The Mirror—April 4, 2016

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A student reflection of the UNC community

TENNIS GETS NO LOVE

By Brittany Riley sports@uncmirror.com

The University of Northern Colorado’s women’s tennis team took on the Sacramento State Hornets on Saturday at the Butler-Hancock tennis courts, and after six singles matches and three doubles, the Bears fell short of the win.

Only one match went to three sets, and that was junior Marissa Baca’s match. Baca won the first set 6-2, then was defeated 6-1 and 6-2 respectively.

UNC’s doubles team of junior Beth Coton and freshman Remi Immler was defeated six games to one by the Hornets’ Jennifer Ong and Ana Loaiza Equivias, but the pair was strong at the net, which is how you win doubles matches, according to Immler.

FULL STORY ON PAGE 10

Junior Beth Coton leaps to serve the ball to of Sacramento State’s player during Saturday’s match at the Butler Hancock tennis courts.

Photo by Alex Nunley | The Mirror

A poster encouraging inclusive language was vandalized with racist comments last week.

The poster was part of the “Language Matters” movement, a campaign by the Bias Response Team intended to spark conversation about speech on campus. President Kay Norton sent an email to UNC community members condemning the action, and the vandalized poster was replaced by one criticizing the racist comments.

Student Senate elections will be held this week, as voters select the cabinet members for the 2016-2017 Senate, as well as the councilors who will represent their academic colleges. Voting will begin on Tuesday, and will be available on Ursa and in the University Center until Thursday. For the full story, see page 2.

UNC pranked its followers on social media on April Fools Day by claiming that a live bear would be moving to campus in the coming months.

Followers who clicked on the accompanying “live feed” of the bear were greeted with a banner admitting that the announcement was a joke.

Many students, including our own editor-in-chief, were fooled.

UNC will celebrate its annual academic excellence week with ceremonies and activities recognizing the achievements of faculty and staff. Research Day, an event where both undergraduate and graduate students can present their research, will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Thursday in the University Center. For the full schedule of events, visit unco.edu/aew 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 on-line at: evanscolorado.gov

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THIS WEEK AT UNC MONDAY 4/4

All Day Fall, Summer Registration Opens Ursa All Day Academic Excellence Week (all week)

TUESDAY 4/5

8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Student Senate Elections begin University Center, Ursa

WEDNESDAY 4/6 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

PASC/CSC Guest Speakers Series: Campus Commons McKee Hall- Room 0229

5:30-7:30 p.m.

First Time Home Buyers Class (rescheduled) University Center

THURSDAY 4/7

8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Last Day of Student Senate Elections University Center, Ursa 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Research Day University Center

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Voting for cabinet positions, academic college councilors begins Tuesday

By Will Costello and Drew Heiderscheidt news@uncmirror.com

Voting for the 2015-2016 UNC Student Senate will begin this Tuesday, April 5, and continue until Thursday. Students can vote on their Ursa accounts or in the University Center, and results will be released on Friday.

Voters choose the cabinet, which consists of a student body president, a student trustee, a director of finance and a director of student affairs, as well as councilor(s) for their academic colleges.

Cabinet members accepted questions from current cabinet members and audience members regarding their platforms and qualifications at a debate style town hall meeting last Thursday.

“It’s great that students want to get involved in student government,” said UNC President Kay Norton, who attended the town hall. “I appreciate that.”

Of the available positions, only two have more than one candidate running for election.

Tyson Thornburg, a junior political science major who currently serves as a councilor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Brandon Miller, a junior majoring in business administration who currently serves as the Senate’s student trustee, are competing to be student body president, who serves as the chairperson of the Senate’s meetings and as the official representative of Student Senate.

“I’ve seen the impact that Student Senate can have on campus, and I really want to make the impact larger, because I’ve seen its potential,” Thornburg said. “So I want to help us meet that potential, because our university is only as strong as our students.”

Thornburg said he wants to

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promote accountability among the administration and be an advocate for students. He explained he will try to accomplish that by scheduling a monthly meeting with President Norton and expanding the current system of town hall meetings, where students can voice their concerns.

“If students don’t feel like they can make their voices heard or tell us what they want, then we’re not doing our job,” Thornburg said.

Miller, the current student trustee, believes his access to President Norton and other trustees gained from his time on the board gives him an advantage.

“The main reason that I think I can get something done in there is that I have had interaction with them before,” Miller said of the board of trustees. “I know how they react to things, how they take things and I know who to talk to about what.”

Miller wants to make the Senate more approachable to students and eliminate the perception that they cannot be approached with issues.

There’s more to the Senate than a group of students wearing suits, according to Miller.

“That’s really intimidating, and it’s not really symbolic of what [the Senate] really is,” Miller said.

The student trustee represents the student body on the Board of Trustees—UNC’s governing body.

Two candidates are running to take that position for the 20152016 academic year.

“The student trustee position really popped out to me because it’s the chairperson of all clubs and organizations on campus,” said Michael Kelly, a sophomore business administration major currently representing the Monfort College of Business as a councilor. “You also get to sit on the Board of Trustees, and really having the opportunity to affect and influence and really engage and empower students is the reason I’m running.”

Ashton Atmore, a junior human services major currently serving as a councilor for the College of Natural and Health Sciences, is running against Kelly for the position of student trustee.

“With my active involvement in a variety of organizations on and off the University of Northern Colorado campus, my background in leadership and organizational forms and current duties with Student Senate, I can step into this role and immediately begin the obligatory work set before me,” Atmore said.

The other two positions for which elections are being held are uncontested.

Anthony Scaduto, a junior double majoring in political science and economics, is running for the director of finance position. He served as a councilor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences alongside Thornburg this year.

