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Members of the University of Northern Colorado’s Pride of the Rockies marching band show their school spirit during the Homecoming Parade Saturday morning oncentral campus. After the parade, the football team took on University of Montana, which was followed by a formal that night.
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tion. Before he was District50’s representative to theColorado House ofRepresentatives, as a mem-ber of the Democratic Party,Young was a teacher for 23years at Greeley’s Heath Jr.High.
Teaching math, scienceand technology to middleschool kids who grew up inWeld County taught Rep.Young a lot about the com-munity he serves as theincumbent candidate in thisyear’s race.
The importance of thecommunity has always beenone of Young’s big focuses,and that is again the case as
he looks for re-election.“I’ve knocked on a lot of
doors and talked to probablyclose to 6,500 people,” saidYoung. “I go to town hallmeetings, and I try to attendevery event possible.”
Young has certainly donehis fieldwork in the District50 community. After talkingto as many of his con-stituents as he possiblycould, he said he feels thathe has a solid grasp on whatthe big issues are for Greeley
and District 50 as a whole.Any politician will say jobs
and the economy are a maintopic in the 2012 elections.Young said he has heard asmuch from the people livingin his district.
“Economic woes areaccented in northernColorado,” Young said.“Weld County has the sec-ond-highest childhoodpoverty rate in the state.”
As a former teacher,Young said he knows theeffect that childhood povertycan have on the way a childlearns and develops. So, whilethe economy is one of District50’s biggest problems, Young
calls education a close sec-ond.
The way he sees it, edu-cation and economy have achicken-or-the-egg relationshipbecause the lackof educationleads to feweropportunities inlife, which inturn perpetuateseconomic trou-bles and all theissues that comewith them.
“If we don’thelp kids in the K-12 environment,we end up paying the pricelater on,” Young said.
That’s why last year,Young pushed a bill thatprovides more funding tothe Colorado Pre-SchoolProgram. If re-elected,Young said he would dohis best to ensure thatfunding continues.
While the issue of educa-tion is close to Young’s heartas a former teacher, he saidhe also believes in helpingColorado’s economy in otherways.
He emphasized thatColorado businesses havecontracted at least $750
million worth of jobs andproducts that went out ofstate. He said he believesin providing economic
incentives tokeep Coloradobusinesses inthe state.
For that rea-son, he has sup-ported the HIREColorado Plan,which will make iteasier forColorado busi-nesses to get in-state contracts,thus keepingmore money in
the state. Young said he feels— combined with moreemphasis on education — itwill make a difference.
During a legislation ses-sion last year, Young said helived in an apartment nearthe capitol in Denver duringthe week and returned toWeld County on the week-ends to knock on doors andhave conversations with con-stituents.
“You have to be a good lis-tener,” Young said. “I have acommitment to listening. I’mtrying to find those commonthreads that everyone is talk-ing about.”
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During Saturday’s footballgame against Montana, agroup of Grizzlies fans traveledto cheer on their team, but inthe process, out-cheered theUNC fans.
A decent-sized crowd showedup for a University of NorthernColorado football game, but howcan one section show more spiritthan a crowd? After watching thegroup during one cheer, the Grizfans were shouting and it was awoman, and a little girl wholooked to be the woman’sdaughter. Two people pumpedup more than those who are
supposed to get the crowd goingduring UNC games.
The loudest the UNC crowdgot during the game when mem-bers of the defense waved theirarms to get the crowd cheeringduring the first half — a half anyBear fan could have seen plentyto cheer for.
This raises the questions ofhow effective the Pride of theRockies Marching Band andcheerleaders are to the gameatmosphere at UNC.
The band does the best job atgetting the crowd going, butseems to forget who is playing
and when is appropriate tocheer.
During an extra point, theband continued cheeringthrough junior kicker DaveEden’s kick. Sometimes, itseems the band cheers just tocheer, which is good, but thereneeds to be more cheering towhat is relevant.
Also, we do not attendFlorida State, nor does anyonecome to watch the AtlantaBraves at Nottingham, so thetomahawk chop is not appropri-ate at any point in any UNC ath-letic event.
Now with the cheerleaders,the squad cheers at appropriatetimes, but still has problemswith the crowd not cheering.Part of it has to do with whatseems to be just an apathetic setof fans, but the student sectionalways seems to be louder oncethe cheerleaders are on theopposite side of the field.
