The Mirror—April 11, 2016

NEWS BRIEFS Student Senate elections have come to a close. Brandon Miller will serve as next year’s student body president, and Michael Kelly will serve as student trustee. The other positions for which elections were being held had only one candidate runnnig. Anthony Scaduto will serve as director of finance, and Emily Booth will serve as director of student affairs. See page 2 for the full story.

A student reflection of the UNC community

UNC’s Assault Survivors’ Advocacy Program hold a clothing and household items drive in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The drive will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. between April 11 and April 13 in the University Center.

The Clothesline Project, held between April 18 and April 22 in Michener Library and the University Center, involves shirts created by victims of gender violence.

Those interested in designing a shirt should visit the Assault Survivors Advocacy Program office in Cassidy Hall.

Members of the Northern Colorado Hula Club perform a traditional hula dance during the 25th Annual Lu’au Saturday night in the Rocky Mountain Ballroom.

Photo by Jason Keller | The Mirror

25th annual Lu’au says ‘aloha’ Jason Keller arts@uncmirror.com

Outside, dark clouds gather, clotting the sky like rolling sheets of gun smoke, chasing the otherwise beautiful spring day toward the horizon.

But inside the University Center’s newly christened Rocky Mountain Ballroom, the attitude is all blue skies and sunshine. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first UNC Lu’au, the Hawaii Club, in spite of the shifting weather, reminds Colorado of it’s ties with the pacific paradise state.

The Student Employee of the Year will be named this Thursday. In addition, banners representing a variety of offices employing students will be on display between 4:30 and 6 p.m. in the Rocky Mountain Ballroom in the University Center. Both events are part of National Student Employee Appreciation Week, held April 11-15, to recognize student employees.

The Journalism and Mass Communications department will introduce its transition into the Journalism and Media Studies program at an informational event at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on Turner Green. Food will be provided.

Neon reds, blues, greens, yellows and purples drip down the ballroom walls, symbolic of UNC’s ties with the University of Hawaii, which shares the same color palette.

“The WUE [Western Undergraduate Exchange] drives a lot students here,” said Kailee Goya, a junior sports and exercise major.

Colorado Universities participate in WUE with Hawaiian Universities. Participants are offered close to in-state tuition to attend a partner university.

The City of Evans is accepting applications for the following seasonal positions: PT Day Camp Counselor (Mon.Fri., 7 a.m.–6 p.m. shifts, $8.31/hr.-$10/hr.) and Parks Maintenance Worker (Mon.Fri. 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $10.00/ hr. - $12.00/hr.). Apply online at: evanscolorado.gov

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Senate elections come to a close UNC News News Editor: Will Costello

THIS WEEK AT UNC MONDAY 4/11

All Day Campus-Wide Bear Pantry Drive (All Week) 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Assault Survivors Advocay Program Clothing and Household Donation Drive (All Week) University Center

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By Drew Heiderscheidt news@uncmirror.com

Brandon Miller, a junior business marketing major, was elected Student Body President last week. He beat out his opponent, Tyson Thornburg, a junior political science major, for the position.

Miller, the current student trustee for Student Senate, was overjoyed about the win, but he realized it came at a cost.

“If one person wins, the other person loses. And I know he had really, really good ideas,” Miller said of Thornburg.

“I’m disappointed, but I fully trust that Senate’s in good hands next year,” Thornburg said. “I know Brandon, and I’ve worked

with him a lot, so I think he’s going to do a good job.”

Miller plans to increase the transparency between the student body and UNC administration. He considers his previous work with the UNC Board of Trustees to be an advantage.

“The more I worked with the Board, I realized that this is kind of the same thing with the administration,” he said.

“They have a building, and no one ever sees them. I’m not sure to go about [increasing transparency], but that’s something that I definitely want to work on, and the more I got into Senate the more I realized that that’s something that should be changed.”

Thornburg said he is open to the idea of working with the Student Senate again.

“I love Senate and every-

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thing that they are able to do.

And I’m actually looking at applying for a couple different positions with them for this coming year.”

