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Hundreds of faculty, staff and students stood up last Thursday in support of those affected by offensive Yik Yak posts.
The crowd rallied as organizers cried, “When we say ‘we can do,’ you shout ‘better’!”
When asked why they chose the slogan “We Can Do Better,” Stephanie Logan, assistant professor in the College of Education, co-organizer and MC of the event cited the recent nega-tive experiences of students with forms of student sup-port services on campus.
Logan encouraged stu-dents, faculty, and staff to “Take a look at themselves,” and ask, “How can I be a better person?”
Logan’s hope for this
event was to come to bring light to the situation and make everyone aware that things like this do happen, even on UNI’s campus.
While the rally was con-sidered to be successful, organizers plan to make the Day of Solidarity a yearly event. Logan, her colleg-ues Catherine MacGillivray and Kerri Clopton chose the theme of making a change to invoke an environment of positive support that can strengthen over time.
“We felt that as a com-munity, we can do bet-ter” said Logan. “Students should have experiences where they are made com-fortable…and so as an insti-tution we just felt…we can do right by our students…there’s room for improve-ment.”
Although this year’s Veterans day experienced some snowfall, the University of Northern Iowa’s chapter of Kappa Sigma took advan-tage of the chilly weather to host a luncheon honoring men and women who have and are serving their country.
Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Wesley Foundation, members of the fraternity served soup and sandwiches accompanied with beverages as part of their philanthro-py to the Military Heroes Campaign.
The veterans luncheon, which offered raffle prizes, was the first event of its kind
for Kappa Sigma to host. “With this being the first
event, it could be hit or miss,” said Alex Boyer, senior lei-sure, youth and human ser-vices major. Boyer is also a member of Kappa Sigma.
Boyer, who is excited to give back to his community, said the Wesley Foundation and the Isle Casino helped fund the event by donating food and drinks.
Members of other fra-ternities, sororities and stu-dents around campus were welcomed to come to the luncheon to support Kappa Sigma and veterans of the UNI community.
Having met with success so far, Rod Library’s Book Bistro will extend their hours starting this semester’s finals week through spring semes-
ter. Currently, the Book Bistro
is open Monday through Friday 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Chris Kenaga, retail manager, said the new hours will be 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9:30
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays for spring semester.
The café will conduct busi-ness 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. during fall semester finals week.
The Book Bistro is located on the main floor of Rod Library by the west entrance facing the Campanile. Its opening mid-September introduced several changes to the library’s layout. The ren-ovated space includes closed-captioned TVs, new furniture and the new home of the CFPL @ UNI Collection and newspapers.
The café is regularly occu-pied by a variety of stu-dents, faculty and staff dur-ing lunchtime hours. Erica Schwartz, liberal studies major and employee at the Book Bistro said a lot of students come to the Book Bistro.
Opinion X Campus Life X Sports X Games X Classifieds XOpinion 3 Campus Life 4 Sports 6 Games 7 Classifieds 8
ThursdayNovember 13, 2014
northern-iowan.orgVolume 111, Issue 22
AMANDA SCHUELLERStaff Writer
ZAINB ALREBHStaff Writer
AMBER ROUSEExecutive Editor
AMBER ROUSE/Northern IowanLeft to right, Katie Jerome, sophomore undecided major, Bryant Hickie, senior political communications major, and Christen Broadbeck, junior communications major enjoy a hot meal together at the Veteran’s Day luncheon.
ANDI KING/Northern IowanMonica Clark, senior English major picks up her hot drink at Book Bistro in Rod library. The Book Bistro opened this past September.
Snow and soup for Veterans Day
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4 OPINION PAGE 3 SPORTS PAGE 7
SLAM DOWN PARKING ATHLETICSStudents share their work in a progressive poetry slam in the CME.
Columnist Boisen gets the message UNI Parking is sending students.
Columnist Dengler suggests a different way of funding college athletics.
Book Bistro to extend hours We can do better
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CAMPUS EVENTS
THURSDAYTYLER HILTON MUSICAL PERFORMANCEMauker Ballroom8 p.m.CAB is hosting Tyler Hilton from One Tree Hill. Hilton’s acoustic music performance is free to attendees.
FRIDAYUNI GAMER BRIGADESEC Lobby, 5-10:45 p.m.People of all majors, backgrounds and genders are welcome to participate in videogames as well as numerous tabletop games.
