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An atmosphere of revelrysurrounded the downtown areaFriday during Party on thePlazas, an event used to buildconnections between Greeleybusinesses and UNC students.
Sassy Bagz, The Jager,Tropical Sno and other business-es set up booths and signage toadvertise their wares around theintersection of Eighth Avenueand Eighth Street.
The Heyday and BoxcarChildren, two local bands,played sets at the event.
“This is the first year this has
happened,” said HeatherJames, the promotional teamchairwoman for DowntownDevelopment Authority and avolunteer for Party on thePlazas.
James said the event wassponsored by College TownHeroes, an organization of stu-dent representatives that workswith the DDA. Representativesfrom The College Town Heroessaid their goal is to turn a townwith a college in it into a collegetown.
The DDA also works closelywith The Crew Presents, a pro-motions group that hosts theannual Block Party at the begin-
ning of the school year. A spon-sorship packet for the event wassent out to businesses and headsof student organizations in July.
“We want people to stay inGreeley on the weekends,” saidSarah Flanagan, a senior com-munication major. “One wordof advice to people at UNC is toget involved and start going tothings.”
Some students from theUniversity of Northern Coloradowho attended the event saidthey enjoyed the festivities.
“The music is fantastic, andit’s great to be able to meetbands like The Heyday and get achance to talk with them,” said
Katrina Lucas, a freshman psy-chology major. “The food tanta-lizes the taste buds (…) and myfriends and I found a cute bagshop that we never knew existedbefore coming to this event.”
Students said the event wassuccessful in involving students
with the surrounding businesses.“Having local businesses
involved helped give the event acommunity atmosphere,” saidAustin Seeley, an undeclaredfreshman. “This event embodiesthe college town spirit thatGreeley needs more of.”
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Justin Roberts, the guitarist and singer for The Mouse and The Marrow,performs Friday in downtown Greeley for Party on the Plazas. The per-formance was one of many from local bands featured at the event.
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As the American dollar marinatesin the global economy’s toilet, we’vewitnessed countless national- andstate-funded institutions experiencevarying drops in financial support —most notably, the backing of highereducation.
For the past few years, collegesand universities across the countryhave relentlessly struggled to main-tain their state dollars in an attempt tocontinue their standard production.But just like war and the Twilight saga,recessions eventually reach everydoorstep — forcing people to findways to deal with life’s harsh realitieswith the least amount of pain. Formany higher education institutions,
this meant cutting resources, elimi-nating jobs, delaying constructionprojects and, perhaps most contro-versial, increasing tuition.
Though such decisions were diffi-cult, administrators implemented thechanges in the hope of keeping theirinstitutions above water until the skiescleared. Until that happens, however,many schools have increased theirrecruitment and retention endeavorsin an effort to keep one of their biggestsources of revenue: tuition.
Once a university experiences adecline in enrollment, especially dur-ing harsh financial times, it becomesclear that even more changes have tobe made. Exploring alternative
recruitment tactics, boosting theschool’s marketing methods and pro-viding innovative programs are justsome of the many strategies schoolslike UNC have utilized to ensure theircommitment to higher educationcontinues. And this semester, it seemsas if those efforts have paid off.
Earlier this month, the Universityof Northern Colorado released its fall2010 enrollment figures, which indi-cated a 2-percent overall increase.This news is much-welcomed notonly because we’re in one of the coun-try’s worst economic climates, butalso because UNC has experiencedstrong drops in enrollment within thelast few years.
This semester, overall enrollmentat UNC is 12,358 students.Undergraduate enrollment increasedby 1 percent to 10,097, and graduateenrollment is up by 4 percent to 2,261.Furthermore, these numbers alsoindicate that of the 2,247 freshmen oncampus, 28 percent self-identify withan ethnic minority group and 38 per-cent are first-generation.
This is terrific news for the campuscommunity, which (through passionand hard work) has defied odds andreversed a trend that seems to plagueother universities. We’re thankful forUNC’s commitment to higher educa-tion, and we’re confident it will con-tinue into the future.
UNC sees enrollment increase despite bad economy
There are two thingsthat really ruin a lovelybike ride around cam-
pus: ignorant pedestrians andsprinklers. Allow me to explain.
According to Webster, a bike-way is a path, lane or route setaside for bicyclists. Naturally, it fol-lows that a sidewalk is defined as apath for pedestrians.
