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David and Katie

Wednesday night’s Northern Iowa Student Government election results brought closure to some can-didates, but not all.

After two weeks of cam-paigning, NISG presidential, vice presidential and senatori-al candidates convened at the Maucker Union Coffeehouse alongside their constituents to hear the winners of the presidential and senate seats.

However, none of the pres-idential candidates received at least 50 percent of students’ votes, resulting in a runoff election between the tickets of KaLeigh White & Alicia Jessip and Tom Madsen & Blake Findley. The runoff election will begin on March 5 at 8 a.m. and will end on March 6 at 8 a.m.

White said that she and Jessip plan on speaking with more students and spreading word of their platform.

“I’m excited to finish up the campaign over the next week,” White said. “We’re just going to keep doing what we’re doing. … Let people

know what we stand for, spread the word and get the vote out.”

Madsen said that he and Findley also plan to speak with more students.

“We’re going to work real-ly hard to try and get some votes. …. I guess we have a couple campaign things we’ll

have to work on, but we’ll let you guys know as soon as know what those dates are going to be.”

David Pope and Katie Grassi will not be in the runoff election, but they are both proud of the work they accomplished during their campaign.

“I know last year’s election, not a single ticket had the (lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender) center or LGBT rights explicitly listed in their platform,” Pope said. “… I think we really brought those issues that we feel passionate

KaLeigh and Alicia 47.7% - 832 votes

Tom and Blake33.8%591 votes

17.8%310 votes

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MEN’S BASKETBALLPoor play causes Panthers to fall to SalukisCold shooting and other slip-ups were the culprit in UNI’s 63-57 loss to SIU Wednesday night. The Panthers will earn either the No. 3 or No. 4 seed in the MVC tournament.< See PAGE 8

ENTERTAINMENTHuB to feature good dose of Midwestern music medicineHar-di-Har, The River Monks and This Is Daybreak will perform in Cedar Falls, bringing homegrown music to the Cedar Valley.< See PAGE 6

OPINIONShould we shelve Black History month?Columnist Monnier takes a look at Black History Month activities at UNI and nationwide, and the state of racism and discrimination today.< See PAGE 4

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NISG election results announcedPresidential runoff election will be held next week

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

BRANDON BAKER/Northern IowanNISG presidential candidates congratulate and hug each other after the election results on Feb. 27 in the Maucker Union Coffeehouse. From left: Katie Grassi, Blake Findley, KaLeigh White, Tom Madsen and David Pope

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LINH TANews Editor

Plans for LGBT and military student centers at UNI continue to move forward

Students, faculty and administrators at the University of Northern Iowa have combined their efforts to continue progress for a les-bian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender center and establish-ing a military and veteran student center.

“The process of gathering ideas and input is going well. There have been lots of great ideas put forward, and every-one has been very support-ive throughout the process,”

said Lisa Kratz, director of Maucker Union.

Facilities Planning has been coordinating the over-all planning process, while Maucker Union staff, the Maucker Union Advisory Board and the advisors for the LGBT and Military and Veterans Student Services groups are involved with pro-viding specific ideas through-out the process.

They are currently meet-ing with architects to develop potential floor plans, and once there is agreement between

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NISG Presidential Election Results

A total of 1,746 votes were cast. A runoff election will be held next week.

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the groups on these plans, they will determine the scope and timeline of each project.

Both centers are sched-uled to be located in or near the Student Involvement Center.

David Pope, junior politi-cal communication major, was one of the individu-als involved in creating the LGBT Center Exploratory Committee this year.

“By LGBT activists speaking up and using our voices, we’ve made some-thing that was barely on the radar this time last year into one of the main issues at UNI,” he said.

The committee has been working to decide what the center will look like, as well as how to fund and imple-ment it. The ultimate goal of the center is to fulfill all the needs of LGBT stu-

dents and the educational opportunities for the rest of campus.

“The center is neces-sary,” Pope said. “It will help LGBT students access the resources they need to be happy and healthy at UNI and educate the wider cam-pus about LGBT issues, sto-ries and experiences.”

Julia Heuer, who was recently appointed as the Military and Veterans Student Services coordina-tor strives to advocate for military students on cam-pus, as well as educate facul-ty and staff about the mili-tary culture.

Several initiatives were developed before her arrival on campus, and she contin-ues to ensure their success.

One of those is the scholarship Boots to Books, which eliminates some of the costs that students incur while going to school.

