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The Student Senate hosted a“Meet and Greet” Wednesday inthe Long’s Peak Ballroom to famil-iarize students with the electedmembers. Directors and collegerepresentatives introduced them-selves, gave an overview of theirrole in the senate and stated theirgoals for the year.
Students were invited toaddress any campus issues theysaw in an open forum environ-ment — students can also requestto speak at Senate meetings.
“We really stress studentvoice,” said Tyler Ames, the direc-tor of Legislative Affairs. “We arehere because of the students, sowe really feel strongly about get-ting the voice of the students
heard. Currently, we aren’t gettingas much of that, and that’s largelybecause we haven’t reached out toempower the students as well as
we probably should.”The senate members said they
want to make certain studentsknow they affect what happens
around campus. They said thebest way to make sure their opin-ion is known is through theStudent Senate.
“We need to find a way to letstudents know that they cancome to us for any needs at all,”Ames said. “We’re here just toserve the students, and I want thestudents to know that if theyneed anything, they just need tocome speak with us.”
Matt VanDriel, the StudentBody President, said he wants tomake sure that all student voicesare heard this year.
“Hopefully, the general tonewill be empowerment and out-reach,” VanDriel said. “We’ve gota great, great Senate this year, andthey really are a group that wantsto serve the students.”
Salynthia Collier, the director
of Student Affairs, said she wantsstudents to know the senate mem-bers want to help everyone, even ifthey can’t always see every stu-dent in person.
“A lot of us have so many dif-ferent goals — we just want to runout there and help every singlestudent on campus,” Collier said.“It’s just going to be up to us to getthe students out there motivatedto do what they want.”
Student Senate hosts meet-ings at 5:30 p.m. everyWednesday in the Council Roomon the second floor of theUniversity Center. Directors andthe president have offices in theStudent Activities Office and arerequired to be there a certainamount of office hours eachweek. For more information, visitwww.unco.edu/studentsenate.
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Tyler Ames, the director of Legislative Affairs, shares a laughwith his fellow students during the Student Senate “Meet andGreet” Wednesday in the University Center Ballrooms.
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One of the most underap-preciated and overlooked posi-tions at UNC is the duty of aparking attendant. From 90-degree heat to below-freezingtemperatures, the men andwomen of Parking Servicespatrol the lots to keep studentssafe and make sure all parkingregulations are followed.
Even though it can be athankless job, an atmosphere ofdedication is felt among thoseworking the lots.
Steve Dowdy, a security IIstate employee and lot supervi-sor for Parking Services, is aUniversity of Northern Coloradograduate who returned to theuniversity to work full time atParking Services. From 8 a.m. to5 p.m., Dowdy spends the daypatrolling the lots and trainingand supervising other atten-dants. He said on a slow day, hewill write about 30 tickets. Onbusy days, he will write 90 ormore tickets.
“We’re all friendly; we’re allstudents,” Dowdy said.
Students can be hired as“security,” but are scheduled towork in the lots. Both workstudy and hourly positions
exist. Shifts are flexible and arebuilt to work around a student’sbusy schedule.
Attendants spend their shiftpatrolling one of the school’snearly 30 parking lots for anhour, moving to another lot as anew hour begins. This is to giveattendants a change in sceneryand to prevent vehicles fromaccidentally going unchecked.
When a vehicle is found inviolation of a parking rule, anattendant will record it in arecon handheld device. Thelicense plate and permit num-ber are entered into themachine, which communicatevia Bluetooth to a printer toemits the ticket.
On the ticket, the time, date,lot, attendant and infractionare shown for maximum clarity.A picture of the vehicle andlocation is also taken and puton file with the ticket, to pre-vent mistakes on behalf of theattendant and to prove theinfraction occurred.
Though the parking atten-dant position may seem like aneasy job, customers who areangry at receiving a ticket mayapproach an attendant to voicetheir displeasure.
“People can be rude; they’repoor college kids, but you can’t
let it bother you,” said Dowdy,as a student approached himabout the ticket he received forparking in the wrong lot. “I’veheard it all, and I can be niceabout it, but very rarely am Igoing to change a ticket out onthe lot.”
