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Students united through traditional Hawaiian gathering

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The spirit of the islands was brought to UNC Saturday when the “Ha’aheo ‘O Hawai’i,” also known as the Hawaii Club, hosted its 20th annual E Ho’la Mai Ka’lke Lu’au in the University Center Ballrooms.

More than 200 people gathered to spend a night eating traditional Hawaiian food, like Kalua pig and Lomi Lomi salad, while watching as the Hawaii Club’s Hula Dancers performed traditional dances.

The Hawaii Club hosts the lu’au every year as part of its goal to raise campus awareness of both the Hawaiian and other Polynesian cultures from around the world, such as that of New Zealand.

A lu’au is significant in the Hawaiian culture as a way to mark significant events and

to unite participants. In this aspect, the annual lu’au serves to unite the University of Northern Colorado and the Greeley community with Polynesian students.

Whitney Holmes, a junior dietetics major, attended the event for the first time this year.

“I wish I had come the last couple years,” Holmes said. “I learned so much about different Polynesian cultures that I never knew before tonight.”

New at the lu’au this year was the Country Store and Keiki Corner. The Country Store sold various trinkets from Hawaii. At the Kiki Corner, children were taught how to hula dance.

UNC student and musician Mahikumakani Crabbe hosted the lu’au. As attendees mingled and ate, Crabbe performed various Hawaiian songs and a few hits by Jack

Johnson and Bruno Mars.

Crabbe also provided comedy and the musical backup during the “Halau Hula ‘O Ha’aheo,” the Hawaiian term for a hula performance.

Attendees learned about different facets of Hawaiian culture by watching dances like the Holo Wa’apa, which is the dance an engaged couple performs at their engagement party.

Crabbe also brought children onstage to show off their new hula skills as he sang the song “Pearly Shells.”

Another featured dance was the “Mele Ohana,” to commemorate the work and dedication of Alana Aiello, Scottie Chen, Donnielle Hurley and Amanda Moberly, the graduating seniors of Hawaii Club.

Male members of the club performed the “Haka,” a Mali

war dance from New Zealand. This dance is used to frighten the enemy before a battle, and is often performed before a game of rugby.

Toward the end of the night, Crabbe brought seven volunteers onto the stage for the legendary Poi Eating Contest. Poi, a staple of the Hawaiian diet, is made of the ground roots of the taro plant.

Contestants raced to eat two cups of poi to win bragging rights.

During the final dance, members of the Hawaii Club raced into the audience to find guests to come onstage and, as Crabbe said, “shake what their mommas gave them.”

This final dance provided laughter and a spirit of unity among the crowd, which is what organizers said the Hawaii Club intended to do throughout the event.

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Christine Tun, left, a senior pre-med major, and Charlyn Leon, a senior dietetics major, look at items at the E Ho’la Mai Ka’Ike Lu’au Saturday at the UC.

2011 Student Senate Candidate Profiles President:

• Katelyn Elliott, junior: “I have been involved in Student Senate for the past three years.

I believe that my experience on Student Senate has prepared me for the position of Student Body President. I have seen the way that three different presidents have run the student body and I have been able to pick up on what works and what does not.”

Director of Student Organizations:

• Charlie Charbonneau, junior: “I am very involved on campus and have become a recognizable face for students. I want to use my involvement to foster a more open line of communication for anyone looking to get involved on campus.

• Felicia Joy, junior: “I am a qualified candidate with my previous campus involvement

including Greek Life and working for Native American Student Services. I have also gained invaluable experience serving on the Student Organization Team and learning exactly how the funding process works and how funding decisions are made.”

• Vincent Malara (No information given)

Director of Student Affairs: • Jessica Hawthorne, freshman: “For the past year, I have been the assistant to the cur-

rent director of Student Affairs. I also sit on the Organization Funding Board, which allocates funding to different clubs and organizations on campus.”

• Loriann Taylor, senior: “I have met so many unique individuals from all over the U.S. and the world.

