NEWS BRIEFS Three award-winning authors will visit UNC to read their works, sign books and answer questions. The 2016 Rosenberry Writers’ Conference will be held from Feb. 29-March 2, and will feature fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction genres.
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The journalism and mass communications program at UNC will become the journalism and media studies program starting Fall 2016. It will incorporate a new curriculum designed for a changing journalistic environment. UNC will screen 10 short films nominated for either Best Short Live Action or Best Short Animated Film Academy Awards. Showings will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in Michener Library’s Lindou Auditorium, and admission is free. The UNC Tutoring Center will host a study night in the University Center, offering help with mid-term natural health sciences, social sciences, math and business. The event will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday in the University Center food court.
A TOUR OF THE WORLD By Trevor Reid arts@uncmirror.com
Art may vary in style and content from nation to nation, but the UNC Gala showed on Saturday that art unites more than it divides. The 34th annual Gala, themed “World Tour,” kicked off at 6 p.m. as over 1,000 people crowded Union Colony Civic Center for an art reception of more than 70 works by UNC students. Art was displayed in the Tointon Gallery and in the second-floor lobby, with media ranging from traditional charcoal drawing to 3D printed plastic. Stefan Thakur, a junior art and design major with a ceramics emphasis, contributed an abstract sculpture with rusted plates of steel connected with rods. Inspiration for the precariously
Animated squirrels join President Kay Norton in an animated short explaining the concept of the Campus Commons. The three-minute video is available on the Campus Commons website, and an online survey is available to provide feedback on the design.
balanced Fractured I was two-fold, he explained. “I’m going through a lot of tough times…with all that stress in my life, I’ve had a lot of chaos and unpredictability, and I wanted to portray that in a way to express how I feel in everyday life,” he said. “Also to display a reaction to the events of 9/11, and how my dad was almost placed on the plane that flew into the Twin Towers.”
Bears for Bernie will be holding “Get Out the Caucus,” where members will be phone banking in support of Senator Bernie Sanders every weeknight at Zachariah’s in the University Center leading up to March 1. Bears for Bernie will be holding many other events throughout the semester. Visit the group’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ UNCOBearsForBernie for updates and notifications of events.
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ABOVE: Junior musical theatre major Christian Robinson (center) performs “Step in Time” from “Marry Poppins: The Musical” with sophomore Savannah Minnery and senior Jacob Moore.
Ceramic mugs, bowls and vases made by UNC students and faculty are displayed and sold at the Gala. Photos by Brianon Burke | The Mirror
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Journalism program to implement big changes
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For years, UNC’s journalism program has labeled its major as journalism and mass communications. But this upcoming fall semester, the program and major’s name will be changed to journalism and media studies and will be accompanied by an entirely new curriculum. Charles Ingold, the coordinator of the journalism and mass communications program, said there was a variety of reasons for the modification, but that keeping up with changes in the media landscape and in media professions were the main drivers. Unlike some other fields of study, it doesn’t take an advanced degree to become a professional in the field of journalism, according to Ingold. While a master’s or doctorate degree may be required to become an economist or a psychologist, journalism students are expected to get a career immediately upon graduating with a bachelor's degree. Therefore, it is important undergraduate journalism students learn all the skills necessary for entry level jobs in the industry. To be qualified for a job in the media, students must be prepared to use digital programs such as Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, and must be able to edit videos effectively. Faculty and staff in the journalism program have
been talking about updating the program for years, but they have not had enough resources until now, Ingold said. He clarified that the program has been making periodic changes over the years, but has not made any major overhauls. Lynn Klyde-Silverstein, an associate professor of journalism, said the news-editorial emphasis of the major will be merging with the telecommunications emphasis. The new emphasis will be known as news and multimedia production. In the new program, students will be learning how to use cameras, how to work in a news studio and how to write news for print and online. “Everyone will be ready to work in a field that’s changing,” Klyde-Silverstein said. The public relations and advertising media emphasis will become the strategic communications emphasis. The new classes being offered will be synthesizing marketing, public relations and advertising. Associate professor of journalism Lee Anne Peck said she has been working on creating the new curriculum for public relations for the past three years, starting with discussions she had with former professor Amy Reitz. The pair essentially created the new curriculum for the strategic communications emphasis in the spring 2013, she said. “Instead of having Intro to Public Relations, Intro to Marketing and Intro to Advertising Principles, it is turning into Intro to Strategic Communications,” Peck said.
