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To celebrate Mexican her-itage and cuisine, the sisters ofPi Lambda Chi Latin sororityhosted Buen Provecho, apotluck open to UNC students,Tuesday at the Patton House,the home of the Cesear ChavezCultural Center.
Veronica Domingo, presi-dent of Pi Lambda Chi, saidmore than 50 people attendedthe event. Dishes includedenchiladas, flautas, green chilland other Latin food.
“In a rough translation, BuenProvencho means ‘bon appétit,’”she said.
This year, the sorority accept-ed donations for its philanthropy,The Alzheimer’s Foundation.Domingo said the sorority collect-ed about $60 for the foundation.
Today, the sorority will sell
paletas, a Mexican popscicle, for$1.50 each to raise funds for thefoundation and the Alzheimer’sMemory Walk 8:30 a.m.-noonSaturday at Island Grove Park.
To find out about events at thecultural center, call 970-351-2424.
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During the fall and wintermonths, the influenza virus makesits rounds, causing students tomiss class, social and extracurric-ular activities, and generally feelunder the weather. Although itmay seem as if contracting thisvirus is left in the hands of fate,precautions can be taken toreduce a student’s chances offalling ill this flu season.
The Student Health Center host-ed a flu shot clinic Tuesday in theAspen suite in the University Center.For $25, customers received the shotthat protects against the three mostviral strains of flu this season: H1N1and influenza A and B.
This is the first year the H1N1vaccine was included with the flushot, as opposed to being a sepa-rate shot.
“It’s absolutely extremely impor-tant to get your flu shot,” said VickiMossman, the UNC Health Servicesmanager. “H1N1 is still out there.”
Mossman said it was especiallyimportant for students who weretraveling or participating in a studyabroad program to get vaccinated.She said students may contract theflu elsewhere, and bring it backhome and infect others.
“They always used to tell you to
wait until late October or earlyNovember, but now they’re chang-ing what they’re saying, because ofH1N1,” Mossman said. “I’m pleasedto see we’ve got such a steady streamof customers.”
An hour into the event, morethan 20 customers arrived, includ-ing students, faculty and staff.
The flu season typically runsfrom early fall to late spring,and children, pregnant women,the elderly and people with cer-tain health conditions are mostsusceptible to the illness.Common symptoms includefever, cough, chills, fatigue andsore throat.
“There’s too many people get-ting sick,” said Terri Powers, a med-ical assistant for the University ofNorthern Colorado Student HealthServices and the administrator ofthe shot at the clinic. “They canstop the symptoms, so they shoulddefinitely get the vaccine.”
In addition to the flu shot,the meningitis vaccine is highlyrecommended. This shot can beattained at the Student HealthCenter, along with many others,including tetanus/DTap, hepati-tis A and B, and typhoid fever.
Powers said the flu shot is akilled version of the virus that isinjected into the arm muscle.The body’s immune systemreacts to this virus and learnshow to defend itself in case alive version affects the bodylater on.
Another flu shot clinic will behosted from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 28 at the CampusRecreation Center.
For more information, call theStudent Health Center at 970-351-2412 or visit the website atwww.unco.edu/shc.
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Abigail Weedor, a senior,communication major, andJuliet Simbo, a senior psy-chology major, enjoy a dishTuesday at Buen Provecho atthe Davis House.
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With all the talk about thelooming end of print media, asan aspiring journalist, it mayseem as if the doom of 2012 hashit early for the news industry.But, oh contraire, young quilldabbers, for there are indeedalternative ways to get yourinnate journalism skills out foruniversal appreciation.
One media source journal-ists need to further tap into isphotography. The New YorkTimes recently posted an articleon Twitter with the question,“Is Photojournalism Dead?”This, of course, seems like theredundant question for news-papers, magazines and weeklynewsletters. However, the quickanswer provided in this article
was a simple: no. Why is this? Ina world that relies on the WorldWide Web for a fast update onthe happenings in the world,it’s almost as if the need for pic-tures in print newspapers andmagazines is unnecessary,right?
