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Vol. 95, Num. 15 December 2, 2013
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Bishop-Lehr in limbo
The future of Bishop-Lehr Hall remains unclear as university action is still lacking. University officials are commited to tearing the building down, but there is no timeline in place for demolition and no proposed purpose for the space in the future. Page 9
Fightin’ nicknames
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UNC junior forward Tim Huskisson throws down a dunk in Sunday’s 87-70 win over Prairie View A&M at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Huskisson scored 11 points in the win.
Bears take two Samantha Fox
Bethune-Cookman. Prai-
The UNC men’s basketball team started slowly again Sunday against Prairie View A&M but a quick turnaround, this
Sunday’s matchup but still came out hot. “Coach Hill, he said so
sports@uncmirror.com Mike Baldino | The Mirror
A light-festooned firetruck created spectacle and flash on Saturday during the Greeley Lights the Nights parade along Ninth Avenue.
Parade lights up the night Jennifer Hazeldine
urday in downtown Greeley. The parade consisted
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Thanksgiving, starting on
Bright lights covered the streets, music chimed
cars, motorcycles, dancers, horses and marching
Ninth Avenue to Lincoln Park downtown. There
guests stared in awe at the dren danced to the music
schools. Everything in the parade was covered with multicolored lights. Parade organizers gave
coln Park, the city turned on the park lights. All the
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base to top with lights. Luppens said at the event. “My daughter is the Weld See Parade on page 12
stanza in its 87-70 win. “Once again we didn’t start great, even though we got down 20-10 or whatever it was, I thought it wasn’t the same team that I saw (Saturday),” head coach B.J. Hill said. Northern Colorado (4-2) was down 20-10 Sunday points to tie the game. UNC required a 24-1 run close Saturday’s win over
A decade after a UNC intramural team named itself the “Fightin’ Whites,” use of Native American mascots remains a point of contention in Colorado and around the country. Page 15
Stay crafty, Greeley
Huskisson said. “They’ve long that they’re going to come out and be ready to play, and our game plan to make them guard because when teams are on the road they’re tired, they’re at a higher altitude and it played into our hand.” Huskisson had 11 See Basketball on page 13
To encourage local spending on Small Business Saturday, Indie Arts Greeley hosts its annual Winter Market over the weekend. Colorado artists presents their crafted wares as an alternative to Black Friday madness. Page 8
Table of contents: News 2, 5-7, 16, 19
A&E
Sports
Comics
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Classifieds
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Opinions 3, 10, 19
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NEWS
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Editor: Alexander Armani-Munn
This week around UNC: Monday, December 2
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Registrar 101. Candelaria Hall-Room 1375.
Tuesday, December 3
9:30-10:30 a.m. Open Forum for Housing & Residential Education Candidate. University Center-Spruce Suite A. 4-5 p.m. Student Success Series: Searching for Your Major & Career. Kohl House.
Wednesday, December 4
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Santa at the UC. University Center-Lower Level. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. World AIDS Day Informational Booth. University Center-Lower Level. 1:30-3 p.m. I@UNC Q & A. University Center-Spruce Suite C. 5-7 p.m. Holiday Dinner. UNC Dining Halls. 5:30-7 p.m. Student Senate Meeting. University Center-Council Room.
December 2, 2013
Police blotter The following were taken from last week’s UNC police log, read the full report at UNCmirror.com
UNC tweets of the week:
Snapshot of the week
#UNCOtweet
@UNCo_edu: Have a safe Thanksgiving break, #UNCBears! Make sure to keep an eye on the weather to ensure a safe trip back home.
Saturday, November 23 At 12:00 a.m. police responded to a call to the Campus Recreation Center regarding medical aid.
@blackon1side: me in the dorms at @UNCo_edu, and his roomate was @VincentTJackson. Yeah, Greeley, CO.
At 10:26 p.m. police responded to a call to University Parking Lot R regarding suspicious activity.
@thebig_CO: @UNCPiKapp was just named the best fraternity at @UNCo_edu! PiKappaPhi #WeWillLead
Sunday, November 24 At 11:10 a.m. police responded to a call to University Parking Lot J regarding hit-and-run vehicle damage.
@unc_bears: #BigSkymbb Tim Huskisson steals inbounds and gets a layup to make it 65-60. Clock runs out on next possession. Bears beat Bethune-Cookman!
At 5:12 p.m. police responded to a call to Holmes Dining Hall regarding medical aid. Monday, November 25
@unc_bears WOWthat was fun to see. This team has alot of heart.
At 9:58 a.m. police responded to a call to the Michener Library regarding lost property.
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What remains of the Bowe family turkey on Thanksgiving after dinner. Photo by Breelyn Bowe | The Mirror
Thursday, December 5
9:30-10:30 a.m. Open Forum for Housing & Residential Education Candidate. University Center-Spruce Suite A. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Staff Forum: Employee Advocacy at UNC: Your Voice on Campus. Candelaria Hall-Room 1375. 6 p.m. HSS College Student Council Meeting. University Center-Council Room.
Friday, December 6
9:30-11:30 a.m. Animations for Presentations and Video. Michener Library-Room L-12. 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Open Forum for Housing & Residential Education Candidate. University Center-Spruce Suite A. 12:30-1:15 p.m. Concert. Michener Library-First Floor.
Campus
Briefs
UNC team advances to national tax comeptition
University to host state STEM teacher symposium
UNC fall graduate commencement Dec. 13
UNC fall undergraduate commencement Dec. 14
A team of students from the UNC Monfort College of Business recently won the 2013 Deloitte FanTAXtic Regional Case Competition. The competition was Nov. 1-2 in Chicago and featured teams from Michigan State, DePaul, Northern Illinois, Loyola and Illinois. The team, comprised of seniors Katelyn Keith, Erick Leonard and Joshua Ramirez, and sophomores Kacie Bohm and Matthew Schoewe, will advance to the national FanTAXtic Competition Jan. 17-19 in Dallas. According to the Deloitte website, the competition boasts some of the nation’s top accounting and tax programs.
Educators from around the state will gather at UNC Dec. 10 to discuss a shortage of science, technology, engineering and math teachers at the K-12 level. The Colorado STEM Teacher Preparation Symposium will be 8 a.m.-4 p.m. in the University Center. Participants include teachers and administrators from Colorado universities and K-12 school districts as well as representatives from state agencies and organizations. The symposium coincides with an executive initiative to 100,00 STEM teachers in the next decade. The symposium’s keynote speaker is Charles Coble, founder of The Third Mile Group.