Several years ago, our universitydeemed it necessary to construct abikeway on campus for the ever-growing population of bike riders,skateboarders and longboarders.
Somewhere along the way, thestudent population must have got-
ten confused about the strip ofconcrete winding through campus.This confusion has evidenced itselfin certain spots along the bikewaybecoming clogged with pedestri-ans. Apparently, the newer genera-tions of students haven’t grownany smarter as the application ofthe definition of a bikeway contin-ues to remain a mystery.
In addition, the recent phenom-ena of texting has rendered manyincapable of multitasking — muchless being aware of where their stepsmight take them. This has beenknown to result in injury for bothpedestrians and those on wheels
As a biker, it is infuriating toconstantly apologize for being inthe way or for nearly grazingsomeone on my downhill pursuit.Since when did it become myfault, when I am the one adheringto the rules and commuting on
my designated path? But in addition to having to deal
with dodging the slower species ofwalkers, there is also the challengeof staying dry. It has come to myattention that the campus-widesprinkler system is vastly lackingany sense of direction or order.
At any given time of day, thesprinkler gods may deem it moreimportant for the concrete to bewatered than the nearby grass.With so much astray wateringgoing on, it really is a wonder thecampus grounds continue to be solushly green. It is equally wondrousthat these difficult economic timesallow for such questionable water-ing practices.
This askew, unpredictablewatering pattern has forced me toerratically pave paths throughparts of campus where I’m prettycertain paths were never meant to
be paved. This leads me to the reason of
my excitement for the fall season tofinally be upon us. As the tempera-ture drops, so will the number ofhopeless pedestrians as theyscramble to their cars for warmthand transportation.
And that lovely green grass willfinally start to brown and shrivel,resulting in less use of the ineffec-tive sprinkling system. Unless thesprinkler gods see it fit to continuewatering the concrete.
Therefore, fall equates a muchsmoother ride for me and all myfellow bikers. Until then, good luck,and maybe one day our hopes for asmarter generation of collegepedestrians and water-sprinklerswill come true.
— Jessica Gates is a seniorjournalism major and a reporterfor The Mirror.
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Although a degree may quali-fy someone for a job, profession-al networking and real-life expe-
rience is just as important whenit comes to building a solidresume and preparing a career.
The Criminal Justice Societyis an on-campus organizationthat strives to help students
enhance their professional net-work and provide them with avariety of criminal justice sce-narios to learn from.
Alan Price, the programdirector for the SouthernInstitute of Forensic Scienceand a professor of criminal jus-tice at UNC, is the faculty advis-er for the society.
“As an on-campus organiza-tion, we have three goals,” Pricesaid. “Our first goal is to pro-vide students with an aware-ness of career opportunities.Second, we are strong support-ers of different projects in thecommunity. Our third goal is toprovide students (with) anopportunity to have a networkbase and promote networkingagencies.”
The Criminal Justice Societyhosts special guest speakers,different presentations oncriminal justice sciences, andtakes trips to crime labs andpenitentiaries.
Several members of the CJS
will work with Habitat forHumanity in the near future.The society has also workedwith The Children’s Place andThe United Way.
The society also providesinformation on scholarships.
Active members of the club canapply for the annual WaltFrances Scholarship and twoscholarships offered by the LisaMarie Kimmell MemorialScholarship fund.
Scholarships are only availableto criminal justice majors who areactive members of the society.
However, Price said the soci-ety is open to everyone, not justcriminal justice majors.
“We have a very diverse stu-dent enrollment, from psychol-ogy to sociology to criminal jus-tice,” Price said. “We have awhole host of different majors.”
Eric Van Holbeck andMatthew Butcher, both sopho-more criminal justice majors,recently joined the CJS.
“I joined because they haveactivities and can provide helpwith classes, as well as providingsome scholarships,” Butchersaid. “I’m looking forward togoing paintballing, too.”
Van Holbeck said he joinedbecause he wants to further hiscriminal justice education.
“I look forward to presenta-tions from many of the depart-ments of the justice system,”Van Holbeck said.
The Criminal Justice Societymeets at 6:30 p.m. every otherTuesday in Candelaria Hall. Thenext meeting will be tomorrow.
