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Students get in sync with spiritClubs, Greek Lifeand residencehalls put on danceroutines as part ofhomecoming week.PAGE 2
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Volunteers collect boxes of canned food during this year’s “Black Out Hunger”-themed Cans to Candelaria food drive at Candelaria Hall Thursday.ANDY WILSON | THE MIRROR
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Students lip synchedand danced their heartsout as Homecoming Weekcontinued Thursday withBear Sync, a dance com-
petition that won home-coming points for partici-pating UNC groups.
Students fromUniversity of NorthernColorado clubs, organiza-tions, residence halls and
Greek Life all competed inthe contest. Many utilizedcostumes and props togain an edge on theircompetition in the home-coming points contest.
The overall winners ofthe competition wereHarrison Hall residents.
Harrison also won firstplace in the residencehalls category beating outTurner Hall, South Halland President’s Row forthe second consecutiveyear.
Harrison Hall won bydancing and lip syncingto “Dig It” from the movie
“Holes,” “Gold Digger” byKanye West, “Black andGold” from “Fame” and“Streets of Gold” by30H!3.
Harrison’s performerssaid they worked onehour a day for a week anda half, and it was all worthit.
“We wanted to partici-pate in the event, BearSync, because we thoughtit would be fun,” saidSylvia Stone, a freshmanEnglish secondary educa-tion major.
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Facilities Management puts ‘can’ in CandelariaAMBER KAZMIERSKI
More than 21,000pounds worth of food andcash donations were col-lected in Candelaria HallThursday during UNC’ssixth annual Cans toCandelaria food drive.
Monday throughWednesday, University ofNorthern Colorado clubs,organizations, residencehalls and colleges donatedfood and money to thecause and in return gothomecoming points andhelped thousands in need.
This year, Cans toCandelaria collected 21,486pounds worth of foodthrough food and moneydonations. Even more willbe donated to the benefici-ary, Weld Food Bank, as thenumber does not includedonations that will be col-lected at the homecomingdance.
Facilities Managementtook first place for donatingthe most for the secondconsecutive time with2,340 pounds. The second-place winner was CarterHall with 2,249 pounds andthe third-place winnerswere UNC Student Radioand Anthropology Clubwith 1,656 pounds.
Scott Westfall, the foodsourcing and transportationmanager for Weld FoodBank, said the food bank ishappy that Cans toCandelaria is involved.
Due to the economictimes, the Weld Food Bankhas seen an increase inthose who have neededassistance.
Westfall said last week,about 530 emergency foodboxes were needed withrecipients ranging from a92-year-old to an 8-day-old.He also said certain foodproducts with high proteinare more desirable to help
people maintain theirhealth.
The Weld Food Bank is anon-profit organization thathas existed since 1982 and isaffiliated with FeedingAmerica, the largest hunger-relief organization in theU.S.
The food bank serves a4,000 square-mile radius inWeld County and helpsmore than 100 non-profitlocal agencies by providingthem with food.
For the past five years,Lee Anne Peck, an associateprofessor of journalism, andher public relations classspearheaded the event. Thisyear, however, Peck took asabbatical, and the StudentDietetics Association andAlana Cline, an associateprofessor of dietetics andsponsor of SDA, organizedthe food drive.
The SDA’s goals forthis year were to heightenthe awareness of hunger
in Weld County, encour-age more communityinvolvement and collectmore than 70,000 poundsof non-perishable food orcash.
“Next year, we’ll have achance to make it our own,”said Megan Ehrlich, a seniordietetics major and mem-ber of the Student DieteticsAssociation. “It was suc-cessful in the fact that wewere able to donate somuch to local families inneed.”
The Student DieteticsAssociation presented thetrophy to Jen Rodriguez,scheduler of FacilitiesManagement, Wednesdayafter the food drive had endedand pounds were tallied.
“It’s a great feeling. It’sjust good to be able to helpthe community,” Rodriguezsaid. “Facilities Managementdoes anything to help any-body that they can, and it’sgood to see that it’s going to a
great organization.”For more information
on the Weld Food Bank or
to find out how to donate,call 970-356-2199 or visitwww.weldfoodbank.org
ANDY WILSON | THE MIRROR
Courtney Connors, a senior dietetics major, sports acan costume at the Cans to Candelaria food drive.The drive collected 21,486 pounds of food.
Students in sync with singing contest
See Bear Sync, Page 3
Quote of the day“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect
leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmlyunder your belt, that’s real power.” – Clint Eastwood
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Student Senate Update
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During this week’sStudent Senate meetingWednesday, Senate mem-bers heard from two guestspeakers, passed two pro-posals and heard three pro-posals, which were tableduntil future sessions.
Chuck Leonhardt, the vicepresident of UniversityRelations, gave a presenta-tion on the rebranding of theuniversity that is currentlygoing on.
Leonhardt said the uni-versity is investing in newbillboards, adding new con-tent to the website, andrunning new commercialson television.
“We are spendingquite a bit of money onthis,” Leonhardt said.
“We’re using technologyto get the word out.”
In his presentation,Leonhardt made it clearthat UNC is not taking anyshots in the dark with thisproject. The universitystarted on this particularendeavor three years, andhas done the research tomake sure it will be aworthwhile long-terminvestment.
