the mirror - october 27, 2014
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The electronic edition of The Mirror's October 27, 2014 issue.TRANSCRIPT
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Page 2 October 27, 2014SOCIAL
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“Dealing with human beings is difficult. Ordering people around is not very effective. You may get a temporary effect, but in the end if you haven’t
brought along hearts and minds, then you haven’t really succeeded.”
Open Circle, a student-run group aimed at ending religious discrimination, hosts a themed Hallow-
een party around the same time every year.
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THE MIRRORSTAFF 2014-15
Editor-in-ChiefAlexandria Adair [email protected]
Production ManagerManuel Perez
News EditorKatarina Velazquez
A&E EditorAntonio Hill
Sports EditorDanielle Ross
Photo EditorCassius Vasquez
Web EditorErick Pirayesh
Copy EditorSuzanne Evans
Graphic DesignersSeth Haller & Elleanna Kantz
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Marketing ManagersTory Orozco & Amanda Mulnix
General ManagerMatt Lubich
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Page 4 October 27, 2014OPINION
The Mirror Reflections are the opinion of the editorial board: Alexandria Adair Vasquez, Katarina Velazquez, Antonio Hill, Danielle Ross, Cassius Vasquez and Erick Pirayesh.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: GARDNER WRONG ON HEALTH After 32 years as a rural family doctor, I measure the value of a politician by their commitment to the health of our people. I met Cory Gardner in Fort Morgan. After hearing him criticize the Affordable Care Act, I asked him what he would do to insure the 800,000 Coloradoans with no health insurance. He had no plan. Reviewing Gardner’s voting record via votesmart.org, he has never voted for legislation to improve Colorado or the nation’s health. In 2011 he voted for the Ryan budget dismantling Medicare, changing it to a voucher system which exposes the elderly to the escalating costs of private insurance companies. He voted against restoring Supplemental Nutrition As-sistance programs, ignoring the one in seven Coloradoans who faced hunger challenges in 2013. He voted to repeal funding for school-based health center construction, ignoring that adolescents and teens are the group least likely to get regular medical care. He voted for anti-abortion legislation which allowed exceptions for rape or incest only for minors, not protect-ing adult women. He voted to defund Planned Parenthood, often the only affordable health care for gynecology and cancer detection for low-income women.
He still supports a federal personhood bill which would outlaw some forms of birth control, limit stem cell research and in-vitro fertilization. As a Colorado state legislator, he voted against requir-ing health insurance companies to provide coverage for contraception, pregnancy and delivery, against requiring bike helmets for minors and against requiring insurance coverage for autism treatment. He also voted against extending health benefits to domestic partners of state employees, against providing workplace privacy accommodations for nursing mothers and against Medicaid coverage for family planning for low-income women. Nowhere in Gardner’s voting record is there support for improving the health of our people. Mr. Gardner should visit the clinics, emergency rooms, and hospitals of our state to see the casualties of the un-insured: the delayed care, denied care, bankruptcies and deaths which we have witnessed for years under the old system. The Affordable Care Act will remedy much of this by insuring millions of our people. But Mr. Gardner still has no plan.
— Scott Johnson, M.D. Loveland, CO
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FACEBOOK LEADS TO PHILISOPHICAL LIFE EPIPHANY Sometimes I get bored, and when this happens I make one of my daily poor deci-sions: I browse Facebook. I’m sure many of you can relate to this. However, an alarming trend has begun to dominate my Facebook experience of late. Many of the posts I’m seeing are related. I’m talking weddings and babies. Every-where. The other day, nearly every post I saw was either related to a proposal, a wedding,or a baby. Now I’m not saying these are bad things; Weddings are great, usually. Same with babies. It’s just, I’m 22 years old, still in college, and the large majority of the wedding and baby posts are from friends I went to high school with. Again, there’s nothing wrong with graduating high school, falling in love and having a baby. Or just having a baby, which happens too (thanks alcohol!). Most of these married, baby-making
friends are no longer in school. Either they didn’t attend college or are done with it. It seems, for many of us, that some unknown force tells us that when school is over it’s time to shack up and start reproducing. Why is this? I can barely make a com-mitment to my lunch, let alone a wife and child. My sister is 24 and has a one-year-old, and I freaking love that kid. At the end of the day though, I go home. My sister and her daughter are commited for life. One day, I can’t wait to have a family. It is probably the best and most rewarding part of the human experience. I’m sure my Facebook friends and my sister could attest to that. The thing is, there are just so many things I want to do first. One of my great-est fears is to be middle-aged and filled with regrets. When I’m blessed with a fam-ily, I want to be fully commited to them, not wondering how my life might have
turned out differently. I want to get lost in another country. I want to jump in the car at two in the morning with my friends, who are also idiots, and drive to an obscure town in an-other state for absolutely no good reason. I want to finish school and go after my ridiculous dreams of being a writer, and if I (probably) fail, it will only affect me. I want to learn way more about myself, and the world I live in. But that’s what I want. If you marry your high school sweetheart, and have three kids by the time your 24, that’s great. If you wait until you’re 40, that’s fine. Maybe you never settle down, and that’s good too. The point is, there’s no guidebook to life. I know that waiting to start a family, for me, feels right. I’m happy for those Facebook friends, but I also applaud those who are still trying to figure it all out.
Then again, maybe a pretty girl will wink at me tomorrow, (unlikely) and I’ll completely forget about this article. Maybe though, you’ll run into my buddies and I making a ruckus in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. You’ll tell your young, impressionable child, “See those guys, never, ever, be like them.”
— Erick Pirayesh is a junior journalism and mass communications major and web editor for The Mirror. He can be reached at [email protected].
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INSIDE THE LIFE OF UNC’S PRESIDENTPhoto courtesy of Nate Haas
Kay Norton, the president of the University of Northern Colorado, at last month’s opening of the Financial Education Center in Kepner Hall.
By Anna [email protected]
As with most leadership roles, Kay Norton said there isn’t a typi-cal day in the life of the president of UNC. She said that whether she is in meetings or on her own, she spends a good majority of her time talking to people. “I have the advantage of being able to think about the big picture and then working with getting things done, through others, to make those things a reality,” said Norton, the University of Northern Colorado’s 12th president. Norton also said that she spends a lot of time learning and talking about which the direction the university is headed. Norton said she feels like it is her responsibility to be the spokes-
person, advocate and cheerleader of UNC. After practicing law for 26 years, Norton originally came to the University of Northern Colo-rado in 1995 to serve as vice presi-dent for university affairs, general counsel and secretary to the Board of Trustees. Norton’s favorite thing about her job is the immense impact of UNC, whether that impact is from her or from students. She said she loves to see students who have graduated going out into the world and changing it. Norton works with public of-ficials in Denver and Washington D.C. about public policy issues related to higher education. She also said she is pleased to work with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Big Sky Conference, regarding sports.
