the mirror—february 8, 2016
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NEWS BRIEFS
For the week of 2/8/2016
Applications for student commencement speakers are being accepted now. Students interested in applying to be the student speaker at the 2016 undergraduate commencement ceremony must submit applications by Friday.
UNC was ranked as having some of the most aff ordable courses in 2016. Th e 2016 Most Aff ordable Online Colleges and Degrees listed UNC’s art and design program at No. 5 and nutrition program at No. 15.Greeley’s WeldWerks Brew Co. was selected as the only Colorado brewery nominated for USA TODAY 10 Best Readers’ Choice. Voting for USA TODAY’s Best New Brewery closes at 9:59 a.m. MST Feb. 29. Votes can be placed once per day at http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-new-brewery/.Winners will be announced on March 4.
UNC mourns the death of longtime gallery director. Joan Shannon-Miller, a UNC alumna, passed away Jan. 27. Family and friends gathered Th ursday to celebrate her life and commitment to art.
UNC will hold its ninth annual Lunar New Year Celebration. Th e celebration will take place from 3:30–9 p.m. Th ursday in Michener Library’s Lindou Auditorium. Attractions will include a family friendly carnival, musical and dance performances, an authentic Asian buff et and a showing of “Th e Assassin.” Admission to the dinner and performances are free for UNC students, faculty and staff and admission to the carnival and fi lm is free for everyone.
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Interns and volunteers are wanted for the Greeley Downtown Development Authority. Contact at 970-356-6775 or go to greeleydowntown.com for more information.
Th e fi rst speaker of this spring’s Shulze Interdisciplinary Speaker Series has been selected. Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, professor of theater education at the University of Texas at Austin, will present on why educators and artists need to serve the ever-growing Latino youth community at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Frasier 256.
Alex Nunley | Th e MirrorFreshman guard Jordan Davis runs up against Idaho State’s Erik Nakken trying to score during Saturday night’s game in the Bank of Colorado Arena.
BEARS GET
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By Chris [email protected]
UNC snapped its four-game winning streak with a pair of losses to Weber State and Idaho State Th ursday night and Saturday night, falling to Weber State 64-54 and Ida-ho State 90-57. With the losses, UNC moves to 8-15 (5-6 Big Sky) and sits in eighth in the 12-team conference. “Th ey’re a good team,” head coach B.J. Hill said about the Wildcats. “Th ey’re leading the league in defense and they’re leading the league in off ense, so there’s very little room for error.”
Continued: Men’s Basketball, page 7
UNC falls to 5-6 in Big Sky after poor shooting leads to 33-point loss to Idaho State
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Immigration in an 'All America City'By Tommy Simmons
Once upon a time, coming to America almost al-ways involved a dangerous voyage across an ocean, usually aboard a cold, cramped ship which, for many immigrants, was fraught with disease, hunger and violence. The vast majority of modern Americans’ ancestors unloaded themselves from the bellies of those ships, often more dead than alive. According to Pew Research Center—a prominent think tank—there are 11.3 million unauthorized im-migrants in America today. That number is ultimately uncertain, though, because by definition an unauthor-ized immigrant doesn’t leave the same paper trail that an authorized U.S. citizen does. Contrary to popular belief, that number has stabilized in recent years be-cause the number of immigrants entering America il-legally has remained more or less the same. What might come as a surprise to many Colorado voters is that the state’s population of unauthorized immigrants actually declined in 2014, according to the Pew Research Center. That may be especially sur-prising in Greeley, a city that witnessed the largest immigration raid in U.S. history in December 2006, when 273 unauthorized immigrants were arrested. Immigration has always been a hot button issue in Greeley, especially for those immigrants arriving from Latin American countries. The 2010 U.S. Census Bu-reau found 36 percent of Greeley’s population identi-fied as Hispanic. As a result, Greeley is often the stage for a political battle over immigration—one that is mirrored on the national level as well. “[Presidential candidate Donald] Trump’s whole thing about rounding up illegals and sending them back is basically populist politics,” said Christiane Oli-vo, a doctor of political science at UNC. “He’s pander-ing to those fears of immigrants taking over our jobs