“This commitment issustainable and ongoing,”Leonhardt said. “This is nota flash in the pan.”
Krystal Kelly, a repre-sentative of the WeldCounty Boys and GirlsClub, made a presentationasking Student Senatemembers to consider astronger partnership withthe club because it encour-ages its members to contin-
ue on to higher education. Kelly also mentioned that
the club needed volunteersand interns, roles UNC stu-dents could fulfill, and urgedSenate members to spreadthe word, as they have in thepast.
Student Trustee LaurenZdanowitz had a proposalenter its third and finalreading this session, as didNatalie Litke, the directorof University Relations.
Zdanowitz’s proposalwould remove her authorityto appoint the Leadershipand Scholarship AwardChair, as this position doesnot currently exist.
Litke’s proposal removeslanguage in her bylaws thatpertains to the director ofFinance, and also removeslanguage requiring the direc-tor of University Relations to
host a weekly show on UNCStudent Radio.
Both proposals passedthis session, meeting nodebate.
William Schiffelbein’sproposal to amend thesteps necessary to remove aStudent Senate memberentered its second reading.
Currently, to remove amember, there needs to bea 10 percent vote from thestudent body, or agreementamong five of the sevenmembers on a removalcommittee.
Schiffelbein proposed tohave the system removedand organize it so theStudent Rights Advocatewould receive a grievanceabout a member and pass iton to the Student Judiciary,who would then vote on it.
There was no debate or
discussion on the proposalthis session, and it wastabeled until next week for itsthird and final reading.
Charlie Charbonneau,director of Clubs andOrganizations, made twonew proposals this week.
The first was to removefrom the bylaws languagerequiring the director ofClubs and Organizations toserve as the Student Senateliaison to all college studentcouncils.
Charbonneau said he ismaking the amendmentbecause all the collegecouncil presidents attendthe student meeting.Therefore this require-ment is unnecessary.
Charbonneau’s secondproposal was to change therequirements for theOrganization Funding Board
meeting time. Currently, thebylaws require the OFB tomeet at 5:30 on Thursdayevenings, but Charbonneausaid students cannot alwaysmake this particular time.
If his proposal passes, thebylaws would simply requirethe meetings to be Thursdayevenings. The specific timewould be posted in the stu-dent activities office byTuesday at 5:00 p.m.
Litke agreed with theOFB proposal.
“It’s really importantwe take out the limitinglanguage in the bylaws,”Litke said. “We need tothink of what will work forfuture Senate members, aswell as right now.”
Both of the proposals byCharbonneau will entertheir second reading nextsession.
Bylaw amendments pass, proposals introduced
Harrison goes for lip synching ‘gold’
The residents said theyput forth a lot of effort tobe the winning hall andreceive more points forhomecoming.
“We also just wantedto defend our title,” saidTyrell Allen, a sophomoremajoring in sociology andAfricana studies.
Turner Hall residentsperformed a medley ofDisney songs featuring“Circle of Life” from “TheLion King,” “A Whole NewWorld” from “Aladdin,”“I’ll Make a Man Out ofYou” from “Mulan” and
“Under the Sea” from“The Little Mermaid.”
Alpha Omicron Phiand Pi Kappa Phi per-formed a skit with anassortment of songs.
First, the Greeks usedthe opening sound bitefrom the movie “500 Daysof Summer” and thenmoved on to dancingalong to Hall and Oates’“You Make My Dreams.”The skit was about the tri-als and tribulations of arelationship throughmusic.
Many of the groupsused some of the samesongs including “Streets
of Gold,” “Gold Digger,”and “Hey Goldmember”by Beyonce featured in“Austin Powers inGoldmember.”
Sigma Chi and AlphaPhi put a different spin onWest’s hit, though, byhaving a female sing theintroduction a cappella.
Participants and atten-dees packed theUniversity CenterBallrooms to watch theperformances.
“I thought the eventwas awesome,” saidLatosha Wolfe, a fresh-man nursing major. “I amreally glad that Harrison
won. Not only because Ilive in that dorm butbecause I also got to seemy friends perform andthen win, which was real-ly cool.”
Some attendees saidthey enjoyed the dancesbut thought there were afew too many of the same“gold” hits.
“Bear Sync was prettycool but I think that‘Gold Digger’ got over-played a little bit toomuch,” said JoshAlexander, an undeclaredfreshman. “I really likedTurner’s dance and thesongs they used.”
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CHICHI AMA | THE MIRROR
Members of Alpha Omicron Pi and Pi Kappa Phi tell thethe tale of a love story gone wrong with their performancein Bear Sync Thursday at the University Center.
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By now, pretty much anyonewith a Facebook account — andlet’s be honest, that’s most of thestudents on a college campus —has noticed the new and“improved” features of the socialnetworking website within the pastfew days. And many users are notpleased with what they see.
While Facebook users may notlike the new features, are thechanges to the social network solife altering to be newsworthy? No.
Yes, the changes will affect750 million users around theworld, a significant number ofpeople, but the modifications arenot that dramatic.
Facebook now determineswhat a user’s “Top Stories” are, or
what statuses and links theirfriends post that they would mostlikely be interested in. It’s not as ifthe “Top Stories” are just randomlychosen; there is supposedly somelogic to it.
