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Unemployment is a reality college graduates are facing in recent years. After the years and money spent to receive an education, most graduates expect to find a job correlating to their degrees. UNC students share their thoughts on the growing post-graduation unemployment rate. Story by Andrew Swanson on page 5.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 3, 2014
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THE MIRROR STAFF 2014-15 Editor-in-Chief Alexandria Adair Vasquez editor@uncmirror.com
NEWS 5 6 7 7
GRAD UNEMPLOYMENT ALCOHOL AWARENESS UNC BOARD OF TRUSTEES HALLOWEEN BLOOD DRIVE
Production Manager Manuel Perez adproduction@uncmirror.com
“According to CNN, more than a third of college graduates are working in a career that doesn’t require a degree.”
News Editor Katarina Velazquez news@uncmirror.com A&E Editor Antonio Hill arts@uncmirror.com Sports Editor Danielle Ross sports@uncmirror.com Photo Editor Cassius Vasquez photo@uncmirror.com
A&E 8 9 10 11
SIDESHOW REVIEW POETRY SLAM SCHULZE SPEAKER: DON BARROZO HAUNTED HARRISON
Web Editor Erick Pirayesh web@uncmirror.com
“Russell weaves themes of acceptance and true love into this story as well, making for a powerful plot, both in terms of subtext and the story itself.”
SPORTS 12 13 13 14
Graphic Designers Seth Haller & Elleanna Kantz Advertising Manager Hannah Crowley ads@uncmirror.com Marketing Managers Tory Orozco & Amanda Mulnix marketing@uncmirror.com
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S SOCCER WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL FOOTBALL
15 FUN & GAMES CLASSIFIEDS
Copy Editor Suzanne Evans
General Manager Matt Lubich mlubich@uncmirror.com
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OPINION
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DOUBLE STANDARDS IN COSTUME SCRUTINY By Antonio Hill Arguably the greatest part about Halloween is the costume. No matter what age you are, you can become someone completely different for a night. One thing I’ve noticed, though, is that people seem to have what’s considered inappropriate backwards. Women are slut-shaming one another for showing skin with their costumes, while people are praising men for dressing up as Ray Rice and carrying a lifeless doll with them. Social networking sites are the main source to see plenty of people displaying their costumes, but I was surprised to see how many people were getting upset at women for showing up as a “sexy nurse” to a party—especially when I didn’t see one complaint about a man’s costume. My question is, if this is the 21st century, why are we still trying to tell women what to wear? Why, in 2014, are people still so afraid of a woman’s body—and so unafraid to trivialize domestic violence? I saw a lot of creative costumes this year, costumes that made people laugh and others look twice. The greatest
thing about that, though, was that the people dressed up looked happy. It’s ridiculous how many people will judge others based off a costume they are wearing for one night. As far as the Ray Rice incident, I feel like that shouldn’t be something to make fun of. I saw multiple photos online of people, even children, wearing a Ray Rice jersey and carrying a doll, and these pictures had plenty of “likes” and retweets. Ray Rice did do something wrong and is paying the consequences. Dressing up and making fun of the situation makes domestic violence seem less serious than it is, and it sends the wrong message to children. How is it that a costume that glorifies violence against women garners less negativity than a woman who chooses to show a lot of cleavage or wears a tight skirt? It’s one night out of the year. Women should be allowed to show off what they’ve got if they want to, societal constraints be damned. I think we should embrace people who try to go outside the norm, respectfully. Costumes are meant to express what we feel or what we like.
Whether that is a character from a movie or how comfortable we feel with our body, everyone should be proud. All people, women especially, should have the freedom to have a little fun without upsetting the masses over something as innocuous as showing bare skin. There are much more offensive costumes to worry about—Ray Rice, Trayvon Martin and Ebola patients come to mind—than promiscuous variations of scarecrows and mermaids. So how about next Halloween, let’s embrace the sexy and try to call out what’s actually offensive.
— Antonio Hill is a senior journalism and mass communications major and arts editor for The Mirror. He can be reached at editor@uncmirror.com.
The Mirror Reflections are the opinion of the editorial board: Alexandria Adair Vasquez, Katarina Velazquez, Antonio Hill, Danielle Ross, Cassius Vasquez and Erick Pirayesh.
