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This week, UNC will raiseawareness for the 40th anniver-sary of Earth Day by hostingactivities to showcase theimportance of sustainable or
“green” living. There are severalcampus organizations that willfacilitate events for studentsand the Greeley community.
The events will presentmethods for proper disposal
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Students and Greeley communi-ty members will bring different lan-guages of Earth together Wednesdayfor UNC’s World Language Day, adaylong cultural immersion eventsponsored by the School of ModernLanguages and Cultural Studies.
Melitta Wagner-Heaston, a pro-fessor in the School of ModernLanguages and Cultural Studies andthe World Language Day director,said the day has been an event atUNC for 40 years.
“Students from high schoolsaround Colorado and southernWyoming participate in competi-tions, workshops and many otherculturally rich activities,” Wagner-Heaston said.
She said numbers of studentswho attend typically range from700 to 1,500 and about 200University of Northern Coloradovolunteers work the event eachyear. The university will host thisyear’s guest speaker at theTeachers’ Luncheon. TerryRichard, from the ColoradoDepartment of Education forEquity and Diversity Education, willbe featured at the luncheon.
Wagner-Heaston said the eventsorganized for World Language Day
highlight the importance of lan-guage study, cultural awareness anddiversity in our region. She also saidthe events maintain a university fac-ulty and public school faculty con-nection, as well as introduce teachercandidates to many regional foreign
language teachers and publicschool administrators.
“Most importantly, WorldLanguage Day provides a uniqueopportunity for regional high schoolteachers and their students to experi-ence language and culture beyondthe traditional classroom setting,”Wagner-Heaston said.
The competitions run concur-rently with other events duringWorld Language Day and are alsoavailable for high school studentsspeaking French, German,Chinese and Spanish.
According to the WorldLanguage Day Web site, studentswill be provided passports that willbe stamped for each activity theyattend. Students can also participatein the foreign language competition,which will be judged by foreign lan-guage professors. A complete sched-ule and more information are avail-able at http://www.unco.edu/fld.
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Languages to be heard across campus
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Musicians perform during the University of Northern Colorado’s2009 World Language Day. The event is expected to attract hun-dreds of attendees and prospective foreign language teachers.
ELIZABETH FEHRINGER | THE MIRROR
Rachael Johnson, a freshman art major, poses to open a recycling binon West Campus. Students will have the opportunity to learn aboutways to keep the planet clean during Earth Week at the UC this week.
Committee initiatesEarth Week activities
See Earth, Page 3
of hazardous material, a demoabout sustainable cooking andgive the Greeley community theopportunity to express theirconcerns for the environment.
There will be a poetry read-ing 7 p.m. Thursday at theUniversity Center FiresideLounge where students andmembers of the Greeley com-munity have volunteered toread their literary works in trib-ute to Earth Day.
Michael Knisely, an Englishprofessor, has volunteered histime at the Center for Honors,Scholarship and Leadership toorganize the reading.
“I was around for the firstEarth Day,” Knisely recalled. “Iwas in college, (…) there wereeight of us the second year whorode our bicycles abreast ofeach other, blocking traffic andriding about five miles until thepolice stopped us. They said weneeded to ride single-file. Wefelt that we had made our point,
but we could care less — thiswas our Earth Day. This year, Iam organizing the reading anddonating my time that way.”
Knisely saidin the past, par-ticipants whoshared theirEarth Day poet-ry came from asfar away asCheyenne.
T h eUniversity of NorthernColorado will also host GreenClean Up Day on Earth Day, aday where students will be ableto properly dispose of waste
that can be recycled. “We would like to expand the
education of dumping and (showstudents) how easy it is to proper-
ly dispose ofpotentially haz-ardous items,”said AngelaRockwell, agraduate stu-dent and a staffmember withUtility Systems
& Resource Conservation. The services will accept
items such as cell phones, com-puter monitors and towers, flu-orescent light bulbs, batteries,
cleaners, aerosol cans andother electronics.
Rockwell said she has concernabout the naivetie about proper-ly disposing of these items.
“Old computer towers containmercury and seven to nine poundsof lead,” she said. “It is importantto make sure these items get dis-posed the right way.”
Amanda Short, a sophomoretheater major, said she is more
than willing to participate in theEarth Week Activities in order tohelp Greeley stay “green.” Shealso said she and her roommatehave a passion for recycling.
