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NEWS BRIEFS
For the week of 1/18/2016
Multiple home burglaries are being investigated by the Weld County Sheriff ’s Offi ce that began around the fi rst of the year, north of Kersey. Th e burglaries took place during daylight hours, most of the houses were unlocked and fi rearms and jewelry appeared to be the target in most of burglaries. Residents are urged to lock all doors and windows when they are away and keep all valuables in a safe, secure location and fi rearms in a gun safe. Residents are asked to report any suspicious vehicles or persons to the non-emergent reporting line at 970-356-4015, Option 1. $4.2 million was pledged by Th e Monfort Family Foundation to UNC’s Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business, its students and faculty. Th e donation will be spread over six years and is earmarked for student scholarships, faculty enrichment and competitive opportunities for students.Electronic W-2 forms are available on Ursa under banner self-service. Th e forms can be accessed by clicking the employee folder and then tax forms. Individuals will have to choose electron W-2 consent before being able to view their W-2 wage and tax statement.Th e student-run Bears Mo’Jo Coff ee Co. will be celebrating its grand opening on Tuesday. Special grand opening-priced drinks will be available 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m. and cake will be available around 11 a.m. until it’s gone. Coupons for future visits and a raffl e for a variety of prizes will also be available. UNC’s offi ces will be closed on Monday in celebration of Martin Luther King Day. Other buildings on campus have modifi ed hours for the holiday as well. A link with the listings of buildings with modifi ed hours is available at uncmirror.com. Th e day will be celebrated with a traditional three-block march in downtown Greeley and a ceremony featuring musical and poetry performances.Hoverboards and drones are the focus of new campus restrictions. Use of drones and other model aircraft are banned at UNC because of the campus’ proximity to the Greeley-Weld County Airport. Th e batteries and chargers used pose a fi re hazard, so hoverboards are banned from the residence halls.
By Zach [email protected]
As hops are ground and kegs are tapped, a lively atmosphere arises in the evening in two of Greeley’s local breweries.
Wiley Roots and WeldWerks brewing companies are two breweries in Greeley that stand out because of their familiar environments and locally-brewed beers. Both brought home medals from the Great American Beer Festival this past summer. Wiley Roots won its second medal in three years.
Continued: Breweries, page 2.
Manny Perez | Th e MirrorWeldWerks account manager Jon Burns said his favorite beer is the Cherry Goza because it’s a great introduction to goza beer, and with only four percent alcohol content, it’s a beverage that makes it easier to keep that New Year’s resolution of drinking less.
Greeley breweries stick to their rootsLocal breweries stand out by remaining engaged in the community
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MONDAY 1/18Martin Luther King Day Holiday (University Closed)
TUESDAY 1/19Transcripts Available with Fall Degrees
7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.Bears Mo'Jo Grand OpeningUniversity Center
10-11 a.m.Eating Disorder Awareness Week Student Meeting Scott Willcoxon Hall- Women's Resource Center
WEDNESDAY 1/206-7 p.m.UNC Law Club First Meeting University Center- Aspen C
FRIDAY 1/22Deadline for Graduate Students to File an Application for Graduation
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Breweries from page 1.
