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OPINIONGraduation in the darkness at the edge of townColumnist Early invites his fellow graduates out to the edge of their comfort zones.

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GRAD SPOTLIGHTBradford: Education should be funGraduate student Jason Bradford speaks on his UNI experience and his career and life aspirations.

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INDEX

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A farewell to Bartlett Hall

RESIDENCE LIFE

“ ”I only lived in Bartlett Hall for one year, but in that year Bartlett became home.

- Molly Hayes, Bartlett Hall resident assistant

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Bartlett will close its doors as a residence hall at the end of this academic year. It will be renovated this summer and used for faculty offices.

CAITIE PETERSONEditorial Staff

On Monday, April 23, resi-dents of Bartlett Hall were allowed a rare tour of the building’s fourth and fifth floors, which have been closed since 1983 due to fire code.

Adrienne Appler, the Residence Life Coordinator of Bartlett Hall, directed the tours.

“I’ve been really excited to be able to do this for Bartlett residents, especially because it’s Bartlett’s last year,” she said. “There’s a lot of mys-tery surrounding the fourth and fifth floors because they’re locked up. Hearing that it was a haunted house causes people to wonder what’s up there.”

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UNI updates BOR on Price Lab closure Arbitrator rules in favor of UF regarding merit pay grievance

BLAKE FINDLEYStaff WriterLINH TA

Staff Writer

On April 25, the University of Northern Iowa administration updated the Iowa Board of Regents on the closure of Malcolm Price Laboratory School. At the meeting, Dwight

Arbitrator Jeffery Jacobs ruled April 23 in favor of the University of Northern Iowa United Faculty-American Association of University Professors in a grievance over whether requiring student evaluations for every course,

Stewart and Anderson receive Lux Service Award

BUDGET CUTS

STUDENT SERVICE

ACADEMICS

JAIME YOWLERStaff Writer

The University of Northern Iowa named seniors Ashley Stewart and Joel Anderson as the recipients of the 2012 Lux Service Award, the most presti-gious award given to undergraduates to acknowledge outstanding service to the

university, during the Student Leadership Awards Ceremony on April 17.

“I was speechless and just excited to no end to receive this award,” said Stewart, a family services major. “With everyone nominated — all of these great student leaders — it is truly an honor to be

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On April 25, COE dean Dwight Watson updated the Iowa Board of Regents on UNI’s transition after the closure of Price Lab.

COE looks to use block scheduling, recruit teachers to mentor students

PANTHER PROFILEPayton leaves behind a magical UNI careerVolleyball player Bre Payton leaves UNI at the end of this year, though time alone will tell if she’ll be remembered for being named three-time conference player of the year or for being a lefty.

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selected as one of the Lux Service Award recipients.”

Stewart has been involved in the Black Student Union for five years (her entire time at UNI as an undergraduate) and served as the Black History Month program-ming chairperson. She has participated in Volunteer Tuesdays through the Student Leadership Center and recently accepted the position of outreach and engagement intern. She has also served as a resident assistant and a member of the student orientation staff.

Anderson, an account-ing and philosophy dou-ble major, said the Lux Service Award “really is a shared award.”

“I couldn’t have accom-plished everything I have done at UNI if it weren’t for things like the College Hill Partnership and if it weren’t for the great people to help me along the way, such as Mike Bobeldyk and Pam Creger of the Maucker Union Administration, as well as my professors from accounting and philoso-phy,” Anderson said.

Anderson served as the 2010-2011 student body president, the Northern Iowa Senate Government director of administration and finance, College Hill Partnership Coordinator and a teacher’s assistant for the Department of Philosophy and World Religions. He has also been involved in Connecting Alumni to Students, Sigma Phi Epsilon, the Philosophy Club, the City of Cedar Falls Strategic Plan Steering Committee and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County.

A total of 31 stu-dents were nominated for this award and for the Outstanding Student Leader Award. The requirements for the Lux Award include hav-ing demonstrated service to UNI, being currently enrolled as an undergrad-uate student at UNI and having completed 90 or more credit hours.

“We looked for students who truly left their mark within the university community,” said Monica Johnson, the Lux Service Award and Outstanding Leader Award administra-tor. “In other words, they made enough of a lasting impact on the UNI cam-pus that their work will be noticed and be able to continue even after they graduate.”

At the Student Leadership Ceremony, UNI also gave the Outstanding Student

Leader Award to nine seniors: Catherine AuJong, Ramon Cantu, Abby Doering, Ian Goldsmith, Jill Hohnecker, Megan Kammarmeyer, Yaw Kyeremateng, Skylar Mayberry-Mayes and Spencer Walrath.

Black History Month, a series of events Stewart helped to organize along with other leaders of BSU and other organizations, was named Program of Distinction for the year.

“My greatest accom-plishment here at UNI I feel is encompassing my own culture and cultivat-ing an atmosphere for people like me to be great leaders,” Stewart said.

Stewart also created “Stop and Serve,” which allows students to vol-unteer in small ways in-between their classes.

“Ashley has done so many things above all the organizations she is involved in. Ashley is a role model for not only incom-ing students, but especial-ly (for) young women. She really takes them under her wing and ensures they transition well and adapt here at UNI,” said Alicia Jessip, a sophomore and NISG directory of diver-sity and student life. “She truly represents the mean-ing of service, and the idea of giving back, and I couldn’t be happier for her.”

During his time as student body president, Anderson helped to secure funding for the Panther Shuttle and the SafeRide. Anderson said one of his “most diligent and pride-ful accomplishments” at UNI has been “helping to transition the athletic bud-get off the general fund.”

“Joel Anderson has left a lasting impact on UNI and its student leadership, through his tireless work, encouragement of oth-ers and passion to serve,” said Ryan Alfred, a senior social science teach-ing major and friend of Anderson’s.

One week after gradu-ation, Stewart will begin her position at UNI as the orientation coordina-tor. Anderson will work in Des Moines as an audit associate for McGladrey.

