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UpcomingIn Wednesday’sissue of TheMirror, readabout formerDean ofStudents RaulCardenas. whois leaving UNC.
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Residence halls come to life with move inAMANDA STOUTENBURGH
Campus came alivelast Thursday as thou-sands of students andparents carried minirefrigerators, TVs, boxesand more into students’new rooms in the resi-dence halls at UNC.
Move in began at 8a.m. and continued themajority of the weekendas both new and return-ing students made them-selves at home at theUniversity of NorthernColorado just days beforethe 2011-12 school yearbegins.
Resident assistants ineach hall – and on eachfloor in most halls –helped students and theirparents get to where theyneeded to be andanswered questions.
One RA, Hannah Nix, ajunior pre-nursing major,said RAs help check instudents, and are asked
many questions by manydifferent people.
Sarah Vasquez, a jun-ior Spanish educationmajor, said the main dutyof an RA during move-inis to make the studentsand parents feel comfort-able about where they willbe staying and help theparents feel at ease abouttheir children being awayfrom home, many for thefirst time.
To ease the physicalstress of moving in, UNCprovided carts, dolliesand rolling bins for stu-dents to assist them ingetting their belongingsfrom their cars to theirnew rooms.
UNC football playersalso came out in uniformto help in any way theycould, which often meantcarrying heavy items orpushing carts.
Returning studentJason Parker, a juniorbusiness major, saidmove-in day went fine for
him but thought the resi-dence halls could havehad better regulated ele-vators to speed up themove-in process.
After a successfulmove-in day, Parker saidhe is mostly looking for-ward to learning aboutbusiness this year as it ishis first year in the major.
For many freshmen,moving in can be an emo-tional experience becauseit means leaving homeand saying goodbye tofamily and friends.
However, sometimesthey are ready for it, and itisn’t so bad. KelseyO’Neill, a freshman inter-disciplinary studies ele-mentary teaching major,said her move-in experi-ence was tiring but fun, asentiment many othersexpressed.
O’Neill also said livingin the residence halls hasbeen exciting and fun sofar and has made her feelmore independent.
Megan Stehle, a fresh-man pre-nursing major,said she thought movingin was a lot less hecticthan she expected.
Stehle said she had a lot
of help from family and theuniversity moving in, mak-ing it more manageable.Stehle also said living in thedorms gives her a greatersense of independence.
Both O’Neill andStehle said they like livingin the residence halls atUNC and are enjoyingbeing out on their own forthe first time.
CASSIE NUCKOLS | THE MIRROR
Aaron Fitcher, a freshman political science major, stocks his mini fridge with sodain his room in New South Residence Hall. Both new and returning students beganmoving in to the residence halls at 8 a.m. Thursday.
Students welcomed to campus with BBQ, carnivalCARRISSA OLSZEWSKI
Turner Green wastransformed into a carni-val Friday evening ashordes of students bravedthe rain and congregatedin the field to celebratethe start of a new schoolyear at the annual Tasteof UNC and Bear Fest.
There has always beensome form of welcomingpicnic for freshman com-ing to UNC.
“At every holiday andtradition people cometogether and usually havea meal,” said Hal Brown,the director of DiningServices. “This year wedecided to kick it up anotch.”
Brown said five yearsago they decided tochange the format.Instead of offering onlyburgers and brats, DiningServices now offers stu-dents a variety of choicesat A Taste of UNC.
Booths were locatedthroughout the fieldwhere students couldplay classic carnivalgames like pick the duck,pop the balloon and pin-ball.
Students won ticketsby playing various simplegames, which they couldexchange for Universityof Northern Coloradogear such as hoodies,pennants and pom poms.
The booths were host-ed and run by students
from various UNC clubs.Bear Fest was hosted
directly after convoca-tion, which marks the
official beginning of theschool year and is a cere-mony incoming freshmentraditionally attend.
While convocationgave students an oppor-tunity to meet one anoth-er in a more formal set-ting, Bear Fest presentedan opportunity to meetand mingle in a morecasual setting.
“This is a place of joy,entertainment and a wel-coming environment toUNC students,” said Chris
Rose, a junior sport andexercise science major.Rose supported the clubhockey team by runningone of the game stations.
