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Volume 94, Number 54Friday, February 3, 2012
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UpcomingIn Monday’sissue of TheMirror, readabout a mockarchaelogicalsite being creat-ed by students,for students.
Campus welcomes 2012’s dragonThe Lunar New Yearcelebrationembraces the Yearof the Water Dragonthrough cultural fun.PAGE 4
SportsUNC teams introduce recruits
The university’sfootball, soccer andtrack and field pro-grams revealrecruiting classes.PAGE 8
OnlineGreeley seeks students’ advice
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Student Senate Update
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Student Senate movedone step closer to restruc-turing at Wednesday’sweekly session, passing aresolution to enact aStudent SenateRestructuring Committee,and discussing the possi-bility of an on-campusskate park.
The purpose of thecommittee, as stated in theresolution, is “to review thecurrent structure ofStudent Senate and pro-pose at least one alternateconstitution.”
Once proposed, thenew constitution will moveto the Board of Trustees forapproval. If the constitu-tion passes, the
Restructuring Committeewill be responsible forinstituting new Senatebylaws.
All Senate voting mem-bers receive automaticmembership in theRestructuring Committee.The committee is alsoopen to students-at-large.Senate members encour-aged the participation ofinterested students.
Students interested inparticipating in the SenateRestructuring Committeeshould attend weeklySenate sessions,Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. inthe Council Room at theUniversity Center. Senatemembers must vote inter-ested students onto thecommittee.
Senate has resolved to
abolish the committee atthe duration of the 2013spring semester, allowing ayear for restructuring tooccur.
It appears there is wide-spread support for restruc-turing among Senatemembers, but some con-cerns remain over timing.
Some Senate memberssuggested restructuringduring spring elections isunethical. The dilemma isthat candidates will becampaigning for posi-tions that may be cut inrestructuring.
Election CommissionerWill Schiffelbein assuredSenate members that allprospective candidates willbe made aware of restruc-turing and may proceedwith campaigning at their
own discretion. It is likely that restruc-
turing will not be enacteduntil spring 2013, keepingall current elected posi-tions intact for the fall.
Members said theyhope restructuring willallow Senate to operatemore effectively as anactivist student govern-ment.
Three students werepresent at Wednesday’ssession to propose thedevelopment of a designat-ed skateboarding areabehind Bishop-Lehr Hall.The skate park would offerskateboarders an area toskate freely without riskingpolice intervention, whichwould ease the duties ofcampus police on patrol inpedestrian areas.
The students haveidentified a fenced areabehind Bishop-Lehr as apossible location. The stu-dents also suggested col-laboration with the Schoolof Art and Design to createa mural at the proposedlocation.
The efforts offer ameans of beautification atthe current location. Thestudent presentationended with a request forendorsement and guid-ance from Senate. Senateresponded with strongsupport and a resolution islikely to appear in the nearfuture.
Currently, concernsexist over insurance liabili-ty and resource funding;however, students andSenate members will be
working to resolve thoseissues.
Career Servicesannounced a resume andcover letter workshop from10:30 a.m.-noon and 3:30-5p.m. Tuesday in the UCCouncil Room.
There will be an openforum for the Student FeeAllocation Process at 5p.m. Feb. 16 in theColumbine Suites at theUC. SFAP determines howstudent fees are allocatedamong campus organiza-tions. The open forum is anopportunity for students tocome forward and voicetheir support for organiza-tions seeking funding.
There will be a voterregistration drive from 11a.m.-2 p.m. March 20-21 atthe UC.
Senate passes restructuring committee proposal, discusses skate park
Workshop teaches relationship safetyTESSA BYRNS
The Assault SurvivorsAdvocacy Program andmembers of the gay, lesbian,bisexual and transgendercommunity teamed up tohost a workshop with theColorado Anti-ViolenceProgram Wednesday to edu-cate UNC students aboutrelationship violence,assertiveness and sexualassault.
The GLBTA ResourceOffice and ASAP presentedthe workshop to educate bothhomosexual and heterosexu-al students on how to dealwith the pressures of being in
a relationship, said JaelEsquibel, program coordina-tor for the GLBTA ResourceOffice.
