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UNC hosted a blood drive Tuesday to benefit local patients of the North Colorado Medical Center.

“There is always a need for blood donors to keep the supply readily available,” said Jared Payton, a graduate assistant for Civic Engagement with Housing and Residential Education.

The blood the University of Northern Colorado collects goes straight to the medical center to

help people in Greeley.

“As the population increases, we anticipate that the need for new blood donors will increase, as well,” Payton said.

UNC is a prominent community supporter, organizing events for students and community members to participate in, including blood drives.

“I feel that UNC is a major part of the Greeley community, and it is our responsibility as citizens of that greater community to help out in any way we can,” Payton said. “The UNC Be

Thankful Blood Drive is one way that UNC students, faculty and staff can give back to their community.”

Payton said numerous blood drives have been hosted throughout the years and the events are an integral part to UNC’s community support.

According to the Banner Health website, people who are generally healthy, do not take serious medication and have not traveled outside of the U.S. are good candidates to be donors.

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As the population increases, we anticipate that the need for new blood donors will increase as well.

— Jared Payton, a graduate assistant for Civic Engagement with Housing and Residential Education. medicines or have a tattoo or piercing also face restrictions.

Ear piercings are acceptable if the process has been done in an established facility with a sterile needle and if the site is free of infection. Those who have received a piercing anywhere

but the ear, or a tattoo, cannot donate for one year.

“Someone I work with in the library (…) one of their relatives is going through treatment, so I’ve been meaning to donate,” said Gail Shimokawa, a library technician. “I’m glad it’s on campus so it’s easier to give blood.”

Other students have been giving blood for numerous years.

“I wanted to give blood ever since my sophomore year in high school,” said Oschelle Lopez, a freshman nursing major. “I got to donate blood my junior year and I’ve been donating ever since.”

For more information, visit www.bannerhealth.com and www.unco.edu/shc.

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The North Colorado Medical Center blood donation bus parks in the parking lot outside of Turner Hall on Tuesday. Donations were accepted to help the medical center stockpile supplies for winter.

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UNC salutes military veterans Prestigious author to Campus recognizes service members with flags

A price is paid for the freedom Americans share, and Thursday’s Veteran’s Day is a day to remember military members who have sacrificed for their country.

Veteran’s Day has been a national holiday since 1919 when President Woodrow Wilson declared Nov. 11 Armistice Day in remembrance of lives lost during World War I. In 1954, the name was changed to Veteran’s Day, commemorating all veterans in the United States, according to the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs website.

Greeley is the home of 6,088 veterans, according to the Greeley Census Data Center.

This is a little more than 10 percent of the population.

Ivan Virruet, a sophomore journalism major and a student employee for Veteran’s Services, said at UNC, there are between 150–200 veterans, or those who have close ties to the military. Virruet said he came to the University of Northern Colorado because he was stationed in Colorado Springs serving in the army after a tour of duty in the Middle East.

Virruet also said Veteran’s Services’ job is to assist military students in obtaining financial aid and working with the Registrar’s Office.

The Veterans’ Services office is located in Roudebush Cottage next to Gray Hall on central campus.

In recognition of the holiday, Veteran’s Services will have a table with information Thursday at the University Center.

It is important to recognize the soldiers still out there at war and recognize those that are home. We must thank them for their service.

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— Jared Payton, a gradu ate assistant for Civic Engagement with Housing and Residential Education Another military program on campus is the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. At UNC, 46 people are enrolled in Military Science classes.

“Army ROTC definitely promotes a college education,” said Michael Lanhrop, an ROTC instructor. “Without a bachelor’s degree, you cannot com-

mission as an officer.”

Scholarship cadets receive full tuition for four years of schooling. The ROTC program provides other opportunities for cadets, such as mentorship programs and intramural sports teams. Lathrop said any student is able to enroll in the Military Science 100 and 200 level classes with no commitment outside of a regular college class.

To commemorate the veterans in the Greeley area, 6,000 flags will be displayed on the University Center’s lawn facing 11th Avenue.

“It is important to recognize the soldiers still out there at war and recognize those that are home,” said Jared Payton, a graduate assistant for Civic Engagement. “We must thank them for their service.”

