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UpcomingIn Friday’s issueof The Mirror,read about per-formances andan art showbeing hosted toraise awarenessof mental health.
Identity discussion crosses bordersPhi Alpha Thetaand the HistoryClub host the firsthistory discussionnight in two years.PAGE 4
ArtsNew play centers on Irish family
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JOHNSTOWN– Presidentialhopeful and formerMassachusetts governor MittRomney spent Tuesdaymorning campaigning to anenthusiastic crowd gatheredat RV America in Johnstown.
Hoping to gain some sup-port before Colorado’sTuesday night caucuses,Romney spent the majority ofhis speech criticizingPresident Barack Obama’sadministration and capturingthe feelings of the crowd withdiscussions on religion,national defense and“ObamaCare.”
“I’m sure he intended toplay on our emotions, so itwas kind of hard to keepmyself calm,” said Ian Yurk, arally attendee. “I liked his talk-ing points, but as with allpoliticians, can I really trusthim?”
Romney started bylabeling Obama’s adminis-tration as a failed presiden-cy and referenced com-ments Obama made yester-day on The Today Showwhere he insisted hedeserved a second term, astatement to which the rallycrowd reacted negatively.
Romney briefly pointedout that the unemploymentrate is currently above eightpercent in an attempt to com-bat Obama’s commentsabout the rate dropping lastmonth from 8.5 percent to 8.3percent.
Romney also attacked anumber of the Obamaadministration’s policies,including ObamaCare andcard check, specifically thestruggle it places on business-es’ abilities to hire new peo-ple. Then he addressed theDodd-Frank Act and the diffi-culty it places on banks tomake loans.
“This is a president whohas put in place the mostanti-jobs, anti-business, anti-growth agenda we have seen,well, since Jimmy Carter,”Romney said. “Now it’s timefor him to get out of the way.”
He not only stressed theimportance of removingObama from office but elabo-rated by saying this election isabout the soul of America.
“Obama and the peoplearound him believe the gov-ernment should be a player,not the umpire,” Romneysaid.
He continually men-tioned the level of debt facingthis country and emphasizedthat, if nothing is done aboutit, America will reach the lev-els seen in Italy, Spain andGreece.
He then accused theObama administration ofengaging in actions known as“crony capitalism,” in whichthe administration takes the
money of the American peo-ple to invest in the businessesof its friends and allies.
Romney’s example wasthe $500 million Obamainvested in the energy com-pany Solyndra. Romneyargued that such investmentsdiscourage innovation fromother solar energy compa-nies.
“I will return America tothe genius and innovativespirit of the American peopleand get our economy goingbased upon individual rights,individual freedoms andproperty rights,” Romneysaid.
Romney then switched toObama’s interference withnational defense, saying hispolicy of engagement is notaggressive enough.
He said his rapport andstyle wouldn’t affect some ofthe world’s worst players. Hethen pointed to the $500 bil-lion in reductions taken fromthe Department of Defense’sfunding.
“I want the strongest mili-tary in the world because Idon’t want anyone in theworld to think they should trytesting the American militarymight,” Romney said.
Romney then struck anemotional chord with thecrowd when he accusedObama of directing an assaulton religion.
He explained that underObamaCare, religious organi-zations, such as Catholicschools, Catholic hospitalsand others, have to providefree contraceptions and freemorning-after pills and abor-tion pills for all of theiremployees regardless of theirreligious affiliations.
“This kind of assault on
religion will end if I am presi-dent of the United States,” hesaid.
As Romney ended hisspeech, he gradually madehis way around the stage,meeting and greeting manyof his supporters.
“I loved everything hesaid, and I think, of all ourRepublican candidates, hehas been the most presiden-tial,” said Gail Zirtzlaff, a rallyattendee. “He is taking thehigh road.”
Through discussing
important issues, such as theeconomy, the national debt,the military and religion,Romney was able to gain sup-port from some Coloradans.
“It was very good. It wasgood to hear a whole conceptrather than a sound bite,”said Bob Bostwick, a rallyattendee. “It was passionate,done without telepromptersand it was very convincing.”
Romney had some luck atthe Colorado caucusesbefore, beating John McCainin 2008.
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Republican presidential hopeful and former Massachusettsgovernor Mitt Romney gives his autograph to a supporter dur-ing his campaign stop at RV America in Johnstown Tuesday.
