the mirror—september 21, 2015
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The electronic edition of The Mirror's September 21, 2015 issue.TRANSCRIPT
A student refl ection of the UNC community
NEWS BRIEFS
For the week of 9/21/2015
Th e Fritzler Corn Maze an-nounced that this year’s de-sign is the image of Kamal, one of the tigers rescued from illegal or abusive situations by Th e Wild Animal Sanctu-ary. Th e Wild Animal Sanctu-ary in Keensburg, Colorado is comprised of 720 acres and has more than 400 rescued lions, tigers, bears, wolves and other large carnivores roaming free-ly. Photo by Maeve Widmann.
Th e Weld County Sheriff ’s Offi ce was dispatched to county road 61 and county road 96 Tuesday morning, where an individual was dis-covered with an apparent self-infl icted gunshot wound. Th e individual was taken to North Colorado Medical Cen-ter for treatment.
Th e Greeley Police Depart-ment was dispatched to the Weld County Jail’s parking lot Wednesday aft ernoon, where offi cers found a man who had suff ered from a self-infl icted fatal gunshot wound.
Local ESL classrooms are ac-cepting children’s book dona-tions. During her practicum teaching experience, senior elementary education major, Heather Quintana noticed ESL classrooms at Martinez Elementary school lacked suf-fi cient materials. Quintana is trying to collect picture and chapter books for ESL class-room, from kindergarten to the fi ft h grade. Donation boxes have been placed in the School of Teacher Education offi ce on the second fl oor of McKee, the Grad Student offi ce also in McKee and in the front of-fi ce of the Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Offi ce on the bottom fl oor of Can-delaria. Books will be collect-ed till the end of October or early November.
Wednesday is the fi rst day of the fall season.
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A LOOK ATAN ARTEDUCATIONTh e Colorado Art Education Association Art Exhibition, located in Mariana Gallery in Guggenheim Hall, will be on display until this Th ursday. Th e exhibit is based on an “assignment” style of creating, according to UNC’s arts website.
Photo story on page 8.Photos by Mark Harro.
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NEWS CALENDAR
THU 9/24
1:30-5:30 p.m.Schulze Interdisciplinary Speaker Series: “Active Kids Do Better”University Center- Panorama Room
6-8 p.m.Student Leadership for Envi-ronmental Action Fund (LEAF) MeetingUniversity Center- Spruce B
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SUN 9/2712-2 p.m.Eighth Annual Dearfield Day Celebration
By Will [email protected]
President Kay Norton gave her an-nual State of the University address on Tuesday, detailing progress on goals set at last year’s address and presenting a new focus on diversity in both faculty and the student body. Norton began her address by reit-erating the five goals she set last year, which aimed to increase enrollment, raise the percentage of graduate stu-dents to a quarter of the student popu-lation, increase retention, find new sus-tainable savings and begin work on the new Campus Commons. UNC’s fall 2015 semester saw a 5 per-cent rise in freshman enrollment, along with a rise in the number of graduate students, who now make up 21 percent of the student body. Total enrollment rose by 1 percent. However, according to 2015 UNC Census data, undergraduate enroll-ment in 2015 actually decreased by 0.3 percent, with 30 fewer undergraduate students than the fall 2014 semester. Although this year’s freshman class is
larger than in 2014, sophomore, junior and senior classes are all smaller than last year’s, census data shows. According to Norton, academic per-sistence rose by almost 1.5 percentage points since last year and now sits at 83.5 percent. “Our target was to improve persis-tence by 2 percentage points by 2018, and I expect we’re going to blow that one right out of the water,” Norton said. The Student Success Collabora-tive, which was launched in 2014, uses UNC data to identify trends and poten-tial risk factors in individual students’ educations. Using this information, faculty can take preventative action, such as restructuring curriculums or adding prerequisites to difficult classes, rather than simply reacting to issues as they arise. The administration also funded several Innovation@UNC projects, which focus on introductory English and math classes. Norton cited an ex-ample involving a large portion of the student body failing their first math classes, which was an obstacle to future academic success. Standardized tests and high school grades were recom-mending students for classes that were