An algorithm takes intoaccount factors such as posts fromfriends a user interacts with fre-quently, or posts that receive themost comments and “likes,” andplaces these posts at the top of thenews feed. It is a logical system.
Facebook still shows the postsfrom all of a user’s friends, theymay just have to scroll down to seethem. The worst thing that cancome out of the “Top Stories” isthat it might take longer toFacebook stalk someone, which
could be a plus for some consider-ing many people log on when theyare bored.
The other new feature on thesite is the “ticker,” which is more orless Facebook’s version of Twitterand a miniature version of thenews feed. The “ticker” is justanother way to keep tabs on auser’s friends when they are awayfrom the news feed.
If people are really that upsetabout the interface of the web-site changing, they should dosomething more than postannoying status updates about it(because we all know how muchgood that has done telling MarkZuckerburg how badly we allwant a “dislike” button).
To really make many users’feelings known, they should quitusing Facebook and refuse to use itagain until the format is changedto what it was three days ago. Noone is forcing them to continue touse it.
Instead, though, people will justuse the social network they cur-rently dislike to express their disap-proval of it and will learn to acceptthe new layout.
If a change in Facebook’s lay-out is the biggest problem peoplehave, they should realize howlucky they are to be so worry-freeand to have a computer toupdate their status, which iswhining about a free websitechanging their layout.
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LETTERS
Thousands of people areborn and die every day.Most of those entering
and leaving our world do notreceive much attention outsideof friends and family. The oneswe do hear about are usuallycelebrities. A man diedWednesday night in Georgia whowas not a celebrity, but whosename is now widely recognized:Troy Davis.
In 1991, Davis was convicted ofkilling off-duty police officer MarkMacPhail. According to the New
York Times, the shooting tookplace on Aug. 19, 1989 whenOfficer MacPhail came to the aidof a homeless man and was shotand killed when he tried to help.
There was some physical evi-dence to suggest Davis’ gun wasused in the shooting, but no DNAevidence was found. After the con-viction, several key witnesses inthe case against Davis recantedtheir statements about theencounter.
Some voiced concern that raceplayed a part in this case. I do notknow the trial nor understand raceissues well enough to say whetheror not it indeed was a factor. WhatI do understand about the case,though, is that there was a ques-tion as to whether or not Davispulled the trigger.
Beyond just this instance, thereis something I fundamentallyoppose about my governmentsanctioning and carrying out thekilling of one of its citizens. I under-stand there are people in the worldand in this country that commithorrible acts, deserving of seriousconsequences. But for the govern-ment to decide that someonedeserves to die based on circum-stantial evidence is disturbing.
I certainly understand why aperson would want to avenge theloss of a loved one or of anyoneand take matters into his or herown hands. But it is a wholly dif-ferent situation when our govern-ment goes through a process todetermine whether or not some-one gets to live or die. It removesall humanity from the situation.
Personally, I’d even considerlife in prison a more severe conse-quence than the death sentence.Spending the rest of one’s life inprison forces the prisoner to reflecton the reason for being there.Prisoners have to come to gripswith their transgressions, andkeeping someone in prison holdsopen the opportunity for release ifnew evidence proves innocence.
At 11:08 p.m. Wednesday, thestate of Georgia may have killed aninnocent man. That one little“may” is enough to make this adisturbing story and should beenough to cause Americans torethink how their country handlesits crime.
— Michael Nowels is a sophomoreelementary education major and weeklycolumnist for The Mirror.
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It was a red carpetevent Wednesday as theUNC Honors Programhosted its inauguralHonors VIP Night in theUniversity Center.
Networking was thetheme of the night, whichbrought togetherUniversity of NorthernColorado honors stu-dents, alumni and faculty.
More than 100 studentsattended the event, many ofthem UNC freshmen. Forstudents entering theUniversity Honors Program,the event was an opportuni-ty to learn more about theprogram and what will beexpected of them.
Loree Crow, associatedirector for the UniversityHonors Program, said theprogram is an 18-credit-hour program, which alsorequires cultural and civicengagement.
“The honors programis for students who have adesire to do more withtheir undergrad learn-ing,” Crow said.
Students said theevent was a good oppor-tunity to learn moreabout the program andwhat would be required ofthem.
“The honors programwill allow me to broadenmy horizons while push-ing me in my studies,”said Nateal Dunst, afreshman elementaryeducation major.
The night started with ameet and greet for atten-dees followed by a presen-tation from keynote speak-er Thomas Smith, theassistant vice president forUndergraduate Studiesand dean of UniversityCollege.
Students then partici-pated in roundtable dis-cussions with faculty andalumni associated with
their major. Studentsasked questions regard-ing thesis projects,research, graduate schooland career experience.
The VIP Night was achance for students to geta grasp on what the hon-ors program offers.
“There is a lot ofpotential in the program,”said Jamie Britt, a seniorpolitical science major.“The current leadershipteam is in the process ofrevamping.”
Sophomore AndreaRivard, the vice presidentof community service forthe honors programexpressed the disconnectthat existed in her firstyear in the program.