Colorado Caucus Results• Rick Santorum - 26,580 votes for 40%• Mitt Romney - 23,097 votes for 35%• Newt Gingrich - 8,457 votes for 13%• Ron Paul - 7,792 votes for 12%
100% of caucuses reporting
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Michelle Obama has arguedthat children and teenagersshould become more knowledge-able about their health and thatchildhood obesity is a nationalproblem; an epidemic threateningour young people.
In effect, the first lady is tap-ping into a national phenomenonof healthfulness, an ideology thatAmericans need to get fit.
Recently, Walmart announcedplans to become more health con-scious by placing large green stick-ers on food deemed healthy thatread “Great for You.”
This is a superfluous marketing
ploy. Most Americans are not sonaïve to think that Haagen-Dazsice cream is not as healthy as, say,a salad. Thus, there is no need totell people that lettuce is a healthydiet option.
In an article by the New YorkTimes, Leslie A. Dach, Walmart’sexecutive vice president for corpo-rate affairs, said, “(Walmart cus-tomers) can buy a dessert whenthey want to. But when they wantto buy a cracker, we can help themsteer them to a healthier cracker ifthat’s what they’re looking for.”
It should be common knowl-edge that some crackers are
healthier than others, so the aver-age Walmart consumer should beable to use that common knowl-edge — which he or she obtainedfrom elementary school healthlessons — to make a cracker pur-chasing decision.
For instance, the wheatcracker is most likely the bestchoice for those who want to eata healthy cracker.
These green stickers are con-descending; they imply thatAmericans are too stupid tomake a healthy decision on theirown.
Walmart, a company that
thrives on making its merchan-dise affordable to low-incomefamilies, is doing an excellent jobin its goal of affordability. Onecan buy relatively healthy fruitsand vegetables at Walmart forreasonable prices.
This company, by keeping itsfoods cheap, is already doing itsjob in combating non-healthytrends.
By placing a sticker on applesand eggs, Walmart is only buyinginto a cultural phenomenon.There is a rule for determiningwhat is healthy food: you know itwhen you see it.
Walmart’s healthy diet promotion insults common sense
Many students wouldhave to strain toremember a time
before the Internet. We’ve grownup in a digital world, continuallyupdating to make our lives easier,simpler and faster. There are stillsome technological develop-ments that make me a bit uneasy,though, and I am sure I am notthe only one.
A couple weeks ago, I heard onthe radio that cell phone compa-nies are developing technology tofurther digitize our wallets. Therealready is an application availableto keep some of your gift cards onyour phone, and even some credit
card information can be stored onthe app.
I am someone who often hasreservations about some forms oftechnology. I just recently madethe conversion to a touch-screencell phone after a few years offighting against the technologybecause I did not trust it. I ammore than satisfied with thechange.
Still, though, there is some-thing inside me that values thetactility of a wallet. Even withdebit and credit cards, the abilityto hold onto a piece of plastic pro-vides some sense of security forme, despite the card itself beinghighly digitized when comparedto cash. If my funds were to even-tually go completely digital, thatparticular feeling of being able toprotect my finances would begone.
The eWallet’s website address-
es the security issues by ensuringthat there are PIN numbers andsecurity verification questions toprotect the information frompotential threats. Additionally,one proponent of the technologynoted on the radio program thatthe average time between losingone’s wallet and realizing it isgone is several hours, while thattime is only about 15 minuteswhen the missing object is one’scell phone.
We’ve all seen the moviesabout the future, full of flying carsand jetpacks. But the reality is thatwhile those developments are stilla long time from being wide-spread, more subtle advances arebeing made all around us, like thiseWallet.
This particular applicationwon’t gain much steam until thedevelopers are able to work outany bugs in the system. It needs to
be able to cover more things in thewallet and grow more accessiblefor the general public—both con-ceptually and financially. Whywould someone spend money onthis application if they alreadyhave a wallet? The fact remains,though, that the technology isremarkable.
We won’t wake up one day andsay, “Look at that—it’s the future!”Instead, the steady increases intechnology will continue, and wewill grow accustomed to them,one by one, as they come along.Sometimes, they might seemstrange or foreign to us, but weshould admire how impressivesome technology may be and beaware that we are fortunate tohave the ability to use it.
