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New university district integrates community Five priorities of movement aim to make area more appealing to residents CARRISSA OLSZEWSKI news@uncmirror.com

Students sometimes negatively perceive Greeley as being known only for its stockyards and the occasional smell that permeates from them. However, Greeley representatives recently put an emphasis on helping the area thrive economically by partnering with UNC. An idea has been created as the result of this: a new business district geared toward the University of Northern Colorado campus community. This university district is intended to allow people to get a sense of living near a major campus. Restaurants and entertainment businesses will be of primary

interest. Also, the university campus resources will be available to residents in the surrounding areas.

Rebecca Safarik, the community development director for Greeley, said there has been an emphasis on rejuvenating Greeley since 2000. Several tests and surveys have been administered, and now feedback is being given.

The district would encompass about three square miles, from 23rd Avenue on the west to the railroad tracks on the east, and from 13th Street on the north to U.S. Highway 34.

“We have a bunch of stuff here, but if you don’t explore it, you don’t know it,” Safarik said.

Chuck Leonhardt, the vice president for University Relations, is spearheading the district idea by being a spokesperson for UNC. He said the relationship between the City of Greeley and UNC is working seamlessly.

“We want to make the area as livable as possible so we can become a magnet,” Leonhardt said.

The five priorities of this movement are to design better neighborhoods, create major destinations, cultivate the economy, facilitate education and make the area more appealing.

Leonhardt said meeting these objectives would strengthen the relationship between UNC and

the surrounding community.

Leonhardt also said he wants Greeley to become a pride point for education and hopes Greeley’s planned renewal will begin to excite the community.

He said eventually, people in the community are the ones who will have to continue to help Greeley thrive.

“On a professional level, I believe this district will enhance the neighborhood,” said Deb Deboutez, a neighborhood program specialist.

Deboutez said on a personal level, she is excited to see this area come alive. She also said the university has a deep history in Greeley. Therefore, its

partnership with Greeley seems natural to organizers.

For more information about the creation of this university district, visit www.unco.edu/universitydistrict. This website allows citizens in the area to share ideas about things they would like to see.

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— Rebecca Safarik, the community development director for Greeley

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Celebrations lack knowledge of black history As we all know, Black History Month takes place in February.

During this short month, places throughout the United States, such as schools, offices and legal buildings, make an effort to honor, celebrate and reflect on great black leaders who made a difference in America. Many organizations at UNC have made an effort to host educational programs in honor of Black History Month, such as documentaries, speakers and major events.

That the university and its organizations are hosting such programs is absolutely great. The majority of activities hosted this

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choose to celebrate this month of history is questionable. It’s fine to emphasize black culture in many areas on campus, but signs put up that state soul food is being served in dining halls around campus as a way to honor black history can be considered a little dubious. Why? Because not all blacks in America sit down every night and eat meals that are stereotypically labeled “soul food.” Why not explore the many other meals that make black food what it is?

In addition to educational speakers who present programs on black heroes, sometimes it seems as if major black contributors are left

out, merely because at the time of their fight for equality, they were considered “militant.”

Should we leave out important black history because some people chose to speak out in a less pacifistic way? It is wrong to omit important aspects of black history that are all too often left out of the history books we purchase for $150. If we truly want to celebrate black history and what they’ve done for our country, we need to include all aspects of the life and culture of black Americans and cut down on the perpetuation of stereotypes and omission of important historical facts.

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month have been by culturally aware groups, such as Black Student Alliance and Black Women of Today. Clearly, these groups would have the upper hand in planning events for this month. Some organizations that are not black-student-based have also planned to put on events to pay respect and remember great black people who have helped to put a cap on segregation, tone down racism and help blacks and other minorities achieve the rights they lawfully deserve as American citizens.

However, the way non-black university groups sometimes

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he Egyptian military dissolved the nation’s parliament this week.

Hosni Mubarak stepped down after three decades of ruling of Egypt and 18 days of protest.

Without question, this is a victory for the people of Egypt. But will it eventually prove to be a win for democracy?

