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Grant proposal fails, fraternity appeals to stay on campus RYAN LAMBERT news@uncmirror.com During Wednesday’s weekly Student Senate meeting, one proposal failed, another was tabled and a fraternity appealed to remain a part of UNC Greek Life despite having low membership. Senate members discussed problems students may have had while voting in the Student Senate elections the past three days. Problems included incorrect links and errors in entering the database. However, these problems were corrected. Next on the agenda was a discussion of Proposal
019, which suggested the minimum GPA necessary for obtaining conference grants be lowered from a 3.0 to a 2.66. Student Trustee Michael Johnston said he was against Proposal 019. “It should not be below a 3.0, period,” Johnston said. Proposition 019 ultimately failed, but some members still took issue with the allocation of conference grants. Ryan Shucard, the director of University Relations, said the problem with the grant allocation is incoming freshmen are able receive conference grants. “Incoming freshmen can get grants, but they don’t
have a GPA,” Shucard said. Representatives from Nu Alpha Kappa fraternity presented to Senate asking for the members to reconsider the club chartering proposal. The proposal states that clubs must have at least 10 members to receive recognition from the university. NAK, however, only has four members. After describing the fraternity’s accomplishments, Corey Wilson, a NAK member and junior sociology major, stated his belief that he and his three fraternity brothers deserve to be a part of University of Northern Colorado Greek Life.
“We’re putting in the work of 10 or 15 guys,” Wilson said. Senate approved NAK’s request to remain on campus as part of Greek Life. Proposal 020, which aimed to give the election commissioner power to extend application deadlines for vacant senate positions, was also discussed. Senate held off on debating the proposal though because of the legislation’s readability. “There are numerous problems with its grammar and syntax,” Johnston said. “We shouldn’t vote until it’s clear.” During Senate updates,
Student Senate adviser Evan Welch began a discourse on community engagement. Welch advised the Senate members to bring Project Connect, an organization that pulls services together for the needy, to Weld County. Paige Lewkow, the director of Diverse Relations, said this year’s Bear Branding event will be called “Leave Your Mark” and will focus on creating a mosaic of tiles painted by UNC students that will be displayed near Barnes & Noble in the University Center. Last year’s Bear Branding event resulted in painting the tunnel that runs under 11th
Avenue, and this year’s initiative will also re-paint parts of the tunnel that have been vandalized. Bear Branding: Leave Your Mark will be from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 at the UC. Shucard said he hopes Senate will in the future implement a bus system that would take UNC students from Greeley to Denver. Both the University of Colorado and Colorado State University have transit systems that provide similar service to their students. “I think it’ll happen in the next four or five years,” Shucard said.
New office provides funding, support for undergraduate research CARRISSA OLSZEWSKI news@uncmirror.com
Undergraduate students at UNC now have the opportunity to complete research goals with the aid of a new office on campus. The Office of Undergraduate Research was established this spring and shares office space with the Center for Honors, Scholars
and Leadership in the basement of Michener Library. One faculty member and one student representative from each college are on the OUR advisory board, which hosts meetings once a semester to provide insight for the office. The administrative staff of CHSL runs the office. Also, one undergraduate student is employed under the supervi-
sion of a graduate assistant. The office helps students and faculty by allowing them specific opportunities, funding and recognition in all fields of study. “The Office of Undergraduate Research was created to highlight undergraduate research activities at UNC and to ensure that research and creative work opportunities are available to
all undergraduate students,” said Stephen Mackessy in a press release. Mackessy is a biology professor at UNC and the faculty fellow for undergraduate research. This office gives students a chance to spread the knowledge they have obtained to a diverse and wide audience and helps students network with people involved in other colleges and programs
throughout the University of Northern Colorado. “The Office of Undergraduate Research allows students to obtain all the resources that many of our departments offer on campus in one solid place,” said Mariah Brothe, a sophomore anthropology major and the OUR research coordinator and Community Scholars assistant. “It also helps to plant the seed of research within the minds of students who might not have considered it otherwise.” Students are also able to gain support from others by utilizing this office. One study the office is supporting is research involving snake venom. The researchers are trying to determine if venom can halt,
or at least slow, the process of cancer cell growth. “Undergraduate research is going on all over campus, which makes UNC unique as opposed to other larger institutions,” said Michael Kimball, director for the CHSL. The OUR website, at www.unco.edu/hsl/our, will be updated on a regular basis with news and information about research projects like the snake venom project. “In the short period of time, we have gotten a lot of folks inquiring about research possibilities,” Kimball said. Kimball said the sustainability of the program is dependent on participation and it is important that students understand the opportunities this office has to offer.