More engaging cheers mayhelp fans become motivated tocheer with the cheerleaders,but there is too much discon-nection between the cheer-leaders and the fans duringfootball games.
Home crowd needs better motivation, reasons to cheer
There is no feeling ofabsolute relief quitelike the one brought
about after Homecoming. Students all over campus put
dozens of hours into float build-ing, lip synching and attendingnumerous events each night lastweek.
Some events were more pop-ular than others, and someorganizations take competitionfar more seriously than others.
I have participated in theseevents with many groups overthe last four years, and it seemsto me that these traditions
become more memorable everyyear. If you attended any of theseevents, you probably noticedthat most of them included asound set-up and music provid-ed by UNC Student Radio.
Since the beginning of thesemester, I have becomeinvolved with UNC StudentRadio, broadcasting a weeklyshow on Tuesdays. My buddyJohn Pherson and I discoveredthis to be an amazing resourcefor students.
At first, it was just for laughs— an attempt at goofing around,but while working in the UNCStudent Radio office, and watch-ing the orchestration andimpressive Homecoming partici-pation, I soon realized that thisgroup is special.
Although often recognizableand always in attendance, UNC
Student Radio is limited toonline streaming and channel 3in the residence halls. They havea constant music feed and dailyshow line-ups — anything fromtalk, music, sports and more. Ledby General Manager Sam Woodand Personnel Manager ZacharyGray, this organization does farmore than broadcast music. Thisweek, UNC Student Radiodonated over 2,100 pounds offood to Cans to Candelaria, fin-ishing in 3rd overall.
I had the pleasure of speakingwith Mr. Wood just before CPE’sBingo Night on Wednesday and Ifound that his position is notpaid, and he has no real guide-lines. I was puzzled by this.
How is this group so consis-tently participating? When Iasked Sam what his motivationwas for ensuring the survival of
this organization, he simplyshrugged and smiled.Selflessness is what this UNCStudent Radio’s leadership con-tinues to embody.
In a world where radio hasbeen a declining, and almost“cult-like” form of media, I sug-gest that students take a closerlook at what UNC Student Radiohas to offer.
For students involved inother organizations, I suggestyou take note of one thing: whenworking with a group of peopletoward a common goal, alwayskeeping the survival, and thefuture of your organization, atopyour priorities is the key tolongevity and success.
— Benjamin Fuller is a senioreconomics major and a weeklycolumnist for The Mirror.
UNC Student Radio a quality model for organization success
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Ilook at my friendCasey with a wrysmile. In subtle
response, he shakes hishead to confirm our mutualdisdain.
We are traveling aboardthe late night tram, a vehiclewhere the limits of humancomfort and personal spaceare bent to their absolutebreaking point.
However, on this night,our frustration is not derivedfrom the colossal masses butrather one obnoxious indi-vidual. He is American, ofcourse, and a student, nodoubt.
At this point, though, Iwould daresay his BACexceeds his GPA. In slurred
vernacular, he bequeaths hisopinion of American politicsonto every disgruntled pas-senger aboard, each anunwilling subject to hisdrunken tirade. He decriesObama and dismisses Mitt. Itseems as though, in hisdrunken state, he hasattained some supremeknowledge, a knowledge thatallows him to decipher thecomplex code of Westerndemocracy with unprece-dented clarity.
In his climax, he express-es his resolute dissatisfactionwith both presidential candi-dates, suggesting that as anAmerican, he now suffers theunacceptable circumstanceof having to choose betweentwo unviable candidates. It isin this moment that myfriend Casey takes action andwith admirable convictionturns on the jackass and says,“At least you have a choice.”
The election of a UnitedStates president commandsattention on a global scale.So even here, on the oppo-site side of the Atlantic, I findmyself being constantlyreminded of the pendingelection that will imminentlydetermine the future of the
“free world.”With that said, I would
like to take this opportunityto chime in on the politicaldiscourse that has recentlycirculated in this respectivenewspaper. More specifical-ly, I would like to call atten-tion to the role that youngpeople, the majority of myreadership, play in the arenaof global politics.
