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News SFAP review comes to a close Student Senate allocates $1.3 million in funds to student clubs and organizations.

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Sports Receivers expected to shine UNC football team hopes the wide receivers come up with big numbers next season.

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Opinion Outlining ups, downs of capital fee Senate members Matt VanDriel and Ryan Shucard offer varying Initiative I positions.

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Shanda Crowder, left, and Rebecca Jesionowicz, both school psychology doctoral students, hand out information at the annual Research Day.

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Research showcased as part of Academic Excellence Week AMANDA STOUTENBURGH news@uncmirror.com

For more than 30 years, UNC has hosted Research Day to showcase students’ research through oral and poster presentations. The 2011 event was Thursday in the University Center as part of Academic Excellence Week.

The presentations featured research from colleges across campus and were followed by the research excellence award ceremony.

Shanda Crowder, a school psychology doctoral student at the University of Northern Colorado, said this was her first time helping with the event, and that it went well.

Crowder is the president of the Graduate Student Association, which co-sponsored this year’s Research Day. Crowder said she thought all the presenters did a wonderful job and that everything ran smoothly.

The day consisted of

seven different types of presentations: oral research excellence, poster research excellence, honors program theses, McNair Scholars theses, biological sciences, oral research and poster.

About 200 presentations were given by about 385 students. However, students involved in more than one research presentation were counted twice.

Loree Crow, the associate director for the honors program, said Research Day used to be called Scholars Day. Some of the students who performed research worked with professionals who wanted to conduct research in a particular area but had not yet had

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Stephanie Greufe, a graduate student studying sports and exercise science, worked with the Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Center in Greeley. Her research presentation, “The Effect of Cancer Stages on Physiological and Psychological Parameters Following Supervised Exercise Training,” was a research excellence award finalist.

When Greufe started her research, she said she had certain expectations of what the outcome would be but said she was surprised by the end results.

Greufe’s results showed that stage of cancer was not an indicator of the success of a supervised exer-

cise training program because the results varied among patients. However, the research also showed that exercise helped cancer patients improve in at least one of the parameters of cardio fitness, muscular strength, fatigue and quality of life.

“This research will definitely be made into a journal and sent off to hopefully be published,” Greufe said.

Greufe said she wants to pursue research in different parts in sports and exercise

science that she did not study this time and to factor in different aspects of the people’s lives that participated in her study to further her research.

Students attended this event for different reasons. Some said they attended because professors were offering extra credit if they attended.

Others attended because they wanted to know more about a particular area of research, or just to see what students at UNC have been researching.

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Rebecca Jesionowicz, a second year school psychology doctorate student, gives out information, fliers and name tags during the annual Research Day at the UC Ballrooms.

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Student Senate Update

Battlefield funding: Third SFAP review meeting closes series

Michael Johnston started the fund last year.

But after hearing from organizations that The final revision to requested an additional the Student Fee Allocation Process during $14,553 combined — Wednesday’s Student more than $5,000 over the Senate meeting was a available funds — some tense skirmish over funds. adjustments were made.

Four organizations It was the last day campus additional organizations could requested The Cesar request funding through funding. the allocation process for Chavez Cultural Center the 2011-12 academic requested $7,000 to hire a graduate assistant to work year (FY12).

To solidify a majority at the Patton House, the agreement for the center’s home location. requests, it took some Native American Student strained fiscal innovation Services requested $2,000 and economic acrobatics for transportation to its from all parties involved annual buffalo hunt in Montana. The Center for to balance the budget.

Last week’s meeting International Education for an extra ended with about $20,000 asked $3,952.89 to left in the SFAP reduce costs of b u d g e t . events for not However, while just internareassessing the tional but also allocations, domestic stuSenate memdents.

UNC bers said the Student Radio estimate was requested much higher than the actual Michael Johnston $1,600 to better fund and host r e m a i n i n g created the contingency fund last more of its amount. “events and With little year for financial concerts,” said more than emergencies. general manag$9,000 actually left to disperse among the er Sam Wood.

During the two-hour organizations, it looked as if the remaining sum SFAP session, the Senate would be put into the decided not to allocate Senate contingency fund, UNCSR any of its addia reserve fund in case tional requests. The radio extra funding is needed station had already been for something in the granted $4,127 more than it was allocated last year. future.

