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Protestors seek student supportThe Occupy Greeleymovement movesto campus as pro-testors set up atable at the UC.PAGE 5
Arts1960s UNC jazz group reunites
The Viscounts, agroup of UNC musicstudents, produce aCD after 50 years ofsilence.PAGE 8
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While there are legendsof spots around UNC thatare haunted year-round,the Cesar Chavez CulturalCenter became hauntedfor just one night Mondayas the center and theMovimiento EstudiantilChicano de Aztlan teamedup to host the Semana delos Muertos hauntedhouse.
While the hauntedhouse was the main eventat the CCCC, MEChA, astudent group that pro-motes Chicano culture,also provided otherHalloween-themed activi-ties for students and com-
munity members, includ-ing pumpkin carving, facepainting and food.
The student grouporganized the hauntedhouse, which has becomea tradition for Universityof Northern Colorado stu-dents and the Greeleycommunity.
“MEChA has organizedthis event for severalyears now,” said JuanGomez, co-chair forMEChA. “We like to pro-vide a safe environmentwhere students and mem-bers of the communitycan come and have funand socialize with peoplethey normally wouldn’tget to otherwise.”
Eva Rodriguez, the
administrative aide forthe CCCC, said studentstransformed the centerinto a haunted horrorthemselves.
“The students had tomove all the furniturefrom the living rooms intothe offices and otherspaces available,”Rodriguez said. “They
then proceeded to hangblack bags to create themaze. After the maze wascompleted they put updecorations and made itas spooky as they could.”
Semana de losMuertos, which translatesto Week of the Dead, is
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Students and Greeley residents participate in variousHalloween-themed activities at the Cesar ChavezCultural Center as part of the Semana de los Muertos.
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Undergraduate stu-dents with outstandingresearch projects had theopportunity to presenttheir findings during theannual Fall UndergraduateResearch Symposium atUNC and compete in theNational Conference onUndergraduate ResearchTuesday.
Five undergraduate stu-dents were selected for thisevent based on their appli-cation and abstract submis-sions.
The University ofNorthern Colorado intendsto fund two undergraduatestudents to attend theNCUR competition atWeber State University inOgden, Utah, March 29 – 31,where more than 2,000undergraduates from IvyLeague, Research One, andliberal arts colleges will be inattendance.
“We encourage under-graduate students to getinvolved earlier,” said LoreeCrow, the associate directorof Honors at the Center forHonors, Scholars andLeadership. “They becomemore engaged in academicresearch.”
The five students cho-sen were each given 10minutes to present at thesymposium, which was fol-lowed by a five-minutequestion-and-answer por-tion dictated by judges andaudience members.
Stephen Mackessy, a fac-ulty fellow for undergraduate
research, welcomed the audi-ence by saying the researchsymposium is a great way forstudents to showcase theirwork.
Kamille McKinney, a sen-ior criminal justice major,gave the first presentation,titled “Not In My Backyard:Sex Offender Programmingand Management in the Stateof Colorado” with the supportof her mentor, Mary West-Smith, an assistant professorof criminal justice.
McKinney discussed herresearch and interviews withparole and probation officersin Colorado and pointed outthat convicted sex offendersoften have trouble with livingarrangements after beingconvicted.
With the neglection fromhalfway houses and homelessshelters and work release pro-grams deeming these individ-uals “high risks,” they are leftwithout a stable environmentin which to live.
McKinney emphasizedthe need for shared livingarrangements to be moreprevalent in Colorado.
Benjamin C. Lee, asenior biology major,gave the second presenta-tion, “Cloning ofImmunoglobulin cDNAsfrom the Jamaican FruitBat (Artibeus jamaicen-sis)” with the support ofhis mentors, Ann C.Hawkinson, a biologicalsciences instructor, andTony Schountz, an associ-ate professor of biologicalsciences.
Lee discussed how batshave recently been identified
as reservoirs of infectiousagents that cause disease inhumans.
He focused on theJamaican fruit bat, explain-ing how it’s highly suscepti-ble to the Tacaribe virus.His intentions are to allowcomparisons of bat andhuman antibody responsesto the viruses that cause thesenescence-associated het-erochromatin foci, special-ized domains of hete-rochromatin that arethought to repress tran-scription of genes that pro-mote proliferation.
Nora Christina Rascon,a senior psychology major,presented “CommonExperiences AmongstVictims of ResidentialBurglary Who Report TheirVictimization” with thesupport of her mentor,West-Smith.
Rascon discussed howburglary is a frequently over-looked crime and often goesunreported. She said herintentions were to researchthe commonalties amongburglary victims and under-stand the life experiences ofthe burglary victims whoreported the victimizations.
Lindsey Goldfarb, a juniorhistory and psychologymajor, presented “FromPrince of Wallachia to Princeof Vampires: An In-DepthAnalysis of the Identity ofVlad Dracula” with the sup-port of her mentor, CorinneWieben, a history professor.
Goldfarb discussed howBram Stoker’s notoriousvampire novel, “Dracula,”has often determined the way
Vlad Dracula is portrayed. She analyzed the life of
Vlad Dracula in order toexamine him as a historicalfigure and an infamous leg-end, highlighting theunique circumstances ofhis identity formation.
Maurice Woods III, a sen-ior physics major, gave thefinal presentation, “ReentryExperiment SAT-X” with thesupport of his mentor, RobertWalch, a professor of physics.
Woods discussed thechallenges facing spacecrafts,which eventually must re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere,once they lift into space
His presentation labeledover-engineering to beproblematic in returningvaluable data recoveredfrom space. His team’sintentions were to removethe dependency on over-engineering and give theseobjects a safer re-entry toEarth.