Norton said the students who thrive at UNC the most are inter-ested in the same investment the university has: education for life. “I think students that are engaged in their own education in a very broad sense of wanting to come here and changing their life forever,” Norton said. Both of Norton’s parents went to college, which is the reason she attended college as well, she said. She graduated from Wellesley Col-lege, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in English. Norton then at-tended The University of Denver’s College of Law. “We try and make sure we de-liver our promise to you to provide you with a transformative educa-tion,” she said. The biggest challenge in presidency for Norton is to remain patient with the pace of change,
she said. “Dealing with human beings is difficult. Ordering people around is not very effective. You may get a temporary effect, but in the end, if you haven’t brought along hearts and minds, then you haven’t really succeeded,” Norton said. Although this part is challeng-ing, she also said she believes that “if it weren’t hard, it wouldn’t be any fun.” The Girl Scouts of America inducted Norton into its 2009 Women of Distinction program. In 2012, The Denver Post named Norton as one of Colorado’s most influential women. When asked about what her favorite thing to do is, Norton responded with a down to earth answer. “Eat, probably. Dark chocolate,” Norton said.
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RECYCLING MAIN FOCUS OF THE GREEN TEAMBy Andrew [email protected]
The University of Northern Colorado’s Green Team is spreading the message of going green by bringing students and recy-cling together. The Green Team is a non-profit that introduces recycling to students and the community. From marketing strategies to interactive lessons, the Green Team is starting to gain recognition for its efforts. The program is composed of seven group leaders: president, event coordina-tor, marketing coordinator, publisher, proj-ect manager, street team and survey. These students work together to inform people of the importance of recycling. “We want people to realize how impor-tant it is to recycle and compost, and show them it’s not very difficult,” said Jessica Forgue, a junior environmental and sus-tainability studies major and the president of the Green Team. Originally, Forgue said she just wanted to volunteer at the football games. But after educating people on the topic of recycling, she said she wanted to find ways to do more with the team. Forgue’s responsibilities entail dividing up the duties for the other members and delegating tasks. Some students might find recycling to be inconvenient or do not entirely under-stand what is considered recyclable. “We like to see people having an idea of recycling and want to be able to see the success of this program,” said Michelle Golden, a senior sports and exercise major. Recycling is categorized into three dis-posing roles: trash, compost and recycling. Usually compost refers to something that has been alive at one time, which is typically food and certain paper prod-
ucts. If something cannot be reduced to compost, recycling is usually the next step of consideration. Recycling entails the disposing of materials, such as cans, paper products and glass. “Getting involved and seeing how little it takes to do so is the objective,” said Marie Lee, a sophomore in the theater education program. At the end of each home football game, leaders and volunteers of Green Team make their rounds and collect trash. Once all the trash is collected, the group goes through the trash and picks out any compostable or recyclable objects. So far, the team members say they have seen a generous improvement in how much waste they have been able to save for recycling. “Recycling for me feels refreshing and accomplishing,” said Josh Cain, a sociology major. Cain said he likes to see the habits and patterns people implement with trash through sociology. If people can spread the idea of recycling, it could potentially grow on more and more people. Asking questions is the first step of recycling. If someone is unsure of how to dispose of something, the Green Team members say they hope he or she will seek out the answers. The Green Team said that no one should feel embarrassed since it is for the greater good of the environment. Members of the Green Team said they hope their efforts will help people get better educated about recycling and help them do something beneficial for the campus. They said they are always looking for people to volunteer at events and help to encourage the act of going green. The team said they invite anyone inter-ested to like them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter @UNCOGreenTeam.
Brianon Burke | The MirrorThe University of Northern Colorado’s Green Team is a non-profit internship opportunity for students that introduces the importance of recycling in the community.
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VETERANS RECOGNIZED IN PATRIOT WALK
Photo courtesy of Patricia FoxxJames Brown, Keith Cook, Patrick Foxx, Gabe Christie and Adam Gardner all participated in the Patriot Walk on Oct. 18.
By Andrew [email protected]
Th e Patriot Walk recognized veterans on Oct. 18 at Nottingham Field, and acknowledged the veterans that suff er every day from physical and mental challenges. Th e walk was sponsored by the Interfraternity Council and was open to the public. Th e event was organized like a relay and made its fi rst debut at UNC. Th e event provided breakfast, lunch and music. For $40, eight team members were given a shirt and wristband they could keep as a me-mento from the relay. With guests from the community of the University of Northern Colorado, fraternities, sorori-ties and some visitors traveling from Denver, the event hosted over 50 people. “We wanted to recognize and help the people that help keep our nation safe,” said Patrick Foxx, a senior criminal justice major and vice president of Greek aff airs of the In-terfraternity Council. Foxx had a personal connection to the event since his father spent 20 years in the Navy. Foxx said he hopes to follow his father’s footsteps and serve in the military as well. According to Foxx, over 400,000 veterans suff er from
some kind of challenge related to the military. Over one million people are currently enlisted in the military. Th e Patriot Walk was just a small way for people to help show their appreciation and recognize the number of people
involved with these challenges, coordinators said. Members of the council said they are concerned that wounded veterans and families don’t receive the proper treatment they deserve. Th e walk was a non-profi t event, but event coordinators welcomed donations from anyone who wished to contribute. Donations went to the nation-ally recognized Wounded Warrior Project, and donators were distinguished in accordance with their donations by bronze, silver or gold statuses. Th e Patriot Walk was designed for people to truly understand that veterans should not go unrecognized for their hard work and eff ort to serve this country. “It was a great way to respect and honor our veterans,” said Gabe Christie, a senior history major and the presi-dent of the Interfraternity Council. Shirts and wristbands are still available in the Student Activities Offi ce on the top fl oor of the University Center. Students who want the opportunity to donate to this cause can purchase these items for $10. Coordinators of the event said they feel like the event was a success, but they also said they see an excellent plat-form for growth next year. Aft er witnessing the impact the Patriot Walk has made, council members said they would like to make the walk an annual event at UNC.