too difficult, so now the university re-quires its own math placement test to better sort students into the appropriate math class. Much of Norton’s speech was de-voted to discussing the new Campus Commons, the $74 million building project she hopes to break ground on next summer. The purpose of the Commons, according to Norton, is to bring “high-quality academic pro-grams, customized learning opportu-nities and individual support” into the same building. “Whatever the success indicators may predict a student will achieve at UNC, we want to help that student do more,” Norton said. “This is funda-mentally what the Campus Commons is about.” Norton spoke extensively on the new focus of diversity at UNC and ad-dressed similar concerns during much of her question-and-answer session following the address. The Campus Cli-mate Initiative will be a two-year pro-cess that will involve focus groups this spring, a climate survey next fall and an outside consultant who will be adviser to the administration. “As a university community, we have
stated unequivocally that we value di-versity in its broadest sense and want to be a welcoming and inclusive place,” Norton said. Jallissa Elias, a graduate assistant who works at the Marcus Garvey Cul-tural Center, asked President Norton about her attempts to hire more diverse faculty with which minority students could identify. Norton responded by saying that the pool of professors to choose from was limited and predomi-nately white, but the university was do-ing its best to address the issue. Elias also brought up the cost of the new Campus Commons and said she believes funds would be better spent on hiring these new faculty members. “It shouldn’t be the priority,” Elias later said of the Campus Commons. One audience member asked if UNC was working towards recognition as a HSI, or Hispanic Serving Institution. Norton said the university was close to achieving this title, and had consid-ered allocating more resources towards achieving HSI status, but ultimately decided against it. UNC would con-tinue to make “quiet progress” towards the title, without diverting funds from other efforts.
Norton sets new goals at State of University address
Breelyn Bowe| The MirrorUNC President Kay Norton discusses university accomplishments and new goals at the State of the University address on Tuesday afternoon.
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Ending Sexual Violence
By Drew [email protected]
UNC was directly contacted by the White House as a part of President Obama’s “It’s On Us” initiative, a campaign to raise awareness of and to end sexual violence on campuses across the United States. Community leaders and students gathered on Tuesday in the Panorama Room of the University Center to discuss the prevalence of sexual assault and rape culture on campus. One topic of discussion was how to prevent sexual violence. Presidents Row Hall Di-rector Emilie Nemchak had multiple ideas for preventing sexual violence. “I think educating people is the biggest thing,” Nemchak said. “I think that a lot of uni-versities are starting to do that early on with incoming stu-dents. But I also think it’s mak-ing sure that message is acces-sible to everyone, and I think that orientation is a great re-source, but if people do online orientation they may not get that aspect. So making sure it’s in the residence halls, making sure that students know what resources are there for them, like the Counseling Center. I think education in general is going to be the biggest help.” Being an active bystander may also be a way to prevent sexual violence.
“I think bystanders should step in and recognize situa-tions where they can help,” said Nina Campbell, a senior psychology major. Student body president Ber-eket Abera also said people shouldn’t be bystanders in po-tentially dangerous situations. Suggestions were given for how the university could help to improve safety at and sur-rounding the school. Cambell said changing the emergency poles around cam-pus would be one way to help. “The idea of them is to keep running in the circle, and that doesn’t exactly help you get away from the perpetrator. I think it would be cool if we changed that. And I also think that there should be more sur-veillance on campus,” she said. The overarching idea of rape culture on campus was the fi-nal topic to be discussed at Tuesday’s forum. “I think it’s something that’s systematic and that you have to work at tearing down,” Nem-chak said about rape culture. “I don’t think it’s an overnight fix. I don’t think it’s a year fix. I don’t even think that it’s a four- year fix. I think it’s something you constantly have to talk about and advocate change in. It’s kind of like that active by-stander—making sure you’re engaged and helping on that education piece. I don’t think it should rely on one person or one office. I think it should be everyone.”
UNC explores ways to rid campus of sexual assault
Alex Nunley | The MirrorStudents from UNC’s nursing program collaborate to aid in sexual assault prevention education on campus at Tuesday’s discussion.