The UNC fall graduate commencement is scheduled for 7 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Admittance to the ceremony is free and doors will open an hour prior to the beginning of the cermony. The commencement speaker is University of Northern Colorado alum William Rowley. Rowley is a Professor Emeri-
UNC’s fall undergraduate commencement is Dec. 14. The commencement begins with a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. followed by a seperate ceremony at 12:30 p.m., each in Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Students from the Monfort College of Business, the College of Natural and Health Sciences and the College of Performing and Visual Arts will walk at the morning ceremony. Students from the College of Education and Behavior Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences and the University College will receive their diplomas at the afternoon ceremony. For additional information, visit www. uno.edu/commencement.
where he previously served as Dean of the School of Education. All UNC commencement ceremonies will be webcast live via americaonesports.com. Additional information on the graduate ceremony is available at www.unco.edu/commencement.
OPINION
December 2, 2013
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Editor-in-chief: Steven Josephson
THE MIRROR editor@uncmirror.com At long last it is here: the last week of school. That time of the year when the collective student body cries, “Uncle!” while the instructors continue to keep them in a metaphorical headlock while screaming, “One more week, dang it!” It’s a week when many realize that soon they will be asked to regurgitate all the information that they’ve been supposedly learning all semester, and that they might not know as much as they might hope.
Last week’s question:
Reflects
Thoughts from the editorial staff of The Mirror
Everyone talks about finals week, but no one does anything about it
Times like this often bring classic literary passages to mind, such as the following from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” yourself stuck with no hope of rescue: Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn’t been good to you so far — which, given your present circumstances, seems more likely — consider yourself lucky that it won’t be trou-
bling you much longer.” One might hope that is somewhat of an overseldom a time when we’re inclined to avoid hyperbole. That’s the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical dethose who are getting ready After all, the paper must be done right now, the projrow and the test is next week. Your GPA hangs in the balance, and it all comes
on the line over the course of the next 11 days. So what do you do with so much on the line? That probably depends on the effort that you’ve put into your classes thus far. If you’ve slacked off and not put much effort into your classes, you might want to revisit that “Hitchhiker’s Guide” quote. However, if you’ve put in the necessary work throughout the semester, and taken good notes, take a deep breath—it’s gonna
be okay. your assignments, but don’t spend all of your time huddled over your textbooks. Go outside, spend some time with friends, catch the latest “Hobbit” movie and give yourself a break from time to time. Oh, and visit the Stress Less Fest Sunday at 7 p.m. at the UC and pet a puppy, ahem, therapy dog. Finals week will be over before you know it and you don’t need a new ulcer in the meantime.
The Mirror Reflections are the opinion of The Mirror’s editorial board : Alexander Armani-Munn, Biz Gilmore, Steven Josephson, Michael Nowels and Ben Stivers. Email letters to the editor to editor@uncmirror.com.
UNC Confessions, usually entertaining, crossing some lines Sanchez Says By Dylan Sanchez
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oes your roommate ever come home late at night and tell you the strangest stories imaginable from the evening out? You listen to the whole thing but can’t help but think they’re lying. The UNC Confessions page on Facebook has become that friend to me. The page started as a fun way for students to reveal their deepest, darkest, and even naughtiest secrets. For the most part, it has been just that: sex, drugs and parties. Are they all true? Not a chance; students can anonymously submit a confession by following a link and there they can put up any story, true or fake, and submit it to a page administrator. The admin will (sometimes) prevent
foul language and names of individuals from being put in. How many of these confessions are true? Doesn’t matter, students can submit as many confessions as they want, and can call out anyone they want. The confessors don’t even have to attend UNC. People can search the page through Facebook and can submit anything. is meant to be funny and occasionally have some graphic content. The part that does get under my skin is the conand the overall harassment of the university’s athletes which has become a bit overwhelming. It seems that now you can’t go further than one full page before running into a post about the football team and their lackluster season. Individuals get called out and openly blamed for the team’s performance. The page states with UNC and therefore
maintains the right to post anything. With nearly 4,000 “likes,” the page has gathered many viewers since its start in September, the page is a fun way for students to entertain themselves during down time and certainly functions well in that but often does so at the expense of a student’s dignity. I’m not calling for it to be taken down in any way because it can be quite entertaining. I just hope the critics stop their rants about the school, more It’s demeaning to them and is the not the proper up. If the students want a competitive football team, they have to come together and support them, win or lose. The club hockey team is an example of a team that has found success through support by the students. From game to game the Ice Haus is packed, with the members of Pi Kappa Phi screaming their chants to
parents sitting patiently. They get a boost when they’re down by the sheer noise that comes from the stands. This year’s football team didn’t experience that. The football team got negative vibes from its own fans on the Confessions page and empty the year. I was sickened by the lack of support on senior day. The student section could be counted on two hands, and from tle the football team was never given a chance. Following the game, the worst part was checking the Confessions page and seeing “confessions”—more like complaints—about a student that worked three hard years for the university. He had given his all and been a starter because of his leadership and talent but students only complained about one bad game. I hope students realize what they’re doing on the UNC Confessions
page is not helping these athletes and change before next season starts. I, like anyone, would like to But unlike some, I plan on supporting them no matter how they play because support will breed success. — Dylan Sanchez is a freshman pre-journalism major and sports reporter for The Mirror. He can be reached via email at sports@uncmirror.com
Corrections A photo caption accompanying the Nov. 25 article on UNC’s wrestling dual against Colorado Mesa states that 197-pound wrestler Brian Macchione, lost 6 - 0. Macchione actually lost due to an injury default. The Mirror sincerely regrets these errors. Please send any corrections to:
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NEWS
December 2, 2013
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Read in celebrates novel writing month Jennifer Hazeldine
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A variety of emotional words and phrases echoed off the walls of Michener Library as volunteer readers read aloud selected pages from various literary works. The English Education program and Michener Library held their monthly Michener Library. Professor of English and director of the English department at UNC, Jeri Kraver coordinated the event. Volunteers read literary works of their choosing. The readings focused on November’s topic of the month: National Novel Writing Month.
National Novel Writing Month is an event for professional and amateur writers that occurs every November. Participants worldwide are challenged to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. The writing project started in 1999 and has grown in popularity in recent years. The read in on Tuesday had about thirteen attendees, none of whom were currently participating in National Novel Writing Month. Some of the readings that were read out loud for this month included “Burned,” by Ellen Hopkins; “Grapes of Wrath,” by John Steinbeck; “The Road,” by Cormac McCarthy; and “Jacob Have I Loved,” by Katherine Paterson. There was also a reading from an original romantic fantasy novel written by See Read In on page 16
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Andy Malinski, one of the Library Techs at Michener Library, pauses during his reading of the Ellen Raskin novel “The Westing Game.”
