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The University of Northern Iowa is adding a new experi-mental course that can serve as an alternative to Personal Wellness, according to Deirdre
Heistad, Liberal Arts Core direc-tor. The course, Dimensions of Well-Being, will have two parts, lecture and lab and will be offered this spring semester.
“A variety of well-being top-ics will be offered for each com-ponent,” said Heistad. “Students
will be required to take one lecture or discussion course and one lab course.”
The lecture component cov-ers the first half of the semes-ter and the labs are conducted during the second half of the semester.
“A lab component might be more beneficial because you could apply the information,” said Randi Heisterkamp, junior elementary education and early childhood education double major.
Heisterkamp has taken
Personal Wellness, which she called a “high school health class,” and said she would have signed up for the new course if she had not already satisfied her LAC requirement.
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CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4 OPINION PAGE 3 SPORTS PAGE 6
ROD LIBRARY SCIENCE FOOTBALLStudents express their opinions on the changes at Rod Library.
Columnist Peter Ickes breaks down stereotypical opinions of science.
The Panthers lost again on Saturday, making it their fifth consecutive loss.
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Renovations finishing up inMaucker Union
New course offered as alternative to Personal Wellness
LINDY BEYERINK/Northern IowanRenovations in Maucker Union are coming to a close and include brand new offices and conference rooms.
The renovations in Maucker Union are coming to an end, and organizations are starting to move into their new offices.
Lisa Kratz, director of Maucker Union, said renova-tions began in mid June, and all that is left is cleaning up and painting.
There were two major parts to the renovations in the Union. The first portion included remodeling the International
Students and Scholars Office, which received new staff offic-es, new technology and a con-ference room.
The second part was reno-vating the Student Involvement Center, with a focus on offices for University of Northern Iowa groups such as UNI Proud, Campus Activities Board, Northern Iowa Student Government, Greek Life and Military and Veteran Student Services.
SAMUEL HARRISStaff Writer
LINH TAExecutive Editor
KATHERINE JAMTGAARDStaff Writer
Student Services Fee Support
General Education Fund
FY 14 = $275,638FY 15 = $275,626FY 16 = $275,624FY 17 = $275,626FY 18 = $275,625FY 19 = $275,625FY 20 = $275,624
FY 14 = $193,906FY 15 = $387,813FY 16 = $206,719FY 17 = $206,719FY 18 = $275,625FY 19 = $275,625FY 20 = $275,625
Annual SSF support increase in:
TOTAL Fiscal Year 2013 =$1,111,968
TOTAL Fiscal Year 2013 =$4,198,026
Annual GEF decrease in:
UNI requests more funding for athletics from studentsAthletics hopes to reduce reliance on general fund
MEGHAN RANKIN/Northern Iowan, Source: UNI Athletics Numbers are proposed predictions from 2012
For the second time, the University of Northern Iowa is requesting that the Iowa Board of Regents approve raising the student services fee funding for ath-letics by $25 for fiscal year 2014-15.
Originally discussed four years ago, the athletics department at UNI is trying to decrease its reliance on the general education fund to create more stable rev-enue and focus the general fund on other institutional needs, said Troy Dannen, director of athletics.
“UNI is among a small
group of institutions whose primary funding comes from the general fund and not from the student fee,” Dannen said.
The general fund receives revenue each year from stu-dent tuition and from the state.
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CAMPUS EVENTSTUESDAYMILITARY SCIENCE CONFERENCEOld Central Ballroom, Maucker Union10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Current and prospective students have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session with the professor of military science and tour the ROTC building.
GUEST ARTIST RECITALDavis Hall, GBPAC6 p.m.Guest artist Gergely Ittzes, flute, will present a flute recital. Ittzes is a flute professor at the Szechenyi University in Hungary.
UNI SINGERSGreat Hall, GBPAC7:30 p.m.Under the direction of UNI School of Music visiting artist and conductor Dyan Meyer, the UNI Singers will present their fall concert.
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The University of Northern Iowa community gathered in Lantz Auditorium in McCollum Science Hall for a discussion panel about how evolution undermines religion Nov. 1. Jerry Soneson, depart-ment head of philosophy and world religions at UNI, and Loyal Rue, professor of philos-ophy and religions at Luther College, headed the discussion.
