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 93, Number 70 Monday, March 21, 2011 U U N N C C s s e e t t t t o o r r a a i i s s e e t t u u i i t t i i o o n n News Upcoming In Wednesday’s issue of The Mirror, read about presen- ters and writers at an annual conference. Professor driven by devotion Jennifer Murdock, a UNC professor, is elected secretary of a counselor’s association. PAGE 3 Sports Hoops senior has successful career UNC men’s bas- ketball senior for- ward plays final game of career in NCAA Tournament. PAGE 7 Online Women’s basketball ends season Look in The Mir Look in The Mirr or or P P a a g g e e 5 5 Mon: Tue: Thur: Wed: UNC sophomore guard Elliott Lloyd, right, dives after a loose ball with a San Diego State player Thursday in a second round game in Tucson, Ariz. JIM RYDBOM | THE GREELEY TRIBUNE SOURCE: WEATHER.COM @ www.uncmirror.com 53 | 36 73 | 41 59 | 35 61 | 38 The UNC women’s basketball team ends its season with a loss to Cal State Bakersfield at uncmirror.com
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The national leadershipand honors organizationSigma Alpha Lambda ismaking a comeback atUNC after disbandmentfrom a lack in communica-
tion among past members.Michael Blickley, a jun-
ior communication majorat the University ofNorthern Colorado andpresident of Sigma AlphaLambda, said the firstadministration was ineffec-tive because there was a
lack of participation fromthe members.
“The officers didn’t knowwhat was going on,” Blickleysaid. “There were maybe twomeetings, tops, for the offi-cers, and then it just endedup fading into inexistence.”
Blickley intends to make
Sigma Alpha Lambda’s pres-ence at UNC more perma-nent by increasing the com-munication between themembers and officers.
Cody VanDoren, a sopho-more sociology and pre-medmajor and vice president ofSigma Alpha Lambda, said heplans to keep up with thecommunication.
“We must communi-cate with our members asofficers and make sure theystay in the loop,”VanDoren said. “Thatseemed to be the big prob-lem with the organizationbefore, but hopefully wewill be able to make a dif-ference and have a great
time completing our com-munity service events andmaking a difference in thecommunity.”
Blickley said his mainobjective as president is tospread the word aboutSigma Alpha Lambdaaround the UNC campusand community.
“At the first meeting,there were a lot of membersand a lot of interest,” Blickleysaid. “I want to capture thatmomentum and keep itgoing by hosting big com-munity service events.”
Kristina Pham, a seniorand Sigma Alpha Lambdatreasurer, said the goals ofthe fraternity are to establish
leadership through partici-pating in community service.
The fraternity’s first mainevent will be hosted in April.Members will volunteer atthe Ronald McDonaldHouse in Denver to provide ameal for the residents.
“Sigma Alpha Lambdarecognizes unique individ-uals and scholars and cele-brates these individuals fortheir achievements in hopethat they will continue toprovide for their communi-ties for the remainder oftheir educational career, aswell as further down theroad,” Pham said.
Admittance into the hon-ors fraternity is by invitationonly. There are about 20active members.
“Students need to havesomething on their recordthat will get them noticed,”Blickley said. “For instance,they must have a GPAabove a 3.0 with communi-ty service achievements, orsomething like majoring inpre-med and getting intomedical school.”
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Student examines endangered bats’ habitat in minesCARRISSA OLSZEWSKI
Newfound proof hasshown dangerous, aban-doned mines in Coloradomay actually provide an eco-logical benefit for a certainspecies of bats. Some of thesemines are actually safe havensfor a species of conservationconcern, Townsend’s big-eared bats.
Mark Hayes, a UNC doc-toral student, has researchedbats in southwesternColorado. Hayes said he
wanted to better understandwhy bats choose certain areasto roost or live.
Hayes discovered bats aremore likely to hibernate intemperatures of about 32degrees Fahrenheit. Also, thebats tend to hibernate indi-vidually in mines that hadseveral openings.