NO SHAME THEATRECommunication Arts Building10 p.m., sign-ups 9:30 p.m.Anyone is invited to perform or enjoy original, occasionally traumatizing performances limited to five minutes each. Performers should bring one copy of a script or outline.
SUNDAYTHE BROADWAY MUSICAL ELFGBPAC2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.This musical is based off of the 2003 movie “Elf.”
MONDAYGRADUATE COLLEGE SOCIAL MIXERMauker Ballroom4:30 p.m.Undergraduate and Graduate students are encouraged to network with Graduate program members on campus.
PANTHER MARCHING BAND CONCERTGBPAC7:30 p.m.The PMB is hosting its first live concert performance in history to fundraise for their upcoming trip to London.
Do you want to have an event listed here? Email us at [email protected] with information about the event to have it featured.KELLY CRIMMINS
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The Bistro serves daily specials, high-end grilled cheese, tea drinks and unique desserts as well as soup, sandwiches, coffee and assorted take-and-go items.
According to Schwartz, if a student wants to add or take something out of an item on the menu, they
will try to accommodate the request. The Bistro strives to satisfy students through speed and quality.
Chris Kenaga, the retail manger, mentioned he is pleased with feedback from students, the amount of sales and the menu.
The idea for The Bistro café was conceived through the collaborative efforts of the Department of
Residence and the dean of Rod Library. DOR wanted to meet the needs of study-ing students who needed snacks or drinks.
“There are approximately one hundred students com-ing to Book Bistro daily. I believe that there may be more students coming…[were the] Book Bistro open for more hours,” Kenaga said.
BOOK BISTROcontinued from page 1
THIS DAY IN HISTORY-1927 The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New York
City and New Jersey.
-1947 The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
-1950 Gen. Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
-1956 The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama bus segregation laws illegal, ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
-1969 Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic march against death.
-1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam veterans.
ANDI KING/Northern IowanStudents line up at the Book Bistro at Rod Library waiting to order. Book Bistro is looking to extend their hours for semester tests as well as the spring semester.
The campus will contin-ue collaborating to help one another even after the rally, said Logan.
According to Logan, the College of Education and Women and Gender Studies program are actively search-ing for ways to expand, connect with and support other groups on campus. They have been contacted by several student groups wishing to document their stories.
Students who want to share their narratives can contact a faculty or staff member who have displayed the “We Can Do Better”
placards outside their offic-es. While the faculty or staff member may not know the answer, they can con-nect the student to those who can help.
The student and faculty members who shared sto-ries at the event made a real impact, she said. Those on campus have mentioned that they would like to hear more stories from other students and see more done. She is working on increas-ing awareness and planning events to continue helping people remember the issue.
Meanwhile, Logan and colleagues will continue to try to make a difference and approach the matter as a “unified front.”
SLOGANcontinued from page 1
Mid-Monday, Russell Hall was evacuated due to a pulled fire alarm. The alarm was pulled due to a genuine yet mistaken concern.
Jeff Olson, Cedar Falls public safety director said an individual pulled the fire alarm because they were star-tled by a noise from steam in Russell, said a Courier article.
Russell Hall, located between Strayer-Wood Theater and Curris Business Building, uses steam to heat the building, like other build-ings on campus.
AMBER ROUSEExecutive Editor
False alarm
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NOVEMBER 13, 2014 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 111, ISSUE 22
No parking pass? No problem!
Recently UNI Parking told me that anyone who does not have an adequate parking pass can leave their car in the CP parking lot for months without getting towed. They told me that their own rules on parking and towing don’t matter in the CP lot. They told me this not in person, but through their actions when a car was allowed to remain parked in CP for over two months without an adequate parking pass.
I have seen a car parked in the same CP parking spot for over two months without a valid parking pass. To be fair it actually had not moved since at least April, but it had a CP pass from last school year. At one point, it was allowed to be parked there. I saw it there week after week, getting ticket after ticket, without being towed.
UNI Parking knew it was there. The car would have a new ticket on it every two to three days, but they did not tow it. The car had so many tickets someone from
Parking had to move all the tickets into one envelope just so they could put more tick-ets on it. Twice. At one point, the car had over 15 tickets.
According to UNI Public Safety’s rules on towing, a car may be towed if it: has five or more unpaid park-ing tickets, is parked ille-gally, is parked illegally for over eight hours, has been abandoned for over 24 hours or if they have over 10 tick-ets total (Parking Manual, Section 8.6).
