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Arts Musician gives black music lesson Hasan Salaam, a hip-hop artist, presents on the importance of black music in society.

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Anthony Harrison, a senior communication major and UNC football player, gives pointers to Aaron Perea, 5, Tuesday at the Boys and Girls Club.

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Professor aims to lessen educational stereotypes JORDANE HARTBAUER news@uncmirror.com

Genie Canales, a UNC professor of Hispanic studies, spoke Monday about the deficit model involving Mexican-American students in her lecture, “Teaching or Doing Research with Mexican Americans? No ‘Deficit Model’ Please!”, as part of

the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center Lecture Series.

In Canales’ lecture, she said a deficit model is an assessment that claims something is deficient about Mexican-American culture, and that is why MexicanAmericans are targeted and do not perform well in school.

Students who have minor learning deficiencies that can

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be remedied also fall through the education cracks and aren’t taught at the same speed as their peers.

Canales also said the origins of the deficit model began with several master’s theses written during the 1940s and 1950s. She discussed how the deficit model influenced popular media.

“I think that Dr. Canales does a great job talking about topics that we don’t normally hear about,” said Mario Hernandez, a sophomore business major. “I think it is great for students to come to these presentations to hear about things that we might often see but we don’t really think about.”

Canales also discussed several negative terms that have been used in accordance with the deficit model.

At the end of her lecture, attendees had the opportunity to discuss what she talked about and how this model applies to their lives.

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Genie Canales, a UNC professor of Hispanic studies, speaks to students about the Mexican-American deficit model Monday in Milne Auditorium in Kepner Hall.

The presentation was part of the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center Lecture Series. more biology major and one of Canales’ former students, said she enjoyed the lecture.

“I have taken one of Dr. Canales’ classes before, so this lecture reinforced what I learned,” Janssen said.

Jonathan Jauregvi, a senior psychology major,

said he would like to see more students in attendance at CCCC Lecture Series events.

“These lectures always have something good to say,” Juaregyi said. “I think that it opens up the eyes of a lot of different students.

Dr. Canales touched on dif-

ferent models and theories that a lot of people should be aware of because a lot of this information you see day to day. And whether you know it or not, it is there. If people were more aware of it, then people would act in a different way.”

Students pair to help community’s disabled KRISTEN MARTIN news@uncmirror.com Best Buddies UNC, a non-profit organization, is managed by students to reach out and assist people in Greeley with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Eva Tucker, the president of Best Buddies and a senior special education major, said the organization matches up college

students to people with special needs in the community. This year, roughly 40-50 students are paired up with people with special needs.

“We get the (participants’) names from the Special Olympics, and then pair those people up with college students at the beginning of the year at the Fall Bazaar,” Tucker said.

Tucker said the group

hosts an event once a month. There will be a prom next month, and in April, Best Buddies will host a talent show.

Liz Redlinger, the events coordinator and a senior English and secondary education major, said when planning events, there is a meeting between the officers to think about events in which everyone can participate.

“We have to think

about what everyone can do,” Redlinger said. “My buddy, Nancy, can’t lift her shoulders because they are frozen. So she can’t throw around a football like some of the others.”

Redlinger said the talent show allows for a variety of talents to be performed such as dances, football and skits.

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Gift of education vital responsibility for our future There are some things people can take from you — purses, jokes, dignity — but it is a given no one can take your mind. An education is a sacred privilege often taken for granted in countries where schools and teachers are many, and some children born in American poverty have used their intelligence as tickets out of the slums. So what happens when, across the country, cities choose to close up to half of the public schools?

Only time will tell the longterm effects, but the cuts in school funding are happening

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world. Other countries that focus on education will climb the ladder at a faster pace.

Yes, the country is in one of the worst economic droughts in its history, but this is the time when education counts most.

When we are educated, we are able to get ourselves out of situations similar to this and make our country a better place. Instead of spending money on unnecessary things, we need to tighten our belts to create a long-lasting budget for education. If we lose knowledge, we risk losing all things that make us human.