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Greek Life members andother UNC students got amotivational pep talk about
organization membershipwhen a Pi Kappa Phi alumnusspoke about the “ApathyMyth” Tuesday in theUniversity Center Ballrooms.
TJ Sullivan, a former
chapter president of PiKappa Phi and a Coloradonative, discussed whymembers may be unmoti-vated and what leaders cando to get them motivated.
“I do not believe in apa-thy,” Sullivan said at thebeginning of the presentation.
Heather James, programcoordinator for Greek Life,said there needs to be moreleadership in Greek Life andother student organizationsaround campus.
Mark Anderson, a juniorsport and exercise and pre-med major and a member ofDelta Tau Delta said hethought the presentation was
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Phi Alpha Theta, thenational history honor socie-ty, and the UNC History Clubjoined forces Monday to hosttheir first discussion night ofthe semester.
About 40 people attend-ed the discussion at theUniversity of NorthernColorado where studentsand professors discussed“Identities across borders.”
Members of Phi AlphaTheta chose “Identities acrossborders” as the topic becauseit is relevant to many differentdisciplines, such as politicalscience, anthropology, psy-chology and history.
The discussion lasted for
an hour and a half, andwhile identity remained thecentral theme of discussion,several aspects of identitywere discussed.
Identifying the factors thatdetermine identity and con-sidering the different meth-ods for forming borders drovemuch of the conversation.
Students debated the roleof language and geography indetermining identity, and itwas suggested that if peoplewere less divided by factors ofidentity they might be morecohesive.
The mention of JohnLocke’s theory of tabularasa, or blank slate, fosteredmuch discussion on theeffect of social constructson identity and the ability
to alter identity over time.Steven Seegel, an assistant
professor of history, dis-cussed the meaning of identi-ty in Europe following theNazi-Soviet pact. He saididentity was based on “mind,body and passport,” a refer-ence to the implications ofpossessing an unfavorableidentity in World War IIEurope.
Seegel also referencedGeorge Orwell, who identi-fied himself as “lower-upper-middle-class,” to illustrate theexcess of identities that per-petually seems to categorizepeople.
Nicole Taylor, a graduatestudent studying history,shared her experience com-ing to America at age 17 after
being born and raised inZimbabwe.
Traditionally, the term“African-American” has beenused to refer to blackAmericans, but Taylor is not ablack African-American.
“You struggle to identifyyourself,” Taylor said.“Eventually, you learn todefine yourself as neither.You refer to yourself as athird-culture kid.”
The next discussion willbe hosted March 5 in the gov-ernment publications sectionof the Michener Library base-ment. The topic of discussionwill be “Have well-behavedwomen really never madehistory?” Students of allmajors are welcome to attenddiscussion nights.
Monday night’s openforum discussion was the firsthosted by Phi Alpha Theta intwo years. Previous discus-sions had been modeled after
salons, the intellectual socialclubs of the EnlightenmentPeriod in Europe. With anopen forum format, every-body in attendance has theopportunity to speak.
The History Club is com-prised of students from sever-al majors; however, manymembers are history majors
and members of Phi AlphaTheta. Because the twoorganizations share mem-bers, they generally functiontogether.
For more informationabout Phi Alpha Theta andthe History Club, visitwww.unco.edu/history/his-tory_clubs.html.
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Center for Peer Education jams away the ‘winter blues’SARAH KIRBY
Joy, anger, anxiety, sur-prise, trust, grief, fear andlove are seven root emotionsexpressed and experiencedby human beings. Tonight atthe Winter Jam, which will behosted in the UniversityCenter Ballrooms, multipleways of expressing theseemotions will be illustratedthrough art, vocal perform-ances and song.
The doors open at 7 p.m.with a performance byUNC’s Got Talent contestantDevon Hildebrant.
The Center for PeerEducation is sponsoring theevent.
Afterward, attendees canlisten to poetry performancesby University of NorthernColorado students or wanderthrough the art on displaythanks to the student-ledcampus organization TheRunaway Artist Exhibition.
Students can providetheir email and address toreceive a ticket for rafflesand door prizes, whichinclude free T-shirts,fresh-baked cookies andbreakfast burritos.
All of this excitement
leads up to the headlinerDella, a Denver-based alter-native/rock band, featuringvocals by Amanda Hawkins,a former American Idol con-testant, and Lane Phillips, aUNC alumni and guitarist.