Director of University The contingency fund has about $14,000 already Relations Ryan Shucard invested. Student Trustee said at this time, given the ERIC HEINZ news@uncmirror.com

funds UNCSR has already made to its original prowhen it was been allocated, it did not posal require any additional assumed there would be more funds available. financial assistance.

For events open to all “This cost is a matter those who of convenience and is a students, attended were needless expenpaying 80 perditure at this cent of the travtime,” Shucard el expenses to said. “I think off-campus the radio stae v e n t s . tion has been Attendees will very good this now only have year. But for to pay about 50 right now, I think the sta- Solomon Little Owl p e r c e n t , to tion is good said PBS is inter- according ested in making CIE estimates. where it’s at.”

“Airport Wood dis- a documentar y pickups were agreed and said about NASS’ bufonly open to the station also falo hunt. needed the money for international students, and because of that, we more advertising.

Salynthia Collier, could not include them director of Student Affairs, on the SFAP funding,” said the station should be said Vanja Pejic, the gradable to host its events uate assistant for CIE, an interview independently because it during is involved with many dif- Thursday. “The airport ferent campus organiza- pickups will go on the student tions. The Senate vote international came to a verbal division, service fee.”

NASS received its full and a hand count shot the request down, 6-5, with 6 request, after representation by director Solomon abstaining.

CIE received its full Little Owl, who said the Broadcasting additional request Public because airport pickup Station has expressed transportation cuts were interest in making a docu-

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mentary segment on the center’s buffalo hunt. Little Owl said the national exposure the University of Northern Colorado will get from the segment for $2,000 allocation is “a bargain opportunity for the university.”

“We may be one of the few colleges that do it,” Little Owl said. “I know some other community colleges have done it. And it’s amazing in the 50 years we’ve been doing it everyone has always come back safe without an injury.”

CCCC was allocated less than half of its pro-

posal, $3,122, to hire a part-time graduate assistant. As this was well short of the center’s expectation, many Senate members proposed putting the amount into the contingency fund and postponing creating a new paid position.

CCCC director Patricia Escobar explained the need for the additional request was because she estimates $7,000 would hire a graduate assistant for about 35 weeks at $10/hour, 20 hours a week. Escobar said cuts in See Senate, Page 7

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All should check box for ‘human,’ not limit identity to race In light of both recent and soon-to-be hosted events, campus has been buzzing with talk of diversity and multicultural issues that are faced on a daily basis. Campus organizations whose membership consists of diverse crowds, as well as the University Program Council, have hosted events that have allowed the campus community to get a taste of a variety of culture. In addition to these programs, the Summit on Social Justice and Diversity happened earlier this week, exposing issues we have in society that deal with diversity and social matters many groups face in

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campuses has been to form groups like the Multiracial Biracial Student Association.

These groups acknowledge all people and have no limitations.

The world is changing, and with this change must come a new attitude toward the way we categorize people. Instead of always putting people in groups, we should be united.

This is shown in the way human beings are mixing with one another. It is important to keep cultural groups, but at the same time, we should encourage one another to be seen as humans and not only as “check here for Muslim.”

Cure bigotry with heavy doses of age-old remedy: more hate Joanna LANGSTON

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sity have begun to emerge — and they aren’t particular to just one community.

In the past couple of decades, there has been discussion of race and ethnicity on certain forms that we are all required to fill out. For diversity report card purposes for many establishments, we are given certain boxes to check that will say what we are — well, as far as skin color goes. Because of this, certain people have begun to feel left out. The world is mixing more and more each day, and now some people find they don’t fit into just one group. The solution to this on some college

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this country. For years, our country has been split between the majority and the minority.

Diversity groups on college campuses have been around for decades. Why is that? Because at a time (and still, in many instances), people of color, certain religious groups and the LGBT community were very much discriminated against by the predominant group. Places such as cultural centers on campus were erected and served as places of gathering for support, information and community. These days, many such groups still exist on campuses.

However, new groups of diver-

YouTubester, you may already know where this is going: Alexandra Wallace (no relation to Christopher Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.) made herself infamous with her diatribe “Asians in the Library.”

You have to watch it to get the full effect, but basically, she made a public service announcement to complain about the Asian invasion happening at her school, apartment complex, and most sacred of all, the library, where Asians appar-

ently congregate to speak loudly on their phones. She also disparages their “un-American” values and mannerisms, family structure, language, and even their concern for relatives affected by the Japanese tsunami, which occurred the day of her ill-fated tirade.