“Hate,” “ignorance” are nothing more than emotional pejoratives Joshua DIVINE

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people for centuries to come.

It seems the country has enough trouble being run properly with the brains in power now; what will it be like when the children today are adults tomorrow? Ignorance is infamous for forming violence, uneducated opinions and political conformity.

The circle of life allows for adults to look out for the generation they have produced; adults vote for children, care for children and teach children.

Generations born today will struggle with the pressures of the

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right now. The books are scarce and the instruments are nowhere to be found, yet it seems as if the first thing reduced is educational funding. Entire schools are closing, and some cities such as Detroit dangle so close to the budget’s edge, they have been forced to close half of public schools. Cities cut schools first and ask questions later, but the end result could be much more grave than expected.

When education of a future generation is cut, it affects not only that group of people, but also everyone around those

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solutions to problems. These are nothing more than ad hominem attacks that seek to avoid actually having to stand and make an argument for a case, and they exhibit the emotional immaturity of those who use them.

Most often, I’ve noticed the “hate” term being applied to people who are opposed to a group receiving extra benefits. It seems that many gay-rights groups love to laud the word “hate” and apply

it to those who are against gay marriage, but the use of the term is flatly inaccurate and just furthers the divide between both sides engaging in honest conversation.

Sure, some people legitimately do hate gay people, and there are some people who are legitimately homophobic (another term often used as an ad hominem, skirting the real issue), but there are just as many people on the other side who hate and/or fear religious people and people who hold a conservative view on sex.

Being morally opposed to homosexuality does not constitute people as hateful nor does it make them homophobic. It simply means those persons are opposed to any form of sex that goes against the biological design of procreation and the nurturing of a

family. This includes homosexuality, adultery, bestiality, fornication, polygamy and all other forms of sex that do not take place in a monogamous-marriage setting.

Basically, these people oppose the hedonistic characteristic sex attains when it is performed outside of a unifying process. That doesn’t make them hateful.

Similarly, it is not hateful for a person to oppose a bill that would allow undocumented students to be able to pay in-state tuition at universities. Opponents simply don’t agree with giving undocumented students rights that out-ofstate United States citizens don’t even have, and they are opposed to giving a financial benefit to those who committed a federal crime.

In addition to these two situations, people on all sides of political and religious spectrums love to use

the term “ignorant” to belittle a person’s beliefs. Such an approach follows this logic: person Y disagrees with person X; person X asserts person Y is ignorant; because person Y is designated ignorant, his or her claims must be false; since person X’s claims are contradictory to person Y’s and person Y’s claims have been made false, person X must be correct.

Such an approach is egocentric and will never do anything to address divisive issues. “Hate” and “ignorant” are rarely ever used as legitimate complaints.

Most of the time, they are simply used to attack to avoid having to confront the real issue. Such tactics are a drain on society.

— Joshua Divine is a junior mathematics major and a weekly columnist for The Mirror.

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UNC students, athletes, dancers cheer on children CARRISSA OLSZEWSKI news@uncmirror.com

Laughter and cheers were heard outside the Boys and Girls Club gym on First Avenue as children were given the opportunity to spend quality time with college students.

About 45 UNC students volunteered to be a part of “College Cool Down,” a community-building event implemented by Lee Anne Peck’s public relations class.

“The goal of the event is to bring many UNC student-volunteers and athletes to the club,” said Peck, a professor of jour-

nalism and mass communications at the University of Northern Colorado.

The class recruited volunteers from the football and basketball teams to come to the event to play their respective sports with the children. Also, several members of the Sugar Bears, the UNC dance team, volunteered their time to teach dance routines.

The public relations students came up with ideas for activity stations throughout the building.

The stations included an arts and crafts room, a dance studio, a reptile room and an area for playing sports.

The idea for the event came from a previous student, Jameson Rossi, who researched information for this event for an individual project last semester. Peck decided to have her class make his idea a reality this semester.