A POEM: OUR SHARED OBSESSION Connecting through breath, through keyboards, through art
Litsha Says Lame Stuff By Litsha Leeper
We share the same obsession Eyes running across book pages, widening with each expanding moment
Fingers gripping at paper corners
putting together verbal human acceptance
Face sweaty from activity more strenuous than anything physical…
My words are not meant to come out proper
The mind is working
My words are meant to move you
Breath is heavy
And you are swayed
We are engaging in art
You are swayed not because you believe in me, not because I said it right
The world is spinning faster than any carnival ride, than any spin top, than any hula hoop on a little girl’s waist
But because we share the same obsession
Letting our fingers make music that grooves the technical We get lost in everything that makes us simple Not concerned about the frivolities that are supposed to define chemistry between two people
Life is poetry
We are not concerned about much of anything when it comes to each other
Life is art
We are too lost in art —Litsha Leeper is a senior philosophy major and an opinion columnist for The Mirror. She can be reached at editor@uncmirror.com.
Mind absorbing everything that it has been missing while jailed in the shadows of fickle entertainment
But we are still, still
Tongue tasting everything gross and lovely, yet enjoying them both the same
I speak
We write furiously on virgin pages exploiting the fragile and pure
You understand that my words are beyond
Painting life on the dead sheets
The motion is not visible
We madly type stories behind keyboards in front of computer screens
NEWS
Editor: Katarina Velazquez - Assistant: Chelsea Hinspeter
MON 11/03 Registration opens for 2015 spring semester
TUE 11/04 12-1 p.m. Summer Study Abroad Info Session University Center
WED 11/05 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Student Health Fair University Center- Lower Level 12-1 p.m. Graduate Student Association Town Hall Meeting University Center- Spruce C
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Those who have graduated from college may find anchoring themselves in their career of choice to be more difficult than originally anticipated. Unemployment and the prospect of not finding a career in their field of study is a very frightening reality to recent graduates.
DEGREE IN ONE HAND, NO JOB IN THE OTHER By Andrew Swanson news@uncmirror.com Working a part-time job and hoping for a full-time position isn’t an aspiration an educated adult typically has after working for four hard years. Unfortunately, unemployment after college has become a reality in recent years. According to CNN, more than a third of college graduates are working in a career that doesn’t require a degree. This can be a frightening prospect for incoming college students and especially students who are currently enrolled and on the cusp of graduation. The tables turn after being told for years that
the only way to succeed in life is with a college degree. On a positive note, someone can further their education in graduate school by attempting to gain more knowledge and experience. The negative side is that not everyone has the time or money to do another round of schooling. Courtney Moser, a sophomore elementary education major, said she has heard of people having hard times finding jobs. But Moser has also heard stories of people easily finding jobs after graduation, she said. A lot of the time, people can now approach school advisers—or even the Internet—to find which careers are generating high incomes and generally accepting positions.
“I sometimes worry about not finding a job after college because it may not necessarily be the exact job I want,” said Sebastian Diaz, a sophomore engineering physics major. Diaz said that he wants to find a job that makes him happy, not miserable. The economy is still a huge source of the problem. The recession has picked itself up, but the process has been slow. “The entire drop was due to people dropping out of the labor force,” said Heidi Shierholz, a labor market economist who writes an annual report on the state of employment for young adults for the Economic Policy Institute. With a drop in unemployment, it becomes a rigorous battle to speed up the rate of new hires.
2-4:30 p.m. Retirement Reception for Peg Griffin Brown Hall- Centennial Hall Room 5:30-7 p.m. Student Senate Meeting University Center- Council Room
THU 11/06 3-4 p.m. Marcus Garvey Cultural Center Presents: I’m Trying To Find a Career Marcus Garvey Cultural Center / Davis House
FRI 11/07 10:30-11:30 a.m. Job Search Techniques for Graduate Students University Center- Spruce A
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SPEAKER DISCUSSES ALCOHOL AWARENESS By Andrew Swanson news@uncmirror.com Oct. 16, 2010, was the day a futon mattress almost destroyed Jake Byczkowski’s life. After a night of watching football and having a fun time with friends and alcohol, Byczkowski said he was walking home and noticed a bonfire had been started in front of his house. Byczkowski ran inside, grabbed an abandoned futon mattress and added it to the flames outside. The joyful time soon turned into a harsh reality when cops came and arrested Byczkowski. Byczkowski spoke last Monday at the University Center Ballrooms about the issues of alcohol consumption. Byczkowski said he travels to different colleges hoping he can help students create a communal movement against alcohol-related harm on their campuses. In addition to a mixture of humor and facts, Byczkowski used his own past experiences with drinking to engage the audience. As a student at Ohio State University, Byczkowski was
a member of the fraternity Delta Tau Delta and worked as a disc jockey under the name Easy Jake Oven. On the side, he said he would help throw parties for Red Bull in cities across Ohio. “I never learned from my mistakes,” Byczkowski said of his drinking habits. Despite experiencing problems related to their alcohol consumption, many people find it hard to completely cut off the habits. With images in social media, television and films sending young adults the message about how easy and fun it is to party, the negative effects that lifestyle can have on a person are often ignored. After being charged with a first degree felony of arson and hearing that he could potentially serve 3-10 years of jail time for the futon incident, Byczkowski said he decided it was time to step back. Byczkowski said he observed his drinking patterns and knew what he needed to do to change them. Alyssa Khan, a senior business major, said the event was eye-opening.
