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JORDANE HARTBAUERn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

High school students fromacross Colorado and southernWyoming tested their foreign lan-guage skills at UNC’s 2010 WorldLanguage Day on Wednesday in theUniversity Center. The event wasput together by the School ofModern Languages and CulturalStudies and hosted a competitionand cultural workshops for all of thestudents who participated.

The World Language Day eventwas organized by Melitta WagnerHeaston, a professor in the School ofModern Language and CulturalStudies. There were about 40 differ-ent high schools that sent 935 stu-dents and 65 teachers to the event.

“Events like World LanguageDay are important becauseteachers need to create outreachfor students,” Heaston said. “Itprovides an opportunity for

them to experience languageand culture outside of the class-room, and it also promotes cul-

tural diversity, language immer-sion, which is an importantaspect of our society.”

The events the students wereable to participate in included theinstruction of cultural French,Spanish andGerman dances,as well as atrans-campusscavenger hunt.There were alsoseveral informa-tional sessionsfor students toattend, includ-ing a session onstudying abroadand careers inforeign lan-guages.

There werealso severalpeople fromthe community who volun-teered to teach classes and runother parts of the event.

Ron Tomocik, a professionalmusician, taught cultural dances to

all of the students who were interest-ed in learning them. He also per-formed in the afternoon in the fire-

side lounge on hisaccordion.

“One of themain reasons thatstudents shouldparticipate inevents like this isbecause theworld is shrinkingvery fast; every-body knows whateverybody else isdoing,” Tomociksaid. “There is agreat advantagein knowing howthe cultures of theworld operate.

Festivals like this showcase the dif-ferent cultural activities that areinherent in different cultures.”

Students contested in vari-ous language competitions forall different skill levels of sec-ond speech mastery. Some ofthe activities that displayed cul-tural entertainment were thefood tasting, piñata and talentcompetition. The day endedwith a raffle for both the stu-dents and the teachers and anawards ceremony.

David Corder, a junior Frenchmajor, was one of the many stu-dents from the School of ModernLanguage and Cultural Studieswho volunteered for the event.Corder was the head of the regis-tration board for WorldLanguage Day.

“World Language Day isimportant because it lets stu-dents experience the languagesin different settings than they areused to,” Corder said. “I reallyenjoy it because it allows stu-dents to display their skills.”

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Rocio Hernandez, a sophomore at Abraham Lincoln High School,collects a raffle prize Wednesday during World Language Day inthe University Center. The event attracted hundreds of attendees.

Language festival promotes interest in culture

“World Language Dayis important becauseit lets students experi-ence the languages indifferent setting than

they are used to. Ireally enjoy it becauseit allows students todisplay their skills.

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JACQUELINE LOMAX n e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

Capital punishment has been acontroversial topic for centuries,and people will remain to have theirown opinions on it. James Acker,professor of criminal justice atUniversity at Albany State Universityof New York, spoke to about 70 peo-ple Thursday in the UniversityCenter regarding the paradoxes ofcapital punishment.

The Criminal JusticeDepartment hosted the event as partof the 2010 Cleere-Francis LectureSeries. This was the first event of asoon-to-be annual event.

Acker explained the discrepan-cies between the written law ofcapital punishment and the law asit is put into practice. He went intodetail about the inconsistencieswith the death penalty by compar-ing it to getting struck by light-ning. Acker also said they are bothcruel and unusual, and the num-ber of deaths from capital punish-ment is insignificant because ifsociety followed the written law,then there would be a lot moredeaths via death penalty.

“It used to be that all felonieswere punishable by death,”

Acker said.Many students attended to get

extra credit for a statistics andresearch classtaught by RyanRanda, an assis-tant professor ofcriminal justice.

“I wantedthem to get expo-sure to otheropinions besidesmine,” Randa said.

Some of the students who wentsaid the presentation taught themmore than they thought it would.

“I learned a lot,” said JessicaJohnson, senior criminal jus-tice major. “It was a very good

presentation.”A c k e r

touched on dis-parity and howrace is a majorfactor in deter-mining the pun-ishment of thedeath penalty.