If Thornburg were to apply for positions on Student Senate for next year, Miller said he would be welcomed with open arms. Miller said he would like to have Thornburg as a student-at-large, or some other position, so he could keep being involved with the Senate. The potential to fill the position of election commissioner and parliamentarian was mentioned.

Despite not being elected, Thornburg said he is going to keep pushing for some of the ideas he campaigned with.

Among the goals that Thornburg ran on were increasing the visibility of Student Sen-

ate to the campus population, working with the administration more effectively and increasing student involvement in clubs and organizations.

Michael Kelly, a sophomore business administration major who currently serves as a councilor for the Monfort College of Business, was elected to the position of student trustee. His opponent, Ashton Atmore, a junior humans services major, did not respond to requests for comment.

“I feel really excited,” Kelly said of his victory. “I feel motivated.”

Kelly is especially interested in helping clubs and organizations on campus grow.

“I see what one club and organization can do,” Kelly said. “So if I’m able to make that more accessible to all stu-

dents, and if I’m really able to provide resources for them to grow and develop, then that’s what I’m interested in, that’s where I want to see most of my focus and energy go towards,” he said.

The other elected positions were uncontested. Emily Booth, a junior majoring in audiology and speech language sciences, currently serving as a councilor for the College of Educational and Behavioral Sciences, will become the director of student affairs during the upcoming academic year.

Anthony Scaduto, a junior double majoring in political science and economics, and a councilor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, will fill the director of finance position.

Director of Finance

UNC anthropology students to visit Sicily

By Miranda Limb news@uncmirror.com

This summer, undergraduates will have a chance to gather data from more than 12,000 skeletons excavated from an ancient Sicilian city and learn about the health and lifestyle of the population.

The National Science Foundation awarded a grant for a summer research experience for undergraduates, which will be led by Britney Kyle, an assistant professor of anthropology and director of the Bioarcheology of Mediterranean Colonies Project.

“The whole program is centered around trying to make students independent researchers,” Kyle said.

“The students will learn information about how to study bones, what kinds of important research questions they should be asking, some basic contextual information about the site and the area so that they can help formulate interesting research questions, and then information on how to analyze data and interpret their findings.”

Applicants chosen throughout the United States will travel to Sicily in three groups of eight, each during the next three summers. These students will conduct independent research projects. They will gather data from excavations associated with the Battle of Himera in the ancient Greek colony.

Bioarcheology students will participate in all phases of the research process, including research design prior to the program’s start date, data collection, laboratory and data analyses, interpretation and presentation of results.

The summer program is eight weeks long, offered jointly through the University of Georgia, the University of Northern Colorado and the Università del Salento, that promotes scientific literacy and global engagement among undergraduate students.

Students will learn anthropological field and lab methods, receive a weekly stipend of $500 and daily meal allowances, and have all lodging covered, as well as international travel up to the program maximum. They will also learn from American and Italian scholars, visit Sicily’s museums and archaeological sites, learn STEM research methods, live in Campofelice di Roccella, Italy and interact with Italian students and citizens, and remain in contact with faculty mentors for a year to publish results and present at conferences.

“The students will participate in approximately one hour of workshops per day,” Kyle said. “Students will be designing research projects and they will be collecting data from skeletons in the Italian skeletal collection in Himera.”

Kyle directs a project called the Bioarcheology of Mediterranean Colonies Project, which examines human skeletal remains to try and answer questions about colonization, such as how colonization

impacted the lives of local people.

The skeletons were excavated between 2006 and 2008. Archaeologists were interested in a variety of research questions not just about the Battle of Himera, but the colony itself. The skeletons have not been analyzed and the program is hoping to answer some of the questions that archaeologists have. These examinations will begin this summer.

These students will work with Kyle and other faculty researchers to study the effect of ancient Greek colonization on Sicilian populations dating from the 7th to 5th centuries B.C. When these groups return to the United States, they will analyze DNA and isotopes in a mentored lab setting to learn about the colonists’ health and lifestyle. They will then publish their results and present at conferences throughout their yearlong commitment to the project.

