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Holocaust survivor speaks outFred Manasse, achild survivor of theHolocaust, spokeWednesday abouthis experiences.PAGE 6
SportsBaseball faces NJIT Highlanders
The UNC baseballteam gets ready fora four-game week-end series with con-ference opponent. PAGE 8
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The “Divine Nine” tradi-tionally black fraternities andsororities at UNC showcasedtheir talents in a yard showThursday on Turner Green tosupport the National Pan-Hellenic Council.
Alpha Kappa Alpha, AlphaPhi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta,Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega PsiPhi, Pi Beta Sigma and ZetaPhi Beta are the fraternitiesand sororities that make upthe Divine Nine on campus.
The inaugural yard showconsisted of performances, abarbeque and music from theUniversity of NorthernColorado Student Radio anda DJ from Denver.
“A yard show consists ofeach sorority and fraternityperforming a stroll and step,”said Salynthia Collier, direc-tor of Student Affairs forStudent Senate. “A stroll iswhen the new members ofthe organization, which theycall a ‘line,’ perform a walkingenergetic dance that involvestheir calls.”
The yard show is a way forthe multicultural fraternitiesand sororities to becomemore well-known aroundcampus.
“The yard show is a wayfor people to come out and
meet the ‘Divine Nine oncampus and see what theyare about, as well as lettingpeople know that they arehere at UNC,” Collier said.
The yard show was nothosted only for attendees tomeet other fraternities andsororities on campus. Theevent was also hosted to try to
bring the National Pan-Hellenic Council prominenceback to campus.
“We’re trying to resurrectit after it died down after awhile,” said Ladre White, ajunior communicationsmajor. “We’re also trying toget other African Americansinvolved. We’re trying to leteveryone know we’re backand we’re here to stay.”
Those interested in GreekLife also participated.
“I learned about thisevent from the MarcusGarvey Cultural Center,”said Jasmine Houston, afreshman sociology andcommunications major. “Ireally wanted to be a partof this. I wanted to see the
‘Divine Nine’ and just beable to socialize witheveryone.”
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Members of sororities and fraternities barbeque and socialize with other studentsat the Greeks on Turner Green Talent Show Thursday. The show featured perform-ances by the “Divine Nine” traditionally black fraternities and sororities.
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During the final meetingof the semester Wednesday,UNC’s Student Senate unani-mously decided to fund a fra-ternity event and passedthree proposals.
Nu Alpha Kappa, a frater-nity at the University ofNorthern Colorado, request-ed $3,005 in funding to hostthe fourth annual carnival“Nakland.”
The event is hosted eachyear to celebrate “El Dia deLos Ninos,” or “Children’sDay,” and to promote literacyfor International Book Day.
The carnival featuresinflatable bounce houses andobstacle courses, carnivalgames, prizes and free foodand T-shirts.
“We foster to the under-represented community, sowe get a lot of downtownGreeley and impoverishedareas to try to give the kids anopportunity to try to have afun day,” said Carlos Cruz, amember of NAK. “It’s a greatway to unite the communitywith UNC students.”
Following Cruz’s pres-entation explaining theevent and showing a shortvideo of last year’s Nakland,the request was opened fordiscussion.
However, no questionswere asked nor commentsmade, and the request wasimmediately approved unan-imously. NAK received its fullrequest of $3,005 to help fundNakland.
Proposal 20 was thenopened for discussion, whichsuggested amendments be
made to the Election Code forfuture elections.
The amendments wouldaffect the creation of theelection timeline andrequire the election com-missioner to extend the can-didate application deadlinein races with unopposedcandidates or those vacantof any candidates.
Director of UniversityRelations Ryan Shucardhelped write the proposal.
“(The previous electioncode) was big and cumber-some and confusing to eventhe brightest individuals wholooked at it,” Shucard said.“We really looked at it andsaid, ‘This hurts students.’This makes the election com-missioner’s job really hard, sowe shortened it down.