He said it is more common forsomeone to receive the death penal-ty if the person who they murderedis a white male.

“I liked how he talked aboutdisparity,” Johnson said. “It wasreally interesting.”

Acker has written several booksabout capital punishment. He isthe co-editor of “The Future ofAmerica’s Death Penalty: AnAgenda for the Next Generation ofCapital Punishment Research”and “Wounds That Do Not Bind:

Victim-Based Perspectives on theDeath Penalty.”

Acker is also the author of“Scottsboro and Its Legacy: TheCases that Challenged AmericanLegal and Social Justice.” Hiswork on the death penalty hasbeen cited by the United StatesSupreme Court and in severallower court decisions.

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Student Senate Update

DARIN MORIKI n e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

The Student Senate approveda proposal Wednesday thatwould allow the Quality of LifeAct to be forwarded to the UNCBoard of Trustees despite lastweek’s ruling by the ElectionJudiciary Board to invalidate allthe results from the April 14Student Senate election.

Student Body PresidentJustin Puckett said the proposalwas introduced because theSenate was unable to put theopinion poll on the special elec-tion ballot. Puckett said bylawtechnicalities prevented theQuality of Life Act from appear-ing on the special election bal-lot and would have delayed arevote of the opinion poll untilnext semester.

I definitely think it’s impor-tant that we pass this so that thevoices of the students are notlost,” said Paige Lewkow, theCollege of Performing and VisualArts representative. “I’ve dis-cussed this with a lot of studentsfrom my college, and they’re allreally happy that it passed.”

Maggie Wright, the Collegeof Education and BehavioralSciences representative, said

she agreed.“Anytime someone asked me

about this issue, I’ve brought upthe fact that just because theelection was nullified does notmean that it was insignificant,since it was an opinion poll,”Wright said.

Other Senate members saidthey believed a decision to passthe proposal would underminethe Election Judiciary Board’s

ruling and compromise its legiti-macy as a judicial check on theelection process.

“I don’t think that this isthe best way to go about theelection, and I think that it’s adangerous step to assumethat the Election JudiciaryBoard didn’t have grounds orvalidity,” said Chris Hansen,the Affirmative Action/EqualOpportunity Facilitator.

Members discuss decisions regarding Quality of Life Act

Professor discusses details, legalities of capital punishment

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exposure to other opin-ions besides mine.

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Mirror Reflections are the opinion of The Mirror’s editorial board: Tod Didier, Josh Espinoza, Jordan Freemyer, Eric Heinz and Ruby White. Let us know what

you think. E-mail us at [email protected].

For this year’s Student Senatespecial election, we’ve chosen toendorse the following candidatesbased on their experiences andplatforms they expressed during thecampaign trail.

President: Matt VanDriel. Out ofall the candidates for this position,VanDriel has acquired a great dealof familiarity with the proceedingsof Student Senate as he has servedon cabinet for the past three years.We’re confident that his knowledgewill be an essential element to theprogress of next year’s Senate.

Director of Academic Affairs:Benjamin Schiffelbein. What reallystood out in Shiffelbein’s platformwas his unique stance on the plus-

minus grading system. Although heagrees with his opponents thatthere needs to be a consistent cam-pus-wide grading system, he dis-agrees with the necessity to get ridof plus-minus and emphasizes thestudents’ responsibility in acquiringdesired grades as opposed to blam-ing the current system.

Director of UniversityRelations: Ryan Shucard. As theincumbent, Shucard has greatlydemonstrated his commitment toincreasing Student Senate’s recog-nition on campus, as well as assist-ing the campus rebranding cam-paign earlier this semester.

Director of StudentOrganizations: Katelyn Elliott.

What makes Elliott the appropri-ate candidate for this position isher time spent as Director ofStudent Organizations ShaneVaughn’s assistant. Her creden-tials make her the most qualifiedperson for the position.

Director of Student Affairs:Ryan Gibbs. Although only a fresh-man, he has sat on various hiringcommittees, which we believe willbe a valuable asset to this position.He takes campus affairs seriouslyand has shown a great interest inthe student body’s well-being byvolunteering for the Bear Branding.