This car had obviously broken all of those rules. Myself and another Shull RA emailed Parking to ask about this car and they told us that the car was aban-doned and would be towed. That was over two weeks (mid-October) before the car was actually taken on Halloween.
Having been on campus for four years, I have seen UNI Parking tow cars for much less. Any car parked in an A, G or B lot would be towed after being parked there less than two days. This leaves me to wonder: why the discrepancy? Why does CP, the lot in which people living on campus park their cars, receive less respect than other lots?
This is not the first time
something like this has hap-pened. Last winter, a car in CP parked right in front of a sidewalk (where parking is prohibited) and my dorm window for a week. This car was obviously not parked correctly but was also not towed. Ask any student who has lived on campus for a
year and they probably have a story of a car that blatantly broke parking rules without consequence.
Not only was Parking not towing the car, they weren’t ticketing the car correctly. Almost every student has had the experience of get-ting an unwanted ticket after
parking for only a short time, possibly even getting mul-tiple tickets in one day. This car should have been ticketed everyday.
According to their rules, Parking tickets for illegal parking may be issued once per eight hour shift (Parking Manual, Section 9.2). This car was only ticketed every two to four days. This showed the students pass-ing by this car everyday that Parking knew the car was there, breaking their rules, but didn’t care enough to tow it or even ticket it cor-rectly.
As a senior, it can be easy to be cynical about things on campus that go wrong. I love UNI and I hate cynicism, so I try to look at the good on campus.
This Parking debacle has left me with nothing but sadness. It shows me that Parking only cares about the money it makes from tick-ets and students on campus don’t matter.
They will move a car if it affects those who travel to campus, but the 4,000 stu-dents who live on campus are out of luck. I can under-stand not towing a car for a week or two, but after two months? It’s hard not to be cynical.
ERIC BOISEN [email protected]
Celebrating a victory for ALL Americans
Flashback to 2008. Barack Obama, a relatively unknown senator from Illinois, has just won the presidential elec-tion by a sweeping margin over Sen. John McCain (R) and female Gov. Sarah Palin (AK). Cheers from around the world are heard when the United States’ first black president was elected.
We remember images of Jesse Jackson trying to hold back uncontrollable tears, citizens of Kenya dancing in the streets and President-elect Barack Obama stand-ing up in front of American people and shouting “We rise and fall as one nation, as one people. Let’s resist the temp-tation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness.”
BBC World News claims America has recaptured the spirit of optimism and that an African American in the White House is “no longer a
dream.” The news story said African Americans in feder-al power would be the new world as we know it. The United States and world were celebrating democracy, faith in government and freedom from racial oppression. And we all celebrated.
Fastforward to Nov. 5, 2014. Talk of midterm elec-tions was relatively unheard of, aside from a few grumbles from Democratic associations and some excitement on Yik Yak, that the election [ads and harassment to vote on campus] are finally coming to an end.
Joni Ernst has just been elected as the first female senator from the state of Iowa. She serves in the Iowa National Guard as a combat veteran colonel.
Tim Scott has just been elected as the first black sena-tor from South Carolina since reconstruction after the Civil War. Mia Love is poised to become the first black con-gresswoman from her respec-tive state, in Utah
Six years after this his-toric election, the president
who was elected to unite all Americans is now facing a failed economic policy that continues to separate the “haves” from the “have-nots;” Marx’s version of a modern day proletariat and bourgeoi-sie, if you prefer.
Despite relatively unheard of historic victories, here in Iowa, UNI recently hosted a rally in response to hate-speech among students.
We are experiencing racial, sexual, gender and socio-eco-nomic hatred at an all-time high. The income gap under democratic policies has hurt us as students entering the workforce.
As students, we are faced with a decision of bad or worse when it comes to jobs after college. The future is
bleak. Some of us are fighting to raise the minimum wage because we believe minimum wage with a college degree may be our reality after grad-uation.
That’s IF we can get a full-time job with a compa-ny that can afford to provide health care. Add to that crip-pling student debt and we are seeing our American Dream being stripped away from us. Needless to say, hope and change was an investment that didn’t pay off for our generation.
It’s also disappointing to see that in President Obama’s six years as president, our society has become so divided that we can no longer cel-ebrate a historic victory on the advancement of a race previously oppressed.