Both brew pubs are located in downtown Greeley, but their pop-ularity goes beyond their tasty ales and welcoming moods. Their involvements in the community stand out and have been a key part in their successes. WeldWerks, located on 508 Eighth Ave., opened last winter. Neil Fisher and Colin Jones decided to take a leap into the world of entrepreneurship, but little did they know they would have such success. Within one year of its start, Weld-Werks has a nationally recognized award-winning beer and is a popu-lar evening spot for Greeley resi-dents. Sure, the beer might be good, but WeldWerks thrives because of the community around it, and in turn the community thrives because of WeldWerks. Robert Anderson, a lecturer at UNC’s Monfort College of Business, is also a coach for small businesses. He explained why it’s important for a small business to be involved in the community. “A relationship with the community is key to marketing,” Anderson said. “Small businesses create a backbone through their marketing and social me-dia supports and helps them.” WeldWerks’s Facebook page has over 4,000 likes and its Twitter page has over 400 followers, and those numbers are rising. But another aspect of community involvement adds to WeldWerks’s success. WeldWerks collaborates with Zoe’s Café in downtown Gree-ley, and uses Zoe’s coffee to make one of its beers—the Hazelnut Cof-fee Brown Ale. Anderson said it’s very common for small businesses to work together. This is often a key to success. “Small business owners tend to know each other,” Anderson said. “They can use each other’s supply chain, but more importantly, they cre-ate cross-promotions which create in-centives for the people to use or buy both businesses’ products.” Similarly, Wiley Roots, at 625 Third St., has had success because of its com-munity involvement. They use many locally grown ingredients like hops and wheat in their beers, take sugges-tions from customers and also work with other breweries around Greeley to
create a collaboration beer that many brew-pubs sell. Wiley Roots opened in July 2013 and has had a lot of success, even though their location is a bit off the beaten path. “We encourage people to be a part of what we’re doing,” co-owner Mi-randa Carbaugh said. “We want them to suggest things and we want Wiley Roots to be shaped by the community with our guidance. We also do a lot of charity work which the community re-ally appreciates.” Last year, Wiley Roots donated over $10,000 to Greeley charities. Wi-ley Roots donates all of its tips from the bar to local charities, and they have a committee of Greeley residents to help decide where the donations should go. “It has a big impact, and that’s what
we want,” Carbaugh said. “Greeley has helped us out a lot since we start-ed up and we want to give back to say ‘thanks.’” The mutually beneficial relationship between Wiley Roots and the commu-nity doesn’t stop at charity, though. “We have live music at least once a month and vinyl nights on Fri-days,” Carbaugh said. “We also don’t have TVs. People like that we don’t. They want an environment where they can come and talk, have beers and have a good time. They want to be together, and if we can provide a place for them to connect, then that’s awesome.” Both breweries offer a type of sanctu-ary or reprieve from a long day’s work. Eric Fisher, a Greeley resident, explained how important it is for him to have a place like WeldWerks
to go. “I didn’t used to come a lot, it was all the way across town for me,” Fish-er said. “But everyone is always very open and friendly. It’s a great environ-ment here, and the events help people come together.” According to the respective own-ers, Fisher and Carbaugh, both WeldWerks and Wiley Roots plan on continuing their involvements in the community and hope to grow their businesses to be able to have more beers—but not too big to have to move locations. “If they can have success here in Greeley, they will be able to build on it and stay here for as long as they’d like, assuming their involvement continues and they keep listening to the commu-nity,” Anderson said.
Brews, community work togetherLocal breweries stand out by remaining engaged in their community
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In a world where college students are struggling to get the right amount of food, and the words “free” or “class canceled” can make someone’s day go from bad to better, why is the word “unlimited” suddenly in question? Many types of meal plans are offered to students at UNC. Not too long ago, Dining Services add-ed the “unlimited” swipes meal plan, which has gained popularity. The unlimited swipe options are available under the “Any Meal/Any Time” freshman meal plan option at $2,990 a semester, ranking as the most expensive meal plan offered at UNC. It includes ten bonus meals and 100 dining dollars. “This plan has been available for three years now, this being its most popular year,” said Hal Brown, the director of Dining Services at UNC. “With the in-crease in popularity, though, we’ve experienced the highest amount of issues, too, all of which have ac-cumulated to where we had to make the change.” The change Brown is referring to is that students are no longer able to use as many swipes as they want, even if they have the unlimited swipes plan. This sounds contradictory at first, and not many students are happy with the change. “A lot of students have gotten mad at me or mem-bers of my staff, and it’s not our fault,” said Josselyn Al-manza, a student supervisor at Bears Bistro. “I’ve had a few kids flip out at me even. Some started swearing at me.” Although Dining Services sent an email to em-ployees who deal with the meal plans, informing them that they were to stop letting students swipe more than three meals per transaction, students did not receive notification. Bears Bistro is an on-campus food service that of-fers pizza, pasta and other sides for students. It allows students to get food quickly and take it with them, making the bistro a popular area during lunch and dinner hours. “I’ve never had a problem getting bistro for me and