“Mark’s research is goingto change the way we thinkabout how bats choose anduse roost sites,” said RickAdams, a biology professor atthe University of NorthernColorado and Hayes’ doctor-
ate mentor. Adams has donevast research on bats, whichwill help natural resourcemanagers better maintain themines.
Lea Bonewell, Hayes’wife and a bat researcher inher own right, said aban-doned mines are extremelydangerous.
“People die every year inthe U.S. in these sites,”Bonewell said. ”Finding waysto efficiently, accurately andsafely evaluate abandonedmines for bat habitat willenable managers to make
better decisions or at leastconsider the variablesinvolved.”
There are several reasonsthat bats are importantaround the world to ecology.
“Insectivorous bats, likethe ones in Colorado, havebeen documented eating upto 600 insects an hour,”Bonewell said. “Bats in verylarge colonies in places likeTexas will eat tons of insectsper night. This saves farmersfrom applying more pesti-cides. Other bat species drinknectar, like some in the desert
southwest, and provide a crit-ical pollination role.”
Hayes said he becameinterested in bats when hebegan to learn about some ofthe benefits bats provide afterattending Adams’ lectures. Adesire to help them graduallybecame a passion.
“I grew up spending a lotof time in the Coloradomountains and grew to reallyappreciate our Coloradolandscape and wildlife,”Hayes said. “I have felt com-pelled to make a small contri-bution, within my sphere of
influence, to help conservethose landscapes and wildlifefor future generations.”
Hayes said he thinks it isimportant for humans tounderstand different species.He said understanding allowspeople to become more sen-sitive to the world aroundthem.
Hayes also said hebelieves it is important todocument current findings sobiologists in future genera-tions can look back and get asense of what researchers arefinding now.
Returning co-ed fraternity looks to re-establish presence on campus
What set JenniferMurdock apart from othercandidates who were inthe running for secretaryof the Association forCounselor Education andSupervision were theplans she hopes to facili-tate in the program’sfuture.
Murdock, an assistantprofessor of counseloreducation and supervi-sion at UNC, said herideas may have been whatdetermined her electionto a three-year term assecretary of the ACESExecutive Council thisspring.
Murdock’s election tothis position means shewill serve as a member ofthe executive ACES coun-cil, as well as on the gov-erning board.
“I hope to support andtrain counselors to be thebest that they can be,”Murdock said. “By effec-tively communicatingwith people throughoutthe organization, the ulti-mate reward is betterservices to our clients.”
Murdock will assist inoperating the organiza-tion by helping host theannual ACES conference,support regional confer-ences and provide profes-sional, developmentalopportunities for othercounselors throughoutthe organization.
Murdock teachesclasses in professionalidentity orientation,career counseling andcareer theory at the
University of NorthernColorado. She also teach-es several counselingcareer courses for mas-ter’s students and multi-ple advanced careercourses in professionaldevelopment and leader-ship for doctoral students.
Murdock also serves asan academic adviser tomaster’s and doctoralcounseling students. Herwork has been publishedin several scholarly publi-cations, and she has madepresentations in confer-ences and conventionsacross the country.
“I am pretty youngcompared to others in myfield, but I plan on devot-ing more than adequatetime to this position,”Murdock said.
ACES is a nationalorganization and memberassociation of theAmerican CounselingAssociation. The organi-zation’s main goal is topromote the importanceof a quality education andsupervision of counselorsin all work settings.
ACES also hosts theflagship journal of ACA,Counselor Education andSupervision, a nationalpublication with a circu-lation of about 40,000ACA members. Two of thejournal’s co-editors,Heather Helm, an associ-ate professor of profes-sional psychology, andLinda Black, a professorof counselor education,are professors at UNC.
“As one of Dr.Murdock’s colleagues, itis exciting to have herrepresenting UNC and
the profession throughher election to Secretaryof ACES,” Helm said. “It isquite an accomplishmentto be elected to a national
office and an honor forDr. Murdock to be recog-nized for her dedicationto the profession throughelection to this office.”