Sara Curtis, a senior journalism major, is in Peck’s public relations class and worked with the children.

“We wanted to do something that would expose kids to college students,” Curtis said. “Even though these kids live in Greeley, most have never set foot on (campus).”

Not only was the university involved in this event, but

other places helped, as well.

Dinner was donated by Chipotle, Jimmy John’s and Inta Juice. Animal Attractions, a Greeley unique animals pet store, brought in reptiles for the children to observe and hold.

Krystle Kelley, the director of operations for the Boys and Girls Club, said she was unsure about the event during the planning stages. Yet, as she began to talk with the public relations class, she said she became more certain the event was going to happen.

“It was cool to see the faces of the children when they saw the basketball

players,” Kelley said.

Kelley said on average, about 250 children come through the facility weekly, but the number changes depending on the day because the children are not required to go to the club.

The membership fee for the club is $10 for a full year. This allows children the opportunity to have a place to “Be Great,” which is the motto of the club.

About halfway through the event, more than 60 children were in attendance. This, along with the UNC students, made the building considerably full.

The Boys and Girls Club of Weld County is always looking for volunteers. Students can visit www.bgcweld.org for more information about how to get involved with the Boys and Girls Club.

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We wanted to do something that would expose kids to college students. Even though these kids live in Greeley, most have never set foot on (campus).

— Sara Curtis, a senior journalism major

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Fair gives healthy dose of information on wellness CARMEN BRADY news@uncmirror.com

To kick off National Eating Disorder Awareness week, several organizations, both on and off campus, hosted the annual Mind and Body Fair Monday in the University Center’s first floor.

Sponsoring organizations included the Women’s Resource Center, Center for Peer Education, Psychological Services, the Eating Disorder Center of Denver, Campus Recreation Wellness Center, the Student Health Center, Assault Survivor’s Advocacy Program and Bikram Yoga Greeley.

The organizations showcased their services to students with posterboard presentations,

pamphlets, handouts and games. In addition to being able to receive information at each booth, students could decorate a quilt square to express why they think it is important to be of strong body and mind.

Yvette Lucero-Nguyen, coordinator for the Women’s Resource Center, said the event was a useful way to start off the week and grab students’ attention.

“The Mind and Body Fair is an opportunity for us to provide our students and faculty on campus with actual resources they can take away with them to help them confront a friend or family member that could have an eating disorder or anything like that,” Lucero-Nguyen said. “So, we’re really

here just as an information provider.”

Lucero-Nguyen said it is important to address eating disorders on campus because they are commonly overlooked.

“We’re trying to tell people it’s OK to talk about it and visit the Counseling Center or Psychological Services,” she said.

Mary Ashley Angelo, an intern with the Counseling Center, agreed that overall wellness is something that needs to be talked about more often.

“I think it’s something that tends to be overlooked,” Angelo said. “I think there are probably a lot of myths concerning eating disorders.

For instance, I think it’s a myth that men aren’t affected by

eating disorders.”

Students can go to the Counseling Center to seek help with eating disorders. Angelo also said if a student has a friend or someone he or she knows who may have an eating disorder, the student should confront them privately and advise them to seek professional help.

Geri Tien, a counselor at the Psychological Services Clinic and doctoral student in counseling psychology, said it is necessary for students with eating disorders or possible mental disorders to seek professional help, especially because it is readily available on campus.

“We are here because we want to be able to provide a resource for people to have for issues going on in their life, especially eating disorders,” Tien said. “We want to provide a place for them to be able to come in and feel safe and talk to people.”

Overall, the fair provided information for passersby and helped remind the campus community that support is available to them, which is the theme behind the rest of the week’s events.

“I think in general, like a lot of other issues that are around, eating disorders are a more difficult issue to talk about. And so with this week, we are

really trying to promote awareness of it,” LuceroNguyen said. “We really just want to be able to make people feel comfortable talking about it, so they will actually talk about it.”