“It depends on how you understand religion,” said Soneson. “Darwin’s view does undermine certain features of Western religions, more of the traditional views. In Christianity, God is the central feature in the ‘cosmic story.’ He is like humans in that he has will, but he is unlike humans in that he is all powerful and all good.”
Soneson said that if God is all good, how could he bring so much suffering to his cre-ations? He cited the ichneu-mon wasp, which lays its eggs in the bodies of other insects. Those eggs go on to eat that insect from the inside out.
“It brings incredible pain,” Soneson said. “If God is
responsible for all design, that includes all species and their behaviors. There’s a lot of gratuitous suffering going on.”
Soneson also argued that the traditional view of God cannot adequately explain the presence of gratuitous suffer-ing in nature, and evolution can.
Together, Soneson and Rue talked about the teleological argument, or the argument for a complex and harmonious order of nature that proves there must be a divine world maker.
“Religion is basically a myth,” said Rue. “Myth mean-ing story. It’s not just any story, but a particular kind of story.”
Rue continued to explain how religion is still around today.
“Religious traditions don’t keep themselves alive; people have to work to keep them alive,” said Rue.
Rue said religion is kept alive five ways: institutional strategy, intellectually, aes-thetically, ritually and through experience.
After the two panelists wrapped up their lecture, there was a question-and-answer session.
Toby Maggert, freshman math major, argued that when God created the Earth, he created age as well, which is where humans get the notion that the Earth has been around for longer than what the Bible says.
In contrast to his argument, the panelists asked why a god would deceive his creations in that way. For Maggert, though, that didn’t shake his beliefs.
“All of my arguments I have made I still hold to,” said Maggert. “I thought both of the professors raised some very good points — a lot of things that goes into people’s minds when they think about evolution and Christianity — and I’m glad they expounded on the things that they did.”
UNI and Luther professors untangle evolution and religion
AMBER ROUSENews Writer
UNI Proud is in the process of moving into the new LGBT Center. They will use the center for supporting students.
“UNI Proud and other student activists will hold office hours in the center to offer support and guidance to any students that need it, and students will be able to freely come to read, do homework, socialize with other students or request assistance,” said David Pope,
president of UNI Proud.The Military and
Veterans Student Services recently moved into their new office and had their grand opening Oct. 25. They are now located upstairs in the Student Involvement Center next to the Center for Multicultural Education.
One of the few organizations left to move in is NISG,.
Kratz said the upstairs Plaza Conference Room will be open for rent this week. The renovations in the conference room include
new technology, such as a screen and projector.
The rooms in the basement of Maucker Union will also open this week.
UNIONcontinued from page 1
I thought both professors raised some very good
points — a lot of things that go into people’s minds when they think about evolution and Christianity.
Toby MaggertFreshman math major
MEGHAN RANKIN/Northern IowanThe Office of International Programs was reworked as part of the Union’s renovations.
PHILOSOPHY
PAGE 3OpiniOnLINH TAOPINION EDITOR
NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 110, ISSUE 20
Look in any elementary school science textbook and you will find an introduc-tion to the scientific method. Hypothesis, design, experi-ment, observation and conclu-sion: the basic tenants of the process when it is taught to children. It seems so definite and neatly laid out.
However, continue in the sciences in secondary edu-cation and higher-level aca-demia, and one quickly real-izes that the method is not so black and white. There is variation to it.
An understanding of the scientific method becomes less of an equation to be solved or procedure to be carried out and more of a work of art, complete with fluid beauty and nuance. An ad hoc experi-ment may lead to the hypoth-esis instead of a hypothesis leading to the experiment.
Many great discoveries do not happen when a person follows a clearly defined pro-cedure, but instead when an observation is made or a detail noticed and then someone says, “Hmm … that’s funny.” Alexander Fleming discov-ered penicillin in this man-ner, and it is how Spencer Silver developed Post-it notes. The apple that fell on Newton’s head and the bath-tub Archimedes caused to overflow are examples of how science does not have to fol-low a strict procedure.