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COURTESY OF JENNIFER MURDOCK
Jennifer Murdock, left, has a discussion with her stu-dents. Murdock was recently appointed as secretary forthe Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
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Tighten the laces of theboots, put on the surgeon’sgloves to perform triple-bypassdish washing and never forget topunch the timecard — payingtuition depends on it.
While walking around cam-pus, it is common to find a stu-dent who has at least a part-timejob and not uncommon to findindividuals who are employedfull-time.
Feeling the aftershock of thelate 2008-early 2009 recession,an inevitable increase in tuitionhas finally caught up with uni-versity finances. This increase is
due to a severe decrease in statefunding — about $7.8 million lessthan in previous years — whichwill hamper students’ ability toafford the bill.
It is like Christmas in hell,receiving presents of surmount-ing debt that some students arealready swimming in tens-of-thousands of dollars deep. Anestimated average of $770 persemester increase is forecast bythe UNC Board of Trustees, butnothing has been decided on atthis time.
What can students do? Thereis no way for the Trustees or any
other entity to block the increase.Students who are already work-ing and are on large financial aidgrants will have to request morefunding, and unless cuts to pro-grams — knock on wood — ortuition is increased, UNC willfind itself in a financial fetal posi-tion looking up at the teeth of acarnivorous economy.
Collegians must look to the“We can do it!” slogan of WorldWar II. The road ahead is diffi-cult — there’s really no sugar-coating it. As pessimism drapesover the entry positions in careerfields, as well as the gloom of
scraping by paycheck to pay-check, the college experience ofworking for an education wentfrom building character tobreaking backs.
For students who work longhours and make acrobatic leapsin their schedules to completeassignments and keep their jobs,it is a time to, pardon the pun,bear down and seek all theresources at their disposal. Keepthe college fight alive and do notsuccumb to the negativity thatmay surround the situation. Useyour best judgment for what isbest for you at this time.
This week’s poll question:Do you plan to attend aStudent Senate electionsmeeting/forum this week?
Cast your vote at wwwwww..uunnccmmiirrrroorr..ccoomm
Informal consensus shows most UNC students have jobs
In 2005, Borders Groupbookstores operated farmore than 1,000 stores. By
this summer, less than 500 willremain open, after 200 morestores close, including the Greeleylocation. Some folks may rejoiceas a big corporation is broughtdown, leaving more room formom and pop shops. But Bordersclosing doesn’t mean readers willflock to independent stores. Infact, it means there are fewer peo-ple buying books in all stores.
Borders was successful the early2000s, ironically, because it man-aged to imitate local bookstores in
a convincing way. Borders storescombined the comfort of neighbor-hood stores with lower prices thanindependent competitors. LikeBarnes & Noble, Borders was a hipplace for non-hipsters.
But the massive growth ofBorders came at the same time asthe rise of Amazon.com, the largestonline retailer in the nation. For atime, Borders even handed over itsonline sales to Amazon, not know-ing perhaps the potential of onlinebook sales. Shopping Amazon winsbecause it is convenient. It’s also aperfect way to kill your local book-store. Indies return more money tothe local community than chains,and far more than online stores.
Perhaps Borders was relyingon customer loyalty. In the age ofWeb commerce, I’m not sure thatexists. I have bought dozens ofbooks from my favorite store,
Tattered Cover on Colfax, but Ihave also shopped Barnes &Noble, Borders, Amazon and, incases where I can, directly frompublishers. No store is spared inthe competition. Last year,Greeley store An Open Bookclosed, citing the recession as areason.
Maybe Borders was too late tojump on the Internet bandwagon.It is silly to say that books are deadin the way that pop albums are(neither are dead nor dying anytime soon), but maybe literatureand music have something in com-mon. If a brilliant e-book reader isdeveloped in the coming years, e-books may be to MPEGs whatpaper books are to CDs.
For a bookstore to succeed inthis decade, it will have to givereaders a reason to buy books.Alternately, it can push for e-books
in a forward-thinking way. Kindleand Nook are far from the onlyoptions, but they have immenselyhelped in branding Amazon andBarnes & Noble, respectively.