The Asian Pacific Coalition of UCLA laid out their expectations for resolution: an apology from Wallace, disciplinary action to uphold the UCLA Student Code of Conduct — which prohibits acts of discrimination based on race — a statement from UCLA addressing the incident and demonstrating a commitment to diversity, and diversity based classes as a mandatory part of the general education curriculum. These suggestions would be prodigiously instrumental in healing the campus communities.

UCLA has done none of those, and Wallace has offered a sort of apology. In a letter, Wallace said that it was “an attempt at a humorous video,” she didn’t know what possessed her, and if she could take it all back, she would. I know what possessed her: prejudice and the threatening possibility of becoming a minority herself amidst a culture she views as inferior to her own.

UCLA’s chancellor posted a one-minute clip about the need for tolerance while still holding that Wallace was within her First Amendment rights, which did little to quell the rising fury from the campus and country. Wallace dropped out after receiving numerous death threats.

The reaction from the campus has been extreme, yet not in a way that is likely to be effective in

encouraging cultural mingling and acceptance. By running her off campus, the student body has only demonstrated the power of aggression, not enlightenment, and deprived her of the one thing she most desperately needs: education.

Had the chancellor used her video as a catalyst for open discussion about the extraordinary value of diversity and the harmful effects of racism on an individual, community and global scale, students would have felt that their frustration was being acknowledged and may not have resorted to harassment. Given her apology, I’d say the only lesson Wallace has learned is that you shouldn’t post some jokes on YouTube.

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

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Now is time to address crucial issues Matt VANDRIEL

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have been working on Initiative I: Building a Better UNC for some time now, and I was the one who proposed it to Student Senate to include it on the upcoming ballot. However, it has never been my aim to campaign for this initiative but rather to educate on the issue. So I was excited to be given the opportunity to try to do so through The Mirror.

As I have said many times, anytime you look at a student fee or tuition increase, you need to look at the entire financial picture.

The University of Northern Colorado receives most of its operating monies from two places: the state and tuition.

It is no secret that as the general fund has shrunk, UNC and higher education in gen-

eral has received less and less money. Obviously, this has been offset by increasing tuition, but it has not been a dollar-for-dollar tradeoff.

UNC has been able to minimize increases in tuition and thus is growing relatively cheaper because of various cost saving measures. This is the good news.

The bad news is that the state provides money for buildings and capital construction (they have paid for every academic building on our campus) and also to maintain those buildings.

The money that is available for maintenance and construction is also shrinking and is almost gone.

UNC currently has more than $130 million in deferred maintenance, and that number will only grow. We are also faced with classroom buildings that are aging and have outdated technology. If you consider these factors, and consider that CU and CSU already have capital fees

and that if you add in a capital fee, UNC still has lower fees (also tuition and room and board), to me, a capital fee at some point is simply a reality.

The fee that is proposed will include money to take care of that deferred maintenance, build a new academic building at the Bishop-Lehr site, expand the University Center to make it a more modern student center and build a bridge to safely cross 11th Avenue.

If these aren’t things that you think the campus would benefit from or just aren’t the right things right now, I can understand that. If you think the fee is just an unnecessary way to make UNC more expensive when tuition is already rising, I think you may need to do more research on the situation that UNC is truly in.

— Matt VanDriel is a triple major and the University of Northern Colorado student body president.

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reeley mayor Tom Norton awards certificates of appreciation to outstanding members of Greeley at the city’s celebration of its 125th Anniversary Wednesday at the Greeley History Museum. Greeley was founded in 1886.

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Sorority spells out anniversary with annual bee JORDANE HARTBAUER news@uncmirror.com

Seven UNC students tested their spelling prowess at the second annual Gamma Bee on Wednesday at Milne Auditorium in Kepner Hall.

The University of Northern Colorado Delta

Beta chapter of the national sorority Sigma Lambda Gamma hosted the event as part of Gamma Week.

Gamma Week is a weeklong celebration hosted in honor of the sorority’s anniversary.

According to the sorority’s website, Sigma Lambda Gamma was founded on

April 9, 1990, and is a national Latina-based sorority that embraces multiculturalism and diversity.

Jacquelyn Ross, a junior early childhood education major and sorority member sorority, was in charge of organizing the event and proctoring the spelling bee.

“The Gamma Bee is a

spelling bee that is based on words that are derived from words and sounds from the Greek language,” Ross said.

