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 49 Monday, January 23, 2012 S S o o r r o o r r i i t t y y f f i i e e s s t t a a r r a a i i s s e e s s f f u u n n d d s s News Upcoming In Wednesday’s issue of The Mirror, read about this year’s Adopt-A-Spot clean-up and maintenance program. Senior learns ‘Math in Moscow’ A math major is traveling to Russia to participate in the prestigious “Math in Moscow” program. PAGE 2 Sports Men’s hoops falls to Bobcats The Bears couldn’t stop Montana State’s hot outside shooting in a loss Saturday. PAGE 7 Opinion Columns critique laws, perceptions Look in The Mir Look in The Mirr or or P P a a g g e e 2 2 Mon: Tue: Thur: Wed: UNC sophomore guard D’shara Strange drives into the lane against Montana State Saturday at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. CASSIE NUCKOLS | THE MIRROR SOURCE: WEATHER.COM @ www.uncmirror.com 41 | 25 45 | 22 53 | 32 56 | 29 Two Mirror writers talk about campus gun laws and misin- terpretations of jour- nalistic roles. Page 4
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After two years ofplanning, the UNCLeague of United LatinAmerican Citizens and PiLambda Chi, a Latinasorority on campus,played host to an “UnBaile de Pachanga”fundraiser Saturday andraised hundreds of dollarsto support their scholar-ship fund.
“Un Baile dePachanga,” or a dance ofcelebration, was hosted toraise money for scholar-ships granted to incomingLatina freshmen at theUniversity of NorthernColorado.
More than 100 peoplewere in attendance, rais-ing $700 toward thesorority scholarship.
“This was somethingdifferent,” said Jeri Salas,a senior and PLC presi-dent. “A lot of college stu-dents were already goingout so we figured it wouldbe a great idea to providea place that they could
come to and at the sametime support our cause.”
The fundraiser hasbeen in the planningstages for two years andwas brought to fruitionSaturday.
“People have wanted itin the past and it wasnever planned, so we fig-ured we would try and seehow it went,” Salas said.
The event was hostedin the banquet hall ofOasis Sports Bar andBanquet Hall located at609 8th Ave.
The spacious room pro-vided patrons with a color-ful and comfortable seatingarea, as well as a large dancefloor that crowded with stu-dents dancing to a range ofLatin music includingbachata, merengue, salsa,and cha cha.
“We do a lot offundraisers for a lot ofpeople,” said BobMedina, the owner andoperator of Oasis. “If theyare looking for assistance,if they need help, we arehere to help them out. Ilike the college kids andwe’re big supporters ofUNC. The students wouldalways help us a lot and ifyou take care of them,they will take care of you.That’s how I look at it.Any time I can help themout… I love that.”
Some students attend-ed to fulfill class require-ments while othersattended to have some
fun after a stressful weekof classes.
“I’m looking to learnhow to dance (to Latinmusic),” said CharmasLee, a freshman criminal
justice major. “I want toshow (my class) that Ilearned how to dance aspart of presenting a partof the Mexican culture.”
The organizations plan
to host other dances fortheir philanthropic ven-tures as well as a carsmash on March 5 at theUniversity Center to raisefunds for Relay for Life.
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Sorority’s ‘baile’ raises hundreds for scholarships
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Teresa Hernandez, left, a junior criminal justice major, and Casey O’Connell, a jun-ior elementary education major, showed off their best dance moves during PiLambda Chi’s Un Baile de Pachanga scholarship fundraiser at Oasis Saturday,
Student joins prestigious math programAMANDA STOUTENBURGH
For the third time, aUNC student has beenaccepted into the “Mathin Moscow” program, aprestigious math programat the IndependentUniversity of Moscow inRussia.
Jeremy Garcia, a sen-ior mathematics major atthe University ofNorthern Colorado, will
be leaving for MoscowJan. 30.
Garcia is also one ofonly five recipients of a$9,000 American MathSociety scholarship toattend this program.
Brian Shourd andEthan Twisdale partici-pated in the program inspring 2009 and spring2011, respectively.