Rather, we have strayed from the president’s dream of non-partisanship. At UNI, we are taught to think critically — so postulate the gravity of this: the National Association for Advancement of Colored People refuses to accept these historic victories on the basis of their party
affiliation. Choosing instead, the very partisanship we once shed tears rallying against. Regardless of my feelings for Obama I celebrated with the rest of the world in his accomplishment as the first African American president elected.
I don’t agree with Obama on much, but I hoped his “hope and change” rhetoric would unite us around being Americans, celebrating diver-sity and equality.
On UNI’s campus, we saw many differing opinions in the elections prior to 2014. There were not only nega-tive ads buy also students harassing other students in classrooms and online about their opinions on the way our society is headed. We should applaud the accomplishments of newly-elected diverse lead-ership with the same intensi-ty we did in 2008, regardless of personal party affiliation.
Let’s see what the party of “old white men” can do with candidates who were elected, not for the color of their skin, but rather the content of their character.
Jessica Kautzer [email protected]
ERIC BOISEN/Northern IowanColumnist Boisen points out the abandonded vehicle in CP lot, where it was parked since last April, had acquired numerous tickets without being towed. According to Public Safety rules, it should have been towed long ago. Public Safety towed the vehicle Oct. 31.
Needless to say, hope and change was
an investment that didn’t pay off for our generation.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2014 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 111, ISSUE 22
A different way to slam poetry at UNIKind faces, unique sto-
ries and an atmosphere accepting of free expres-sion with absolutely no judgment. A packed room of UNI students listened silently to a word of warning from the event’s co-host, Natalie Kaufman: “This first piece for you tonight has a content warning.”
70 -p lus s tudent s flocked to the Center for Multicultural Education Tuesday to express them-selves with their poetry — to give voice to soul — or to just listen to some slam poems.
It was an open and accepting event, the inau-gural Progressive Poetry Slam, hosted by the Feminist Action League in partnership with the Progressive Coalition.
“I think that this is a really great event for peo-ple to say what they want to say in a safe place. I’m doing a piece and I’m look-ing forward to being able to speak freely and know that nobody else is going to judge me,” Kaufman, sophomore psycholog y and philosophy double major and director of pub-lic relations for the FAL, said.
The FAL is a feminist group on campus, striv-ing for equality between the sexes. The Progressive Coalition is a conglom-erate of all progressive groups on campus: The Northern Iowa Democrats, the Philosophy Club, UNI S.T.A.R.R., UNI Free Thinkers and Inquirers, in addition to FAL.
The FAL partnership with the Coalition birthed the inaugural Progressive Poetry Slam, which allowed its 22 participants a platform for expression.
The dynamics of the event provided a roller-coaster ride for its attend-ees. The various pieces performed had the crowd finger-snapping to indi-cate its approval, cry-ing at the heartbreak in emotionally-laden poems or even laughing uncon-trollably; often within the same piece.
Themes for the poems ranged from issues of sex-ual orientation and femi-nist expressions, to poems of grief resulting from teen suicide and even, in a moment of comic relief, a reading of various com-ments from the popular social media app Tinder.
Kaufman first conceived of the idea for the event as a new and different type of Poetry Slam.
“There are a couple of poetry slams throughout the year that are done by the English Club, and I thought that doing one spe-cifically by the progressive groups on campus would be really beneficial because we all have unique stories to talk about,” Kaufman said. “There are members of the LGBT movement [and] the Feminist Action League [participating]. We have a lot of people who are struggling and we feel that this is important for them.”
“It is important to sup-port your friends and it’s important to support an event that is trying to cre-ate a positive [environ-ment] for the University [students], especially in light of recent events,” said Alieda Torres, sopho-more history major and attendant of the Poetry Slam.
Torres referred to anon-ymous racist, sexist and homophobic remarks post-ed on a social media app called Yik Yak, which were protested at the Day of Solidarity demonstration.
Katherine Short, junior supply chain management major, took part in the event with a reading of her own.
NICHOLAS FISHERStaff Writer
IRIS FRASHER/Northern IowanAudience members laugh as they watch the Progressive Poetry Slam. The Feminist Action League and the Progressive Coalition put together the event to allow students the opportunity to express themselves in a non-judgmental setting.
IRIS FRASHER/Northern IowanStormy O’Brink performs her piece titled, “The Eulogy.” O’Brink’s poem was one of several which had a content warning with her piece.