Anderson and Stewart will be recognized at com-mencement on Saturday, May 5.

“Upon receiving this award, it is my hope that student leaders in the future continue to be great,” Anderson said. “Also, I want students to see that the university goes beyond the classrooms. It’s everything else, from the student organizations, friends and especially all the hard work that goes into making UNI such a great place.”

Film discusses history of Jews in Arab landsHOLOCAUST

JAIME YOWLERStaff Writer

On April 23, University of Northern Iowa students gained insight into what happened to the half-mil-lion Jews of the Arab lands of North Africa under Nazi, Vichy and Facist rule.

The film “Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust in Arab Lands” was shown in conjunction with the traveling exhibit “BESA: Albanian Muslims Who Saved Jews during World War II: Photographs by Norman Gershman,” which is currently at the Grout Museum in Waterloo. The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education and the Muslim Students Association co-sponsored this event.

A panel discussion, orga-nized by the Cedar Valley Interfaith Council, followed the film. The panel includ-ed Elizabeth Popplewell, a rector from the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and the Cedar Valley Interfaith council; Mohammed Fahmy, UNI professor of industri-al technology and director of educational programs at the Waterloo- Cedar Falls Islamic Community Center; and Rabbi Stanley

M. Rosenbaum from the Sons of Jacob Synagogue.

“It is great to have so many students here inter-ested in this topic,” said Ghiffary Osman, a senior networking and system administration major who helped organize the event. “It is our hope to raise awareness about these sub-jects and for our efforts to be recognized. We may have our differences — color or religion — but we have one thing in common: humanity.”

During the panel discus-sion, Umaru Balde, a junior political science major, said, “The world — especially the Middle East — is stuck in this struggle of Jewish vs. Muslim, and it has such negative sentiments. How do these views change? How does humanity as a whole go on?”

“The problem, I believe, is not the views, but igno-rance of one’s self,” Fahmy responded. “There is a lack of understanding of our own religion. We all need to find God; this is the path we must take.”

Rosenbaum said every-one needs to work together to fix this problem.

“There are those who use the media throughout the world to spread half-

truths and deter people’s efforts,” Rosenbaum said. “Our world will be a bet-ter place if we all found certain serenity in our own religion.”

Popplewell said young people should work for change.

“It is about all of us. You asked, what can we do to help you change the world view? The question should be, what can you as young people do to help us?” Popplewell said. “The young people in the world can work together to make a positive change in the world.”

For the next few weeks, a sweep of Holocaust-related events will take place at UNI and in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area. For more information contact the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education or visit their website at www.uni.edu/chge/.

WANT TO LEARN MORE?Visit the traveling exhibit “BESA: Albanian Muslims Who Saved Jews during World War II: Photographs by Norman Gershman” at the Grout Museum, located at 503 South Street in Waterloo.

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every semester for professors to earn merit pay breached the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

“(The) university is ordered to cease and desist from using student assess-ments in every course, every semester as a prereq-uisite for merit pay deter-mination,” Jacobs wrote in his report.

According to the arbi-trator’s report, the griev-ant in the case is Betty DeBerg, a tenured profes-sor in the UNI Department of Philosophy and World Religions. The grievance arose when the department

head informed DeBerg that, in order to receive merit pay, all faculty would need to have a student assess-ment done in every course, every semester.

According to the arbi-trator’s report, the univer-sity said there “was no vio-lation of the contract and that it was within its man-agement right to require student assessments on these facts.”

United Faculty (UF) believes the university vio-lated the CBA by requir-ing student assessments as a prerequisite to merit pay for tenured faculty and that it “renders the lan-guage regarding informa-tion assessments moot,”

according to the arbitra-tion report.

The university refer-ences CBA paragraph 3.432, which states evi-dence used in evaluations “shall include, but not be limited to, material already contained in the evaluation file. Additional evidence used shall be identified and placed in the evaluation file.”

UF said the university’s official position shifted from what it previously was in the new requirements, and this shift was “in stark contrast to the provision in Paragraph 3.433 (of the CBA) requiring that ‘teach-ing, research and service’ be given equal weight in

determining merit pay.” The university acknowl-

edged that all three criteria (teaching, research and ser-vice) are equally important and should be given equal consideration for merit pay. During the arbitra-tion, the university said it does not require faculty to achieve a certain level of performance on the student assessments, nor does it “base the amount of merit pay solely on the student assessment or teaching cri-terion.”

UF also said the new policy requiring student evaluations for every course, every semester vio-lated the subdivision 3.26 of the CBA, which states

faculty members “may conduct additional assess-ments of their classes for informative purposes.”

The university assert-ed the UF is misconstru-ing the effect of the new policy, which says if fac-ulty conduct informational assessments, “they cannot be used to determine merit pay.” The university said faculty has not lost the right to conduct informa-tional assessments.

Jacobs denied the uni-versity’s request of an award “denying the griev-ance in its entirety.”

To read the full report, go to www.uni.edu/united-faculty.

UNI CDC relocating to Hillside Courts

BLAKE FINDLEY

Staff Writer

CAMPUS CHANGES

The Child Development Center (CDC) at the University of Northern Iowa will relocate from the Malcolm Price Laboratory School to Hillside Courts, near University Apartments, sometime this summer.

Aimee Klostermann, interim coordinator of the CDC, said the relocation was going to take place regardless of what hap-pens with Price Lab.

She said the process has been in the works for almost two months, and everything has been moving very quickly. Klostermann is unsure of the timeline, but said it is her hope they will be able to start moving the CDC to Hillside courts after the end of the summer session on July 27.

Klostermann said the center will be housed in renovated apartments in Hillside Courts, but after Schindler Education Center is completely reno-vated, the CDC will be relo-cated there. Klostermann is “excited about having a new space.”

“I have worked here for 11 years, and it will be really great to see a change,” Klostermann said. “Everyone is looking forward to the relocation.

“The new space will be more customized for young children and even will have direct access from classrooms into a nature playground,” Klostermann added.