“I think that it’s prettyimportant to keep our societygreen,” Short said. “And I thinkrecognizing Earth Week is veryimportant, and I wish that peo-ple would participate more inkeeping the earth clean.”
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important to keep oursociety green.
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Author speaks about being environmentally mindfulMADISON CAPPS
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To put the importance ofbeing ecologically mindful intoperspective for students, LauraPrichett, an author dedicated toimproving the environment, gavea presentation Tuesday in RossHall as part of UNC’s Earth Week.
“What if it was considered being‘white trash’ to throw away perfectlygood stuff, and what if it was perfect-ly OK and cool to dumpster dive?”Pritchett asked.
Pritchett read from her book“Going Green,” a compilation ofessays from people around Coloradowho committed parts of their lives to
being environmentally conscious.“Earth Day could get a bad wrap
if we aren’t careful,” she said. “Idon’t think that Earth Day shouldhave the aura of badgering someoneinto living ‘green.’ I think that itshould be a celebration of a healthyplanet and healthy living.”
Pritchett said in order for thatto happen, Earth Day must bewide-open and celebrated how-ever students want.
“Whether you are a Republican,Democrat; young or old, (…) itshould be about finding some wayto celebrate the planet in your ownway,” she said.
Pritchett also said the best adviceshe can give to students is to con-
sume and dis-pose less stuff.
“When youbuy less stuff,you have lessmoney stressand you don’thave to work asmany hours,and it is reallyfreeing to real-ize that you didn’t need thosethings in the first place,” she said.“When you leave at the end of thesemester, consider not throwinganything away. Try to find a homefor your things and make it a per-sonal goal not to throw away any-thing that doesn’t have to go to
the dumpster.”Olivia Russell,
an early child-hood educationmajor, said shethinks givingthings to charita-ble contributionsis a good way tokeep the planet inclean shape.
“If I just put everything I don’twant into a box to take to Goodwillinstead of the trash, I would be doingmy part.” Russell said.
Pritchett spoke about how easyit is to recycle aluminum cans. Shesaid using recycled aluminum inproduction of new cans uses 95
percent less energy than the pro-duction of cans using newlyprocessed aluminum.
Siusan Geddes, a freshman artmajor, said it is very important forcommunities to be more environ-mentally conscious.
“I was persuaded to go ‘green’ byPritchett and her presentation,”Geddes said. “It can be something assimple as throwing your can into arecycling bin. I think a lot of peopledon’t do it mainly because otherpeople aren’t doing it.”
More of Pritchett’s essays andphilosophies on living in a moreenvironmentally friendly way canbe found on her Web site,www.laurapritchett.com.
“If I just put everything Idon’t want into a box totake to Goodwill insteadof the trash, I would be
doing my part. —— OOlliivviiaa RRuusssseellll,, aann eeaarrllyycchhiillddhhoooodd eedduuccaattiioonn mmaajjoorr
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LETTERS
As far as technology andsocial networkinggoes, I’m not neces-
sarily the most savvy person. Iwould call myself a “recreationaltech user.” I have a profile onmost of the popular social net-working sites, but I only have thevaguest idea as to how to cor-rectly use them all.
Recently, however, somethingmonumental has happened. I got anew phone. Not just any phone,though. I am the (dubiously) proud
owner of a brand spanking newMotorola Cliq XT. It is the latest andgreatest available on the market …or so I was told by the salesmanwho made commission from mypurchase, at least.
I can do basically anything withthe light touch of a finger to thescreen. My homepage is constantlyupdating me through both Facebookand Twitter. If I scroll one way, I cancheck all of my favorite Web sites,such as www.textsfromlastnight.comor www.formspring.me. If I scroll theother way, I am updated with theweather, as well as all the latest newsand entertainment stories.
I can update my status in fourdifferent ways and cross-post themto multiple Web sites to make itthat much easier for me to stayconnected to everything. In theory,this is all incredibly cool. Well … in
reality, it’s still awesome but a partof me feels really overwhelmed.
Since when is it normal to beconstantly connected to a piece ofhigh-tech plastic or whateverphones are made of? It’s as ifhumans can no longer rest com-fortably without knowing they haveinstant access to whatever theywant whenever they want.
I have access to thousands offree applications for games,restaurant finders, sports statistics,traveling tools and anything else Icould think of. It takes about aminute to download any of theseto my phone, and that’s if it’sgoing slow. Honestly, it’s all just alittle exhausting.
