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From left to right: Delta Sigma Theta members Jennifer Johnson, Sharmayne Syas, Brittney Scott and Danielle Ashley give a step performance on west campus during Greeks on Turner Green Thursday.

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TESSA BYRNS news@uncmirror.com The “Divine Nine” traditionally black fraternities and sororities at UNC showcased their talents in a yard show Thursday on Turner Green to support the National PanHellenic Council.

Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Pi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta are the fraternities and sororities that make up the Divine Nine on campus.

The inaugural yard show consisted of performances, a barbeque and music from the University of Northern Colorado Student Radio and a DJ from Denver.

“A yard show consists of each sorority and fraternity performing a stroll and step,” said Salynthia Collier, director of Student Affairs for Student Senate. “A stroll is when the new members of the organization, which they call a ‘line,’ perform a walking energetic dance that involves their calls.”

The yard show is a way for the multicultural fraternities and sororities to become more well-known around campus.

“The yard show is a way for people to come out and

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Members of sororities and fraternities barbeque and socialize with other students at the Greeks on Turner Green Talent Show Thursday. The show featured performances by the “Divine Nine” traditionally black fraternities and sororities. meet the ‘Divine Nine on campus and see what they are about, as well as letting people know that they are here at UNC,” Collier said.

The yard show was not hosted only for attendees to meet other fraternities and sororities on campus. The event was also hosted to try to

bring the National PanHellenic Council prominence back to campus.

“We’re trying to resurrect it after it died down after a while,” said Ladre White, a junior communications major. “We’re also trying to get other African Americans involved. We’re trying to let everyone know we’re back and we’re here to stay.”

Those interested in Greek Life also participated.

“I learned about this event from the Marcus Garvey Cultural Center,” said Jasmine Houston, a freshman sociology and communications major. “I really wanted to be a part of this. I wanted to see the

‘Divine Nine’ and just be able to socialize with everyone.”

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The yard show is a way for people to come out and meet the Divine Nine on campus and see what they are about, as well as letting people know that they are here at UNC. — Salynthia Collier, Student Senate direc tor of Student Affairs

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Unanimous decisions abound in year’s final Senate session SARA VAN CLEVE news@uncmirror.com

During the final meeting of the semester Wednesday, UNC’s Student Senate unanimously decided to fund a fraternity event and passed three proposals.

Nu Alpha Kappa, a fraternity at the University of Northern Colorado, requested $3,005 in funding to host the fourth annual carnival “Nakland.”

The event is hosted each year to celebrate “El Dia de Los Ninos,” or “Children’s Day,” and to promote literacy for International Book Day. The carnival features inflatable bounce houses and obstacle courses, carnival games, prizes and free food and T-shirts.

“We foster to the underrepresented community, so we get a lot of downtown Greeley and impoverished areas to try to give the kids an opportunity to try to have a fun day,” said Carlos Cruz, a member of NAK. “It’s a great way to unite the community with UNC students.”

Following Cruz’s presentation explaining the event and showing a short video of last year’s Nakland, the request was opened for discussion.

However, no questions were asked nor comments made, and the request was immediately approved unanimously. NAK received its full request of $3,005 to help fund Nakland.

Proposal 20 was then opened for discussion, which suggested amendments be

made to the Election Code for future elections.

The amendments would affect the creation of the election timeline and require the election commissioner to extend the candidate application deadline in races with unopposed candidates or those vacant of any candidates.

Director of University Relations Ryan Shucard helped write the proposal. “(The previous election code) was big and cumbersome and confusing to even the brightest individuals who looked at it,” Shucard said.

“We really looked at it and said, ‘This hurts students.’

This makes the election commissioner’s job really hard, so we shortened it down.

The proposed wording simplified the deadlines of the commissioner’s duties by saying the commissioner must produce an election timeline outlining the semester’s entire election process by 5 p.m. Friday of the first week of the spring semester.

It also stated Student Senate would vote to approve the timeline during the second week of the spring semester. Immediately following approval, elections and campaigning could commence.

