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Volume 94, Number 35Friday, November 11, 2011
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UpcomingIn Monday’sissue of TheMirror, readabout a walkand film screen-ing hosted byInvisibleChildren.
Speaker shares cure for ignoranceA musician discuss-es how educationcan cure ignorance,a lesson he learnedfrom KKK members.PAGE 2
SportsMen’s basketball opens season
The UNC men’sbasketball teamhosts New MexicoState at homeSaturday.PAGE 6
OnlinePenn State scandal examined
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A black lecturer, musi-cian and friend to severalKu Klux Klan membersshared with UNC studentsthe lessons he learnedwhile researching the groupand the cure he found forignorance: education.
Daryl Davis captivated hisUniversity of NorthernColorado audienceWednesday with stories ofpersonal encounters withseveral members of the KKK.
“I never would haveimagined a Klan memberwould be friends with ablack man,” said JoshKushner, a freshman envi-ronmental science major.
Davis began his story witha brief look into his childhood.
He spent much of his
time traveling the countrybecause of his father’s job.He spent the first 10 years ofhis life in Africa and experi-enced his first encounterwith racism when he cameto the United States.
He joined the Boy Scoutsof America in his predomi-nantly white town in the1960s and, during a march,people began throwing vari-ous projectiles at him.
He did not understand thehostility but later learnedfrom his parents about dis-crimination. He said hethought his parents weredeceiving him.
“It made no sense thatpeople who never saw mehated me,” Davis said.
His curiosity about racismcontinued as time went on. Itbecame like a hobby to him.He began studying various
supremacist groups to gainunderstanding.
At one of his musical per-formances, he met a memberof the KKK.
He began to conversewith the man and would talk
with him every time heplayed at that location. Thisacquaintance, he said,became very important tohim when he decided to writea book about the KKK.
The man, who later left
the KKK, gave him informa-tion to track down theGrand Dragon, or statehead of the KKK group inMaryland, Roger Kelly.Davis had his white secre-tary set up a meeting toallow Davis to interact withKelly to gain information forhis book.
Kelly did the interviewand remained in contactwith Davis for several years.Kelly invited Davis to ralliesand meetings at his homeeven after he became theformal leader, ImperialWizard, for his KKK group.
After a few years, Kellydenounced the Klan, main-ly because of his associationwith Davis, who made himchange his outlook on life.
Davis said he believeshe was able to do thisbecause Kelly gave him anopportunity to present hisviewpoint.
“There is a cure for igno-rance; it is called education,”
Davis said. “Ignorance wasreplaced with facts, and Mr.Kelly quit the KKK.”
Davis was asked to speakat UNC by the UniversityProgram Council. TramaineDuncan, diversity coordina-tor for UPC, coordinated theevent.
“I did a lot of research andchose to bring Daryl to UNCbecause, as diversity coordi-nator, I want to bring some-one that would make stu-dents think outside the box,”Duncan said.
Davis has spoken withseveral other Klan membersand members from varioussupremacist groups.
He said his effect haschanged the lives of manybecause he is willing toshow respect and kindnessto others despite disagree-ing with them.
“People can change. Anexposure to knowledge iswhat helps people grow,”Davis said.
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C e l e b r a t i n gThanksgiving is a tradi-tion in many households,but Native AmericanStudent Services at UNCtook Thanksgiving to awhole new level duringtheir “Thanksgiving isEveryday” celebrationWednesday.
The event, part ofNative American HeritageWeek, combined a mealand a show for Universityof Northern Coloradostaff and students as well
as Greeley communitymembers.
“The event was hostedto show the NativeAmerican tradition dur-ing Thanksgiving,” saidAnthony Haro, a juniormusic education major.“We wanted to show thatwe think of every day as agift.”
Plenty of food wasavailable to choose fromat the celebration.
