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After a successful regular season, the UNC womenʻs basketball team has been rewarded with the No. 2 seed in this week s̓ Big Sky Conference Championship tournament.

The University of North-ern Colorado (18-11, 15-11 Big Sky) lost hosting rights after a 71-58 loss at South-ern Utah Thursday, so the tournament will take place in Missoula, Mont., start-ing Wednesday. The Bears will face the seventh-seeded Southern Utah (15-15, 9-11) team for a third time this season — UNC also lost 73-52 at home to the Thun-derbirds Feb. 23.

“Weʼve got to knock down a couple of open shots,” said UNC head coach Jaime White after Sunday s̓ practice. “I think weʼve got to play 40 hard minutes and be OK under that pressure.”

Northern Colo-rado has been lean-ing on junior guard D s̓hara Strange as the leading scorer, averaging 15 points, 7.2 re-bounds, 2.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game.

Another key to UNC s̓ success has been found in the senior leadership, with forward Lauren Oosdyke and guard Victoria Timm playing big roles all season.

Posting 13 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists, Oosdyke has been a domi-nant presence in the post for the Bears, logging the sec-ond-most time on the court — after Strange — at 31.7

minutes per night.Averaging 5.1

points, 2.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 4.4 rebounds per game, Timm has also been one of the bigger playmakers for the team.

Sophomore cen-ter Stephanie Lee

began the season as a big contributor from the bench, averaging 6.9 points as a reserve early in the season. Lee got her fi rst start Feb. 7

Blood Buddies made its way back to campus Wednesday and off ered students a chance to donate blood and help those in need. The Carnes Group and the Lead-ership Weld County Program partnered in bringing the annual event back to cam-pus. Page 10

Students buddy up

Back in BSC business

The UNC men’s basketball team is head-ing to the Big Sky Tournament after miss-ing the postseason last year, one year after being Big Sky Champs. The Bears are going in as the No. 5 seed and start tournament play Wednesday when they face Montana State. Page 7

Vibrant Chicano/a Artes

Campus celebrates Chicano/a culture with colorful Chicano/a paintings and sculptures, group salsa dancing lessons, culturally symbolic masks and a live painting performance by local mural art-ist and alumnus Armando Silva. Page 6

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Vol. 94, Num. 39March 11, 2013

Big-time authors share creations and craft tips

Colleen Allison | The MirrorConnie Willis reads her work and shares insight into the professional craft of science fi ction writing with students.

Women’s hoops heading to Montana for tourney

Antonio HillOdil Maciasarts@uncmirror.com

The twelfth annual Rosenberry Writers ̓Conference took place in the University Center last week and featured a prestigious list of authors reading a piece of their writing.

The event began with Dan Beachy-Quick on Monday, continued with Aaron Abeyta on Tues-day and wrapped up with UNC alumna Connie Wil-lis on Wednesday.

Each reading includ-ed a Q-and-A session in which the authors offered helpful hints about the art of writing.

Beachy-Quick empha-sized the signifi cance of reading and writing to a personʼs intellectual and emotional growth.

“Reading expands the imagination; it expands

the mind and gives us multiple new ways to feel things that without that exposure we might not feel, and in the end, it makes one a more atten-tive and perhaps a more decent person,” Beachy-Quick said.

Kimberly Morrs, a freshman majoring in elementary education, had never heard Beachy-Quickʼs poetry before at-tending the event. Poetry has always interested her and she was intrigued to learn how this poet crafts his work.

“His work is powerful,” Morrs said. “The poem ʻLullaby ̓was my favorite because the inspiration of that poem was his child.”

A well-known science fi ction writer, Willis spoke about what it means to be a writer and even told the crowd where she gets some of her inspiration.

See WRITERS on Page 6See BASKETBALL on Page 8

Colleen Allison | The Mirror File PhotoSenior forward Lauren Oosdyke chases after a loose ball against Sacramento State Jan. 26 . The Bears will face Southern Utah Thursday. The Bears lost to SUU twice this season.

Victoria Timm

March 11, 2013

This week around UNC:

Monday, March 11:6-7:30 p.m.OUR Workshop: How to Give a Strong Oral PresentationMichener Library Room 303

7-8:30 p.m.Schulze Speaker SeriesGunter Hall Room 1720

7-9 p.m. Womenʼs History Month Discussion: “My Black is Beautiful”Michener Library

Tuesday, March 12:All Day Study Abroad Application DeadlineCenter for International Education

12:30-1:45 p.m.Cool Activities for the Classroom:University Center Council Room

6-8 p.m.Student Senate Candidate Open ForumUniversity Center Aspen Suites

Wednesday, March 13:6:30-9 p.m. Womenʼs History Month: Guest Speaker Mary Alice HillUniversity Center Panorama Room

8:30-10 p.m. BingoUniversity Center Ballrooms

Thursday, March 14:2-3:45 p.m.Grant Writing Workshop Series IIMichener Library Room 335

4-5 p.m.UPC Hiring Informational MeetingUniversity Center Student Activities Offi ce Lobby

6-8 p.m.The Rice ProjectKepner Hall Milne Auditorium Room 2050

6:30-8:30 p.m.Womenʼs History Month Film: The Invisible WarUniversity Center Panorama Room

Friday, March 15:10:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Leadership Program Sneak PeeksUNC Campus

5:30-6:30 p.m.Dining Services Cooking Demo at Holmes: Street TacosHolmes Dining Hall

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Guest speaker to discuss magnitude of genocide

Educator Heidi Rickard will help students grasp the true se-verity of genocide and violence during The Rice Experience from 6–8 p.m. Thursday in the Milne Auditorium of Kepner Hall.

The concept originated in Rickardʼs high school history class, in which she used a dem-onstration where one individual grain of rice represented the death of one person. Rickard uses over 600 pounds of rice to visually rep-resent the amount of people who have been killed through various genocides and confl icts during the last 100 years.

The lesson also brings to light the number of people who have died because of the spread of dis-ease and the use of torture.

Monfort Entrepreneurial Challenge names winners

The Monfort College of Busi-ness announced the winners of its Fourth Annual Entrepreneurial Challenge Friday.