In addition to the car-nival games, Bear Festalso featured music,which provided an outletfor about 100 people todance in unison on thehill outside of LawrensonHall.
While some enjoyed
See Bear Fest, Page 6“This is a place of
joy, entertainmentand a welcomingenvironment toUNC students.
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As any college student will tellyou, textbooks are ridiculouslyexpensive.
It’s easy to complain. Peopledo it everyday: at work, at school,and especially, on Facebook.Some are legitimate complaints,while others are just an excuse forthe passive aggressive to flap theirgums.
But there are two groups ofthese people.
The first group of complainerswill whine endlessly about theirproblems. They’ll cry to anyonewho will listen and demand thatsomeone fix it. They want theirvoices heard — but that’s as far as
their contributions to the cause go.They are lazy.
The second group are go-get-ters. They see a problem in society,at work or in the home, even in anarena like textbook prices, andthey work to better their situation.They are alpha. They are the oneswho will climb the promotion lad-der in their respective industriesand find success. All this becausethey rely on themselves to over-come adversity and not waitaround hoping someone will beatthem to it.
At the start of each semester,campus bookstores around thenation (and ours is no exception)
have lines out the door of studentswith pained looks upon theirfaces. The pain of having to spend$200 or more on books that maynot even be useful in the class-room. Selling the books back for afraction of the original price ishardly relief — especially when thestore turns around and sells itagain for $10 less than the price ofa brand-new book.
Yet, there are other ways.Online retailers like Half.com andAmazon are full of sellers lookingto be rid of their used textbooks forhalf of the regular price. Selling thebook again at the end of the yearwill reap more funds than selling
back to the campus bookstore. It’salmost like renting a book for free,so why don’t people do it?
“I’m too lazy” is a popular stu-dent response, as is “that requireseffort” and “I don’t have time.”Sometimes, saving hundreds ofdollars a semester is worth the 10minutes it takes to post a listingand a trip to the post office.
This isn’t to say people whobuy their books from a majorretailer don’t have drive. This is tosay that people who look for alter-nate ways to overcome unpleas-antries in their lives — no matterhow small — are on their way tomastering ambition.
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LETTERS
It seems anybody whoopposes same-sex marriageis labeled as being hateful.
“Anybody,” in this sense, wouldrefer to the majority of people whohave consistently voted downsame-sex marriage.
Although there are a few peoplewho are hateful, the vast majoritybelieve same-sex marriage has anegative effect on both society andthe constituents of gay relationships.That’s not hate; that’s concern.
Still, others argue that banningsame-sex marriage is a rightinfringement, but same-sex mar-riage is not, and has never been,
about equal rights; it’s about addi-tional rights and reclassifications.
But marriage has weakened inrecent decades, and the gay com-munity cannot be blamed for it. It isheterosexuals who have erodedmarriage through easy divorce, co-habitation, increased single-parent-ing rates and recreational sex, butthe simple fact that marriage hassuffered traumatic digressions doesnot mean that same-sex marriagewill not further this trend.
That’s what traditional marriageadvocates recognize—that redefin-ing marriage as the subsidization ofpeople’s sexual desires rather thanthe socially stabilizing responsibilitythat it was always meant to be willhave extremely negative repercus-sions. Again, that’s not hate.
The riots in London mostlyincluded young people—youngpeople with a seemingly absent
respect for authority and with amoral relativist philosophy thatexacerbates selfish behavior, andnow we’re seeing the same thingoccur in Spain, only this time it is inhatred toward opponents of same-sex marriage.
My sister-in-law was in Madridfor World Youth Day. A few mem-bers of her group (high school stu-dents) were attacked by gay pro-testers. They were assaulted andheld to the ground while theirattackers poured beer over theirmouths and noses, waterboardingthem the amateur way.
Obviously, this would not becondoned by many in the gaycommunity, but there is stillhateful material that attacksopponents of same-sex marriageand disintegrates the baselessargument that all the opponentsthemselves are filled with hate.
I’m talking about the FCKH8campaign, which drops the f-bomb on people in opposition tosame-sex marriage (they alsoexploit children into droppingvulgarities). I’m also talking aboutads that demonize Mormons asvillainous home-invaders who aretrying to take over the govern-ment, anthrax hoaxes againstCatholics and Mormons, andmyriad acts of vandalism.