The main courses wereall made with bison meat.According to an informa-tional sheet distributed atthe event, bison meat is a
healthier substitutioncompared to other meat.It has as much calcium asa six-ounce glass of milk,as much potassium as abanana and contains vita-min E, B6 and B12. It alsoreduces the risk of dia-betes and other diseases.
In addition to buffalostew and buffalostroganoff, the feast alsofeatured macaroni andcheese, non-breadedjalapeno poppers and adessert table with differ-ent types of pies andcakes.
“The food is deli-
cious,” said Amy Lujan, asenior communicationsmajor. “It’s better thanthe mac-n-cheese I hadwaiting for me at home.”
After the dinner, therewas a cakewalk requiringa minimum of a $1 dona-tion to support FirstNation and NativeAmerican students.
Different types ofNative American dances,such as the Crow Hop andthe Rabbit Dance, enter-tained guests and sharedan important aspect of
NASS celebrates Thanksgiving early
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Daryl Davis, a lecturer and musician, discusses hisunusual friendships with members of the KKK and howthe relationships changed both his and their lives.
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More than two years ago, theworld lost one of its greatestentertainers due to an acciden-tal drug overdose. Justice wasfinally served earlier this weekwhen the doctor who adminis-tered the lethal dosage wasfound guilty of involuntarymanslaughter.
After a six-week trial, Dr.Conrad Murray was foundguilty in the death of the King ofPop, Michael Jackson, and isnow facing a sentence of up tofour years in jail and, at the veryleast, probation.
A maximum of four yearsbehind bars for the death of any-one is preposterous, consideringcriminals convicted of trespass-ing or tax evasion are thrown inthe slammer for longer thanwhat Murray faces, and he con-tributed to the loss of a person’slife.
While Jackson could haveprobably used other remedies tohelp him sleep and is thereforesomewhat responsible for hisown death, he cannot be heldsolely responsible for the over-dose of Propofal that killed him.
Murray should face a harsherpunishment because he isresponsible for allowing Jacksonto use the drug unsupervisedand then failing to try to save hislife when he stopped breathing.
Murray isn’t even allowedout on bail while he awaits hissentencing because he is athreat to public safety. Shouldn’tthat be a hint that he should belocked up longer than four yearsfor his negligence?
Murray will also most likelylose his Texas medical license,as well. Not that it matters,
because no one would visit aphysician even remotely associ-ated with the death of a famouspatient.
Even if Murray’s sentencewere to be extended to some-thing that more appropriatelypunishes a person for taking thelife of another, it would still notbe enough.
The ignorance of the physi-cian deprived the world of oneof the greatest entertainers inhistory and a family of a son,brother and father, and nothingcan replace the loss.
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LETTERS
Saturday will mark thefirst time sinceNovember 1949 that
Pennsylvania State Universitywill play a football game withoutJoe Paterno as a coach. That’s 62years of one man’s associationwith one university. Wednesdayevening, it was gone in a flash,and rightfully so.
Allegations have arisen aboutformer defensive coordinator JerrySandusky sexually abusing severalchildren who attended campshosted by the football program.The events were said to have hap-pened over a 15-year periodbefore he retired from the positionin June 1999, and were reported
by another assistant to Paterno,who took the information up thechain of command but did notmake sure an investigation wasconducted. The university boardof trustees fired both CoachPaterno and President GrahamSpanier after meeting Wednesday.
The former coach is not legallybeing called into question abouthis inaction in the situation, but inthe court of public opinion, he hasalready been found guilty. Theman who many college footballfans view as if he were their owngrandfather had a gigantic lapse inmoral judgment by not taking theinformation to the authoritieshimself.
My own grandfather went toPenn State himself, before JoePawas even college age, so I havealways had an affinity for the insti-tution and paid a little more atten-tion whenever it was in the news.This incident, however, is bigger
than the football team, universityor Paterno himself, arguably theface of college football coaching.
I view Penn State as an old-school type of place. The style offootball the school plays is typi-cal Big Ten football — hard-nosed and fundamental. The jer-seys the team wears are as simpleand classic as any in the nation.