Student Judiciary Chief Justice William Schiffelbein, who heard election grievances Tuesday, said he thought the changes were good for the elections process.

“I really like most of these changes,” Schiffelbein said.

“A lot of our discussion at the

judiciary was talking about how cumbersome the Election Code is, and I think this is a really great first step to simplifying it, especially the timeline. This removes a lot of the undue burden on the election commissioner primarily. I think this is the first of many steps that can be taken to change it, but overwhelmingly, I think this is a positive change.”

Benjamin Schiffelbein, the director of Academic Affairs, said the Election Code regarding the timeline should not be changed unless there were multiple conflicting dates and issues surrounding those dates.

For this year’s elections, commissioner Danielle Morgan said she experienced problems arranging several of the candidate events, such as the open forums, the meet-and-greet and the candidate summit, because of scheduling conflicts with the individuals, Senate, and the university.

“Giving next year’s election commissioner the leeway to be able to say ‘OK, so I don’t have to do it the fifth week after spring break’ or something, I think will make it a lot easier,” Morgan said.

Katelyn Elliott, the director of Student Organizations, proposed amending the requirement for the election commissioner to extend the deadline for applications in vacant or unopposed positions.

Elliott suggested removing the language “or unopposed” from Section 5 Letter E because its removal was discussed the previous week. When Senate voted, however, the proposed amendment failed, and the language requiring the extension for vacant or unopposed positions remained in the proposal.

The Senate voted on Proposal 20, and the Election Code amendments passed unanimously.

Student Trustee Michael Johnston then opened Proposal 22 for discussion, which proposes a decrease in pay for Student Senate members.

There was no discussion on the proposal, and it went directly to a vote. The proposal was passed unanimously, and Johnston will present the proposal to the Board of Trustees in June.

If the Board passes the

proposal, Student Senate salaries would no longer be based on the price of tuition.

The salaries would be capped, resulting in a pay decrease.

Proposal 23, an emergency bylaw revision for the Graduate Student Association’s constitution, was then discussed.

GSA President Shanda Crowder said the revisions would consist of increasing the president’s position to a full-time graduate assistant by increasing the weekly hours from 12 to 16 and paying the assistant’s tuition up to 10 credit hours during the fall and spring semesters and six during the summer.

Student Senate would only pay for the first year of out-ofstate tuition for the GA. The revision also suggests graduate representatives serve on the GSA board for two years to match the cap put on the president’s service limit.

An additional amendment was made after Crowder asked for help writing another bylaw, which stated summer tuition would be paid only if the summer occurred between the first and second year of service

because of the timing of the start of the fiscal year.

Because it was an emergency bylaw revision, a unanimous decision had to be made for the proposal to pass, and it was.

During Student Senate updates, Student Rights Advocate Samantha Fox said the first grievance hearing with the Student Judiciary was a success and insightful for changes in the future.

Three grievances were heard, and two deductions were made from the final vote count, but they did not affect the outcomes.

Director of Student Affairs Salynthia Collier announced that Benjamin Schiffelbein will be next year’s Student Senate cabinet administrative assistant and Samantha Fox will return as the SRA. Shucard said the Alumni Mentor Program has received a verbal, unofficial contract with AMP Energy Drink, and more information will be at the Fall Bizarre.

Shucard also said a solution has not been reached yet for where the Bear Bus program will be housed, but if an off-campus life position is developed, it will most likely be housed there.

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Birth certificate may help America refocus on relevant issues After nearly two-and-a-half years of “birthers” questioning whether or not President Barack Obama was born in the United States, White House representatives finally released a copy of the president’s long-form birth certificate.

The question of whether or not Obama is a natural-born American citizen has been an issue with some people since before he was even elected.

Even though the information should have been released before he was inaugurated, it wasn’t, and some people continued to

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country since 2009.

Whether or not Americans like the fact Obama is president, the fact remains the same.

The “birthers” should focus their attention on other issues, such as the hundreds killed in tornadoes and storms in the southern portion of the United States or the crackdown on pro-democratic protests in Syria.

Hopefully, this revelation will end the controversy so America can focus on more important issues that can actually be changed.