“I learned that one mistake can dictate your whole life, so you should be cautious,” Khan said. Byczkowski went over three types of drinkers that are typically seen. These three types included the responsible individual, someone who has complete control of their drinking; the hopeful individual, someone who may realize there’s a problem and wants help; and the reckless individual, someone who doesn’t see a problem with their drinking at all. Jack Fuqua, a junior anthropology major, said he didn’t relate too much to the experience Byczkowski spoke about, but that he felt Byczkowski’s approach was comedic and engaging. “It was an interesting approach rather than the normal things you hear about alcohol awareness,” Fuqua said. Alcohol may bring harmful consequences to different situations, but there is a better answer than just running away, Byczkowski said. Through alcohol awareness, he said, people can learn to take ownership of their own actions as well as the actions of their peers.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES DISCUSSES FINANCES AT UNC By Chelsea Hinspeter news@uncmirror.com The Board of Trustees met at the Trustees Finance and Audit Committee Meeting last Wednesday morning to discuss changes in UNC’s finances and the preliminaries for the university’s upcoming audit. Michelle Quinn, the senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer, led the meeting and advised committee members on every aspect of the University of Northern Colorado’s financial reports. This included new categories and procedures, income statements and funding for the university’s investments. “The preliminaries are rarely different from what you see now,” Quinn said. While final audits are not released until November or December, the committee meets every few months to review any changes, prepare for the annual
audit and make sure all board members are up-to-date. In addition, these meetings also provide insightful information for any future financial endeavors the university may choose to take. With policy changes requiring a different treatment of bonds and overall refinancing, the market value of UNC is typically impacted by these annual reports as well. “We talk about the market value, but can you sell a university?” said chairman Dick Monfort, a self-employed businessman and investor. Because operating costs have increased by about five percent, primarily due to an increase in personnel costs, UNC’s income statements shows a decrease of net positions. “We absolutely look ahead,” Quinn said. The committee said they anticipated a decrease in cash because they have been moving assets around to fund projects. The university’s investment bud-
get has set up multi-year commitments to program accreditation and years of projects. Based on composite financial index scores, rating agencies look at how the numbers fit in with the university’s plans for the future. The gradual decline of the composite financial index seems to be a direct result of a decline in enrollment. Most likely because of a decrease in state funding and more competition among institutions, UNC’s enrollment is down by one percent. Quinn said that although scholarships are down by four percent, this does not relate to what the institution is doing. About 80 percent of students receive some kind of financial aid, she said, but not all of that aid goes to the university. Graduate enrollment is also lower than what was anticipated. Meeting attendees mentioned that a reason for this may be that an application is no longer a guarantee that the individual
applying will enroll. With some institutions offering applications without fees, it seems that students are applying to a wider variety of universities and colleges. While increasing tuition costs would operate to reduce deprecation, Monfort said that university officials isn’t going to let tuition increase too significantly. While President Kay Norton was physically absent from the meeting, she did join the committee via a conference call from Indianapolis to discuss one of the university’s primary future plans: the Campus Commons project. Norton said she has made multiple trips to Denver this year to meet with the Capital Development Committee about the Campus Commons project. When completed, the Campus Commons will be a building that links the west campus to central campus and functions as a student-centered main entry to the university campus. Those involved with the proj-
ect are hopeful that the building will also increase enrollment, retention and graduation rates. The Campus Commons project has become one of the Capital Development Committee’s top three priorities, which is based on how many students they think will be positively influenced. Provost and Senior Vice President Robbyn Wacker said that UNC is also looking to target enrollment through the implication of new programs. New applicants to UNC will start receiving follow-up calls to their applications in an attempt by officials to stay connected to prospective students throughout the application process. While these new programs have not yet been integrated, Wacker said that they are discussing and being set up now. With the direction to increase revenue, enrollment and retention rates, the next Board of Trustees meeting is on Nov. 14. The committee will focus on student enrollment.
