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News Senate fund distributions continue More than $40,000 will be granted to organizations as SFAP talks resume.

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Sports Softball team comes back home UNC softball team plays Colorado State in a doubleheader in its home opener.

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Opinion Additional fees exploit students Student fees poised for a near 100 percent raise, at almost the same time as tuition increases.

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Student Senate Update: New initiative proposed, SFAP process continues SARA VAN CLEVE news@uncmirror.com

During a five-hour meeting Wednesday, UNC Student Senate passed one resolution, voted to place an initiative on the ballot, allocated funds for an event, listened to requests for funding from four organizations, and began to review funding increase requests regarding the Student Fee

Allocation Process.

Benjamin Schiffelbein, director of Academic Affairs, introduced Resolution 31:002, which called for a reevaluation and restructuring of the academic appeals process.

The resolution states that the unnecessary length of the current academic appeals process discourages and prevents students from pursuing an appeal. In order

sion on the to help students University pursue an Center, a new appeal, the resoacademic buildlution calls for a ing and a bridge new three-step crossing 11th appeals process Avenue. and the estabIn an 11–4 lishment of a vote, the initiative standing compassed. The promittee of stu- Benjamin posed fee will be dents and faculty Schiffelbein on the ballot for dedicated to said the academic appeals students to vote hearing appeals. on the upcoming The resolu- process needs to elections. tion passed, and be shortened.

T h e the Academic Policy Committee will be University of Northern responsible for creating a Colorado Sign Language Club presented to Senate the new three-step system.

Student Body President funding request it made to Matt VanDriel presented the Organization Finance Initiative I, which would give Board to help fund an event students the chance to vote in September 2011.

The club requested in the upcoming elections on whether to implement a $7,000 to help host a twoday deaf awareness event. new capital fee.

The fee would be a per- Deaf students from schools credit-hour capital fee for up around Colorado and to 10 credit hours and would Wyoming would attend the be implemented in the 2011- event, which would include 12 academic year starting at three performers who are $12.50 per credit hour. The part of an American Sign fee would be increased to no Language comedy tour, a more than $40 per credit luncheon for the students, hour by the 2013-14 aca- two ASL films, dinner and another performance. demic year.

The original request The funds raised by the capital fee would pay for made by the club was more than $130 million in $15,000, but after discussing deferred maintenance possibilities of other organiaround campus, an expan- zations co-sponsoring the

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event and seeking dona- requested a $35,000 increase tions, the request was to cover student personnel wages for the president, 11 reduced to $7,000.

Because the requested directors, election commisfunds would be used for an sioner and five student jusevent that is happening dur- tices and $31,018 for noning the next academic year, personnel expenses, includsome Senate members were ing Greek Life.

Greek Life would be alloopposed to granting the club cated funds from the Senate funds.

Some of the members account because the first said the remaining year an organization is part $19,321.69 of the OFB of SFAP is a probationary should be allocated to events period. First-year organizahappening during the tions must be under an remainder of this academic existing organization. year and other options for Greek Life requested helping fund this event $31,668 to use for its coordishould be nator’s budget, explored. general outreach S t u d e n t and educational Trustee Michael purposes and Johnston proservice. posed allocating In the propos$3,250 to the club al, SFAP would from this year’s pay for half of the OFB budget and Matt VanDriel coordinator’s drafting a propos- said that students budget of al allocating the will be able to vote $23,468, and remaining $3,250 on a new fee in the Student Activities from next year’s elections. would pay for the budget. Johnston other half. said this would give the club Greek Life is currently financial security and the part of Student Activities, remaining funds could be but Student Senate adviser allocated if the event is still Evan Welch said the goal is happening and if the new to make Greek Life its own Senate members choose to individual entity. allocate it.