Garcia said he learnedabout this program
through his advisers,Hartensia Soto-Johnsonand Anton Dzhamay, at theSchool of MathematicalSciences at UNC.
“They have both doneso much for me,” Garciasaid. “They are the reasonwhy I could get into pro-grams like this.”
He has said he is verygrateful to his advisers andhow much they havehelped him get into similar
programs. Garcia hasalready done two othersummer programs, includ-ing Research Experiencefor Undergraduates.
The objective forteachers at theIndependent Universityof Moscow is to let inter-national students experi-ence a new way of learn-ing mathematics.
See Math, Page 5
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As with horse racing, sprintingand swimming, jumping the gun isnever good.
Unfortunately, that’s exactlywhat Pennsylvania State studentpaper Onward State’s managingeditor Devon Edwards did by pre-maturely reporting the death oflegendary ex-football coach JoePaterno Saturday night.
At about 8:45 p.m. ET, Edwardsreported on Twitter that Paternohad passed, and media outletsaround the nation immediatelypicked up on and sourced thestory. Shortly after, Paterno’s sonScott responded that JoePa was not
dead but in serious condition. Paterno did pass away Sunday
morning, and shortly after Edwardsannounced his resignation fromthe newspaper.
“In this day and age, getting itfirst often conflicts with getting itright, but our intention was neverto fall into that chasm,” Edwardssaid in a resignation letter. “All Ican do now is promise that in thefuture, we will exercise caution,restraint, and humility.”
Edwards also mentioned neverdreaming that national mediawould be quoting the Onward State.However, by reporting a major
breaking news story of this magni-tude — true or not — Edwardsshould have assumed other outletswould shortly catch on.
For a student-run newspaper,the pressure to compete with largercorporations and scoop otherpapers is paramount. But thesepressures pale in comparison withthe duties and responsibilitiesassociated with providing newsaccurately. Edwards learned thislesson, as a national debacle wasthe outcome of his haste.
In his defense, though, resigna-tion may have been unnecessary.Onward State persevered through
the Penn State child molestationscandal late last year, undoubtedlyproviding all members of the stu-dent staff with valuable experiencefor post-graduation endeavors.
In similar situations, the edi-tor would write an apology letterfor print and profusely displayregret at his or her error.Especially at an organizationwhere the theme is preparing fora career rather than trying tomaintain one, these learningexperiences and mistakes shouldbe met with forgiveness andunderstanding, not a call to armsfor resignation and humiliation.
As everyone errors, Penn State editor should be forgiven
Like most people, Idon’t think the StopOnline Piracy Act is
sound; however, I digress fromothers when I say that its weak-nesses lie in its loosely definedlanguage, not its foundation.
One of the most commonobjections to SOPA is that sometheorize it could lead to seizureand blockage of certain user-con-tent sites like YouTube if illegalmaterial is uploaded, but just asWalmart doesn’t get in trouble ifsomebody deals crack in theirbathroom, sites won’t realisticallyget shut down if some smallamount of illegal content lands
there despite attempts to curtail it. What is important is that sites
should oppose illegal activity justlike any responsible businessshould do in the physical realm.SOPA seeks to encourage this.
What SOPA does at its core isallow the government to enforcecurrently existing laws through cen-sorship — although in a somewhatambiguous manner — but theopposition largely ignores this.
The opposition isn’t completelyfocused on hysteric predictionseither; at least, it shouldn’t be. Theopposition appears to lie in SOPA’sphilosophy.
Many are against any form ofgovernment Internet censorship,but if police should be allowed toshut down a business that operatesas a money laundering front, then Isee no reason why they shouldn’tbe allowed to shut down extensiveonline illegal activity in a timely
manner. It took nearly seven yearsto shut down Megaupload, which isestimated to have cost the enter-tainment industry nearly a half-bil-lion dollars.
Even while opposition to anycensorship remains strong, somehave resorted to making vitallyflawed comparisons between theUnited States and China in regardsto SOPA.
