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The Weed Issue
Vol. 95, Num. 30 April 14, 2014
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Students gather to celebrate the liturgical season of Lent and develop their experiences of the Catholic religion. Page 8
High-scoring series
A weekend of lopsided games comes out in UNC’s favor as the Bears take two of three mercy-rule games in Portland State series. Page 20
Irene Salazar
The Mirror spends a day with local musician Irene Salazar as she balances her passions, talent and health. Page 12
Greeley’s pot rules
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Munchie-curing recipes
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Student drug dealers
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Review: Vaporizer pens
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Black market to legal
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UNC athletes weigh in on weed
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News 2, 5-9, 31
A&E 10-19, 28, 31
Sports 20-26, 29
Comics
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A first-timer’s guide
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Pot acceptance in sports
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Opinions
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NEWS
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This week around UNC: Monday, April 14
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 11th Annual Summit on Social Justice and Diversity. University Center- Panorama Room. 1-2 p.m. Study Abroad in Europe Info Session. University Center- Council Room. 6:30-9 p.m. FrackingSENSE: Drilling Practices & an Overview of the Issues. University Center- Longs Peak Ballroom.
Tuesday, April 15
4-6 p.m. Student Employee of the Year Recognition Event. University Center- Ballrooms.
Wednesday, April 16
8 a.m.-3 p.m. Golden Key BioJewelry for Breast Cancer Fundraiser. University Center- West Lawn. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. World Language Day. University Center- Upper Levels. 12-1 p.m. Umoja (Unity) Fish Fry. Marcus Garvey Cultural Center/ Davis House. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Student Success Workshop: Diversity and Social Justice. Marcus Garvey Cultural Center / Davis House
Thursday, April 17
8 a.m.-2 p.m. 17th Annual Latina Youth Leadership Conference. University Center. 5-9 p.m. UPC Presents: Greeley Night Out. Off-Campus. 5:30-7 p.m. Community Conversation: Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education Programs. Butler-Hancock Hall/Sports PavilionChampions Room.
Friday, April 18
6-8 p.m. Global Cultural Festival. Kepner Hall- Room 2050 (Milne Auditorium) 6-10 p.m. Ladies Climb Night at the Climbing Wall. Campus Recreation Center.
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Police blotter The following were taken from last week’s UNC police log.
UNC tweets of the week:
Snapshot of the week
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@UNCundergrad: Denver Broncos Mile High Salute to Fans Tour @ UNC from 4-5 pm April 14! Open to the public, free @Broncos #UNCBears
Friday, April 4 At 11:57 p.m. police responded to the University Center regardquor. An adult arrest was made.
@UNCO_Theatre: Jackie&Me playwright Steven Dietz is a UNC alumni! Show your #bearpride by seeing the show: April 24-27! For tickets call (970) 351-2200
Monday, April 7 At 7:33 a.m. police responded to Foundation Hall regarding vandalism.
@itsmeTONYV: My daughter @adriannvaldez is being recognized tonight. #UNCBears #TopHonors #PROUDPOPS
At 3:01 p.m. police responded to Hansen-Willis Hall regarding fraud/forgery.
@KianaKK97: In love with this campus!! #UNCbears
Wednesday, April 9
@unc_bears: #UNCO #Football season tickets go on sale to the public April 26, and the renewal deadline is May 16. #UNCBears
At 12:24 p.m. police responded to Cassidy Hall regarding medical aid. Thursday, April 10 At 1:56 a.m. police responded to Wilson Hall regarding burglary by a forced entrance into the residence.
The Magic Degree Bus was a tactic used by UNC public relations students to present information about the Higher Learning Commission visit in March 2015.
@erikkaaxo: everyday is one step closer to being where I want to be, & doing what I want to do. #uncbears #classof2018
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Campus
Briefs
Student Employee Appreciation Week
UNC to host National Teaching Conference
“A Walk in Their Shoes” refugee experience
Earth Week celebrations starting this weekend
During Student Employee Appreciation Week, employers are encouraged to recognize their students’ hard work and commitment to both their schoolwork and jobs. Special events, activities and games will be held throughout the week to serve as a “thank you” from employers to their student employees. UNC has also chosen a Student Employee of the Year to be awarded at the Recognition Event from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday in the University Center’s grand ballroom. The four runners-up of the award will also be announced at this event, as well as a recognition of all nominees.
UNC will host a national conference that will provide opportunities to share information, practices, policies and research relating to experiences teacher candidates have had in school settings. The National Field Experience Conference will be held on Monday and Tuesday in the University Center and will include 48 sessions on a variety of topics from staff representing 28 colleges and universities nationwide. Three Colorado K-12 school districts will also be represented, as well as a UNC partner university in Thailand. For more information, including a schedule of events, visit www.unco.edu/cebs/nfec.
Weld County is recognized for its strong refugee community, and a presentation by the Global Refugee Center entitled “A Walk in Their Shoes” will be held from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Tuesday at the Greeley-Evans School District Six Administrative Building. This presentation will provide refugees with the opportunity to tell their stories. United Way of Weld County hosts the Refugee Collaboration forums. These forums focus on what the community can do to help refugees better transition into the community. Students interested in learning more about refugee populations in Greeley and Weld County are encouraged to attend.
The UNC community will kick off its Earth Week celebrations this weekend with a Thrift Store Prom from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. on Friday at the Moxi Theater. The thrift store prom advocates students to “go green” by purchased from a thrift store. The event will also be the beginning of a week-long scavenger hunt. An Arbor Day tree planting will also be held 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Saturday to honor Earth Week. Students interested in planting trees around campus will be able to meet at the University Center’s south patio. Earth Week will be recognized nationally April 21-25.
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NEWS
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Public health organizations advocate students’ well-being Tessa Byrns
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Colorado passed a law that legalized the recreational use of marijuana for users 21 years of age or older at the beginning of this year.
Marijuana: What’s OK, and what isn’t? Kimberly Molina
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As some Coloradans may know, marijuana has been legalized in the state, but what exactly are the regulations? What are the do’s and don’t’s of the nowlegal drug, and what should people know before approaching the substance? According to Amendment 64, the user needs to be 21 years of age to purchase, process, use, transport or grow marijuana. Adults can grow up to six plants when cultivating marijuana at home. When purchasing marijuana, customers who are residents are limited to one ounce and non-residents are limited to a quarter of an ounce. Driving under the insmoking the drug in public are both illegal. galizing weed in Colorado. By the end of 2014, marijuana’s estimated revenue will be $64 million in taxes. alone raised over $2 million
for the state. By the end of the year $27.5 million will go toward school construction, $6 million will go toward the state and the remaining $33.5 will go toward Colorado’s education system. Marijuana will also be able to save the state millions of dollars. According to The 2012 Statistical Abstract U.S. Census Bureau, there were 750,000 arrests related to drug substance abuse in the U.S. Due to the legalization of weed in Colorado, these arrests are predicted to decrease and inevitably save money. As for the University of Northern Colorado, students living in resident halls or student housing complexes are to abide by contracts that state marijuana is prohibited. Students are not allowed to smoke marijuana on campus. According to the Housing and Residential Handbook, violations of
marijuana use or possession may result in suspension and/or expulsion. “Being a front desk assistant, I have seen many cops walk in and out of the doors because of marijuana,” said Yessica P., a sophomore psychology major. “This semester when weed became legal, cops were constantly coming to marijuana.” “Students should be more cautious to understand the consequences marijuana can lead to when living on campus,” she said. For many students, the legalization of marijuana appears to be dream come true. But UNC still has its limitations when it comes to the substance. “I think the school has the right to say what substances it allows, but it should reevaluate marijuana as a controlled substance,” said Pedro Lumbrano, a software engineering major. “Anywhere people smoke cigarettes is an appropriate place to smoke weed, at least as a logical consideration.”