“I appreciate theextreme amount of workthat went into these pre-sentations and appreciatetheir willingness to con-
duct and present theinformation,” saidKatrina Rodriguez, thedean of students and asymposium judge.
Students interested inapplying to next year’s
Research Symposium canvisit www.unco.edu/ouror visit the Office ofUndergraduate Research,Center for Honors,Scholars & Leadershiplocated in Michener L-98.
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Symposium features outstanding research
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Benjamin C. Lee, a senior biology major, presents hisfindings that Jamaican bats can be reservoirs ofinfectious agents that can harm humans.“I appreciate the
extreme amount ofwork that went intothese presentations
and appreciate theirwillingness to con-duct and presentthe information.
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Findings focus on bats, Dracula, burglary, sex offenders, spacecrafts
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Pack bags the night before, getto airport two hours early, checkin bags, wait in security line for 15minutes, stand inside potentiallycancerous X-ray machine andboard plane.
Post-9/11, the simple steps tothe fastest form of transportationreadily available have gotten a lit-tle complicated. Ten years ago,who would have thought airportsecurity would be ripping people’sclothes off to make sure they wereweapon free? Technology makesreality much less dramatic, but theSecure 1000, that silent machineat airports’ security checkpoints,beams X-rays at people to seeunderneath their clothing.
The airport security benefitsare wonderful. The Secure 1000detects explosives, guns andknives, preventing potential ter-rorists from even trying to passsecurity. But the funny thingabout X-ray radiation is that itcauses cancer. In 1998, when theSecure 1000 was introduced, oneexpert after another from theFood and Drug Administrationquestioned the radiation safety ofthe machine and stressed that X-ray radiation should only be usedfor medical use. Nevertheless, thedecision to deploy the machineswas not made by the FDA, whichregulates drugs and medicaldevices, but by the Transportation
Security Administration, anagency whose main focus is tosafeguard air travel.
TSA has repeatedly defined theSecure 1000 as “safe,” snubbingresearch that suggests that evenlow doses of X-ray radiationincreases the risk of cancer. RobinKane, the TSA’s assistant adminis-trator for security technology, saidthat the amount of radiation emit-ted by the machines is too minuteto cause cancer. At the same time,research shows that anywherefrom six to 100 U.S. airline passen-gers each year could get cancerfrom the airports’ machines.
“Airline passengers” is adesensitizing term; broken
down, it means men, womenand children. Adults today havea better chance; they spent themajority of their lives with X-ray-free airports. Children, onthe other hand, are being sub-jected to doses of poisonousradiation at a young age andwill be X-rayed for the rest oftheir lives if the “Secure” 1000 isnot replaced. Last year, therewere more than 1.5 million can-cer cases in the U.S. alone. Itseems that in a time of war,security issues undermine cus-tomary medical conventions,but can the United States reallyhandle another contributor tothis deadly disease?
This week’s poll question:Have you participated in any“Occupy” movements?
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LETTERS
Rock stars are peoplewhose music makesthem famous.
But more than a little, peo-ple use the phrase out of thatcontext. We use it to describeinnovators in a number offields. I might call myself one ifI just accomplished something.Folks even stretch it out todescribe any person who ispopular and charismatic.
These things are all good, asis a great musician. But whymust we adopt a term used todescribe a popular musician for
anyone who’s good?Historically, artists are rebels,
even criminals. Performers havebeen the lowest of the low at anumber of times in our history.The stigma on performers affectsthem still in various ways today,but for the most part, those whowere judged sinners are nowcalled saints.
In the United States, most ofus think of performing as a nobleenterprise, something to cele-brate (at least for my sake, I hopethat’s true). The arts have sprungout of grimy bohemian apart-ments and infiltrated the institu-tions of higher learning.
Performers don’t just hitch aride to the city and try to make itbig. Instead, they go to school,get a degree (or two, or three)and work their way through the
difficult ranks of difficult profes-sions. In this way, even thoughthe pay scale is far from equi-table, we can respect artists justas we do business professionalsor scholars.
Rock stars have somethingelse going on. If you want to be adoctor, you get an education. Ifyou want to be an architect, youget an education. If you want tobe a lawyer or even an operasinger, so on and so on. But ifyou want to be a rock star, you goplay music to anyone who willlisten. Sweaty rock clubs and divebars are the home of the outcastsand the home base for the futurerock stars of America. No book-ing agent requires a universitytranscript. And no one needs adegree to write a hit single.
The dropout with the sexy
voice and wicked chops is aromantic image. It’s the rebelwith a cause. That is why we loveour rock stars and why anyonewho does something extraordi-nary or exciting is called a rockstar.
So maybe all of the dedicatedstudents are failed rockers. Ormaybe we’re all rock stars forusing our freedom to pursuesomething bigger, brighter andwith more pyrotechnics. Maybebeing educated and having awell-rounded wealth of knowl-edge will be the ultimate rebel-lion, one where ambitious peo-ple use the institution to subvertthe establishment. That rocks.
— Mark Maxwell is a senior the-ater arts major and a weekly columnistfor The Mirror.
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On Monday, UNCjoined the ranks of “occu-pied” locations in thegrowing Occupy Togethermovement, which hasspread to hundreds ofcities and communitiesacross the country andaround the world.
What started aboutthree weeks ago as a
Facebook page aimed atraising awareness of theOccupy movement hasevolved into an organizedbody of more than 300participants in theGreeley area.