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By Tommy [email protected]
Student LEAF didn’t start out as the suc-cessful organization it is now. It didn’t start out as the face of sustainability on UNC’s campus, and it didn’t begin with a grant or any official money. It wasn’t even a club. It started as a project in one of associate professor of biological sciences Richard Jurin’s classes. “I’ve been with them since the beginning,” Jurin said. “It was a senior seminar that trig-gered the whole thing. I think the fact that it’s student-run is the most important thing.” LEAF, which stands for Leadership En-vironmental Action Fund, has been in exis-tence as an organization on campus since fall of 2012 and is funded by student fees. “Because this fund comes from student fees, our mission is ‘to empower students in transforming the campus community to-wards a more sustainable culture,’” said Jes-sica Mithun, the organization’s president. “As
committee members, we review project pro-posals submitted by the UNC student body and facilitate the implementation of those projects that will benefit the student body and the environment.” LEAF relies heavily on the student body for ideas on ways to make UNC a more sustain-able and environmentally friendly campus. “We want to improve the quality of cam-pus culture and improve the overall cost-ef-fectiveness of the campus as well so that we can use less resources,” Jurin said. Since its beginning in 2012, LEAF has funded several projects, including the instal-lation of several PowerSol Charging Stations in 2015, which are outdoor patio umbrellas equipped with solar panels that effectively use solar energy to charge portable devices. LEAF also helped to fund a restructuring of the university’s sprinkler system to minimize water waste and also established 25 recycling stations across campus. LEAF has no plans of slowing down either. “We plan to host various fun and educa-tional events this year,” Mithun said. “We want to celebrate and highlight projects as
they are completed so that people are aware of the latest sustainable infrastructure at UNC. We are currently looking forward to Community Fest in October, and it is never too early to start planning Earth Week festivi-ties. Our focus is campus and our goal is to be involved in student life.” LEAF requires the input and feedback of UNC’s student body and faculty to function effectively. The organization is open to proj-ect suggestions from anyone around campus. “We need to get the word out that students are funding this thing, and we want to do what the campus wants,” Jurin said. Mithun said she is confident the issues LEAF seeks to work on are coming to the forefront of the public’s mind. “As resource conservation and waste management become increasingly impor-tant issues, students are learning how en-vironmental issues are relevant in any area of study,” she said. “Building a sustainable world will require changes in both infrastruc-ture and individual behavior, and organiza-tions like Student LEAF are positioned to encourage both.”
By Tommy [email protected]
Jose Martinez III knew he was going to be a teacher from an early age. As the son of two educators who were also UNC graduates, the thought of life in a classroom was natural to him. “I really did know I was go-ing to be a teacher as a kid,” Martinez said. “Part of it was my parents, but I also really liked being with kids. It was a lot of fun.” After graduating from UNC in 2007, Martinez became a social studies and economics teacher at Bear Creek High School. In 2013, he became one of only 15 teachers nation-wide to win the Milken Edu-cator Award, an honor some-times described as the “Oscar of Education.” This year, Martinez was
nominated for the 2016 Col-orado Teacher of the Year Award, and that decision is pending until October of 2016. “He dressed up in class,” said Hispanic studies professor Elizabeth Franklin. “He made a commitment to learning, he was professional in class, and he took his whole career preparation very seriously. He was also very warm, friendly and open.” Franklin said Martinez’s professionalism and commit-ment are what helped him be a good teacher. “That quality is what makes an outstanding teacher,” she said. “He’s focused on you. He’s not trying to impress you. He is able to have authentic conversations, and that’s what it means to be there for stu-dents. He could’ve been suc-cessful in many fields, but he chose teaching, and that’s what teaching is. It’s a calling, and you need those qualities.” Priscilla Falcón, professor
of Hispanic studies and pro-fessor at UNC, agreed with Franklin’s assessment. “Academically, he worked diligently in his courses to en-gage in the full academic expe-riences—reading, writing, crit-ical thinking, team building and group dynamics,” Falcón said. “He had well developed skills in leadership, writing and cross cultural communication. He asked questions when other students would not about con-cepts and ideas, but also about the human condition and how we should set up and change negative conditions in society.” Martinez credited the pas-sion of Franklin and Falcon with helping him to develop his own teaching style in the classroom. “I’m really humbled by all this,” Martinez said. “I am eter-nally grateful for everything UNC and Greeley gave me. It really prepared me and gave me everything I needed to have such a great career.”
UNC alumnus nominated for Colorado teacher of the year
How Student LEAF is transforming UNC
Brianon Burke | The MirrorSenior environmental sustainability major and president of Stu-dent LEAF Jessica Mithun has taken part in many of the group’s impactful projects, aimed at transforming the campus culture.