The director of finance is responsible for allocating funds to student organizations, a process that Scaduto wants to refine.

“One thing we’re dealing with this year is making sure that everyone, all the organizations, understand how the process works, how to apply for it and being a little bit more clear in what the programs are required to have in order to be funded by the [Student Program Allocation] process," Scaduto said.

Emily Booth, a junior audiology and speech language sciences major, who served as a councilor for the College of Educational and Behavioral Sciences, is running uncontested for the position of director of student affairs.

“I love being on Student Senate right now,” Booth said. “Aside from our super cute matching jackets, it’s so fun to be part of the university in a bigger way that does things to help the student body. I just want to continue doing that in a higher position.”

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By Mikhala Krochta news@uncmirror.com

“Do you know what is written in Greek on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi?” asked David Thomas, assistant professor of management, of his Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship class, shortly before it was dismissed.

“Know thyself.”

Though he has a reputation for his difficult classes, Thomas can often be found with a hoard of students crowded around, waiting to discuss their thoughts with him.

His office, in Kepner Hall, is a fair size and is laid out pretty simply.

Thomas sits behind a wooden desk with a computer, and a single chair, for guests, faces him—that chair is almost always occupied.

Thomas’s naturally booming voice coupled with his high level of confidence can make him seem intimidating at first, but he always encourages his students to speak up in class and to never feel nervous or ashamed about expressing what they think or feel.

Thomas’s Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship class revolves around discussions rather than lectures, and while he’s serious about teaching, he enjoys adding a sense of humor to the class discussions and says it’s one of the trials of teaching.

“I think the real challenge is how students respond to your curriculum and your ability to communicate that stuff in a sensible, entertaining kind of way,” Thomas said, shaking his head.

“I think the days of droning on with PowerPoints—I think those days are gone for your generation. You don’t learn that way. You learn by doing.

And you learn by thinking.”

Junior recreation, tourism and hospitality major Kira Mayberry, who is in Thomas’s Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship class, said she enjoys this teaching style, adding that Thomas makes the class fun by holding discussions that are entertaining, but also informative.

Thomas also adds words of motivation when he speaks to the class, encouraging his students to be more confident in themselves and not be afraid to speak up or challenge other people in life.

And though he has high confidence in himself, Thomas doesn’t draw this from putting others down like some professors do, but rather, from building them up.

He tries to do for students what was done for him—be their mentor. His mentors and others he met along the way helped motivate him in the pursuit of his passions and he wants to do that for his students.

“When I started working, I started a couple of businesses and I fell into a great network of guys and gals, and they encouraged me to keep doing it,” Thomas said.

Later on, some of his mentors encouraged Thomas to get his doctorate’s degree when he was thinking about teaching.

After obtaining his undergraduate degree in communications at the University of Northern Colorado, Thomas went on to get a master’s degree in management at Regis University and a doctorate’s degree in Education Human Resource Studies at Colorado State University.

Now, he has come full circle and has been teaching at the school he first studied at for the last 10 years.

Between college and his career now, Thomas has worked countless different jobs, first starting businesses, then selling them, then working for “Corporate America,” which he said allowed him to live a lifestyle he would not have been able to had he stayed in small business.

“My favorite job was probably...”

Thomas said, followed by a long pause.

He put his head on his hand and looked off thoughtfully. “God, they were all so good.”

Ultimately, Thomas said his favorite job was probably the one he has now, closely followed by a previous job running companies out of London.

“I loved that,” he said about his international job. “I loved managing all those companies. That was really exciting, and it was a real adrenaline rush, but it satisfied a different side of me.

This [teaching] satisfies a whole other new side of me, which I really enjoy.

I love seeing students. I love seeing them wake up to the possibilities. And the awesome responsibility that educators have to making that happen, I think, is underestimated and forgotten by a lot of professors. A lot of them have been doing this too long.”

Thomas’s excitement and passion for his students is apparent in the way he speaks, and Mayberry noted that as well.

“He is one of the few teachers that I have had at this school so far that has really taught me something and made me believe that I can do better and dream bigger,” she said.

Junior recreation, tourism and hos-

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pitality major Ashlie Allen agreed.

“I think he is a great teacher,” she said. “He challenges us and makes us think outside the box. Many teachers really don’t do that.”

Thomas said he was greatly influenced by a professor he had when studying at UNC, which could be attributed to his love of inspiring students now.

“I still have students contact me to this day,” Thomas said. “I probably have 20 students that have graduated over the last seven years that I still work with.

And they come see me, and it’s really a very rewarding experience. To see young people grow, from their 20’s into their 30’s and they’re still asking you questions—that’s a great, great experience.”

Recognizing students and their achievements is common for Thomas, and when a student accomplishes something, in or outside of the classroom, he congratulates them while he is taking role.

He also takes notice of what else students have going on in their lives.

“Miss Krochta,” he says, looking up from his binder to see who is present.

“Ah, yes, our journalist.”

Outside of his work, Thomas said he enjoys spending time with his family and getting away from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the world, living just north of Fort Collins in a secluded area.

“It’s the serenity, the quietness, the

clean air,” Thomas said. “It gives me a chance to recharge... I’ve always been big into meditation and contemplation. I’ve always been big into that. I think that’s letting your subconscious go to work for you. It’s really the key.”

Despite his love for the business world, he is no stereotypical “wolf of wall street,” obsessed with power or money.

“This is going to sound really weird,” Thomas said, his voice growing deep and serious. “I think it’s really important to spend a lot of time with those that you love and you’re close to, I think that’s—” Thomas cleared his throat. “I’ve known too many people that have wasted their lives chasing a dollar... so I’ve never done that.”