IRIS FRASHER/Northern IowanKylie Gutierrez, freshman social work major, performs Andrea Gibson’s poem, “Slip Your Mind.” The Progressive Poetry Slam was held on Tuesday night in the Center for Multicultural Education.
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CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 5NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG |THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Sparks brings tears“The Best of Me”
by Nicholas Sparks is a heart gripping and blood pumping page-turner that was hard to put down. I read this in one week and re-read it before I saw the movie.
Nicholas Sparks once again put tears in my eyes in the last few chap-ters, when the conclu-sion comes to a close and it leaves you shocked to the core.
The novel focuses on star-crossed lov-ers, Dawson Cole and Amanda Collier, who are forced to reunite after twenty years. They come together to uproot old scars and heal the friend-ship they once had.
Dawson wanted a “nor-mal” life and a chance to be with Amanda, but outside forces made that impossible.
True love is an impos-sible bond that rested in the hands of these two high school sweethearts and resulted in death, broken friendship and knowing that life goes on even if things take a turn for the worst.
“The Best of Me” is about two people in love that brought the past up again and made demons come arise.
There will be tears shed, hearts pumped and love that will be given
for a lifetime. When I was intro-
duced to this novel, I was somewhat hesitant because of the nature of the characters and try-ing to guess what the conclusion might be.
I was surprised by the personality of Amanda as a stubborn, outspo-ken, independent fighter. She didn’t give up on Dawson when he told her to forget him, but as years passed, she did.
I learned that people change over the years, good or bad, and it leads for people to settle with what they are given.
To me, Amanda is a fighter and Dawson is the only person for her to fight for.
I felt this novel could have been more detailed in some parts and having more dialogue.
Nicholas Sparks is a fantastic writer and his creative side is becoming much more accessible for us young readers. If you are the sappy romance type, this is for you because Nicholas Sparks gives you what you want and more.
UNI inspires more readers on campus, enjoy what Rod Library has to offer its students and open up a whole new world.
TAIJA TUCKERBook Reviewer
BOOK REVIEW
VETERANScontinued from page 1
Donning an American flag scar f , Chr isten Brodbeck, junior com-munications major and member of the sorority Alpha Xi Delta, came to the luncheon to show her appreciation of veterans.
“I have family in the mil i tary, so Veterans Day is important to me,” Brodbeck said.
Other members of Kappa Sigma were excit-ed about the event to help build not only connec-tions with veterans, but also to put some of their skills into practice.
Tony Jones, senior social studies teaching major and Kappa Sigma member, attended a lead-
ership conference over the summer, which helped hone reputation-building skills.
“[We’re] moving for-ward on campus, getting more involved,” Jones said.
To help raise aware-ness for the event, Kappa Sigma members promoted the luncheon to student groups, the ROTC, UNI Public Relations and vet-eran groups in the Cedar Valley.
Raf fle i tems were donated to the luncheon by local businesses and Cedar Valley community members.
“I feel like our gen-eration is thought of as ungrateful. . . we should be the most grateful ,” Brodbeck said.
POETRYcontinued from page 4
Short who saw this poetry slam as an oppor-tunity to surround herself in an accepting, judge-free environment took the plunge to perform her poetry.
“So I finally decided to read, and I have a lot of poems and other pieces that I have been writing over the years and this was the best way to get some of that out there,” Short said.
The Progressive Poetry slam was a place for equal-ity; for each unique indi-vidual to contribute his or her verse to a night of expression with the only censorship coming in the form of a pre-reading cau-tion of: “This piece con-tains a content warning.”
“We come from a pret-ty liberal state in gen-eral, but UNI does a really great job with their Pride program and helping gay people and just mak-ing sure everyone feels included with the [Safe Zone] Ally Program and the Dean of Students has its own [LGBT Center] and it’s just… It’s a good place for gay people,” Short said.
IRIS FRASHER/Northern IowanBrooke Wiese, freshman English major, performs her poem, “Mutiny Against Myopia.” More than 70 students attended the event with 22 participants.
AMBER ROUSE/Northern IowanKappa Sigma members hand out food at the veteran’s luncheon. The luncheon was held at the Wesley Foundation Tuesday for Veteran’s Day to show gratitude for veterans.