To claim a group hates yousimply because they have secularand moral opposition to radicallyaltering the social foundations ofour society and then attackingthem is intellectually dishonest atbest and simply hypocritical atworst.
— Josh Divine is a senior mathemat-ics major and a weekly columnist for TheMirror.
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If the hordes of new stu-dents moving into the resi-dence halls wasn’t indica-tive enough of a new year,seeing dozens of professorsand other UNC luminariesin funny outfits walking toCranford Park might be.
The 2011 Convocationfeatured a welcome byUniversity President KayNorton, Greeley MayorTom Norton, winner of theM. Lucile Harrison awardoceanography ProfessorWilliam Hoyt, GraduateStudent AssociationPresident Shanda Crowderand Student BodyPresident Katelyn Elliott.
“Students, you have
made a great choice byselecting the University ofNorthern Colorado to helptransform your livesthrough education,”President Norton said inher welcome address to theabout 2,800 incoming stu-dents. “Our foundation isour culture and communi-ty; one that supports ourstudents and emphasizesindividual learning.”
Norton touched on thehistory of Cranford Park,which lies on the north endof Gunter Hall, the formerlocation of Cranford Hall.Its cornerstone, which waslaid June 13, 1890, still restsin its original spot nearCarter Hall.
Convocation’s featuredspeaker, William Hoyt,
quoted authors James A.Michener, for whom theuniversity’s library isnamed, and MalcolmGladwell, author of “Blink”
and “Outliers,” about over-coming adversity and seek-ing self enrichment.
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UNC President Kay Norton welcomes students to Friday’s2011 Convocation ceremony, which marked the beginning ofthe new school year and many students’ college careers.
See Convocation, Page 8
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Students get a‘Taste of UNC’the music, other studentspreferred to have their pic-ture taken inside the photobooth or see what theylook like as a caricature.
The field across fromHolmes Dining Hall wasfilled with more than 10vending kiosks, each serv-ing a different type offood including gyros,tacos, fries and more.
Students with a mealplan had the opportunityto try the large varietywith their two entrée andthree side tickets.
Off-campus studentsand parents were also ableto take part in the festivi-ties and taste the variety of
food UNC has to offer bypurchasing tickets.
The planning for nextyear’s event begins as soonas this year’s event ends.
Dining Servicesemployees are able to seewhich food stations didbetter than others andlearn what students reallyliked. They also had stu-dents who attended newstudent orientation trysome of the food and givetheir feedback.
“There was a lot ofgood food for the price ofadmission,” said DanielleLehrkamp, a seniorfinance major. “Not onlythat, but it is a really goodway to get to know yourroommates.”
CASSIE NUCKOLS | THE MIRROR
Matt Steward, a freshman music education major,adds cheese and other toppings to his fries at Tasteof UNC/Bear Fest Friday on Turner Green.
Bear Fest from Page 3
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Students of all ages bravedthe heat Sunday as theyroamed the tents filled withclubs and organizations andpicked up free items andhandouts at this year’s UNCFall Bizarre at Bishop-LehrField.
The Fall Bizarre is the onlytime during the school yearwhere nearly all clubs andorganizations at theUniversity of NorthernColorado are in the sameplace at the same time.
The Bizarre showcasedthe wide variety of organiza-tions on campus, from onesthat promote professionaladvancement to social clubs.
“Joining clubs can defi-nitely boost your social lifearound campus,” saidChelsea Jenkins, a junior atUNC. “Being involved is agreat way to make friends.Some of the connections Imake with people now mayalso benefit me in the future.”
The Asian PacificAmerican Student Servicescenter is affiliated with multi-ple clubs on campus includ-ing Ha’aheo ‘O Hawai’I, theChinese Language andCulture Club, the JapaneseCulture and Anime Club andmore.
There is also a club thatcaters to “nerd culture” calledIlluminerdy.
“Illuminerdy brings nerdsfrom all over campus togeth-er,” said Clark Lamson, amember of Illuminerdy. “Weplay nerdy games, watchnerdy television – our club isjust all-encompassing nerd.”
The Writing Center, locat-ed in Ross Hall room 1230, isnot just for English majors.
“The Writing Center helpsstudents brainstorm ideas fora paper and check for errorsin documentation and gram-mar,” said Crystal Brothe,director of the Writing Center.“The Writing Center revisesmore than just essays; schol-arship applications and sev-eral other forms of writingcan be brought into the officefor critiquing as well.”
