Dressed in black and chanting “Hands up, don’t shoot,” participants marched in unity across campus last Friday afternoon. Students participated in a peaceful protest to reach solidarity against Michael Brown’s death and Officer Darren Wilson’s freedom. Story by Makalah Emanuel on page 5.
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“It’s for Mike Brown, but it’s also for all the other black lives that have been killed.”
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ACTION SHOWS THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER end white supremacy? To stop police brutality? How do we expect that to happen? We need to be active in ending the oppression of black people. America is in a radical problem; Therefore, it needs a radical solution.
Litsha Says Lame Stuff By Litsha Leeper
All around the world, people of all ethnicities are marching and protesting, touting the hashtag #blacklivesmatter. I, along with many others, am emotionally exhausted with the amount of cases of police brutality against black people. Police officers can and do murder black people every day, and their cases never make it to trial. As frustrating as this is, what is more frustrating is watching people protest with no real objective. What is the goal of the protest? Is it to
Black Economics—Black people have to organize and create their own economic base. Money is power and does not circulate enough within the black community; Thus, our power is limited. When you are an oppressed person and have to go to your oppressor for all of your needs, such as employment, welfare, education, groceries, public services and so on, then you will constantly be a dependent and will be treated as such. Black people need to cut off the Anglos’ source of income by not contributing, which in turn will wilt their system. Self-Defense—Police brutality cannot be stopped, but what can be done is learn-
ing how to defend yourself. POC (People of Color) should take up and host selfdefense classes.
Political Participation—Protesting is not enough, and understanding the political process is where the gold lays. Not just POC, but the youth in general, do not understand that the power is with the people, and local government is where the initial change begins. We control who are in city and state offices, and we control how long they stay in office. A large focus should go to policy additions and changes. Political science majors could hold workshops, particularly focusing on how to promote change in our communities. Curriculum—All majors should undergo an accuracy evaluation. Nationwide educational institutions contribute to the white supremacy agenda by creating Eurocentric curriculums that omit POC contributions to society and the sciences. If Anglos are
taught that POC have not contributed to society, they will naturally develop a superiority complex. On the other side, POC will develop an inferiority complex, internalizing self-hatred.
Campus Inclusion—If we really believe black lives matter, we should show that on campus. The JAMES Salon should have a stylist who specializes in ethnic hair, and the bookstore and Munchie Mart should have an ethnic section that offers materials that POC need but cannot find in Greeley. If you believe black lives matter and want a revolution, contact me so we can organize. —Litsha Leeper is a senior philosophy major and an opinion columnist for The Mirror. She can be reached at editor@ uncmirror.com.
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“HANDS UP! DON’T SHOOT!” By Makalah Emanuel news@uncmirror.com
Last Friday afternoon the University Center was filled with crowds of people dressed in black, silently walking through the lower level with their hands raised — evoking the powerful image of Michael Brown’s recent death. As they exited the UC, protesters were heard chanting “Hands up, don’t shoot” and other symbolic phrases from blocks away. Eleven days after the decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, UNC students and supporters participated in a peaceful protest. The crowd met in front of Holmes Dining Hall in pursuit of Cassius Vasquez | The Mirror what some of the protesters’ post- Students gather outside the University Center to protest racial discrimination in the wake of the Ferguson protests. ers called “justice for black lives.” The woman with the raised fist is Lynea Grimball, an Africana studies major who organized the event. Some protesters held up 30 minutes Michael Brown’s body are either being silent about it or process that makes social change, “#BlackLivesMatter” signs as they remained uncovered after he died. saying, ‘It’s not about race, ’ and this then we need to actually act out marched. The protest route looped “I feel like it got a lot of people whole issue is about race. That’s what we’re teaching, and we need around west campus, traveled roused up and