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS GIVE STUDENTS PEACE OF MINDBy Chelsea [email protected]
Pink cartridges of pep-per spray, key chains in the shape of cats with very sharp ears and chunky rings that emit loud alarms are just a few of the prod-ucts that college students, specifically female students, tend to carry with them for their own safety. There are many people who carry protective items to help defend themselves in case of an emergency. However, some believe those products are ineffec-tive, and many people do not carry any such prod-ucts at all. Whether they believe it or not, there are many safety and defense products students can use in order to protect themselves and bring peace of mind. “I think screaming would be as equally ef-fective as an alarm,” said Helen Brewer, a freshman history major. While she does not nor-mally carry any protective devices and usually feels pretty safe, Brewer said that she thinks she probably should have something. Most of the personal
safety products on the mar-ket either attempt to scare an assailant away while getting the attention of bystanders or to physically defend one’s self. “I would like to carry a knife,” said Sara Sangpim, a junior English major. “I don’t want to kill anyone, but I would hurt someone.” Ultimately the deter-mining factor for what she carries with her depends on what is legal, Sangpim said. Originally from Thai-land, Sangpim said that citizens of Thailand are not as restricted from carrying devices for self-defense as the States are. As a result, she said she felt safer overall while she was in Thailand. Aside from the more physically damaging prod-ucts, smart phone applica-tions that promote safety are emerging as well. These mobile applica-tions are taking into con-sideration that an individu-al being attacked may have their phone’s taken from them while the application is in use. The application Safetrek instructs users to hold their thumb down on a button whenever they feel unsafe, and if they release
the button and do not enter in a security pin within 10 seconds, the police are im-mediately notified with the location of the device. OnWatchOnCampus is an application that is designed mainly to reduce the time it takes to contact police or friends in situa-tions that feel unsafe. The application also has a feature that allows users to set a timer. If they are in a situation they are not completely comfortable with, that alarm will notify preselect-ed contacts with their GPS location if they do not turn off the timer. With sexual assault crimes taking place so often on college campuses, many universities are also providing services to try to combat this trend. The University of Northern Colorado has several emergency phone towers that immediately connect to the university’s police department. An after-hours security escort program also gives students the option to have a police officer or security personnel walk with them on campus when they do not feel safe enough to do so alone.
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DRAG SHOW DISCUSSED AT SENATE MEETINGBy Andrew [email protected]
Six-inch-heels and makeup were the topics of discussion last Wednesday at UNC’s Student Senate meeting. The student senate discussed and passed funding for Spectrum, which is an organization that celebrates gender, romantic and sexual minorities at the University of Northern Colorado. Spectrum hosts an annual drag show, which will take place on Nov. 20 in the University Center Ballrooms. This will be the fifth drag show Spec-trum has hosted. The event gives interested men and women the opportunity to participate in cross-dressing and perform a talent for the audience as well. “We believe it is a well-planned event,”
said Julie DeJong, a senior mathematics major. Dejong is also the student trustee for the senate. Students in the organization said they believe the event is not only fun for people to attend, but it provides the opportunity to discuss the subculture of drag. Event coordinators said they plan to email professors and ask if they’ll give credit to their students if they come to see what the cross-dressing culture is all about. Spectrum members said they hope to see a wide variety of people attend the show from the UNC community, includ-ing fraternity and sorority life. UNC’s ballroom only holds about 600, but over 700 people usually try to attend and participate in the event. Through Facebook and flyers, the orga-nization has invited over 1,000 people to the event so far. Spectrum also plans to implement what
they call a “flash drag,” which will consist of someone in drag making a scene in a public place to encourage people to come to the event. Some members of senate expressed their concern about the event. Director of Student Affairs Adam “Bubba” Gardner, a senior communications major, didn’t seem too positive about the drag show. “It has the potential to make people feel uncomfortable,” Gardner said. Spectrum asked the senate to fund $1,700 to help pay for the necessities needed. This amount includes the cost of renting the ballrooms and staffing for the event. Originally, the event was estimated to have cost $2,000, but the organization raised $300 from a bake sale held a few weeks ago. Spectrum said they plan on donating 60 percent of their proceeds to The Center
of Northern Colorado, a community cen-ter for the LGBT community. If they do so, the center will host a pride festival in Greeley. “This makes the campus more inclu-sive,” said Bereket Abera, a junior interna-tional affairs major and a Student Senate councilor for the college of humanities and social sciences. Not only is UNC hosting a show, but CSU will also be hosting a drag show in Fort Collins a few weeks later. The opportunity to participate in the event is open to both professional and amateur performers. Anyone is welcomed and is encouraged to attend. Spectrum meets every week at 7:30 p.m. in Columbine B. Students can find out more about the event or Spectrum by going to http://www.unco.edu/glbta/mission.html.
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LADYBUGS EVERYWHERE
Breelyn Bowe | Th e MirrorAn infestation of ladybugs congregated on the north entrance of the University Center last Wednesday aft ernoon. Ladybugs typically lay their eggs before the crisp weather of winter arrives, and they are seen as good luck in traditional folklore.
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ElectionElection2014
By Megan Rigel
Heather Surovik was eight months pregnant when a drunk driver slammed into her car, resulting in the death of her unborn baby, Brady. Because Colorado law doesn’t have a definitive term for “person,” the drunk driver was not held accountable for Brady’s death. Amendment 67 aims to change the definition of “per-son” in Colorado law so in cases like Surovik’s, the fetus will be protected. Under current Colorado law, a human being is one who has been born and taken a breath. In the case of a homi-cide, the law defines a person who has been born and was alive at the time of the criminal act. Under current law, an embryo and a fetus are considered part of the mother. Those who support the measure want to expand the defi-nition of person to include “unborn human being.” “The definition of person is poorly defined by law. It doesn’t define what a person is,” said Richard Budenseik, a family physician at Banner Health in Greeley. “This is the first time that a broad, non-scientific term has been used,” said Jena Ozols, a member of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado. “When does a person become a person?” If this bill passes, it would initially give legal and consti-tutional rights to a woman’s fertilized egg. Another goal of this amendment is to outlaw abor-tion. The mother and physician who agree to terminate a
pregnancy could be charged criminally for terminating a pregnancy. Even if the mother’s life were in danger, the embryo or fetus would have biological rights to stay alive. “There are many reasons a woman needs to terminate a pregnancy,” Budenseik said. “Abortion can’t be done if it is an ectopic pregnancy, where the egg attaches on the out-side of the fallopian tube, or when the mother’s life is in danger. We would be criminalizing saving a mothers life.” In cases of a miscarriage, a woman could be investi-gated for manslaughter, and any doctor who treats her for a miscarriage could be charged as well. Some forms of birth control (if not all) could poten-tially be banned if the amendment passed. Arguments for this are that hormonal methods of birth control don’t allow the fertilized egg to attach to the uterine wall. Even medical procedures such as in vitro fertilization would be outlawed. It could also outlaw any medical care for women who have cancer and are pregnant. “If the sperm and egg doesn’t catch, does that mean that the doctor who performed the procedure is a murderer?” Ozols said. There are a lot of questions surrounding the issue. “We don’t know if birth control stops fertilization or stops the egg from implanting into the uterus,” Budenseik said. For more information on Heather Surovik’s story, go to avoiceforbrady.com. For more information on the ballot initiative, go to http://tinyurl.com/pvlorbf.
