royalty Competition.

Think you’ve had fun? The week’s not over yet CLINTON OLSASKY Staff Writer

UNI’s Homecoming week is already well underway, but the second half of the week still has many events students can attend.

On Thursday, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) is bringing in singer, Javier Colon, to perform in Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center (GBPAC) at 8 p.m. Colon won the inaugural season of the TV show, “The Voice” in 2011; CAB was able to bring in Colon by attending the National Association for Campus Activities conference.

Senior communication major Jaimie Miller, the Homecoming Exec on CAB, explained this process.

“We go there every year, and that’s where we find our talent for different events throughout the year for different committees within our organization,” Miller said.

Another event open to students on the same night is the UNI Ballroom/Swing Club’s social, taking place at 8:15 at Towers West Lounge.

Sophomore leisure, youth and human services major and co-president of planning for UNI Ballroom/Swing, Nichole Aitchison, stressed the club’s welcoming atmosphere.

“If you have no dance experience, if you think you have two left feet, just show up,” Aitchison said. “You’re definitely going to leave knowing something you didn’t know.”

On Friday at 7:00 p.m., the McLeod Center will host McLeod Madness. According to the UNI Calendar of Events, the event is intended to showcase the UNI women and men’s basketball teams. The event will

include: a dunk contest, 3-point shootout, skills competition, men’s basketball scrimmage and student contests. In addition, food and free T-shirts will be available.

Immediately following McLeod Madness, the Pep Rally will take place at 8:30 p.m. in the McLeod Center, also hosted by CAB. This will include: the Pride Cry finalists’ competition, the crowning of the Homecoming king and queen and the pep rally itself. Athletic teams will also be on hand to speak at the event.

Homecoming events on Friday conclude with Midnight Campaniling, which, according to the Rod Library website, is a tradition that dates back to the 1940s. Taking place every Friday of Homecoming Week, hundreds of students gather around the Campanile to kiss a fellow Panther at midnight.

In honor of the long-standing tradition, the Book Bistro will be serving free coffee and Hershey Kisses at the Rod Library from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m..

On Saturday, Connecting Alumni to Students (CATS) will put on the annual Homecoming Parade, sponsored by University Book & Supply. The parade begins at 11 a.m. and will include outside businesses, as well as student organizations with decorated golf carts.

There will be a student tailgate held on Bender Field from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. before the Homecoming game. In addition, the UNI volleyball team will take on Drake at the McLeod Center at 7 p.m.

The College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences will be sponsoring a performance at the GBPAC by The Hot Sardines at 8 p.m. on Saturday night. Free student tickets are available; oth-

erwise, tickets start at $29.

On Sunday, UNI Dance Marathon is hosting a Pancake Breakfast at the Wesley Foundation on College Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. UNI DM is an organization that raises money for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. According to senior biology major Cheyene Robertson, the director of fund-

raising, the group works with “upwards of 40 plus families that have been affected and gone through treatments.” The price of the breakfast is $5 and it will be all-you-can-eat.

Finally, the UNI soccer team will play Indiana State at the Cedar Valley Youth Soccer Complex on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Jamie Miller, member of the

CAB, touted the importance of UNI’s annual Homecoming traditions.

“I think it’s important to get involved in homecoming events, because it brings students together,” Miller said. “I mean, you get to know all these people, and you get immersed into the UNI tradition. It’s just a really fun experience.”

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Panthers look to continue Homecoming success OPINION

KEVIN DEITRICK

Sports Columnist

It’s that time of the year, UNI. Homecoming. With a week full of activities for current, and former students, everything leading to the Panther’s football game on Saturday.

After a disappointing loss to the Bison of North Dakota State, UNI is looking to bounce back against Western Illinois, a team that has won two straight against in-state rival Southern Illinois and South Dakota.

Western Illinois is in a three-way tie at 2-0 along with Illinois State and North Dakota State. Two teams that, with a few more made plays, UNI very well could have beaten.

Let’s look at a brief history of UNI homecoming football games.

Since 2005, the Panthers are 9-1, the only loss coming in 2013 from Southern Illinois in overtime, 24-17. Over the past decade, there have been some great players to pass through this program. The 2005 Panthers team was one of the top teams in program history.

Going into the FCS Championship, the Panthers were 11-3, led by Panther great, Eric Sanders. In the championship, UNI was faced with the tough task competing against FCS power Appalachian State. Unfortunately, the

Panthers were poised for a run at the championship.