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Because of increased statepressure to raise test scores, ele-mentary schools across the nationhave eliminated recess andincreased class time. This pushgave Michael Opitz, a UNC profes-sor of reading and author, theimpetus to create an innovativeteaching tool in his most recentlypublished book, “Literacy Lessonsto Help Kids Get Fit & Healthy.”
According to its description, thebook combines literacy lessonswith fitness exercises in a formatevery elementary school teachercan use in the classroom.
Opitz said he researched exten-sively for his book, which was pub-lished last month, and found astudy that indicated children whoare given recess breaks outperformothers on reading tests.
In his book, Opitz introducesthe new concept of “FitLit,” whichis described as “a new way to con-nect fitness and literacy.”
Opitz said the focus of his bookwas classroom physical activities.He said he wanted to study what
activities teachers could implementin the classroom that would impacta child’s academic achievement.
“I’m try-ing to domore thanjust have thekids bouncearound theclassroom,”Optiz said.“What I’mtrying to doin the book isto show kidsthat theyneed to takecontrol of
their health.” Opitz said the book teaches
optimal wellness methods, aswell as thinking and reading criti-cally as cornerstones of educa-tion. He said the same thoughtprocesses involved in both activi-ties and critical literacy is at thecenter of cognition.
But more than just giving edu-
cators a tool to incorporate fitnessin their classrooms and reveal theconnections between reading andfitness, Opitz said his book hasanother key element that is animportant lesson for everyone.
“Another real mission I havewith this book is to try to get rid ofthat false dichotomy that you’reeither a jock or a brain,” Opitz said.“A lot of times, kids who are per-ceived as an athlete, they might loveacademics, but they’re afraid toshow it to anybody for fear of beingridiculed. We need to get rid of thisnotion that because you’re an ath-lete, you don’t think. Cognition is atthe center of everything we do.”
Optiz said the advice he wouldgive to education majors to incor-porate more fitness into theirclassrooms is to, first, be awareand then act on what they know.He said his book helps teachersbecome cognizant of what theycan do in the classroom.
“Be mindful of some of thesestrategies that are in this book and
(…) think about fitness in the broad-er sense — it’s not just physical; it’snutritional, and it’s also the socialand the emotional,” Opitz said.
Opitz said one of his favoriteparts of writing this book was hav-ing the time and opportunity tocross a lot of different fields ofstudy. He said he was able tobroaden his research subjectsbeyond staying in the readingresearch related literature.
As a writer, Opitz’s passion is
evident from the 15 books hehas written, with three more inthe works.
“I feel like the only time wewrite is if we have something to sayand if we enjoy the process, and Iguess I like both of those,” Opitzsaid. “I’ve always been so fortu-nate to be able to write about top-ics that really matter to me.”
To purchase Opitz’s most recentbook on “FitLit,” visit the Barnes &Noble in the University Center.
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Quarterback leads Bears to first Big Sky winFootball team gets second home victory of season, 35-21, over Idaho State on SaturdayJORDAN FREEMYER
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Nottingham Field may againbe an unpleasant place for oppo-nents to visit, as it was when itopened 15 years ago.
The University of NorthernColorado (2-1, 1-1) got its thirdwin in its last four home gamesdating back to last season with a35-21 win over Idaho State onSaturday.
The UNC offense, which nowaverages 45.3 points per game,was led by junior quarterbackDylan Orms. Orms was 18-of-24through the air for 188 yardsand two touchdowns. He alsogained 58 gross rushing yardsand two touchdowns, but lost53 yards on sacks.
“This is definitely somethingI’ve been waiting to do,” Ormssaid. “To come out and put the
team on my back and lead usdown the field and lead us to a vic-tory.”
The game got off to an inauspi-cious start for the Bears, as IdahoState (1-2, 0-1) junior TavoyMoore took the opening kickoffback 91 yards for a touchdown,giving the Bengals an early lead.
“Tavoy Moore might be thebest kickoff, punt returner thatwe’ll ever see,” UNC head coachScott Downing said. “He’s justtremendously gifted.”
The Bears responded with a13-play, 64-yard drive that tookalmost seven minutes off theclock and was completed by a 1-yard touchdown run by seniorrunning back Andre Harris onfourth-and-goal.
“I just went over to the huddleand said, ‘We have to respond,’”Orms said.
