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Page 12 News Immigrants get help from UNC Student volunteers participate in a project to educate refugees in the area.

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Arts Talented students entertain peers The first Open Mic Night of the semester kicks off and showcases many diverse acts.

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Kevin Ryan, a sophomore biology major, fills out applications Tuesday at the UNC Job Fair in the University Center Ballrooms.

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Heidi Schoephoerster, a freshman nursing major, fills out a contact sheet for an intramural sports officer position Tuesday during the UNC Job Fair in the University Center Ballrooms.

As economic conditions remain difficult and job availability wanes, students flocked to the student job fair Tuesday in the University Center Ballrooms.

Dozens of employers, from the university and from businesses around Greeley, set up booths to draw students into talking to the representatives and possibly fill out applications.

“I’m very impressed by the students turning out and asking questions,” said Peggy Ford Waldo, the programming curator and historian of City of Greeley

Museums. “They’re cordial and personable, and I’d like to hire them all.”

Waldo said she thinks top qualities in a job-seeker are good communication, friendliness and a great sense of humor.

Sheryl Kippen, the education coordinator for City of Greeley Museums, said that additional good qualities include being prompt, conscientious, willing to try new things and an eagerness to learn.

At the fair, students could register and make copies of the required documents, such as a social security card and driver’s license. Campus jobs listed whether they were work study,

hourly or both. Tables were also provided in the center of the room for students to fill out applications and share hiring tips with one another.

“It’s all about first appearance,” said Spencer Botine, a sophomore business major. “Even if you’re just talking to people for a couple of seconds, make yourself look presentable and that you’re serious about what you want to do.”

Lindsay Boettcher, a freshman art major, said she thinks students can improve their qualifications by participating in extracurricular activities and See Fair, Page 14

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Trustees keep close watch on legislature funding education ERIC HEINZ news@uncmirror.com

Many people are trying to keep government spending in check to help bolster the state’s budget. Yet, the increased level of financial security has prompted some to take additional measures to verify where the money is allocated.

Tuesday in Carter Hall, the UNC Board of Trustees’ Finance and Audit Committee examined some pieces of legislature that could seriously hinder any major future financial ventures the university has planned. Colorado Amendments 60 and 61, and Proposition 101 will all be part of this November’s ballot.

Harry Sobanet, a member of

a group called Coloradans for Responsible Reform, a group opposed to the items introduced, gave a presentation about why the changes proposed are harmful to higher education. During the presentation, Sobanet explained how the three reforms may cause schools in Colorado to lose about $1 billion statewide.

Education had been one of the least-funded departments in Colorado for many years. The state is in the bottom 10 percent of state funding in the nation.

“This is a very volatile period to forecast the economy,” Sobanet said. “Say there’s an important city bridge or infrastructure that needs to be built, but it only has the first 10 years

paid for. Those who utilize the structure 10 to 20 years later will inherit that cost.”

According to www.donthurtcolorado.com, if passed, Amendment 61 will prohibit a lot of “government borrowing,” or bonds, which are essential to funding the construction of city establishments. The bonds that can be distributed must also be repaid in 10 years instead of the typical 20 to 30 years.

Amendment 60 is geared toward cutting general revenue by gradually dissolving property taxes on state enterprises. As a state-funded school, The University of Northern Colorado is part of those property taxes. Proposition 101 also See Trustees, Page 14

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The Student Media Corporation (SMC) is a nonprofit, independent corporation whose purpose is to publish The Mirror. UNC has no jurisdiction over the SMC or The Mirror. The SMC is run by general manager Kurt Hinkle,

About us The Mirror is published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the academic year by the Student Media Corp. It is printed by the Greeley Tribune. The first copy is free; additional copies are 50 cents each and must be purchased from The Mirror office.

a UNC graduate and a former professional reporter and editor. The general manager has no control over the content of the paper. He serves as a sounding board when student employees have questions, and he critiques the paper after it’s published. He also runs the day-to-day operation of the corporation, making sure people get paid, the building is in good repair and the budget is in the black.