Organizations from the University of Northern Colorado and Weld County held their annual event last Monday that informed people of what public health is and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The gerontology and audiology departments, the Student Dietetics Association, the Natural and Health Science Student Council, Tobacco-Free Weld County and the Colorado School of Public Health were all involved in the organizing of this event. Tables were set in front of Starbucks in the University Center so that students walking by would be able to get a glimpse of what the organizations were doing. On the tables, games were set out so students could play and win free pens, sanitizers, chapstick and lanyards. There was also free fruit, candy and nuts that students could take with them if they were on their way to class. “Public health is a part of each of our lives, whether we know it or not. It’s trafaccess to medical care and so much more,” said Kiley Floren, a public health community health education student and graduate assistant to gerontology department. “These days, seven in 10 deaths in the US are related to preventable diseases like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer,” she said. “The whole idea behind this event is to let students know that their health and the public’s health is important,” said Devin Laedtke, a public health graduate student. “Public health is focusing on the community’s
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UNC and Weld County organizations that promote public health gathered Monday in the University Center to talk to students about healthy living and careers in aging.
health as a whole. We also wanted to involve other departments that deal with health so students can get a full picture of what public health involves.” There were only a few students who attended the event, or at least stopped by a table to get some free food and pens. The few students who did stop by the tables learned about health and why it was an important thing to be discussed. “I think this is a really important event because it makes learning about these things more applicable to everyday life,” said Kylie Gray, a sophomore biology major. “Not everyone has a lot of time to eat healthy, but everyone knows that they should in order to prevent disease,” she said. Students also learned more about gerontology at the event.
Students who are wondering how studies in aging can talk to Professor Susan Collins and Professor Joyce Weil in UNC’S Gerontology department. Students can also visit careersinaging.com. Not many students were entirely convinced by the free pens and sanitizer that the organizations were handing out, but according to the students running the event, the information they were providing was monumentally more important than the free offerings. “Having students learn about public health and safety is the most essential part of this week because if we can let students know how to take better care of themselves, then those students will have life-long healthy habits,” said Natalie Thomas, a public health graduate student.
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NEWS
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Students present research for Academic Excellence Week Jennifer Hazeldine
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Hundreds of students and guests gathered last Thursday at the University Center for Research Day to learn information about graduate and undergraduate research and discoveries. Presentations consisted of both oral as well as poster displays discussing information such as humanities, mathematics, health and substance cravings. Research Day is a free, day-long, annual event that happens every year as a part of Academic Excellence Week which provides students with opportunities to showcase their scholarly research. It is sponsored and facilitated by and the Scholars & Leadership Graduate Student Association Graduate School. The McNair Scholars Program was also a part of Research Day, providing undergraduates with research opportunities in order to help prepare juniors and seniors for graduate school. The program is committed to increasing access to doctoral education for underrepresented groups. Eligible students must be of junior or senior status with a GPA of at least 3.0. “I hope guests gain inspiration,” event coordinator Loree Crow said. “I would love to see the younger students come, so that they can see the vast variety of research that is happening. Maybe they could visualize themselves doing this higher level work and one day pursue it.” Many students participating in Research Day found the experience to be wonderful and intriguing. Kyra Trimble, a senior psychology student, was a participant of Research Day and found the event to be a great opportunity for conducting and presenting research on adolescents and physiological disorders. “So far my experience has been pretty good,” she said. topic has not been studied too much, but other than that, this has been a great experience.” Brad Holmes, a sophomore physics major, conducted
his research on the Optical Trap System, which is a system that uses a laser to trap and move living and non-living particles which range between 5 to 50 micrometers in size. Any particle within range that refracts light could be studied using the Optical Trap system. The trap was used on beads suspended in liquid crystals during his experimentation. However, Holmes plans to use the system to study the behavior of ecoli in his future research and how drugs may have an effect on its movement. One of the research studies that seemed to capture a majority of attention was a study regarding reactivity to marijuana cravings. This research was conducted by Daniel Vigil, a senior psychology major. Virgil examined how marijuana cravings may affect cognitive and academic performance amongst college students. Marijuana cravings have the potential to contribute to the development of substance disorders, which is why understanding these effects is essential, according to Vigil. Even after years of not using a substance, this can still be see if marijuana users can pay attention in class if a craving develops mid-lecture. To answer these questions, Vigil took a group of psychology students that tested positive for marijuana. Of the group, those that wanted to take part in the study underwent a series of video and audio scenarios regarding marijuana and the results were recorded. “I was surprised to see marijuana,” said Dreycey Albin, a sophomore biology and chemistry major. “I think it’s cool that it’s opening up. The more we learn about marijuana, the more we will know about what has become recreational.” Upon entry, presenters were given the choice to participate for a chance to win a research excellence award. The Research Excellence Awards Program is designed to encourage and acknowledge presentations that excel in the quality of research. Only a limited number of presentations are accepted into the awards program each year, and they
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Lisha Amin, a junior communications major, presents her poster on “Female Sexual Socialization in Relation to Sexual Decision Making Processes” on Research Day last Thursday.
are evaluated by a team of faculty on Research Day. The winners received a $100 Visa gift card for the top scoring posters and individual presentations in graduate and undergraduate categories.
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NEWS
April 14, 2014
Bear Catholic students assemble to celebrate Lent season Kimberly Molina
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Father Matt Hartley led a discussion Wednesday night in Ross Hall about the Liturgical Season of Lent. Students who practice Catholicism gather to honor their religion during this time.
NEWS
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April snowstorms bring May flowers?
Meghan Morelli, a freshman special education teaching major , plays in Sunday’s snowfall after a week of sunshine and 70 degree weather.
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The hustle and bustle of the Computer Commons Lab captured in writing DeVaughn Morgan
wall is made of red brick. The west wall is plain white paint with win-
The UC Computer Commons contains 73 Dell desktops, four iMacs, three HP black and white LaserJet printers, a color LaserJet printer and a Canon scanner. The following is a story of a student who spent her entire day in the computer lab.
of the University Center. Four students are sitting in various spots. The sound of students and faculty walking and chatting
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Monday, 10:30 a.m. Double doors to enter and exit the lab take up the south side wall. make the room bright. The color of the carpet is a mixture of blue, gray and tan. The chairs differ in color from burgundy, bright yellow and navy blue. All but one
the light typing of keyboards. Each student’s face is glued to the screen of their computer. One student breaks away from their workstation to retrieve a document from a printer. In a UNC hoodie, she only glances at the pages before she returns back to her seat, eyes roaming the screen once more. 12:05 p.m. “The couple of hours I spend
here is the only time I really get my homework done. I know that if I go home between classes then I’ll sit on my couch and watch TV,” said Daniel Perez, a junior studying history. In a black hooded jacket and sneakers, Perez occupies one of the many Dells. On the screen he has a webpage open to Blackboard. He’ll often switch between the webpage and a word document. He says his work isn’t very lot of energy to complete. to do homework until three in the morning, and it’s nice that the UC gives you those late hours unlike the lab at the library,” Perez said. ishing is homework and then go-
ing to lunch with friends. He submits his work to Blackboard, logs off the computer and walks out the double doors to a waiting friend. 1:45 p.m. many workstations, and the noise is kept to a minimum of only soft whispers. A lab consultant is stationed at a designated desk in the front of the large room. Every few hours one will leave and then another will take his or her place. The lab consultants almost seem like they’re hiding most of the time. A four foot wall separates the consultants from the rest of the lab. Behind the wall is a Dell desktop, a table piled with papers,
ten items and the consultants own personal items. The space is bigger than the workstations in the lab, but with all the clutter the consultant is restrained to a small section of the desk. “We mostly supervise students,” Jefferi Smith said. “We’re also responsible for assisting anyone if they’re having technical There is no prior technical experience need to be a lab consultant. The students who take this position do not take any kind of training. Lab consultants’ knowledge of the technology in the lab is the same as their peers. “There have been times where I was unable to help someone See Computers on page 31
A&E
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Advice from gallery artist: don’t try too hard Jennifer Hazeldine
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Soft, decorative splashes of color and elegant brushstrokes caressed the walls of the Mari Michener Gallery, bathing it in pastel light. Mari Michener Gallery and the Friends of the UNC Libraries hosted their last art show opening of the semester on Friday evening: “Dare to Dream,” a display of water color and oil paintings by Ryoko Culwell. Culwell is a resident of Greeley and has been painting for three years. She started painting as a form of leisure after her retirement. Although Culwell uses both oils and watercolors, her favorite medium is watercolors because the paint tends to glide more freely than oils. The artist described it as if the watercolors were painting themselves, and it is how she likes to ex-
press herself. The ideas for her work are derived from her imagination; she uses no photographs, still lifes or actual landscapes. “I am really impressed by what she has done over these years,” Loveland resident Hayner Brooks said. “It makes me think, ‘Hey, maybe I could do something different too.’” Culwell said she believes that painting should be care and worry free, letting whatever comes to mind spill onto the canvas. “If you try really hard to do something it doesn’t turn out because it’s not you,” Culwell said. “I wasted months with several paintings, and they never worked out because it wasn’t me. I was trying to impress somebody else.” Culwell continued to say that her most beloved paintings were the ones she painted from her heart. The subject matter of Culwell’s paintings in
Bike to local theater for free screening and valet Staff Report Grab the bike by the pedals this week at The Kress Cinema and Lounge. The Kress (817 8th Ave) will be hosting two free screenings of “Reveal the Path” on April 16 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to raise awareness for the growing biking and walking movement. A free bike valet service will be provided for those who arrive on two-wheeled transportation. Seating will be limited. To RSVP, contact revealthepathgreeley@gmail.com. All guest names and preferred screening time must be included at the time of reservation.