Darwin had no hypothesis about the origin of species on this planet when he embarked on a voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. As a naturalist, he was most likely giddy with excitement to set foot on the Galapagos Islands, where he saw species never before iden-tified by man.
He was objective in his observations, but at the begin-ning he was not out to prove that evolution was true. Good science is more about how one thinks or conducts themselves during study rather than fol-
lowing a list of what should be done.
There are other criteria to take into consideration. Science must be falsifiable and verifiable. It must be logi-cal, reasonable and rational, among other things. But within these guidelines there is a huge amount of freedom.
In fact, the theory of evo-lution is a near perfect exam-ple of the flexibility of sci-entific thinking. It has been pieced together by a great number of people for more than 150 years, a truly col-laborative effort. It has been adjusted as new observations are made and better informa-tion becomes available to pro-vide a more complete picture of life.
Objectivity is integral to science, but that is no excuse for close-mindedness. Good scientific thinking and its methods are an acknowl-edgement that some kind of unknown does exist, and the best way to learn about this unknown within the universe is through creative questions, methods and discussion.
The flexibility of scienceCreativity and open-mindedness imperative in science
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THINKSTOCK
In response to the column from Oct. 4, titled “Paradox abounds in clothing exchange program,” I’d like to offer an alternate perspective on being raised a Hawkeye fan and supporting the Panthers as a college student.
As a child, I was treated at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital where students from the U of I Dance Marathon program treated me like family. A sorority adopted me as a “Lil Sis.” I spent many evenings at family dinners in Iowa City surrounded by college students who emphasized the importance of being a
Hawkeye fan. Many of my fondest memories as a kid
surround the University of Iowa, and I do still consid-er myself a Hawkeye fan in some respects.
That being said, I support the T-shirt exchange pro-gram hosted by the Athletics Department and Northern Iowa Student Government. The program serves as a vehi-cle to enhance UNI school spirit by means of increasing the presence of Panther gear on campus. In no way does it force anyone to remove their Iowa or Iowa State gear. I would also hazard a guess that the Athletics Department isn’t asking anyone to shed their deeply seeded Hawkeye
pride, either. Rather, they are simply offering a chance for students to show the same level of school spirit that is so prevalent on the other two public university campuses in Iowa.
Take into account what one of the organizers of the exchange, Director of Athletics Troy Dannen, has to say about this event.
“The objective of the exchange is to support, pro-mote and endorse purple and gold. If we can’t promote our-selves, we shouldn’t expect anyone else to promote our institution. The exchange in and of itself isn’t going
change culture or necessarily alter anyone’s perception of the university, but we believe this is one way to help ensure Panther spirit remains at the forefront of our thoughts on campus, and the thoughts of those not on our campus, including prospective stu-dents,” said Dannen.
As you can see, the intent behind the clothing swap is to enhance support for the col-ors purple and gold. We are all paying for an education from this great university; let’s start showing how much pride we have in these colors.
Alyssa Turcsak, senior UNI student
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Erin Keiser/Northern Iowan archivesJessica Wilson, senior art student,
exchanges a T-shirt in the Union.
MCT Campus
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NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 110, ISSUE 20
Students react to library changes
RENOVATIONS
Cheerleaders, navy seals and vampires were just a few of the characters run-ning around campus Oct. 30 for the Residence Hall Association’s trick or treat event.
“We’ve had a ton of families come in here,” said Nathan David, resident assis-tant for Hagemann Hall. “It’s really cool seeing both the kids and the parents being really appreciative of the university’s efforts to help include the Cedar Falls com-munity and sort of reach out and connect, not only to pos-sible students, but also the families in the area.”
Volunteers in all residence
halls except ROTH and Panther Village passed out candy that was either pro-
vided by RHA or donated.
ERIN KEISER/Northern IowanErin Pershall, sophomore family services major, and Lexis Clinton, junior early childhood development and elementary education major, hand out candy to trick-or-treaters while dressed as a member of “Duck Dynasty” and a ladybug, respectively.
RACHEL BALDUSStaff Writer
‘Ender’s Game’ full of powerful messages
FILM REVIEW
RICHARD FOREMAN JR./MCT CampusBonzo Madrid (Moises Arias) confronts Ender Wiggen (Asa Butterfield) while Petra Arkanian (Hailee Steinfeld) looks on in “Ender’s Game.”