6 Arts & Culture September 21, 2015 | uncmirror.comEditor: La’Asianee Brown
MON 9/21
11:15 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Jazz in the GardenGarden Theatre
9-11 p.m. Open Mic NightUniversity Center- Fireside Lounge
ARTS CALENDAR
FRI 9/25
6:30 p.m. Cesar Chavez Cultural Center Noche de AmigosCazadores Mexican Restaurant, 2140 35th Ave.
7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Series: “The Importance of Being Earnest”Gray Hall- Norton Theatre
WED 8/26
6-8 p.m. Cesar Chavez Cultural Center 30th Anniversary ReceptionUniversity Center- Ballrooms
7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Series: “The Importance of Being Earnest”Gray Hall- Norton Theatre
THU 9/24
WED 9/235-8 p.m. Makahiki (Hawaiian Olym-pics)/Taste of APASSTurner Green
By Cortez [email protected]
Any student who uses the UNC cam-pus recreation center at night knows it closes at 10:30 p.m. However, this Friday and Saturday, the rec center will be filled with energy until midnight, thanks to a new event called Bears After Dark. Bears After Dark is being hosted by the UNC rec center for all UNC students to attend and will take place from 10:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday at the campus recreation gym, located next to Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. “We will have free food, free drinks and a bunch of games we will be play-
ing,” said Connor Jacobs, a senior fi-nance major and employee for the rec-reation center. Students can expect wings from Wing Shack on both nights, as well as plenty of beverages. Bears After Dark will provide stu-dents with a variety of activities to enjoy. Knocker soccer will be one of the many group games taking place in the gym. The pool will also be staffed with life-guards so students can engage in late-night pool games or simply swim with their friends. The rock climbing wall will also be open and staffed. “We wanted a way to bring students here on campus instead of going out to parties," said Keith Ramirez, a full-time staff member of the campus recreation center. "We want them to get involved
on campus." Friday and Saturday are nights many students tend to go out and party, but Bears After Dark will give them the op-portunity to have fun on campus. “We are targeting students on cam-pus especially because there is a football game the next day,” said Peter Arne-gard, a senior graphics design major and employee at the rec center. Aside from the two nights this week that the event will be hosted, students can look forward to two more nights of Bears After Dark next semester as well. Students may also see this event re-turn in following school years as well. “Right now, we don’t plan on doing it next year,” Ramirez said. "I think if it becomes a successful event, then I could definitely see it becoming a yearly thing."
In addition to free food and games, students also have a chance at winning a free t-shirt at the event. The first 100 students in the doors on Friday and Saturday will receive a free neon colored shirt with the Bears After Dark logo on it. Each night, the shirts will be a different color, which means students have the chance to collect four shirts . With all of the freebies being given away at Bears After Dark, costs can add up. The Campus Recreation Center was granted funding to hold this event by the UNC Student Senate. The money helped fund the event and mainly contributed to the pur-chase of the 12 knocker balls for knocker soccer. “They aren’t cheap,” Ramirez said, when speaking about the knocker balls.