NEWS
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Yogurt shop put on ice FDA cracks down on trans fats Alexander Armani-Munn
Chelsea Stanger
Frozen-yogurt lovers at UNC are at a loss this week after the sudden closure of Aspen Leaf Frozen Yogurt formerly located at 807 17th Street in Greeley. The closing of the selfserve frozen yogurt shop came without warning and under what some employees say are questionable circumstances. According to University of Northern Colorado student and former Aspen Leaf employee Caleb Whitaker, a representative from U-Swirl, the corporate owner of Aspen Leaf, came to the store around 8 p.m. on Nov. 21 and informed the staff that the store was closing and needed to be cleared of
The FDA will try to eliminate most trans fats in an attempt to put healthier options on the shelves. The FDA has stated its intent and is currently in the public comment period, which precedes regulation changes.
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A sign posted outside the former location of Aspen Leaf Frozen Yogurt declares the news to customers.
all company supply and equipment by 10 p.m. “We had less than two hours before the moving trucks were there. We don’t close until 11. We still had customers inside
U-Swirl representatives informed the store’s general manager of the corporate visit that day and requested that the entire staff be present but did not disclose the purpose of the visit. See Aspen on page 19
being targeted by the FDA is partially hydrogenated oil, which has trans fatty acids, according to Michael Dunn, a professor from the Dietetics and Food Science Department at Brigham Young University. A variety of foods are made with PHO including margarines, yellow-fat spreads, icings and many fried foods. Should the FDA succeed
in its attempt to eliminate these fats from foods, the cant. “This change would dramatically reduce trans fat intake, which would who got his Ph.D. in Food Science from Cornell University. “At the same time, it would increase saturated fat intake, as the stabiltrans acids would be accomplished using saturated The major challenge associated with eliminating trans fats is keeping products from going rancid. These partially hydrogenated oils help to increase the shelf-life of foods, allowing them to last longer at the stores and at home in the cupboard.
“The increase in the tendency of food products to become rancid without use of PHOs will need to be dealt with by the manuDunn said. “Possibly antioxidants will need to be added, or the shelf-life of products will need to be reduced so that they don’t develop rancidity before Trans fats are associated with negative heart health consequences, and FDA regulations could negate some of these negative consequences. sumer will hopefully be chelle Lloyd, a professor in the Department of Dietetics and Food Science said. “Challenges to See FDA on page 19
NEWS
December 2, 2013
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No-shave update Mykel Morse:
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University committed to tearing down Bishop-Lehr Hall Kelsey Hamon
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Once in a blue moon, squad cars from the Greeley police department surround Bishop-Lehr Hall. Not because they have to hunt down the occasional vandal who writes vulgarities on the chalk board. Rather, it’s to train other they may need to track a hostile person in a building. For this purpose BishopLehr is perfect, but other than that, the empty building doesn’t appear to be on too many minds. Larry Raimer said that while the building is great for police training, it probably holds a lot more potential. “It’s a great piece of
land. We would like to see it used for something more,” Raimer said. “Things outside of driving the squad car past the building and answering an occasional vandalism call.” Students and staff walk past the building everyday, but no one seems to see much of Bishop-Lehr. Even to go inside the building unless they need to. “Especially at night. It’s pretty creepy,” Raimer said. Student Senate Director of Student affairs Kaitlyn Lundeby said she had heard students say that the building was asbestos-ridden and maybe even growing some strange plants, possibly seen through the windows. Other than rumors, she hasn’t heard much talk about Bishop-Lehr.
An initiative posed by student senate three years ago put Bishop-Lehr as a center of focus for a new UNC. The idea was that Bishop-Lehr would become an expansion of the University Center and students could access Bishop-Lehr through a sky bridge that would stretch over 11th Ave. The plan was to make use of Bishop-Lehr in a relatively exciting new way, but students weren’t excited about the hike in tuition, Lundeby said. The initiative didn’t pass and since then Lundeby said there hasn’t been any big plans for BishopLehr. Lundeby said that she would welcome any student proposals about how to utilize Bishop-Lehr See Hall on page 16
Joelle Romero | The Mirror
A picture of the east entrance of Bishop-Lehr. The university plans on demolishing the building.
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9-11 p.m. UPC Presents: Open Mic Night. University Center Fireside Lounge.
Tuesday, Dec. 3: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. UNC’s Got Talent auditions. University Center Ballrooms. 6:15-7:15 p.m. Graduate student recital: Guillermo Rivera, tenor trombone. First United Methodist Church. 917 10th Ave. Greeley.
Shoppers get local at winter market Biz Gilmore
Simonds of Greeley said. This
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Wednesday, Dec. 4:
In the shadow of Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping, local artists and vendors set up shop in downtown Greeley to encourage their community to shop small, spend local and buy thoughtfully.
10 a.m.- 5 p.m. UNC’s Got Talent auditions. University Center Ballrooms.
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6-7 p.m. Harmonies for the Holidays. Frasier Hall, Langworthy Theatre. $5.
State Armory building Saturday and Sunday. Vendors were all Coloradoans, from everywhere from Fort Collins to Greenwood Village, with a strong Greeley native presence. Practically every vendor operates as a small business, either online through sites like Etsy, or by working the craft and arts market circuit. “I think the community is opening up to support local artists. It’s so much better this year than I thought it would be,” Jason
7:30 p.m. SOAPbox products presents: ANON(ymous). Frasier Hall, Langworthy Theatre. UNC students free. $5 for general public.
Thursday, Dec. 5: 7:30 p.m. SOAPbox products presents: ANON(ymous). Frasier Hall, Langworthy Theatre. UNC students free. $5 for general public.
7:30 p.m. SOAPbox products presents: ANON(ymous). Frasier Hall, Langworthy Theatre. UNC students free. $5 for general public.
Sunday, Dec. 8: 7-10 p.m. UPC presents: Stress Less Fest. University Center.
his wares by himself at the Winter Market. On Saturday, his collection of ceramic items, including dragons and elves, sold out. He replenished his stock for Sunday. The selection of items for purand kitchen wares were on tables next to jewelry and ornaments and original art. at these things. It’s so hard not to everything is so personal and unique,” said Joy Watts, Greeley resident and four-year veteran vendor of the Winter Market. punctuated with Colorado-themed garb like knit beanies and ornaments. Several tables featured the Fort Collins-based clothing company Akinz represented Colorado with hoodies, beanies and T-shirts. Suzanne Akin, the com-
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Local graffiti artist Madik Madiko offered free art outside the Winter Market on Saturday.
pany’s founder, was there to sell the wares herself. UNC alumnus Megan Adkins stopped by the fair on Sunday to look around and support the local artist community she belongs jewelry at the fair last year, but did not participate this year. She said she didn’t have any particular
gifts in mind, but that that wasn’t that point. “I came to support local arts,” Adkins said. Supporting the community was something that was mentioned many times over the weekend. day,” Simonds said. “Gotta support my fellow artists.”