Similarities in a piece of legisla-tion aren’t sufficient for thesealarmist comparisons. Intent of lawand outcome must both be consid-ered. It’s not enough to say we’relike China simply because we bothallow the government (one muchfurther than the other) to censormaterial. The philosophies behindboth legal settings differ drastically.
China’s philosophy is in con-trolling the state whereas SOPA’s isin reducing illegal activity. Whatmust be questioned is not the con-
trol but what’s constituted as illegal.For instance, the government ban-ning seditious websites would notbe the fault of SOPA; rather, itwould be the fault of laws prohibit-ing sedition.
Despite its loose-languagedrawbacks, SOPA would do severalthings well.
It would encourage companiesto prevent illegal activity, decimatethe advantage that sites outside USjurisdiction have against domesticsites by allowing the government toblock those with illegal content, andprotect the intellectual propertyrights of numerous industries.
It’s not the perfect solution, butit’s better than no solution at all. Wecan’t stop enforcing intellectualproperty right laws simply becausethey’re inconvenient to us.
— Josh Divine is a senior mathemat-ics major and a weekly columnist for TheMirror.
Though SOPA not perfect, it remains best answer to online piracy
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The name“Virginia Tech”is immediately
associated with the 2007massacre where Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed32 people and wounded25 more.
Cho chained the doorsto an academic buildingshut and went on a ram-page, going from class-
room to classroom whileshooting both facultyand students with nohesitation before killinghimself.
But how many livescould have been saved ifjust one other armed per-son was in the building?
Perhaps many don’tknow how close UNC cameto having a shooting scareof its own, when graduatestudent Eric Kinder wasissued a no-trespass cita-tion and was then involvedin an hours-long armedstandoff with police offi-cers in October 2010.
Colleges across thenation, including theUniversity of NorthernColorado and VirginiaTech, express anti-gunsensibilities that arevaguely supposed to keepcommunity memberssafe. When the VirginiaHouse proposed pro-campus gun legislation, itwas quickly defeated. VTspokesman Larry Hinckersaid in the RoanokeTimes, “I’m sure the uni-versity community isappreciative of theGeneral Assembly’sactions because this willhelp parents, students,faculty and visitors feelsafe on our campus.”
One logical question
remains though that stilleasily trumps adversearguments: Where woulda terrorist rather carryout his or her acts, anarea full of unarmed per-sons, or an area wherethe shooter knew every-one else had a gun?
Almost all universitiesin Colorado also are gun-free institutions —unconstitutionally so.Thirty-nine states eitherban firearms or limitthem on college campus-es in some capacity.
Without even arguingabout these bans’ violationof the SecondAmendment, each institu-tion in Colorado has theability to decide whether
or not concealed carry isallowed. Since 2010, onlyColorado State Universitypermits concealed carryand respects theConstitution. No shootingshave occurred in that time.
However, ColoradoRevised Statute 18-12-105.5 also says that it isnot an offense to carry aconcealed weapon onuniversity property if theperson holds “a validwritten permit to carry aconcealed weapon.”
Seemingly in congru-ence, UNC’s Student Codeof Conduct says weaponsare prohibited if they are“in violation of law.” A legalconcealed carry permitnegates that prohibition.
Conversely, though, theschool still has a long-standing ban on firearmsaccording to the UNCPolice Department, butsuch documents detailingor elaborating the ban arenigh on impossible to find.
Who’s going to save usif we suddenly find our-selves locked in McKeeHall with a madman? If theappropriate students wereallowed to arm themselveslike they are constitution-ally entitled to, it could bethe difference betweencatastrophic loss of life orjustice being served.
— Benjamin Welch is asenior journalism and crimi-nal justice major and editorof The Mirror.
Opinion/Editorial4 The Mirror Monday, January 23, 2012
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Neglecting concealed carry permits endangers students
During theAmericanRevolution,
newspapers were illegallyprinted so people wouldknow what was going on;news that was otherwisekept secret.
These men tookchances and faced penal-ties as severe as death toprovide information to thepublic about what wasreally going on with theEuropean government.
Fast forward to anevent like 9/11. The eventsand details unfolded to theeyes of the public through
journalists’ efforts andinvestigation.