Klostermann said the architect responsible for remodeling the apart-

ments worked with CDC staff to see what they would like in the new loca-tion. He then incorporated that into his knowledge of architecture and design.

According to Klostermann, the play-ground will be excellent as it is more suitable to the needs of their younger children, who only need a sandbox, sidewalk chalk and grass to be enter-tained. Klostermann said the playground will be a step up from the current situation.

According to its web-site, the mission of the CDC is to “provide a nur-turing and safe environ-ment to support learn-ing for the families and students of the univer-sity.” Klostermann said the CDC will continue to provide quality education and a safe environment to the 60 children who will attend the CDC in the new location.

Klostermann also mentioned that the CDC has to be licensed by the Department of Human Services and has under-gone the additional, rigorous process of being accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. She said the new center would be an added bonus.

“It’s important to remember that the quality of education and child care offered by the CDC will be maintained with the relocation,” Klostermann said. “If anything, it may give us an opportunity to expand and better the quality.”

PANTHER PORTRAITS

Watson, dean of the College of Education, dis-cussed the placement of Level II education stu-dents, what changes will be made to the Level II program and how the COE will replace the Price Lab experience.

Currently, education students typically go to Price Lab for one hour a day for four weeks for their Level II experience; how-ever, that will change in the upcoming 2012-2013 year.

“One of the things that we had the luxury of was that stu-dents could go periodi-cally to Price Lab. Now we have to be more specific about the

time slots,” Watson said.Level II education stu-

dents will use a block scheduling system next year. Students will serve a two-hour block schedule on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and three-hour blocks on Tuesday and Thursday. These will occur for eight weeks and take place primarily at Cedar Falls schools with a few placements in Waterloo.

“Blocking off those times are necessary, so we can coordinate those time slots with the activities of the local schools,” Watson said.

The administration also hopes to recruit 75 to 80 teachers from the Cedar Falls and Waterloo schools in early May to serve as mentor teachers for the Level II students. However, Watson also hopes to place UNI fac-ulty members in schools

to serve as field-based fac-ulty who supervise Level II students.

At the meeting, UNI President Benjamin Allen addressed the prominence of UNI’s edu-cation stu-dents.

“We provide more teachers in the state of Iowa than any other insti-tution in the state,” Allen said. “We believe we have outstand-ing teachers leave here.”

With his closing state-ment, Allen stated his pride in the university.

“We have a history of quality. We have a history of size. We have a histo-ry of impact,” Allen said. “These changes were made because we want to main-tain that history.”

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Freshman geology major Tom Frieden rides a mechanical bull during Quadapalooza Wednesday night.

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opinion PAGE 5JOHN ANDERSON

OPINION EDITORANDERJAO@UNI.EDU

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This year, I had the “plea-sure” of having several friends and acquaintances who were resident assistants. Besides rarely seeing them due to various house programs and being on call, they also were banished from socializing on weekend nights. I should clarify: they wouldn’t be banished if I spent every weekend night playing Monopoly. The problem is that, barring any schoolwork or late opinion columns, I spend my week-end nights where alcohol is present. And where alcohol is present, so is underage drink-ing. A document entitled “Alcohol Use and Policy Enforcement” provided to me by a Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) outlines what is expected of RAs as far as their personal inter-action with alcohol is con-

cerned. Most of it is consis-tent with Iowa law, such as banning alcohol consumption under the age of 21, disallow-ing the use of false identifica-tion to obtain alcohol, etc. However, I take serious issue with one point under the list of prohibited activi-ties: “Being in the company of underage persons where alcohol is being consumed by underage persons. This means that you avoid events where you know or expect that underage drinking will occur.” Notice that this policy isn’t to keep underage RAs from drinking, nor is to instruct them how to handle underage drinking in the dorms (both

of which are valid situations to address that have legal implications). Rather, this pol-icy is controlling what RAs are allowed to do with their free time, regarding some-thing that is within Iowa law to do. From my research on the Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division website, I have not encountered any law stating that one is not permitted to be in the presence of underage drinking. This RA policy, which applies to underage RAs as well as to those who can drink legally, obviously limits where they can go and with whom they can associate on week-end nights, which I find to be unfair and unreasonable. That’s not to say, though, that the justification is not well-intentioned. RLCs want RAs to set a good example for their fellow students, and think instructing them

to avoid places where illegal activities occur is a good way to do this. However, I think there are several issues with this policy. First, according to a current RA (who will go unnamed), the general expectation is that most house parties are to be avoided due to their high rate of underage drinking. However, bars are not con-sidered part of this category. This distinction denies the reality that despite it being illegal, there is a substantial amount of underage drink-ing that occurs in bars. This inconsistency in part displays the unrealistic nature of this policy. Second, this rule deters students who could be quality RAs from applying. This is because knowing they could be fired for simply being present at a typical college party isn’t exactly what most

students are looking for in their employment. Sure, some who are underage might be deterred anyway, but there are likely many students who don’t care about giving up drinking as much as they care about giving up their weekend social life. Finally, I don’t believe this policy even accomplishes what it claims it does, which is make RAs set a good exam-ple for their fellow students. To make RAs avoid all par-ties where underage drinking might occur is simply unre-alistic to the college social atmosphere, and other stu-dents know this (even their freshman residents). As such, does this real-ly encourage less or more responsible drinking among other students? I say no. Instead, doesn’t it model