PAGE 6 SportS RILEY UBBENSPORTS EDITOR
NOVEMBER 13, 2014 | NORTHERN-IOWAN.ORG | VOLUME 111, ISSUE 22
FANTASY FOOTBALL
Hot or not: Options for week 11With just three weeks left
of the regular season, many fantasy football leagues’ play-off picture is starting to shape-up. However, in some of the more competitive leagues, the last three weeks are crucial in making the playoffs and gain-ing ultimate bragging rights over your friends. Here are some players that are hot or not for week 11.
Quarterbacks.HOT: Ben Roethlisberger
and the Steelers are coming off of a loss to the New York Jets where Big Ben threw for just one touchdown and two interceptions. Expect that to change this week as he faces the Tennessee Titans. Big Ben has found a new target to compliment Antonio Brown in Martavis Bryant. Look for him to get back on track with mul-tiple touchdowns this week.
NOT: Andy Dalton threw for 86 yards and three inter-ceptions last Thursday against the Browns. Although he is up against the New Orleans Saints this week, look for the Saints to get ahead early and force Dalton and the Bengals to throw the ball to stay in the game.
Running backs.HOT: Eddie Lacy has been
making his case for why he deserved to be a first-round pick this fantasy season over
the past few weeks. Lacy has scored at least 13 points in his last three games, racking up 17 against both the Saints and the Bears. He has also been getting involved in the passing game more recently, scoring on a 56-yard screen play last weekend.
NOT: Terrance West scored 15 fantasy points last Thursday against the Bengals
as he split carries and time on the field with both Ben Tate and Isaiah Crowell. All three backs are expected to get car-ries again this week, making West a hit-or-miss option. He is up against a Houston Texans defense that has allowed 100 total yards to opposing run-ning backs this season, but the Browns will go with whoever is most effective on Sunday.
Wide receivers.HOT: If you read this
column back in October, you would have read about my waiver wire pickup, Odell Beckham Jr. This rookie is the real deal. Owned in just under 64 percent of leagues, ODB is a good option for the flex posi-tion or even the second receiv-er slot if your flex is filled with a running back. He has scored
16, 15, and 11 in games since Victor Cruz’s injury, includ-ing a 100-yard performance against the Seahawks. If he is on the free agent list in your league, he is a must add.
NOT: Arizona Receivers. Whether you have Larry Fitzgerald, John Brown, or Michael Floyd, consid-er benching them this week against the Detroit Lions. The Lions allow the least amount of fantasy points to oppos-ing receivers and with Carson Palmer going down with a knee injury last week, do not expect these receivers to do much.
Tight ends.HOT: I find it hard to put
anyone not named Jimmy Graham in this spot. Last week, owners may have had the opportunity to buy low on Graham, but not any more. Graham has scored over 10 in his past three games, including a two touchdown performance against the 49ers. He is Drew Brees’ favorite redzone target so look for him to find the end-zone again this weekend.
NOT: Travis Kelce is com-ing off of a one-point perfor-mance against a solid Buffalo Bills defensive unit last week-end. Kelce has a history of scoring low numbers against above average defenses. Up against the Seahawks this week, you can expect a hit-or-miss with the ninth-highest scoring tight end.
RILEY UBBENSports Editor
MCT CampusOdell Beckham, Jr. (13) has scored over 13 fantasy points in every game since teammate and fellow receiver Victor Cruz’s injury. Beckham, Jr. is available in over 36 percent of ESPN.com leagues.
OPINION
Money is running big time college athletics
Money runs prevalent through college athletics. This is a huge problem for everyone involved because schools rack in a lot of money. Coaches demand this money
and get paid, athletes demand it but get nothing. Money has turned college athletics into a corrupt being. This money should be eliminated from these institutions. The elimi-nation should happen through the cancelling of contracts with advertisers and spon-
sors. One reason this must hap-
pen is this: college athletics are no longer pure. Viewers take advantage of athletes by watching them play in large spectacles such as March Madness and the upcom-ing College Football Playoff.
More enjoyment will be a result for fans if this money variable is eliminated.
Another reason money needs to be eliminated from college athletics involves col-lege boosters. These boost-ers have large influence on their college. Recently, boost-ers from the University of Alabama paid off Nick Saban’s house.
Football is a great sport, but a coach should not have his house paid for by his boosters. University of Texas boosters have a strong influence on their coach, and they made the coach’s life worse. When Charlie Strong was hired as their coach, one booster called him out in the media. This makes the life of being a coach worse. If money was not involved, coaches lives would be better.
