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Clubs welcome Lunar New Year with carnival AMANDA STOUTENBURGH news@uncmirror.com

Students, faculty and guests rang in the Lunar New Year with a Year of the Rabbit Celebration Monday in the University Center Ballrooms. The event was intended to showcase and draw interest in Asian culture.

“The Chinese New Year starts on the first day of the first month of the (Lunar) New Year, and it is on a 360-day cycle,” said Michelle Low, a professor of Chinese language.

The celebration lasts from the new moon until the full moon.

The Asian/Pacific American Student Services, the Center for International Education, the Chinese Culture Club, Chinese Students and Scholars Association and the Japanese Culture and Anime Club were the

event’s sponsors this year. The event marked the fifth annual celebration at UNC. Activities and displays included calligraphy of Asian writing, plants, origami, Student Radio, longboarding, international education and print sales.

The Lunar New Year is one of the most important holidays in Asian culture. Food is a key part of the celebration, as is spending time with loved ones. There are 12 animals in the Chinese calendar, each representing a different year.

The rabbit is the fourth year.

Many traditional stories explain why the animals are in their particular order. According to Chinese folklore, a race between the animals decided the order in which the new years would be labeled.

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Northern Colorado carnival, many attended a banquet where a dinner of Asian cuisine was served, and some students entertained guests with music, vocal performances, skits and dances.

Marjorie Lovin, a sophomore international studies major, attended the event for her first time.

“It was a lot of fun and interesting, and I would definitely come again,” Lovin said.

Students said they enjoyed the event and learned more about Asian culture.

Jennifer So, an Asian studies and Chinese minor alumna, said this year’s celebration was better than those of years past.

So said having more clubs involved made the event more fun because there was more to do and learn about.

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Marissa Baker, a sophomore art major and minor in Asian studies, shows an artwork display as part of the Year of the Rabbit celebration Monday in the University Center.

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Legislature shoots for additional firearm control Since the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona, gun control laws have become a popular topic of discussion in state and federal legislation.

Tuesday, Arizona legislators met to discuss possible changes to the state’s firearm policy. The changes to the law would ban large-capacity gun magazines from the public.

According to police reports, it took the shooter, Jared Loughner, only 15 seconds to shoot 19 people, killing six and severely injuring Giffords.

The laws protected by the

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and the man who was shot was not critically wounded, but how can we justify severe injuries and deaths simply by saying we are protecting ourselves with these damaging devices?

As a nation that tries to pride itself as being a model for the rest of the world, we cannot be the number one manufacturer of firearms globally. It is time to institute a law that would actually have some effect on the neighborhoods where gun violence is most prevalent. Making small amendments to laws will not take care of the situation.

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the chance to be in a dangerous position.

Guns do not create crime, but they quickly exacerbate it.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database, guns are used more than two-thirds of the time in violent crimes.

Civilians having high-caliber firearms to take down a human being is unnecessary.

On Sunday, the Greeley Police Department began an investigation of a man who had been shot by an errant bullet fired by a drive-by shooter. At this time, the suspect is at-large,

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Second Amendment regarding the right to bear arms are archaic and outdated. Although many argue it is their right as a citizen to own guns for protection, the incidents that occurred last month proved this country needs to have better enforcement of weapons regulations.

Loughner was basically a human cannon armed with an automatic weapon that could have killed many more bystanders had he been given the opportunity. Unstable and unfortunate people with minds like Loughner’s should not have

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and fees, the university is not doing enough to make education affordable for this generation. Quite possibly, the university is only exacerbating current financial difficulties.

Few people would deny education is a fundamental necessity for the progression and benefit of humanity and society, and many would extend the access to education as a basic human right. By

increasing the price of education to levels that students may not be able to afford, the university is, in fact, hindering people from striving for or achieving education.

Due to differential tuition rates, UNC is no longer cheaper than CSU in certain majors, and UNC certainly is not superior to CSU in most majors. It is blatantly irresponsible for UNC to continue its current trends.

UNC is not the University of North Carolina, it is not CSU, it is not CU, and it is nothing more than mediocre. Although it appears UNC has been attempting to compete with CSU and CU, but the fact is UNC caters to a different market — a market more concerned with the affordability of education rather than the

streams and ribbons that come with it.