Director of Finance: SeanJiang. As a business accountingand finance major and treasurer

of his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta,Jiang has the applicable skills toeffectively fulfill his role as thedirector of Finance.

Director of Legislative Affairs:Tyler Ames. As president of theInterfraternity Council at UNC, hehas proven his ability to efficient-ly lead, make decisions and workcollectively with various sectorsof the campus.

Director of Diverse Relations:Azhia Long. As the incumbent,she has efficiently promoted rela-tionships between the culturalcenters and the student body.Long has proven she is apt at pos-itively immersing differentgroups of students.

This week’s poll question:Do you think the special elec-tion was the appropriate courseof action for Senate?

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LETTERS

Tad Boyle’s departurefrom UNC couldpotentially have a

greater effect on the campus’attitude than just on the suc-cess of the men’s hoops team.

Students new to the Universityof Northern Colorado may notunderstand how sweet it was tohave a successful team and a shredof school spirit.

Ever since I was a freshman,writing sports for The Mirror andwatching ESPN on a daily basis, Ifelt like I was missing out on true

school pride. I saw that UNClacked a certain craze that otherschools had.

Many discussions with theeditorial staff at The Mirrorduring my stint as sports editorhad to do with UNC’s lack ofschool pride, and not only inthe athletic realm, but overall.

Finally, that pride evolved fromthe men’s basketball team thatmade a school-historic postseasonrun. It was a fun time to be a UNCfan. I’ve covered a lot of campussporting events, but none were asrambunctious as UNC’s winagainst CSU this past season.

I thought my doubts aboutUNC’s school pride were false, butI really didn’t mind being wrong.

Then earlier this week, Boyleleft UNC for CU. That got me

thinking about what would happento the school spirit stemming fromthe hoops team.

I once thought about leavingUNC, too, and transferring to CUduring my freshman year. I evensent my transcript and was on theverge of getting accepted.Obviously, I didn’t transfer and Idon’t have any regrets. But I cansee why Boyle left.

CU is a bigger school on a big-ger stage that offers a bigger pay-check. It has bigger challenges andbigger payoffs. It adds even moresensation to the Greeley native’ssuccess story.

Meanwhile, I can’t help butwonder if Boyle and maybe eventhe greater amount of people whowork or attend UNC view the uni-versity as just a steppingstone. I

confess that I did during my consid-erations about transferring. Ithought of it as a quick stop beforemoving on to something else.

Furthermore, seeing UNC as amere steppingstone is maybe thereason why it lacked school pride.But when the men’s basketballteam had an awesome season,maybe some people who weren’texcited before got excited aboutbeing here.

If somehow the basketballteam were to tank – not saying theywill and hoping they won’t –maybe that school spirit Boyletalked to the crowd about left withhim. But time will tell.

— Mitchell Woll is a senior jour-nalism major and a sports reporterfor The Mirror.

Will UNC school spirit vanish because of Boyle’s departure?Mitchell

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BENJAMIN WELCHn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

To celebrate Earth Day andpromote secure methods of dis-posing important information, afree shredding service was offeredThursday in the parking lot ofKepner and Carter halls.

The Secure Document ShredFest attracted dozens of students,faculty and administrative mem-bers looking to dispose importantinformation that would be high-risk for identity theft if it fell intothe wrong hands.

“What you put in the trash is notalways private,” said Ryan Rose, whoworks in UNC’s InformationTechnology Department and wasone of the directors of the event.

The Shred Fest was sponsoredby the College Credit Union ofGreeley, and a Cintas truck was

onsite to perform the shredding. “Any information that would be

considered private to a person orinstitution (should be shredded),”said Jessica Behunin, another eventdirector.

“Identity theftis on the rise.People are afterinformation touse against bothindividuals aswell as institu-tions. So, wewant to makesure we are disposing of it properly.”