Actually, the need for suchphotography is very much nec-essary. It plays a vital role increating a vision for news-seek-ers. This section of journalismhas breathed new life into themedia; turning the phrase “newmedia” into an even moredeveloped way of discoveringintelligence from all over theworld. An example? Our beingable to really feel the devasta-tion Haitians felt after the mas-
sive earthquake (although therewas major controversy onwhether or not the pictureswere “too much”).
The Internet is a whole otherbeast itself. With sites likeTwitter, Facebook and vastamounts of information avail-able from countless searchengines, the Web still remains aforce to be reckoned with formy old-agers. But young com-ing-uppers have been raised inthe technology age and all thatis left is for them to truly har-ness its journalistic powers.
The paradigm is that theinstrument potentially creatingthe demise of print journalismalso holds the power to revital-ize the same industry. It’s a
matter of journalists not lettingthe bad forecasts of the futuredampen their drive and passionfor true reporting and journal-ism. And it is young journalists,who hold the innate knowledgeand creativity to resurrect thebones of an old dinosaur.
Fear should not hold oneback from approaching thesenew ways of journalism. Theyshould be approached withexcitement and fresh ideas.
Innovation is the hope forjournalism. And all young presspotentials out there have a legup on the rest of the competi-tion, for it is these buddingjournalists who can bring fresheyes and fresh perspective to asupposedly dying industry.
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LETTERS
One hundred andsixty-nine homeswere destroyed in
the weeklong Fourmile CanyonFire. Three thousand peoplewere evacuated. More than6,000 acres of land wereburned.
The firefighters who finallycontained the Fourmile Fire onMonday are now west ofLoveland leading the fightagainst another wildfire, one
that has forced more peopleout of their homes.
Imagine losing the homeyou worked for and on and infor so many years. The homeyou raised a family in. Imaginelosing most of your belongingsall at once — old photos, yourcollection of books, pieces offurniture from generationspast. Imagine you need sud-denly to find a place to sleepand eat for an uncertain lengthof time. What if it were allbecause of a vicious accident?
My selfish side asks, “Whatwill we do if there’s a fire nearGreeley?” I don’t know theanswer, though I’m comfortedboth that we are not in danger
and that we can’t do anythingabout it.
My better side asks, “Whatcan I do to help those directlyaffected by the emergency?” Intimes of repair and reorienta-tion, finding a way to help isoften difficult. Fortunatelythere are a number ofresources for Good Samaritansin this emergency. I sincerelyhope you might join me inoffering what you can to thevictims of the Boulder andLoveland fires.
If you wish to donate torelief efforts, you can call 866-760-6489 for information.
The Red Cross is housingevacuees in Loveland. To sup-
port them, go to www.north-erncolorado.redcross.org.
Finally, you can donateitems or volunteer in theDonation Collection Center at3111 28th St. in Boulder.
If you have clothing, blan-kets, towels or school suppliesyou do not use, I urge you toconsider donating to ourneighbors in need. If you havecash to give, all the better. Ifyou only have time, thenplease give that. As busy as allof us UNC folk are, someonemay need our time more thanwe do.
— Mark Maxwell is a junior the-ater arts major and a columnist forThe Mirror.
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On Tuesday, the PanoramaRoom in the University Centerfilled with students for theMonfort College of Business’Business Exploration Night. Theevent targeted underclassmeninterested in majoring in businessor who need to declare an empha-sis within their business major.
The event included presenta-tions on MCB programs and apanel discussion from localbusiness representatives.
“Students may not know whatthey want to study at MCB or whatcareers paths are available to them,so we are here to help them” saidMary Graves, the director of MCB’sstudent advising department.
The event began with a presen-
tation from business professorsabout the emphasis they teach.Finance, accounting, computerinformation systems, manage-ment and marketing were respec-tively represented by MichaelMartin, Christina Ritsema,Charmayne Cullon, Dave Thomasand Nathan Kling. The purpose ofthe presentations was to showUNC students the wide array ofcareers available to them with adegree in business — regardless ofthe emphasis.
Martin described finance as adynamic field.
“When people see finance,they think it’s just stock broking,”Martin said. “That is not true.Very few UNC students go on towork as stock brokers; most ofthem go on to work as analysts oradvisers for companies like
Budweiser or Qwest.”These presentations were
interrupted by a surprise visitfrom Donald Gudmundson, thedean of MCB.