The vast majority of us chose to attend UNC not because we strongly desired to live in North Hall or we were really excited to play bingo in the UC. We did not come here for buildings. We did not come here for entertainment programs. We came here for instructors. We chose to attend UNC because, at the time, it was a cheaper method for obtaining an education.

At the moment, UNC cannot even afford to hire non-faculty, full-time employees, yet there are talks of renovations to Bishop-Lehr Hall and the UC. In addition, the Student Senate has increased student fees both of the last two years.

The university isn’t perpet-

uating education; it’s uplifting a lifestyle that we cannot afford. Sure it’s nice to have large, new buildings on campus. It’s also nice to fly first class. But when we can’t afford it, we squeeze into coach like everybody else because the destination is the same.

If College of the Ozarks, a private university with a 25 percent better student-teacher ratio than UNC (according to 2010 figures) can afford to educate students without charging them tuition, there has to be something UNC can do to reduce the amount of money we pay. The inability to make the attempt is unethical at best.

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

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Parents build their careers, families while attending college ERIC HEINZ editor@uncmirror.com

Rachel Bodden left Colorado Springs last year for her first semester at UNC. Her car was filled with pens, paper, clothes and other necessities for college — but she wasn’t traveling alone. Bodden’s 3-year-old son, Tristan, was also on board.

Bodden, a freshman prenursing major, gave birth to her child when she was still in high school. She said school was always a big deal for her, and her pregnancy gave her a boost to become a consistent straight-A student — as a student pursuing a nursing degree, she must maintain a higher than average GPA to stay in the program.

“I guess having him kind of motivated me,” Bodden said.

“Before, I was like, ‘Oh, I can take a year off (before college),’ and then after I had him, I thought, ‘No, I need to get this done so I can fight for him.’”

As a single mother, Bodden has to compromise with Tristan’s father, who lives in Colorado Springs, for visitation rights. Because the father does not have means of transportation, she said the responsibility falls on her to transport her son, making scheduling time for school critical.

It’s not an easy task for anyone who has to raise a child while attending a university.

But for students who are younger than those who delayed their enrollment — Bodden is 19 years old — the task of maintaining a family can be a lot to handle; they have not had a chance to focus solely on their children and, sometimes, the time to mature.

Sarah Hite, the coordinator

for the Families First hotline, a Denver-based parenting support group, has raised five children of her own. Hite said she refers parents in the area to parenting classes and gives advice. She said it is always hard to balance these things, but parents can’t neglect their schedules.

“What is important to remember is that it’s harder

than you think it’s going to be,” Hite said. “It takes a lot more maturity than you might think, and it’s important for the parents to have the skills to raise a child.”

Hite said one thing successful parents do is care for their own health, as well as their child’s.

Hite also said being a good role model is essential to any

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Rachel Bodden, a freshman pre-nursing major, poses with her child, Tristan, last week. Bodden travels to Colorado Springs frequently so her son can also be with his father.

parent, as is establishing guidelines to benefit their child or children. She also said UNC parents need to be respected because studying and raising a family can be daunting.

“You have to prioritize, and you have to put your child first economically and sometimes cut back on the school to raise the child,” Hite said. “You chose to be a parent; you chose to have a child. Parents can no longer be selfish because they are now responsible for someone else’s life.”

The morning at Bodden’s apartment starts like that of most mothers with a 3-year-old child: Wake up at 7 a.m., breakfast, some cartoons together, finish getting ready and then off to daycare. At the end of her

school day, she picks up her son, and life continues. But she said getting into this routine was not easy at first.

“I didn’t really manage my time well. I was a big procrastinator,” she said. “(Tristan) made me get out of my procrastination and be better at time management, especially when I got to college. The workload is a lot heavier here. And because I was so focused on my son, I thought I could get by with little studying time and just focus on my son.”

Currently, Student Senate is trying to reinstitute a nursery for students’ children. Salynthia Collier, the director of Student Affairs, said Bishop-Lehr Hall See Parents, Page 6

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Cradling studies Parents from Page 5 was once used as a daycare. Collier said the project to reinstate the daycare has hit a roadblock, for now, because the insurance rates would have to go up and be specialized in order to hire staff members. She said she has looked at different means for helping students with daycare, but for now, the project is at a standstill.

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Planning a career and being able to build one requires a fastidious mindset to keep organized.

Zach Scully, a Career Services Office counselor, said when career counseling with a younger parent, the focus is placed on the most prevalent issue in the individual’s life. Scully said issues may come up in the conversation regarding how they commute, how much time they devote to course work and many other factors.