HEALTH COLLEGE HOSTS HALLOWEEN-THEMED BLOOD DRIVE By Monique Becker news@uncmirror.com On the day before the Halloween weekend festivities kicked off, the College of Natural and Health Sciences student council hosted an “I Want to Suck Your Blood Drive.” The council’s third annual blood drive was held in the south parking lot of the University Center last Thursday. Joseph Lasala, a senior nursing major, said that he started participating with the college’s student council three years ago. He said the drive has always been one of the council’s more important events. “The hospital is always looking for blood donors,” Lasala said. “There is a big difference between selling plasma and donating blood, and blood banks are pretty
much always looking for donors.” There were 31 students who made appointments to donate their blood, as well as several walk-ins, during the four hour drive. “If we always need it and we are always willing to donate, our hospitals will never have to go without,” said Stevi Mergner, a junior audiology and speech-language sciences major. “It’s nice to see UNC community involvement,” Mergner said. “Our students are very involved in donating blood and giving to the community, and I like seeing how many people are involved.” For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 970-350-6100 to reach the blood donor center at North Colorado Medical Center. Appointments can also be made at www.nocoblooddonor.com.
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Nalissa Barela, a senior sports and exercise science major, and Colleen Negrete, a sophomore nursing major, are members of the Natural and Health Science Student Council. They attended the “I Want to Suck Your Blood Drive” last Thursday outside of the UC.
MON 11/3 Multi-day Event Charlotte Nichols Metalsmith Mariana Gallery Multi-day Event Cognitive learning with computer graphics Oak Room Gallery
TUE 11/4 7-8 p.m. Student Literary Voice (The Crucible) Meeting University Center 7:30-9 p.m. SOAPbox slam with Carrie Rudzinksi Atlas Theatre 7:30-9:15 pm Trombone Choir Concert First United Methodist
WED 11/5 7:30-9 p.m. UNC oboe Studio Recital Milne Auditorium
THU 11/6 6-9 p.m. NASS film screening: Young Lakota Milne Auditorium 7:30-10 p.m. UNC@UCCC: USO Break-out Concert with Men’s Choir UCCC
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THE “FREAKS” PUT ON A SHOW AT UNC By Tommy Simmons arts@uncmirror.com “Side Show: The Musical,” directed by John Leonard, is a daring pick for any theater troupe. Not only is the vast majority of the show’s dialogue sung, the play also features complex choreography and requires period costumes as well. The show opened last weekend and will be running through Nov. 9 at Norton Theatre. Brittany Shaffer, a senior musical theatre major who was part of the cast of “Side Show,” said she felt it was an opportune time for the show to come out. “It seems with ‘American Horror Story’ and everything that suddenly the interest in freak shows have come back,” Shaffer said. “In the past so many people were interested with freaks, and it kind of died out for a while,” she said. UNC’s School of Theatre Arts and Dance performed “Side Show” in the smaller Norton Theater because it offers audiences close-up and deeply personal performances. “I’ve worked with John four times now, and he has been my favorite director in college,” Shaffer said. “He has a very different style of directing. John is very much about the image he has in his head, and he’s very stage pictureoriented.” The student actors offered their audience a brilliant performance on Halloween night, for “Side Show” was written by Bill Russell and transporting them to straight into the world of featured music by Henry Krieger. The School a 1930s freak show. of Theatre Arts and Dance adapted the play for The show focuses on a pair of Siamese a smaller setting, delivering the feel of a large twins—Daisy and Violet— scale production in a more who are noticed by two “He has a very different style personal way. publicity agents and taken While the show of directing. John is very much out of the murky depths of maintains a colorful and the side show to experience about the image he has in his upbeat façade, many of the the lights and the glamour of head, and he’s very stage pic- themes it deals with are life as the stars of the stage. darker and more broodture oriented.” “The tap number is my ing—scorned love, lust favorite number in the show. That’s why I’m a and materialism all set against the unforgiving flapper,” Shaffer said. backdrop of a Depression-era freak show. Debuting on Broadway in 1997, the story The story follows Daisy and Violet on their
Illustration by Manny Perez
rise to fame, yet there is an ever-present implication that they might never be anything more than glorified freaks. The threat of returning to the side show weighs heavily on their minds. Russell weaves themes of acceptance and true love into this story as well, making for a powerful plot both in terms of subtext and the story itself. Ultimately, the School of Theatre Arts and Dance’s “Side Show” brought the play home to its uncertain conclusion. The show had a finesse and skill that isn’t often seen outside of big name theater troupes. Be ready for the emotional punch here—it’s a strong one.