I feel as I’m suddenly a slave totechnology. I constantly know whatall of my contacts are doing, regard-less of whether or not I’m actually
curious. It takes the mystery out ofeverything. I mean, I don’t evenhave to call anyone up and askwhat they’re doing because I’vealready been informed by three dif-ferent Web sites before I even won-dered in the first place.
I feel as if all intelligent thoughtin my brain has been replaced bythe need to know what’s happeningout in the world at all times. I kindof wish I could go back to the timeswhen everyone had a brick for aphone and the idea of havingInternet access was space age-y.
At least then I wouldn’t have toanswer to “Didn’t you read my sta-tus?” when I call up friends lookingto see what they’re doing.
— Alexandria Vasquez is ajunior human services major andmember of Pi Lambda Chi.
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Lessons learned from controversy regarding candidate’s blog
On Monday, I wroteabout some state-ments from a Student
Senate candidate which threat-ened to become a major issue inthe special election. Consideringthe immense new amount ofinterest in the special election, itis necessary to expand on thesubject with additional contextand information.
The candidate in question isJosh Divine. He is a sophomoremathematics major with a writingminor. The statements in ques-
tion came from his blog, whichcan be found at www.lifeshow-case1.blogspot.com. The posts,which have since been removed,were nearly two years old andwritten in a style that hinted at atouch of sarcasm and satire. Thecurrent post on his blog statesvery clearly that he “simply wrotethe piece to amuse my friend,and (he) never anticipated thatthe blog would be read by any-body else.”
There is a certain amount ofhumility in this statement, notunlike the clichéd “caught-with-a-hand-in-the-cookie-jar” momentfrom our youth. Divine was exposedto the campus community for state-ments he may not have entirelybelieved in, and presented in a lightthat was unflattering.
A clear pair of lessons can beinherited from this occurrence. The
first is that anything that one postson the Internet can never be consid-ered private or concealable. Ouraccess to information is so immensethat anything placed in a publicforum, whether on a blog, in an e-mail or at a public meeting, can befound and restated ad nauseum forwhatever effect necessary.
The second is that politicalhyperbole has grown out of control.Discerning minds could not deter-mine what portions of Divine’s blogwere his actual thoughts and whichones were intended as satirebecause the realm of politicalspeech has exploded into manyunreasonable veins. Can we ever besure who Divine was trying to lam-poon when he said that “water con-servation destroys the economy”? Itis unlikely. Yet when major candi-dates for public office around thecountry say far more unreasonable
things, such as New Hampshiregubernatorial candidate JackKimball’s statement comparingtaxes to rape, how can we fairlyjudge the writings of a college soph-omore? Political discussion hasreached a point where the mostridiculous, most outlandish state-ment wins the most press.
Divine is being opposed in thespecial election by two candidates:Tim Andrews, a secondary educa-tion major, and Ben Schiffelbein, apolitical science and philosophydouble major. All three, and allother candidates, will be at theSpecial Election OpenForum/Debate at 8 p.m. tonight inthe UC Fireside Lounge.
Go and ask them all toughquestions.
— Forrest Bowlick is a seniorgeography major and a columnistfor The Mirror.
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The innaugural Delta SigmaPhi competition “Queen of theNile” began Tuesday in LindouAuditorium. The weeklong con-test is a fundraiser for the frater-nity, and all of the proceeds willgo to the fraternity’s philanthro-py, The American Red Cross.
Four of this year’s “Queen ofthe Nile” contestants competedin the “Riddles of the Sphinx”competition, a game similar toJeopardy in which contestantswere asked questions aboutUNC, the Delta Sigma Phi frater-nity, The American Red Crossand ancient Egypt.