“The spelling bee was based on the academic principle.”

Seven students participated in the spelling bee and the top three were awarded prizes.

Third place winner Casey O’Connell received a $10 gas card. Second place winner Matt Wing won a $15 Cold Stone Creamery gift card. First place winner, Erick Chavez, was awarded a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble.

Janet Sanchez, a senior psychology major and president of the Delta Beta chapter, watched the par-

ticipants during the event.

“I think that the event is interesting and fun; there could have been more difficult words, but overall it was good.” Sanchez said.

The Gamma Bee was only one of the events hosted as part of Gamma Week.

On Thursday, the sorority hosted the event Tickled Pink, where they sold pink ribbons to support breast cancer research. On Friday, there will be the Gamma gram auction.

Angelo Salazar, a junior communication major, was one of the participants in the spelling bee.

“I chose to participate in the Gamma Bee because I wanted to help support

the Gammas,” Salazar said.

“I am a horrible speller and so I thought it would be good to show that off.”

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I chose to participate in the Gamma Bee because I wanted to help support the Gammas. I am a horrible speller, and so I thought it would be good to show that off.

— Angelo Salazar, a junior communication major and Gamma Bee participant

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Funds allocated to organizations, proposals passed

would only put a dent in any disaster that might state funding have been happen,” Student Body President Matt VanDriel detrimental to the center.

“The caliber of experi- said about saving the ence graduate students funds. “It would be neglibring is invaluable to the gible not to put this center,” Escobar said. money toward something “Initially, we were given on campus. It would do money to pay students nothing in a disaster — who could work in our nothing.”

Escobar said the CCCC center. Since there have been so many cuts from had already made large concessions to the state, SFAP its proposal, has become our and the increasmain budget.” ing population At the beginof Latino stuning of the disdents on the cussion, some UNC campus Senate memwas the reason bers feared allofor the need for cating funds an additional now would Matt VanDriel said employee. mean having to it would be negligi“We really fund that posi- ble not to allocate needed $14,000 tion annually, funds to campus this year,” she causing a fiscal organizations. said. “I know sinkhole that we were only asking for would never be satisfied.

Other members said sav- $7,000, but now we can ing small amounts at a only apply for $3,000, and time would help bolster you want to put (the rest) the contingency fund. in a savings? Who knows The issue went back and what the future will bring? forth and reached a split It’s petty.”

Escobar said the minidecision its first call to mum doctoral stipend, or question.

The option to reinvest the least an organization the funds to the academic can pay a doctoral level conference grants. which graduate assistant, is lack in funding, was the $14,961.

“It wasn’t that the stumost contested idea.

Senate members with dents thought someone opposing viewpoints else had more merit,” defended the allocation Escobar said in an interby speaking about the view Thursday. “It seemed work the culture centers like they just didn’t want do on campus and the to give it to the Cesar many students who utilize Chavez Cultural Center. It was a difficult discussion them.

“This (remaining to witness. I felt we were amount) would only be a competing against the drop in the bucket — it contingency fund. But we Senate from Page 3

did get $3,000, and I can campus, and another that be satisfied with applying would allocate a flat rate of $56.57 in grant funding that to our budget.”

After lengthy examina- to each request.

Schiffelbein’s reasontion, the CCCC was allocated $3,122 to hire a new ing for the GPA requirement was stupart-time graddents should uate assistant not attend confrom an almost ferences if they unanimous are not perdecision. SFAP forming well in was then finaltheir assigned ized, and the coursework.

FY12 budget was Benjamin Schiffelbein approved. said consideraThe plight of Schiffelbein tion has been the conference introduced two proposals regarding taken to revise grant the GPA Before going conference grants. requirement to into SFAP, Director of Academic a 2.667, or a B-minus Affairs Benjamin average.

“I’m not stuck on that Schiffelbein authored and introduced two proposal, number (3.0),” he said.

The proposal to impleone that would require students to obtain at least ment a GPA standard will a 3.0 GPA before request- enter its second reading ing grants to attend aca- next week.

The average amount demic conferences off

initially requested by students for academic conference grants is $456.60 per student.

“I had 68 individuals request funding, which resulted in $31,049,” Schiffelbein said. “The problem is there’s only $3,734 available — that’s 8.31 percent available of what was requested.”

The motion to grant a flat rate of $56.57 to students applying for grants passed.