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First day, aka ‘Syllabus Day,’ seems unnecessary, redundant Mark MAXWELL

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magine you’re wide-eyed and fresh out of high school, marching into your first UNC class with all the excitement of a goldfish dropped into a new bowl. Your first day of university life is your first day of adult life. But apart from larger classes and a

darker lecture hall, your first day of college classes is much the same as all of your first days since seventh grade. It is the most unexciting and uninspiring day of the semester, the monumental waste of learning time we call “Syllabus Day.” It sounds like the name of an obscure holiday, and to some students I’m certain it is just that: no homework, no class discussion and a good chance you’ll be released earlier than scheduled.

But for students who take pride in their learning and look for-

ward to a new opportunity, Syllabus Day is a bit of torture at the beginning of each semester.

For the majority of classes, we can guess what the syllabus will look like aside from the minor details. It’s not the schedule or the grade breakdown that is troublesome; it’s the endless lists of rules to follow.

To say “cell phone use is prohibited during lectures” is obvious to the point of insulting. If a student chooses to text their friends during class, a few

minutes spent reinforcing the point in each class’s first session is not going to stop them.

Same goes for listening to music, surfing the web, and any other clearly distracting activity. If students do this, instructors should by all means treat them like adults and boot them out of the room. But to spend time talking about it on the first day is wasteful.

Then there are the misguided efforts like trying to require See Syllabus Day, Page 6

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attendance for a 100-student lecture. Again, if the student chooses not to learn, then let them fail. But don’t waste the other students’ time warning them about it. Sometimes common sense is the name of the game.

Perhaps Syllabus Day is an outdated relic of a web-less past. With the Internet, professors can simply post their syllabi on Blackboard and assume students have read and understand it if they ask no questions. Better yet, have no syllabus at all. Instead expect students to show up, listen closely and ask questions if necessary. If it appears the course isn’t rich enough in potential interest for this to work, close the course altogether; it’s not designed well.

The fault doesn’t sit on professors, and they’re not to be attacked.

It’s vital to them to spend time going over the syllabus so as not to have conflict later (i.e. the student who thought it would be OK to take his final on a day better suited to him). The responsibility is on students to use their heads in determining what’s inappropriate and disrespectful.

Perhaps the university, rather than requiring that professors spend this time going over their syllabus, could release one overarching syllabi, with only two simple rules: Respect others and participate in your own learning. Everything else falls under these two. Professors could then spend valuable time on the more important pursuit of strong discourse. And as wide-eyed students on the first day of class, we would no longer be held captive, but instead be captivated.

— Mark Maxwell is a junior theater arts major.

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Students help families make transition SEAN PLAZA news@uncmirror.com There are about 12 million refugees in the world today, who come from a variety of backgrounds and travel to a multitude of locales. Greeley is no exception, as the past few years have seen an influx of refugee and immigrant families to the area.

As part of an outreach program designed to help these families, UNC’s Realizing Our Community organization began mentoring refugees in July to help them better integrate into the community at large.

According to the ROC website, www.unco.edu/roc/index.html, the mission of the project is to help women refugees and immigrants better understand the culture and community by giving them the knowledge and resources to provide for their family.

Maria Sanchez, the director of ROC and creator of the Women of the ROC project (WOTR), described the goal of the house.

“By empowering women, you empower their families, and that’s why we are trying to make them self-sufficient,” she said.

To make this possible, ROC employs a variety of programs to teach skills like how to use a calendar, speak English and understanding the importance of appointments. Basic concepts such as the days of the week and counting from one to 30, in English, are also included.

Recently, the ROC opened up a tea and family room on 801 Eighth St., Suite 104, for these women to gather and communicate with each other and community members. The room hosts more than 35 Burmese women, 10 immigrant families and at least six Somalian women every Monday. There, they can engage

in the kinds of open discussion ROC hopes to foster.

Part of the time is dedicated to making crafts and selling them. Sanchez said it is necessary to both teach these women about commerce and to help them keep a part of their native culture alive.

However, these women are not the only ones to learn. The ROC volunteers have learned much, as well.

“Our newcomers are eager to learn about America, and in turn, we learn from them,” Sanchez said.

