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Senate fund distributions continueMore than$40,000 will begranted to organi-zations as SFAPtalks resume.PAGE 2

SportsSoftball team comes back home

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OpinionAdditional fees exploit students

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During a five-hour meet-ing Wednesday, UNCStudent Senate passed oneresolution, voted to place aninitiative on the ballot, allo-cated funds for an event, lis-tened to requests for fund-ing from four organizations,and began to review fund-ing increase requestsregarding the Student Fee

Allocation Process. Benjamin Schiffelbein,

director of Academic Affairs,introduced Resolution31:002, which called for a re-evaluation and restructur-ing of the academic appealsprocess.

The resolution states thatthe unnecessary length ofthe current academicappeals process discouragesand prevents students frompursuing an appeal. In order

to help studentspursue anappeal, the reso-lution calls for anew three-stepappeals processand the estab-lishment of astanding com-mittee of stu-dents and facultydedicated tohearing appeals.

The resolu-tion passed, andthe AcademicPolicy Committee will beresponsible for creating anew three-step system.

Student Body PresidentMatt VanDriel presentedInitiative I, which would givestudents the chance to votein the upcoming electionson whether to implement anew capital fee.

The fee would be a per-credit-hour capital fee for upto 10 credit hours and wouldbe implemented in the 2011-12 academic year starting at$12.50 per credit hour. Thefee would be increased to nomore than $40 per credithour by the 2013-14 aca-demic year.

The funds raised by thecapital fee would pay formore than $130 million indeferred maintenancearound campus, an expan-

sion on theU n i v e r s i t yCenter, a newacademic build-ing and a bridgecrossing 11thAvenue.

In an 11–4vote, the initiativepassed. The pro-posed fee will beon the ballot forstudents to voteon the upcomingelections.

T h eUniversity of NorthernColorado Sign LanguageClub presented to Senate thefunding request it made tothe Organization FinanceBoard to help fund an eventin September 2011.

The club requested$7,000 to help host a two-day deaf awareness event.Deaf students from schoolsaround Colorado andWyoming would attend theevent, which would includethree performers who arepart of an American SignLanguage comedy tour, aluncheon for the students,two ASL films, dinner andanother performance.

The original requestmade by the club was$15,000, but after discussingpossibilities of other organi-zations co-sponsoring the

event and seeking dona-tions, the request wasreduced to $7,000.

Because the requestedfunds would be used for anevent that is happening dur-ing the next academic year,some Senate members wereopposed to granting the clubfunds.

Some of the memberssaid the remaining$19,321.69 of the OFBshould be allocated to eventshappening during theremainder of this academicyear and other options forhelping fund this eventshould beexplored.

S t u d e n tTrustee MichaelJohnston pro-posed allocating$3,250 to the clubfrom this year’sOFB budget anddrafting a propos-al allocating theremaining $3,250from next year’sbudget. Johnstonsaid this would give the clubfinancial security and theremaining funds could beallocated if the event is stillhappening and if the newSenate members choose toallocate it.

After further discussion, amotion was made to grant theSign Language Club $6,500from this year’s budget tohost its event. The motionpassed 11– 4.

The final four organiza-tions requesting SFAP fund-ing increases presented tothe Senate, and the SFAPreview process began.

After some funds weretransferred between organi-zations, Student Senate

requested a $35,000 increaseto cover student personnelwages for the president, 11directors, election commis-sioner and five student jus-tices and $31,018 for non-personnel expenses, includ-ing Greek Life.

Greek Life would be allo-cated funds from the Senateaccount because the firstyear an organization is partof SFAP is a probationaryperiod. First-year organiza-tions must be under anexisting organization.

Greek Life requested$31,668 to use for its coordi-

nator’s budget,general outreachand educationalpurposes andservice.

In the propos-al, SFAP wouldpay for half of thec o o r d i n a t o r ’ sbudget of$23,468, andStudent Activitieswould pay for theother half.

Greek Life is currentlypart of Student Activities,but Student Senate adviserEvan Welch said the goal isto make Greek Life its ownindividual entity.

The remaining funds of$4,500 would be used forgeneral outreach and mar-keting. Alpha training andeducational events wereallocated $1,500, and spon-sorship of Bear Brandingreceived $2,200.

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Matt VanDrielsaid that studentswill be able to voteon a new fee in theelections.

BenjaminSchiffelbein said the academ-ic appealsprocess needs tobe shortened.

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During a marathon StudentSenate meeting Wednesday,Student Body President MattVanDriel introduced an initia-tive to allow students to voteon the implementation of anew capital fee in the StudentSenate elections next month.

The Senate voted to allowthe measures to be on theupcoming ballot, bestowing inthe hands of the student bodythe decision to increase nec-essary fees for years to come(Board of Trustees approvalwithstanding).