After beating New Hampshire in the first round, 38-35, there sat Joe Flacco’s Delaware Blue Hens. In front of a packed UNI-Dome, the Panthers played a tough game but fell short, losing to Flacco.

a big dude, no doubt.

But he could move, once nicknamed the “Tim Tebow of the FCS” by Panther’s broadcaster Gary Rima.

One of the highlights of my childhood was going to Panthers games and listening to Rima yelling,

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The 2007 Panthers run onto the field for their Homecoming game. UNI has had a lot of success in Homecoming games, particularly this one, which added to a perfect 11-0 season.

Mountaineers were too much, winning a close one, 21-16.

Another highlight was the ’07 team, which is possibly one of the best teams in program history, led by senior quarterback, Eric Sanders. After finishing the season, 11-0, the

Throughout middle school, my dad and I got season tickets to UNI football, and one of my favorite players to watch was quarterback Pat Grace. Joining Pat were players like Jonny Gray, Cory Lewis and Victor Williams. Pat Grace was

“Oh Baby!” after every touchdown.

My favorite year by far was 2008. Making it all the way to the semifinals, they only had to win one more game and they were in. Playing Richmond at home, the Panthers were winning, 20-7, in

the fourth quarter, and we were already making plans to make a trip to the championship game in Tennessee. But the game wasn’t over yet.

The Spiders of Richmond made stops on defense, and had the ball with less than two minutes left.

The Panthers, having no more timeouts, were desperate to make a stop.

I can remember that drive vividly even todaydesperately cheering my team on from the crowd. I can remember the disappointment throughout the UNIDome as Richmond scored on that drive to win, 2120.

It was a great decade to be a Panther. But let’s talk about the task at hand.

This Saturday they are playing Western Illinois after starting out 2-3, and 0-2 in the conference, they need a bounce back this Saturday. The Panthers will look to be more consistent on offense, as they try to win for the 10th time in their last 11 homecoming games. The Panthers are definitely a playoff-caliber team. We are just waiting for them to put it all together.

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Panthers fall to in-state rival ISU, 1-0 BRANDON TJEPKES

Sports Writer

The University of Norther n Iowa women’s soccer team traveled to Ames on Tuesday to play the Iowa State Cyclones. The Panthers fell, 1-0.

The Cyclones started the match off early with the first four shots. All of them were either wide off-target or blocked. Katie Witt attempted the first two shots for the Panthers, but both went wide.

Both teams struggled finding the net, as they were only able to shoot one on target each.

Sarah Brandt had the first on-target shot, but Cyclone goalkeeper, Lindsey Hendon, made the save. Less than four minutes later, the Cyclones put up their on-target shot only to have Panther goalkeeper Whitney Blunt save it.

The first half ended with a 0-0 tie. The Panthers were out-shot, 11-4.

The second half was more of the same. Each team had chances early to score, but none of them found the net.

Blunt continued her great season by making another save in the sixty-fifth minute. Blunt finished the match with four and currently has 66 on the season.

The Cyclones broke the scoreless spell in the seventy-fourth minute with a Koree Willer goal for the 1-0 Panther deficit.

Marianne Gagne tried to retaliate quickly after the goal with a shot of her own, but Hendon was there for the save.

The Panthers struggled to get another shot off for the remainder of the game. Annie Dale had one last chance in the eighty-ninth minute, but it went wide offtarget. The match ended with the 1-0 loss.

The Panthers will return home this Sunday to play Indiana State for homecoming. The match is scheduled at 1 p.m. in Waterloo.

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Sarah McHugh (14) dribbles the ball, looking for a teammate. The Panthers are currently 5-7-3.

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It’s happening: Cubs make a rare case for baseball greatness ALFRED O’BRIEN

Sports Editor

As any Cubs fan might tell you: it’s a long time coming. This past Tuesday night the Chicago Cubs made MLB postseason history after winning the fourth game of the National League Divisional Series against the powerhouse favorite, St. Louis Cardinals. This is the first time (100 years in the making) the Cubs have ever won a post season series in Wrigley Field.

The Cubs, after winning only their second post season series in their 107-year championship drought, have every right to celebrate.

The postseason has not been kind to Chicago in the new millennium (Northsiders still cringe when the name Steve Bartman is uttered). What might be more surprising than the rare postseason appearance is how the Cubs achieved it: by simply dismantling St. Louis. Even with the series lasting four games, it was never really close. Chicago teed off on Cardinals’ pitchers for 10 homeruns, with nine of them either leaving Wrigley Field or currently rolling around on top of the scoreboard. With 15 of 20 runs scored in the series coming off of homeruns, this is the third highest ratio in postseason history. Translation: The Cubbies have the bats.