The remaining funds of After further discussion, a $4,500 would be used for motion was made to grant the general outreach and marSign Language Club $6,500 keting. Alpha training and from this year’s budget to educational events were host its event. The motion allocated $1,500, and sponpassed 11– 4. sorship of Bear Branding The final four organiza- received $2,200. tions requesting SFAP funding increases presented to To continue reading the Senate, and the SFAP this story, see review process began.

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Students are not renewable resources for university finances During a marathon Student Senate meeting Wednesday, Student Body President Matt VanDriel introduced an initiative to allow students to vote on the implementation of a new capital fee in the Student Senate elections next month.

The Senate voted to allow the measures to be on the upcoming ballot, bestowing in the hands of the student body the decision to increase necessary fees for years to come (Board of Trustees approval withstanding).

Beginning next year, the capital fee would entail a $12.50-per-credit-hour semesterly increase for up to 10 credit hours. Although this only equates to $240 a year, by 2013-‘14 the amount could skyrocket to $40 a credit hour.

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According to UNC’s Office of Public Relations, there were 12,348 students at the beginning of the academic year. For the sake of this argument, we’ll assume that number remains constant next year. Now, let’s do some basic math: $40 x 10 credit hours = $400 x 2 semesters = $800. And 12,348 students x $800 = $9,878,400 at most and assuming all students took 10 credit hours.

And this is just in one year. Who knows how long it will continue?

So why does the University of Northern Colorado request an additional almost $10 million annually from its student body and why right on the heels of a proposed tuition raise of possibly more than $1,200?

According to the initiative’s proposal, the answer is deferred

maintenance around campus, an expansion on the University Center, lighting enhancements, a new academic building and a bridge crossing 11th Avenue.

The UC is large enough and rarely packs a crowd for most events, Bishop-Lehr Hall still sits empty and forgotten, a tunnel already provides a path circumventing the 11th Avenue crosswalk and most students are still struggling to afford college and make ends meet, courtesy of the notquite-over recession. Oh, yeah.

In a February university address, President Kay Norton said the school was looking for assistance in identifying $5 million in three years in cost savings and put a hiring freeze on faculty with an annual salary of more than $25,000.

It looks like “assistance” has

been found.

The battle for low, unchanging tuition has been a difficult, longfought affair, and students are quickly losing ground.

Instead of cutting costs in unnecessary areas (such as allocating tens of thousands of dollars in student fees to Greek Life and University Program Council, perhaps?), UNC continues to exploit students with tuition and a plethora of fees.

We’re facing an annual increase of about $2,000 in UNC payment annually, and this is why it remains imperative students are involved with the university and vote “No” on this measure during the Student Senate elections, April 12–14.

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

‘It’s the end of the world as we know it (once again), and I feel fine’ Joanna LANGSTON

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elcome back to school, boys and girls. I hope you made the most of your spring breaks because according to certain religious factions and a mystic Mayan calendar, you’re only getting one more — ever!

That’s right, people. The end of days is upon us; you may commence quivering with fear.

All this hysteria puts me in a nostalgic mood: remember when Y2K was supposed to end the world? I recall vividly my fifth-grade

teacher warning us to stay out of elevators because purportedly the new millennia would shut all electrical devices down at the stroke of midnight and we’d be stuck there indefinitely with no place to pee.

Sensible advice, if I ever heard it.

Admittedly, there have been signs: earthquakes, tsunamis, famine, rumors of Sarah Palin running for president. But I tend to believe that such grim allegations of worldwide doom are just projections of anxious, antisocial people; the God I know and cherish is a lover, not a smiter. Yet, in spite of my perspective, Judgement Day cometh on Aug. 21, so in the spirit of organization, let me coach you through the steps you should take in preparation of meeting your

maker, should she descend in an incendiary fury.

First of all, you should stop talking about the world ending.

Global destruction causes people to fret, and you can’t fret and suck the marrow out of life, now can you? You should take occasion to talk, however, to say everything in your life that you’ve always wanted to just to be silly, to bare the contents of your soul, to shock an awe with your brilliance and, most of all, to laugh.