First place and $25,000 went to Vertikle Enterprises LLC/5280 Prosthetics, which aims to im-prove the lives of amputees through products that will allow the prosthetic devices to com-municate with their users and transmit data to help improve the device.

Second place and $15,000 went to Nunn-based Grouse Malting and Roasting Company, which focuses on creating gluten-free organic grains. Third place and $10,000 went to WildFit Gyms, which produces outdoor fi tness equipment.

Board of trustees meet to discuss 2013-14 budget

The UNC Board of Trustees met Friday and discussed the 2013-14 budget as updates were provided on state funding, pric-ing, compensation as well as cap-ital projects.

The recommended budget is to be presented before the board during its next meeting on June 7.

Discussion centered around the stateʼs current fi scal condition; state funding to the university is expected to increase by $1.7 mil-lion to $33.6 million. This would partially restore the $12 million lost between 2008 and 2009.

The pricing that will be part of the recommended budget will include a fi ve percent increase in resident undergraduate tuition.

Monfort institute director to be honored for research

The American Society of Qual-ity, at its annual world conference in May, will present John Latham, the director of the Monfort Institute of Management, with the Gryna Award. He is being presented the award for his “Management Sys-tem Design for Sustainable Excel-lence: Framework, Practices and Considerations,” which appeared in Quality Management Journal Vol. 19, No.2.

The award is bestowed upon the paper that has the largest im-pact to furthering the understand-ing of the methods of quality management over the past year. The Monfort College of Busi-ness houses the Monfort Insti-tute, which received the Baldrige Award in 2004.

CampusRefl ections

Snapshot of the weekPolice blotter The following were taken from last week’s UNC police log, read the full report at UNCmirror.com

Wednesday, March 6:

At 10:51 p.m. police responded to the 1600 block of 23rd Street Butler-Hancock to calls regard-ing an information item.

Thursday, March 7:

At 3:16 p.m. police responded to the 400 block of 20th Street Parsons Hall to a call regarding a traffi c accident.

At 4:59 p.m. police responded to the 1700 block of 9th Avenue Carter Hall to a call regarding forgery and fraud.

At 10:34 police responded to the police responded to the 2300 block of 11th Avenue and con-ducted a traffi c stop.

Friday, March 8:

At 2:47 a.m. police responded to Cranford Park to a call regarding sexual assault.

UNC tweets of the week:

@JenniferSo129: @neylapekarek @thelumineers : So excited for you! Literally as I send this tweet #HoHey is playing on #Mix100 #LifeIsGood @UNCo_edu alum-ni too!

@AhWatchOutABear: @UNCOP-roblems Practically sprint from BFE to get to Candelaria, run-ning super late, only to fi nd out class is canceled.

@qvhockey21: @UNCOProblems teacher sends an email saying “I am having trouble with the Inter-net I’ll email you later”

@PinkPaisley_Ltd: Very honored to be interviewed by University of Northern Colorado’s Associa-tion for Women in Communica-tion today!

@DavidGrapes: Oh My God!!!! Le-gally Blonde opens tonight! at the University of Northern Colo-rado. Time to “bend and snap”

@ExecDirJenna: Faculty in Resi-dence Position Available - News at the University of Northern Colorado.

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Republican senator’s 13-hour fi libuster exemplifi es problems in WashingtonThoughts from the editorial staff of The MirrorRefl ects

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As we prepare for the monotonous midterms that

undoubtedly await us in classrooms across campus this week, itʼs increas-ingly diffi cult to fi nd the true learning experiences offered at this university among the volume of mi-nutia used to determine a studentʼs ability to fi t in the cubicle “real world.”

We come to college for the foundation to a suc-cessful life. We know how to fi ll out paperwork cor-rectly but may not have developed much intel-lect, if any. The university

level is simply the higher-education piece to a sys-tem that has lost itself in its self-constructed, ac-ronym-laden, intellectual creativity-thwarting forest of standardized testing.

This week, the students in District 6 are being in-doctrinated into the culture that teaches them how to be cookie-cutter learners. In the class I observe for my ESL practicum, weʼve been frantically trying to prepare the students for TCAP — the state s̓ standardized test — by teaching them how to use planning and English skills they have acquired to gain some points for the school on their exams.

In the classroom, we recognize that the assess-ment is likely too diffi cult for where these students are in their acquisition of English, but we know the system well enough to

teach them how to work around it. Administrators with the ability to break out of the black-and-white evaluation structure refuse to do so simply because it is diffi cult.

Perhaps they should try a fourth grade-level test in an unfamiliar language.

The culture of uncre-ative mainstream assess-ment stretches from those elementary classrooms up to our campus, simply fol-lowing the trend of those who have come before.

At the college level, we all experience issues of working through details that have nothing to do with the actual class.

The multiple-choice test is a tried and true model of appraisal, pro-ducing an easy-to-digest numerical value for pro-fessors and administrators to place in straightforward

categories labeled “A-F” (except for “E,” because, well, thatʼs just how weʼve always done it). Intelligence is not boiled down so simply; instead, it is as multifaceted as the human mind, and we should endeavor to assess it as such.

If we understand that our own brains are intricate, why do we insist on judging intellect simplistically?

Those familiar with international education rankings clamor for more focus on math and sci-ence, where the U.S. has slipped. This exhibits what is wrong with our education system — infat-uation with rating, catego-rizing and otherwise as-signing numerical values to a process of learning that is on a spectrum.

Society requires that some people learn how to

follow directions and push pencils, but most jobs are not centered around plac-ing cover sheets on TPS reports. Thereʼs color and shape to our world, and thatʼs where beauty lies. Greater learning is gained from discussion than lecture and note-taking. Maybe itʼs time to reeval-uate the way we approach education in this nation.

Instead of teaching students to strive for the almighty “A,” let them to explore their interests with support. I recognize a shift in the way we view education will not occur quickly, but we should foster intellect rather than stifl ing it with busywork.

— Michael Nowels is a junior elementary edu-cation major and a col-umnist for The Mirror. He can be contacted at mi-chael@uncmirror.com.

The Senate last week approved John Brennanʼs nomination to lead the Central Intelligence Agen-cy, but this process was no walk in the park.