I think in general, like a lot of other issues that are around, eating disorders are a more difficult issue to talk about.

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— Yvette LuceroNguyen, coordinator for the Women’s Resource Center

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Laura Oyer, left, a doctoral student in counseling and psychology, talks with Amy Dreier, the assistant director of the Psychological Services Clinic at the Mind and Body Fair Monday in the University Center first floor.

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Counselor, author offers advice for successful life BRIDGETT WEAVER news@uncmirror.com

Americans are hit daily by advertisements for ways to get rich quick, pills to make them skinny in a month and products that are pitched to viewers as if they were magic potions to make

them beautiful.

Everyone wants to be successful, but Rory Vaden, co-founder of Southwestern Consulting and author of “Take the Stairs – Success Means Doing Things You Don’t Want To,” said there are no quick schemes to

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Rory Vaden, author of “Take the Stairs - Success Means Doing Things You Don’t Want To,” gives students advice on success Tuesday in Milne Auditorium in Kepner Hall.

gain success.

Vaden said there is one golden rule to gaining success: doing things others may be uncomfortable with.

He said people who become successful do so by taking responsibility upon themselves and do not wait for others to act.

Vaden delivered his message, “Take the Stairs,” to about 50 students Tuesday in Milne Auditorium in Kepner Hall about how to be successful in life’s endeavors.

He talked about how his mother’s tough discipline helped him become successful.

“Success is all about how you make your choices,” she often would often say to him when he was younger. The quote resonated with Vaden, as it is the basis of his “Take the Stairs” campaign.

Vaden said procrastination is one of the major downfalls of success; it wastes time and causes a significant loss of money.

In a study done involving more than 10,000 United

States employees, participants admitted to wasting an average of 2.09 hours per day. This costs the employers $10,396 per year per employee.

The reasons for procrastination are normally emotional. People feel tired, sad or angry, which may distract them from their work. Vaden said in order to be successful, people must push aside emotions, feelings and impulses and instead consider reason and logic.

He said emotions, feelings and impulses are all short-term hurdles; reason and logic are long-term.

“The impacts of the longterm far outweigh the impacts of the short-term,” he said.

Vaden said he wants students to realize being successful is not easy but is also not as difficult as it may seem.

“Discipline is one of the most important parts of success,” Vaden said. “While it’s simple, it’s not easy.”

Vaden also talked about the buy-in principle of commitment.

UNC club reaches out to give support Buddies from Page 2 “Eva (Best Buddies member), Rex Barden, his wife, Nancy, and I always do a little two-minute play at the talent show,” she said.

Tucker has been a volunteer with Best Buddies since her freshman year.

She said she gets more from the friendship with her buddy, Rex, than any

other friend she has ever had.

“These people don’t get an opportunity to hang out with friends like I do,” Tucker said. “This provides them with someone to talk to and go out to dinner with. These are the most loving people you can find.”

Rex said he loves spending time with her and enjoys

playing card games.

“I love her. She’s really great,” Rex said. “We get to go out to dinners and play King’s Corner.”

Tucker said her cousin, who has cerebral palsy, inspired her to be a part of Best Buddies.

“My cousin came to my high school graduation and hung out with my friends and me,”

Tucker said. “She was 25 years old and told me that she had never done anything like that before.”

When she graduates, Tucker said she wants to start a branch of Best Buddies at the school where she plans to teach.

For more information on Best Buddies and events, contact Eva Tucker at tuck8248@bears.unco.edu.

“The more we have invested into something, the less likely we are to let it fail,” he said.

Students who pay for their education are more likely to not fail classes and make the most of it.

“If you think of the most successful people in the world, they have become successful by doing things that others don’t want to do

and by having the discipline to continue doing those things,” said Austyn Bruchs, a UNC alumna of business.

Vaden ended by saying that success is something that must be worked at every day, just like a marriage or a student’s college education.

