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Haunted campus?

KAYLEEN TURNIS

ROCKY HORROR

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The popular cult film is about to experience its 40th anniversary.

‘Tis the season of colorful leaves on trees, decorative pumpkins, candy corn and Halloween spooks!

Whether you believe it or not, legend has it that the UNI campus has been haunted for years by a few well-known ghosts. The three famous ghosts lingering through campus dorm halls and buildings go by the names of Zelda, Travis and Augie.

According to the UNI website, the UNI Theatre Department is rumored to be haunted by Zelda.

This ghost was once described as “the spirit of the theatre that is neither seen nor heard.” She has been known on campus as early as 1963. Zelda was first thought to have haunted the basement of Lang Hall, which was the

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old auditorium building.

When the Strayer-Wood Theatre opened in 1978, it was thought that she moved with the theatre department, and Zelda has been recognized as a friendly ghost ever since.

“Stories of Zelda were going around long before my arrival,” said Jay Edelnant, professor of theatre. “She tended to appear around the auditorium in Lang Hall and different versions of her origin went around; a teacher from the Normal School [a former name for UNI] who died in class or on stage, or someone from nearby who wanted to go to the Normal School, but died.”

Individuals active in the theatre department often tell stories about Zelda’s tricks, such as appearing when all the lights are shut off, yelling insults, opening and closing doors, playing piano and also making sounds similar to a baby crying.

In the past, the Theatre Department has given

“Zelda Awards” to those who have had strange experiences in the theatre.

“She was often seen late at night in the main hallway and staircase that passes in front of the auditorium while shows were rehearsing or during high stress times, final exams and dress rehearsals,” said Edelnant. “Sightings were frequent during the first few years [1978-80], especially during the early summer storm season [of June] when we’d have ripping thunderstorms, power outages and fluctuations that affected the light boards and sound equipment.”

But Zelda has a helpfulside, too. The most wellknown story showing her kindness was in 1978 during a performance to a sold-out audience. An overhead electrical cable became unhooked and Zelda was thought to have guided the cable to fall on the only open seat in the theatre.

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Drag-A-Ganza: spooky and sassy SHELBY WELSCH Staff Writer

Sugar, spice and everything sassy—those are the ingredients to a spook-tacular Halloween Drag-AGanza, sponsored by UNI Proud on Tuesday. The LGBT-sponsored drag shows have been a crowd favorite for years now.

Anyone, regardless of

their sexual orientation or gender, was able to perform.

One of the welcome main performers of the event was sophomore social work major, D’evine Winters, whose stage name is Paris A La Grande.

He has been doing shows like this for nine months now.

“These events are a good way for people who don’t usually express themselves to do so,” Winters said.

Paris A La Grande started the show by singing and

dancing to several different songs such as “Weight” by Latrice Royale, “All Hands on Deck” by Tinashe and “Love on Top” by Beyonce.

Lady XaXa Trudeaux followed, performing songs “Sweet Transvestite” from “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Overprotected” by Britney Spears and “I Love You but I Google Other People” by Nele Needs a Holiday.

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Paris A La Grande strikes a pose on the floor of Lang Auditorium’s stage.

Her second performace elicited a standing ovation.

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Halloween tradition dripping with antici...pation Sororities flourish; fraternities plateau KAYLEEN TURNIS Staff Writer

“Rice is thrown, water is squirted and newspapers are opened during this truly one of a kind show,” said Katie Schickel, senior social work major. Singing and dancing, along with the screening of “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” will take place at UNI this Friday.

Alpha Psi Omega (APO), a Theater Honor Fraternity on campus, is hosting this as their annual philanthropy event.

APO is also getting help from others in and out of the theater, including sponsorship by NISG. Not only is this the 40th anniversary of “Rocky Horror,” but it also marks the 90th anniversary of Alpha Psi Omega.

today: identity, sex and humor,” Evans said. “What else could you need? Theatres around the U.S. put up immersive showings of this film around this time of year. Cross it off your bucket list now.”

One particular tradition of the show includes a Virgin Auction.

“All people who haven’t been to either a live show or a screening of ‘Rocky Horror,’ — and don’t lie about it, your friends will rat you out — are taken to the stage and auctioned off for the dirtiest thing an audience member can

and the showing beginning at 11 p.m. Evans explained that the size of the event has grown over the years, and that screenings of “Rocky Horror” began in a lecture hall before the event moved to StrayerWood Theatre, and has now filled the floor of GBPAC for three years running.