Yet nobody worked harder to block the nomi-nation than Rand Paul (R-KY), who orchestrated a 13-hour fi libuster on the Senate fl oor to bring atten-tion to the issue of poten-tially using drones within the United States to kill American citizens.

Earlier in the month, Paul received a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder, in which he re-fused to rule out the use of drone strikes within America unless an “ex-

traordinary circumstance” presented itself.

This was enough to prompt the self-pro-claimed “constitutional conservative” and liber-tarian to embark on a 13-hour speak-fest that waged into the early hours of the next day. As the rules of a fi libuster permit, as long as Paul talked, the vote to confi rm Brennan as the director of the CIA wasnʼt going to happen.

But, as Paul knew, the Brennan nomination was imminent as he was confirmed Thursday by a vote of 63-34. Yet he still took it upon himself to bring light to an is-sue he believed deserves

more attention.I personally donʼt real-

ly align with Paul on any stance he has, but I have to commend him. Not for the substance of his speech or the message he was trying to get across, but rather the way he did it.

In a culture where the 24-hours news cycle begs for attention at ev-ery waking hour of the day, Paul found a way to capitalize on just that. Not by his filibuster; it is nothing new, and in many cases almost ex-pected in this political gridlock often seen to-day in Washington.

But Paul was able to jump right to the front

page and beginning of every broadcast as his filibuster became what seemingly everyone in the media wanted to talk about. His actions on the Senate floor that night have been endlessly dis-cussed and dissected by both sides of the politi-cal aisle.

On a simple level, I applaud Paul for accom-plishing what so many politicians strive to do – to emerge through the clutter and make it on the nightly news. The way he did it is in many ways whatʼs wrong with Washington. But Paul (more likely his staff) correctly observed the trends in the news

and the increased cover-age drones were receiv-ing from numerous news outlets.

By framing their mes-sage around drones, com-mitting to the 13-hour fi libuster and helping re-ignite a Tea Party that has teetered on the verge of obscurity, Paul and com-pany have rode the wave of 24-hour news coverage right into the front-runner conversation for a 2016 presidential bid.

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NEWSSpeaker offers insight on state of economySarah Moenews@uncmirror.com

Robert Wiedemer, a fi -nancial author who has written two books on the economy, spoke to students in Kepner Hallʼs Milne Au-ditorium Wednesday about some of his fi ndings.

Wiedemerʼs fi rst book, “Americaʼs Bubble Econ-omy,” came out in 2006 and accurately predicted the downfall of the golden American economy. The second, “Aftershock,” was published in 2009 and dis-cusses the long-term effects of the recovery effort.

Wiedemer discussed with students short-term economic solutions, what the problems are and why they are still so tempting.

As for the occasional optimism displayed during his presentation, Wiedemer said it was not by accident.

“Thatʼs what people want in an economist,” Wi-edemer said. “They want to hear the fairytale about the economy. They want to hear the good news.”

He said that while there is good news, itʼs not smart to ignore the bad.

A bubble economy is one in which various sectors of the market are pumped up to support one another, suggesting that short-term growth is perpetually sus-tainable.

When the housing bub-

ble burst, other sectors of the economy crashed down with it because bubble eco-nomics are used to keep other sectors of the econo-my intact.

Bubble economics are tempting to accept because they often mean short-term positives. For example, the value of a house will increase without the ho-meowner doing anything. This increase in value is not sustainable, though, and productivity will inevitably slow.

Wiedemer used the ex-ample of running water and electricity. There was a huge growth in people who had these amenities in their homes from 1900-50, but a much smaller growth was seen between 1950 and today.

Accounting major Daulton Schmidt appreci-ated Wiedemerʼs focus on the need for real solutions rather than what people want to hear.

“He focused on the real problem rather than what they say in the news,” Schmidt said.

Wiedemer said the two recovery bubbles of gov-ernment debt and the dollar exist precariously and have improved the economy, but that if productivity isnʼt in-creased, these bubbles will be in danger of popping due

to infl ation.“I thought the increase

in productivity was pretty dead-on,” said business minor Stephanie Monte-Parker.

Wiedemer also explained that our dollars would be worth less if we continue to be in massive amounts of debt to other countries and continue printing more money. These are short-term solutions, when many of the problems within the fi nancial sector need more concrete, long-term solu-tions.

Wiedemerʼs talk was part of the Monfort Ex-ecutive Professor Speaker series put on by the busi-ness school to give students a chance to hear working real-world businesspeople.

Faculty senate talks prime-time schedulingSarah Moenews@uncmirror.com

The Academic Policies Committee and Faculty Senate met last Monday and approved changes to the policy of issuing “incompletes” as grades as well as “prime-time” course scheduling.

The APC discussed the “I” changes at length to be voted on with other measures discussed at previous meetings, which were approved together during the Faculty Senate meeting.

The current incom-plete, or “I” grade policy, is more restrictive than is generally practiced and sometimes leaves no pa-per trail, meaning that if there is a problem later, it is diffi cult to resolve.

There are also dis-crepancies about the way incompletes are handled among the schools, so the new policy would allow students a year to change an incomplete grade in-stead of the current policy of a semester with the possibility of a formal re-quest to change.

Charlie Couch from the Offi ce of the Registrarʼs said the current policy is restrictive and that with the changes, professors will have “more fl exibil-ity to issue an ʻI ̓ when warranted, based on the circumstances of the stu-dent.”

Incomplete grades are

given to students who have an unforeseeable and legitimate need to abandon coursework in a class that they are pass-ing, with the possibility of completing the work at a later time. The new poli-cies will also be benefi -cial to students who take incompletes.

“(Students will have) additional time, if needed, for the completion of a course in which ʻI ̓ was given beyond the cur-rent one-term limitation,” Couch said.

The other change made was to prime-time course scheduling.

“Thereʼs a certain amount of classes to be scheduled during prime time,” said Mary Schut-tler, a performing and visual arts professor who serves on the council.

For each school, 65 percent of courses are scheduled in prime time and 35 percent in non-prime time. This is to re-fl ect the times of courses that have the highest reg-istration and attendance by students, making them more successful for both professors and students.