The proposed wordingsimplified the deadlines ofthe commissioner’s duties bysaying the commissionermust produce an electiontimeline outlining the semes-ter’s entire election processby 5 p.m. Friday of the firstweek of the spring semester.
It also stated StudentSenate would vote to approvethe timeline during the sec-ond week of the springsemester. Immediately fol-lowing approval, electionsand campaigning couldcommence.
Student Judiciary ChiefJustice William Schiffelbein,who heard election griev-ances Tuesday, said hethought the changes weregood for the electionsprocess.
“I really like most of thesechanges,” Schiffelbein said.“A lot of our discussion at the
judiciary was talking abouthow cumbersome theElection Code is, and I thinkthis is a really great first step tosimplifying it, especially thetimeline. This removes a lot ofthe undue burden on theelection commissioner pri-marily. I think this is the firstof many steps that can betaken to change it, but over-whelmingly, I think this is apositive change.”
Benjamin Schiffelbein,the director of AcademicAffairs, said the Election Coderegarding the timeline shouldnot be changed unless therewere multiple conflictingdates and issues surroundingthose dates.
For this year’s elections,commissioner DanielleMorgan said she experi-enced problems arrangingseveral of the candidateevents, such as the openforums, the meet-and-greetand the candidate summit,because of scheduling con-flicts with the individuals,Senate, and the university.
“Giving next year’s elec-tion commissioner the lee-way to be able to say ‘OK, so Idon’t have to do it the fifthweek after spring break’ orsomething, I think will makeit a lot easier,” Morgan said.
Katelyn Elliott, thedirector of StudentOrganizations, proposedamending the require-ment for the electioncommissioner to extendthe deadline for applica-tions in vacant or unop-posed positions.
Elliott suggested remov-ing the language “or unop-posed” from Section 5Letter E because its removalwas discussed the previousweek. When Senate voted,however, the proposedamendment failed, and thelanguage requiring theextension for vacant orunopposed positionsremained in the proposal.
The Senate voted onProposal 20, and the ElectionCode amendments passedunanimously.
Student Trustee MichaelJohnston then openedProposal 22 for discussion,which proposes a decreasein pay for Student Senatemembers.
There was no discussionon the proposal, and it wentdirectly to a vote. The propos-al was passed unanimously,and Johnston will present theproposal to the Board ofTrustees in June.
If the Board passes the
proposal, Student Senatesalaries would no longer bebased on the price of tuition.The salaries would becapped, resulting in a paydecrease.
Proposal 23, an emer-gency bylaw revision for theGraduate StudentAssociation’s constitution,was then discussed.
GSA President ShandaCrowder said the revisionswould consist of increasingthe president’s position to afull-time graduate assistantby increasing the weeklyhours from 12 to 16 and pay-ing the assistant’s tuition upto 10 credit hours during thefall and spring semesters andsix during the summer.Student Senate would onlypay for the first year of out-of-state tuition for the GA.
The revision also suggestsgraduate representativesserve on the GSA board fortwo years to match the capput on the president’s servicelimit.
An additional amend-ment was made afterCrowder asked for help writ-ing another bylaw, whichstated summer tuition wouldbe paid only if the summeroccurred between the firstand second year of service
because of the timing of thestart of the fiscal year.
Because it was an emer-gency bylaw revision, a unan-imous decision had to bemade for the proposal to pass,and it was.
During Student Senateupdates, Student RightsAdvocate Samantha Fox saidthe first grievance hearingwith the Student Judiciarywas a success and insightfulfor changes in the future.Three grievances were heard,and two deductions weremade from the final votecount, but they did not affectthe outcomes.
Director of Student AffairsSalynthia Collier announcedthat Benjamin Schiffelbeinwill be next year’s StudentSenate cabinet administrativeassistant and Samantha Foxwill return as the SRA.