My irreplaceable experiences with the Army and many universities have taught me invaluable lessons about how to listen to everyone’s differentiating ideas and culminate that

into a united community.”

• Levi Fuller, junior: “I want to mold UNC into a next generation school by

creating more ways for students to voice their opinions and programs which give students real world experience to make them more marketable after college.”

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Editor’s endorsements for 2011 Student Senate elections For this year’s Student Senate election, we’ve chosen to endorse the following candidates based on their experiences and platforms they expressed during the campaign trail.

President: Katelyn Elliot.

Running unopposed, Elliot is a Senate veteran, serving as director of Student Organizations. We are confident her experience will be beneficial to leading next year’s senate.

Director of Legislative Affairs: Andrew Ransom.

Ransom’s goal of increasing student involvement and developing a cost-effective Constitution Day shows he is committed to con-

The Mirror’s mission is to educate, inform and entertain the students, staff and faculty of the UNC community, and to educate the staff on the business of journalism in a college-newspaper environment.

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with encouraging students to join and begin clubs.

Director of Finance: Tyler Ames.

Also running unopposed, Ames has shown leadership and gained experience from his role as this year’s director of Legislative Affairs and president of UNC’s Interfraternity Council.

Director of Academic Affairs: Josh Divine.

Divine has reached out to every area of campus during his campaign, showing his commitment to the position. He has spent years reporting on and editing Senate stories. We are confident his experience will allow him to ensure fairness for students.

Student Trustee: Lauren Zdanowitz.

The sole Trustee candidate, Zdanowitz, who is an award-winning business major, has shown university involvement as a coordinator with the Residence Hall Association. This experience will help build rapport with Board of Trustee members.

Director of Student Affairs: Garrett Watson.

Watson’s involvement as a member of the Financial Management Association has given him connections he can utilize that will allow him to reach out and benefit students.

Mirror Reflections are the opinion of The Mirror’s editorial board: Parker Cotton, Sara Van Cleve, Melanie Vasquez, Benjamin Welch and Ruby White. Let us know what you think. E-mail us at editor@uncmirror.com.

Students seeking health should stop excuses, start eating healthy Mark MAXWELL

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necting the student body without breaking the budget.

Director of University Relations: Natalie Litke.

After serving as assistant to the previous director, Ryan Shucard, Litke has first-hand experience with the position. She will be able to carry out and expand on many of the projects Shucard has overseen, and has shown the skillset necessary to increase communication.

Director of Student Organizations: Charlie Charbonneau.

Charbonneau is fairly well-known on campus. His involvement as resident assistant and work with multiple groups has prepared him to succeed

warnings at times, other times I don’t. But the worst and most consistent suicide substance is the food I eat.

I am not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2009, our abnormally healthy state of Colorado was one of only two with an obesity rate less than 20 percent. The leading cause of death in America is heart disease, and eating healthy can

immensely reduce a person’s risk. My family has a history of various health problems, some owing to genetics, others to the family culture. In every case, we’ve been advised to eat better.

Students, I would argue, are at great risk of eating poorly.

Often, strapped for cash, we punish our bodies’ engines with the cheapest gas available at a moment’s notice. In the University Center, Taco Bell serves up enough cholesterol to block the 11th Avenue tunnel daily, let alone some arteries.

Even Subway, famous for making the pseudo-celebrity Jared a lean, mean, sandwich-pounding machine (where lean is the key word), serves fatty meats as often as lean ones, and rarely without some kind of sugar/salt/oil dressing. But

these foods are inexpensive and convenient.

To be as socially responsible as we are encouraged to be and as healthy as we ought to be, most of us students would have to hand our entire part-time paycheck over to the farmer’s market. It is not practical. But by shopping smarter, we can actually save some money, while eating better. At this point, most of us know a healthy diet includes more fresh vegetables and whole grains and less sugar and fat. But I have often ignored some of the tastiest snacks in the grocery store with cheddar and pork tunnel vision. Yogurt is great for losing weight. Oatmeal is great.

