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UpcomingIn Monday’sissue of TheMirror, readabout studentscompeting asfinalists in theEntrepreneurialChallenge.

Panel addresses faith, educationProfessors of differ-ent faiths discusshow they keep reli-gion while teachingat a secular school.PAGE 4

SportsWrestling heads to Iowa for tourney

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Students had the oppor-tunity to discover the impor-tance of networking fromlocal business representativesduring “Working the Room:How to Network at aReception” Thursday.

Chalice Springfield, man-ager at Sears Real Estate inGreeley, and Felicia Burke, asales representative, gave stu-dents tips on how to network.

They discussed things todo and things to avoid as wellas how to juggle the atmos-phere when walking into aroom full of strangers.

“I call it the boomerangeffect. What goes aroundcomes around,” Springfieldsaid. “Creating a relationshipin a genuine way is key.”

The first thing they men-tioned was juggling. Womenshouldn’t take their pursesinto a networking situation.Instead they should make

sure they have pockets fortheir phone, business cards,pen and other vital items.

The next step is getting afeel for the atmosphere. .Students were encouraged toalways dress appropriate forthe type of event. The waythat someone is dressed saysa lot about them.

“A lot of little details thatyou wouldn’t think about willimpact you,” said KateJohnson, a junior history andGerman major. “Plus, thespeakers made it fun.”

The speakers said to askyourself how many peopleare in the room. It can rangeanywhere from five to 500.

Springfield and Burke saida good way to start is by set-ting a goal that is achievable.If someone were to walk intoa room with 500 people in it,that person should strive tomeet five of those people.

The biggest part of a con-versation is making the con-nection, during which stu-dents should be polite andrespectful. No one wants toconnect with someone whothrows him or herself intoanother’s conversation.

If you’re having issues get-ting a conversation started,think of FORD. This acronymstands for family, occupation,recreation and dreams. Whilethese are promising conversa-tions starters, students shouldbe careful because asking thewrong questions can lead topushing others away.

Sticking with occupationand recreation are the easiestand most preferred. If one hasthe desire to ask about family,he or she should stick to ask-ing about siblings or children.If one would like to knowabout another’s dreams, he orshe should word it as “goals”

or “future plans,” becauseasking about one’s dreamscan be seen as too intimate.

They also said to be care-ful when asking questions soas not to interrogate othersand don’t be afraid to ask forintroductions.

When the connection hasbeen made, be sure to followup with a business card, then

send an email or make aphone call. People will appre-ciate the extra effort and aremore likely to help make fur-ther connections.

“Tonight was very help-ful,” said Alex Desims, a jun-ior history major. “There werea lot of good tips on gettingstarted and continuing withnetworking.”

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Local business representatives teach basics of networking at receptions

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Chalice Springfield gives some pointers about network-ing to the students during the “Working the Room” net-working workshop Thursday in the UC Columbine Suites.

Students find empowerment with ‘Canvas and Chocolates’SAVANNAH MCCULLY

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UNC students, faculty,staff, alumni and the generalpublic gathered together tolearn how artistic expressioncan be a healing and counsel-ing method for people strug-gling with eating disorders atthe Women’s ResourceCenter’s “Canvas andChocolates” Thursday.

“Canvas and Chocolates”was the final event hosted atthe University of NorthernColorado in recognition ofthe WRC and CounselingCenter’s Eating DisorderAwareness Week.

The night consisted ofcasual painting with partici-pants gathered at tables offour enjoying a wide variety of

chocolate dessert options.The event began with an

introduction by ElizabethFisher, a representative fromthe Eating Disorder Center ofDenver, who discussed howthe center uses art to helppatients express themselvesand become empowered.

Fisher also led the audi-ence in a self-mediation exer-cise that asked individuals tofind a moment of empower-ment, reflect on how thatmoment felt and transformtheir feelings into art.

Each painting wasunique, and every person’simage of empowermentwas personal to him or her-self. There were paintingsof pets, trees, flowers,nature landscapes, symbols

of religion and intricate andcolorful patterns.