The Mirror—Page 10 Monday, April 14: 4:40-5:45 p.m. Student Recital: Cody Thomson, clarinet. Milne Auditorium. 8-10 p.m. UNC Faculty Wind Quintet. Milne Auditorium.
Tuesday, April 15: 4:40-5:30 p.m. Student Recital: Emily Johnson, mezzosoprano. Milne Auditorium. 6:30-9 p.m. Jazzed About Arias. The Currier Inn. 7:30-9 p.m. Trombone Choir Concert. First United Methodist Church.
Wednesday, April 16: 7-8 p.m. International Film Series: “With Impunity.” Lindou Auditorium.
Colorful watercolors line the walls of the Mari Michener Gallery.
the show included nature, Several of the paintings displayed were close-ups of these items, showing the delicate detail of tangled branches or tender
Her artistic style appealed to a great number of guests. Some loved the others favored the smooth brushstrokes and felt emo-
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tionally moved. “I like the ones that have a lot of stark contrast,” Fort Collins resident Ian Foreman said. “The texture has emotion evoking potential.”
Thursday, April 17: 4:40-6:00 p.m. Student Recital: Melanie Haskins, violin. Atlas Theatre. 7-8 p.m. International Film Series: “With Impunity.” Lindou Auditorium.
International Film Series and A Woman’s Place
UNC Opera Theatre performance
UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival tickets on sale
9:15-10:15 p.m. International Film Series: “With Impunity.” Lindou Auditorium.
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UNC Opera Theatre is reaching just off campus with its performance of Amadeo Vives’ zarzuela “Bohemios,” a one-act performed in Spanish with English subtitles. Zarzuela is a form of Spanish musical drama that alternates between music and spoken text while incorporating an operatic sound. “Bohemios” will be performed on Thursday, April 17th at Greeley Central High School (1515 14th Ave) at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and may be purchased at the Pering (970) 351-2200 and online at www.unco.edu/ticket.
Tickets are available now for the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival, which will be on April 24-26. This year’s festival features Grammy Award-winning a cappella group the Swingle Singers; the Wayne Shorter Quartet, featuring Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade; the Jazz Festival All-Star Big Band; jazz bass virtuoso Christian McBride with the Downbeat Award-winning UNC Jazz Lab Band I. There will also be a tribute to Ray Brown featuring Jeff Hamilton, Larry Fuller and Christoph Luty. Ticket sales are available at ucstars.com
UNC Thrift Shop Prom. Doors open at 5 p.m. Show starts 7 p.m. Moxi Theatre.
The International Film Series screenings next week, but with a slight twist. IFS and A Woman’s Place are of “With Impunity: Men and Gender Violence” Wednesday April 16 at 7 p.m. and Thursday April 17 at 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. in Lindou Auditorium. A Woman’s Place will be hosting round-table discussions after each 7 p.m. show. Film Screenings and roundtable discussions are open to the public. Admissions is free for UNC students and $3 for the general public.
7:30-9:30 p.m. Penn and Teller. UCCC.
Saturday, April 19: 8 p.m. Sir-Mix-A-Lot Moxi Theatre
Sunday, April 20: 4/20 Jam After Party. Doors open at 8p.m. Show starts at 9p.m. Natures Herbs and Wellness in Garden City.
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A&E
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Play it again, with feeling
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A harpsichord is like a piano mixed with a keyboard that plucks a string when a key is hit. Graduate student Mijung Kim gave a recital on the whimsical instrument on Tuesday.
Sun., Apr. 27, 4pm
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A day in the life of musician: never miss a beat
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Lunch; 12:30 p.m. “I can’t pinpoint my personality, so it’s kind of frustrating. Because everyone has their own thing. I don’t have a thing. I paint. I used to do ballet, and that was fun. I did a lot of different things.”-- Irene Salazar. Irene Salazar and Melanie Haskins sit across from each other in a booth, waiting for their waitress to arrive with water. The tabletop between them is decorated with psychedelic posters from the 60s and a mishmash of band photos and stickers. The collage of colors and swirls is pulled ish. This general theme of music worship bleeds through to the walls, which in turn bleeds through to the speakers: Johnny Cash plays on the radio this afternoon. Roma Restaurant, with its entire essence a seeming ode to music, is the perfect meeting place for a vocalist and a violinist. Salazar and Haskins, surrounded by businessmen on lunch break, have the kind of conversation that seems typical for a weekday afternoon in a college pizza place. As they gorge themselves on carolis, they dish on who is going through their so-called “slut phase” and examine their favorite Pandora stations as of late (Jack White and Sigur Rós make the mentions). Forks are eventually abanand the conversation turns to Haskins’ graduation in May. Salazar’s voice is tinged with traces of disappointment, or maybe regret, when she tells Haskins how -
zar’s house from The Blue Mug at Margie’s. Inside, her small basement apartment is messy but not to an alarming degree. It feels lived in. If it were a person, the place might be described as ‘OK with itself.’ That means dry, which may or may not be clean, and a full-length mirror stationed directly next to the kitchen table. Everything about the
“I listened to Billie Holiday and B.B. King, but I would never actually think about singing that kind of stuff.” -Irene Salazar Local musician ishing. The implication that lingers in the air between them is that at least one of them is close. “Ahhh, come on. Don’t be so hard on yourself,” Haskins says. “I just can’t focus. That’s probably why I’m doing so many things,” Salazar muses. “CNA, music...” “I see you as someone that has a wide range of interests,” Haskins reassures her. Salazar’s self-deprecation seems odd when taking into consideration her own success: At 22, she has recently debuted as the only female vocalist making the rounds in Greeley’s live music scene.
fact about Salazar: She is an open book. Hypes, her guitarist who is a student at UNC and has been playing since childhood, joins her for a midday practice. Bare“I don’t have a thing. I paint. I used to do ballet, and that was fun. I did a lot of different things.” Courtesy of KRS Photography
Irene Salazar is the lead singer for Primary People, a local blues band. She’s also the only female vocalist playing live in Greeley.