If this were about somethingsuch as off-handed sexual com-ments in the workplace, somewould dismiss the matter asnew-age political correctness.But the issue here is not just thatPaterno is from an age gone by.In no modern time were thealleged actions taken bySandusky permissible in anysense.
The coach is synonymous withthe university itself. His name ison the $10 million library. Paternois 84 years old, and his retirementhas long been discussed. My ques-
tion is how will his legacy bechanged, and how would that bedifferent had he already retired oreven passed away before theseallegations surfaced?
This is a topic that transcendssports and school. It is not a foot-ball issue or a college issue butone that disturbs people from allwalks of life. How do people likeSandusky get into a position ofpower?
The campus is rioting, as couldbe expected from such a frustratedand emotionally confused groupof people. A football player saidthat the team would playSaturday’s game against Nebraskafor Coach Paterno. Perhaps theyshould consider playing for thosetruly suffering from all of this: thevictims.
— Michael Nowels is a sophomoreelementary education major and weeklycolumnist for The Mirror.
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The best problem solversare those who can come upwith the most innovative andcreative solutions.
Patrick Sherwood, a UNCalumnus and co-founder ofStep One Branding, highlight-ed this in his speech to stu-dents and faculty about hisadvertising career, whichtook him from Greeley to LosAngeles.
Sherwood worked with,and would eventually man-age, some of the largest brandnames in the world.
Sherwood described hisanxiousness in high school toget away from his hometownof Chicago and come to the
University of NorthernColorado, even though hehad no idea what he wantedto do as a career.
“I was a single guy inGreeley who had a verycreepy job as night watch-man in one of the dormito-ries,” Sherwood said. “It wasduring the summer and wasbasically patrolling threefloors in absolute darkness.”
It was during this summerthat he took a rhetorical criti-cism and argumentationclass, during which he real-ized the career potential andimportance communicationspossess.
“Ethos, pathos and logosare the pillars of any carefullycrafted argument as well asthe basis for communicating
more clearly,” Sherwood said.After college, Sherwood
became a junior high teacher,an experience he likened to“herding cats.” His experi-ence as a teacher helped himinadvertently improve hissmall group communicationand organizational skills.
Not far into his teachingcareer, though, Sherwoodreceived a call offering him aposition to work for a compa-ny in LA.
“I got a call from young awoman. Her name was Kim,and that’s when my improba-ble career in advertisingbegan,” Sherwood said.
Sherwood gave his audi-ence eight tips that helpedhim excel in his career, whichhe said are applicable to any
career path.“Effective communica-
tion takes practice. Don’tassume how it is is how itshould be,” he said.
Empathy is an admirabletrait and a skill, he said.Understanding the feelings ofothers plays a big part in thepath to success.
Sometimes situations canbe uncomfortable, but this is
not something that shouldhold someone back. In otherwords, get comfortable withbeing uncomfortable,Sherwood said.
Among other useful tips,Sherwood discussed readingand writing, diversifyingthought, getting your handsdirty and engaging. He saidthese fine-tuned skills canprovide the user with an
astronomical advantage inthe work place.
Sherwood talked aboutwhen his advertising agencywas making a business pro-posal to some wealthy restau-rant owners.
“We knew the customerbetter than they did,” he said.“But it’s not like we could tellthem to get out of their limoand step into the real world.We had to show them whatthe customer was about andhow we, as an advertisingagency, would representthat.”
“The communicationsclasses Sherwood took stillexist at the university today,”said Thomas Endres, directorof the UNC School ofCommunication.
Sherwood closed hisinspiring speech byenlightening listenerswith hopeful prospects forthe future and advocatinghis audience to make thebest of the times and uti-lize the skill he shared.
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Patrick Sherwood, a UNC alumnus and co-founder of Step OneBranding, shares stories of his advertising career during hispresentation at the Monfort College of Business Wednesday.
Feast shares native cultureNative American cultureduring the celebration.