HOW TO DEFINE A PERSON?AMENDMENT
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Page 2 October 27, 2014ELECTIONS 2014
By Jacob Scott
Republican John Cooke and Democrat Joe Perez are vying to represent Greeley in the Colorado Senate. The two candidates had a chance to meet the people of Greeley when UNC hosted an informational meeting Oct. 8 at the University Center. Cooke graduated from the University of Northern Colorado and has served as the Weld County Sheriff for the past 12 years. Cooke says there is a split in Colorado’s government between the urban-minded and the rural-minded. He says the needs of rural communities like in Weld County can be swept under the rug in Denver. Because of the split, he says he believes that the only way to get things done is through coalitions, and because
By Amelia Pompey
Vic Meyers and Ken Buck are running for congress in Colorado’s U.S. House District Four. The district covers Greeley, Lamar, Castle Rock and most of Colorado’s rural Eastern Plains.
Myers is the Democratic candidate. His stance on higher education is that costs are too high. He said that of he is elected then he will work to keep college affordable and to reduce student debt. He would do that by increasing financial aid and Pell grants. “We need to look at financial aid requirements. It’s not fair that students don’t get aid if their parents have too much money,” Meyers said. “You either need to be really poor to get aid or really rich to pay for school. Students in the middle, like most Americans, should have better access to education.” He also said that it’s not just a liberal issue, it’s a real
of this he has created and been involved with many boards and coalitions. Cooke firmly believes in public service. “I was born for public service,” Cooke said. “This is what I was meant to do.” Cooke is a firm believer in the Second Amendment. He says people should be able to protect their homes, families and themselves through the use of guns. The sheriff also wants to help out his alma mater of UNC. He said he would support an act that would give the university money to make additions on the University Center and other upgrades the school might need. He would fight to bring that money to Greeley because, as he asks, why do CSU and CU get all the money? Perez is a Vietnam Veteran and a retired employee of Greeley. He has lived in Weld County for the past 35 years and said his job as a transit operator gives him an advantage
issue for everyone. He emphasized the importance of in-vesting in education to keep our society moving forward. His platform also includes:
Retirement security: He opposes any privatization of Medicare and Social Security.
Immigration reform: His platform rests on treating people coming into the US better, and he said this will help our economy by supplying workers to minimum wage jobs.
Infrastructure: He said that the U.S. infrastructure is substandard and that in order to grow as a society we need to fix the problem.
Veterans: He said that congress is failing US veterans and that if elected he will fight to ensure proper care of the veterans and their families even after the war is over.
Buck is the Republican candidate. A major component of his platform is reform to the education system.
SENATE CANDIDATES DESIRE COOPERATION
MEYERS, BUCK FOCUS ON EDUCATION
with working and middle class families. Perez said he believes that there has been erosion in the American governmental system. He says there is too much partisan bickering at the state level and not enough bipartisan cooperation. “People’s votes should not be put on a scale with the votes of large corporations that have deep pockets,” Perez said. The rights of Coloradans are the main priority for Perez. He says that he will reach across party lines to ensure that Coloradans have their rights. He promotes the growth of small businesses and pro-tecting the farms of the residents of Weld County. He said this will lead the state to a much stronger economy. This year’s mail-in ballots must be received by Election Day, Nov. 4.
His position paper on education says that higher edu-cation needs to be reformed to have fewer people seeking four-year degrees. According to Buck, many people want to gain the skills of a job without the whole degree. His platform rests on offering those students online courses, apprenticeships and associate degrees. He also says that increased competition for a four-year degree will lower tuition costs. His platform also includes:
Immigration reform: His goal is to get better ways to immigrate legally and increase border control.
Deregulating energy: He says deregulation would mean taking away the environmental controls cur-rently in place on coal and letting the consumers decide which energy they would like at the pump.
Limiting the scope of government: He says he believes that government should be smaller, not bigger.
Health care: He wants to reform it by putting it back into the hands of the doctors and patients, not the government.
Page 3October 27, 2014 ELECTIONS 2014
By Antonio Hill
Amendment 68 has Colorado residents divided. If this bill were passed, it would allow Arapahoe Park horse track in Aurora to allow casino gambling, with a portion of the tax revenues funding K-12 education. There are currently no horse tracks in Mesa or Pueblo Counties, but the bill would affect those two counties. Within the provisions of Amendment 68, a horse track would have to operate for five years before it could allow casino gambling. Daniel Perez, a senior history major, is registered to vote in Greeley. “I don’t think the bill looks complete,” Perez said. “I have seen a lot of ads for and against this bill, so I did my own research, and I just can’t see myself voting ‘yes’ on this one. I feel like the bill benefits more people out of Colorado than in it, and that’s not what we need.” Opponents have charged that the amendment would
benefit the Rhode Island company that owns Arapahoe Park.On the surface, this bill looks like a no-brainer for a posi-tive impact on our state. But those who offer opposition to the bill say otherwise. Crystal Odenbaugh, an employee at Big D’s off track betting in Greeley, said she had some concerns about the bill as well. “It seems to me that they want to turn betting locations into casinos,” Odenbaugh said. “I still want to do some research, but as of right now, all I care about is that I have a job when this is all said and done.” Not one of Colorado’s 178 school districts has support-ed amendment 68, which raises concerns about whether the money really will be going to school districts. Mitch Staut, a psychology major and registered voter in Greeley, has hope for the bill. “Well, I hope to get into education one day as a coun-selor for a high school, so I think that anything that puts money in schools is a good thing,” Staut said. “This bill doesn’t seem perfect, but it’s a start, so it has my vote.”
GAMBLING IN COLORADO?
By Suzanne Evans
Colorado voters will soon decide whether genetically modified food products must be labeled for sale. Proposi-tion 105 on this year’s ballot would require that all GMOs be labeled as “produced with genetic engineering.” The healthy food movement has long been against the consumption of genetically modified organisms, or foods which are modified using DNA from plants, animals or other organisms that would not normally crossbreed with the first organism. More than 60 countries, including Japan and parts of Australia, have restrictions or bans on the sales and growth of GMOs, considering them unsafe for consump-tion.United States federal law does not regulate the production of GMOs. According to the ballot, the label would allow consumers to make an informed decision on whether they feel the food is safe or not.