going, ” Grimball why I chose to get involved. ” to support all students and people through the UC, looped around said. “It festered the emotions they Some on-lookers joined the of color,” Mueller said. “This is a central campus then concluded on already had. And it helped them to crowd that walked through the horrible situation we’re facing with the east side of the UC. use those emotions to do somecampus. One of the on-lookers systematic racism across the counLynea Grimball, a sophomore thing about it, and not just stand who united with protesters was try. It’s time to stop.” Africana studies major, organized there, but to go and make a differTyler Warner, a sophomore interCherjanet Lenzy, who is earnthe event and said she started the ence and be heard in some way. ” national affairs major. ing her doctorate degree in higher protest “simply because it needed Glenn Hartman, a sophomore “I didn’t actually know about education and student affairs leadto be done.” theatre education major, said he the protest, but I saw it going by ership, agreed that racism needs Grimball said she was happy felt compelled to get involved my house, and I was happy to see to end and further explained her with the outcome of the protest, partly because of his race. it because I feel like it’s something passion to get involved. not only because of the large “As a person who is white, I do that needs to be heard,” Warner “It’s for Mike Brown, but it’s amount of participants, but also have that privilege, ” Hartman said. said. also for all the other black lives because of the emotions and activ“I wanted to march in solidarity UNC administrators, such as that have been killed,” Lenzy said. ism it provoked. with my friends that aren’t white sociology professors Kelly Davis “I participated because as a black Protesters engaged in three because I feel that I need to use my and Pepper Mueller, also took woman, I wanted to make sure my ‘die-ins.’ Participants lied as if dead privilege for change. I saw online part. Davis and Mueller said they voice is heard. ” on the floor for a duration of four a picture of a poster from one of participated to practice what they Before the protesters dispersed, minutes and 30 seconds. Grimball the other Ferguson protests and preach in the classrooms. Grimball asked the participants explained that the four minit said ‘White silence equals white “I think that if we’re going to take with them any frustration utes and 30 second time frames consent, ’ and that really hit home to tell students to be engaged in they felt and use it proactively as represented the four hours and for me. A majority of white people their communities and to seek the they continue to demand change.
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UNC PREPARED TO COMBAT LARGE-SCALE PANDEMIC By Chelsea Hinspeter news@uncmirror.com Although Ebola seems like a low-risk situation, UNC has prepared for a case of Ebola and many other possible health emergencies as well. “I think you could always have some new strange disease that’s going to pop up at some point, and so I think you always have to be prepared,” said Cindy Vetter, director of student business services and overseer of the health center and health services. Because of the media attention Ebola has recieved, UNC’s health center has ordered appropriate equipment, gone through training, done drills, identified their isolation rooms and modified the interview questions that are asked during check-ins.
In addition to preparation for Ebola, UNC has implemented an emergency response team that plans for many other health emergencies as well. “Interestingly, UNC is way ahead of the game on it, because we created an emergency preparedness committee clear back in the old avian flu outbreak stuff,” Vetter said. The health center usually plays a large role in any health-related emergency, but depending on the nature of the emergency, the emergency response team utilizes the department that is directly associated with the incident. There are representatives of almost every aspect of campus in the emergency committee, including organizations such as dining services, residence life, health services and many more. “We have trained and prac-
ticed on multiple different levels, and there are multiple plans,” said Glenn Adams, director of environmental health and safety. The environmental health and safety department primarily functions as the go-between for supplies and training with the state and county. “We try to be proactive and have our plans in place before the event happens,” Vetter said. There are emergency response drills and training to help the committee prepare. The committee does tabletop exercises: a scenario is given and participants have to decide how they are going to respond and who they need to bring in to address the situation. “We not only train with our staff here, but we train with others all the time outside of here too. So I feel very comfortable,”