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the country and the media need to move on.

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Even if the birth certificate was proven to be fake, which would be highly unlikely considering it is a state document released by the White House, it is not as if the country could go back in time to replace Obama as the president or change the influence he has had on the

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question his birthplace — even Donald Trump.

Trump took credit for persuading the White House to release the document, which shows what the multi-billionaire is using his wealth and influence to do.

Instead of donating to the rebuilding of Japan following the earthquake earlier this month, for example, he is using his wealth and influence to try to catch the president in a lie.

Because White House officials have provided evidence that Obama is an American citizen,

beautiful epiphany.

First, let me explain what crudité is. Crudité (pronounced crew-di-tay) is that annoying assortment of stale broccoli and carrots and other things that come on a platter with dressing in the middle. I hate it because it sounds pretentiously French and fancy, but actually, it is just dry vegetables with ranch.

My subsequent realizations were so brilliantly banal, I knew I

must share them with you as a parting gift, as this is my last column for The Mirror, and I would be heartily ashamed of myself if I didn’t offer some sort of general life counsel that could otherwise be found in a greeting card.

You see, life is like a sumptuous buffet of all sorts of cuisine.

Some things build strength and vitality; some things are bad for your heart. Some things are organic, packed with flavor, and other things are fabrications of man, generally tasteless in comparison. Some things are surprisingly delicious, and some things are colossal disappointments.

Learning to pick and choose appropriate fuels for the body is decidedly akin to picking and choosing appropriate fuels for the mind. Gossip, the aerosol cheese of conversation, is a quick and salacious garnish but ulti-

mately lacks nutritional value.

Drama comes as varied and enticing as a gas station’s array of Hostess desserts, but the immediate high and crash to follow is a mawkish substitute for what people really long for — the syrupy delight of human connection.

Food and life: they are everlastingly intertwined. I read once that a woman who hath not passion for food lacks passion for life, just as a man brews passion for a woman who reacheth his heart by way of stomach; and if a man hath not passion for a woman, he is gay, and if a man is gay and merry, he did not get that way from eating crudité. Do you see?

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why you mustn’t settle for substandard fuel. While people at office parties consume vegetation like cows, literally and fig-

uratively chewing the same cud as the day before, you must be different. Be fearless because adventure is the delicious fruit of mistakes, and be tender because courage can taste bitterly like impudence if it isn’t tempered with sweetness. These pairings, bravery and benevolence, are perfect seasonings to whatever life may serve you.

My thanks to Chelsea Handler for using her celebrity to highlight this monumental atrocity.

Together, I really think we can put a stop to the party platter’s secret agenda of blandness. And thank you to anyone who has read my column once, twice or weekly. I have loved writing for you.

— Joanna Langston is a senior psychology major and arts reporter and weekly columnist for The Mirror.

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Survivor shares experiences of life during Nazi occupation JORDANE HARTBAUER news@uncmirror.com

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Fred Manasse, a psychologist, sculptor and speaker, talks about surviving the Holocaust when he was a child and his life in America afterward.

Students and community members learned about what life was like during World War II and the Holocaust from a firsthand account Wednesday at the University Center.

Holocaust survivor Fred Manasse was invited to speak at UNC as part of the annual Holocaust Memorial Observance Week events.

Manasse spoke to University of Northern Colorado students and Greeley community members about his and his brother’s experiences escaping the Nazis as children during WWII.

Manasse also showed pictures taken during the war-ridden times and a picture of a piece of artwork he created in remembrance of the Holocaust.

Manasse escaped Germany with his brother, Gus, on a “kindertransport” train going to Belgium when Fred was 3 years old. When Belgium was invaded by Germany, the Manasses escaped to France and spent the next several years traversing across Europe ahead of the Nazis.

The brothers eventually arrived in Portugal before moving to America in 1945.

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events but was unable to attend because of health issues, so Fred decided to come speak in Greeley in place of his brother.

Fred said the UNC audience was the second largest audience he has ever spoken to.