Coffee Break; 2:30 p.m. “Jeremiah was one of my friends that would always text me or call me and be like, ‘Hey, let’s... let’s jam,’ and I didn’t know what jamming was.” Later that afternoon, an empty expanse of wood grain countertop acts as a moat between Salazar and the rest of the customers at The Blue Mug at Margie’s. She’s hard to catch notually, despite the ombrédyed hair (fading from dark brown to a blonde) and the textured lace tights that are clearly the stylistic choices of a person who wants to stand out. She comes across as unassuming in a far corner of the café as she sips on her chai and hunches over her tablet, something on the screen keeping her rapt at-
tention. You wouldn’t guess that Salazar’s tiny frame provides for the kind of vocals that hold down a blues group called Primary People, which is comprised of drummer Joe Darpino, bassist Ryan Black and guitarist Jeremiah Hypes. February, they hope to be what Salazar sees as being a much-needed breath of fresh air to Greeley’s live music scene. Primary is a rhythm & itself some fans as of late. Salazar describes Gree-
started out with. She says she has an equal – and confusing – love for both styles of music, but for now, the blues wins out. Although the joy of per-
forming with a live band is a new one for Salazar, it isn’t entirely unfamiliar. houseguests as a creative punishment from her father when she was a young child. When she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder II and needed something to fall back on in December 2012, music is where she sought refuge. She formed a band as a distraction to keep herself busy. Rehearsal; 3:45 p.m. “I listened to Billie Holiday and B.B. King, but I would never actually think about singing that kind of stuff.” It might require seven minutes on days with parminutes to walk to Sala-
-Irene Salazar Local musician foot and amid white fairy wine bottles, Salazar and Hypes work on a cover of the soul classic “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers. They have an easy going rhythm, which makes it apparent that this is a passion project. Salazar’s singing style matches her personality and her apartment in that it is powerful and disarmingly open – the quality of her voice takes on a lilting sweetness at times. At other moments, it dominates the small kitchen with its raw power. She calls herself a street singer because she has never taken any formal training or vocal lessons, but the untrained ear could never tell. Bedtime; 6 p.m. “It’s kind of like a rou-
tine. Like a routine of your life, and you don’t want to change it and make leaps. And I have those weird moments where I want to.” Salazar decided college wasn’t for her after her diagnosis of bipolar II, which is a mental illness that causes her to experience periods of feeling overly happy and energized as well as periods of feeling sad, hopeless and sluggish. Building a consistent daily routine is a large part of treating the illness. Nowadays she starts routine by 7 p.m. on most nights, so she can arrive at her job in Platteville before 5 a.m. This doesn’t bother her in the least bit. She is happy to be in training to ing Assistant. She putters ing her kettle with water for tea in the morning and preparing her oatmeal for breakfast. For most people the place might seem cramped, but for this CNA-byday and singer-by-night, it is the perfect place to call home. She is just tall enough for the apartment to feel normal-sized and for the miniature stove not to stick out. Salazar’s isn’t a nighttime routine fraught with multiple, expensive face products and complicated hair-setting rituals. She packs her lunchbox with fruit, protein bars and chopped vegetables and hops in the shower. When she turns her fan on and goes to sleep. Something about this no frills regime is charming in that is a reminder of how we are all both incredibly interesting and not. At the end of the day we all like a cup of Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Tea before bed.
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Campus drug dealers reflect on experiences, develop business autonomy Greg Gonzales U-WIRE
The life of a drug dealer isn’t an everlasting party, but all drug dealers have two desires in common: easy money and personal autonomy. Like a new business owner on crack, drug dealers face risks people can’t possibly understand without personal experience. If the dealer quits while he’s ahead, he might avoid the law or getting stabbed in the gut. Other dealers stick with it too long and eventually screw up, usually falling into debt or onto the hood of a police car. Here are the stories of three drug dealers I got to know during the past three months. Hit it and quit it Some drug dealers get caught and serve time. Other drug dealers leave the business before they get in trouble. A happy member of the latter group is Jake, an infantry Marine.
full name, was a drug dealer in high school from the time he was 15 to 19 years old. He sold cocaine, medical-grade marijuana, prescription painkillers and other pills. After four years of making as much as $2,500 each month, Jake saved up several thousand dollars. buying weed: it double to someone else for what I paid this shit to make money.’” Jake also tried the drugs he sold in order to make sure he wasn’t selling anything bad. Drug dealers aren’t very averse to risk. In addition to the dangers of using some drugs, dealing comes with personal risks. by nature a lawless one where one dealer might screw over or kill the competition — or even his own customers — so the idea can seem daunting. On a drive up to Phoenix with a kilo of cocaine, Jake had a close call with the Border Patrol. He was pulled over, but the dogs weren’t called to his truck, so he didn’t get caught. Good luck is a precious commodity
in dealing. Most of Jake’s customers never knew his name. “You had to watch your back and watch your buddy’s back,” Jake said. “Someone could be watching you.” In order to avoid suspicion, Jake never used his drug dealing money to make huge purchases — a small trip, food, a couple of college classes and some small investments. “Coming from a wealthy family, I was kind of expected to have a decent amount of cash on me at all times,” he said. “I always put it on that. I never said it was from a secondary income.” His family never found out. And he never let his friends get involved, for his sake and theirs, Jake said. “I realized that the lifestyle would soon catch up with me. All good things come to an end, right?” he said. “When you’re in that kind of work, it’s always going to come to a bad end, unless you come out while you’re ahead. So I made the choice to get out while I was ahead and not get caught up in it.” Jake is shipping out to Afghanistan this year. Once he returns, he’ll be greeted by
family, friends and several thousand dollars in savings and investments. Dorm dealing College kids like to experiment, but unless a student meets a friend of a friend, it’s dealer. This is where dorm dealers come in. Grant Hull, an anthropology senior at U. Arizona, sold small amounts of marijuana from his dorm room during his freshman year. Unlike Jake, Grant was already smoking marijuana on a daily basis before he began to sell. “I started with a few of my friends,” Grant said. “One day we decided — we knew this kid who could get us ounces — so we just went over and got one.” While Grant liked the quick cash, his friends weren’t the dealing type. they weren’t really into it so much,” Grant said. “I just knew people who bought weed and smoked weed, so I told them that if they needed any to just come to my room.” According to Grant, the dorm dealing See Dealers on page 28
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The language of music exposes the emotion of the human experience ries. Since program arose as a popular genre in the era, music has Words on Words By Suzanne Evans
Nearly every culture in the world developed music alongside speech and it remains one tures.
Program music, which attempted to associate music with something non-musical, or purposeson or thing. using musical ideas to portray
music to tell those stories. Even
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Current Biology proved that nacan songs as Americans who were raised into that association.
mind a Native American rain dance; a harmonic minor scale
emotion in music is universal and emotion is actually linked to
Nights.” And while snake charmers and dream catchers may seem like over-ripe stereotypes, music makes the stereotypical
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nor key. Since minor keys present a sad, melancholy tone to the lis-
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Music, though, is universal. — Suzanne Evans is a journalism major and the copy editor and a writer for The Mirror. She can be reached via email at arts@uncmirror.com.
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Transitioning from the black market to legalization David Ochoa
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In recent years April 20 has become a marijuana holiday with festivals and observances on college campuses. As the legend goes, 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) originated with a group of teenagers in San Rafael, California. Calling themselves the Waldos, they met at 4:20 at the Louis Pasteur statue on the grounds of San Rafael High School in order to search for an abandoned cannabis crop. After failing to located the crop, the phrase which they had used to refer to this plan, “4:20 Louis,” evolved into “4:20” and became a catchall for pot smoking in general. Locally, April 20 this that students at UNC over the age of 21 will be able to purchase and consume marijuana legally. Recently, The Mirror spoke to students who were also regular cannabis smokers about how the recent legalization had affected their use. Like some students, English major Victoria
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Prior to legalization, medical marijuana was an option.
smokes cannabis daily but structures her habit around her schoolwork. “We try not to smoke before classes…we don’t smoke before we have too important things to do, but once everything is done, then we smoke a lot,” Victoria said. Although legalization was intended to prevent illegal drug sales, students avoiding recreational facilities in favor of other routes. “Usually most people know someone with a medical card and that’s how it comes about, and if not, people still buy from a dealer because recreational
weed is expensive,” said Hailey, a UNC student who works at Highlander Smoke Shop. The price for an ounce of marijuana at the recreational dispensary in Garden City, Xg Platinum, costs $600 after tax. UNC students reported that they were often able to get the same amount of marijuana for as little as $150 to $200. “I’m less afraid for my life,” said Rylie, an undeclared student at UNC. Additionally, smoke shops in Greeley have begun to see a new demographic entering their stores.
“It’s interesting at the smoke shop because there’s a lot more people coming who have never smoked weed before and its like older people or middleaged people who are like ‘I’ve never smoked it but now that it’s legal I want to try it,’” Hailey said. Apart from the price hike that legalization has caused, DUI enforcement has become a moot point for the cannabis users of Greeley. Matt, a daily smoker who also works as a trimmer at a dispensary, believes that you should never be under although tolerance has to be taken into account when designing a DUI charge for marijuana. “I could not smoke all day and then get pulled over for, lets say, not stopping at
a stoplight long enough and if the cops smells marijuana, which he is, I work in a dispensary and smell like it, I could get blood tested and then fail that blood test because my standing level of THC in my body has algrams level,” he said. The stereotype of the lazy, unintelligent stoner is quickly being replaced by a new brand of smokers who favor marijuana over alcohol and use cannabis to help themselves concentrate. “There are plenty of very productive people in life that smoke weed on a regular basis,” Hailey said. “There was a professor of the school that came in and looked at vape pens,” she said. Riley echoed similar sentiments regarding stereotypes.