“It’s been an amazing event for this campus and surrounding area,” Evans said.

“It is such a fun night. Dust off your fish nets and your tighty-whiteys and come have some fun!”

The show is free with a

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Beth Hicks, sophomore theatre design and production major, is a member of the committee this year.

“Those new to ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ get a dose of the craziness early on as they are introduced to the returning viewers in an appropriate ‘Rocky Horror’ fashion,” Hicks said. “Costumes are highly encouraged. It will provide a wild, wacky and fun night, free of judgment, where being yourself is highly encouraged. Students should attend ‘Rocky Horror’ for a unique and lively movie experience, solo or with friends.”

The event has been a UNI tradition, as well as a cultural phenomenon since its release in 1975. Mic Evans, senior theatre major and Social Chair for APO discussed some of the content of “Rocky Horror.”

“The show questions relevant things for audiences

think of,” Evans said. “There’s also a rich history of audience participation, which culminates in the opportunity to yell at the screen.”

Schickel talked about her first experience with the show.

“I went to ‘Rocky Horror’ last year and my get-up was comprised of a black wig, ghostly make-up, black lipstick, black shorts, tights and black boots,” Schickel said.

“This year, I am going as Magenta, one of the characters from the show, and I am wearing a maid costume with fishnet tights and spraying my hair red. Honestly anybody can wear anything. With ‘Rocky Horror,’ anything goes.”

The showing will be taking place at Gallagher Bluedorn with doors opening at 10 p.m.

UNI ID, and $1 or a nonperishable food for non-UNI students. The canned food items will be given to the Northeast Iowa Food Bank in Waterloo.

Prop bags will also be on sale for $4 to aid in the audience participation of the show.

“One of the greatest things about ‘Rocky Horror’ is the utter confusion one feels if it is their first time at a show,” Schickel said. “The music is catchy and the story line is wild. If nothing else, ‘Rocky Horror’ is guaranteed to be memorable and has quickly become one of my favorite Halloween traditions.”

In addition to the “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” APO also hosts an annual themed dinner show in the spring at the Cedar Falls Community Center.

UNI’s four Panhellenic sororities have doubled in size in the past 5 years, a growth not experienced by their Greek male counterparts. Panhellenic Council President Anna Ryder attributes the sororities’ growth to their hard work at recruitment.

“There have been so many good things that have happened since these numbers have increased,” Ryder said. “Like higher recognition from our peers and UNI’s administration and higher participation in our philanthropic events.” The Panhellenic Council is also planning to add a new chapter to accommodate the growing interest.

According to Ryder, the new chapter will most likely be installed by formal recruitment in fall of 2016.

“We, as a community, just finished up the voting process,” Ryder said. “We are now in the process of setting up our Extension Committee, who will help our community pick a new nationally-affiliated chapter to bring to our campus.”

UNI’s Fraternities, however, are not experiencing the same membership boom.

Steffoni Schmidt, Program Coordinator for UNI Greek Life, attributes this mostly to their recruitment process.

“The women have a very structured recruitment, which encourages all women who sign up to visit each chapter and see all their options,” Schmidt said. “On the other hand, the men’s recruitment process is more individual from one member to another, which may limit their initial intake numbers.”

Shane Boyer, President of UNI’s Interfraternity Council, or IFC, agrees with this theory.

“My feeling on why sorority life is on the rise is due to their recruitment process. Sororities use a formal recruitment process,” Boyer

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said. “IFC nationals say that this is not the best way to recruit men. The less holes you make a college man jump through, the better results you will see.”

Many active fraternity members feel that the current recruitment process is best.

“I found the recruitment process very laid-back and welcoming,” said freshman financial management major and fraternity member, Reed Shepherd.

Nationally, college freshmen have a peaked interest in Greek life. According to study done by the Washington Post, 15.5 percent of freshman women and 11.3 percent of freshman men in the fall of 2014 planned on participating in Greek life, as opposed to 11.1 percent of women and 7.4 percent of men in 2003.

Some other incentives to join Greek life include their focus on academic achievement and the many volunteer opportunities they provide.

Each chapter has unique qualities, from their crest to their open motto, and each have different requirements in order for a potential member to receive a bid or invitation to join.

Sophomore Greek life member Tim Scheve was pleased with his initial experience going into fraternity life.