An official open house was also held for the Veterans

Center Feb. 18, and faculty, staff and students attended to show their support.

“I think (the center) is an important and necessary addition to campus. There are many unique needs that military and veterans stu-dents have. The center will provide a place where they can access resources from both on and off campus,” Heuer said.

Heuer hopes to employ some Veterans Affairs work-study positions in the office to assist with research and outreach.

“There has been some great progress in the last year with the hiring of the new Military and Veterans Student Services coordi-nator, and the creation of these centers is a next step in ensuring that we are pro-viding the best services pos-sible for all of our students,” Kratz said.

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KARI BRAUMANN/Northern IowanThe Purple Pen Room currently serves as the office for LGBT student organizations at UNI. It is located in the basement of Maucker Union.

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about to the table and made sure people talked about them.”

Through campaigning, Grassi said she learned more about herself and the impact a person can have on others and vice versa. She also said she learned how to deal with everything life brings.

“Life goes, and you just have to go with it. It’s been a learning experience,” Grassi said.

“It’s been a little rough,” Pope said, regarding the cam-paign experience. “Katie obvi-ously had a loss in the family, which was bad timing for all of this, but all in all, I think we met a lot of people, we learned a lot about ourselves and about leadership and we spoke our truth and I think that we can be proud of that.”

Pope and Grassi are unsure of whether they want to endorse another ticket right now, but they may support a ticket that cares about same issues on their platform.

NISG senate candidates Stef McGraw and Tyler Moran both won back their seats.

For the future, McGraw said she hopes NISG looks further into the contingency fund, since it is being used more by student organiza-tions.

“… I think we’ll have to look seriously at how funds are being allocated, so I see that as being one of our big-gest things to tackle next year,” McGraw said.

Moran is happy that most of the senators from the pre-vious year were elected once again, and he said that “(it’s) always great to have an older senate, so that’s what I’m most excited about.”

Current student body pres-ident Jordan Bancroft-Smithe had words of advice for the candidates in the runoff elec-tion.

“Do something. (White and I) got a lot of criticism because we weren’t neces-sarily prepared for a run-off, and we were fortunate that nobody else was either,”

Bancroft-Smithe said.Corey Cooling served as

the NISG election commis-sioner this year. He said the process of counting the bal-lots was simple.

Cooling said the votes are tabulated on MyUNIverse and printed off in a PDF that he and the election committee can read off.

Cooling said that it should be even easier to manage the runoff election, since almost all the senate seats have been filled and there are now only two tickets for president and vice president.

“Basically everything is the exact same.” Students may go to MyUNIverse and look under “Life at UNI” to vote for the presidential runoff election. Graduate students may also vote in the runoff between graduate college sen-ateorial candidates Ellie Hail and Michelle Czarnecki, who both received seven votes.

White said UNI students should vote for her and Jessip in the runoff because of their future plans.

“I think that the experi-ence that we offer (and) the vision that we have for the future really will push stu-dents’ ideas forward better (and) make sure that their UNI is the UNI they always wanted it to be,” White said.

Madsen said that he believes that he and Findley are the best candidates for the job.

“I feel like Blake and I have great experience, but we’re also very passionate about the students,” Madsen said. “I think we have a great platform. It’s a platform of change, but at the same time it’s all responsible goals that can be accomplished.”

“It’s an experience of a lifetime,” Bancroft-Smithe said. “If you win, I hope you appreciate it.”

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BRANDON BAKER/Northern IowanNISG vice presidential candidates Alicia Jessip and Blake Findley speak with each other after the NISG election results announcement on Feb. 27.

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Do you know where this picture was taken? If so, post your answer on the Northern Iowan Facebook page. The winner’s name and the picture’s location will be featured in the next edition of the Northern Iowan. The Feb. 26 picture, guessed by Sarah Pearce, senior physics and chemistry double major, was a sculpture called “Dichotomy” by Philip Ogle located in the Rod Library.