and culture.” This fear of losing one’s nation to an immigrant group is hardly an American phenomenon. Olivo has done research which centers on Europe as a whole—Eastern Germany in particular. Many native Germans have the same fears Americans do, although they are largely concerned with the influx of Turkish immigrants. “There’s this fear of multiculturalism,” she said. “[German President] Merkel actually came out and said that multiculturalism has failed as a policy.” This is a viewpoint one may hear echoed in cities struggling to assimilate a growing immigrant popula-tion across America. “One of the issues, I think, is about economy,” Olivo said. “Are immigrants taking jobs away from Americans? You have to look at the [economic] status of people. Immigrants may be taking jobs from high school dropouts, but the economics of it all are pretty complicated. Politics tends to put it in really simple terms. That focus on law and order is really important to politics.” Nowhere is this more apparent than in Greeley. In 2008, former District Attorney Ken Buck put to-
gether a raid on a Weld County tax-preparer’s office in an attempt to gain information to help build an iden-tity-theft case with hundreds of illegal immigrants in the crosshairs. The Colorado Supreme Court later declared that action illegal on the grounds it violated privacy rights. It wasn’t the first time Buck had come out strong against illegal immigration though. “Just because you are the victim of a crime doesn’t mean you win the citizenship or the green card lot-tery,” he said in an interview with I-News. He was referencing the case of Maria Gaspar, an il-legal immigrant living in Weld County who came for-ward to report she was the victim of domestic abuse by her boyfriend, who was also an illegal immigrant. Weld County originally pioneered a program that provided a path for citizenship to illegal immigrants who helped law enforcement solve crimes. For Mitch Staut, a program coordinator at the Boys & Girls Club of Weld County, the immigration debate is much more than headlines and politics. It is a stark reality that affects his relationship with the youth who attend programs at the Boys & Girls Club. “I say these are my kids,” he said with a smile, illus-trating the bond that he has with anywhere from 100 to 200 kids who come to the Boys & Girls Club after school. “A lot of my personal experience with immi-gration comes from working at the Boys & Girls Club.” Many of the youth Staut deals with on a day-to-day basis are the children of immigrants – some of them illegal – or refugees, many from African countries. Many of these children don’t grasp the realities of Buck’s statements, but know firsthand the difficulty of living life in Greeley as an immigrant. Staut said America’s dialogue with immigrants is oftentimes hypocritical and confusing. “On one hand America claims to be a cultural melt-ing pot,” he said. “We encourage people from all over
the world to come here, but it’s really more like, ‘Like our country or leave it.’ [We tell immigrants] we want you here, but when you get here, we’re not going to help you.” He cited education as a serious hurdle for many im-migrants to America, legal or otherwise. “I’d say these kids are definitely getting the short end of the stick,” Staut said. “They realize that too. They’re sitting there wondering what to do other than simply work a minimum wage job. Even getting an education creates so many more hoops for them than for average Americans.” Part of the problem for many immigrants is the process of becoming legal. It is a long and oftentimes very rocky one. “It is a ridiculously arduous, tedious and patience-requiring [process],” said Filipp Dedogryuk, a Russian immigrant living in northern Colorado. “I had to wait five years to get my green card, although we were pret-ty lucky it was only that.” Dedogryuk arrived in America legally with his family at the age of 8. “The process could definitely use a tune-up,” said Dedogryuk about the policy. Staut agreed, pointing out that even getting a work visa is difficult. Greeley is a prime destination for many immi-grants. What may first appear to be another vanilla prairie town, upon further examination, reveals itself to be a menagerie of different cultures and ethnici-ties. But the future of those populations depend both on the politicians in high places and on the everyday people on the street. Olivo said the next generation might be more up to the task than the one before it. “There is a generation gap too,” she said. “That 18-24 year old age group is so demographically diverse, and they’re very liberal on social issues.”
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.comMany immigrants come to Greeley for more job opportunities and for better lifestyles than they had in their home countries.