Journalists haveuncovered a number ofstories throughout thecourse of time. Regardlessof personal opinions, aslong as at least one per-son finds benefit from theinformation, the story isnewsworthy.
One of the most frus-trating types of adversityjournalists are faced withis the unnecessary criti-cism and disregard forwhat journalism is.Increasingly in recentyears, very pompous,ignorant and critical peo-ple have decided certainavenues of journalism arenot up to their standards.Those people are igno-rant enough to believetheir opinions are greater
than others’.However, these people
are those who do nothingto try and change the“problems.” Throughouthistory, if someone want-ed to see change, it tookthat person to fix it and bethe catalyst for furtherchange.
The question is, whydo people now believecomplaining anddemeaning journalisticinstitutions should imple-ment change?
The responsibility ofall journalistic institu-tions, including TheMirror, UNC StudentRadio and Bear News is toreport on what has hap-pened. One of the majorthings covered by theseinstitutions is what hashappened at an event —
not one’s personal opin-ions of the event.Editorials and columnsare the place where thewriter expresses views,opinions, feelings andanything else those writ-ers have to say. It shouldnot fall upon the opinionof the petty to disregardthe integrity of a columnor editorial.
Journalism is alwaysgoing to be under thescrutiny of others, butpeople need to realizewhat the responsibility ofa journalist actually is.One thing journalism isnot is a place to cater tothe opinions of the fewwho feel his opinion isgreater than others’.
— Samantha Fox is ajunior journalism and sportsreporter for The Mirror.
The Department ofHousing and ResidentialEducation ushered in theNew Year by giving backto the Greeley communityby volunteering with avariety of organizationsJan. 7.
About 100 Housing andResidential Education vol-unteers from across cam-pus leant a hand to A Kid’sPlace, Habitat for Humanityand the Boys and Girls Club,to name a few.
“I called a variety oforganizations to set upthe service opportuni-ties,” said Todd Schuster,the civic engagementgraduate assistant for
Housing and ResidentialEducation. “There wereonly a few that declined.”
Giving back to thecommunity was just oneof the purposes of theday.
“We hosted the volun-teer day for the servicelearning experience butto also provide our stu-dent staff with the knowl-edge and resources toplan civic engagementevents for their own resi-dence halls,” Schustersaid.
The Housing andResidential Educationdepartment has hostedevents like these in thepast, Schuster said. Thevolunteer day in Januarywas also hosted to help
resident assistants com-plete their training.
“It is the final activityfor our student staff train-ing week, which we runbefore the fall and springsemesters,” Schuster said.
Shay Galasso, a resi-dent assistant in BrownHall, spent the day volun-teering at A Kid’s Place tofulfill her trainingrequirements.
“We helped organizetheir garage,” Galassosaid. “They were verythankful that UNC cameout to help.”
Overall, Galasso saidshe thought the day was agreat success.
“It was a great way tonetwork with the Greeleycommunity,” she said.
COURTESY OF TODD SCHUSTER
Courtney Muehl, left, and Ariane Beard, center, enjoy a UNC basketball game with residentsfrom Garden Square of Greeley Assisted Living and Memory Care. Garden Square was just oneof several locations to receive assistance from UNC’s Housing and Residential Education.
Math major prepares for four months in MoscowMost faculty members
at the IndependentUniversity of Moscow are
internationally recog-nized as research mathe-maticians and very suc-cessful teachers.
“Math in Moscow” andprograms like it also assistthose who want tobecome mathematicians.
“You get lectured oncea week for three hours. Itis a different style oflearning,” Garcia said.
Garcia will be gone forfour months, missing hisgraduation, during whichtime he said he hopes toimprove as a mathemati-cian while learning a newstyle of math.
“What I’m most look-ing forward to is being onmy own and the classes,being successful on myown,” Garcia said. “I see
this trip as apreamble tobeing on myown.”
Although heis unsure whatgrade level toteach, Garciasaid he knowshe wants toteach after hegraduates.
“My endgoal is to be ateacher and bea good role model, howmy advisers were to me,”he said.