Dowdy also talked aboutwhat keeps him calm duringtimes of conflict.
“The world is full of charac-ters, and I get to interact withall of them,” said Dowdy, afterreturning the white ParkingServices pickup truck to the sta-tion after receiving a call abouta possibly forged permit sittingon the dash of a car. Though thepermit turned out to be legiti-mate, a warning was issued.
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Brett Radin, a senior sociology major, takes a picture of a car that is illegal-ly parked. Radin said he joined Parking Services to get a headstart in lawenforcement. He said he plans to join the academy when he graduates.
More than just meter maids
Ballrooms to become ‘club’BENJAMIN WELCH
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Club UNC is a new eventoffered by UPC to students look-ing for excitement and night lifethis Friday.
The free dance-club-themedevent will take place from 9 p.m.to 1 a.m. in the University CenterBallrooms, and students are
encouraged to dress in lavishattire and dance the night awayin a safe environment.
“We thought it would be agreat way to kick off the newschool year, so people can meet,”said Brittney Schorzman, a sen-ior journalism major and publicrelations and marketing person
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Journalism took another blow thisweek when the University of Coloradoannounced the possible eliminationof its School of Journalism and MassCommunications.
CU will continue to operate theschool until a final decision is made.Students who are already enrolled willbe able to complete their degrees,according to the department’s web-site.
The university wants to create a“New Media” department to preparestudents for the ever-changing fieldof journalism. It’s curious, however,that a program that has developed
amazing journalism graduates, suchas Tom Costello of NBC NightlyNews and Carl Quintanilla of CNBC,would want to discontinue its legacy.
It is a good concept to teach newareas of the field. And no one canjudge the school for wanting to reor-ganize; but closing it will only filterout potential journalism greats.
The University of NorthernColorado’s School of Journalism andMass Communications may not beon the cutting edge of new technolo-gy, but it fosters the necessary com-ponents of good reporting; it doesnot get caught up in the media prac-
tice of contemporary convenience —relying on being on top of new prod-ucts to disseminate news.
Anyone can learn AssociatedPress style, the style recognized byalmost all news organizations, any-one can learn to click a camera andshoot a small news segment and allof the other technology in very littletime. But journalism deserves morecredit than that. If universities don’tteach the fundamentals of goodreporting and only rely on what’s“hot” at the moment, then thestream of future incredible work willbe lost.
If a large university like CU wantsto continue to produce high-qualityjournalism students, it needs to rec-ognize that shutting down its currentoperations will set back the programfurther than 2012 — the earliest CUwill have a new program. There willbe extensive training, budget balanc-ing and criteria that will have to beextensively examined and remade.
The time taken to truly get backto the high level of journalism educa-tion will have to rely on the students.They are the ones who will have tobring the passion back into theschool.
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LETTERS
The consistencies of thebeginnings of fall arethreefold: the smiles of
the Carter Hall employees arestrained as they strive to efficient-ly sort through the studentsjammed in their offices, pumpkinpie starts looking hella delicious,and UNC’s population of minia-ture freshmen has doubled sincelast year’s crop — again.
Let us take a moment to bowour heads and thank our parents fortheir reproductive efforts — the giftthat keeps on giving. The sea offresh faces will never ebb, and so,we who have been at UNC forever,or two plus years, must swim in it.
All day, every day, for the nextfew months these newbies will walkabout in clusters, eagerly smilingand striking up dialogues with any-one and everyone they spy in orderto alleviate the discomfort of beingwithout a clique. They seem likesolicitors, smiling coyly at you inbathrooms, and sidling up next toyour sink in an attempt to makeconversation. (Stop it Judy, you’reembarrassing yourself! People willthink you’ve gone to college andbecome the “lesbian!”)
We will hear their noisy greet-ings in between classes, frustratedphone calls with long-distancelovers and loud assessments of thehottest chicks in their dorms. Likeproud and uncaring parents, we willsmilingly watch them as they strug-gle to find their way around cam-pus, walk into the wrong genderbathrooms, act a fool and get anMIP; and, for those who are douch-
es, reveal their boobies in drunkenrevelry.