Shucard said the AlumniMentor Program has receiveda verbal, unofficial contractwith AMP Energy Drink, andmore information will be atthe Fall Bizarre.
Shucard also said a solu-tion has not been reached yetfor where the Bear Bus pro-gram will be housed, but if anoff-campus life position isdeveloped, it will most likelybe housed there.
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After nearly two-and-a-halfyears of “birthers” questioningwhether or not President BarackObama was born in the UnitedStates, White House representa-tives finally released a copy ofthe president’s long-form birthcertificate.
The question of whether ornot Obama is a natural-bornAmerican citizen has been anissue with some people sincebefore he was even elected.
Even though the informationshould have been released beforehe was inaugurated, it wasn’t,and some people continued to
question his birthplace — evenDonald Trump.
Trump took credit for per-suading the White House torelease the document, whichshows what the multi-billionaireis using his wealth and influenceto do.
Instead of donating to therebuilding of Japan following theearthquake earlier this month, forexample, he is using his wealthand influence to try to catch thepresident in a lie.
Because White House officialshave provided evidence thatObama is an American citizen,
the country and the media needto move on.
America, and the rest of theworld, have more importantissues that could benefit frommedia attention more thanwhether or not Obama’sHawaiian birth certificate is real.
Even if the birth certificatewas proven to be fake, whichwould be highly unlikely consid-ering it is a state documentreleased by the White House, itis not as if the country could goback in time to replace Obamaas the president or change theinfluence he has had on the
country since 2009.Whether or not Americans like
the fact Obama is president, thefact remains the same.
The “birthers” should focustheir attention on other issues,such as the hundreds killed intornadoes and storms in thesouthern portion of the UnitedStates or the crackdown onpro-democratic protests inSyria.
Hopefully, this revelation willend the controversy so Americacan focus on more importantissues that can actually bechanged.
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LETTERS
Last week, I heardChelsea Handler talk-ing smack about cru-
dité on her show “After Lately.”Naturally, this led me to abeautiful epiphany.
First, let me explain what cru-dité is. Crudité (pronouncedcrew-di-tay) is that annoyingassortment of stale broccoli andcarrots and other things thatcome on a platter with dressingin the middle. I hate it because itsounds pretentiously French andfancy, but actually, it is just dryvegetables with ranch.
My subsequent realizationswere so brilliantly banal, I knew I
must share them with you as aparting gift, as this is my last col-umn for The Mirror, and I wouldbe heartily ashamed of myself if Ididn’t offer some sort of generallife counsel that could otherwisebe found in a greeting card.
You see, life is like a sumptu-ous buffet of all sorts of cuisine.Some things build strength andvitality; some things are bad foryour heart. Some things areorganic, packed with flavor, andother things are fabrications ofman, generally tasteless in com-parison. Some things are surpris-ingly delicious, and some thingsare colossal disappointments.
Learning to pick and chooseappropriate fuels for the body isdecidedly akin to picking andchoosing appropriate fuels forthe mind. Gossip, the aerosolcheese of conversation, is a quickand salacious garnish but ulti-
mately lacks nutritional value.Drama comes as varied andenticing as a gas station’s array ofHostess desserts, but the imme-diate high and crash to follow is amawkish substitute for what peo-ple really long for — the syrupydelight of human connection.
Food and life: they are ever-lastingly intertwined. I read oncethat a woman who hath not pas-sion for food lacks passion forlife, just as a man brews passionfor a woman who reacheth hisheart by way of stomach; and if aman hath not passion for awoman, he is gay, and if a man isgay and merry, he did not getthat way from eating crudité. Doyou see?
And that, ladies and gentle-men, is why you mustn’t settlefor substandard fuel. While peo-ple at office parties consume veg-etation like cows, literally and fig-
uratively chewing the same cudas the day before, you must bedifferent. Be fearless becauseadventure is the delicious fruit ofmistakes, and be tender becausecourage can taste bitterly likeimpudence if it isn’t temperedwith sweetness. These pairings,bravery and benevolence, areperfect seasonings to whateverlife may serve you.