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Knowledge is power for voters during election season The defining feature of a democracy is the people’s right to elect officials to represent them. However, all too often political elections become a popularity contest, as if voting for the president is the same as voting for the prom queen. Instead of listening to the candidates’ platforms and understanding the issues behind the campaigns, people often just vote for the candidate others tell them to vote for or base their choices on the person’s personality instead of his or her qualifications. A swift smile or a simple brochure saying nothing more than “vote for me” can be enough
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many ways, they are also trained to think for themselves. Instead of being a drone and voting for whom everyone else is saying to vote for, take a few extra minutes and educate yourself. A lot of people may think, “My one vote won’t matter,” but it does. If each vote did not count, there would be no logic to the political system. If people choose to vote, whether it is in a campus election or a national election, they should do themselves and everyone else a favor and think their choices through and choose the options that are the best, not the most convenient or friendly.
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but if they are not the best choice, then they should not gain unwarranted support. Is being friends with, for example, the director of Academic Affairs going to help students get what they want or need? Probably not. Only a qualified candidate will be able to serve his or her constituents properly. There are several ways in which students can educate themselves that are more valid than classroom gossip. Media outlets, open forums and just speaking with candidates are some of the first steps in making an informed decision. While students are in college, they are trained in a specific area to receive a degree and job, but in
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to convince a large enough portion of the population to support a candidate so that he or she wins whether or not he or she is the best candidate for the position. With the right to vote comes the responsibility of educating ourselves enough to make a wellinformed decision. Unfortunately, this seldom happens. With presidential and congressional elections, some Americans vote along party lines. With campus elections, some students vote based on the organizations with which they and their chosen candidates are affiliated. It can be hard to not support a candidate that one is friends with,
dents as “little shirts” — but minus the “r,” if you get my drift. I know that some teachers disliked students, but I didn’t know they thought them akin to feces. When I worked at a retirement home, I was equally surprised by the harsh things the staff would say behind closed doors, and every perceived flaw was accredited to the person’s old age. These conversations are tolerated among professionals in part because of the high
amounts of stress from their job, in part because of an individual’s level of pessimism, but also because our societal values are such that the years before 18 and after 65 are treated as a wasteland. There seems to be a universal impatience with the natural stages of life for those who are particularly young or old. Our social worth is determined by a handful of decades in which we can feasibly be sexy, independent and productive, and prior to or past those points, there’s a lot of hostility. We can learn so much from both ends of the age spectrum. Ageism is this strange little pocket of discrimination where we’ve collectively agreed to look the other way. It is perfectly acceptable to say to anyone, “I don’t like kids,” but people would (hopefully) be horri-
fied if you said, “I don’t like black people.” There is this perception of children as gross, unruly and irritating beyond restraint; a drain on your wallet and on society overall. The same negativity is attached to people 65 and older. There are differences in culture, of course (at the retirement home I worked at, only two of the 80 residents were not white), but the prevailing response in America to a gray head of hair is consternation and distance. The elderly are irreverently referred to as old farts, dinosaurs, etc. Slang reflects cultural attitudes, and the implication of these terms is extremely disrespectful when the elderly’s life experiences warrant consultation, not enmity. To combat age-related criticism, I have developed a little tirade, which you may use also. It
goes like this: Look here, maybe you are unfamiliar with the works of Dr. Seuss, but let me remind you: a person is a person, no matter how small. Or wrinkled. If you are going to judge children, it must follow that you consider yourself to be an adult. And if you are an adult, it then follows that you ought to have the maturity to handle encounters with wee ones gracefully. Capiche? We were all babies once, and in 60 years or fewer, we will be peeing in a diaper once again, so now in the mid-range, when we have optimal levels of vim and vigor, is the perfect time to create a culture which appreciates and incorporates the accomplishments of the old and the inspiration of the new. — Joanna Langston is a senior psychology major and arts reporter and weekly columnist for The Mirror.
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Bands rock fans during Student Radio’s first concert EMILY BRANT news@uncmirror.com
A group of 40 students huddled around two outdoor heaters Thursday on Turner Green during the first UNC Student Radio concert. Despite the extreme change in weather, organizer Sam Wood, the general manager of UNCSR and a senior history major, remained hopeful for a successful night. UNCSR has been a presence at UNC since 1995 and has slowly grown in prominence and followers since then. This year, UNCSR members decided it was time to branch out further and played music at functions around campus.