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SOAPBOX POETRY SLAM COMPETITION DELIVERS By Correll Comer arts@uncmirror.com When one imagines a poetry slam, they might think of scenes often depicted in movies and on TV – wherein poets and poet buffs gather in a dimly lit coffee shop with a spotlight on one poet, rhythmically reading a poem about politics or love or something while the audience snaps their fingers and a Bohemian guy in the corner taps periodically on a drum. That sort of small-minded construct of poetry slams was utterly obliterated for those who attended the poetry slam at Open Mic Night, hosted by the University Program Council last Monday at the Fireside Lounge in the University Center. The host, poetry slam veteran Richard Camp, explained that judges would be randomly selected from the audience and would announce their scores at the end of each poem. Scores ranged from 1-10, with decimals to avoid a tie. After each poet recited two poems, the scores were totaled and the highest scoring poets moved on to the next round. The top three poets, including first prize winner Kevin Kantor, won Bear Bucks gift cards and a framed certificate. Kantor is a senior acting major. Most of the poets were not soft-spoken. They seemed proud, with a story and message. Many of the poets recited their poems from memory, making them seem less like poetry and more like monologues. “We slept with the lights on because you were afraid of a monster in your closet, and I was afraid it had already climbed into bed with us,” Kantor said in one of his poems, which instantly elicited snaps and sighs of appreciation from the audience.
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The judges were critical—more and more so as the night progressed. Scores went as low as a 1.2 in the final round, wherein controversial topics like self-harm and infidelity were covered by the poets. “Wow! That was some really powerful stuff,” Camp said after one performance. “As always, applaud the poet, not the score.” The Poetry Slam gave UNC poets a platform to expose their unhinged talent. The range of topics students delved into was vast: Some of the subject matter included contraceptives, suicide, sexual harassment, one night stands and homosexuality—and that’s just to name a few. Another acting major, junior Bianca Phipps, took second place by commanding the audience’s attention with poems that broached topics like cheating on a partner, addiction and female empowerment. “I am a girl of ash and broken glass; The remnants of a Molotov cocktail marriage. I was born to go up in flames, a can of gasoline and love with a match. I would let myself burn just to feel warm,” Phipps said in a poem about her tendency for addictive behavior. Though her performance makes her come across as a seasoned poet, Phipps said she only started writing a year ago after attending an event much like this one. “I actually went to a SOAPbox slam on campus, and I was like, ‘Wow! That is so cool! I want to try that.’ So I went home and wrote my first poem, and I came back the next week and slammed it. I haven’t stopped since,” Phipps said. Kantor and Phipps are both involved with SOAPbox Productions, a community of poets on campus. “I loved the sacrificial poet Tyrell Allen,” said Kantor of his favorite performance of the night. The sacrificial poet at a slam is an opener who performs but doesn’t compete.
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AN EDITOR FOR THE SIMPSONS SPEAKS AT UNC By Correll Comer arts@uncmirror.com “The Simpsons” was the first show of its kind. It shattered the mold of what cartoons were thought to be when it premiered as a short on The Tracy Ullman Show in 1987. It paved the way for hit shows like “King of the Hill,” “Futurama” and “Family Guy.” Don Barrozo, a University of Northern Colorado alumnus, has had the opportunity to be part of this journey. Barrozo has been with “The Simpsons” as an editor from the beginning, and he is one of the few people who remain from the original crew. As part of the Schulze Interdisciplinary Speaker Series, Barrozo visited the University Center last Wednesday to share his life story in a speech entitled, “Pathways and Passion: The Magic of Plan B.” Being an editor was not Barrozo’s ‘Plan A.’ In fact, he said he had no intention of ever becoming an editor. “Things don’t always work out the way we planned. Sometimes it can be downright disappointing, but that doesn’t mean you failed or need to fall back on something less inspiring,” Barrozo said. “The best laid plans are often
Illustration by Seth Haller
replaced by better ones.” Growing up in a musical household, Barrozo said he always dreamt of being a jazz musician, which is what led him to UNC more than two decades ago. He began as a music major, but after taking a break to explore other passions, he said he returned to school and graduated with a liberal arts degree with an emphasis in music and a minor
in fine arts. “When I was a UNC student, my days were filled with band practices and art classes,” said Barrozo. “I would love just one day like that now.” In 1987, Barrozo moved to Los Angeles for a job at a small post-production company. He said that, little did he know, the goofy cartoon show he was working on would eventually become an international sensation. Barrozo said it was his own curiosity that led him into the world of editing. He said that one of the least recognized, yet difficult, jobs in the process of creating a television cartoon is that of the editor. “It doesn’t matter what you study, as long as you’re curious about it,” Barrozo said. “You may end up doing something that you had no intention of doing whatsoever.” Even though Barrozo’s career is not rooted in the music industry, he said his passion for music has not wavered. He continues to work on his music in his free time from working on “The Simpsons.” He even dropped his own jazz album, “Blue Talk,” in 2005, and he also helped his wife Joselyn Wilkinson produce her album “Chance for Rain.”