Jade Northrop, a juniorpsychology major and peereducator, said, “This eventstarted out as an educationalpiece for seasonal depres-sion, but we’ve kind ofmoved away from beingpreachy. Now, the Center forPeer Education wants toshow that all kinds of emo-tions are expressed in differ-ent ways. Students should
find a way to take care of theirmental health that worksbest for them.”
Mental health screeningswill be available at WinterJam, and brochures abouthow to stay mentally stableare available year-round atthe CPE office, located in theUC.
Targeting every aspect ofa student’s environmentalstress, the Center for PeerEducation promotes absti-nence of alcohol, tobaccoand drugs by emphasizingphysical wellbeing and men-tal health education.
Nicole Oreskovich, a
junior human servicesmajor, said mental healthoccasionally comes with anegative stigma, but shestressed, “From a peerstandpoint, peer educatorsare students in college, andwe know what it’s like to bestressed out. We all havefeelings, and we all haveemotions. I know I feel cer-tain ways, and I wouldn’twant someone to judge mefor feeling or expressingmyself in a certain way.”
Aimed to enlighten andentertain, Winter Jam looksto combat negative stereo-types about depression, win-
ter blues and mental health. Steve Tibbits, a sopho-
more graphic design major,is excited about a positiveoutlook on mental health.
“Too often, studentsnever receive the help andcounseling they need,”Tibbits said. “There are tonsof outlets and resources onUNC’s campus that are con-fidential, beneficial and free.It’s not an embarrassingtopic; emotions are oureveryday reality. We shouldbe able to talk about them.”
Those with questions cancontact the Center for PeerEducation at 970-351-2065.
Drama about lost hope in an Irish town performed in NortonMICHAEL SHULL
It is the universality ofthemes expressed in“Dancing at Lughnasa” thatallows Ken Womble, an asso-ciate profess of theater, tospan the gap of time andgeography to bring to life auniquely modern story.
In Womble’s words, theplay deals with “how conflictand pain are caused bydashed hopes, how falseexpectations create turmoiland how our own beliefssometimes stand in our way.”
“Dancing at Lughnasa,”written in 1990 by the cele-brated Irish dramatist BrianFriel, won numerous awardswhen it was first performed: aTony Award, the Outer CriticsCircle Award and the NewYork Drama Critics Award.
“(The play) is a beautifulmemory play which, even
though it takes place inIreland in the 1930s, speaks toour own experience in the21st century,” Womble said.“The simple pleasures andthe heartaches that thesecharacters experience arecommon to everyone.”
The drama brings togeth-er five unmarried sisters tothe traditional Gaelic festivalof Lughnasa.
The play is told throughthe memories of Michael(Chandler Darby), the play’sabsent protagonist.
The Mundy sisters,Maggie (Abigail Ritt), Kate(Malloree Hill), Agnes (KaylaReynolds), Rose (ErikaVetter) and Christina(Malorie Felt) all convene in acottage outside the town ofBallybeg, where they live inpoverty and disappointmentat their lack of husbands.
Further, their brother,Father Jack (Kytt
McLaughlin), and Michael’sabsentee father, GerryEvans (Chris Jones), arrive atthe cottage where they bringwith them tensions arisingfrom the conflicting forces ofCatholicism and the pagan-ism that surrounds the family.
Ritt, a senior acting major,believes her character,Maggie, is “sort of the comicrelief in the show.”
Ritt went on to explainthat Lughnasa is a memo-ry play.
She said, “My nephewMichael is looking back on hischildhood and trying tounderstand why he is who heis. My sisters and I are living inhis memories. It transitions inand out of his monologues,switching off between ustelling the story and Michaeltelling the story, and he tiesup the loose ends.”
“The characters are allvery complex, both individu-
ally and as a whole,” Ritt said.“So, making sure that wewere portraying fully devel-oped characters and rela-tionships specific to eachperson was a definite chal-lenge. That being said, hav-ing arrived at this pointwhere we all know andunderstand what each per-son and each relationshipbrings to the play, has madethe hard work that muchmore rewarding.”
Much of the distinctive-ness and appeal of the playcome not only from complexcharacters, but also from thestrong local flavor of the play,which will not be lost inWomble’s interpretation.