Colorado Ballet brings seasonal tradition to life with “The Nutcracker”
Friday, Dec. 6: 12:30-1:15 p.m. Michener Library’s Annual Holiday Concert. Michener Library.
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Editor: Biz Gilmore
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According to Alexandria By Alexandria Adair Vasquez
For anyone enrolled in classes at the local dance studio growing up, “The Nutcracker” is familiar as the two-part ballet that every dancer-in-training grows tired of performing each year during the holiday season. For everyone else, “The Nutcracker” is as much a celebrated hallmark of the holiday season as the smell of Christmas trees, poinsettias and
Thanksgiving shopping sales. This year Colorado Ballet ushered in its 53rd sugary-sweet season performance of “The Nutcracker” on Saturday at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Colorado Ballet has a particularly special relationship with “The Nutever production that the local dance company took to the stage in 1961. Colorado Ballet, which is one of the state's oldest art institutions, is a nationally recognized dance company that started out with simple roots as a local See Ballet on page 10
Courtesy of Mike Watson | Colorado Ballet
Adam Still takes a leap in “The Nutcracker” as fellow dancers watch. Colorado Ballet will be performing the show until Dec. 28.
A&E
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New tea house serves drinks straight and with a twist Jennifer Hazeldine
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Friends, families and a variety of visitors gathered at the Cranford Cove Tea
The Cranford Cove Tea grand opening on Friday, offering free tea samples,
Cranford Cove Tea Tav Many of the visitors it and the Cranford Cove
and literal meaning; Cran to a friend. as 7 p.m. or as late as mid night. The Wootens developed the idea of opening a tea tavern from their love and
“Cranford is part of the on said. “Cranford is a his ished. Ornate lampposts
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leaf tea and handmade tea
harpist. the Cranford Cove Tea Tav
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Colorado Ballet offering discount to students for show Ballet from page 8
Fairy may seem babyish to the average college student, but maybe that's the point. For most students at the University of Northern Colorado, winter break is a chance to go home and connect with family again. Nothing quite says “fun for the whole family” like a group of life-sized rats pulling off technically perfect leaps and turns. Visit the Colorado Ballet website at coloradoballet.org to purchase tickets or for a full list of productions and ticket prices. As a helpful hint, use the STUDENT promotion code to see what discounts are available for college students.
ballet school founded by Freidann Parker and Lillian Covillo. Using expressive body language, enchanting choreography sequences and incredibly intricate set design as their needle and thread, the artistic staff at Colorado Ballet wove together the fantastical tale of “The Nutcracker:” a young girl named Clara whose toy soldier is transformed into a living, breathing prince. Together they travel to gigantic rats, and eat delicious treats. Clara wakes the next morning unsure if it was all a dream or not. It seemed like audience members of all ages were able to let go of reality for a couple of hours and become immersed into the pastel, glitter-encrusted world that had been created on stage.
The artists of the Colorado Ballet dance together in front of a dramatic backdrop.
During the “Waltz of the the glistening fake snow that came down steadily heightened the dizzying
effect of dancers swirling across stage. And during the Arabian Coffee dance sequence, soloist Shelby Dyer seemed
Courtesy of Mike Watson | Colorado Ballet
to hold the audience in wonder with her sultry body movements and controlled extensions. Paying to watch a child
and her toy magically transport to faraway lands with names like the Land of the Snow and the Kingdom of the Sugar Plum
—Alexandria Adair Vasquez is a senior journalism major. She writes arts and entertainment and news for The Mirror. She can be reached via email at arts@uncmirror.com.
Thanksgiving has more than its share of odd traditions Staff Column By Juliette Angoulvant
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Though many of us have come to accept Thanksgiving as part of the holiday status-quo, it is by no means as straightforward a celebration as we might like to think. Just imagine trying to explain it to someone who wasn’t raised in the U.S.—it’s more or less a day where, in order to celebrate all the things we’re thankful for, we get together with our family
members and eat way too much food. And then the day after (or the evening of, as it were), stores lower the prices on everything so that we can go shopping which, incidentally, don’t often align with all we claimed to be thankful for the day before. We aren’t really sure why it works that way, but we keep doing it because we always have. Now, if you’ll humor me in accepting that Thanksgiving is an understandably confusing tradition, suspend your disbelief as you consider the following holidays that are being celebrated worldwide right around the time we’re
listening to carols and regretting eating that second helping of turkey. In some places these celebrations are as standard a part of the paradigm as Thanksgiving is here. Many of us have heard about St. Nicholas’ Day in elementary or middle school. On the night before Dec. 6 in some northern European countries, children set out their shoes in with treats in the morning. Fewer of us, may be familiar with Krampus, St. Nick’s evil counterpart who is tasked with taking care of those children not well-behaved enough to receive gifts. Krampus, a devilish monster, is said to dispense
punishment ranging from leaving coal in shoes, beating children with sticks and rusty chains or kidthem in sacks. In German-speaking countries the legend of Krampus is celebrated on Krampusnacht, which takes place on the eve of St. Nicholas’ day. Partygoers dress as the hairy and terrifying Krampus, bearing torches and sticks, running around the streets scaring adults and children alike. In the Thai province of Lopburi, the last Sunday of November is celebrated with the Monkey Buffet Festival. Intended to thank the See Traditions on page 19
A&E
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Hunger Games trilogy, while unsophisticated, has merits in gender relations Like Towels By Michael Nowels
I am a 22-year-old man. I like sports, beer and various grilled meats and will graduate with a college degree in May. And I like “The Hunger Games.” It’s true the books present a level of sophistication rivaling Justin Bieber’s catalog but their strengths stretch further than a simple side-swept haircut and an auto-tuned melody. The narrative is nothing new: an accessible hero takes on a dystopian society in hopes of restoring the “perfect” world we live in. Romance intertwines. The hero must weigh personal values against larger ideals. “The Hunger Games” is an introduction to the future-thriller novels students will invariably read in their high school days. Those stories will present greater
philosophical issues and, in the case of Ayn Rand, wholly unreadable copy. Maybe young readers will enjoy those books, maybe they won’t. But at least they’re intro-
is the lynchpin of the revolution while Peeta, her male comrade, serves as her support with a political smile—a decidedly feminine position in traditional stories. The man is supposed to be
ing. And, as was the case with the Harry Potter series, reading is cool for kids again. Perhaps the most important distinction of “The Hunger Games” trilogy is that the protagonist is female. In a dystopian story, it’s imperative that the main character be strong, and this most recent iteration is no exception. For years, American girls have been taught to sit idly by while men make decisions. Surely they aren’t smart enough to be trusted with vital decision-making. They’ll be overcome with emotion and choose out of self-preservation rather than the “greater good,” whatever that actually means. In “The Hunger Games,” the male/female roles are reversed. Though those with real power are still men, the protagonist Katniss
eliminating any emotion from his decision-making in an effort to accomplish his goal by any mean necessary. The woman is supposed to be an emotional wreck and a burden to be mistaken for an Orwell or Vonnegut, stakes her claim in the series by turning that traditional ing how that simple switch changes the narrative. We’re at a sort of crossroads in American society as it relates to gender. Gender equality is widely accepted but years of partiality cannot be undone by a general consensus that maybe gender should not dictate a person’s status. Wages, expectations and social standing all evidence a disparity between men and women.