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Bodden said her initial career path was to become a lawyer, but her experiences from going to the hospital for her pregnancy geared her toward being a neo-natal nurse.

Bodden suggests to students who are pregnant and may be facing the same decisions she did that they use the resources and people around them.

“Support is a big thing, if you have a lot of support,” she said. “I understand school is a big thing, and I would encourage parents to go to school and get jobs. But if you don’t have the support you need, then I would tell them to make the sacrifice for the child.”

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Students can also fill out the Free Application for Student Aid forms and the UNC Universal Scholarship to be considered for any aid the university offers. For FAFSA, the amount allocated varies on an expected family contribution and expected income index number. More information can be found by calling the Office of Financial Aid at 970-351-2502.

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Tests’ shortcomings discussed DEVON NAPLES news@uncmirror.com

During the past several years, a staple in the American public school system designed to save it has faced increased scrutiny.

More than 30 students gathered Monday in Butler-Hancock for a lecture on “The Harms of Standardized Testing,” hosted by the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center.

Don Perl, a UNC Hispanic studies professor, conducted the event. Perl has been part of the Coalition for Better Education, a standardized testing opposition group, for 10 years.

Perl began by administering a short mock test to attendees. He then asked everyone to think of the test as if it would really affect their academic lives. The test was composed of questions from the math, reading, writing and science sections of the Colorado Student Assessment Program test.

After six minutes, Perl had attendees stop work on the tests and asked the group how they felt.

The majority of participants indicated it had not been a pleasant experience.

Veronica Domingo, a senior musical theater major, addressed the reading portion, which required students to analyze a poem.

“Whenever I take reading tests like this, I feel like there is no right or wrong answer; there’s just the

best answer,” Domingo said. “And I get frustrated because you can interpret different questions different ways, and they don’t give you enough time to choose the right interpretation.”

The CSAP test, like standardized tests found all over the country, is a high-stakes test. The test measures how well both a school and its student perform and provides this data to help determine important decisions.

Perl said the subjectivity of poems makes them unfit for highstakes tests.

“Poetry is an individual matter,” Perl said. “Poetry comes out of what happens in our minds, so the question is raised: What is it doing on a standardized test?”

The tricky nature of the questions is not the only issue advocates such as Perl take with standardized testing. In high-stakes testing, scores decide which schools get funding and which ones get closed. Teachers are pressured to teach the test to attain high scores. Perl said this system marginalizes children and undermines the development of natural writing and thinking ability.

Standardized testing became a part of public school after President Ronald Reagan’s administration released, “A Nation at Risk,” a short book calling the public school system a failure, in 1983.

Perl said education corpora-

tion McGraw-Hill took advantage of this to pressure lawmakers to enact a new system of testing in public schools. He said the nationwide installation of standardized tests greatly benefited the company financially and continues to do so.

Public schools in Colorado are now required to administer the CSAP test to all third- through 10th-grade students once a year.

However, parents legally have final authority over their child’s education. All it takes for a student to avoid the CSAP test is a letter from his or her parent to the school’s principal and superintendent.

Perl said not enough parents keep their children away from standardized tests because they put trust in the system to educate their children without really examining what their children are doing at school.

“What can we do about this? As an individual, as a university, as a society? To inch the wheel of history forward to something more humane?” Perl asked.

He said the change will start with people who see a problem, who will tell their colleagues and friends and bring the issue to the forefront.

“What we do locally is the most important thing,” Perl said.

For more information about the Coalition for Better Education, visit www.thecbe.org.

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Perceptions of ‘good hair’ bad for some JOANNA LANGSTON arts@uncmirror.com

Monday night, New South Hall was the suave setting for Black Women of Today’s screening of the film “Good Hair,” a documentary

created by comedian Chris Rock that explores the hair industry and its impact on the black community.

Monique Atkinson, a senior psychology and sociology major and vice president of Black Women of Today, said the club wanted to

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screen the movie “to call attention to this topic on our campus, which black people discuss all the time.

The movie shows conversations about hair that happen here in barber shops, salons, classrooms and dorm rooms.”

The movie featured interviews with many black celebrities, including Meagan Good, Nia Long and Ice T, but the most prominently featured conversations were with poet Maya Angelou and Rev. Al Sharpton, who gave depth and insight into how the economic and psychological effects of black hair products reverberate throughout the community and the world.