Campus Rec launches Bears After Dark
Game of Life simulates inequalities By La’Asianee Brown
The concept was simple. Students were going to gather together on the grass and play a game of life. Like a board game, players had to strategically navi-gate an education, employment, housing and fam-ily structure on Thursday when walking onto Turner Green for Diversity Mentor’s Game of Life event. Players were identified by a coded name tag they received at check-in. Throughout the game, each in-stitution would treat them accordingly based on the identifying markers on their name tag. There were more scowls than smiles as students faced prejudices inflicted on people of color, class stratification and sexual orientation. All of which were identifying markers on their tags. Soon after the game began, frustrated students walked away from the table labeled “bank.” At the bank table, students received their “salary,” which was the amount of money they had to start the game with. One by one, students walked away with salaries, loans or food stamps. With the money they were allowed by the bank, students would then attempt to navigate their lives visiting the family structures table, where they would receive a spouse and children, or the education table, where they learned they were allowed an education from remedial to a bachelor’s degree. Emma Rittner, freshman pre-acting major, said she enjoyed the experience despite the frustrations. After finishing the game, she learned that her identity was reflective of a woman of color in lower class. She said she was unable to progress as far as she wanted to because her criminal record on her name
tag said that she was felon. “I feel like it was reaffirmation of what we already knew,” she said. “It does reflect how we treat other people. I have friends of color, and I know how they
are treated in other communities. Now that I know the symbols on the card, it makes sense. Even though it is a tragic thing to make sense.” Shelby Wade, a freshman sport and exercise science major, had a more fortunate fate than the rest of her peers. While she listed all of the things she had accom-plished with her education in the game, she concluded that her education got her far. Something that fellow game player Eric Dwaah, sophomore biology major, agreed is an important factor in actual life. In the game, he was a lower class male who did not have the money to receive an education he believed would have changed his fate in the game. “We need to work hard and respect what we have,” he said. “I think education is the best thing. I think it is the key to success. It frustrated me. I couldn’t support my family. I was working two jobs, and I couldn’t go to school.” As the game came to a close, students broke off into groups to further discuss their experiences in the game and converse with the diversity mentors. Diversity mentor and sophomore sports manage-ment major Kiya Tancanyo used the game as a plat-form to apply to real life issues, such as race-related discriminations in bank applications to the prejudice people face while applying for housing. “It was a good opportunity for me to bring to light that discrimination does exist in public areas such as housing,” she said. “A lot of residents who participated weren’t aware that things like that do occur. Some-times your race and the language you speak tends to hinder your ability as well as your basic human rights you’re allowed to have.” As a conclusion to the game, t-shirts were raffled off for those in attendance. The white t-shirts read in bold red writing, “Save the future. Live justly.”
La’Asianee Brown | The MirrorEmma Rittner, freshman pre-acting major, showed a game card that statistically reflects the life of a lower class woman of color. Other identifying markers included sexual orienta-tion and language.
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Four tips to stay safe when juice cleansingBy Manali Begur
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Companies like Pressed Juicery and Suja Fresh sell the promise of “better living” in a bottle. With trendy packaging and ingredients like kale and coconut water, the appeal of juice cleanses or juice-only diets is obvious. Juice cleanses are easy to buy into but hard to go through. While juicing might be better than eating whole fruits and vegetables — it does make plant nutrients more accessible to your body — there are a few precautions to keep in mind to ensure
your juice cleanse is healthy and beneficial.
1. Make sure your juice is really clean. Greens are susceptible to bacterial growth, so if you squeeze your own juice, do not save your juice for later or keep it outside, unrefrigerated — getting sick is the opposite of what you want. There is a risk even with store-bought juices. Ac-cording to the FDA, freshly squeezed drinks are often not pasteurized.
2. Fill up with fiber. While juices have valuable nutrients, by not eating the whole fruit or vegetable, you are los-ing a significant source of fiber. Keeping the pulp in your juice or buying thicker drinks can
add fiber to your cleanse. Fiber also has the added benefit of making you feel more full (and less grumpy).
3. Make peace with protein. Many “juicers” tend to avoid heavy foods like carbohydrates and proteins, as a juice cleanse is a type of weight-loss diet. It is incredibly impor-tant, however, to add some protein to your diet. The Greens 1.5, my personal favorite from Pressed Juicery, only has 1 gram of protein. According to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, the average adult needs 0.36 grams of protein per pound of body weight. Supplement your juice cleanse with white meat, seafood or fat-free yogurt to avoid loss of
muscle mass.
4. Thank your liver and kidneys. Remember that your liver and kidneys natu-rally remove toxins from your body. According to dietician Manual Villacorta, they are much better at detoxing than juice cleanses would be. Juice cleanses are often temporary, but your liver and kidneys will take you a long way, so treat them kindly. Vegetable juices do help.
These tips are not meant to stop the juic-ers from doing juice cleanses but to make sure juicers get the most of their experiences if they choose to juice-cleanse.
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Colorado Art Education Association displays work in Mariani
Staff Report
Photos by Mark [email protected]
The Colorado Art Education Association art exhibition, locat-ed at the Mariana Gallery in Guggenheim Hall, will be on display until this Thursday. The exhibit is based on an “assignment” style of creating, according to UNC’s arts website. The Colorado Art Education Association is a non-profit educa-tion organization that serves Colorado’s visual arts education. For more information about the organization, visit: www.caeaco.org/.