“The Occupy Wall Streetmovement is an organicmovement attempting toshed light on corporategreed,” said Kyle Hartman,a senior political sciencemajor at the University of
Northern Colorado and aspokesperson for OccupyGreeley. “The governmentno longer represents thepeople. We need to makepeople stop what they aredoing and pay attention towhat is going on.”
The Greeley protestershave been camping out atLincoln Park for threeweeks and have beengranted permits by boththe Greeley PoliceDepartment and the Cityof Greeley.
This week, the groupcreated a UNC presenceby hosting a table in theUniversity Center.
The table displays sta-tistics of income distribu-tion in the United Statesand income growth bypercentile and sheds lighton the relationshipbetween Wall Street andCapitol Hill by offeringcorporate lobbying statis-tics as well.
Representatives ofOccupy Greeley said theyhope the display will fostermore awareness among thestudent body and will remainin the UC indefinitely.
“We’re here for as longas (the university) willallow,” said Linda Hill, aGreeley resident, whospoke to about 30 stu-dents at the UC Tuesday.
Randy Marsh, aGreeley resident whojoined the movement thisweek, said students needto go to experience themovement for themselvesto understand it.
“I am new to themovement,” Marsh said.“I was skeptical at first,but you have to go to thesource and experiencethis movement to formyour own judgment.”
The group hopes tocontinue spreadingawareness on campuswith more events in theplanning stages.
“We are taking outtime-planning events,”Hartman said. “We wantto make sure anything wedo has symbolism andmeaning.”
A petition for increas-ing government-fundedstudent loans will be cir-culating in the nearfuture.
The Occupy Greeleymovement will also bemeeting with WeldCounty Democrats andmembers of La Frente deLucha]], a local nonprofitthat advocates for theadvancement of Hispanicimmigrants.
General assemblymeetings are held everyMonday, Tuesday, Fridayand Saturday at LincolnPark.
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University Center ‘occupied’ by protesters
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From left, Occupy Greeley protesters Alyse Infante, Coreyand Bill talk to students about the Occupy Together move-ment and what they can do in Greeley and at UNC.
OccupyGreeley
For more informa-tion about the move-
ment, visit the dis-play located acrossfrom Bear Bistro in
the UC, www.occupy-greeley.org or the
movement’sFacebook page.
Group scares to raise culture awareness
“The CCCC believesin promoting cul-
ture as well as sup-porting the student
organizations.—— EEvvaa RRooddrriigguueezz,,aaddmmiinniissttrraattiivvee aaiiddeeffoorr tthhee CCCCCCCC
Semana delos Muertos
• Semana de losMuertos Luncheon 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.today at the Cesar
Chavez Cultural Center
• Presentation of Altars Rescheduled date andtime to be announced
UNC’s annual celebrationof the traditional Mexicanholiday Dia de los Muertos,or Day of the Dead.
Rodriguez said hostinga haunted house is a wayto include both Americanand Mexican cultures anddemonstrate that manystudents have blendedthe two cultures.
“The CCCC believes inpromoting culture as wellas supporting the studentorganizations,” she said.
Students who visited thehaunted house said theythought it was frightening.
“I thought it was scariestwhen the people were chas-ing us with the chainsaw andpopping out of the walls,”said Maria Meza, a sopho-more biology major.
Haunted House from Page 2
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The regional directorfor the U.S. Departmentof Health and HumanServices came to campusMonday to discuss whatthe Affordable Care Actmeans to future nursesand other UNC students.
Marguerite Salazar,the director of Region VIIIfor the U.S. Departmentof Health and HumanServices, presented infor-mation about theAffordable Care Act,which proposes amend-ments to the health caresystem to allow everyoneaccess to affordablehealth insurance.
The School of Nursinghosted the discussionbecause of its relevancyto nursing students at theUniversity of NorthernColorado.
Catherine Dingley, anassociate professor ofnursing and the directorof the National Institutefor Nursing Educationand Scholarship, said theschool invited Salazar todiscuss this topic becausenursing students aregoing to be affected bythe Affordable Care Actand should know what itentails.
This act will not befully implemented until2014 because it is so large.Following its implemen-
tation, insurance compa-nies will not be able todeny coverage or chargecitizens more based ontheir medical history.
If people own or workfor a small business, therewill be new tax creditsthat could help lowertheir premium costs.
Currently, small busi-nesses receive a tax creditof up to 35 percent fortheir expenses to offsetthe costs of health insur-ance. After its implemen-tation, the tax credits willincrease to 50 percent.
There will also be newtax credits for families in2014, which will makehealth insurance moreaffordable for families.
In 2014, there will alsobe Health InsuranceExchanges in many states,which will allow individu-als to shop around fortheir choice of affordableprivate insurance.
The exchanges willgive the average citizenthe ability to have thesame health insurance
choices as Congressmembers.
Johanna Glaviano, agraduate student study-ing gerontology, said shethought the presentationwas easy to understandbecause Salazar put it insimpler terms and gavestudents a perspective onwhat it means.
“I thought it was a greatand well thought-outpresentation,” Glavianosaid. “It is a step towardsincreasing coverage but(we) still have a long wayto go. But it is a bigimprovement.”
Hazel Gibson, from theLeague of Women Votersand part of the teamadministrators, said sheenjoyed the presentationand discussion. She isalso the liaison for healthcare reforms in Greeleyand Weld County.
“I think (the presenta-tion) is very positive andan appreciated version ofthe document,” Gibsonsaid. “Since it is such alarge document, it can beintimidating to some, butSalazar put it in termsthat were not so scary. Ithink we need to give it achance. It is the future,and there is no lookingback to what used to beand taking insurance forgranted. America knows itcan do better and becheaper in health care.”