For more information, visit www.unco.edu/regrec/veterans/vet erans_services.html

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CARMEN BRADY news@uncmirror.com Thursday, best-selling author Joseph Michelli will speak to members of the UNC and Greeley community about customer engagement as the second speaker in the Monfort College of Business’s Building Business Excellence speaker series.

Michelli is renowned for several of his publications on customer excellence, such as “The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary” and “The New Gold Standard.”

Michelli’s lecture, “All Business is Personal: Setting the Standard for Engaged Customer Experiences,” is intended to give students and community members insight into how to

interact with customers.

Michael Leonard, director of External Relations in the Monfort College of Business, said Michelli was a natural choice for the series.

“Dr. Michelli is a renowned writer and thinker in business excellence,” Leonard said.

“His books and thoughts lined up very well with the theme of our speaker series, ‘Building Business Excellence.’”

Kristi Cozbey, an administrative assistant for the Monfort College of Business, said she also thought Michelli was a good choice to lecture, especially to students who will soon need to build good customer relations when they enter the business field after graduation.

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y dissatisfaction started when I was a freshman at orientation and was unable to sign up for several classes, but I dismissed the problem. I had a late orientation, and as a freshman, I had low priority in picking classes.

The battle to register for classes has since then occurred biannually.

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Luckily, one of the professors was able to green-card me into one of the full classes, but for the other two classes, I’m out of luck, and this likely means I’ll have to stay an extra semester.

I understand underclassmen won’t necessarily be able to take every class they want to, but once a student gets into the final stretch where each class must be taken at a certain time, there should be no room for mistakes.

It’s not even that the two classes being offered at the same time are in separate programs; that, I would be able to understand, but both classes are required for my major.

I’m now faced with a dilemma: stay an extra semester and possibly

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can hope to fill one of the last few spots in a class. It becomes a clicking race, and the winners are often determined by Internet connection speeds.

The second time I registered for classes was also bad. The third and fourth times were progressively better, and when my fifth registration went almost perfectly, I figured I had finally passed beyond low-priority registration and was on the home stretch.

I never thought about the possibility of poor design.

Of the four classes I must take next semester in order to graduate on time, two are offered at the same time and the other two were full before my registration opened.

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donated to Democrats’ campaigns.

The network’s ethics guidelines bar journalists from making contributions to politicians without prior approval. Indefinitely turned out to be two days; Olbermann returned to host “Countdown” Tuesday.

There are several ethical questions here. For one thing, what is Olbermann’s responsibility to the network? To my mind, if an employee signs a contract, there is no excuse not to follow the employ-

er’s rules. That’s not to say the employer is always correct, only that Olbermann makes too much money not to do what he’s asked.

In this case, he said he didn’t know the contributions were against company policy. If that’s the truth, it’s more than fair to punish him for his ignorance.

The question then is more interesting: What is his responsibility as a journalist? Or, more directly, what is his responsibility to America? The fact that Olbermann is involved in political activity shouldn’t surprise anyone; his donations to Democrats shouldn’t surprise anyone; his bias is present and clear in his show. At Fox News, Sean Hannity gave thousands of dollars to PACs for Republican candidates.

There was no fuss there.

I don’t mind that Olbermann donated. I think it’s possible to be a

fine journalist and also have a clear opinion. But when Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva appeared on “Countdown,” Olbermann didn’t mention donating to him. Not a smart move. As a fan of his show — isn’t it strange that “news programs” can have fans? — I refuse to believe Olbermann was just stupid.

He didn’t say anything because he didn’t want to be seen as biased.

If there’s a question of ethics, it lies in his manner. Do what you want as a network or a reporter, but for the sake of the viewers, let them know when there’s a conflict of interest. As a former sports reporter, Olbermann ought to know not to bet on a game he is reporting on.

—Mark Maxwell is a junior theater arts major and a weekly columnist for The Mirror.

be able to finish my programs, or graduate on time and risk not completing my minor.

Ironically, my minor is more in tune with what I want to do with my life, and since I’m so far into both programs, transferring schools would only set me back, probably further than UNC’s oversight will.