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STEFMCGRAW

A letter from the editor “Whenever an enterprise of this character is launched into the great journalistic sea there is bound to be a splash, and it too often happens that you hear a few gasps and all is over — the stock has become water-soaked and the scheme goes down, down into the murky oblivion of the fathomless nowhere.” These were among the first words printed in The Normal Eyte at the Iowa State Normal School 120 years ago. They reflect not only the somewhat dramatic use of meta-phor more acceptable in a time long past, but also the fear and hesitance of the publication’s creators as they began a new journey without the assurance of success. Now, more than a century later, you are reading the continuation of their work. Much has changed in the decades that separate us from The Normal Eyte’s creators — our campus, our country, the field of journalism and even the English language. Over the past century, this newspaper has seen two world wars and multiple depressions. It has seen this campus change and expand as it became the Iowa State Teacher’s College, the State College of Iowa and finally the University of Northern Iowa. It has seen countless students, faculty, staff and administrators come to and leave this great university. I have been incredibly blessed to become a small part of this news-paper’s legacy during my time at the University of Northern Iowa. I began writing for the Northern Iowan as a freshman during the spring of 2009 and never looked back. By my sophomore year I was writing three to eight articles a

week. Then, last year, I had the great fortune to assume the role of execu-tive editor. I quickly felt as if the fears of this newspaper’s creators had come true and I were sinking at the outset of my journey. However, thanks in no small part to the help of those around me, I learned to swim. It is incredibly rewarding to compare today’s Northern Iowan to my first few issues as executive editor and even to issues from my freshman and sophomore year. The newspaper has grown tremendously during this time, and I have learned so much through its growth. We at the Northern Iowan strive to serve Panthers past, present and future by informing them of rel-evant news, chronicling and high-lighting the life of our campus, and providing a forum for community dialogue. Thanks to our growth as a staff, I believe we served our campus well during this tumultuous time at UNI, keeping students informed about deep changes to our univer-sity and giving them a voice. I owe my deepest gratitude to all who have helped make this publica-tion what it is today and who have helped me grow as a person. I don’t have enough words with which to thank the editors, writers, photog-raphers and production staff for the tremendous work they have done this year and the impact they have had on me. Facing deadline after deadline, they shined in their work and in their passion for serving the members of this university. I would like to thank the Northern Iowan editorial staff: Kari Braumann, Allie Koolbeck, Tehrene Firman,

Brad Eilers and Brandon Baker. You each raised the bar for this newspa-per with every issue, and you have all done more to improve the paper and strengthen our team than I have room here to describe. Thank you to the countless stu-dents, faculty, staff and adminis-trators who have supported the Northern Iowan over the course of this year. We could never have suc-ceeded without your gracious help. I would also like to thank God, my creator, redeemer and friend. Though I don’t deserve it, He gives me life, energy, patience and love when I have none. He has sus-tained me through countless sleep-less nights in the Maucker Union basement, and is the motivation for everything I do. Without His grace, I am nothing. In that inaugural editorial writ-ten so long ago, the creators of The Normal Eyte considered the future of their work. “But fortunately we have learned to swim,” they wrote. “We have started in to win and are bound to keep afloat until next June at least, at which date the prac-ticability of a permanent college paper here will have been demonstrated and its further existence will become dependent upon our successors in office. For a long time a school paper has been the students’ dream; it is now to be real-ized.”

More than a century later, I am happy to say that I have been one of those successors who have kept this newspaper running. And, as my time at UNI comes to a close and I prepare for a life of full-time ministry, I am pleased to know that the Northern Iowan will be under the capable care of Kari Braumann and our many returning and incoming writers, editors and photographers. Their passion for this campus and their work are hard to match, and I expect great things from this publi-cation. Thank you all for the opportuni-ty to become a part of this newspa-per and of this campus. Despite the sleepless nights and the stressful deadlines, it has been worth every moment. I wish you the very best in the years to come; may God’s grace

and peace be with you all.

John AndersonExecutive

Editor2010-2012

RA behavior policy is ineffectual

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opinion

Some have said that each of Bruce Springsteen’s albums fits a certain

stage of life. Following up on his breakthrough album “Born to Run,” Springsteen whittled down a collection of dozens of songs to bring together “Darkness on the Edge of Town.” Throughout the tracks, Springsteen seeks to find solid ground, security, cer-tainty. In songs like “Candy’s Room,” “Factory,” “Promised Land” and “Badlands,” Bruce attempts to find this elusive stability in romantic relation-ships, work, faith and family, respectively. In each song, it seems Bruce has found his treasure, but unfortunately, none can give him exactly what he wants. Here at the University of Northern Iowa, many of us will soon head off to the real world. An unprecedented number of us will not find new jobs and opportunities but uncertainty. Many of us came to UNI to find security, to find a safe future. However, no piece of paper can guar-antee a life free of adversity and trial. We will all find imperfection and turbulence in our families, faiths and vocations. From the indus-trial technology teachers to the CPAs, no one can escape the fact that life will change and at times be very hard. This mystery of life stands at the edge of the

familiarity of college life. Here at UNI, we built a foun-dation for the rest of our life. College was a safe place to learn and prepare. We met new best friends, learned life-orienting beliefs and some-where along the line, became adults. However, not until we face the darkness – the uncertainty of life – will we be able to reach our full potential. The finale of the album

is actually the title track, “Darkness on the Edge of Town.” In it, Springsteen belts out his final convic-tions: “I’ll be on that hill with everything I’ve got, lives on the line where dreams are found and lost, I’ll be there on time and I’ll pay the cost, for wanting things that can only be found, in the dark-ness on the edge of town.” Springsteen leaves behind everything to embrace what

can never be found by secure, safe means. My fellow graduates, no one can guarantee you suc-cess or failure. However, we can condemn ourselves to failure when we risk noth-ing and stay within the comfortable, the secure, our “towns.” Only when we enter into the abyss, the mystery, the darkness, do we gain the chance to achieve our wildest dreams and exceed our lofti-

est expectations. Will it be scary? Yes. However, our world of opportunities is only as big as we make it. So on May 5, I hope to see you all “in the darkness at the edge of town.”

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TOM EARLYearlyt@uni.edu

Tom Early is a senior in the study of religion from Harlan, Iowa.