The shift from dictatorship to military state comes easily enough. Mubarak left Cairo, and the Supreme Council of the

Armed Forces stepped into his spot. They promise, by this fall, to initiate a fair and open election for the Legislature and the new president of Egypt. It would be only the second election in the nation’s history. Mubarak won his fifth term in 2005 and was due for another vote this year. Egypt didn’t want his phony election. The National Democratic Party (an ironic title if ever there was one) will transform one way or another, or both. And unless Mubarak can pull off the magic act of the century, he won’t be back.

Some fear Egypt will pull an “Iran.” Mubarak warned that the country was not ready for democracy, that Islamic extremists would subject Egypt to far worse rule.

Indeed, the Islamic Revolution

looks similar to Egypt’s in some ways. Neither revolution was a sudden or inexplicable incident, but protests in both nations struck the world all at once, dissolving their governments in a relatively short time. Unlike Iran’s Ayatollah, however, there has yet to be a clear leader in Egypt.

If a new one does not emerge in the next month, either from Mubarak’s family or an Islamic group, Egypt will likely succeed in its elections, and the military will remain in power until then.

“Success” is relative, however. The United States must provide support in the coming months in a way it hasn’t in the past 30 years. Whether Egypt is to transition into democracy hinges on three things: whether

the armed forces will maintain a state without corruption, whether assistance will come from Western countries and, most importantly, whether the people of Egypt actually want democracy. They have already proven their ability to get what they want. It’s just a matter of deciding which way they want their future to go.

If Egyptians can continue to show the courage and strength they showed these last two weeks, the days of the pharaoh may finally be over in what was once home to a place known as the Valley of the Kings.

— Mark Maxwell is a junior theater arts major and a weekly columnist for The Mirror.

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Banned book author addresses work’s controversy RYAN LAMBERT news@uncmirror.com

More than 40 people attended Leslea Newman’s presentation “Heather’s Two Mommies get Married: Homophobia, Censorship, and Family Values” Tuesday in the University Center Ballrooms. The presentation was sponsored by UNC’s GLBTA Resource Center and the Women’s Resource Center.

Newman, a recipient of the James Baldwin Award, is an essayist, poet and short story writer. She is best known for writing the controversial 1989 children’s book, “Heather Has Two Mommies,” which is the narrative — accompanied by Diana Souza’s illustrations — of a little girl raised by two women, Momma Jane and Momma Kate.

The lecture began with a reading of her essay “Imagine,” which is about her reaction to hearing the news of Matthew Shepard’s 1998 death. Newman was speaking to students at the University of Wyoming, Shepard’s alma mater, when the university’s president told her the news. Newman, a lesbian, wept. However, Newman wanted to give gay UW students hope.

“If my life was possible, their lives were possible, too,” she said.

Additionally, Newman read her most famous work to the audience and discussed the controversy that surrounded the book when it was published by Alyson Books.

“Thank you for inviting one of the nation’s most dangerous authors to your campus,” Newman said.

The American Library Association ranked “Heather Has Two Mommies” as the 11th-most common banned book; it was placed among works like Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” and J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye.” In fact, libraries that carried

the book received bomb threats, and many librarians fielded death threats.

Rep. Newt Gingrich, a former congressman from Georgia, wanted the booked banned, and one man even defecated on copies of Newman’s work.

This controversy seemed ridiculous to Tessea Tulloss, a junior ele-

mentary education and ESL major.

“Don’t check (the book) out if you don’t want to read it,” Tulloss said.

Newman echoed Tulloss’ thought.

“My book was not about gay sex — it’s about families,” she said.

“Kids don’t have preconceived notions.”

Newman gave her audience a brief history of homosexual marriage in the United States, beginning with the Defensive of Marriage Act of 1996, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and ending with Proposition VIII in California.

The author concluded by reading her story, “Right off the Bat,” a

tale of a pre-adolescent girl who has a gay Jewish mother.

After the presentation, Tulloss spoke about the educational value of “Heather Has Two Mommies.”

“I would use (Newman’s book) in my future classroom, especially if one of my students was being abused by his or her peers for having two moms or two dads,” she said.

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For the third year in a row, UNC has earned a place on the Peace Corps Annual College Top 25 List, which is composed of colleges with the largest numbers of volunteers in the Corps.

There are 26 University of Northern Colorado alumni volunteering abroad in a variety of countries. The Peace Corps serves dozens of areas around the world, ranging from the Amazon Rainforest of South America to the Sahara Desert of North Africa.