A community cannot become gender-balanced overnight. Showing empowered women in books and movies is part of moving the public’s view on gender closer to equilibrium, particularly when the media target younger audiences who have been molded less by society and will be forming schemas for future generations. Along those lines, “The Hunger Games’” production team than Jennifer Lawrence, who largely embodies the shift in gender awareness. Lawrence is charmingly unladylike. She doesn’t pander to the cameras and answer questions politically, nor does she contrive drama like many Hollywood types. Instead, she responds like many of us probably would, often placing her reply in a real-life context. Sometimes that includes remarkable self-awareness for someone in her place and other of hunger. Regardless, it’s more
real than what most of what we see from buttoned-up interview subjects from Washington to Hollywood. She’s part of a growing number who are making it okay for women to speak their minds and even (gasp) be funny on occasion. You know, like they’re real people. Whether that comes in the form of an Oscar acceptance speech, a witty retort on a talk show or a novel series with cringe-worthy writing, it furthers the discussion. P.S.—Jennifer, if by some stroke of horrible luck on your part, you are reading this, my contact info is listed below. I’d surely overcome my height-based inferiority complex to split a rubber cheese-plastered burrito and sevBonita with you. script belongs nowhere near the rest of this column. Don’t care. — Michael Nowels is a senior elementary education major and the sports editor for The Mirror. He can be reached via email at sports@uncmirror.com.
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I am the Balrog: Adventures in NaNoWriMo Words on Words By Suzanne Evans
We’ve all seen the hipster hunched over a MacBook in Starbucks, typing away on some obscure word processor to record their ideas and dreams. Because “writer” seems to be skewed: someone with beautiful ideas and the capacity to share them eloquently with the world. I can tell you one thing: if that’s what makes a writer, I am In November, the international phenomenon called NaNoW-
riMo, National Novel Writing Month, challenges aspiring novelists across the world to pick up their laptops and pens and write 50,000 words in just 30 days. Fifty thousand is a lot of words, though. To put it in perspective, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is only about 77,000 words long. To average 50,000 words in a month would be like writing an entire year at Hogwarts in a month and a half. riMo, I wondered, “How in the worth of inspiration in such a short time?” And when I wondered that, I failed. I don’t regret it, because it convinced me to work at it, it convinced me to write, but it’s taken me a failed attempt at noveling every November since
2009 to realize the true secret to being a successful writer. That secret? Motivation is paramount. Inspiration can only take words so far if you lack the motivation to push them past the inevitable obstacles. Anyone who’s ever tried to write anything, including essays, which I hope is all of you, fellow students, has experienced writer’s block. Writer’s block is my sworn enemy. It halts my journey through Moria and makes ME the Balrog that shall not pass, and every time that bridge falls out from under me, I lose a little love for the craft. Every time I wait to “get inspired” before I write again, I never get there. ration, and I do that by pushing myself to write some horrible,
uninspired, soulless words that, the longer I look at them, morph into something a little less ugly until eventually the frog becomes the prince. Writing isn’t about waiting for inspiration, it’s about beating your head against the wall until you’re bloodied, throwing yourself into the bear pit at Harrenhal and hoping the bears (your words) don’t maul you to death before you can conquer them. It’s about tearing your hair out in search of just the right word and then suddenly forgetting the English language. ized that NaNoWriMo and the craft of writing are about work and not always play, it wasn’t so much of a challenge. Pasting my 50,000 words into the validation screen on Nov. 30 and see-
ing “WINNER” beneath my picture instead of a little, blue word count bar makes all the blood, sweat and tears worth it. In the words of the great George R.R. Martin, “I don’t enjoy writing. I enjoy having written.” So while I might loathe the process, there is no more gratifying feeling than vanquishing the years of being haunted by it, and there is nothing more motivating than knowing it’s within my reach. Knowing that, I am a writer after all. — Suzanne Evans is a journalism major and the copy editor and a writer for The Mirror. She can be reached via email at suzanne.evans94@gmail.com.
Parade reveals Santa, Rudolph as bikers
Parade from page 1
County Fair Queen. I didn’t really know about it until my daughter told me that she was in the parade tonight,” Luppens said. He said that he would
again next year. Many other guests agreed that the parade was worth going to again next year. Several visitors said they would recommend the event to others for next yeat. “It is better than the
Greeley Stampede parade. It is a very nice, festive said Bill Angell of Greeley. “I would recommend the parade to others. I have lived here for nearly 30 time.”
The Grinch, Santa Clause, Rudolf, Frosty the Snowman, the Gingerbread Man and M&M characters were all in the parade, alongside elves, snowmen, candy canes and dozens of dancers also walking in the parade. Although there were many famous characters, some found other participants more enjoyable to watch. “My favorite part of the parade was the horses,” said Greeley resident Valerie Martinez. “We try to go to the parade every year.” Motorcycles in the parade were individually decorated. Some were made to look like reindeer, while others themed their bike to a certain color, such as blue and green. A Santa Clause led the cyclists in a motor trike covered in red and green lights.
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Motorcylces and trucks light up the night on Saturday.
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Last week Americans celebrated Thanksgiving. It was taught in elementagiving lent a table to newfound peace between the Native Americans and the settlers. The story we’re told is revealed by white Americans, who have a vested interest in the narrative. As such, our understanding is certainly somewhat skewed, and has indirectly resulted in the use of Native American images as team mascots. The movement to remove Native American mascots began in the late 1970s, but very few changes have actually been made to date.