“We wanted to give stu-dents and members of thecommunity healthy datingtips — how to stay safe with-in relationships,” Esquibelsaid. “That is why we alsowanted ASAP to attend theevent as well. It doesn’t mat-ter what sexual orientation aperson is, these tips can beapplied to everyone at anypoint within a relationship.Whether you’re just dancingat a club and a person iscoming on to you and youdon’t like it or you have beendating a person and they are
becoming violent.” Many of the activities dur-
ing the workshop encouragedparticipants to engage inhealthy relationships andeducated them on effectiveways to deny unwanted sexu-al advances.
The leader from CAVPled the first activity in whichstudents chose a specificside of the room, accordingto their answer to a numberof true or false statementsand statistics.
Participants also acted outskits that displayed typicalrelationship encounters andthe different ways to work
See Anti-Violence, Page 4
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Everyone who played child-hood sports remembers the cere-mony at the end of the seasonwhere all players, regardless oftalent or final-season ranking,received a trophy and medal.
Undoubtedly this measurewas to give all children a sense ofconfidence, sportsmanship andappreciation for the game ratherthan fostering a competitiveatmosphere that would be detri-mental to development, as per-sonality traits of competitivenessare suddenly looked down uponwith disdain — especially inmales — in elementary stages.But that’s for another column.
However, as these athletesprogress into their high school
and adult years, this system ofprotecting feelings should abate.That’s not the case for intramuralsports at UNC.
After each intramural game, ateam is given a “sportsmanshipgrade” between 0-4 reflectingtheir overall behavior on the play-ing field. Those that receive a fourshow “outstanding sportsman-ship and conduct,” whereas thosereceiving a one “continually showdisrespect for the opposing teamand officials,” according to theCampus Recreation Center’s2011-12 Team CaptainsParticipant Manual.
Sportsmanship is unarguablyindeed a goal every athlete shouldcontinuously and arduously strive
for. Respect for other players onboth teams, the referees and thefans is both noble and appropri-ate while making the game enter-taining for all involved.
The lines of promoting sports-manship are crossed however,when a team’s postseasoninvolvement is based solely on thesubjectively given score of whatconstitutes good sportsmanship.
The team that should reap themost reward is the one that winsthe most games, while of courseremaining cordial, instead of theone that high fives the opposingplayers whenever they make abasket or score a touchdown.
In addition, two intramuralsports at the University of
Northern Colorado implementthe mercy rule. In football andbasketball, if one team pulls toofar ahead of the other, the game isover and everyone goes home,regardless of how much time isleft on the clock.
As a general rule, those whoregister for intramural sportsaren’t necessarily stellar athleteswho have practiced their sportevery day their entire lives.
By college age, people’s selfconfidence should extend beyondthe score in an intramural footballgame. UNC should recognize thisand just let the students play.There’s not much difference inlosing a basketball game by 45points instead of 30.
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UNC intramurals doesn’t realize confidence is stableThe Mirror appreciates your opin-ions. You can submit your columnsor letters to the editor [email protected]. Columns canbe no longer than 400 words. Includeyour name, year and major.
LETTERS
Although against myprediction I sharedon UNC Student
Radio’s “Cognitive Theatre” – aTuesday night political scuffle— Facebook has indeed keptits promise to go public.
Now, some of you may be won-dering what this means. In fact,much to my amusement, I glazedover several Facebook statuses thatdeclared it an end to Internet priva-cy as we know it. I’ll be blunt whenI say that ship ran its course severalyears ago. Facebook’s recent trans-
formation has nothing to do withFarmville or mom’s ability to seepictures of you on top of a keg lastweekend. It is far more internal.