I don’t know where education went wrong. That’s not entirely true; I know, but 400 words isn’t enough to go into detail — but I don’t think education was meant to be a button race, one which I lost before I could participate.

—Josh Divine is a junior math major and a weekly columnist for The Mirror.

Clarification In this week’s online poll question, also published in Monday’s print issue, the information about how Greek Life applied to receive funds from the Student Fee Allocation Process was incorrectly presented as a survey.

Individual organizations under the Greek Life umbrella will not be able to apply for funds. Greek Life is currently on a probationary status for SFAP. Individual fraternities and sororities will continue to be responsible for their own funding and operations.

It is The Mirror’s policy to clarify and correct any errors published. To report an error, please contact Benjamin Welch at news@uncmirror.com or Eric Heinz at editor@uncmirror.com

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Exchange program switches students domestically BRIDGETT WEAVER news@uncmirror.com

Students dreaming of traveling and experiencing different communities within the United States, but are nervous about taking time off school, have an opportunity to do so while still going to school through a UNC program.

The National Student Exchange offers students a chance to explore other parts of the U.S. while taking classes at another university for up to a year.

NSE coordinator Dee Schriner hosted a meeting in her office at the University Center for students interested in learning more about the program.

Select colleges, in every state except North Dakota, participate in NSE and work with University of Northern Colorado

in every state except North Dakota. Currently, 11 students from other colleges are taking classes at UNC through NSE. The program works as an alternative for those who cannot afford to study abroad because there are no extra tuition fees to participate.

Students pay their tuition to UNC just like in a normal semester, and their room and board costs are paid to the host college.

Other than choosing a college that offers classes within their major, the options of where to go are basically limitless.

The University of Georgia might be appealing to those who suffer the wrath of a Colorado winter, or Queens College in New York might appeal to smalltown students looking for a big city experience.

“I want to go somewhere I’ve never been,” said Briana Moon, a

sophomore elementary education major.

Students can apply by filling out an application and paying the application fee. Once accepted into the program and officially placed in a school, students can register for classes through their adviser at the host university.

“You can take some (classes) for fun that are just electives, since you don’t have the beach in Colorado to do so,” Schriner said in reference to classes in Marine Biology on the coasts.

Schriner advised participants to live on campus because it is easier to meet people and have more time to experience their new home, rather than worrying about things like groceries and bills.

She said every situation is different, but they try to customize the program to every student’s needs.

The goal is for students to experi-

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Left to right, sophomores Jake Carstens, a earth sciences major, and Briana Moon and Catlin Shea, elementary education majors, listen to Dee Schriner discuss the National Student Exchange program Thursday. ence a new part of the country.

“I want to expand and get a different point of view,” said Jake Carstens, a sophomore

earth science major.

For more information about National Student Exchange, contact Dee Schriner at 970-351-1367.

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“Dr. Michelli is an expert in developing customer loyalty, which is really important in the business field,” Cozbey said. “It will be a valuable experience for

students, or anyone else.”

Leonard said those who are interested are still able to attend the luncheon from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the University Center Ballrooms.

The cost is $40 per person for one event, although tickets purchased

for two or more events cost $35 per person per event.

“Business people in the community, business students, faculty and anyone from campus or elsewhere are invited to hear Dr. Michelli speak,” said Leonard.

“The luncheon event is largely targeted at business people and the university community.”

Leonard said Michelli will also speak at 2:00 p.m Thursday in Kepner Hall.

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for students who are interested in learning more about customer relationships in a business setting, and it Joseph Michelli should be will present a busihelpful to ness-oriented lecanyone else ture Thursday in who wants to the UC Ballrooms. attend,” said Christy Taylor, an administrative assistant for the Monfort College of Business.

Finance columnist Jane Bryant Quinn will lecture on Wed., Jan. 19, and former United States Secretary of Health and Human services Mike Leavitt will present on Wed., April 13. Tickets to events in the series can be purchased online at www.uncalumni.org/events or by calling 970-351-2551.