By the end of the night,stomachs were satisfied,and students, faculty andGreeley residents had a bet-ter understanding of NativeAmerican culture.
“This is our way to givewithout looking for profit,”said Jessie Niclsen, a juniornutrition major.
Solomon Little Owl, direc-tor of NASS, said the weekwas arranged to celebrate allcontributions NativeAmericans have made both
before and after ChristoperColumbus arrived in NorthAmerica.
“Pretty much anything
you can think of hassomething to do with theNative Americans,” LittleOwl said.
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Amanda Moberly, an admissions counselor and UNCalumna, dances during the Thanksgiving is Everydaycelebration Wednesday at the Kohl House.
Thanksgiving from Page 2
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Students and officers-in-training are seen allaround campus in cam-ouflaged uniforms andcarrying battlefieldequipment, but many stu-dents do not know whatgoes into being a memberof the Army or Air Force’sReserve Officers’ TrainingCorps program at UNC.
Students said they joinROTC for several differentreasons. Some do it tolearn leadership skillswhile others are carryingon a family tradition.
“I joined ROTCbecause I want to serve mynation as an officer in the
military,” said MatthewButcher, a junior criminaljustice major. “I comefrom a military family;both my father and grand-father were in the military.To me, it means carryingon a proud tradition ofproviding service to ourcountry.”
Students who partici-pate in ROTC have to learnhow to balance a lot intotheir already busy collegelife, including ROTC class-es and early-morningphysical training.
“ROTC requires itscadets to attend regularphysical training everyMonday, Wednesday andFriday morning at 6 a.m.,”said Eric VanHolbeck, a
junior criminal justicemajor. “In addition, we’rerequired to be in militaryscience class and a weeklytactical lab, where welearn basic soldier skills.”
For physical training,cadets meet on the turffields near NottinghamField, and for the militaryclasses, they meet at the
Young House, UNC’sROTC headquarters locat-ed across the street fromGunter Field.
The lab classes offercadets hands-on experiences.
Last month during alab, Army cadets rap-pelled down the side of
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Student Senate Update
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During Wednesday’sStudent Senate meeting, aproposal reducing requiredoffice hours for Senatemembers was passed, andanother proposal was readsuggesting the alteration ofthe Senate election processat UNC.
Though the decision wasclose with a vote of eight tosix, during this week’s ses-sion Student Senate passedDirector of UniversityRelations Natalie Litke’sproposal to reduce requiredoffice hours.
The proposal changedSenate bylaws so Senatemembers are no longerrequired to keep 10 office
hours if they post whathours they will be in theoffice.
The proposal alsoextends the time duringwhich University ofNorthern Colorado cabinetmembers are allowed tokeep hours.
Previously, they wereallowed to keep hoursbetween 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.;now, Senate members areallowed to keep office hoursthrough 7 p.m.
Litke’s original pro-posal was simply to paredown the required hoursfrom 10 to five, but shesaid she is happy with theamendments.
“I wanted somethingeveryone could agree on,that we could all work with
and make our bylaws liv-able,” Litke said. ”This is agood compromise.”
A new proposal wasmade by Danielle Morgan,councilor for the College ofEducation and BehavioralSciences, that refines theway the Student Senateelection is run.
The proposal helpsspecify things Morgan andothers on Senate considerto be worded too broadly,including what qualifies as aconflict of interest, howwrite-in candidates areprocessed, and more thor-oughly describes how spe-cial elections are run
Also, the student judici-ary can determine whatconstitutes a major orminor violation of the elec-
tion code once they receivegrievances.
“This (proposal) is tomake the election processrealistic for the electioncommissioner,” Morgansaid. “There is a lot to do inthe position...and we wantto make sure that every-thing is done right.”
The proposal also origi-nally allowed more pollingplaces other than theUniversity Center comput-er lab, though Levi Fuller,the director of StudentAffairs, amended that thisportion of the election codestay the same.