“When I tell people that I’m a stoner they tell me ‘Oh you don’t look like a stoner,’ and I’m like, ‘What does that mean?’” she said. For students that may be considering in joining the festivities for 4/20 for UNC had plenty of advice to give. Most smokers recommend either smoking a few puffs of a joint or a small grass pipe and waiting for the effects. Due to the potency, almost everyone strongly recommended against concentrates and food cooked with marijuana. For those who might be Hailey had a few words of advice. “Be in a safe environment, know your limits and go into with open mind.”
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You never forget your first time... Students share stories, reminisce about their first ‘green’ experience “I was 18 and the ‘inexperienced’ one in my group of friends. Everyone was chilled out and I was super nervous and paranoid. At one point I sat by myself and thought really hard about calling a friend who lived out of state. I seriously thought I had made the call after a couple of minutes and it sort of devastated me when I realized that I actually hadn’t. After a while, I threw up— we’d been drinking, too—and felt much better.” —Elizabeth G.
“It was my best friend and me at his house, upstairs in his bedroom. We were pretty young, around 13. He had smoked before. We were up in his room, joking around. Being kids, one thing lead to another and I went to punch him. He moved out of the way, but I felt like he moved so in, like, super slow-mo. So I slowed my punch down and tried to follow his movement. He had no idea what I was doing. Then I got hungry. So, my friend offered to go downstairs and bring up food and I was like,
‘No. They’ll know.’ He ended up bringing up a nice platter of snacks arranged meticulously.” —Patrick W. time. Nothing at all. I was at a Dashboard Confessional concert with a friend and the group in front of us was passing around a joint. I took it, and I feel like I inhaled, but now I’m not too sure. But I didn’t feel anything. A couple years later I was in
Amsterdam with a friend and we had Spacecakes. We were sitting on a bus to go back to our hotel and I was asking my friend if I looked high and complaining about how I couldn’t tell if I was or not. She looked at me and said, ‘If you have to ask, don’t you think you are?’ It blew my mind.” —Tracy G. “I
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Step by step: roll a joint with a roller
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First-time smokers blaze new trails in great sqaure state Antonio Hill
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The legalization of marijuana may seem like a new trend or idea for most states, but for the majority of us in Colorado, it has been a long time coming. Ever since 55 percent of the voters said “yes” to allowing the recreational use of marijuana for people 21 years old and up, the “cannabis culture,” as it has become known as, has changed dramatically.
Step 1: Fill roller with ground weed and pack tightly. Close the roller and roll back and forth to ensure even distribution.
Step 2: Begin rolling by using your thumbs. This is called packing the roller.
Step 3: Load rolling paper into roller with sticky side up.
Step 4: Keep rolling until only the sticky strip is visible. Give it a lick and keep rolling like you mean it.
Step 5: Once you’ve rolled all you can, open the roller, make sure your joint is rolled tightly and won’t fall apart.
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Recipe corner
2 graham crackers 3 tablespoons of Nutella, divided 1-3 small to medium sized nuggets of marijua-
amount of attention marijuana has gotten has increased a lot thanks to the music industry, celebrities and even the selfproclaimed pot-smoker holiday lot of students have had experiences with marijuana early in their lives and it continues to affect them in some way today. na experiences have given people some of the See Legal on page 19
Marijuana Firecrackers
aid in extracting the active ingredients in the marijuana. Cover each cracker with a moderate amount of marijuana. Place one cracker atop another with the Nutella and marijuana Encase
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Place both graham crackers on a large sheet of aluminum foil. Cover one side of each graham cracker with Nutella ensuring that the cracker is covered completely and thoroughly. The oil will
Divide along the graham cracker perforations with a sharpened knife and let cool. After consuming, the minutes. Be patient.
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Vaporizer pens: for weed of the future WE WON’T
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Especially with the newly legal smell still lingering around recreational marijuana in Colorado, smoking weed is a continuously evolving art form. New ways to enjoy the herb are constantly popping up. Everyone has that friend who recreated the holy cross joint from “Pineapple Express” or had the good luck to come across a blunt rolled in kief and hash oil. One innovation that has become the center of weed culture recently is the vaporizer pen. About the same size and look of an electronic ciga-
rette, vaporizer pens offer a healthier alternative to smoking weed that is easier on the lungs. Normally weed is loaded, burned and emits a thick smoke that somehow coats everything in the house and leaves a skunky smell behind. The smoke also puts marijuana users at risk of ailments such as lung cancer or emphysema. For heavy smokers, a vaporizer pen might be a good way to mitigate the dank smell emanating from their apartment buildings. The difference with vaporizer pens, then, is that they emit a vapor that is light and does not linger. It cuts down the possibility of as harsh on the throat as burning smoke is. Without a pungent cloud of smoke attached to it, a vaporizer pen offers users discretion in the traditional situations where one might gae music concerts, grassy knolls and muggy basement
parties. Vaporizer pens may appeal to the more creative and dedicated smokers who are tired of their usual grind-n-load routine. The pens can be used with hash, hash oils, waxes or any combination of those, which offers variety to users. Attachments, such as the atomizer, can also be purchased separately and switched out accordingly. An atomizer is used for smoking hash. The only downside to a vaporizer pen right now seems to be the price. The prices may eventually go down as vaporizer pens rise in popularity, but as it stands, the cost can range anywhere from $60 to $200. Vaporizer pens can be found at most head shops. —Alexandria Adair Vasquez is a senior Journalism-news editorial major and a news writer for the Mirror. She can be contacted via email at news@uncmirror.com.
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Motivated or couch-locked? depends on attitude Lessons learned at
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most humorous and entertaining stories that they will never forget. time smoking weed was before freshman year of high school,” Tucker Blake, a sophomore philosophy major said. “Back then it was only a once in while thing. You felt so Many people have said “high” or feel any effect from it but Blake had a time. “The story gets funnier from there,” Blake adds.
said Connor Law, a freshman geology major. “Most of my friends are couch locked when they get high
school and on dates
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marijuana came a lot more publicity for the drug, and
date with this guy and we decided to just chill and drink at his house. I did not intend to smoke weed too
all across the board on the subject. “I feel like if people came into the weed smoking experience with no bias as to what is going to happen to them, I feel like you would have a lot more people going on hikes,” Blake said. “Like people would ask their friends, Antonio Hill | The Mirror
something. Instead of just
forgot I had gum in my mouth. The gum got stuck to the top of my mouth and I thought my tongue had gotten stuck to the top of my mouth,” Blake said while chuckling to himself. Cassius Vasquez, a sophomore English major,
silly things.” The rise of the weed culture affects a lot of people, even if they have never smoked or do not frequentmons is a junior political science major and he has an opinion based on mari-
experience to remember as well.
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I actually got high. It was vaporizer,” Vasquez adds with a laugh. “I had bought a Twix beforehand, and when I opened I looked down and the wrapper had reformed itself. I was seeing things and I just kept cracking up. Even when I tried to lock the bathroom door I thought the lock was unlocking itself, so I continued to lock and unlock the door.” The concept of hallucinating is common among time getting high. Both Blake and Vasquez stated that they still smoke but nations. “I get like extra motivated when I smoke,”
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“I see it as something that nomically and politically. It empties the jails and it lowers the amount of court trials, saving people money on taxes. I mean, Colorado gained about a million dollars in tax revenue towards schools in January alone from marijuana sales.” No one could have expected the impact marijuana would have on not only the sate of Colorado, but also our whole country. Other states are realizing considering changing their legalized marijuana this year. -
Some of the many shapes, sizes and colors of glass pipes.
need to get involved. Being able to smoke in your state sends a message that you really can do what you want with your personal life, if you vote for it.” Be warned, there are laws prohibiting the use of
21 and you can get a DUI if caught driving while high. be answered at tinyurl.com/ coamendment64. The future of marijuana is hidden in a cloud of uncertainty, but for right now it looks like it is here to stay.
really feel it and then without any warning, I threw up all over myself... it was really embarrassing. Craziest part about it is that he still asked me to another date. stop me from smoking ever again. It just made me never mix those two things ever again!”