When asked what advice he likes to impart on students, Thomas said, “I think you’ve got to prepare yourself for an uncertain future, and invest yourself in learning. I don’t care, follow your passions, whatever they are. This whole thing about being happy and comfortable is overrated. If that’s your goal in life, you’re going to be disappointed.

So be competitive, push yourself, grow constantly and improve your life and those around you. And that takes hard work. So don’t be afraid of hard work.”

Finally, his voice lightened again and he grinned.

“Don’t get a dog when you graduate.

Don’t get a new car. Don’t get a new credit card. Don’t get married.”

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Marijuana study to utilize text messaging

Researchers will collect psychological information from UNC smokers in real time

By Drew Heiderscheidt news@uncmirror.com

The National Institute of Health has announced that it will be supporting a study at UNC about how marijuana relates to academic motivation and performance. Over the next three years, Kristina Phillips and Michael Phillips, professors of psychology, and Trent Lalonde, a professor of applied statistics and research methods, will study 150 UNC students who use marijuana.

According to Kristina Phillips, the application process for the study was extensive. The main component of the application was writing a proposal based on scientific research. This included reviewing past research on the topic, what gaps there may be in the current literature and considerations about how the study would attend to those gaps. They also had to discuss data that they had already collected on the topic.

The Phillips and Lalonde have hypothesized that the more cravings students have for marijuana, the more

they will use it—impacting their focus and academic work. Kristina Phillips explained that there has been almost no prior research on the consequences of heavy marijuana use in relation to academics, even though a number of studies on adolescents have shown there to be an inverse relationship between the two.

“Being that high school and college students differ on some very important factors, it is critical to study college samples as well,” she said.

A UNC student, who asked to remain anonymous, said heavy smoking did not affect his motivation.

“I’ve been [smoking marijuana] functionally from a young age,” he said. “I went to school and stuff when I was in high school all the time, and got

high, and it didn’t affect the grades I was getting on tests and stuff. Generally I smoke to get a nice base level high.”

Besides the relationship between academic performance and marijuana usage, the team is also looking into whether or not marijuana induces anxiety and depression.

Phillips said that the data is mixed, finding that some individuals are more likely to experience anxiety and depression, while others are not. In general, there has not been as much research on marijuana in relation to psychological concerns as there has been with other drugs.

One of the benefits of this study in particular, especially when trying to discern the relationship between marijuana and psychological consequences of heavy use, is that they are looking at “in-the-moment” usage, by using text messaging.

Another UNC student said she does feel anxious when smoking marijuana.

“Sometimes when I smoke it feels

like I’m dying,” she said. “Really bad panic attacks.”

The first anonymous student said that he does not smoke to change emotions he’s already feeling.

“If you’re upset, if you’re in a place where you don’t feel good, pot doesn’t help,” he said. “Like, if I’m feeling in a good mood and I smoke weed, yeah it makes me feel great, but if I’m sad and lonely and I decide to smoke, I’m still sad and lonely, but now I’m high.”

Students who are part of the study will respond to questions asked by researchers in real time by texting back answers.

“It’s to get closer to the moment of a person’s experience, rather than asking about behaviors that may have occurred some time ago,” Phillips said of the texting system.

By using text messaging to get responses, Phillips and her colleagues are able to match instances of things like depression or anxiety directly to marijuana use.

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Gutiérrez demands LGBT liberation

By Trevor Reid

arts@uncmirror.com

Speaking at the University Center Wednesday night, transgender Latina activist Jennicet Gutiérrez explained she was the only one among her eight siblings born without the assistance of a midwife.

“When my mother’s contractions started, she sent my brother and sister to get the midwife,” Gutiérrez said.

“However, by the time she had arrived, I had already been born. So my birth is where my journey and struggle for liberation began. And now, as then, I cannot wait.”

The GLBTA Resource Office invited Gutiérrez after she made national headlines for interrupting a speech by President Obama at a White House LGBT pride event.

Those who ignored what she had to say labelled her a “heckler,” but Gutiérrez’s goal

was challenging Obama to release the LGBTQ immigrants from detention.

Though the White House audience applauded Obama for his dismissive response, a UNC audience applauded Gutiérrez for her bravery.

Holly Brimberry, a sophomore sociology major, saw a video of the interruption for the first time Wednesday night.

“You don’t really get much done by being quiet, so I think it’s encouraging to see even someone who could potentially be endangering themselves to have the courage to still come out and do something like that,” Brimberry said. “It was inspiring for someone who maybe would be less endangered by that.”

Gutiérrez said the urgency of the issues facing undocumented LGBTQ people drowned out any worry of respectability.

“Because the issues that we are facing are life and death, if I’m going to be concerned with respectability politics, change

will never come,” she said.

“Even without being respectful, there’s still so much happening. So for me as an activist, it wasn’t a priority.”

Gutiérrez’s activism extends far beyond her well-known interruption. She is also a co-founder of Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, a queer immigrant rights group.

Last year, Familia staged a protest outside of a Santa Ana jail they said discriminated against queer men and transgender women.

Abi McGaha Miller, a senior Spanish and anthropology double major, said that the video of the united protesters stuck with her.

“That kind of visual representation of this collaborative effort is really inspiring and gives me hope,” Miller said.

Brimberry said she found the way Gutiérrez speaks for multiple identities built on that collaboration.

“I think it’s cool how unifying of an event it is,” she said.