In the film, Rock journeys to India where people shave their heads in religious sacrifice. The hair is then sold to make weaves. Women pay anywhere from $1,000-$5,000 for a weave, making the hair industry a highly lucrative business, even

prompting some hair retailers in India to boost their supplies by snipping the hair of inattentive or sleeping women. Moreover, the multibillion-dollar hair care business is monopolized by Asian and white storeowners, leaving black people in a position of economic disparity, even for services which cater to them.

The film’s theme can be summed up in the comic yet demoralizing scene in which Chris Rock walks into a store in Los Angeles with an aisle of hair weaves and hair extensions on display. He asks the store clerk about the types of hair they have and tries to get them to buy black hair; he is denied, being told that it is not sexy or as natural looking.

The movie helps create awareness of the repercussions of buying into a Eurocentric beauty ideal.

Dzifa Gladstone, a sophomore

human services major, said she could relate to the film.

“I used to wear weave, but when I first started wearing my hair natural, it was a personal thing,” Gladstone said. “I feel very liberated,and I love the look; I look different.”

The movie implies that appreciation of black hair and black beauty in its organic form have been overshadowed by the hegemony of white beauty standards. As a result, natural features of the black population are being devalued.

Tyrell Allen, a freshman sociology and Africana studies major, explained why he wanted to view the film.

“I’m really interested in hair, and I’m in the panel tomorrow, so I wanted to come to refresh my memory,” Allen said. “I love this film, I think it says a lot about how we value hair in the black community.”

Students, faculty prepare for 29th annual Gala TOTIANNA WEEKLY arts@uncmirror.com

The works of artistic students from the UNC’s College of Performing and Visual Arts will be displayed for all at the 2011 UNC Performing and Visual Arts Gala, “Artists at Work.” The Gala will take place 6-8 p.m., Feb. 12, in Tointon Gallery, for the reception, and the lobby of the Union Colony Civic Center.

“Artists at Work” will feature hundreds of UNC’s best and brightest performers and visual artists in the same place at the same time. At 8 p.m. in the Union Colony Civic Center, there will be performances by musical theater students, opera singers, UNC

choirs, the Trombone choir, students put into their various University Symphony Orchestra, disciplines,” said Susan Nelson, UNC’s College wind ensemble of Performing and the awardand Visual Arts winning Jazz Lab director of Band I. There will community also be interludes arts. “But this by other individyear, that idea ual performers is taken to a and smaller group acts.

— Susan Nelson, UNC’s new level…it is easy to enjoy Students College of Performing a show like involved with the gala said it promand Visual Arts director this.”

The proises to be someof commmunity arts ceeds made at thing the campus the Gala serve art world had as a fundraiser never seen or to benefit the College of experienced.

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The Gala is usually a celebration of the hard work university students put into their various disciplines.

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Men’s hoops toughens up for road trip PARKER COTTON sports@uncmirror.com

In its last drill of Tuesday’s practice, the UNC men’s basketball team took part in what it calls the “Get Tough” drill. By its name alone, the mindset for the team’s twogame road trip to Montana State and Montana is clearly evident.

In the drill, the players take a charge from a teammate, get up and slide across the floor after a loose ball, pick up the ball and try to score while an assistant coach knocks the player around with a cushion to simulate tough defenders. Oddly enough, the players said they enjoy it.

“It’s fun,” senior forward Neal Kingman said. “That’s a drill where you get to let it all out emotionally, physically. It’s a good drill. It brings everybody together.”

The University of Northern Colorado (13-9, 9-2) faces Montana State Thursday and Montana Saturday on what is the most important road trip of the season.

UNC, Montana and Montana State

currently sit first, second and fifth, respectively, in the Big Sky. If UNC wins both games, with only three conference games remaining after this trip, the team is almost guaranteed to host the conference tournament.

“This is one of the most important road trips we’ve had since I’ve been here,” Kingman said. “This is kind of the end-all-be-all for our season. We’re definitely going in focused and knowing this is very, very important.”

In practice this week, the Bears have stressed physical toughness, as displayed by the “Get Tough” drill, but head coach B.J. Hill said mental toughness is equally important.

“We’ve been talking about fighting to protect something that you’ve sacrificed an awful lot for,” Hill said.