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JORDANE HARTBAUER news@uncmirror.com Several UNC psychology professors had shared the research they have been conducting with other members in the field of psychology around the world in France, Peru, China and Canada.

These professors attended conferences internationally, in which they not only presented their research but also were able to see what kind of research other psychology professionals were conducting.

Psychology professor Doug Woody and two student assistants, psychology majors Skye Woesterhoff and Alexis Walker, presented research that investigated how the beliefs of members of a jury are affected by confessions made during police interrogation at the American Psychology-Law society convention in Vancouver, Canada.

“While in Vancouver, I had the opportunity to attend many presentations related to novel research in psychology and law,” Woesterhoff said. “Specifically, I attended several presentations on interrogation and interviewing, detecting deception and jury decision-making. I also had the opportunity to converse with prominent scholars in the field about their research. Additionally, Alexis Walker and I presented a poster on the effects of an interrogation technique, called a false-evidence

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Psychology professor David Gilliam peers into a microscope while in Paris. Gilliam presented research on fetal alcohol syndrome to the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism. ploy, on juror decision-making.”

David Gillam, a psychology professor, presented research on fetal alcohol syndrome at a meeting of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism in Paris. Gillam’s research focuses on how genes of both the mother and the child will influence the effects of alcohol on the child’s brain.

“The best part of presenting was the ability to talk with other biomedical alcohol researchers from all over the world about their research,” Gillam said. “I learned about several new research techniques in the study of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in my area of research.”

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fessor, collected research on the effects of natural disasters on communities. Karlin was part of a group of researchers who conducted data collection on Vina Vieja, a small farming community outside of Lima, Peru. Karlin used communitybased research to look at the resilience of communities as they try to make it through these crises.

“During our stay at Vina Vieja, we took on the roles of both researchers and of community participants, recognizing that this research could not take on the normal hit-and-run method of data collection,” Karlin said. “As we dealt with people’s personal thoughts and debilitating experiences, we formed an initial bond with our participants.

We were also (…) invited into their private worlds that research often has a difficult time reaching.”

Several other University of Northern Colorado psychology service professors also presented research internationally. Carl Granrud gave a research presentation in Switzerland, and Paul Klacynski did a variety of presentations, consultations and data collection in China.

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Two students cross country for water struggle ERIC HEINZ news@uncmirror.com

Instantaneous access to clean, consumable water is something almost any citizen in a well-developed country takes for granted, yet a large percentage of the world’s population goes without this luxury, and it can sometimes prove fatal for communities.

Two UNC students have taken the initiative to help the

struggle for clean water by teaming up with Thirst Relief International, an organization dedicated to funding clean water in developing countries, and will travel across the country to assist the effort.

Seniors Kelsey Bigelow, a photography major, and Merida Teot, an English major, are organizing a plan to visit every state in the continental United States to fund countries with water deficiencies by set-

ting up photography and modeling workshops. They will donate 80 percent of what they earn from the clinics to Thirst Relief International. The expedition is called The 48 in 48 Project.

According to the Thirst Relief International website, $5 can help one person who is affected by poor water conditions. The goal of the organization is to be able to provide worldwide clean water through

donations and research.

Bigelow said although they will not take photos in every state, they plan to at least visit each state and set up photography workshops in various cities where there is a demand for photographers.

“We’re doing photography shoots and workshops in 53 cities across the country,” Bigelow said. “What we’re looking for are ambassadors — for example, I’ve never been to

Savannah, Ga. I don’t know where to shoot, I don’t know where the colleges are, so we want to find people who can help us.”

The photo shoots are accompanied by professional photographers and models who volunteer for the workshops.

Participants go through a twohour workshop to learn about lighting, modeling and other See Water, Page 11

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Percussionists provide unique melodies RYAN LAMBERT arts@uncmirror.com On Tuesday, Foundation Hall reverberated with the melody of UNC’s percussion ensemble, a group that consisted of 30 music majors performing a concert.

The event was free and open to the Greeley community, UNC students, faculty and staff.

The ensemble wanted to exhibit its talents, members said, and they were satisfied with the turnout of more than 40 people.