“Because many of our newcomers are Muslim, we needed to learn more about Ramadan, (which is) something that many of us didn’t really know much about.”

She also said these mutual learning experiences are crucial to maintaining the program’s success and keeping a relaxed atmosphere.

The volunteers have plenty to say about the program and their reasons for joining it.

Linda S. Allen, a communication professor, and one of the chief volunteers, talked about her reasons for joining WOTR. “My grandma used to tell me stories from her home in Russia,” Allen said. “Her stories were of fond memories, and I knew it must have been hard for her to leave a comfortable life, but she felt she had to for her family’s sake. It was these stories that inspired me.”

Allen said through these stories she found common understanding of what the refugees were experiencing.

“They see the foreignness of their own life. And because of this, the community needs to work to make their lives bearable,” she said. “It’s the creation of a new dream, instead of stepping from a nightmare.”

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The Rock Building, 801 Eighth St., is the host of the Realizing Our Community house. The project helps immigrant families become acclimated with the United States and how to provide for themselves.

Allen has worked with young women to introduce them to the university, so that they can realize options and opportunities out there. She also included her classes by creating group projects to help the WOTR effort.

Chance Horiuchi, a UNC alumnus and ROC member, said he appreciates both Maria Sanchez and the work at the ROC. “What Maria does is so amazing that you can’t help but want to be a part of it,” Horiuchi said.

“I’ve really been able to get to know the community more, and in the process, I think I fell in love with the people.”

Her work with WOTR has been small-scale, but she said the program is a great way for women to get to know each other.

Earlier this summer, Sanchez hosted a makeup and product party.

“It was a simple party designed to teach these women about things like UV protection

and skin care, but it was really fun to see these women have fun together and understand each other,” she said.

Christine Gylling, a senior biology major, described her reasons for wanting to be a part of WOTR. Gylling is a native of Burma and speaks Burmese fluently. She came to the United States about a year ago.

“I just feel compassionate toward these women because I understand their culture shock and how hard the language barrier can be to overcome,” she said.

Even though she started volunteering a month ago, Gylling, along with her mom, has taken on three women to mentor. She said she hopes, by concentrating on small chunks of the population at a time, they can teach more effectively.

As with most volunteer programs offered to UNC students, new volunteers are always welcome. To contact the WOTR, call Maria Sanchez at 970-397-3648.

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Class introduces college ‘experience’ to freshmen CARMEN BRADY news@uncmirror.com

First Year Experience is a course that teaches freshmen students the basics of staying organized and focused on their studies, as well as help students become accustomed to college classes and prepare them for their major.

FYE 108 is a once-a-week, onecredit class offered to students in their first semester at UNC. This course helps students know what is going on around campus, meet new people and make the adjustment from high school to a university environment.

The course is set up with “links” — a set of three to four classes freshmen can select that are typically attended by other freshmen in the same area of study throughout their first semester.

A few sophomores spoke about the course and linked schedules, which they took last year.

“The linked classes were really helpful,” said Lauren Vigil, a sophomore elementary education major. “I was able to set up

study groups with the people that had the same ones as me, and we could study for more than one class at a time.”

Vigil said she enjoyed the FYE class for a similar reason: she could talk to people she knew from class and set up times to go over material.

“It was really great; my teacher gave us time in class to talk to each other, and it really made it easy to find people to talk to,” Vigil said.

Ashleigh Bloomis, a sophomore special education major, said FYE helped her become more involved on campus.

“We had to do three reports on different events on campus, which I thought was just going to be boring,” Bloomis said. “But I found some really cool stuff to do, and it made me aware of how much is really going on.”

Another advantage Bloomis said was how it helped her realize the first major she declared was not right for her.

“I was a music education major, but we had to fill out a four-year plan, and looking at everything that was involved (in the music major), I realized my

heart wasn’t really in it,” Bloomis said.

The classes are major-specific, but there are also FYE sections for undeclared students. These focus more on studying and helping students take advantage of what is open to them for them to find a major.