Trick or treat brings children to campus
HALLOWEEN
Over the last year, Rod Library has undergone some serious construction in order to break the cliché of a typical library.
“I feel like Rod Library has broken all traditional norms of a library and focused more of its attention to how they could make the space more inviting for a student,” said Madiha Ahsan, senior applied physics major.
Tonielle Parizek, senior interior design major, said she likes the open floor plan.
“It really makes it easy to collaborate with your group when you have to do group projects,” said Parizek.
“I think it’s been really fan-tastic,” said Melissa Gevaert, library assistant. “We have seen a huge increase in stu-dents using the second floor. We have seen people getting more comfortable with the technology we have, so it’s really been a positive change.”
Amy Jensen, sophomore interior design major, said the newly renovated library “is very inviting for a student to go and study there.”
However, not all are pleased with the new design.
“It looks like it’s not done yet,” said Brittany Nelson, senior interior design major. “It looks empty and I would like to see it a bit more homey.”
“Well one thing is we are working into finding that bal-ance of meeting every stu-dent’s needs,” said Gevaert. “Right now there are going to be changes coming to (the second) floor, more furniture, more technology. We are even
talking about redoing the offices on this floor and a lot of that could change possibly and we are just looking for finding the right balance.”
Rod Library is by no means done with their renovations.
“We are actually currently in the middle of doing a feasi-bility study, which will take a look at how our library looks now and what changes we can do over the next 10-20 years to help continue to improve the library,” said Gevaert.
FARIHA AFZALStaff Writer
� See HALLOWEEN, page 5
CASSIDY NOBLE/Northern IowanStudents take advantage of the new changes in Rod Library. Changes include an Apple TV, a newly structured layout and a new online search engine.
Gavin Hood’s film “Ender’s Game,” based on Orson Scott Card’s novel of the same name, follows Ender Wiggin, a young man with a knack for strategy, as he and other skilled kids train to help save Earth from an alien attack.
Wiggin, played by Asa Butterfield, questions his orders, not allowing himself to mindlessly go along with what the higher ranking offi-cers tell him. As a strategic thinker, his mind unravels many a plot throughout the movie.
After going through a rough patch of bullying and retaliation in Battle School, where he was utterly alone, Wiggin eventually becomes an open-minded leader and gains the loyalty of fellow students. He acquires an unfailing team that follows him all the way to Command School.
But the effects of simu-lated battles bear down on him as the preparation for his graduation simulation and possible war approaches.
Ender’s quote, “When I understand my enemy well enough to defeat him, in that moment, I also love him,”
sets the tone of the entire movie. What struck me as interesting was the promi-nent theme of loving one’s enemy but getting the mes-sage across that one doesn’t want one’s enemy to hurt them ever again.
If the humans and aliens had successfully communi-cated, the movie’s main con-flict — preparing kids for war — wouldn’t have hap-pened. And though verbal communication was not pos-sible, it seemed as though the humans felt too threat-ened to make an attempt at non-verbal communication, like Wiggin eventually did.
As Wiggin said, “The way we win matters.” Tasks could be accomplished through an impatient sweep of utter destruction or in a peaceful manner developed over time. It’s all in how the opposing forces approach the conflict and communicate their cases.
Set in a futuristic time, there were breathtaking views of space and intrigu-ing landscapes of foreign planets. There was also advanced technology one could only wish they had enough money for. Yet the main way to communicate from Battle School to Earth was email, which I found silly.
KATHERINE JAMTGAARDFilm Critic
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Davis said in the main lounge of Hagemann, kids could play a game called “Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin.”
Lawther Hall was adorned with signs to welcome the trick-or-treaters and lead them to the recreational room where they received their candy. The hall had small pumpkins lining the hall to create a runway for the children to show off their costumes.
Christian Sather, RHA president, was surprised by how many people turned up at Lawther at the beginning of the event.
“I was honestly a little ner-vous about it, but when I heard
from Lawther that they had 75 kids show up 30 minutes in, I was like, ‘Oh my Goodness, this is an awesome event!’” said Sather.