couple of friends, so I was pretty surprised when they changed the rules,” said Kayla Gobin, a sophomore biology major. “I’m more upset that we, as students, weren’t told why.” The meal plans can’t change whenever Dining Ser-vices feels like it, though. The changes, if any, follow the add/drop deadline for classes. The change was enacted before last semester’s add/drop deadline, but it was during the school year, which may be why it caught some students off guard. “One of the major issues we’ve had with this plan is that students are sharing their ID cards with sib-lings or friends—sharing a meal plan, essentially,” Brown said. “We study the average swipes a person uses per meal and the quantity of food consumed each year, but when students share meal plans it messes up our numbers.” Sharing meal plans disrupts UNC’s ability to track, on average, how much food each student consumes. This is important because it helps Dining Services be as efficient as possible when proportioning food, which, in time, saves students money. According to Brown, the unlimited meal plan was meant for students who are ath-letes or diabetic because they may have di-ets that require them to eat more food per meal or more frequently in the day. Some students think they already paid for the meal plan, so why does it matter who uses it? The answer to that assumption is that the school loses money when people share a meal plan. The price of meal plans is based off the price for one person to buy food. Some of the money obtained from meal plans is used to support the retail dining at UNC, including Subway, Einstein’s Bros Bagels and the recently vacated Taco Bell. Dining Services does not determine the price of meal plans solely on their own. They also consult the Consumer Price Index, which allows them to take into ac-count certain food shortages or situations that would raise the price of affected prod-ucts. “This is the first year we haven’t raised
the price on any meal plan from last year,” Brown said. “That’s a good sign. If we want to be able to do that again next year, we have to limit the amount of swipes students can use.” With her experience of working at Bears Bistro and the food court, Almanza said swipes have always been the biggest issue. “I’ve never received more complaints about any-thing,” Almanza said. “Not the food or service out-weigh how many complaints I’ve received about this meal plan change. I personally think that students should be able to get what they want.” For some students, they understand that change is inevitable and embrace it. “This plan has been exactly what I needed all se-mester,” said Ivy Conley, a freshman biology major. “Even with the limit of three swipes per meal, I have been able to get enough food for me and my boyfriend sometimes. I’m just a sporadic person, so this meal plan is great for me and my unusual eating schedule.”
Shai Landreneaux | The Mirror Cerra McMaster (right), a sophomore marketing major, Bryanna Michel (middle), a sophomore business management major, and Chase Owen (left), a senior English major, pose during their work shift at Bears Bistro. The unlimited swipes meal plan is available under UNC’s “Any Meal/Any Time” option.
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Fifty years ago last October–in 1965–the University Center of-ficially opened to UNC. In the half-century since, almost every area of the University Center has been renovated or redone in some way. For instance, it’s no secret the Computer Commons was once a university-run pub. The upstairs ballrooms, however, remained the exception. Or at least they did until this year. “The ballrooms are original to the building,” University Center Director Jay Dinges said. “So far as I know, they didn’t see any heavy renovation during the late 1980s when the rest of the UC was redone.” Dinges said the renovation of the ballrooms has been a goal for the past 10 years or so, but, due in part to the economic downturn of the late 2000s, the funds have only recently been available. “The total cost was about $2.5 million,” he said. The money will be used for a complete renovation of the ballrooms. “The ballrooms are getting a general facelift,” said Kirk Leichli-ter, the assistant vice president of UNC’s facilities management department. “We’re doing new paint, replacing the floor, the light-ing, the exterior wall system, new audio-visual systems and new air-handling units.” Despite the need for an update, the University Center’s ball-rooms are a piece of UNC history and thus efforts are being made to preserve their original flavor and design. “The general shape will be the same,” Dinges said. “The pres-ident requested an architectural review done so that we don’t lose certain designs, like the ‘folded plate’ design you see in the ceilings,” he said, referring to the triangular pattern of the ball-rooms’ ceilings. Little details like this are what make the ballrooms unique, and those details are what Dinges and his staff want to maintain. Currently, the ballrooms are a work in progress–the scream of power tools and the whine of heavy machinery dominate the cav-ernous space, and the January chill is apparent in an area that is without heat. Dinges said the ballrooms were “completely gutted” and that is apparent at first glance–there are no chandeliers, no hardwood floors, no curtains and no stage. But that won’t be the case in a few short months. “We started the project in late October, and we’re supposed to be done in April,” Leichliter said. In the meantime, Dinges said, he is excited to see the project come together. “Our main goal is doing things to the space that allow us to ad-dress the ever-evolving needs of the UNC population,” he said. Considering the fact that the ballrooms bring in a large amount of money to the University Center (“We do very well,” Dinges said), it certainly seems that goal is being met. The first event to be held in the newly renovated ballrooms will be the UNC Honored Alumni Awards induction ceremony in early April.