Smiles and laughter filledthe room as people enjoyedtime with friends and got lost

in their work. Art studentsfrom UNC mingled through-out the room, offering helpand advice to others. Theevent also brought together a

diverse group of people,expanding much further thanjust the student population.

There were families, stu-dents, and UNC staff mem-bers like Lisa Bowkers, whoworks at Tobey-KendelDining Hall, who said shefound the event to be a lot offun.

Many people said theyfound the event interestingbecause it was differentfrom other awarenessevents that may just be alecture or discussion.

The organizers of EatingDisorder Awareness weeksaid they wanted to do anevent different from thosein previous years. Last year,there was an art show withchocolates but this year, the

organizers thought that giv-ing others the opportunityto paint their own viewsand feelings would be morebeneficial to spreadingtheir message.

“The painting helps youexpress yourself withoutusing words,” said EzineeAma, a graduate student.“Your paintings come to life.”

Attendees said they cer-tainly enjoyed having artisticfreedom.

“I really liked the idea ofpainting,” said KayceeHuntsman, a freshman spe-cial education major. “Itseems like a good idea.”

At the end of the night,participants were invited toshare their paintings andthoughts with the room.

CASSIE WEBER | THE MIRROR

JoAnn Doherty, right, a program assistant with Dining Services,starts her painting of what empowerment means to her during“Canvas and Chocolates” Thursday in the UC Ballrooms.

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Mirror Reflections are the opinion of The Mirror’s editorial board: Parker Cotton, Ryan Lambert, Sara Van Cleve, Melanie Vasquez and Benjamin Welch. Let us know what you think.E-mail us at [email protected].

One of the main functionsof a K-12 education is tosocialize students into society.Their early education teachesthem to not interrupt otherswhen they are speaking, to bepolite and to work as a mem-ber of a team.

It is important that youngpeople learn how to interactwith their peers, and to anextent, the group poster proj-ects we learned to hate in mid-dle school and high schoolteach people how to work withothers.

Thus, the goal of a grouppresentation on, say, Ernest

Hemingway’s “The Sun AlsoRises,” is not designed to teachstudents appreciation of thebeauty of Hemingway’s prose;it aims to teach students howto work with others to solve aproblem. Compromise is theprimary learning objective.

Working with other people— an often-distasteful event —is an unavoidable aspect ofany professional career.Nevertheless, though, whenstudents enter college, theyshould know how to come to agroup consensus and how toreason a point with a group.

Therefore, group work at

the college level is superflu-ous, and it only exemplifiesthe laziness of instructors.

Many instructors, includingsome at UNC, structure theirclasses around hour-longgroup presentations. Universitystudents are paying thousandsof dollars and getting into debtto learn from a peer, not an MAor Ph.D professor.

Students pay to learn fromthe experts, and the Ph.D isoften used as a means of prov-ing one’s expertise.Instructors, not students,should therefore be the onesat the front of the classroom.

Furthermore, in thesegroup presentations, studentsoften only experience frustra-tion and anger. The idea of anacademic or professionalteam, an entity wherein allmembers ideally contributeequally, is a myth. When agroup of individuals gettogether, usually one person,the most intelligent of thebunch, does the majority ofthe work. His or her teammembers learn nothing fromthis.

Let’s keep the group workat the K-12 level, and let’s keepcollege academically rigorous.

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LETTERS

The Academy Award cer-emonies first began in1929 at the humble

Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. Since the beginning of the

series, Oscars have been award-ed to brilliant revolutionaryminds such as Charlie Chaplinand Orson Welles. Artists likeHumphrey Bogart, JimmyStewart and Katharine Hepburnhave all graced the awards withtheir presence. These are thekinds of innovators whochanged Hollywood and filmproduction in their own ways.We can imagine the setting of an

early ceremony: a dark ballroomwith martinis and cigarettesmoke filling it with the kind ofromantic filter of a John Hustonfilm. Quietly, the award for bestmotion picture is presented andreceived. Accompanied by amodest speech, the room fillswith a meaningful applause thatechoes through the ages.