Matt Morris, a UNC sen-ior, enjoys the intramuralsports program at UNC andsays it is one of the easiestways to meet new people.
“Being involved in sportsand others programs on cam-pus is part of what makes thecollege experience so muchfun,” Morris said.
Loree Crow, faculty advis-er for the Middle Ages Club,
says that even though eachclub is different from oneanother, they all have onething in common.
“One of the best partsabout being in a club is thesocial life that comes with it,”
Crow said. “Being involved inorganizations around cam-pus allows you to meet peo-ple with interests similar toyours, and sometimes thosefriendships last much longerthan your college years.”
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Clubs, organizations teach students to be ‘Bizarre’
CASSIE NUCKOLS | THE MIRROR
Two students from UNC’s Middle Ages Club show offtheir fencing skills Sunday at the annual Fall Bizarreat Bishop-Lehr Field.
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Tradition formally ushers in semester
“Now that they’re incollege, it doesn’t muchmatter what their highschool record was?” Hoytsaid in his speech, afterpretending to receive a callfrom the school’s chancel-lor. “Employers and gradu-ate schools will look at stu-dents’ college record andnot their high schoolrecord?” UNC does nothave a chancellor.
Elliott spoke about over-coming her problems as achild with epilepsy and notletting it hold her back.
“The greatest piece of
advice I have received atUNC is to always be open tomeeting your next mentor,”Elliott said.
In his speech, MayorNorton officially proclaimedAug. 19-21 UNC WelcomeWeek, and encouragedGreeley citizens and busi-nesses to welcome those who“increase the population ofGreeley by 10-12 percent.”
After convocation, theprocession of studentscrossed campus to Taste ofUNC/Bear Fest while theschool’s marching band,Pride of the Rockies, playedthe fight song.
Convocation from Page 5
Quote of the dayAn education isn’t how much you have commit-
ted to memory or even how much you know. It’s being ableto differentiate between what you know and what you don’t.
-- Anatole France
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Editor: Parker CottonMonday, Aug. 22, 2011 The Mirror 9
Breakout star receiver ruled ineligible for seasonPARKER COTTON
First-year UNC headcoach Earnest Collins Jr.can’t miss a player he neverhad to begin with.
Right now, that playeris wide receiver Jace Davis,who has been ruled aca-demically ineligible forthis season.
“When we get Jace back,he will be added to what wealready have,” Collins said.“I’m pretty sure he wouldadd something to us, but Ican’t miss what I never had.”
Davis turned heads as asophomore last season,bringing in 53 receptions,seven touchdowns and 992receiving yards, eight yardsshy of recording the seventh1,000 receiving yard seasonin school history.
Keith Grable, the team’swide receivers coach, is the
only coach on the staff whowas able to see Davis inperson last season, whenhe was the running backposition coach.
“I think the younger guyshave stepped up,” Grablesaid. “I think( s o p h o m o r e )Chris Morris hasjust as much big-play capability asJace did. Again,it’s just that bigplay factor,because Jacemade so manybig plays for us,but I think theguys that we havecan do that, so wejust need to do it.”
Among thoseoptions are senior PatrickWalker, who had 570 receiv-ing yards and six touch-downs last season, Morris,who scored two touch-downs in limited playing
time and junior DominicGunn, who is expected to bemore active in the passinggame this year after makinghis biggest effect as a kickreturner last season.
Gunn showcased hisreturning abili-ties in the team’sfinal fall scrim-mage Saturday,running a kickoffback 50 yards andreturning a punt59 yards for atouchdown.
“I know I havea chance to dosome greatthings at return,and now to stepup at receiver,I’m really excit-
ed,” Gunn said.Gunn said though the
loss of Davis is an unfortu-nate situation, the afore-mentioned unit of receiversthat also includes junior
Dejuan Mack and redshirtfreshman Marcell Peoples,among others, has contin-ued to improve and has notmissed a beat.
“We’ve taken big strides,actually,” Gunn said. “We’vegot the offensedown, we’re get-ting faster, we’recreating tempo. Ithink we’ve comea long way sincethe beginning ofcamp.”