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Director explains simple version of health care act
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Marguerite Salazar, the regional director for the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, talks about theAffordable Care Act with the School of Nursing Monday. “I thought it was
a great and wellthought-out pres-entation. It is a
step towardsincreasing cover-age, but (we) stillhave a long wayto go. But it is abig improvement.—— JJoohhaannnnaa GGllaavviiaannoo,,aa ggrraadduuaattee ssttuuddeennttssttuuddyyiinngg ggeerroonnttoollooggyy
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In the 2011 Greeleymayoral election, voterstook what can be arguedas the safe bet and choseto go with the experienceof incumbent Tom Nortonover his young opponent,Nick True.
With Norton earningmore than 73 percent of thevote, the race wasnot very close.
“True is soyoung, and hedoesn’t have alot of experi-ence, and asmuch as peopledislike Norton, Ithink he’s donea decent job,”said PepperMueller, anadministrativeassistant in thegeography and anthropol-ogy department at UNC.“In some cities, themayor, in a way, leads thetown, but that doesn’treally happen in Greeley.We have a weak mayorsystem anyway, so I fig-ured ‘Why not give himanother shot?’”
Ryan Hessler, an Aimsgraduate who is now a cer-tified welder, was also not
convinced by True’s lack ofexperience and a concreteidea of what he wanted.
“I feel like he had toomany aspirations, buteverybody has aspira-tions,” Hessler said. “Hewas just a little tooyoung, and there’s noth-ing wrong with beingyoung, I guess, but heseemed naïve about thesituation (of the city). I
don’t think hereally knowswhat the differ-ence will endup beingbetween howmuch you wantto get done andhow much youwill get done.”
Hessler saidhe doesn’t reallyfollow local poli-tics but didn’thear anything
bad about Greeley’s gov-ernment the past twoyears, another factor thatled him to vote for Norton.
“There was nothingoverly negative abouthow he was runningthings,” he said. “AndGreeley seems to be func-tioning pretty well, Imean, roads are gettingfixed and things are run-ning smoothly. Tom
Norton wasn’t doing toopoor of a job.”
Norton’s City Councilmate Robb Casseday alsoretained his at-large spotby collecting more than57 percent of the vote.
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Film showcasesslopes’ sportsSTAFF REPORT
With winter justaround the corner, stu-dents will have a rareopportunity to attend ascreening of a film show-casing the best of wintersports.
Warren Miller’s newfilm “…Like There’s NoTomorrow” is coming toGreeley for one nightonly.
Miller started filmingmovies about snow-boarding and skiing 62years ago.
Miller’s “…Like There’sNo Tomorrow” is narratedby Jonny Moseley, anOlympic gold medalistskier, and follows world-class athletes, includingChris Davenport, JuliaMancuso, Daron Rahlves,Colby West and SethWescott, as they run downthe slopes at an adrena-line-rushing pace and per-form tricks and stunts bestleft to the pros.
The film is shot on loca-tion, showcasing slopesfrom the Himalayas in Indiato the highest mountain in
Chile and the Ojos DelSalado on the Argentina-Chile border. Other loca-tions include Alaska,California, Colorado, NewHampshire, Utah, NewZealand and Norway.
The film will be shownat 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov.11, at the Weld CountyGarage at 2699 47th Ave.in Greeley. Alpine Haus, aGreeley snow sports andpatio furniture store, issponsoring the event.
For more informationon tours and extendedathlete biographies visitwarrenmiller.com.
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Mayoral elections point to Norton
2011 WeldCountyElectionResults • GGrreeeelleeyy MMaayyoorr
Tom Norton: 73.32%Nick True: 26.68%
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Robb Casseday:57.35%
Scott A. Royer: 25.04%Neil K. Chikazawa:
17.61%
• GGrreeeelleeyy WWaarrdd 11Charles Archibeque:
100%
• GGrreeeelleeyy WWaarrdd 44Michael P. Finn: 100%
“True is so young,and he doesn’thave a lot of
experience, andas much as peo-
ple dislikeNorton, I think
he’s done adecent job. Insome cities the
mayor, in a way,leads the town,but that doesn’treally happen inGreeley. We have
a weak mayorsystem anyway,
so I figured ‘Whynot give him
another shot?’—— PPeeppppeerr MMuueelllleerr,,aaddmmiinniissttrraattiivvee aassssiiss--ttaanntt iinn tthhee ggeeooggrraapphhyyaanndd aanntthhrrooppoollooggyyddeeppaarrttmmeenntt aatt UUNNCC
Tom Norton, incumbent mayoralcandidate, won theelection with 73percent of the vote.
Editor: Ryan Lambert8 The Mirror Wednesday, November 2, 2011
1960s UNC jazz band produces CD after 50 years apart RYAN LAMBERT
It has been more than 50years since UNC first offereda jazz class for credit, but oneband, The Viscounts, had tofight to obtain the right tostudy a genre of music thatoriginated among Southernblacks. Recently, TheViscounts have reunited toproduce a CD.
The project was headedby University of NorthernColorado alumnus andmusic student GaryBrowning, and for him, thisreunion was bittersweet.
“The music departmentfrowned upon that kind ofmusic,” said Browning aboutthe 1960s attitude towardjazz.
The Viscounts formed in1958 by then-senior JonWiegardt, and it grew to a 17-member group that had one
purpose: to play jazz for highschool and UNC students.