Tuesday’s event was the firstinstallment of challenges. The restof the week’s events will include“Journey Through the Sands ofTime,” in which the participantswill compete in Egyptian athletictasks, a scavenger hunt a talent
and beauty pageant. “These competitions are
going to be a lot of fun,” said
Nico Ruscitti, a senior recre-ation and tourism major andthe president of Delta SigmaPhi. “Support is very importantbecause it is a competition. Iam pretty sure that it is going tobe a lot of fun to watch. Anotherthing is that it is a philanthropyevent, so all proceeds will go toa good cause. All of the moneythat we raise this whole week
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LUKE BELSITO | THE MIRROR
PresidentDan BealCody HarperMatt VanDriel
Director of AcademicAffairsTim AndrewsJosh DivineBenjamin Schiffelbein
Student TrusteeMichael Johnston
Director of UniversityRelationsChris DelaneyRyan Shucard
Director of StudentOrganizationsKatelyn ElliottFelicia JoyKyle Hess Yeager
Director of StudentOrganizationsKatelyn ElliottFelicia JoyKyle Hess Yeager
Director of StudentAffairsSalynthia Renee CollierRyan GibbsBenjamin Welch
Director of FinanceSean JiangKevin Bettenhausen
Director of LegislativeAffairsTyler AmesDulce Herrera
Director of DiverseRelationsLuke BelsitoPaige LewkowAzhia Long
Fraternity’s competition raisesfunds for American Red Cross
KELSEY BIGELOW | THE MIRROR
Ashley Gross, a sophomore bio-med major, and Alyse Grivell, a juniorbusiness management and administration major, participate in DeltaSigma Phi’s “Queen of the Nile” fundraiser Tuesday in Lindou Auditorium.
Student Senate Special Election Ballot
See Queen, Page 8
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Celebrating cultural diversity, uniquenessTOD DIDIER
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Traditional performancesfrom Spain to Japan provided theUNC community an opportunityto glimpse a variety of customsfrom around the world Tuesday,as the University ProgramCouncil hosted “My Culture isBeautiful” — a celebration ofmulticultural dance and music.
The event was hosted in theUC Ballrooms and featuredfour acts, all drawing inspira-tion from different regions ofthe world.
The night opened with slam-poetry from Andrea Renteria, a
senior Mexican-American stud-ies major andwinner of the2010 OpenMic Night.Renteria alsoemceed theevent andp r o v i d e da u d i e n c e swith glimpsesat other piecesof her workbetween per-formances.
“I feel likewhenever youhave culturalevents on
campus, it’s really empoweringnot only for thestudents per-forming them,but for studentswatching, aswell,” Renteriasaid. “I was defi-nitely really hon-ored when theyasked me if Icould emcee theevent tonight.”
F o l l o w i n gRenteria’s poetryreading were theMaiko, a profes-sional Japanesedrum ensemble
from Arvada. The all-femalegroup, which consists entirely ofmusicians of Japanese-Americandescent, provided the audiencewith a glimpse into traditional,Japanese percussion.
The Maiko Drumers ensem-ble was followed by a FlamencoDancer who performed threedances in traditional Spanishstyle. The performer enlisted twoUniversity of Northern Coloradostudents to assist her in one ofher performances; JacquelynRoss, a sophomore early child-hood education and ESL doublemajor, and Chris Garcia, an edu-cation leadership graduate stu-dent, were asked to sit on stage asthe performer danced aroundthem.
“It was really embarrassing atfirst, but it was a lot of fun,” saidRoss, who said she appreciatedthe overall performance. “It’spromoting culture and definitelydiversity within our school andthroughout Northern Colorado.”
The night was closed out bytraditional Hula dances fromHawaii and Tahiti.
The Maiko Drummersensemble seemed to be acrowd favorite.
“The drummers were reallycool,” Ross said. “ It was justvery different. Their presenceabout the whole presentationwas very good, and their motiva-tion was awesome.”
Overall, the event was a hitwith the audience.
“I think it’s great to havethat opportunity for stu-dents to get to see other cul-tures, to see the traditionsthat other cultures have andbe able to bring in that per-spective for other students,”said Mario Hernandez, afreshman business manage-
ment major. “I think theenvironment was great.”
UPC began planning theevent in early February, andconsulted with all of the cul-tural centers on campus, saidStacy Duncan, a senior sociol-ogy major and the UPCDiversity Coordinator.
Duncan said UPC was not plan-ning an exact replication of the event.Instead, UPC will likely hold small-scale cultural events throughout theyear, and also plans to work on alarge-scale step-show with the multi-cultural Greeks to highlight diversecultures from around the world.Regardless of future plans, UPC con-sidered the event to be successful.
“I feel like tonight’s eventwent really well,” said Duncan.“I feel like it couldn’t have goneany better.”
UPC’s ‘My Culture is Beautiful’ provides awareness, appreciation
TOD DIDIER | THE MIRROR
Andrea Renteria, a senior Mexican-American studies major, deliv-ers a slam poem betwen performances at UPC’s “My Culture isBeautiful,” celebration.