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EVENTS THIS WEEK
UNCArts
Arts Editor:
La'Asianeé Brown
MONDAY 1/1810 a.m.-1 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Commem-oration March and CeremonyGreeley Chamber of Commerce Building, 902 Seventh Ave. 8-10 p.m. Winter Welcome: UPC Comedy Club presents Hypnotist Chris JonesUniversity Center- Panorama Room
TUESDAY 1/195-7 p.m. UNC’s Got Talent: AuditionsMichener Library- Lindou Auditorium 6-11 p.m.Basketball Rock Band AuditionsFoundation Hall
WEDNESDAY 1/20 5-7 p.m. UNC’s Got Talent: AuditionsMichener Library- Lindou Auditorium
THURSDAY 1/216:15-7:30 p.m.Graduate Student Recital: Karin Buer, pianoKepner Hall- Milne Auditorium, Room 2050
SATURDAY 1/236-9 p.m.2016 UNC Showcase of the ArtsMain Stage Theatre at the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, CO
Middle Eastern dance and the melting pot
A BOOK REVIEW
By Trevor [email protected]
“American Dancer: A Belly Dancing Story” tells the true story of a University of North-ern Colorado alumnus who took a break from pursuing a degree in journalism to pursue Middle-Eastern dance or, as most know it, “belly dancing.” Author Bev Pogreba pub-lished “American Dancer" in August 2015, capturing glimpses of her experiences as a dancer in the early 1980s. Born and raised in the Unit-ed States, Pogreba’s pursuit of Middle-Eastern dance comes off at first as little more than careless appropriation. Blatantly xenophobic re-marks about people from vari-ous Middle-Eastern countries also make occasional appear-ances in the book. By picking and choosing the parts of Middle-Eastern cul-ture she wanted to explore, she sometimes lacked context for performing the art. Her career first begins in Colorado, where she is asked to audition at a couple of res-taurants. After noticing a lack of Arabic musicians in Colo-rado, Pogreba heads west to Southern California. Though aware of the seri-ous nature of the 1982 Leba-non War, Pogreba expresses her complete lack of interest in Lebanese “repetitive and going nowhere” discussions of the war. After her request for the song “Salametha Om Hassan” is turned down, she learns that the song is intensely po-litical. With her new under-
standing of musicians’ refusal to play the song, Pogreba highlights the importance of learning the historical and political context when per-forming in the arts. Other questions of cultural exchange pop up in the book as Pogreba is challenged by various figures about wheth-er or not an American can truly learn Middle-Eastern dance. With a playful humor, she attacks the idea that peo-ple’s place of birth or ancestry limits what kind of art they can pursue. In defending her passion, Pogreba sometimes goes on the offense. She argues, Western dancers appreciate and document Mid-dle-Eastern dance better than Middle-Eastern dancers, “who often seemed more interested in landing a rich husband.” Yet, later in the book, Po-greba acknowledges that many Middle-Eastern women she met were much more indepen-dent than she first thought. Ultimately, Pogreba is clear in her purpose – to raise aware-ness of Middle-Eastern dance as a true art form. Though it may have a reputation for sen-suality, Middle-Eastern dance is a complex art that requires years of practice. Showcasing many of her role models with short histo-ries and photographs, Pogreba invites the reader to critically engage with this often over-looked art. A quick and light read, “American Dancer” docu-ments not only Pogreba’s expe-rience as a dancer, but also the enlightening, and sometimes messy, American process of mixing cultures.
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How to win all your
Facebook altercations
By Manny Perez
It is 2016, a perfectly great year to ruin even more online relationships. With the upcoming election approaching, certain posts and links can function just as well as throwing a mustard gas grenade into a rallying crowd. What we know now is WKDW�RQOLQH�FRPPXQLWLHV�DUH�QRW�DERXW�FRQYHUVDWLRQ��EXW�UDWKHU�UHDƯUPDWLRQ�� Similar opinions huddle together, reinforce each other, congratulate each other and laugh together as they mock the opposing view. These hug-boxes are prey to misinformation, and rarely advance towards a real form of action: compromise. But compromise is rarely the goal. Discussions on Facebook are not about bringing people over a bridge, they are about display of knowledge and the sweet sting of correcting someone. If compromise and dialogue were truly our inten-WLRQV��p\RX�DUH�ZURQJq�ZRXOG�QHYHU�EH�RXU�ƬUVW�PRYH��+RZHYHU��ZURQJLQJ�RWKHUV�seems to be our immediate state of action. And it happens often.