Participants received a certificateof destruction verifying their impor-tant papers would be shreddedimmediately and not left stagnant ina trash bin. In addition to items thatcould be shreded, hard drives, USBdrives, cell phones and small com-puter equipment up to the size of a

laptop could also be destroyed.“It’s not all about the bits and the

bytes — the electronic portion of it— the physical aspect of informa-tion is just as important,” Rose said.

Rose alsosaid the eventwas spearhead-ed by the HigherE d u c a t i o nI n f o r m a t i o nSecurity Team,a group of rep-r e s e n t a t i v e sfrom various

campus administrative depart-ments. They decided the eventwould be a great way to dispose ofunneeded documents and pro-mote saving the environment.

“Students’ information is veryimportant in the Financial Aid


CHELSEY URDAHL | THE MIRROR

Steve Dowdy, a UNC security employee, delivers old citationenvelopes and parking tickets to be shredded Thursday at theGreen Clean Up Day in the Kepner Hall parking lot.

Students trash private information

See Documents, Page 11

“What you put in thetrash is not always

private. —— RRyyaann RRoossee,, aann eemmppllooyyeeeeiinn UUNNCC’’ss IInnffoorrmmaattiioonnTTeecchhnnoollooggyy DDeeppaarrttmmeenntt

DARIN MORIKIn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

The Student Senate hostedits special election open forumon Wednesday to provide can-didates a final opportunity toexpress reasons for running fora position.

“I know there’s a lot of mixedemotions out there about howwe got to this process and howwe got to this point (…) but I’mexcited that students are excit-ed,” said Student ActivitiesDirector Evan Welch, who hasalso assumed the role of electioncommissioner for the specialelection. “I think it’s good that

— for better orfor worse — ithas sparkedpassion in stu-dents —w h e t h e rthey’re glad torun becausethey didn’tknow about thelast election orw h e t h e rthey’re mad ashell becausethey don’tthink StudentSenate knowswhat they’red o i n g .Students arefired up, andthat is one thing that I have beentrying to do through my posi-tion, but I didn’t necessarilythink that this would have beenthe call to action for students.”

Welch said the amount ofcandidates running in the spe-cial election is a large improve-ment in comparison to previousyears — the pool of candidates

reached 26 stu-dents at itshighest partici-pation rate.Welch said thisyear’s speciale l e c t i o nmarked thehighest candi-date pool in thelast four stu-dent govern-ment elections.

“ S t u d e n t sare not know-ing one of themost impor-tant things onthis campus,and that’s elec-tions,” said

Dan Beal, a junior communica-tion major, who is a non-tradi-tional student and a presiden-tial candidate in the specialelection. “This tells me thatthere’s a communication break-down somewhere. We have toanalyze what’s going on and get


CHELSEY URDAHL | THE MIRROR

Student Trustee candidate, Michael Johnston, who is runningunopposed for the position, speaks to students Wednesday atthe Student Senate Open Forum in the University Center.

Candidates use open forum toexpress campaigns to students

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“I think it’s good that— for better or for

worse — it had sparkedpassion in the students

— whether they’reglad to run because

they didn’t knowabout the last election

or whether they’remad as hell because

they don’t thinkStudent Senate knows

what they’re doing. —— EEvvaann WWeellcchh,, tthhee ddiirreeccttoorrooff SSttuuddeenntt AAccttiivviittiieess

Voting for Student Senate beganThursday and will continueuntil 7 p.m. today.

President Dan Beal: “I am a non-tradi-tional student. I believe that theStudent Senate can benefit

from a stu-dent thathas experi-enced lifefor a littlebit longerthan others.Being an o n - t r a d i -

tional student should not beheld against me, if anything, itshould be a lesson to the tradi-tional student in learning thatan education is very important,as well as taking one’s educa-tion seriously.”

Cody Harper: “To improve com-munication through the student

body and getnew bloodinto office. Itis time fors o m e t h i n gn e w ,because theold student

government isn’t getting it done!”

Matt VanDiel: “I am runningfor Student Senate to serve the

s t u d e n t sand be aleader onc a m p u s .The stu-dents ofU N Cdeserve the

best representation, and I believethat is me.”