“These guys have sacrificed a ton to get where they’re at in the league race right now, and people are going to be coming at them, and they need to fight to protect it.”

UNC defeated Montana (167, 8-3) and Montana State (1112, 5-6) by 18 and 14 points, respectively, at home in January.

“They should have some confidence because we beat both these teams here, but they’re also smart enough and mature enough to know that it’s a different life on the road in the Big Sky,” Hill said.

UNC may benefit from Montana sophomore guard, and leading scorer, Will Cherry’s possible absence because of a high ankle sprain. Whether or not Cherry plays will not change how UNC prepares for the game, Hill said.

UNC will face the Bobcats at 7:05 p.m. Thursday in Bozeman, Mont., and will face the Grizzlies at 7 p.m. Saturday in Missoula, Mont.

Although nothing has been won yet, the team is not overlooking the fact it could very well host the conference tournament in March.

“It would be a great thing for us as players, for the school, for the program, people in Greeley,” sophomore guard Elliott Lloyd said. “We have a chance to do something that’s never been done before, and we’re just trying to make the first of many.”

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UNC senior forward Taylor Montgomery, right, participates in the “Get Tough” drill with assistant coach Ryan Martin, Tuesday in practice. The Bears travel to Montana for a two-game road trip.

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UNC senior guard Courtney Stoermer dribbles the ball up court in a game earlier this season. Stoermer is averaging 8.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game this season.

After a disappointing loss Saturday at Portland State, the UNC women’s basketball team is preparing for what could be the most important game of the regular season Thursday against Montana State at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

Montana State (14-9, 8-1) defeated the University of Northern Colorado (13-10, 8-2), 84-75, on Jan. 8. The Bears are 3-7 all-time against the Bobcats, and two out of three of those wins were at home the past two years.

UNC and Montana State have

been neck-and-neck for the firstplace spot in the Big Sky Conference in recent weeks. Montana State held the lead over the Bears until January 29 when Montana beat the Bobcats by a point, and the Bears defeated Weber State.

Sophomore forward Lauren Oosdyke led the Bears with 16 points against Portland State. Oosdyke scored 19 points in the last matchup in January.

For the Bobcats, junior guard Katie Bussey is averaging 15.0 points per game and was named last week’s co-Big Sky Player of the Week. In the last meeting, Bussey scored 20 points, nine of which came from 3-pointers. She went

three-for-five on 3-point field goals.

MSU senior forward Sarah Balian scored a career-best 24 points in the first meeting and is averaging 12.4 points per game.

UNC freshman guard D’shara Strange is averaging 10.3 points per game this season and leads the team with 6.2 rebounds per game. She scored 8 points in the last game against the Bobcats.

Postseason seeding can be greatly shaped by the outcome of tomorrow’s game, because only five more conference games are scheduled before the end of the regular season.

The game is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Thursday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

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Wrestling team to face rival Wyoming Cowboys at home TARIQ MOHAMMAD sports@uncmirror.com

After tough losses to Oregon State and No. 4 Oklahoma State, the UNC wrestling team will look

to rebound as it prepares to face Western Wrestling Conference opponent Wyoming tonight at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

The team is still struggling to

assemble an entire squad because of lingering injuries.

Individual efforts have inspired and carried the way for the bulk of the season, as many wrestlers have held winning streaks until those most recent outings.

The team is excited to compete against the rival Cowboys, who have consistently been competitive.

Members of the team said they feel confident and comfortable with the most recent practices and are positioned to get back on track.

Head coach Ben Cherrington said he thinks the

team must not give the other teams respect, and enter duals more focused more focused.

“The guys must go out and wrestle well,” Cherrington said.

“Go out there to win their matches.”

UNC freshman Nick Bayer, junior Casey Cruz and senior Justin Gaethje are all in position to be potential top-seed contenders in the conference with wins against Wyoming.

The Cowboys are currently ranked No. 14 by InterMat.com, and they have four players ranked in the Top 25 of their weight class. Of the ranked wrestlers, junior Shane Onufer,

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who is ranked No. 4 in the 165pound weight class, is one of the more notable wrestlers and will be a difficult competitor.

Knowing this only fuels UNC more.

“We don’t really like Wyoming, but I’m ready to rock and roll,” Cruz said. “It is going to be a good match. Up and down the lineup, they got a lot of tough guys, and we got a lot of tough guys, too. So, hopefully we get out there and wrestle from the start and finish strong.”