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How much is smoking costing you?By Drew Heiderscheidt
According to a recent survey by Wal-letHub, the average smoker will lose $220,855 over the course of his or her life. While that might be a huge amount of money, it pales in comparison to the fi nancial opportunity cost per smoker. If smokers were to invest that money in the stock market, they could see lifetime earnings of $1,089,471. Th e highest smoking costs are found in New York, where the total cost per smoker over his or her lifetime is $2,452,735, while the lowest smoking
costs go to Louisiana, where the total cost per smoker is $1,232,159, according to WalletHub’s survey. States with lower costs of smoking are concentrated in the southeast, some-thing that surprised UNC economics professor Rhonda Corman. She suggest-ed it is not due to lower rates of smoking in those places. “Th ose states tend to be the lower in-come states overall,” Corman said. David Aske, a fellow professor of eco-nomics at UNC, added those states tend to have higher levels of poverty. Corman and Aske fl irted with the idea that these states may have a negative correlation be-tween smoking rates and smoking costs: as smoking rates go up, costs go down.
States like Louisiana, West Virginia and North Carolina tend to be more conservative, and typically, oppose taxes. Lower taxes in those states could be the reason for the trend. Social costs exist as well, according to Aske. One example would be the ostra-cizing of smokers by the non-smoking community. Th is is clearly seen, Aske said, in the laws being passed on smok-ing becoming more and more restrictive over time. In Colorado, the Clean Indoor Act 2006 prohibits smoking in all indoor public spaces. Allie Craul, a junior sports and exer-cise science major, said she tries to avoid people who are smoking at all costs. “Th e smell isn’t appealing to me and it
gives me a headache,” she said. Th e health of the public is another so-cial cost to smoking. “If you go and buy cigarettes, in es-sence, there’s a transaction between you and the retailer and on to the tobacco company,” Corman said. “But, anywhere you light up, if you really wanted to take care of the social costs to make the true cost of your behavior to society, you would pay everyone that was ever around you when you smoked. You would pay them compensation for having to breathe in your secondhand smoke.” Craul said the cost to people who do not smoke from smokers was too high as well. “I don’t need any more carcinogens than I am already exposed to,” she said.
By Drew [email protected]
In popular culture, video games are portrayed as being dominated by men. Women are generally left out and are viewed in a negative light by their counter parts, as well as the broader culture. GamerGate is a term coined by many involved in the gamer community, which refers to the harassment of female gamers in regards to sexism and progres-sivism in gamer culture. According to Ather Zia, pro-fessor of anthropology and gen-der studies at UNC, “girl gam-ers” aren’t perceived as being ideal in western culture. “Our ideal woman is some-one who wears summery dresses, has a good body — she probably works out — and she also doesn’t like math and ‘video
thingy’s,’” Zia said. If a woman plays games, she almost appears as if she is a de-facto man in the eyes of society, Zia said. Mars Redner, a freshman spe-cial education major, is an avid video gamer. She said her favor-ite games are BioWare’s “Dragon Age” series. Redner said she has experi-enced sexism when playing vid-eo games and has been harassed by people when she was playing online because of her gender. Women have to be better than the other people playing a game online, Redner said. “Or else you just don’t talk,” she said. Being a female gamer limits the number of games Redner feels comfortable playing. Even within video games she is com-fortable with, it’s oft en diffi cult to get outside of her comfort zone by playing online, she said.
Redner used the example of Valve Soft ware’s game “Team Fortress 2,” an online shooter game where gamers get to choose from nine diff erent classes. She said she was only comfortable playing the “Medic” class because it is the only one where she is better than the oth-er people playing. But there may be some solu-tions for how to decrease the amount of sexism presented in
video games, especially those that people play online. Freshman history and sec-ondary education major Quinn Weeks said the best solution for video games would be to in-crease gender equality. “Th ere should be more options to play as a female protagonist in games,” Weeks said, elaborating that female characters should be equal to male characters both in power and skill.
“Th e main thing about sexism online is that young teenagers learn sexism when playing and nobody stops them,” Redner said. Redner recommended talk-ing to the people playing online and correcting them, essentially educating them on sexism. “To your peers just say ‘Hey, that’s not okay,’ and that’ll help a lot,” she said. Zia went the other way with reducing sexism in video games, and said the only way for sexism in video games to decrease is to decrease sexism in the main-stream Western culture. “Th ese video gamers aren’t unusual people. Th ey’re just you and me, and they do this as a hobby,” she said.