In the weeks preceding the concert, they inundated campus life by distributing fliers and writing information about the event on campus sidewalks with chalk. The day dawned dreary, but Wood did not postpone the event even when the bands Glass Delirium and In The Whale suddenly dropped out. Amid 40 mile-per-hour gusts of wind, The Photo Atlas’ roadies set up their equipment, and the band soon took stage. The Photo Atlas performed a quick set and then gave up the stage to Heart & Soul Radio, the night’s headliner. Members of both bands are Colorado natives, some-
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two bands that have toured extensively and have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The band’s lead singer,
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Josh Taylor, the drummer of The Photo Atlas, performs with his band Thursday during UNC Student Radio’s first concert on Turner Green.
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ment, members of Heart & Soul Radio braved the increasing winds to talk to and mingle with fans. Even with a few setbacks, Wood said he felt the night was successful. “It was meant to be an experiment, you know? See how campus reacted to it,” Wood said. “We’ll be back next year. We already have plans. I’m happy to see that some students felt it was important even in this sort of weather.” Wood said the event turned out just as he had hoped: with UNCSR representing Colorado’s love of original music and students enjoying a night spent together, albeit huddled closer than they imagined.
Silent students draw attention to discrimination JORDANE HARTBAUER news@uncmirror.com The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies Resource Office at UNC is sponsoring an event today in observance of the National Day of Silence. The National Day of Silence is a day where students across the country take a vow of silence to
raise awareness of the oppression the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community faces. Jael Esquibel, a graduate student in clinical counseling and the graduate assistant for the GLBTA Resource Office, was in charge of a booth Wednesday at the UC. “We are here to create awareness about this event and to have people make signs to create awareness
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Schuyler Ankele, is from Fort Collins, and guitarist Brian Johannsen is from Colorado Springs. “The easiest thing is to say, ‘We’re from Colorado,’” Ankele said. “That’s what we’re all about.” After passing out free shirts, the band quickly jumped into their hits, and students warmed up by dancing and moshing. The band commented often on how residents of Turner and Lawrenson Halls were watching the show from behind closed windows, and they thanked the hardcore fans that shivered in front of them. Later in the night, as chilled roadies ran around the stage packing up equip-
about the National Day of Silence and to create support for those who are being oppressed as part of the GLBT community,” Esquibel said. Cody Schmitt, a sophomore recreation and tourism major, visited the GLBTA’s National Day of Silence booth and said he will be participating in the day’s events. See Silence, Page 5
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Stephanie Rosenbaum, a GLBTA volunteer, creates a poster for the day of silence.
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‘Tunnel’ vision helps fight oppression
Booth raises awareness
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The Diversity Mentors of the Department of Housing and Residential Education from several residence halls hosted the Tunnel of Oppression diversity awareness event Wednesday at the University Center to help bring awareness to social injustices at UNC. The Tunnel of Oppression showed how different religious groups, sexual orientations and cultures are oppressed not only in America, but the all around the world in various ways, including the media. Some of the issues addressed at the event were the lack of food and clean water in Third World countries and the oppression of people’s varying perceptions of what is labeled “stupid” or “retarded.” At the end of the Tunnel, attendees took a four-question citizenship test. Whether or not they passed the test, everyone got to pass through “the light at the end of the tunnel,” where students would write down what they thought of the event and what they were going to do to stop oppression in their everyday lives. Everyone who participated also had the opportunity to sign a pledge saying they would not oppress anyone or stand idly by while others were oppressed. “We hosted this event as a very visual way to address the oppressions that people feel everyday,” said Lauren Koppel, a diversity mentor for Central Coalition. “This event gives the opportunity for peo-
ple to momentarily witness those oppressions through a sensory experience.” At the conclusion of the Tunnel, students discussed what they thought was most interesting and their experiences with oppression. Katrina Joslin, a sophomore philosophy and psychology major, said she enjoyed the event. “I thought this event was really thought provoking and
cool to bring all the different types of identities together to show how they can be belittled and put down,” Joslin said. “The sexuality issue was the most important issue to me because I have a ton of friends who are gay or lesbian, and I know it’s really hard for them.” This is the first time that the Diversity Mentor group hosted an event like this. “There’s never been an
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Shante Harrell, a freshman psychology major, writes how she has felt oppressed in the past after the Tunnel of Oppression Wednesday at the University Center.
event like this before held at the University of Northern Colorado,” said Hilaire Ashworth, diversity mentor for Wiebking Hall. “Several other universities have been hosting this event, and that’s how we heard about it. We wanted to spread news about social injustices. That’s why we put on the sex trafficking (awareness) event before this. We want to make the campus more socially just.” This event was not just about spreading the word about social injustices but also about making students more aware of life outside the university. “It’s always a topic that never gets light shed on it,” said Danika Rodriguez, diversity mentor for South Hall. “Oppression is always going on and even if someone isn’t directly oppressing someone, they could be indirectly affecting someone.”