“It doesn’t matter if transgen-

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Free T-shirts promoting “Trans Rights are Human Rights” were offered to those who attended LGBTA’s Transgender Night of Visibility Wednesday night in the University Center. Photo by Maeve Widmann | The Mirror

der issues are what you are passionate about, or immigration issues, race issues or gender issues. There are so many different people in here who could connect to her story from a different angle.”

Gutiérrez said she hopes to inspire students to organize and mobilize.

“We all have a role to play in the liberation for our communities. We all have to be

able to listen with an open mind and an open heart,” she said, ending with dialog on the struggles ahead, but also the peace to come.

“Once we do that, we can start connecting whatever struggles people are dealing with and come together as a community after we engage in very difficult conversations.”

The road ahead is long but crucial for liberation.

Wonder and whimsy in Orchesography

By Trevor Reid

arts@uncmirror.com

Wearing a green hat with a bright yellow flower, Leo Batlle danced the part of a clown in love at a performance last week called “Orchesography.”

Batlle, a senior musical theatre major, and three others, turned Big Head Todd and the Monsters’ “Please Don’t Tell Her” into a short romantic comedy. As Batlle’s character showed his love for another clown, played by Chloe Miller, a freshman acting major, the performance’s humor was lined with romantic longing.

Batlle said that the clown costume freed him up more as a dancer.

“Sometimes dancers are notorious for having ‘dancer face’ and being very serious and intense,” he said. “I think the clown costumes kind of lightened everything up and allowed us to tell more of a story through acting and not just movement.”

The College of Performing and Visual Arts and the School of Theatre Arts and Dance followed through on their promise for an “up-close-and-personal” dance performance with “Orchesography.” The audience could not only hear the dancers’ feet, but they could even feel the breeze left in their wake as performers rushed by in Norton Theatre.

“Orchesography” got its name from a dance manual written in 1589 by Thoinot Arbeau. Despite its namesake, the performance was anything but classical.

Choreographers pulled music from several decades and genres. The first dance piece, “Songs in ‘B,’” had music from five different decades.

Starting with the Beatles’ “Because,” the dance quickly moved from slow, expressive movements to a playful rock and roll dance set to David Bowie’s “Rebel, Rebel.” UNC alumnus Jacob Mora choreographed the piece after Bowie’s death in January.

“At first I started off with Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac, these old classic rock songs, and then Bowie died,” Mora said. “The thought process was like, ‘Does everyone know who Bowie is? Does everyone know his work?’ So I tried to make something more accessible.”

Mora said the choreography was an enjoyable exercise in storytelling.

“I normally do pretty heavy dance work, and this was just fun,” he said. “I wanted to go out there and tell a series of stories, vignettes, five different perspectives.”

Ending with James Blake’s “Retrograde” from 2013, “Songs in ‘B’” wasn’t the only dance piece to blur time.

“Perimeter” began silently before a slow song made the dancers’ bright outfits seem like markers of spring. As neo-tango music by Bajofondo came on, the bright colors seemed more like markers of a discotheque.

Nicole McManis, a sophomore design technology major, stage managed “Orchesography.” McManis said the variety of the show eluded even her until the performances came together.

“You never really realize how different their styles are until you come to tech week, and we finally run through it all together,” she said. “Each rehearsal was separate from each other so everything just really came together in the end.”

The stage was filled with motion as dancers expressed different instruments and vocalizations. With moments where the talent reached across the entire stage, no individual viewing of “Orchesography” could have been the same as another’s.

The unexpected qualities of “Orchesography” climaxed as a spotlight shone on a dancer in a corner with her back turned to the audience. Shaking her hips to Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure,” she eventually turned around to reveal a smiling mask of President Obama.

Four other dancers appeared all wearing the same mask, earning thick gales of laughter from the audience. Giggles continued as dancers snapped in time at the end, raising their fingers in the shape of a V. McManis said the masks were the idea of director Monte Black.

“Honestly, it’s not necessarily like a big political statement, he just wanted to see five dancing Obamas running around the space.”

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MONDAY 4/4

10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Continued through April 27) 2016 UNC Juried Student Art Exhibition Guggenheim Hall - Mariani Gallery 9-11 p.m.

Open Mic Night University Center - Fireside Lounge

WEDNESDAY 4/6

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Well Rounded Scholar Lecture Series: Embracing the History of Art Candelaria Hall - Room 1375 7-9 p.m. (Continued through Thursday) International Film Series: Killing them Safely Michener Library - Lindou Auditorium

THURSDAY 4/7

6:15-7:30 p.m.

Graduate Student Recital: Jesse Pierson, piano Kepner Hall - Milne Auditorium (Room 2050) 8-10 p.m.

UNC Student Composers Concert Kepner Hall - Room 90 (Studio B)

FRIDAY 4/8

4-6 p.m.

Art Exhibit Reception: Elaine Krupnick - “Between Florida & Colorado” Michener Library - Mari Michener Gallery

SATURDAY 4/9 6-10:30 p.m.

25th Annual Lu’au

University Center - Ballrooms 7-9:30 p.m. (Also Sunday 2-4:30 p.m.)

Student-Written Play: Herself a Scripture

Michener Library - Lindou Auditorium

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Chaos uses quick wit for improv shows

By Mikhala Krochta arts@uncmirror.com

Comedy has been around since the beginning of time, and in recent years, the internet has blown up with comedy stars coming out of the woodwork and onto the stage.

Stand-up comedy shows are a hit on services like Netflix, Saturday Night Live has become a household name and more and more people are buying tickets to watch live comedy shows. These shows can range from sketch comedy to stand up, or—in the case of the University of Northern Colorado’s own comedy group, Chaos—improvisational theatre.

Chaos is made up of 12 students from UNC, most of whom are studying theatre, although it is not a requirement.