Before the meeting, prime time was 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. It should come as no surprise, though, that 9 a.m. is not consid-ered prime time for many students, so the vote changed the hours consid-ered as prime time.

“It means that classes starting at 9 or 9:30 will now be considered non-prime-time,” said council member Stan Luger, chair of the Department of Po-litical Science and Inter-national Affairs.

Prime time now starts at 10 a.m., which the Sen-ate considered a more ac-curate refl ection of cours-es likely to be registered for but also regularly at-tended by UNC students living on and off campus.

Ben Stivers | The MirrorRobert Wiedemer, a fi nancial author, spoke to students in Kepner Hall on Wednesday.

“That’s what people want in an economist. They want to hear the fai-rytale about the economy. They want to hear the good news. ”

-Robert Wiedemerfi nancial author

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UNC nationally honored for hearing loss preventionKelsey Hammon news@uncmirror.com

UNCʼs Dangerous Deci-bels program, a collabora-tion with Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, was recently recognized for their originality in noise in-duced hearing loss research with the Safe-in-Sound In-novation in Hearing Loss Prevention Award.

This award was pre-sented through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in part-nership with the National Hearing Conservation As-sociation. While taking precautions to protect the ears from loud noise may not be a top concern of col-lege students for whom at-tendance of concerts, clubs and sporting events is a reg-ular occurrence, Dangerous Decibels is seeking to pro-tect and preserve the ears ̓ability to hear. Many young people are at risk of or al-ready demonstrating tinni-tus – ringing of the ears.

The innovations cre-ated through Dangerous Decibels are being used to spread the word about how people can protect their ears from tinnitus and take precautions to keep their hearing intact.

For associate professor Deanna Meinke, fi nding new ways to teach people about hearing loss is a pri-ority. The commemoration of Dangerous Decibels shows that, like Meinke, the university is actively trying to engage students to protect their hearing.

“I think it is a perfect example of UNCʼs commit-ment to the ̒ Teacher-Schol-ar ̓model of education and a commitment to scientifi c outreach that benefi ts our communities,” Meinke said.

Meinke also said rough-ly 17 percent of males and 16.7 percent of females

aged 12-19 have hearing loss suggestive of noise damage.

Dangerous Decibels uses three basic guidelines to protecting ears from loud noise: walk away, turn it down and cover up. Ac-cording to Meinke, students donʼt necessarily have to avoid loud noises com-pletely, but the time spent at a loud event should be limited.

“It doesnʼt mean you canʼt enjoy your favorite song at a louder volume setting or attend a con-cert or sporting event, just donʼt work a noisy job, go to a concert and ride a mo-torcycle in the same time-frame,” she said. “Your ears tolerate small doses of loud sounds and need time

to recover in between.”Dangerous Decibels has

both graduate and under-graduate students research-ing ways people can protect their hearing. To test exper-iments, theyʼve developed a man-nequin named Jolene.

Jolene has a replica human ear thatʼs sensitive to sound and can measure sound levels. Mein-ke said that 18 Jolenes have been built and are utilized at government agencies, 9News Health Fair, hospi-tals, universities, audiolo-gist clinics and workplaces.

Audiologist and project director for Safe-in-Sound, Thais Morata said work-ing with the University of Northern Colorado has helped develop new strate-gies that can be implement-ed and protect the hearing of people in different work environments.

“We try to fi nd strategies that work, and this helps us fi nd ways to spread the word,” Morata said.

She described the award as a way to motivate peo-ple to approach the orga-nization and share their research and to foster an atmosphere of mutual col-

laboration among several univer-sities. Through this collabora-tion, different projects become recognized and their innovations applied.

“Loud noise doesnʼt really

bother me,” said Jill Kappel, a UNC

alumna, who, like many college students enjoys concerts and blasting her favorite music.

Itʼs important to rec-ognize and appreciate our ears and their sensitivity, because hearing is some-thing that many might take for granted until something

goes wrong. Checking hearing abilities can help someone assess for future damage.

Potential hearing loss is detected by examining the tiny hairs on the inner ear with highly sophisticated tools. Students interested in getting their hearing exam-ined, appointments can be made at the UNC Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Clinic, located

in Gunter Hall on central campus.

“Our hearing never stops working 24 hours a day,” Meinke said. “We take (our ears) for granted and seldom worry about our hearing until something goes wrong, yet often there are opportunities for early intervention to prevent fur-ther hearing loss.”

Deanna MeinkeCourtesy of

www.unco.edu

“I think it is a perfect example of UNC’s commitment to the ‘Teacher Scholar’ model of education and a commitment to scientifi c out reach that bene ”

-Deanna MeinkeAssociate Professor

Monday, March 11:1-4 p.m.MGCC Film Series: “Frankie and Alice”Marcus Garvey Cultural Center

4:40-6 p.m.Student Recital: Angela Booher, clarinetKepner Hall Milne Auditorium

6-7 p.m.Jazz Combos NightRandyʼs All American Grill

Tuesday, March 12:4:40-5:30 p.m.Student Recital: Diane Kester, sopranoKepner Hall, Milne Auditorium

4:40-5:30 p.m.Student Recital: Ryan Unangst, percussionFoundation Hall

6-7 p.m.Jazz Combos NightRandyʼs All American Grill

7-9 p.m.Diverse Film Series: Iron Jawed AngelsUC, Panorama Room

8-9:30 p.m.Faculty Artist Recital Series: Diane Bolden-Taylor, sopranoMilne Auditorium

Wednesday, March 13:4:40-5:30Student Recital: Karl Markgraf, guitarFrasier Hall 90, Studio B

6-7:30International Film Series: “Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the WereRabbit”Michener Library

8-10 p.m.Guest Artist Recital: Ning Lu and Jie Lu, piano duoUCCC Hensel Phelps TheatreFor tickets, call 970-351-2200

Thursday, March 144:40-6 p.m.Guest Artist Masterclass: Ning Lu, pianoKepner Hall, Milne Auditorium

6:30-8:30 p.m.Woman’s History Month Film: The Invisible WarUniversity Center, Panorama Room

8-10 p.m.Women Composers Recital featuring student performersKepner Hall, Milne Auditorium

4:40-6 p.m.Student Recital: Mario Alvarado, compositionFoundation Hall

Upcoming in A&E: Editor: Shimon Lidmark

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“Iʼve heard of her books before, but I havenʼt had the chance to read one yet,” said sophomore elementary education major Maya Nagata. “I do want to read at least one of them so I can recommend them to friends and family because sci-fi is one of my favorite genres to read.”