GMO LABELING IN COLORADO? “I think it’s good to let people know as much as pos-sible about what they put into their bodies,” said Jonica Jurgens, a junior special education major. “People need to be more aware about what they’re consuming.” Supporters say the label would also help those with moral or religious beliefs against genetic modification of living things to become informed. “As long as it’s labeled, then people know not to eat it and they can go with something else,” said Shelby Mc-Neal, a senior chemistry major with an emphasis in forensics. McNeal likened GMOs to gluten, which many people also avoid for health reasons. Gluten-free foods are labeled as such, so labels concerning GMOs, she said, would help people to find the correct foods for their dietary preferences. The labeling mandate would not include products from animals fed or treated with GMOs, food not packaged for retail sale like restaurant meals, alcoholic beverages, food intended for animals or medically prescribed foods.
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Page 4 October 27, 2014ELECTIONS 2014
By Bryson Brug
This November will see either the re-election of the current governor or the election of a new one. Which one, though, depends on the people. Incumbent Gov. and Democratic candidate John Hick-enlooper is running against Republican candidate Bob Beauprez. Their respective campaign websites lay out the goals and ideals of each candidate. Both candidates have plans and ideas for economic growth, agriculture and ru-ral development, environmental conservation, education, emergency response and water conservation. Hickenlooper’s site says he knows the necessity of strong emergency response in light of the devastating floods that hit northern Colorado in September 2013. Beauprez served two terms as a U.S. representative for Colorado’s Seventh District. One of the biggest issues concerning college students is education, and college tuition in particular. Hickenlooper supports the College Affordability Act, which limits tuition increases and provides additional funding for colleges. He also signed a bill to give colleges rewards for graduating students as opposed to just enrolling them. Beauprez’s platform is more concerned with elemen-tary schools and supports the creation of a teacher’s bill of rights, which would give teachers more control over what goes on in their classrooms. So which candidate are students in favor of? It seems that most just don’t care. Kaley Kennedy and Madison Butler, both freshmen, share the same view about the pending election. “I’m not planning to vote,” Kennedy said. When asked why they weren’t planning to vote, they both had the same response. “I don’t really care about the election,” Butler said. A lot of underclassmen share this indifference. Upper-level students, on the other hand, do seem to be less indif-ferent to the election, but many have yet to decide who they are going to vote for. University of Northern Colorado graduate Megan Zeller has not yet made a decision. “Yes, I’m going to vote, but I don’t know who I’m voting for yet,” Zeller said. “I usually wait until the last minute to make my decision.” Veronica Falcon is not a U.S. citizen, but she said she feels like she cares more about the election than many col-lege students seem to.
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All DayArt Exhibit: Cognitive Learn-ing with Computer GraphicsOakroom Gallery
4-6 p.m.Art Exhibit: Charlotte Nichols, Metalsmith ReceptionMariani Gallery
6:30-8:30 p.m.Documentary Film: “Photos of Angie” University Center-Panorama Room
7-11 p.m.Haunted Harrison Harrison Hall
7-9 p.m.Marcus Garvey Cultural Cen-ter Film Series: “The Murder of Fred Hampton”Kepner Hall (Milne Auditorium)
7:30 p.m.Performing Arts Series: “Side Show”Gray Hall (Norton Theatre)
5 p.m.Schulze Speaker Series: Don BarrozoUniversity Center (Panorama Room)
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Ruth the Tooth Fairy Cos-tume ContestUniversity Center (In front of bookstore)
GREELEY NIGHT OUT DISPLAYS DOWNTOWN AREABy La’Asianee [email protected]
Last Friday, on an exceptionally warm fall night, members of the UNC community gath-ered downtown, between the hours of 5 to 11, for the biannual Greeley Night Out.
For a $5 ticket, UNC students were able to experience dinner, desserts and entertainment with friends and others.
The evening started at Stuft: A Burger Bar, where dinner was served buffet style. Partici-pants were able to stack their own burgers with an array of toppings and grab sides of chips before sitting down.
Greeley Night Out participants sat in the basement of Stuft, which offered a relaxed ambiance with popular tunes playing in the background and sports games playing on the big screen TV.
After dinner, students and community mem-bers had time to take a stroll around down-town and look into the various shop windows.
Doors to local establishments remained open while people sat outside of local bar The Front Porch.
The entertainment portion of the event was a trip to the Greeley Ice Haus for a UNC hockey game.
There was a check in station outside, where a University Program Council staff member handed out navy blue blankets for the hockey game and directed guests to a banquet room.
The banquet room was adorned with school-spirited decorations.
UNC students Chase Owen and Matt Bush strummed live music and sang requested songs.
Guests hummed along or tapped their feet. Batter Up Cakes bakery provided cupcakes that were paired with cups of hot chocolate.
Lincoln Korell, a junior business major, said this event was a great way to immerse UNC students into what downtown Greeley has to
offer the community. “It’s really cool to see Greeley students en-
gulfed in Greeley culture,” he said. As the clock wound down to the start of the
hockey game, guests wrapped themselves in their blankets and found a seat in the desig-nated Greeley Night Out section.
The night ended with the UNC Bears beating the Air Force hockey team 7 to 5.
Jessica Ray, the social and develop-mental coordinator for UPC, is the woman
behind this event. Greeley night Out was the first big event she planned, she said. She laughed as she explained that she started plan-ning early.
She said she wanted the chance to coordi-nate the event because Greeley Night Out has
helped UNC to create a relationship with the businesses downtown while incorporating school spirit.
“Stuft is a new restaurant, and I wanted to help establish a relationship between them and the UNC community,” she said.
Laura Malcom, a junior elementary educa-tion major, said she took Greeley Night Out as an opportunity to see what downtown has to offer.
“Most of us don’t have a reason to go down-town, but now I see the downtown area is so fun,” she said.
UPC hosts Greeley Night Out every semes-ter, and tickets are sold at a reasonable price when taking into consideration just how much is offered.
To experience the next Greeley Night Out, keep an eye on UPC’s Facebook page.
The UPC Facebook page also offers updates on the other events they host around campus.
Breelyn Bowe | The MirrorSophomores Erin Finnell, a special education major, Flossie Richmond, a pre-nursing major, and Alison Fanning, a special education major, top some fixings onto their $5 burgers provided by Stuft Burger during Greeley Night Out on Friday evening.
“Most of us don’t have a reason to go downtown, but now I see the downtown area is so fun.”
Page 12 October 27, 2014A&EHALLOWEEN THEME AT STEAMPUNK MASQUERADE
By Chelsea [email protected]
An industrialized, Vic-torian era England seemed to invade the top floor of the University Center with a flurry of corsets, cop-per decals, gears of various shapes and sizes and masks last week.
In honor of Halloween, the religious tolerance group Open Circle hosted a Steampunk Masquerade last Thursday evening in the Panorama Room at the University Center.
Open Circle, a student-run group aimed at ending religious discrimination, hosts a themed Halloween party around the same time every year.