Adams said. In addition to the emergency response committee, UNC has implemented a pandemic plan, which is updated every one to two years. The plan was developed with the primary purpose of dealing with contagions that may impact campus. In addition to the annual or biannual updates, the pandemic plan also updates whenever a new disease is discovered. Chief of UNC Police Dennis Pumphrey said that planning for an incident always starts with awareness. He said he consistently scours the Internet to see what illnesses or diseases are impacting people in other locations. “The thing about plans is that you want a plan that’s a good plan and one that you can fit things into. But you don’t want a plan that’s so complex that you have
no options,” Pumphrey said. Pumphrey said they create broad plans that can easily be altered and adapted to depending on the situation. “I think we’re very prepared. I think the H1N1 [virus] helped us to even get prepared more, at that time,” Adams said. “Because that was kind of the first big incident for the United States, if you want to say, or Colorado, or even Evans, that we have gone through, such as a pandemic type. ... Learning off of that, I think the university is very prepared to handle multiple, different incidences.” By performing “hot washes,” which are essentially analyses of lessons learned for incidences, the university is able to update and prepare for a large range of situations, Adams said. See Ebola on page 12
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MARCUS GARVEY PROMOTES UNITY THROUGH PRE-KWANZAA
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The pre-Kwanzaa event series brought students out for a speaker, trivia game and dinner. Above left , freshman pre-nursing major Hananya Sisaye was the winner of “Are You Smarter than a Graduate?” Above right, criminal justice major Abdisalam Mumin helps serve at the closing feast. By La’Asianee Brown arts@uncmirror.com While the title of the workshop, “How to Take Over Your School (Without Getting Kicked Out),” was a promising preface to the night’s events, it seemed as though no one expected the conversation to shift into a discussion about Ferguson last Tuesday in the University Center Ballrooms. Marcus Garvey’s annual Pre-Kwanzaa events began last week with guest speaker Stephanie Brown James. Pre-Kwanzaa coordinator Darian Gray themed the week’s events around umoja, the Swahili word for unity. James used Ferguson as a platform to relay her advice on how to unify the student body to take action on injustices that effect the University of Northern Colorado’s student body. “I think it’s important for people and the students here, specifically at UNC, to realize that we have to go from just being passionate about an issue and work to create strategic solutions and sustainable changes that will better both the campus and the community,” she said. “I think that the students here are well-positioned to live in their power and actually have real changes made that will help people.” Pre-Kwanzaa continued last Wednesday night with a trivia game entitled “Are You Smarter than a Graduate?” Gray said the game consisted of three categories, including Kwanzaa, African-American history and topics from last Tuesday’s guest speaker.
Participants competed for a brand new PlayStation 4. The room was divided into teams who had to pick questions from each category in a jeopardy-themed game. Isaiah Freeman, a freshman secondary education major, answered many of the questions for one team. “My grandmother actually used to run the Marcus Garvey [center] back in the day. My grandmother is just really big on teaching me my roots, so just my entire my life, I’ve pretty much been learning all of this,” he said. Freeman was the projected winner of the night, but in a twist of events Hananya Sisaye, a freshman pre-nursing major, once a teammate of Freeman’s, walked away with the grand prize. Last Thursday night, the pre-Kwanzaa festivities concluded with a feast held at the Marcus Garvey Cultural Center. Students and faculty members gathered at the Marcus Garvey Cultural Center for a dinner filled with cultural foods provided by the Garvey staff and the African Students Association. President of the African Students Association Spany Mburunyeme walked around engaging in conversation with everyone and seemed pleased with the turn out. He said he enjoyed collaborating with the Garvey staff to hold programs such as the dinner because it unified not only the Black Student Union, which is run out of the Garvey, but the African Students Association as well. “I feel really great. It’s an opportunity to try to open up our club, and we feel the Garvey is like a bridge for us to build a connection with the rest of the students on campus and off campus,” he said.