Kyle said that at the end of the project, students should understand how to design a research project that relates to a central research question and then carry it out to completion.

According the project’s abstract, “Students will leave the [project] with greater technical and data analytical skills, better preparedness for graduate study and professional careers, and heightened awareness of global issues related to population contact, ethnogenesis, inequality, and health transitions.”

For more information about the program, visit research.franklin.uga.edu.

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Research Day a success Staff Report

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Research Day, an opportunity for students to share what they have learned through faculty guided research, was held in the University Center’s Rocky Mountain Ballroom last Thursday.

Topics ranging from biology to criminal psychology to the decline of the American middle class were discussed.

Many students begin the process of finding a faculty advisor and getting their research approved toward the end of the fall semester, and begin the actual research portion of the experience at the beginning of the spring semester.

“It’s a good place to showcase research and engaged projects that are going on,” Dylan Ghaffari, the coordinator for communications, planning and advising at the Center for Honors, Scholars, and Leadership, said of the event.

“It helps the presenter and it helps the people who normally wouldn’t be involved.”

Many students who did not do research attended the event to see what their classmates had accomplished. Some proffesors required their students to attend the event, or offered extra credit to those who expressed interest in viewing other students’ research.

Research Day doesn’t only attract academic attention, but professional interest as well. Two representatives from Sweetwater County attended Research Day looking for psychology majors to apply for open positions for counselors and psychologists at their schools.

Research Day is open to anyone who wants to answer a research question, whether or not it is related to their field of study.

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Play addresses religious prejudice UNC Arts Arts Editor: Jason Keller

CLASSY ENTERTAINMENT

MONDAY 4/11

All Day (Continued through May 10) Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health & Illness Michener Library

TUESDAY 4/12

3:30-5 p.m.

The Greeley Young Authors Program Book Launch Michener Library - Mari Michener Gallery 4:40-5:40 p.m.

Student Recital: Evan Miller, percussion Foundation Hall

WEDNESDAY 4/13 4:40-5:40 p.m.

Guitar Ensemble Concert Frasier Hall - Room 90

6:15-7:30 p.m.

Student Recital: Golriz Shayani, classical guitar Kepner Hall - Milne Auditorium (Room 2050)

THURSDAY 4/14

6:15-7:30 p.m.

Graduate Student Recital: Sara Schuhardt, flute Kepner Hall - Milne Auditorium (Room 2050) 7:30-10 p.m. (Continued through Saturday) SOAPbox Productions Presents: Alice in Slasherland Atlas Theatre 709 16th St.

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By Trevor Reid

arts@uncmirror.com

As states pass religious freedom bills that allow LGBTQ discrimination, sophomore T.J. Norton captured his own struggle between religion and sexuality in the play “Herself a Scripture.”

Norton, a sophomore musical theatre major, wrote the play using inspiration from his own relationships.

“I am a bisexual man. A lot of what I deal with in relationships tends to be this conflict of religion,” he said.

“Even in myself I have a conflict of wanting to believe in Christianity and these things, but finding it very innately hard to do that, because even if they say they accept me, I don’t feel accepted.”

The play centers on the story of Eryn, a young woman who recently discovered her lesbian identity on a trip to India.

Eryn’s parents raised her as a Muslim. While her father supports her on the technicality that only male homosexuality is explicitly condemned by the

faith, her mother adheres more strictly to the faith’s condemnation of homosexuality.

Though dialogue in the play often criticizes religious persecution of homosexuality, Norton said the play is about much more than criticism.

“It comes out of a profound respect for religion and wanting to understand it better,” he said.

After breaking up with her Catholic boyfriend, Eryn struggles to find the role religion plays in her life. She goes on a date with a bubbly scientologist and then a critical atheist before meeting Elizabeth, who understands Eryn’s agnostic search for something bigger than herself.

The acting performances balanced the symbolic weight of characters’ religious identities with more realistic, casual interactions. Rose Van Dyne, a sophomore musical theatre and piano performance double major, directed the play. She said her directing style was all about working together and collaboration with the actors.