Statistics from census.govshow that young peoplecomprise the least politicallyengaged demographic in ournation, and that isn’t muchof a surprise. Still, it’s statisti-cal information that under-mines the true influenceyoung people bear in thepolitical sphere. In fact, I
attest that in both a historicaland contemporary context,young people have provenrepeatedly to be the mostdominant force in the politi-cal realm.
Where then, if not in thevoting booth, do the youthchoose to exercise their polit-ical might?
It is not by ballot or in abooth but rather in theopen air that young peoplehave bred some of thegreatest revolutions in his-tory and proven indu-bitably their ability to affectglobal politics. A review ofhistory shows that, despiteweak showings at the vot-ing booth, young people —more specifically students— are the leading facilita-tors of change in the realmof politics.
It was at the south end ofWenceslas Square, in theshadow of the NationalMuseum, that I recentlyencountered an obscurecross emerging from a patchof swollen cobblestone. Itwas the Jan PalachMemorial, a monument tothe 21-year-old Czech stu-dent, who in 1969 commit-ted suicide by self-immola-tion in protest of the Sovietoccupation. Palach wasimmortalized by his coura-geous act of defiance, and in
1989, the Czech people con-ducted a week of protests inhis memory.
In a democratic republic,such as the United States,power is derived from thepeople, resulting in a govern-ment that is for and by thepeople. Therefore, not politi-cians or bureaucrats, or evencorporate fat cats, can beblamed for the now-dismalstate of American politics,but only the people are toblame.
The problem is that toooften we express our politicalopinions in a fashion similarto the jackass on the tram, orwe just do not express themat all. I would not recom-mend self-immolation, but Iwould suggest that we allconsider the devoutness ofJan Palach when consideringour role as citizens in politi-cal discourse.
And remember, althoughour choice of elected officialsmay seem unsatisfactory, weare still blessed with the free-dom to choose.
— Alexander Armani-Munn is a sophomore journalismand political science major and areporter for The Mirror.Armani-Munn will contributeweekly columns about his studyabroad experience throughout thesemester.
This column wascut for space rea-sons. To read thefull version, visituncmirror.com.
Opinion4 The Mirror Week of Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
AlexanderARMANI-MUNN
Experiences from a UNC student studying in the Czech Republic(A continuing part in a series)
Strength of Western political freedom needs more recognition
Cans to Candelaria is ayearly food donation drivethat connects UNC students,staff and faculty to the WeldCounty Food Bank. Clubs,student groups and organiza-tions, residence halls andcampus buildings all had apart in raising food and fundsfor the event.
This year, UNC provedonce again that the com-munity could cometogether and raise aware-ness and resources for theless fortunate. The overalltotal raised by the campuswas more than 23,000pounds of food — thistranslates into more than
21,000 meals for the hun-gry.
“The event advertised tostudents about the impor-tance of getting involvedwith the community,” saidDani Weiss, president of thesociology club and a seniorpsychology and sociologymajor. “While I think it isimportant to have a studentso focused on school, it isimportant to get involved.”
The event was advertisedthrough various mediums:flyers, professors’ announce-ments in class, bake sales,word of mouth, Facebookand even Twitter.
“We’re pretty high-techthanks to our awesomeadministrative assistant, LisaFinley, in the sociology
office,” said Diane Schott, asociology lecturer.
The main goal was tospread awareness of need in
Weld County, especially inthe food sector, as well asinvolve the entire UNC cam-pus in supporting the com-munity.
“I was offered extra creditfor a class for donating to thiscause,” said Shelby Foster, asophomore journalismmajor. “I think it is a cool wayto engage students andencourage people to donate.”
The food and money thatis raised at the event is givento the Weld County FoodBank, which serves upward of10,000 people each month.
The food bank was estab-lished in 1982 and has a35,000 square foot warehouseequipped with a state-of-the-art kitchen, dry good storageand large freezers and coolers
for all collected food.The Weld County Food
Bank is located at 1108 HStreet. If students didn’t get achance to contribute to theCans to Candelaria fooddrive, the food bank is alwaysaccepting donations.
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Nicole Cathels, a junior nutrition major, sorts donationsduring the annual Cans for Candelaria event Thursday.
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Pep rally, bonfire showcase school spiritASIA BLACK
The week ofHomecoming has been full ofevents from parades to frigid-cold football games. In cele-bration of this year’sHomecoming, Friday’s fes-tivities included the annualpep rally, bonfire and fire-works display.