Beginning next year, the capitalfee would entail a $12.50-per-cred-it-hour semesterly increase for upto 10 credit hours. Although thisonly equates to $240 a year, by2013-‘14 the amount could sky-rocket to $40 a credit hour.

According to UNC’s Office ofPublic Relations, there were12,348 students at the beginningof the academic year. For the sakeof this argument, we’ll assumethat number remains constantnext year. Now, let’s do somebasic math: $40 x 10 credit hours =$400 x 2 semesters = $800. And12,348 students x $800 =$9,878,400 at most and assumingall students took 10 credit hours.And this is just in one year. Whoknows how long it will continue?

So why does the University ofNorthern Colorado request anadditional almost $10 millionannually from its student bodyand why right on the heels of aproposed tuition raise of possiblymore than $1,200?

According to the initiative’sproposal, the answer is deferred

maintenance around campus, anexpansion on the UniversityCenter, lighting enhancements, anew academic building and abridge crossing 11th Avenue.

The UC is large enough andrarely packs a crowd for mostevents, Bishop-Lehr Hall still sitsempty and forgotten, a tunnelalready provides a path circum-venting the 11th Avenue crosswalkand most students are still strug-gling to afford college and makeends meet, courtesy of the not-quite-over recession. Oh, yeah.

In a February universityaddress, President Kay Norton saidthe school was looking for assistancein identifying $5 million in threeyears in cost savings and put a hiringfreeze on faculty with an annualsalary of more than $25,000.

It looks like “assistance” has

been found. The battle for low, unchanging

tuition has been a difficult, long-fought affair, and students arequickly losing ground.

Instead of cutting costs inunnecessary areas (such as allo-cating tens of thousands of dol-lars in student fees to Greek Lifeand University Program Council,perhaps?), UNC continues toexploit students with tuition anda plethora of fees.

We’re facing an annual increaseof about $2,000 in UNC paymentannually, and this is why it remainsimperative students are involvedwith the university and vote “No”on this measure during the StudentSenate elections, April 12–14.

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LETTERS

Welcome back toschool, boys andgirls. I hope you

made the most of your springbreaks because according tocertain religious factions and amystic Mayan calendar, you’reonly getting one more — ever!That’s right, people. The endof days is upon us; you maycommence quivering with fear.

All this hysteria puts me in anostalgic mood: remember whenY2K was supposed to end theworld? I recall vividly my fifth-grade

teacher warning us to stay out ofelevators because purportedly thenew millennia would shut all elec-trical devices down at the stroke ofmidnight and we’d be stuck thereindefinitely with no place to pee.

Sensible advice, if I everheard it.

Admittedly, there have beensigns: earthquakes, tsunamis,famine, rumors of Sarah Palin run-ning for president. But I tend tobelieve that such grim allegationsof worldwide doom are just projec-tions of anxious, antisocial people;the God I know and cherish is alover, not a smiter. Yet, in spite ofmy perspective, Judgement Daycometh on Aug. 21, so in the spiritof organization, let me coach youthrough the steps you should takein preparation of meeting your

maker, should she descend in anincendiary fury.

First of all, you should stoptalking about the world ending.Global destruction causes peopleto fret, and you can’t fret andsuck the marrow out of life, nowcan you? You should take occa-sion to talk, however, to sayeverything in your life that you’vealways wanted to just to be silly,to bare the contents of your soul,to shock an awe with your bril-liance and, most of all, to laugh.

You should also forgive andlet go of any nasty little grem-lins lurking in your mentalcloset. Anger, resentment, guilt,shame, spite, prejudice, fear,worry and/or jealousy lookabout as good on you as ashaggy mullet with high-waist

pants — not cute.In general, you should spend

as much quality time as possiblewith loved ones and everyoneelse you meet. You may ensuremeaningful interactions by attir-ing yourself in the simple desireto fully enjoy each person andeach moment entirely as theycome, flaws and all.

I sincerely urge you to fol-low my advice, even if youdon’t fear the end of times. Atworst, you’ll have spent the lastyear of your life in peaceful rec-ompense. At best, you’ll live toa full 89 years brimming withprecious memories.

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In celebration ofWomen’s History Month, theWomen’s Resource Center atUNC hosted a number ofevents throughout March tocelebrate and honor womenwho have made a differencein the world.

To polish off the month ofevents, WRC hosted its inau-gural Women’s ConferenceWednesday in the UniversityCenter Ballrooms.

The theme of the confer-ence was “Women At WorkMaking Change,” whether inthe home, the work place orsociety.

The event included smallbreakout sessions in the UCsuites that focused on varioustopics, such as the empower-ment of women. Performersused theater as a way todevelop dialogue on diversity,and a presentation on mas-

culinity and femininity washosted.