Ingold also said the program was changing as a way to make it more clear what the program is actually about, as many people perceive mass communications to mean older media like television and newspapers. Changing the title to journalism and media studies alleviates that sort of confusion, making it clearer the program also prepares students for careers pertaining to social media. “Media studies was seen as a more all-encompassing name,” Ingold said. One of the new courses being offered for the news and multimedia emphasis is Media Writing, a course in which students will be instructed on how to research, report and write for “various media channels, including newspapers, TV news, public relations and internet.” A few other new courses being offered are Impact of Media on Society, Video Production and Media Ethics. Students in the current journalism and mass communications program will not be left behind, though. “Current students will be able to finish under the old requirements, and if they stay under the old catalog we will have to deliver the program to them,” Ingold said. “If the courses they need—maybe they need a specific course or two to finish their requirements— we’ll substitute something in the new curriculum that will actually be better. But they will definitely be taken care of.” “I’m looking forward to the change,” Peck said. “It’s long overdue.”
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Democrats within UNC's precinct will meet at Michener Library.
Republicans will meet in Butler Hancock, in classrooms 195 and 196.
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Students go on ‘world tour’ for Gala UNC Arts Arts Editor: Mikhala Krochta
EVENTS THIS WEEK MONDAY 2/22
7-9 p.m. Black History Month: Guest Speaker Joshua Allen University Center - Panorama Room 9-11 p.m. Open Mic Night University Center - Fireside Lounge
WEDNESDAY 2/24
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Though the artwork was forged in suffering and anxiety, its place in the gallery shines proudly for the artist. At 7 p.m., crowds rushed to the doors of Monfort Hall, where the musical portion of the Gala opened with “Wilkommen” from Cabaret, set in Germany. In three different languages, the Emcee, Corbin George, welcomed the audience before remarking on the orchestra’s beauty as the curtains opened up to the String Orchestra. Taking the audience west to Ireland, Christopher Luther led the orchestra in a Celtic medley. President Kay Norton then gave opening remarks, and announced that fundraising for the Campus Commons has already reached a third of its goal with four million dollars. Later, Socrates Garcia led his Latin Jazz Orchestra in his own composition “Vantage Point,” featuring percussion instruments from his homeland of the Dominican Republic. After Garcia threw down his hand for the climactic final note, things slowed down in an ethereal choral piece called “Stars” by Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds. With some members playing musical glasses, harmonious droning provided a heavenly backdrop to the talents of the Concert Choir.
The Garibaldi Sax Quartet picked things up with mariachi pieces “La Negra” and “Guadalajara” performed in traditional mariachi garb. UNC Internet project #VirtualBand performed “Celebration” by Marcus Hatfield with seven live performers playing with 18 video performances made by musicians in nine different countries. The second half of the program kicked off with the comedy-filled Act I Finale of Pirates of Penzance, a piece that parodies its own musical form. After a musical theatre duet, a piano quartet played two pieces by J.S. Bach on two pianos. The pianists seemed entranced as they performed “Sicilienne” before moving to the fast-paced “Sabre Dance.” Vocal Lab combined with a percussion ensemble for “Butsu Mutandari,” a song of the Shona people of Zimbabwe and neighboring countries. The performers—and even some audience members— nodded their heads and moved in rhythm with the song. Though many individual performers and small groups were showcased throughout the Gala, the finale united about 150 performers as the audience arrived back home with “God Bless America.” Jill Burgett, director of choral music education and associate director of choral studies, di-
rected the finale, which she says is meant to capture that feeling of arriving home. “I have been on many international tours with my choirs, and it never fails: When we travel internationally, as great of a time as we have, there’s this sense when we land back in the U.S. of really arriving home and a newfound appreciation for home,” she said. “So it makes sense to me to end our global tour coming home.” Burgett said that the finale’s grand scale is about more than just numbers. “As much as we highlight individuals and small groups, we always end with everyone. That’s a really important aspect of the Gala because we’re all in our little areas and we don’t get to work together very often, so whenever we have a chance to collaborate like this it’s a wonderful experience for everybody involved,” she explained. Junior music education major Lindsay Dean participated in the finale for her third year and echoed that appreciation for the collaboration it takes. “We usually close out with something big and powerful, so it’s always really cool to be right in the center of it,” she said. “To be standing behind all of these bass drums and timpani and trumpet and violins everywhere - it’s cool get-
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Senior Rebecca Thurston and junior William Hawkins, both musical theatre majors, hold Peron signs during a performance of “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” from “Evita: The Musical” at UNC’s Gala on Saturday.
