The Mirror—November 14, 2016

THE Kay Norton posted a video earlier this week, imploring unity and understanding after a divisive campaign season and a presidentelect that has sparked protests nationwide.

Students interested in having their voices heard can stop by the UC Fireside Lounge at 2 p.m. on Wednesday to speak with UNC’s Student Body President, Brandon Miller.

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Senior defensive back Thomas Singleton (no. 4) and senior safety Tyler Bloyer (no. 43) teamed up to shut down Montana and sealed the win for the Northern Colorado football team.

Saturday’s record-breaking game against Montana was also senior day for the Bears, and all graduating seniors were recognized before the game. Photo by Oliver de la Cruz | The Mirror.

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Trump's win comes as a surprise

him anxiety, and that he no longer cared about it. By 10 p.m., the electoral votes were still close between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton – with Trump at the advantage. In order for Clinton to win, she would have to win

By Jordan Baca Pennsylvania and Michigan, two swing states with high numbers of electoral news@uncmirror.com votes.

One UNC student, Drolma Geyer, expressed her concern surrounding the There was an energetic buzz on election night in Zoe’s Café and Events in downtown Greeley. In the earlier part of the evening, no one would guess election as a minority in the United States: “I feel betrayed by our country. I feel insethere was a controversial election underway cure about my future, which I envisioned involvfrom the nonchalant chatter of college students. ing paid family leave, affordable health care, and As the evening progressed, though, more and peace. And, like most others, I feel that part of more people were pulling up live updates of the our identities will be taken away based on our election on their computers. The baristas in the skin color, gender, and beliefs,” she said. “I am central hub of the café stopped to check the stafeeling overwhelmed by watching the election. tus in between making coffee and tea.

Now with Trump leading, I am more aware, and As the anticipation built, chatter turned onto - Sam Schoenecker appreciate my life and our country in the last politics throughout the room. The café’s usual eight years.” upbeat-but-relaxed ambiance slowly took on Geyer, who is an elementary education major another energy as electoral votes stacked up steadily on both sides so that the candidates were always within close range with emphasis on English as a second language, is also Tibetan, a rare minority especially for UNC’s demographics. She voted for Clinton, but, seeing the of each other.

“Excited is a word you could use. Mortified is another,” Sam Schoenecker, results stagnate in favor of Trump, grew frustrated along with other collegea barista and double major in English and marketing at UNC said of the an- aged people who kept posted on the election.

In the end, Trump became the President-elect, and the House and Senate ticipation. “I never thought it would be so close.”

Schoenecker said that he voted for Hillary Clinton, but it was a difficult also went republican.

Many voters aged 18-25 were disturbed by the results, as most of this dedecision for him.

As the night went on, others got more heated. One man paced around the mographic voted democrat or third-party in the election, according to Pew café, urging his friends not to talk about the election and that it was giving Research Center.

“Excited is a word you another.”

What does UNC do in an emergency?

By Wilhelmina Jackson news@uncmirror.com

Commonly, students know about the campus police and about how they are readily available 24/7, but not many people know what would happen during a campus-wide emergency. In a hypothetical situation, this is what would happen, based on information from the University of Northern Colorado's website: Let's say in the past week, Greeley has been dealing with some rain consistently every day. There has been some flooding around the area, but it’s been light, and the school has remained open. Then sudden flash flooding hits several areas of UNC in the middle of a school day, putting students and faculty at risk. At that point, an incident action plan -- a formal plan used when something happens on campus -- would be implemented. The person in charge of this plan is the incident commander. The safety officer evaluates the area and makes sure it is safe for responders. After everything settles down and the student and faculty are safe, the executive

commander steps in.

The executive commander is in charge of getting the word out to the public on what’s happening.

This can happen during and after the event. Then, after the weather settles and the damage is done, there are several other people that come in. Those with the most influence are the public info officer and the finance and administer chief.

The public info officer, like the executive commander, is in charge of getting information out to the public. However, this officer is also in charge of information for the press and other media relations.

The finance and administrator chief figures out the costs of repairs. So in this situation, the finance and administration chief would look at the damage the floodwaters caused, estimate costs and provide them for state and federal financial assistance. This money will be used for repairs.

Overall, that is what would happen, hypothetically, if a flood hit campus. If it were to happen, the situation would likely be evaluated first to see if the school needed to close down. There are three levels (conditions I, II and III) that are used when evaluating incidents. Condition I events are day-to-day operations around campus. Incidents around cam-

pus could include small explosions or bomb threats with no device found. Condition II events are when there is major damage, injuries and death. Condition III events are similar to condition II, except there is severe damage to property, multiple injuries and deaths. This can include collapsed buildings.