But these uproarious antics arepart and parcel of a vital purpose :fundraising. For every new student,UNC gets more tuition, Barnes &Noble sells more books at a 2,000-percent profit, banks get the next 20years’ worth of loan interest, Targetsells one more set of cutesy dormroom merchandise, gas stations,eateries and stores are flooded withbusiness, and it doesn’t stop there!
When these newly emancipateddarlings, in fits of youthful exuber-ance, have taken Ke$ha’s adviceand brushed their teeth with liquorfor half a semester, dentist visits willsurge, as will business in the healthcenter for other various causes.
We’ll watch these voraciousyoung minds learn aplenty in theirfield and in the school of hardknocks. (Put down that hot dog andgo to class, Jeremy! Your textbook
ain’t gonna learn itself!).I remember my freshman year
seemed invariably full of peopleoffering food. For FREE! I havesince learned that this is a farce.There is rarely free food on campusnowadays, a miserable fact I hopethe administration will work tire-lessly to rectify! The point is, theGreeley PD could buy 74 elephantmascots with the price of traffic tick-ets issued to college students.
They may be noisy little brutes,but this town’s, and this country’s,sagging economy receives a boostevery time a new student ambles in,backpack and visor-wearing parentsin tow, face rumpled at the smellthat will someday signify home.Gentlemen, a toast: to fresh menand women, the most patriotic of usall! God bless America.
— Joanna Langston is a seniorpsychology major and an artsreporter for The Mirror.
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Cultural centers, resource offices host informative student engagement partyCARMEN BRADY
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To help kick off the schoolyear, the UNC advocacy officeshosted the Student EngagementStreet Bash Thursday outside ofthe Kohl and Davis houses. TheUniversity of Northern ColoradoStudent Radio provided musicfor the event, as students enjoyed
giveaways and free food. Each advocacy office had a
booth set up to give students infor-mation about their services andwhat they have planned this year.The offices present were the MarcusGarvey Cultural Cultural Center; theCesar Chavez Cultural Center; theGay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgenderand Allies Office; Asian/PacificAmerican Student Services; Native
American Student Services and theWomen’s Resource Center.
Daniel Sanchez, a graduatesociology student and graduateassistant at the Women’sResource Center, volunteeredas a representative and said hewas glad to provide studentswith information.
“We really wanted to be togetherin one place to let people know that
while we do have separate offices,we like to work together,” Sanchezsaid. “All of us have events through-out the year.”
Sanchez also said all the officescame together because since theyall have a similar goal in servingthe students around campus.
“We really want the studentswho are not minorities to getinvolved with our centers, because it
really helps (...) show that we areopen to everyone,” he said.
Amanda Moberly, a senior histo-ry major who works for NASS,worked at the event.
“We do major events everysemester — every house does — butthis year we’re making a really bigpush to get students to come,”
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On the corner of EighthAvenue and 16th Street, a newrestaurant has opened: AJ’s. Thequiet eatery is owned by KaraBuss and Jose Pineda, who canboth be found enjoying mealswith customers.
“This is our fifth week in busi-ness; we’ve only been open sincethe end of July,” said Buss, whocame up with the restaurant’s nameby combining her children’s initials.
Buss and Pineda said they aim tobring international cuisine to thecommunity. The menu boasts foodfrom a wide variety of cultures, suchas Italy, Mexico and France.
Additionally, the menu offerstraditional meals, such as sal-ads, cheeseburgers and ice
cream sundaes. “When people see the menu,
they think this is a formal place; it’snot,” said Pineda, who is the restau-rant’s chef
Buss said they want to givetheir patrons quality food at a rea-sonable price.
Claire Magee, a junior and ele-mentary education major, said AJ’ssucceeds in its international ven-ture. Magee said she ate a piece ofchicken cordon bleu smothered in awhite wine and cheese sauce whenshe visited.
“This is the closest thing toauthentic chicken cordon bleu Ihave had in the States,” she said.
This is high praise consideringthat Magee had just returned toUNC after a semester abroad inTours, France.