“I was 17 years old
because I was smoking it. My friend drove to Burger King for lunch while we were in high school and I went in to get my food. friend had hot boxed the car and I had to sit in it. Just by sitting in the back seat, I ended up getting so any of my sentences and everywhere I went, people said I looked like a owl. I was still able to go to class the rest of the day!”
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This week in UNC sports:
Editor: Michael Nowels — Assistant: Makalah Emanuel
Mercy, mercy, mercy
Baseball: at. Washington. 6 p.m. Monday. Seattle.
Samantha Fox
on point for the entire weekend series against Portland State, but when the Bears were clicking, they made it count, taking two of the three games by the mercy rule. The University of Northern Colorado (1528, 6-3 Big Sky) won the
vs. Grand Canyon. 12 p.m. Saturday & Sunday. Jackson Field. Women’s Golf: Big Sky Championship. All Day Sunday. Chandler, Ariz. Men’s Tennis:
weekend series 17-5 and 19-2, respectively, but the Vikings (7-28, 2-9) took the second game 9-1. All of the games were called
vs. IPFW. 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Butler-Hancock Courts. Women’s Tennis:
to the run rule.
at. Colorado State. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Fort Collins.
at. Idaho State. 2 & 4 p.m. Saturday. Pocatello, Idaho. at. Idaho State. 2 p.m. Sunday. Pocatello, Idaho. Track & Field: Cal State LA Twilight. All Day Thursday. Los Angeles. Mt. Sac Relays. All Day Friday. Walnut, Calif. Long Beach Invitational. All Day Saturday. Long Beach, Calif.
ning, contributing to two unearned runs. Junior
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vs. Grand Canyon. 3 p.m. Friday. Jackson Field.
Softball:
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Northern Colorado freshman shortstop Erica Dick slides into home plate in the Bears’ 17-5 win Friday over Portland State.
began defensively shaky for the Bears. Freshman shortstop Erica Dick had -
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from bouncing back with eight runs in the second frame. The Vikings were unable to get an out until the ninth batter, with junior catcher Nicole Hudson, struck out. In that inning, junior utility player Mikayla Duffy hit a two-run homer over the center -
“My teammates are great in the box and they got things rolling for us,”
Duffy said. “All I was play, get a score and then for the Bears all but sealed the deal in the opening game, with Duffy bringing in three on a double to left. The Bears went on to score four more runs in the fourth inning, and the Vikings were not able to cut the lead to extend the game. Big innings made a major difference for the victor in all three games. PSU to end the inning. “Hitting is contagious, and I think we really took advantage of that,” senior pitcher Megan Wilkinson See Softball on page 24
Club lacrosse roughs up Metro Makalah Emanuel
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defeated home winning streak to seven Friday night, defeating the Metro State have played against one another. who is captain of the team and was named
9-6 in both the second and fourth quarters. “We know they are always a good team and can never take them lightly, but when we come out and play our game, trust each other and our coaches, and stick to our fundamentals we know we can win every time,” Haverty wrote. Shooting percentages were also in
Conference First Team All-Conference at the mid defense position, said he was pleased with the game and attributed the recent victories to his teammates. “I felt that the game went great overall. We started a little slow as they scored
at only .214 percent.
in an email to The Mirror. “Tyler Conroy has been playing a huge part in these victories with his face-off winning abilities. Also our goalies have been stepping up and helping us out.” The Bears, who improved their re-
row, which places them second in the conference. With three games left in the regular season, the Bears are looking to
ter by a score of 7-1 and maintained their lead throughout the rest of the game. The Bears won the second quarter 6-2 while the third and fourth concluded with scores of 3-2 and 6-1, respectively.
sion II national tournament. See Lacrosse on page 26
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Northern Colorado freshman midfielder Nick Garlieb handles the ball in Friday’s 22-6 win at Butler-Hancock Field over Metro State.
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Avs back in postseason—who takes the Cup?
Sanchez Says By Dylan Sanchez
The National Hockey League is preparing for its most exciting bash of the season. Sixteen teams will be put toe-to-toe in the four round playoffs. Each round consists of a best-of-seven series with the winner of four rounds taking home the Stanley Cup. The 82-game regular season has led to many league favorites being taken off the board, including the Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, who led the league in goals with 51. Sadly, Ovechkin’s tallies weren’t enough to get his Washington Capitals into the postseason. The Toronto Maple Leafs will also miss the playoffs after coming into the year as a team of note. missed last year’s playoffs around. This isn’t surprising given that the NHL is a league of high turnover. However if the last few weeks of the regular season are any indication of what is to come, I believe down to the Boston Bruins vs. any one of four Western Conference teams: Either the Colorado Avalanche, the St. Louis Blues, the Chicago Blackhawks or the Anaheim Ducks. The Avalanche, led by head coach Patrick Roy, will have a chance to do the unthinkable. Pick any name on the roster, and you’ll the Avs season. scorers to choose from as the top star on a given night, but none are as important as Vezina Trophy (goalie of the year) candidate Semyon
Varlamov. Leading the league in wins (41), Varlamov will have to carry an injured Avs club through at least the er Matt Duchene and others can return to the lineup. Opportunistic scoring has given the Avalanche a chance to keep pace in the conference and secure the Central Division title. Though their talent is impressive health is the main issue for the Avs looking tothe Minnesota Wild. The St. Louis Blues looked like the heavy favorite in the West with less than a month to play, but an untimely losing streak put them in a bad spot heading into the playoffs. Patchy goaltending from star goaltender Ryan Miller put the Blues on thin ice, and their once red-hot scoring has cooled off considerably. Injures have plagued the Blues heading into the playoffs but their core is intact and they’ll still be an aggressive club if they can get their momentum swinging the right way, which will be tough to do against reigning Stanley Cup champs, the Chicago Blackhawks. As for the Anaheim Ducks, nothing would seem more right if they could send Teemu Selanne into retirement with a championship. The 43-year old, who won a bronze medal for pics, announced he will retire at the end of the season and for many hockey fans it is the end of an era. The Ducks have been on a mission to win the Cup for Selanne and a leagueleading 3.1 goals per game average has shown that power to get it done. The defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks are not much different from last year in
terms of pure talent, but when superstar Patrick Kane went down with a knee injury late in the season, the Hawks slumped and let Colorado slip past them for home ice advantage. They recently found their stride again and look to get both Kane and captain Jonathan Toews back St. Louis. If those two can click immediately, look for Chicago to be the dominant force and run away with the west en route to their third On the Eastern side of the map, the Boston Bruins and the (healthy) Pittsburgh Penguins are the only real candidates to make a run for the Cup. Arguably, the Philadelphia Flyers could be a surprise underdog, but lackluster goaltending will be their downfall. Boston is the stronger and more physical team while the Penguins have struggled to maintain chemistry. A potential Eastern Conference Final between the two heavyweights would be fun to watch as usual, and putting the leagues two most offensively loaded teams together always ends in dramatic fashion. The veteran Boston Bruins will make the strongest run in the East, while the questions as to who will have their chance at the Cup. Perhaps the most likely scenario is a rematch from Chicago and Boston in which Chicago took Lord Stanley’s silver in six games. —Dylan Sanchez is a freshman journalism major and sports reporter for The Mirror. He can be reached via email at sports@uncmirror. com.