“I spoke to an audience that generally seems to be involved and who seem to be participating in their community.”

Manasse said. “All of the people who came here tonight came because they chose to be here, not because they had to. That was very remarkable. I am really impressed by this community.”

Julia Flowers, a senior history major, attended Fred’s presentation and said she was moved by what he described.

“Never forget and always remember that there were not just adults that were killed in the Holocaust. There were also lots of children killed,” Flowers said. “The fact that he said ‘Don’t close your borders to children’ is a very influential message that we need to follow here in the U.S.” During Holocaust Memorial Observance Week, the Holocaust Memorial Observance committee hosts events in memorial of those who died at the hands of the Nazis.

The events vary from art displays and receptions to movie screenings and presentations by guest speakers.

According to the Holocaust Memorial Observances website, the

goal of the committee is to provide citizens of Greeley and surrounding areas with memorial and educational experiences about the atrocities committed by the Nazis against the Jews and other ethnic groups during WWII. Barry Rothaus, a UNC professor, sits on the committee and helps organize the annual events.

“The events that are held during the Holocaust Memorial Observance are organized by an extensive committee that is composed by mostly people from the university but also from Aims Community College,” Rothaus said.

“The meetings for the events start in August or September. A number of meetings are held to figure out who is going to speak at the events and what types of events are going to occur.”

The week’s final event is a presentation by assistant professor Dana Walker about WWII’s artists of Terezin, Czechoslovakia, from 10:30 a.m. – noon today at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 929 15th St.

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All of the people who came here tonight came because they chose to be here, not because they had to...I am really impressed by this community.

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Dinner teaches students how to make good impressions KATIE OWSTON news@uncmirror.com The vice president of JDW Social Education Programs de-mystified 10-piece place setting and discussed proper introductions and the right way to dress to land a dream job Wednesday during the second annual Etiquette Dinner.

Thirty UNC students gathered in Brown Hall to attend the Student Public Relations Network’s Etiquette Dinner, an event that showed students proper manners in various professional situations.

As students ate a three-course meal, Katherine Mason, vice president of JDW Social Education Programs, discussed the ever-growing importance of social etiquette and the positive effect good manners can have on a person’s professional life.

Things like mobile manners, professional dress and conducting introductions properly are key to making a solid first impression.

“What many don’t know is that much of their present and future success is directly related to their understanding of personal and social etiquette,” Mason said.

Throughout the meal, Mason demonstrated the proper placement of a napkin, how to arrange silverware so the waiter knows a person is finished and the correct way to pass food around the

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Maria Henderson, a junior journalism major, learns proper manners at the Student Public Relations Network’s Etiquette Dinner Wednesday in Brown Hall. table, which is always passed to the right.

Food was not the only topic of discussion, though.

Mason also talked about professional

dress clothes and the influence clothing can potentially have on impressions.

“People will forgive you for dressing too con-

servative, but people will never forget you not dressing conservative enough,” said Mason.

Other advice was given as well. Dress for the position wanted, not for the position already held. Be comfortable while being professional at the same time and always wear a watch. Others will think time is important to the wearer, and employers love a person who is always on time.

Clothing and knowledge of place settings can be used to anyone’s benefit, but lack of knowledge can also begin a tailspin into one’s professional demise.

One thing a person will always have control over is the first impression people form.

Mason said in 10 seconds, there are five things

everyone can do to make a lasting impression: smile, make eye contact, have a firm handshake, make consistent eye contact and use good posture.

“Always introduce yourself with your first and last name,” Mason said. “If someone wants to talk with you more, they will contact you. Every person you meet has the ability to teach you something you don’t know.”

Samantha Brescia, a sophomore journalism major, said she plans on helping SPRN host the third annual Etiquette Dinner next year.

“I took away a lot of information from this

dinner,” Brescia said.

“This kind of event is really an invaluable experience for students who participate.”

Cody Sanger, a senior journalism major, said he learned about proper mobile manners and about the bright side of social networking. He said he plans on using what he learned at the dinner in the “real world” after graduating.

“Knowing when not to use your cell phone was very helpful,” Sanger said.