Michelle McCall, president of Open Circle, said the dance creates a safe environment for people to come and enjoy Halloween. She said it serves as a creative outlet for people to go crazy with their costumes as well.
Steampunk, an urban punk style mixed with classical Victorian era garb, was picked for this year’s theme by
club members with a vote. While steampunk is a very broad category, it does have
some consistent key elements.“Think Victorian England with modern technology,
only powered by steam,” said senior elementary education major Lacey Rogers, who serves as vice president of the club. “It’s very sci-fi.”
While not all of the guests fit the steampunk look,
almost everyone who attended was adorned in some kind of Halloween attire.
Freshman graphic design major Shannon England said she was going for more of a Halloween look rather than a specifically steampunk look.
The night was made to look memorable. Open Circle members set out an array of finger-foods, played club hits mixed with some Halloween classics and for the most part, furnished the room with theme appropriate décor.
Along with festive hot apple cider and cutouts of gears spread across tabletops, one wall featured a picture of an octopus with a monocle and top hat.
Rogers said the dance was not just a way to celebrate Halloween. She said it also served as a way for group members to non-traditionally celebrate Samhain, which is the pagan new year that takes place in the fall.
Open Circle functions as a non-discriminative religious club that aims to replace ignorance and judgment with an educated view and understanding of the various reli-gions in the world. With most of Open Circle’s members primarily having beliefs based in paganism, members of the group said they understand the misconceptions and negative connotations certain religions have.
“People think pagans are crazy, devil-worshiping heathens,” Rogers said. “I mean we are crazy, and we are heathens. But we don’t worship the devil.”
McCall described paganism as an umbrella term for pre-Christian religions that follow old beliefs about nature and the world.
By Litsha Leeper
Litsha Says Lame Stuff
Right here—straight from the mouth of a black woman— it has been declared that the years of protest marching are dead.
All over the world angry words are scribbled out on picket signs, shirts with bold messages and hands stretched in the air symbolizing the non-violent marcher’s request for a better life. Women, men and children walk raggedly, echoing chants that are supposed to reverberate on the hearts of the omnipotent oppressor.
While I sit in front of my computer screen, sipping chai tea, I watch these
feeble attempts; One would say that my lack of action is exactly the problem we face. I beg to differ because the people screaming with veins popping out of their neck and shivering in the cold weather are getting the same result as I am.
Marching in protest is not what changes policies. It’s not what causes systematic change, and it’s not what gets results.
Any movement that created change came through force and from placing the dominant society in a metaphorical head-lock until they screamed for mercy.
When Rosa Parks was arrested for refus-ing to move out of her seat, the black com-munity as a whole refused to take public transportation. This is a prime example.
Black people refused in unison to sup-port the system that fed their destruction. They refused to financially pay people who wouldn’t morally pay their struggles any attention.
Being that the primary users of the bus system were members of the black com-munity, their absence caused the dominant society to realize that the black people’s service was needed in order to sustain.
Suddenly, it was time to reform the ra-cial policies. Suddenly, black people could sit where they wanted. Interesting.
Minorities and the destitute live their lives by moral code, so they consistently try to appeal to everyone by arguing their ethics. It’s going to take a lot more than a guilt trip to make the dominant society alter a system that has consistently kept them on top and in power.
I suppose protest marching was never really alive.
Slavery was ended from economic strife between the north and south, Americans gained independence from Great Britain through war and neighborhoods all over the United States refuse to shop at Wal-
Mart to keep the business from building in their communities.
The most advanced form of protesting is lobbying. If you want to protest, then influ-ence your politicians and let them know their position is in jeopardy if they do not adhere to your requests.
Stop supporting structures that support your oppression. Hit them in the pockets.You can’t feed the beast that continues to attack you. Support each other, for example, finan-cially support grassroots efforts and shop at locally-owned businesses. Everyone and everything has a weak-ness. If you want change, find your tyrant’s Achilles heel and attack it with full force.
—Litsha Leeper is a senior philosophy major and an opinion columnist for The Mirror. She can be reached at [email protected].
THE YEARS OF PROTEST MARCHING ARE DEAD TODAY
Maeve Widmann | The MirrorClub president Michelle McCall, a dietetics sophomore, stands with her roommate,, Abigail Mann, a sophomore secondary education major, with a piece of decoration they made for last Thursday’s Steampunk Masquerade Ball.
By Erick [email protected]
For the first time in its history, all 300 tickets to the annual Blue and Gold Reverse Raffle and Auc-tion were sold out before the the event began. The event, which was hosted by the UNC Department of Athletics, took place Friday night in the University Center Ballrooms. As one of the athletic department’s biggest annual fundraisers, the event attracted a large turnout that practically filled the ballroom. Such high attendance was beneficial to the de-partment because proceeds from the event go to the student-athlete scholar-ships that UNC relies on in more ways than one. Possibly the most compelling argument in support of student-athlete scholarships was given by senior wrestler Henry Chirino. Chirino gave an emotional speech detailing his journey of becoming a Bear, which ended with a standing ovation from those attending. Chirino said he almost failed out of high school his freshman year, but he found solace and direction on his school wrestling team. When it came time for college, though, his family’s financial situation
left him with few options and no answers. A letter from UNC of-fering Chirino a full schol-arship, however, changed all of that. “UNC answered that call,” he said. “They told me ‘We believe in you, and we’re going to pay for your school,’” he said. Chirino thanked those who were present for mak-
ing a difference for him and all the other student-athletes that receive schol-arships. “You give us a chance to pursue the dreams in our life,” he said.“Thank you.” Student-athletes said they attended the event to show their support for the community that in turn supports them. “It’s good to go out into
the community because they support us so much,” senior volleyball player Brianna Strong said. “They don’t normally get to inter-act with us when we’re in normal clothes. We get to actually talk to them.” Athletes at the Univer-sity of Northern Colorado said they didn’t attend just to mingle with the com-munity, however. The night
also featured live talent show performances from several Bears athletes. Junior tennis player Hilary Walters-West and sophomore Marissa Baca performed a rousing duet of the song “What Hurts the Most,” made famous by Rascal Flatts. “This was our first seri-ous time performing,” saidSee Raffle on page 14
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9 p.m.Men’s Club Hockey vs. Metro State UniversityAt Greeley Ice Haus
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2 p.m.Women’s Basketball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo At Butler-Hancock Sports Pavillion
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Rylie Cook | The MirrorTennis players Hilary Walters-West and Marissa Baca performed Rascal Flatts’ “What Hurts the Most” during Friday’s 14th annual Blue and Gold Reverse Raffle, an event that raises money for the Northern Colorado athletic department and student-athlete scholarships.