“I know a lot of people who didn’t really give the class a chance, but in the end, it really helped my study skills,” said Megan King, a sophomore anthropology major. “We took a tour of the library, saw where everything was, and went over that sort of thing. It really helped me realize the difference between high school and college, and I’m getting better grades because of that.”

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From left to right: Chelsea Redden, Danny Brizby and Natasha Ross, all freshmen, study in their First Year Experience class Tuesday in McKee Hall. FYE is geared toward introducing first-year students to UNC.

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Textbook rental programs now available Barnes & Noble, Book Stop introduce lending program at cheaper costs JESSICA GATES news@uncmirror.com

UNC students looking to cut costs while buying books this semester are in luck. The campus Barnes & Noble bookstore offers a book rental service for the first time this semester. The Book Stop is also implementing a similar program.

According to a Barnes & Noble news release, in January, the national bookstore company became one of the first in the business to offer textbook rentals to college students.

Gerri Kuna, the University of Northern Colorado Barnes & Noble store manager, said

today about 200 of 636 of the Barnes & Noble’s college bookstores offer the book rental service.

Many bookstores have caught on to this new and innovative idea to help students cut increasing costs on textbooks.

“Barnes & Noble has always tried to offer the cheapest prices to the students,” Kuna said. “(The company) is giving them the option to be able to afford the books that they need for their classes.”

The process to rent books versus buy them is straightforward.

According to the website unco.bncollege.com, students can know if their books are available for

rent by the “rent me!” stickers on the spine of the book.

Students use rented books throughout the semester and are even allowed to highlight and write in them. The books are due back at the bookstore no more than 10 days after the last day of finals. For this fall semester, the last day to turn in books is Dec. 20.

Kuna said the price the students pay for rentals is the best benefit of the program.

“For instance, if the book is a rental and (costs) $100 new, the student pays $45 plus tax for the book,” Kuna said. “In some cases, this has cut the student book bill in half.”

Adam Gallegos, a junior art education major, said he could see how this program would benefit underclassmen, but most students he knows either keep their books because of their major or opt to buy books online.

Jill Dawson, a junior communication and journalism major, said she will continue to buy her books despite the rental offer, but perhaps the program could help students pursuing other majors.

“Any time college students can save a little money here and there, then it’s definitely beneficial for students,” Dawson said.

Both Gallegos and Dawson said they suggest the university do more to promote the new

Any time college students can save a little money here and there, then it’s definitely beneficial for students.

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— Jill Dawson, a junior communication major

rental services offered by bookstores, as neither was aware of the rental opportunities.

“A mass e-mail to the student e-mail would be the best way to get kids’ attention about it,” Dawson said.

For more information, including rental facts and the terms and conditions, visit unco.bncollege.com.

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Textbooks with the “Rent Me!” sticker are available at both campus bookstores, The Book Stop and Barnes & Noble. The books give students the opportunity to avoid hundreds of dollars in book fees.

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Laughs, poetry, music connects students First Open Mic Night of semester entertains, reigns successful

journalism major and the arts peers’ talents and student and entertainment coordina- involvement,” Nyberg said. tor for UPC, said Open Mic “You can really take a lot of Singers, songwriters, Night was started last year things away from Open Mic Monday and, in comedians, poets — all were b e c a u s e my opinion, it’s in ample supply Monday as UPC saw the unlike any of the for the first Open Mic Night of need other events the school year resumed more lateoffered at UNC.” onfrom last fall. Students night C r e w enjoyed smooth sounds, cool campus proRienstra and beats, a few laughs and free grams availChris Jones, Starbucks in the relaxing cof- able to stuboth junior actfee-house feel created by the dents. ing majors, creShe said event.

— Meghan Nyberg, a Open Mic Night is in its this year her senior journalism major ated their band Bones Muhroni second year running and is goal is to this summer coordinated by the University “ m a i n t a i n Program Council. It already the loyal people who come to and performed their relaxed has a loyal following which perform and watch,” but to folk rock inspired original was evident in the 150-plus also attract more new people pieces at the event.

“We love to play,” Rienstra attendance at Monday’s per- that have never come to the and Jones said. “Any chance formance, which featured 17 event.

“I want people to open up we get to play we take.” acts.