The event was held onBishop-Lehr Field Fridayevening. Though the fall tem-peratures made their appear-ance, the attendance at thebonfire showed that not evencold air can stop Bear pride.
“It’s just nice to see every-one come together,” said jun-
ior MiKayla Short. “I justhope to see all of these peopleat the game (Saturday).”
The attendance at thefootball game wasannounced as 4,751, andalthough no official countwas taken Friday evening,people from all over came toexperience the tradition ofUNC.
“Coming to UNC for thisbonfire, I got to experiencesomething new,” saidStephon Wynn, a ColoradoState University student. “Ihave never been to a bonfirebefore, and even though it’sfreezing out here, it’s stillpretty cool.”
When the fire was finally
lit, beautiful blue flames rosefrom the large pit and excite-ment filled the air. Peoplegathered around the pit tostay warm and continued tosocialize.
“I couldn’t wait to do stufflike this in high school,” saidBrittany Phillips, a UNCfreshman. “When I wouldthink about college, stuff likethis would always come tomind.”
White flashing lights filledthe air as people continuous-ly snapped pictures by thefire to remember the night.The UNC cheerleaders werea part of the excitement andhelped keep minds off of thecold air by putting on per-
formances and pumping upthe crowd.
A few members of theschool band were also inattendance at the bonfire andplayed a few tunes through-out the evening to spice upthe night.
The Bear pride was inspi-rational Friday night and alsohad a strong effect on theincoming freshmen, givingthem a chance to see justhow much fun UNC can pro-vide.
At the end of the bonfire,fireworks were shot above thefield and exploded bright inthe Greeley sky, undoubtedlygiving the attendees a nightthey’d remember.
Saturday morning, assnow began to fall, UNCstudents and Greeley com-munity members were sta-tioned on the sidewalks ofcentral campus waiting forthe Homecoming Parade tobegin.
Pancakes and coffeewere served outside SnyderHall, while UNC StudentRadio played popularmusic from the oppositeside of the street as thisannual tradition duringHomecoming Week was setto begin.
Around 9 a.m., SamWood, the general man-ager of UNC StudentRadio, announced thestart of the parade, whichwas led through campusby a University ofNorthern Colorado policecruiser.
“My favorite part of theparade — really my favoritepart of Homecoming — isthe student groups andcommunity all coming outto support the community,”said senior Kelsey Murray,
the traditional events coor-dinator for UniversityProgram Council.
The parade includedall of Greek life, ridingfloats with themes includ-ing Bearforce One.Various UNC organiza-tions were represented, aswere club sports.
Both central and westcampuses sent floats, incor-porating UNC into globalscenes to follow along withthe “Passport to UNC”Homecoming theme.
The UNC Pride of theRockies Marching Bandand Sugar Bears cheer anddance team put on a per-formance, as did themarching bands fromGreeley Central, Northridgeand Greeley West HighSchools.
Sophomore KatyHickey, the vice presidentof UNC’s Taekwondo Clubwhich walked in the parade,says she thinks the paradeis a great way for UNC tosee the number and varietyof clubs the school has tooffer.
“I think it’s really benefi-cial to gain interest because
it definitely is an easy wayto find friends on campus,”Hickey said. “My favoritepart of the parade was see-ing members outside ofpractice and seeing every-thing UNC has to offer, likethe phenomenal marchingband presentation or therad LGBTQA float.”
Community business-es that participated in theparade included DownUnder Comedy Club,Roma Restaurant, ScreamAcres with two of theirfour zombie-shootingpaintball busses, MorbidNights Haunted Houseand 24 Hour Tanning,which featured a tanningrecreation in which onewoman wore a bikini inthe freezing air.
The graduates of 1962were also in the parade.They were welcomed aspart of their 50-yearreunion.
“Being a bandie, I’dhave to say my favorite partwas the band nerds, butthose floats were reallyawesome,” said StephanieHines, a sophomore busi-ness major.
Homecoming parade, eventsconnects campus, community
Between theHomecoming Parade andfootball game, the UNCcommunity came togetherSaturday morning to cele-brate the first annualHomecoming CommunityFest behind MichenerLibrary.