Fast forward to 2012. Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber

take their time discussing theirfavorite Hunger Games bookwhile Entertainment Tonightand People Magazine supply anorgy of photos, meaninglessinterview questions and best-dressed opinions.

Twitter explodes all night withfeeds and tweets of all thesepointless events, now regurgitat-ed on a digital level. If the popu-lation really thinks that the most

important thing to happen lastweek was Angelina Jolie revealingher decaying and hardly promis-cuous leg, then it is no surprise tome that this country scored “lessthan average” in educationalstandards, according to theOrganization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Now, the awards werereceived by deserving individualsand talented artists, but thesmugness and absolute disregardfor respect at these awards isabsolutely appalling. The mostmemorable of child-like perform-ances was Sacha Baron Cohen,who was dressed in characterfrom his upcoming movie “TheDictator” and pretended to spillthe ashes of Kim Jong Il ontoRyan Seacrest.

I consider myself to be some-what of a film junkie, and I know

that if a drunk Cameron Diaz anda talentless Jennifer Lopez readmy name from the award enve-lope, I would probably stand upand promptly walk toward thenearest exit. During a recession,it is especially painful to watch ahandful of washed up million-aires disrespect the history andintegrity of the art of filmmaking.

Ultimately, this will be the lastAcademy Award ceremony I willever watch. The over-commer-cialization and that pompoussmirk on George Clooney’s facedoes less for film and more forthe paparazzi. I can only hopethat independent film festivalscontinue to gain the attention ofa broader audience withoutdefaulting on their own legacy.

— Benjamin Fuller is a junior eco-nomics major and weekly columnist forThe Mirror.

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The University College,First Year Common BookCommittee and the Life of theMind program at UNC joinedforces to present a new lookon the relationship betweenfaith and education with thepanel discussion “Faith andthe Academy: Religious Beliefin the Secular University”Wednesday in MilneAuditorium.

About 100 people, includ-ing students and faculty,attended the discussion.

The panel discussion fea-tured eight professors fromfive colleges at the Universityof Northern Colorado. Theprofessors began the discus-

sion by introducing them-selves, stating their position atthe university and their reli-gious affiliation.

The eight professors fea-tured on the panel were LinAllen, a communications pro-fessor and Roman Catholic;Jonathan Bellman, a professorof music and Jewish; ReidHayward, a professor of sportsand exercise science andChristian; William Hoyt, aprofessor of oceanographyand Protestant; KeikoKrahnke, an associate profes-sor of management and busi-ness communications andFree Agent & Wisdom Seeker;Jeraldine Kraver, a professorof English and a Cultural Jew;Michael Mills, a director of theLife of the Mind program and

Buddhist; and SpencerWeiler, an assistant professorof educational leadership andpolicy studies and Mormon.

The discussion was mod-erated by Thomas Smith, thedean of University College.

The panel was an oppor-tunity for some of the univer-sity’s “who’s who of profes-sors,” as Smith said, to openup about the role faith playsin their careers as educatorsat a public university.

The professors agreed onthe importance of balancingfaith and academia whileholding each in high regard.

“You cannot separate myfaith from what I do as ateacher,” Weiler said.

Mills was one of manypanel members to cite the par-

allels between pursuing faithand acquiring an education.

“Pursuit of truth is whatit’s all about,” Mills said.

All of the professors fea-tured on the panel acknowl-edged the importance of theirfaith and claimed to incorpo-rate it in their professional lifein some way.

“Religion, science andsociety asks the same ques-tions,” Krahnke said.

This circumstance contra-dicts past academic idealsregarding faith in the class-room. When Krahnke beganteaching, she said the policywas to “leave your faith in theparking lot.”

Although the professorsall have some sort of religiousfaith, several said they havenever attempted to teach at areligious-based university.

“You could not pay me toteach in a place where every-body shares my beliefs,”Bellman said.