Collins said heis looking for-ward to develop-ing the youngwide receivers hedoes have.
“(Gunn) couldbe outstanding,”he said. “We knew thatwhen we got here just bywatching film on him lastyear. He can be one of thegreatest to ever play here.He just has to get it in his
skull that ‘I have to begreat.’”
Morris also receivedhigh praise from Collins. Assoon as Morris returns tothe field from an ailingshoulder, Collins said he
believes he cando great things.
“ ( M o r r i s )could be unbe-lievable if we canjust get himhealthy,” Collinssaid. “ChrisMorris has skills,i n t a n g i b l e s ,assets that youjust don’t findevery day —with the size, thespeed and hishands and his
quickness. He has the wholepackage in a big body.”
Senior quarterbackDylan Orms also said hebelieves the receiving corpswill be slated for a big year.
“The core group of guys— Patrick Walker, DomGunn, Marcell and DejaunMack, and once we get ChrisMorris back — those guysreally know what they’redoing out there, and they’reset up to have a great sea-son,” Orms said.
However, memories ofDavis’ performance last yearwon’t be soon forgotten.
“Of course I miss seeing(No.) 25 out there, but it’ssomething he has to takecare of for himself,” Ormssaid. “He’s just a naturalathlete. He might not runthe sharpest routes, ormight not do some of the lit-tle things that you mightneed, but he’s going to makea play. That’s somethingthat the other receivershave, but it was definitelyhis biggest strength. Youcould just throw it up there,and you knew Jace wasgoing to make a play.”
Jace Davis led the footballteam in receivingyards with 992last season.
Dominic Gunn had a 59-yard puntreturn for a touch-down in a scrim-mage on Saturday.
Past Bears return in alumni game, new season loomsSAMANTHA FOX
Old and new UNC volley-ball teammates alike cametogether Saturday night forthe Blue and Gold AlumniGame scrimmage at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
The current Bears defeat-ed their alumnae counter-parts in straight games, 25-17, 25-11, 25-16.
Among the returningUniversity of NorthernColorado alumnae was JulieStephenson who playedwith the program from 2007until 2011.
“It was really, reallyweird, but it was a lot offun,” Stephenson saidabout playing on the
opposing team. “It wasgood to see everyone.”
Stephenson led thealumnae with nine killsduring the match and hadfive digs.
Matching Stephenson’sdig count was junior out-side hitter Kelley Arnold.Arnold also had eight killsand four blocks.
“We’ve been playingeach other for two weeksnow and we’re just so excit-ed to be able to play some-one else,” Arnold said. “So,finally seeing other faces andthings we haven’t expectedis really awesome.”
The alumnae scrimmageis used to see how the teamapplies what it has beenpracticing into game situa-tions. The scrimmage also
allows some players to showtheir strengths in game situ-ations before the seasontakes off.
Sophomore defensivespecialist Merideth Johnson,who walked on to the teamlast season, was one of the
players showing off herstrengths, with three servingaces in her first five servesduring the second set — allthree to Stephenson.
“I’m just really lookingforward to spending moretime with the girls on theteam,” Johnson said. “Iknow I’m a lot betterbecause I got to practice allspring with them, and beforethey were traveling a lot, soI’m just excited to play andhave fun with the team.”
Johnson made anappearance in five matchesduring last season.
Following a 24-7 season,UNC was picked as the No. 1team in pre-season polls.
“I don’t think it’s pres-sure,” head coach LyndseyBenson said. “I think our
team understands that we’resupposed to be good thisyear, and that’s a compli-ment and really that’s all welook at. The rest is what hap-pens in our gym duringpractice and we got to out-work our opponent and liveup to that by our work ethic.So, it’s all on paper — ourexpectations — we got toactually put it into work.”
The team starts its sea-son at 7 p.m. on Aug. 26when it hosts UNLV in theHampton Inn & SuitesNorthern ColoradoClassic at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion. The tour-nament continues thenext two days when theteam faces University ofCalifornia at Davis andColorado.
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UNC junior outside hitter Kelley Arnold spikes a ballin a match last season. Arnold had eight kills, fivedigs and four blocks in the alumni game Saturday.
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To combat the tensionof a new academic schoolyear, students were greetedback to campus Saturdaynight with comic relief fromUNC Comedy Club. TheUniversity ProgramCouncil brought ShengWang to perform his rou-tine in the UniversityCenter Ballrooms.