When comparing it to this hypothetical situation, depending on the damage, possible injuries and whether or not someone died, it would be labeled a condition II event at the least.

In terms of recovery, depending on the damage done and the claims that need to be made recovery could take a long time. The office of risk management would investigate the situation to see if there would be any losses. In this scenario, there would be a loss, so they would have to file a claim. The office of risk management would then have to work with the financial and administrator chief with filling out the claim, the logistics and the planning unit when evaluating the damage. Then the office is also responsible for rebuilding staffing for different departments.

The chance of a disaster happening on campus is slim, but it’s good to be informed because it affects everyone on campus. If it did happen, students and staff can be prepared.

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How I feel about the presidential election results

By Sarah Methuselah

Tuesday night was supposed to be a historic night for women in America. Tuesday night was supposed to be the night that the iconic glass ceiling would shatter into a million pieces, and women would feel victory. Tuesday, a woman in America was supposed to take the leading role in the White House.

Yet, for those like myself who supported Hillary Clinton, Tuesday night was a complete shock. I expected for Hillary to win in the popular vote, yet was not prepared for Trump to sweep the nation in the Electoral College.

A majority of Trump’s campaign was based ally fostered and encouraged a divide among the people; the very people Trump is about to “represent� come January.

He called for unity after being elected, yet during his campaign continually cultivated and discouraged unity by using derogatory terms for the most isolated groups in America.

He spoke about immigrants as if they were dirty pieces of scum. He spoke about African

Americans as if they all are uneducated and live in the ruins of American cities. He spoke about women as if we are objects for men to freely grab and touch—as if women are incapable and lifeless creatures.

“melting pot.�

After Trump was announced as the president elect, protests broke out all over the country, especially in large cities and on college campus-

president who blatantly lacks care or consideration for the people.

Distraught does not even begin to describe the various emotions Hillary supporters felt Anger, sadness, and defeat are among some of the feelings I had on Tuesday because I so badly wanted a woman president.

Hillary Clinton gave women a voice. She gave women a chance to tell and show the world how powerful they are.

She made great strides in women’s progresnominee. She gave women an opportunity to once again show the world that women are not sexual objects for a man’s disposal, but as their male counterparts.

The presidential election goes far beyond politics. It makes me question how we have permitted someone who makes sexist and racist remarks towards other Americans to be our leader.

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being president. He won the white men and women vote in a country referred to as a

lot of Americans do not want a president who has continually made disrespectful and vulgar comments towards them. Many do not want a

- Sarah Methuselah is a sophomore journalism major and an opinion columnist for The Mirror.

She can be reached at editor@uncmirror.com.

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Anonymous stories and personal experiences from sexual assault and relationship violence survivors were painted onto T-shirts and hung in the University Center and Michener Library last week. Dubbed “The Clothesline Project,” interns for UNC’s Assault Survivors Advocacy Program (ASAP) set up a table to spread awareness for not only sexual assault, but also the resources and services available to survivors of this violent crime.

Senior psychology major David McElwreath explained that the stories from students and community members were submitted anonymously through a Google Doc. Among the T-shirts were the convictions “I said yes to a date, not to your dick,” “If someone is DRUNK they CANNOT give CONSENT,” and “WHAT U DID IT’S NOT OK BUT IT’S NOT MY FAULT.” McElwreath also explained that the project originally started in the early 1990s, and how its message has evolved.

“It was originally for violence against women,” McElwreath said. “Throughout the years it’s kind of changed a little, but the message is still the same. We’re holding up those that have been affected by violence or sexual assault in some kind of way.”

One of the major aspects the peer advocates made clear was how any person can be affected by sexual assault. Senior psychology major Ashley Yllylle expressed her view on the stigmas of assaulters and assault victims.

“I think sometimes people view it as only happening to females, and it’s always a male attacker, and

that’s not true.” Yllylle said.

According to ASAP, one in three women and one in four men have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner. Other forms of violence and abuse can include verbal manipulation and resenting and blaming a significant other.

Other important issues the project highlighted was how poorly sexual assault cases are handled, and how survivors don’t report their stories for fear of what will happen.

Yllylle explained how a main goal of ASAP is to support any individual who has the courage to share their story. In fact, ASAP’s website lists a wide range of normal emotional, physical and cognitive reactions an individual may experience, including loss of appetite, guilt Junior psychology major Jessica Trujillo spread awareness of sexual assault and withdrawal from social groups. It on campus last wednesday in the UC. Photo by Alex Nunley | The Mirror. also emphasizes the importance of an “It’s vastly underreported,” McElwreath said. “That’s individual realizing their encounter was undeserving one of the biggest things that we’re trying to spread and not their fault.