“Some of the challengesfor the actors, which were funchallenges,” said Womble,“included creating authenticIrish dialects -- kudos to ourwonderful dialect coach,Professor Shelly Gaza -- and
perfecting the variety ofdances that occur during theplay -- kudos to our greatchoreographer, ProfessorChristy O’Connell Black.”
Despite these challenges,Womble said the play was apleasure to work on and direct.
“Dancing at Lughnasa”(rated PG, for ages 12 andolder) will be presented Feb.9-10 and 14-18 at 7:30 p.m.,and on Feb. 11, 12 and 19 at 2
p.m. in Norton Theater. Tickets can be purchased
at the Performing and VisualArts box office.
Ritt hopes the audi-ence leaves having gainedsomething,
She wants the audience toleave the theater “havingexperienced a catharticrelease and a fundamentalappreciation of the humancondition.”
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID GRAPES
Two sisters deal with loss and family trauma in“Dancing in Lughnasa,” PVA’s new play, which pre-miers this Thursday in Norton Theatre.
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After back-to-backwins at home againstColorado Mesa andChadron State, the UNCwrestling team preparesto visit Wyoming, which istied for No. 8 in the coun-try, according to InterMatWrestling, today inLaramie, Wyo.
University of NorthernColorado head coach BenCherrington and the grap-plers said they are pleasedwith the two home winsand are looking forward togoing to Wyoming with afull head of steam.
Wyoming has five
w r e s t l e r sranked in thetop-20 in theirr e s p e c t i v eweight classes,according toI n t e r M a t .Cowboys senior1 2 5 - p o u n d e rM i c h a e lMartinez (No.18), freshmanZach Zehner(No. 17 at 133pounds), seniorShane Onufer(No. 3 at 165 pounds),junior Alfonso Hernandez(No. 9 at 197 pounds) andtop-ranked Joe LeBlanc at184 pounds lead the tal-ented Wyoming team.
Although Wyoming
makes for aninteresting anddifficult dual,the Bears saidthey are opti-mistic and excit-ed to compete.
“I knowthese guys pret-ty well,” UNCjunior PatrickGomez said.“They all workhard and wantto be on thepodium at the
end. I’m confident in ourteam that we will givethem a battle. I think weare going to go in thereand do well.”
Gomez will have thetask of taking down
LeBlanc while UNC seniorGabe Burak, who isranked No. 10 in the 165-pound weight class, ismatched up againstOnufer.
“All we can do is go outthere and battle — leave itall on the mat,” Buraksaid. “My main focus is togo out there and wrestlefor an audience of oneand glorify the Lord.”
Even with a competi-tive match approaching,the Bears remain positiveand look to come out vic-torious. Many of the teammembers are not favoredto win, which Cherringtonsaid he hopes motivateshis wrestlers.
“That’s a fun way to
wrestle sometimes —relaxed without anye x p e c t a t i o n s , ”Cherrington said. “Just goout there and perform.They have nothing tolose. They have every-thing to gain.”
With two weeks andfour opponents left in theseason after facing theCowboys, Wyoming givesthe Bears an indicator ofwhat needs to be improvedbefore the WesternWrestling ConferenceChampionship.
“When you get to seeguys who are tough, itshows you areas that youneed to work on and thingsthat you can continue toimprove,” Burak said.
Wyoming is the lastroad dual the Bears havethis year. With the majorityof the season finished,Gomez said he hopes therest of the conference rec-ognizes UNC as a threatafter today’s dual at 7 p.m.
“This is the next stepto push us to the nextlevel,” Gomez said. “A lotof our guys are going toget some good matches inand get a feel of whatconference will be like,start to get a little com-fortable because we wentagainst one of the topteams. This will show alot of people that we aresupposed to be in thislevel of competition.”
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Women’s hoops embarks on Montana roadtripGRANT EVANS
The UNC women’sbasketball team looks toextend a two-game winstreak against conferencerivals Montana State andMontana startingThursday in Bozeman,Mont.
The University ofNorthern Colorado (14-9,6-4 Big Sky) is coming offa 64-56 win overSacramento State and a70-57 win against WeberState, moving the Bearsinto a tie for fourth placein the Big Sky standingswith Montana (13-10, 6-4). Montana State sits inthird.