“The only other honorsstudents I knew were theones in my major,” Rivardsaid. “With the VIP Night,we’re trying to foster asense of community with-in the program. Studentshave the opportunity to
not only meet faculty andalumni but also other stu-dents involved in the pro-gram.”
The VIP Night was oneexample of the many aspectsof the honors program.
Although the programrequires students to havea minimum GPA to beaccepted, the program isabout more than grades.
In addition to excellingacademically, studentsare required to be activein the communitythrough service and cul-tural events.
To learn more about theUniversity Honors Program,v i s i twww.unco.edu/hsl/honors.
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RICHELLE CURRY | THE MIRROR
Keynote speaker Tom Smith, the assistant vice president for Undergraduate Studiesand the dean of University College, describes the work it takes to be a student inthe University Honors Program during the Honors VIP Night Wednesday at the UC.
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The UNC Fight Songmay take on a new meaningfor many on Saturday as thePride of the RockiesMarching Band plays it inmemory of one of their own.
Alicia Lentz, 20, a juniorecology and evolutionarybiology major, died lastweek at Swedish MedicalCenter in Denver fromvenous thrombosis, a bloodclot deep in the brain.
Lentz played the mel-lophone for the horn sectionof the Pride of the Rockies.
In memory of their fel-low band member, KenSingleton, the band direc-tor at the University ofNorthern Colorado, saidthe marching band will endtheir performance at thehomecoming football game
with “Amazing Grace” andthe UNC Fight Song.
“The Fight Song has agreat horn part,” Singletonsaid. “We may bring thehorns up front, but wehaven’t practiced it yet. It’snotoriously hard and fun, andAlicia liked everything thatwas hard and fun to play.”
The concert band willalso perform a piece inmemory of Lentz duringtheir Nov. 15 performance.
The ban will play “ToThe Summit” during theirconcert, which features ahorn solo and the hymn forthe Kappa Kappa Psi hon-orary band fraternity, ofwhich Lentz was a memberof, in the middle of the song.
“It’s a really good piece,”Singleton said. “It will meana lot to people and fraterni-ty members, and we’ll besure to invite the family.”
Singleton also said he isworking with Dick Mayne, theassociate director of bandsand Pride of the Rockiesdirector, to create scholar-ships and other memorialsfor Lentz.
“There are a couplescholarships given to bandmembers, and we want tobe involved in remember-ing her,” Singleton said.“We have to figure outwhat is most appropriate.”
Although the band isremembering the loss ofone of its members,
Singleton said he knewLentz would not want peo-ple focusing all their atten-tion on remembering her.
“She was the type ofperson who would havesaid ‘Enough memorials,let’s get back to work’,”Singleton said. “We’llalways miss and rememberher, but she has taught us alot even in her passing.”
Lentz’s father, Tim Lentz,said he has many wonderfulmemories of his daughter.
“Alicia was a very com-plex, sometimes brutally hon-est, strong-willed and deter-mined young women,” Timsaid. “She loved beinginvolved, especially with theUNC Pride of the Rockies andKappa Kappa Psi. She wasproud to be a band geek andscience nerd. She was diag-nosed with hybrid type 1-type 2 diabetes at age 13 and,rather than hide her condi-tion, she embraced it and wasoutspoken about it as, Ibelieve, she wanted others tobe comfortable with it and toraise awareness. Alicia andher mother received theirmotorcycle licenses together,and Alicia was well on the wayto becoming a rider. We have
so many fond memories.”Singleton said the band
members have pulledthrough despite their lossand have grown closertogether because of it.
“The silver lining in theclouds is her passing hasbrought people together,”Singleton said. “There aremore than 250 kids in thebands, and it has broughtthem to think about her,they’re helping each other.They’re thinking about howmuch music meant to herand how much it means tous. In 21 years she did a lot
and in another 40 or 50years she would have doneso much more. It was awake-up call, and studentshave pulled together.”
Tim Lentz said the neurol-ogists at Swedish said themost probable risk factor forLentz and other youngwomen is the side effects ofcommon oral contraception,which played into her causeof death.
A gathering was hosted forLentz’s family and friendsMonday in Longmont in lieuof a funeral, as Tim Lentz saidwere his daughter’s wishes.
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Decking halls gold with UNC prideBRIT DUNN
Residence halls were dec-orated with gold-inspiredthemes Wednesday for theannual residence hall deco-rating contest.
This year’s homecom-ing theme is “Paint theTown Gold,” which gavestudents the opportunity
to showcase their creativ-ity and Bear pride in thecompetition.
The participating resi-dence halls wereHarrison, Lawrenson,North Hall, PresidentsRow, Turner, Wiebkingand Wilson Halls.
Ben Suller, a TurnerHall resident assistant,said once the decorating
started, more residentsjoined in the homecom-ing festivities.
“We started out with10 students and ended upwith 30 to help out,”Suller said.
Social and TraditionalEvents Coordinator AnnaKorbel said the judgingwas based on five criteria:creativity, sustainability,
staying consistent withthe theme, communitybased ideas and integrat-ing the individual dormfoundations.
“This was probably thebest year I’ve seen for thisone contest,” Korbel said.
