the mirror uncm i r r o r . c o m s e r v i n g t h e u n i v e r s i t y o f n o r t h e r n c o l o r a d o s i n c e 1 9 19 CAMPUS NEWS. COMMUNITY NEWS. YOUR NEWS. Volume 94, Number 58 Monday, February 13, 2012 M M e e n n ’ ’ s s h h o o o o p p s s d d o o w w n n s s M M S S U U News Upcoming In Wednesday’s issue of The Mirror, read about Student Honors Council’s Make Your Own Valentine booth at the UC. Students get aid with FAFSA Students and par- ents receive help filling out the FAFSA and finding scholarships. PAGE 2 Sports Bears manage split in Montana The UNC women’s basketball team secures a spot in the Big Sky tourney after beating UM. PAGE 6 Online Softball opens year at record pace Look in The Mir Look in The Mirr or or P P a a g g e e 6 6 Mon: Tue: Thur: Wed: Amanda Dermon, a freshman recreation, tourism and hospitality major, screws insulation onto the ceiling of a Habitat for Humanity home Saturday. SOURCE: WEATHER.COM @ www.uncmirror.com 35 | 21 38 | 19 35 | 16 37 | 21 The UNC softball team comes home from the Lion Classic with a 5-1 record. Read at www.uncmirror.com CASSIE WEBER | THE MIRROR
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UpcomingIn Wednesday’sissue of TheMirror, readabout StudentHonors Council’sMake Your OwnValentine boothat the UC.
Students get aid with FAFSAStudents and par-ents receive helpfilling out theFAFSA and findingscholarships.PAGE 2
SportsBears manage split in Montana
The UNC women’sbasketball teamsecures a spot inthe Big Sky tourneyafter beating UM.PAGE 6
OnlineSoftball opens year at record pace
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The UNC softballteam comes homefrom the LionClassic with a 5-1record. Read atwww.uncmirror.com
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Students score ‘College Goal’ with FAFSA workshopSTEPHANIE RICH
About 26 staff fromUNC and AimsCommunity College andvolunteers came togetherin the University CenterComputer Commons tohelp approximately 180current and prospectivestudents fill out the FreeApplication for FederalStudent Aid for CollegeGoal Sunday.
The admissions staffanswered general ques-tions about the Universityof Northern Colorado andthe FAFSA process. Theyalso gave away UNCmemorabilia and provid-ed scholarship and study
abroad information. The admissions staff
directed families into theComputer Commons wherethey would get started ontheir FAFSA and have theopportunity to get one-on-one help if needed and toask general questions.
Once they were com-pletely finished with theFAFSA process, the stu-dents were directed to fillout a survey. After the sur-vey was done, students hadthe option to enter a rafflefor two $1,000 scholar-ships. There was also infor-mation about what schol-arship committees look forwhen choosing recipientsand a list of different web-sites for scholarships.
“I learned how to transferinformation from my taxesinto the FAFSA,” saidDakotah Allnutt, a prospec-tive student for the Universityof Colorado at Boulder.
She and her parentsspent time learning whatinformation to pull fromtheir taxes and what to dofor the FAFSA. They men-tioned they didn’t have alltheir taxes filed yet.
College Goal Sunday vol-unteers helped students andtheir parents learn aboutStudent Aid Reports and theprocess of applying forscholarships.
“Information on net-working and books was thebest advice I got today,”said Zack Schreiber, a
prospective student. The volunteers worked
with Leah Schaer, the assis-tant director of Financial Aidat Aims, who encouraged stu-dents to think about whatthey want to major in andways to find scholarships spe-cific to that major.
Schaer also said large cor-porations, such as Wal-MartStores Inc. and Campbell’s,can provide scholarships tostudents as well.
“This year was more suc-cessful than any other year,and it seems like the FAFSAgets easier and easier everyyear, but we still have a lotof questions and peoplecoming up to us saying thatthey wished they wouldhave known about this in
previous years,” said DJHjelle, College Goal Sundaycoordinator and a Financial
Aid staff member. “We defi-nitely anticipate having itnext year.”