An initial public offering (IPO),or stock market launch, is the firstsale of stock by a private companyto the public. It can be used byeither small or large companies toraise expansion capital and becomepublicly traded enterprises. Manycompanies that undertake an IPOalso request the assistance of aninvestment banking firm acting inthe capacity of an underwriter tohelp them correctly assess the valueof their shares, that is, the shareprice. As of Wednesday, Facebookwas set to launch its IPO and couldbe selling shares equating morethan $10 billion. This feat wouldeasily rival the initial Google, Visa or
General Motors IPO launch.That nerdy CEO has finally
caved. Mark Zuckerberg had beenfamously reluctant to push forwardwith an IPO. In January 2010, hetold The Wall Street Journal that hewas in “no rush” for Facebook to gopublic. Although his lack of eco-nomic understanding may havecost him a year or two of what willsurely burst his already enormouspayouts, he will have plenty of timeto enjoy the luxuries of his recentepiphany. Whether or not the hold-out was a strategy is yet to be seen;however, some IPOs tend to strug-gle with the inevitability of share-holders redirecting, and perhapstransforming the ideas andprocesses of independent ideas.Whether or not that sort of mutinyis possible aboard this ship obvi-
ously keeps Zuckerberg up at night.The point I’d like to make is
this: no matter how successfulFacebook’s IPO becomes, they willnever expand or innovate enoughto out-do their initial revolution.Facebook is used by about 1 billionpeople worldwide, and half use itdaily. The sheer enormity of theiralready astonishing feat has mepondering the question: couldFacebook be the most influentialmeans of media ever? In my opin-ion, Facebook not only trumpsmail, TV and the telephone butcould be the most innovativemacroeconomic accomplishmentin modern history.
— Benjamin Fuller is a junior eco-nomics major and weekly columnist forThe Mirror.
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Games, skits educatestudents on relations
through them. One skit demonstrated
how to ask for a date and howthe other person could say norespectfully. The other skitdemonstrated how to respectboundaries and be assertivein a relationship.
Students said theyenjoyed the workshop andlearned a lot.
“I thought the workshopwas very informational,” saidCortni Dubose, a freshman. “I
mainly just came here to sup-port my friend, and it is moredifferent for me than it is forhim.”
Other students thoughtthat most of the lessonstaught were common sense.
“I thought it was veryobvious, some of the thingsthey were teaching us,” saidMichael Geihsler, a freshmancriminal justice major. “I usethese tactics every day. Iknow when, where andwhich situations to hit on andtalk to people.”
RICHELLE CURRY | THE MIRROR
Crystal Middlestadt, the director of Training and Education withthe Colorado Anti-Violence Program, discusses healthy relation-ships during the ASAP and GLBTA workshop Wednesday.
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Libra (Sept. 25-Oct.22)Raindrops keep falling on
your head. But that doesn’tmean your eyes will soon beturning red. Crying’s not foryou, and if you recognizedright away that this was asong, you’re awesome.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.21)You will have a fantastic
day. That special someoneyou’ve been wanting to talk towill kiss you right on the lipstoday, you will win money,and you will have a grandepiphany that will lead toworld peace. Why? ‘Causethe guy writing this is aScorpio.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Remember that really bad
thing that you really didn’twant to happen and have
been stressing about forweeks? Yeah. That’s going tohappen. Sorry.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)I’ve got some good news
and some bad news. Thegood news is if you’re readingthis, you’re still alive. The badnews is this: the dirty apes willstill inherit the earth.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Love is patient, love is
kind. Restraining orders,however, are not.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Valentine’s Day plans are
in your future. You will find alarge bag of cash and decideto use it to buy that specialsomeone a gift that willensure you get to see him orher naked.
Aries (March 21-April 19)You will meet a tall, dark,
handsome stranger — whowill jack your wallet.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)I see a weedeater, a case of
Cool Whip, an orangutan anda female Elvis impersonatorin your future. Now, you willspend the rest of your day try-ing to figure out what thatcould possibly signify.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)College and a minimum
wage job just aren’t cutting itfor you anymore. You willdrop out soon and quit yourjob at Del Taco to pursue yoursecret, lifelong dream of por-traying General Robert E. Leein a series of Civil War reen-actments throughout theAmerican South.
Cancer (June 21- July 22)You will find out your
roommate has been hiding azombie bite from you. You
will be faced with this choice:double-tap, or lock them inyour closet for future use asthe greatest Halloween partydecoration ever.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Hate to say it, but your
home is being broken into asyou read this. No, keep read-ing; you’re already too late tostop it. Instead of a home-security system, you will nowdecide to invest in a full-grown African lion.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Your friend has a girlfriend,
and he hates that chick. Hetells you every day. She sits onher butt, but he works hishands to bone to give hermoney. He tells you, “Man,I’ve really got to lose my chickin the worse kind of way.” Youwill tell him to tell her, “Noway, no way, no waaaay. Whydon’t you get a job?”
UNC welcomes year of water dragonKELSEY HAMMON
Cymbals clashed andchimes spurred ondancers in a colorful anddetailed traditional drag-on costume as UNC stu-dents and communitymembers celebrated theLunar New Year.