Bananas are awesome.

I do not intend to preach, except to say excuses I hear for

poor eating are almost always lame. I have tried to limit my restaurant eating lately, to save money and not feel awful.

My failure in this effort is due not to a lack of time, as I have tried to convince myself, but to laziness.

We were built to be lazy — to find the easiest way. Ironically, the two things we need to do to maintain a healthy weight require bucking laziness. For many of us, health issues arise from family history or other environmental issues. We must take control of the few things we can in order to live longer and feel better. Food is an easy one.

But man, is it hard.

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

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Executive editor speaks about journalism’s future at jubilee BENJAMIN WELCH editor@uncmirror.com

Students looking to make headlines in the highly competitive journalism profession gathered Friday in the University Center to hear a lecture by Kevin Keane, executive editor of the Bay Area News Group, as part of UNC’s 6th Annual Communication Jubilee.

Keane’s lecture, “Journalism 2011: Things will never be the same,” discussed the convergence of news from print to online-based, and how Internet revenue is substantially lower and quality is potentially less reliable than that in daily papers.

“Journalism, the sifting and sorting of fact and fiction using standards of fairness, is not yet broken,” Keane said. “But it’s getting harder to recognize.”

As readers flock to the Internet to read the latest stories and post classified ads for free, newspaper corporations lose profits in advertising and subscription revenue. Keane said his news group has lost more than 200 writers to layoffs in the last three years, and the entire industry has been shortened by about 12,000 reporters between 2007 and 2010.

Lee Anne Peck, assistant professor of journalism at the University of Northern Colorado, expanded this topic, and said that big city papers are more threatened.

“Small community newspapers are crucial to giving news to that community, so they’ll still be around,” Peck said.

Keane also said that though online sources may be not be reputable, accurate or even meant to be taken

seriously, Americans still strive for the truth.

“There will always be a demand for honest information provided by people who adhere to standards of fairness and accuracy,” he said.

Lin Allen, an associate professor of communication at UNC, said she agreed.

“People will always be interested in receiving information from people who are trained,” Allen said. “As long as there is curiosity there is a need for reporters.”

Keane has the experience necessary to be an authority on the subject. The Bay Area News Group consists of 14 daily and 12 weekly newspapers in California that reach a daily readership of more than 500,000 in print and more than 2 million in print and online combined. The corporation was the only newspaper group to be honored at

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Kevin Keane, the executive editor of the Bay Area News Group, speaks to students and faculty about the future of journalism at the Communications Jubilee Friday at the UC. the White House Press Association Banquet. Keane has also headed the Denverbased Median News Group since 1997.

Keane’s keynote address also focused on how the

Internet keeps reporters from being paid. In addition to being less reliable, many online news stories were conceptualized from a reporter hired elsewhere, and as a result, that writer does not get

paid for the idea or expansion story. He said a reporter-editor relationship is important to quality, accurate news and that relationship is virtually non-existent online.

Despite the negativity in his speech about the future of journalism, Keane said the main issue was ensuring reporters are compensated.

“I’m not wed to print or any other forms of content delivered. I just want you to read what I produce,” he said.

“Just pay me for it, please.”

In the face of bad news, however, Keane said dedicated students still have a promising future.

“We’re always looking for excellence,” he said.

“Excellence is still rewarded in this country, thank God. If you make a name for yourself, we’re going to find a role for you in newspapers.”

UNC returns to teaching roots, hosts largest education job fair in region AMANDA STOUTENBURGH news@uncmirror.com

Schools from 10 states and 102 districts were on campus last Thursday and Friday to talk to students and prospective employees as part of Teacher Employment

Days, the largest education job fair in the region.

Representatives from schools in Colorado, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Hawaii and Kuwait were

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Kelcie DeBow, right, a senior elementary education major, interviews with Valerie Anderson of the North Park School District at Teacher Employment Days Friday in Butler-Hancock.

at the fair, which was hosted at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

One student, Doris Galarza, an elementary education major from Nebraska, said this event was helpful.