“I would suggest something to an actor based on motivation I would find if I were in their shoes, and then ask them

if they felt comfortable doing that. And if they didn’t, then we would find a new solution, so I tried to come at it with a collaborative point of view,” Van Dyne said.

Van Dyne explained that one of her greatest challenges was the working script. After reading three different versions of the script as Norton worked on it, Van Dyne said she wanted to show a full understanding of the characters that one script could not easily capture.

“I saw the characters in a way the actors didn’t get to because I saw how they evolved in T.J.’s mind, which was really awesome. But then, it also made it more difficult at the end, because I wanted to portray everything I had learned, where the actors only had the script in their hands,” she said.

Though she is happy with Elizabeth, Eryn still struggles with her religious upbringing that tells her she can’t be happy with another woman. Norton, raised by Christian parents, said the play is very personal.

He said being in the audience at the premiere Saturday night in Lindou Auditorium was difficult, but worth it.

Hannah Betz, left, fights her demons with Gina Bartelli, right, in an original student-written play, “Herself a Scripture,” on Saturday night. Photo

by Sam Lawlor | The Mirror

“It’s a very raw, vulnerable feeling. It’s very scary. It’s a little panic-inducing because everyone looks at your soul, and they’re like, ‘We’re judging your soul right now,’” he said, laughing. “But it feels good. It feels like therapy. It feels like release.”

More than anything, Norton said he hopes people leave the performance with hope and love in their hearts.

“Love is love, and you can believe whatever you want to believe, so long as you’re kind and you’re loving about it,” he said.

Club says ‘aloha’ with annual Lu’au Story continued from page 1.

“I consider it a discount tuition,” said Lu’au coordinator Kayla Tanaid, a senior speech therapy major.

Tanaid, a transfer student from Hawaii, said this was the first event that she’s been in charge of.

The low murmur of the evening is blanketed under soft music, sounding like it was scored beneath the tropical sun. The atmosphere, the flourishing green floral arrangements, the flowering Hawaiian shirts, abundant among the crowd —it’s all a far cry from the often blustery and turbulent weather of Colorado, where thick coats and snow boots are usually mandatory. The night serves as a reminder that though we may be one nation, we are many cultures.

“I think that’s what college is about, getting to immerse yourself in a new culture,” said Peter Arnegard, a senior graphic design major.

“I believe a Lu’au is representative of the American idea of a melting pot,” said Trystan Cline, a freshman journalism major.

Though we don’t often share weather or atmosphere from the pacific state, we do share a student body and

a culture, which, according to Tanaid, is “the whole purpose of having a Lu’au.”

Students, faculty—even children shuffled into the Rocky Mountain Ballroom on Saturday evening to share a night of food, dance, music and crafts.

“They’re making a turtle puppet, which is called ‘Honu’ in Hawaiian,” said Nicole Carney, a freshman elementary education student, as she guided children in arts and crafts. “They’re coloring fish plates and they’re also coloring pictures of Hawaii.”

An authentic spread of Hawaiian food was brought out, featuring sticky rice, chicken thighs cooked in a soy sauce mix, tofu vegetable stir fry with orange and ginger sauce, a jellied coconut dessert called Haupia and the signature Kalua pig, slow roasted in an underground oven called an Imu. With stomachs full, the lighting was brought low and aimed at a stage which quickly filled with a practiced group of women from the Northern Colorado Hula Studio.

Director Janna Yoshimoto hunkered low against the stage, drumming against a large, pitcher-like object—an Ipu Heke. She sang in the Hawaiian tongue while the dancers of the hula studio, clad in their eye-

catching Kahiko’s (hula skirts), swayed and swung to the music. Their arms fluttered and turned in rhythm to their footing, plotting their movements across the stage in wide sweeping saunters or small half steps, until final notes cried out from Yoshimoto, and their dance came to an end.

A couples dance called Jungle saw two dancers sporting elaborate headdresses, dancing their way through Tahitian drumbeats like a Hawaiian tango, mixing and playing off one another.