“I also learned the benefits of going to networking events alone. It forces you to make connections with those around you.”

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Baseball faces NJIT at home MICHAEL NOWELS sports@uncmirror.com

The UNC baseball team will face the New Jersey Institute of Technology this weekend for a four-game set to be played at Jackson Field.

It is the second series of a three-weekend home stand for the University of Northern Colorado (12-27, 8-4 GWC).

Bears junior outfielder Jarod Berggren said he thinks playing at home is favorable to taking a road trip.

“It’s always nice to play at home,” Berggren said. “You get to sleep in your own bed.

You don’t have a day where you’re on the road for eight hours and have to take your books with you.”

The Bears enjoy resting at home. Berggren, junior pitch-

er Nate Steinmetz and head the Colorado Rockies. coach Carl Iwasaki all said the Despite the Highlanders’ chance for players to sleep in low-scoring tendencies, their own beds the Steinmetz said night before the the UNC pitchgame is a nice perk ers have the of home series. same mindset In terms of the coming into a actual game, game no matter NJIT’s (11-25, 4-8 the opponent.

GWC) only .300“As a staff, plus hitter is senior what we always second baseman Nate Steinmetz try to do is throw Matt Tomczyk, said the team pres t r i k e s , ” but the team has pares for every Steinmetz said. several pitchers opponent with the ”We can’t change with relatively low to adapt to a difsame mentality.

ERAs, one of ferent team. We whom is Mark have to play our Leiter Jr. game at all times, and if we do Leiter’s father and two that, we’ll be successful.” uncles all had professional Iwasaki said he hopes baseball careers. His uncle Al his team will be able to played for the Florida build on the momentum it Marlins and threw a no-hit- gained from last weekter on May 11, 1995, against end’s four-game sweep of

Texas-Pan American.

“It’s a long season ahead, but we’ve got a chance to really move ahead in our conference this weekend,” Iwasaki said.

Iwasaki also said he recognizes that his players have another tough task coming up: final exams.

“They’re student-athletes,” he said. “We don’t say they’re athlete-students.

These guys take care of business without me even having to harp on them.”

Berggren said juggling school and baseball is difficult, but he’s used to it.

“It’s always been tough,” Berggren said. “You’ve got to find time to eat and sleep, but it’s the life you signed up for.”

The first pitch of the series is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday at Jackson Field.

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Group plans drive CARMEN BRADY news@uncmirror.com Members of the UNC chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars are planning to host various charity events next semester.

The NSCS is a national honors organization with more than 400 members from the University of Northern Colorado.

The NSCS hosts charity events that help enrich students’ lives as well as the lives of others throughout the community.

Hedy Lu Bares, a sophomore elementary education major and member of NSCS, said

the organization hosted one charity event this semester and was going to host another, but it has since been delayed.

“We were planning on doing a fundraiser called ‘Better World for Books,’ where we were going to have tents set up all over campus where students would be able to donate any old books that they had that were still in good shape, and we were going to put all the donations and profits that we made from that towards a children’s society,” Bares said. “We’re not planning on doing it anymore simply because See NSCS, Page 10

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Recognizing athletic, academic achievements ERIC HEINZ sports@uncmirror.com

What is a better way to say “farewell and thank you” to a group of student-athletes than with an awards ceremony to honor them?

In a packed ballroom Wednesday, The Clarion Hotel at 701 Eighth St. hosted the 2010-11 UNC Athletics Department end-of-the-year awards banquet. Achievements recognized included awards ranging from aca-

demic achievement and community service to record-setting careers.

The emcee for the night was alumnus Jameson Rossi, who was the announcer for volleyball and women’s basketball his final semester.

During his opening address, Rossi spoke about his experiences working with the athletic department and how this year’s accomplishments have positively affected the university.