But behind every incorrect post there’s not just a snarling red-faced fat-thumbed imbecile, but likely a human being. A hu-man being with a heart two siz-es too small, but a functioning heart that will nonetheless skip D� EHDW�� ƮXVK� UHG� DQG� LQVWDQWO\�become defensive when told it was wrong. Defensiveness is a pure human reaction to criticism DQG�LV�WKH�ƬUVW�ZDOO�WR�FKDQJLQJ�opinion. Avoid this. Avoid the whole debate game altogether and ap-proach every teaching opportu-
nity on the same humble ground as your pupil and make it a learning opportunity. Learn about the person who is posting the content you don’t necessarily agree with. Learn about why they are passionate enough about this issue to share it with the world. Approach the truth shoulder to shoulder, and if you can manage WR�JUDVS�WKHLU�EXOERXV�ƬQJHUV��HYHQ�KDQG�LQ�KDQG��7KLV�LV�WKH�GLƪHUHQFH�EHWZHHQ�debate and dialogue and the only real chance at changing a mind. Real change is not likely. People will never change until they are directly af-fected. But if learning is like drinking water, there’s no need to stress tugging your horse forward. Walk alongside calmly and save your hair and sleep while doubling HƪHFWLYHQHVV� Defensiveness is also a natural alarm at weakness. The always on-target devil’s advocate should be appreciated for his or her ability to exploit weaknesses, even LI�LW�LQFRUSRUDWHV�DQ�HQGOHVV�OLVW�RI�IDOODFLHV��,I�ZH�FDQ�WUHDW�RXU�LQWHUQDO�ƬJKW�WULJ-ger not as an excuse to lash back, but rather as an alert to a chink in our armor, then the opponent has done us a favor. That devil’s advocate has given us a mo-ment to learn how to react, that way we can recall a more profound reply in more important battles in the future.� �����LV�WKH�EHVW�\HDU�\HW�WR�OHDYH�EHKLQG�SHWW\��DQG�ZRUVH��LQHƪHFWLYH�FRPPX-nication. That said, little can replace the grotesque satisfaction of shutting down an insipid troll. But when stress, internal anger and pride can be exchanged for learning, com-passion and your hairline, please pause for a moment before swiftly thumping down that “enter” button, and win your argument before it ever begins.
Compromise should be end goal when in disagreement
- Manny Perez is an art and design major with an emphasis in art and visual communication. He is also the production manager for The Mirror. He can be reached at [email protected].
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HOME GAMES
AWAY GAMES
UNCSports
Sports Editor:
Dylan Sanchez
THURSDAY 1/217 p.m.Women’s Basketball vs. Southern Utah UniversityBank of Colorado Arena
FRIDAY 1/227 p.m.Wrestling vs. Cal PolyBank of Colorado Arena
SATURDAY 1/232 p.m.Women’s Basketball vs. Northern ArizonaBank of Colorado Arena
THURSDAY 1/217 p.m.Men’s Basketball at Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah
All DayTrack and Field at Air Force InviteColorado Springs, Colorado
FRIDAY 1/225 p.m.Women’s Swim and Dive at Western State Colorado University/ Colorado MesaGrand Junction, Colorado
SATURDAY 1/237 p.m.Men’s Basketball at Northern Arizona Uni-versity
THIS WEEK
IN NOCO SPORTS
MEN’S BASKETBALLUNC basketball started 2016 on the
wrong foot, going 0-4 heading into
Saturday night’s matchup against
Montana State. However, the Bears
(5-13, 1-4 Big Sky) managed to pick
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Jeremy Verhagen only had six points in the game,
but came in clutch, netting a pair of free throws with
26 seconds left to give the Bears the lead. Junior
guard Dallas Anglin paced the Bears, scoring 20
points and adding six assists and two steals. Junior
Anthony Johnson� FDPH�Rƪ� WKH�EHQFK�DQG� VFRUHG�16 points. Next up for Northern Colorado is a 7 p.m.
game on Thursday at Southern Utah University in
Cedar City, Utah.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Bears dropped a pair of Big
Sky games, falling to 7-9 and 2-4
in conference play. The Bears
played Montana and Montana State
University, losing 46-58 and 56-66,
UHVSHFWLYHO\�� 7KH� %HDUV� KDG� D� GLƪHUHQW� VFRULQJ�leader in both games as junior forward Kourteney Zadina led against Montana, scoring 12 points.