Earlier this season, theBears split a home standagainst the teams when
UNC defeated Montana59-42 but fell shortagainst Montana State,52-51.
UNC head coach JaimeWhite said pressure is notsomething her team isworried about on a roadtrip that carries so muchimportance.
“The road has beenpretty good to us this sea-son,” White said. “We goout there and do the bestwe can without the addedpressure of playing in frontof our friends and family.”
Montana State (15-8,7-4) has two of the top-five point scorers in theBig Sky, senior guardKatie Bussey and juniorforward Rachel Samanski.Last Thursday, Bussey seta school record with a 41-point performance in an
overtime win againstIdaho State.
“We have to focus oncommunicating ondefense,” said senior for-ward Kaisha Brown.“When it comes to Bussey,we have to pressure herand make sure we don’tgive her too many openshots. With Samanski, wehave to keep her awayfrom getting offensiverebounds and not let her
get comfortable shootingthe ball.”
Making more than 42percent of its shots, UNCcurrently leads the BigSky in field goal shootingpercentage. Junior for-ward Lauren Oosdykesaid getting good shots isa key for two big wins thisweekend.
“Montana and MontanaState are both big teams,”Oosdyke said. “We have totake advantage of them bymaking sure we are movingthe ball well inside and out inorder to get open shots.”
The Bears are still incontention to make theBig Sky tournament, andOosdyke said the teamknows how importanteach game is this late inthe season.
“Its crunch time now,” she
said. “We have had our losses,and we know what we have todo to make up for them. It isneck-and-neck for confer-ence, and we can’t go intothese games being nervous.”
The Bears’ road tripstarts at Montana Statewith a 7:05 p.m. tip-offThursday in Bozeman, andit concludes at 2 p.m.Saturday in Missoula.
EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ | THE MIRROR FILE PHOTO
UNC junior forward Lauren Oosdyke (21) dribbles past a fall-en Idaho State defender Jan. 26 at Butler-Hancock SportsPavilion. UNC has two games in Montana this weekend.
“It’s crunch time
now. We have hadour losses, and we
know what wehave to do to make
up for them. —— UUNNCC jjuunniioorr ffoorrwwaarrddLLaauurreenn OOoossddyykkee
Wrestling faces talented Wyoming Cowboys team on road
Patrick Gomez will face Wyoming’sJoe LeBlanc, whois ranked No. 3 at184 pounds.
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It may only beFebruary, but many UNCstudents are already look-ing ahead and searchingfor summer jobs, which iswhere today’s Camp andSummer EmploymentDay can benefit them.
The Camp andSummer EmploymentDay job fair will featureseveral summer campsfrom New York andColorado as well as a vari-ety of employers fromnumerous in-state andout-of-state organiza-tions recruiting for parttime jobs and summerjobs and internships.
“There will be 12organizations at the fair,”said Peg Griffin, anadministrative assistantwith Career Services withthe University ofNorthern Colorado.“Most of them will be
camps. The UNC officeswill be at the event aswell. Any organizationneeds part-time or sum-mer employment. TheWeld CountyConservation Corps willalso be at the fair.”
The fair will be hostedfrom 12 – 4 p.m. today inthe University CenterBallrooms.
This fair started as anemployment fair for justeducation majors butthen grew into somethingfor all students
Many summer campemployers recruit at theuniversity because of theeducation program.
“Summer camps workwith kids, and a lot ofteacher candidates want towork with kids to get expe-rience, and those are thetypes of students employ-ers like to hire,” Griffin said.“There are lots of opportu-nities for summer camps atthe fair, like sports campsfor sports majors.”
Students looking forjobs are excited about thefair because there are notonly a lot of choices butalso employers activelyseeking employees.
“I’m always looking foran employer who is
lenient, understandingand sticks to the rulesbecause that is importantfor running a business,and they have to knowwhat they are doing,” saidSarah Vazquez, a juniorSpanish education major.
informative. Anderson helpedbring Sullivan to campus.
“Bringing in TJ was a goodidea and a different approachto change,” Anderson said.
Sullivan talked abouthow marketing agenciesmarket to the college-agegroup using what is called“the big five”: money, food,
fun, sex and alcohol. There are also five other
motivators, some of whichare negative. They includecompetition, friends, coolexperiences, guilt or duty andpenalty.