“Success is never owned; it is only rented. And the rent is due every day,” Vaden said.

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Black music shows importance in society Hip-hop artist Hasan Salaam enlightens students on culture’s rich musical history

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When it comes to dealing with struggle and oppression melodically, the music of blacks in America is arguably the most distinct. Attendees Monday in Centennial Hall, located in Brown Residence Hall, got a taste of the rich history behind black music in America and what it is today.

Hasan Salaam, a hip-

hop artist and youth mentor from Jersey City, N.J., gave a musical presentation on the history of black music in the United States and its socio-economic importance in society to communities.

Salaam, a freestyle artist, recited a 16-bar rhyme from memory before beginning his presentation, which surprised and hyped up students. The men of Nu Alpha Kappa fraternity, the Marcus

Garvey Cultural Center, Black Student Alliance and Black Women of Today sponsored the event.

Before beginning his presentation, Salaam informed audience members the program was going to be interactive, and opinions would be welcomed.

“How many of you believe that music can change the world?”

Salaam asked the audi-

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Hasan Salaam, a hip-hop artist from Jersey City, N.J., gives a presentation on Black American music, Monday in Centennial Hall, located in Brown Hall.

Salaam’s own music is a reflection of social issues in America.

ence.

Just about every hand in the room rose. With this, Salaam gave an approving nod and began with his presentation, starting with the Griots from West Africa, messenger storytellers who brought news and music to neighboring villages.

This, Salaam said, was where many traditions of using music as a way to send messages began.

Nelson Rodriguez, a member of Nu Alpha Kappa and graduate student in the Higher Education, Student Affairs and Leadership program at the University of Northern Colorado, explained why the organization chose to bring Salaam to UNC as a presenter for Black History Month event.

“We thought it was a great opportunity to collaborate with the Garvey,” Rodriguez said. “Having Hasan Salaam come was appropriate because of his intelligence on the subject of black music.”

With passion and euphoric expression, Salaam went through the different genres of black music and their histories, providing audience members with a glimpse into the past. Giving samples of blues, jazz, hip-hop, and rhythm and blues, Salaam asked listeners if

they had heard the music before and if they knew some of the meaning behind certain genres.

Salaam addressed the role the music played in slavery and post-Civil War days. One song played was “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday. The song, specifically, was risky on Holiday’s part because speaking about lynching so freely during that time was something considered socially unacceptable.

“Music has been used for protest, to give and send messages to people,” Salaam said. “Music can be used to free but also to entrap. You might see a bit of that entrapment today with corporate companies.”

Salaam makes it a point to bring up social issues in his music. He speaks of poverty, education, politics and issues of race. For these reasons, Salaam said his main objective is to express his truth and to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.

“I heard some good things about Hasan Salaam from other music majors,” said Nick Spreigl, a junior jazz studies major. “I also wanted to come because of a project I did called the ‘Relevance of Hip-Hop and Jazz.’ Hearing what

Salaam had to say about the relevance was very interesting to me.”

After the presentation, students were told they could ask questions and voice their opinions.

“I think that it’s not about the fight anymore,” said Kevin Miles, a freshman jazz studies major. “I think it’s about fighting against corporations now.

We need to be wise and fight against all of that together.”

One main question had to do with where Salaam saw hip-hop and other styles of music going.

“I think the music is going to keep growing and expanding,” Salaam said. “It’s like we never stop with it. It’s ingrained in us; it’s our culture.”

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Music has been used for protest, to give and send messages to people. Music can be used to free, but also to entrap.

— Hasan Salaam, hiphop artist from Jersey City, N.J., and a community leader mentor

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UNC downs old rival, future Big Sky foe DAVID WILSON sports@uncmirror.com

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UNC junior forward Mike Proctor, center, dunks the ball in the second half of the team’s Monday win over North Dakota. Proctor finished with two points, four rebounds and two blocks in the win against the team’s future Big Sky opponent.