Student Trustee:Michael Johnston: “UNC hasbecome my home. I embracethe community, I’m thankful

for whatI’ve beenable to doas a resultof attend-ing thisgreat uni-versity, andI’ve spent

the last couple of years giving asubstantial amount of myself toimproving life here on campus.But I’m not done yet. There isconsiderable work left to bedone, and I would like to con-tinue to dedicate myself to thatwork’s accomplishment.

Academic Affairs:Tim Andrews: N/A

Josh Divine: “I am running forStudent Senate because I believe Ican represent the voice of the gen-eral population. Too often, the voice

of the aver-age studentis silenced,s i m p l ybecause ofthe sheermagnitudeof the uni-

versity. I have two years of indirectexperience with Student Senate,having worked with the UNCConnection for two years, and Ihave seen how two different coun-cils have dealt with issues. I havelearned from their mistakes, and I

can take from what they did well sothat I can accurately represent thestudent body.”

Benjamin Schiffelbein: “I wantto improve the academicintegrity of UNC by closing thedebate on the plus-minus grad-ing system, combating grade

i n f l a t i o n ,b r i n g i n gawarenessto our aca-demic sup-port servic-es, increaseawarenessof graduate

programs and graduate assist-antships, and allowing everystudent a voice in universitydecisions.”


2010 Student Senate Candidate Profiles

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University Relations:Chris Delaney: “I am running forthe director of University

R e l a t i o n sbecause thatoffice is sup-posed toreach outand informthe studentsabout theSenate, and I

believe this can be drasticallyimproved.”

Ryan Shucard: “I believe that theS t u d e n tSenate isworth per-fecting. I ama commonstudent rep-r e s e n t i n gc o m m o n

issues among the student body. Lastyear, I started building a bridgebetween the students and the uni-versity. Like all great structures, theytake time to complete. I am runningfor re-election to complete thatbridge.”

Student Organizations:K a t e l y nElliott: “I amrunning forS t u d e n tS e n a t ebecause Ibelieve thatthe studentsare the most

important part of the university, andthey need representation to get theiropinions heard.”

Felicia Joy: “I am running forS t u d e n tS e n a t ebecause Iwant tob e c o m em o r einvolved oncampus and

take on the positions of director ofStudent Organizations and clubs. Ireally want to be more of a leader oncampus and ensure that all clubsand organizations have a voice oncampus and on Student Senate.”

Kyle Yeager: “I want to raise studentparticipationand aware-ness in theamount andvariety of stu-dent clubs weh a v e .S t u d e n t s

should not have to sign up to receiveinformation about clubs at UNC.”

Director of StudentAffairs:

S a l y n t h i aR e n e eCollier: “I’mrunning forthe positionof StudentA f f a i r sbecause Ilove being

able to give opportunities to stu-dents and getting them involved.”

Ryan Gibbs:“I am running for direc-tor of Student Affairs for a number of

reasons: Iwant to getinvolved withthis universi-ty, and I feelthat this posi-tion suits methe best. I

have many plans for what I want toachieve if elected; and top of the listis getting involved with the studentbody and really try to bring backmore school spirit. Also, to let thestudents know what is going onwithin Student Senate.”

Benjamin Welch: “I want toinstill in thes t u d e n tbody ar e n e w e dsense ofpride in theu n i v e r s i t yand the will-

ingness to participate in cam-pus-sponsored activities.”

Director of Finance:Sean Jiang:“The reasonI’m runningfor StudentSenate is toserve as a rep-resentativeand secures t u d e n t s ’

voices and concerns. I want to usemy knowledge to allocate theresources available. Most impor-tantly, I want to act as a record-keep-er for all financial documents andkeep them accurate and up to date.”

Kevin Bettenhausen: “Student sen-ate needs to become a larger part ofstudent life. Before a week ago I hadonly heard of the Senate in passing,no wonder the voters are disenfran-chised. I want to make a change. Iwant the senate to work for the stu-dents, not the other way around.”

Director of LegislativeAffairs:

Tyler Ames: “Icare aboutthe studentbody. I lovethis campus,and I stronglybelieve thatwith my driveand passion, Ican make a

positive impact here at UNC.”