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RAFFLE RAISES FUNDSRaffle from page 18
Walters-West. “It’s really nice to see all the support. We had fun.” The evening began with a silent auction in which attendees wrote bids for items ranging from signed Denver Broncos memora-bilia to art. However, the live auc-tion featured the most popular prizes. An Estes Park weekend getaway sold for $1,500, and an all-inclusive fly fishing trip to Tointon Ranch went for $3,600. The biggest prize of the night came from the Colo-rado Rockies, who donated a free trip for six to an away game during next season. The package included trav-eling on the team’s private jet, paid hotel expenses and VIP tickets to the game. The trip ended up selling for $12,000. Parents of student-athletes were also in attendance to support the department. Gary and Sheila Longwell, parents of sophomore basketball play-er Katie Longwell, pointed out that the fundraiser was important in helping to fund athletic scholarships. “There’s a lot of smaller programs that need sup-port too,” Sheila said. The couple pointed out that programs like soccer, golf and tennis deserve community funding as well as football.
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Pride is something that cannot be measured in numbers. At the low points last year, stadiums around Northern Colorado seemed all but deserted as the stress of enduring losing seasons took a toll on teams. Players lacked sup-port from the student body and struggled to turn things around. For die-hard fans it was a brutal way to end the year, as every NCAA sport at Northern Colorado lost their final regular-season game. A winning team can give the whole Northern Colorado community a sense of pride, but many don’t realize that it’s a two-way street. Bears student-athletes say large crowds definitely play a factor in their performances, and so can the atmosphere of the campus in general. This year, the UNC community seems to have turned over a new leaf, with notice-able community participation in more sporting events. Last week, the football game had a crowd of 4,210 people and the Northern Arizona volleyball game had a crowd of 679 fans roaring in the stands of Butler-Hancock. According to athletes, they need all the support they can get.
“It helps—as opposed to being at a bigger university—that you are able to see familiar faces in the stands. It’s an intimacy that’s created that puts the fans into the game and off the court they know you by name and it makes for better performance when we play again.”
“Everything you do reflects your organization. You have to own it; You can’t just do something with no purpose. You have to make it mean something.”
“Our record doesn’t always show it correctly. It’s been good, hard-fought football, and the fans have seen us fight. That’s making it worth watching and cheering for.”
“Show your true colors. Be proud to wear the blue and gold as an athlete and a fan. The colors represent not only our team but the school as well, so we have to proud of where we come from.”
“Personally, I think I’m a socially-facilitated person. When I have a crowd I perform a lot better, and I know that goes the same for a lot of my teammates. When we go to other home games, we cheer and get the people around us excited because I know that’s some-thing we would want the other team to for our sport.”
“There is a lot of pride in this community. You can see it everywhere that people are ex-cited and always ready to support each other, but now we have to take advantage of that.”
By Jacob [email protected]
The UNC volleyball team swept its third straight match defeating Southern Utah University 3-0 Thurs-day night, and followed up the victory with another Saturday night against power house Northern Arizona University 3-1. Northern Colorado (13-8, 6-3) has now won seven of their last eight matches. Southern Utah (12-5, 4-5) could not stop the Bears who are rising in Big Sky ranks. The past three home victories have given the team a whole new confi-dence, which is perfect for the latter part of the season, according to the players. “It’s so exciting,” senior middle blocker Brianna Strong said. “I think it’s a good point in theseason to have this confi-dence. We’re not even close to peaking yet and we’ve
just won nine sets in a row. We’re gonna be unstop-pable.” Strong had 13 kills with only error in Thursday’s game, hitting at a .545. In Saturday’s game, Strong recorded nine kills, 24 as-sists, and a .167 hit percent-age. Head Coach Lyndsey Oates said they were able to take advantage of the team’s dynamics to get the ball to Strong. “You need to have two blockers to stop our middles,” Oates said. “If we have the right match up like we have had Bri is nearly unstoppable. If we can pass well enough, teams will have a tough time stopping Bri in the middle.” Junior defensive special-ist Meagan Garcia led the team Thursday with 18 digs and achieved her 11th straight match with double digit digs. Second on the team was junior outside hitter Kendra Cunning-ham with 13 digs. On top of that, Cunningham was
second on the team with 10 kills. Defensively, the Bears played exactly how they wanted and held the Thunderbirds to under a .200 hitting percentage all match. “Our goal is to always hold teams under .200,” Oates said. “Their percent-ages speak to our defense.” The Bears swept the Thunderbirds in three close sets (25-22, 26-24, 25-19), but stayed on top for the majority of the night. Saturday’s match was a bit of a different story, with a neck-and-neck first set, an NAU-dominated second, and very close third and fourth sets. They defeated the Lumberjacks in four sets (25-22, 13-25, 29-27, 25-23), losing the second with an abysmal -.034 hit percentage in the second. NAU came into the match with an impressive 7-2 conference record, and Oates said she knew it would be a difficult task. See Volleyball on page 16
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VOLLEYBALL DIGS IN ON HOME COURT
HOCKEY ICES AIR FORCE AND WYOMING OVER WEEKENDBy Brad Klump
The Northern Colorado men’s club hockey team won both of its games this weekend with a shoot-out win versus a hard-hitting Air Force team on Friday night, and a win against Wyoming in spite of their stellar goalie play. From the drop of the puck on Friday night, the Air Force Academy and UNC seemed to
be on a collision course, with an abundance of checking and open-ice hits. Air Force scored the first goal of the game after a UNC penalty gave them an early power play. UNC would fight back and would go on to score the next two goals, the first on a slap shot by senior Garrett Trummer, and the second was on a shot by junior Mike Tabrum. The game continued to be very physical, with lots of push-ing and shoving occurring even
after the whistle. Players from both sides were ejected as a result of their extracurricular activities throughout the third and final period, which began with UNC holding a 4-3 lead. With 11 minutes left, fresh-man Cameron Taggart made a nifty move and an even niftier backhand to give UNC a more comfortable 2-goal lead. As Air Force was stopped on a breakaway, Taggart would score his second goal of the night. He
also had a goal waived off and was instead called for high-stick-ing, but nonetheless made a large impact on the game. His goal gave the Bears what appeared to be a comfortable lead, but Air Force would battle back late in the game, quickly scoring back-to-back goals to bring the score up to 6-5. After watching their lead quickly shrink, the Bears settled in, and shortly after Air Force pulled their goalie, Tabrum iced
the game with an empty-net goal for a final score of 7-5. The Bears game on Friday night was much like a shootout, while their game on Saturday was more like a boxing match. On Saturday afternoon, UNC returned to the ice to play against Wyoming. The Bears were ag-gressive early on and dominated in possession and were seemingly faster to every puck. UNC created early shots and See Hockey on page 16
Breelyn Bowe | The MirrorJunior outside hitter Kendra Cunningham and sophomore defensive specialist Makenna Meier helped add to a six-game home court winning streak for the volleyball team.