Academic conference grants can be obtained by applying to the director of Academic Affairs.

Application forms are available at www.unco.edu/studentsenate under the “Forms” link.

Senate Updates Student Senate unanimously adopted a resolution to support the Greeley-Evans Transit Citizen Transportation

Advisory Board, which passed a resolution to present to the Greeley City Council a proposal for an expansion of the Red Route, doubling the frequency. The buses make stops every hour on the current route.

Brad Patterson, transit services manager for the City of Greeley, said the endorsement would give additional support to the resolution. He said the Red Route is a busy service that would better serve the public if it ran more frequently.

The resolution, which shows only approval and seeks no monetary help from the Senate, was approved.

Johnston said there will be a pricing committee meeting next week, but the Board of Trustees will not meet this month.

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Needs vs. desires, all things considered, priorities are what matters Ryan SHUCARD

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hough no official numbers have been set, tuition is expected to rise more than 50 percent over the next five years as student fees have risen due to increased costs of student services. However; last year, fees rose by popular vote from the student body with the passage of the Quality of Life Act, which brought long overdue budget reforms and improved services to our campus.

It is imperative for the university administration to

distinguish endeavors of necessity and those of desire in order to hold true to the inherent culture of the University of Northern Colorado. I believe the construction of a flagship academic building is not only unnecessary, but also irresponsible. Consider the following: the construction plans initially consist of minor renovations to the University Center and shoddily articulated maintenance initiatives that do not justify the high costs. Future plans consist of a sky bridge joining the University Center and the flagship building, a clock tower and a symbolic vestibule over the northern sidewalk leading up to our bear statue. To pay for these

projects, a proposed fee of “$12.50/credit hour fee in 2011-2012 and increasing to no more than $40/credit hour by 2013-2014,” would be permanently implemented. The incremental implementation of this fee is nothing more than a masking agent to disguise the unnecessary nature of this endeavor. Clearly, the administration knowls that such a fee would shock the pocketbook of many students who would bear the new financial burden, so why hasn’t the university’s administration demonstrated the absolute necessity of building such lavish structures?

With this proposal and President Kay Norton’s newly imposed hiring freeze,

how is the capital fee congruent with the main function of higher education? The answer is simple: it is not.

This plan only outlines the administration’s pursuit of aesthetic desires rather than the necessity to prioritize projects that would surely affect the lives of students on a daily basis. Since maintenance and restorative projects should take priority over a new monstrosity towering in Bishop-Lehr’s place, let me outline some specific projects of necessity. The Cesar Chavez Cultural Center is in dire need of facility repairs as with every other cultural center. McKee Hall is in need of massive renovations and structural updates and Candelaria Hall needs a

facelift to its dull and uninviting exterior.

Students have also expressed the need for more funds to be available for printing in the library and computer labs. The campus sprinkler systems need to be christened with modern mechanisms that use less water, save more money, and don’t inconvenience students walking to class.

Parking lots on campus need more efficient daily permit dispensers that function properly and security surveillance systems should be installed to deter the problem of auto break-ins and theft. Many buildings on campus also need improved accommodations to meet the needs of our physically

disabled students.

Furthermore, the construction of an on-campus childcare center is paramount to accommodate a large portion of our nontraditional students who struggle to mesh educational pursuits and parenting.

It is true that some of the previously mentioned projects are included within the “Building a Better UNC” opinion poll that will appear on ballots in this April’s Student Senate elections, but the approach to these endeavors is fundamentally flawed. The construction of new buildings is not of necessity, but other projects, which positively affect the daily lives of students, are of necessity.

All things considered: tuition is rising, fees have gone up, staff salaries are likely to increase due to rising costs of living, and students are asked to cover these costs at an alarming rate. An institution like UNC ought to be more creative about completing projects of necessity and postponing aesthetically pleasing projects until they are of necessity.

Unfortunately, our administration has chosen to lump needs with desires, and as history shows, often times, the needs go overlooked.

My view is one of many, and I charge you with the task of researching this issue, asking upcoming candidates about their thoughts, and voting on the initiative in this spring’s election.

—Ryan Shucard is a senior journalism and political science major and the director of University Relations for Student Senate.

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Softball drops doubleheader to Adams State SAMANTHA FOX sports@uncmirror.com

The UNC softball team fell to Adams State in both games of their doubleheader Thursday at ButlerHancock Softball Field.