Dulce Herrera: “I’m running forStudent Senate because I think

that it is agreat way tobe involvedhere at UNCand in thecommunity.I want tor e p r e s e n tthe stu-

dents, be a role model and helpmake a difference.”

Director of DiverseRelations:

L u k eBelsito: “Ifind poli-tics inter-esting andhave a loveof people.”

Paige Lewkow: “I want to be a voicefor under represented students at

UNC. I wantto promotediversity oncampus andi n c r e a s ecross-culturalconnections.I’m lookingforward to

representing the cultural centersand the nearly 8,000 diverse stu-dents on campus.”

Azhia Long: “I will offer programswhich caterto the diversepopulation.Also, I usethese pro-grams toe d u c a t ethose on

campus who are not aware ofdiversity and the beauty it holds.”

Students can vote on any on-campuslocation, including the computerlabs and cultural centers. Voting canonly take place on URSA.


2010 Student Senate candidate profilesProfiles from Page 7

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Football gears up for spring scrimmagePARKER COTTON

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The UNC football team islooking forward to its annualspring scrimmage 11 a.m.Saturday at Nottingham Field toshowcase the improvements ithas made throughout thisspring’s practices.

“It’s a big day for us,” sopho-more quarterback Dylan Ormssaid. “It’s a chance for us to reallycome together and one lastopportunity to show everybodywhat we got and how far we’vecome this spring.”

Offensive coordinator GregPeterson said he is pleased withthe progress and work ethic ofthe team.

“We’ve made a lot of progresssince day one, and there’s somegood things on both sides of the

football, and the spring game willgive us another chance to com-pete against each other,”Peterson said. “Another thing Ilike about where our footballteam is right now these guys aresaying they wish they had anoth-er 15 practices this spring. Whenyou have that kind of attitude,and you want to work, goodthings will happen.”

Both Peterson and defensivecoordinator Cody Deti have out-lined specific goals for theirrespective sides of the ball in thespring game.

“We talked about managingthe football – no fumbles, nointerceptions,” Peterson said. “I’dlike us to go out and play hardSaturday and manage the foot-ball; and if we do that, we havetalent on offense to be a verygood offensive football team.”

Deti said he wants thedefense to play fast, play physi-cal and use the spring game toget some inexperienced playersin some game situations.

“We’ve had some youngerplayers in spring practice thathaven’t taken a whole bunch ofreps, so those guys are going toget some work in,” Deti said.“We’re looking at it as a practiceand another day to get better.”

The Bears said they are hopingto improve on last season’s 3-8record and the spring game willbe a big part of that.

“We’re trying to win the con-ference for sure,” junior safetyMax Hewitt said. “That mightseem like a drastic improvement,and an unreasonable goal tosome people outside of our team,but we got the people here thatbelieve we can get it done.”

FILE PHOTO | THE MIRRORUNC sophomore quarterback Dylan Orms (5) and sophomorecenter Alex Shapiro (65) participate in a drill during spring prac-tices. The practices culminate with Saturday’s spring game.

Hoops recruits re-affirmcommitments to UNCSTAFF REPORT

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New UNC men’s basketballcoach B.J. Hill has hit the groundrunning in his first few days as theteam’s head man.

On Tuesday, Hill traveled toTexas to meet with incomingrecruits Paul Garnica and TevinSvihovec, both of whom re-affirmed their commitments to theUniversity of Northern Colorado.

Hill was UNC’s lead recruiterunder former head coach TadBoyle, who accepted the sameposition at the University ofColorado on Monday.

Garnica, a 6-foot guard fromSan Antonio, has tremendous 3-point range and broke the city’shigh school scoring record thatwas held by current Chicago Bullsguard Devin Brown. He scored3,012 points in his career whilerunning the point at San Antonio’sLee High School.

Svihovec is 6-foot-2 and canplay both guard positions. He hasbeen compared by Hill to bothcurrent Bears guard Devon Beitzeland former guard Robert Palacios.

Additionally, Hill has extendedoffers to remain at UNC to assis-tant coaches Shawn Ellis andTerry Anderson.