Books have more lasting powerthan any music format becausethey are greater inventions. Asreaders, we must be more con-scious of where our money isgoing. I encourage book buyers todo what is best for themselves butwith the following in mind: all ofGreeley cannot save Borders frombankruptcy, nor can a boycott fromall of Greeley bring Amazon down.But the support of a few dozenpeople buying a few dozen bookscan sometimes help a local book-store stay alive.
— Mark Maxwell is a junior theaterarts major and a weekly columnist for TheMirror.
Bookstores head toward competitive new age of literature retail
The UNC Board ofTrustees met Friday,March 11, in the UniversityCenter Panorama Room todiscuss projected tuitionincreases.
The university isexpected to lose $7.8 mil-lion in state funding forthe 2011-12 academicyear and is looking tomake up for it with anaverage 14 percentincrease in tuition.
“We got two choices: wecut $7.8 million or we raise$7.8 million in new funding,”said Dick Monfort, chairmanof the board. “I’m botheredby this with more of a busi-ness standpoint. My concernis that it will shift students inthat regard to other colleges,and we won’t get the enroll-ment that we projected. Thatwill create other problems.”
The annual basetuition for full-timeundergraduate residentswill be $5,300, which is a$620 increase per semes-ter. Some majors, such asmusic, business and nurs-ing, are projected to see ahigher increase in tuitionthan others. Student feesand room and board willbe raised slightly, as well,at a rate of 5 percent.
Though the increasesseem necessary at thistime, members of theboard begrudginglyaccepted the changes.
“That’s significantlyhigher than last year, andthat’s a concern,” boardmember Darlene Ledoux
said. “Nine percent was aconcern for all of us lastyear, and now we’re talk-ing 14 percent or higher,depending on the major… I am very concernedfor families who are hav-ing to pay this, especiallywhen there are many whoare not getting increasesin their salaries.”
Financial aid fundingwill be increased to $14.8million to help assuage thecosts for students who arestruggling to afford college.
“This is the same levelwe were cut to in 2003 inthe last recession,” UNCPresident Kay Nortonsaid. “So we’ve made zeroprogress in the lastdecade in terms of thestate’s commitment topeople in higher educa-tion, in general.”
The loss in state fund-ing and subsequenttuition hikes are notUNC-specific, however.
Monfort said UNCremains a value for itscost and services, andpricing is still lower thanits competitors ColoradoState University,University of Coloradoand the University ofColorado at ColoradoSprings. Of the universi-ties considered by theboard to be a competitor,only Metro State tuitionremains lower.
“We offer a better over-all experience,” Nortonsaid. “So I don’t think stu-dents are motivated com-pletely by price.”
Student Trustee MichaelJohnston said despite the
students viewing the hikesas a “necessary evil,” theywant to be more activelyknowledgeable abouttuition discussions.
Johnston also said stu-dents are continuing toincrease their involve-ment with the university,and more candidates arerunning for StudentSenate now than in thelast six years. The processhas also been lengthened.
The board did not takeany action on the increas-es but agreed to continuediscussion.
“I added it all up todamn near $1,300 (inannual increases) ifyou’re living on campus,”Monfort said. “I don’tknow how kids do it.”
Stephen Luttmann,chairman of the FacultySenate, also informed theTrustees of the revisedgrade replacement policy.
Under the new policy,any class can be re-takenand grades may be substi-tuted toward a student’s
GPA. Both grades will stillshow up on transcripts,but only the higher onewill be accumulated inthe GPA. Under the oldpolicy, 12 credit hourscould be re-taken andonly if the studentreceived a C- or lower.
The 2001 Auxiliary andArlington Park bondswere also discussed. Theboard is pursuing optionsto refund the bonds andtransfer the assets toUNC, bringing ArlingtonPark officially under theuniversity’s umbrella anddissolving Housing LLC.
Quote of the day“Parents are like shuttle on a loom. They join thethreads of the past with threads of the future andleave their own bright patterns as they go.