Harris, who was leading the
Big Sky Conference in rushingcoming in to Saturday’s game, hadjust 5 yards on five carries beforespraining his ankle in the first half.That left the workload on theground to senior running backJhamele Robinson, who carriedthe ball 27 times for 89 yards.
“You’ve always got to be readyto handle adversity like that,”Robinson said. “I was ready tostep it up.”
With ISU holding a 14-7 lead,UNC senior linebacker Matt Kingpicked off a pass from ISU quar-terback Kyle Morris, setting up theBears in ISU territory.
“We all kind of had a badtaste in our mouth after lastweek,” King said. “The best wayto purge that was to come outhere and get a big win.”
The Bears’ offense was able totake advantage of the good fieldposition, tying the game on Orms’4-yard touchdown run.
The teams went into halftimetied at 14.
Orms engineered anothertouchdown drive to open the sec-ond half, thanks in part to an off-side penalty against ISU on amissed field goal.
The drive was capped by aspectacular play by Orms, who,scrambling out of the pocket,threw on the run to junior widereceiver Patrick Walker in theend zone for a 9-yard touch-down, giving the Bears their firstlead at 21-14.
“He brings an added dimen-sion with his elusiveness when hegets out on the edge; and certain-ly, that’s a plus to our offense,”Downing said.
The Bengals threatened late inthe third quarter, but UNC senior
safety Max Hewitt recovered thefumble of ISU running back CoreyWhite at the Bears’ 13-yard line.
“We made key plays when wehad to have them,” Downing saidabout the defense.
The UNC offense again tookadvantage of the turnover, asOrms threw his second touch-down pass of game, a 26-yard tossdown the sideline to sophomorewide receiver Jace Davis. Davishad eight catches for 98 yards inthe game.
UNC was forced to punt on itsnext drive and Moore came intoplay again, taking the punt 81yards for a touchdown, cutting thelead to 28-21.
ISU was threatening on its nextpossession, driving to the UNC 38-yard line, but UNC senior line-backer John Eddy sacked Bengalsquarterback Russel Hill on third-
and-8, forcing a punt.“John’s always a pretty reli-
able guy to have on the edge,”King said.
Eddy was also a big factor instopping ISU’s last gasp play, afourth-and-8 from its own 3-yardline. He leaped over an ISU run-ning back, putting pressure on Hilland forcing an incompletion thatgave the ball back to UNC. TheBears then sealed the game withOrms’ 1-yard touchdown run.
UNC will now step out of BigSky play to take on Football BowlSubdivision foe Michigan Stateat 10 a.m. Saturday in EastLansing, Mich.
“You always have somethings to work on, but I’mpleased we got a win,” Downingsaid. “I’m pleased it got us ourfirst Big Sky win of the year, andnow we move on.”
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UNC junior quarterback Dylan Orms drops back to pass late inthe game against Idaho State. Orms accounted for four touch-downs against the Bengals, two passing and two on the ground.
DAN OBLUDA | THE MIRRORUNC senior running back Jhamele Robinson runs past IdahoState defenders in the Bears’ 35-21 win on Saturday. Robinsonhad 89 yards rushing on 27 carries in the game.
STAFF REPORTs p o r t s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
The UNC women’s volleyballteam started Big SkyConference play this past week-end in fine fashion.
Coming off a loss toWyoming that ended a nine-match winning streak, theUniversity of NorthernColorado (11-3, 2-0) traveled toOgden, Utah on Friday and got abrilliant team effort in a 3-1 winover Weber State (2-11, 0-2).
Junior outside hitterBreanna Williams had 10 killson the night to go with animpressive .471 hitting percent-age.
Sophomore outside hitterKelley Arnold and senior out-side hitter Ashley Lichtenbergadded 14 and 13 kills, respec-tively. Junior setter NatalieLaband continued to impress inher time filling in for sopho-more setter Marissa Hughes, asshe recorded a career-high 42assists. Junior defenderAmanda Arterburn alsochipped in 15 digs in the match.
With the win, UNC improvedits overall record against theWildcats to 13-4, and also
improved to 4-1 in Big SkyConference openers.
On Saturday, Idaho State (8-4, 1-1) tookthe Bears tothe limit,but UNCs q u e a k e dout a well-deserved 3-2 victory.