Against Montana State, it was junior guard Katie Longwell with 12 points. In both games combined,
the Bears were outscored 64-38 in points. The Bears
only made 12 out of 44 three-point attempts.
WrestlingThe UNC wrestling team hosted its
second Big 12 duel since entering
the conference and struggled
to keep up, falling 34-3 to South
Dakota State. Timmy Box, a
redshirt senior wrestling at 149
pounds, outlasted Alex Kocer, winning 16-12. Box’s
win was the only UNC win of the day. The Bears stay
in Big 12 conference play when they take on Cal Poly
at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Bank of Colorado Arena.
Swim and DiveUNC’s swimming and diving
team competed at the Air Force
Academy Invite, where they
swam against three schools.
South Dakota, Air Force
Academy and Seattle all competed directly against
Northern Colorado, with the Bears winning two
of the six matches. UNC beat South Dakota twice,
winning by a combined score of 131-111 and 135.5-
106.5. The Bears dropped two losses to Seattle, a
Western Athletice Conference contender, pushing
UNC’s conference record to 0-6. UNC has no more
conference meet-ups on the schedule and will look
to build up their young athletes when they swim
again at 6 p.m. on Friday in Grand Junction.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Wrestler strives to put UNC ‘on the map’
By Chris [email protected]
Trent Noon: Two-time NJCAA All-American, 2013 NJCAA National champion, NCAA Divi-sion I National tournament qualifier, wrestling team captain and winner and placer in numer-ous tournaments throughout his athletic career. His list of accomplishments goes on and on, but to UNC’s wrestling team, he is much more. His teammates and coaches rave about his leadership, dedication and work ethic. Team-mate Jacob Seely, who has trained with him this year, called him the “voice of the team” and “a total leader.” “He has all of the tools to be successful, he just needs to believe,” Seely said. Head coach Troy Nickerson said he could not agree more. “He’s one of those guys you dream of coach-ing,” Nickerson said. “He does everything he can to get on the podium.” Nickerson also mentioned his bubbly person-ality and infectious effort that makes not only him, but everyone around him, better. Growing up in California, Noon said wrestling was in his DNA. His grandfather wrestled at pow-erhouse program Oklahoma State, and his father was also a wrestler. After placing twice at the state championship while attending Oakdale High School in Oakdale, California, Noon decided to attend Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon. In his two years at Clackamas, he
was a two-time All-American, winning the NJ-CAA championship at 174 pounds in 2013. According to Noon, a lot of things were con-sidered when making the decision to come to UNC, but there was one reason that stood out above all else. “I wanted to put UNC on the map,” he said. “I could have went to a bigger school and just been a name on a wall, but doing it here would make it special.” The addition of Nickerson before Noon’s ju-nior year only added to his drive to do that. He said Nickerson was one of the first wrestlers that he looked up to and even remembered watching his NCAA championship match when Nicker-son was a true freshman at Cornell University. He also mentioned one key moment from last year that really sticks with him was his first round match at the NCAA tournament. He faced off against and defeated the ninth-ranked wrestler in the country. “It not only showed me that I belonged at that level, but it drove me to do better,” Noon said. He also commented on how joining the Big 12 Conference before this year has made a big dif-ference in his career. He noted being in such a powerhouse conference prepared him earlier in the year, instead of having to wait until the end of the year to face elite competition. “He has always been great at showing the younger wrestlers how to become champions on and off the mat,” Nickerson said. Noon and the rest of the UNC wrestlers face off against Cal Poly this Thursday at the Bank of Colorado Arena.
Sam Lawlor | The MirrorTrent Noon (left) kicks off the first wrestling match of the semester by taking on a South Dakota State sophomore, Nate Rotert (right) at the match on Friday in the Bank of Colorado Arena.