These students perform different scenes throughout the show, but rather than having lines prepared, they make the dialogue up on the spot.

Improvisational theatre, or improv, is a type of show in which the scene being performed, including the plot, dialogue or story, is being made up on in real time. Often, improv groups will get the audience involved, asking them for a setting, a plot or even simply a word to begin their scene.

Chaos does just that. And the shows the group does serve as entertainment for the audience, but also as a learning experience for its performers.

“It really strengthens my skills in general as a person and in other areas of my life,” said Morgan Overley, a junior vocal performance major and the only member of Chaos who is not in the theatre program. “As a musician, I find

performing significantly easier now, and I know I can handle situations if they change quickly, which is nice.”

And although many would agree that improv is not easy, Overley says it’s not as hard as everyone thinks.

“I think it definitely takes a certain kind of personality, but I never thought it was something I would be good at until I tried it,” she said. “And even then, I’m still improving and working on it all the time. But the more you practice—you’d be amazed by how quickly you can come up with stuff when you let yourself.”

Overley said allowing herself to come up with things on the spot is one of her favorite parts about being in the group, and that it serves as a relaxing activity, not a stressful one.

“You just have to go with your thoughts and go quickly and make decisions quickly,”

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she said. “It’s such a good release because it’s one of the very few things in my life I don’t have to really prepare for.”

Overley said the lack of pre-scripted material takes the pressure off the group when its members are performing, which in turn takes the pressure off of the audience.

“Even in scenes where maybe you don’t do as well, the audience is usually really forgiving,” she said. “They understand that it’s really difficult, and I think they just really respect that we’re taking a chance to put ourselves out there and put ourselves under pressure like that in front of an audience.”

Junior bassoon performance major Juliette Angoulvant, who has been to one of Chaos’s shows before, agreed that the atmosphere is a good one.

“I think they’re really funny, authentically funny, not

like they’re trying to make you laugh, and I think that really puts the audience at ease because instead of feeling uncomfortable, like you’re supposed to be laughing at something that’s not really funny, they’re actually just genuinely funny,” she said.

Overley added that although she loves doing improv and performing, the nerves have never really gone away. But she said having a strong, supportive team by her side has helped her feel more at ease.

“You get nervous because, you know, you don’t want to say the wrong thing or have a scene fail,” Overley said. “But you know your partners have your back in a scene. And that’s why scenes rarely fail.

Because everyone is looking out for each other and we work together to make it work.”

Angoulvant said one of her favorite parts of watching Cha-

os perform is the group members’ harmony when working in collaboration.

“I like watching how they interact as a team of actors,” Angoulvant said. “I think that’s pretty impressive, because I’m sure that’s not an easy balance to find, of who gets to do what when, and who’s the funny one, and who’s not, and I think they pull that off pretty well.

I’m always impressed by their creativity and fast thinking, because that’s kind of what improv is about.”

Improv challenges both the performers and the audience to think quickly and creatively.

Chaos typically hosts its comedy shows in Frasier Hall on Sunday nights, for anyone who wishes to attend.

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OPINION

By Jett Goldsmith Once upon a time, human rights were viewed as a cornerstone of left-wing, or leftist, ideology.

Jimmy Carter made human rights a fundamental piece of his foreign policy doctrine. Leftist activists throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s rallied for civil rights, gender equality and an end to Vietnam, while rallying against brutal regimes with massive human rights issues—like Libya and Egypt.

As early as 1990, American leftism evolved to internationalism, and prominent ideologically leftist organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International—instrumental in highlighting global abuses of power—formed in the wake of fundamental humanitarian leftist ideology.

Then came the Bush presidency, an administration which drastically impacted the trajectory of many values in American society.

The Iraq War happened, and was almost instantly mismanaged, and in some sense, entirely botched by the Bush administration and the Department of Defense. The Abu Ghraib torture incidents hit the headlines. The Guantanamo Bay program was expanded, use of torture by American forces increased exponentially and countless instances of war crimes committed by infantry in Iraq were pored over endlessly by the media and public.

And suddenly, it became that “keeping America out” was the most important agenda item for the Middle East, irrespective of context or circumstance.

After the Iraq War, American leftists emerged in force against what was widely viewed as a critical failure of US policy—a disastrous, anti-humanitarian, destabilizing foreign policy which created power vacuums and sparked new insurgencies. The status quo of interventionism imposed by neoconservatives in the Bush cabinet was broadly opposed by American leftists in

government and in the media, citing, among many others, the cases of Iraq and Vietnam—some of the most large-scale foreign policy failures in U.S. history.

And this opposition was necessary. The Iraq War was a failure, and the Bush administration needed to know as much to prevent similar mismanagement from happening in the future.

But slowly, this logical opposition to dangerous policy evolved into simple contrarianism. No longer was American and Western intervention opposed in some instances depending on context; now, any action by a Western power in the Middle East had become viewed as hostile, destabilizing and imperialistic.

This contrarianism further evolved into a sort of “opposition contrarianism,” where staunch opposition to U.S. intervention became an ideology in its own right—an ideology in which opposition to U.S. intervention trumps all else,.

Today, leftists are some of the staunchest opponents of Western intervention against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, sovereignty and self-determination of governance, questioning eign state.Even Bernie Sanders, who in a 2015 interview retrospectively voiced support for U.S. intervention in the Rwandan Genocide, has emerged as one of the staunchest opponents to intervention in Syria. with fundamental leftist ideology.

Organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights documented the human rights abuses of the Assad regime over the decades: use of nerve gas, improvised barrel bombs and man rights abuses which should be opposed by all ideologues.