Faced with a disappointing losing skid, Gaethje said the team needs to get things together quickly.

“There is only one way to go, and that’s up from here,” Gaethje said.

UNC and Wyoming will take to the mat at 7 p.m. tonight at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

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Standing on the sidelines at the Super Bowl, or any NFL game for that matter, would be an exhilarating experience for most.

UNC junior Nouri Marrakchi, a special education major, has bigger plans, however.

Marrakchi grew up in Broomfield and became a huge Broncos fan at age 8, when John Elway led the team to a championship. He played defensive lineman in high school, albeit sparingly, and also wrestled for a year.

Marrakchi, who is deaf, said, with interpretation provided by Lynn Rose, a sign language interpreter for Disability Support Services at the University of Northern Colorado, he had some recent contact with the NFL. While searching ads on Craigslist about tickets to Sunday’s Super Bowl, one in particular caught his eye. A Canadian media outlet, Sofanews.com, was selling media passes to the big game for $3,500. After contacting the seller, Marrakchi said he thought the ad seemed hard to

believe, and he had good reason.

The selling of media passes is against league policy, and only after Marrakchi contacted NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell himself and asked the NFL to look into the matter, did the ad in question get removed.

Despite the information Marrakchi supplied to the NFL, he Nouri Marrakchi received no said he hopes of response. being the first “I haven’t deaf head coach heard anyin the NFL. thing yet from them,” Marrakchi said. “Hopefully, sometime soon, but I know why they haven’t responded — because they’re busy with the Super Bowl and their meetings with the Collective Bargaining Agreement to prevent the lockout.”

Despite not getting a response, Marrakchi said he hopes to have more contact with the NFL in the future. He said his big dream is to become the first

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Marrakchi’s desire to be a coach, he said, comes from his time as an assistant wrestling coach in middle school when he helped a deaf wrestler communicate with others.

“From that time on, I wanted to go into coaching,” Marrakchi said. “I loved coaching. I loved working with kids, and I just decided before I came here to UNC that I wanted to put my minor in coaching.”

He said he has tried to get in contact with UNC’s new football coach Earnest Collins Jr., about volunteering on his staff in some capacity, but there has been little progress.

Regardless of these roadblocks, Marrakchi said he is not giving up on his dream.

“I want to show the people around here that I can do it,” Marrakchi said. “I understand why people assume that I can’t do it; I can do it. I just can’t hear, that’s all.

I can do anything else. I want to become the coach without the headset. That’s all. There’s nothing wrong with that. I can teach my players to do signs, as long as they accept me for who I am.”

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Symphony Orchestra concert reflects students’ hard work KATIE OWSTON arts@uncmirror.com In its first concert of the year Monday at the Union Colony Civic Center, UNC’s University Symphony Orchestra performed pieces

by Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Mozart and Johannes Brahms.

Downbeat Magazine, a national jazz publication, chose the University Symphony Orchestra as the Best U.S. College Classical Ensemble in 2010. This was the group’s 11th win in the category for the past 11 years.

Although this was the ensemble’s first concert in

2011, it is its third concert for the 2010-11 school year.

Cassandra Torske, a sophomore at the University of Northern Colorado, said she comes to the University Symphony Orchestra concerts whenever she can. As a music major and clarinet player, she said her favorite piece was Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto.

“I always make a point to come to the orchestra concerts,” Torske said. “They always perform to the best of their ability and have a lot of passion for what they do.”

Monday night’s performance was a reflection of the hard work music students have been applying to their craft. Soloist Kellan Toohey was a highlight, and together

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Kellen Toohey, a graduate student in the clarinet performance program, plays a solo during the University Symphony Orchestra concert Monday night.

they came through to remind attendees why UNC’s College of Performing and Visual Arts achieved its acclaimed status.

Toohey, who graduated in Spring semester of 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in music clarinet performance, was featured in Mozart’s concerto. He has continued his studies of clarinet performance in graduate school at UNC and was chosen as the winner of the 2010 UNC Orchestras Solo Competition.

Toohey also holds the position of assistant principal clarinetist in the Wyoming Symphony.

Russell Guyver and Daniel Wisher are the directors of the USO. The ensemble’s next performance is at 7:30 p.m. March 30 at the UCCC. For more information on the University Symphony Orchestra, other ensemble concerts and ticket information, visit www.unco.edu/arts.