Anton Dzhamay, anassociate professor ofmathematical sciences atUNC, said the “Math inMoscow” program isprestigious and is unique
in its design andhistory.
In 1991, theI n d e p e n d e n tUniversity ofMoscow wasfounded with thegoal of preparinga select few tal-ented studentsfor a successfulcareer in researchmathematics fol-lowing the tradi-tion of Moscow
School.The university’s goal
was expanded in 2003with the addition of theinternational part of theprogram, “Math inMoscow.”
The program was cre-ated to allow international
students, primarily fromthe United States andCanada, to gain valuableexperience. The programadmits about 12 studentseach semester, making ithighly competitive.
“I think it says we havea strong (math) programand some very exception-al students,” Dzhamaysaid.
Shourd, one of the stu-dents who traveled toMoscow in spring of 2009,said he had an amazingexperience.
“I can say that going toMoscow was, without adoubt, the single mostinfluential thing that I didwhile I was an undergrad-uate,” Shourd said.
While in Moscow he
took a complex analysisclass, of which he was theonly student, so a teacherand a teacher’s assistantwere at his disposal.
When he first got toRussia, he experienced aculture shock that comeswith living in a differentcountry. No one but theeight other people helived with spoke English.However, Shourd madethe most of it, and took inthe culture throughmuseums, concerts, localcuisine and more.
After his time in Russiaand having graduatedcollege, Shourd went tograduate school and isstudying for his doctoratein math at the Universityof Notre Dame.
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Jeremy Garcia said his ultimategoal is to becomea teacher and bea role model tohis students.“What I’m most
looking forward tois being on my own
and the classes,being successful onmy own. I see thistrip as a preamble
The UNC women’s bas-ketball team let its 13-pointhalftime lead evaporateagainst Montana StateSaturday, and two final shotsat the buzzer went begging tocomplete the downfall as theBobcats escaped with a 52-51
victory at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion.
With five-and-a-half sec-onds remaining, the ball wasinbounded to University ofNorthern Colorado (12-8, 4-3Big Sky) sophomore guardD’shara Strange, who drib-bled around the paint to get ashot away. Strange rebound-ed her missed shot, and her
second attempt rolled off therim as time expired.
“It was designed to draw afoul, possibly, so you got todrive and look to finish, andyou got to put the ball in D’shands, which is fine, and sheactually got two shots,” UNChead coach Jaime White said.“Had the second one gone, Ithink (the officials) wouldhave called it good.”
White said it was unfortu-nate the game even camedown to that after the Bearshad all the momentum in thefirst half.
UNC jumped to a 15-3lead to start the game, keyedby junior forward LaurenOosdyke’s 10 points in thefirst six minutes. The Bobcats(13-6, 5-2) went on a 13-0 runfollowing that to take a 16-15advantage with 10:27 to go.The Bears held MSU to fivepoints the rest of the half andwent on to take a 34-21 leadinto halftime.
The second half was atough one for UNC as theteam made only five shots
from the field, and of the 17points the Bears scored,only five weren’t scored byOosdyke, who finished witha season-high 27 points on10-of-18 shooting.Montana State shot 12-of-24 from the field in the final20 minutes en route to scor-ing 31 second-half points.
Oosdyke took a fairamount of hard hits, bothcalled and uncalled, whilebattling in the paint for posi-tion, and said she needed toget better at taking advantageof those free throw situationsand not worrying about thecalls the referees didn’t make.
“We can’t blame anyonefor this game at all,” Oosdykesaid. “I mean, I went 6-for-12from the free throw line, sothat’s six more points wecould have had. It was veryphysical. When you getfouled like that, you got totake advantage of it. Officialsare officials — that will hap-pen every game.”
Following a technical foulon White — a callshe said left herw o n d e r i n gbecause officialsnormally givecoaches a warn-ing beforehand —and a MontanaState layup with11:52 to play, theBobcats took the lead forgood at 38-37. The Bears heldMSU scoreless for the final4:25 of the game as UNCmounted a comeback, anattempt that fell short withStrange’s final two shots atthe buzzer that she said shefelt she got fouled on.