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ment forces were responsible for 96 percent of all civilian deaths in Syria as of October 2015, according to the SOHR; and the Assad regime, in its indiscriminate targeting of civilians and massive, wide-scale forced detentions, tortures and executions of tens of thousands of political prisoners, has violated numerous clauses of the Geneva Conventions.

The world widely agrees that the Assad regime is criminal, unnesty International and Human Rights Watch have released nuin Syria as war crimes, and called for an end to civilian targeting and forced hunger sieges on civilians. The Obama administration, while paralyzed by inaction and scorned by the “red line” controversy, has consistently maintained the line that Assad has lost legitimacy to govern. sented the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, or the Bosnian Serb Army in the Republika Srpska, intervention would be viewed as a simple choice—a humanitarian obligation emphasized by moral good, rather than a contentious decision complicated by politics.

Yet, as it stands, dozens of civilians are killed in Syria every tory of the world.

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sical opposition to intervention on the basis of contrarianism, the Syrian people living under decades of abuse by the Assad - Jett Goldsmith is a freshman international affairs major with an emphasis in Middle Eastern studies, and is an opinion columnist for The Mirror.

He can be reached at editor@uncmirror.com.

OPINION moting a more

By Drew Heiderscheidt In recent years, many states have tried to defund the humanities. In Missouri, most recently, the state legislature debated making history entirely optional in public schools. As I have been reading about these developments, I have been dumbfounded as to why people would want to defund any sort of humanities program.

Most places defunding the humanities want to replace them with STEM courses (science, technology, engineering and math education). The argument is that STEM courses better prepare people for life, and make it easier to get jobs. This may be true, but STEM can only prepare people for of it. But the humanities allow people pate in, while at the same time pro-

“In the Arab world, the most likely radicals are

Often, it seems as if people think critical thinking skills can be developed on their own. However, I think this is untrue. In humanities

lack the kind of humanities education that fosters critical thought.” -George Packer

ideas. These classes accommodate To put it another way, the humanities make it clear that there are questions that cannot be answered in a way Critical thinking skills are a crucial part of the humanities, and one that is built every day in classes. By having discussions in class, people are able to build up their own ideas, and think critically about the ideas of others. When people are able to think critically, it is also better for society in general.

Think about somewhere like Tunisia,

where liberal arts courses have rarely been taught in schools. Educated people in the country are significantly more likely to join terrorist organizations like the Islamic State.

In his article “Exporting Jihad,” George Packer wrote, “in the Arab world, the most likely radicals are people in technical or scientific fields who lack the kind of humanities education that fosters critical thought.” were not trained to think critically, lacking the humanities, are more likely to join these kinds of groups. humanities to, in the words of the

philosopher Judith Butler, “move for-

read, they have to discuss and they

this earth, our ethical obligations to live among those who are invariably

cannot make educated decisions. In an election year like this, the ability to critically assess what presidential candidates are saying, and why they are saying those things, is of the utmost importance. By learning to decipher the coded language that politicians speak in, the humanities are more important than ever.

Defunding the humanities is a tragic trend, one which should be reversed as soon as possible. These classes promote critical thinking, empathy and democracy. Without the humanities, we risk falling into the trap of totalitarianism.

ourselves. . . [and to] live our passions without causing harm to others.”

Empathy can also be gained in studying humanities. They are able to gain an appreciation for the plights of others. When you read a book , study your capacity for empathy increases, and that empathy cultivation matters because it allows a person to live a better, more compassionate life.

Furthermore, the humanities foster democracy, far more than STEM no respect for STEM, I absolutely do. and to work well, people have to

- Drew Heiderscheidt is a freshman history and environmental studies double major and an opinion columnist and news writer for The Mirror. He can be reached at editor@uncmirror.com.

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Gender inequality remains an issue

By Sarah Methuselah Gender discrimination can be subtle or painfully obvious; however, it occurs every day, everywhere. In the workplace, in education, in athletics and even among the products customers purchase—gender discrimination is an existing bias worldwide.

I view gender discrimination as one of those apparent hurdles the world has yet to conquer, which sounds ridiculous considering the “progressive” attitude society claims we live in.

Recently, gender discrimination has become a hot topic on social media, as the public has begun to recognize, acknowledge and voice opinions on the various forms of this particular injustice.

Yes, there are protests,

social media pages and even governmental orders to protect against the multiple forms of gender discrimination; however, this particular form of inequality continues in the modern era regardless of the many attempts to bring gender discrimination to a halt. It isn’t a new or twisted concept that someone stumbled across a few years ago. In fact, gender discrimination is an age-old oppression against women that is being fought daily.

Forms of gender discrimination are occurring through a multitude of global interests and enterprises. For example, the hashtag “equal pay equal pay” has been cirbring awareness to the U.S.A. Women’s National Soccer Team players not receiving equal pay in comparison to the men’s league—for the

same amount of work and acknowledgement.

It’s the 21st century, and yet, this problem is still profoundly present. Women are not receiving the same amount of praise and pay for equal tasks. The fact that equal recognition sounds polar to the “progressive” idea.

Practices of gender discrimination are so familiar, that we as a society might not even recognize them.

For example, the “Pink Tax” is a hidden tax on female products or services that raise the price of goods for a female, but not for a male. Personal care products, clothing and car maintenance are just a few examples of the areas on the economic spectrum in which women are unknowingly paying more for a similar or same product in comparison to men.

OPINION Personally, I don’t understand how society can claim to be in an age of new technology and global growth, while the market is deceitfully taking advantage of women.

To pretend gender discrimination doesn’t occur nationwide or on a global scale, would be idiotic.