“Events like the National Day of Silence are great to spread awareness, which is really important, especially since I feel like the GLBTA community is one of the few communities out there that still doesn’t have equal rights,” Schmitt said. “It is a pretty obvious thing. When someone is not talking, people want to know why. It brings curiosity in a creative way.” The National Day of Silence will be happening all day today at the UC. Participants will break the silence together at 4 p.m. in the South Hall lobby. After breaking the silence,
pizza will be served, and the documentary “The Laramie Project” will be screened at South Hall. Anais Fajardo, a freshman Spanish secondary education major and a first-year diversity mentor, volunteers at the GLBTA Resource Office and was involved in organizing the day’s events. “Events like the National day of Silence are important to promote acceptance,” Fajardo said. “There are a lot of people who are unaware of how much oppression goes on even in today’s world. By having things like this and putting it out on campus, it promotes acceptance of everyone.”
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Baseball heads to Houston for four games MICHAEL NOWELS sports@uncmirror.com
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UNC senior Chris Carlberg throws a pitch in a game at Jackson Field earlier this season. The Bears face Houston Baptist in a four-game set this weekend.
The UNC baseball team (5-24, 2-2) will be packing up and hitting the road this weekend for a four-game set against Houston Baptist starting today. Last year, the University of Northern Colorado swept a fourgame series from HBU, but the games were played at Jackson Field. Bears senior pitcher Josh Boyer said road games require a quick start in order to be successful. “Getting behind in
those games at their home place, you’ve really got to rally to get back in it,” Boyer said. A lot of games have not gone UNC’s way this season, including a tough non-conference schedule that features a series at No. 22 ranked Arizona. Senior Bears second baseman T.J. Berge said he thinks the high level of competition will help the team in the long run. “When we get into conference and we get into tight situations, it’ll help alleviate some pressure, and we’ll be able to play better,” Berge said. Berge leads the team
with a .371 batting average and 25 runs scored and is second on the team with 36 hits. UNC head coach Carl Iwasaki said his team needs to focus on closing out games and series when they take the lead. “We have to finish,” Iwasaki said. “That’s been our nemesis this year. The Bears were unable to do so last weekend in a series at New York Institute of Technology when they won the first two games of the road series but could not complete the four-game sweep. Iwasaki also said
Houston Baptist (6-23, 59) defeated No. 11 Texas Christian in a game earlier this year, suggesting the Huskies are capable of defeating the best of opponents. UNC will have to be especially careful with junior infielders Collin Hetzler, who leads HBU in batting at .314, and Robbie Buller, who has belted eight round-trippers this season. The teams will take to the field at 1 p.m. today and at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday for a doubleheader. The series will conclude with a game at 1 p.m. Sunday in Houston.
Key positions to watch in football spring game
year ago, so many spots are now up for grabs, and with a new coaching staff, The UNC football team there’s even more queshas practiced upward of a tions to be answered. Here dozen times this spring, all are a few positions to keep the while working toward an eye on in the spring game. the team’s Quarterback annual spring Last season, game, which will Dylan Orms sufbe hosted at 1 fered an MCL p.m. Saturday at sprain that limitNottingham ed his game Field. action a few In the spring weeks into the game, the offense schedule. Orms, goes against the Dylan Orms who will be a defense and senior next fall, scores points in star ted in nine still took most of non-traditional of the team’s the team’s snaps ways. The offense 11 games last and threw for season. earns one point 2,055 yards and for every first down or touchdown, and accounted for 21 touchthe defense gains points for downs: 15 passing and six every defensive stop, inter- on the ground. New head coach Earnest ception or fumble recovery. The team lost starters in Collins Jr. has said the team several positions from a will run a no-huddle, spread STAFF REPORT sports@uncmirror.com
offense, which would seem ior next fall, is coming off a tailored to Orms’ skill set season of academic ineligibecause he is the most bility but is the most experimobile quarterback on the enced back on the team. roster. If Burnley does not win Sophomore Matt Baca the starting job, another and redshirt freshman possibility could be Josh Seth Lobato both saw field Morton, a redshirt freshtime in Orms’ absence last man who the previous year, but at this point, it coaching staff was looks like it’s Orms’ race to impressed with. win for the starting job. Wide Receiver Running back Sophomore Jace Davis led Andre Harris and the team with 992 yards last J h a m e l e season but has Robinson combeen ruled acabined to make up demically ineligi1,167 of the ble for all spring team’s 1,439 activities, so this is rushing yards a time for the last season, and other receivers to both are gone impress. now, which The team is means running fairly deep at this back could be a John Burnley position, with very competitive had 158 rushing junior Patrick yards his freshposition. Walker and John Burnley, man year but none sophomore who will be a jun- last season. Dominic Gunn
both coming off successful last line of defense, this seasons and a handful of could be a key position. Collins, a former UNC young wide outs waiting in defensive back the wings. himself, has said Linebacker junior cornerThe Bears lose back Brandon all three senior Owens, junior starters from a safety Chuks season ago and Nweke, sophonow must find more safety replacements at Marcel Gibbons this position. and junior corSophomore nerbacks Elliott Cameron Friend Cameron Friend Dorsey and had 34 tackles in played in all 11 Colby Riggins the fall, sixth- games last year are currently all most among and finished with competing for returning players 34 tackles. four defensive and first among returning linebackers, and backfield slots. The spring game exists UNC coaches said he and redshirt freshman Gavin for a reason — to cap a Miller were looking like the series of offseason practices and give younger players a probable replacements. chance to prove themDefensive back The team lost an All-Big selves, and although some Sky Honorable Mention positions may seem cloudy and a First Team player or clear as day, anything can from last year, and as the still happen.