Wang began performingcomedy in the SanFrancisco Bay area. Heachieved some level of pop-ularity when he toured withComedians of Comedy andAmerican Eagle’s CampusComedy Challenge.
Wang appeared on
Comedy Central’s “Live atGotham,” a performancethat was so well receivedthe station gave Wang hisown half-hour special. NBChas now offered Wang aone-year holding deal.
Dan Barton, UPC’s artand entertainment eventscoordinator, was thrilled tosee the ballrooms com-posed of an eager audience.
“Wow! Way to pack thehouse, UNC,” he said whenintroducing himself to thehorde of students.
The comedian bills him-self as the “TaiwaneseTexan” because he grew upin Texas with Taiwaneseancestry.
Much of the comic’shumor centers on his expe-
riences growing up inHouston, where he wasusually the only Asian-American in school, illus-trating the conflict betweenthe dominant Americanculture and Asian-American identity.
“It’s hard when kids callyou names,” Wang said,“but it’s really hard whenkids make fun of you usingyour own name.”
Additionally, Wang drewmuch of his material fromthe absurdity of modernAmerican life, tackling top-ics like dental floss, exer-cise, food, bowel move-ments, insurance, travelingand diversity.
“Diversity in Americajust means you get madefun of by many diverse peo-ple,” Wang joked.
The comic’s sometimescaustic sense of humorpointed out the paradox ofdaily existence in society,tackling people who wearglasses without lenses forthe sake of fashion andCaucasians who tattoothemselves with Asiancharacters (when they may
not be able to read it) forthe sole purpose of beingchic.
Nicole Larsen, UPC’straditional events coordi-nator, decided to bringWang to campus afterattending the NationalAssociation for CampusActivities because shethought Wang’s humorwould not offend students.
UPC did not want a
repeat of what happenedafter comedian GuyBranum performed oncampus toward the end oflast year, which resulted ina host of offended studentswriting angry emails toUPC.
“Guy Branum was sortof racist,” Larsen said.“Wang is non-confronta-tional, and we really try notto offend people.”
However, Wang’s showwas not completely familyfriendly; he told jokes aboutmasturbation, sexual roleplay, genitalia and pubichair.
UPC aimed to welcomestudents back to school in apositive manner.
“His show brings per-sonal experience and com-mon sense to campus,”Larsen said.
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Comedian laughs off childhood adversity
RICHELLE CURRY | THE MIRROR
Comedian Sheng Wang entertains students Saturday night in the UniversityCenter Ballrooms as part of the UNC Comedy Club presented by the UniversityProgram Council. Wang talked about life growing up as a “Taiwanese Texan.”
Soccer starts season, remains winlessSTAFF REPORT
The UNC soccer teamremains without a win afterits first two games of thenew season.
The University ofNorthern Colorado droppedits season-opener to theUniversity of Denver, 2-1,Aug. 19 and fell to Colorado,3-0, on Sunday.
Both games were part ofthe inaugural Colorado Cup,
pitting in-state teamsagainst each other.Colorado College was thefourth team in the field.
In the opener, the Bearstook the Pioneers to the 109thminute of a double-overtime1-1 tie before DU sophomoreforward Kristen Hamiltonnetted her second goal of thegame to give DU the victory.
Hamilton took a headerfrom sophomore midfielderNicholette DiGiacomo andput the ball past UNC senior
goalkeeper Kirstin Salminen.Hamilton scored the
game’s first goal in the 35thminute. UNC senior mid-fielder Kimmie Feidler tied itfor the Bears in the 81stminute after stealing the ballin the DU backfield.
The Bears had 10 shots ongoal, compared to DU’s six.
On Sunday, UNC wasovermatched by CU, asthe Buffs had 16 shots tothe Bears’ five, inColorado’s 3-0 win.
CU senior midfielderKate Russell scored thegame’s first goal in the 42ndminute, and the game wascapped with freshman mid-fielder Darcy Jerman’s goalin the 81st minute.
This is just the beginningof a difficult non-conferenceschedule for the Bears, astheir opponents went a com-bined 121-87-27 last season.
UNC hosts its homeopener at 5 p.m. Friday atJackson Soccer Field.
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