“I was going to be a landscapearchitect,” Gudmundson said. “Inever thought I’d end up in acade-
mia — so you don’t know whereyou’ll end up after college.”
The session was followed by apanel discussion with profession-als working in business-relatedfields. The panel includedUniversity of Northern Coloradoalumni: Jack Higgins of TriZettoand Brad Darby of Cintas. Also onthe panel were Nicky Elsberry fromEdward Jones Investments Firm,and Kara Berg and ChuckLeonhardt, both from UNC’sUniversity Relations.
Elsberry said more womenshould get into the financeindustry.
“Women only account for 15-20percent of the finance industry,”Elsberry said. “More women needto enter it because math-relatedskills are not just a male domain.”
Additionally, Leonhardt urged
students to follow their passion. “When I graduated from col-
lege, I went to work for a smallelectronics company and madeonly $14,000 a year, but I foundmy passion — the money camelater,” he said.
After the panel discussion, stu-dents began networking withpeers, professors and the panelover a pizza dinner. Studentswere also able to mingle with var-ious MCB clubs.
Holly Langsdorf, a senior busi-ness management and marketingmajor, spoke about the impor-tance of joining clubs gearedtoward a career.
“When you graduate, everyonehas the same four-year collegecareer you have; clubs and part-time jobs are what will make youdifferent,” Langsdorf said.
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Since the 2006 Spring semes-ter, the annual Cans to Candelariafood drive has enriched the com-munity by collecting non-perish-able food for donations. Theevent will return to campusThursday, Sept. 30.
The food drive is set up bythe public relations techniquesclass taught by Lee Anne Peck, aUNC journalism professor. Thisclass is a capstone requirementfor public relations students.This year’s theme is Feed theNeed because of the currentissues with hunger and thestruggling economy.
“We figured that with suchrough times, economically, Feedthe Need would be an appropriateslogan for this year’s food drive,”said Lindsey Mills, a senior journal-ism major and president of Bear PR
and the Student Public RelationsNetwork. “We could help out10,000 families in one monthbecause of this project.”
The time to drop off cannedfood and cash will be from 9 a.m.- 2p.m. in the L parking lot west ofCandelaria Hall. The awards cere-mony for the event will take placeat 5 p.m. that evening.
On Thursday, Sept. 22, therewill be live music and a hotdog saleto promote the event.
Some acceptable and highlyrecommended donations includemoney, peanut butter, juices,pasta, and canned meats, vegeta-bles or fruits. It is also importantto check expiration dates as theWeld County Food Bank will notaccept expired food.
“By keeping in touch with ourgenerous sponsors and UNCstudents, we are hoping to gen-erate 40,000 to 65,000 pounds offood,” Mills said. “This is a high
goal, and we have high expecta-tions, but I think we will be ableto do this.”
Peck has been the primaryorganizer of the food drive sinceits inception.
“I was surprised that UNC didnot have a campus-wide fooddrive when I started teachinghere in 2003,” Peck said. “I knewa lot of different groups on theUNC campus were doing theirown mini-drives, and I thought itmight be better to have one bigfood drive.”
Peck also said every little bitcan and will help the food bankand the community.
For those interested in con-tributing, individuals can registeronline at www.unco.edu/cansto-candelaria or drop off canneddonations to any organizationthat is registered. The last date toregister an organization for thedrive is Friday, Sept. 24.
Cans to return to Candelaria Hall Sept. 30
Professors, experts give business students career advice
“When I graduated fromcollege, I went to workfor a small electronics
company and made only$14,000 a year, but I
found my passion — themoney came later.
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Delicious, healthy recipes, from local food growersJOANNA LANGSTON
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The alluring smell of garlic waft-ing from Gunter Hall Tuesdayevening was not, as you might havesupposed, a rally of hard core TeamJacob fans trying to ward off thatpesky Edward. It was, in fact, theFall Fare Cooking Demonstration,hosted by the Wellness EducationCenter and the Student DieteticAssociation.
The evening featured severaldishes that were not only good forthe body, but aimed to be scrump-tious, enjoyed by a gaggle of guestsand program coordinators after thefeast had been prepared in front ofthe room, so everyone could viewthe process of their culinary efforts.