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GHOSTS, GHOULS AND GOBLINS IN HARRISON By Correll Comer arts@uncmirror.com Stories of ghosts who roam the halls of UNC have been passed down through generations. Every Halloween, the students of Harrison Hall open the basement of their supposedly haunted residence hall to those who dare to roam the corridors. Those people are in search of spirits that have been left behind. “It was really fun. We were tripping out,” freshman Alisha Lucero said. As the story goes, there used to be a trash chute that wound through the walls of Harrison Hall, stemmed out to each and every floor and ultimately rooted itself in the basement. The students on each floor would pile their trash into the chute, and it would fall down into a large bin in the basement where the janitor could take care of it. One night, the janitor was emptying the trash from the bin. As he leaned over to grab the last bag of trash from the bottom of the bin, a student on one of the top floors dropped a brick into the chute. Before the janitor knew what was coming, the brick
hit him on the head. The impact of the brick killed him instantly. Students who live in Harrison Hall say that the janitor’s ghost still lingers in the damp, dark corners of the basement. Some even claim to have seen him. “I would recommend it to anyone who hasn’t gone before. It’s a good experience,” said Lucy Perez, a freshman. This year, each group was led through the basement by a Harrison resident, who called out to the janitor— or anything else residing in the dark depths of the basement—to make their presence known. Each person seemed to get spooked at least once by the series of masked and bloodied ghouls awaiting visitors at every turn. “It’s fun, and it’s something to do. It was definitely worth a dollar,” said Cynthia Ngo, a freshman. All proceeds from Haunted Harrison were donated to the Weld Food Bank.
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THURS 11/06 7 p.m. Volleyball vs. Montana State Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion TBA Women’s Soccer at Big Sky Conference Tournament At Montana State University
FRI 11/07 5 p.m. Swimming vs. New Mexico State University Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion Pool 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Chadron State Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion
SAT 11/08 7 p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs. Montana State Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion All Day Wrestling at Cowboy Open At Laramie, Wyo.
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BASKETBALL
WINS OPENER By Brianna Pardner sports@uncmirror.com The UNC women’s basketball team defeated CSU-Pueblo last Saturday 70-44 in a show of skill and confidence by the Bears. The team played with aggression right from the tip-off, with a series of well-executed plays to start off the scoring. Squaring up to hit the first jump shot, senior guard D’shara Strange gave Northern Colorado its first two points just minutes into the game. Senior point guard Lindsay Mallon continued the momentum with a long range three-pointer. Strange followed up the shot with a steal and a push back down the court for a lay-up, extending the lead. The season opener was new head coach Kamie Ethridge’s first game as a UNC Bear, and she said she was pleased with how the team played. “I loved how we came out, and I loved the fact that we spread the floor and moved the ball well and shot it well,” Ethridge said. In the first half, the Bears quickly extended their lead with efficient ball movement and anticipatory skills. By the end of the first
period, UNC had racked up twelve assists. Sophomore forward Kourteney Zadina led the team in three-point shooting during her twenty minutes of play, as she was three for three from behind the arc. “I think that shooting the three is something I can help the team with, and my teammates did a great job of getting me the ball,” Zadina said. According to Ethridge, the second half revealed some weakness in the team. “I just feel like they got more aggressive in their defense the second half, and we have not spent near the time we should have on the defensive end,” Ethridge said. “We didn’t handle their more aggressive play.” In addition to handling Pueblo’s aggressive play, UNC was outmatched by the Thunderwolves and lost the rebound battle in the second half. “It was definitely our lack of boxing out and getting rebounds,” Strange said. “They killed us on the boards and got secondchance opportunities and were able to get back and get extra points.” Mallon attributed dry spells during the second period to not having the offense completely mastered. “I just think we are not
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Senior Stephanie Lee contributed to the women’s basketball victory over CSU-Pueblo in its season-opening game last Saturday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. fully comfortable with our offense just yet. We need to be one hundred percent confident in what we are doing offensively and defensively,” Mallon said. “We have different combinations out there and different players.” This exhibition game allowed the team to celebrate all the good they brought to the table, but it also allowed them to key in on the aspects that they need to improve upon.