You should also forgive and let go of any nasty little gremlins lurking in your mental closet. Anger, resentment, guilt, shame, spite, prejudice, fear, worry and/or jealousy look about as good on you as a shaggy mullet with high-waist

pants — not cute.

In general, you should spend as much quality time as possible with loved ones and everyone else you meet. You may ensure meaningful interactions by attiring yourself in the simple desire to fully enjoy each person and each moment entirely as they come, flaws and all.

I sincerely urge you to follow my advice, even if you don’t fear the end of times. At worst, you’ll have spent the last year of your life in peaceful recompense. At best, you’ll live to a full 89 years brimming with precious memories.

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

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Olivia Briggs, left, and Abby Pierce portray birth control activist Margaret Sanger and Sadie Sachs, respectively, in “Portraits of Courage,” Wednesday in the UC Ballrooms.

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In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Women’s Resource Center at UNC hosted a number of events throughout March to celebrate and honor women who have made a difference in the world.

To polish off the month of events, WRC hosted its inaugural Women’s Conference Wednesday in the University Center Ballrooms.

The theme of the conference was “Women At Work Making Change,” whether in the home, the work place or society.

The event included small breakout sessions in the UC suites that focused on various topics, such as the empowerment of women. Performers used theater as a way to develop dialogue on diversity, and a presentation on mas-

culinity and femininity was hosted.

Yvette Lucero-Nguyen, coordinator of the WRC and co-chair of the conference, said the idea of having a women’s conference came to her last year when she and a graduate assistant were discussing ways to come up with innovative programs that would benefit the campus about learning the history of and celebrating women.

“I think as programmers on campus, we’re constantly looking for new, innovative ways to capture our students’ interest,” Lucero-Nguyen said. “We wanted to find a way to capture interest and educate students — both men and women.”

A committee consisting of WRC employees, students and faculty from across the University of Northern Colorado’s campus put together the event and came

up with the ideas for the workshops.

“The presenters themselves approached us on the specific topics they are presenting today,” LuceroNguyen said.

The University of Northern Colorado and Aims Community College students, faculty and staff, as well as Greeley community members, attended the conference. The presentations were open to the community as a means to bond with the campus and rest of the community.

Kenna Johnson, director of the Stryker Institute of Leadership and Development, said one of the main focuses of the conference was to have both men and women recognize the issues that still effect women and humanity as a whole.

“Both men and women should be interested in this

event and the issues it is covering,” Johnson said. “Men and women should want to work together, and I think this event perpetuates the thought of working together to make change for women and society.”

In addition to workshops, the conference consisted of educational segments that included a theatrical performance by Will and Company’s production, “Portraits of Courage.” The play consists of actresses portraying important women throughout history and showing contributions that are often overlooked.

UNC’s Black Women of Today also presented poetry readings and musical selections.

Colin Cox, header of the production, came with actresses not only to put on the performance but also to deliver a workshop discussing theater and dialogue.

“My intent is to shed light on the women who are overshadowed and not put in the text books,” Cox said. “I want to share their stories.”

Members of the conference committee and WRC employees and volunteers said they are looking forward to another successful turnout next year and hope to make the conference a tradition.

“I was happy to attend this conference because I feel it is important for women to come together,” said Monique Atkinson, a senior psychology and sociology major. “It brought people together and made us have an understanding of one another.”

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Author brings history to life during presentation CARRISSA OLSZEWSKI news@uncmirror.com

Room 303 of Michener Hall became a Civil War battlefield for an hour Thursday as Capt. Edward Wynkoop told the story of how Colorado volunteers defended the state from the Confederates.

Wynkoop was portrayed by Ben Benoit, an author of historical fiction, who was dressed in a Civil War captain’s uniform to make the events feel more real.