All of the halls hadunique ideas, which gave
“She was the type
of person whowould have said‘Enough memori-als, let’s get back
to work.’ We’llalways miss andremember her butshe has taught usa lot even in her
passing.—— KKeenn SSiinngglleettoonn,,UUNNCC bbaanndd ddiirreeccttoorr
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TRACY LABONVILLE | THE MIRROR
Students gather outside Jimmy John’s Sandwiches, 2644 South 11th Ave., Thursday afternoon. The sub shop,known for its fast delivery and late-night hours, treated its customers to eight-inch sandwiches for $1. Theline of lunchtime diners stretched out the door and around the building for the duration of the promotion.
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Not being German is nolonger an excuse to notattend Greeley’s Oktoberfest.
Alison Hamling, thedirector of downtownexperience for DowntownDevelopment Authority inGreeley, said at Tuesday’s
Greeley City Councilmeeting that this year’scelebration will havesomething for everybody.
“There are great peoplewatching opportunities,and you can see people intheir lederhosen and theircostumes, and it’s just agreat way to spend theday,” Hamling said.
Crabtree Brewery andother local alcohol ven-dors will be on hand foradults, and a children’sarea will be available foryounger attendees at the22nd annual event atLincoln Park in down-town Greeley.
Greeley Mayor TomNorton presented Hamling
with a proclamation at themeeting declaring Sept. 23-24 the days of Oktoberfest.
“Oktoberfest is a greattraditional celebration,and it has been made tobe authentic as possiblewith all the food, drinksand entertainment,”Norton said. “It is a greatcultural event.”
Hamling said sheworked hard to makeOktoberfest into an eventthat revives Greeley’sdowntown area.
“We’re trying to keep it athriving and vital center forentertainment and busi-ness,” she said. “We need tocontinue to make improve-ments to make it a positiveexperience for everyone.Downtown should be theheart of any community.”
Oktoberfest, Hamlinghopes, will help down-town Greeley’s resur-gence because it is anenjoyable experience,even for non-Germans.
“Just as everybody isIrish on St. Patrick’s Day,everybody is German onOktoberfest,” she said.
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Halls embrace pop culture in decoration contesta sense of identity to eachresidence hall.
“It was pretty easyonce we started to get themusic going and havingfun,” said Sean Flannery,a Wiebking resident assis-tant. “Everyone is kind ofthrowing themselves intohomecoming, which hasmade this event realenjoyable.”
Turner Hall’s themehad residents travelingdown the yellow brickroad, an idea by Turnerresident Nathan Sheppard.
North Hall’s disco
theme got students off thewall with gold streamersand painted cardboardbricks.
Students who walkedinto the residence hallsaid they were impressedwith the decorations.
Wiebking and WilsonHalls sent their residentson the gold-inspired roadto El Dorado, just like inthe 2000 DreamWorksfilm, “The Road to ElDorado.”
Flannery said resi-dents from both hallsagreed on the theme tocreate their own versionof the golden city repre-
sented in the film.President’s Row had
an innovative design,containing gold newspa-per taped to the ceilingand walls that created anarchway through thewalkway.
Seth Morones, aWiebking Hall RA, saidmany students who par-ticipated said they hadfun decorating the halls,hanging out and enjoyingthe homecoming envi-ronment.
The winner of the halldecorating contest will beanounced during the home-coming formal Saturday.
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COLLEEN ALLISON | THE MIRROR
The lobby of North Hall embraces the “Paint the Town Gold” theme of this year’shomecoming by bringing back disco fever during the residence hall decoratingcontest. The winner will be announced during the homecoming formal Saturday.
Oktoberfest celebrates tradition, culture for 22nd year
OktoberfestLincoln Park in Downton Greeley
8th Street & 9th Avenue
Friday, Sept. 23 5 – 10 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 24 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
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Football readies for Wildcat homecomingBEN WARWICK
The UNC football teamwill take the field this week-end against Weber Statehoping to avoid a repeat oflast year’s debacle.
It was then that a poweroutage, four overtimes anda missed field goal led to a50-47 Weber State victoryin Ogden, Utah.
Avoiding the defeatwon’t be easy, though, asWeber State boasts a pow-erful rushing attack behindrunning backs Josh Bookerand Tanner Hinds, whohave already combined torush for nearly 400 yards.
Defensive coordinatorZach Shay said the UNCdefense is up for a big testcome Saturday, but it’s onehe’s not shying away from.
“They’re very diverse inwhat they do,” Shay said.
“Our biggest thing is wehave to be disciplined withour alignments and getaligned properly and fit therun properly. In the passinggame, we have to be able tocause some disruptionsand be sound in coverage.”
Weber State’s offensethat has dominated insidethe opponent’s 20-yardline as the Wildcats are10-for-12 in the red zone.
“Obviously, we have toget better in the red zone,”Shay said. “I think we’vegotten better every week.Last week (at Idaho State),we were getting after them,and the fourth quarterrolled around and it was 29-20. They got some quickscores on us. (The Wildcats)are so diverse in the redzone that we have to be pre-pared in the red zone tomatch their personnel andmatch their intensity.”
On the offensive side,junior running back JohnBurnley will return to theUNC backfield. Burnleyhas been out since the lat-ter part of training campwith a leg injury. Headcoach Earnest Collins Jr.said he thinks havingBurnley in the mix will tipthe scales in the Bears’favor.