“The ultimate goal wasto bring community mem-bers and UNC memberstogether because we havean awesome community,”said Kelsey Murray, a sen-ior history major and tradi-tional events coordinator
for University ProgramCouncil.
That was the caseSaturday when 200-300people braved the coldweather throughout themorning to come togetherand enjoy entertainment,food and activities present-ed by Greeley businessesand UNC groups. Ten per-formances on a centerstage, a few different foodoptions and booths frommore than 40 differentgroups and businesses leftsomething to please every-one’s taste.
From a children’s magicshow to improv comedy,from vocal jazz to dance
routines, there were myri-ad entertainment options.
“I really liked the centerstage and the performanc-es from the Greeley com-munity,” said Liz Villa, asenior psychology andcriminal justice major.
There were a few per-formances that captivat-ed the crowd more thanthe rest.
The University ofNorthern Colorado’s ownvocal jazz ensembles cap-tured the audience’sattention with the fewsongs they sang. Therewere two different ensem-bles, one with six vocalists,the other being UNC’s
entire Jazz I ensemble.The attendees even got
involved with performanc-es by the children’s north-ern Colorado danceensemble, Dance Factory.
“I loved the DanceFactory’s performance,and I loved to see the com-munity come together,”said Kacie Thomas, a juniorelementary education andcommunication studiesmajor.
The booths all hadsome form of interactivecontent. There was a chil-dren’s area with bouncyslides, along with otheryouth-geared options,such as face painting.
Other games broughtGreeley businesses togeth-er with members of UNC.
There truly was some-
thing available for everytaste at the first annualHomecoming CommunityFest.
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Conductor RussellGuyver took the stage lastWednesday with the UNCSymphony Orchestra to per-form three compositions atthe Monfort Concert Hall inthe Union Colony CivicCenter of Greeley.
The UNC SymphonyOrchestra concert beganwith a gorgeous stringintroduction filled withtrickling woodwind lines.This arrangement allowedthe musicians to fill thewhole room with a volu-minous and pure sound.
Presented by theSchool of Music, the con-
cert was a great success.The second piece of thisconcert, “Escapades” byJohn Williams, featuredthree School of Music fac-ulty members: AndrewDahlke on alto saxophone,Gary Barrier on vibra-phone and James Vaughnon bass.
“The level of musician-ship that is brought torehearsals and perform-ances is phenomenal —totally unparalleled in my
musical experience sofar,” said Nick McLean, ajunior music major with aFrench horn emphasis.
This high-achievinglevel of musicianship wastruly highlighted in thesecond and third compo-sitions. The second piecehad a one-of-a-kind jazzyorchestra feel about it,mainly featuring Dahlke.
Sophomore businessfinance major and violaplayer Christina Casey’s
favorite compositiondebuted by the orchestrawas “Eroica” by Ludwigvan Beethoven.
“It has so many emo-tions woven into it, and Ilove the contrast in thoseemotions within move-ments,” Casey said.
Beethoven’s arrange-ment was an emotionalroller coaster as it allowedall members of theorchestra to move with itand maximize their
dynamic range. Althoughall of the members of theorchestra may not havebeen feeling the sameway at the same time,“Eroica” allowed thewhole orchestra to moveas one through the upsand downs of its rhythmicride.
The next concert pre-sented by the School ofMusic will be at 7 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 24 at theMonfort Concert Hall.
Symphony Orchestra wows audience at UCCC
Song, dance and art captivate UNC, Greeley communityThe members of UNC’s Symphony Orchestra crowd the stage at the Union Colony Civic Center to perform last Wednesday night.
Senior chemistry major Brian Reynolds conducts chemistryexperiments for onlookers at Community Fest Saturday.
A 98-yard kickoff return tostart the third quarterSaturday could have been thecatalyst for the UNC footballteam against Montana, and ina sense it was.
The problem arose whenit also sparked a Grizzliesoffensive explosion to keepthe game out of reach in what
eventually became a 40-17rout at Nottingham Field.
After trailing by only 10 athalftime, University ofNorthern Colorado seniorwide receiver Dominic Gunndanced and twisted his waythrough a cloud of defendersfor a touchdown to open thesecond half, making it a 10-7game.
It was Montana oddlyelecting to kick off at the start
of both halves that gave Gunna chance to get the Bearsgoing.