My thanks to Chelsea Handlerfor using her celebrity to high-light this monumental atrocity.Together, I really think we canput a stop to the party platter’ssecret agenda of blandness. Andthank you to anyone who hasread my column once, twice orweekly. I have loved writing foryou.
— Joanna Langston is a senior psy-chology major and arts reporter and week-ly columnist for The Mirror.
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Students and commu-nity members learnedabout what life was likeduring World War II andthe Holocaust from a first-hand account Wednesdayat the University Center.
Holocaust survivor FredManasse was invited tospeak at UNC as part of theannual Holocaust MemorialObservance Week events.
Manasse spoke toUniversity of NorthernColorado students andGreeley communitymembers about his andhis brother’s experiencesescaping the Nazis aschildren during WWII.
Manasse also showedpictures taken during thewar-ridden times and apicture of a piece of art-work he created in remem-brance of the Holocaust.
Manasse escapedGermany with his brother,Gus, on a “kindertransport”train going to Belgium whenFred was 3 years old. WhenBelgium was invaded byGermany, the Manassesescaped to France and spentthe next several years tra-versing across Europe aheadof the Nazis.
The brothers eventuallyarrived in Portugal beforemoving to America in 1945.
Gus was originallyinvited to UNC to speakduring the memorial
events but was unable toattend because of healthissues, so Fred decided tocome speak in Greeley inplace of his brother.
Fred said the UNCaudience was the secondlargest audience he hasever spoken to.
“I spoke to an audiencethat generally seems to beinvolved and who seem tobe participating in theircommunity.” Manassesaid. “All of the people whocame here tonight camebecause they chose to behere, not because they hadto. That was very remark-able. I am really impressedby this community.”
Julia Flowers, a seniorhistory major, attendedFred’s presentation andsaid she was moved bywhat he described.
“Never forget andalways remember thatthere were not just adultsthat were killed in theHolocaust. There werealso lots of childrenkilled,” Flowers said. “Thefact that he said ‘Don’tclose your borders to chil-dren’ is a very influentialmessage that we need tofollow here in the U.S.”
During HolocaustMemorial Observance Week,the Holocaust MemorialObservance committee hostsevents in memorial of thosewho died at the hands of theNazis.
The events vary fromart displays and receptionsto movie screenings andpresentations by guestspeakers.
According to theHolocaust MemorialObservances website, the
goal of the committee is toprovide citizens of Greeleyand surrounding areas withmemorial and educationalexperiences about the atroc-ities committed by the Nazisagainst the Jews and otherethnic groups during WWII.
Barry Rothaus, a UNCprofessor, sits on the commit-tee and helps organize theannual events.
“The events that are heldduring the HolocaustMemorial Observance areorganized by an extensivecommittee that is com-posed by mostly peoplefrom the university but alsofrom Aims CommunityCollege,” Rothaus said.“The meetings for theevents start in August orSeptember. A number ofmeetings are held to figureout who is going to speak atthe events and what types ofevents are going to occur.”
The week’s final eventis a presentation by assis-tant professor DanaWalker about WWII’sartists of Terezin,Czechoslovakia, from10:30 a.m. – noon today atthe Unitarian UniversalistChurch, 929 15th St.
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Survivor shares experiences of life during Nazi occupation
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Fred Manasse, a psychologist, sculptor and speaker,talks about surviving the Holocaust when he was achild and his life in America afterward.
“All of the peoplewho came heretonight came
because they choseto be here, not
because they hadto...I am really
impressed by thiscommunity.
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The vice president ofJDW Social EducationPrograms de-mystified10-piece place setting anddiscussed proper intro-ductions and the rightway to dress to land adream job Wednesdayduring the second annualEtiquette Dinner.