In addition to candy, Dancer Hall gave out coloring pages to the kids. Shull Hall held a game for which the kids tossed bean bags into a pumpkin.
Cameron Fagen, RHA rep-resentative for Noehren Hall, said the event may continue in future years.
“It would really open more people to the university itself,” he said.
Davis said of the event, “I think it’s fantastic because you get student leaders being involved with community members, and so it’s really put-ting UNI in a positive light.”
HALLOWEENcontinued from page 4
The new course was devel-oped by faculty of the School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services in order to “create a comprehen-sive course that incorporates a holistic approach to over-all well-being,” according to Heistad.
She said a recent review of the Liberal Arts Core Category D showed that stu-dents expressed interest in delving deeper into specific topics and lab work.
“I would enjoy being able to experience the physical activi-ties instead of just spending all the time in the classroom,” said Ryan Soppe, freshman accounting major.
Heistad believes students will benefit from the lab com-
ponent of the course. “Students will benefit from
the lab portion as they will have a greater understanding of how wellness affects all aspects of life and they will be able to apply decision-mak-ing processes to improve their own well-being,” Heistad said.
However, Thomas Kesten, junior social sciences teaching major, said the lab component would probably not convince him to take the new class.
“If a class doesn’t pertain to one’s major, it is hard for students to care for the course, because it drains more money out of our pockets without giving much in return.”
The course is still in its test-ing phase and has not officially been added to the university’s curriculum. If students react well to it, it may be perma-nently added to the LAC.
NEW COURSEcontinued from page 1
In October 2012, a projec-tion predicted allocations from the general fund would be about $2.3 million and alloca-tions from student fees would be about $3 million by 2020 if the student services fee were increased by $25 each year.
The fee amount and time projection is subject to change, and would require approval by the student services fee com-mittee and the Regents every year.
“Making that request on an annual basis over a number of years, there’s no increasing the amount of institutional subsi-dies, but rather it’s a replace-ment of general fund money with student fee money,” Dannen said.
Thomas Madsen, president of the Northern Iowa Student
Government and chair of the student services fee commit-tee, said it may help UNI get more funding from legislators.
“It will be easier for legisla-tors when it comes to asking for funding for UNI to be able to say that any money that you give us will go directly towards our education,” Madsen said.
Though they may not ini-tially, Madsen said most stu-dents agree with decreasing reliance on the general fund once they learn how the fee would work.
“If you say you’re going to increase the student services fee for athletics by $25, most people will get upset with it,” said Madsen. “But once you explain that this allows more money from the general fund to go towards actual students and their education, I think students are pretty generally understanding.”
ATHLETICScontinued from page 1
Panthers drop 5th straight
PAGE 6 SportS JAKE BEMISSPORTS EDITOR
NOVEMBER 5, 2013 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 110, ISSUE 20
FOOTBALL
Any sort of offense was hard to come by Saturday as the Panthers fell to Illinois State University 13-3, dropping their fifth straight game.
UNI (4-5, 0-5 Missouri Valley Football Conference) had a season-low 211 yards of offense, as they turned the ball over three times. ISU had the ball for 36 minutes, 55 seconds while UNI’s time of possession was 23:05.
The Panther defense held the Redbirds to 183 yards of offense and just 2.7 yards per play. Max Busher had 15 total tackles while Xavier Williams added 12, including seven solo tackles.
Three straight drives for UNI ended with turnovers, starting with a 5-yard punt that was blocked by ISU’s Teddy Corwin.
Taking advantage of a drive starting at the UNI 39-yard line, Redbird placekicker Nick Aussieker knocked in a 24-yard field goal for the first score of the game.
The lone touchdown of the game came on the next Panther turnover. A lateral pass from Sawyer Kollmorgen to Chad Owens hit the turf and ISU’s Tevin Allen returned it for a 17-yard touchdown. Allen’s touchdown gave the Redbirds a 10-0 lead with 3:32 left in the first quarter.
An Evan Williams fumble
the following drive was the third straight UNI drive to end in a turnover within six minutes. Williams rushed for a team-high 54 yards on 15 carries.