A 50-point second half by the UNC men’s basketball team sealed an 87-69 victory against future-Big Sky foe North Dakota Monday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

The University of Northern Colorado and North Dakota were rivals in the old North Central Conference. The Fighting Sioux will join the Big Sky in summer 2012 and start play in the league the following academic year. Despite UNC’s win, North Dakota still owns a 40-19 all-time record against the Bears.

The 50 points is the second-highest output for any half this season, bested only by UNC’s 52 points in the first half of the team’s win over New Mexico State on Saturday.

The Bears (16-10, 10-3) had five players score double figures, led by seniors Devon Beitzel (23), Neal

Kingman (20). Two freshman chipped in off the bench, as well.

Guard Paul Garnica and forward Emmanuel Addo both tallied 10 points, which tied a career-high for Garnica.

“We’ve got a lot of really good weapons on this team, and when our motion offense is clicking, we are pretty hard to guard,” Bears head coach B.J. Hill said. “When you give good players angles, like I think we have, they are going to score a lot.”

After heading into halftime with a three-point lead, the Bears wasted no time taking control of the game in the second half, as UNC opened with a 20-5 run, capped off by a 3-pointer from Beitzel, to boost its lead to 57-37.

North Dakota (13-13, 5-3 Great West) fought back to within 13 points midway through the second half but failed to inch any closer.

Timely shooting and a 36-27 rebounding edge solidified the win for the Bears.

North Dakota hung tough

in the first half. The Fighting Sioux shot 50 percent from the field while holding Beitzel to five first-half points. UNC went into the locker room with a slim 35-32 advantage.

“We came out slow in the first half, and frankly, just went through the motions,” Beitzel said. “(At halftime) we talked about coming out with energy and playing together and trying to put the plan we had into use in the second half. “ The win pushed UNC to 10-0 at home this season, and with Big Sky Conference play starting up again tonight against Northern Arizona, the Bears said they know they have to play consistently for 40 minutes.

“We learned over the last few games that we have to rely on our defense,” Kingman said. “If our defense is solid, then our offense will take care of itself.”

The Bears face the Lumberjacks at 7:05 p.m. tonight at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

Swimming & Diving heads west for championships STAFF REPORT sports@uncmirror.com

The UNC Swimming & Diving team must shake off the dust for its final test of the season.

The University of Northern Colorado starts its first day of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship today in Long Beach, Calif.

After having a month off from any competition,

the Bears will take on teams from the MPSF conference for ultimate bragging rights.

The team events in which the Bears will compete in are the 200-meter medley relay race and the 800-meter freestyle relay.

This season, the relay team of freshman Gina Riggle, junior Sammy Leonard, junior Amanda Donegan and junior Jennifer Smith finished with a best time of 1 minute 49.96 seconds.

UNC will compete against University of California-Davis, Polytechnic State University, Loyola Marymount and University of California-Santa Barbara in the first round.

Junior Hannah Halstrom qualified for the 100-meter butterfly, the 200-meter freestyle and the 500-meter freestyle.

Halstrom recorded her best time in the 500 freestyle of 5:04.54 last year at the Conference USA

Championships, had a 2:06.42 where she finrecord this seaished in 13th son in the 200place. meter backWith her stroke. This seafirst regular son, Van Oost season coming was twice to an end, named the f r e s h m a n MPSF women’s Courtney Van Courtney Van Oost swimmer of the Oost will com- will compete in week. pete in the 200- four dif ferent The Bears and 400-meter events at the have had a i n d i v i d u a l championships. young, strong medley and team leading the 100- and 200-meter this season but will lose backstrokes. Van Oost four key seniors, includ-

ing Alisha Dauman, who will compete in the 200and 400-meter individual medley and the 100- and 200-meter butterfly.

Dauman finished with a 2:21.77 time in the 200meter IM in the team’s last meet against New Mexico State last month at home.

The Bears will start today with the 200-meter medley relay and will be at the championships through the end of the week.