Willis is a 1967 UNC graduate and currently lives in Greeley, so it was a pleasant surprise for some students to hear a local talent like her.

“I admit I only came to this because I was offered extra credit but Iʼm re-ally glad I came,” said Leah Anderson, a sophomore hu-man services major. “Learning that she graduated from UNC was awesome and after hearing her talk about her books, Iʼm really interested in reading one or two.”

Toward the end of

the conference, Wil-lis showed she had a sense of humor with her stories of writing books while at Star-bucks.

“You wouldnʼt believe some of the things people say while on the phone or just a table — people will talk about any-

thing,” Willis said, while also adding she would use those con-versations in some of her stories.

Mitchell Staut, a sophomore sociology major, had actually read one of her books and was excited to hear her speak.

“She really is a good storyteller — that s̓ what I like about her writing the

most,” Staut said. “Hearing her speak, it was nice to know she also has a good sense of humor. I was laughing pretty hard there. I hope she writes another book soon. I would be interested in see-ing where her career goes from here.”

After hearing the various speakers and learning about

their work and their lives, many students walked away im-pressed.

“People donʼt come to these events as often as they should, but if there is a free opportunity to listen to poetry by great writers, we should defi nitely at-tend,” said Kenny Aellis, a junior acting major.

Student talents showcased on and off stage in ‘Legally Blonde’Josh DasherConner Sheehanarts@uncmirror.com

“Legally Blonde the Musical” suc-ceeded in pepping up students weary from a week of midterms earlier this month at Langworthy Theatre.

The story centers around a Malibu-bred sorority girl Elle Woods (Anna Bucci) who attempts to win back her boyfriend,

Warner (Marco Rob-inson), by applying to Harvard Law.

“The performance was at a national tour level,” said sopho-more design technol-ogy major Landon van Leeuwen.

The cast displayed a great deal of charis-ma on stage, and the singers proved their vocal aptitude.

“I thought the performances were phenomenal, and I

was absolutely swept into the world of the show,” said sopho-more theatre educa-tion major Joshua Moran.

“Legally Blonde” was a massive pro-duction, with a cast of 37, an orchestra of 12 and a crew of around 30.

The challenge of making certain the performance and technical aspects of the show were seam-

less fell to Amanda Short, a senior the-atre major and the showʼs stage man-ager.

“I have managed eight different pro-ductions, and this one is my last as a student,” Short said.

“Legally Blonde” is a unique produc-tion in that almost all of the scenery came in on a rail system, fl ying on and off set above the stage. A

small crew of theatre students took cues from Short to move heavy backdrops on and off stage for ma-jor set changes.

Cues were also sent to both the light and soundboard operator, each one timed to hit specifi c moments of music and dialogue to cre-ate effect.

“In fi ve years of operating lights, this is defi nitely the most

complex production I have ever worked on,” said light board operator Bryce Fos-ter, a freshman ma-joring in design tech-nology.

The show dis-played the great tal-ent and skills of stu-dents on stage and behind the scenes, maintaining the high standard for which the theatre depart-ment is nationally credited.

Willis concludes Rosenberry conference with advice about writing

Coleen Allison | The MirrorDan Beachy-Quick stresses the importance of reading and writing to aspiring student writers.

Coleen Allison | The MirrorLocal poet Aaron Abeyta looks to the audience as he performs selections of his poems, sharing his impressions of Colorado culture and nature.

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You wouldn’t believe some of the things people say while on the phone or just at a table – people will talk about anything.

-Connie Willis, science fi ction

author

Tournament Schedule

This week in UNC sports:

2013 Big Sky Men’s Basketball(Dahlberg Arena, Missoula, Mont.)First Round - March 14

3 p.m. - No. 7 Northern Arizona vs. No. 2 Weber State5:30 p.m. - No. 6 Southern Utah vs. No. 3 North Dakota8 p.m. - No. 5 Northern Colorado vs. No. 4 Montana State

Semifi nals - March 15

5:30 p.m - Highest Remaining Seed vs 2nd Highest Remaining Seed8 p.m. - Lowest Remaining Seed at No. 1 Montana

Final - March 16

7 p.m. - Semifi nal Winners

2013 Big Sky Women’s Basketball(Dahlberg Arena, Missoula, Mont.)First round - March 13

3 p.m. - No. 7 Southern Utah vs. No. 2 Northern Colorado 5:30 p.m. - No. 6 Montana State vs. No. 3 Eastern Washington8 p.m. - No. 5 Sacramento State vs. No. 4 Idaho State

Semifi nals - March 15

11 a.m. - Highest Remaining Seed vs 2nd Highest Remaining Seed1:30 p.m. - Lowest Remaining Seed at No. 1 Montana

Final - March 16

2 p.m. - Semifi nal Winners

Editor: Samantha Fox

@UNCMirrorsports The Mirror—Page 7SPORTSSPORTSSPORTSMarch 11, 2013

Baseball:Tuesday, March 12 & Wednesday, March 13at Kansas StateFriday, March 15- Sunday, March 17At Cal State Bakersfi eld

Men’s golf:Border Olympics Tournament—Laredo, TexasFriday, March 15 & Saturday, March 16 All Day

Women’s golf:Monterey Bay Invitational—Monterey, Calif.Sunday, March 17-Tuesday, March 19 All Day

Softball:Nevada Classic—Reno, Nev.Friday, March 15-Sunday, March 17

Men’s basketball team returns to Big Sky postseasonParker Cottoneditor@uncmirror.com

After a one-year ab-sence from the Big Sky Conference Champion-ship tournament, the UNC menʼs basketball team is back in the running to con-tend for the league crown this season.