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There is a long-standing and deepening problem with American democracy. Whether it is caused by sensationalist news media, poor education or shortening attention spans, people in the United States are extraordinarily uninformed. Thanks to the First Amendment, citizens of this great nation have the right to any opinion they could pos-sibly imagine, and imagine they do. Not only do we often have unin-formed opinions, but we are mad as hell about our bad opinions. How many times do you hear the phrase “Don’t outsource American jobs!” in daily conversation from people who have no idea about the benefits of comparative advantage? Or have you heard it said that the United States spends far too much money on aid in foreign countries, despite the fact that less than 1 percent of our national bud-get of trillions of dollars is used for “foreign aid”? Without a doubt, you’ve heard someone claim in the last sev-eral weeks that the federal gov-ernment is coming to take away his or her firearms, though no one in Congress or the executive branch has promoted any legisla-tion resembling a total ban on guns (or on any guns, for that matter). Surely reasoned arguments can be made to support any of these sentiments, but how many of the

people flocking to Blaine’s Farm and Fleet to buy up all of the ammunition (before Obama kicks in their doors) do you suppose have read the research, legal opinions and other pertinent information about gun control? The conclusions themselves might be ok, but they are not based on evidence and reason.

“But everyone is entitled to an opinion!” This is a true statement. However, while you can believe whatever you choose to believe without a legal penalty, the facts of the world are not a matter of belief. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but no one is entitled to a good one. Good opinions are earned – you have to read a few books and seek out the latest news if you want to have an informed opinion about a subject. You have to learn the facts,

which are objective, to form a truly rational viewpoint, which is subjec-tive. If you skip the objective facts and form an opinion purely on the basis of emotions and hearsay, your opinion is probably crap. If you only voted for a presiden-tial candidate because your parents voted the same way, or because you liked his wife’s hair, your vote hurt our democracy. Even if the conclusion you reach happens to be correct, you still have a bad opinion, because it is not based on reason and evidence; therefore, you could just as easily believe something totally wrong. Michael Kinsley referred to this phenomenon as the “intellectual free lunch.” The phrase “there is no such thing as a free lunch” in economics refers to the fact that everything has some sort of cost, which has to be paid by someone, even if on the surface it seems free. Like lunches, our opinions have costs. It is easy to form an opin-ion, yet when we form strong, bad opinions, we hurt ourselves by building a wall between our minds and the real world. When we vote based on our bad opinions, we hurt our nation by causing bad policies. When we fear the government taking our guns and vote with that fear, we make it impossible to pass any sort of sensible legislation involving gun

Black History Month has been celebrated every year since 1976 and was created as “an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African-Americans in U.S. history” (History Channel 2013). Stories of prominent historical figures in the United States such as Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth and Martin Luther King Jr. are retold and reexamined every year during this month with gusto. On the University of Northern Iowa campus, the Black Student Union (BSU) annually creates a flurry of activity for Black History Month. This year, BSU hosted events and speakers like The Tunnel of Oppression and Teju the Storyteller to commemorate black history. The yearly reminiscing and celebrating inevitably dredge up thoughts of the United States’

dark past. In my daily routine at UNI and perhaps in yours, I rarely hear racially-charged comments. In fact, I have never seen racial discrimination on campus. Rather, I am constantly reminded by posters and policies that UNI is trying to increase diversity and inclusive-ness on campus.

As March rolls in, Black History Month will be shelved until next February. So I ask: should the United States blow the dust off of Black History Month next winter? Or can Black History Month be thrown out as an antiquated

Within the past week, many marvels of science, engineering and technol-ogy appeared everywhere from forums to mainstream news websites, but most people will never hear about them. Volkswagen announced an experimen-tal car that gets 261 miles per gallon; an eye implant that gives some blind people sight was cleared by the FDA; Fujifilm created a printable sheet that turns body heat into electricity; a pilot is flying a plane from Sydney, Australia, to London using only used plastic as fuel; and a high-tech billboard is producing drinkable water out of the air in Lima, Peru. From making our transportation clean-er to providing people with drinkable water, technology matters. Electronics especially have never before become so deeply interwoven into our existence. When “electronics” is said, a cell phone or computer comes to mind, instead of a microwave, refrigerator or light bulb. This is because our very existence in 2013 is plugged into the Internet, and it seems more a part of us than a device we use. More quickly than ever before, advance-ments are being made, and discoveries unlocking many possibilities are nearly commonplace now. Besides facilitating revolutions like the Arab Spring, some technologically devel-oping nations are being able to overstep conventional industrialization and move directly into the modern age. This means talking to people on the other side of the planet with a phone call or ordering a necessary tool from thou-sands of miles away with a click of the mouse. Using Open Source, Creative Commons and other free-to-use/free-to-modify formats alongside the Internet, modern design and development culture is creat-ing a new postmodern paradigm of what it means to create, engineer and produce. While some see modern American cul-ture as the epitome of uncreative an “Jersey Shore” or “Honey Boo-Boo” real-ity, globally, innovation and creativity are at an all-time high, and the United States isn’t that far behind. Technology matters because our planet has never had this many humans on it before. Global population surpassed 7 bil-lion in 2012, with forecast trends show-ing we will reach 9 billion around 2050. Supplying clean food, clean water, medical care, shelter, communication, transporta-tion and jobs is all the responsibility of technology being currently implemented, developing, dreamt up or not even con-ceived of yet. In history, you have the revolutions of agriculture, metallurgy, architecture and transportation. In our modern day, the one that shall outstrip them all in the quickest time is our revolution in digital technol-ogy. Apply it to anything and you can auto-mate the simplest to the most complex tasks by making them “smart.” President Obama’s mentioning of