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Guard garners another honor of season

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UNC men’s basketball senior guard Devon Beitzel can now add several other honors to his list of accomplishments in his storied career.

Beitzel was one of five NCAA student-athletes named Tuesday to the 2010-11 Capital One Academic All-America Men’s Basketball First Team, the first time for a men’s basketball player from the University of Northern Colorado since Dennis Colson was named to the team in 1967.

Beitzel, a finance and accounting major, carries a 3.69 GPA at UNC’s Malcom Baldrige National Quality

Award-winning Monfort College of Business.

He was named to the Academic All-America Third Team last season and the All-District team each year from 2009-11. In addition, Beitzel is also one of the final 10 candidates for this year’s Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.

The Bears’ leading scorer (20.3 points per game) also garnered a share of this week’s Big Sky Player of the Week honor after a game-high 28-point performance in the team’s road victory over New Mexico State on Saturday in the ESPN BracketBuster series.

His 28 points against the Aggies moved Beitzel further up on the Big Sky leading scorer’s chart, higher

than Northern Arizona senior guard Cameron Jones who has 19.7 points per game. Beitzel moved into fourth place on UNC’s alltime scoring list in the game as well.

This season, Beitzel holds the 10th-best freethrow shooting percentage in the country at 91 percent.

He split Player of the Week honor with Jones, who averaged 23 points and 4.5 assists in two games last week.

Beitzel and Jones will face off as the Bears host the Lumberjacks at 7:05 p.m. tonight ButlerHancock Sports Pavilion.

Voting for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award continues until March 20. To vote, go to www.uncbears.com.

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UNC senior guard Devon Beitzel, right, attempts a layup in the team’s Monday win over North Dakota. Beitzel finished with a game-high 23 points to go with five rebounds, four steals and three assists in 37 minutes of play.

UNC student-athletes excel on court, in classrooms David WILSON

sports@uncmirror.com

Earlier this year, I had a friend at a university that is in a bigger athletic conference tell me he felt sorry that I had

to watch Big Sky basketball games. He continued on about how nice his school’s gym is and how the quality of the games he watches is more impressive than what we get at UNC. He’s right in the sense we don’t get to host Kansas or Texas, but he is wrong in the assumption that Big Sky basketball lacks in talent and entertainment.

I have to thank my friend

in a way, though, because he got me to think about why I love covering athletics at the University of Northern Colorado.

Some people forget while watching college athletics that these young men and women are called “studentathletes,” not the other way around.

Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion will never fit 10,000 screaming fans

and have Dick Vitale sitting courtside, but it does fit loyal community fans, students and 30 studentathletes who play because they love the game.

At UNC, fans don’t have to worry about star players using grant money and scholarship money to take 100-level courses, play one season and then go pro.

The Bears aren’t pro-

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ducing first-round NBA/WNBA draft picks, but they are producing quality men and women who not only are excelling in the classrooms, but on the hardwood.

Look no further than Bears senior guard Devon Beitzel.

He has maintained a 3.69 GPA in Finance and Accounting while leading the Big Sky in scoring at 20.3 points per game, and he is fourth in career scoring in the program’s history.

Beitzel has been absolutely vital in the Bears’ transition to Division I and off the court has already found a career at a national accounting firm, Ernst and Young.

There are players all

over the country at big and small schools who are just as impressive on and off the floor, but at UNC, it is a constant theme down the depth chart.

Every athlete is approachable, every athlete is friendly and they are all hard-working students.

And to top it all off, they win.

I’ll live with never getting to have the Kansas Jayhawks play in ButlerHancock, because watching the quality product the UNC basketball programs put on the floor and the character of studentathletes that are in the classrooms is more enjoyable to me.

—D avid W ilson is a junior journalism major and a sports reporter for The Mirror.