Fuller’s reasoning, alongwith several others’ onSenate, suggested that thiswas a reason for theincrease in the number of
voters while there was also adecrease of polling places.
Along with this notion,limiting the polling place to asingle location would make iteasier for the university torepair the voting booths incase of a technical glitch,mentioned Shanda Crowder,the Graduate StudentAssociation representative.
The amended proposalwas postponed and willenter its second readingduring the next session.
John Pherson, the direc-tor of Academic Affairs,proposed a second confer-ence grant allocation.
The allocation waspassed unanimously, andPherson said he is workingon another allocation for agroup of students looking for
funding to go to China. Hewill have more informationduring next week’s meeting.
Jennifer Larson, a repre-sentative from DiningServices, attended the meet-ing to receive feedback fromSenate members regarding asurvey at last week’s meeting.
During Senate reports,Fuller said he is working onfliers for Residence HallAssociation’s new GoogleTalkBin account. He is alsoworking on encouragingstudents to text DiningServices’ TalkBin accountto let them know whatchanges they would like tosee in the service.
“TalkBin is a really goodway to get feedback from stu-dents,” Fuller said. ”I want tosee the students utilize it.”
Senate members’ hours changed, election process discussed
UNC future military service members carry on ‘proud tradition’ in ROTC
Matthew Butcher, a junior criminal justice major andArmy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet, rappelsdown the side of Harrison Hall during an ROTC lab class.
See ROTC, Page 7
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One day shy of a yearsince its last win, the UNCfootball team facesPortland State at homeSaturday in the seasonfinale, looking to avoid itsfirst winless season since1949.
The University ofNorthern Colorado’s (0-10,0-7 Big Sky) last win came,coincidentally, againstPortland State last season inPortland, Ore. The Bearsovercame an 18-point deficitin the final game of the sea-son and two interceptions inthe last two minutes helpedseal a 35-30 victory.
“They’re definitely abetter team this year,” sen-ior center Alex Shapiro said.
“But because wedid so wellagainst them lastyear, I thinkthere’s a lotmore confidencein the lockerroom right now.”
The Vikings(6-3, 4-2) aver-age 264.7 rush-ing yards pergame and are ledby their dual-threat seniorquarterback ConnorKavanaugh. Kavanaugh hasthrown for 1,126 yards andsix touchdowns to go with896 rushing yards andseven touchdowns, pre-senting even more of athreat to the Bears.
“The kid is starting tounderstand he has a goodtouch on the ball,” UNC
head coachEarnest CollinsJr. said ofK a v a n a u g h .“He’s starting tocomplement hisrunning skillswith his throw-ing skills. They’regetting a littlemore balanced,but that rungame, that is
their game with the pistol.”UNC senior safety Elliott
Dorsey said the entire teamneeds to be involved withstopping Portland State’srunning attack.
“If we’re a gap-sounddefense, then we won’thave any problems defend-ing the run game,” Dorseysaid. “And all the DBs haveto do is (man) up and take
away the passing game, andwe’ll win this game.”
UNC sophomore quar-terback Seth Lobato hasbeen sacked 30 times thisseason, and Shapiro saidthe offensive line being ableto keep Lobato upright,partnered with some defen-sive success, will aid theteam in its search of a win.
“The O-line — we got toprotect Seth and give himas much time as possible —and the defense just needsto ball out,” Shapiro said.
The team will honor its16 seniors prior to the gameand thank them for theircontributions to the teamand UNC. Shapiro said theexperience will be a littlebittersweet.
“It’s definitely weirdbecause time has flown so
fast,” Shapiro said. “Iremember when I was afreshman coming outhere. It’s going to be sadout there on Saturday. Ifeel like I had a good sea-son. I feel like I had agood career here, and I
feel like I’ve done every-thing I can to contributeto this university.”
After honoring theseniors, the final game ofthe season begins at 12:05p.m. Saturday atNottingham Field.