A crew of ladies led the discus-sion as they explained the dish they
were making and helpful cookinghints. The emphasis of the conver-sation was on health, wealth andlocation; food bought at local farm-ers’ markets not only has the bene-fit of being fresh, but also richer innutrients.
“If you buy in season, it can be alot more affordable, and it’s the besttasting produce,” said JessicaWeiderspon, a doctoral student ofexercise physiology and blueberry-peach cobbler baker. “It also sup-ports local farmers and vendors.”
Also on the menu was spaghettisquash pizza pie, kale chips andmushroom risotto; all ingredientswere purchased locally. Few peopleknow that kale — the dark leafy veg-etable most known for its bittertaste — is delicious when sprayedwith some cooking oil and sea-soned up like potatoes, then baked
to make delicious, crispy chips.There are many ways to
improve one’s diet by simply swap-ping out ingredients.
“I really like the fact that you cantake any meal and make it betterwith healthy substitutions, and youcan change people’s minds abouthealthy eating,” said LeannePyckas, a senior dietetics major,who prepared the mushroom risot-to.
Torie Christensen, senior dietet-ics major and vice president of theStudent Dietetic Association, haspublished her own cook book, “ABite of Heaven: Cooking forPleasure and Health,” which fea-tures recipes that are gluten, egg,dairy and nut free for all consumersto enjoy.
“The whole process of takingpictures of food and finding recipes
took three to four years,”Christensen said.
The result is a book full of deli-cious-looking recipies, safe for eventhe most sensitive of digesters.
The evening left all visitors wellinformed and well fed, inspired tofind new, fun ways to incorporatehealthier foods into their dailydiets.
‘Boy movie’ unrealistic, perpetuator of gender stereotypes
Last week, much to mydismay, I found myselfin an empty theater
waiting for the opening credits ofthe latest chapter of the formerlypopular, currently washed up,“Resident Evil” saga to begin.This was despite a copiousamount of reluctance on my partand mostly the result of strategicbribery that hit me where it hurt(two words: ice cream). I hadnever seen any of the previousmovies, but I brushed up on thegeneral storyline on Wikipedia sothat I could get straight to theheart of “Resident Evil: Afterlife,”
without any trouble.I have always thought if
you’ve seen one zombie movie,then you’ve seen them all. Mypoint was proven tenfold withthis movie. It’s like the entiregoal of all people involved in thecreation of this film was to wran-gle together all possible “boymovie” stereotypes and makethem a little bit more ridiculousthan they already were.
A prime example of this is theabsurd way in which the womenare portrayed. The characteraround which the plot revolves isAlice, beautiful in that scary waywhen you know she could com-pletely kick your butt up anddown the street (and probablywill). Even in the middle of a bat-tle-to-the-sure-to-be-gruesome-and-interesting-death scene andcovered in grime, Alice somehow
manages to have perfectlycoiffed hair and not even thetiniest of smudges in her eyelin-er. She’s still all heaving bosomand glossy (not sweaty) skin andsmoldering eyes.
The male char-acters in“Resident Evil”were not anymore realisticallyrepresented,unfortunately.Chris Redfield,played by the everso dreamyWentworth Miller,is so steeped in his masculinitythat it’s a surprise there was noscene depicting him eating boltsfor breakfast or wrestling a zom-bie to the ground with his barehands. I guess him swaggeringaround like the alpha male he is
and shooting brooding gazes atevery opportunity was enough toget the point across. The pointbeing he is a man.
I honestly had no idea movieslike this existed. I couldn’t tell if
the makers of thismovie were obliviousto how ridiculous amovie they made, orif it was meant to bean exploitation filmthat follows in thefootsteps of QuentinTarantino’s “DeathProof” or RobertRodriguez’s “Planet
Terror.”If it’s the former, then it is no
wonder that the men andwomen in our society are con-stantly in an uphill battle tryingto achieve an impossible idealand forgetting about that ever-
elusive concept of “self-love.” Imean, how can you truly loveyourself when you’re comparingyourself to something that sim-ply does not exist? I considermyself to be an OK-looking gal,and I would still look like a dogcompared to Milla Jovavich inher tiny tank top and even tiniershorts.