“Our team supports people, letting them know that awareness for. It didn’t just happen to you, the survithey have somebody who believes them,” Yllylle said. vor, it’s happened to a lot of people.”

Other promotional goods the Clothesline Project “A lot of times what the survivors say is that they felt like they didn’t have anybody who believes them, and offered included clothespins students could decorate, that was the hardest part after being sexually assaulted.” pens, Blow Pop lollipops with tags reading “Ask before Senior human services major Karen Vargas also pin- you put your mouth on me” and mini T-shirts with ASAP information, stressing “IT’S ON US TO END pointed reasons an individual may not come forward.

“I feel like victim-blaming is still around,” Vargas said. GENDER VIOLENCE.” ASAP is a survivor-centered, confidential resource “When people come out and share their stories, they feel on campus that addresses sexual assault, intimate like they’re going to be judged and not listened to.”

According to McElwreath, spreading awareness for the partner violence, and stalking at UNC. Their office is located on the second floor of Cassidy Hall. amount of people affected by this violent crime is critical.

Nikea Minott’s “Halo” Shines at UC

By Jacob Daly

arts@uncmirror.com

Open Mic Night is an amazing experience for those students who hope to be performers in the future--a place to share their gifts with other students, and have fun while doing it. Nikea Minott is one such student. She is a junior nursing major and hopes, one day, to make a name for herself in the singing industry.

Last Monday, Minott sang a personal rendition of Beyoncé’s “Halo.” The words gracefully floated from her mouth and surrounded every student sitting in the room, rendering each and every one silent. Her voice seemed to echo back and forth over the heads of the audience, the entire atmosphere caught in a quiet and lingering stillness.

After the performance, Minott sat down to talk about her work and offered a rare glimpse into the mind of a bashful young performer. “I think it’s because I always overthink everything, but when I’m actually up there I don’t think about it as much.

Leading up to it I panic, but then as I’m doing it I think ‘Oh, that wasn’t to bad.’”

Even though she was nervous, once she started singing, that fear was gone. She stopped overthinking every detail and let herself slip into the song, allowing it to fill her up and guide her through.

Minott had been singing for some time. “Since I was, oh my gosh, maybe four years old.” That is a lifetime of song for Ms. Minott, and it’s no wonder why singing is so important to her.

To many performers, the song they choose can have many implications. It can be a song that they feel a personal alignment with, it can be a song they feel deeply and emotionally at that moment in their lives or it could simply be one of their favorite songs. For Minott, “Halo” is placed in the latter category.

“It’s one of my favorites, honestly, and I sound like a fanatic but I just love Beyoncé too. She and Adele are my inspiration, just because I feel that when they sing you can really feel the emotion in their voices and I really like that.”

Now, being a nursing major was surprising for someone who both loved and wanted to sing so much, and when asked about it she replied, “I want to sing for the rest of my life. Nursing is almost my back up option in all honesty. I really do love singing.”

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Having and pursuing that dream of becoming a performer is truly inspirational. Someone who is following their dreams for the future and doesn’t want to let, go can inspire others to do the same.

The singing industry is a tough race and it has its fair share of possible triumphs and failures.

Children’s art gallery at UC

By Maureen Sutton arts@uncmirror.com

This past Friday night, local elementary and middle school students provided artwork for the Bear Paw Art Walk held in the Spruce and Columbine suites of the University Center.

This was the sixth Bear Paw Art Walk put on by the UNC branch of the Student Council for Exceptional Children, which has annually held the event to display the talents and abilities of local developing artists in the Weld County school systems. Several families included their extended family members and close friends to celebrate the achievements of all those involved in this event and parents and teachers helped to make sure everything went well, starting early in the evening until the end of the event.

The artists themselves ranged from first grade to middle school age, and were from several different schools in the Weld County area.

Cailey Yinger, a teacher at Heath Middle School, said “the best part of the evening was seeing how proud my students were displaying their art.”

There were several drawings, paintings and mixed medium pieces that were primarily focused on the student’s interests and worldviews. All artwork had a formal element to it, whether it was one-point perspective or a consistent use of color. The size of the pieces ranged from the size of a sheet of construction paper to the size of a small window, all of which were displayed professionally with the artist’s name, age, grade, school and the medium that had been used in the piece on a decorated card next to the work itself.

Most of the displays were made by a single artist, but some were made by collaborating students. All of the works had been made with care and specific attention to detail. During the initial half hour of the event, the families and friends of the artists were asked to leave words of encouragement next to the works of art for the artists to remember and reflect on in the future, and several of the students took the opportunity to leave compliments for their peers, with varying levels of assistance from their families and teachers.