Thirty UNC studentsgathered in Brown Hall toattend the Student PublicRelations Network’sEtiquette Dinner, an eventthat showed studentsproper manners in variousprofessional situations.
As students ate athree-course meal,Katherine Mason, vicepresident of JDW SocialEducation Programs, dis-cussed the ever-growingimportance of social eti-quette and the positiveeffect good manners canhave on a person’s pro-fessional life.
Things like mobilemanners, professionaldress and conductingintroductions properlyare key to making a solidfirst impression.
“What many don’tknow is that much of theirpresent and future suc-cess is directly related totheir understanding ofpersonal and social eti-quette,” Mason said.
Throughout the meal,Mason demonstrated theproper placement of anapkin, how to arrangesilverware so the waiterknows a person is fin-ished and the correct wayto pass food around the
table, which is alwayspassed to the right.
Food was not the onlytopic of discussion,though. Mason alsotalked about professional
dress clothes and theinfluence clothing canpotentially have onimpressions.
“People will forgiveyou for dressing too con-
servative, but people willnever forget you notdressing conservativeenough,” said Mason.
Other advice was givenas well. Dress for the posi-tion wanted, not for theposition already held. Becomfortable while beingprofessional at the sametime and always wear awatch. Others will thinktime is important to thewearer, and employerslove a person who isalways on time.
Clothing and knowl-edge of place settings canbe used to anyone’s bene-fit, but lack of knowledgecan also begin a tailspininto one’s professionaldemise.
One thing a person willalways have control overis the first impressionpeople form.
Mason said in 10 sec-onds, there are five things
everyone can do to make alasting impression: smile,make eye contact, have afirm handshake, makeconsistent eye contactand use good posture.
“Always introduceyourself with your first andlast name,” Mason said. “Ifsomeone wants to talkwith you more, they willcontact you. Every personyou meet has the ability toteach you something youdon’t know.”
Samantha Brescia, asophomore journalismmajor, said she plans onhelping SPRN host thethird annual EtiquetteDinner next year.
“I took away a lot ofinformation from this
dinner,” Brescia said.“This kind of event is real-ly an invaluable experi-ence for students whoparticipate.”
Cody Sanger, a seniorjournalism major, said helearned about propermobile manners andabout the bright side ofsocial networking. Hesaid he plans on usingwhat he learned at thedinner in the “real world”after graduating.
“Knowing when not touse your cell phone wasvery helpful,” Sanger said.“I also learned the bene-fits of going to networkingevents alone. It forces youto make connections withthose around you.”
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Dinner teaches students how to make good impressions
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Maria Henderson, a junior journalism major, learnsproper manners at the Student Public RelationsNetwork’s Etiquette Dinner Wednesday in Brown Hall.
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Members of the UNCchapter of the NationalSociety of CollegiateScholars are planning tohost various charityevents next semester.
The NSCS is a nation-al honors organizationwith more than 400members from theUniversity of NorthernColorado.
The NSCS hosts charityevents that help enrichstudents’ lives as well asthe lives of others through-out the community.
Hedy Lu Bares, asophomore elementaryeducation major andmember of NSCS, said
the organization hostedone charity event thissemester and was goingto host another, but ithas since been delayed.
“We were planning ondoing a fundraiser called‘Better World for Books,’where we were going tohave tents set up all overcampus where studentswould be able to donateany old books that theyhad that were still ingood shape, and we weregoing to put all the dona-tions and profits that wemade from that towardsa children’s society,”Bares said. “We’re notplanning on doing itanymore simply because
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Baseball faces NJIT at homeMICHAEL NOWELS
The UNC baseball teamwill face the New JerseyInstitute of Technology thisweekend for a four-game setto be played at Jackson Field.
It is the second series of athree-weekend home standfor the University of NorthernColorado (12-27, 8-4 GWC).
Bears junior outfielderJarod Berggren said he thinksplaying at home is favorableto taking a road trip.