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Defensive coordinator Kerr retires after 40 years
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Aft er two seasons at the helm of the Bears’ de-fense, coordinator and linebackers coach Larry Kerr announced his retirement. Aft er 40 years of coaching, 62-year-old Kerr is ready to invest his time away from the gridiron. “It was a great fi nish to my career coming here to UNC because of the people,” Kerr said in a press release. “I thoroughly en-joyed the players here. Th ey’re a great group of guys that have really com-mitted to playing and to working hard. You get in the business for a lot of rea-sons, but it’s the people – it’s who you’re working with, and it starts with spending time with the player. It was a good experience for me here from that standpoint.” Th e defensive coor-dinator is coming off a historic year at Northern Colorado, helping the team to a 6-5 record—the fi rst winning season UNC has had in 12 years. Kerr produced one of the best secondaries in D1 history in his fi rst season at UNC. Th e Bears wrangled in 18 interceptions in 2014, which was just one less than Big Sky leader Eastern Washington, who played 14 games, compared to Northern Colorado’s 11. Th e Bears led the FCS in INTs for the majority of the season that year. He also upped the team’s sack total from 12 to 20 in 2015.
“He was an invaluable resource to us and to me personally because of experience that he brought to our program,” head coach Earnest Collins Jr. said in the press release. “I could pick his brain about anything like Coach Lubick (Sonny Lubick, former Colorado State head coach) used to do. He’s going to be sorely missed.” Kerr has coached at just about every level in the game and has plenty of material for a scrap-book in his retirement: Stanford, UCLA, Duke, San Jose State and Colorado State highlight his FBS experience with stops at Northern Arizona
and L.A. College in between. “Th e main part for me was his wis-dom and the man that he was–I could lean on him when I just needed to vent to somebody and he was there to listen,” Collins added. “I hate to see him go, but I understand. It’s part envy because he gets to go spend time with all his grandkids and enjoy retirement with his wife. I’m happy for him, but now we have
to get moving and fi nd someone to replace him.” From 1981-2008 he took 13 diff erent teams to bowl games and coached his fair share of NFL draft picks along the way. “Earnest and his staff are a good young group of guys who I think are just going to continue to really work hard and do things the right way,” Kerr added.
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Photo courtesy of UNCBears.comLarry Kerr has spent time at Stanford, UCLA, Duke and many other colleges in his 40 years of coaching.
UNC hockey back in action
By Julia [email protected]
Th e UNC hockey team headed into the sec-ond half of the 2015-2016 season holding a No. 8 spot in the Division II Western Division, also known as the American Collegiate Hockey As-sociation, and the Bears have high hopes for the upcoming year. With spring semester rolling in and many games on the schedule, the Bears announced an addition to the roster. Two veterans return to the team, Daniel Morrison and Corbin Fitzgibbons. Th e two made their season debut aft er sitting out the fall semester. “Th e addition of Dan, Corbin and Michael is really going to help the team potentially win a national championship,” said sophomore for-ward Mitch Bailey. Michael Viera also joins the team this semes-ter, and the 6-foot-4-inch player has the size to carry the team to the ACHA playoff s. “Th ey solidifi ed the lineup and have made us one of the most solid teams in D2 hockey,” said freshman forward Jakob Komrofske. On Th ursday night, the Bears had their fi rst game back for the semester against the Univer-
sity of Washington Huskies. “Th is weekend felt great getting back on the ice and picking up two wins was so rewarding,” Bailey said. With Michael Tabrum, Bailey and Cameron Taggart as starting forwards and Chase Upson and Ethan Hicks as starting defense, the game started with high energy and several goals from Colin Chmelka. Morrison also scored his fi rst goal back as a Bear. Th e Bears fi nished their fi rst game back with a big 6-2 win over the Huskies. Saturday night’s game was against the Santa Clara Broncos. Th e game was quickly heading in UNC’s favor as Taggart scored the fi rst goal as-sisted by Bailey just minutes into the game. Aft er a few penalties, the fi rst period was over and the Bears led the game with 31 shots over the Broncos’ zero shots. A few penalties later, Fitzgibbons scored his fi rst goal back as a Bear assisted by Connor Hicks and Viera. “We have a tough road ahead of us and I be-lieve we can fi nish strong and go into regionals as a top contender,” Komrofske said. Th e Bears fi nished the game with a 8-1 win over the Santa Clara Broncos on Saturday. Next up for UNC is an 8:15 p.m. matchup against the Utah State Aggies on Th ursday night at the Greeley Ice Haus.
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Residence Hall Association hosts Welcome Back Winter Carnival
Alex Nunley | The MirrorNicolas Echegaray, a junior athletic training major, gets blocked by Arthur McEvoy, a sophomore music education major, during the Winter Welcome event in the UNC Recreation Center on Saturday.