CASSIE WEBER | THE MIRROR
Scott Theis, left, and his son, Jacob, an incoming freshman,receive help filling out the FAFSA from Kim Joiner, a represen-tative from the Aims Community College Financial Aid Office.
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Mirror Reflections are the opinion of The Mirror’s editorial board: Parker Cotton, Ryan Lambert, Sara Van Cleve, Melanie Vasquez and Benjamin Welch. Let us know what you think.E-mail us at [email protected].
Since the dawn of mankind,humanity has questioned themeaning of life.
The mere thought itself ques-tions our belief and reliance onmany things, including religion,happiness, afterlife, social valueand ethics.
From Plato’s early musings toKantian ethics to existentialism,life’s purpose has been debatedand argued endlessly, and as acommon solution has yet to befound, that trend can be expectedto continue.
Many argue life’s sole purposeis to be happy. Others would say
it’s to procreate and raise a family.Some are of a more selfish disposi-tion, finding ventures that solelybenefit themselves to be of utmostimportance.
But maybe the purpose is tofind that purpose, especially iffinding it takes a substantialamount of time. A lifelong journeyfor the pursuit of knowledge, self-betterment and the advancementof society is a noble goal indeed,regardless of the end result.
Take a look into your ownfuture. What do you see for your-self? Are you doing what makesyou truly happy? Are you excited
for what the future holds? If you’resetting yourself up for a life of dis-appointment, unhappiness in theworkplace and a sense of beingunfulfilled, stop.
As cheesy as it sounds to say,though life is long, you only haveone shot at it. And unfortunately,that one shot could come to anend tomorrow, and no one can seethat coming.
So what will it be? Settlingdown in a routine that includesworking in a cubicle all day anddrinking beer with your dog on theweekend? Sure, you may be doingwhat society has dictated is a
meaningful existence, keepingyour nose clean and “doing theright thing” like your parentstaught you? You may make a sub-stantial paycheck, but if the workrequired interferes with your men-tal wellbeing, is it worth it?
Or will you refuse to be a sheepand pursue your true dream,whatever that may be? Buy a hunkof land and start a ranch. Bikeacross the nation. Swim theEnglish Channel. Spend a week ina remote, tropical paradise. Write anovel. Travel in a band.
Refuse to lead a monotonousexistence.
Life’s purpose found through introspection, following dreams
I’m encouraged by StudentSenate’s decision last weekto fund the highly antici-
pated event “Seduce Me,” hostedby Cru in the University CenterBallrooms at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
I applaud those at UNC whohave recognized the value of Cru’sevents, notably many members ofStudent Senate and the ResidenceHall Association, which wasextremely generous in their fundingfor the event.
But at the same time, I’m dis-appointed that the fundingpassed by such a narrow margin,a seven-six decision. Given thehistory of Cru events, it seems
that funding “Seduce Me” shouldhave been a no-brainer.
The small margin leads me towonder whether some of the samebiases exist that led to StudentSenate’s refusal to fund Cru eventsin the past, especially given the factthat one person last week motionedearly in discussion to deny fundingcompletely.
In the past two years, Cru hasbeen denied funding for threemajor events. Each has drawnextremely sizeable crowds, andwhile Senate indirectly funds manyevents that are strictly for entertain-ment value, Cru’s events have notonly been entertaining and broadlyappealing; they have been academ-ically invigorating as well.
Last year, Student Senate deniedfunding for The Maze on the basisthat it was ideological in nature.
Some members cited theUniversity Board Policy Manual,
which had said, “Mandatory stu-dent fees shall not be used to fundideological, political, or religiousactivities.”
The clause was so linguisticallyambiguous that it should have war-ranted denying funding to virtuallyevery organization on campus. Thecultural centers and GLBTA, forinstance, are ideological in nature.Additionally, prominent figures likeSupreme Court Justice Hugo Blackhave opined that secular human-ism is by all reasonable definitionsan ideological established religion.