In defeating Southern Utah, 66-58, Thursday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion, the University of Northern Colorado (12-17, 10-10 Big Sky) secured a spot in the post-season for the fourth time in fi ve years.

After the leagueʼs last games were played Sat-urday evening, the seeds were fi nalized. UNC will be attending as the fi fth seed, set to play Montana State at 8 p.m. Thursday in Missoula, Mont. The Montana Grizzlies play host after fi nishing 19-1 in conference play.

For the Bears, it doesnʼt matter where the game

will be played. Itʼs just nice to be back.

“This is growth for our program,” said sophomore forward Tim Huskis-son following Saturday morningʼs practice. “Last year, there was all this talk about talent but theyʼre young, and that was an excuse, but I think thereʼs been some real maturity from everybody on our team.”

The Bears split two games with the Bobcats (13-16, 10-10) this sea-son, losing 69-66 at home Jan. 10 and winning 85-72 Feb. 9 in Bozeman, Mont.

Save for conference leaders Montana and We-ber State, UNC will enter the conference tournament one of the hottest teams in the league as winners in six of their last eight games. The two losses suffered in that streak were by a combined three points.

“As a coach, your goal is to play your best bas-

ketball in March, and I think weʼre doing that right now,” said head coach B.J. Hill Saturday. “I donʼt know how we got there, to be honest with you, but you got to give these guys the credit. Theyʼve turned a corner and fi gured out they need to do to be successful, and luckily weʼre doing that at the right time.”

Hill cited the teamʼs increased effi ciency in taking care of the ball and giving quality passes as a large component of the teamʼs run since Feb. 9. The Bears have averaged 14.25 assists per game during that span, against 10.8 turnovers.

“Three things we write on the board before we go out every game are who we are: defense, rebound and share it – take care of it,” junior guard Tate Un-ruh said Saturday. “And these past eight games, weʼve really been defend-ing, rebounding and tak-

ing care of the ball. When we do those things, weʼve got a lot of weapons and weʼre hard to guard, so itʼs been really fun.”

When Saturday morn-ingʼs practice concluded, the Bears were still unsure of who they would face in the fi rst round of the tournament as Montana State, Sacramento State,

Southern Utah, North-ern Arizona and Eastern Washington all fought for positioning.

Despite the uncertainty of UNCʼs fi rst-round op-ponent, Unruh — one of the Bears ̓ top scorers at 13.6 points per game — said he was not rooting to play any certain team, but

Ben Stivers | The MirrorUNC sophomore forward Tim Huskisson raises the ball up for a layup during Thursday’s win against Southern Utah.

Women’s hoops seeded No. 2 for tourneyand started eight of the last nine games of the season. Since becoming a starter, Lee has averaged 13.6 points per game, including a 29-point game Feb. 16 at Sacramento State.

R e c e n t l y , Northern Colora-do has struggled defensively — an issue that cannot continue with a goal of a championship in mind.

“I felt like defensively, a couple of kids got lost or helped on drives and they got some kick-outs,” White said, thinking back to the losses to SUU. “I think this team is way better than where theyʼre at (in the Big

Sky). Southern Utah played a great game, and they had a good game plan and really did a good job of stopping what we do best.”

The fi rst day of tournament play will be Wednesday, as UNC faces the Thunderbirds at 3 p.m., fol-lowed by No. 3 Eastern Wash-ington (18-11, 14-6) versus

No. 6 Montana State (17-12, 11-9) at 5:30 p.m. The fi nal matchup Wednesday will be No. 4 Idaho State (18-11, 13-7) against No. 5 Sacra-mento State (18-11, 13-7).

As the regular season champion, Montana (22-7, 16-4) will not play in the

fi rst round, but will face the lowest remaining seed Friday in the late semifi nal match slated for 1:30 p.m. The other two teams will

hit the court at 11 a.m.

The champi-onship game will be reserved for the two winners of the semifi nals, played at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Southern Utah was the only

conference team that swept UNC this season. The Bears won both games against Idaho State and Sacramento State, and UNC split the two games with Montana, Montana State and Eastern Washington over the course of the Big Sky season.

Mike Baldino | The Mirror File PhotoUNC junior guard D’shara Strange goes for a bucket during the Feb. 23 loss to Southern Utah at home.

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BASKETBALL from Page 1

Stephanie Lee Lauren Oosdyke

The Mirror—Page 8 March 11, 2013SPORTSMen’s hoops playing its best ball leading up to Big Sky Conference Championship tournamenthe felt confi dent in UNCʼs ability to compete with anybody.

“Honestly, out of the teams fi ghting for that tie-breaker, I kind of feel like

we owe all of them because we split with all of them,” he said. “Thereʼs not a team in that tournament that we feel we canʼt play with.”

Members of UNCʼs pro-gram donʼt believe inexpe-

rience or immaturity will be a problem in the conference tournament, despite being the only team of seven in the running without a se-nior on its roster.

“Itʼs almost like the

freshmen are sophomores and the redshirt juniors are like seniors because itʼs late in the year and weʼve gone through almost an entire year. I say it all the time: March is the best time of

the year for me,” Unruh said. “I love ʻMarch Mad-ness, ̓ I love playing when the weather starts to get warm. I just get that feeling of this is the important time of the year. All that stuff

matters — the conference race matters, non-confer-ence schedule, it all mat-ters — but this is what you really want to be good for, and weʼre peaking at the right time.”

From BASKETBALL on Page 7

The Mirror—Page 9March 11, 2013 SPORTS

Father big part of junior’s careerBen Warwicksports@uncmirror.com

When Dʼshara Strange takes the court, opposing teams get the chance to fi nd out something her team-mates already know.

“Amazing,” head coach Jaime White said to de-scribe Strange. “Sheʼs the reason we have been so successful.”

Strange came to UNC from Fountain-Fort Carson High School in Colorado Springs. After a stellar ca-reer there, her decision to sign here was an easy one, thanks to a few key coaches.

“They were just so wel-coming and comforting,” Strange said. “Paige Sauer isnʼt here anymore, but she helped recruit me, and I just love her. I thought she was defi nitely going to help me get to my potential.”

Strange said she wouldnʼt be so successful without her father, Joseph.