Kollmorgen and David Johnson both left the game in the first half with apparent injuries. Kollmorgen was 16-26 with 122 yards and an intercep-tion. Johnson appeared to be far from 100 percent, as he had just 5 rushing attempts for 7 yards.
The Panther offense was
forced to adjust to Brion Carnes’s style of play after Kollmorgen went down. Carnes threw for 20 yards on 14 attempts while rushing for 16 yards.
Illinois State was prepared for the Carnes option attack as they gave up 84 total yards in the second half.
UNI’s Jordan Webb recov-ered a blocked punt at the ISU 22-yard line with 6:40 remain-ing in the third quarter.
The depleted Panther offense
could not capitalize on the good field possession and had to settle for a 37-yard field goal from Tyler Sievertsen.
UNI has not scored less than three points since their loss in 2010 against Iowa State University when they were shut out 27-0.
The Panthers will attempt to pick up their first MVFC win of the season as they return home to take on Youngstown State University 4 p.m. on Saturday.
RILEY UBBENSports Writer
ERIC CLAUSEN/Northern IowanEvan Williams (center) rushed for a team-high 54 yards on 15 carries against Illinois State. Williams replaced the injured David Johnson in the second half.
THE HUDDLE
The Missouri Valley Conference looks different than it did just a year ago. Creighton University is out and Loyola University Chicago is in. The addition of the Ramblers and the loss of the Bulldogs is not good for the MVC’s image.
In past years, the NCAA tournament selection com-mittee has chosen three teams from the MVC for the tournament. With the addition of LUC, there will be a loss of an at-large berth for the MVC. Creighton has been con-sistently ranked in the top 25 over the past few years while LUC has finished below .500. This difference in competition in the MVC will greatly affect how the selection committee views the conference.
The Panthers will also be affected. Previously, the University of Northern Iowa had just two spots to contend with to earn a spot into the NCAA tour-nament. With Wichita State University expected to dominate this year, the Panthers are only con-tending for one spot. That said, UNI is inexperienced going into this season, and a few losses early in the year could damage their tournament berth chances.
Since the MVC won’t be as competitive with the Ramblers, bringing in great recruits who want to play in a competitive mid-major conference will be even tougher. UNI’s bas-ketball team will have to make an even harder non-conference schedule to try to stay as competitive.
Unless the Ramblers get better recruits, the MVC is going to have a hard time convincing the tournament selection committee they are worthy of having three teams in the Big Dance.
The top teams in the MVC will have to continue to work hard, play tough-er opponents and win big games to advance to the postseason. This will not be easy for the conference, but with enough determi-nation, the MVC teams can convince the selection com-mittee to let them in.
MVC fights for spots in Big Dance
SEAN DENGLERSports Columnist
VOLLEYBALL
UNI wins in straight sets over DrakeThe University of
Northern Iowa volleyball team made short work of Drake University Saturday night, winning three straight sets over the Bulldogs. The win was the Panthers’ fourth victory in a row as they con-tinue their competition for the top spot of the Missouri Valley Conference.
It was UNI’s first match since they faced Wichita State University a week ear-lier.
UNI senior Macy Ubben, who was honored with the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week award, continued her hot streak with nine kills.
Courtney Kintzel led the Panther attack with 11 kills. Redshirt freshman Kayla Haneline also recorded nine kills in the victory.
The sweep of the Bulldogs
was UNI’s seventh of the season.
The win keeps UNI a half-game behind WSU for first place while Drake falls fur-ther away from the rest of the MVC. With an in con-ference record of 0-12, the Bulldogs are in last place in the Valley.
Kinsey Caldwell led UNI in assists for the Panthers, posting 34 throughout the match. Caldwell is now ranked 24th overall in the nation in assists per set with 11.21.
UNI returns to action next weekend to host two inner-conference matches. Friday,
the Panthers host Southern Illinois University followed by a matchup with Evansville University Saturday night.
The Panthers have just six matches left in their regular season schedule before the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, which starts Nov. 28.
ERIN KEISER/Northern IowanCourtney Kintzel (right) led UNI with 11 kills in the Panthers’ win against Drake. Kintzel has 225 kills on the season.
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