“It’s always nice to play athome,” Berggren said. “Youget to sleep in your own bed.You don’t have a day whereyou’re on the road for eighthours and have to take yourbooks with you.”
The Bears enjoy resting athome. Berggren, junior pitch-
er Nate Steinmetz and headcoach Carl Iwasaki all said thechance for players to sleep intheir own beds thenight before thegame is a nice perkof home series.
In terms of theactual game,NJIT’s (11-25, 4-8GWC) only .300-plus hitter is seniorsecond basemanMatt Tomczyk,but the team hasseveral pitcherswith relatively lowERAs, one ofwhom is MarkLeiter Jr.
Leiter’s father and twouncles all had professionalbaseball careers. His uncle Alplayed for the FloridaMarlins and threw a no-hit-ter on May 11, 1995, against
the Colorado Rockies.Despite the Highlanders’
low-scoring tendencies,Steinmetz saidthe UNC pitch-ers have thesame mindsetcoming into agame no matterthe opponent.
“As a staff,what we alwaystry to do is throws t r i k e s , ”Steinmetz said.”We can’t changeto adapt to a dif-ferent team. Wehave to play our
game at all times, and if we dothat, we’ll be successful.”
Iwasaki said he hopeshis team will be able tobuild on the momentum itgained from last week-end’s four-game sweep of
Texas-Pan American.“It’s a long season ahead,
but we’ve got a chance toreally move ahead in our con-ference this weekend,”Iwasaki said.
Iwasaki also said he recog-nizes that his players haveanother tough task comingup: final exams.
“They’re student-ath-letes,” he said. “We don’t saythey’re athlete-students.These guys take care of busi-ness without me even havingto harp on them.”
Berggren said jugglingschool and baseball is diffi-cult, but he’s used to it.
“It’s always been tough,”Berggren said. “You’ve got tofind time to eat and sleep, butit’s the life you signed up for.”
The first pitch of the seriesis scheduled for 3 p.m. Fridayat Jackson Field.
Nate Steinmetzsaid the team pre-pares for everyopponent with thesame mentality.
Group plans drive
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Recognizing athletic, academic achievements ERIC HEINZ
What is a better way tosay “farewell and thankyou” to a group of stu-dent-athletes than withan awards ceremony tohonor them?
In a packed ballroomWednesday, The ClarionHotel at 701 Eighth St.hosted the 2010-11 UNCAthletics Departmentend-of-the-year awardsbanquet. Achievementsrecognized includedawards ranging from aca-
demic achievement andcommunity service torecord-setting careers.
The emcee for thenight was alumnusJameson Rossi, who wasthe announcer for volley-ball and women’s basket-ball his final semester.During his openingaddress, Rossi spokeabout his experiencesworking with the athleticdepartment and how thisyear’s accomplishmentshave positively affectedthe university.
“Being out of Greeley,it’s very cool that you say‘UNC’ and people know
about the school, and it’sbecause of you guys. Youreally represent us well,”Rossi said.
Heather Kennedy, thedirector of sports infor-mation for UNCAthletics, saidthe attentionfrom this year’ssuccess hasbeen very posi-tive on thedepartment.
“It’s beenone of extremeexcitement, andseeing theseathletes — withhow mucheffort they’veput into it — it’sbeen a veryexciting year,” Kennedysaid.
Devon Beitzel, a seniorguard for the men’s bas-ketball team, spoke aboutthe camaraderie amongthe team this season,which propelled the Bearsto a Big Sky Conferencechampionship.
“The big one for us isbeing the first team to winthe Big Sky championshipand achieve the goalevery team that camebefore us was trying toget,” Beitzel said.
Greeley native andsenior forward NealKingman said the accom-plishments from this sea-son and his career at UNCwill be something he canlook back on and smile.