“The amount of brotherhood and instant feel of community was very attractive,” Scheve said.

There are many possible reasons for this surge of interest in Greek Life, both nationally and on campus.

Schmidt attributes it to their sense of community and belonging.

“Greek life also offers deep friendships and a ‘home away from home,’ which is something that many college students are seeking,” Schmidt said. “Being part of a group like a sorority helps students, especially freshmen, adjust to college life and being away from home.”

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More pumpkins, more problems ‘Tis the season of pumpkins.

For the next few days, a pumpkin will be in every corner of your sight at every moment. It may not always be in the form of a round, orange plant; it may be in the Starbucks latte that a girl with ironically dorky glasses orders, or the pumpkin-quality of the burnt orange sweater she’s wearing with black leggings and UGG boots.

Side note, I’m in the Union and I just heard three girls in a row order a pumpkin spiced latte. Once again, ‘tis the season.

Pumpkin fever may also come in the form of a delicious pie. Another side note, is it actually pumpkin pie if you can see the pie through the whipped cream? The answer is no.

It, too, will be in the form of fake pumpkins, plastic pumpkins, candy pumpkins, painted pumpkins and any kind of

pumpkin you want. What is it with pumpkins this time of year?

For four weeks out of the year you can’t get rid pumpkins, and the other 48 weeks of the year they are nowhere to be found.

But, to me, the most confusing use of pumpkins around this time is jack-o-lanterns.

Why do we take perfectly good pumpkins and carve them up to only see them be shriveled away

by Nov. 5th? (Actually, when I was in seventh grade I saw a shriveled pumpkin that looked exactly like one my teachers; it was a little disturbing.) Because of this curiosity, I looked up the history of the jack-o-lantern.

Originally, in Ireland the practice was used with turnips and potatoes, but once they came to America they adopted the pumpkin.

As legend tells, when a man named Jack died, God didn’t want him and neither did the devil. Jack was given a piece of coal and he put it in a turnip to light his way; he still roams the earth to this day. The people of Ireland started making their

own jack-o-lanterns by carving faces into turnips and putting them in their windows or near doors to frighten Jack away, according to the tale. Sounds a little far-fetched to me, but then again so does Halloween.

Fast-forward to present day, and the whole pumpkin craze has brought me this conclusion: leave the pumpkins alone and stop carving out jack-olanterns. Jack-o-lanterns don’t even make sense; they serve no purpose other than decoration, and they’ll only last a few weeks at the most. You are wasting great pumpkin pie ingredients for a few weeks of decoration that absolutely no one cares about.

Also, if you make jack-olanterns, don’t paint on them or use stencils for your design.

Make it yourself like it was originally intended. The rest of the world already thinks we are lazy, let’s not try to add to it. Likewise, if you really want to get into the Halloween spirit, then go get a turnip. No one likes turnips anyway. Besides, the Irish were using them as “decoration” in order to scare

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Columnist Gravert doesn’t understand pumpkins; especiallly jack-olanterns. He hates seeing so many pumpkins go to waste on decorations when they could be put to a more productive use — in pumpkin pie.

away Jack.

Along with this carving process, I have heard that some people, when they take the seeds out of the pumpkin, cook them. This sounds gross and unsanitary. You just scooped out all of those seeds with your hands, which are probably riddled with germs! Also, how can you eat them when you just saw all the gunk they came out of.

Whenever my parents forced me to make jack-o-lanterns with the family, I always had

to put gloves on and use big spoons to scoop everything out.

It is hard to get all the gunk out, therefore, I think it serves a better purpose staying inside the pumpkin.

This nonsensical practice of jack-o-lanterns make me want to leave America for these few weeks so I will be rid of them.

I urge you to give up this ritual that our society has grown so accustomed to. Mostly because I really want more pumpkin pie.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

The ‘pro-life’ pickle: can we find a more accurate term?

It is not common, as a student journalist, to find yourself struggling over journalistic ethical standards before a story goes to print. But it does happen.

The Northern Iowan recently published a story, “Student orgs. wage chalking war over abortion,” detailing the so-called “chalk wars” that had been taking place on the sidewalks of campus.

The controversy began when UNI Right to Life covered the Maucker Union sidewalks with some 3,500 chalked hearts — symbolizing the supposed number of abortions that occur daily, according to the group. Beside these chalkings, the group wrote, “Abortion stops 3,500 hearts each day.”

In retaliation, 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).