Yvette Lucero-Nguyen,coordinator of the WRC andco-chair of the conference,said the idea of having awomen’s conference came toher last year when she and agraduate assistant were dis-cussing ways to come up withinnovative programs thatwould benefit the campusabout learning the history ofand celebrating women.

“I think as programmerson campus, we’re constantlylooking for new, innovativeways to capture our students’interest,” Lucero-Nguyensaid. “We wanted to find away to capture interest andeducate students — bothmen and women.”

A committee consisting ofWRC employees, studentsand faculty from across theUniversity of NorthernColorado’s campus puttogether the event and came

up with the ideas for theworkshops.

“The presenters them-selves approached us on thespecific topics they are pre-senting today,” Lucero-Nguyen said.

The University ofNorthern Colorado andAims Community Collegestudents, faculty and staff, aswell as Greeley communitymembers, attended the con-ference. The presentationswere open to the communi-ty as a means to bond withthe campus and rest of thecommunity.

Kenna Johnson, directorof the Stryker Institute ofLeadership andDevelopment, said one of themain focuses of the confer-ence was to have both menand women recognize theissues that still effect womenand humanity as a whole.

“Both men and womenshould be interested in this

event and the issues it is cov-ering,” Johnson said. “Menand women should want towork together, and I think thisevent perpetuates thethought of working togetherto make change for womenand society.”

In addition to workshops,the conference consisted ofeducational segments thatincluded a theatrical per-formance by Will andCompany’s production,“Portraits of Courage.” Theplay consists of actresses por-traying important womenthroughout history andshowing contributions thatare often overlooked.

UNC’s Black Womenof Today also presentedpoetry readings andmusical selections.

Colin Cox, header of theproduction, came withactresses not only to put onthe performance but also todeliver a workshop discussingtheater and dialogue.

“My intent is to shed lighton the women who are over-shadowed and not put in thetext books,” Cox said. “I wantto share their stories.”

Members of the confer-ence committee and WRCemployees and volunteerssaid they are looking for-ward to another successfulturnout next year andhope to make the confer-ence a tradition.

“I was happy to attend thisconference because I feel it isimportant for women tocome together,” saidMonique Atkinson, a seniorpsychology and sociologymajor. “It brought peopletogether and made us havean understanding of oneanother.”

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Room 303 of MichenerHall became a Civil Warbattlefield for an hourThursday as Capt. EdwardWynkoop told the story ofhow Colorado volunteersdefended the state fromthe Confederates.

Wynkoop was por-trayed by Ben Benoit, anauthor of historical fic-tion, who was dressed in aCivil War captain’s uni-form to make the eventsfeel more real.

Benoit travels fre-quently, portrayingWynkoop for variousaudiences. He said hechose Wynkoop because alot of resources can befound on him and he is awell-known name in theDenver area, whichappealed to him.

“What fascinated memost about Benoit’sspeech was that heembodied the characterso well,” said SheilaBolsoveer, an attendee ofthe event.

The battle at GlorietaPass, N.M. is often calledthe “Gettysburg of theWest” because of its impor-tance in the momentum ofthe war. It may be hard tounderstand its importancetoday, though, because aninterstate now runs over thebattlefield and not much isleft in commemoration.

The Confederate Armywanted to attackColorado because theythought they would beable to get gold from themines. A large group ofColorado volunteers trav-

eled 350 miles to FortUnion to fight against theinvading Confederates.

The Union soldierswere split into twogroups: one led by Col.John Slough and the otherby Maj. John Chivington.Slough’s soldiers weresupposed to go up oneside of the mesa wherethey would meet theC o n f e d e r a t e s .Chivington’s group wassupposed to attack theConfederates from therear.

“It was an in-your-facefight,” Benoit said.

Slough’s Union soldiersand the Confederates did nothave time to fight strategicallyand did not have enough time

to use their cannons. The sol-diers had to retreat threetimes during the battle.M e a n w h i l e ,C h i v i n g t o n ’ sgroup neverattacked from therear.

C h i v i n g t o nsaw an opportu-nity to burn 81wagons, whichcontained sus-tenance for theC o n f e d e r a t e s .However, theseburning wagonsset a nearby ranch on fire.The ranch was holdingwounded soldiers in amakeshift hospital.

Despite this,Chivington allowed the

fire to spread. He orderedhis men to kill all whoremained alive.

After a while,C h i v i n g t o n ’ smen returned tocamp whereSlough was wait-ing angrily. Hehad heard aboutthe burning ofthe 81 wagonsfilled with sup-plies.

Benoit saidthat theC o n f e d e r a c y

won this small battle, butthe Union may have wonthe Civil War because ofthe supply loss.

After this battle, thefighting was seemingly

over because theConfederates lacked sup-plies to push forward.