The group’s most notableevents were the ChristmasBall and the Spring Formal. Atthat point in time, UNCbrought in well-known jazzperformers like TommyDorsey, Woody Herman, BillyMay and Glen Miller to enter-tain its students.
In September 1961, theuniversity began to see thescholarly importance of jazz,so it offered a class on the art.
Under the supervision ofmusic professors JamesMiller and Buddy Baker, theSchool of Music at ColoradoState College, UNC’s formername, founded a jazz studiesprogram in 1965. This pro-gram has since receivednumerous accolades, includ-ing recognition in The U.S.News and World Report’s listof “Top 5 Jazz Programs in theCountry.”
Today, there are five jazzlab bands, four vocal jazzensembles, eight combobands and a Latin jazz bandat UNC. The school is alsoone of the few that offers adoctorate degree in jazzpedagogy.
“I look in envy at the cur-rent jazz program,”Browning said. “I wished wehad had it.”
According to Viscountsmember Paul Schneider, a
PHOTO COURTESY OF GARY BROWNING
The Viscounts, a 17-member jazz band at UNC, performat the Keith Russett Dance in the 1960s. These mem-bers were among the first to take jazz classes at UNC.
Famous lyrics abound in ‘Anything Goes’ at NortonKATIE PLASEK
Norton Theatre willresound with show tunesand comedy today as theCollege of Performing Artspremiers “Anything Goes.”
The play is noted for itsclassic song lyrics: “Inolden days a glimpse ofstocking/ was looked onas something shocking/but now, God knows/ any-thing goes/ Good authorstoo/ who once knew bet-ter words/ now only usefour letter words writing
prose/ anything goes.” These suggestive and
vividly crafted lyrics fromthe classic Cole Portermusical epitomize theoverarching theme of theshow. The energy andenthusiasm of the pro-duction will keep theaudience craving eachsong performed by thetalented cast.
According to the direc-tor, John Leonard, UNChead of musical theater,this musical was chosen“as a tribute to Cole Porterand his great music.”
Written by Porter in1934, this musical is set onthe S. S. American with aneclectic cast of characterssinging and dancing aboutthe ship.
Reno Sweeney, an evan-gelizing nightclub singer(Aisha Jackson), is joined onboard by her longtimefriend, Billy Crocker (JeffreyZicker). Crocker is flung intoa love triangle with HopeHarcourt (Lynzee Smith-Newton) and Sir EvelynOakleigh (Hayden Stanes),Hope’s fiancé.
Adding to the magnifi-
cent madness of tap danc-ing sailors, uproarious mis-understandings and breath-taking vocal performancesis the presence of gangsterMoonface Martin (KyttMcLaughlin), who continu-ally is the center of trouble.
On the journey fromNew York to London, thisexemplary cast croons someof Porter’s most memorablesongs. This includes thefriendship-affirming songbetween Reno and Billy, “IGet a Kick Out of You,” andthe sweet love song betweenBilly and Hope, “It’s De-
lovely.” Also included arethe rousing evangelist num-ber belted by Reno, “BlowGabriel Blow,” and the showstopping ensemble-drivensong, “Anything Goes.”
The show, set completelyon the ocean liner, was com-plex to design.
“(The show) is beingdone in thrust style, andthe design is so spectacu-lar you just have to comesee the show to admire it,”said Leonard.
Such a style means thatthe stage will extend intothe audience, creating a
unique experience forthose in attendance.
Winner of three 2011Tony Awards, including BestRevival of a Musical, theshow will have people danc-ing in their seats and grin-ning all the way home.
PVA will be presenting“Anything Goes” inNorton Theatre in GrayHall on Nov. 2, 5, 8 and 12at 7:30 p.m. and on Nov. 5,6, 12 and 13 at 2:00 p.m.
For tickets and infor-mation, visitwww.arts.unco.edu orcall 970-351- 2200.
Members of The Viscounts
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•Paul Schneider, Lead Alto, Soloist •Lynn Zoric,Lead, Soloist
•Fred Martinez, Lead Tenor, Soloist •Gary Browning,Band Leader, Soloist
•Don Smith, Alto •Larry Elginer, Soloist
•Larry Nathan, Tenor •Chuck Dennis
•Jim Moorehouse, Baritone Sax, Soloist •Larry DixonTrombones
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•William Finch, Lead •James Bragg, Piano
•Dan Epperson •Tom Sepulveda, String Bass
•Jim Stallard •Frank Baca, Drums
•Gilbert Williamson
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Basketball season is backat UNC as the men’s basket-ball team took the courtTuesday night at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilionagainst Chadron State in anexhibition game.
The University ofNorthern Colorado nevertrailed and didn’t disap-point the 1,500 fans in atten-dance as the Bears easilydefeated the Eagles, 89-65.
First-game jitters andmistakes filled the entire 40minutes, however, as theteams both struggled con-trolling the ball and control-ling their bodies. The twoteams combined for 42turnovers and 63 fouls onthe night. Thirty-six foulswere committed by UNC,leading to 34 points for theEagles.
“I think we were trying tohit home runs defensivelyby trying to make great playsinstead of being solid andplaying as a unit,” Bearshead coach B.J. Hill said.
The score sat at 19-9 afterthe first 11 minutes of playbefore the Bears started toclick offensively. Junior for-
ward Aaron Hawk-Harris, ajunior college transfer,scored all nine of his pointsin the final few minutes ofthe first half. The lone senioron the UNC roster, forwardMike Proctor, added eight ofhis team-high 14 points inthe first half to send theBears into the locker roomsup 44-19.