Tracy Blackmon, a 1999 UNC alumna, lived and worked in Keerom, South Africa as an education assistant. Her reflection on her time spent there sums up the overall goal of the Peace Corps.

“That is our duty, to help those who may struggle more than others — those who may go unnoticed, unvalued,” Blackmon said. “That is our duty to humanity, even when we may find ourselves in the bottomless depths of commercialism in

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the center of an all-consuming society that beckons us to be selfish, to be concerned with only our wants and desires. That reinforces the belief that this is the way life is to be lived; that this is what other countries must struggle to become.”

According to the Peace Corps website, in 1957, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr., D-Minn., backed a bill that laid the groundwork for what is now the Peace Corps. Three years later, President John F. Kennedy once again proposed the Peace Corps as an organization that would provide a stepping-stone to world peace.

By 1961, the Peace Corps was made into a federal government organization. As time went by, it also became a means to counteract the stereotypes ascribed to Americans, resulting from their negative involvement in Third World Countries.

Recruiters search to make the Peace Corps more diverse.

Minorities and middle-aged volunteers have become a growing percentage of those who make up the

Corps.

Many students use the Peace Corps as an internship for both their undergraduate studies and graduate school. For example, many education majors, specifically those with an emphasis in teaching English as a second language, can benefit from working abroad with the Corps.

The Peace Corps can be a resume-strengthener for participants. From aiding doctors in South Africa to assisting farmers with soil conservation in Nicaragua, nearly every major can find a place in the Corps.

The Peace Corps’ goal is to provide a bridge not only from one phase of life to the next, but from one culture to the next.

This bridge not only helps American students understand other cultures, but also helps those same cultures better understand American society.

To learn more about the Peace Corps and volunteer opportunities, students can call 1-800-424-8580 to speak with a local recruiter.

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Show challenges students’ sense of reality

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A line of eager attendees formed outside the University Center Ballrooms Monday, in anticipation of “The Maze,” an illusion show billed as “the best Valentine’s Day date in Greeley.”

Claire Magee, a junior elementary education major, said she was surprised by the large turnout.

“I have never been to an event on campus this big,” Magee said.

The Campus Crusade for Christ, a ministry organization based on campus, hosted the event, and the ballrooms were so full that people had to stand against the walls.

The performer was Jim Monroe, and he told the audience early in the performance the goal of the night’s event was to challenge people’s sense of

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Students fill out bone marrow application cards after attending “The Maze,” which was presented by Campus Crusade for Christ Monday in the University Center Ballrooms. reality.

“This is not a magic show,” Monroe stressed. “It’s a social

experiment.”

Furthermore, Monroe quoted a Harvard psychological

study states that people form a philosophical worldview between ages 18-25, and this framework stays with a person throughout his or her life.

Monroe introduced the night with two five-minute videos that consisted of loud music and images of passing time.

The entertainer performed many feats of perceived magic: he pulled a three-foot long string from his stomach, hammered a nail into his nose, he performed mind-reading tricks and spelled out a female audience member’s cell phone number using cards that she touched.

Monroe chose random audience members to partake in his experiment by throwing his assistant, Teddy, a small teddy bear, into the vast crowd.

Midway through the show, Monroe put his religious background on display.

“I’m a Christian,” he said. “If you didn’t come to hear that, you’re free to leave.”

Monroe proceeded to tell his viewers about his battle with an incurable case of leukemia and his doubts in his Christian God, who, he said he thought was not there for him.

“When you’re told you’re going to die, your vision— no, your reality — sharpens. I was always the deceiver; now I was being deceived. Cancer is a deceiver.”

Because of an experimental bone-marrow transplant, Monroe survived. He said he encourages bone marrow donations.

Sarah McFarland, a junior elementary education and English as a second language major, said she was moved by Monroe’s trials.

“Anyone who survives cancer is a miracle,” she said.

Black History Month honored by themed Open Mic TOTIANNA WEEKLY arts@uncmirror.com

In the spirit of making the same old routine fresh, new and different, Monday night’s installment of Open Mic Night came with a theme: Michael Jackson/The Jackson 5.