Mark Harro | The MirrorAbove left: “Ojekboh” by Joyce Baker. Above right: “The Sins of Our Fa-ther” by Jane Thomas. Bottom left: ”Com Tri-bo” by Thad J. McCauley. Bottom right: “Swimmer (14a)” by Deb Rosenbaum.
9-SportsSeptember 21, 2015 | uncmirror.com
Editor: Dylan Sanchez
SPORTS CALENDAR
YELLOW = HOME GAME
BLUE = AWAY GAME
MON 9/21
TUES 9/22
7 p.m.Women’s Volleyball at University of DenverDenver, Colorado
All DayMen’s Golf at Colorado State University InvitationalFort Collins, Colorado
All DayMen’s and Women’s Cross Country at University of ColoradoBoulder, Colorado
1:35 p.m. Football vs Weber State UniversityNottingham Field
For next-day game recaps, check UNCMIRROR.COM
THU 9/248 p.m.Women’s Volleyball at Idaho State UniversityMoscow, Idaho
SAT 9/26
1 p.m.Women’s Volleyball at Eastern Washington State UniversityCheney, Washington
SUN 9/27
1 p.m. Soccer vs Montana State UniversityJackson Field
By Zach [email protected]
The Bears had a successful weekend at The North-ern Colorado Classic, putting up a 2-1 record at the tournament. UNC (4-8) swept Utah State (4-10) in three sets, and beat Eastern Kentucky (1-12) in four sets but lost their final match of the tourney to Indiana (10-2), who ended up winning the tournament. UNC seems to have things moving on all cylinders, seeing as their first game back home after a rough trip at CSU and the Pistol Pete Showdown resulted in a solid win. Against Utah State, the Bears put up good numbers on both sides of the ball. They totaled nine blocks and 38 digs against the Aggies. Senior defensive special-ist Meagan Garcia, back from a concussion, had 16 digs in the game, and freshman outside hitter Kortney Lockey led the team with 10 kills. Lockey has been seeing more playing time since the road trip at CSU and the Showdown, and she’s prov-ing that even as a freshman, she can be a threat on the court. UNC played similarly against Eastern Kentucky, and the offense put up huge numbers in four sets. The Bears had 66 kills, 63 assists and hit for a .306 percent-age. Leading the onslaught were sophomore outside hitter Timarie Nymeyer, senior outside hitter Kendra Cunningham and sophomore middle blocker Alex Kloehn with 10, 14 and 16 kills respectively. Aiding the team’s power attack were junior setter Ashley Guthrie and redshirt freshman setter/outside hitter Ryleigh Haynes, together racking up 50 assists. The defensive side of the ball was equally good against the Colonels. The Bears put up 60 digs led by Garcia with 16, and Cunningham with 11, making her fifth double-double on the season. During the final game of the Classic, the Bears faced off against the Hoosiers but were swept in three sets. However, it wasn’t a day at the beach for Indiana either, as UNC clawed their way back into the fight multiple times and finished within four points in two of the three sets. There were 25 ties and 11 lead chang-es over the course of the match. UNC played a clean match with only 21 errors but had trouble finishing opportunities. The Bears al-lowed Indiana to put on an 11-4 run at the end of the first set to win it 25-21. In the third set, the Bears were down early 4-12 following a 6-0 run by the Hoosiers, but they dug in their heels and went on a 9-2 run in the same set to grab the late lead by two at a score of 21-19. Unfortunately, the Bears couldn’t close out the set and fell to IU. Head Coach Lyndsey Oates spoke about her team’s effort and the result of the match.