Although she had talked to a lot of different schools, she said she wanted an even larger range of schools for students to apply to.

“I wish there were more schools from other states,” Galarza said.

More than 270 recruiters were at the event. As of April 6, 900 students and candidates were registered for the fair.

The Career Services staff said they expected 250

more candidates to sign up on the day of the event.

Job openings available for students included areas such as elementary education, special education, administration, school psychology, social work and general education, which covered subjects such as social studies, science, math, music and others.

The wide variety of positions gave students with different majors a chance to find a job.

Renee Welch, the director of Career Services, said the office hosts this event because when the University of Northern Colorado was founded, it was a teaching

school and UNC has a long history of teachers, so it wants to give the teaching students the best chance at finding a job that it can.

Some of the recruiters at the event included Wray, Wiggins, Sheridan, Yuma, Bennett, Weld County School Districts, and Aurora Public Schools, among others.

The recruiters said they were looking for students who had done their research of the school at which they planned on teaching.

The recruiters, who were on a timed schedule to complete all appointments and interviews, had a task ahead of them in interviewing each candidate as they

event progressed.

John Scheuer, the Colorado/Nebraska State director, said he was specifically looking for employees who knew the student demographics, mission and vision statements of a school. He also said candidates diversifying themselves in multiple areas is important.

Some recruiters were also looking for students who had completed extracurricular activities, and said that they were an important aspect of an employee.

Some students who impressed recruits may be called back to the school for a more formal interview and possible employment.

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2011 Student Senate Candidate Profiles Candidates from Page 2 • Garrett Watson, junior: “I am a well-connected student that truly does have the students’ best interest in mind. With my strong connections and me being very approachable, I believe that the student body and I, as Director of Student Affairs, can bring changes to the university that the student body wants to see.”

Director of Finance: •Tyler Ames, senior: “As an accounting and finance double major, my knowledge through my education makes me a prime candidate for this position. Also, my experience as a director on Senate this past year has really opened my eyes to the importance of the Student Funding Allocation Process and I embrace the opportunity to give back to the university I love.”

Student Trustee: • Lauren Zdanowitz, sophomore: “I have experience with a variety of students from different areas of campus through the leadership positions that I hold.

I want to accurately represent the student voice and bridge the gap between students, administration and the Greeley community.”

Director of Legislative Affairs: • Andrew Ransom, junior: “I am the best candidate for director of Legislative Affairs because of my drive for the position. I want to expand Constitution Day and really get more students involved with the College Advisory Board. This will allow UNC students to really have a voice on higher education legislation.”

• Jamie Britt, junior: “I interned my freshman year for Bear Vote Initiative and with that experience gained the knowledge and passion for this position and as a senior want to hold the chair to be the voice for our students politically and motivate them to get involved.”

• Charlie Kluko (No information given)

Director of Academic Affairs: • Zac Foxx, junior: “I believe I would be great for this position because I value academics highly and my goal is to put UNC on the map for academic excellence.”

• John Pherson, junior: “I was an RA. I met many students from many different backgrounds. I gained the ability to connect with students from many socioeconomic

statuses, and understand where they are coming from and what they want. I understand the academic needs of the students. As an RA, I had the privilege of meeting students from many different educational backgrounds and gain many different perspectives.”

• Josh Divine, junior: “I have extensive background knowledge with Student Senate, which I obtained by working with campus papers for three years.

This information has given me valuable insight for developing innovative strategies that will work well on Student Senate.”

Director of Diverse Relations: • Samantha Brescia, sophomore: “My main focus will be on engaging and encouraging all populations on campus to get involved and to make myself visible to them as an advocate.

Currently, Diversity Council isn’t representatives of all that our campus has. The multicultural Greeks aren’t well represented and we should also be working more with the Center for International Education. Those are just a few of my goals for next year and what I hope to accomplish in office.”

• Jasmin Poythress, junior: “I’m actively involved in residence halls and the campus and I’ve had the great opportunity

through ResEd to learn about the students and their needs.