“I feel like wheneveryou have cultural
events on campus, it’sreally empowering notonly for the studentsperforming them butfor students watching
as well.——AAnnddrreeaa RReenntteerriiaa,, aa sseenn--iioorr MMeexxiiccaann--AAmmeerriiccaannssttuuddiieess mmaajjoorr
TOD DIDIER | THE MIRROR
Chris Garcia, an educational leadership graduate student, sits onstage as a traditional Flamenco dancer performs a unique cultur-al dance around him.
JACQUELINE LOMAXa r t s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
As an end of the semesterbang, UNC students sharedtheir talents Monday night atthe University Fireside Lounge,for the last Open Mic Mondayof the semester.
More than 100 studentsattended, some regulars andsome who had gone for the firsttime. The night started withstand-up comedy to get theaudience laughing.
Other performancesincluded poetry readings,singing and musicians show-ing off their talents. After thefirst few acts, the audiencewould snap afterward to showtheir appreciation for it, but
after a while, they relied onclapping and shouting to showhow much they were enjoyingthe performers.
The audience was calmeddown during a performancefrom a gospel choir, Voices ofUnity. The crowd was veryattentive and even got intosome clapping during the lastsong, which was more upbeatthan others.
The crowd reacted positivelyto Cameron McNerney’s inter-pretation of Lady Gaga. Theaudience chuckled watchinghim play the piano while prop-ping his foot on top of it.
“Everyone has to love LadyGaga,” McNerney said.
The night closed with alonger performance f rom
Jimmy and the Coconuts .After a two-hour long event,the crowd was st i l l veryattent ive and engaged inthe performance.
The type of acts was verymixed. There was comedy,poetry, something upbeat,then something more relaxing.Freshman musical theatermajor, David Chrisp, said hereally enjoyed the diversity.
“There are a ton of differ-ent styles and lots of differentperformances and differentacts,” said Chrisp, who was afirst-time attendee of OpenMic Monday.
DeAndre Thomas, a juniorpsychology major, has gone toalmost all of the Open Micnights. He said he likes how
they mix up the acts through-out the night.
“It gives you something todo on Monday nights,” Thomassaid. “Ilike howthey don’tonly doc o m e d yand thenonly slowmusic ors o m e -thing.”
S e n i o rj o u r n a l -ism major,D a v i dNawrocki, helped start theOpen Mic nights with the helpof the University ProgramCouncil. Nawrocki said he wassurprised students continuedto come throughout the semes-ter, but is also grateful to be the
host of such a successful event.“I’m pleased to see that
UNC has so much talent togive,” Nawrocki said. “It’s
been a blast watch-ing it.”
Nawrocki isgraduating thisyear, but said hehopes Open Micnight will continuenext year and isexcited to see howit will turn out nextyear.
“I hope thatpeople continue tobe brave and that
they come out here and share,”Nawrocki said.
For more information onUPC sponsored events, visitwww.unco.edu/calendar or theUPC office in the StudentActivities Office.
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Last Open Mic of semester offers diversity
“I am pleased to see
that UNC has so muchtalent to give.
—— DDaavviidd NNaawwrroocckkii,, aasseenniioorr jjoouurrnnaalliissmm mmaajjoorraanndd AArrttss aannddEEnntteerrttaaiinnmmeenntt ccoooorrddiinnaa--ttoorr ffoorr UUPPCC
SHANNON COLLEARY | THE MIRROR
Justin Berndt, an undeclared freshman, plays his guitar andsings a song he composed himself during Open Mic Monday inthe University Center.
will go to the American Red Cross.” The contestants for the “Queen
of the Nile” who participated inthe Riddles of the Sphinxes eventwere Elyse Gravelle, a junior busi-ness and administration major;Ashley Gross, a sophomore biomed major; Stephanie Strukker, a
freshman German major; andCassie Weber, a sophomore arteducation major.
“I am just going with theflow,” Gross said. “Hopefully, itwill be fun, so I am just goingwith it, and I studied for jeop-ardy a little bit, so we will seehow it goes.”
All of the contestants can earn
points throughout the week byraising money and collectingpoints from the competitions.The admission for each event is$1, and all of the students whoattend the event can help theirfavorite participant raise moneyby telling members of the frater-nity at the door who they wantthe money to go to. The partici-
pant who has the most points atthe end of the week will becrowned “Queen of the Nile”Saturday and will receive a tiaraand a paddle inscribed with thewords “Queen of the Nile.”
“I think it’s important becausepeople will see us having fun,”Weber said. “Also, all of the moneyraised will go to a good cause.”