Popular songs form the group were played as students settled in while grabbing free Starbucks coffee and hot chocolate. This not only helped Open Mic Night escape a hackneyed status, but also served as a tool to honor the most revered singers in the popular music industry, alongside Black History Month.

This was the first time (UPC) had a theme.

“It turned out really well and was a lot of fun,” said Meghan Nyberg, a senior communication studies major and University Program Council coordinator for Open Mic Night.

Monday was also Valentine’s Day, so many of the performers had much to say about love and all the different gimmicks that come with uttering the important four letters.

One performer sang with his guitar on knee, giving the audience his own take on love by saying, “Love is hard. And if it were easy, it wouldn’t mean nothing.

Comedian Corwin the Great, a first-time performer, was a tad more unorthodox and un-romantic, while remaining humorous, in explaining his traditions for Valentine’s Day. Corwin said his tradition of 20 years, going on 21 years, is to be single on Valentine’s Day. Even if he is in a relationship, Corwin said he would tell his girlfriend — who, he admitted, might be crazy for taking him back — that they will have to break up for one day and resume the relationship on Feb. 15. Why? He said it is his tradition. The audience roared with laughter at this sentiment.

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Morgan Milstead, left, and Zac Cantin, two freshman at UNC, perform an a cappella piece with high school students Scott Knelle and Sigorney Moore Monday, at the Jackson 5 themed Open Mic Night.

Some people thought it was Nyberg said. “Four out of seven weird to do a Michael Jackson performances mentioned Michael theme, on Valentines night,” Jackson, but it all worked out.”

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Wrestling finishes year against Falcons STAFF REPORT sports@uncmirror.com

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UNC senior wrestler Justin Gaethje, left, wrestles in a dual earlier this season. Gaethje and the rest of the graduating seniors on the team wrestled at home for the final time last Friday.

The UNC wrestling team has lost five of its last six duals, including three consecutive duals to Western Wrestling Conference opponents, but it will look to rebound and cap off its regular season with a win on the road Friday at Air Force.

The University of Northern Colorado has defeated Air Force in each of the last two meetings, last year at home and the year before that in Colorado Springs.

In last year’s meeting, UNC’s Justin Gaethje, now a senior, defeated Air Force’s Alec Williams, now a junior, to give the Bears the first win of the dual.

Gaethje’s victory was the first of seven weight classes the Bears would win en route to a 24-13 final score.

Graduated UNC senior

Kenny Hashimoto defeated Falcons then-freshman Cole VanOhlen, who was ranked No. 15 in the country in the 141pound weight class by InterMat.com.

VanOhlen is currently ranked No. 11 in the country in the 141-pound weight class by InterMat.com, and UNC has had to forfeit the 141-pound matchup in nine of the team’s last 10 duals because of a lack of wrestlers at that weight. This being the case, it is unsure if VanOhlen will have to wrestle against UNC at all, assuming he does not move to a different weight class, to earn points for the Falcons.

UNC sophomores Kevin O’Brien and Justin Gonzales, who wrestle at 165 and 149 pounds, respectively, also picked up wins for the Bears in last season’s meeting.

Gaethje wrestled at home for

the final time over the weekend and split his two duals, winning the first and losing the second.

Fellow senior Eric Brennan lost both of his duals in his final home appearance of his career.

The dual against Air Force is the last dual of the season before UNC competes in the WWC Championship on March 6 in Colorado Springs.

UNC junior Casey Cruz heads into this dual with a perfect 5-0 record against WWC opponents and will look to keep it intact.

The teams will take to the mat at 7 p.m. Friday in Colorado Springs.

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UNC basketball teams no longer in control Charlie CHARBONNEAU

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alk about a disappointing weekend for UNC’s basketball pro-

grams.

Thursday night ended with so much promise for both teams. After both the men and women defeated Montana State — the women at home and the men on the road — they both sat in first place in the Big Sky

Conference.

The women were a half game up on the Bobcats and needed a victory over Montana, a team they had already beaten this season, to stay ahead.

The men were in the same situation: they needed to beat Montana for the second time this season to stay in first place and virtually lock up the regular season title, with rights to host the conference tournament.

What a difference one game can make.

The women now sit in second place behind Montana State and ahead of Montana with four very winnable games left.