Benoit travels frequently, portraying Wynkoop for various audiences. He said he chose Wynkoop because a lot of resources can be found on him and he is a well-known name in the Denver area, which appealed to him.

“What fascinated me most about Benoit’s speech was that he embodied the character so well,” said Sheila Bolsoveer, an attendee of the event.

The battle at Glorieta Pass, N.M. is often called the “Gettysburg of the West” because of its importance in the momentum of the war. It may be hard to understand its importance today, though, because an interstate now runs over the battlefield and not much is left in commemoration.

The Confederate Army wanted to attack Colorado because they thought they would be able to get gold from the mines. A large group of Colorado volunteers trav-

eled 350 miles to Fort Union to fight against the invading Confederates.

The Union soldiers were split into two groups: one led by Col. John Slough and the other

by Maj. John Chivington.

Slough’s soldiers were supposed to go up one side of the mesa where they would meet the C o n f e d e r a t e s .

Chivington’s group was supposed to attack the Confederates from the rear.

“It was an in-your-face fight,” Benoit said.

Slough’s Union soldiers and the Confederates did not have time to fight strategically and did not have enough time

to use their cannons. The sol- fire to spread. He ordered diers had to retreat three his men to kill all who times during the battle. remained alive.

After a while, Meanwhile, Chivington’s Chivington’s men returned to group never camp where attacked from the Slough was waitrear. ing angrily. He Chivington had heard about saw an opportuthe burning of nity to burn 81 the 81 wagons wagons, which Ben Benoit filled with supcontained sus- said that destroyplies. tenance for the ing Confederate Benoit said C o n f e d e r a t e s . supplies helped that the However, these win the Civil War. Confederacy burning wagons set a nearby ranch on fire. won this small battle, but The ranch was holding the Union may have won wounded soldiers in a the Civil War because of the supply loss. makeshift hospital.

After this battle, the Despite this, Chivington allowed the fighting was seemingly

over because the Confederates lacked supplies to push forward.

“I thought the battle was important because if the South would have found gold, that could have changed the war,” said Fletch Bolsoveer, an event attendee.

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Coach White reflects on record-breaking season PARKER COTTON sports@uncmirror.com

The UNC women’s basketball team saw its season end March 16 with an 83-74 loss to Cal State Bakersfield in the first round of the Women’s Basketball Invitational. Prior to that game, the team lost to Idaho State in the season finale, after beating the Bengals on senior night, and to Montana in the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament.

The University of Northern Colorado finished 17-14 overall, with a 12-4 record in Big Sky play.

UNC head coach Jaime White was named Big Sky CoCoach of the Year and sat down Wednesday for an interview with The Mirror to discuss the final games of the season, individual honors garnered by her players and the outlook for next season.

The Mirror: Nobody at The Mirror has talked to

women’s basketball since senior night. What did you tell your team after that final game?

White: On senior night, I don’t think we could have ended better. We played really well, we won by quite a bit, and we beat a team we had to beat. After that, it was kind of like the sky’s the limit. We had to go play at Idaho State. We win that game, we bring it home to the fans here, so we were really excited.

The Mirror: What did you tell your team after the loss at Cal State Bakersfield?

White: Before the game, we talked about, ‘Hey, this is do-or-die. This is tournament time.’ And I challenged the girls to finish strong.

And then after the game is always hard because you never want to prepare that speech because you always want to be winning and moving forward, but our girls really accomplished something nobody thought they would. I congratulated them on the

season they had and the comeback they had. We’ve really raised the bar on ourselves, and we got to come back knowing we can accomplish this, plus I think a lot more.

The Mirror: As a coach, what is it like for you to have three players (Lauren Oosdyke, Courtney Stoermer, D’shara Strange) named to allconference teams?

White: It’s a great accomplishment. It makes it easier as a coach to coach good players, and they’ve bought it to what we’ve asked them to do, and our team has won.

And that’s what produces the accolades they’ve received.