The panel discussed thebenefit that comes from

teaching at a secular universi-ty, where several ideologiescan coexist and be a catalystfor open dialogue.

The discussion wasinspired by the 2011-12 FirstYear Common Book, “TheUnlikely Disciple,” by KevinRoose. The book documentsRoose’s semester at LibertyUniversity, an evangelical col-

lege in Lynchburg, Va. The book focuses on

Roose’s experience as anagnostic student at America’s“holiest university.” Roose, areporter for the New YorkTimes and graduate of BrownUniversity, came to theUniversity of NorthernColorado in the fall to speakabout his investigative novel.


Panel of professors discuss role of religion in secular schools

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Professors representing the five colleges at UNC and avariety of religions discuss the role of faith in teachingat a secular university Wednesday in Milne Auditorium.

Students test black history knowledgeCARMEN BRADY

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To bring the celebrationof Black History Month to aclose, the Marcus GarveyCultural Center hosted the“Knowledge Bowl”Wednesday, where teamsof three competed in a quizmodeled after typical gameshows.

The contestants weretested on different aspectsof black culture history.The members of the win-ning team each received a$50 gift certificate to BearLogic. Attendees were also

entered in a raffle to win afree T-shirt.

Ty’Ray Thompson, thedirector of the MGCC, saidthe Knowledge Bowl waschosen to end the month’sfestivities because it was afun way for students toshow off their knowledgeand learn more.

“We wanted students tocome out and get involvedin the community,”Thompson said. “We want-ed them to come learnwithout the lecture and justhave some fun and get thechance to meet some otherstudents. It’s academic in

nature, but it’s also fun.”Though the students

were competitive, they hadthe opportunity to have funwith dancing and talkingduring the intermission.

Michael Richardson, asenior art major, said heliked having the chance totest his knowledge.

“I thought it was a veryorganized event,” Richardsonsaid. “It was really cool tocome here and experience.I’m glad we have thesediverse events on campus.”

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The senior forward helped the UNC women's basketball team pick up two crucial road wins in the last week. Brown scored a career-high 26 points at Weber State Saturday and 18 points at Northern Arizona Monday. She also combined for nine rebounds, six assists and four steals in the two games and became just the ninth player in Big Sky history to hit 200 3-pointers in a career after making four against Weber State.

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Women’s hoops looks for revenge on senior nightPARKER COTTON

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The UNC women’s bas-ketball team has worked itsway into its current win-and-in situation over the last threeweeks, putting the Bears inposition to secure the No. 2seed and a bye in the Big SkyConference Championshipnext week with a winSaturday.

What makes the situation

even better for the players isthat the team they must beatto do so is a team they havebeen looking forward to beat-ing for a while.

Saturday’s foe, PortlandState, stole a one-point victo-ry against the University ofNorthern Colorado (18-10,10-5 Big Sky) Jan. 12 inPortland, Ore., after theVikings hit two free throwswith four seconds left stem-ming from a late foul call.

PSU (14-13, 6-8) escapedwith a 62-61 win.

UNC sophomore guardD’shara Strange, who scored16 points in that game, saidthe team doesn’t expectanother letdown.

“Revenge is the keyword,” Strange said. “Wehave to come out here strongand get them back. We owethem. We owe them big timefor that.”

For a game with so muchon the line, UNC enters itssenior night contest at theperfect time, having won sixof its last seven games,including four straight.

“I think we’re a betterteam since we playedPortland State, and I definite-ly think we’re getting ready topeak and do what we shouldat the right time of the year,”UNC head coach JaimeWhite said.

White dispelled thenotion that the bye is nec-essary to be successful inthe conference tourna-ment, citing UNC’s loss inthe semifinals last season asthe second seed.

“The hard part is that theNo. 1 team has not won in thepast three or four years, and Ithink the most important

thing is getting tothe tournamentand then beingready to play atthe right time,”White said. “Youhave to be the hotteam at the righttime, and that’swhat I feel weare.”