“I was about 9, and I was playing YMCA soccer, and I just got tired of it,” Strange said. “My dad said, ʻYouʼre going to basketball

now, ̓so he got me into it. Me and my dad were con-stantly in the gym, every weekend. He had me drib-bling balls off the wall, and chasing me with a broom-stick so I could get my shot off over tall people. The love I have for it made me continue.”

All that work on the court is paying off. Strange has helped the Bears to the second spot in the Big Sky each season since her freshman year, including this one. Strange has aver-aged 15 points per game this season, along with 7.2 rebounds, and sheʼs scored 20 or more points nine times this year, including each of the fi nal four games of the regular season. Sheʼs already garnered several honors, from all-conference selections to the 2012 De-fensive Player of the Year, to an all-tournament selec-tion last season. However, in 2011 she received the award that meant the most to her: Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year.

“I just think because I was nervous coming in, and I wanted to do so good

and I worked hard just to get that award,” Strange said. “I remember calling my mom, and she ended up crying about it.”

Itʼs not her on-court achievements her team-mates feel defi ne her. In-stead, itʼs who she is off the court.

“Sheʼs an amazing per-son just all around,” sopho-more center Stephanie Lee said. “Sheʼs anybodyʼs best friend any day that you

need her. I think sheʼs just a really amazing person that everyone should strive to be like.”

For infl uences on the court, Strange looks to an-other rookie of the year for motivation, and a seasoned veteran for inspiration.

“Kyrie Irving,” she said referring to the point guard of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA who was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2012. “I just love that guy.

Relay breaks record twice in one seasonMichael Nowelssports@uncmirror.com

The cliché goes, “records are made to be broken.”

While certainly overused, the sentiment couldnʼt be more correct when it comes to swimming. Records are beaten all the time, but the de-gree to which one is shattered is an in-dication of the per-formance, which is where UNCʼs 200-meter relay team comes in.

In collegiate swimming, the ex-pectation is that the best times will come in conference and NCAA competition after the swimmers have tapered and rested appropriate-

ly. Thatʼs why it was an eye-opener when the University of Northern Colorado rewrote its record books in November at the Mutual of Oma-ha Invitational with a time of one minute, 46.1 seconds.

But not even head coach Kelly McClanahan imag-ined what would happen at the schoolʼs fi rst appear-ance at the Western Athletic Conference Championship meet.

“I knew theyʼd break the record, but I didnʼt think theyʼd break it by three sec-onds,” McClanahan said. “Iʼve never seen a relay of a 200 distance break a record by that much because that means on average ev-ery girlʼs dropping (nearly) a sec-ond per 50 and thatʼs just crazy.”

Indeed, the AquaBears were

able to reach the fi nal touch-up after just 1:42.70, more than three seconds quicker than their previ-ous record-setting performance. As a whole team, UNC fi nished sixth in the WAC, but that doesnʼt show

the growth the program has made. Nine school records fell at the tournament, which began with the 200 relay event.

“Once one record gets broken, everyone else wants to start breaking records, so itʼs kind of a domino effect,” junior and 200 team member Kylie

Rathbone said.Junior Courtney Van Oost said

she thinks the details will ultimate-ly fade, but the feeling of starting a successful tournament with such a

Colleen Allison | The Mirror File PhotoJunior guard D’shara Strange jumps to get the ball over the arms of an Eastern Washington opponent Feb. 28.

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The zone at UNCMichael Nowelssports@uncmirror.com

In basketball, the hype machine would have you believe a one-on-one matchup of star guards or forwards is the only impor-tant part of the game.

But regardless of who wins an individual dual, the team with the most points still wins. Thatʼs where zone defenses come in.

There are endless adap-tations of the zone that can be dreamt up on the hard-wood, but the most preva-lent throughout history and in the game as it exists now is the simple 2-3 zone, with two guards at the top of the zone and three taller play-ers spanning the baseline, forcing the offense to the perimeter.

“The key (of the 2-3 zone) is to make them shoot outside shots,” UNC menʼs assistant coach Logan Bean said. “Thatʼs what youʼre reliant on. Thatʼs why you try to pack it in. You try to take away the paint. You try to take away layups.”

Naturally, when all the defenders are able to see and react to the basketball, dribble penetration from the perimeter slows to a stand-still. That is, if they are all on the same page, which is why communication about offensive movement is so important.

“I say you have to talk a lot more because youʼre switching,” junior cen-ter Connor Osborne said. “Youʼve got guys cutting through, so you just have to communicate with every-body because you have to be on the same page.”

The University of North-ern Colorado womenʼs team runs a less common variation of the zone, called “buzz.” It consists of a 2-1-2 formation which usually places the guards at the top, but because of junior point guard Dʼshara Strangeʼs height and rebounding abil-

ity, she plays the wing posi-tion near the basket.

“Our most comfortable zone is the ʻbuzz ̓ defense, and we brought that in when I was a freshman, so weʼre pretty used to it,” Strange said. “The really key thing about it is getting pressure on the ball and closing off skips and closing off pass-ing lanes.”

The goal behind this zone, as opposed to some others, is to increase the offenseʼs anxiety and force it to make a mistake. Even if the concepts are slightly different, womenʼs head coach Jaime White said po-sitioning is key in all zone defenses.

“Defensively, if youʼre in the zone and thereʼs a skip pass, you need to move when that person passes it and not after itʼs received on the other side because then itʼs too late, so you al-ways have to anticipate the next pass,” White said.

The womenʼs team uses a zone more often than the menʼs but still consid-ers man defense its base. The zone is usually used to confuse the offense or if an opponent is exploit-ing a particular one-on-one matchup.

“If weʼre looking to slow them down or coming out of a timeout where they may have drawn something up to go against our man (defense), weʼll come out in a zone,” Osborne said.

While a zone defense is considered by some to be a last resort or lazy, its strength is in maintaining the team-based mentality of basketball that is often lost, especially in the NBA, where the defensive three-second violation all but prohibits an effective zone.

As much as the media in-dividualizes the game to com-modify players, the beauty of the sport is in the way a team works together, and the zone allows that teamwork to be more apparent.