Regardless, there has been along-standing mantra of misusingthe First Amendment’sEstablishment Clause to unfairlytarget religious groups. While theUniversity of Wisconsin atMadison’s Badger Catholic group’slitigation in the past year has shownthat the law affirms religiousgroups’ equal access to university
funding, the effect hasn’t complete-ly taken off.
This is represented by the factthat bylaws containing clauses pro-hibiting religious groups fromreceiving funding were still on bookat UNC as recently as last semesterand were used briefly in arguing todeny funding from Cru before itwas pointed out the bylaws havebeen updated.
I hope that further legal clarifi-cation will ensure that biasesagainst religious groups are relegat-ed to the past and that a greaterunderstanding of theEstablishment Clause—whichmeans that the government shallnot respect one religion over anoth-er, not that it will discriminateagainst all religions—will beadvanced.
— Josh Divine is a senior mathe-matics major and a weekly columnistfor The Mirror.
Student Senate decision shows progress, but there’s still a long way to go
A group of UNC volun-teers worked to break thecycle of poverty by provid-ing remodeled houses thatfoster hope, comfort andenergy sustainability whenthey volunteered withHabitat for HumanitySaturday.
University of NorthernColorado volunteers and
Habitat for Humanityhomeowners spent the daypainting and insulating thehome of 2909 Harper Ct.
Blue foam shavingscoated the hair and clothesof hard-working volunteerswho wielded saws, con-struction glue and paint-brushes to accomplish thetask.
The objective was toinstall foam insulationboards to the perimeter of
the house’s ceiling. Thisform of insulation keepsthe house from losing ener-gy and holds in heat duringthe winter and cold air dur-ing the summer.
Andy Phelps, the con-struction director, imple-mented the insulation idea.Phelps assisted studentsand volunteers in cuttingand installing the foampieces.
Phelps said with theinsulation, the houseshould have a home energyrating score of 55, a stellar,low score, which means2909 Harper Ct. will beadept to conserve energyand release a smalleramount of carbon emis-sions than houses withpoorer insulation.
“A house with a homeenergy rating score of 167emits 17.2 tons of CO2,”Phelps said. “With properinsulation we can cut thisnumber down to six tonsemitted. The conservationbenefits are huge.”
The students found away to have fun while help-ing those less fortunate and
the environment throughtheir work with Habitat forHumanity.
“Hurry, this is real heavy,”joked Nic Mortenson, a jun-ior math major, as he held afoam insulation board to theceiling.
Mortenson volunteeredwith fellow UNC cheer-leaders Nicole Scales,Kristin King and AmandaDreman.
“We are volunteering toreach out to our communi-ty and make a difference,”Scales said.
Students also worked tofinish painting a number ofdoors for the house.
Becca Hoy, a sopho-more secondary educationmath major, said she vol-unteered because shewanted to actively partici-pate in a project for Habitatfor Humanity.
“Volunteers are the rea-son we can accomplish somuch,” said MichelleValoris, the volunteer coor-dinator for Habitat forHumanity.
Completing a projectfor Habitat for Humanity is
a process that takesmonths of hard work andremodeling.
Habitat for Humanitypurchases foreclosedhomes and then rehabili-tates, remodels andreviews the applications offamilies in need. The fami-
lies that receive the homesare required to assistHabitat for Humanity inbuilding other houses.
“The entirety of thisprocess could not be com-pleted to the aptitude theorganization has if not forvolunteers,” Valoris said.
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Student volunteers paint, insulate ‘Habitat’
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Students install insulation foam on the ceiling of a Habitat forHumanity house Saturday. The foam reduces carbon emissions,making Habitat for Humanity homes more energy efficient.
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What are your plans for Valentine’s Day?
“I am leaving that up to myboyfriend. I expect dinnerand a movie, maybechocolates.”
Dana Johnson, a junior ele-mentary education major
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“We are having an anti-Valentine’s Day party. Wewill also be bashing a bigpiñata heart with the faces ofthe people who’ve given usthe cold shoulder on it.”