One solution Sullivan sug-gested was for presidents totell the members start andend times to meetings so theywill not have to make excuses
for why they cannot be there. He also said there should
also be no penalty for thosewho do not show up; thepresident should just focuson the ones that do becausethey want to be there.
Julia Karlin, a sophomorebusiness management majorand member of Alpha Phi,said she was moved by a cou-ple of things Sullivan said.
“Motivating people tocome to football games, UPCevents and getting involved(can enrich the campus),”Karlin said.
She said she thoughtSullivan was a wonderfulspeaker and was exactly whatGreek Life needed to hear tobecome an outreach program.
Small groups are anotherthing that Sullivan discussed
as a way to get those withsimilar interests to do thingsfun together and share realexperiences.
In closing, Sullivan saidGreek Life members should
do things in their chapters tohelp the next generations andto make them proud whenthey have a reunion in 20years and see how far theirchapters have come.
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A professor at a Mexicanuniversity has been teach-ing English to prisoners forthe past four years, andTuesday she shared withUNC students some of herexperiences.
Angeles Clemente got herdoctorate at the University ofLondon and began teachingat the Universidad AutonomaBenito Juarez de Oaxaca inMexico shortly after.
During her time at theuniversity, Clemente wasrequired to observe in a ven-erable community. To fulfillthis requirement, she got intouch with a man namedJavier, an English teacher at aprison in Oaxaca.
Javier wanted to bring in anative English speaker to talkwith the prisoners, and
because Clemente was not anative speaker, she broughther husband, MichaelHiggins, with her. Higgins is anative English speaker and isa University of NorthernColorado professor emeritus.
“He wanted to ask theinmates what they were inprison for,” Clemente said.“When he told me this, Imade him pull over and gavehim all my reasons that wecouldn’t do that,”
Clemente said her hus-band didn’t listen to herwishes.
He asked the prisonerswhat they were in for, and shesaid she was mortified. Shesaid that contrary to herexpectations, the inmateswanted to talk about thecrimes they had committed.
Her research began there.Since their first exchange with
the prisoners, Clemente andHiggins have gone back to theprison on a weekly basis forthe past four years.
The focus of Clemente’sresearch is post-colonialstudies and teaching Englishas a second language. Sheand her husband have beengiven a lot of opportunities towork with prisoners in allaspects. They visit the prisonas much as possible, especial-ly when they have specialevents or celebrations.
The couple has beengiven a chance to work withthe students to help themwith their English, as well.
Clemente and Higginsassumed because the prison-ers had the opportunity toreceive an education and hada lot of free time, they wouldknow how to read. They soonfound their assumption to
wrong, though.A big part of their teaching
is helping prisoners learnEnglish without an accent.Clemente said that having anaccent is an issue because ofpeople’s fears of foreigners.
Much of the presentationwas colored with Clemente’sanecdotes and stories ofexchanges she and her hus-band had with the prisoners.One thing she really tried tomake her audience under-stand was that she was morethan an English teacher.
“We are not going tochange their lives, and we arelying to them if we say weare,” Clemente said.
To these inmates, Englishmeans a new life and suc-cess, but Clemente andHiggins can’t promise any ofthat. Clemente said that theyfeel like they’re really doing
something meaningful ifthey just find a way for theseprisoners to be heard.
That’s her biggest goal.In fact, she and Higgins aretalking about publishing abook full of the works theinmates speak and write.They currently have morethan 200 poems and at least50 narratives.
Students said they learneda lot through listening toClemente’s experiences inOaxaca prisons.
“I came for the Spanishaspect of it,” said DanielleBloyer, a freshman elemen-tary education major. “Ilearned a lot about the corre-lation between language andthe community.”
Guest professor shares stories of teaching English to inmates
CASSIE WEBER | THE MIRROR
Angeles Clemente, a professor at the Universidad AutonomaBenito Juarez de Oaxaca, shares some of her stories aboutteaching English to Mexican inmates Tuesday in McKee Hall.
Speaker encourages organization leaders to take charge, motivate membersApathy Myth from Page 4
CHICHI AMA | THE MIRROR
TJ Sullivan, a former leader of Pi Kappa Phi, talks to mem-bers of Greek Life about five possible motivators for mem-bers during The Apathy Myth Tuesday in the UC Ballrooms.