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UNC works to clear up pot issue Michael Nowels
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It’s a well-known secret that marijuana is prevalent on and around college campuses. Athletics are also a large nonacademic component of the college experience, engaging students outside of the classroom. When the two come together, though, the stakes are raised. From a university perspective, athletics are a large contributor to a school’s public image, and drugs can sully that representation. Student-athletes can lose their scholarships if they test positive for illegal drugs, including marijuana. Despite weed’s legal standing within the state of Colorado, the NCAA, like the federal government, outlaws use of marijuana. Still, some Coloradans smoked pot recreationally before the state permitted it, and some NCAA athletes
go against the organization’s anti-cannabis policy. One athlete who competed for the University of Northern Colorado during this school year and smoked marijuana while ics agreed to speak with The Mirror about the experience of smoking recreationally during the team’s season, though he did not compete while high. The athlete, who will be referred to as John, has smoked pot since the age of 17, and will not be competing for UNC after this academic year. John stopped smoking marijuana for a period of time because of concerns about NCAA drug testing. “I was willing to (quit); it wasn’t really a big deal to me,” John said, adding that he was never tested despite the concerns. “Personally, no, but I’ve heard of people being tested at UNC since I’ve been there. They do not test very often.” UNC Athletic Director Darren Dunn said he believes his department can do more to prevent stu-
dent-athletes from smoking marijuana. At the time of the interview, Dunn said any UNC student-athletes testing positive and did not know that John would speak with The Mirror. “I don’t think that we’ve done enough to educate our student-athletes,” Dunn said. “I think we’ve done the bare minimum. I think we need to do more to educate our student-athletes and our coaches about all the issues involved.” Dunn said he and his staff will create a broader plan for broaching the issue over the summer, adding that there have been discussions with those directly involved with student-athletes, though he said the NCAA has not contacted him on the subject. “We have communicated to our head coaches and during team meetings, I’ve asked the head coaches and/or administrators to make sure they clearly understood that the NCAA prohibits the use of See UNC Sports Pot on page 26
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Men’s tennis loses match at Montana Staff Report
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UNC men’s tennis lost to Montana 5-2 Saturday in Missoula, Mont. The loss did not move the University of Northern Colorado out of position to make the Big Sky Championship tournament, though, as the Bears now sit in the conference to qualify. The Bears were able to take one of the three doubles matches, but the Grizzlies earned the doubles point by winning the re-
maining two. UNC sophomores Mitchel Knight and Eric Schuermans took the No. 3 doubles match over Montana’s Andrew Warren and Eric Braun 8-2. Grizzlies Semion Branzburg and Ethan Vaughn took the No. 1 match 8-7 (7-5) over Bears junior Ben Gendron and freshman Austin Mayo. UM’s Mikolaj Caruk and Tomasz Soltyka also defeated UNC senior Jeff Carlson and junior Jordan Loughnan by a score of 8-1.
In singles play, the Bears were able to take the No. 1 and No. 6 matches. Gendron defeated Caruk by set scores of 3-6, 6-4 and 10-5 in the topseeded match. Carlson took down UM’s Peter MimnaghFleming in a tiebreaker, too, winning 6-3, 4-6, 10-6. The Bears were unable to win any other matches, though, as Knight lost to Warren in the No. 2 match, 6-1, 6-1. Branzburg defeated Mayo in a three-set No. 3
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match, 6-2, 7-6, 12-10. In the No. 4 match, Soltyka took down Schuermans by set scores of 6-0 and 6-1, and Vaughn won the No. 5 match over UNC senior Michael Moya, 6-2, 6-1. The Bears took on Montana State Sunday, as well, but results were unavailable as of press time.
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Northern Colorado women’s tennis went 0-2 during a weekend road trip to compete against Montana and Montana State. The trip ended on Sunday with a 5-2 lost to the Montana State Bobcats. The University of Northern Colorado (8-9, 6-4 Big Sky) ries, including two singles and a doubles match. Bears senior Adriana Nieto and senior doubles partner Courtney Schulte started the day off with an 8-2 victory over Montana State’s Wena Tsan and Molly Crum. The victory was the duo’s ninth of the season and second of the weekend. Tsan and Crum would lose to Northern Colorado again in the singles matches. UNC freshman Laura Wehner took the No. 5 singles match from Tsan by a score of 6-0, 4-6, 10-3. The match marked Wehner’s 11th decision of the season. Schulte ended the day with Northern Coloratory, defeating Crum, 6-3, 4-6, 10-5. The Bobcats took the
rest of the matches. Wehner and doubles partner junior Chrissie Hoolahan fell to MSU’s Lau- Courtney Schulte ra Middel and partner Ellie Crum in the No. 2 match, 8-5. Bears senior Stephanie Catlin and freshman Beth Coton lost the No. 1 match in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (7-4). Nieto, Catlin, Hoolahan and sophomore Hilary Walters-West dropped the top four singles matches. No. 1 Nieto fell to Iva Parapunova, 6-3, 7-5 while Catlin dropped the No. 2 match to Middel with a score of 6-2, 6-0. Hoolahan (No. 3) fell to MSU’s Paulina Lopez and Walters-West (No. 4) lost to Ellie Crum by scores of 6-1,6-0 and 6-3, 6-2, respectively. A day prior, UNC lost to Montana, 7-0. The only Bears victory of the day came in the No. 3 doubles matches, where Nieto and Schulte beat Montana’s Ashley Mackey and Anabel Carbo-Estruch by a score of 8-4. UM was able to come back and sweep UNC in the No. 1 and No. 2
doubles matches to give the Grizzlies the doubles point. The No. 1 doubles match between Catlin and Coton and UM’s Haley Driver and Precious Gbadamosi ended in a tiebreaker, 9-8, (74). Wehner and Hoolahan weren’t able to take home the No. 2 doubles match either as they lost 8-4. Coton forced a thirdset tiebreaker in the No. 6 singles match, which eventually resulted in a 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8) loss to UM Maddy Murray. In the No. 1 singles, Nieto lost to Driver, 6-0, 6-0 while Catlin lost to Gbadamosi in the No. 2 match by a score of 6-4, 6-4. Hoolahan dropped the No. 3 match, 6-3,6-1, Walters-West lost the No. 4 match, 6-1, 6-0 and Wehner dropped the No. 5 match, 6-3, 6-3. Northern Colorado closes out the regular season with an away match against Colorado State on Tuesday before heading to the Big Sky Championship.
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Marijuana in sports goes beyond recreational vs. medicinal purposes suggested athletes use marijuana as a painkiller in lieu of other prescription painkill-
ning toke up during his year on the sideline? “The prevailing opinion of doctors who option where you would use any other kind
Mirror alum William Dolphin has re-
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During Super Bowl week, it seemed the trendy joke was to point out that the two states that had recently legalized recreational marijuana were going to share the Though only one team got smoked, it sport to the forefront, shedding light on an intersection of private organiza-
in a phone interview with The Mirror that “The one that it is particularly effective with that other painkillers are not is neuropathic pain, also known as nerve pain, which is fortunately not usually the kind of thing athletes are dealing with unless Of course, the most famous recent injury to a Colorado athlete involves nerve
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UNC baseball dropped a threegame series against Seattle over the weekend, bringing its record to 5-30 overall and 0-12 in the Western Athletic Conference, prolonging a 17game losing streak. The University of Northern Colseries to the Redhawks. Junior left
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Junior outfielder Jensen Park runs to home plate in the Bears’ April 6 loss to New Mexico State at Jackson Field. Park accounted for one on the Bears’ three hits on Sunday.
to left in the bottom of the third inning. Seattle scored once more in the 3-1 score.
victory but fell 4-3 to the Redhawks. Seattle was able to get a run in pitcher Chris Hammer helped earn those runs back for UNC, starting in Hammer allowed four runs on eight hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Senior Dan Talley and freshman Nick Tanner took over for Hammer and pitched two hitless innings collectively. Going into the sixth inning, the score was 3-2 with Seattle in the lead. The Bears loaded the bases with two outs and came away with one run afallowing freshman designated hitter Dan Reese to score and tie the game at four. In the bottom of the seventh inpenter with a pitch while the bases loaded, forcing in the game-winning run for the Redhawks.
Redhawks blanked the Bears, 6-0. UNC managed just three hits in the six innings and allowed a lone hit while striking out nine Bears. Three Redhawks pitchers combined to shut out UNC the rest of the way. single before being left on base, Seattle responded with four runs in the The Redhawks had as many runs from that point as the Bears did hits, securing the series sweep for Seattle and keeping UNC from breaking through in the win column in WAC play.
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said. “We really took advantage of the weak spots pitches they were throwing, and we were seeing the ball really well.” the Bears scored eight runs in the second, giving them a 15-2 lead, which they extended in the fourth inning with four more runs crossing home. Duffy turned out to be a major part in that win as well, with another three doubles in four plate appearances. a complete game in both UNC victories, allowing only seven earned runs between the three games she pitched in. “We really look to her leadership, and be able to be that go-to person, and come out and give us a performance we needed to get the series win,” UNC head coach Shana Easley said.