Courtney Van OostGina Riggle

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Local artist showcased at annual eventLaurel Caseynews@uncmirror.com

The Fifth Annual Festi-val Chicana/o de Artes was a huge hit on Wednesday in the University Center Ballrooms, as the event in-creased its attendance from the previous year by more than 100 people and attract-ed UNC students, staff and community members.

The event was hosted by UNCʼs Mexican Ameri-can Studies Club (MAS), which is composed of stu-dents, staff and cultural fraternities on campus. The night started off with a self-guided tour of the art gallery, which featured art from Greeley community members, UNC students and retired staff.

Genie Canales of His-

panic Studies and members of the MAS Club were the masters of ceremonies for the evening, which show-cased many forms of Mexi-can culture.

“I came to this event because I ran into Dr. Ge-nie Canales last week, and she told me about it, and I thought it would be inter-esting,” said Karen Tis-careno, a senior geography and geographic informa-tion systems major. “I had a great time.”

There was Mexican line dancing, slam poetry, sing-ing presentations by Dos Rios Elementary School students and musical per-formances throughout the evening. The University of Northern Coloradoʼs MAS Club has an after-school program at Dos Rios where once a week, club members meet with students and en-gage in cultural activities like creating art, learning dances, having guest speak-ers and more.

“I loved the little kids, and especially Armando Silva,” said Kaitlin Neu, a junior education major. “The salsa was spicy and top notch. It was a great program.”

Silva, the guest artist of the evening, was someone the Greeley community and UNC know quite well — when working out in the Campus Recreation Center,

it is hard not to notice his vibrant mural depicting a bear and mountains by the weightlifting area.

Silva, who graduated from UNC in May 2010, stunned the audience with his wild and colorful paint-ing technique. He also con-ducted a short speech be-tween two paintings on his love of art and how art has affected his life.

“I liked the painting, of course, and liked the theme of the butterfl ies,” said freshman psychology and music major Alejan-dro Tapia. “They represent a free spirit, and at the end where everyone let them go to release their spirit.”

Silva also has a large painting of Einstein in down-town Greeley by the library. He gave the two paintings created on this night to Dos Rios Elementary School and to the MAS Club.

“This is the fi rst year that we have worked closely with Dos Rios,” said Ash-ley Safford, a junior educa-tion major and president of MAS Club. “It is a big deal to bring them to the univer-sity and have that college experience and really in-corporate them with UNC and Greeley artists to give them hope and show what they can be. We are hoping to expand and get more art-ists involved of all ages at next yearʼs event.”

The Average Life of Nicci Bee By Nicole Busse

Students, buddies offer help to othersTessa Byrnsnews@uncmirror.com

Blood Buddies was back on campus last week, but this time instead of be-ing near the University Center, the mobile dona-tion center was next to Turner Hall.

Though Turner doesnʼt get as much traffi c as the UC parking lot, many ex-cited students were happy to donate blood.

“Iʼve never donated blood before and Iʼve al-ways wanted to,” said sophomore economics and accounting major Ra-chel Carnes. “Plus Iʼm a part of the group that is hosting it, so I thought it would be fun.”

Along with Carnes ̓group, the Leadership Weld County Program was also hosting this event.

“The program runs through the Chamber of Commerce, so there is a class every year that en-courages us to come up with our own idea that helps out our community,” said Larissa Romero-Per-ry, a graduate assistant for social justice and housing. “This year, the group in the program decided that we would start an event that has people give blood with a buddy. We are try-ing to get the word out about giving blood and how it can save lives. Giv-en the bad weather that

the city has seen recently, there have been accidents, and injured people in the hospitals from those acci-dents need blood.”

Other issues were also explained to the donors when they signed up.

“Our organization is also trying to bring aware-ness to the fact that men who have had sex with other men are still not al-lowed to give blood,” said Romero-Perry. “Their blood is needed for those people in the hospitals.”

Other students found that giving blood is giving back to the community.

“I wanted to give blood today because it is a way to give back to the com-munity,” said Kirsten Pe-terson, a sophomore spe-cial education major.

Ben Stivers | The MirrorAubrey Wagner, a junior nurs-ing major, donates blood at the annual event.

Ben Stivers | The MirrorThe Fifth Annual Festival Chicana/o de Artes featured art by Armando Silva Wednesday in the University Center.

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Strange also looks to big goals inside classroom He s̓ little, but he can get to the rim, he can shoot, he makes wonderful passes. Here, itʼd have to be (senior forward) Lauren Oosdyke. She s̓ very competitive, she

just has the will never to lose.”

Strange has developed so much that her jump shot has been compared to some of the best in the conference.

“My dad used to always say, ʻFind your rhythm, ̓

and the ball is part of it, so if I dribble hard, just pull up, Iʼm pretty sure it s̓ going to go in,” Strange said. “I mean, my form is not always per-fect, but as long as I have that rhythm with the ball, then I feel pretty confi dent.”

In the classroom, Strange is perhaps even more domi-nant. She was named to the honor roll all four years of high school and the Big Sky All-Academic Team her fi rst two years on campus. This summer, the physical educa-

tion major is also applying to one of the most academically diffi cult groups on campus and wants to translate that to a career with the kids.

“Right now, Iʼm work-ing on trying to get into the McNair Scholars Program,”

Strange said. “There, they help me come up with a re-search project and publish it. Right now, I want to work with at-risk youth, just to be a good infl uence in some-one s̓ life and get them on the right track.”

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statement will stick with her.

“When we look back on it years from now, we wonʼt remember our exact time; weʼll remember it was an awesome meet and we all swam really fast,” she said.

Freshman Jenny La-Porte said she is already motivated to hop back in

the pool and try to set an-other record next year.

“ J u s t the excite-ment and the suc-cess of the meet kind of push you for the next season to work even

harder,” she said.Itʼs important to be re-

alistic about records, after

all, and junior Gina Rig-gle said she understands

their record will eventually be surpassed if the AquaBears con-tinue progressing.

“I hope it stays there for a really long time, but at the same time, I hope it gets bro-ken because I

want to see the program succeed more and more,” she said.

Record books rewritten twice

Kylie RathboneJenny LaPorte

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