Proctor added threesteals, two blocks, twoassists and six reboundsto go with his 14 points.The senior shot an eco-nomical 4-for-7 from thefield and 6-for-7 from thefree throw line.
“I’ve worked mostly onmy jump shot,” Proctor said.“I worked the entire sum-mer with (former player)Mike Higgins, and he helpedme tremendously. CoachHill got me a little apparatusto help me keep the ball off
my palm because the ballwas sticking to it. Thanks tothose two guys, I was able tobe successful from the freethrow line tonight.”
The Bears got a scare tobegin the second half asredshirt sophomore for-ward Connor Osbornewent to the ground hold-ing his knee three minutesin. Osborne missed theentire season last year witha wrist injury. He visitedthe locker room briefly butdid return to the game.
Redshirt freshmanguard Tevin Svihovecadded eight points andthree assists off the bench,the first live action in hiscareer. Svihovec was alsolost for the entire 2010-11season due to injury andsaid he couldn’t wait tofinally go out and play.
“I was pumped,” he said.
“Not playing in a real gamefor a year is really tough for abasketball player, so I wasexcited to get out there.”
UNC had eight playersscore eight or morepoints while 13 Bearstotal scored on the night
en route to the victory.The Bears have plenty to
work on over the next twoweeks of practice, but play-ers said they are excited toget the season underway onSaturday, Nov. 12 againstNew Mexico State.
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Following outstandingathletic performances the
p a s tcoupleo fweeks,b o t hUNC’s
football and women’s soccerteams had athletes earningBig Sky and other awards fortheir performances.
During a heartbreakinggame against NorthDakota Saturday when theUniversity of NorthernColorado fell 27-25, senior
wide receiver PatrickWalker caught 10 passesfor a Big Sky-best 315yards with two touch-downs and received anumber of honors thisweek.
Walker was named theS p o r t sN e t w o r k / F a t h e a d . c o mFCS National OffensivePlayer of the Week, theNational FootballFoundation ColoradoChapter Player of the Weekand the Big SkyConference Co-OffensivePlayer of the Week.
Adding onto honors forBears athletes, senior goal-
keeper KirstinSalminen wasnamed the BigS k y ’ sGoalkeeper ofthe Year whilesenior defenderA u n d r e a h aMartinez wasnamed the con-f e r e n c e ’ sDefensive MVPin an announce-ment by the BigSky Monday.
Salminen started in allgames this season andended with 91 saves, thesecond-most in the Big Sky,and a .812 save average.
Playing onthe defensiveside of the field,Martinez stilltallied 10 shots,eight of whichwere shots-on-goal.
Along withSalminen andMartinez, jun-ior defenderA l e x s y sTamayo, junior
midfielder JJ Wykstra andsenior forward Ariel Cookwere named to the All-BigSky First Team. Seniormidfielder Kimmie Feidleralso received a nod, mak-
ing the All-BigSky SecondTeam.
Tamayo hadtwo goals andtwo assists part-nered with 20shots this sea-son.
With a .529s h o t - o n - g o a lp e r c e n t a g e ,Wykstra led theteam with fivegoals during the season.
Cook, who led the Bearswith 39 shots this season,had four goals this season,including two she made inthe match against
Montana toclinch the BigSky Conferencetitle.
F e i d l e rtotaled 52 shotswith 12 shots-on-goal and twogoals.
The soccerteam will beginits semifinalmatch at 5 p.m.Friday at
Jackson Stadium. Walkerand the UNC footballteam will take the field onthe road at 4:05 p.m.Saturday at NorthernArizona.
AundreahaMartinezhad 10 shots witheight shots-on-goalthis season.
Patrick Walker has 160 recep-tions, 17 awayfrom tying theschool record.
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UNC junior guard Elliott Lloyd, right, dribbles past hisopponent in Tuesday’s game against Chadron State.Lloyd had two points and a rebound in the game.
Athletes recognized after weekend, season performances
Men’s basketball wins easily in exhibition game
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Midfielder’s versatility asset to soccer teamBEN WARWICK
At first glance, KimmieFeidler may not be thebiggest or fastest player onthe UNC soccer team, but theteam’s captain has been theone of the main pieces of thepuzzle for the University ofNorthern Colorado’s success.
The senior midfielderfrom Gilbert, Ariz., and hashad a standout career maynot have come to Greeley if itwasn’t for another Bear,though.
Fellow senior Ariel Cookalso hails from Gilbert andwas the one who originallygot Feidler interested in com-ing to UNC. The two played in
club soccer together, and theinteractions between themhave formed afriendship Cookdescribed pas-sionately.
“She’s like asister to me,” Cooksaid. “It’s all beengood, and I’m def-initely going tomiss having some-one reliablealways to play theball to, someoneto always counton.”
It was on arecruiting trip toArizona that head coach TimBarrera first noticed Feidler,who had expressed interest in
the team through Cook.“Basically, we had heard
from Ariel Cook,and since wealready watchedher play, we kindof knew whoKimmie was,”Barrera said. “Wegot her up here,and certainly itwasn’t a packagedeal — they hadknown eachother a long time— but it workedout very well.”
Feidler hasbeen playing soc-
cer since she was 3 years oldand attributes her love of thegame to her parents. Feidler
said playing with Cook for solong made the transition tocollege much easier.
“It was just exciting tocome here with someone Iwas so close with and be ableto continue my friendshipwith her and have the com-fortability (sic) of havingsomeone else here,” Feidlersaid.
Barrera said Feidler’swork ethic and versatilityhelped make her the playershe is.