ting to have that much sound all around you.” The audience was invited to experience that sensation as additional brass lined the sides of the concert hall at the end of the
finale, completely filling the hall with music. Though the musical performance is over, the art will remain on display at the Tointon Gallery until March 5.
New York’s Apollo Theater comes to UNC By Mikhala Krochta arts@uncmirror.com
Since opening its doors in 1914 in New York, the Apollo Theater has played a vital role in AfricanAmerican history, bringing about talents such as Bill Cosby and Sammy Davis Jr., and popularizing jazz, gospel, blues and soul music, according to the Apollo Theater website.. Fast-forwarding nearly 100 years, the theater and its past are still important to the African-American community, and its famous amateur night was brought to students at UNC. Wednesday night in the University Center, the school’s Marcus Garvey Cultural Center and Black Student Union teamed up to put on “Apollo Night” as one of many events being held for Black History Month.
Several acts were signed up for the “talent show,” but audience members were also called to come onstage—with or without talent—to sing, dance, read poetry and even tell knock-knock jokes. Booing is expected at amateur night at the Apollo, so it was encouraged at UNC’s event as well, as long as it was “respectful.” A few acts were booed jokingly, but laughter and shouts of encouragement echoed throughout the University Center during the event. The audience engagement was a notable feature of the night, and as it got later, more performers were encouraging people to get up and dance along with them. “I think the participation of everybody is just infectious,” said Adreonna Adair, a junior special education major, excitedly. Brianna Gilbert, a junior business management major and a recruitment officer for the Black Student Union who was helping run the event, agreed, saying
the turnout was even better than they expected. Gilbert explained that the Marcus Garvey Cultural Center and the Black Student Union collaborated at the beginning of the year to plan out the events for Black History Month, and that was when the idea for Apollo Night came up. Gilbert said that although this “talent show” had never been put on at UNC before, she hopes for it to continue in the future, and get better each year. “It’s nice how everyone came out to support each other,” Gilbert said. “It’s a good way for people to show off their talents. Some of us didn’t even know that these people could even do certain things. It’s fun. It’s a nice relief for the middle of the week—everyone’s stressing about school—so it’s just fun for everyone to relax and have fun.” Events for Black History Month continue through the month of February. For more information, visit UNC’s online calendar at www.calendar.unco.edu.
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Yo-yo talent brings back the gold 1st PLACE By Trevor Reid
GEORGE COVARRUBIAS -Yo-Yo-
arts@uncmirror.com George Covarrubias spun a humble story about his yo-yoing skills that earned him first place at UNC’s Got Talent Thursday night in the Recreation Center. “I first got into yo-yoing when I couldn’t play any instruments, and I ended up finding a cheap yo-yo in my room,â€? the senior audiology and speech-language sciences major said. After finding a 2005 World Champion yo-yo video, Covarrubias began modifying his cheap yo-yo to make it perform like a professional one. Eventually he convinced his parents to get him a professional yo-yo, paving the way for his unconventional talent. For a half-time show, three UNC students exhibited talents of their own in challenges from the game show “Minute to Win It.â€? The first challenge was a hectic scramble as each student attempted to juggle three balloons with one hand. “Paper Dragonsâ€? required them to unroll party streamers two at a time, with one hand for each streamer. In a hilarious final challenge that had the audience laughing, the participants had to get ping pong balls out of tissue boxes tied to their lower backs. Seven of the nine talent performances showcased more traditional musical talent at UNC. Four singers exhibited passion and range, from BeyoncÊ’s “Mineâ€? to a belting rendition of Evanes-
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cence’s “Call Me When You’re Sober.â€? Last year’s crowd favorite Nikea Minott breathed new life into one of the most widely covered songs in music history, “Summertime.â€? Two guitarists performed original songs, one a love song and the other a Christian song. Later, ukulele player Anna Fielder covered Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black.â€? Junior sports and exercise science major Ariel Russell broke up the musical talent, bringing expressive and energetic dancing to the stage. First performing to “Formationâ€? by BeyoncĂŠ, Russell threw off her coat with a flourishing spin to the audience before heading offstage to dance. Though it was her first time performing in a college setting, Russell said she picked up dancing about 10 years ago. “I got into dance when I was about 10 years old,â€? she said. “My dad and I were just watching music videos and we would always have dance competitions, and ever since then, I’ve just loved to dance.â€? Russell began practicing for the talent show in January, but she performed a free-style rendition Thursday night. Though she won