The Mirror: And then, for you, what’s it like to be named co-coach of the year in the Big Sky? White: It’s a great — I don’t want to say accomplishment — but it’s nice because, first of all, the coaches vote for you, so that means they think you’re doing something right.

And the second part is there’s

some great coaches in our league, and to be one of those that was voted on or named, it’s an honor. It says a lot for our program and our administration. It’s not just my honor. I think all of our coaches and our players should be proud of that because they’re also a part of that.

The Mirror: What’s your opinion on the level of talent you have returning next year and your chances of competing for that No. 1 seed again?

White: Lauren (Oosdyke) and Victoria (Timm) are sophomores. Kaisha Brown will be a senior. D’shara (Strange) and Kim (Lockridge) will be just sophomores. I think we return a lot of potential starters for next year. And we also get Cassie Lambrecht healthy.

That’s our goal. Our goal is to not only be No. 1 at the beginning, possibly, but most importantly, be No. 1 at the end. You saw what our guys experienced going to the

NCAA Tournament. I think that’s the next step for our program. Not just winning Big Sky championships, but getting to the NCAA Tournament.

The Mirror: You just touched on the next question.

You and the men’s team had such great success this season.

What will that do for the program?

White: The great part about any program at UNC doing well is that it gets it out in the community. It gets it to our recruits — they know about our volleyball team; they know about our men’s basketball. I had a recruit in California tell me, ‘I saw your gym on TV. It looks awesome.

I saw your crowd. I saw your students. They look like they have so much fun.’ This is a kid that lives in L.A. And so that is so important to our program. I think we have outstanding programs here, and people around the country are seeing that now.

The Mirror: Just an

overview of the entire season, how proud are you of this team for all it accomplished?

White: I was looking at it; I think we broke 10 school records. We talked about being a record-setting team.

Let’s be the team to beat in the future, and our kids just took a hold of that.

The other thing about our team that makes me laugh is that they like each other. They really, really like each other, and they have a great time together and a great time playing with each other, and that has created the success that we have right now. I’m extremely proud of them, but I also expect a lot from them. I have expected a lot of them, and I will expect a lot more out of them next year in knowing that this has just tapped a little bit of our potential. I’m excited about the future. I’m extremely proud of our accomplishments this year and excited to just do more.

Softball team to face Colorado State in home-opener SAMANTHA FOX sports@uncmirror.com

After a long road stretch, the UNC softball team is coming home for the first time this season to play a double-header Saturday against Colorado State.

The University of Northern Colorado (2-22) has not played at ButlerHancock Softball Field since Oct. 9 in the Northern Colorado Fall Tournament but will return to take on instate rival CSU (6-26).

“It’s nice to be home,” junior catcher Erin

Wilkinson said. “It’s nice to get to play in front of all of our families and friends, and they get to see what we’ve been working on and how we’ve improved from the first game to now and from the fall to now.”

In the Fall Tournament, the Bears fell to the Rams, 4-3, but only after rallying back from a 4-0 deficit. Overall, the Bears are 1-2 against CSU this season. Their last matchup was in February in the Hotel Encanto Invitational in Las Cruces, N.M. “They’re our natural rivals,” UNC head coach

Mark Montgomery said. Juelfs and freshman Megan “There’s only two schools in Wilkinson will be pitching for the Bears. the state who offer Henderson leads Division I softball, the team with an and I think that’s a average of 5.8 part of it. We’re strikeouts a game. just going to go As a freshman, out there and play Megan Wilkinson, them hard, Erin’s younger siswhether they were ter, has appeared undefeated and in 11 games and we hadn’t won a Erin Wilkinson has made one game or vice is tied for the start. versa. We’re going team lead with “I think she’s to just play hard three homeruns this season. done great,” against them.”