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New year, new facesand new goals are in placefor the UNC men’s bas-ketball team as it begins
the 2011-12 campaignSaturday in a rematch oflast year’s ESPNBracketBusters gameagainst New Mexico StateUniversity.
The University ofNorthern Colorado grad-
uated four of its fivestarters from last year’sBig Sky Championshipteam, including Big SkyMost Valuable Player,Devon Beitzel. Bears headcoach B.J. Hill said theeffect of losing the fourseniors will be evident butsees potential in thisyear’s team to be a threatin the conference again.
“This is a team that is justgoing to continually show alot of improvement through-out the year because they areyoung,” Hill said. “Our goalis always to win. A lot of peo-ple think that’s unrealistic. Idon’t. These guys are talent-ed. It’s just going to rely onhow they mature and howcoachable they are going towant to be.”
The Bears do returnstarting junior guard ElliottLloyd and lone senior for-ward Mike Proctor. Proctorwas named to the Big SkyConference All-Tournamentteam last year and said beingthe only senior on this year’steam motivates him. Lloydaveraged a career-high 7.5points per game last seasonwhile Proctor averaged 5.4points and 5.6 rebounds agame off the bench.
“My mentality this year isto keep a cool head through-out entire games, make surethings are done correctlyduring practices and gamesand just be a leader to theseyoung guys,” Proctor said.
UNC opened the yearwith an exhibition gameagainst Chadron State on
Nov. 1. Despite the 89-65win, players and coacheswere disappointed in theexecution, but Lloyd said thecorrect steps have beenmade since then in prepara-tion for NMSU on Saturday.
“We learned from thatexperience and, as a team, wegrew from that game,” Lloydsaid. “We just need to go outand execute like coach haspreached to us all week.”
Notable games on theBears’ schedule this seasonare home rematchesagainst the University ofDenver and Colorado StateUniversity on Dec. 14 and22, respectively. The Bearsdefeated both DU and CSUtwo years ago at home butdropped both games lastseason on the road.
UNC will also travel backto Hill’s old stompinggrounds, Cedar Falls, Iowa,when the Bears go out forthe South Padre IslandInvitational to play theUniversity of Northern Iowaand Iowa State UniversityNov. 20 and 22.
“It’ll be fun for me to getback home and exhibit ourprogram in front of a bunchof family and friends,” Hillsaid. “I like that trip most ofall because we get to spendthe whole week together as aunit and really grow. We’regoing to see some adversityseeing teams of that caliber.”
UNC will tip off for thefirst time this season againstNew Mexico State at 7 p.m.Saturday at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion.
Bears open new season at home, host New Mexico State
ROCHELLE BALL | THE MIRROR
UNC senior center Alex Shapiro (65) carries the ballback to the line during a practice this week. Shapirois one of 16 seniors playing their final game Saturday.
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UNC junior guard Elliott Lloyd, left, backs down soph-omore guard Paul Garnica in the team’s practiceThursday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
Football team plays Portland State on senior day
Elliott Dorseysaid the entiredefense will needto help stop PSU’srunning game.
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Harrison Hall from theroof to learn the properskills required for real-life military situations.
“Rappelling is animportant skill that manysoldiers need to know,and the point of our labsis to teach us such skills,”Butcher said. “During thelab, we learned the prop-
er way to tie what is calleda ‘Swiss Seat,’ which isthe rope that makes upyour harness, and how tosafely rappel. This skillcan be used to rappel offbuildings, cliffs or evenhelicopters.”
It is skills like thesethat ROTC students canuse in their future careers,which for some will startright after graduation.
“I will be commis-sioned as an officer in theU.S. Army, have a guaran-teed job and a goodcareer set,” VanHolbecksaid.
ROTC students are alsohelping support veteransand troops today by tyingyellow ribbons to treesacross campus.
According to the pro-gram’s website, the ROTC
program at the Universityof Northern Colorado wasactivated on July 1, 1951under Lt. Col. C. J. Lupear.The detachment wasdeactivated in 1987 andmerged with Detachment90 at Colorado StateUniversity.