We each have come to UNC to better ourselves and I would like to help facilitate this.”

• Erick Chavez, sophomore: “I have had experience working with the cultural centers here at UNC. This experience has given me an insight to the diversity that we have on campus. I believe that students here are not fully aware of how the cultural centers can be utilized and how the centers impact many students on campus. This is something that I hope to promote if elected to this position on Student Senate.”

• Angela Milano, sophomore: “I am a very personal individual and have a passion for leaning about other people and their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and other backgrounds. I want to make sure every group is represented and that everyone has an equal right to participate in groups at UNC to enhance their collegiate experience.”

Director of University Relations: • Christopher Pezza, junior: “I have a rich background in student activities, PR, and marketing; and if elected I will work to enhance the visibility of Student Senate, and engage students through creative outreach that highlights the incentives involved in becoming

active on campus.”

• Natalie Litke, sophomore: “ If elected, I will not let you down. My experience for the position is immense; during the last two years my involvement with Student Senate has allowed me to work directly with the current director of University Relations, which has given me many opportunities to become familiar with the position and what it initials. I have been privileged to be able to sit in on many committees and meetings in the past, which has allowed me to get to know many UNC staff members. The relationships that I have developed with so many campus organizations will help to create fluidity between the staff and students of our university. I plan to continue the initiatives that have been put in place by the current director of University Relations, as well turn new ideas into reality.

With student opinions in mind, I plan to tackle issues such as parking, transportation and conservation of resources at UNC.

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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

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-- John Quincy Adams, sixth U.S. president.

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Softball sweeps weekend series against ISU SAMANTHA FOX sports@uncmirror.com

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UNC freshman outfielder Liz Smith waits for a pitch in the team’s doubleheader against Idaho State Sunday. Smith went 4-for-10 in the four-game series.

The UNC softball team swept Idaho State in its conference-opening series, putting the University of Northern Colorado at top of the Pacific Coast Softball Conference.

The Bears (7-28, 4-0) won all four games of Saturday and Sunday’s doubleheaders.

The second game Sunday was filled with drama as UNC trailed 3-0 going into the sixth inning but got two runs on three hits in both the sixth and seventh innings to take the lead.

The Bengals, who were the home team for Sunday’s games, tied it at four in the bottom of the seventh to send the game to extra innings.

The score remained tied until the ninth when the Bears scored four runs on three hits and were assisted by two ISU errors. The Bengals had two hits in the ninth but could not score, giving UNC the 8-4 victory and a series sweep.

“I don’t think we ever let up,” said senior second baseman Kailee Vessey. “I don’t think we ever had a doubt that we were going to win, and that just kinda carried throughout the whole game.”

On Saturday, the Bears overpowered Idaho State (623, 0-4) 5-3 in the first game, and then 10-0 in the second game. UNC had four homeruns on the day, including two from senior shortstop Megan Hamilton.

“We talked about it all season long — about con-

ference being what matters,” said head coach Mark Montgomery. “We only need to look as far as our men’s and women’s basketball teams to see the beginning part of the season doesn’t matter. It’s what you do in the conference that matters.”

The Bears defeated Idaho State 9-5 in the first game Sunday, leading up to the extra-inning affair in the second game. The current fourgame winning streak is the longest the Bears have had this season.

Vessey went 7-for-8 at the plate in games Sunday, including a three-run homerun in the first game.

Senior pitcher Kelli Henderson pitched two complete games over the weekend, giving her nine

this season.

“It’s very nerve-wracking,” Henderson said. “My mom always said she doesn’t know how I do it. I wouldn’t say I’m used to it, it’s just something you have to do.

It’s not an option.”

Montgomery said the comeback and eventual win spoke volumes to his team’s determination.

“To win the last game in this kind of fashion made it even more fun,” Montgomery said. “Took us until the last couple of innings to score the runs, tie the game, (and then we) went ahead. Unfortunately, we gave them one back, probably when we shouldn’t have, but then to persevere and go ahead by four runs to make it a no doubter was nice.”