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WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB LIGHTS UP SPIRITS By Correll Comer arts@uncmirror.com Amidst stressful and chaotic preparations for finals week, hard-studying students were given a break, when the UNC Women’s Glee Club held an afternoon holiday concert in Michener Library last Wednesday. At the start of the performance, the women, all clad in black with red accessories, outnumbered the audience two to one. The voices of the 60 women carried melodic holiday tunes throughout the library, beckoning those who hadn’t already joined the audience to watch the show. By the end of the performance, the audience had grown to outnumber them. People were watching from the balcony above and from every nook and cranny on the first floor of Michener Library. Jill Burgett is the director of Choral Music Education and the associate director of choral studies at UNC. She has been coaching the women in the Women’s Glee Club for five years. With roughly 90 members, it is one of the largest
female collegiate groups in the nation. “Dr. B is definitely part of the reason why I’ve stayed involved in Women’s Glee,” said Olivia Piotter, a junior elementary education major who joined the ensemble two years ago. “She’s a wonderful and fantastic director. I love her. I’ve definitely grown musically since being a part of this.” Piotter’s friend Laura Malcom, who is also a junior majoring in elementary education, has been a part of the choir since she was a freshman, and after three years of being in the group, she says Burgett is largely why she’s continued coming back. “Dr. B is really why I haven’t tried to audition to the next choir level, because I just love her,” Malcom said. “She’s so encouraging, so positive and efficient. We work on a lot of hard music in a short time, but she makes practices fun.” The Women’s Glee Club is a century-old group at UNC, and Burgett said she is proud to carry the tradition. At the beginning of each semester, she reminds her students of the torch they carry with a picture of the Women’s Glee Club back in 1914. “It wasn’t extremely difficult to audition. It was a combination of some sight reading and singing,” Piotter said.“I
wasn’t part of a choir when I was in high school, so I really wanted to be a part of one in college.” After being accepted into the choral ensemble, the women receive one credit for their participation in the group, which practices for one hour, three times a week. “It’s a good way to satisfy my need for music. It’s really fun and it’s my bright spot on my Monday, Wednesday and Fridays,” Malcom said. Accompanied by a keyboard player, the Women’s Glee Club didn’t sing the traditional winter holiday tunes but instead sang several ballads made specifically for female choral ensembles. Their final song, “Eatnemen Vuelie,” gained its fame as the opening song in the recent movie “Frozen”. The song involves a Norwegian singing technique called joiking. Similar to chanting in Native American cultures, joiking involves repetition of phrases or sounds throughout the piece. The glee club recieved a standing ovation from the audience at the end of the holiday concert. To find out more about the Women’s Glee Club or any of the four choral ensembles at UNC, or to find out about upcoming performances, go to www.unco.edu/arts/music/ ensembles/choirs/.
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EDITORIAL: NFL FUMBLES RAY RICE INCIDENT By Brad Klump sports@uncmirror.com This past week former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice won his appeal of his lifelong ban from the NFL. The ban stems from the events that took place between Rice and his now-wife Janay Palmer in an Atlantic City elevator earlier this year. Rice was able to win the appeal because the NFL is not allowed to punish a player twice for the same crime, and commissioner Roger Goodell had initially suspended the running back for two games. By now, most of us have seen TMZ Sports’ video showing a brutal case of violence committed by a man against someone who is about half his size and weight. There is no excusing what Ray Rice did. The video evidence made that crystal clear. But what isn’t so clear is the National Football League’s and Goodell’s handling of player misconduct. Because let’s not fool ourselves: the domestic violence issue is a much bigger problem for the NFL than just Ray Rice. This year alone Rice is joined by three other players currently fighting legal battles over domestic abuse. Some teams have placed players on an exempt list, while other teams such as the Arizona Cardinals have cut players who faced arrest charges. We also often overlook that it is very likely that the NFL, the Ravens and Goodell saw and had access to the tape when they implemented the original suspension of two games. After a legal mediation session in which the commissioner
and company sat down with Rice and his wife to discuss exactly what happened, they then decided that a two game suspension would be a fair punishment for Rice’s crime. The NFL was also able to strong-arm Rice into a diversion program so he wouldn’t face jail time but instead had to attend mandatory counseling. While Rice faced a two-game suspension, Broncos receiver Wes Welker faced a four game suspension for taking Adderall, and Browns receiver Josh Gordon was given 12-week suspension for testing positive for marijuana. Welker, in all likelihood, probably used the Adderall to aid recovery from one of his concussions, and Gordon was almost able to prove that his positive test was due to secondhand smoke. Yet he was suspended six times as long as Rice was. Math isn’t my strong suit, but those numbers don’t add up. It just seems like another example of a professional athlete getting away with something that is against the law. Rice committed a crime and wasn’t ever fairly punished for it. How could anyone sit in a room with all of the facts and arrive at the decision the NFL made? What Rice did was wrong, and there is no way to justify what he did in that elevator, but the reason Rice and his legal team were able to win his appeal was because the NFL could not punish him again. But when the NFL realized they had fumbled this issue and tried to extend his punishment, they broke their own rules. The severity and prominence of the video make a story that can take up large sections of media time.