“I can’t really worry about
it,” said Strange, who finishedwith 11 points, six assists anda game-high 12 rebounds. “Ihad an opportunity and I justhad to focus and try my beston putting it in. I probablyshould have used the back-board. That would have beenthe best option. I think if itwould have gone, they wouldhave given it to us.”
UNC senior forwardKaisha Brown andfreshman centerStephanie Leescored 11 and twopoints, respec-tively, and werethe only two otherUNC players toscore in the game.
“It’s so hardwhen you don’t play yourbest and you have a chance towin it and you don’t,” Whitesaid. “That’s the hard part.”
UNC returns to thecourt at 7:05 p.m.Thursday against IdahoState (14-5, 6-0), atButler-Hancock SportsPavilion.
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UNC senior forward Kaisha Brown looks for an openteammate Saturday against Montana State. Brownscored 11 points in the game and hit three 3-pointers.
Boise State has histori-cally been a difficultopponent for the UNCwrestling team andSunday was no exceptionas the Broncos walkedaway with a 30-6 victory.
The University ofNorthern Colorado’s sen-iors, Casey Cruz and GabeBurak, got the team’s only
wins in the dual, but UNChad several close losses.
Burak battled BoiseState junior MichaelCuthbertson to a 5-2 vic-tory at 165 pounds, andCasey Cruz recorded a 3-1win against junior JoshStraight at 141 pounds.
UNC sophomoresHenry Chirino (285pounds) and Nick Bayer(197 pounds) both suf-fered one-point losses
while redshirtfreshman CharlieMcMartin (157pounds) ands o p h o m o r eJustin Gonzalez(149 pounds) lostby two and threepoints, respec-tively.
On Friday against No.21 Oregon State, Burakand sophomore SamBauer were the only vic-
tors for theBears inUNC’s 35-9loss.
B u r a kp i n n e dOregon Stateredshirt fresh-man JoeLatham in
4:54 and Bauer picked upa 10-4 decision againstredshirt freshman JamesRoberts.
Cruz brought a goodfight to Oregon State juniorMike Mangrum, who isranked No. 5 at 141 poundsby Intermat Wrestling, buttook a 7-4 loss. McMartinwas pinned in 4:19 by No.18 R.J. Pena, Bayer lost an11-1 decision to No. 17Taylor Meeks, Gonzalezlost 7-4 to No. 18 ScottSakaguchi and Chirino waspinned in 4:29 to No. 5Clayton Jack.
UNC returns to themat at 7 p.m. Wednesdaywhen it hosts ColoradoMesa at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion.
The UNC men’s bas-ketball team allowedMontana State to make 133-pointers and the
University of NorthernColorado left its annualroad trip to the TreasureState without a win forthe first time since the2006-07 season followingan 84-72 loss Saturday in
Bozeman, Mont.After a 76-58
loss at Montanain Missoula onThursday, theBears foundthemselves inan early 20-7hole to theBobcats eightminutes into thecontest.
UNC (6-12,3-4 Big Sky)went into halftime trail-ing, 48-33, and MSU (10-8, 5-2) had three playersscore in double-digits inthe first half as juniorguard Christian Moonand freshman guardMichael Dison bothscored 11 points whilesophomore forwardShawn Reid had 10. UNCsophomore forwardEmmanuel Addo led allBears with seven points in
the first half.M o n t a n a
State went up19 at 60-41 fiveminutes intothe second half,but the Bearsresponded witha 10-0 run topull withinnine, the clos-est they wouldget the remain-der of the
game.The Bobcats went on a
13-4 run of their own toopen their lead back up to73-55 and cruise the restof the way.
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UNC redshirt freshman guard Tevin Svihovec, left, is guardedby an Eastern Washington player Jan. 14 at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion. Svihovec averages eight points per game.
Emmanuel Addo had 13 points andthree rebounds inSaturday’s loss toMontana State.