“When we were comingout, we heard that they haddeferred, so we were getting itagain,” Gunn said. “That’s anopportunity right there, and Ihad to capitalize on it.”
The emotion of the playwas visible on both sidelines,but it was the Grizzlies (3-3, 1-2 Big Sky Conference) that
utilized that emotion to theiradvantage.
Montana answered twodrives later with a rushingtouchdown, then UNCresponded with a 24-yardfield goal to make the score17-10. From then on,Montana controlled thegame, scoring three touch-downs and a field goal to goahead 40-10.
UNC’s offense remained
idle until Gunn caught a 24-yard pass from junior quar-terback Seth Lobato with lessthan two minutes remainingin the fourth quarter. Thescore was a bright spot for aUNC (1-4, 0-2) offense thatwas plagued by miscues theentire game.
The Bears had two first-half drives stall because ofLobato interceptions in theend zone. In between those,
though, was a low snap tosenior punter Mason Puckett,who threw a desperate passdownfield to avoid a loss ofyards. The pass was inter-cepted and returned 18 yardsfor Montana’s first score.
The score might haveremained 7-0 until halftimebut Montana interceptedLobato a third time right
UNC’s footballteam took oneon the chin in
its Homecoming gameSaturday, courtesy of theMontana Grizzlies. Thefeeling around NottinghamField in the second half hasbecome all too familiar forfans of the University ofNorthern Colorado.
The Bears haven’t wona game against a Division Iopponent under head
coach Earnest CollinsJr., who came back tohis alma mater last sea-son. When a teamendures a stretch thatrough, there are sure tobe myriad issues, and
this is no exception. Themost apparent concernsSaturday were related todecision-making.
In the first half, UNCwas able to move the ballup and down the fieldagainst the Grizzlies’defense, crossing intoMontana territory threetimes. Two of those posses-sions ended with intercep-tions at the goal line, spoil-ing the Bears’ best oppor-
tunities to score.Later in the half,
punter Mason Puckettfielded a low snap andended up throwing aninterception, returned fora touchdown. The finaloffensive play in the halfresulted in yet anotherinterception, directly set-ting up a field goal. Thetouchdown and field goalwere the only scores byMontana in the half.
So, theoretically, theworst scenario the Bearsmay have faced withoutturning the ball over wouldbe a 0-0 tie going into half-time. After the game,Collins recognized that the
decision to let the ball flywith very little time left inthe half and much of thefield to cover was not achoice many experiencedcoaches would make.
“That’s one of thosedeals where — end of thegame, end of the half —that’s a maturation processfor me,” he said.
Given enough time, Iam confident Collins willturn this ship around. Hecame into a tough spot,inheriting a culture of los-ing that was not presentduring his time as a player.The move to Division I hasbeen quite a rocky one forUNC, but patience should
be practiced with Collins ashe works to define himselfas a coach.
The team has the talentto hang with teams likeMontana now. With all theexcitement aboutHomecoming, the Bearscame out early and per-formed strongly, but thateagerness also led to whatcaused them to enter thelocker room at halftimetrailing.
“It’s about the execu-tion piece of it,” Collinssaid. “It’s about the kidsbelieving in it, returning tothat mindset that you haveto have. It’s slowly coming,and we’re going to work on
it, we’re going to get thereand we’ll be better for it.”
Montana came outand put a hurt on UNC inthe second half, confirm-ing what many believed— this team is not yetready to match upagainst the Big Sky’smarquee clubs. Butstrides are being made.Given the time to grow,Collins’ program willbecome a successful oneat this level.
— Michael Nowels is ajunior elementary educationmajor and a sports reporterand columnist for The Mirror.
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diving squad started its sea-son strongly, winning all 21events in the IntermountainShootout, hosted Friday andSaturday in Grand Junction.
The University of
Northern Colorado began theweekend with first- and sec-ond-place finishes in the 200-meter medley. The quartet ofjunior Courtney Van Oost,junior Renee Stephens, juniorGina Riggle and sophomoreJessica Reed-Baum finishedin 1 minute, 49.81 seconds,followed by the team of juniorKylie Rathbone, junior Kira
Alger and freshmen ElleGawronska and Sarah Millerwith a time of 1:53.02.