The men are now in a firstplace tie with Montana in the conference with five games left but need a Montana loss before the end of the year, because the Griz currently own the RPI tiebreaker.

All it took was one game for both teams to lose control of their own destinies.

Now, instead of being able to win out to host the conference tournaments, UNC has to hope teams ahead of them trip up before the end of the year.

At this point, the women definitely have a better chance than the men.

Montana State has two games against both Eastern

Washington and Portland State and an away contest against Idaho State. It’s hard to believe the Bobcats will go through that stretch unscathed.

If the women can take care of business and win out, I definitely see the women’s Big Sky Conference Tournament coming to Greeley.

The men’s team, however, is a different story.

There’s no doubt in my mind that they will win out, as well, but they need Montana to lose somewhere along the way.

The Griz play Idaho State at home then end the season with three road games against Long Beach State, EWU and PSU.

Unfortunately for UNC, those four games are very winnable for Montana, and, although Long Beach State isn’t a conference game so it doesn’t count against UNC if Montana wins, I think the men will head back to Missoula in March for the conference tournament.

All that’s left to do is hope for the Big Sky Gods to smile down on the UNC program and help it out.

— Charlie Charbonneau is a junior journalism sport and exercise science double major and a sports reporter for The Mirror.

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UNC forward leads team’s defense DAVID WILSON sports@uncmirror.com

Taylor Montgomery is not your typical college student, by any means. For one, the UNC senior forward stands at a towering 6-foot-7 and weighs 245 pounds. Second, he also wins most of the “what does your dad do?” comparisons, as he is the son of former Denver Bronco Marv Montgomery, a first round draft pick in 1971.

Though he is built like a brick wall and has football genetics coursing through his veins, Montgomery said basketball is his passion despite his success in football, as well.

“I found out I was a lot better at basketball,” Montgomery said. “I was good at football, but the punishment wasn’t really worth it. I’ve never felt any pressure from my dad to play football. He just wants me to succeed in whatever I do.”

Montgomery was recruited by other Big Sky programs, such as Weber State and Portland State, but credits the University of Northern Colorado’s honesty in the recruiting process as a major reason he landed in Greeley.

“It felt like other schools were pushing me along and saying things they thought they needed to say but weren’t true,” Montgomery said. “(Former head coach Tad) Boyle and (current head coach B.J.) Hill were truthful and meant what they said. Plus, I liked the chance to help build a program that wasn’t really anything into something special.”

Montgomery’s decision has turned out great for both him and the UNC program. The Bears are tied for first in the Big

Sky Conference and are searching for their first conference championship. Montgomery has excelled in his role as a defender and rebounder on a UNC team ranked first in the conference in defense.

“I think there is no doubt that he is the best post defender in the league,” Hill said. “He likes the challenge, night-in and

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He likes the challenge, night-in and night-out, of trying to shut someone down. He is a huge reason we lead the league in defense, right now.

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night-out, of trying to shut someone down. He is a huge reason we lead the league in defense, right now.”

Montgomery is currently averages 5.3 points per game while grabbing 5.9 rebounds a night. But his greatest contributions are from his post defense and his mentoring of younger big men, like redshirt freshman forward Emmanuel Addo.

“Going up against the best post defender in the league has really prepared me for Big Sky basketball,” Addo said. “He’s been really good at taking me aside and showing me what I’m doing wrong to help me improve.”

With just five regular season games left in his career at UNC, Montgomery and his teammates are working heavily toward postseason berths and perhaps the first Big Sky Conference championship in the program’s history — a perfect way to cap off a career for the Bears’ big man.

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Artistic skills showcased, benefit art program JOANNA LANGSTON arts@uncmirror.com

The Union Colony Civic Center was buzzing with energy Saturday evening, as the annual College of Performing and Visual Arts Gala got underway.

The Gala, a benefit performance and art show, featured an art

reception from 6-8 p.m., where people could stroll through the Tointon Gallery and muse over art pieces while gently being serenaded by jazz that was played by UNC students. Faculty members, students, community members and family milled about the lobby of the UCCC, conversing and reveling in artistic accomplishments

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Natalie Padilla, a senior violin performance major, is accompanied by her sister Chelsey Padilla on piano at the 29th annual College of Performing and Visual Arts gala, Saturday night.

and delectable refreshments.