This year is the Year ofthe Water Dragon, mean-ing 2012 is predicted to beexciting and productive.
The New Year celebra-tion hosts, including theAsian studies program,
the Chinese Culture Club,the Japanese LanguageClub and JapaneseCulture and Anime Club,sought to bring culturaldiversity to attendees byshowing students andstaff how to party like it’s2012 — Lunar New Yearstyle, of course.
Face paintings of long-tongued dragons, callig-raphy, food, dances andkarate demonstrationshelped the University ofNorthern Colorado wel-comed the Year of theWater Dragon.
Michelle Low, a pro-fessor of Asian studies,provided backgroundinformation on the tradi-tion of the Lunar NewYear in Asia.
“There are 12 animalsin the zodiac calendarand each of them gets ayear,” Low said. “Thedragon in Chinese is usu-ally a representation ofbeing assertive and brash;however, this year thecycle includes one of theelements: water. This issupposed to temper thedragon.”
China, Korea, Mongoliaand Thailand traditionallycelebrate this event withfireworks meant to scareaway bad luck. At mid-night, households openwindows and doors to pro-vide an exit for the pastyear and welcome in theNew Year.
The event featured avariety of activities and anAsian cuisine dinner. Theproceeds from the dinnerwill be used to fund Asianstudies scholarships.
CHICHI AMA | THE MIRROR
Karate West Demo Team demonstrates a variety ofkarate moves during the annual Lunar New Year cele-bration Thursday in the University Center Ballrooms.See Lunar New Year, Page 7
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The redshirt sophomore guard scored 30 points in a double-overtime loss at Idaho State on Jan. 26 but tallied 11 points in an overtime win at Northern Arizona Monday. Svihovec hit a layup to send the NAU game to overtime and made another to put the Bears ahead for good in the extra session. He has scored in double-digits in 10 straight games, averaging 13.6 per game in that span.
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Men’s basketball downed by Hornets at homePARKER COTTON
The UNC men’s bas-ketball team has, at times,played like two differentteams in the first and sec-ond halves in games thisseason. Thursday atButler-Hancock SportsPavilion, the team cameout flat and stayed thatway to the tune of a 73-62
loss to Sacramento State.The University of
Northern Colorado (7-14,4-6 Big Sky) opened thefirst half by building a 3-0lead, but that’s about allthat went right for theBears in the first 20 min-utes.
UNC shot 34.6 percentfrom the field, missing allfive of its 3-point attemptsand going 4-of-14 from the
free throw line.“I really don’t know
why we don’t come out ofthe gate strong,” said red-shirt freshman guardTevin Svihovec. “I feel likethe guys are doing whatev-er they need to do to getready, but for some rea-son, when the ball istossed up, I feel like we getshell-shocked and wait tosee what happens. Wedon’t react first.”
The Hornets (7-14, 2-8)took advantage of UNC’sfirst-half woes and wentinto halftime with a 36-22advantage.
In the second half, theBears got defensive stopsthey didn’t get in the firsthalf but UNC allowed theHornets to come downwith nine offensiverebounds to get secondshots and waste more timeoff the clock.
“You can do that whenyou have a lead,” UNChead coach B.J. Hill said.“And they got a leadbecause we missed con-tinuous layups early on,we missed continuous freethrows and we got behind.If they don’t have a lead,they can’t play like that.”
UNC finished 11-of-28from the free throw lineand 3-of-10 from behindthe arc in the game.
Like many times thisseason, Hill also pointedto his team’s youth andrelative inexperience asone of several factors forits poor play.
“When you’ve got onesenior on the team, twosophomores who haven’tplayed very much at alland the rest is basicallyfreshmen, this is whathappens,” Hill said.
Bears sophomore cen-ter Connor Osborne, whofinished with 11 points,alluded to another reasonfor the team’s struggles.
“It’s just a lack of inten-sity, a lack of energy,”Osborne said. “We should-n’t have been (that way).We definitely shouldn’thave been, but for somereason we came out likethat.”
Svihovec finished witha game-high 19 points,seven of which came inthe final minute with thegame already out of reach.UNC also got nine pointsfrom sophomore guardTate Unruh, seven points
from freshman forwardTim Huskisson, six fromsophomore forwardEmmanuel Addo and fivefrom senior forward MikeProctor.