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MONDAY 2/88 a.m. UPC Spring Concert Tickets On SaleUniversity Center info desk, Nottingham Ticket Office and at www.unco.edu/tickets 9-11 p.m.Open Mic NightUniversity Center- Fireside Lounge
TUESDAY 2/95:30-7 p.m. Latino Americans: 500 Years of History Series: Latinos and Education in ColoradoMichener Library- Lindou Auditorium
WEDNESDAY 2/109 a.m.-3 p.m.V-Day 2016 Theater and Poetry PerformancesMcKee Hall- Breezeway
7:30-10 p.m.Performing Arts Series: The Piano Lesson (daily through Sunday)Gray Hall- Norton Theatre
THURSDAY 2/113:30-9 p.m.UNC Lunar New Year CelebrationMichener Library- Lindou Auditorium
6:30-8:30 p.m.Black History Month: Guest Speaker Hasan SalaamKepner Hall- Milne Auditorium
7-9 p.m.International Film Series: The AssassinMichener Library- Lindou Auditorium
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Play haunted with history
Downtown Greeley gallery goes ‘totally local’
By Trevor [email protected]
UNC’s theatre program in-vites students to witness a story that often goes untold, with the 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Piano Lesson.” Set in 1936, the play focuses on a sibling feud over a piano with carvings that depict the family’s history and enslave-ment. Boy Willie, the brother played by junior acting major Tristan Turner, plans to sell the piano so he can buy the land his family toiled on. His sister Berniece, played by sophomore acting major Jaden Taylor, re-fuses to let go of the piano and the history it represents. Sophomore acting major Princeton Bolton explained why he thinks the play is significant. “It’s a perspective that not many people have seen or know about—what it’s like to be a black man in the 1930s and growing up in a world that doesn’t really belong to you,” Bolton said. Junior acting major Marena Kleinpeter, who served as dra-maturge, said the characters are grounded in reality.
“Doaker is my dad and Win-ing Boy is my uncle. And their relationship is a real relation-ship,” Kleinpeter said, compar-ing the characters’ experiences to her personal life. “It’s not like these are some people that August Wilson made up, these are people that he probably knew in his own life, and peo-ple that we all probably know in our own lives.” The play represents both the living and the ghosts of the past. “They talk a lot about ghosts and ancestors and spirits, and those beings, though unseen, re-ally do inhabit this play,” director Dawn Monique Williams said. When Willie first arrives to take the piano, Berniece screams at the sight of the ghost of the slave-owner who broke up her ancestors’ fam-ily. She later admits to refus-ing to play the piano, fearful of her family’s spirits. Avery, a preacher taken with Berniece, encourages her to let go of the stones of the past. Bolton, cast as Avery in the play, found the character’s dialect to be his greatest chal-lenge, explaining the character suppresses his true dialect. “He was born in Jackson,
Mississippi, so he would have a Southern dialect,” Bolton said. “But he thinks that white guys are better than black men, so he tries to emulate that in his speech. So what I did is first transcribed it in a Southern dialect, then I went over it and
tried to erase it.” “The Piano Lesson” builds to a thrilling climax of a his-tory that refuses to be ignored. There are more opportunities to see the play, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10-13 and 2 p.m. Feb. 14 in Norton Theatre.
Williams said she wants peo-ple going to see the play to un-derstand a few major concepts. “The cultural richness of black lives—the complexity, the beauty, the pain. I want people to understand why black lives matter,” she said.
Maeve Widmann | The MirrorTristan Turner (left), a junior acting major, Dimon Riley (center), a senior musical theatre major, and Mike Ham Jr. (right), a junior acting major perform in “The Piano Lesson” in Norton Theater.
By Trevor [email protected]
For founding member Rodney Barnes, finding inspiration for art at the Madison and Main Gallery is no issue. “It’s easy,” the artist said, gesturing to a vase with a small mountain scene. “We go to the mountains, so I put mountains on my pottery.” Though the gallery’s current exhibit is “Totally Local,” the art displayed is di-verse to no end. With soaps, hats, mugs and jewelry, to name just a few kinds of what the gallery has to offer, there is something for everyone. “I get my inspiration from whatever I’m doing in life,” Barnes said. “Right now, I’m obsessed with bicycles and fixed-gear bicycles.” Barnes pointed out a vase of his cov-ered in penny-farthing bicycles—the
classic bike with a large front wheel. “I discovered this fixed-gear bicycle and I was riding with a bunch of stu-
dents at UNC, so we decided to have a bicycle show on our porch six years ago,” Barnes said.