“It’s a disappointing match,” Oates said. “That’s an opportunity that we let slip away—it shouldn’t have happened. But we have to take it as a learning experience.” In a game where the Bears’ defense struggled im-mensely, Meagan Garcia reflected on what could have been done better. “They really pushed us back on serve-receive,” Garcia said. “I think that’s where our downfall was. If we started out stronger, and we were more aggres-sive in the passing lanes, the match would’ve gone a different way.” But there were some highlights to the tournament’s end as Meagan Garcia and senior outside hitter Katie Champion won spots on the all-tournament team for their excellent play throughout the weekend. The Bears are taking the loss in stride. They got two wins at home and played a spectacular match against Indiana. Taking the game as something to learn from, like Coach Oates mentioned, UNC looks to focus on
fixing their mistakes and driving forward going into conference play next week. “Going into conference, we have to defend better,” Oates said. “We just couldn’t get a good block line up. Our middles were having a hard time closing. It’s something we have to work on.” Champion also spoke with determination and lead-ership, with her eyes aimed forward on the next game. “We definitely know that that’s not how we play,” Champion said. “We don’t get pushed back like that. We need to push back. So, DU, we’re ready to show them that we are better than what we just played.” The Bears’ next match is against the University of Denver on Tuesday in Denver. UNC will then have their first Big Sky Conference game against Idaho on Thursday in Moscow, Idaho. The match against DU will be broadcast on Alti-tutde Network at 7 p.m. Once conference plays start on Wednesday, the Bears will only face Big Sky Conference opponents.
Bears host Northern Colorado ClassicVolleyball goes 2-1 and anticipates Big Sky Conference schedule
Photo by Shai LandreneauxFans show their support for UNC’s volleyball team Friday at the Bank of Colorado Arena at Butler Hancock Sports Pavilion. The Bears hosted the annual Northern Colorado Classic and now look toward their first Big Sky Conference game against Idaho State University on Wednesday.
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Denver ranks second for top
sports cities in North America
By Dylan [email protected]
As football finally gets back underway, the crew at WalletHub put together the top 341 sports cities in North America. The Mile High City of Denver came in second overall. WalletHub used a variety of different methods to uncover the best cities from Boston to Hackensack, New Jersey to be a sports fan. Studies in past years were taken into account and were then broken down based on the top five North American sports: foot-ball, basketball, baseball, hockey and soccer. Based on surveys and the annual overview from The Global Sports Media Consumption Report, the five sports were ranked based on general popularity through surveys, annual attendance, media coverage and income-based findings, such as ticket sales and merchandising. Those rankings played a large role in determining the ranking of the cities. According to Statista.com, the average football ticket costs $85, while the average ticket cost for MLB came in at $29. Denver was found to be the fourth best city for football, the eighth best city for hockey, the 16th best city for basketball, the 19th best city for baseball and the 26th best city for a soccer fan. Having the big five in Denver really helped elevate their posi-tion in the standings. For example, Pittsburgh was able to have top three’s in hockey (1), baseball (2) and football (3), but their lack of NBA and MLS teams sent them outside of the top three. Boston was named as the top city to be a sports fan. This may not be surprising as the New England Patriots won their fourth championship under outlaw Tom Brady. What was surprising, however, was that the football ranking for Boston was only ninth. Boston’s highest ranking came on the ice, as hockey came in fifth overall.
Football’s highest-ranked team came from Green Bay, Wis-consin, where the Packers lead the NFL with 13 championship wins—most recently in 2011 under MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers. With high hopes coming into the 2015 season, Lambeau Field is expected to be standing room only as the Packers look for yet another Lombardi trophy. Basketball’s highest ranked city came from Connecticut, where interestingly, no current NBA team plays. Perhaps the popular-ity stems from the University of Connecticut, where division I basketball roots run deep. The Huskies were the first program to have both their men’s and women’s division I basketball teams win champions in the same year in 2004, and they repeated that feat in 2014. Baseball’s top city turned out to be St. Louis, where the Cardi-nals currently rank No. 1 in the MLB. The only team in the league winning at over 0.600 percent, the Cardinals have one of the most stacked rosters as they continue to be the team everyone is chas-ing heading into the playoffs. Pittsburgh was the No. 1 hockey city, and with the greatest hockey player of this generation at the helm, there is no hold-ing back the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sydney Crosby has shown time and time again, which is why the Penguins chose him as the No.1 overall draft pick back in 2005, winning a Stanley Cup in 2009 and two gold medals in 2010 and 2014. Soccer’s top city is Salt Lake City, whose rivals are none other than the Colorado Rapids. The Rapids and Real Salt Lake face off every year in the Rocky Mountain Cup, where most recently the Rapids won 3-1 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Real Salt Lake has been a contender since entering the MLS in 2004, winning the MLS Cup in 2009 and finishing as runner ups in 2013. Greeley ranked 316th on the list with a football score tied for 350th, a basketball score of 286th, a baseball score of 261st, a hockey scored tied for 350th and a soccer score tied for 350th. Two other Colorado cities were able to make the list. Colorado Springs, which came in 119th overall, and Boulder, which came in 151st overall.