Graduation in the darkness at the edge of town

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Singer Bruce Springsteen performs at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry at Ohio State University in Columbus, Oct. 28, 2004.

something much more sig-nificant to go to parties and show that you can still have a good time not drinking if underage, or if 21, drinking responsibly? Students who want to be part of the typi-cal weekend social atmo-sphere are far more likely to be inspired to drink less or not at all than to stay home on a Friday night. I understand that being an RA requires a signifi-cant amount of responsibil-ity, and that these students must serve as role models to other students. And as much as I think the legal drinking age should be low-ered, I understand that all RA policies must comply with the law. What I do not understand, however, is why a policy that is not a law, unrealistic, and quite frankly detrimental in many ways, is necessary.

Stef McGraw is a senior in philosophy and Spanish from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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GRADUATE STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Swap ‘til you drop for Earth Month

The University of Northern Iowa Student Theater Association will perform Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” under the stars this week-end. The play, which has been edited to run just under an hour, features multiple UNI students acting in several dif-ferent roles. “I had to adapt it (the play) so it could be done with five actors,” said Ryan Decker, a

senior theatre major and the current president of UNISTA. “The cast has been really great — we actually got a little bit ahead of schedule.” When asked why the play was being staged outdoors, Decker replied, “It wasn’t so much that I decided that I wanted to do ‘Midsummer’ and then that I wanted to do it outside. It was more I decided I wanted to do a show out there and it was ‘Midsummer.’ It was just more of an inspira-tion sort of thing.” Lizzie White, a senior the-

atre major, is playing the part of Puck, a mischievous fairy who causes trouble for the four main characters. “Ryan and I are in the same grade, so we’ve been working together for the past two years. He knows what he wants you to do, which really helps,” said White. Nicholas Chizek, a gradu-ate student in Spanish, plays the part of Lysander, one of the four confused lovers in the play.

Student groups at the University of Northern Iowa held a campus-wide clothing swap Monday, April 23 as a part of Earth Month. Earlier in the semester, stu-dents involved in sustainability groups began collecting cloth-ing in drop-off boxes around campus in the beginning of April. Students who donated items were able to come to the Maucker Union ballroom lobby on the day of the swap and pick out as many items as they donated. At 3 p.m., it was opened up for a free-for-all, and anyone was able to come and participate in the event. “Our slogan is ‘Reduce, Revamp, Rewear!’ so people are able to clean out their clos-ets, reducing what they have.

Then, if they choose, they can check out the other clothes that were donated and they would be reducing the money spent on new clothes,” said Brooke Argotsinger, a junior elementa-ry education major and one of the co-organizers of the event. “It is a great way to revamp your closet in a friendly way to the college student’s wallet.” While there have been smaller swaps in the different dorms around campus, this marks the first campus-wide event. “I think it’s a great oppor-tunity for college students. It’s a chance for people to dive into other people’s closet and get new things — and to recycle,” said Jessica Erickson, a gradu-ate student in ecosystem man-agement. “And it’s great that it’s all donated at the end.” The group’s donated left-over clothes went to the

Women’s Shelter in Waterloo and Goodwill. Some unique items were up for grabs, including vintage items. “My greatest find from the swap was a Seattle Supersonics 1979 World Champs baseball tee,” Argotsinger said. “So who-ever donated that one, thanks!” The clothing swap was sponsored by the Northern Iowa Student Government, GreenLife, Center for Energy and Environmental Education, Green Project UNI, Northern Iowa Energy Corps, UNI Cycling Club and the Student Nature Society. With its first year under wraps, the organizers of “Reduce, Revamp, Rewear” are already in the process of plan-ning future clothing swaps. Another swap may take place sometime in the fall and next April during Earth Month.

UNISTA to produce Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

JACOB STEWARTStaff Writer

KIRSTEN TJOSSEMStaff Writer

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Kara Poppe, a freshman geography major (left), and Britney Bockstahler, a freshman elementary education major, sort incoming clothing for the campus-wide clothing swap.

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Director Ryan Decker (in black), a senior theatre major, works with members of the cast of the upcoming UNISTA production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

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Jason Bradford is a graduate student in English and creative writing from Center Point, Iowa.

What brought you to the UNI graduate program? I chose UNI for a couple of reasons. First, my professors at Coe College spoke highly of the faculty in the now Languages and Literatures Department. I knew personally that I would like to work with Dr. Vince Gotera, whose work I’d read before applying to UNI. I quickly found out that I would learn a lot from every profes-sor here, including Dr. Jeremy Schraffenberger, and Dr. David Grant. I also wanted the oppor-tunity to work at the North American Review, an interna-tionally known literary maga-zine, which is housed right here on the UNI campus. Everyone should check that out. It’s pretty amazing to have such an oppor-tunity so close by.

What are some of your short-term goals? At the moment, some of my short-term goals would be to continue writing poems and submitting them to liter-ary magazines for publication, but that can quickly turn into a long-term goal once you receive enough rejections. I would like to pursue another degree with more focus in creative writing, so either an MFA in poetry, or a Ph.D. in creative writing. I’ll be working on those applications over the summer, so I can sub-mit them this fall.

Some more fun short-term goals would be: I’d like to actu-ally have a day where I do not need to get something done. I’d like to have a day where I can just watch movies, and not analyze them for underlying meanings or ideologies. I’d like to have a day where I can sit on Facebook and not worry wheth-er I forgot to read something, to write something. I’d like to have a day where I can simply exist. I suppose that’s not life, but one can dream, right?

Long term? Ultimately I’d like to teach creative writing, poetry, at the four-year college level. I’m also open to possibly creating my own literary magazine and/or press, but there’s a lot of work that goes into producing some-thing like a magazine or running a press. There is also a lot of reward that comes with produc-ing something that has your

BRITTANY FUNKEStaff Writer

Jason Bradford, an English and creative writing graduate student, would like to not only continue his education, but also pursue starting up his own literary magazine in the future.

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Bradford: Education should be fun

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Director Ryan Decker, a senior theatre major (in black), works with Melanie Pickard (left), and Rachel Russell, on a scene of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The ladies play Helena and Hermia, respectively.

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Lizzie White, a senior theatre major, plays the mischievous sprite, Puck, in the upcoming outdoor UNISTA production.