“You can’t beat beingthe first team to kind ofput the University ofNorthern Colorado on themap on a national level—at a Division I level. Imean, that’s going to be ahuge source of pride forme for the rest of my life,”Kingman said. “I’m from
here, so every time I comeback here and see myfamily, I’ll always havethose great memories.”
Kingman also spokeabout the awards ceremo-
ny and comingtogether as acohesive athlet-ic program.
“It’s justcool to see allthe peoplebeing recog-nized for theirachievements,”he said.“ S o m e t i m e s ,different teamshave conflictsbecause theymay be playing,but a lot of peo-
ple were able to make itout here tonight.”
Beitzel said the suc-cess the men’s basketballteam generated this yearwas due to chemistryfused over the course ofthe players’ careers.
“We are more than justteammates; we’re friends,and we know that we haveeach other’s backs on andoff the court, and that’shuge,” Beitzel said.
Kingman, who wasnamed to the UNC confer-ence honors team, also saidthere are moments fromthis season thatwill remain withhim constantly.
“The factthat there is[sic] more of uswho have beenhere — three ofus have beenhere for fiveyears, and fourof us have beenhere for fouryears — havingthat consistencyand having guyswho have been throughany situation has reallyhelped, too,” Kingmansaid.
Senior wrestler JustinGaethje said the UNCAthletics Departmenthelped him tremendouslyto get through difficulttimes, mostly referring to
struggles in balancingacademics with wrestling.
“I really enjoyed thetime I had at UNC,”
Gaethje said.“ S t a y i n gfocused andrelying on mycoaches to helpme through thetough timesreally helpedme through mycareer.”
But what isthere to expectnext year? Whatwould an incom-ing student-ath-lete expect from
this organization? “They have the oppor-
tunity to get on the groundfloor — there’s [sic] a lot ofteams that are really ontheir way up,” Kingmansaid. “(A student-athlete)who chooses to come herewill be part of somethingspecial.”
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UNC softball player Kelli Henderson receives an award from 5-year-old Owen Henderson, the son of sociology professorAngela Henderson, at the athletics award banquet Wednesday.
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Chris Kaba was one of 43 ath-letes who receivedconference recog-nition this year.
Julie Stephenson was named UNC’sfemale break-through athleteaward winner.“
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As part of HolocaustMemorial ObservanceWeek, a UNC professorhosted two presentationsdiscussing two Holocaustmuseums and the histo-ries told through theorganizations.
Jeraldine Kraver, anEnglish professor at theUniversity of NorthernColorado, hosted the pre-sentations at the MariMichener Gallery inMichener Library and at theGreeley History Museum indowntown Greeley.
Kraver discussed dif-ferent topics but focusedon two famous Holocaust
museums: Yad Vashem inJerusalem (which inHebrew means “TheHolocaust Martyrs’ andHeroes’ RemembranceAuthority”) and theUnited States HolocaustMemorial Museum inWashington, D.C.
Kraver showed pic-tures of what the muse-ums are like and told theaudience about them andtheir unique characteris-tics. Kraver said there isso much to learn that itwould take many visits tocapture what both ofthese museums has tooffer.
There are many differentparts in each of the muse-ums that tell visitors about
some of the lesser-knownaspects of the Holocaust.
The U.S. HolocaustMemorial Museum fea-tures glass floors, whichKraver said often makepeople uncomfortable.The floors were created tohelp the visitors of themuseum feel a fraction ofwhat people felt duringthe Holocaust.
Visitors are also crowd-ed in the building so theycan feel and see the horrorthe Holocaust victims hadto feel and see. This senseof uneasiness is one of themain purposes of thismuseum.
Another purpose of themuseum was to make surepeople knew what had hap-
pened and to help peoplelearn new things about theHolocaust.
Kraver spoke on inform-ing people about what hadhappened and wanted oth-ers to know the whole truth.
Kraver said she wants tovisit the other Holocausthistory museums to learnmore about the events dur-ing World War II.