Hill was forced to use aslightly different rotationagainst Sacramento Stateto accommodate for therecent suspensions of jun-ior guards Elliott Lloydand Aaron Hawk-Harris.The pair was suspendedindefinitely from the teamearlier in the week for aviolation of the student-athlete code of conduct.Hill said the team was ableto get away with a differ-ent rotation in Monday’swin at Northern Arizona,but the team will have tofind a way to compensatefor their loss as it movesforward.
UNC’s next gamecomes Saturday against
Big Sky-leading WeberState (17-4, 9-1) in Ogden,Utah, where UNC hasnever won. The Wildcatsenter the game boastingthe best-scoring offense inthe league and thenation’s top scorer inDamian Lillard, whodropped 40 points in a winagainst Portland StateThursday.
“He’s good, no doubtabout it,” Svihovec said ofLillard. “We’re just goingto do our best, play our D,try to contain him andthat’s about it.”
UNC’s game againstWeber State can be seenon Altitude Sports andEntertainment at 5 p.m.Saturday.
After Thursday’s loss tothe eighth place team inthe conference, Hill wasless than thrilled at theconcept of playing the firstplace team less than 48hours later.
“I can pick betterthings than going toWeber State right nowafter this one,” he said.“We’re going to find outwhat kind of fortitude theyhave. These guys are goingto have to find a way.”
EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ | THE MIRROR
UNC sophomore guard Tate Unruh, left, dribbles around aSacramento State defender Thursday at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion. Unruh had nine points in the loss.
“I can pick better
things than going toWeber State rightnow after this one.
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BSU celebrates ‘soul’ of Black History Month with dinnerKRISTEN MARTIN
The smell of fried catfishand chicken greeted eagerUNC students as they enteredthe Marcus Garvey CulturalCenter Wednesday to indulgein soul food prepared bymembers of the BlackStudent Union.
A slideshow presenta-tion at the center show-cased famous black womenwho have made their markon American history, suchas Ella Fitzgerald, RosaParks and Oprah Winfrey.
R&B and soul musicadded to the ambience ofpeople engaging in livelyconversation and evensparked a chorus fromattendees when the song“I Should Have Cheated”by Keyshia Cole came on.
With the dynamic banter
in one room, across the foyerin a room decorated with tra-ditional African masks,members of BSU set up anarray of food they had begunto prepare Tuesday evening.
“We’ve got fish, chicken,mac’n’cheese, red beans andrice, candied yams, sweetpotato pie, jambalaya, collardgreens and corn bread,” saidTramaine Duncan, a seniorsocial science major andpresident of BSU.
The members of BSUprepared eight boxes ofjambalaya, eight boxes ofred beans and rice, threebags of potatoes, 12 bags ofchicken, 12 bags of fish and10 sweet potato pies.
“And I don’t even knowhow many greens,” saidHana Asmamaw, a sopho-more biology major andadministrative coordinatorfor the BSU. “The food just
keeps on coming.”Duncan said the purpose
of the event was to get peo-ple excited for Black HistoryMonth through soul food.
“When we wereenslaved, we were given thebad parts of animals to eat,”he said. “We had to comeup with ingredients on thespot. We were going bywhat you know; it comesfrom the soul.”
Lexi Andree, a freshmanelementary educationmajor and BSU member,helped prepare the catfish,red beans and rice and cornbread. She said the time wasspent not only preppingfood but also bonding withthe other BSU members.
“We all pitched in mak-ing food,” Andree said. “Wedid it as a team. We got tochat and laugh. It was nice.
Duncan said they decided
to use the food that is mostrecognized by Americans.
“We serve the same foodevery year,” Duncan said.“We try to have the mostassimilated food inAmerica. People knowabout fried chicken, not somuch jambalaya. I grew upon fried chicken.”
This year for BlackHistory Month, the BSU ishighlighting the accom-plishments of black womeninstead of trying to fit all ofblack history onto onetimeline.
“This year we are justgoing to focus on one thinginstead of focusing on every-thing,” said ThailiaRodriguez, a freshman busi-ness major and BSU member.
For more information onupcoming events, visit theBSU UNCo Facebook page.