The success the students saw led them to continue the bicycle show annually. When asked about the university’s relationship with the gallery, mem-bers all agreed there are very close ties. Ann Shirley, an associate mem-ber, explained why the gallery decided against moving west. “We’ve maintained our address here because we want to continue to be tied to the university,” Shirley said. Many of the gallery’s members, in-cluding Susan Anderson, Jim Kling-man and Barnes are UNC graduates, Shirley said. “It’s an inspiration every time I come to work,” Shirley said. “Someone came in who hadn’t been in the gallery be-fore, and she was so pleased to find an art scene in Greeley because there just isn’t enough art in the world.” The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Photo courtesy of Madison and Main GalleryThe “Totally Local” show, exhibiting pieces from regional artists, will be up until Feb. 26. Col-orado mug was made by member Danyelle Butler and bracelets by member Dyana Wyeno.
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THURSDAY 2/117 p.m.Women’s Basketball vs. University of IdahoBank of Colorado Arena
FRIDAY 2/1210 a.m.Men’s Tennis vs. Eastern WashingtonButler-Hancock Tennis Courts
10:30 a.m.Softball vs. Texas Southern Butler-Hancock Softball Field
2 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs. University of ColoradoButler-Hancock Tennis Courts
7 p.m. Wrestling vs. Utah Valley UniversityBank of Colorado Arena
THIS WEEK
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Swim and DiveUNC went head-to-head with Colorado State University, fall-ing 186-111 in the combined score. Junior Carleigh Barrett
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MONDAY 2/8All DayMen’s Golf at Thunderbird Invitational Ogden, Utah
THURSDAY 2/117 p.m.Men’s Basketball vs. Uni-versity of IdahoMoscow, Idaho
Chicago to get a new Jordan
By Zach [email protected]
As a child, Adrienne Jordan built snowmen on the local soccer field. Now, she’s preparing to com-pete for a spot on the Chicago Red Stars’ roster to be part of the National Women’s Soccer League. Jordan is a native of Colorado Springs, and is a senior defender for UNC majoring in sport and exercise science. She said she wasn’t al-ways sure she wanted to play professional soccer, and didn’t even like the idea at first. “When I first start-ed, I wasn’t into it,” Jordan said about her sport. “My parents pulled me out and I started officially when I was 6… And now I’m competing for a spot on the team, to play for my living.” But Jordan didn’t always know playing professional soccer was something she want-ed to do. In fact, the thought subsided for some time before her teammates and coaches helped her see it might be possible. “I think every little kid at some point thinks ‘I’m going to be a professional athlete.’ But then realistically they think ‘Probably not,’” Jordan said. “But once I got here at UNC, that little kid dream started up again.” Jordan said the reality of the situation hasn’t settled in yet because she’s still studying and training with her friends. But head coach Tim Barrera said he has confidence that Jordan will find success at the next level. “The biggest thing is that she’s really competi-tive and athletically gifted,” Barrera said. “She has top-end athleticism and she’s a really fierce competitor. That’s going to help her at the next level immensely.” And Barrera isn’t the only one who feels that way. Jordan’s teammate, junior goalkeeper Alys-sa McGuire, also spoke highly of Jordan, as both a player and a person. “She’s a leader. She always pushes me to be better, to challenge myself and get out of my comfort zone,” McGuire said. “Her play is
amazing too. She’ll go from the back line to the top of the field and back. She’s the only one who can do that.” McGuire said Jordan’s play has gotten almost predictable. “Anyone will come down her side and she will just take the ball like it’s nothing,” McGuire said. Jordan said she hopes some of her supersti-tions and routines will bring her luck in the
coming months. “I’ll write what I want to do on a little index card, like ‘Make five runs each half ’ or ‘Have two shots on goal,’ and put it in my right shoe,” Jordan said. “That way it reminds me of what I need to do and keeps me focused.” Jordan also puts her shinguard hold-ers, socks and shoes on in the same order. She wears her hair the same way each match, and she wears a certain headband depending on the uniform color, but it’s always sparkly. “It’s just a little something I can
do to help it feel like home,” Jordan said. “I know it’ll be different but I hope some things are the same.” Jordan said her biggest concern would be get-ting used to the pace of things and living in a new place. But she also has a positive outlook on the way things will be. “From talking to one of the players, it’s a little like a family, but everyone is there because it’s their job,” Jordan said. “I hope it’s like that a little bit for team chemistry.” Jordan said she isn’t sure exactly when she’s heading to the windy city, but she said there are a few things on her list to do before she leaves, like returning to Colorado Springs for some family time. “I’m going to miss everyone: my family, my friends, my dogs,” Jordan said. “I want to make sure I can go home for a little bit to spend some time with everyone, and also to train because of the higher elevation.” Until then, Jordan said she hopes to train hard in Greeley, and spend time with her friends and teammates who are like family to her.