From my perspective, believing that gender discrimination is a secluded act might mean a person has become accustomed to the various forms of this injustice. To refer to the “progressive” attitude society has claimed in this modern age would be quite inaccurate, as we as a society are still fostering an ancient inequality.

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Club baseball battles for respect UNC Sports

By Michael Laudick sports@uncmirror.com

The University of Northern Colorado’s Division I baseball team is not the only one in mid-season form, the university’s club baseball team’s season is off and running.

Behind the team is president and coach Adrian Tafoya. The club baseball team 5-5, (0-3 Mid-America West Conference) is looking toward a successful season.

“It’s going good so far, I mean, some bumps in the road, but we are finally getting it going since we are back,” Tafoya said. “We are .500 right now, which isn’t bad, but I think we are going to do great the rest of the season.”

The team just got off a long spring break trip in which they drove to Boise, Idaho to play Boise State University’s club team.

The group then got back on the road to play Arizona State University, which capped off a successful road trip in which they won four games and lost two.

“I think we are doing really well and it’s going to get a lot better,” Tyler Pinkerman, a junior catcher, said.

The Bears’ toughest competition will be the Colorado State University Rams.

“Its always us and them, first and second in our conference,” said Mac Malone, a junior pitcher, infielder and the team’s vice president.

The Bears lost their first three out of four games against the Rams, but will play them four more times before the season is over.

UNC’s club team has another battle it’s fighting, but this particular fight is off the field.

The team is battling for respect among the student body and the Division I teams, players and coaches.

As a club sport, the players do not receive any scholarship money from the school, and they have to pay to play on the team.

According to some of the players, some people see this as a team for the players who could not make the Division I team, or men who just couldn’t cut it, but the club team sees it differently.

“I think the biggest thing is if you’re meeting someone new and you say you play baseball on the club team their first response is ‘oh,’” said Chad Sommers, a senior third baseman. “They are always like ‘oh you’re not that good, you pay to

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HOME GAMES TUESDAY 4/5

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FRIDAY 4/8

1and 3 p.m.

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play, you’re not recruited or anything like that.’ They put you down a notch as soon as you say the word club.”

The players and coaches of the club team want the same respect as the Division I team, and feel like some of their players are just as good as the Division I team members.

“We have three, four, five, guys on our team that I’m pretty sure could play on the actual team and I think they just get overlooked because they already played club sports for one year,” Tafoya said. “If they give them a chance I guarantee they will take someones spot on their team.”

The club team’s practice field is not on par either; it is filled with holes and bumps and does not have a true infield.

On most baseball fields, the infield is either all dirt, or the area between the bases and home plate is grass.

But the whole area of the club team’s practice field is grass, which means they are practicing on a field that is totally different from one they will be playing on in games.

UNC’s track and field team built a throwing cage where the baseball team used to practice on the Doubenmier field, moving them to the west-end of the field, a move that has drastically affected practice for the team.

“They put the base plugs in for us and you could tell they did it in about ten minutes. The measurements are so offline, they just didn’t care,” Sommers said.

The Division I baseball team uses Jackson field, which is a state of the art baseball field. The club team gets to use it for their home conference games, which is around three to four games a year, but they feel like more access to the field would help them out immensely. They would be able to practice on their home field and figure out the way the field works, how the ball hops, and the feel of the grass.

“They have all played the same high school ball as all of us,” Tafoya said.

“They have taken care of fields and we have taken care of fields—we all play the same game—nothing’s different, other then they are here to actually play for the school while we are just here to play ‘cause we still love the game.”

Tafoya and his team suggested that while the Division I team is on the road they could use the field, because they will be gone from Thursday to Sunday.

Jackson Field would provide a safer and more reliable environment for the club team to practice on.

“Even just the cages alone would

be helpful. We don’t have any of that stuff and it’s hard to get an entire team together to shag balls and stuff for hitting,” Sommers said.

In the future, the club team wants to have a partnership with the Division I team. They want to act as if they are the JV team. The Division I team could look to them for players or for a place to send players for a year when they need some extra work.

Ultimately, the players would like a better chance to be able to move up in the program and maybe one day play on the Division-I team.

A plan like that would be beneficial for both teams and could make both teams more successful.

Tafoya has been one of the more active coaches in club team history—trying to progress the club team forward and mend the broken relationship between the two squads.

“I’m trying to get that respect, it comes with us being a successful club team,” he said. “If we are successful, I feel like the respect will come and ‘til then it probably won’t come, but I’m trying to make it a whole, mutual thing.”

Both teams will be battling for wins on the field, but the club team is taking on a whole new challenge, the battle for respect.

SATURDAY 4/9

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AWAY GAMES WEDNESDAY 4/6

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Women’s tennis swept by Sacramento State Bears prepare for two-match roadtrip to Montana Story continued from page 1.

Despite Coton and Immler’s best efforts, the Hornets were still able to beat them.

The pair said they will continue to work on being aggressive heading into next weekends matches.

Sophomore Lea Krajcovicova, who lost 6-4, 6-0, stressed the importance of knowing about your opponent.

“It is important to notice her weaknesses during the first game or two,” she said.

Krajcovicova identified her opponent’s weaknesses well in her first set going down only six games to four, but the match was a hard fought one and the fatigue got the best of her, she was

defeated in her second set six games to none.

Assistant coach, Brandon Lupo, was most impressed with freshman Anna Battersby in her singles match.

“She definitely fought for the first set and then just played even better in the second set,” Lupo said.

Battersby really did fight hard in her first set, going down 7-6. In the second she went down 6-3, but in each game the scoring went back and forth.

The doubles matches are where the University of Northern Colorado has been at their best, winning .639 of their matches this year, compared to .506 of their singles matches.