“He’s a good runningback,” Collins said. “Hewas our starter at thebeginning of the year, andwe’re going to work himin there and see wherehe’s at, and hopefully he’sback 100 percent and he’llbe ready to go. He’s prob-ably the fastest runningback we have and, he hasa little something to him.”
Sophomore quarter-back Seth Lobato said lastyear’s loss to Weber Stateis still fresh in his mind.
“Last year, we battledback and ended up losingin the multiple overtimeperiods, but we’re justgoing to go out there andplay as hard as we can,”Lobato said. “Winningwill come if you play ashard as you can.”
Because Saturday’sgame is homecoming, theplayers and coaching staffknow this game is impor-tant not only to the stu-dents but to fans andalumni alike. Since he hasplayed in homecominggames at UNC, Collinssaid he knows what thecrowd is expecting, but healso knows the first prior-ity for the team is gettinga win.
“Yeah, homecoming isimportant for the fans,”Collins said. “For us, weare trying to get a win in afootball game. To say that
homecoming is moreimportant insinuates thatyou didn’t prepare for theother ones. It’s a footballgame, so we’re going to try
to win a football game.”Kickoff against Weber
State is at 1:35 p.m.Saturday at NottinghamField.
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UNC senior wide receiver Patrick Walker, left, eludes seniorsafety Chuks Nweke in practice this week. Walker is sev-enth all-time in school history with 110 career receptions.
Soccer team not overlooking South Dakota game
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UNC freshman defender Ambree Bellin passes the ball toteammate Madison Yoswa (23) during the team’s tie againstDrake on Sunday. Yoswa had her first career goal in the game.
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This weekend, the UNCwomen’s soccer team (2-5-2) looks to add another winto its record against SouthDakota (0-5-2) on Sundaybefore Big Sky Conferenceplay begins.
The University ofNorthern Colorado is 2-2-1in its last five games, with 1-0 and 2-1 wins over in-staterival Air Force and thedefending Missouri ValleyConference championsCreighton, respectively.
UNC freshman midfield-er Madison Yoswa scored
her first collegiate goal whenthe Bears returned homelast Sunday against Drake.Yoswa had two otherchances to score in the sec-ond half, but both hit off thecrossbar as the Bears tiedDrake 2-2.
“It felt amazing to finallyscore, but I was really frus-trated with myself at the endof the game because I kepthitting the crossbar,” Yoswasaid.
Head Coach Tim Barrerasaid he is looking forward toSunday’s homecominggame at Jackson Stadium.The Bears are used to play-ing on Friday afternoons
and are happy for an extraday of preparation.
“It’s good to be at home,and the team likes beinghere,” Barrera said. “With alonger week, I don’t want towear the team out before weplay. Practices this week willbe shorter with a light prac-tice Saturday before we playSunday.”
As the Bears finish themain portion of non-confer-ence play and prepare forthe start of Big SkyConference competitionnext Friday against NorthernArizona, the atmosphere atpractice Thursday was strict-ly business.
UNC junior forwardDanielle Birdsall scoredthe game-winning goalagainst Creighton and saidthe team is ready for thechallenges ahead.
“We are definitely notlooking past SouthDakota,” Birdsall said. “Weare getting ready for everygame the same way. Beingon the road has brought uscloser as a team, and win-ning some games hashelped show some of ouryounger players that wecan beat anyone.”
UNC hosts SouthDakota at noon Sunday atJackson Stadium.
Sports10 The Mirror Friday, September 23, 2011
Volleyball heads west to continue Big Sky playSTAFF REPORT
The UNC volleyballteam gets back to Big SkyConference action after a
w e e kof restas ittravelsto theW e s tC o a s t
to take on SacramentoState.
The University ofNorthern Colorado (8-4,2-0 Big Sky) has won threestraight matches and fiveout of its last six goinginto the weekend. The
Hornets (5-8, 0-0) are the onlyteam in theleague yet toplay a confer-ence match thisseason and ared e s p e r a t e l ylooking to getback on track asthey have losttheir previousfive matches.
SacramentoState is 1-3 at home earlyin the season, while theBears have proventhrough the first month ofplay that they are arespectable road team,posting a 5-3 mark. When
UNC traveled toS a c r a m e n t oState last year,it escaped witha 3-2 victory,which was theonly blemish inan otherwiseperfect homerecord for theHornets lastseason.
The key forthe Bears is to
come out fast and buildan early lead, whichallows Bears Head CoachLyndsey Benson the luxu-ry of rotating players andutilize the depth of theBears’ roster. Five Bears
players have 50 or morekills on the year and areled by junior outside hit-ter Kelley Arnold with 154kills.
UNC has 590 kills thisseason, which is 100 morekills than it has allowed toopponents through 12matches, whileSacramento State hasallowed 90 more kills toopponents than they’vehit.
The Bears will look tocapitalize on their offen-sive advantage and moveto 3-0 in the Big SkyConference at 2 p.m.Saturday at the HornetsNest in Sacramento, Calif.
Kelley Arnold is second in theBig Sky with a.296 hitting per-centage.Volleyball
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UNC junior setter Marissa Hughes (1) sets the ballas junior middle blocker Brittany Crenshaw, left,looks on. Hughes has 411 assists so far this season.