Baseball to host key seriesSTAFF REPORT

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The UNC baseball team iscurrently on a four-game los-ing skid and hopes to right theship this weekend as it hostsGreat West Conference foeHouston Baptist for a series atJackson Field.

On the current losingstreak, the University ofNorthern Colorado has beenoutscored by 20 runs and hascommitted seven errors. TheBears (14-19, 5-3 GWC) willneed to get their bats goingand play better defense if theyhope to have success in theseries against the Huskies (14-

19, 5-3) who have lost five oftheir last seven.

HBU has five everydayplayers who hit above .300, ledby sophomore utility playerRobbie Buller, who is hitting.376 with six home runs and 34runs batted in.

On the mound, the Huskiesare led by sophomore right-hander Dalton Schafer, who is5-3 with a 5.46 ERA.

UNC sophomore outfielderJarod Berggren is bringing an18-game hitting streak into theweekend series against theHuskies, who swept the Bearsin a four-game series last sea-son. Berggren, who is batting.364, leads the team in batting

average and RBI, and is secondin home runs with seven.Junior first baseman KyleHardman, who is hitting .286,has nine home runs and 25 RBIon the season.

Joe Sawicki, a junior right-handed pitcher, and MarkShannon, a freshman left-han-der, lead the Bears’ pitchingstaff with a combined recordof 6-2 and 64 strikeouts.

UNC is currently in a three-way tie for second place in theGWC and to have success inthis series would certainly helpbuild confidence going intothe last month of the season.

The series starts at 2 p.m.Friday at Jackson Field.

MADISON CAPPSn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

Students, faculty and com-munity members came togetherThursday in honor of Earth Dayto mark the end of UNC’s EarthWeek and conclude with envi-ronmentally safe exhibitions.

The Green Clean Up Daybehind Harrison Hall attractedthose who had old computers,

televisions, batteries, shoes andother “e-waste” to be recycled.

The shoes donated weregiven to the University ofNorthern Colorado CampusRecreation Center to be used inits re-sole campaign. The com-puter monitors and towers weregiven to the ColoradoCorrections Organization to berecycled and resold by prison-ers all over Colorado.

“The ‘e-waste’ is the mostimportant thing to be recycledhere today,” said AngelaRockwell, a graduate student anda staff member with UtilitySystems & ResourceConservation. “Unfortunately, alot of people want to do the goodthing but don’t research thecompanies that are handlingtheir waste, so they think they arepreventing the waste from being

shipped to China, but instead itgets smuggled into China.”

The Earth and Spirit PoetryReading also took placeThursday at the UniversityCenter Fireside Lounge, it wasopen to all who wanted to listen.

Michael Knisley, an Englishprofessor, volunteered toorganize the reading.

In the three years that theHonors Program has taken theresponsibility of facilitatingEarth Week, it has really tried toengage the community,”Knisley said.

Students were also involvedin the education of their peerson the importance of EarthDay. As a class assignment,Bianca Cadloni, a senior com-munication major, and a groupof her classmates promoted theFort Collins Bike Co-op at theUniversity Center.

“UNC students will bringtheir bikes here and never ridethem because we have suchwalkable campus,” Cadloni said.

“We are trying to give peopleresources to donate their bikesfor a good cause — to make sureyour bike is donated to a placewhere someone else will get touse it. It is more important tothink about being ‘green.’ This isthe planet you live on, and youshould take care of it.”

There was also a presenta-tion on the Greenhouse Effectgiven by Russ Schnell, a con-tributor to theIntergovernmental Panel onClimate Change — the panelwas awarded the Nobel PeacePrize in 2007. Schnell gave thepresentation in UNC professorYoungjin Song’s science educa-tion courses as part of the EarthDay recognition.

Other events were promotedthroughout the day on campus.Students had the opportunity todispose of many other unneeded,hazardous waste that can harmthe environment. For recyclinginformation, visit the www.north-erncoloradodisposal.com

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Office, and this shows that theirinformation is secure and we’renot handling it in a manner thatis unprofessional,” said JenniferFitzwater, a senior communica-tion major.