Tchuen Yi Murry, is an early childhood special education major in her junior year. She kept busy throughout the night, helping to direct the flow of traffic and provide additional seating for the audience before refreshments were served.

“The main reason I helped put on this event was that kids with exceptionalities don’t always get as much recognition in school as the kids without exceptionalities, and it’s important to recognize everybody for their talents,” Murry said. Murry is the president of the UNC branch of the Student Council for Exceptional Children.

After the initial viewing of the gallery, the artists received certificates and their teachers were recognized for their hard work.

Some of the teachers had to leave early, but were recognized with rounds of applause nonetheless, and people thanked the student council for hosting the event.

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UNC makes history on Senior Day Senior DE, Mikhail Dubose returned a blocked punt for a touchdown early on in the first quarter. Dubose finished Staff Report with two blocks on the afternoon as he sports@uncmirror.com blocked a PAT attempt in the second quarter as well.

The University of Northern ColoMontana bested Northern Colorarado sent its seniors off with style in do in nearly every statistical category the team’s last home game of the seaon the day except one: the win colson. The Bears made history, knockumn. It was the first time in 40 years ing off No. 18 Montana 28-25 on Satthe Bears had beat the Grizzlies, and urday afternoon. the first time this season the proIt was the first time in Division I gram defeated a nationally ranked program history UNC (6-4, 4-3 Big opponent.

Sky) defeated the Griz (6-4, 3-4 Big “This is one of those wins that can Sky), and the first win in the allbe a benchmark for your program time series since 1976 (40 years). to keep moving forward,” Collins Jr. The victory also ensured that the said. “You name it, it was awesome Bears finish with another winning to sit and watch the game today from record, making it the first time since the defense being patient – the 2002 and 2003 seasons the making them go methodically program has had back-to-back down the field, to the offense winning records. coming out and getting some “I’m just thrilled for our kids. points on the board right Nothing else really matters,” away. Just to see the smiles on head coack Earnest Collins Jr. the kids’ faces after the game said. “Last week they were hurtis why I do this job. It was just ing walking off that field because an awesome day all the way they felt they should have gotten around.” that one. I’m just proud of this Montana ran 95 plays on the team.” day for 400 total yards of ofThe Bears could still potefense, compared to the 47 plays nially earn a spot in the playoffs for 241 yards that UNC had. as they are currently tied with Northern Colorado’s deCal Poly and Weber State. The fense held the Griz to just 25 Bears could surpass Cal Poly next points on the afternoon, it was week, but would also need a WeSeniors Darius Graham (left), Kyle Newsom (Middle), and Mikhail Dubose (Right) saved their best perforjust the third time this season ber State loss. mances of the year for their final games at Nottingham Field.

Montana has been limited to 25 The Bears shot out of the points or less, as they came into gates, needing just one minute and six seconds to put points up on broke free on a 38-yard dash at the end game-high 17 tackles, 3.0 tackles for a the game averaging 43.6 points per the scoreboard. Senior QB, Kyle Sloter of the third quarter to give UNC a 21- loss and 1.0 sack. It was the second time game.

Senior corner, Thomas Singleton was connected with redshirt junior wide 12 advantage heading to the fourth and in as many weeks Newsom had 17 tackles. The senior now has 103 tackles on the other Bear to finish the day with out, Hakeem Deggs for 58 yards to give final quarter of play.

Montana responded with its back the season, making him just the fourth double-digit tackles. Singleton racked UNC a 7-0 lead.

On the ensuing Montana drive, against the wall, putting together two player in UNC Division I history to up 12 stops on the afternoon.

Northern Colorado finishes the seaUNC’s defense forced the Griz to a touchdown drives in the fourth to take reach the century mark.

“I have a lot of passion for this game son with a 4-1 home record, the best three-and-out on their 31 yard line, and its first lead of the afternoon 25-21, and this team,” Newsom said. “Every record they’ve had at Nottingham Field with 7:18 remaining. on came the UM punt team.

Facing adversity for the first time all time I go out there I want to play for my since 2003, when they went 5-0.

A bobbled snap by the Montana Northern Colorado will finish up punter gave senior defensive end, game, UNC answered the call, driving brothers and give it everything I have.

Mikhail Dubose, just enough time to 75 yards in nine plays for a score. The That’s why I don’t like to come off that the season against Cal Poly at 7 p.m. rush in and block the kick. He then Bears capped off the drive with a five- field – I don’t want to tap out. I try to next Saturday in San Luis Obispo, California. picked up the loose ball and ran 13 yard TD pass from Sloter to redshirt stay on and do the best I can.” yards the other way for a touchdown to push the Bears’ lead to 14-0.