“All this game does is make everybody a little more comfortable the next time they put on that uniform,” Ethridge said. “We’ll be better prepared the next time, and that is all every game needs to be: a learning experience.” UNC is picked to be either fourth or fifth in the conference, but they are aiming to make it even higher than that, according to Ethridge. “I think this team
aspires to compete for a championship, and I think they all want to be in postseason play,” she said. “This game was also an indicator that we’ve got a long way to go before we can even dream of doing something like that.” The next time the ladies take the court will be in two weeks against the Southern Methodist University Mustangs at 5 p.m. on Nov. 14 at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas.
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WOMEN’S SOCCER WINS FINAL HOME GAME By Danielle Ross sports@uncmirror.com
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Juliana Grover was one of two seniors recognized at Senior Night on Friday. Grover went on to score two goals in the Bears’ 6-0 victory over the University of North Dakota.
Before their last home game of the season started last Friday, the UNC women’s soccer team recognized seniors Juliana Grover and Ambree Bellin for their contributions. Grover has played 70 games at Northern Colorado, and she has started 48 of them. She’s taken over 100 shots and scored 16 goals, eight of which won games for the Bears. Grover earned the 2011 and 2013 Big Sky All-Academic awards, made the 2013 All-Conference first team and was a 2013 Big Sky Co-Player of the Week. Bellin was unable to play this season due to an injury, but she played 40 games and started for 21 of them during her career as a Bear. Bellin earned 2012 and 2013 Big Sky All-Academic awards and made the 2013 Big Sky AllConference Second Team. The pressure was on in Friday’s game against the University of North Dakota, as the Bears ( 9-8-2, 4-4-1 Big Sky) had to beat UND (1-14-1, 0-9 Big Sky) in order to advance to the Big Sky Conference Tournament in Montana. The pressure didn’t seem to worry the Bears, though, as they ended up crushing their opponent 6-0. “The big thing today is we qualified for the tournament, and that is one of our goals,” head coach Tim Barrera said of the stakes of the game. “We were able to play a lot more girls tonight and really gave some good experience to them moving forward.”
Junior forward Essence Ortiz-Laneir, sophomore midfielder Kassy Castillo and sophomore defender Paige Morris came out strong, as each of them took shots within the first five minutes. Ortiz-Laneir managed a shot and two corner kicks, while Castillo and Morris each took one. A half-hour into the game, the Bears took the lead with a goal by Morris off of an assist by Castillo. Only seven minutes later, junior midfielder Rebecca Lancia scored another goal off of an assist by Grover. The teams went into the locker room at halftime with the Bears up 2-0. UNC took nine shots and five corner kicks in the first half to UND’s four shots. The Bears’ next two goals came from Grover. The first was unassisted, in minute 47, and the second was only eight minutes later on a penalty kick. This brought Grover’s total goals for the regular season to seven. “Tonight meant a lot to me because our team won,” Grover said. “We have to take this confidence with us, so we have a shot to win the whole thing.” Ortiz-Laneir scored two minutes later, after UND’s goalie blocked a shot and sent the ball within Ortiz-Laneir’s range, giving her the opportunity to take her second goal of the night. Freshman Brooke Braden also took a goal unassisted—her second of the season and the last of the game. UND simply couldn’t answer to UNC’s offense and fell without a single goal to the Bears’ six. In the Big Sky Conference Tournament, the fourthranked Bears take on third-ranked Northern Arizona University for the first round on Nov. 6 in Montana.