Front seven features new, familiar faces MICHAEL NOWELS sports@uncmirror.com

Perhaps the biggest question mark for the UNC football team’s upcoming season is who will start at linebacker.

Ordinarily, a team would have some carryover of starters from the previous season, but the University of Northern Colorado has none from last year’s linebacker corps.

Matt King, John Eddy and James Schrenk are now gone, so the Bears have some digging to do to replace that experience.

Linebackers coach Derrick Davison said he is

confident the younger players will be able to step up.

“You always have to reload,” Davison said. “We just have to coach them up.”

Davison also said sophomore Cameron Friend and redshirt freshman Gavin Miller are likely to fill two of the starting roles. Friend started four games his freshman year but none last year, and Miller has no starts under his belt.

Friend said he knows his job on the defense is vital to the success of the team as a whole.

“We have to know where we’re supposed to be,” he said. “We’re the center of the defense.”

The defensive line is a bit more stable coming into this season, returning three starters, juniors Nick Herndon and Marcus Felker, as well as sophomore Marcus Lucas.

Junior VJ Holmes is in the running for that last spot along the line and said the coaching staff is pushing all the players on the team.

“They want us to get to every drill quick,” Holmes said. “It’s not just one position.

They’re on everybody.

Defensive coordinator Zach Shay said the expectations for the defense are high and the schemes are complex.

“We have to talk the same language,” Shay said.

“At times we are very multiple on defense.”

Shay said his goal for the defense is to stop the run and make the opposing offense “one dimensional.”

This spring, though, Davison said they are focusing on getting the techniques down and installing the base defense, and he has even created a pneumonic device for his players called CASKAR — call, assignment, stance, keys and responsibility.

In the fall, that device will be put to the test, as will many new faces among the front seven of the defense.

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UNC junior defensive lineman VJ Holmes (95) gets past an offensive lineman (blue) in his pursuit of redshirt freshman quarterback Seth Lobato in practice last week.

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Quidditch craze, team comes to UNC SAMANTHA FOX sports@uncmirror.com

The “Harry Potter” buzz around campus has not been about the upcoming DVD and theater releases of the final two movies, but rather the new quidditch team starting at UNC. On Saturday, students gathered in the University Center to learn how they can join the first University of Northern Colorado quidditch team. Taylor Starr, a freshman music composition major and co-captain of the team, was the driving force behind its inception.

“There’s been a lot of people who have tried to bring it up at UNC,” Starr said. “I really was the pushing ground behind it and solidified it here.”

The love of “Harry Potter” has similarly been the inspiration for quid-

ditch teams all across the United States, Canada and Europe. The International Quidditch Association started in 2007, and the NCAA began to recognize quidditch as sport in 2010.

The UNC team has about 15 players now, which will be enough for the first match, but is looking for more members for next year. Starr said he is hoping for 25 players so the team can be under the wing of athletics.

Without magic’s contribution to the game, elements of the sport have been altered.

Even though players are unable to fly, all are required to run with a broom between their legs at all times.

Another big change is the golden snitch. Because enchanting the ball to fly on its own is not an option, there is one player dressed in all yellow hiding and running from the seekers. The game ends when a player gets the tennis

ball in the sock stuck into the back of the snitch’s pants.

Junior acting major Emma Cohn said the position of beater is the most enticing.

“I’m not a big runner, but I think it’d be fun to be the person beating up other people, not in a mean way, but it’d be fun,” Cohn said.

The UNC quidditch team is one of four teams starting in Colorado on the collegiate level. Colorado State University, University of Colorado and Denver University are also looking to start their own. On April 30, UNC is looking to play CSU in Colorado’s first ever collegiate quidditch match.

“I am so excited,” said sophomore forensic psychology major Genae Gerardi, who is also a cocaptain. “The fact that we’re going to be the first quidditch team in Colorado to play a match, that’s awesome.”