With a few raffle drawings led by Emcee Michaella Tancayo to break the flow of elaborate dances and exciting chanting, the 25th annual Lu’au came to a close.

Drawing all eyes on them, the entire cast of performers, still garbed in their costumes and skirts, assembled on the stage with a pensive silence.

The Hawaiian National Anthem can be sung one of two ways, in the native verse or the English verse. The English version was carried through the crowd in a slow chant, a vocal extension of the intricate culture and history of the Hawaiian people and their home, transplanted to the icebox state of Colorado. The Hawaii club shared readily with the university, hopefully for many more friendly years to come.

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UNC Sports Sports Editor: Dylan Sanchez

HOME GAMES FRIDAY 4/15

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Men’s Tennis vs. IUPUI Butler-Hancock Tennis Courts 3 p.m.

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UNC club swimming went from non-existent to club of the year

By Samantha Lawlor sports@uncmirror.com

UNC’s club swim team made their way to nationals on May 31 and competed in Atlanta, Georgia, determined and ready to race.

Only being an official club team for three years now, this competition was an incredible feat for one of the youngest club teams at the university.

Three years ago, the team was small, amateur and hopeful; qualifying for a national meet was a distant dream.

Northern Colorado’s club swim team’s story starts at UNC’s annual Campus Rec Fest in 2013. There was no table advertising a club swim team, but an idea sparked in then freshman Christina Riddo’s mind: “Why not start my own club?”

According to UNC’s club sports website, there are four main requirements to start a club sport.

First, the club must meet with the coordinator of club sports to assess the interest. Then, they have to come up with a club constitution and operational by-laws.

Once there is a general interest, the club may begin to apply for recognition by competing regionally. Lastly, the club will serve a one-year probation to assure that the club can retain members and is financially stable.

Being a swimmer almost all her life,

Riddo said that heading into college without the sport seemed strange. After asking a few other swimmer friends for help, the journey began, and flyers for an interest meeting started popping up around campus.

“That first year we only had four people show up at the interest meeting, but I wasn’t going to give up,” Riddo said.

“Once we started having practice, we had about 11 people on the team, but only seven were showing up consistently.”

A club team is not considered official until it competes.

That first year, the team competed twice, once against the University of Colorado in Boulder and the other against Colorado State. Being so new to officer positions, Riddo and another officer, Erin Lemberger, remember being overwhelmed, until the next year at Rec Fest, when swimmers were pouring in at their table.

“The hardest part of starting our own club, at first, was finding swimmers,” Lemberger said. “Trying to figure out how to set expectations and become a team was challenging as well—because at first, we didn’t even know what those standards should be.”

Over the last three years, the team has grown greatly in size, and the officers have grown in their leadership.

“One of the most important things I’ve learned how to do is ask for help and delegate tasks,” Riddo said. “That’s been great for our team.”

Once more swimmers joined, and

Northern Colorado’s club swim team finished 50th out of 78 teams at Nationals on May 31-April 3 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo by Samantha Lawlor | The Mirror

the team had more competitions under its belt, the officers had to adapt their knowledge and skills from the past two years to knowing how to run a larger team.

This year, the team has a solid 30 swimmers and finished 50th out of 78 teams at Nationals.

“The coolest part about our team is that each year we get a little closer,” Lemberger said. “Even though we’ve grown in size, there’s so much more passion for our team. We’re like a family.”

After winning Club of the Year in 2015 and qualifying for the Nationals Swim Meet in 2016, the team is grateful for what it has accomplished. The

team is growing, the officers are learning more every year and everyone is hopeful for what’s to come.

“We always say keep moving forward, “ Riddo said. “I think that’s been our officer motto from the beginning.”

The officers said they believe that anyone can do what they’ve done.

“Not just with club sports but with life—you can do anything you want, it’s just a matter of believing that you can,” Riddo said.

The UNC club swim team will begin their next season this coming fall.