— Fred Rogers, television show actor.
Tuition rises, surpasses projected totals
“I added it all up
to damn near$1,300 (in annualincreases) if you’reliving on campus.I don’t know how
TUCSON, Ariz.— Fansapplauded players, andUNC players applauded the
fans inatten-d a n c eas theB e a r swalkedoff the
court Thursday afternoon,following a 68-50 loss to theNo. 2 seed San Diego StateAztecs in the second roundof the NCAA Tournament.
It was an emotionalmoment for players andfans as the Big Sky regularseason and tournamentchampions’ dream seasoncame to a close.
“The fan support herewas unbelievable,”University of NorthernColorado senior forwardNeal Kingman said. “Comingout of the tunnel for the firsttime and hearing them andseeing them all was surreal. Iwas not expecting that big ofa Northern Colorado crowd.It was a moment I’ll neverforget.”
The Bears (21-11, 13-3)were led by Big Sky MVP,senior guard DevonBeitzel who shined on thebig stage, scoring a game-high 25 points on 8-for-17shooting. Beitzel’s per-formance received praisefrom San Diego State (33-2, 14-2) players and headcoach Steve Fisher.
“Beitzel is a terrificplayer and a great com-petitor,” Fisher said. “Weknew he was going to getmultiple looks, and hemade them in the secondhalf. I told him after thegame ‘congratulations ona great career.’”
In the first four minutesof the first half, the teamstraded baskets with UNCholding its only lead of thegame at 12-11 following adunk from senior forwardTaylor Montgomery at the13:23 mark.
Montgomery finishedwith two points butpulled down 12 reboundsin the game.
The Bears tried to com-bat the athleticism of theAztecs by switching to azone defense to force out-side shots, but SDSUresponded and hit its early3-point opportunities.
“I thought the guysdefensively followed thegame plan,” Bears headcoach B.J. Hill said. “Ithought that the two 3-pointers Kawhi Leonard hitat the beginning of thegame was not a good sign
for us because those werethe shots we wanted tomake him take. My hat is offto San Diego State.”
Leonard led four Aztecplayers in double digits with21 points in the game.
But the Aztecs only led30-24 at the break.
“At half time, I thoughtwe were in good shapebecause I didn’t expectthem to keep shooting theball the wall they did,”Hill said.
“We didn’t respond realwell to their defensiveintensity in the second half,and it took us out of ourgame plan.”
Bears senior forwardChris Kaba scored 10points, while sophomoreElliott Lloyd tallied ninepoints and three assists.
UNC came into thegame ranked sixth in thenation in free throw per-centage and had succeededgetting to the line all sea-son; however, the teamwent 4-of-8 from the stripeThursday and did not shootits first attempt until the1:50 mark in the first half.
The eight free throw
attempts is the lowest takenby UNC in a game this sea-son since its 13 attemptsFeb. 12 against Montana.
Despite the loss, therewere smiles and positivetones from the Bears play-ers as they soaked in theexperience and what theyhad accomplished on the2010-11 season.
“We made history thisyear as a program,” Beitzelsaid. “We did a lot of ‘firsts’and we have nothing to notbe proud of.”
The Bears will nowlook to learn and build offthis success for next sea-
son while saying good-byeto their four seniors:Beitzel, Montgomery,Kingman and Kaba.
“Forget being a first-year coach; any coachwould be so lucky to coachthose seniors and the guysunderneath them,” Hillsaid. “They are tremen-dous kids with great char-acter, and they built a pro-gram. For one class to dowhat those guys have doneto get to this stage is anunbelievable feat. Theyneed to hold their headshigh and walk out likechampions.”
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UNC fans who made the trip to Tucson show theirspirit in the game Thursday against San Diego Statein the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
UNC men’s basketball struggles in second half, falls to SDSU
Men’s Basketball
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UNC senior guard Devon Beitzel, right, attempts ashot against San Diego State Thursday. Beitzel fin-ished with a game-high 25 points in the loss.