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Shelve Black History Month?

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control. When we believe that foreigners are stealing all of our jobs and vote for politicians who would restrict free trade, we create a climate of xeno-phobia and we hurt our own standard of living by making goods more expensive. When we continue to read-ily form bad opinions with-out trying to learn the facts, we make it harder and hard-er for the facts to be impor-tant, which forces us to live in a fantasy land where everyone’s opinion is equally wrong, but still equally valued.

How can we resist this anti-intellectual trend? There are several ways: We can make a conscious effort to research our own opinions so that we can have good discussions amongst ourselves and our friends. We can learn to refrain from forming a strong opinion on a subject when we don’t know the facts, and to recognize our own bad opinions that may already have taken hold. We can learn to embrace the chance to change our minds when we learn facts that con-tradict our own views, and to have open-minded arguments with people with whom we dis-agree.

We can learn to feel good about knowing the truth, rath-er than about our opinions – instead of feeling like a good person for being against gun control, we can learn to feel good for knowing the facts and being rational in our analysis. Lastly, and most impor-tantly, we can keep in mind at all times the fact that not all opinions are equal – some are uninformed, some are wrong some are just plain silly – and that we make the world a better place when we argue against bad opinions with reason and facts.

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three-dimensional printing in his 2013 State of the Union address only emphasizes how quickly new technologies are gaining ground. With in-ground petroleum products declining, the energy that drives our digital revolu-tion will also rely on developing technologies. Advancements into biofuel, solar, wind, hydro-electric, geothermal, nuclear fission/fusion and notions we have yet to conceive of will be the backbone our modern world. Human demand for resourc-es will only increase the more developed cultures and nations we have on the planet, increas-ing an already ravished thirst for resources. Technology is crucial because the balance of resources directly impacts how peaceful diplomatic relation-ships sustain themselves. Technology matters because while here at UNI or anywhere studying science or technol-ogy, what you find from your research might one day prevent a series of events that leads

to a local skirmish or a large military conflict. Technology matters because it saves lives. Medicine will face new challenges with drug-resistant “superbugs,” mutating forms of influenza and the ongoing fight against cancer and HIV/AIDS. The interconnectivity of our world means deadly, contagious diseases can pass from nation to nation with increasing speed. So when you don’t hear about the developments that science, technology, engineer-ing and mathematics (STEM) are doing or unveiling right now, people become disillu-sioned, thinking how little the STEM field has brought us in recent years. By showing the advance-ments just announced in the past week and telling of the desperate need for technologi-cal development in the future, I hope to galvanize your support for the technology fields. It’s needed, it’s developing and this needs to continue, now more than ever.

TECHNOLOGYcontinued from page 4

Garrett Trotter is a freshman in physics from Ankeny, Iowa.

vestige of former prejudices? Though I have witnessed very little racial discrimination on campus, it would be naïve to assert that my experience is the universal experience at UNI or in the United States. When I lived in another part of the United States, racial prejudices created a thick layer of tension between neighbors and com-munities. A handful of parents voiced concerns about their children being sent to the “wrong” school due to diversity initia-tives that had led to redistrict-ing. In one particular exchange, I was told by a friendly, middle-aged woman not to interact with her neighbors because the neighbors were “not the right kind of people.”

Racism still infects our society. This malady will not be cured by downplaying the United States’ sordid history. This malady is being eased by groups like BSU and will be eased by the continuation of Black History Month. Every February, the downtrodden have an opportunity to find strength in the success stories retold and the un-oppressed have an opportunity to uplift the oppressed. In this way, Black History Month is for all members of society—all genders, ethnici-ties, religions, and sexual ori-entations. Until discrimination is thrown down and unable to rise, Black History Month has a place in our society.