Julian Gines, a senior Englishmajor
“I am going to an orches-tra concert at the UCCC.It was either that orwork,” said Jon Dotson, ajunior German major.
Jon Dotson, a juniorGerman major
“I’m cooking a meal andbaking sweets for myboyfriend.”
Katie Gleason, a seniorpsychology major
“I will just go to schooland study. My boyfriendwill be an hour away.”
Jaisee Starr, a senior arteducation major
Editor: Parker Cotton 6 The Mirror Monday, February 13, 2012
Men’s hoops claws back, takes down BobcatsDAVID WILSON
It took an extra period tosettle the score in the UNCmen’s basketball matchupwith Montana State Saturdayat Butler-Hancock SportsPavilion, but the Bears bat-tled back from a 14-pointdeficit in the second half andkept the momentum goingin overtime to secure the 77-
64 win.The afternoon Big Sky
Conference Game of theWeek started out pretty lack-luster for the University ofNorthern Colorado (8-16, 5-8Big Sky) as it shot a dismal 35percent through the first 20minutes and was down 34-25at the half.
Montana State (11-13, 6-7) built its lead up to 14 pointsat the 16:59 mark of the sec-
ond half before the Bearspunched back. UNC sopho-more guard Paul Garnica fedsenior forward Mike Proctordown low on back-to-backplays to spark a 13-0 run thatwas capped off by a 3-pointerby Garnica to get the Bearsback within two points.
In the final minute of reg-ulation, both teams hadopportunities to break a 55-55 tie. MSU went to the linedown one point with 58 sec-onds left but junior XavierBlount missed his final freethrow attempt to give UNC anopportunity. After a missedshot and offensive rebound,UNC wound down the clockto take the last shot whenProctor was called for an ille-gal screen with eight secondsremaining in regulation.
UNC got a defensive stopon MSU’s last heave to sendthe game into overtime.
“Honestly, I was like‘How’s a referee going to call afoul with eight seconds left?Let us finish the game,’” UNC
redshirt freshman TevinSvihovec said. “But I felt likewe were in a groove, so I feltwe were just going to contin-ue to get stops.”
The overtime periodbelonged to UNC as the Bearswasted little time to deliverthe knockout punch to MSU.UNC sophomore guard TateUnruh scored 10 of his game-high 20 points in overtime,including the dagger with1:44 left to push the Bears’lead to 67-57. UNC as a teamoutscored MSU 22-9 duringthose five minutes to comeaway victorious.
“He did what players aresupposed to do,” UNC headcoach B.J. Hill said of Unruh.“He made some DevonBeitzel-esque type plays. Tateand Tevin both saw anopportunity to go do some-thing that they felt they coulddo and they made plays.That’s confidence from put-ting in work. I think they bothgrew up a lot in the secondhalf.”
Svihovec added 15points for UNC, continu-ing his streak of 14straight games of 10points or more. Proctorscored all eight of hispoints in the second halfand grabbed a game-high13 rebounds as well.
The win snapped theBears’ three-game losingstreak and pulled themback to within a half-game
of Eastern Washington forthe final playoff spot withthree conference gamesremaining. UNC takes onEWU at 7:05 p.m.Wednesday in Cheney,Wash.
“We’re thinking of all ofthem as must-win games,”Unruh said. “We got one ofthem tonight so we justneed to keep taking thingsone game at a time.”
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UNC freshman forward Brendan Keane, left, makes amove against a Montana defender Thursday at home.Keane had two points Saturday against Montana State.
The UNC women’s bas-ketball team needed over-time to defeat MontanaSaturday, but the extra fiveminutes were well worththe result as the 56-54 winin Missoula, Mont., lockedup a Big Sky Tournamentspot for the second con-secutive year.
The University ofNorthern Colorado (15-10,
7-5 Big Sky) got back-to-back 3-pointers to start thegame from senior forwardKaisha Brown and juniorforward Lauren Oosdyke,and the Bears never trailedafter that.