Many of the presenta-tion attendees had visitedone of these museumsbefore. Some of the peoplein attendance said they arepassionate about historyand enjoy the intriguingknowledge that comesfrom it.
Kraver and attendeesdiscussed some of thequotes that could befound at the museums.One quote in particularthat was discussed wasfrom a letter GeneralDwight Eisenhower sentto General GeorgeMarshall on April 15, 1945.
“The things I saw beg-gar description...The visu-
al evidence and the verbaltestimony of starvation,cruelty and bestialitywere.. .overpowering.. .Imade the visit deliberatelyin order to be in a positionto give first-hand evidenceof these things if ever, inthe future, there developsa tendency to charge theseallegations merely to‘propaganda,’” the letterread.
One attendee, MonicaKant, said the presenta-tion was excellent andthat Kraver is a fantasticeducator.
Another attendee, RickSilverman, who is on theGreeley Holocaust MemorialCommittee, said that thepresentation was spectacu-lar and that he thoughtKraver showed the architec-ture in both museums well.
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Presentation discusses history told by museums, not people
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Jeraldine Kraver describes museums remembering victimsof the Holocaust during the annual Holocaust MemorialObservance Week Thursday in Michener Library.
NSCS to donate time, supplies in fall
it’s so close to the end ofthe semester. We justdon’t have the time or thesupplies right now.”TheNSCS is planning on host-ing the book drive duringthe fall semester instead.
The NSCS also hashosted several otherevents this semester,including a bake sale,which helped raise fundsfor the society, and apurse fundraiser at SassyBags, where members
collected charitabledonations.
Bares said the organi-zation is planning onhosting several fundrais-ers over the course of nextsemester.
“We’re really planningon getting a lot done nextsemester,” Bares said.“Particularly communityservice events, with themajor one being a servicewhere we go and tutormiddle school studentsand try to instill collegeideas.”
Bares said the organi-zation is a good opportu-nity for students to getinvolved in the communi-ty and promote academicexcellence.
“It’s a really goodthing for students to beinvolved,” Bares said.“And we have a lot of funwith it too.”
The organization isopen to students withGPAs of 3.4 or higher. Anystudent can participate inNSCS events.
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Softball starts high-stakes conference seriesSTAFF REPORT
The number-one spot inthe Mountain Division of thePacific Coast SoftballConference is up for grabswhen the UNC softball teamtakes on Portland State in afour-game series at Butler-Hancock Softball Field thatstarts Saturday.
The University ofNorthern Colorado (13-31, 9-3) is currently tied for firstwith Portland State (23-15, 9-3). All three of the Viking’sconference losses cameagainst Utah Valley in its divi-sion-opening series April 9-10. Utah Valley also gave UNCtwo of its three conference
losses last weekend.Last time the teams
matched up was last season,when Portland State sweptthe Bears in the conference-opener in Portland, Ore.
This weekend will be thefirst home series for theBears since they swept IdahoState in the conference-opening series.
UNC was scheduled toplay University of Colorado atColorado Springs Thursday,but UCCS requested to can-cel, and UNC head coachMark Montgomery accepted.The teams will schedule thegame sometime next season.
The Vikings are currentlyon a 10-game winning streak,and one factor that may help
break the streak is UNC soph-omore third basemanMelanie Buol.
Buol was named PCSCPlayer of the Week after shehad the first two homeruns ofher college career and six RBIsagainst Utah Valley.
Pitching for UNC will beseniors Kelli Henderson andJamie Juelfs and freshmanMegan Wilkinson.
Henderson is currently9-15 in the circle and on aneight-game hitting streak.Wilkinson leads the teamwith four homeruns inconference play.
The first game of theseries is set to start at noonSaturday at Butler-HancockSoftball Field.
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UNC senior Kelli Henderson throws a pitch in a game earlier this season atButler-Hancock Softball Field. Henderson leads the team with nine wins, 131strikeouts and a 4.77 ERA in 38 appearances in the circle.
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