Furthermore, AJ’s owners
have aspirations to accommo-date University of NorthernColorado students.
“We want to be a hangout,” Busssaid, as she described her desire toplease UNC students.
AJ’s is equipped with free wire-less Internet, and the owners saidthey encourage students to come tostudy and eat. Starting this week,AJ’s will host a karaoke night 8:30p.m. to 12:30 a.m. everyWednesday. The venue also hosts
dance parties every Thursday andFriday night.
Both owners said student inputis very important.
“We want to know what stu-dents want in terms of food ordrinking games or whatever,” Busssaid. “We need customer feedback.”
Buss also said they plan tobroadcast UNC sports gamesover the radio and via TV. If oneis not interested in sports, how-ever, he or she may find enter-tainment or inspiration lookingat the walls, which are full ofartwork from local artists.
“We’re a local restaurant, and wewant to support the local people,”Buss said.
Buss and Pineda said theywould like UNC student artiststo submit tasteful artwork to bedisplayed.
“If it’s good, we’ll try it,” Busssaid.
Sarah McFarland, a juniorstudying elementary education hadpositive comments on her visit.
“This may end up being mynew favorite restaurant,”McFarland said.
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Staffs inform new advocates
Moberly said. “We started with thenice big Street Bash just to get theword out there, and to let everyoneknow that we are cultural centers,but you don’t have to be of thatminority to use them.”
Moberly said it’s essential forstudents on campus to get involvedwith their surroundings, not only toincrease cultural awareness, butalso to be successful students.
“Finding your own little niche isan important thing to doing well in
college,” she said. “We’re trying toprovide that for students.”
Tambra Ragan, a senior Englishsecondary education major, saidshe enjoyed the event and thought itwas an important gathering.
“I am actually really sad that Ididn’t know about the cultural cen-ters earlier in my college career,”Ragan said. “Once I found out whatthey were and what they provide forstudents, I was kind of bummedbecause I’ve been missing out. Ithink that these are very important.”
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AJ’s Restaurant, 725 16thSt., opened its doors for busi-ness earlier this summer.
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for the UPC. “Students can goto a dance party and not have toworry about alcohol or gettingin trouble.”
Schorzman also said it’s a wayfor freshman students who may notknow of thingsto do on a week-end to come outand socialize.
For thosewho want tosocialize but notnecessarily dis-play their danceskills, a loungearea will beavailable to realxand chat withothers.
Members ofUPC said theyexpect about 1,500 attendees,and there will be live music by DJThe One to synchronize withexotic lighting to emit that danceclub feel.
The UPC members said theirmain goal was to get younger
students involved and teachthem that exciting things hap-pen at UNC, too, if they becomeinvolved.
Other events hosted earlierin the year by UPC included theice cream social and the come-dy club, featuring Kira
S o l t a n o v i c h .Council mem-bers also saidthese eventswere very suc-cessful, andthey would liketo see a repeatof that successfor Club UNC.
“We want topromote UNCand the coolthings that wedo here,” saidAshley Cooper,
a senior business major andgraphic designer for the UPC.
For those looking to have a goodtime Friday night, Club UNC is sureto provide all types of students withan outlet to socialize and meetfriends, both new and old.
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the new school year.Students can go to adance party and nothave to worry about
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JORDAN FREEMYERs p o r t s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
A leader has emerged as the racefor UNC’s starting quarterback jobenters the home stretch.
Junior Dylan Orms has taken thelead in the four-man quarterbackbattle that has taken place through-out the spring and fall since thegraduation of former signal callerBryan Waggener.
“Last week we had what wecalled separation week,” offensivecoordinator Greg Peterson said.“And Dylan was the most consistentmoving the team, making the rightdecisions in the run game and passgame, and he was also the mostaccurate passer.”
Orms saw action in all 11 of theUniversity of Northern Colorado’sgames last season, completing 6-of-10 passes for 96 yards and twotouchdowns and carrying the ball30 times for 155 yards.
“I suppose that gave him a lot ofhelp, a lot of advantage over most ofthe guys,” head coach Scott
Downing said.Orms said the opportunity to
work with and learn from Waggenerover the past two seasons hashelped him significantly.