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Tyrell Allen, a sophomore Africana studies major, eatsand socializes during Soul Food Night, an annual eventhosted by the Black Student Union and the MarcusGarvey Cultural Center during Black History Month.
Who do you think will win the Super Bowl?
“The Giants because I feel EliManning has become a greatleader and has grown a lotsince the last time the Giantsplayed the Patriots. “
Kara Sanderlin, a jr. specialeducation major
“The Giants. I’m a Jets fan atheart and since the Patriotsare their rival, I don’t wantthem to win. Plus, I thinkthe Patriots are way toodominant.” Robby Kleber, a jr. classicalguitar performance major
“That’s really tough.Honestly, I think thePatriots are going to winbecause they get the bighead and try harder.”
Brittany Offner, a soph.Elementary Education major
“Looking at both trackrecords they both have agood chance but thePatriots have done consis-tently better in the past.”
Terrell Wallin, a soph. jour-nalism and philosophy major
“The Giants because Ithink the Patriots arecheaters.”
Amber Sonka, a sr. elemen-tary education major
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New Year honors cultureBefore dinner, the event
kicked-off with engagingcultural activities that pro-ceeded to raise funds andrecruit members for UNC’scultural and awarenessgroups.
The Japanese LanguageClub sold origami and invit-ed people to become famil-iar with the Japanese lan-guage and customs. TheChinese Club and JapaneseCulture Club also participat-ed by selling intricate andhandcrafted kanzashi flow-ers and chopsticks.
Lily Herreria, a seniorAsian studies major, saideach flower was uniqueand individual.
“The flowers are usuallycreated from the extra fabricof costumes,” Herreria said.“That’s why no one flower ismade of the same cloth.Sometimes it is the smallimperfections that makesomething beautiful. That’s
why we created each of theseflowers, to be unique andspecial in their own way.”
Kanzashi flowers aredecorative hair pieces thatused to be worn only bygeisha performers. Today,however, they are a fashionaccessory coveted byyounger girls, Herreria said.
Several other clubsand organizations werepresent and providedinformation and chancesfor students to becomeculturally enlightenedand increase environ-mental sustainability.
Dan Remington, a jun-ior environmental studiesmajor, had club membersparticipate in the festivi-ties to increase awarenessof environmental issues.
“Our objective is to edu-cate people on ways to beenvironmentally consciousand lessen their negativeimpact on the environ-ment,” said Remington, whoalong with the Hawaiian
Club, Mexican AmericanCulture Club and NativeAmerican Club encouragedstudents to become active intheir community.
While the New Yearwas the cause of the cele-bration, the real purposeof the festivities was toincrease cultural aware-ness and acceptance oncampus.
“Celebrating the LunarNew Year at UNC was agreat way to bring cultur-al awareness to the cam-pus,” said Kayla Nochi, asenior business major.
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Women’s golf, softballlearn season projectionsSTAFF REPORT
The Big SkyConference and thePacific Coast SoftballConference released itsrankings for its women’sgolf teams and softballteams, respectively.
The UNC golf team waspicked to finish fifth in thenine-team Big Sky and thesoftball team was tabbedto finish second in theseven-team MountainDivision of the PCSC.
The golf team received32 total points in a votefrom the league’s coach-es. Sacramento State waspicked to finish first inthe conference with 58points and four first-place votes. Head coach-es were not allowed tovote for their team to fin-
ish atop the standings.The University of
Northern Colorado fin-ished a program-bestthird last season andbrings back all partici-pants from last season’sBig Sky Championship.
Junior Carleigh Silversearned a third-place indi-vidual finish in last year’stournament and is joinedby her sister Chelsea, asenior, who had two top-20 finishes a year ago andsenior Ali Nelson, who wasthe 2009 Big Sky individualchampion, among otherson the veteran team.
The UNC softballteam received four first-place votes in theMountain Division andreceived one vote foroverall champion in the13-team conference.
The Bears finished
last season with a 17-35overall record and a 13-7record in conference.UNC finished second inthe Mountain Divisionlast year behindPortland State, who waspicked to finish firstagain this season.
Loyola Marymountwas selected to finish firstin the Coastal Divisionand received the mostoverall champion voteswith five. Portland Statereceived three overallchampion votes, whileSan Diego received twoand Saint Mary’s joinedUNC as the only otherschools with a vote.