I think our news editor, Emily Beisel, did a wonderful job representing all parties involved in this debate fairly, which we should clearly recognize is a localized form of the heated national debate on abortion. As a news source, the NI strives for accuracy and objectivity. With those

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cardinal standards of journalistic practice, I felt it was my duty, as executive editor and journalist, to step in.

Traditionally, when we characterize the debate about abortion, it typically looks like this: “pro-life” versus “prochoice.” One would say that, for all intents and purposes, this is how it should be done; the majority of people understand the debate in these terms.

However, as I argued, it is our responsibility as journalists to represent the debate in accurate terms, specifically in the nomenclature of both sides.

“Pro-life,” objectively, is not an accurate term. Groups commonly designated as “prolife,” such as UNI Right to Life, are not life-affirming groups, per se. The term “prolife” is rather vague, and we

seem plagued by an implicit obligation to use the word while knowing it doesn’t apply.

Many of these groups defend the lives of children at birth, but tend to support legislation that ignores the lives of children before and after birth. For example, many of the right-wing pro-lifers support funding cuts to WIC (Women, Infant and Children), food stamps and other programs that provide welfare for single mothers. Because of this, some argue for the use of the term “pro-birth” instead of “pro-life.”

One may have noticed, in our printed version of the story, that UNI Right to Life (and other groups thought of traditionally as “pro-life”) were referred to as “anti-abortion” unless the reference came directly from a source.

This was the result of much discussion in the newsroom.

The initial term proposed for “pro-life” groups was “anti-choice,” and I think the origins of this proposal are straightforward — so-called pro-life organizations are in opposition to a woman’s choice in having an abortion.

On the flipside, so-called prochoice groups would like to see that a woman has the right to choose to have an abortion.

Simple as that, right? Well, not so much. So-called pro-life

groups typically advocate for alternatives to abortion — i.e., choice — such as adoption [and others]. In fact, UNI Right to Life’s mission statement includes “provid[ing] resources for alternatives to abortion.”

With this in mind, “anti-abortion” was proposed.

Again, there was much discussion about the implications of this term, namely that this seems to suggest that the “pro-choice” side of the debate is “pro-abortion” — which is clearly not the case.

For example, UNI STARR is concerned with providing education and other measures that would prevent the need for abortions, as are many pro-choice groups. It’s safe to say that no person or group is pro-abortion.

So what makes “anti-abortion” the correct term? Well, it isn’t, necessarily. I would instead say that, from a journalistic perspective, it is as accurate as we can hope to be (although, I’d be open to hearing some other suggestions!).

“Pro-life” groups are, fundamentally, against a woman’s right to choose an abortion.

For this reason, I would also say that the term “pro-choice” is as accurate as we can hope to be for the left-leaning side of this issue — and in our article we referred to them as such. Pro-choice groups are

for a woman’s right to choose an abortion.

I’m not going to pretend that these terms are the objective names we should subscribe to, nor would it be my place to impose such a position. However, as journalists, we must be skeptical. We must be accurate. We must strive for objectivity.

I’ll choose to acknowledge my bias here. Full disclosure: I’m an English major. I think language is important, and the language employed surrounding this debate, in particular, is important.

The more a discourse surrounding ideologies is proliferated, the more that discourse, that language, becomes Fact; becomes Truth. Wherever you may stand on this issue, or any issue that is pervasive in the political sphere, I ask that you take a step back and think about the language that’s being used and what it really means. Political rhetoric is full of statements that lack substance when left unconsidered: “Make America Great Again,” or “I’ll fight for the middle class,” to name a few.

I acknowledge that it can be hard to divorce oneself from a worldview that relies on commonly used buzzwords and buzzphrases, but it’s important to do so on occasion.

We do it all the time at the newspaper.

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and NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye.” After these acts, continued from page 1 Andrew Genie performed “Starstruck” by 3OH!3 and Lana Del Grande performed “Manicure” by Lady Gaga. the popular drag song, “Hair.” Elias the Snow King did a Then, performer Dakota rendition of the “Frozen” came out to All American song, “Let it Go.” Finally, Rejects’ “Dirty Little Secret” Artemis Cardiac showed off her talents to the songs “You and I” by Lady Gaga and “Life on Mars” from “American Horror Story.”

Attendance to the show was so high that they ran out of programs before it started. Freshman marketing major and LGBT community member, Tyler Herring, commented on how great it was to see such a vast number of people at the event.