“She showed us she canscore from anywhere,”Barrera said. “The goal lastyear against Boise State from45, 50 yards at the buzzer is anexample of that. She justworks. We get 90 minutes out
of her. She just runs and runsand runs. She’s a very goodtwo-way player. She candefend, and she can alsoshoot and pass the ball.”
Her leadership on and offthe field is something bothCook and Barrera havenoticed and said is one of herbest qualities.
“She leads by example,”Barrera said. “She’s not afraidto speak her mind, but she’snot a big ‘rah-rah’ player. Shegets good grades, she’s alwaysin on time, she practices hardevery day and plays hardevery day.”
Cook agreed with Barreraand added how Feidler pres-ents her leadership on thefield.
“She’s the captain thisyear, so a lot of people haverealized that she steps it upwhen she needs to, and that’swhy she was nominated cap-tain,” Cook said. “She tells uswhat we need to hear andwhat she thinks we need to bedoing better, and she goes outthere and does it as well.”
Feidler said capping offher soccer career by hostingthe Big Sky Tournament issomething she and the teamhas been dreaming about.
“It’s exciting to finish mysoccer career out with such abig tournament,” Feidler said.“Hosting it at home is reallyexciting, and we were sayingfrom the beginning this is ouryear.”
Kimmie Feidler accounts for eightpoints and 52shots for theBears this season.
Bears to host first place Portland State UNC S&D dropsthird dual of yearSTAFF REPORT
The UNC volleyballteam plays host to PortlandState Thursday with the top
p o s i -tion inthe BigSky atstake.
TheUniversity of NorthernColorado (15-8, 8-3 BigSky) last faced PortlandState (13-11, 9-3) Oct. 1 andescaped with a five-set vic-tory on the road.
T h u r s d a y ’ smatch pits thetop two teamsin the confer-ence, and if theBears win, theywill have sweptboth meetingswith PortlandState this sea-son and willretake the top
spot with only fourmatches remaining.
In the teams’ first meet-ing, the Bears took the firsttwo sets, including a domi-nating 25-9 game one win.After the break, though, theVikings took games threeand four. The Bearsrebounded to take gamefive, 15-12, and earn thevictory against last season’sBig Sky representative inthe NCAA Tournament.
The Bears recorded sev-eral standout performanc-
es in the win,arguably nonebetter than sen-ior defensives p e c i a l i s tA m a n d aArterburn’s 40digs. The totalwas the third-highest in theBig Sky since2006 and was sixshy of UNC’s all-
time record.UNC also benefited
from freshman middleblocker Andrea Spaustat’s18 kills, junior outside hit-ter Kelley Arnold’s 20 killsand 11 digs and junior set-ter Marissa Hughes’ 59assists.
As the second-to-lasthome match for the Bears, awin Thursday would provide
confidence and breathingroom heading into UNC’ssenior night match Saturdaywith the Eastern WashingtonEagles (12-11, 8-4), who cur-rently hold the third spot inthe Big Sky behind theVikings and Bears.
The match againstPortland State begins at 7p.m. Thursday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
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The UNC Swimming &Diving team lost its thirdconsecutive dual of theyear Saturday as it fell 174-110 to New Mexico State.
The University ofNorthern Colorado wonthree events on the day butstayed competitive in sev-eral other events.
UNC junior diver SaraMoldenhauer won theone-meter diving eventwith score of 232.28, put-ting up nine points for theBears.
Sophomore swimmerCourtney Van Oost wonthe 200 Individual Medleyin 2:12.17, more than twoseconds better than herseason-best, and the com-bination of sophomoreGina Riggle, freshmanJessica Reed-Baum, juniorKira Alger and freshman
Brenna Boese swam the200 free relay in 1:39.58,another season-best forUNC.
Moldenhauer alsoplaced second on thethree-meter board, andRiggle finished second inthe 100 butterfly after post-ing the 10th-best time inschool history at 59.70.Freshmen Casey Wolter,Gina Cernohous and KellieBurke finished third, fourthand fifth, respectively, inthe 1000-yard freestyle.
Alger and sophomoresAlicen Fair and HannahHalstrom finished second,third and fourth, respec-tively, in the 200 free whilesenior Sammy Leonardrecorded a second-placefinish in the 100 back with aseason-best time of 1:00.83.
The UNC Swimming &Diving team hostsNorthern Arizona at 5p.m. Nov. 11 at Butler-Hancock pool.
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UNC junior setter Marissa Hughes, left, sets the ballfor freshman outside hitter Tambre Haddock, right, ina match against Sacramento State.
Volleyball
Andrea Spaustat has 121 kills, 39blocks and 17digs so far thisseason.
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UNC graduate appears on CMT showKRISTEN MARTIN
When it comes to com-peting in dating televisionshows, finding “the one” isall about discovering whata person is made of.
Cassidie Sheets, a UNCgraduate, will be on thisseason’s “Sweet HomeAlabama,” a weekly CMTshow in which a group ofwomen compete forTribble Reese’s affection.
She graduated in 2010with a journalism degreeand is currently workingas an executive assistantfor RenaissanceExecutive Forum, a com-pany that sets up semi-nars focused on coachingCEOs of corporations.
Sheets said the filmingtook one month to com-plete, and she appreciatesthe experience of compet-ing on the show.
“You learn so muchabout yourself,” she said.“There’s no TV, no phoneor Internet. I call it adetox from Facebook andelectronics. All you haveto think about is Tribble
and love.”Because the show is cur-
rently on air, Sheets couldnot reveal whether or notshe won the competition.