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“They’re playing well and they’re confident but so are we,” Oates said. The Bears barely managed to stay ahead, with a total of 15 tying scores and 18 lead changes throughout the game. UNC’s defense held NAU to below .200 in hit percentage in three of the four sets, allowing a .357 in the second. Cunningham’s stats skyrocket-ed Saturday, as she led the team in kills, aces and digs. She put up 13 kills, two aces and 22 digs. Cun-ningham leads the Big Sky with 12 double-doubles. This Thursday, the Bears will hit the road for the first time in two weeks to take on the Portland State Vikings (3-3 Big Sky).
Hockey from page 15
opportunities while Wyoming struggled to advance the puck from their own zone. It took Wyoming over 13 minutes to get a shot on goal, while UNC had already put 12 shots on goal. With two minutes and 27 seconds left in the first period, senior Brandon Poug-net would score on a power play to give the Bears a 1-0 lead. UNC would continue to outplay the Wyoming team who only registered their second shot on goal 5 minutes into the second period. The Bears had 18 shots at the time. Wyoming’s goalie continued to keep his team in the game, making spectacular save after save while the Bears continued to swarm their zone attempting to expand their lead. Even after the previous night’s game the Bears appeared to be the quicker and more aggressive team, however, as their goalie continued to make saves, his team seemed to
rally around his play and began to improve their offensive play. Wyoming, though seem-ingly at a disadvantage, found themselves still very much in a game because of their goalie’s refusal to let UNC find the back of the net. The team became visibly frustrated by their inability to create a comfortable lead against the Bears. Eventually Wyoming would score in the closing minutes of the second period, finding a way to tie the game even though they had less than half of the number of Bears shots on goal. As the second period ended UNC had the opportunity to score a goal and it appeared they had done so as time expired, however the officials had a short talk and determined that the goal occurred after time expired and didn’t count. The game was tied heading into the final period. The final period played much like the previous two; UNC would continue to create solid scoring opportunities that were turned
away time after time by the Wyoming goalie. Wyoming would once again create limited chances, but as the time continued to wind down each chance became more and more threatening to the Bears. Even though UNC was outplaying their opponent in nearly every aspect of the game, the score remained even. The Bears registered 43 shots on goal while Wyoming only managed 16, Wyo-ming’s goalie stopped 42/43 shots for a save percentage of 97. Even in spite of the play of their goalie Wyoming would eventually fall victim to the Bears during the five-minute overtime. Two minutes into the extra period junior Brennan Bohnsack scored to give the Bears a 2-1 win. The Bears hockey team improved their record to 8-3 this weekend on their 2014-2015 campaign. The Bears will celebrate Halloween with a home and away series with Metro State. The home game will be at 9 p.m. this Friday at the Greeley Ice Haus, and the Bears play in Denver the next evening.
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Rylie Cook | Th e MirrorRedshirt freshman linebacker James Riddle carries the ball in Saturday’s game.
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Th e UNC football team lost its third straight game Saturday 46-12 to Idaho State. Th e Bears were held scoreless in the fi rst half as they trailed 24-0. Starting quarterback Sean Rubalcaba threw for 81 yards with one interception and was sacked six times in the fi rst half. He was replaced by junior Jonathan Newsom in the second half. Newsom led the Bears on a six-play, 75-yard drive that was capped off by a 36-yard touchdown pass to junior
wide receiver Stephen Miller. Idaho State responded by marching 82 yards down the fi eld to a touchdown. Th e Bengals then had a successful two-point conversion, bringing the score to 32-6. Th e only other points for UNC came in the third quarter as Newsom completed a 22-yard touchdown pass to junior wide out Sean Leslie. Th e Bengals extended their lead with two more touchdowns to give Northern Colorado the loss. Th e Bears are now 2-6 on the year with only one conference win. In their next game, they will take on UC Davis on the road this Saturday.
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By Brianna [email protected]
Collectively, the UNC wom-en's swimming and diving team left the pool with an indisput-able 191-109 victory against the University of Nebraska at Omaha last Monday. Th e win improved their record to 2-2. Air Force transfer Savanna Meadows earned herself a spot in the record books with a stand-out performance of 303.9 points in the three-meter dive. Kelly Schmeckpeper-Cook was the previous holder with a score of 302.63 in the year of 2010. "It feels so awesome to break a record,” Meadows said. “It's one of my fi rst ones since high school.
It's all about consistency with the hurdle and getting the dives on the head." Meadow's teammates said they were not shocked by her break-out performance. She showed what she was capable of at an unoffi cial competition a few weeks back. "She broke the [three meter dive record] at an intersquad meet, but it was unoffi cial," senior captain Jasmine Fryrear said. "So we've been waiting for her to break the record offi cially." Repeatedly proving herself, Meadows has shown early on in the season that she will be a big-time contributor to the team. She also seems to have a promising future, considering she is only a sophomore.
"We're really excited to have her," Fryrear said. Th e Bears as a team exceeded head coach Kelly McClanahan's expectations by not only surviv-ing having such little rest between competitions, but also through winning by such a large margin. "Th e reason I'm the most proud right now for this meet is that we traveled on Th ursday to North Dakota and raced them Friday and Saturday," McClana-han said. "So for us to come back and be able to win this is a big plus for the girls when we only have one day off from racing." Sophomore Kimberly Kuni said the collaborative pressure of the team inspires swimmers to swim their hardest. "You have to do your best
every single time or you're letting down your coach, your team and yourself," she said. It's clear the women did a lot more than just survive. Th is meet also gave some swimmers an opportunity to swim an event they do not nor-mally swim. Kellie Burke com-peted in the 1650 meter freestyle, which is an event she said she does not typically swim. Amongst the spectators were a few former UNC swimmers that consistently come back to support their teammates at all the home meets, and parents came from out of state to cheer on the sidelines. "We love to have alumni come out and support us," Kuni said. Th e swimming pool at Butler-
Hancock has a few bleachers where dedicated fans come out and cheer on the team, but space is very limited. "Our pool is not equipped to have a lot of people," Fryrear said. "So we're happy to have the people that do actually come." Ranking seventh in the conference last season, the Bears are aiming to come out in fourth place this year. Th ey will head into next week's competition with this goal at the forefront of their minds. "Beating Omaha has given us a confi dence boost for our next meet," Kuni said. Th is Friday at 4:30pm the Bears will take on the Idaho Vandals at the Butler Hancock swimming pool.
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Photo by Dean PopejoyThe Northern Colorado women’s soccer team defeated Eastern Washington University 1-0 Friday. They followed the win with a 2-1 loss to the University of Montana on Sunday.