“We made historythis year as a pro-gram. We did a lot
of firsts and wehave nothing to not
be proud of.—— UUNNCC sseenniioorr gguuaarrddDDeevvoonn BBeeiittzzeell
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Senior bids farewell on brightest stagePARKER COTTON
The UNC men’s bas-ketball team walked offthe floor Thursday inTucson, Ariz. after beinghanded a 68-50 defeat atthe hands of San DiegoState. It was the final gameof the season for all — thefinal game of a collegecareer for just a few.
Among the latter issenior forward NealKingman, who for almosta decade has donned thecolors of Greeley basket-ball teams. Kingman, whoattended Greeley West,was held scoreless in thegame, but that did notaffect the notion thatKingman has had a stellarcareer at the University ofNorthern Colorado.
“He’s obviously a talent-ed basketball player,” UNChead coach B.J. Hill said ofKingman. “He’s secondteam all-conference thisyear, and they just don’t givethat out. That takes a lot ofhard work and a lot of talentto achieve that award, sowhen he brings that hardwork and talent onto thefloor, it’s obviously a greatweapon for us to have.”
Kingman, who redshirtedfor medical reasons his fresh-man year, averaged 10.3points, second-most on theteam, and 4.3 rebounds pergame in his final season as aBear in helping UNC win theBig Sky and earn its first berthinto the NCAA Tournament.
“It was the culmination offive years of hard work anddedication — literally bring-ing our program from last inthe nation to one of the top68,” Kingman said.
In addition to beingnamed to the Big Sky all-conference second team,Kingman also earned hisfirst career Big Sky Player ofthe Week honor on Feb. 28,scored in double figures 17times this season and is
one of four seniors, alongwith guard Devon Beitzeland forwards Chris Kabaand Taylor Montgomery,who helped turn aroundthe basketball program,something he and the sen-iors take a lot of pride in.
“Our freshman year, wewere the worst team in thenation, RPI-wise, and nowwe’re in the top 150, andthat’s attributed to our hardwork; that’s attributed to thecoaching staff and the goodpeople we have involved withour program,” Kingman said.
Kingman’s contributionsare evident. He showcased a49 percent field goal percent-
age in the team’s 21 victoriesthis season and a 34 percentclip in the team’s 11 losses.
“He’s like another coachon the court,” Montgomerysaid of Kingman. “We like tocall him ‘Coach Kingman’because he’s always so in-tune with the game and whatthe coaches want and this orthat — he’s out there andkind of directing us.”
Kingman was born in FortCollins and lived there and inUtah before his family movedto Greeley when he was 9years old. At Greeley West,Kingman played baseball andran track in addition tobecoming a standout basket-ball player. He was heavilyrecruited by Weber State outof high school but committedto UNC after former coachTad Boyle got the headcoaching job.
Kingman said being closeto home and to be able to playin front of his family was a bigselling point. He said thegame in Tucson was specialbecause he was still able toplay in front of several mem-bers of his family.
“It always means a lotwhenever I get to play in front
of them because they’ve beenmy biggest fans since I wasplaying on my Fisher Price,”Kingman said.
A scoreless outing in theteam’s final game of theseason did not stopKingman from being satis-fied and optimistic abouthis career as a whole.
“I absolutely feel accom-plished; we will be remem-bered as the first team toachieve every goal this pro-gram has set for itself sincewe got here four years ago,”he said.
Although the team’s tripto the NCAA Tournamentended prematurely,Kingman said the teamspoke after the game abouthow much it had accom-plished this season.
“We just said we hadabsolutely nothing tohang our heads about,”Kingman said. “We madehistory this year andshould be proud.”
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UNC senior forward Neal Kingman, right, attempts adunk in the Bears’ senior night victory over SacramentoState on March 2 at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
“I absolutely feel
accomplished; wewill be rememberedas the first team toachieve every goalthis program hasset for itself sincewe got here four
years ago.—— UUNNCC sseenniioorr ffoorrwwaarrddNNeeaall KKiinnggmmaann