“There were so many people there to support the LGBT community,” Herring said.

Herring is also a freIRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan quenter of drag shows and Performer Lana Del Grande struts on shared how entertaining he stage singing songs like “Hair” by Lady thought this one was.

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“I was having so much fun,” Herring said. “I love drag queens!”

Freshman graphic design major, Leah DeClerck came to the show because her Women’s and Gender Studies teacher was performing as Xa Xa Trudeaux.

“It was fun seeing my professor perform,” DeClerck said. “It’s way different than seeing her in the classroom, needless to say.”

DeClerck also IRIS FRASHER/Northern Iowan emphasized how Renae Beard, NISG Vice President, and performer David Barbour kick off the Drag-Aimportant she Ganza event as emcees on Tuesday night. thinks it is to come to events and support the this one and support all UNI laugh,” Winters said. “When LGBT community. students, regardless of their I’m up there, I can’t control “Although I don’t spe- sexual orientation.” what I do.” cifically identify myself as According to Winters, the The LGBT center is hostLGBT,” DeClerck said. “I am best part of the show is ing another drag show simi75004 an ally and think it’s import- actually being up on stage. lar to this one in the spring. ant to come to events like “I love making people

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Edelnant explained that a theatre faculty member reportedly saw her reflection around the lobby with men dressed in Civil War attire. With no evidence, rumors circulated that the theatre was built on an old cemetery or burial ground.

History shows there had been a baseball field where the theatre, CAC and Kamerick Art Building are today.

Travis The second ghost that haunts the UNI campus goes by the name “Travis.” He is reputed to reside in Rider Hall and was a previous student who died of an alcohol overdose over fifteen years ago. Because of this, his hauntings are often associated with drunkenness.

Several individuals have had, or thought they have had, encounters with Travis.

Bryant Hickie, 2015 UNI graduate, loved his time spent in Rider but experienced some abnormal and uneasy feelings when he moved to the first floor in the fall of 2011. A few weeks into the semester, Hickie and his roommate started to hear pipes banging beneath their dorm room. Being the curious freshmen they were, they decided to check out what all the noise was about.

“We were creeped out, until we learned that the boiler room was located below our room,” Hickie said. “Somehow, the door was unlocked. We poked around for a while but didn’t see anything too weird, and we definitely didn’t see any ghosts.”

Later in the semester, Hickie claimed that at late hours of the night he thought he would hear someone running down the hall and bumping into the wall, as if they were drunkenly chasing someone.

“When I would poke my head out of the door to see what was going on, the hall would be empty,” said Hickie.

“Little things like this occurred for the entire three years I lived in Rider.”

Hickie was very cautious at the late hours of the night, between 3 and 5 a..m.., to not leave his room, because the lounge windows seemed to show reflections and sometimes it appeared there was an intoxicated individual swaying at the far end of the hall. He even said, “for a fraction of a second you could smell the hard acidity of vomit.”

The one instance Hickie thought he met Travis was a night when he was heavily intoxicated himself and left his room to use the restroom.

“The next morning, Sarah (his wife today), told me that I had arrived back at the room out of breath and terrified,” Hickie said. “I had said that a ghost was chasing me because I was drunk. I do not recall any part of this. When I eventually

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told this ghost story to some gullible freshman, I made sure to warn them that ‘the Rider ghost will only come after you if you get too drunk and wander the halls after bar close.’”

Augie The third and most famous ghost on campus is “Augie” who is said to reside in Lawther Hall.

The legend is that Augie was a World War II soldier who died in Lawther Hall when it was an infirmary. Augie was first thought to reside in the attic of Lawther Hall, but over the years he has been seen in all parts of the residence hall. Reports of Augie started appearing as early as 1977.

He seemed to be quite the trickster. At that time, he was reported to have changed the lettering on a bulletin board outside one room to say “Augie will return to haunt Bordeaux House.” In 1992, a resident assistant claimed they saw a man in a striped outfit walking down the hall while the hall was closed. The man then vanished into the women’s restroom.

Augie has also been said to remove posters from the wall, which women would later find in their rooms. He would turn on radios and the radios would continue to play even after having been unplugged.

Another student, Sherokee Eder, senior communications major, was a victim of Augie’s tricks even before her college years.

“It was when I did a summer program at UNI during high school,” said Eder. “So my friend, Leah, was my roommate one summer. We were both in our lofts ready for bed., and neither of us realized the other was still in bed. The water turned on by itself and I made a comment to her to turn the water off.