Ian Butler, a freshman cello Meghan Nyberg, a senior their eyes to their peers, their performance major, played piano in a trio with singers, Alec Parson and Bobby Geislinger, two fellow freshmen he met during a jam session in the lobby of his dorm, Weibking Hall.

Butler said his favorite part of performing at Open Mic was having the opportunity to convey his personal emotions of the piece to the audience.

“My personal philosophy of music performance is if your audience isn’t feeling what you’re feeling, you’ve missed the point,” he said. “Music is more than notes on the page or organized sound — it’s an expression of the soul.”

KRISTIN GRAHM | THE MIRROR Danny Tramel, a junior Cameron McNerney, performs a solo piece during Monday’s music education major, sang a Open Mic Night in the University Center. It was the first Open few of his original country Mic Night of the semester.

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Salynthia Collier, a senior psychology major, sings “Until It Happens To You,” Monday night during Open Mic Night at the University Fireside Lounge. songs while playing guitar, but also said he enjoyed his time as an audience member.

“I like seeing the different talents that students around UNC have,” Tramel said.

“There is a real positive and supportive vibe from the audience.”

Open Mic Night will be hosted 10 p.m. through midnight every other Monday at the Fireside Lounge in the UC. Sign-up sheets with time slots for performers are available at the UC information desk or with Meghan Nyberg.

Open Mic Night Open Mic Night takes place from 10 p.m. to midnight, every other Monday at the University Center Fireside Lounge. In order to perform, students have to sign up an hour before Open Mic Night begins.

Any student is able to perform and share their talents.

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Local bands, artists featured at Block Party TOTIANNA WEEKLY arts@uncmirror.com

Attention Greeley: The blocks of Eighth Avenue and 16th Street are preparing for a full day of fun, college festivities to be enjoyed by UNC students, as well as community members. The Block Party begins at 3 p.m. and runs until midnight Friday.

The fourth annual Block Party has quickly begun to spring life into the streets that surround campus. Kelly Cook, the director of the “Artist Block,” said she remembers

why the event began. “(The Block Party began) to bring life to the community and businesses of 16th Street in Greeley,” she said. “This area has so much potential coolness, like Fort Collins or Boulder. We didn’t want to see one more downtown die. We want to see it thrive.”

With The Block Party growing each year, there is expected to be 5,000 to 10,000 people ready to have a good time and listen to live, local music bands.

This year, the music selection has expanded to 43 bands that will play sporadically through-

out the event. Bands such as, What about Pluto?, The Photo Atlas, and Sounds of Progress are among those bands lined up to perform. The evemt has five stages, which differs from the original three stage set-up.

The Block Party has become a fun tradition and keeps people who have attended ready to come back to enjoy the day’s event.

Hollyann Bopp, who previously attended The Block Party, said she was looking forward to this year’s festivities.

“I really enjoyed it last year, because of all the bands,” she

said. “My friends and I will be going again.”

There is more to The Block Party than in previous years.

An attendees can anticipate an art show from noon to 7 p.m. in the parking lot of Squeaky’s and New Belgium Beer and Crabtree will serve alcohol (with a valid I.D.), and all the food one’s stomach can handle. There will also be street theater and belly dancing; among bike demonstrations performed by Blacklist.

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by The Crew Presents and is

sponsored by UNC and surrounding businesses of Eighth Avenue and 16th Street.

“UNC did contribute financially this year, which was fantastic,” said Ely Corliss, a member of The Crew Presents.

“Unfortunately, the city required we hire off-duty police officers, which is very expensive, and sponsorships in general are down, so there will be a few less T-shirts and less bands getting paid. But other than that, we will have no problems in making sure this is the best party yet.”

Protagonist battles exes, aims to win girl of dreams Alexandria VASQUEZ

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f you’re anything like me, you probably disregarded “Scott Pilgrim vs.

The World,” as soon as you heard about it and stuck it in

screams “Never see this movie! the lame movie pile of your Don’t pay money for it!” and go mind’s eye. To be completely see it. It will be well worth your honest, it looks kind of dumb. while.