BLACK HISTORYcontinued from page 4

Beth Monnier is a junior in economics and English from Tripoli, Iowa.

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HuB to host night of Midwestern musicENTERTAINMENT

HuB goers will get an earful from Midwest musi-cians on Thursday, Mar. 7. The show will begin with a stripped-down acoustic set by local band Har-di-Har at 8:30 p.m., followed by performanc-es from This is Daybreak and The River Monks. Har-di-Har will then take the stage again to wrap up the night with a dance set at 11 p.m. “There is going to be so much good music,” said Andrew Thoreen of Har-di-Har. “This show will feature fantastic Des Moines, Cedar Falls and Minneapolis bands that students who like indie music cannot afford to miss.”

Cedar Falls natives Andrew and Julie Thoreen make-up Har-di-Har, and the two have been working nonstop since the release of their second extended play album, “Feudal Kind,” back in December. “We’ve been stupid busy. For the past five weeks we have been touring regional-ly, playing shows Thursday through Sunday,” said Andrew Thoreen. The band is also prepar-ing for an upcoming tour to the southeast and later to the northeast, as well as stops at the Mission Creek Festival and Midwest Music Fest in the spring. Following the opening set

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Courtesy PhotoJulie and Andrew Thoreen perform at the HuB. The Thoreens make up the band Har-di-Har and will be performing their music at the HuB on Thursday, Mar. 7 along with several other Midwestern bands.

KIRB CHECK

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Entertainment Writer

J’s: Top notch location, quantity, price… and ranch As a resident of Gold Falls Villa Apartments and a lover of hot beefs and breakfast for dinner, J’s Homestyle is incredibly too convenient sometimes. Ordering a BLT and cheese curds, walking the two minutes to pick it up and then devouring it on my couch while watching reruns of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” has been my night more than once this past month. The “om nom nom” wor-thy hot beef is the reason Janice Power opened the res-taurant three and a half years ago. “Before I even decided I wanted to do a restaurant, I went all over town trying to find a good hot beef and couldn’t find one,” she said. “And I thought, it’s so easy to do this.” Power grew up in a family of nine, never eating anything but homemade food. The desire for homemade food has carried throughout her life and she has implemented it in her restaurant, from the all-day breakfast to the bread and baked goods. Power also loves people, and it’s apparent within sec-

onds of walking in the door. “I like the people. Love the people. I love serving them good food. Reasonable food,” said Power. University of Northern Iowa student Krystle Doeden has been an employee at J’s for two years. The familiar faces of customers were one of the reasons deciding whether or not to stay in Cedar Falls after graduating this May was so difficult. “It gets in a good crowd, from families to UNI students to older couples,” said Doeden, a family services major. Serving up a lot of food for not a lot of money is some-thing Power feels strongly about. “I just don’t like ripping people off. I want them to be full when they leave. I told them many times, if you’re not full, I’m gonna set you back down again and feed you more,” she said. Large quantities at reason-able prices are a college stu-dent’s dream. For those who live on campus and don’t have a car, J’s is just a short walk

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Ever wonder how people make those cute tutus? Well, now you have the opportunity to create one yourself! With some time

and patience, you can make a tutu that is adorable for any occasion.

Make your own tutu

Materials:• 4-5 yards of tulle

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• Elastic• Safety pin• Scissors

Directions:Step 1: Measure elastic around waist and cut.Step 2: Take the yards of tulle and fold in half.Step 3: Begin cutting strips towards folded end of tulle.Step 4: Then cut fold (now there are two pieces). Repeat

by using all of the tulle.Step 5: Take strip of tulle and fold it over elastic.Step 6: Create a slip knot and tighten it.Step 7: Continue knotting the tulle around elastic (make sure the knots are close togeth-er for the best results).Step 8: Safety pin two elastic ends together.

Tips: Make sure the slip knots aren’t too lose or too tight. Be patient with tying the knots; it takes a few tries to get it down. Make sure to push the knots close together so there aren’t any gaps. When you are done with the tutu, take the extra strips of tulle and fill in the gaps.