During the wake of the TMZ video release, ESPN suspended popular writer and analyst Bill Simmons for three weeks when he called out the League’s sub-par handling of the incident. Simmons called the commissioner a liar during a podcast, and ESPN suspended him for not meeting their guidelines for coverage. The fact that Simmons was suspended for expressing his disappointment reveals just how powerful the NFL is. The NFL is what keeps the power on at ESPN, and the management felt that questioning its actions was a negative action as a company. Simmons is one of ESPN’s most popular writers, and ESPN made a strong statement of its stance by suspending him. As fans and consumers, there is not a whole lot we can do. Pretty much the only thing that could possibly hurt the NFL would be a loss of its corporate partnerships. As fans, we must accept this, but as for me, I would like to see the NFL do a better job teaching and mentoring its young players to make good decisions. While we can look up to professional athletes for their excellence on and off the field, we cannot continue to depend on them to always model positive behavior for the rest of society. Athletes are just as likely to mess up as everyone else, and then they are given a large paycheck to play a sport in front of thousands of adoring fans. Rice is now free to sign with
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any NFL team; However, many teams and players have said there is no place for him in their teams’ locker rooms. Denver defensive captain Terrence Knighton tweeted “As players we must speak up. Stand up for what’s right. I don’t give a damn who you are or how much money you make. No place for this.” Knighton is perhaps the most respected individual in the Broncos locker room, in my opinion, outside of Peyton Manning, and his words reveal a lot about the character of one of the “good guys” in the NFL. However, there are 31 other teams in the league, and at one point, one team will decide that their need for a running back outweighs the potential for a negative reaction and inevitably sign Ray Rice to their team. Whether it is this year or next, it’s very likely Rice will get another shot in the NFL. When that day comes, fans will once again be forced to question the integrity of the NFL, and frankly, it’s beginning to get old.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SPLITS TWO GAMES By Makalah Emanuel sports@uncmirror.com
“Keep grinding,” said Stephanie Lee, senior center on UNC’s women’s basketball team, last Tuesday evening after the Bears took down Air Force, 76-35. “Coach said, ‘Keep on the gas pedal,’ and that’s what we did,” she said. The win marked the team’s best offensive game of the season, shooting 31-of-55 while adding 23 assists. As far as defense goes, the Bears (5-2) forced 16 turnovers and benefited from 20 points off turnovers. Northern Colorado senior guard D’Shara Strange sketched out a great game, shooting at 60 percent and going 3-5 from behind the 3-point line. Strange left the night as the team’s leading scorer with 21 points, a new season high, along with five assists and two steals. Strange said she was upset her performance didn’t end in a double-double while Lee said she couldn’t be more thankful for
Strange’s presence, both on the court and off of it. “It’s almost like a comfort zone for me to have her back,” Lee said. “She’s playing great, and I’m just so thankful. Not enough words can describe what a great leader and role model and friend she is, on and off the basketball court. I’m very thankful to have her on this team.” Lee also had a well-performing night, scoring 19 points and adding three blocks and three steals. Bears head coach Kamie Ethridge said she was happy with the effort from Lee and Strange, along with the other starters who “just dominated their minutes.” She also expressed how proud she was of the team’s success thus far. “Omaha gave us a lot of things that we had to deal with that we hadn’t seen with their zone, and we really recovered and played great defense in the second half there,” said Ethridge. “I’m pretty happy with where we are, mainly because I feel like we’re getting better in a lot of different
phases, which helps us, hopefully, for the next team, South Dakota State. They bring a tradition-rich program that knows how to win and is used to winning, so we have to match that.” Northern Colorado fell short in matching the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, as they lost 71-48. Strange, who finished with nine points, three steals and four turnovers, described the game as a “punch to the gut” and referred to the lack of preparedness as the primary contributor to the lost. “We just couldn’t match their intensity. I think they came out strong and hard. We weren’t prepared for it,” Strange said.