The team’sthree seniors, for-ward Kaisha Brown, guardAmy Marin and centerCourtney Kranz will all behonored before the game.Kranz, despite being injuredmost of her career and notplaying at all this season, hasremained with the team as anadministrative assistant.

Brown’s been the team’sthird-leading scorer this sea-son at 11.3 points per game,and Marin has provided themost minutes off the benchfor the Bears at 18 per game,garnering a reputation as areliable hustle player.

“Kaisha’s been a greatcaptain for a couple yearsnow, she’s a great offensiveplayer for us, and Amy Marinhas really come on this yearand has been a big factor,especially defensively,”White said. “We’re really

going to miss allthree. They’regreat representa-tives of our team.It’s going to be sadto see them go.”

Marin, who’sbeen at UNC fortwo seasons aftertransferring fromN o r t h e a s t e r nJunior College inSterling, said

she’s loved how close theteam has been during hertime on it.

“We do everythingtogether,” she said. “Ourwhole team hangs outand that’s definitely aplus for coming here. Andbeing so close, it makes itdefinitely worthwhilewhen you’re going

through those strugglesand you know your teamis behind you.”

Brown, who’s been atUNC all four seasons, saidshe expects a whirlwind ofemotions during the game.

“I’m very excited,” shesaid. “I have a bunch of fami-ly coming out (from Iowa)and almost all of my brothersand sisters will be here, so I’mreally excited. It’s definitelygoing to be bittersweet. Mybest friends are my team-mates, and saying goodbye tothem I think will be the hard-est thing.”

UNC’s senior nightwill tip-off at 2:05 p.m.Saturday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

Despite the emotions shesaid she would feel, Brownsaid she knows to not over-look Portland State in the finalhome game of her career.

“Senior night’s a big deal,but I know we have to pre-pare like it’s any other night,”Brown said. “I know it’s goingto be kind of emotionalbefore the game and what-not, but I just have to go outthere and play hard and givethe last 40 minutes here onButler-Hancock floor the best40 minutes ever, hopefully.”

CASSIE NUCKOLS | THE MIRROR FILE PHOTO

UNC senior forward Kaisha Brown makes a move around aSacramento State defender Jan. 7 at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion. Brown plays her last home game Saturday.

Amy Marin averages 18 min-utes and 2.2rebounds pergame this season.

“Revenge is the keyword. We have to

come out herestrong and get themback. We owe them.

We owe them bigtime for that.

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Student Senate Update

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In a marathonStudent Senate meetingthat almost ran threehours long, membersstarted Student FeeAllocation Process hear-ings, heard ballot pro-posals and debated atlength regarding restruc-turing Senate, the hiringprocess for student judi-ciaries and the finding ofa new director of DiverseRelations.

Accreditation represen-tatives seek Senate’s help

To begin, guest speak-ers Kim Black and MichelleBehr from the HigherLearning Commissionspoke on accreditationand the coming multi-yearself-study institutions uti-lize to examine how theschool meets quality stan-dards. The study is used aspart of a review process todetermine an institution’saccreditation status whenits time for renewal.

Black and Behr request-ed a representative fromboth Student Senate andthe Graduate StudentAssociation for guidanceon informing students ofthe survey and interestingthem in participation.

Election Commissionergives update on springelections

In his report, ElectionCommissioner WillSchiffelbein said he per-sonally distributed 38election packets andmore were given out by

the Student ActivitiesOffice. The packets aredue Monday, andSchiffelbein asked forother members’ input onquestions to be asked atupcoming open forums.

“My goal is to increasevoter turnout by at leastone,” Schiffelbein said.

Organizations beginshearing SFAP appeals

UNC Student Radiokicked off this year’sSFAP process by request-ing $20,000 in funding.Last year, UNCSRreceived $10,000.

General Manager SamWood listed UNCSR’saccomplishments fromlast year, which includedplaying at 50 events thusfar, a show in Denver,more giveaways, staffand concerts and theinception of a photogra-phy department, whichgoes to events and pho-tographs attendees fortheir Facebook page.