“I just tried to pick up little thingsfrom him along the way,” Ormssaid.
Downing said that Orms’ abilityto make plays with his feet also gavehim a leg up.
“He can take a busted play andmake it into a positive play,”Downing said.
Orms said he relishes using hislegs as a weapon from the quarter-back position, but also wants toearn respect as a passer.
“I definitely want to come outand show that I can throw the ball,”Orms said. “I do like to run, and I’mgoing to use my feet to my advan-tage.”
Peterson said that while Orms iscurrently on top of the depth chart,that status is always subject tochange.
“I told Dylan and the other guystoday that while we may have a one,
two, three right now, we’re stillcompeting for a starting spot,”Peterson said.
Junior wide receiver PatrickWalker said he has seen good thingsfrom all of the Bears’ quarterbacksthis fall and will be happy to workwith whoever is under center in theteam’s opener against Adams State.
“I don’t care who it is,” Walkersaid. “As long as whoever it is gets usthe win on Saturday.”
Sitting behind Orms on thedepth chart is redshirt freshmanSeth Lobato, a transfer from theUniversity of Colorado.
Lobato has risen to the secondspot on the depth chart despite join-ing the team in July and missing outon spring practices.
“When Seth came in we all justwelcomed him into the family andtried to help him pick up the offenseas fast as possible,” Orms said.
Peterson said that helpingLobato learn his offense was very incharacter for the unselfish group ofUNC quarterbacks.
“When Seth showed up in July,
all of a sudden he had four coacheshelping him,” Peterson said. “I wasvery proud of our quarterbacks fordoing that, they’re a bunch ofunselfish guys.”
The Bears open the season at
1:35 p.m. on Sept. 4 against AdamsState at Nottingham Field. Needlessto say, Orms is excited for the game.
“I’ve been waiting for the fourthof September for the last threeyears,” Orms said.
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UNC junior takes top spot in battle
KEVIN IHLE | THE MIRROR
Junior quarterback Dylan Orms throws a pass during the UNC foot-ball team’s practice earlier this week. Orms is on track to be theBears’ starter this year after seeing limited playing time in 2009.
Volleyball to face powers at SDSU tournamentDAVID WILSON
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The UNC women’s volleyballteam starts the 2010 season on theroad in San Diego for the SanDiego State tournament.
The Bears will open Fridaynight against the Big EastConference pre-season favorites,the University of CincinnatiBearcats. The Bearcats only lostone starter from their 2009 teamthat went 25-11, while theUniversity of Northern Colorado
will return just two starters fromlast season.
Senior outside hitterStephanie Niemer and junior out-side hitter Missy Harpenau ledthe Bearcats in kills in 2009 andwill be two big focal points for theBears on the defensive side of thenet. Niemer reached 541 kills lastyear, averaging out to 4.2 kills perset, while Harpenau was secondon the Bearcats’ roster with 375kills in 2009 respectively.
Being the underdog is not anew thing to the Bears who gave
the Washington Huskies, rankedsixth in the nation last year, allthey could handle in the firstround of the NCAA Tournament.
“We’re excited to playCincinnati this weekend, they area very good team, and it’ll be a funopportunity,” junior defensivespecialist Amanda Arterburn said.
On Saturday, the Bears willplay at noon against San DiegoState before finishing the week-end against California StateUniversity Northridge at 6p.m.Saturday night.
San Diego State is a youngteam, with nine freshmen andonly two seniors on its roster, butis returning both its kill leadersfrom last season.
The Aztecs had four playersreach the 200 kill mark, led bysenior outside hitter LaurenSalisbury with 290 kills and soph-omore mid-blocker AndreaHannasch with 278 kills.
“We are just going to take eachgame at a time and not get tooahead of ourselves,” head coachLyndsey Benson said.
The tournament this weekendwill prove challenging for theBears as they play their firstmeaningful games since Dec. 4 oflast year.
“We are ready to start play-ing again,” sophomore outsidehitter Kelley Arnold said.“We’ve worked hard in practiceand are excited to get out therethis weekend.”