She informed me she was also in bed, so we both sat up and looked at each other. I got out of bed and turned it off. We had a bag of pop cans securely hooked on the side of the sink.

A few hours after the water, we heard a pop can rolling around on the floor.

Leah thought I was messing with her because the water thing freaked us out. And I definitely wasn’t. The bag had spilled onto the floor. It only happened the one night, but we slept with our lights on the rest of the summer.”

Lawther Hall is currently under construction this year, which means no students are living there. Because of this, other halls on campus are being used for living, as well as storing items from Lawther. For instance, Panther Village is storing mattresses from Lawther.

“I’m convinced that the Lawther ghost moved to Panther Village,” Maggie Sondag, senior elementary and early childhood education double major. “I hear shuffling outside my door but when I go out to check there isn’t anyone there.”

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Women’s Basketball poised for a promising season OPINION

KEVIN DEITRICK

Sports Columnist

The 2014-2015 season was a bittersweet year for UNI’s women’s basketball team. A year that saw them go a disappointing 17-15.

But they also had a fantastic record in the Missouri Valley Conference, going 12-6. UNI is returning four of last years’ starters and four of their top five scorers from a year ago, led by Madison Weekly, who averaged almost 14 points a game for the Panthers. The team is poised for a breakout season with their core players and are picked to finish third in the Missouri Valley Conference this year.

Last year, they proved to be a conference power, and it looks to be the same this year. But if they want to reach the next level, they must win their key non-conference games. The first major test will be against the South Dakota Coyotes, a team that had a record of 26-8, and beat the Panthers, 77-85.

The game will be in the McLeod Center on Nov. 17.

The second test will be at home against Iowa on Nov. 22. The Iowa Hawkeyes went 26-8 a year ago and finished the year ranked 11th in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Playing in Carver-Hawkeye Arena last year, UNI endured a tough loss, falling 73-45. After returning from Mexico, they faced the Iowa State Cyclones. ISU finished last year, 18-13, and made the NCAA tournament. Playing at the Mcleod Center, where the Panthers were 10-5 a year ago, can and should win this game.

Granted, the Cyclones are good, but the Panthers are a new team at home.

South Dakota, Iowa and Iowa State are very good teams. But the thing is, all of these matchups are are at home this season. If the support of the Panther faithful can show out, I believe we can make three big upsets, which will provide a ton of momentum going into conference play. Even if the Panthers go 12-6 in the conference again this year, their record will drastically change from 17-15, to an impressive 20-12, not to mention in-state bragging rights.

After looking at some of the key non conference games, lets take a look at some of the competition in the MVC. Who is standing in the Panthers’ way of finishing on top?

Missouri State is poised for a breakout year after finishing, 13-5, in the conference. Drake had a very

good year, going 20-10 overall, and 15-3 in the conference. Wichita State finished on top, going 171, with an overall record of 294. After losing key players, the Shockers are picked to finish fifth.

Southern Illinois is another team that should have a solid year and is picked to finish fourth after going 10-8 in the conference a year ago.

These are the teams that UNI will have to beat, aside from the bottom five teams that all had sub .500 conference records, to have a chance at finishing in first place.

Like I mentioned earlier, UNI has four of their top five scorers returning this year. Not only do they bring back their mad basketball skills but also very valuable experience. As a team, they are very talented. But they do have aspects of the game they need to work on.

In team field goal percentage, they were sixth a year ago, making 38 percent of their shots. Also, something they must improve on is rebounding on both sides of the ball. They average only 36 rebounds per game, which is good for eighth, and allow an average of 40 rebounds per game to their opponents, which is also eighth in the conference.

Price to step down as UNI coach SOCCER

KILEY COPPOCK Staff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa’s women’s soccer coach, James Price, has decided not to return to the team after the closing of this year’s season.

Instead he will be starting up the men and women’s soccer program at Hawkeye Community College.

Price has been the UNI Women’s soccer head coach since the 2009 season. But this summer a new opportunity presented itself.

“They [the personnel at Hawkeye] contacted me this past summer to get advice on how to start the program,” says Price. “After meeting with them briefly, the more I found out about what they were trying to do, the more interested I became, and then one thing kind of led to another.”

Price will be taking up the position, effective immediately after UNI’s season comes to a close.