Wood’s goals for nextyear include bigger con-certs, hosting the annualfall Block Party, updatingthe website, personalizedtransportation, more pro-motional gear for give-aways and upgradedequipment.

Wood said though themoney is a 100 percentincrease, it will be put togood use as the stationhas gone from eight stu-dent DJs to reaching apeak in the 70s during histenure.

“Nobody is paid atstudent radio, which is a

cool thing, so all themoney goes directly backto the students,” Woodsaid. “With new pro-grams, if it’s set up right,I have no doubt it willkeep going.”

SFAP hearings willcontinue next week andall requests will be votedon next month.

Senate approves environ-mental measure for ballot

Next, students from the“Environmental Studiesand Sustainability SeniorSeminar” class presented aballot proposal for theStudent Leadership forEnvironmental ActionFund (LEAF).

With this fund, each stu-dent will pay a fee of onedollar per credit hour eachsemester for sustainabilityprojects. For example, fixingthe campus sprinkler systemis a main priority for organ-izers of the group, as 633,000gallons were used for irriga-tion last year. Students withan idea for a project willpresent to a committee,which then grants fundingfor the project with a clauseto include students and fac-ulty in the work. LEAF willraise about $500,000 eachyear, and will focus on thevisibility of projects toincrease involvement andreturn on investment.

Senate membersexpressed great interest inthe proposal, and unani-mously voted to include it onthis year’s election ballot forimplementation next fall.

“There are a ton ofbenefits to this,” said

Director of Finance TylerAmes. “This is going toput another notch in thebelt of great things thisuniversity is about.”

Discussion on restruc-turing Senate continue

Senate members thenturned to a ballot propos-al, made by Levi Fuller,the director of StudentAffairs, on the restructur-ing of Student Senate.

Under this restructuring,Senate would be comprisedof a president, studenttrustee, director of StudentAffairs, director of Finance, aclassified staff council, rep-resentatives from FacultySenate, the GraduateStudent Association,Professional AdministrativeStaff Council and three rep-resentatives from each of theUniversity of NorthernColorado’s colleges, minusUniversity College.

The duties of posi-tions that have beenremoved will beabsorbed by those inother positions. Theaddition of two extramembers per college alsogives Senate a more rep-resentative population.

“Those with positionsthat will be eliminated willbe key players in writing thenew bylaws to ensure theirresponsibilities and indi-vidual tasks will be repre-sented and upheld,” saidAdministrative AssistantBen Schiffelbein.

The proposal wasunanimously passed toput on this year’s electionballot and will take effect

in fall 2013. Regardless ofwhether it passes or fails,Student Senate will retainthe same format next aca-demic year.

Next, Student RightsAdvocate Samantha Foxpresented the nominationfor the vacant StudentJudiciary, Morgan Byrd,who is a graduate student.

“She’s someone whocan make an impact byhitting the ground run-ning,” Fox said.

However, StudentTrustee Lauren Zdanowitzexpressed discontent withprocess of hiring, saying itshould be more than justthe opinion of Dean ofStudents Katrina Rodriguez.Zdanowitz cited errors inthe application essay andsub par responses to ques-tions as causes of concern.

“It’s hard to put alabel on someone else’sapproval,” said Directorof University RelationsNatalie Litke.

Ames reiterated thatthe proper process wasfollowed and that themeeting was not the timeto criticize it. Performingand Visual ArtsRepresentative GerardHeise agreed, and saidthat Senate membersknew about the processfor at least three weeks,and it was “shameful” toraise questions about itnow.

Senate voted to appointByrd, but her inductionwas defeated by a vote thatdid not garner two-thirdsof approval. The next step

will be addressed nextweek, and later in Senatereports Fox said that twoStudent Judiciary posi-tions were open as ChiefJudiciary Lindsey Yost wasremoved for failing to ful-fill requirements.