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Janette Ruiz, left, a freshman music major, discusses quidditch with junior acting major Emma Cohn and Genae Gerardi, a sophomore forensic psychology major.

Cohn is holding a Sienna Storm model quidditch broom.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Proposed fee allows for renovations, new academic building BENJAMIN WELCH editor@uncmirror.com

By now, many students at UNC have heard about Initiative I: Building a Better UNC, which will induct a capital fee of up to $800 annually for maintenance and construction.

Last week, Student Body President Matt VanDriel hosted a series of open forums designed to inform about and discuss the fee.

“To me, it’s just a reality,” VanDriel said. “CU has one, CSU has one … (the state) used to do a lot, but the last time we received funding for a big academic project was the ‘90s. It’s 2011. That state money is not coming back.”

The initiative, which will be on the Student Senate election ballot Tuesday-Thursday, introduces a per-credit-hour capital fee for up to 10 credit hours per semester.

Next academic year, the fee will be $12.50 per credit hour, will tentatively be raised to $25 per credit hour the next year, and cap at $40 per credit hour for years afterward.

Though other student fees may increase each year, the capital fee would not escalate past its $40 per-credit-hour plateau.

The money will be disbursed between more than $130 million in deferred maintenance, updating and expansion of the University Center, upgraded classrooms with new technology,

improved safety considerations, a new academic building and a joint bridge to the UC. Ultimately, the ballot’s initiative is an opinion poll, and regardless of outcome will have to be reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees.

All the academic buildings have been funded by money from the state. New North and South Halls are bonded, which means that students currently living in the halls pay for its construction through room and board fees.

VanDriel said in the face of losing state monies, a responsible capital fee was necessary to continue ushering the University of Northern Colorado into a modern, technological institution.

“As an institution of higher learning, we need to have better classroom space, better technology and more 21st century classrooms,” he said.

The fee will also help assuage maintenance issues that are long overdue. Areas of concentration include plumbing, exterior building repair, American Disabilities Association areas of refuge, sidewalk replacement and repair, emergency considerations, cultural center updates and replacements for fire alarm systems, lighting, windows, sprinkler and irrigation systems, roofs and air conditioning.

“How can we have $130 million in deferred maintenance and nobody

has requested for this already?” he said. “You don’t just keep not taking care of buildings.”

VanDriel said students may be confused about the addition of a “sky bridge,” especially when a tunnel and crosswalk exist to usher students across 11th Avenue.

In actuality, the bridge would be reminiscent of a hallway, connecting the UC to the proposed new academic building on the Bishop-Lehr Hall site.

The 30-foot-wide bridge may include study areas, coffee shops and couches for students to relax.

“It could be a living, breathing bridge, and it’s still pretty affordable, too,” VanDriel said.

He also said judging by deer trail-like grass patterns near Bishop-Lehr, the bridge would be used by students and would assist in connecting campus and making it feel whole, not two areas connected only by a student center in the middle.

The bridge would also provide safety for students.

VanDriel said according to a study conducted by the university earlier this year, a vast majority of participants said they felt unsafe along 11th Avenue, compared to an equal amount who said they felt safest in their dorms.

Plans for the UC and classroom upgrades are not yet finalized, and if the capital fee is implemented, VanDriel said students and faculty will

need to work together to decide which improvements need to be made.

Though he has been working on the measure since last semester, VanDriel said he is aware some students are opposed to it.

“If it’s not for somebody, I understand,” he said. “If you think there’s not a problem, I can’t really agree with you on that one, but if it’s not your solution, I’ll understand.”

VanDriel will be graduating in May and attending law school in the fall, but said his years at the university have fostered a deep caring and wish to give back to the university.

“I lived in Greeley for 23 years,” he said. “I’m really a UNC guy and I care about the campus.

People have said, ‘Now you’re graduating and

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The plans for campus in 2015. Existing buildings are in dark blue, the University Center is in gold and planned additions are in yellow. you’re trying to stick us,’ and I may be wrong on my solution, but I prom-

ise that’s not it. I really care where the campus is going.”