“You know, it’s a change,” said Price when asked about why he took the new position. “I’ve been here at UNI for six years and that’s been great, but it’s a new challenge, a different kind of challenge.”

When Price first arrived at UNI in 2009, the soccer program was struggling. However, the main reason he was attracted to this job was because of the program’s potential.

“There were other teams

like women’s volleyball, men’s football and basketball teams that were doing well,” said Price, “and I saw the soccer program had good potential to work up to the level of those teams.”

In each of his first four years, Price led the Panthers to winning progresses and made it possible for UNI to host its first ever MVC tournament game in 2012.

When he first announced his departure in August, it came as quite a shock to the team.

“At the beginning of the season, we knew his contract was ending soon,” said junior midfielder, Camille Dela Cruz, “but we didn’t know that he’d actually be done after this year.”

Senior defender, Maddie Welch was sad to see him go, “Coach Price has taken this UNI soccer program a long way and it is unfortunate to see him go,” said Maddie Welch, senior defender. “I believe Hawkeye is lucky to get him though, and I know that he will start up a great program there. I wish him the best of luck in his new opportunity!”

Coach Price plans to begin his new position in Waterloo starting Nov. 9 of this year. To put it in his words, he will be “hitting the ground running.”

He plans to focus on the recruitment process as soon as he arrives. Once those recruits start forming his teams, the next step is getting involved with the community.

“It’s one thing to have a

Northern Iowan Archive

Madison Weekly (2) returns as the Panthers’ leading scorer last season at 14 ppg. UNI also returns four out of five of their starters from last season.

The 2014-2015 UNI Women’s College Basketball team has all the pieces they need to make a huge impact. They just need to get

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Strength in numbers: baseball club building on success RYAN HERRING

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Coach Price has been at the helm of Women’s Soccer for six years.

soccer team but to form a soccer program is another,” said Price.

“It’s doing things away from the field, like getting involved with the community through youth camps and helping support soccer clubs in the area.”

However, Coach Price has expressed nothing but support for the future of UNI soccer.

“I will be watching from afar,” Price said. “And I’m excited to see what the future holds for the UNI soccer program.”

The Panthers will travel to Loyola for their last regular season game on Oct. 29. The MVC tournament is shortly to follow with the first round of semi-finals starting on Nov. 1.

behind coach Tanya Warren and her staff and play to their potential.

In the wise words of the late Al Davis, “Just win baby, win.”

UNI cut its Division I baseball program after the 2009 season, which was a disappointment to many. However, that doesn’t mean baseball is nonexistent here.

UNI has a legitimate club baseball team that continues to grow and improve.

“It’s unfortunate that the university doesn’t have a NCAA baseball team,” said Tucker Barrett, president of the club baseball team, “but the club team gives you the opportunity to stay with game while getting a good education here.”

The team is off to a hot start this year, finishing up their fall season with an impressive record of 7-5, which is a big improvement from their 4-8 finish last year. This is one of the best fall seasons the club has ever had, and they hope to continue the success when spring ball rolls around.

The season opened up with a road trip to Kansas City for the KC Woodcat Classic where the team went down and snagged the championship. It was at this point Nic Peters, junior on the team, knew “things were going to be a lot better this season.”

A big reason the club is achieving more this year than before is because of the team’s growth. Last year, the squad had a total of 20 guys, and this year they began the season with 30. This proves the interest level is growing, which is allowing the program to advance.

More and more people are wanting

to get involved, and why wouldn’t they?

“It provides a great opportunity for students to experience the game and meet new people,” Barrett said.

The club team has led to many strong friendships from the abundance of time they guys spend together. They practice four times a week (usually going for about 90 minutes), take long road trips to tournaments together, do some volunteering and do a lot of fundraising.

This is Barrett’s first year as president and it seems he’s got his guys’ support.

“Tucker did a great job changing things up this year for the better,” said Peters. “He does a great job managing guys and making sure everyone’s on the same page. “ Although the team is confident, they know they have a tough road ahead of them to get to where they want to go. As a club baseball team, the end goal is always the Club Baseball World Series, which is taking place in Kentucky this year.

Some of the toughest competition will be coming from within the state, including Iowa and Iowa State (who qualified for the club world series last year). UNI will square off against both these teams this coming spring.

If you’re interested in following the team this year, you can check out their website at http://unipantherbaseball.wix.com/panthers or if you want to get involved with the team you can email Tucker Barrett at barretab@uni.edu.

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