To learn more aboutROTC go towww.colostate.edu/Depts/AFROTC/index.html.
Veterans Services assist those who served in armed forcesCONOR MCCABE
Adjusting to life as a civil-ian is a challenge faced bymany American militaryveterans, but VeteransServices at UNC is commit-ted to help those who servedtheir country and their fam-ilies achieve their goals ofhigher education.
The Office of VeteransServices, located inRoudebush Cottage at theUniversity of NorthernColorado, is designed to caterto the various challenges andrequirements veterans facewhen they want to enter theacademic setting.
“Our office itself is a tradi-
tional area to help militaryveterans transfer into the aca-demic life,” said Danny Gross,a junior English literaturemajor and veterans advocatefor OVS.
Veterans from all four ofthe United States militarybranches — the Army, Navy,Marines and Air Force — arerepresented at UNC.
Stephen Vought, a sopho-more chemistry major andveterans advocate at UNC,said there are about 150 vet-erans at UNC and about 250students who are dependentsof veterans.
“That number has dou-bled in the last two years andis still going up,” Vought said.
One of the most distinctive
services these veterans receiveafter returning from activeduty is their Post 9/11 G.I. Bill,established in August 2009.
The G.I. Bill is active for 15years after the last date servedand consists of funding forcollege, including full scholar-ships, tuition and allowancefor when veterans pursuing ahigher education.
Benefits from the G.I.Bill can also be transferredto their children, spouse orother immediate familymembers labeled asdependents.
The bill is one of the mostimportant benefits a veterancan receive, but some mayhave a hard time understand-ing how to receive all of their
benefits, said LucusDeKinder, the assistant regis-trar for OVA.
“Our office is designed tofield questions for potentialstudents,” DeKinder said. “Somuch is not known about thebenefits.”
In honor of Veterans Day,OVA is hosting “Operation:Thank A Vet,” for which theyhave made special UNC goldT-shirts with the word “veter-an” on the back.
Veterans Services encour-ages veterans to wear theshirts today to bring attentionto the sacrifices they made asindividuals.
“We tend to forget aboutveterans back in civilian life,”Gross said. “We still want to
recognize what they havedone and the sacrifice theyhave made.”
For more information
about Veterans Services, visitwww.unco.edu/veteranser-vices or the OVA located inRoudebush Cottage.
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Veterans Services, housed in Roudebush Cottage, offersUNC students who served in the military a variety ofservices, including help applying for their G.I. Bill.
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It’s undoubtedly beena difficult season for theUNC football team. Forsome, though, it’s beentougher than others.
Senior quarterbackDylan Orms falls into thelatter classification.
Replaced as the starterbefore his final season,Orms was assigned to abackup position, a desig-nation that Orms said wasdifficult to accept for awhile.
“One thing I definitelylearned was that every-body has a role,” Ormssaid. “Even though you’renot playing — and I didn’trealize it at first — but thethings that I do are goingto impact the peoplearound me. So, I kind oftook it upon myself to seta good example and havea good attitude, and eventhough it’s been tough forme in certain instances, Ifeel like I’ve done a pretty
good job of keeping myhead in there and stayingpart of the team andshowing guysthat even ifyou’re not goingto play, it’sabout theteam.”
Orms cameto the Universityof NorthernColorado fromWheat RidgeHigh Schoolfresh off a 4AS t a t eChampionshipin his senioryear. He redshirted hisfirst year and sat behindBryan Waggener, a trans-fer from Florida after theemergence of Tim Tebow,the next two years. Lastseason, Orms was namedstarter as a junior.
During that season,Orms said the things hewill remember most arethrowing a touchdown onhis very first pass in theseason-opener againstAdams State and getting a
comeback victory overPortland State in the sea-son finale. In 10 games
played aftermissing one toinjury, Ormsthrew for 2,055yards and 15t o u c h d o w n sand rushed foranother 217yards and sixscores.