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Lighting Design Josh Dirks, a junior theatre design and production major, sets up lights during a rehearsal of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

modern,” said Chizek, citing ref-erences in the play to the band “The Who” and the Pink Floyd album “The Wall.”

The play will take place in the courtyard of the Kamerick Art Building April 27 and 29 at 8 p.m. There is no admission fee, but chairs are available for $2. There is also a Facebook page set up for the event.

own mark on, your own imprint.

What do you like most about UNI? The faculty. Everyone in the Languages and Literatures Department is incredibly gen-erous, kind, understanding, encouraging, and rigorous. The graduate program in English would not be a successful pro-gram if the faculty were not rigorous. Graduate students need to be pushed, and the fac-ulty push ever so gently, but they do push.

Did you experience any chal-

lenges in transitioning from your undergraduate to gradu-ate program? On some level, undergrad-uate education is about the absorption of information, and then being able to regurgitate it back to your professors. That’s how they know that they are performing their role in your education well. When you get to the graduate level, there is an expectation that you will already know a lot of the information being discussed, and it is your job to apply what you already know in order to shape your own opinions on any particular topic. Graduate college is about the production of your own take on topics you presumably have

already encountered. There will be moments where you are still learning, as there should be, because we can’t really know it all, but there is an expectation that you have the tools, whether it be research, the ability to read critically, and to write critically, to learn whatever it is that you need to on your own. The fac-ulty will always be more than willing to guide you through your research so that you might have fewer stumbles along the way, then if you go about it completely alone.

What do you do in your free time? I tend to watch TV. They’re not particularly the greatest

shows on earth, but I like to watch Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife (really unfortunate title), Psych, Person of Interest, The Mentalist, and BlueBloods (apparently I like CBS). I’ve been known to stare at blank screens, and out windows. Have you ever noticed the patterns on popcorn ceilings and textured walls?

What do you do to separate yourself from school? (ex: family, hobbies, etc) It’s actually incredibly dif-ficult for me to separate myself from school because what I like to do is write poems, and I’m going to school for creative writing. Usually professors will

offer extra credit for a write up of an event we attended. I tend not to do those, because I like the idea that I go to a poetry reading for fun, for my own enjoyment, and not as an assignment. I tend to read a lot of books that aren’t assigned. For example, this semester I have read approximately 4 or 5 books of poetry (that may seem low, but when you’re in an English program, one book for fun is a high number) that were not assigned, because that is a source of enjoyment for me.

Words of wisdom for stu-dents: Education should be fun. Try not to forget that.

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Appler first escorted the students to the fifth floor, a small segment of the building which consists mainly of one large room referred to as “the ballroom.” In an alcove off to the side sit three old couches and a floor lamp. Disregarding a fine layer of dust, the ball-room and alcove looked as though they had been waiting for students to walk in and start dancing, studying and relaxing. After the short jaunt about the fifth floor, Appler showed the students to the fourth floor, which had been used as a haunted house in the past. This information seemed trivi-al until the floor was unlocked and students looked inside rooms with “redrum” painted on the walls in what looked like fresh blood. A bathroom sported a tub filled with the same red liquid. Signs of the devil and creepy sayings stared down at the students. Aside from the haunting décor, the fourth floor looked just like the floors below. At one point, it housed students just like the ones on the tour. Jeff Heidebrink, a freshman public relations major, went on the tour after waiting his turn in line on the third floor. “It’s weird seeing it because it all looks the same as down here,” said Heidebrink after the tour. “The bathrooms look the same. The rooms have the same closets, same mirrors

over the sink.” After 98 years of serving as a residence hall, Bartlett Hall will close down this May to be renovated into a space for faculty offices and labora-tories. In the small space of time between students moving out and the beginning of the renovations, the hallways and rooms of Bartlett will stand just as empty as the upper floors have for years. But many Bartlett Hall residents will not soon forget their time there. “I feel like this is my home,” said Elizabeth Raising, a soph-omore pre-med major. “I’m really comfortable and I’m sad that I’m losing my home.” Stephanie Boardman, a freshman public relations and marketing double major, will always have fond memories of her time living in Bartlett. “I met my future roommate. I got closer to my friends. Bartlett let us get closer because they were all here,”

Boardman said. “I know it’s cheesy, but cheesy is some-times good, I guess.” Dustin Woody, a sopho-more electronic media major, has been a visible member of Bartlett Hall the past two years. Bartlett’s eight houses each chose a superhero as their theme at the beginning of the year. To represent his house, Woody wore a Batman cos-tume to every hall senate meet-ing. He even attended a few hall events in the costume. “It’s a great building,” said Woody, “I really wish it could stick around for two years, which would be my senior year and Bartlett’s 100th birthday, but it’s getting old and falling apart.” Ramya Varadaraju, a sopho-more exchange student major-ing in computer science, found living in Bartlett to be a pleas-ant experience. “It was cool. I have a host family here, since I’m an inter-

national student, and my host grandma lived on the same floor,” she said. The resident assistants on staff this year are also sad to see the building go. Quintan Mann, a junior actuarial science major, said, “I enjoyed working here; it’s been a blast. I wish I could work here longer, but I can’t.” “It was an honor to be a res-ident assistant in Bartlett in its last year as a residence hall,” said Molly Hayes, a junior English education major. “I have made so many memo-ries this year, thanks mainly to the other RAs on staff – we grew to be very close. I will miss them, and I’ll also miss Bartlett’s unique, easygo-ing community. I only lived in Bartlett for one year, but in that year Bartlett became home.” While the renovations will change the interior of Bartlett, the structure itself will stand

as it is. “I’m really glad that they’re keeping the bones,” said Appler of the reconstruction plans. “I’m glad it can live on in some way.”

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The fourth floor of Bartlett Hall was used as a haunted house for Halloween in past years.

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The fifth floor of Bartlett Hall houses a large, open ballroom.

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“REDRUM” was scrawled on the walls of empty dorm rooms on the fourth floor as part of the 1980s Halloween decorations.