SDSU scored 14 points before UNC’s first bucket. At the end of the first, the Bears were shooting at 28 percent and knocked down 4-8 of their free throws, compared to SDSU’s 100 percent free throw percentage. The halftime score was 31-20 with South Dakota State ahead. The second half didn’t bring much of a different momentum than the first. UNC junior guard Kyleigh Hiser stepped up and began knocking down shots. Hiser finished as the team’s leading scorer with 11 points and going 2-for-3 from the free throw line. The Bears will return to the Bank of Colorado Arena on Wednesday night to take on Grand Canyon University.
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HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS WORTHY OF SCI-FI STATUS Ebola from page 6 The pandemic plan has different levels depending on where a contagion appears. A four-tier system helps the team prepare for the worst. The first tier is concerned with being aware of contagions that exist on a worldwide scale. Once a contagion appears in America, the second tier is activated: planning. If a contagion moves into Colorado, those plans are implemented in the third tier. The fourth and final tier is activated if a contagion appears on campus. Response would be initiated, the health department would be utilized and the incident, depending on the severity and scope, would become a national concern. “Level of success is going to depend on how you get resources and how you execute the plan,”
Pumphrey said. “That’s really what it’s going to boil down to.” Campuses look at situations that they do not wish to look at, Vetter said, but UNC is prepared as a result. If a very contagious and largescope emergency were to occur, Pumphrey said resources would be strained, response would slow down and the incident would be more difficult to fix. At that point, the federal government would get involved. “We have to just make sure that we’re going to go ahead and be reasonable in our response and not overreact ... but also be cognizant of the fact that we’re dealing with something that could be very dangerous,” Pumphrey said. Preparedness for a situation of this scope and severity quickly starts looking like something out
of a sci-fi or horror flick. “You want to have a mental concept that even if it’s really big, it’s not overwhelming,” Pumphrey said. “You still have a plan and you’re going to have some success with that plan.” By preparing for larger scale pandemics, the university is able to be more prepared for smaller incidents as well. “Overall, I feel very, very comfortable with where we’re at,” Pumphrey said. Vetter said the school is careful to notify students and parents of a situation without causing too much panic. “We want to make sure people are educated and kept up to date, but we don’t want people to go into panic mode,” Vetter said. “If we go into a mode where we have to respond to some type of pandemic or some type of
disease, communicable disease, on campus, there’s no doubt it’s going to be an inconvenience. Nobody’s going to like it,” Pumphrey said. “So I would ask the students then to have patience.” Being aware and noticing abnormalities is one of the best ways to be prepared for any kind of emergency, Vetter said. “I think hygiene is the biggest thing that students can do to help reduce the risk and the spread of the illness,” Adams said Pumphrey suggested that students prepare for incidents in which they become unable to leave their homes. This type of preparedness would not only help in health scares but also many environmental emergencies. Vetter said roommates who live off campus should provide each other with emergency
contact lists of family members. “Wash your hands. Be aware of your surroundings. Those are probably the two biggest ones,” Vetter said. In case of an emergency or suspected health concern, call 911. Dealing with outbreaks of influenza and meningitis are bigger concerns to Vetter than the outbreak of Ebola. “And a lot of people don’t think about influenza being something that will kill people, but it does,” Vetter said. With the aid of the media, Ebola is on the forefront of many people’s minds. However, UNC has not only prepared for Ebola but also many other possible incidents. “But next year it’ll be a new disease of the year. ... Every year it’s like there’s a new disease of the year,” Vetter said.