Senior safe-ty ChuksNweke said hisfavorite memo-ries of playingwith Orms
come from their juniorseason.
“I’ve known him sincemy recruiting trip, soevery guy in my class, Ilove seeing them suc-ceed,” Nweke said. “I justloved seeing him last yearplaying games and help-ing us win games andmaking plays. He’s a goodguy.”
UNC head coachEarnest Collins Jr. saidhe’s proud of how Orms
has handled the decisionof not being renamed asthe starter at the begin-ning of this year.
“It’s good to have ayoung man like DylanOrms who is in the posi-tion that he’s in but he’sstill leading,” Collins said.“In the beginning, it was atough pill for him to swal-low, and I think it’s stillhard for him, but he’s ayoung man that has char-acter about himself. Hehas not been a cancer oranything like that becausehe’s not starting. He’sbeen stepping up andsaying things, key thingsthat our team needs tohear from a leader, from acaptain.”
Orms said he haslearned from the experi-ence and will cherish therelationships he has madewith his teammates.
“We kind of have thatspecial bond,” Orms said.“We’ve been throughsome tough times, andthe only way I can look atit is that it’s going to pre-
pare me for somethingtougher in the future.When it comes down to it,it’s only a game and it’ssomething I’ve done mywhole life, but not playingfootball anymore isn’tgoing to be the toughestthing that I go through inmy life. And I realize that.That’s why I try to takefrom this situation andbuild myself as a person.”
After a troubling finalyear, Orms said his mem-
ories of UNC will be posi-tive nonetheless.
“I’m the type of guythat’s very proud of theschool he plays for,” hesaid. “That’s kind of theway I was raised — tosupport my school andbelieve in my school. So,just the opportunity toplay college football andbe a part of UNC is some-thing I’ll take with me forthe rest of my life.”
Sports/News8 The Mirror Friday, November 11, 2011
Senior looks at positives despite tough season
Dylan Orms threw for 2,055yards and 15touchdowns in hisjunior season.
Former UNC student wanted by policeSTAFF REPORT
A former UNC studentis wanted by police for hissuspected involvement inan incident early Sundaymorning that left one mandead and three othersinjured.
Joel Chairez-MunozJr., 25, a former sociologymajor at the University ofNorthern Colorado, iswanted on suspicion offirst-degree murder andfour counts of attemptedmurder.
Chairez-Munoz report-edly got into a fight with fiveMexican nationals at the
Alas Blancas Bar,119 18th St., atabout 1:30 a.m.Sunday, Nov. 6,according to TheGreeley Tribune.
Once themen left thebar, then a t i o n a l swalked acrossthe street to 7-Eleven, andChairez-Munoz went tohis car and proceeded todrive into the five mencrossing the street. Fourof them were hit; one manwas able to dodge the carand was not injured.
Juan Cortez-Rodriguez, 43, diedTuesday from closed head
injuries sus-tained in theaccident.
G r e e l e yPolice Sgt. JoeTymkowych toldThe Tribune onepedestrian suf-
fered a brokenleg and twoother pedestri-
ans suffered minorinjuries.
Police found Chairez-Munoz’s car but have notfound him.
Mikel Longman, UNCpolice chief, sent an emailto UNC students and fac-ulty Wednesday after-noon, informing UNCcommunity members that
Chairez-Munoz is wantedin connection with an off-campus murder and hasbeen issued campus no-trespassing orders and isnot welcome on campus.
Nate Haas, the directorof media relations atUNC, said Chairez-Munoz is no longerenrolled at the university.
“The last date ofenrollment we have forhim is Nov. 4,” Haas said.“He is not currentlyenrolled at UNC.”
If anyone seesChairez-Munoz or knowsof his whereabouts, callGreeley Police at 970-350-9600 or UNC Police at970-351-2245.
Joel Chairez-Munoz Jr.