The University of Northern Colorado (3-28) lost the first game, 2-1, and despite having the bats come alive in the second game, still suffered a 10-7 loss.

UNC senior pitcher Kelli Henderson started and ended the night for the Bears. She had eight strikeouts in the first game, the first to former teammate Jaycee Lovato, who transferred from UNC to Adams State her sophomore year.

“I didn’t really get that close to her, but it’s cool to see that she lasted all four years,” Henderson said.

“Most people don’t last four years, and it’s cool to see that she kept going.”

In the fourth inning of the first game, the Bears got their only run after junior centerfielder Erin Geddis reached third on an error and later scored on a single by junior catcher Erin Wilkinson.

The score remained tied at one going into the seventh inning, but after a triple by Adams State freshman designated player Jennie Archambault,

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We just didn’t come up on top today at all. I mean, we didn’t capitalize when when we needed to.

— UNC junior out fielder Erin Geddis

Henderson issued her first walk of the night after being ahead in the count 0-2. With two outs in the inning, Archambault scored the winning run on single to left. UNC was unable to get a runner on base in the bottom of the seventh.

As the sun went down and the field lights became brighter, the second game began, which saw UNC trailing 4-0 after the top of the second. The Bears answered with three runs in the bottom half before Adams State added another run in the third. UNC again countered with two more runs to tie the game at five.

In the fourth inning, freshman pitcher Megan Wilkinson took over for senior Jamie Jeulfs, and the Grizzlies scored five runs, capitalizing on the inexperienced pitching

before Jeulfs came back in to finish the inning.

Henderson finished the night for the Bears, pitching a scoreless two-thirds of the seventh inning.

“I can see a little bit of myself in (Megan), so I understand what she’s going through,” Henderson said. “It’s just a work in progress; you got to work through it the best you can. It hurts, but it has to happen.”

The Bears had their chances to get closer, though, when UNC scored two runs in the fifth inning. UNC proceeded to load the bases when Erin Wilkinson hit the ball in the air to shortstop for the final out.

“We just didn’t come up on top today at all,” Geddis said. “I mean, we didn’t capitalize when we needed to.”

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UNC senior Kelli Henderson throws a pitch in the first game against Adams State Thursday. Henderson finished with eight strikeouts in the 2-1 loss.

The Bears begin conference play at noon Saturday with a double-

header against Idaho State at Butler-Hancock Softball Field.

Football staff expects receivers to thrive in 2011 BEN WARWICK sports@uncmirror.com

The receiving corps for the UNC football team was one of the its strengths in a 2010 season that produced a 3-8 record, and barring any major injuries, members of the team said a return to success in that aspect is possible.

Patrick Walker, who will be a senior this fall, leads the wide receivers in spring practices.

Walker played in all 11 games last season and tallied 570 yards and six

touchdowns on 37 catches.

He averaged 51.8 receiving yards per game.

“My motivation really is to just win it,” Walker said.

“I want to go out with a bang in my last season. I don’t want to go out with a losing season like I have been the last three years.”

Jace Davis, who will be a junior in August, has been declared academically ineligible for spring practice and should return once practice resumes in the fall.

Davis led the team with 57 catches, 992 receiving

yards and seven touch“They’re real close with downs a season him,” Grable ago, and should said of the other he return for the wide receivers’ fall, coaches said relationship Davis will need to with Davis. “As work hard to far as on the learn the new field, I told offensive system them early we if he hopes to lead have a ‘Triplethe wide receivers A’ theory — Dominic Gunn again next year. anybody, anyWide receivers led the team with where, anycoach Keith 1,023 all-purpose time. We’ll go Grable said the yards in the 2010 with whoever’s loss of Davis for season. there, ready to the spring hurts, practice.” but it’s not the end of the The group of receivers season. also includes Dominic

Gunn, who will be a junior next season. Gunn caught just 10 passes for 111 yards last year, but did most of his damage in the return game, racking up 248 yards fielding punts and 654 yards returning kicks. When his 10 rushing yards are added to the mix, Gunn finished with 1,023 all-purpose yards, which led the team.

Grable said he expects big things from the wide receivers in the upcoming season.

“We’ve got some guys that can make some big

plays for us,” Grable said. “(There are) some veterans in there, guys with some speed, guys with some swagger and guys that are just willing to get the job done, so I think they’re going to be a big part of our offense and our success.”

Grable also said though there are many positives to the receivers, there are also things they need to work on in spring camp.