“We put in over 100 hours of practice on this concert, easily,” said Nathan Wilkinson, senior music education major. “Also,

this gives us the chance to increase our musical abilities.”

The event began with 12 percussionists playing a rendition of Jack Stamp’s intense “Vociferation,” which garnered its title for its ending, a loud utterance.

Next, the group played Steve Reich’s minimalist composition, “Music for Pieces of Wood.” The piece began with one percussionists getting up from the audience to play a pair of claves, small wooden rods. As the piece progressed, however, other musicians began to slowly join their companion. Soon, five percussionists were on stage playing music written to mimic the

Indeed, the piece made cresounds of nature.

The concert continued with ative use of Mozart’s music and elements of “Chameleon Capote’s story.

Music,” a melody For example, that was based in the story, the on a story by the chameleons renowned jourenter a trance nalist, essayist whenever the and novelist woman plays Truman Capote.

— Nathan Wilkinson, a the piano, and The story is “The to break this Music for senior music education spell, she must Chameleons,” major stamp her feet. and it is about a Throughout Martinique woman’s amazing ability to sum- the performance, the percussionmon animals to her jungle terrace ists stamped their feet, breaking whenever she plays works of the audience’s trance-like state.

The band also played David Mozart.

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I hope that they had an amazing night and experienced great music.

Steinquest’s jazz version of Bella Fleck’s “Metric Lips.”

Finally, the group performed Eric Ewazen’s “The Place of Nine Perfections.”

Scrolls painted by the seventeenth century painter Yuan Chiang inspire the music, and it is designed to invoke a military procession under the Chinese emperor K’ang-hsi as his army marches to the imperial palace.

The procession members hoped that their audience had a great time at the show.

“I hope that they had an amazing night and experienced some great music,” Wilkinson said.

Popular college topics brought up during improv show TOTIANNA WEEKLY arts@uncmirror.com Theater students have been keeping a hilarious secret that takes place on Sunday evenings.

Corduroy Comedy Troupe has been splitting the sides of audiences for about two years, and the show’s comedic styles are intended to fit most college students’ standards of what is considered funny.

This Sunday, crude and offensive skits were performed that addressed many topics and current issues, such as prayer, Facebook, werewolves, guardian angles, homo and heterosexuality.

“I’m glad to be involved with Corduroy because I think it is a great stepping stone,” said Heidi Cheek, a Corduroy Comedy performer. “One of the founders now attends Second City, which is a

comedy school in Chicago.”

The improvisation show began with three students in UNC’s theater department. Since then, the troupe has grown to 15 members.

In one of the subtle skits concerning the dating website EHarmony, the actors branched off into a physical dating cafe with the same intentions of finding out if a man and woman were compatible enough to be a couple.

The lights faded from black on the stage and the audience watched a nice, young established couple enjoying coffee together.

The host appeared and began to ask a series of questions like, “What’s your girlfriend’s favorite television show?” and “What’s your boyfriend’s favorite sport?”

The next questions changed everything and the host asked the boyfriend, “What is your girlfriend’s favorite drink?” The

boyfriend answered wrong, and that response deemed the couple incompatible and the boyfriend was whisked away into darkness.

After that, the girlfriend is left alone at the table and is approached by a woman. The two fell madly in love and the boyfriend was outraged.

The audience roared with laughter once they saw the reaction the ex-boyfriend had to the situation. The girlfriend cried out enthusiastically, “I have never been more happy,” and ran off with the woman. The boyfriend said, “ If she can sleep with someone else, then so can I.” The host bluntly said, “There are no matches for you!”

The performance filled the room with wild laughter, chuckles and people gasping for air.

Corduroy, is a show where performers become immersed with audiences in some cases, and the

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Members of Corduroy Comedy Troupe perform a skit during Corduroy’s first performance of the semester. The troupe performs every other Sunday in Lindou Auditorium. audience is very interactive with each other and the skits.

Enthusiasm can be seen throughout the seats. Most college students will enjoy Corduroy Comedy, because of the comedic

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Bears confident going into new season PARKER COTTON sports@uncmirror.com

The UNC men’s basketball team will look to build on the success it found last season as it tips off the new season Friday against Tabor College.