Mark Harro | The MirrorUNC’s Adrienne Jordan was drafted 35th overall by the Chicago Red Stars in the 2016 NWSL Draft.
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The 64 points Weber State scored was the second lowest total the team had been held to this season. “In the first half I thought we were extremely soft offensively, but I was very proud of the way we defended,” Hill continued. “We showed a lot of growth in that area, and I’m pretty hard on these guys about that, so I was very happy that we were really, re-ally good defensively.” Junior Anthony Johnson led the Bears on offense, finishing with 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting while pulling down four re-bounds and getting four steals. Freshman Jordan Wilson was the only other Bear to reach dou-ble digits, scoring 12 points while swiping three steals and getting two rebounds. UNC got off to a slow start to begin the game, spotting Weber State 10 points to start the game, but stormed back to take the lead 18-17 with just under five minutes left in the first half. “I thought we ran out of gas a little bit. I thought we looked tired, so we need to look at that as a staff,” Hill said. “I didn’t think we went too hard or too long in terms of practice and took away their legs. We looked a little beat up, but a lot of that is Weber State. They’re extremely strong and physical.” Even though the Bears struggled on offense, only shooting 29 percent, their defense stepped up holding the Wildcats to only 26 points in the first half, going into halftime only trailing by three points. Weber State’s offense began to click in the second half and the team made shots they did not in the first half, specifically from long range, knocking down six timely three-pointers, not letting UNC make any sort of run. “They had some timely shots,” Hill said. “They hit them when they needed them. They did a good job of rising to the occasion in the second half. There were some timely shots and that’s what champions do. I feel like we played better tonight than we did last time we played them. We played with confidence and felt like we could compete, we just didn’t do it for forty minutes.” On Saturday, the Bears were bested by red-hot Idaho State. It was lights out for Idaho State as they shot 65 percent from 3-point range, hitting on 13-of-20 from long range. Sophomore Geno Luzcando dominated from the tip of the ball, scoring 30 points in 30 minutes of action. Luzcando added five steals and three rebounds to complete his game. Even without Luzcando, Idaho State had three more double-digit scorers. UNC had two make it to double-digits with junior guard An-thony Johnson leading the way with 16 points. Freshman Jordan Davis looked like UNC’s most consistent player, getting on the stat sheet in a variety of different ways. Davis had six rebounds, eight points, four assist, two steals and two blocks. Northern Colorado struggled to get going and all eight of their second half 3-pointers. Idaho State shot at a 65 percent success rate from 3-point range, 13-of-20, while Northern Colorado was held to 11 percent, 2-of-18. As a team the Bears shooting percentage dropped to 42 per-cent in the game, while Idaho State had plenty of good looks and scored on 58 percent of their shots from the field. The Bears will travel to Moscow, Idaho Thursday to take on the Idaho Vandals. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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Sam Lawlor | Th e MirrorCandles were lit and balloons were released in memory of a fellow UNC student and beloved friend, Saverio Parker, at 6 p.m. Friday night near Lawrenson Hall. Th e Black Student Union held the vigil, which Parker was a member of. Parker died Jan. 24. Th e cause of death is still unknown.
Close to two dozen people gather at Saverio Parker’s candlelight vigil