Many, including the Washington football team’s owner Dan Snyder, argue against changing the mascots because of the identity it has created for former players and community revolving around the team. But supporters of a wide-sweeping change opine that Native Americans are marginalized by the nicknames. Many different tribes are categorized together simply as “Native American,” based on social structure centered around white culture. One intramural baskettables in 2002 when the Fightin’ Whites formed at UNC after the Coloradans Against Ethnic Stereotyping in Colorado Schools
(CAESCS) tried to get Eaton High School to change its mascot. CAESCS was started at the University of Northern Colorado by former doctoral candidate Dan Ninham and current professor of special education Francie Murry in an attempt to get rid of racially-based mascots, beginning with Eaton’s. The attempt failed but former Native American Student Services director Solomon Little Owl and former students formed the Fightin’ Whites intramural basketball team. “The message is, let’s do something that will let people see the other side of what it’s like to be a mascot,” said Little Owl of the topic to the Greeley Tribune in 2002. “I
Women’s Basketball: Northern Colorado-Texas-El Paso Texas-El Paso 63, Northern Colorado 40 Individual Statistics Northern Colorado Lockridge 2-4 0-0 4, Kidner 1-6 2-2 4, Dougherty 1-4 2-2 5, Mallon 1-6 0-0 2, Duehn 1-5 1-2 3, Vidovic 1-7 4-5 7, Zadina 0-10 0-0 0, Longwell 0-2 0-0 0, Howell 7-7 0-0 15.
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The “Fightin’ Whites” printed shirts that read “The Fightin’ Whities” after an error in a Mirror article added an “i” to the team’s name.
am really offended by this mascot issue, and I hope the people that support the Eaton mascot will get offended by this.” The team quickly became a national story with various news sources across the country taking the story to the viewers,
and Lynn Klyde-Silverstein, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, found the public had three general reactions to the team after the media coverage was split in three different directions. See Fightin’ Whites on page 15
Men’s hoops overcomes slow start, again
Mark Harro | The Mirror
Northern Colorado junior forward Dominique Lee puts up a shot against Prairie View A&M’s Louis Monks in Sunday’s 87-70 win at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Lee recorded 13 points and six rebounds in the game.
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Senior forward Derrick Barden had a team-high 19 points. Barden’s game Sunday was a ma-
jor turnaround after scoring only seven points, a season-low for the forward. “Yesterday I didn’t get enough sleep,” Barden said. “I couldn’t
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in the morning.” A full night’s rest seemed to make enough difference for Barden to play to the level expected of him. Senior guards Tate Unruh and Tevin Svihovec each had 16 points and junior forward Dominique Lee scored 13 to accompany six rebounds. “I’m excited about Dom as well,” Hill said. “He really communicates at a high level on the defensive end and really holds our defense to another level.” Prairie View outrebounded the Bears 35-31, an area where Hill said he still wants to see major improvement from the team. “I’m not happy where we’re at with rebounding right now,” he said. “We got rebounded two nights in a row to teams we should have outrebounded.” Guards Louis Monks, John Brisco, and Montrael Scott had 20, 16 and 12 points, respectiveView’s game against BethuneCookman Friday with forwards
Hershey Robinson and Demondre Chapman scoring 14 and 21 apiece. Forcing the guards to step up played into the defensive scheme the Bears have, forcing their opponent to score 3-pointers. “If we’re going to be beat, teams are going to have to have record nights from the three to beat us,” Hill said. The Bears scored 30 points from beyond the arc, 12 from Unruh, who made four shots from long distance. Lee and freshman guard Jordan Wilson each had two 3-pointers. “We can hit a couple threes knowing these guys are wanting to zone us and it took them out,” Hill said. “When Tate hit a couple and Jordan hit a couple they couldn’t zone us anymore and so that helps.”
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Texas-El Paso Thornton 10-19 1-3 21, Vitola 3-6 0-0 6, Turner 0-3 0-1 0, Telles 0-3 0-0 0, Parker 4-5 1-5 9, Gari 6-7 0-2 14, Taylor 1-2 0-0 2, Rodriguez 0-2 0-0 0, Dobrowoska 1-3 0-0 2, Nash 2-3 3-5 8, Kirsteine 0-3 0-0 0, Welles 0-2 0-0 0, Oledzka 0-0 1-2 1. Team Statistics Halftime: UNC 24-21. FG pct.: UNC 27.5 (14-51). UTEP 46.8 pct. (27-58). 3-point FG: UNC 18.8 pct (3-16), Kidner 0-1, Dougherty 1-2, Mallon 0-1, Duehn 0-2, Vidovic 1-3, Zadina 0-5, Longwell 0-1, Howell 1-1. UTEP 21.4 pct (3-14), Thornton 0-2, Vitola 0-2, Turner 0-2, Telles 0-2, Gari 2-2, Nash 1-2, Kirsteine 0-2. FT pct.: UNC 81.8 pct. (9-11). UTEP 33.3 pct (6-18). Assists: UNC 6 (Dougherty 3). UTEP 11 (Vitola 3). Rebounds: UNC 46 (Howell 9). UTEP 31 (Thornton, Parker, Gari 5). Steals: UNC 9 (Dougherty 4). UTEP 16 (Thornton 6). Blocks: UNC 2 (Lockridge, Zadina 1). UTEP 5 (Vitola 4). Turnovers: UNC 30 (Kidner, Dougherty 6). UTEP 13 (Nash 4). Total Fouls: UNC 21 (Duehn 4). UTEP 15 (Nash 4).
This week in UNC sports: Women’s Basketball: vs. Denver. 7 p.m. Wednesday. Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. vs. Nebraska-Omaha. 2 p.m. Saturday. Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Track & Field: Wyoming Power Meet. All Day Friday. Laramie, Wyo. Wrestling: Hoosier Duals. All Day Saturday-Sunday. Bloomington, Ind.
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Volleyball knocked out in first round of tournament Staff Report
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UNC volleyball’s season came to an end Friday with a loss to No. 3 seed Idaho State at the Big Sky Conference Championship Ore. Sixth-seeded University of Northern Colorado (1417, 10-10 Big Sky) hit .190 and fell to Idaho State (2111) in a four-set match by set scores of 21-25, 17-25, 25-17, 16-25.