Fitzwater, who works at theOffice of Financial Aid, said shecame to shred students’unneeded documents.

“It’s not very expensive, andit doesn’t cost much to shredinformation,” said Ben Jenkins,a senior accounting major.“Students may take the easy

way sometimes; (the event) isproviding a service more securethan throwing things in thedumpster.”

However, the event was notgeared toward students shred-ding their past, only unneededdocuments that may have impor-tant information listed on it.

“We’re not asking anyone toget rid of any documents thatmay need to be preserved forlegal or personal reasons,though you’ll find that a lot ofpeople leave information thatthey think they need that theydon’t,” Rose said.

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Special election attracts largestpool of candidates in four years

the word out to students.” The revision and standardi-

zation of the plus-minus grad-ing system and the increase ofcommunication betweenStudent Senate and the campuscommunity were the main top-ics addressed by candidatesduring the open forum.

“I’ve talked to several hun-dred students over the past cou-ple of months concerning this,

and the general consensus is thatnobody likes the A-minus,” saidJosh Divine, a sophomore mathe-matics major, who is running forthe director of Academic Affairs.“If I’m elected, that’s one of thefirst things that I’m going to try toget rid of. Director Bradford hasbeen trying to do that so far, andit hasn’t worked.”

Benjamin Schiffelbein, asophomore political science andphilosophy major, who is cur-rently running against Divine for

the director of Academic Affairs,said he disagreed.

“I actually enjoy the plus-minus grading system because Ithink it allows professors to bemore exact with their grades,”Schiffelbein said. “If the prob-lem is that I got a 90 percent asopposed to a 93 percent and I geta little less of a score on my GPA,then I think the burden falls onme to maybe spend an extra fiveminutes studying and 10 min-utes doing my paper.”

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FIZA JOHARI n e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

Success in business relationshipsmay depend on manners and eti-quette. Because of this, UNC’sStudent Public Relations Networkorganized an etiquette dinnerWednesday for attendees to enjoy athree-course meal while theylearned about business etiquette.

Katherine Mason, president ofJon D. Williams Cotillions SocialEducation Program, began herkeynote presentation with a briefdefinition of manners and etiquette.She said manners refer to howsomeone acts and etiquette is afancier word for rules on what weshould and should not do.

“What is the very first thing youdo when you sit at the table?”Mason asked. “You take your nap-

kin, fold it diagonally in half and itstays on your lap until the end.There can be up to 10 utensils onyour place setting, and if you are notsure which utensils to use, workyour way outside in.”

Mason said etiquette is a lot likelanguage and also a part of oureveryday culture. The key is to becomfortable and make people whoare nearby comfortable as well. Shesaid it takes about seven to 10 sec-onds for an impression to be made.In that time frame, about 11assumptions are deduced.

“Don’t do anything at the tablethat you don’t want to see others doyourself,” Mason said.

Mason also demonstrated howsilverware should be held in ones’hands and the different styles of eat-ing: European Continental andAmerican. European Continental

style involves using the same handto cut and the fork’s tine is facingdown when eating; the Americanmethod, on the other hand, sets theknife down and switches the fork tothe other hand to eat, with the fork’stine facing up.

Mason provided some specifictips when practicing dinner eti-quette. She said some dining ruleshave exceptions, such as alwayspassing to the right, unless the per-son is sitting directly to your left andhow it is customary to rest yourelbows/forearms on the table whenthere is no food on the table.

“The SPRN wanted to do some-thing big for students from busi-ness and journalism and masscommunication,” said ChelleyKnight, secretary of SPRN and ajunior journalism major. “It wasdefinitely fun to meet new students

and for them to network — veryhelpful and informative.”

Nicole Creger, a UNC alumna

who attended, said the tips wereinformative, even though she saidshe knew many of the things taught.


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Katherine Mason, the president of Jon D. Williams Cotillions SocialEducation Program, speaks to students Wednesday at the StudentPublic Relations Network Etiquette Dinner in the University Center.

Etiquette expert serves lessons of propriety with dinner

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