NEWS BRIEFS Colorado, along with 12 other states, will hold both republican and democratic caucuses on Tuesday — “Super Tuesday” — to determine each party’s nominee for the presidential election.
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Senator Bernie Sanders held a rally on Sunday at Moby Arena on Colorado State University’s campus in Fort Collins. The Vermont senator has strong support from college students going into the Super Tuesday primary caucuses. Four thefts and a robbery are being investigated at convenience stores throughout Weld County. A suspect took money from the cash register of a Kum & Go in Mead at approximately 9 p.m. last Thursday. No one was injured. In addition, automatic change dispensers and charity donation boxes were stolen from four separate convenience stores in Windsor, Mead and Dacono between Feb. 21 and Feb. 23.
The Bear Essentials Rock Band plays during home games at the Bank of Colorado Arena. The band consists of Brian Galaviz, a senior jazz studies major, on guitar; Spencer Zweifel, a freshman jazz studies major, on keyboard; and Ori Yakir Bitton, a sophomore bass performance major, on bass. Photo by Alex Nunley | The Mirror
BEAR BASKETBALL GETS ROCKED By Julia Grooms sports@uncmirror.com
The University of Northern Colorado men’s and women’s basketball games have become a bit more rock and roll this semester. At the Bears’ most recent basketball games in the Bank of Colorado Arena, a band is filling the silence in between the cheers. The arena has found a new voice to keep the audience entertained at games, with a student-formed rock and roll band, consisting of four people, that plays fight songs and remixes of popular tracks.
This band calls themselves “The Bear Essentials Rock Band.” After over a year of planning and developing between UNC athletics and the College of Performing and Visual Arts, the band finally began. Richard Mayne, associate director of bands at UNC, helped form the group of musicians through auditions of which over 40 people auditioned. After choosing two musicians for each instrument, the band had eight members to create two full interchangeable bands to make sure the band was present for every men’s and women’s basketball games. Story continued on page 6.
Next APPEARANCE: Women’s basketball against Montana State University at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Bank of Colorado Arena
A presentation about the application of math to movie production will be held from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Monday in Ross 2090. Michael Dorff, Ph.D., professor of mathematics at Brigham Young University, will show how math is used to create realistic effects in popular movies such as Disney’s “Frozen” and “The Incredibles.” The presentation is free and open to the public. UNC has been recognized as a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation for the fourth consecutive year. UNC has three tree trails with 110 trees, including four state champion winners. Registering bicycles with UNC’s Bear on a Bike program can protect them from theft and improve the owner’s chances of getting his or her bike back if it is stolen. Registering bikes costs $20 and comes with a free U-lock, but is only valid during students’ time at UNC.
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