Wilkinson made a brief appearance in the second game, relieving senior
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and we wanted to just put it to them, and we did,” junior third baseman Kaitlin Flynn said. Flynn hit a two-run home run Saturday, which she sent sailing over the
cia Fine. Fine doubled, and two batters later, Nitschelm hit a 2-run home run, and Wilkinson was replaced by freshman Jayme Redtwo batters of the innings. Wilkinson returned to the “I think our approach was the same, we just in the circle today,” Easley said of the difference be-
needed to hit, and we were keeping the ball up too much and that resulted in the score.” However, it was the second game that helped fuel the lopsided third game, with a taste of vengeance in
recorded three singles beof the weekend. The Bears will spend the next two weekends on the road, beginning with a three-game series at Idaho State, followed by another at North Dakota before wrapping up the regular season at home when they and 3.
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Northern Colorado freshman shortstop Erica Dick prepares to field a ball that got past junior third baseman Kaitlin Flynn in the Bears’ 17-5 win Friday over Portland State at Butler-Hancock Field.
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Students work to juggle course loads and illicit drug sales Dealers from page 13
scene was pretty relaxed. For the most part, he said, Grant kept his business between friends and fellow dorm-dwellers. All he had to do to stay safe was keep the door locked. “That way, if I was in class or something, people would know (to go down the hall) and be like, ‘Hey, can I get a gram?’” Grant said. Unlike more reckless dealers, Grant never ended up in the Daily Wildcat’s Police Beat section. Instead, he ended up with approximately $100 to $200 a week and a well-funded spring break. “That’s why I don’t really have (the money) anymore,” Grant said. “Just buying stupid shit like clothes, more weed. I was pretty irresponsible with it.” Grant wasn’t running a $10,000 operation. He said the only worry he had was being ratted out by someone, which every dealer I talked to admitted was a concern. Still, Grant ran into a problem that ultimately ended his business when he ran out of weed and found that the frat guy who normally sold to him had also run out. A friend of his offered to front him some.
“It wasn’t his (the dealer’s), it was his friend’s, who was also a dealer,” Grant said. “So (his friend) got pissed at me and there was this misunderstanding.” Grant ended up owing money and decided to quit. “I was like, ‘F*** it,’” he said. “It would have been a pain in the ass to get another ounce and start the process again.” At the same time, other dorm dealers picked up the slack. “I’d say for any dorm, there’s probably at least one or two kids (selling weed),” Grant said. “When I did, there were at least three or four other guys I knew in the dorms — at my dorm, at least — who were doing it at any given time.” No matter what, there will always be a place for students of all backgrounds to get their weed. But where do the non-students get their drugs? According to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, at least 22 million people in the United States use illegal drugs. Wheeler dealer: Sticking with it. Ordering pizza is pretty awesome: Pizza magically arrives at the door to cure cravings for a small price. Some drug dealers do the same thing, except with drugs. This
deliveryman is Tom Ado. Yes, he requested a name inspired by “Pokémon.” He’s certainly not your typical shady street dealer who sits on the corner selling bags of oregano. He’s not a kingpin. He’s something in between it all, and he loves his job. “Even cash-broke, I’ve found that (drug dealing) is what makes me happy,” Tom said. “It’s based on passion. It keeps me moving forward.” Tom doesn’t even consider dealing to be a job. “I would call it a means to a means,” Tom said. “I’m fundraising … for legal enterprises I’ll have in the future, such as opening a local head shop or becoming a wholesale distributor of glassware.” Sharing his love of weed is what got him into the business. Before a Thanksgiving feast last year, Tom smoked in California with his cousin, who is connected to Los Angeles’ medical marijuana scene. Just three months later, Tom started transporting high-grade marijuana from California to feed hungry smokers in Tucson. “I was with my cousin, and we were discussing our passions,” Tom said. “He explained to me that there is a way, if you’re
willing to be self-motivated and work for yourself — which isn’t just all freedom, it’s a lot of responsibility — you’re able to make a lot of money and you’re able to be in control of all the aspects of your occupation.” The autonomy, Tom said, was one of the reasons the job appealed to him so much. Despite his passion, Tom isn’t making quite a bit of dough: $3,500. On average, he only makes $70 a week, though business seems to be picking up. Unlike Jake and Grant, Tom plans to continue dealing for a while. He said that eventually, he’ll open up a smoke shop and have other people deal for him while he just skims off the top. And as long as Arizona’s medical marijuana program stays in place, he shouldn’t With a medical card, he will trade different kinds of marijuana at pot clubs, where patients and caregivers meet to share their various kinds of medicine. “My hope is that we can all become licensed to carry all of these heavily regulated narcotics,” Tom said, “so that this isn’t a legal issue anymore.”
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Carroll has had the substance spotlight on his team recently as several Seattle players have tested positive for banned performance enhancers during his fouryear tenure in the Emerald City. stereotypically linked to potato chips and late-night Taco Bell runs—not exactly conducive to athletic competition. But Dolphin said there are certain ef“It increases your heart rate and it dilates your blood vessels, so for endurance People with asthma use it.
1. Grant Forrest (San Diego)—200 T34. Ben Krueger (UNC)—220 T42. Steven Kupcho (UNC)—221 T67. Julian Woodfork (UNC)—227 T84. Conner Barr (UNC)—234 87. Steve Connell (UNC)—235 90. Derrick Kim (Seton Hall)—245
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inhale something to control asthma—you the cannabis that create the same effect or a similar one in terms of opening up those airways.” While Ricky Williams may quit football
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Wyoming Cowgirl Classic — Maricopa, Ariz. 1. New Mexico State—887 2. Santa Clara—896 T3. Tulsa—901 T3. Boise State—901 5. Lamar—903 19. Northern Colorado—967 20. Utah Valley—968
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Masahiro Sakurai, the director of the games, hosted the most recent Nintendo Direct, which streamed on highly-anticipated new addition to the Super Smash Bros. series. These as-ofyet-unnamed games follow the 2008 hit, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For the uninitiated, Super Smash Bros. is a series of tendo characters and utilize an unusual system of gameplay. Instead of a health bar, age; the more damage taken, the higher the percentage. The higher the percentage, the easier it is to launch the character off the stage,
which is the only way to eliminate enemy players. A medley of items and guest of Nintendo franchises assist the player. One of the greatest draws of the series is this menagerie of Nintendo characters coming together to beat each other senseless. The most anticipated part Smash Bros. series is the roster. Nintendo Direct contraditions with the roster. Some characters had the ability to change into different characters with new moSuit Samus and Pokémon Trainer, who could switch between three Pokémon. In
the new games, this metamorphosis is eliminated. Instead, these will be treated as separate characters. Charizard was announced as his own character, now unshackled from the bonds of the Pokémon tle, the other two which Brawl, are as of yet unconmon character was announced in the form of Greninja, a water/dark type ninja frog. Besides con-
characters, Yoshi was announced as a return character as well. While not surprising,
roster. The roster now boasts 29 playable characters. Newcomers include MegaMan, from the eponymous series, Villager from Animal Crossing, a Wii Fit trainer, Rosalina & Luma from Super Mario Galaxy, Little Mac from Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! and the aforementioned Greninja. Both the 3DS and Wii U
tion mode, meaning each Since Final Destination is used most in tournaments, this is designed to allow
Sakurai spent a fair amount of time discussing the online features of the ary jumped out in terms of erate, but the proposed features seemed to be leagues better than the current system for Brawl. Two systems, titled “For Fun” and “For Glory,” will allow players to either play informally with friends or be paired with random playFor Fun features random stages with all items and smash balls unlocked. friends, then the rules can be adjusted. Sakurai also hinted that players could create characters but failed to pro-
For Glory follows the tournament meta. All stages will be in Final Destination mode with no items. 1-on1 is possible, and wins and losses are recorded. there will not be a number one in the world. Instead, the more skilled a player, the higher his “score” will be. As with most online ers will be grouped with those in the same skill area placed against nationallyRelease windows were game will release in Summer 2014, while the Wii U Winter 2014.
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