Also, Michael I had my reservaCera is cool and tions going in, but I all with his cute, conveniently manshy boy routine, aged to forget about but it can get a Film them before the little old (espeReview opening credits cially after those rolled. The movie questionable follows Scott Pilgrim career choices (Cera) in his quest to like “Year One” defeat seven evil exes in order and “Youth in Revolt”). With to win the love of the girl of his that being said, I’m only going dreams. The plot isn’t that to tell you this once: Ignore important, though. What the everything in your being that

previews completely fail to relate to its potential audience, is how freaking cool everything is. Watching this movie is like watching a live action graphicnovel-slash-arcade-gameslash-holy-awesome. It comes bearing gifts in the form of completely implausible fight scenes and villains with a seriously unhealthy thirst for revenge.

Perhaps, because of the fact that this movie’s origins lie in the graphic novel arena, “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,” totally OK with going way overboard. It never once apologizes or attempts to catch its audience up. Rather, it pulls the audience along at a break neck speed — all the while assuring them it will be OK in the end. It is so steeped in its ridiculousness that you can only love it for going there.

Even with all of the fastpaced shenanigans taking See Pilgrim, Page 13

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Bears see top opponents, high expectations in 2010 DAVID WILSON sports@uncmirror.com

The UNC women’s volleyball team opens its season this weekend in the San Diego State tournament, starting Friday night against the University of Cincinnati.

The University of Northern Colorado is coming off of a record-setting 2009 campaign, where the team won 21 games the most games in the school’s Division I history. They also won the first Big Sky championship in UNC history for any sport, and received a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Bears graduated four starters last year, headlined by first team all-conference outside hitter Kenzie Shreeve.

“Those are going to be big

shoes to fill,” sophomore outside hitter Kelly Arnold said.

“But there are a lot of talented girls here, and we are confident in ourselves.”

Arnold and senior outside hitter Ashley Lichtenberg are two players who will be big focal points for the Bears this season, especially on the offensive side of the net. Lichtenberg had 16 games last season in which she reached double digits in kills, while Arnold had 13 games with 10 or more kills.

UNC will also rely on junior Amanda Arterburn, who will step into the starting lineup as the defensive specialist and libero. She was second on the Bears roster last year with 316 digs, the most of any non-senior player.

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Senior outside hitter Ashley Lichtenberg (8) spikes the ball in a match last season. Lichtenberg is one of just two seniors on the 2010 UNC squad picked to finish third in the Big Sky.

This year in the coaches’ preseason poll, the Bears were picked to finish third in the Big Sky Conference which is where UNC was picked and finished last season before winning the conference tournament.

Montana and Portland State were selected ahead of the Bears.

“The ranking was fair from the other coaches for what we lost,” UNC head coach Lyndsey Benson said. “In our gym, we might think it was a little low, but we want to win the championship again.”

The Bears’ schedule is another topic that has the team excited as Air Force, Denver and Colorado State will all make the trip to Greeley this year.

“We’re always excited to play Denver because we’ve never beat them, and it will be nice to get a chance against them on our floor,” Arterburn said.

UNC will also host the Hampton Inn and Suites Northern Colorado Classic again this year following its home opener against Air Force on Aug. 31. The Georgia Bulldogs headline the list of visiting teams who will come in Sept. 3 and 4.

The Bears will start their season against Cincinnati, the Big East’s preseason favorites, at 6 p.m. Friday in the first round of the San Diego State tournament. Despite the recent success of the program, the Bears said they have plenty to prove right from the start.

“We want to prove that last year wasn’t a fluke and that this team is still very good,” Arterburn said.

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Former UNC defensive specialist Breanna VanDerMost waits to make a play on the ball in a match last season. VanDerMost was one of four seniors from last year the team must replace.

2010 Big Sky Volleyball Coaches’ Poll: Team (First Place Votes)

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Intramurals offer athletic, financial opportunities CHARLIE CHARBONNEAU sports@uncmirror.com

With the new school year off to a fast start, registration for intramural fall sports is only a week away.

Registration for flag football, tennis and softball begins Monday at the Campus Recreation Center, and will go until Sept. 2.