Miller recorded her firstcareer first-place finish in the400-meter IM with a 4:47.73time. Miller also finishedahead of everyone competingin the 50-meter butterfly, fin-ishing in 28.29 seconds.
Also finishing in first placetwice in her first collegiatemeet was Erika Etz, with a2:00.02 finish in the 200-meter freestyle and as amember of the 400-meterfreestyle relay.
VVoolllleeyybbaallllAfter a Thursday night loss
at Portland State, the UNCvolleyball team bounced backFriday to sweep Eastern
Washington in the team’ssecond road match in twonights.
The University ofNorthern Colorado (13-4, 6-2Big Sky) had 24 hours to trav-el from Portland, Ore. toCheney, Wash., before takingon Eastern Washington (0-19,0-8) and winning instraight sets, 25-19, 25-22, 28-26.
Offensively, senior outsidehitter Kelley Arnold and soph-omore outside hitter TambreHaddock led the team with 14kills apiece. Haddock led theteam with 38 total attacks andArnold followed close behindwith 36.
Freshman setter AllieHutcheson got to see more ofan outside hitter’s position inthe match, with a .235 hittingpercentage and seven kills.
The Bears return home fortwo matches this week. Thefirst is at 7 p.m. Thursdaywhen the Bears hostNorthern Arizona (14-3, 6-2),the team the Bears are cur-rently tied with for third in theBig Sky. The second match isat 7 p.m. Saturday againstSouthern Utah (8-11, 4-4),
with both matches at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
CCrroossss CCoouunnttrryyThe UNC women’s cross
country team had five run-ners place in the top 10 onSaturday at the Metro StateInvitational. The women’steam took first at the meet,while the men placed fifth.
Freshman Rikki Gonzalesled the invitational with atime of 22 minutes, 38 sec-onds.
Senior Megan Horsch fin-ished third while freshmanMcKaylay Gray, sophomoreAshley Atkin and freshmanCaroline Braun took fifththrough seventh, with timesof 24:04, 24:14 and 24:23,respectively.
On the men’s side of theinvitational, the Air ForceAcademy finished first.
Sophomore Evan Bekesled the Bears, finishing in 14thplace with a time of 27:44.
Sophomore Alex Holmand junior John McCarthyplaced 22nd and 26th, withtimes of 28:20 and 28:44,respectively.
Next up for UNC is the Big
Sky Championship Oct. 27 inFlagstaff, Ariz.
SSoocccceerrThe UNC soccer team suf-
fered its first Big Sky defeatand tie during the weekend,falling to Montana Friday andtying Eastern WashingtonSunday.
The University ofNorthern Colorado (5-5-3, 3-1-1) and Eastern Washington(5-6-3, 2-2-2) didn’t allow anygoals throughout the game,going into two overtimes.
The Bears were persistenton offense, with 21 shots, with11 of them on goal.
The Bears defense wasbroken, though in the loss atMontana (7-6-2, 3-2-1).
Senior goalie NatalieD’Adamio allowed her firstgoal during Big Sky play dur-ing the 77th minute, whichwas scored by Montanasophomore Allie Simone.
UNC returns home for amatch at 7 p.m. Friday againstSouthern Utah (1-9-1, 0-5)and will host NorthernArizona (4-6-4, 2-1-2) at noonSunday for its final homegame of the regular season.
Skip Carlson is a fourth-generation Weld Countynative. He grew up on a farmin the area. He knows the areawell, and he’s called it homeall his life.
Now, he’s running as theRepublican candidate forColorado’s State House ofRepresentatives, so he can tryto improve the area he lovesso much.
In addition to simply liv-ing in the surrounding area,Carlson has been a part ofWeld County’s economysince he graduated whatwould eventually become theUniversity of NorthernColorado with a teachingdegree.
As well as teaching andbeing involved in educationthrough the Colorado 4-H
Foundation, Carlson ran afarm in the Greeley area aftergraduating from college. Henow owns and operates aFarmers Insurance Group inGreeley.
Carlson has a personalstake in the economy and thecommunity he is looking toserve in the Colorado House,which is a big plus in any formof government.
“If I go down to Denverand make a law, I would haveto come back up here and livewith it,” Carlson said.
First and foremost,Carlson is a resident ofDistrict 50. As a resident and abusiness-owner, he said hehas a good understanding ofthe economy of the Greeleyarea, which is a huge issue inthe upcoming election.