third place, Russell said her real focus was having fun. “I am so proud of everyone,â€? she said. “I didn’t want to place. I just wanted to do it for fun, but getting third place‌ that was really rewarding, so I had a great time.â€? The talent show was coordinated by senior business management major Jessi Ray. Being the Arts and Entertainment Events Coordinator of the University Program Council, Ray puts together events with comedians and professional entertainers. Despite the large scale of the professional events, they do not require as much planning as the talent show, she said, mentioning that auditions for the event started in November. Ray said all the work was worth it, thanks to the diverse talents that showed up. “I was really excited because I felt like the talent was very different,â€? Ray said. “Everyone wasn’t singing or playing guitar. There was dancing and yo-yoing and still singing, but there was a ukulele. I was excited because I felt like it was a different event compared to normal talent shows.â€? Covarrubias said he was surprised by how well everyone received his unconventional yo-yoing talent. “I’m pretty blown away,â€? he said. “I didn’t think I’d win. I pulled too hard on a trick in the first routine, so I hurt my finger. I didn’t think I’d win because the string kept getting caught on my finger. It kind of feels like I’m in a dream right now, so hopefully I don’t wake up.â€?
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Music and Lyrics by: PETE TOWNSEND
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UNC Sports Sports Editor: Dylan Sanchez
HOME GAMES Thursday 2/25
7 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Sacramento State University Bank of Colorado Arena
Saturday 2/27
7 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Portland State University Bank of Colorado Arena
AWAY GAMES MONDAY 2/22
2 p.m. Baseball at Kansas State University Lawrence, Kansas All Day Women’s Golf at Grand Canyon Invitational Goodyear, Arizona
WEDNESDAY 2/24
All Day Women’s Swim and Dive at Western Athletic Championships Houston, Texas
THURSDAY 2/25
8 p.m. Women’s Basketball at Sacramento State University Sacramento, California
By Chris Bolin
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UNC closed out its dual schedule Wednesday evening falling to familiar foe, the Air Force Falcons, 19-12. The first of the four Bear wins came in the third match of the night when red-shirt freshman Ben Polkowske picked up a win by decision at 141 pounds. After going scoreless in the first period, Polkowske started the second period on top and scored a vital four-point nearfall. He only added to his lead in the third period, putting up three points for UNC with the 8-2 victory. Next, red-shirt senior Timmy Box followed Polkowske’s lead at 149 pounds. Getting off to a quick start, Box got a takedown in just 11 seconds. He started the second period on bottom, managing to escape in four seconds, but the score would be tied going into the final period due to a takedown by his opponent Jerry McGinty. In the third period, Box proved to be too much to
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Junior Eleazar DeLuca (157) works to pin down his opponent Wednesday night in the Bank of Colorado Arena.
handle, picking up the win 9-4. Junior Eleazar DeLuca picked up the Bears’ third win of the night at 157 pounds. The first period ended with DeLuca up 2-1 after a takedown and an escape by his opponent Zach Stepan. DeLuca secured a reversal in the second pe-
riod moving his lead to three points. That ended up being enough despite an escape by Stepan in both the second and third periods. The third straight win of the night put the Bears on top after five matches by the score of 9-7. The Bears dropped the next
three matches before red-shirt senior Trent Noon turned things around picking up a victory at 197 pounds. Noon picked up his second win in as many tries against Air Force’s Parker Hines this season. Noon led 2-1 after the first period—Noon with a takedown
and Hines with an escape. A takedown, plus an escape of his own, gave Noon a 5-2 advantage heading into the third period. Hines quickly tied the match at 5-5 to start the third period, but a reversal and the riding time advantage point gave Noon the 8-6 win by decision. “Tonight was a bit disappointing and definitely a tough loss,” head coach Troy Nickerson said. “I don’t think we wrestled our best, but it puts things in perspective as far as where we’re at and where we need to go. We’ve been trying to hit our stride all year and I still don’t think we’re there, but we do expect to be there in two and a half weeks.” The competition in two weeks is the Big 12 Conference Championships that will take place on March 5 and 6 in Kansas City, Missouri. In their first year in Big 12 competition, the Bears finished 4-7 in duals and 1-5 in the Big 12, while grabbing five individual champions and putting numerous other wrestlers on the podium in various tournaments.