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University of Northern Iowa students took home 15 awards at the ADDY Awards last Thursday, Feb. 21. The mission of the ADDYs is to recognize and reward creativ-ity in the art of advertising. “It was awesome to be rec-ognized in front of the best advertising professionals in the Cedar Valley. Since such a limited number of entries win, I am so grateful to say that I have won an ADDY,” said Jordan McNamara, senior marketing: advertising student, who won silver for the entry of his personal web-site. McNamara got involved with the ADDYs through AAF-UNI, UNI’s chapter of the American Advertising Federation. AAF-UNI spon-sored entries were able to snag five of the 15 student awards. McNamara currently serves as the president of the campus organization. “I had heard of AAF Cedar Valley in the past and always thought about getting involved but never did. Once I heard that they were forming a student chapter I imme-diately got involved because AAF is well known within the advertising community,”

he said. The majority of the winning AAF-UNI piec-es were developed for the National Student Advertising Competition as a part of Professor Matthew Wilson’s advertising campaign devel-opment class. “The unique thing about the class is that, due to the rules, Professor Wilson can-not give us any advice and it must be entirely student created. I would say it is the single most important and educational class I have taken my entire time at UNI. So much so that despite the fact that I cannot receive credit for the class I show up every day for it again this year to par-ticipate in the competition,” said McNamara. Wilson was a creative director at Mudd Advertising for three years before coming to UNI and getting involved with AAF. He felt that AAF would be a great organiza-tion to get started on campus and convinced two students to show up for the first meet-ing in the fall of 2011. By the end of that first year, the organization had 24 members. Since then, they’ve grown to more than 50 members. “AAF is great for our stu-dents because advertising is a team sport. It involves busi-

ness analysts, researchers, designers, copywriters, media experts, programmers, video editors and marketers. Yet so often in higher education students get clustered into majors where they have little opportunity to work closely with students in other pro-grams,” said Wilson. Though student involve-ment with the ADDYs has been low in the past, this year had a record number of more than 70 student entries. Winners will now go on to districts. “There’s nothing better for students than to have their work projected on a screen in front of 250-300 local adver-tising professionals,” said Wilson. “It’s great exposure. It’s an invaluable networking opportunity.” Wilson welcomes those passionate about advertising to join the organization. “Whether you are a cre-ative, a marketer or an inter-active technologist, you’ll get some excellent real-world experience working on supercool projects,” he said. “Anyone who is passionate about ideas and advertising is welcome to join us.”

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Marketing students win 15 awards

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Panthers sit at 5-10 after UCA Tournament

ERIC CLAUSEN/Northern Iowan ArchivesUNI senior catcher Sam Reimer (15) homered and drove in four runs against Grambling State last Friday as part of the UCA Tournament.

Last weekend, the University of Northern Iowa softball team took part in the University of Central Arkansas Tournament. The Panthers won their opening and closing games in tournament play, going 2-3 and falling to 5-10 overall this season. UNI was outscored 33-27 in the five games. UNI faced off against Grambling State University in their first game of the tourna-ment Friday afternoon and came away with an easy 13-4 victory. The Panther offense col-lected 14 hits, including six extra-base hits, two of which were home runs. UNI scored seven runs in the first three innings of play before adding six more runs in the fourth inning. Freshman Abbie VanVleet picked up the win for the Panthers, pitching 3.2 innings while allowing four hits and two earned runs. Following the victory over GSU, the Panthers took on the host school, the Central Arkansas Bears. UNI got on the scoreboard early, putting up one run in the top of the first inning off a Caitlin Wnek home run. The Bears answered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the third inning and held a 3-1 lead until the seventh inning when the Panthers tied the game on a Julia Hunter sac-rifice fly and a Wnek RBI single. UNI was able to force extra innings against UCA but gave up the game-winning run in the bottom of the

eighth inning on an error. Junior pitcher Jamie Fisher took the loss, allowing seven hits and three earned runs over 7.1 innings. Saturday morning, the Panthers squared off against Ball State University. Fisher was able to silence Ball State for two innings before an offensive outbreak by the Cardinals. BSU scored six runs over the next three innings to force Fisher from the game. The Cardinals continued to pile on, with three more runs over the final two innings, topping the Panthers 9-3. Saturday afternoon UNI faced UCA in a rematch. However, the result was the same as the Bears cruised to an easy 16-2 victory over the Panthers. UCA scored 13 runs in the first inning and UNI was never able to recover. The Panthers recorded just four hits in the blowout loss. UNI faced the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in their final game of the tournament Sunday morning. Fisher and the Panthers dominated from start to finish, limiting the Lions to just one hit throughout the course of the game. UNI was held scoreless through the first three innings of play but wound up scor-ing six runs over the final four innings to take an easy 6-0 victory. The Panthers return to action Friday at 12:30 p.m. as part of the Woo Pig Tournament hosted by the University of Arkansas. UNI will play five games over the course of three days.