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CARMEN BRADYn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
To honor Earth Week, theUniversity Center hosted a recycledarts and crafts table set up Tuesdayin the main lobby where studentscould make their own recycled jew-elry, decorate boxes and learnabout the many uses of plastic bags.
There will be a similar set uptoday, which will be the T-shirtslice and tie, where students cancome to make old T-shirts intonew fashions.
Students made jewelry out ofold magazines by rolling them upinto different shapes, such as heartsand spirals. Also, students coulddecorate boxes out of magazines,so that it was decorative rather thana plain cardboard box.
In addition to the jewelryand boxes, a member from thecommunity, Russell Marvin,displayed and sold his ownrecycled art. By crocheting gro-
cery store bags together, he cre-ated a variety of things like hats,purses and duffle bags. Marvinsaid he will return today to dis-play his work.
The event was organized pri-marily by Adriane Zachary, asenior audiology major, who isin a committee dedicated toraising awareness of Earth Weekon campus.
“We met as a committee to try toplan what was going to go on for theweek, and we decided we’d like todo a few more artsy things likecrafts with recycled materials,”Zachary said. “We wanted to dorecycled jewelry because we hadseen it before and liked it. I just didsome research behind it to figureout what we were going to do andhow we were going to reuse things.”
Zachary also said she wasexcited to show students differentways of recycling, rather than justthrowing them in the trash andnever using them.
“Mainly, this is to show thatthere are ways to reuse things thatmight seem unusable,” she said.
Haleigh Shafter, a senior recre-ation and tourism major, alsohelped set up the event. She saidshe thought it was important thatstudents were exposed to newideas of recycling.
“I think, just in general, it’simportant to have these events on acampus because college studentsare the next generation,” Shaftersaid. “They’re the next ones thatgrow up in a world that needs tohave more knowledge of theseprocesses and more knowledge ofwhat needs to change.”
Krystyna Farquhar, a junior arthistory major, said she was particu-larly excited to be able to make acraft of her own.
“I think it’s a great way to reuseold materials and stuff that peoplejust throw away,” Farquhar said.“It’s cool you can make some-thing, and it’s fun to make.”
Sustainability practiced with recyclable artwork
EMILY DAKE | THE MIRROR
Krystyna Farquhar, left, a junior art major, and Biz Farquhar, alsoa junior art major, tear out magazine pages to create recycledartwork Tuesday in the lower level of the University Center.
Egyptian-themed contest to crown queen at end of weekQueen from Page 5
“I think it’s important
because people will seeus having fun. Also, allof the money raised will
go to a good cause.—— CCaassssiiee WWeebbeerr,, aa ssoopphhoo--mmoorree aarrtt eedduuccaattiioonn mmaajjoorr
Editor: Jordan Freemyer Wednesday, April 21, 2010 The Mirror 9
Boyle bolts for CU, Hill takes reinsTop assistant assumes control of men’s basketball program from his former bossJORDAN FREEMYER
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It was a roller coaster of emo-tions Monday for the UNC men’sbasketball team.
A few hours after reports sur-faced that former University ofNorthern Colorado head coachTad Boyle had accepted the sameposition at the University ofColorado, it was announced thatUNC associate head coach B.J.Hill was the team’s new head manand the 18th head basketballcoach in UNC history.
“This is an unbelievableopportunity,” Hill said.
The Bears players, despitebeing disappointed about Boyle’sdeparture, said they were excitedabout Hill’s promotion.
“I couldn’t be happier withwho’s taking over,” junior guardDevon Beitzel said.
Around 10 a.m. Monday, sev-eral media outlets reported thatBoyle had accepted the job atCU. He had coached four sea-sons at UNC with an overallrecord of 56-66. He led the Bearsto a 25-8 record during the 2009-’10 season, setting a school
record for wins.Boyle, a Greeley native, said
that he could not pass up theCU job.
“This is a destination job,”Boyle said at his introductorypress conference in Boulder. “I’mhumbled and honored.”
Unfortunately, reports ofBoyle’s hiring at CU came beforehe had a chance to talk to theplayers at UNC.
“At first I was a little upset,”Beitzel said. “I would have ratherheard it from Boyle first.”
Although initially disappoint-ed, Beitzel said he couldempathize with his now formerhead coach.
“I understand why CoachBoyle made the decision,”Beitzel said.