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A well-rounded team effort came up just short as Northern Colorado (8-18, 5-9 Big Sky) dropped its fifth straight game at North Dakota (13-12, 8-6 Big Sky) 74-73. UNC had two players reach double figures and five players end with nine points apiece in the loss. Red-shirt sophomore Jeremy Verhagen and red-shirt junior Dallas Anglin both led the team with 10 points each. Verhagen added four boards and two blocks to his final stat line, while eight of Anglin’s 10 points came in the second half. Jordan Davis, Anthony Johnson, Tanner Morgan, Ibrahim Sylla and Jordan Wilson all contributed with nine
points apiece. Both Davis and Morgan scored all nine of their points in the final 20 minutes of play. “I thought we played extremely well defensively—we had couple of mishaps in the second half due to fatigue, but to hold somebody (North Dakota) who’s that explosive offensively to 41 percent shooting on their home court is a great job,” head coach B.J. Hill said. “For the first time in a long time I don’t feel like our defense was the culprit and I’m very proud of the effort on that end.” UND held a 12-6 advantage during the first five minutes of the game before the Bears went on a 10-0 run to take the lead, 16-12. During the UNC streak, North Dakota was held scoreless for nearly five minutes. Northern Colorado extended its lead to as many as eight (25-17) over the next three minutes thanks to five
straight points from Verhagen. The Fighting Hawks retaliated with a decisive 8-2 run to end the half and sent UNC into the locker room down 33-29. “We missed some crucial box outs, but the big thing obviously was the turnovers,” Hill added. “It wasn’t just one guy, it was everybody right on down the line that turned it over and you can’t have that obviously in a one possession game. That was the difference.” North Dakota picked up right where they left off, scoring the first six points of the second half to build a double-digit lead (39-29) for the first time all game. For the next 13 minutes, Northern Colorado trailed by at least nine points to UND. The Bears largest deficit came with 9:48 to play in the game after a layup from Adam McDermott put North
Dakota on top 56-42. UNC’s offense began to click after the basket from UND and the team slowly chipped away at the lead. Over the next nine minutes, the Bears erased the 14-point hole and found themselves down by just two (68-66) with 33 seconds to go after a three-ball from junior forward Jon’te Dotson. The Fighting Hawks were clutch down the stretch at the free throw line, ending the game 6-of-8 at the line to hand UNC the loss. As a team, the Bears shot 48.8 percent (21-of-43) from the floor and finished 40 percent (8-of-20) from the three-point arc. Men’s hoops returns to Bank of Colorado Arena for its final two home games of the season, taking on Sacramento State on Thursday and Portland State on Saturday.
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THIS WEEK IN NOCO SPORTS Men’s Golf
The Bears wrapped up a three-day 17th out of 17 teams. Senior Steven Kupcho led the team with a 76 (+4) and freshman Josh Matz trailed him,
Goodyear, Arizona.
Men’s Tennis on Friday afternoon at the Greeley
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Savannah Scott led the Bears with 17 points and was 6-for-6 at the free throw line. As
Softball
6-2. Freshman Cheyenne Talmadge led the way
tournament.
Baseball
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“Planets #1” by Ethan Funk-Breay
JOKES OF THE WEEK Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda? He was lucky it was a soft drink. What do you call an unpredictable, out of control photographer? A loose Canon. What’s easy to get into but hard to get out of? Trouble.
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What do sea monsters eat? Fish and ships.
THE MIRROR IS LOOKING FOR A NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON UNC’S CAMPUS:
Send your resume and cover letter to general manager Matt Lubich at mlubich@uncmirror.com.