The University of Northern Colorado set a school record with 25 wins a year ago, and senior guard Devon Beitzel said he and the rest of the seniors will have to lead the team this season to be successful once again.

“We have to lead by example,” Beitzel said. “A lot of the guys on the team weren’t a part of this program when we went through our 424 season and then the come-up, what we had to do to go from 4-24 to 25-8 last year. A lot of these guys don’t know what kind of work, what kind of effort is needed to put into practice day in and day out. As seniors and guys who have been a part of this program for a long time, we just gotta lead by example.”

Head coach B.J. Hill said he is looking forward to the leadership the seniors on the team will bring.

“We really have two groups,”

Hill said. “We have a group that’s four seniors and one junior, and we have a bunch of freshman and guys that haven’t seen the floor a lot when the lights are on and there’s people in the stands, and we need those seniors to provide some leadership because they’ve been through the battles.”

Beitzel, who averaged 14.3 points per game last year, was the team’s second leading scorer and is returning from a foot injury that forced him to miss the last seven games of the season.

“I feel good; I feel confident,” he said. “It sucked last year going out with an injury, especially when I did — when we were playing so well. Rehab went well, and summer went well. The foot’s feeling strong, so I’m ready to go.”

Beitzel also said freshman guard Paul Garnica has been very impressive in practice leading up to Friday’s season opener.

“Paul is looking really good,” Beitzel said. “He’s very talented and working hard, and he’s learning. And that’s the most important thing.”

As for redshirt freshman for-

ward Emmanuel Addo, senior forward Neal Kingman, who averaged 7.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game last year, said he was excited for what Addo brings to the team.

“I think his redshirt season was definitely good for him — he put some weight on, got stronger,” Kingman said. “He’s so skilled in the post. He’s just as skilled as anybody we got.”

Hill said sophomore center Connor Osborne, who has a severely broken wrist, and freshman guard Tevin Svihovec, who has a broken foot, will likely be redshirted this season because of their injuries.

The Bears return five of their top six scorers and their top four rebounders from last year, which should make for another successful season for UNC. Despite the numbers, however, Kingman said the team still has a lot to accomplish.

“We haven’t proven anything yet,” Kingman said. “We didn’t win a Big Sky championship. We didn’t go to the big tournament like we wanted to. Yeah, we set a record for wins in a season for any Northern

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UNC senior center Taylor Montgomery, left, defends sophomore guard Dave Arnold in the Bears’ practice earlier this week. UNC begins its season Friday night at home against Tabor College.

Colorado team, but that wasn’t our goal last season. Our motto this season is we haven’t achieved anything yet.”

The team will take its first step towards their goals against Tabor College at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

Volleyball returns home looking to stay in first STAFF REPORT sports@uncmirror.com

Sixth-place Eastern Washington gave UNC all it could handle earlier this season as the Bears narr o w l y escaped with a 3-2 win in Cheney, Volleyball Wash.

The Eagles (7-16, 6-7) will come into Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion Thursday night with a lot to play for as their postseason hopes are still alive, while the University of Northern Colorado (21-5, 12-1) will look to inch closer to a Big Sky regular-season championship.

The magic number is down to three for UNC, as they still only hold a half-game lead over Portland

State in the standings, despite owning a six-match winning streak.

Eastern Washington is a just 110 on the road this season, while the Bears are a perfect 6-0 at home in conference play and 12-1 overall at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

UNC has been sparked during its win streak by its defensive effort, which included a season-high 15.5 team blocks in the Bears’ 3-0 victory over Montana State on Saturday.

Eastern Washington is a very deep team offensively with six players on its roster who have 100 or more kills on the season, led by sophomore outside hitter Shelby Puckett with 238. EWU as a team, though, has only hit for a .160 attacking percentage.

The Bears, as usual, will look to sophomore outside hitter Kelly Arnold to provide electricity offensively and defensively. Arnold leads

the Bears with 374 kills and ranks third on the team with 226 digs on the year.

UNC will get its chance to set a school record for single-season victories with a win Thursday night, breaking the mark they set last season.