If it’s the latter, then … well, Ihonestly don’t think I could givethe creators of this travesty thatmuch credit. “Resident Evil:Afterlife” did only score a 22-per-cent “fresh” rating on www.rot-tentomatoes.com, so I think it’ssafe to say that nobody reallysaw this movie and liked itbesides its diehard fans. Poormisguided souls.
— Alexandria Vasquez is asenior human services majorand member of Pi Lambda Chi.
Alexandria
VASQUEZ
CASSIE NUCKOLS | THE MIRROR
Leanne Pylkas, a senior dietetics major and member of theStudent Dietetic Association, demonstrates how to cookhealthy, yet delicious, meals.
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Players, coaches react to overtime lossBEN WARWICK
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Ask anyone who watched UNC’s50-47 loss in four overtimes toWeber State last Saturday, and theywill tell you it was a very painful loss.
Perhaps no one feels the pain ofthat loss worse than the playersthemselves.
Junior quarterback Dylan Ormssaid he hurt just as much as anyoneon the field last Saturday night.
“My immediate reaction was,‘We should have gotten them closer.We should have made it easier onMason (Puckett) to make the kick,’”Orms said. “Always in overtime,we’re looking to score touchdownsand not rely on the field goal kicker.”
Orms said he believes that eventhough the University of NorthernColorado came out with the toughloss, the Bears are a better team forit.
“I think that we proved to every-body that we can compete in thisleague. We took a top-20 team intofour overtimes,” Orms said.
Not only did the lights go out onthe Bears’ chance of starting theseason 2-0 on Saturday night, butthey also went out on the stadium,as well. That could have been some-thing that affected the team, espe-cially in the thick of a long game.Offensive coordinator GregPeterson said a couple of similarmishaps on that trip helped preparethe team for the power outage.
Peterson said that on the way toUtah, one of the team’s three busesbroke down, causing the entireteam to have to share two buses. Healso said that right before halftime,the elevators at Stewart Stadium inOgden, Utah broke down, and bothsets of coordinators were stuck forabout half an hour right before half-time.
“Our kids never flinched,”Peterson said. “It doesn’t matterwhat kind of adversity happened —getting to the game, or during thegame, or lights going off, or fourovertimes, they were focused andthey were into it and hats off tothem.”
Junior wide receiver Patrick
Walker said he was just as frustratedby the hard loss as the rest of theteam.
“I was obviously heartbroken byit,” Walker said. “It was a long, hard-fought game. Both teams playedwell. We played very hard, we gaveeverything we had, it was just sadthat someone had to lose, and wehad to come out on the losing end, ithurt a lot.”
As for why UNC didn’t go for thevictory in the final minute, Downingoffered his own assessment.
“Our thoughts were if we gotfield position, we’d try to take ashot to score, but we didn’t getfield position,” Downing said. “Ididn’t want to take a shot at put-ting the ball up in the air. I didn’tfeel like with 54 seconds to go inthe game or whatever it was; I justfelt like we were too far.”
Downing also said senioroffensive lineman Amal Gumbs isout for the season with an unspec-ified injury, but the rest of theteam should be ready to playIdaho State Saturday at 1:35 p.m.at Nottingham Field.
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UNC junior quarterback Dylan Orms loads up to throw a pass inthe team’s practice Monday. The Bears lost their Big SkyConference opener, 50-47, to Weber State last weekend.
Volleyball player has taken to new sport �quicklyDAVID WILSON
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Imagine walking into a highschool gym to play a sport you’venever played competitively —dressed in the wrong attire. Thenjust four years later, you are aDivision I athlete in a program onthe rise. UNC junior defender andlibero Amanda Arterburn madethat image a reality.
“I actually played basketballand soccer my whole life, but peo-ple kept telling me I was athleticand should try volleyball,”Arterburn said. “I showed up tomy club tryouts in basketballshorts, but the game stuck andI’ve loved volleyball since.”
Arterburn came off the benchduring the University of NorthernColorado’s run to a Big SkyConference championship lastyear as she split time with then-senior Breanna VanDerMost. Inher sophomore campaign, shefinished with 316 digs and fin-ished with double digit digmatches 14 times, second only toVanDerMost.