Head coach Lyndsey Oates said a lack of solid defense was her team’s downfall. “We just weren’t able to sustain a big level of energy and our defense was sporadic at times,” Oates. “You just have to play good defense against Idaho State and we weren’t able to maintain that throughout the match.” The third set was the only set the Bears won against ISU all season, with a hitting percentage of .344
over Idaho State’s .152 in the set, but the Bengals held the Bears to a .000 hitting percentage in the fourth set to take the match. The Bengals swept UNC on Sept. 26 and Nov. 2. UNC sophomore outside hitter Kendra Cunningham hit .208 and led all players with 17 kills while also tallying 53 assists and 10 digs. Junior middle blocker Andrea Spaustat had 9 senior outside hitter Alyssa Wilson notched eight
kills and junior middle blocker Brianna Strong recorded seven. The Bears Kendra out-blocked the Ben- Cunningham gals 9-6 but sophomore Idaho State middle blocker Mackenzie Filer had 16 kills and three blocks and redshirt sophomore Tress Lyman recorded a double-double with 15 kills and 12 digs.
Bears freshman setter Ashley Guthrie had 36 assists and four digs and senior libero Merideth Johnson had 19 digs. season, focusing on the late-season run the Bears made to make their way into the Big Sky Conference Championship tournament. “What a great group of girls,” she said. “I’m really proud of the run we made at the end of the season to win -
nament. Idaho State is a great team and we ran into based on our sixth seed.” Idaho State went on to win the Big Sky Championship, defeating No. 2 seed North Dakota Friday night and top-seeded host night. In winning the tournament, the Bengals earned a spot in the NCAA Championship tournament and will be assigned their opponent and match schedule Monday.
Icelandic holiday traditions vastly different from those stateside Ice Ice Baby By Lauren Oosdyke
Happy late Thanksgiving and Merry (almost) Christmas from Iceland! Celebrating the holidays here has been exciting and interesting, learning about all of the different holiday traditions they have. that Thanksgiving was not celebrated here, I was a bit disappointed that I wasn’t going to be able to eat traditional Thanksgiving food. I have been so blessed to have a family here that has taken me in as one of their own and has taken such great care of me. They surprised me and told me that we were going to have a Thanksgiving dinner just for me! I was too excited, to say the least. We had turkey, sweet potatoes, creamed corn, rice, wine and of course dessert. I had my mom send over two recipes that we use at home
for the sweet potatoes and creamed corn and I’m thankful that I didn’t burn down the kitchen and that they turned out delicious as ever. We also invited my other American basketball-playing friend, Lewis, from the men’s team to come over and celebrate this American holiday with us. Lewis played basketball at Georgia Tech and is originally from Georgia, so he was so happy to be able to celebrate with us. I am so grateful for this family; they have made the transition of moving to another country so easy. Now, Christmas in Iceland is a different story. It is a huge holiday here and it has been so fun learning about the different Christmas traditions. Iceland has 13 different Yuletide lads (thought of as playful elves who like to eat and play little tricks on people). For example, my favorite lad’s name is Askasleikir, which means “bowl licker.” They are all as equally important to the Icelandic children and each one has a different name and brings different gifts to the children. Starting on Decem-
Families open all of their gifts on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day, they visit extended families and eat roasted lamb. By the way, the lamb here is the best I have ever had. New Year’s Eve is considered as equally as holy as Christmas Eve. After families eat dinner, they neighborhood. There are lots of bonland and people usually sing and bring their own return home and have their
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Children in Iceland follow the tradition of writing letters to Santa Claus for Christmas. Here’s a special receptacle for letters to be sent to the North Pole.
will come and visit. The children leave a pair of their best shoes placed on the windowsill and when they wake in the morning they will have a
little present. If the children have been naughty, they might receive a potato or a little message telling them to be good. This tradition continues until December 24th.
their backyards. Then the younger crowd goes out and party all night ‘till 6 a.m. in Reykjavik to bring in the New Year. Everyone I have talked to has said that New Year’s Eve is unbelievable here and unfortunately I won’t be here to witness it. As for my own Christmas and New Year’s plans, I will be taking eight different planes and will be in the U.S. and two other countries. ifornia to visit my family I miss so much. On my way to California, I have a three-hour layover in
Denver, so I will be able to meet up with my awesome former UNC basketball teammates. I will then be heading to Dublin, to celebrate Christmas with my great friend and former teammate Hannah Thornton and her family. After about a week of exploring Ireing a four-leaf clover), Hannah, her sister and I to visit more great UNC friends and bring in the new year. Chrissie Hoolahan (a current UNC women’s tennis player) and Jenny Whateley (a former UNC women’s tennis player) will both be in London. We will all go sightseeing and will bring in 2014 in London. I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the New Year with great college friends. Until next time, “Gleðileg jól” (“Merry Christmas” in Icelandic)! — Lauren Oosdyke is a former UNC basketball player with bachelor’s degrees in broadcast journalism and communication and a master’s in sport administration and a columnist for The Mirror.
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Native American mascots still topic of much debate Fightin’ Whites from page 13
The main response was that people found satire in the idea, leading to Fightin’ Whites T-shirt purchases with the proceeds going to a scholarship at UNC. The other group. Some saw the team name as a waste of time and a third group saw it as an expression of white pride. -
Notre Dame leprechaun mascot? mascots and offered regarding the Fightin’ side of the area. “The Fightin’ Whites cannot dimin“It’s the same with the Fighting Irish. Ini-
what happens is there were a lot of letters to the editor that said, ‘Well, I’m white
American to an Eagle, keeping the mascot name of Ter-
Conference last season, The Mirror was inment not to use the school’s mascot and -
pressure from School said it Courtesy of the Greeley Tribune was willing to Eaton High School has change its In- stayed with its Native dian mascot, American mascot in the face of movements to remove the racial icon.
using the term ‘Redskin?’ To use the Chief Americans and Negroes. into the dominant group, no one’s going to
different.” A wide-spread counterpoint against that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish nick-
word ‘Redskin’, isn’t the perpetuating it?
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An artist’s rendering of the original design of Bishop-Lehr Hall.