President addressesDiverse Relations vacancy

After a brief executivesession, Student BodyPresident Katelyn Elliottsaid she will put out anapplication for the vacantdirector of DiverseRelations position untilMonday. Responding tocriticism from BenSchiffelbein, who said hewill grieve the process ongrounds that the studentbody president only hadpower to appoint Senatemembers while a formalhiring process was con-ducted, Elliott said shedoesn’t necessarily like theprocess or power investedin her but believes it’s herduty to make an appoint-ment so that person canstill be effective with theremaining time left in thesemester.

“I want it to be a clear-cut process, but also anefficient process,” Elliottsaid.

Though Schiffelbeinand Elliott both agreedthat they had differingopinions on the defini-tion of “temporaryappointment,” Elliottsaid she would followthrough with her initialplan to appoint a direc-tor for the remainder ofthe semester.

Senate begins SFAP, addresses restructuring, director vacancy

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Madison Avenue Apartments:811 15th St, ONE-BEDROOM,ONE-BATH & Studios. Close toUNC, A/C, hardwood floors, 11’ceilings. 1/2 off June, July &August rent! $600/mo. ONE-BEDROOM & $600 deposit;$475/mo. Studios & $475deposit.

1932 8th Avenue, FOUR-BED-ROOM, TWO-BATH. W/Dincluded, free utilities, off streetparking. 1/2 off June, July &August rent! $1200/mo. &$1200 deposit.

1517 11th Ave. Available afterJune 1. All utilities paid. FreeTV & laundry. 2 bedroom base-ment $260. 5 bedroom main$1,375. Tim 353-7900

2BD/2BA Large Apt. 92512th St., W/D, $650/mo. +dep.& utils. Great landlords. Call970-392-2764.

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Child Care

Assistant Director. ABC ChildDevelopment Centers are cur-rently hiring for the positions ofCenter Director, AssistantDirector, Early ChildhoodTeacher and Assistant Teacherto Teach or Direct in theColorado Preschool Programand other programs (2012-2013 school year). Applicantsmust be qualified in the Stateof Colorado, in accordance withlicensing rules and regulations.Salary and benefits are region-ally competitive and based oneducation and experience.Applications available online atabccdc.com.

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Delivery Driver: Clean drivingrecord a must. OilfieldExperience desired. RelianceIndustrial Products. Apply inperson at 2030 E. 8th Street,Greeley, CO.

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Mirror Editorial

The Mirror newspaper has posi-tions available in its newsroomfor reporters. Applicants mustbe UNC students and under-stand deadlines. Those inter-ested need to call Editor BenWelch at 970-392-9327 oremail at [email protected].

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All the first-string UNCwrestlers will have theopportunity to earn a spotin the NCAAChampionship Sunday viathe Western WrestlingC o n f e r e n c eChampionship tourna-ment in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

The first-place winnersin each weight class, aswell as some second-placefinishers, will punch theirtickets to Nationals.

University of NorthernColorado senior 141-pounder Casey Cruz,whose only conferenceloss this season was at thehands of Wyoming’s ChaseSmith, said he has beenworking through situa-tions in which opponentshave gotten the better ofhim during the season.

“Now that we’ve wres-tled all those guys in ourconference and knowwhat they’re going to do,we’ve just been getting insome of those positionswe’ve struggled with a lit-tle bit throughout the

year, just to beprepared for it,”Cruz said.

A s s i s t a n tcoach BenVomBaur said heand the coachingstaff have beenworking with thewrestlers on theirown techniquesinstead of worry-ing about who itis they may bewrestling.

“The majority of ourpreparation is on what wedo well,” VomBaur said. “Ifthere’s a couple of tweaks

here or therebecause of youropponent, thenwe make those,but the majorityof our focus is onwhat we do.”

UNC seniorGabe Burak,who is ranked10th nationallyin the 165-pound classaccording toI n t e r M a t

Wrestling, is wrestling inhis first WCC tourna-ment, despite being asenior, because he trans-

ferred to UNC in the fall.Burak said even thoughhe has wrestled the sameopponents he will faceSunday, he expects quitea challenge.

“At the Division-Ilevel, against pretty muchevery guy that steps outthere on the mat, you’vegot to be ready to gobecause everyone’stough,” he said.