The Bears led by asmany as 16 in the first halffollowing a Brown 3-point-er with 5:39 left. UNC,while shooting 42.9 percentfrom the field, heldMontana to 25 percentshooting in the first 20 min-
utes and wentinto halftimeleading 31-16.
The Grizzlies(14-11, 7-5)mounted acomeback inthe second halfbehind 42 per-cent shootingand UNC shoot-ing only 18.8percent. Withan 11-point leadwith 8:39 left, the Bears
were out-scored18-8 the remain-der of regula-tion, and theteams went intoovertime tied at52.
Sophomoreguard D’sharaStrange scoredall four of UNC’spoints in theextra five min-utes, and the
Bears left Montana know-
ing they own one of the sixspots in the conferencetournament.
Strange led all playerswith 19 points and addednine rebounds, four stealsand two assists while play-ing all 45 minutes. Oosdykehad a double-double forthe second straight game,scoring 10 points and grab-bing a career-high-tying 13rebounds, while Brownscored 13 points.
Oosdyke’s scoring total
pushed her into 15th placeon UNC’s all-time scoringlist with 1,012 points inher career.
The Bears’ next gamecomes against the secondplace team in the Big Sky,Eastern Washington, at7:05 p.m. Thursday atButler-Hancock SportsPavilion. The Eagles (16-9,10-2) have won sixstraight games, and theirlast loss was a 56-53defeat at home to UNC.
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UNC freshman forward Tim Huskisson (22) drives the ballagainst Montana senior forward Art Steward Thursday.Huskisson had eight points Saturday against Montana State.
Lauren Oosdyke scored 10 pointsand had 13rebounds againstMontana Saturday.
The UNC wrestlingteam rebounded from lastweek’s loss to Wyomingwith a sweep of WesternWrestling Conference foesNorth Dakota State andSouth Dakota StateSunday at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion.
The University ofNorthern Colorado beatNDSU 22-21 on a tiebreak-er because it won six of the10 matches. The Bears thendefeated SDSU with morebreathing room, at 27-15.
UNC head coach BenCherrington said hethinks the first dual camedown to the end becausethree of NDSU’s fourmatch victories were byfall, whereas only seniorGabe Burak pinned anopponent for UNC.
“Really, that dual camedown to those three pins,”Cherrington said. “Otherthan that, I think we ham-mered them. To win six
matches out ofthe 10 is big.”
Fortunatelyfor the Bears,sophomore NickBayer outscoredthe Bison’s JohnGusewelle 6-1 inthe final matchof the dual withNorth DakotaState, and thatdecision tied upthe dual whilesimultaneouslyclinching the tiebreaker.
UNC senior Casey Cruz,who had his hand raisedafter both matches Sunday,said the win over NDSUwas important for theteam’s confidence becausethe Bison have been atough opponent during histime at UNC.
“It was big for us just tokeep our heads in thematch and to keepwrestling,” Cruz said. “Imean, those guys came outthere and battled with us.We haven’t beaten them ina long time. That’s a toughteam for us. I think since
I’ve beenwrestling, I thinkthat’s one of thefew times we’vebeaten them.”
The seconddual of the after-noon was not asclose — theBears won sevenof the 10 match-es to seal thevictory. Two ofSDSU’s threevictories were
by fall, but UNC sopho-more Justin Gonzales wonby injury default and Burakagain pinned his oppo-nent, Troy Morissette.Burak said he believes he isstill building his form lead-ing up to the end of theregular season.
“I think I did somethings well,” Burak said.“That last match, I got aturn I was working on,which is good. I think forthe most part, I’mwrestling better than atthe beginning of the year,which is how it shouldbe.”
Cruz also said hethinks wrestling two dualsin one afternoon can betaxing both physically andmentally.
“It’s tough,” he said.“You have to be prepared.
You have to get your fluidsback in you right whenyou’re done with the firstdual, eat a little bit and getyour body ready. It’stough on your body, butmainly just mentally, you
have to be prepared.”The Bears have two
WWC duals left in their sea-son starting with UtahValley at 7 p.m. Wednesdayat Butler-Hancock SportsPavilion.
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