“Toughness, mentally and physically,” Grable said. “It’s a grind. This is a no-huddle offense, and we’re going fast.”

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Sisters value opportunity as teammates SAMANTHA FOX sports@uncmirror.com

The bond of sisterhood runs deep, but for Erin and Megan Wilkinson, the bond is deepened by playing together on the UNC softball team.

Junior catcher Erin, a sports and exercise science major, and freshman pitcher Megan, a biology and pre-health major, came to the University of Northern Colorado after attending Windsor High School where they both lettered all four years.

Erin was scouted by both Colorado State University and Regis University but decided on UNC because of

the proximity to her home an effect on her final decision to choose the Bears. and sister.

“She was part “(Megan and I) of the reason I were always close decided to come in high school, so I here because it’s wanted to still be just a lot of fun to close to her so I get to play with can still hang out her, and it’s kind with her,” Erin of nice we don’t said. “I went back play the same and helped her Megan Wilkinson position because with softball and said her older siswe don’t have the basketball and ter Erin is always fighting and the stuff like that, so I very supportive competition,” still got to be and helpful.

Megan said. “And involved.”

Megan was recruited by she’s always been really supthe University of Missouri at portive and I think she thinks Kansas City, and even with I’m supportive too.”

The sisters began playErin’s decision not to persuade Megan to choose UNC ing together when Megan instead, Megan said Erin had was nine and played on

Erin’s 12-and-under com- we’ve come from and where we ended up.” petitive softball Head coach team. The years Mark Montgomery of playing togethsaid ending up at er, they said, have the same college had its benefits. has helped Megan “It’s a comfortbecause it means ing thing and a not only having a nice thing to have familiar face on someone that campus, but also knows you really Erin Wilkinson having someone well and knows chose UNC who can help her what to say to because of how with being a stuyou,” Erin said. close she would dent-athlete.

“It’s an amazing be to home.

“In terms of all journey to think we were little itty-bitty and college aspects of life, not barely being able to throw the just on the softball field, but ball back and forth, to being off the field as well,” said of able to toss it around like this Montgomery and to hit like we do. I think Megan’s benefits of having it’s an amazing journey where Erin as a teammate. “In

terms of class expectations and maybe time management issues … that would maybe catch some freshmen off guard, I think certainly Erin’s had some positive influences in those areas.”

Junior outfielder Erin Geddis said she can see the bond between the sisters, but neither of the Wilkinsons let that affect them on the field.

“Their sister relationship definitely comes onto the field but not in a bad way,” Geddis said. “They definitely work together, and they definitely don’t put themselves on a pedestal like they are relatives. They’re just like any other teammate.”

Live Music Friday, April 8 •University Bands Concert, 7:30 p.m. at Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave. Details, 970.351.2200.

•Kevin Proudfood Duo, 8:30 p.m. at Kress Cinema & Lounge, 817 8th Ave. Details, 970.515.5717.

Saturday, April 9 •All-State Bands Concert, 4 p.m. at Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave. Details, 970.351.2200.

•Austin Day, 8:30 p.m. at Kress Cinema & Lounge, 817 8th Ave. Details, 970.515.5717.

Sunday, April 10 •John Mills Orchestra, 3 p.m. at 1st Congregational Church, 2101 16th St. Details, 970.353.0828.

Wednesday, April 13 •Jazz Lab Band Run-Out Concert, 11:15 a.m., University of Northern Colorado Garden Theater, 10th Ave. between 18th St. and Cranford Place. Details, 970.351.2200.

Thursday, April 14 •Greeley Chamber Orchestra Concert, 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 3800 W. 20th St. $10. Details, info@thegco.org.

Stage Friday, April 8 •“LaCage Aux Folles,” 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday at Union Colony Dinner theatre, 802 9th St., Ste 200.

Thursday show at 6 p.m.

Sunday matinee at noon. $38-$42.50. Through June 12. Details, www.ucdinnertheatre.com or 970.352.2900.

•“Seven,” 7 p.m. at Zoe’s Cafe, 715 10th St. Beat style, full band, multimedia theatrical event. Focused on the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes. Details, 970.352.2089.

Saturday, April 9 •The Fairlytale Project: Courage to Stand, noon and 2 p.m. at Milne Auditorium in Kepner Hall, 8th Ave. and 17th St. The adaptation of 2

Northridge High School Auditorium, 100 71st Ave. The 30-student production is about an English couple who are being forced into an 18th-century arranged marriage. $5-$7. Details, 970.348.5331.