UNC officially announced thehiring of Hill, 36, a native of CedarFalls, Iowa, Monday evening witha press release and a meeting withthe team and support staff.
“We all think that continuity ina sports program is paramount toits success,” UNC Director ofAthletics Jay Hinrichs said.
Like Boyle, Hill has been atUNC for the past four seasons,
two as an assistant coach and twoas associate head coach.
“I’m not going to be much dif-ferent as the head coach as I have
been as ana s s i s t a n tthese pastfour years,”Hill said.“I’m goingto demandthat ourplayers playhard and tryto get betterevery day.”
B e f o r ecoming to
UNC, Hill was an assistant atIndian Hills Community Collegein Ottumwa, Iowa, where heworked with former Bears JabrilBanks and Robert Palacios.
Beitzel said he is confident Hillwill keep the Bears on the sametrack Boyle set them on.
“He has the same mentalityand the same overall concepts,”Beitzel said. “Our style of play willprobably be the same.”
Hinrichs said a plan was inplace for the day Boyle left theprogram, and that Hill was amajor part of that.
“It was critical that we followthrough with our multiyear suc-cession plan to ensure stabilitythroughout our men’s basketballprogram,” Hinrichs said.
Hill played a significant role inrecruiting all of the members ofthe UNC basketball team, includ-ing the incoming class of 2010that includes guards Paul Garnicaand Tevin Svihovec. According toMax Ivany, Garnica’s AmericanAthletic Union coach, Hill met
with Garnica on Tuesday to dis-cuss his commitment to UNC inlight of Boyle’s departure.
Beitzel said he did not thinkany of his teammates wouldtransfer, as often happens when acollege coach leaves a program.
“I’m not too concerned aboutit,” Beitzel said.
Taking over the program, Hillsaid he did not see much thatneeded to change and that he looksforward to continuing the winningtradition started by Boyle.
“I’m extremely excited, andI’m looking forward to the oppor-tunity to carry on what Coach(Boyle) started and carrying it onto the next level,” Hill said.
For the Bears, the next levelwould presumably be a Big SkyConference championship. TheBears lost in the semifinals of theconference tournament last sea-son before earning a berth in andadvancing to the quarterfinals ofthe CollegeInsider.comTournament.
“We’re going to continue tostrive to bring in the high-charac-ter and high-talent student-ath-letes that this program has beenable to get in the past and will inthe future,” Hill said. “And that’sgoing to help us keep this basket-ball program going and take it tonew levels.”
B.J. Hillwas named headcoach of the UNCmen’s basketballteam Monday.
FILE PHOTO | THE MIRROR
Former UNC head coach Tad Boyle coaches his team during itsgame against Portland earlier this season. Boyle was named thehead coach at the University of Colorado on Monday.
About B.J. Hill:Age: 36Hometown: Cedar Falls, IowaCollege: Grand View College (Iowa) (‘96)Coaching Career: UNC (assistant) 2006-’10
Indian Hills C.C. (assistant) 2005-’06Coffeyville C.C. (assistant) 2000-’05S. Dakota St. (assistant) 1999-’00Independence C.C. (ass’t) 1998-’99N. Iowa Area C.C. (ass’t) 1997-’98
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The secondary is the last lineof defense for every football
team. UNC is
fortunate tohave defen-sive backsthat makeeven their
own team’s quarterback andoffensive coordinator prepareextra when they go against eachother in practice.
“One of the strengths of thisteam last year was our second-ary, and they’ve only gotten bet-ter this spring,” sophomorequarterback Dylan Orms said.“It helps us out going againstguys like them every day. It’sonly going to make us better inthe long run.”
Offensive coordinator GregPeterson said the secondary isloaded with talent and expectsthe unit to perform very wellcome the start of next season.
“We have some athletic guysin the secondary, and when you
look at them as a group, I likethe way they tackle,” Petersonsaid. “They’re a physical groupand they play with a lot of confi-dence. They’ll have a heck of aseason next fall.”
Junior safety Max Hewittleads the group of defensivebacks and said he has pro-gressed significantly throughspring practices.
“I had a lot of things last yearthat I needed to improve on, likemy coverage in man cover,”Hewitt said. “So, I’ve been work-ing on little things to try andbetter myself, and I’m pleasedwith where I’m at now to where Iwas at the beginning of camp.”
UNC defensive coordinatorCody Deti said along with stay-ing healthy and being produc-tive in practice, Hewitt hasimproved his leadership ten-dencies which will be vital tothe Bears defense having a suc-cessful season.