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Getting to know: senior pitcher Josh Boyer MICHAEL NOWELS sports@uncmirror.com
Josh Boyer is a senior left-handed relief pitcher for the UNC baseball team and has pitched 20 2/3 innings this season, the most among full-time relievers. Boyer, a business finance major who is also father to a 10-month-old girl, Emery, took some time Tuesday to talk with The Mirror about the season and time management. The Mirror: What part of your game are you working most on this year? Boyer: Being a little more consistent. Pitching coach Gabe Riebus was talking to me about it. I had some consistency issues — a little roller coaster action. Mostly just staying focused, staying intent, trying not to overpower people, trying to pitch my game and not
pitch above my talent level. The Mirror: As a senior on the team, what types of leadership roles have you taken on? Boyer: Well, as you know, I am a father, so I get that “father figure” role to an extent, so I try to play that card as much as I can. They call me ‘Papi’ — that’s my nickname. I try to take some maturity in the dugout — try to let it show in the game and keep these young guys’ heads straight. The Mirror: How do you approach a hitter you haven’t faced before? Boyer: You’ve got to pitch to your strengths. You can’t be guessing what his swing is. If he beats you, you have to adjust the next at-bat—take it one at a time. The Mirror: How early do you get a feel of what pitches are working well for you in a game?
Boyer: In the bullpen. from your time here at UNC? Boyer: Probably my first You have to get that feeling right so when road trip in D-I you get on the ball, down in mound, it’s natHuntsville ural—it’s where (Texas). We you go. When played Sam the batter steps Houston and in the box, those Nebraska. Those first pitches are are big games always the scariwith big—time est. That’s when schools, great you’re the most Josh Boyer programs and it nervous. was my first D-I The Mirror: Baseball play- experience. I had a pretty ers are known for being super- good outing. I got to see a lot stitious. Do you have any pre- of family down there. I’ve got game rituals? some family in Houston, and Boyer: I am one of the few they’ll be down there this that are not superstitious. I weekend as well, so it was don’t tie my shoes the same good to see them. I’m from way, don’t put them on the Missouri, so they don’t get to same way. You start getting see a lot of games. The Mirror: Who was your superstitious and sometimes you start to play mind games favorite baseball player growwith yourself and that’s not ing up? Boyer: I’m from St. Louis. I what you need to do. The Mirror: What is your grew up with Albert Pujols favorite road trip memory swinging the bat in the three-
hole, so I’d have to say Albert Pujols. I didn’t really go with the pitcher because you can’t really pass up an icon like that. The Mirror: What is your favorite class you’ve taken at UNC? Boyer: My favorite class would have to be the Student Foundation Fund. It’s a student-managed portfolio valued at over a million dollars. We’re making, buying and selling decisions, forecasting the economy. There’s a lot of pressure — you’ve got over a million dollars of the school’s money in your hands, under your watch. You’ve got to be a good investor and do your research and make good decisions to try and get the school some money. The Mirror: How do you think your baseball experience can be applied to your career and adult life? Boyer: Discipline,
number one. There’s a lot of time management things you need to work on — you’ve got practice, you’ve got weights, conditioning, everything. We’re working five or six hours a day regardless of what day of the week it is. It’s a lot of pressure trying to get that schoolwork balanced out with baseball and what to take seriously at that point in time. In the fall, you can concentrate a little bit more on school. When the season starts, you’ve got to step your game up and have a little discipline in you to make sure you get all your schoolwork done as well as baseball.
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