Safety finds success, home after transferSAMANTHA FOX
Knowing your goals isone thing but knowing howto reach those goals is thedifference between achieve-ment and failure.
Senior defensive backand team captain ElliottDorsey said he knew playingDivision I football was a goalin high school, and he didwhat he needed to, on andoff the field, to play at UNC.
The California nativebegan his collegiate careerat City College of SanFrancisco with the intentionof transferring and playingfootball for a DI school.Dorsey said he was the starof his high school team, andothers told him he could geta scholarship to play foot-ball in college.
Dorsey said his highschool grades factored intochoosing CC of San
Francisco, but he wasn’tgoing to let his goals pass by.During his sophomore year,Dorsey was given the oppor-tunity to achieve his goalwhen UNC’s football staffgot ahold of him.
“Well, initially, thecoaching staff beforeshowed a lot of interest inme,” Dorsey said. “Iremember they called me
and flew out the same dayand gave me an in-housevisit, and I really liked (for-mer coach Scott) Downing’spersonality, I liked thedefensive back coach and itjust seemed like a real goodfit for me. I didn’t want to goto a big school where I wasgoing to get lost in the pro-gram, so I chose UNC.”
Dorsey arrived at UNC
last season at the sametime as defensive back andColorado State transfer,senior Brandon Owens.
“I would say our transi-tion was kind of the samething because I transferedlast year, too,” Owens said.“It’s like we transitionedtogether, but I think we allbecame close over last year.If anything, I think the tran-sition brought us closer.”
Dorsey said the transi-tion was hard at first since itwas the first time he wasaway from home.
“When I got here, theguys welcomed me in, but itwas a program that wasalready set in stone, so I hadto make a lot of adjust-ments to the program,” saidDorsey, who is currentlysixth in the Big Sky with 27tackles. “So, obviously, itwas hard, but I finallyadapted. I began startingtowards the middle of theseason, so it was a pretty
smooth transition.”When not on the field,
Dorsey said he likes to docreative activities, mostnotably filmmaking. Dorseydirects and edits his ownfilms — a hobby he pickedup while still attendingschool in San Francisco. HisYoutube account featuressome of the videos he’smade.
“I met an independentdirector and checked outhis website and seen (sic) alot of his films and stuff,”Dorsey said. “I’ve alwaysbeen a movie buff, andafter seeing his independ-ent films, I thought tomyself, ‘I could do this,too.’ So I got my own littlecamera and started filmingstuff. I made little shortmovies, little short musicvideos, stuff like that.”
Even with his creativeoutlets, Dorsey said hewants to pursue a careerin academic counseling
with his sociology majorafter leaving college.Dorsey decided on thiscareer choice based on hisown experience through-out his education.
“I’ve always had ‘half-counselors’ who just reallydon’t care about the classesI take,” Dorsey said. “I’vebeen put in Latin Americanmusic. Like, I don’t needthat to graduate. I’ve justbeen thrown into thosetypes of classes. I’ve beenthrown in yoga and stufflike that. I’m the kind ofperson that really wants tolearn and take advantage ofmy education.”
On and off the field,Dorsey has a mature natureto his approach to life.
“He brings the same kindof character on the field ashe does off,” Owens said.“He’s a mature kind of guy,but that’s why we pickedhim as captain because ofhis maturity.”
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UNC senior defensive back Elliott Dorsey reacts to aplay at practice earlier this season. Dorsey had acareer-high 16 tackles in a loss at Colorado State.
•LIVE MUSICEvansToday•The Pettit Brothers, 9
p.m.-1 a.m. at The NewPlantation, 3520 11th Ave.Also performing Saturdaynight. Details, 970.330.7903.
GreeleySaturday•Jazz Lab Band 1, 11
a.m.-12:30 p.m. at LincolnPark in downtown Greeley.The University of NorthernColorado’s premier bigband will provide an after-noon of exciting music atOktoberfest. Details,970.351.2993.
•Wherefore Art ThouRomeo?, 7:30 p.m at UnionColony Civic Center, 70110th Ave. A GreeleyPhilharmonic production.Details, www.greeleyphil-harmonic.com.
Tuesday•UNC School Of Music
Faculty Recital, 8-9:30 p.m.at the University ofNorthern Colorado-MilneAuditorium in Kepner Hall.UNC School of Music
Faculty Recital, James Hall,flute, with guest PatriciaHigdon, piano, Details,970.351.2200.
Wednesday•University Symphony
Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. atMonfort Concert Hall in theUnion Colony Civic Center,701 10th Ave. Details or tick-ets, 970.351.2200.
•Art GalleriesGreeleySaturday•“Unitarian Universalism:
Fifty years of Liberal Religionin Greeley,” 6-8 p.m. at 93915th St. The exhibit collectioncontains eight banners, threequilts, numerous photo-graphs, photographic col-lages and mementos from thepast. The exhibit will be openfrom 10 a.m.-noon Sundaysthrough Nov. 26.
Ongoing•“It’s What We Do,” ongo-
ing at the Oak Room Galleryin Guggenheim Hall, UNCcampus. Community artsinstructors — Kelly Cook, JimDigby, Susan Nelson,Armando Silva, Annie
Surbeck and Dyana Wyeno— show their works. ThroughSaturday.