UNC and Eastern Washington will get under way at 7p.m.

Thursday inside Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

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Fresh faces highlight women’s hoops team JORDAN FREEMYER sports@uncmirror.com

Over the past four seasons, UNC women’s basketball coach Jaime White could count on one thing come game time: Whitley Cox would score points.

Now, Cox and the 18.4 points per game she scored last season are gone, and White will turn to a veteran frontcourt and a bumper crop of newcomers to get the University of Northern Colorado on track. “(I’ll miss) her automatic offense, her ability to take somebody one-on-one and pull up inside of the key,” White said.

UNC will rely on senior Courtney Stoermer to take more of a leadership role this season. Stoermer was the Bears’ second-leading scorer last sea-

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I think we have to step up, work as a team and take care of the ball.

— UNC junior guard Kaisha Brown on succeeding without Whitley Cox son with 12.2 points per game.

She also pulled down an average of four rebounds per game and led the team in both assists and minutes played.

“It’s important as a senior leader with a lot of experience to step in that role especially for the young kids coming in,” Stoermer said.

Stoermer will anchor a deep UNC frontcourt along with sophomore Lauren Oosdyke,

who led the Bears with 6.8 rebounds per game as a redshirt freshman.

“Averaging a double-double; that’s my goal this year,” said Oosdyke, who averaged 9.6 points per game last season.

Stoermer and Oosdyke will be joined in the frontcourt by seniors Lara Merritt, who started all 30 games last season, and Jayne Strand, who shot 53 percent from the floor as a junior.

Mainly to bolster its perimeter game, UNC brought in five newcomers this season, four freshmen and a junior college transfer, some of whom will be called on to contribute early and often this season.

In particular, D’shara Strange, a 5-foot-10 freshman See Basketball, Page 12

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UNC senior guard Courtney Stoermer drives past an opponent in the Bears’ 65-53 exhibition win over Regis last week. Stoermer is the Bears’ top returning scorer, scoring 12.2 points per game last season.

Unexpected stars become league leaders at midseason Charlie CHARBONNEAU

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e’ve reached the midway point of the NFL season, and it’s been a very unpredictable one thus far. Just ask Jerry Jones and Wade Phillips.

Many players stepped up in fantasy this year, though, especially lesser-known players who came off the waiver wire.

Broncos’ wide receiver Brandon Lloyd wasn’t supposed to do much this season. With rookie Dermaryius Thomas, Jabar Gaffney and Eddie Royal, Lloyd

was supposedly an afterthought in Denver’s offense.

Through week nine, Lloyd is leading the NFL in receiving and has been Kyle Orton’s favorite target. He is averaging more than 100 yards per game and has scored four touchdowns this season.

Texans’ running back Arian Foster wasn’t expected to do much this season either. With the rookie season that Steve Slaton had and the signing of Derrick Ward, I didn’t think Foster would make much noise.

He has completely surpassed his expectations, though, and is the number one rusher in the NFL right now. He is averaging more than 100 yards on the ground per game with nine touchdowns and has kept Houston afloat through their struggles.

Eagles’ quarterback Michael Vick was predicted to spend the season on the bench while Kevin Kolb shined. After Kolb’s injury, Vick was thrust into the spotlight and has done nothing but succeed.

In five games, Vick has thrown for seven touchdowns, rushed for two more and has yet to throw an interception while leading the Eagles to a 5-3 record. Vick also has the best quarterback rating in the NFL. These players were overlooked by almost everyone before the season started but all have managed to succeed and lead the league in their respective categories.

Here are my sit-start picks for Week 10.

The Kansas City running back tandem of Thomas Jones and

Jamaal Charles has been tearing teams up this season and will continue to do so against the Broncos, which have the second-worst rush defense in the NFL. Look for the two to rush for about 100 yards apiece and both to reach the end zone at least once.

Vick’s matchup this week against the Redskins looks to me like a fantasy point bonanza. They have an awful pass defense and are mediocre at best against the run.

Vick will party in the end zone all day Sunday, throwing for 200 yards, rushing for 100 more and throw for two touchdowns and run another in.

