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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA CEDAR FALLS, IA THURSDAY, APRIL 5 VOLUME 114, ISSUE 42
CEDAR FALLS, IA
VOLUME 119, ISSUE 4
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
OPINION
CAMPUS LIFE
SPORTS
OPINION PAGE 3
CAMPUS LIFE PAGE 4
SPORTS PAGE 6
Opinion Columnist Bailey Klinkhammer discusses the future of abortion rights as midterms approach.
Recap of UNI’s 48-17 season-opening loss against Air Force.
Registration opens for UNI Dance Marathon’s fundraiser for children’s health.
New women’s health clinic opens in Cedar Falls MercyOne clinic offers wide range of reproductive healthcare services from STI testing to sexual assault services for campus community CAROLINE CHRISTENSEN Staff Writer
A new clinic, tailored towards reproductive healthcare, has officially opened its doors in Cedar Falls. Located at 226 Bluebell Road, MercyOne Cedar Falls OB/GYN aims to provide patient-centered
compassionate care for all its patients. Katherine Parker Bryden, a midwife who specializes in obstetrics, gynecology, menstrual management and physiologic birth among other things hopes the clinic will be a safe space for patients
who are seeking reproductive healthcare. “I think one of the beauties of the nurse practitioners and the midwives we have is we are all trained in very patient-centered care, what I would call a feminist perspective,” Bryden said. “The person who is inside the body is the expert on it. By listening [the patient] will give you a lot of good information. We are all about being partners in people’s healthcare.” The services offered at the Cedar Falls MercyOne Clinic include preventative reproductive care, general wellness check ups, STI testing, birth control management and pregnancy care. Preventive Care
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MercyOne Cedar Falls OB/GYN on Bluebell Road offers birth control counseling along with pregnancy services available throughout the entire pregnancy.
Although the prevention of cervical cancers and other infections is usually not a huge concern for college-age
people, Bryden encourages everyone to err on the side of caution. “For people in their teens and twenties, the main thing you would come in for is if you didn’t get your Gardasil vaccine for HPV prevention,” Bryden said. “Gardasil is important because it protects against the nine high risk strains of HPV that are most frequently seen in abnormal cell changes that can lead to cancer. Usually people can get that vaccine series if they haven’t already done so.” Br yden continued, “Usually starting at age 21 you would come in if you got normal pap smears every three years.” A pap smear is a method of cervical cancer screening which detects potentially precancerous and cancerous cells. See
WOMEN’S
HEALTH, page 2
Campus to welcome Jon Meacham NKASA BOLUMBU Staff Writer
The Joy Cole Corning Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series presents Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prizewinning presidential historian. He will be lecturing about, “Finding Hope Through the Lessons of Yesterday” on Monday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center’s Great Hall. Admission is free but a ticket is required to attend. Tickets are available at GBPAC, McLeod ticket office or by phone at 319-273-4849. Jon Meacham’s lecture, “Finding Hope Through the Lessons of Yesterday” will be mixing the old with the new. With his breadth of historical knowledge in American history and its great leaders that helped make the nation what it is today, he will be using a historical lens to put current events into another perspective with more possible solutions. See
MEACHAM
VISIT, page 5
Square One Vintage: a local hotspot for vintage apparel EMMA KOEHLER
Managing Editor
A true dream for those seeking original vintage apparel in the Cedar Valley is found within the shop space of Square One Vintage. Step inside, and customers find styles of UNI collegiate wear, Y2K vibes and 80’s and 90’s hottest designs. Fresh to the downtown scene, the shop has been open for a little over two months. Co-owned by UNI graphic design alumni Evan Suchomel and current UNI biology and earth science student Damien Lindsey, the two each individually held pop-up shops of vintage clothing around Iowa before starting their joint ven-
ture of Square One Vintage; Suchomel for seven years and Lindsey for five years. The two see a huge market in selling original vintage clothing, meaning all clothing in the shop is from original sources from the era it was produced. That is the inspiration behind the name, too. “We wanted something that rolled off the tongue nicely. Our meaning behind that is back to square one, back to the original and where something came from,” said Suchomel. Apparel in the shop ranges from T-shirts, sweatshirts and even some vintage denim. Customers can find original brands such as Nike, sports teams, destinations and musi-
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Current UNI student Damien Lindsey (left) and UNI alum Evan Suchomel (right) opened their shop Square One Vintage in downtown Cedar Falls on June 25.
cians. Suchomel and Lindsey find importance in stocking vintage UNI apparel too, special for the local students and fans. “Something that we’re
really passionate about is collecting local UNI sweatshirts and T-shirts,” said Suchomel. “Although it can be harder to find,” added Lindsey. For the future, the two
hope to engage in more collaborations in the area and expand down the line. See THRIFT GOLD MINE, page 2