Head coach MarkMontgomery, in his sec-ond year as coach, returnsone pitcher and less thanhalf his starting positionplayers from last year.
The UNC athletic pro-gram announced its 2012recruiting class for foot-ball, soccer and track andfield Wednesday in Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
In-state recruits were abig priority of head foot-ball coach Earnest CollinsJr. and his coaching staff.The coaches signed 10players from Colorado,including two from peren-nial powerhouse ValorChristian High School in
Highlands Ranch.Heading up the class is
quarterback SeanRubalcaba of GrandJunction High School.Rubalcaba was the 2011winner of Colorado’sGolden Helmet award,awarded by the DenverPost and given to a seniorathlete who excels on thefield, in the classroom andin the community.
Collins’ clear prioritywas the offensive line. Hisstaff signed six linemen tothis year’s class with highhopes of opening up holesfor the running game.
“It starts up front,”Collins said. “Skill positionguys can’t do their jobunless the offensive anddefensive line are makingit happen for them. Thatwas our biggest emphasisso we could make playsfrom the back end.”
Collins said each of theincoming players willhave a chance to signifi-cantly effect the teamfrom the first snap inspring practice, whichkicks off March 26.
“All these guys aregoing to be pretty goodplayers for us,” Collinssaid. “I’m looking forwardto seeing them and whatthey’re going to do for us,especially what themidyear guys are going todo for us out on the fieldthis spring.”
Collins was also able tosecure a few mid-yeartransfers, which couldprove to be vital to successon the field in 2012.
Sophomore LeilonWillingham, a 6-foot-2,240-pound linebackercomes to Greeley from theUniversity of CentralFlorida, and will join jun-ior linebacker ClarenceBumpas to bolster analready powerful line-backer corps. Willinghamturned down offers fromTexas A&M and Michigan
to play for the Knights butultimately transferred toNorthern Colorado inorder to be closer to home.
Collins also will wel-come the eligibility of atleast one of his formerplayers at Alcorn State,who transferred to UNCwhen Collins was hiredlast December. HervéTonye-Tonye, a 6-foot-1,225-pound linebacker,comes to UNC a graduatedsenior with one year ofNCAA eligibility left.
Collins’ philosophy wassimple. He wanted to havedepth on the field, whichthe lack of in 2011 is some-thing that contributed tothe Bears’ 0-11 record.
“The thing I like mostabout this class is that wehad to fill some holes andwe did,” Collins said. “LikeI told the kids last year,
‘There will be no moreplaying by default. Whenyou’re on the field nextyear it’s because youearned it in practice. It’snot because we don’t haveanyone else to put in thatspot. It’s because youearned it.’ That can’t bestressed enough.”
The wide receivers alsoreceived a nice boost andshould look to continuetheir strong showing in2012. With the loss of All-Big Sky receiver PatrickWalker, quarterback SethLobato will have juniorDominic Gunn and severalother young receivers tothrow to. Incoming fresh-man Nicholas Dalton fromBear Creek High School inLakewood will compete fora spot, as will StephenMiller of Valor Christian.
Dalton was named tothe All-Colorado team afterhis senior year. Miller,UNC’s Vincent Jacksonscholarship recipient,helped Valor Christian tothree straight Colorado 4A
state championships from2009 through 2011.
UNC soccer head coachTim Barrera added to histeam to replace five gradu-ating seniors, and trackand field head coachAmanda Schickannounced the signing ofthree recruits who she saidwould “immediatelychange the culture anddirection of the crosscountry and track and fieldprogram.”
While most would giveeach respective headcoach the credit for signingeach of their recruits, thecoaches themselves gavethat credit to their assis-tants. Collins was noexception, saying the jobdone by his staff couldn’tbe topped.
“Having the propertime to recruit was greatbecause our guys had awhole year to recruit themajority of these youngmen, and I think they didan outstanding job,”Collins said.
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UNC athletic programs unveil recruiting classes
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UNC head football coach Earnest Collins Jr. discusses his sec-ond recruiting class at his alma mater Wednesday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Collins signed 27 recruits.
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UNC head track and field coach Amanda Schick discussesthe three recruits she signed to her team on NationalSigning Day Wednesday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
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Football team signs 27 recruits in head coach Earnest Collins’ second offseason