•“Greeley PhilharmonicOrchestra: A Century ofMusical Magic,” ongoing atthe Greeley History Museum,714 8th St. Hours are 8:30a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Saturday. Details,970.350.9220.
•“Ghost Towns and BoomTowns of Old Weld County,”through September at theGreeley History Museum, 7148th St. Free. Details,970.350.9220 or www.greeley-museums.com.
•“Found,” at The AtlasGallery, 709 16th St. Groupshow featuring Indie Artists ofGreeley. Details, 970-584-3054.
•“Dancers,” at Bean PlantStudio, 701 7th St. Paints,prints and songs. Details,970.396.7041.
•FILM SERIESGreeleyToday•“The White Ribbon,” 7-9
p.m. at Lindou Auditorium,
lower level of MichenerLibrary, 501 20th St. Winnerof the Palme d’Or at the 62ndCannes Film Festival andnominated for the BestForeign Film at the 2009Academy Awards, “The WhiteRibbon” follows a smallGerman village from the year1913 to the beginning ofWorld War I.
Sunday•“Morocco,” 2 p.m. in
Monfort Concert Hall in theUnion Colony Civic Center,701 10th Ave. Travel film byRick Rays. $6-$9. Details,970.356.5000.
Tuesday•Jane Goodall Live
Exclusive, 6 p.m. at CinemarkGreeley Mall, 2160 GreeleyMall. For the first time ever,famed chimpanzee researchpioneer Jane Goodall will takeaudiences in select theatresacross the country on an
incredible journey throughthe memories of her life whenshe appears live to answertheir pre-submitted questionsduring this special one nightonly Fathom event. Details,323.449.5030 or www.fath-omevents.com/jane.
•“Biutiful,” 7-9 p.m.Lindou Auditorium, lowerlevel of Michener Library,University of NorthernColorado, 501 20th St.“Biutiful” was nominated forBest Foreign Language Filmat the 2011 Oscars, and fol-lows several families battlingthe obstacles of survival inthe heart of Barcelona,Spain.
EVENTSGreeleyToday•Oktoberfest, 11 a.m.-7
p.m. in Lincoln Park in down-town Greeley. Enjoy beer,brats, polka, German
dancers, a children’s area,craft vendors and more.Through Saturday. Details,970.356.6775 or www.down-towngreeley.com.
Tuesday•Unconventional Multi-
Mixed Medium Art Group,9:30 a.m. at The EdenGallery @ Virtulally yours,800 8th Ave., Suite 317.Award-winning instructorSandra Faust will lead youthrough the creativeprocess by using a variety ofmediums to create eye-catching artwork. Class is$20/session, supplies fur-nished. To register or formore info contact ElaineFurister, 970.356.7100.
Wednesday•Community Dance, 7-
10 p.m. at Greeley SeniorCenter, 1010 6th St. “FallingLeaves” with music by MidiMagic with Rich Dechant.
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2011-12 UNC WrestlingNov. 11 at Michigan State Open All DayNov. 19 Old Chicago Open All DayDec. 2 at Las Vegas Cliff Keen Invite All DayDec. 3 at Las Vegas Cliff Keen Invite All DayDec. 14 at Campbell Duals All DayJan. 6 at Northern Iowa* 6 p.m.Jan. 15 at Cal State Bakersfield 2 p.m.Jan. 20 at Oregon State 8 p.m.Jan. 22 at Boise State 3 p.m.Jan. 25 Colorado Mesa 7 p.m.Jan. 28 Chadron State 6 p.m.Feb. 8 at Wyoming* 7 p.m.Feb. 12 North Dakota State* 1 p.m.Feb. 12 South Dakota State* 3 p.m.Feb. 15 Utah Valley* 7 p.m.Feb. 19 Air Force* 2 p.m.Bold denotes home matches at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion* denotes Western Wrestling Conference match
Wrestling releases schedule
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UNC wrestling HeadCoach Ben Cherringtonhas released the 2011-12wrestling schedule.
The team begins itsseason with the MichiganState Open. The Bears didnot participate in thetournament last year, butthe tournament will bethe first of four the teamwill use in preparation forregular- season matches.
The team will thenhost its annual OldChicago Open Nov. 19.Last year, nine of UNC’swrestlers advanced to the
top six. Among the ninewas sophomore NickBayer, who finished firstin the 197-pound bracket.
The Bearsopen conferenceplay againstNorthern IowaJan. 6. Last sea-son, the Bears fell32-6 against UNI.In the WesternW r e s t l i n gConference, theBears were 5-1overall.
Returning for the Bearsis 133-pound senior CaseyCruz, who was 6-0 in con-ference and 24-12 overall.
Cruz’s season ended inthe NCAA Division IWrestling Championship,
and he is theonly returningwrestler whomade thechampionshiptournament.
After the OldChicago Open,UNC’s firsthome match isscheduled forJan. 25 when in-state foeColorado Mesa
University visits Greeley,followed by Chadron Statecoming to UNC three dayslater.
Casey Cruzwent 6-0 againstWestern WrestlingConference oppo-nents last year.
Nine home matches highlight year