UNC’s first match will be at6p.m. Friday against Cincinnatiinside Peterson Gymnasium inSan Diego.
BEN WARWICKs p o r t s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
The UNC women’s soccer teamwill take the field Friday at homeagainst the University of IdahoVandals. The team has won twostraight games to open the season,including a 2-0 shutout of in-staterival Air Force last Sunday afternoonat Jackson Stadium.
The University of NorthernColorado beat Idaho last year, 1-0,on a corner kick. Though Idaho fell
to UC Irvine last weekend, look forthe Vandals to be a tough opponent.
“They’re similar to us in thatthey’ve gotten better each of the lastcouple years,” Bears head coachTim Barerra said. “They’ll be deeperthis year, so it’ll be a tough match.”
With a win against Idaho onFriday, the Bears will be halfway tototaling their win tally from a yearago. UNC has been steadily improv-ing each season, and they want tocontinue that success.
Junior midfielder Kimmie
Feidler said she thinks the good starthas the team feeling confident.
“We have two wins behind us,”Feidler said. “Just go in strong, keepeverything up, keep our heads up,and keep doing what we’re doing.”
Junior Janelle Kramer and soph-omore Danielle Birdsall were hon-ored as Big Sky Conference defen-sive and offensive players of theweek, respectively, for their per-formances against Wyoming and AirForce last week.
UNC looks to continue its strongstart to 2010 on Friday at homeagainst Idaho. The Bears have start-ed 2-0 11 times in program history,and Barerra is looking for his 102ndwin as a Bear.
As far as the rest of the seasongoes, Birdsall said she has one veryclear goal in mind:
“We want to win,” she said.The Bears will try to make that
happen at 7 p.m. Friday night atJackson Soccer Stadium.
PARKER COTTONs p o r t s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
There are still a few questionsthe UNC football team has notyet answered, but at least onething will be certain when thenew season starts in just over aweek: The team will return allfour starters on the defensive linefrom last season.
The linemen — juniorDominique Ceja, senior EthanDavis, junior Nick Hernon and jun-ior VJ Holmes — are the first line ofdefense for the University ofNorthern Colorado, and defensivecoordinator Cody Deti said theteam is fortunate to have them allback.
“It’s a big deal,” Deti said.“There’s only one senior in thegroup, and I think when you have
experience up front, that providesyou to be pretty good on defense.”
Davis has missed a portion ofpractices this offseason because ofherniated discs in his back, but hesaid he’ll be ready to go for the firstgame. Davis also said he is veryproud of how much the defensiveline has advanced its level of play inthe offseason.
“I feel like we’ve improved a lotbecause we’re not only learningfrom coach (defensive line coachSean) Dunaway, we’re also teachingeach other stuff,” Davis said.
Hernon said the progressiondidn’t come without hard work,though.
“Since I’ve been here, this is thebest camp we’ve had,” Hernon said.“I feel like every day, we came outwith energy, we came out to workhard, just improve in every single
way we could. And from the d-endsto the d-tackles, we were all justdoing our jobs and really gettingafter it.”
Hernon, who worked his wayinto the starting lineup last season,was voted to the Big Sky’s PreseasonAll-Conference Team this year, andalthough he said he feels honored tobe named to the team, he knowsthat there is still a lot to prove.
“It was cool, and I felt goodabout it, but it was just a preseason,and I know I’ve gotta live up to that,”Hernon said. “But at the same time,all that stuff, it doesn’t really matter;I just want to win games.”
Davis said he has high expecta-tions in his senior year, not only forhimself, but for the entire defense,as well.
“I want to be the best in theleague for sure and the best in the
country,” Davis said. “And I wantour defensive line to be the best,also. I want our defense as a wholeto be the best defense in the
league.”The Bears start their season at
1:35 p.m on Sept. 4 against AdamsState at Nottingham Field.
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The UNC offensive and defensive lines get set to face offagainst one another in practice earlier this week. The defensiveline returns all four starters from last season.
Defensive line returns intact
Bears look to continue win streak
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