Softball was moved from spring to fall to avoid rough weather, and joins flag football, indoor soccer and tennis seasons, as well as racquetball, badminton, poker and five-onfive basketball tournaments.

Intramural sports give students opportunities to continue to play sports in college even if it’s not at the competitive collegiate level.

“Intramurals give me a release from the stress of college,” sophomore art major Sean Patrick Flannery said. “I get away from homework and reading, and I get to be active and hang out with my friends.”

The All-Campus Point Championship is returning again for the second year, and intramural sports coordinator Scott Rusak said he hopes it will be successful once again.

“The All-Campus Point Championship encompasses all the sports that we offer, including strong man and strong woman,” Rusak said. “You get points for participation, wins, final standings and sportsmanship rating in the sports.”

Aside from the weekly games, intramural sports provide a chance for students to

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make money and gain experience in more than just playing sports.

“The thing I like most about intramural sports is the opportunities it presents,” junior sport and exercise science major Desi Rotenburg said. “I can play with my friends, but I can also be a referee and make some extra money during school.”

The Campus Recreation Center offers over a dozen different sports in its intramurals program all year round.

“One of the things I really like is that there are so many different intramural sports you can do,” Flannery said. “From football and softball to badminton and table tennis, there’s a sport for everybody, so no one is left out.”

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The gym at the Campus Recreation Center hosts several intramural sports and activities. A poker tournament has been added to the intramural lineup for 2010.

Pair of UNC soccer players share weekly Big Sky Conference honor STAFF REPORT sports@uncmirror.com In many ways, the UNC women’s soccer team could not have asked for a better start to the season.

Not only did the University of Northern Soccer Colorado defeat its first two opponents of the season, being already just four wins shy of last year’s mark, two players were named the first Big Sky Conference Players of the Week in the new season.

Sophomore forward Danielle Birdsall and junior defender Janelle Kramer were named the

conference’s Offensive a n d Defensive Players of the Week, respectively.

Birdsall Janelle Kramer had two was named the goals in a 2-1 Big Sky’s victory over Defensive Player Wyoming on of the Week.

Friday and contributed three shots on goal in the team’s 2-0 win against Air Force on Sunday. She tallied six shots for the week.

Kramer was honored for helping the Bears limit the opposition to one goal on 15 shots. She also notched an assist on Kimmie

Fielder’s game-winning goal against Air Force.

UNC’s 20 start to the season is Danielle Birdsall the 11th was named the time in Big Sky’s school hisOffensive Player of tory and the Week. leaves the team just one win shy of last year’s finishing total. If this production keeps up, a few more wins will be coming their way.

The UNC women’s soccer team will continue its season at 7 p.m. Friday against Idaho at Jackson Soccer Stadium.

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“Scott Pilgrim” entertains audiences everywhere Pilgrim from Page 10

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place, the characters in this movie somehow manage to remain completely human. The situations they find themselves in are relatable and full of real emo-

tion — just ignore the blinking, pixilated hearts hovering in the top left-hand screen during particularly schmoopy scenes.

The devastation of a break up, the excitement of new love, and all the tragedies and heart-tohearts in between are not forgotten and do not take a back seat in

Baseball, men’s basketball teams offer walk-on tryouts STAFF REPORT sports@uncmirror.com

The chance to become a walkon for a college athletic program is a special opportunity. B.J. Hill, UNC’s new men’s head basketball coach, and Carl Iwasaki, the new baseball coach, have announced open tryouts for their respective teams.

In order to try out, students will need to provide proof of insurance, a copy of their full-time UNC schedule and fill out the tryout waiver form available at www.uncbears.com.

The University of Northern Colorado men’s basketball team finished 25-8 last season, setting a school record for wins, and lost in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament to Pacific. The former coach, Tad Boyle, is now at Colorado. This sets the stage for Hill to prove himself worthy of his new position.

Hill has the luxury of having a talented roster to work with, despite the loss of Will Figures, the team’s leading scorer last season, and Yahosh Bonner, the Big Sky Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year.