As the starter for this year’steam, Arterburn said she attrib-utes a lot of her success to theexperience gained in 2009.
“I always competed with her(VanDerMost) in practice, but shealways played amazing,”Arterburn said. “I looked up to herand getting to learn from her and
other older liberos motivatedme.”
Currently, Arterburn ranksthird in the conference in digs pergame with 4.74 and leads theBears with 204 kills just 12 gamesinto the season. UNC head coachLyndsey Benson said Arterburn’sathletic ability and feistiness onthe defensive side of the net iswhat caught her eye as early asArterburn’s sophomore year atSmoky Hill High School inDenver.
“She came on her visit and wehad to restrict her from even try-ing to play here visiting,” Bensonsaid. “I probably put more timeinto recruiting Amanda than Ihave in anyone in my eight years
here. That’s how much we wantedher.”
What might be more impor-tant than theimpressiven u m b e r sand effortArterburn isputting upon thed e f e n s i v eside of thenet is thep r e s e n c eshe holds inthe lockerroom withher team-
mates.“I think she is going to be an
extremely imperative part of thisteam,” junior defender AbbieHowe said. “Her and I have agreat relationship, and we holdeach other accountable.”
While personal goals are notArterburn’s first priority, herteammates and coaches say theysee the potential the junior stillpossesses.
“She could easily lead the con-ference in digs by the end of theyear and be the best libero in theBig Sky,” Benson said.
The future looks bright forBears volleyball and forArterburn over her next two sea-sons. Not bad for a player whowas originally persuaded intoplaying the game.
Amanda Arterburndid not start play-ing volleyball untilhigh school.
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FREE FOOD, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENTAT THE CESAR CHAVEZ CULTURAL CENTER
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Students will be able to purchaseand learn about the benefits of buy-ing locally-grown produce 4 -7 p.m.
Thursday in New North Hall. Theorganizations that will host the eventare Housing and ResidentialEducation, Dining Services, CampusRecreation, and EnvironmentalHealth and Safety. Local suppliers of
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BEN WARWICKs p o r t s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
Junior wide receiver PatrickWalker has quickly made aname for himself on the UNCfootball team. He is also one ofthe integral reasons the teamhas seen more and more suc-cess on the field.
After just three receptions in2008, Walker saw increasedaction in 2009, catching 54 pass-es for 615 yards and a touch-down. This year, Walker has sixcatches for 76 yards and a touch-down in two games.
It would be a surprise to many,however, to learn that Walker did-n’t care for football as a child.Although Walker competed inbasketball and track and field inhigh school, he says it was his
mother who pushed him intoplaying football. He credits her ashis biggest influence off the field.
“ S h epretty muchforced me toplay PopW a r n e rf o o t b a l lwhen I wasl i t t l e , ”Walker said.“She told meI had to goout thereand toughenup, so I pret-ty much credit her and my dad.”
Though he is a cousin to NBAstar Tayshaun Prince of the DetroitPistons, Walker said he looks to theNFL for his role models.
“I like Wes Welker, how he
plays. He’s a similar little guy likeme — quick and gets the ball alot,” Walker said.
Walker also said he looks up tosomeone he considers to be ahometown hero. Walker andPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiverDeSean Jackson are both fromLong Beach, Calif.
“I really like DeSean Jacksonand Percy Harvin,” he said.“DeSean Jackson is from the samehometown as me, so I kind of lookup to him.”
Walker said he credits thecoaching staff as his main rea-son for playing for theUniversity of NorthernColorado, and the coaches saidthey are thrilled to have him asthe anchor of the receivingcorps. Bears offensive coordina-tor Greg Peterson was quick to
give him high praise. “Patrick is a very talented
football player, and when he’splaying hard and focused, he’svery good,” Peterson said. “He’sone of the leaders on this footballteam, and you win games withguys like that.”
Walker said he has bigexpectations for himself and forthe team this year, and he said
he believes they are definitelyattainable.
“I want to win the Big SkyChampionship, even win theDivision 1-AA FCSChampionship,” Walker said.“Whatever happens under that,personal accolades, Big Sky all-conference, if that happens, it hap-pens, but I just want to win the BigSky Championship.”
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