“The underemploymentproblem is significant,”Carlson said.
Better-educated peopleoftentimes don’t have theopportunities in Weld Countythey need to get higher-pay-ing, more technical jobs and,thus, they take their knowl-edge — and whatever inno-vation and creativity they had— elsewhere.
Much of this has to dowith the way Greeley, andnortheast Colorado in gener-al, is seen in the public eye.Carlson wants to showColorado — and the country— the Weld County he knowsand loves but also wants it toflourish economically.
“We need to bring in moretechnical companies,”Carlson said. “And we can do
that because of the oil explo-ration taxes that we havehere. We can sell WeldCounty more. We can sellGreeley as a place where peo-ple can work and also wherepeople are educated. Weneed to emphasize UNC.That’s good business.”
But like his opponent —incumbent RepresentativeDave Young — Carlsonunderstands there arenumerous social issues thatneed to be dealt with in WeldCounty, not the least of whichhas to do with education.
“Education, and especial-ly minorities, and the rapthey’re getting,” Carlson saidof what he believes is anotherpressing issue in the county.“Schools are claiming that thechildren of illegal aliens arecausing problems in school.”
In his experience, both asa teacher and from living in
Greeley, the children of illegalimmigrants are, in fact, morewell-behaved because theydon’t want to run afoul of theschool or govern-ment.
That’s whyCarlson is propos-ing a plan for thechildren of illegalimmigrants toearn their citizen-ship in District 50.He said he seesthis as a majorissue in WeldCounty andColorado as awhole. If elected,he said, he would push thisplan, as the current process iscumbersome and expensive.
It’s an issue Carlson saidhe knows about because he isan active member of both thecommunity and the econo-my he wants to serve.
Carlson, with arespectable work ethic andbig cowboy hat, said hebelieves he epitomizes Weld
County. It’s hishome, and as asmall-businessowner, he said heunderstands theissues facing othersmall businessesin the area.
Using an anal-ogy that is likelyfamiliar to someDistrict 50 resi-dents, Carlsonexplained thatrunning a small
business can seem simpleuntil one actually has to do it.
“I can tell you everythingyou want to know about rid-ing a bull,” Carlson said. “Butuntil you climb up on thatbull and you tip your hat, youjust don’t know what it’s like.”
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before the second quarterended, setting up a 34-yardfield goal as time expired inthe half.
“We were moving the ballup and down the field onthem, it was just some deci-sions that I made cost us ourteam today,” Lobato said.
A fumble by junior run-ning back Tromaine Dennisin the fourth quarter alsoresulted in a Montana touch-down a few plays later.
After being held to 133total yards in the first half, theGrizzlies had 452 at the end ofthe game, often coming cour-tesy of running back PeterNguyen, who had 159 rush-ing yards and a touchdown.
“These are never num-
bers that a linebacker likes tohear,” said senior HerveTonye-Tonye, who had 10tackles. “As a linebacker, youalways hate to hear that a guyhad 100 rushing yards, sowe’ve just got to correct that.”
Despite Montana comingin with a winless conferencerecord, UNC head coachEarnest Collins Jr. said he wasnot surprised that theGrizzlies were able to executeand take advantage of theBears’ turnovers.
“Everybody was talkingabout Montana being downthis year because they hadn’twon a game in the confer-ence, but you don’t spend119 weeks in the Top 25 andall of a sudden, you’re not agood football team any-
more,” Collins said.Collins also preferred not
to point a finger at any specif-ic area of the game as to showwhy UNC didn’t win butinstead insisted that it’s thewhole team that needs toimprove.
“The first thing I want tosay is about this game, thisseason, period, is I’m not
going to let this be anoffense-defense thing,” hesaid. “Somewhere in there,both sides of the ball areresponsible for what’s tak-ing place on the scoreboard.It’s about making plays onoffense and defense andspecial teams, and we didn’tdo that on a consistent basistoday and that’s why the
outcome is what it is.”UNC’s next test will
come against Big Sky new-comer Cal Poly (5-0, 3-0),which hasn’t appeared to
have any trouble adjustingto the league so far. TheBears visit the Mustangs at7:05 p.m. Saturday in SanLuis Obispo, Calif.