BRAD EILERSSports Editor

Poor play dooms Panthers in 63-57 loss to Salukis

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UNI senior guard Anthony James (52) was held out of Wednesday night’s game against Southern Illinois due to a deep thigh bruise. James leads the Panthers in scoring at 12.4 points per game. The Panthers lost to the Salukis 63-57, ending their chances at a first-place finish in the MVC.

BRAD EILERSSports Editor

If you didn’t know the records of the two teams playing in Wednesday night’s men’s basketball game in Carbondale, Ill., it would have been easy to think the Southern Illinois University Salukis were competing for a Missouri Valley Conference title while the University of Northern Iowa Panthers were at the bottom of the conference standings. In reality, the Panthers (17-13, 10-7 MVC) were the team still com-peting for the top spot in the MVC, while the Salukis sat in last place. However, SIU handled UNI from start to finish, taking a 63-57 victory and ending the Panthers’ chances at a first- or second-place finish in the MVC with just one conference game remaining. UNI committed 16 turnovers, shot just 37.7 percent from the floor and 25 percent from 3-point range and allowed nine SIU offensive rebounds. The Salukis (13-16, 5-12 MVC), who never trailed in the game, jumped out to an early 7-0 lead as the Panthers failed to score in the opening three minutes of play. UNI eventually tied the game at 14. However SIU ended the first half on a 25-10 run to take a 39-24 lead into the locker room.

The Panthers played better in the second half, closing the gap to just five points with just under three min-utes to play, but the 15-point halftime deficit was too much to overcome as UNI fell 63-57. The UNI offense struggled with-out starting senior guard Anthony James, who suffered a deep thigh bruise in the second half of last Saturday’s loss to the University of Denver. James leads the Panthers in scor-ing, averaging 12.4 points per game. Redshirt freshman guard Matt Bohannon started in place of James and went 0-for-7 with no points. Senior guard Marc Sonnen led the Panthers in scoring with 18 points. Sonnen was joined in double digits by Jake Koch (12 points) and Deon Mitchell (10 points). Sophomore for-ward Seth Tuttle finished with eight points and nine rebounds. The Salukis were led by senior guards Desmar Jackson and Jeff Early, who scored 18 points and 14 points, respectively. The Panthers return to action Saturday night at 7 p.m. when they host the Illinois State University Redbirds (17-13, 8-9 MVC) for Senior Night. With a win, UNI will secure the No. 3 seed in the MVC Tournament. With a loss, the Panthers will take the No. 4 seed.

KEEP UP WITH PANTHER ATHLETICSFollow Sports Editor Brad Eilers on Twitter at @NISportsLive for updates on UNI athletics, live-tweeting of games and other sports news.

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its statement: “The road to transformational change is often bumpy and occasion-ally controversial.” The bumps and contro-versy have been well-docu-mented. Among them is the possibility the NCAA went beyond its jurisdiction in penalizing Penn State; it had malice aforethought in the case of UCLA basketball player Shabazz Muhammad; and it paid the attorney of the booster being investi-gated in the University of Miami case to leak informa-tion to the NCAA. Donna Shalala, Miami’s president, is doing a gutsy and dangerous thing by tak-ing on the NCAA before judgment and penalties have been handed down. She has already self-imposed penalties. “We have suffered enough,” Shalala said. The only other gauntlet-throwing of recent mem-ory was the University of Southern California’s Mike Garrett, who sniffed at the NCAA’s investiga-tion of Reggie Bush by telling a group of boost-ers the NCAA was “just jealous because they aren’t Trojans.” That was similarly gutsy, but also more arrogant than sensible. The NCAA plowed under USC football. The Trojans, after losing rank-ing and bowl privileges, are still facing two more foot-ball seasons of competing under scholarship shortfalls. UCLA took a smaller hit when the NCAA daw-dled away three games of Muhammad’s basketball eligibility. Bruins Athletic Director Dan Guerrero, who walked the painstak-

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