The most important rea-son money needs to be elimi-nated is the most money will win. The smaller colleges do not stand a chance when this is a factor. This is true
in professional sports, and it is becoming more apparent in college sports. The best teams historically in the NBA and MLB are the Lakers and Yankees, and they have the most money. In college ath-letics, teams in the biggest money making conferences have the best teams. The dis-crepancy between big confer-ences and smaller conferences is larger because new rules allow bigger conferences to make rules outside the bound-aries of the NCAA. These rules provide a chance for these conferences to use their money to have a better advan-tage at obtaining recruits.
All these reasons indicate why money needs to be elimi-nated from college athletics. This amount of money only creates more problems that do not need to happen..Through the elimination of money in college athletics, sporting teams will return to a purer sense. A purer state is a con-cept that everybody should grasp.
MCT CampusNick Saban (left) recently sold his home to a group of University of Alabama boosters for $3.1 million. Saban continues to live at the house while the boosters pay the property tax.
SEAN DENGLERSports Columnist
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32 Its maker traditionally buys the drinks37 Pay back?38 Prohibition against Confeder-ate soldiers?40 Bailed-out insurance co.41 Aleve and Advil43 Movie role played by Skippy44 Tide table term45 Played on a green47 Weary from overuse49 Apparent53 In the style of54 Soup with a prayer?58 Sal of “Rebel Without a Cause”60 South American rodent61 Scruff62 Word from the Latin for
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Answers to Crossword and Sudoku on page 8
Sudoku One
Sudoku Two
By Nancy BlackTribune Content Agency(MCT)
Today’s Birthday (11/13/14). Discover new talents this year. You’re especially hot. A new yearlong phase in income and profitability arises after 12/23. Focused attention bears fruit. Get social to grow your profes-sional influence and status. After 3/20, opportunities for fun and romance entice; a family vacation delights. A quieter phase begins after 4/4, with retrospective mood. Contemplate your true calling.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Focus on a sub-ject you love, and breakthroughs are possible. An unpleasant surprise could arise, especially if you rush. Keep quiet. Don’t talk back to authority. Plug a leak.
Don’t be afraid, or impetuous... go slow and steady.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Keep costs down at home. Love could seem intense... work together and keep your focus for great results. Talk to your partner. Play by the rules. Hidden obstacles provoke accidents, so go slow and watch out.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Don’t get in-timidated by strong competition. Abundance, due to your own thrift, is yours. Don’t squabble. Finish what you started. Tempo-rary confusion can befuddle, so be careful. Advance with caution. Know that you are loved.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- To-day is a 9 -- Postpone expansion and travel. Don’t talk about fi-nances if you can avoid it. Quiet productivity allows you to keep your eye on a speeding ball. Fin-
ish an old job. Think it through to the end. Collaboration can get romantic.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Postpone a discussion. Family comes first. Avoid reck-less spending. Your strength is quite attractive. Don’t get stopped by past failures. Learn from them. Walk away from pushy salespeople. Make plans but don’t act on them yet.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Postpone a romantic conversation until you’ve thought over what you want to say. Assess your position carefully. Pay attention to the mood, and let intuition guide. Light candles, add soft music and fragrant flowers. Express feelings wordlessly.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- To-day is a 7 -- Don’t take off on a lark quite yet. Accept a chal-lenge, it pays well. If you must
go, allow extra time for travel. Think quickly, but move slowly to avoid accidents. Acknowledge the limits, and keep to them. Rest.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Missteps could drop the cake, so walk carefully. Don’t gamble, take big risks or experiment with the dinner you’re serving guests. Disci-pline and creativity can boost your career now. The truth gets revealed. You are beloved.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Important associates come to an agree-ment. It could get chaotic. Avoid a touchy subject. Make plans before you make messes. Spend your money on your home and family, but not excessively. Your goal gets achieved.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- A new theory doesn’t work as well in practice.
Friends offer good advice. Old and young share high ideals. Dispel nervous energy through exercise. Blow off chores and follow your heart for a while. Clean up later.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Curb the desire to rush forward. Associates put their money into the pot. Are there strings attached? Choose your direction carefully. Keep promises already made. Tally re-sults. A romantic moment could catch you by surprise.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Duty calls. Work produces unforeseen benefits. Don’t spend on frivolities. Watch out for hidden dangers. De-velop a good habit. Eat well, and nurture strength and endur-ance. Keep the faith. Sacrifice or surrendering works wonders for your love life.
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