A mutual trust is crucial in doubles tennis, which is what has made Immler and Coton a

great combo all season.

“We’re best friends on the court and best friends off the court, I know she has my back no matter what,” Immler said.

Coton and Immler are 9-4 this season as a duo.

Coach Lupo will be looking for a stronger defensive game and better service returns in practice this week before the team heads to Bozeman, Montana, next weekend.

“That was kind of the theme for today, our return of serves just wasn’t getting the points started” Lupo said.

With only five matches left, the Bears 6-9— 2-5 Big Sky—will be looking to improve their record and their chances to make the Big Sky Conference championships.

qualifying standard with her time and posted the fourth best time in the event in program history.

Freshman Cami Kennedy stole the show in the women’s Staff Report 5000m run. She won the event by over six seconds, crossing the sports@uncmirror.com finish line in 19:47.05.

It was business as usual for the women’s 4x100 relay team. The Northern Colorado track and field hosted its lone regular season meet of the year, the 2016 Tom Benich Invite on Saturday. squad of Zachary, Ayres-Perry, freshman Samara Lishchynsky The Bears walked away with eight first place finishes at the meet and senior Makenzie Comstock earned a first place finish with a and top conference times in the men’s 400m dash and 4x100 time of 46.50 seconds.

In the field events, junior Karli Jelden claimed top honors in relay along with the women’s 200m dash.

Junior Moriah Zachary started the track events off with a the women’s pole vault. She cleared the bar at 3.55m (11-07.75) blazing 24.10 second finish in the 200m dash. Zachary eclipsed besting eight other competitors for first place.

Senior Alisha Allen passed the qualifying mark in the long the Big Sky qualifying time with ease and moved up to the third best time in UNC history in the event. Her finish also now sits jump after hitting the sand at 5.83m (19.01-50). Her jump was good for second place overall in the event. as the quickest in the conference.

On the men’s side, red-shirt sophomore Alex Wesley put on a Sophomore Alivia Ayres-Perry wasn’t far behind, taking third after breaking the tape in 24.47 seconds. She too hit the league’s dominant performance in the 400m dash.

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In the 4x1, the team of freshman Isaiah Brown, Wesley, senior Bryce Adams and junior Alex Mead cruised to a 41.38 final time.

The Bears already held the fastest time in this Big Sky event with a 41.63 finish and widened the gap even more with the rest of the conference.

The 4x4 group of Medina, Wesley, Adams and senior Anthony Powell clocked in a 3:16.50, winning the event by close to two seconds. Their time bumps them up to the third fastest in the league standings.

In the field events for the men, senior Rolyce Boston leapt his way to a top mark in the long jump. He hit the pit at 7.00m (2211.75) exactly, clearing the Big Sky mark of 6.90m and earning a spot in the Outdoor Championships in May. The multi-event athletes will head to Pocatello, Idaho next weekend to compete in the Bengal Decathlon-Heptathlon on April 6, while the rest of the team will next compete at the Colorado Invitational in Boulder on April 9.

Other Notable Results: Women’s 100m dash – 3rd: Brianna Pardner (12.20) Women’s 800m dash – 2nd: Alicia Thompson (2:13.12) Women’s 1500m run – 2nd: Rikki Gonzales (4:45.53) Women’s 100m hurdles – 2nd: Claire Harris Women’s 3000m Steeple – 2nd: Caroline Braun Women’s 3000m run – 5th: McKayla Gray (20:01.85) Women’s 400m hurdles – 4th: Mackenzie Howie (1:03.63) Men’s 100m dash – 2nd: Demetrius Graves (10.92) Men’s 110m hurdles – 2nd: Isaiah Brown (15.34) Men’s 200m dash – 3rd: Demetrius Graves (21.99) Men’s 400m hurdles – 3rd: Scott Dickinson (55.21) Men’s Triple Jump – 3rd: Jake Tagita (13.57m) Men’s 3000m Steeple – 4th: Nick Bailey (10:39.11) Men’s 800m run – 4th: Evan Keely (1:55.40)

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THIS WEEK IN NOCO SPORTS Softball UNC softball’s losing streak extended to eight games following a three-game sweep at the hands of Weber State University.

UNC (4-24, 0-6 Big Sky) trailed by just one run until the fourth inning when the Wildcats pushed across nine to take the game 10-0 (5).

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Northern Colorado’s bats were quieted once again as they were held to just three hits on the day.

The Wildcats posted nine runs on three inning to earn the series sweep over the Bears.

The three hits on the day for Northern Colorado came from Sarah Fitzherbert, Rachel Johnson and Kaley Garcia. Fitzherbert was the only player to earn a hit in all three games against the Wildcats.

The softball team returns to Greeley next weekend for a series against Sacramento State.

The Bears will play a doubleheader against the Hornets on Friday, April 8 with game times at 1:00

Baseball The University of Northern Colorado lost to Sacramento State 5-1 on Saturday evening in Sacramento, California. It was their second loss in as many days to the Hornets.

The Bears fell behind early, giving up two runs in UNC responded in the fourth inning, scoring a Dan Reese, allowing redshirt sophomore Cole Maltese to score.

That stood as the lone score for the Bears on that day. The previous day, the Bears managed performance.

Junior Nick Tanner had a combined eight at-bats and one run.

Senior Alex Werbach led the UNC pitching staff with 6.0 innings pitched. He faced 28 batters, striking out six and allowing eight hits and three runs.

Connor Leedholm closed out the game facing nine batters and allowing one hit and two runs, in relief of Werbach.

The Bears return for a single home game against Air Force at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at Jackson Field.

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