“He’s got to be a player that
continues to lead us every singleday,” Deti said.
Peterson had a lot of praisefor Hewitt and said he expectsgreat things from him in theupcoming season.
“I’ll tell you what, MaxHewitt is a very good footballplayer,” Peterson said. “He’s avery good tackler, a very physi-cal player, and he’s very smart in
the passing game, so I think Maxis a fine football player.”
For all the advancementsHewitt has made, he said theyounger DBs on the team are alsodoing very well in spring practices.
“We’ve really been lookingfor a couple more guys to stepup and plug in,” Hewitt said.“Chuks Nweke and Rick Spencerhave been doing a good job inthat role.”
Orms said Hewitt and juniorcorner Korey Askew, who Deti saidwas one of the best cornerbacks inthe league last season, have pro-vided guidance for the youngermembers of the secondary and theresults have shown.
“Korey and Max are reallypushing the younger guys,”Orms said. “And they’re reallygonna be good this fall.”
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Junior leads strong defensive secondary
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UNC junior safety Max Hewitt, left, is tackled by junior safetyMike Van Portfliet in a drill during the team’s spring practicethis week. Hewitt had 74 tackles last season.
“They’re a physical
group and they playwith a lot of confidence.
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UNC basketball in good hands with Hill as coach
W hen Tad Boyle leftUNC men’s bas-ketball program
to become the head coach atthe University of Colorado, thepressure was on the Universityof Northern Colorado athleticdepartment to find an ade-quate replacement.
Within hours of Boyle’s depar-ture, UNC announced the hiringof associate head coach B.J. Hill
as the team’s new head coach.The hire was both an obvious andinspired one by UNC Director ofAthletics Jay Hinrichs.
Hill was Boyle’s right-handman during his four years at UNCand was instrumental in buildingthe program.
Colorado had the chance tomake a similar hire, as SteveMcClain, the associate headcoach under former CU headcoach Jeff Bzdelik, was on theschool’s short list of candidatesfor the head coaching job. CUguards Alec Burks and CoryHiggins, the team’s top two scor-ers, both endorsed McClain andhave discussed transferring.
Boyle said on several occa-
sions that he likes to give hisassistant coaches significantinput in the day-to-day operationof his program, both in gamesand in practices as well as facetsof the program that take place offthe court. This will help make upfor any lack of experience thatmay hinder Hill, who is taking hisfirst head coaching job.
Hill is also very much inBoyle’s mold. He was an assis-tant at a successful mid-majorprogram with no prior headcoaching experience. The maindifference, which will be toHill’s advantage, is that he isalready familiar with the play-ers, program and university.
Having spoken with Hill on
several occasions and seen him inaction during practices, gamesand scouting sessions, I have nodoubt he is the right man for thejob. He may lack Boyle’s connec-tion to Greeley, but his basketballknowledge and basketball acu-men are second to none. He willcarry on the mentality that Boyleinstilled in the Bears and ledthem to a 25-8 record during the2009-’10 season.
“Coach Hill is a big defenseand rebounding guy,” said UNCjunior guard Devon Beitzel. “SoI’m sure that won’t change.”
Beitzel also said that Hill’shire alleviated his concernsabout his teammates transfer-ring out of UNC.
Some in the community seeBoyle’s departure as a sign ofdoom for the program and a returnto the losing ways of the past, butHill will keep the program movingin the right direction.
He says he expects muchfrom his players and it wouldnot be unfair to have similarexpectations for him as a coach,because he is very capable ofdelivering the goods.
UNC has a mountain to climbin the Big Sky Conference, andthey now have a Hill to lead themto the top.
– Jordan Freemyer is a seniorjournalism major and the sportseditor at The Mirror.
Jordan
FREEMYER
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What are yourthoughts on Tad Boyle
leaving UNC?
“It’s tough to see him go,I wish he would havestayed, but you got to dowhat you got to do.”
Jeremy Walrath, a jun-ior sports and exercisescience major
“I’m a little disappoint-ed, just because they didso well last year.”
Sara Morton, a soph-omore elementaryeducation major
“UNC’s going to missout, and I don’t knowwhat’s going to hap-pen next year.”
Joe VanHolbeck, a soph-omore sports and exer-cise science major
“It’s a little disappoint-ing because I know a lotof the players on theteam look up to him.”
Michaella McGurk, asophomore historymajor