“Being out of Greeley, it’s very cool that you say ‘UNC’ and people know

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Geor ge Sage Scholar Athlete A war d Dr (graduating male athlete with highest GPA) GPA) : T im McGraw, McGraw, Football Br eakthr ough Athlete : Ben Packar d, Baseball; Julie Stephenson, Volleyball Volleyball Top Graduating Seniors Baseball : Br et Fanning Soccer : Katie Bor man Men’s Golf : Alber to Dell’Anna Women’s Golf : Abby McNeley Women’s Basketball : Cour tney Stoer mer Volleyball : Ashley Lichtenber g

about the school, and it’s here, so every time I come because of you guys. You back here and see my really represent us well,” family, I’ll always have Rossi said. those great memories.”

Heather Kennedy, the Kingman also spoke director of sports infor- about the awards ceremomation for UNC ny and coming Athletics, said together as a the attention cohesive athletfrom this year’s ic program. success has “It’s just been very posicool to see all tive on the the people department. being recog“It’s been nized for their one of extreme achievements,” excitement, and Chris Kaba he said. seeing these was one of 43 ath“Sometimes, athletes — with letes who received different teams how much conference recoghave conflicts effort they’ve nition this year. because they put into it — it’s may be playing, been a very but a lot of peoexciting year,” Kennedy ple were able to make it said. out here tonight.”

Devon Beitzel, a senior Beitzel said the sucguard for the men’s bas- cess the men’s basketball ketball team, spoke about team generated this year the camaraderie among was due to chemistry the team this season, fused over the course of which propelled the Bears the players’ careers. to a Big Sky Conference “We are more than just championship. teammates; we’re friends, “The big one for us is and we know that we have being the first team to win each other’s backs on and the Big Sky championship off the court, and that’s and achieve the goal huge,” Beitzel said. every team that came before us was trying to get,” Beitzel said.

Greeley native and senior forward Neal Kingman said the accomplishments from this season and his career at UNC will be something he can look back on and smile.

“You can’t beat being the first team to kind of put the University of Northern Colorado on the map on a national level— at a Division I level. I — UNC alumnus mean, that’s going to be a Jameson Rossi addresshuge source of pride for me for the rest of my life,” ing the student-athletes Kingman said. “I’m from

Being out of Greeley, it’s very cool that you say ‘UNC’ and people know about the school, and it’s because of you guys. You really represent us well .

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UNC softball player Kelli Henderson receives an award from 5year-old Owen Henderson, the son of sociology professor Angela Henderson, at the athletics award banquet Wednesday.

Kingman, who was struggles in balancing named to the UNC confer- academics with wrestling.

“I really enjoyed the ence honors team, also said there are moments from time I had at UNC,” Gaethje said. this season that “ S t a y i n g will remain with focused and him constantly. relying on my “The fact coaches to help that there is me through the [sic] more of us tough times who have been really helped here — three of me through my us have been career.” here for five But what is years, and four Julie Stephenson there to expect of us have been was named UNC’s next year? What here for four female breakwould an incomyears — having through athlete ing student-aththat consistency award winner. lete expect from and having guys who have been through this organization?

“They have the opporany situation has really helped, too,” Kingman tunity to get on the ground floor — there’s [sic] a lot of said.

Senior wrestler Justin teams that are really on Gaethje said the UNC their way up,” Kingman Athletics Department said. “(A student-athlete) helped him tremendously who chooses to come here to get through difficult will be part of something times, mostly referring to special.”

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Presentation discusses history told by museums, not people AMANDA STOUTENBURGH news@uncmirror.com As part of Holocaust Memorial Observance Week, a UNC professor hosted two presentations discussing two Holocaust museums and the histories told through the organizations.

Jeraldine Kraver, an English professor at the University of Northern Colorado, hosted the presentations at the Mari Michener Gallery in Michener Library and at the Greeley History Museum in downtown Greeley.

Kraver discussed different topics but focused on two famous Holocaust

museums: Yad Vashem in Jerusalem (which in Hebrew means “The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority”) and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Kraver showed pictures of what the museums are like and told the audience about them and their unique characteristics. Kraver said there is so much to learn that it would take many visits to capture what both of these museums has to offer.

There are many different parts in each of the museums that tell visitors about

some of the lesser-known aspects of the Holocaust.