In Saturday’s double-header, senior Kellie Henderson, senior Jamie

Montgomery said of Megan. “She’s slowly getting better and better and

more and more confident in every game. I mean, you really see that offensively and defensively, which is where she plays more. And as a freshman pitching, sometimes they make mistakes, but for the most part, every time she’s made a mistake she’s bounced right back, which is a great sign.”

CSU has a young group of pitchers, with freshman Desiree Laswell and sophomore Kelsey Jo O’Brien leading the Rams with 20 appearances each. Laswell averages 5.13 strikeouts a game.

Montgomery said the

team’s biggest struggle this season has been having a game where batting, defense and pitching have all come together. This has been a focus for the team during practice.

“We’ve been working on putting everything all together,” senior shortstop Megan Hamilton said. “Just coming out and getting those wins.”

The first game of the double-header starts at 1 p.m. Saturday at ButlerHancock Softball Field.

The second game will follow at 3:30 p.m.

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Student Senate candidates kick off public appearances with open forum KATIE OWSTON news@uncmirror.com

With the end of the school year quickly approaching, some students are dreading finals and dreaming for lazy days of summer. Some students, however, have been busy preparing speeches and pondering the different ways in which they can make UNC a more interactive, opportunity-filled university.

Fourteen of the 18 student candidates for the 2011-12 Student Senate elections spoke in an open forum Thursday to answer questions provided by their peers and to discuss plans they hope to implement if elected as members of The University of Northern Colorado’s Student Senate.

There are seven positions

available in Student Senate for next year: student body president, director of University Relations, director of Student Organizations, director of Finance, director of Diverse Relations, director of Student Affairs and director of Academic Affairs.

Candidates discussed many of the same topics but offered different solutions to each issue.

Natalie Litke, who is running for the director of University Relations, proposed the use of modern technology to help students become more engaged around campus.

“One of my missions if elected to this position is to engage the student body,” Litke said. “I firmly believe that by getting the voices and opinions of students through Facebook and other social

media entities, meaningful relationships can be made.”

Candidates also touched on the importance of Constitution Day and how they could boost enthusiasm for the celebration around campus in mid-September.

The dominating theme of the forum was the importance of student involvement around campus. Each candidate proposed ways in which he or she could raise the levels of involvement.

“I would serve as the voice of the people,” said Loriann Taylor, a candidate for director of Student Affairs. “Higher student involvement needs to start with more face-to-face interaction among students.”

Candidates’ topics included the recent freeze on hiring new employees. and some proposed ways in which the university’s

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Natalie Litke, a candidate for director of University Relations, speaks during her rebuttal opportunity at the first Student Senate elections forum Thursday in Columbine Suite B. money could be spent. They also discussed the low attendance numbers at meetings about organizing events.

Director of Legislative Affairs candidate Andrew Ransom suggested Senate

meetings be later in the day, instead of during the current allocated time slot.

“A lot of events happen during the day, and students don’t have time to visit those events between class peri-

ods,” Ransom said. “Hosting events after classes are done for the day may raise overall attendance.”

Candidates also briefly mentioned topics like the perenially debated plusminus system on campus, current problems in the Student Fee Allocation Process, ways to resolve those problems and the importance of speaking with non-traditional students and helping them become involved.

Tyler Ames, if elected as director of Finance, said he plans to get not just students involved but entire organizations, as well.

“One of the most important things for the upcoming school year is to help organizations get involved and, in doing so, make sure directors understand each process,” Ames said.

Student Senate Candidates Student Body President • Katelyn Elliot Student Trustee • Lauren Zdanowitz

Legislative Affairs • Jamie Britt • Charlie Kluko • Andrew Ransom

University Relations • Natalie Litke • Christopher Pezza Finance •Tyler Ames

Student Organizations • Charlie Charbonneau • Vincent Malara • Felicia Joy

Student Affairs • Levi Fuller • Jessica Hawthorne • Loriann Taylor • Garret Watson

Academic Affairs • Josh Divine • Zac Foxx • John Pherson

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The Mirror

Friday, March 25, 2011