From there, the UNC defense did its part, holding the Griz to a field goal in the first quarter, and nine points in the second quarter.

Montana running back, Joey Counts punched it in from five yards out midway through the second quarter, but Dubose blocked the PAT attempt, making it 14-9.

Montana made its second field goal of the game just before the half, but Northern Colorado still claimed the lead, 14-12.

The Bears offense gave the defense some time to breathe after the intermission, particularly behind the run game of senior RB, Darius Graham. Graham

sophomore tight end, Theron Verna, his second touchdown in as many games, giving Northern Colorado a 2825 lead.

As they had done all game, Northern Colorado’s defense shut down the Griz, forcing a turnover on downs and a sealing the win over the Top 25 ranked program.

UNC got exceptional play from its seniors on Saturday. Senior RB, Darius Graham rushed for 130 yards on 14 carries with one touchdown.

“I just wanted to leave with a bang and leave my mark somehow and my teammates had my back all four years,” Graham said. “I just gave it everything I had today.”

Senior LB, Kyle Newsom recorded a

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UNC Basketball teams struggle in openers The University of Northern Colorado Men’s and Women’s basketball teams kicked off the 2016 season this week. The Women’s team started at home against the University of Colorado, falling 83-62, while the men’s team fell to Butler University 89-52.

Women’s Basketball

By Brittany Riley

Northern Colorado women’s basketball fell in their season opener against the Colorado Buffaloes on Friday night in Greeley 83-62.

The Bears went down early after Colorado started things off with a three-pointer in the first 15 seconds. The Buffs finished the first quarter shooting 60 percent, on top of the Bears’ 30-14.

UNC started a comeback in the second quarter to cut the Buffs’ lead to just 10 points, but Colorado didn’t take that for long. The Bears shot just 35 percent through the first half scoring only 28 points to Colorado’s 49.

Redshirt sophomore point guard Savannah Smith scored nine of her 13 points in the third quarter to help UNC cut their deficit to just 12 points going into the final quarter of play.

The court was Colorado’s in the fourth quarter and they sealed the 83-62 win over Northern Colorado.

Smith’s 13 points against Colorado University was a team high. She also led the team in scoring in both exhibition games earlier this month.

“Sav’s a great leader on the floor,” lone senior Katie Longwell said. “If she can score points, if she can give assists, any way that she’s distributing the ball I think is a plus sign for us.”

Junior guard Kianna Williams also said she believes Smith will be an asset this season by setting the pace and leading the younger team members on the court. She said she thinks the team can learn from Friday’s game.

“We’re definitely going to improve upon our offense,” Williamssaid, who shot 3-4 against the Buffs. “We have good pace; we just need to tighten up a few things because we are inexperienced still.”

Northern Colorado finished their 2015-2016 season with a record of 13-16 and lost in the first round of the Big Sky tournament to Idaho State. The team hopes to improve that record this season.

“I definitely think we’ll be better,” Longwell said. “We’ve got more talent, more speed, we’re running more of an up-tempo style and hopefully those will translate to a lot more wins.”

Attendance Friday night reached 1,071 fans. The team was grateful for the turnout, and hopeful that it continues throughout the season.

Northern Colorado women’s basketball continues their season on Monday at 7 p.m. against the Denver Pioneers at the Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley.

Men’s Basketball

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Northern Colorado opened up the season on the road at Butler University on Saturday night. The Bears hung with the Bulldogs throughout the first half, but were outscored 48-21 in the second half en route to an 89-52 loss. Butler, which earned the No. 9 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, is just one of three 2015 tournament teams UNC will see in the month of November.

The Bears hung toe-to-toe with the Bulldogs in the first half, as the Butler lead never eclipsed more than 13 points.

The Bears leaned heavily on sophomore guard, Jordan Davis for production in the first act and he didn’t disappoint, scoring 20 of his game-high 25 points. Davis was the only player for Northern Colorado to finish in double figures on the night.

The largest lead of the half came during a UNC dry spell. From 6:22 to 3:07, the Bears had trouble finding the hoop. Meanwhile, Butler used a 10-0 run to go up 40-27.

Northern Colorado got the Bulldog lead back down to 10 before halftime, taking a 41-31 deficit into the locker room.The second half was a different tale all together.

Shots began to fall for the perennial NCAA Tournament team.

Just like that, the Bulldogs were up by 20 (58-38) only six minutes into the final 20 minutes of action.

The men’s hoops team will return to Greeley for its regular season home opener next week when they face Colorado Christian on Nov. 16. Tipoff is slated for 7:00 p.m.

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