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Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011

Students strut stuff, showcase everyday fashion RYAN LAMBERT arts@uncmirror.com

The University Center Ballrooms were full of uplifting music Tuesday, as members of the community — high school students, girl scouts and UNC students and staff — strutted on the runway for the Women’s Resource Center’s fifth annual fashion show, Everyday Angels.

The show was less about designer clothes and more about inner beauty and healthy lifestyle choices.

“This is a show for everybody (…) I’m big on teaching my kids to be healthy and fit; it’s not just about looks,” said Laurie Boltz, a volunteer at the event and a parent of one of the show’s models.

Angie Dunn, a staff counselor at the University of Northern Colorado’s Counseling Center, echoed Boltz’s philosophy and spoke about the importance of education and the dangers of eating disorders.

“We have eating disorder issues on campus, absolutely,” she said. “Education, however, leads to the prevention. Anyone should come to the Counseling Center if (he or she) has concerns about this issue.”

Indeed, there were signs posted throughout the Ballrooms with statistics on them. For example, “56 percent of UNC males are trying to lose weight,” but “53 percent of UNC males are at a healthy weight.”

UNC’s Women’s Resource Center is ranked in the topten list of schools that best spread awareness about eating disorders.

The event began with Jasmin Poythress, a junior psychology major and Veronica Domingo, a senior musical theater major, singing a cover of Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are.” Domingo and Steven Buchanan, a sophomore communication major, served as emcees throughout the fashion show.

“Young girls are more afraid of getting fat than nuclear war or losing their parents,” Buchanan said.

“Eighty percent of Americans are dissatisfied with their appearance.”

Performance immitates film STAFF REPORT arts@uncmirror.com You may be familiar with Kenny Loggins’ jingle, “Footloose,” and perhaps have stumbled across a video or two of Kevin Bacon’s famous dance in a skin-tight tank top. Prepare for a wild and colorful ride with the University of Northern Colorado’s College of Performing and Visual Arts’ version of “Footloose: The Musical,” based on the 1980s film, “Footloose.” The performance will take place 7:30 p.m. March 2-5 and 2 p.m.

March 6 at Langworthy Theater in Frasier Hall.

The plot of the musical follows that of the motion

picture: a teenage boy named Ren moves with his family from the big city of Chicago to a small town called Bomont. Ren discovers his new town outlaws rock music and dancing. He takes the initiative to change the law but is met with several challenges, including the “hots” for the town’s reverend’s daughter. Ren runs into a strop with her jealous boyfriend.

Because of his enjoyment of dance and music, Ren and other classmates band together to try to get their senior prom to allow students to dance.

The head of the UNC Dance Program and director of “Footloose: The Musical,” Monte Black, said his reasons for

doing the production included loving the soundtrack, the movie and, more importantly, identifying with Ren’s character because he grew up in a small town and pursued dancing.

Another theme of the show will be healing.

Ren’s character helps heal some of the town’s members from past pain they have faced and is able to help bring many of them together through dance and music.

For information on the production and ticket purchases visit www.arts.unco.edu or contact the College of Visual and Performing Arts by phone at (970) 351-2200.

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Salynthia Collier, a senior psychology major and member of the student senate, models at the Everyday Angels Fashion show Tuesday night in the University Center.

Model Cory Wilson, a senior sociology major, said, “Being beautiful is being comfortable in your own skin.”

At key intervals during the show, videos produced by Dove Soap were shown. One

video consisted of a young boy reaching out to his little girlfriend who has body image issues, whereas another video explained the manipulative tactics advertising agencies use to make models more sex-

ually appealing. The audience then learned that the average American sees 5,000 advertisements a day.

The event ended with a raffle and a short speech by Kenna Johnson, the director of the Women’s Resource Center, who welcomed all the participating child models onto the stage.

Johnson told the audience, “You’re fabulous the way you are — never let anyone try to change that.”

The Everyday Angels Fashion Show was the second event for the Eating Disorder Awareness Week, which will continue at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Columbine Room with the lecture, “How to Help a Friend with an Eating Disorder.”