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum features glass floors, which Kraver said often make people uncomfortable.

The floors were created to help the visitors of the museum feel a fraction of what people felt during the Holocaust.

Visitors are also crowded in the building so they can feel and see the horror the Holocaust victims had to feel and see. This sense of uneasiness is one of the main purposes of this museum.

Another purpose of the museum was to make sure people knew what had hap-

pened and to help people learn new things about the Holocaust.

Kraver spoke on informing people about what had happened and wanted others to know the whole truth.

Kraver said she wants to visit the other Holocaust history museums to learn more about the events during World War II. Many of the presentation attendees had visited one of these museums before. Some of the people in attendance said they are passionate about history and enjoy the intriguing knowledge that comes from it.

Kraver and attendees discussed some of the quotes that could be found at the museums.

One quote in particular that was discussed was from a letter General Dwight Eisenhower sent to General George Marshall on April 15, 1945.

“The things I saw beggar description...The visu-

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Jeraldine Kraver describes museums remembering victims of the Holocaust during the annual Holocaust Memorial Observance Week Thursday in Michener Library. al evidence and the verbal testimony of starvation, cruelty and bestiality were...overpowering...I made the visit deliberately in order to be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to ‘propaganda,’” the letter read.

One attendee, Monica Kant, said the presentation was excellent and that Kraver is a fantastic educator.

Another attendee, Rick Silverman, who is on the Greeley Holocaust Memorial Committee, said that the presentation was spectacular and that he thought Kraver showed the architecture in both museums well.

NSCS to donate time, supplies in fall NSCS from Page 8 it’s so close to the end of the semester. We just don’t have the time or the supplies right now.”The NSCS is planning on hosting the book drive during the fall semester instead.

The NSCS also has hosted several other events this semester, including a bake sale, which helped raise funds for the society, and a purse fundraiser at Sassy Bags, where members

collected charitable donations.

Bares said the organization is planning on hosting several fundraisers over the course of next semester.

“We’re really planning on getting a lot done next semester,” Bares said.

“Particularly community service events, with the major one being a service where we go and tutor middle school students and try to instill college ideas.”

Bares said the organization is a good opportunity for students to get involved in the community and promote academic excellence.

“It’s a really good thing for students to be involved,” Bares said.

“And we have a lot of fun with it too.”

The organization is open to students with GPAs of 3.4 or higher. Any student can participate in NSCS events.

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Softball starts high-stakes conference series STAFF REPORT sports@uncmirror.com

The number-one spot in the Mountain Division of the Pacific Coast Softball Conference is up for grabs when the UNC softball team takes on Portland State in a four-game series at ButlerHancock Softball Field that starts Saturday.

The University of Northern Colorado (13-31, 93) is currently tied for first with Portland State (23-15, 93). All three of the Viking’s conference losses came against Utah Valley in its division-opening series April 910. Utah Valley also gave UNC two of its three conference

losses last weekend.

Last time the teams matched up was last season, when Portland State swept the Bears in the conferenceopener in Portland, Ore. This weekend will be the first home series for the Bears since they swept Idaho State in the conferenceopening series.

UNC was scheduled to play University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Thursday, but UCCS requested to cancel, and UNC head coach Mark Montgomery accepted.

The teams will schedule the game sometime next season.

The Vikings are currently on a 10-game winning streak, and one factor that may help

break the streak is UNC sophomore third baseman Melanie Buol.

Buol was named PCSC Player of the Week after she had the first two homeruns of her college career and six RBIs against Utah Valley.

Pitching for UNC will be seniors Kelli Henderson and Jamie Juelfs and freshman Megan Wilkinson.

Henderson is currently 9-15 in the circle and on an eight-game hitting streak.

Wilkinson leads the team with four homeruns in conference play.

The first game of the series is set to start at noon Saturday at Butler-Hancock Softball Field.

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UNC senior Kelli Henderson throws a pitch in a game earlier this season at Butler-Hancock Softball Field. Henderson leads the team with nine wins, 131 strikeouts and a 4.77 ERA in 38 appearances in the circle.

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