Talented post players, including redshirt senior Neal Kingman, senior Taylor Montgomery, and

junior Mike Proctor, will team with redshirt senior guard Devon Beitzel, the team’s second leading scorer who is returning from a foot injury that forced him to miss the final seven games of the season, to try to lead the Bears to another successful season.

Iwasaki inherits a team that went 34-24 and 22-6 in the Great West Conference, good enough to finish second. Like Hill, Iwasaki also finds a talented team at his control.

Returning on the mound, among others, are sophomore lefty Mark Shannon, who posted a 6-3 record with a 4.52 ERA, and junior southpaw Joe Willman, who went 7-5 with a 4.55 ERA. Multiple hitters also return to the team, including senior second baseman T.J. Berge, who hit .391 with 59 RBI last season, junior Jarod Berggren, who hit .392 with 11 home runs and had a 42-game hit streak, and senior Kyle Hardman, who led the team with 18 homers.

Both teams have talent, but coaches will always say there can never be enough of it.

Tryouts for men’s basketball will be held 6 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31 inside Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Tryouts for baseball will be later that day, at 4 p.m. at Jackson Field.

this epic love story. The tenderness of these moments might seem out of place in such a hyperactive movie, but it somehow makes perfect sense.

In addition to being able to aptly portray the emotional rollercoaster that is dating, “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” is seriously

funny. I found myself laughing out loud on several occasions, which I thoroughly did not expect to happen since the previews all seem to be made up of cheap laughs and corny one-liners.

Don’t let yourself be fooled by this; the movie actually has some wit to it.

I would rate this movie four and a half stars, and I know I said I would only tell you this once, but I lied: See this movie! Pay money for it! It will be well worth your while.

— Alexandria Vasquez is a senior human services major and member of Pi Lambda Chi.

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Fair introduces campus community to employment process Fair from Page 2 volunteer work.

She also said good qualities in applicants are organization and

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Among those trying to recruit students at the job fair were the City of Greeley Youth Enrichment Divison, Student Senate, the Monfort College of Business, the Biology Department, the Campus Recreation Center, the local Greeley school district (Weld County District 6), the Political Science Department, the Women’s Resource Center, Envision Disability Services, UNC Disability

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cuts income tax annually by 0.1 percent, as well as decreases vehicle taxes to $2 for new cars and $1 for old. It will also cut telecommunication fees, except for 911 calls, by the state.

UNC President Kay Norton said proponents of the reforms were invited to the board meeting, but they declined. Norton also said in order to adequately fund the university and its projects, private-school methods such as relying on tuition, grants and donations may be necessary in the near future.

Interior auditor details plans for at-risk areas To avoid an Internal Revenue Service audit next year, Brad Hoffner, the UNC internal audi-

tor, explained some new areas to examine before then. The first areas that have been examined are athletics recruiting, facilities (campus-wide), student health and counseling operations, yearend activities and other riskmanagement areas.

For athletics, the audits included compliance of travel requests that have been verified by the NCAA. Hoffnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report cited suggestions for coaches to get the approval before the day of departure for approval of recruiting travel.

Some of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;at-riskâ&#x20AC;? areas on campus noted in the report were Parking Services, Information Technology Services and Bear Logic Operations. Hoffner said these facilities arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily in danger of an audit and that on a scale of one to five, all three were a two, but they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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Surplus from last year cushions savings

Although a decline in funding for UNC and higher education next year is inevitable, Nortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final presentation shed light on some positive outcomes from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s savings.

A major assistance to preparing for the downturn was the 18.1 percent increase in student accounts receivable than in 2009.

This shows a student body that pays its dues much faster to avoid interest. According to the committee report, student accounts receivable is the second largest asset at UNC next to cash.

The enrollment increase and steady level tuition brought in an additional $2.4 million to the university.

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Preliminary numbers show increase in UNC’s fall semester enrollment NATE HASS UNC Spotlight News

Overall enrollment at the University of Northern Colorado

is up by 164 students over last fall at this time with 12,176 students attending on the first day of fall classes, according to estimates released Monday.

Preliminary numbers for the 2010-11 academic year are unofficial until after the class add/drop deadline in midSeptember when final fall atten-

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