Opinion/News8 The Mirror Monday, January 23, 2012
Letter to the EditorEconomic experience, unwavering views makes Paul best candidateKARL HONEGGER
Recently The Mirror’seditorial staff suggestedthat voters need to becareful not to fall prey tocampaign promises thatare used only to get elect-ed. The author felt votingwas only hoping for thebest.
I have good news:There is one candidatethat could carry out hispromises.
Ron Paul has been con-
sistently preaching thesame ideas on freedom formore than 30 years andnever changed his opinionto what was most popular.That is why his supporthas also been solid andconsistent. It is also whyan incredible 46 percent ofcaucus voters in NewHampshire under age 24voted for him.
Paul is the most popu-lar candidate among col-lege students. He is knownfor being the strongest
advocate in Congress forliberty, freedom and theConstitution. His beliefthat gay marriage, abortionand drug criminalizationshouldn’t be federal issuesmakes him popular amongall kinds of college stu-dents. The way he advo-cates for liberty allows himto work with and find sup-port among libertarians,liberals and his fellow con-servatives. He has nevervoted for an unbalancedbudget, to raise congres-
sional pay, restrict SecondAmendment rights, restrictthe rights of gays or any-one else for that matter.
Being a founder of theVon Mises Institute, whichadvocates the Austriantheory of economics, hewants to end the FederalReserve. He is the onlyGOP candidate who wouldprohibit governmentbailouts and preference forbig banks and corpora-tions. He would get rid ofthe draft and cut military
spending back to 2006 lev-els while bringing ourtroops home. He believesin a strong military defensewhile maintaining a for-eign policy of peace.
After doing muchresearch on his views, Itrust that stopping ourwarmongering towardIran and instead givingpeace a chance will keepour country safe. Anyother way of dealing witha potentially nuclear Iranwill lead to another
bloody and unnecessarywar. I support Ron Paulfor president because ifelected, his steadfast andbroad support will beable to influenceCongress to pass hiscampaign promises ofliberty and freedom. Goto UNC Youth for Paul onFacebook orYouthforPaul.com tolearn more and getinvolved.
The UNC AlumniAssociation welcomed a newmember to the organizationin January when the newassistant vice president forAlumni Relations wasannounced.
Matthew Manfra, theAVP for Alumni Relations,previously worked atRutgers University, wherehe was the director of out-reach programs and alum-ni events for the AlumniRelations Office. While atRutgers, Manfra helpedestablish 45 regional clubsaround the world.
Before he worked atRutgers, he served on thealumni association execu-tive board for two terms atthe College of New Jersey,his alma mater.
He has spent 13 yearsactively involved in edu-cation, which alsoincludes managementpositions in admissions
and human resources.“The University of
Northern Colorado experi-ence doesn’t end at gradua-tion,” Manfra said. “We willbe working with both under-graduate and graduatealumni.”
The UNC AlumniAssociation will heavilyemphasize using socialmedia to connect with previ-ous students, Manfra said.This will include Facebook,Twitter, LinkedIn, and theAlumni Association’s website,www.uncalumni.org.
“The website is the mostcritical tool of a functioningAlumni Association,” he said.
The Alumni Associationalso plans to engage with stu-dents before they graduate toincrease the chances of theiralumni participation.
Alumni relations havealways been a key compo-nent to the UNC experiencesince the first AlumniAssociation board wasformed by Colorado StateCollege President Darrell
Holmes in May 1965. “In my experience, the
Alumni Association creates alot of passion among the vol-unteers,” said Mike Byrne, aUNC graduate in the class of1979.
Byrne explained howthe Monfort College ofBusiness and the basket-ball program have recentlybrought alumni closertogether with events inDenver, Colorado Springsand Greeley.
The Alumni Associationalso participates in a tele-phone outreach program.Each semester, 30 UNC stu-dents reach out to 100,000UNC alumni, parents andfriends.
For those interested involunteering and stayingupdated with the AlumniAssociation events, visitwww.uncalumni.org or call970-351-2551. The UNCAlumni Association is locatedin the Judy Farr Alumni andDevelopment Center locatedat 1620 Reservoir Rd.