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been quiet this season but has still managed to rush for 857 yards through his team’s

first eight games.

This week, the Vikings face a stout Chicago Bears defense that ranks third in the NFL against the run.

Peterson will get shut down this week, rushing for only 75 yards and no scores in a Bears victory.

Cowboys’ receiver Miles Austin has continued to excel since he burst onto the scene last season.

Unfortunately, Jon Kitna can’t throw a football, and the Giants have the second-best pass defense in the NFL. Austin can’t throw the ball to himself and will only accumulate 60 yards on the day.

– Charlie Charbonneau is a junior journalism major and a sports writer for The Mirror.

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Photography majors organize classes for funds Water from Page 7 photography techniques. The cost of the workshops is $25 — $20 goes to Thirst Relief International and $5 will go to trip expenses. Bigelow and Teot set up photo shoots in Denver earlier this semester to gauge how effective the workshops are. Now, the two plan to take their idea on the road.

According to the World Health Organization website, about 1.1 billion people in the world are without clean, consumable water.

This problem is also the catalyst for many waterborne illnesses, such as diarrhea and cholera.

Bigelow said she contacted Thirst Relief in March after she worked with the group Photographers for Haiti, a program that included mini photo clinics to help send funds to Haiti. She said

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road trip, she pitched and I was a similar thinking idea to a b o u t T h i r s t what I R e l i e f wanted to shortly do after after, and graduat h e y tion, and it became COURTESY OF THE 48 IN 48 PROJECT was kind officially of the only associated The 48 in 48 Project logo by Kelsey Bigelow thing that with the made sense,” Bigelow said. “I organization a few months later.

Both Bigelow and Teot said thought, ‘I should be traveling,’ they want to leave Jan. 1, 2011, but and I wanted to pair it up with their departure may be delayed Thirst Relief because I think it’s a until mid February because of the wonderful organization.”

Bigelow also said the reason amount of scheduling required to visit all of the cities. For the two they chose to donate to Thirst soon-to-be alumnae, the trip is a Relief International because the humanitarian mission, but it is money they raise will go directly also intended to be a post-gradua- to the cause. She said the labor costs are none and benefit the tion self-exploration.

“I had this idea of doing this communities because they hire

local help.

Reflecting on charitable work they have done since coming to UNC, both women said they never expected to do something this involved after college.

“Four years ago, I came to UNC and thought, ‘When I leave, I’m going to make a lot of money and be very wealthy, have a nice car and a high-paying job,’” Teot said. “Now, I’d rather live on Seventh Avenue in my crappy, little one-bedroom apartment for the rest of my life if it means I get to help people.”

For more information about the project or to follow Bigelow and Teot on their trip, visit www.48in48project.wordpress.co m or The 48 in 48 Project Facebook page. For more information about Thirst Relief International, visit www.thirstrelief.org.

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Basketball from Page 10 from Fountain-Fort Carson High School, will be asked to start at point guard, a spot vacated in the lineup by Lizzie Cooper, UNC’s other senior last season.

“I really like our freshmen coming in,” White said.

“We’re going to get really good minutes from Kim Lockridge, Kirsten Hess and Molly Duehn.”

Junior Kaisha Brown will D’shara Strange also see increased minutes will be the starting point guard for in Cox’s absence.

“I think we have to step the UNC women’s up, work as a team and take basketball team. care of the ball,” Brown said.

Brown started 10 games a year ago, averaging 7 points and shooting a team-best 38 percent from behind the arc. She said she wants to play a more well-rounded offensive game this season.

“I’m looking to score a little more,” Brown said.

“Be a little more of a threat in two different ways, off the dribble and not just from the 3-point line.”

Being somewhat of an unknown quantity in the Big Sky Conference, UNC was picked eighth in both the coaches’ and media preseason polls.

The Bears finished seventh in the Big Sky last year, just missing the conference tournament for the second straight season. White said the team’s goal is to end the two-year dry spell.

“It’s not just our goal to make it, we want to win it,” White said.

UNC opens its season with three-straight home games, the first of which is Nov. 12 against South Dakota.

Next Game: South Dakota 5 p.m.

Friday Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion

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