Michael Jefferson, a senior graphic design major, said he was proud to display his artwork at the event. Jefferson’s corner of the gallery included a pair of jeans, two boxed candles and two books, all of which featured packaging he designed. One of the books, “A Clockwork Orange,” sat resplendent in its colorful yet eerie jacket.

“I usually like to take normal things to crazy heights,” Jefferson said about his “Six Six Sexi Candl” brand candles. “I was just thinking about it as a play-on words — 666 being the mark of the beast — and just playing with that and taking away its power. It kind of goes along with my personality, being edgy and having something you would not normally see. I think some of the best art is stuff that just pops into your head, not necessarily something that is symbolic.”

At 8 p.m., the performance in the Monfort Concert Hall began,

and the audience was treated to a Colorado, said the gala is a great multitude of musical performanc- way to showcase UNC’s talentes. Nina Smith, director of devel- ed students.

“It’s a big opment for the gala, explained fundraising the purpose of opportunity to the annual have visual arts event. in an art show,” “ ( T h e ) Nelson said.

Gala basically “It’s a chance for — Susan Nelson, direc is the most people who realvisible way we tor of community arts in ly appreciate art raise money; to raise funds to the CPVA at the the commucontinue our University of Northern nity sees, the programs, and faculty sees, we’re so proud Colorado the students to be hosting see what we’re really doing with our 29th Gala this year.” this program,” Smith said. “You Each year, the gala has a can tell when we have a great completely different theme in year. This is a chance for sup- order to give artists a chance to porters to see our cream of the stretch their imaginations. crop. We raise a lot of our pri“Last year it was a Mardi vate scholarship funds from this Gras theme, and this year is event.”

Artists at Work, which covers Susan Nelson, the director of everyone because every piece of community arts in the CPVA at art you see or performance is an the University of Northern artist at work,” Nelson said.

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It’s a big fundraising opportunity to have visual arts in an art show.

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12 The Mirror

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011

Education hall namesake of former president AMBER KAZMIERSKI news@uncmirror.com

In 1965, a new building was erected on campus under the supervision of William R. Ross, the fourth president of the Colorado State College. The building is still standing on the UNC campus and is now named after the former president.

Ross worked for CSC as an earth sciences instructor from 1942-48. He served as the president of the University of Northern Colorado from 1948-64. He was also the director of the Buildings and Grounds department.

Ross decided to add the new building on campus because the number of science students had jumped from 200 to 650 in just seven years. With the growing need,

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The bust of former UNC president William Ross sits in the first floor entryway of Ross Hall. he decided a new-and-improved science building was appropriate.

CSC, the institution that would become UNC, received funding

from the state for the project. The funds were used to create two large, well-equipped laboratories, a movable acoustical wall, classrooms, storage space, preparation rooms and offices for faculty members.

The total cost exceeded $2.4 million.

“Some of the labs are very adequate, like the anatomy labs, while others still use outdated equipment from the Stone Age, but overall they are good,” said Tim Daly, a junior biology major.

The laboratories were named after two people, John Gapter and Bill Daniels.

Gapter served as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and taught as a biological sciences faculty member.

Daniels was also a pioneer in the cable television industry.

Hillbert Schauer, a justice for the Colorado State Supreme Court, dedicated the building to Ross and the idea of excellence in a democracy.

“Upon completion of the building, CSC should have one of the finest science buildings in the Rocky Mountain region,” Ross said in a 1963 interview with The Mirror.

“It won’t be the largest, but if not, it will be one of the best.”

Renovations for a new wing on Ross Hall began in 1989. The wing was dedicated on March 26, 1991.

“I think the upgrade to the facilities was a success,” said Karen Bryant, the laboratory coordinator for physics and earth sciences. “The facilities are used so much that we’re running out of space.”

The departments housed in Ross Hall now include biological

sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, earth sciences, physics, English and history. There is also an Arts and Sciences Advising Center, computer labs, general-purpose laboratories, classrooms, faculty offices, study space and storage.

“I think that the upgrades and the labs are wonderful,” said Tessa Johnson, the lab coordinator for chemistry. “They’re bigger, and people can move around easier.”

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