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B.F.A. Exhibition opens to public

For more than a decade, University of Northern Iowa students working toward a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts have exhibited their work at the end of the semester. This year, nine seniors are displaying work in the media of sculpture, graphic design, photography, painting and ceramics. The B.F.A. Exhibition opened on Monday, April 23 and goes through Saturday, May 5. The gallery is free and open to the public. Jacob Barrick, an art studio B.F.A. major with an emphasis in graphic design, applied for the B.F.A. program a year and a half ago. “I transferred from a com-munity college, so as a junior and at my first year at UNI, my only plans were to graduate with a B.A. in two years and get on with my life,” Barrick said. “Under the direction of a friend who went through the program two years ahead of me, I decided it was for me if I was incredibly serious about making design my life.” Barrick said the themes of his work are always changing and have ranged from religious figures to computer malfunc-tions. His goal is to one day work with design for magazines and periodicals. “I think digital publish-ing is incredibly interesting. I like the idea of magazines and designing for periodicals,” said Barrick. “In short, I want to be the one who designs maga-zines you can read on a mobile device.”

MIRANDA CORONADOStaff Writer

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Lance Martens, a freshman communication major (left), battles Weston Miller, a senior German major during Quadapalooza Wednesday night.

PANTHER PORTRAITS

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SPORTS EDITOREILERSB@UNI.EDU

APRIL 27, 2012 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 108, ISSUE 54

SOFTBALL RUGBY

Panthers fall in the Elite Eight

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The UNI women’s rugby team made it to the Elite Eight last weekend for the second time in school history. The Panthers lost to BYU 44-0.

The University of Northern Iowa women’s rugby team was in uncharted territory this past weekend when they squared off with the Brigham Young University Cougars in the Elite Eight of the women’s Collegiate Rugby Championship. Prior to last weekend, the Panthers had only been to the Elite Eight once in the program’s history. However, to make it to the Elite Eight, the Panthers had to face a tough University of Colorado team in the Sweet Sixteen. Mariah Hinton got the Panther offense going early against the Buffaloes, scor-ing a tri to put UNI up 5-0. Moments later, Talia Carrasqullio scored and the Panthers were roll-ing. However, over the next

10 minutes of action, the Panthers plagued themselves with penalties, giving the Buffaloes a chance to come-back. Still, the UNI defense held strong. UNI senior Britta Nelson commented on the Panthers’ defensive effort following the game. “It’s a cliché, but defense wins games,” said Nelson. “Defense was the best offense versus Colorado. I thought we were at our best, especially when we played down 12 on 15.” Going into halftime, the Panthers held a 20-0 lead. The Panthers struggled early on in the second half, los-ing three players due to penal-ties as well as Karlee West due to an injury. However, when Colorado tried to make a run, UNI’s Shannon Zweber was there to shut the door.

TAYLOR SEVERINSports Writer

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UNI tops Bradley 4-1

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UNI junior catcher Samantha Reimer drew two walks and drove in a run Wednesday night as the Panthers defeated the Bradley Braves 4-1.

The University of Northern Iowa soft-ball team scored four runs in the first three innings of play Wednesday night and earned a 4-1 victory over the Bradley University Braves. Sophomore Gina Brown went 2-for-3 at the plate and drove in three RBIs for

the Panthers, who improved to 34-12 (18-2 MVC) on the year. Sophomore pitcher Jamie Fisher toed the rubber for the Panthers. Fisher was dazzling once again, pitching a complete game while limiting the Braves to just one run on two hits and three walks. She also struck out

BRAD EILERSSports Editor

PANTHER PROFILE

Payton leaves behind a magical career at UNI

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UNI senior Bre Payton (center) became the fifth Panther in school history to record more than 4,000 assists in a career.

ALEX MILLERSports Columnist

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When it comes to the number five, mathematicians may think of the second prime number, scientists of the atomic number of Boron, and everyone else might just think of the five fingers they have on each hand. In the case of senior University of Northern Iowa volleyball player Bre Payton, five is a magic number. Payton spent five years as a Panther, and it’s those five years in which UNI boasted one of its toughest competitors. After competing at the Division-I level for the past five years, Payton said, “(I)

saw a different world. I would never change the experience for anything. I loved the day-to-day excitement. It was a grind definitely at times, but it was great to be capable of doing what you loved on the court and also being able to get an education.” During her tenure at UNI, Payton claimed the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year award three consecu-tive seasons from 2009-2011, won the MVC Tournament three straight times and was named a second-team American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American the past two seasons. When asked how it feels to be an All-American, Payton

said, “Being an All-American is awesome. It’s great to know that the hard work you put in over the years is paying off.” However, Payton is a team player and also paid tribute to her teammates. “It also goes to show the coaching staff and players I have around me,” said Payton. “Without them I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish anything that I have. I was fortunate enough to get the accolades; however, it was a total team effort.” With her reputation as an elite UNI athlete comes the idea of a legacy. When asked about how her legacy will be

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UNI sophomore pitcher Jamie Fisher picked up the win for the Panthers Wednesday night. Fisher is now 18-2 on the year.

Rivalries are the support structure of sports. Big games become “big games” because of the emotional drive that comes with the crushing histories that have been forged over the years. The downside is that it can take years to establish a nationally recognized rivalry. Still, rivalries are not built solely upon media coverage (although it is one of the quickest catalysts to the cre-ation of a new rivalry). The greatest rivalries are defined as such because of the continued meeting of wor-thy opponents. There are games that will draw attention to even fringe sports fans every year. Games like Duke University versus the University of North Carolina in college basketball will always be one of the largest rivalries, and for good reason. The two teams are consistent powerhouses. Both play within a few miles of each other, both have dedicated fan bases and both teams garner further attention each year by play-ing up the hostility toward each other. In the same way that Coke and Pepsi both have increases in sales when their mar-keting attacks each other, both teams collect fans and spotlights as the perceived hatred grows. Recruiting becomes easier because humans latch onto the emotion of the game. The clichéd line “live and die with my team” is thrown around so regularly by sports fans for a reason. There is an attachment that comes with competition and fandom that accompanies all forms of competition. The biggest rivalry in American sports – the New York Yankees and their peren-nial sister-city Boston and the beloved Red Sox – has almost been branded univer-sally as the American franchise. As two of the greatest powerhouse cities in modern sports, their development and influence on fans is in large part driven by their ironic codependency on each other. A world without a Yankees and Red Sox series is almost unimaginable. According to ESPN’s media log at espn.com, the Yankees vs. Red Sox games televised each year are among the highest viewed broadcasts.