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This week in Northern Colorado SportsStaff Report
Football Th e University of Northern Colorado was plagued by costly turnovers, leading to their fi rst loss of the season, a 30-3 blow-out at the hands of Southern Utah on Saturday night in Cedar City, Utah. Th e Bears (2-1, Big Sky) were without their leading top off en-sive weapons on the ground, as freshman Trae Riek and sopho-more Anthony Davis were forced to sit out due to injury. Southern Utah (1-2, Big Sky) was the fi rst conference opponent Northern Colorado has faced this season. Without the rushing tandem of Riek and Davis, the Bears were forced to air out the ball, leading to fi ve interceptions. Junior Darius Graham fi lled in for the injured running backs and carried the ball 18 times for 56 yards, and he was helped by junior running back Brandon Cartagena, who added 11 carries for 48 yards. Northern Colorado’s senior quarterback Jonathan Newsom started for UNC, as he has the last three games, but only lasted four series for the Bears, throwing two interceptions. Newsom fi nished 4-for-8 for 58 yards. With under fi ve minutes to play and the Bears trailing 10-3, freshman Jacob Knipp took over the UNC off ense. Turnovers continued to dig UNC into a hole as Knipp threw
three additional interceptions in the game. Knipp fi nished the game 19-for-33 for 257 yards. Junior Stephen Miller led the Bears wide receiver core with six catches and 111 yards. Eight diff erent players caught passes for UNC as the Bears threw for a total of 315 yards. Defensively, Northern Colorado wasn’t able to get to the South-ern Utah quarterback, only registering one sack. Th e Bears did cause one turnover as senior A.J. Battle grabbed an interception in the second quarter. Junior Th omas Singleton led the Bears with seven solo tackles. He fi nished the game with nine total tackles. Northern Colorado continues Big Sky conference play against Weber State at 1:35 p.m. on Saturday at Nottingham Field.
Women’s Soccer UNC’s women’s soccer team went 1-2 in a three-game road trip that started with a border clash with the University of Wyoming and continued on Sunday in Nebraska. Th e Bears (5-4) bounced back from a tough loss at the hands of in-state rival Colorado State University, with a 3-1 win over border rival University of Wyoming, but then dropped a game to Creighton University 3-0. Northern Colorado traveled to Wyoming for the fi rst game and had a quick two days before their next match against Creighton. Wyoming initially took the lead 14 minutes into the game, but Northern Colorado responded right away by scoring at the 18-minute mark. Junior defensive midfi elder Paige Morris scored her fi rst goal
of the season aft er receiving a pass from fellow senior defender Ambree Bellin. Bellin wasn’t done assisting, as she added another assist just three minutes later, setting up junior Kassy Castillo, who headed in her second goal of the season. Wyoming came out trying to tie the game in the second half, fi ring 10 shots and forcing sophomore Madeline Burdick to make fi ve saves in the fi nal half. Burdick fi nished the game with nine saves against Wyoming. Th e Bears added an insurance goal at the 79-minute mark as sophomore Brooke Braden scored on a free kick, her fi rst goal of the season to seal the fi rst game for the Bears. Friday night in Nebraska, the Bears only got four shots on net. Goalkeeper Kaitlin Ruff and the UNC defense were on their toes for the majority of the match, facing 24 shots from Creigh-ton. Ruff was forced to make nine saves in the game. Th e fi rst goal for Creighton happened at the 54-minute mark. Th ey would add two more at the 68th and 74th minute marks. In the fi nal game of the week, the Bears saw a 1-0 overtime loss to the University of Nebraska-Omaha. UNC fi nally got their of-fense going but couldn’t fi nd the net. In the 97-minute of play, the Bears fi red 10 shots, but the Mav-ericks goalkeeper was there to stop all of them. Burdick got her second start in three games and made fi ve saves but was bested by Mavericks leading goal scorer, senior Chelsei Rohloff . Northern Colorado has a week to recover and will return against Montana State at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Jackson Field.
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