Samantha Lawlor is currently serving as an officer on the Club Swim Team

Softball falls to Sacramento State

By Brittany Riley sports@uncmirror.com

UNC’s Softball team hosted Sacramento State over the weekend, but came up short, losing the series three games to none.

Friday, the Bears lost 11-7 and 5-8 respectively, but on Saturday, the Bears were able to keep the game close. They were strong on defense, but not strong enough at the plate to walk away with the win, losing 4-1. With only 14 games left, the Bears hold a record of just 4-27, with no conference wins.

The team relied heavily on their defense and strong pitching by junior Jayme Reddacliff. Reddacliff and the defense were able to hold off any scoring until the third inning.

Pitching six innings, Reddacliff gave up 10 hits and four runs. With the help of her defense, the Bears stranded 13 Hornets on base.

Designated player and sophomore Lauren Paige had a standout performance Saturday, going 2-for-4 with an RBI, her 15th of the season. The Bears only run was driven in by Paige’s RBI double. In the top of the fifth inning with two players on base and a close score of 2-0, Paige hit a line-drive double down the middle to bring in one run and advance another player to third.

“We weren’t on the board yet, so it gave us a chance to come back in the game,” Paige said.

The Bears weren’t able to gain any more ground, but the Hornets earned two more runs before the end of the game.

“Today we did a lot of really good things,” said Head Coach Shana Easley. “We just weren’t able to get the

hits when we had runners in scoring position today.”

The Bears left 10 players on base Saturday, the most they have stranded all season.

Although the team wasn’t able to score many runs, they were still getting on base and moving people to second and third base, which is a step in the right direction. If the team can continue to get people on base and moving around the bases, the runs will follow.

Next weekend, the Bears will travel to North Dakota for a three-game series beginning Friday.

“We’ll continue to focus on defense, maybe some more hitting in situations and executing when we have runners in scoring position” Easley said.

The team will be fighting for their first conference win, and shortstop Erica Dick will be looking for two more home runs and four runs to break the NCAA Division I record for most career home runs and runs.

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Bill seeks to segregate bathrooms

OPINION

Personally, I understand this apprehension; however, I do not think society’s fear of the possible should deny the rights of an entire group of people. What kind of society tells an entire group of people it accepts you and wants you to be yourself, except when you want to use a public restroom, because that is too far-fetched. In truth, America is not an unfamiliar participant in ostracizing groups based on societal fears and apprehension.

Regardless, the possibility of someone harmful entering a public bathroom, locker room or intimate public place is always going to exist. This will always be a possibility, and I feel the Bathroom Bill should not deny the rights of people who identify as trans-

gender because someone might take advantage of the access to a public restroom.

An alternate solution that many public places have adopted is building genderneutral restrooms. Both genders are welcome to use these restrooms, and even UNC’s campus has them.

Gender-neutral restrooms allow for anyone to use them.

I do not agree with the implementation of the Bathroom Bill, because it discriminates and alienates an entire group of people within American culture.

By Sarah Methuselah One of the most intimate parts of a person’s day is going to the bathroom. Within the last few weeks, “bathroom talk” has become a national conversation and there is a really, really good reason behind it.

Recently, North Carolina passed a bill—better known by it’s soiled implications— the Bathroom Bill.

This bill is discriminatory against individuals who identify as transgender. The Bathroom Bill implies that individuals who identify as transgender are not allowed to use restrooms, locker rooms or intimate public places of the gender that

they identify with, but rather, only use the restrooms of the biological sex that individual was born with.

This bill prohibits those who identify as transgender to truly be the opposite gender. The Bathroom Bill is faulty, denying an entire group of people the option to use a public restroom, which sounds historically similar to racially-segregated bathrooms.

On the other hand, I understand the fear that caused the Bathroom Bill to be implemented in North Carolina. One argument is that predators will pretend to be individuals who identify as transgender and will attempt to take advantage of men, women and children, if given the correct avenue.

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- Sarah Methuselah is a freshman pre-journalism major, and an opinion columnist for The Mirror. She can be reached at editor@uncmirror. com.

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