The most-watched game of Major League Baseball on ESPN was one of last year’s Yankees versus Red Sox matchups, beat-ing out — you guessed it — 2007’s Sunday Night Baseball game of Yankees versus Red Sox. In third place is Yankees versus Red Sox, 2009. Although the media plays on the already spirited matchup to continue the appeal of the games, and history helps to add weight to the biggest games in sports each year, the true vehicle for creating and maintaining a solid rivalry will always be the fans. Players may say they treat every game equally in terms of preparation, and that may be true, but when the crowd “lives and dies” with each play of a particular game, the players’ sense of pride increases. Rivalries make sports matter for everyone. But as conferences are being shifted around so readily in college athletics, what will happen to rivalries? For example, Texas A&M University leaving the Big XII in college football may cripple some of the biggest yearly matchups, but they’re not the only ones. Sports funding is shuffling so much of the layout we’ve come to know, rattling the foundation of multiple estab-lished rivalries. Of course, new rivalries will develop, but when so much of the strength behind rivalries is based upon the past, will they ever live up to the historic and consis-tent matchups we’ve come to know? I’m not so naïve to think that the sports world can sustain itself if everything is stagnant, but scheduling familiar opponents should be one area that is not sacrificed. Luckily, the media will always play on the already spirited matchups to continue the appeal of the games, and although history helps to add weight to the biggest games in sports each year, the true vehicle for cre-ating and maintaining a solid rivalry will always be the fans. Players may say they treat every game equally in terms of preparation, and that may be true, but when the crowd “lives and dies” with each play of a particular game, the players’ sense of pride increases. Rivalries make sports matter for everyone: player, coach and fan.

UNDER FURTHER REVIEW

Passion is the last true catalyst for rivalry in our changing sports setup

John Dunn/Newsday/MCT CAMPUS

The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball have one of the more storied rivalries in all of sports, but rivalries at the collegiate level may be on the decline due to conference realignment.

BRENNAN ACTONSports Columnist

ters on the night. After holding the Braves scoreless in the top of the first inning, the Panthers got right to work, putting up a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning. UNI senior

shortstop Mackenzie Daigh led off the bottom half of the inning with a double and later scored on a single by Brown. Junior catcher Samantha Reimer drove in Laura Turner with a sacrifice fly later in the inning. The Braves answered with a run of their own in the top of the second inning, but could not find the scoreboard again. Turner led off the bot-tom of the third inning with a walk and scored moments later when Brown connect-ed on a two-run home run, extending the UNI lead to 4-1. Neither team could sus-tain a rally over the final four innings and UNI held on for a 4-1 victory. The Panthers return to action Thursday night at the University of Iowa and then travel to Carbondale, Ill., for a three-game series with the Southern Illinois Salukis this weekend.

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about how her legacy will be remembered, Payton stam-mered a bit in her response. “Legacy, wow, that’s an intense word. I think people are just going to remember me being a lefty,” she joked. “Honestly, I don’t really know what people think of me, but I just hope they remember me for my fight and passion.” “Fight”: a five-letter word that all UNI fans will remem-ber Payton by. After classes end, Payton plans to follow her passion and love for the game of vol-

leyball. She said she’s still contemplating going over-seas in the fall to play com-petitively. However, if that doesn’t work out, Payton plans to attend grad school and serve as a graduate assis-tant for a volleyball program, wherever it may be. In the long run, coaching could be in Payton’s future. “I hope someday I can coach and be the coach that (UNI head coach) Bobbi (Petersen) is,” said Payton. “She was an amazing coach, amazing leader and I was so blessed to have played for her.” With five amazing years as

a Panther that included three consecutive MVC titles and a 60-game winning streak against MVC opponents to hang her hat on, Payton will certainly be remembered for the fight, passion and effort that she brought to every match. It should also be noted that five (Payton’s magic number) years minus three MVC titles equals two. Two is the number Payton wore throughout her career at UNI, the number of times she was an All-American and the limited number of losses the Panthers tallied during Payton’s senior year (33-2).

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UNI senior Bre Payton (center, holding trophy) celebrates with her teammates after the Panthers’ third straight MVC championship.

“When anyone on the team scores, it gives us the drive and passion to keep moving forward, and finish the game strong,” said Zweber. After the tri by Zweber, UNI seemed to gain back their intensity and held on for a 30-15 victory over Colorado. Carrasqullio, one of UNI’s leaders on the field, spoke about the importance of play-ing hard from start to finish. “I think it is important for me to go 100 percent in every game, because although all 15 people are playing hard, it’s important for those couple people to be on point so they can hold the team together,” said Carrasqullio. While the Panthers showed grit and toughness against Colorado, playing 12

on 15 for the last 10 min-utes of the game, they seemed overmatched against BYU in the Elite Eight. The Panthers didn’t execute the plays they usually do, and it showed in a 44-0 loss. BYU’s stout defense shut down a Panther team that had shown the ability to put up over 50 points a game. UNI senior and president of the UNI women’s rugby club, Kelsie McDowell, com-mented on what the landmark season meant to the team. “It’s another building block for this group of young women that put in their hearts and souls to represent this team and this university in the way that they do, which is for the love of the game,” said McDowell. The Panthers lose three seniors this year -- Shannon Zweber, Britta Nelson and Kelsie McDowell.

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