VOLLEYBALL ENDS WINNING STREAK Staff Report sports@uncmirror.com UNC volleyball’s five-game winning streak came to an end on Saturday afternoon. They lost in four sets to the University of North Dakota. Northern Colorado (15-9, 8-4) was shut down offensively by UND, only hitting a .140 overall. The sets of the match were tight (16-25, 23-25, 25-20, 24-26), and the Bears fought hard for the third set. They also had close scores in the other sets. Senior middle blockers Andrea Spaustat and Brianna Strong led the team in kills. They knocked out double-digit kills with 17 and 10, respectively. The Bears defense looked better
than their offense did, as five players reached double-digit digs. The group was led by junior defensive specialist Meagan Garcia, who had 25 digs. This was her third straight match with 20-plus digs, and it was her 14th straight with double-digit digs. After the half, the Bears fought back from behind early on in the set, going on a 6-0 run to gain the lead. They failed to continue their momentum in the fourth set, though, as North Dakota (21-8, 9-3) edged out UNC by two points. On Friday night, the Bears earned their sixth sweep of the season when they beat Portland State 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-19). The Bears’ defense was strong Friday night, holding the Vikings to a .168 hitting percentage. This was
Northern Colorado’s seventh straight match in which the defense held off their opponents to under a .200 hitting percentage. Junior outside hitter Katie Champion was given the start in the match, and she made the most of that opportunity. Champion had 10 kills with a .308 hitting percentage. Champion was not the only offensive star for Northern Colorado. She was joined by junior outside hitter Kendra Cunningham, who had 11 kills, and Strong, who hit a .412. The Bears were able to finish the second and third sets with strong runs, 7-1 and 5-1 respectively, to secure the win. Next up, the Bears will host Montana State at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
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Junior outside hitter Kendra Cunningham had 11 kills Friday night against Portland State University.
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A WIN ON THE ROAD Staff Report sports@uncmirror.com The Bears football team won their first away game since the 2012 season as they defeated UC Davis Saturday afternoon, 27-21. The game, which started with a scoreless first quarter, was a close one. Late in the game the Aggies made a comeback drive to narrow UNC’s victory to six points. Northern Colorado (3-6, 2-4 Big Sky) led the Aggies (1-7, 0-5 Big Sky) at the beginning of the fourth with 21-7. UC Davis fought to get back in the game, cutting their deficit to six points, 27-21, with just 51 seconds left. UC Davis made the best of its time, moving 49 yards in 47 seconds. With eight seconds left to play, the Aggies’ sophomore quarterback Ben Scott threw a pass that was intercepted by Northern Colorado junior defensive back Trevor Douglas. The interception led to the Bears’ first win since October 4.
The second quarter ended with a 12 play, 86yard series ending in a 23-yard touchdown pass. At the beginning of the third, Northern Colorado tallied 65 yards in five plays. The series landed sophomore quarterback Sean Rubalcaba his second touchdown pass and bumped the team’s lead up to 14-0. The Aggies responded quickly, going 74 yards the opposite way for six points. Scott completed a 23-yard pass to Vargas in the end zone and brought the score to 14-7. Rubalcaba went 21-28 for 278 yards and two touchdowns passes. Rubalcaba also led the team in rushing, running for 74 yards. UNC senior running back Robert Holland and sophomore back Darius Graham combined for 90 rushing yards. Senior wide out Dimitri Stimphil caught seven receptions for 90 yards, and junior receiver Sean Leslie caught six passes for 86 yards and a touchdown. The Bears will now head into a bye week and will return to play on Nov. 15 when they travel to Ogden, Utah to take on Weber State.
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IN CHAMPIONSHIP MEET Staff Report sports@uncmirror.com The University of Northern Colorado men’s and women’s cross country teams finished in 12th and 10th place, respectively, in the Big Sky Championship meet Saturday. The Bears had several individuals who stood out during the championship race. Junior Rikki Gonzales led the women’s team by completing the meet in 17:48.2. The time ranked 16th place overall, and it also placed Gonzales in the top 25 runners of the championship meet. Junior McKayla Gray almost made it into the top 25, but she fell just a spot short after posting 26th place with a time of 17:51.1.
Following Gonzales and Gray came Northern Colorado freshman Katy East and senior Ashley Atkin, who finished with times of 18:18.7 and 18:35.8, respectively. Junior Caroline Braun concluded the competition in 77th place after finishing the race with a time of 19:23.7. On the men’s team, sophomore Tim Corrie led the Bears after placing 56th place and completing the 8k run with a mark of 26:42.9. Bears senior Shawn Dubbs followed closely with a time of 26:52.7. Sophomore Kingston Wagner finished in 74th place after running in 27:22.1. The women’s team will compete in the NCAA Mountain regionals on Nov. 15 in Albuquerque, N.M.
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