•“You Can’t Take It With You,” 7:30 p.m. at UNC Campus Fraiser Hall. Two families come together and lifestyles and philosophy collide head-on with hilarious results. Details, 970.351.2200.

Art Galleries Friday, April 8 •“I Am A Turtle,”

Museum, 714 8th St. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturday. Details, 970.350.9220.

•“Ghost Towns and Boom Towns of Old Weld County,” through

short stories into scripts with the help of Frontier Middle School Students.

“The Frog and the Hair” and “Five Brooms.” Details, 970.351.2200.

Wednesday, April 13 •“Fiddler on the Roof,” 7 p.m. at Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave. Musical that has woven music, dance, poignancy and laughter into an unforgettable experience. $31$40. Details or tickets, 970.356.5000 or www.ucstars.com.

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September at the Greeley History Museum, 714 8th St. Free. Details, 970.350.9220 or www.greeleymuseums.com.

•“The Collegiate Show,” through April 29 at Madison & Main Gallery, 927 16th St. Featuring two students from UNC, two students from Aims and five professors. Details, 970.356.5062 or www.madisonandmaingallery.com.

•“Reflections and Recollections: Works Through Time,” at Unitarian/Universalist Church of Greeley, 929 15th St. Art by Fred Myers.

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•Mary Beth Coulter, through April 30 at Tointon Gallery in Union Colony Civic Cetner, 701 10th Ave. Details, 970.356.5000.

•“...Want Not,” at Margie’s Java Joint, 16th St. and 10th Ave. Original artwork by

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•“Inimirceach,” at The Bean Plant Studio, 701 7th St. Art about immigration.

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•“Vagabond Expo,” at Bel Air Gallery Showroom, 711 10th St. Extreme photo exhibit through April.

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Wednesday-Thursday at Lindou Auditorium, Michener Library, UNC. Part of the UNC International Film Series.

Showing Thursday, April 14 at 9:15 p.m. $3-$5. Details, 316.308.5366.

EVENTS Friday, April 8 •Karaoke, 8:30 p.m. at Key Largo, 3621 W. 10th St. Details, 970.346.1198.

•Greeley Art Association Meeting, 3 p.m. at 1335 8th Ave. Mary landis will present an oil painting demonstration. Details, 970.351.6677.

•Middle School Madness, 7:15 p.m. at Greeley Ice Haus, 900 8th Ave. Show ID and get $2 off admission. Details, www.greeleyicehaus.com or 970.350.9402.

Saturday, April 9 •Easter Bunny Arrival Party, noon at Greeley Mall, 2050 Greeley Mall. Coloring contest, pretzels, minimuffins and juice. Details,

970.356.4255 or www.shopgreeleymall.com.

•Greeley Merry Mixers Square Dance Club, 7:30 p.m. at Greeley Senior Center, 1010 6th St. 7:30 p.m. rounds. 8 p.m. mainstream. Jerry Junck will be calling and Steve Kline will be cueing. Detials, 970.506.9848.

•Cub Scout District Pinewood Derby, 11 a.m. at Greeley Mall Center Court, 2050 Greeley Mall. Details, 970.330.8380.

•Northern Colorado Children’s Festival, 10 a.m. at Island Grove Event Center, 501 N. 14th Ave. Free family day of fun, food, activities and entertainment.

•Free Fun Skate, 12:30 p.m. at Greeley Ice Haus, 900 8th Ave. Limited to 40 skaters. Details, www.greeleyicehaus.com or 970.350.9402.

Monday, April 11 •Just Like Us, 6:30 p.m. at Farr Regional Library, 1939 61st Ave. Helen Thorpe will

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Wednesday, April 13 •It’s All About Technique Cooking Class, 6-7:15 p.m., North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St. Learn to cook like the pros. Details, 970.350.6633 or erin.wilson@bannerheatlh.com.

•Community Dance, 7-10 p.m. at Greeley Senior Center, 1010 6th St. “Waltz Under the Moon” with music by Midi Magic with Rich Dechant. $5. Details, 970.350.9440.

Thursday, April 14 •A Night of Fantasy and Beyond, 7 p.m. at Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave. Greeley Central High School Arts Magnet Program Spring Arts Gala.

Details, 970.356.5000.

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