The Bears are lookingto rebound from a 33-6loss to WWC foe Air Forceon Feb. 19, in which Cruzand Burak were the onlyUNC wrestlers to win

their matches. VomBaursaid while techniques areimportant, confidenceand fundamentals arekey.

“Over the last fewweeks, some guys havehad some areas thatthey’ve worked on, but weas a staff don’t want themjust focusing on thoseareas right now,” he said.“They’ve worked them,they feel confident inthem. Now let’s continueto work on the things thatgot them here and madethem the good wrestlersthey are.”

Wrestling team prepares for conference tournament

Casey Cruz was one of just twowrestlers to pickup a win againstAir Force Feb. 19.


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Science fair sends 22 middle, high school students to stateCONOR MCCABE

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Potential future scientistsfilled the University CenterBallrooms and FiresideLounge at UNC as they pre-sented their research duringthe 42nd Annual Longs PeakScience and Engineering FairWednesday.

The fair gave fifth-through-12th graders fromWeld and Larimer Countiesthe opportunity to presenttheir own scientific researchto University of NorthernColorado faculty and stu-

dents who served as judgesfor the competition.

This year, 310 studentspresented 294 projects indi-vidually and in groups ofthree or four from topicsincluding animal sciences,behavioral and social sci-ences, chemistry, earth andspace sciences, energy andtransportation, engineering,mathematics and computersciences, medicine andhealth, microbiology, physicsand plant sciences.

“I was looking at the per-centage of a person’s blood

that is made up of red bloodcells of people from differentaltitudes,” said Ted Dumont,a student in the medicine andhealth category from EstesPark Middle School and astate qualifier.

Lori Ball, the directorof the LPSEF, said 22 stu-dents qualified for theColorado fair and onequalified for the interna-tional fair.

The Colorado fair willbe hosted April 5-7 atColorado State Universityin the Lory Student Center

Ballrooms and the nationalfair will be hosted May 13-18 at the David L. LawrenceConvention Center inPittsburgh.

There were 135 UNC stu-dent volunteers at this year’sevent who worked as judges,safety inspectors and registra-tion help.

“I am looking for thePioneers of Science Award,”said Brittany Vaughn, anLPSEF Judge. “It’s not peoplewho place, and it’s not honor-able mention; it’s some-body’s project that is revolu-

tionary, something youwouldn’t typically find in yourtypical how-to-make-a-sci-ence-project textbook.”

The fair offered partici-pants the chance to win vari-ous awards, including overalland categorical awards.

“It was great to see thekids support one another atthe awards ceremony,” Ballsaid. “This fair is also a tes-tament to the parents, obvi-ously promoting and sup-porting the students athome.”

The LPSEF awarded more

than 50 special awards,including awards from UNC’sPre-Health ProfessionalsClub, the United States AirForce and the West GreeleyConservation District as wellas awards such as the UNCNatural and Health SciencesPioneers in Science Award,and the Mathematics andScience Teaching InstituteDisplay Art and DesignAward.

The LPSEF is a regionalfair associated with theInternational Science andEngineering Fair.

‘Bowl’ teaches history lessons

senior elementary educa-tion major, said she likedhaving the chance tolearn about things shehad not been taught inschool.

“A lot of this stuff isn’ttaught in elementaryschools and highschools,” Herrington said.“The teachers don’tinclude it. It’s somethingyou have to educate your-self on, or participate inevents like this.”

Daboss Finnie, a soph-omore criminal justicemajor, said he thinksschools often only teachbasic black history, whichdoesn’t include many ofthe important achieve-ments of black historicalfigures.

“It isn’t just those pop-ular names, there is a lotthat people don’t know,”Finnie said. “So I’m gladthat the center put thison. It was a lot of fun.”

CHICHI AMA | THE MIRROR

Michael Richardson, left, a senior art major, and Sara Johnson,a senior business management major, prepare to answer aquestion during the Black History Month Knowledge Bowl.

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