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Cubs fans “Fly the W” at Wrigley Field as Chicago defeated St. Louis on Tuesday, advancing to the National League Championship Series. This is the first post season win Wrigley Field has ever seen since opening in 1915.

After a convincing series win such as this, Chicago proved that talent has trumped tenure.

St. Louis has been in the upper echelon of baseball for years now. Having endured what seemed like two season’s worth of injuries, the Cardinals still pulled off a 100-win season.

Seeing them in the playoffs

happens as often as UNI students getting blown away by the wind on campus. But Chicago, having five straight losing seasons under their belt, went from worst to first overnight.

With 97 wins on the season, fans, and even management, watched as the season went from cautiously optimistic to

interesting to having Wrigley Field erupt. It just might be the best ballpark for home field advantage in the postseason.

This is not a fluke. Chicago currently has rookies Addison Russell, Kyle Schwarber, Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant practically leading the charge. The team is very young, making 26-year-old

first baseman Anthony Rizzo seem like a veteran. What fuels this team is fresh, youthful talent.

When you combine a guru of a manager in Joe Maddon with videogame like batting power ,strong pitching from the likes of Jon Lester, Jason Hammel and the historic uprising of Jake Arrieta, you’ll have the ingredients for a quality team well after whatever might happen this season. Arrieta, who has been almost unhittable, owns the lowest ERA in the second half a MLB season at 0.75.

When he took the mound vs. the Cardinals his ERA was 0.73; almost superhuman numbers.

The series win vs. the Cardinals was historic, but the postseason is far from over. Chicago needs to achieve a lot more in the coming weeks to be considered truly great. But all of critics of the “Lovable Losers” must agree that the hype is over. If naysayers still doubt Chicago, they are now a tough team to bet against. Las Vegas now has them at the best odds to win the World Series at 5-2. And the last three teams to knock off the Cardinals in the postseason? They either won or made it to the World Series.

As the late, great Yogi Berra once said, “Its ain’t over ‘till its over,” but Cubs fans can feel the curse on their shoulders getting just a little bit lighter.

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In mid season form, who looks primed to take it all?

while the Auburn Tigers (who were a preseason top 10) fell out of the rankings.

This is the beauty of the sport, and of sports in general: “upsets, surprises and unpredictability” is the name of the game.

It is still too early to put together four-team playoffs with confidence; there is still plenty of football yet to play. However, teams have been grinding to prove that they must be in the conversation when the playoff committee meets for the first time on Nov. 2. The playoff committee consists of 13 highly qualified individuals that know the game. Since the committee has not met yet, I have taken it upon myself to make the playoff prediction, even though I would probably have a better chance at picking the correct Powerball numbers.

No. 1 seed: Ohio State.

MCT CAMPUS This is a safe pick that Leonard Fournette (7) stiff arms a Florida defender. Fournette has over 1,000 rushing yards, 12 touchdowns and doesn’t need much of an is a Heisman favorite this season. No. 6 LSU (5-0) is still in the hunt for a playoff spot.

RYAN HERRING a look at what we have know what teams are for explanation. They are the champs with Sports Columnist to work with. In the first real. We obviously have returning couple weeks of college surprises and some teams playmakers J.T. Barrrett, We are getting into the football, rankings don’t that have flopped. Not Cardale Jones, Braxton heart of college football mean anything. It is just many people thought the Miller and Ezekiel Elliott season now. Six weeks in an educated guess on what Iowa Hawkeyes would to go along with a stellar and we can sit back to take you can expect. Now, we currently be ranked No. 17, defense. They have had

some close calls so far, but they always get the job done in the end.

No. 2 seed: LSU. The Tigers appear to be the best team in the SEC Conference.

They have a clear Heisman front-runner, Leonard Fournette, who already has over 1,000 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns. They have an extremely difficult schedule, but Les Miles and his team are due for a big year.

No. 3 seed: Utah. This Utah team was quiet coming into the year, but they have made some noise since then. They are coming off two back-to-back wins against Oregon and Cal. to show they are the top dogs in the Pac-12.

No. 4 seed: Baylor. The Bears are my last team in, as they will beat TCU and claim the title of Big 12 Champs. This conference felt they were snubbed out of a playoff bid last year, but Baylor’s high-powered offense is making it clear that the Big 12 deserves a bid this year. They have been flat-out dominating every game so far and have been averaging 64.2 points per game.

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