U N Clost the firsttwo gamesof thematch, butr a l l i e d
back, thanks in large part to theperformance that Lichtenbergput up. Not only did she have 28kills, but included a .533 hittingpercentage. The 28 kills are justtwo shy of Arnold’s team-highfor kills in a match this yearwith 30, which Arnold accom-plished in a win over Cal State-Northridge on Aug. 28.
Arnold recorded 20 killsagainst the Bengals to go withsenior outside hitter JulieStephenson’s second double-double of the year of 11 killsand 14 digs. Laband had anoth-er strong outing as she setanother career high in assists
for the second straight nightwith 52, and she also notched17 digs, another career best.
The Bears are now 11-1 all-time against Idaho State and
will look to continue thismomentum as they take onSacramento State at 7 p.m.Thursday at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion.
The Hornets are the only BigSky team that has not played aconference match this season.They come into the matchupwith UNC at 7-8 overall.
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Volleyball gets two conference winsBears defeat Weber State, Idaho State on road to kick off Big Sky play
Ashley Lichtenbergled UNC to a five-set win over IdahoState with a team-high 28 kills.
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The UNC football teamimproved its record to 2-1Saturday after a victory over theIdaho State Bengals.
From the student section onthe east side of Nottingham field,it is obvious the football team isnot the only thing improving thisfall.
“I’ve been going to footballgames for three years now, and
there are way more people atgames than there used to be,” jun-ior sport and exercise sciencemajor Aaron Ontiveros said.“People used to leave at halftimeof games, if they even showed upat all. It’s different now.”
In the 2008 season, theUniversity of Northern Coloradowon only one game. A year ago,the Bears only managed three vic-tories.
After winning two of its firstthree games this season, there’s
more buzz around campus aboutfootball at UNC than in past years.
“Before I got to UNC, peopletold me that the football team wasawful and the games were no fun,”freshman business major ThomasCurrington said. “I’ve been toboth home games this year, andthey’re a lot of fun. The team isdoing really well, too.”
Some students said the foot-ball games used to be an excuseto go out and drink with friends,but now students are going for
the activity on the field ratherthan off it.
“This season, the student sec-tion is always full. The fans allcome to watch the entire gameand even the band and cheerlead-ers are more into it,” Ontiverossaid. “Football at UNC is changinginto something that people actu-
ally stay here on the weekends togo watch.”
The Bears’ fans aren’t the onlyones taking notice in the increaseof fans at games.
“That’s definitely somethingwe want to do is bring this com-munity together and show thefans that we have something to beproud of,” junior quarterbackDylan Orms said.
With the football team contin-uing to produce results on thefield, students said they will con-tinue to support the team from offthe field, as well.
“If the team keeps playing well,I’ll be at every game,” Curringtonsaid. “Even if we don’t win everygame, the team is exciting towatch week after week.”
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SEPTEMBER 29
8:30pm Bingo
UC- Ballrooms
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30
8pm Hockey Game
UNC vs. Utah State
Greeley Ice Haus
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
8:30pm Pep Rally Bonfire
and Fireworks
Bishop Lehr Field
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
10am Homecoming Parade
10th Ave (between 20th and 16th St.)
11am Homecoming Central
Butler-Hancock Grass
1:35pm Football Game
UNC vs. Montana
Nottingham Field
7pm Volleyball Game
UNC vs. Northern Arizona
Butler-Hancock
9pm Homecoming Formal
UC- Ballrooms
For a complete list of events contact 351-2871 or visit www.unco.edu/homecoming.
Don’t forget to purchase your UNC 2010 Homecoming t-shirt at the Student Activities office located in the UC.
The University of Northern Colorado is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution that does not discriminate onthe basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, sexual preference or veteran status. For moreinformation or issues of equity or fairness or claims of discrimination contact the UNC AA/ EEO/ Title IX Officer at UNCHuman Resource Services, Carter Hall 2002, Greeley, CO 80639 or call 970-351-2718.
Football games see rise in student attendance
DAN OBLUDA | THE MIRROR
Members of the UNC football team celebrate their 35-21 confer-ence victory over Idaho State by singing the school fight songwith members of the student section at Nottingham Field.
“I’ve been to both homegames this year, and
they’re a lot of fun. Theteam is doing really
well too.—— FFrreesshhmmaann bbuussiinneessssmmaajjoorr TThhoommaass CCuurrrriinnggttoonn