Demo to cost $900K Hall from page 7
in a new way. “ As a voice for the stutheir ideas and help them be put to action,” Lundeby says. But the issue she adds would take a lot of participants, and involvement from University staff. The history behind the building and its current use piece of property became a utilized for an unintended purpose. Assistant Vice President to facilities Kirk Leichliter explained how the University purchased the property in the late 1950s as part of what would eventually become West campus. Bishop-Lehr was built
in 1961 and served as a K-12 school in 1962 until 2003 when students were relocated to a new building on the west side of Greeley. Since then the building’s purpose has been for storage the occasional practice routine for police and the Lehr is used by the baseball team. Leichliter says the University eventually wants to knock the building down and start fresh. But starting fresh has a price tag of 900,000 dollars. “The land could be a future building site,” Leichliter says. Maybe there won’t be a sky bridge, but perhaps one day Bishop-Lehr could ful-
UNC women’s basketball suffered its third loss of the season Wednesday at Texas-El Paso, falling 6340 in a game of two starkly different halves. The University of Northern Colorado (2-3) led UTEP (5-0) 24-21 at halftime after outrebounding the Miners 26-10 in the opening stanza. UTEP won the second half by a score of 42-16, shooting 55 per-
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compared to UNC’s 24 percent. Sophomore forRebecca ward RebecHowell ca Howell led the way for the Bears with 15 points on 7-7 shooting from the player to reach score double-digits. She also led the team with nine rebounds in the loss.
No Bears other than Howell hit double-digits in scoring. In fact, aside from Howell, UNC made just for 16.9 percent. 30 seconds of the second half, the Miners went on a 23-8 run to take control of the game. Guard Kayla Thornton Miner points during that with 21 points and six steals to lead UTEP.
Controlling the ball was UNC’s bugaboo in ished with a whopping 30 giveaways compared to the Miners’ 13. With just six assists as a team, Northern Colorado 1:5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
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Monthly Read In aims to spread passion for reading Read In from page 5
junior English secondary education major, Amanda aton Byars, titled “Seven Silver Keys.” “After reading the book Inferno by Dan Brown, we felt that the way he categorized the sins in the book was clever. We thought it would be neat to play around with that sort of idea for our own book,” Byars said as he talked about the novel’s inspiration at the reading. Many of those that attended the event found
the Read-in to be relaxing. Some said it was a great way to ease the stress from Several attendee said they will likely attend another future Read-in. Kraver began the Readin three years ago, inspired by the Michener Library’s Banned Books Week. Kraver said she loved attending Banned Books Week and was deeply saddened when the library decided to no longer hold the event due to lack of participants. Kraver said she decided to start her own literary
“The ability to read aloud is a beautiful gift I believe everyone deserves to have.”
-Jeri Kraver UNC Professor gathering that would be held monthly. Kraver said the Readins provide the University with fresh opportunities to discover new literature and hear a variety of voices. Kraver loves to have people come in and read. She
encourages everyone to come and enjoy the pleasures of reading. “The ability to read aloud is a beautiful gift I believe everyone deserves to have.” Kraver said, “My dream is that years from now there will be 100 people in attendance.” More information about the monthly Readins at Michener library, is availible at the Read-in Facebook page, ReadIn@ unco. More more information about National Novel Writing Month can be obtained by visiting www.nanowrimo.org.
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Corporate owner cut communication with store months ago Aspen from page 6
The company offered to pay employees for staying to help pack up the store but did not provide them with any explanation for the closure. Whitaker estimated that 30-40 gallons of frozen yogurt were discarded along with an innumerable amount of toppings and other food products. “It was very unprofessional the way they did it. If they would have let us know ahead of time, we
could have had a $3 or Get the money on what you have left. Instead, they threw it all away,” Whitaker said. Aspen Leaf was previously owned by the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory before U-Swirl purchased the company in April of this year, around the time that Whitaker and there. Among the roughly 60 Aspen Leaf locations nationwide, the Greeley store
was an average performer, Whitaker said. If the store’s monthly sales were the cause of its demise, than approximately half of Aspen Leaf stores may be in danger of a similar fate. “We weren’t the best, but we weren’t even close to the worst, and they just took us out,” Whitaker said. “We have a slight feeling it might have been personal.” Whitaker claims that relations between the Greeley store and the U-Swirl
a low point when the cormunication with the store about two months ago. “According to my boss, about two months ago they just stopped. They just ignored us. Every call, every email, they did not care. They did not respond. They did not answer,” Whitaker said. Whitaker claims his general manager confronted corporate and, on various occasions, tried to hold them accountable for their
poor communication, perhaps contributing to tension with company representatives. Whitaker is also employed at Textbook Brokers Greeley, but the lost income from the closure of Aspen Leaf will still affect him. “I have a car that I am trying to pay off . I have an engagement ring. I am recently engaged. I am trying to pay for that, and now for the upcoming season, ‘don’t worry about get-
ting me anything now,’” Whitaker said. According to Whitaker, Aspen Leaf’s lease on the property at 17th Street was not set to expire until this spring. A call to the U-Swirl was not returned by press time Sunday. “It sucks to know their timing was terrible. Best word to use is unprofessional. They were completely unprofessional about the entire thing,” Whitaker said.
Ban on trans fat could save lives Diversity of traditions woth celebrating FDA from page 6
removing trans fat include a shorter shelf-life and increased cost of food.” According to the FDA, jor contributor to heart disease in the United States, and banning them could potentially prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths from heart disease every year. This move is something that the FDA has been trying to accomplish for a while now and should not be contested by the food industry, according to Steele Frost, associate professor in the Department of Dietetics and Food Science. “In years past they have
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The FDA aims to support healthy options by limiting trans fats.
tried to go down to lower levels because they know that it’s not good for you,” Frost said. “The food industry will agree with these regulations; they aren’t go-
Trans fats won’t be completely gone, as it occurs naturally in our diet in small amounts, according to Frost. However, this new regulations could be a stride toward a healthier diet for many Americans.
Traditions from page 10
ing Plough Monday (the
monkeys for which the province is known, the celebration involves citizens setting out thousands of pounds of food for the monkeys to come and enjoy. Locals and foreigners join to watch the thousands of macaques in the area join in a feeding frenzy in what has become a major tourist attraction.
Night), this festival is left over from ancient pagan tradition. Revived in 1980 for the sake of heritage, it involves dressing a man from the village in bushels of straw and leading him from house to house, accompanied by a parade of dancers and musicians, to dance for food and beer. At the end of his rounds, the straw bear costume is burned. Some of these traditions may, in our eyes, once again
other monkey-related activities, including dances and costumes. January in the British town of Whittlesea is marked by the Straw Bear Festival. Traditionally held on the Tuesday follow-
within its label of reasonable and ‘normal,’ though Thanksgiving itself may do
the same to others around the world comparing their holidays with ours. The essential thing, then, is not only to take in all the festivities going on throughout the world at this time of year, but to recognize their role in making each of us a little more uniquely ourselves. After all, if we haven’t been touched in some way by our distinct celebrations, what are we celebrating for anyway? Juliette Angoulvant is a freshman music performance major and a news writer for The Mirror. She can be contacted via email at news@uncmirror.com.
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