Finding love is hardenough, but when compet-ing against 21 otherwomen, she said she hadto find the confidence inherself to go after what shewanted.
“You have to throwyour emotions and your-self outt h e r eand lety o u rg u a r dd o w n ,which ishard forme todo,” shes a i d .“ I ’ mnot typ-i c a l l ythe type of girl to go tap ona guy’s shoulder.”
She said this experi-ence gave her the courageto step up and take actionin situations within herlife — especially regarding
her career.“It gave me the confi-
dence to speak up and askfor what I want,” she said.
In the near future, shesaid she would like to starther own jewelry line andplans to start selling on herfashion blog at sa-vor.blogspot.com.
Sheets said her room-mate was the catalyst toget her on the show bysubmitting an application
to ABC’s“ T h eBachelor.”
T h ec a s t i n gdirector for“ S w e e tH o m eA l a b a m a ”expressedinterest inher andcalled herin for inter-
views with the producers.She did not meet
Tribble Reese until she sawhim on camera. She wassmitten with him from thestart.
“He is a very sincere
guy, a real Southern gen-tleman,” she said. “He’svery good about makingyou feel like you’re theonly one in the room. He’sa great guy. He reallymakes you feel special.”
However, in betweenher time with Reese, shewas able to get to know theother women staying inthe house, especiallyJacque and Alex.
“I still talk to the girls ona regular basis,” she said.
With 22 women stayingin one house, drama didensue, but Sheets said shewas not one to getinvolved and left with nohard feelings.
“It gets pretty intense,but at the end of the day,we’re still good friends,”she said.
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Cassidie Sheets, who graduated from UNC in 2010with a degree in journalism and mass communica-tions, is on “Sweet Home Alabama.” “
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Upon entering CaféCultura Tuesday, the col-orful artwork, genuinesmiles and inviting posita supportive community.
The Caesar ChavezCultural Center andUNC Mexican Americanstudies are always striv-ing to maintain relation-ships between UNC stu-dents and the Latino,Hispanic and Chicanocommunities, so in cele-bration of the Day of theDead, they hosted CaféCultura with guestspeaker Priscilla Falcon,a Mexican Americanstudies professor.
Along with Falcon, theevent showcased artists,musicians, poets andactivists whose messagesfocused on storytellingand ancestral roots.
Evelina Ronceros, asophomore information
systems managementmajor, said, “Oral story-telling is an intricate partof my Peruvian heritage.My grandmother used tosing to me about spiritsand the dead; however, associety changes, our relayof narratives has becomeelectronic and robotic.Oral storytelling allowsfor a type of humaninflection that cannot bemanufactured, and I’mglad to see it being show-cased tonight.”
Falcon spoke aboutdifferent facets of Latinculture. From family tofood, a message ofrespect based on similar-ities and differencesreached the intermin-gled crowd of UNC facul-ty, teachers, studentsand local communitymembers.
The Day of the Dead,or Dia de los Muertos inSpanish, is a Mexicanholiday consisting of
Nov. 1 — All Saints’ Day— and Nov. 2 — All Souls’Day — but it is celebrat-ed throughout an entireweek.
Private altars, sugarskulls and marigolds aretraditional media thatinspire the visits of soulsthat are said to hear theprayers of the living.
Giussepe Silva, a grad-uate communicationsmajor, said, “Last year, Istudied abroad in Spain.Dia de los Muertos is ahuge affair that consists ofparades and festivals. Ithought I would miss outon celebrating, but manyof the words spoken bytonight’s speakers helpedto remind me that (Day ofthe Dead) is aboutremembrance and respectfor those who havealready passed and aredear to us.”
With the increasedimmigration issues thathave affected Latin
American immigrants,Dia de los Muertos alsofunctions as a social rightsholiday; an awarenessevent that recognizes thedeportation laws in theUnited States.
“Before the eventtonight, I was unaware ofthe depth and history ofDia de los Muertos,” saidAshley Read, an adjunctprofessor of English lan-guage and literature. “Notonly is the holiday amoment for reflection andpaying homage, but it isalso a reminder as to thesocial, historical and polit-ical battles fought bySouthern and LatinAmerican cultures in orderto protect their heritage.”
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Art shown and poetry read at Cafe Cultura
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Jozer Guerrero, a poet from the Café Cultura ArtistsCollective, performs a spoken word about immigrationat the Café Cultura workshop for Day of the Dead.
reunion has been plannedsince 2008 when Browningand Schneider, both musiceducators, met at aColorado Music EducatorAssociation meeting.
“We really started the jazzprogram,” Schneider said.
The CD is a digitaliza-tion of a reel-to-reelrecording of a 1961 per-formance led by music pro-fessor William Gower andfeaturing Buddy DeFrancoon clarinet. Listeners canhear the amused clamor ofaudience members
between performances.Nineteen songs are
included on the CD, and thelistener is thrust into thesounds of “Mood Indigo,”“There Will Never Be” and“Can’t Help Loving.”
Browning, who nowresides in Arizona, contact-ed 14 members of TheViscounts and discoveredthat all of his Viscounts col-leagues became high schoolband directors and profes-sional musicians. Browningserved as the band directorat Longmont High Schoolfor 14 years.
“I have not been in con-tact with most of these peo-ple since graduation,”Browning said.
The Viscounts want toattend the Greeley JazzFestival April 19-21 for amore formal meeting.
“We thought it would bea great place to reunite withthe old days,” Schneidersaid. “It’s a reminder of howeverything has changed.”
People interested inpurchasing The Viscounts’CD, priced at $9.99, cancontact Browning [email protected].
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