“I thought the battlewas important because ifthe South would havefound gold, that couldhave changed the war,”said Fletch Bolsoveer, anevent attendee.

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After a long road stretch,the UNC softball team iscoming home for the firsttime this season to play adouble-header Saturdayagainst Colorado State.

The University ofNorthern Colorado (2-22)has not played at Butler-Hancock Softball Field sinceOct. 9 in the NorthernColorado Fall Tournamentbut will return to take on in-state rival CSU (6-26).

“It’s nice to be home,”junior catcher Erin

Wilkinson said. “It’s nice toget to play in front of all ofour families and friends, andthey get to see what we’vebeen working on and howwe’ve improved from thefirst game to now and fromthe fall to now.”

In the Fall Tournament,the Bears fell to the Rams, 4-3,but only after rallying backfrom a 4-0 deficit. Overall, theBears are 1-2 against CSU thisseason. Their last matchupwas in February in the HotelEncanto Invitational in LasCruces, N.M.

“They’re our naturalrivals,” UNC head coach

Mark Montgomery said.“There’s only two schools inthe state who offerDivision I softball,and I think that’s apart of it. We’rejust going to goout there and playthem hard,whether they wereundefeated andwe hadn’t won agame or viceversa. We’re goingto just play hardagainst them.”

In Saturday’sdouble-header, senior KellieHenderson, senior Jamie

Juelfs and freshman MeganWilkinson will be pitching for

the Bears.Henderson leadsthe team with anaverage of 5.8strikeouts a game.As a freshman,Megan Wilkinson,Erin’s younger sis-ter, has appearedin 11 games andhas made onestart.

“I think she’sdone great,”Montgomery said

of Megan. “She’s slowly get-ting better and better and

more and more confident inevery game. I mean, you real-ly see that offensively anddefensively, which is whereshe plays more. And as afreshman pitching, some-times they make mistakes,but for the most part, everytime she’s made a mistakeshe’s bounced right back,which is a great sign.”

CSU has a young group ofpitchers, with freshmanDesiree Laswell and sopho-more Kelsey Jo O’Brien lead-ing the Rams with 20 appear-ances each. Laswell averages5.13 strikeouts a game.

Montgomery said the

team’s biggest struggle thisseason has been having agame where batting,defense and pitching haveall come together. This hasbeen a focus for the teamduring practice.

“We’ve been workingon putting everything alltogether,” senior short-stop Megan Hamiltonsaid. “Just coming out andgetting those wins.”

The first game of thedouble-header starts at 1p.m. Saturday at Butler-Hancock Softball Field.The second game will fol-low at 3:30 p.m.

Softball team to face Colorado State in home-opener

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The UNC women’s bas-ketball team saw its seasonend March 16 with an 83-74loss to Cal State Bakersfield inthe first round of theWomen’s BasketballInvitational. Prior to thatgame, the team lost to IdahoState in the season finale,after beating the Bengals onsenior night, and to Montanain the semifinals of the BigSky tournament.

The University ofNorthern Colorado finished17-14 overall, with a 12-4record in Big Sky play.

UNC head coach JaimeWhite was named Big Sky Co-Coach of the Year and satdown Wednesday for aninterview with The Mirror todiscuss the final games of theseason, individual honorsgarnered by her players andthe outlook for next season.

The Mirror: Nobody atThe Mirror has talked to

women’s basketball since sen-ior night. What did you tellyour team after that finalgame?

White: On senior night, Idon’t think we could haveended better. We played real-ly well, we won by quite a bit,and we beat a team we had tobeat. After that, it was kind oflike the sky’s the limit. We hadto go play at Idaho State. Wewin that game, we bring ithome to the fans here, so wewere really excited.

The Mirror: What did youtell your team after the loss atCal State Bakersfield?

White: Before the game,we talked about, ‘Hey, this isdo-or-die. This is tournamenttime.’ And I challenged thegirls to finish strong.

And then after the game isalways hard because younever want to prepare thatspeech because you alwayswant to be winning and mov-ing forward, but our girls real-ly accomplished somethingnobody thought they would. Icongratulated them on the

season they had and thecomeback they had. We’vereally raised the bar on our-selves, and we got to comeback knowing we can accom-plish this, plus I think a lotmore.

The Mirror: As a coach,what is it like for you to havethree players (LaurenOosdyke, Courtney Stoermer,D’shara Strange) named to all-conference teams?

White: It’s a great accom-plishment. It makes it easieras a coach to coach goodplayers, and they’ve bought itto what we’ve asked them todo, and our team has won.And that’s what produces theaccolades they’ve received.

The Mirror: And then, foryou, what’s it like to be namedco-coach of the year in the BigSky?

White: It’s a great — I don’twant to say accomplishment— but it’s nice because, firstof all, the coaches vote foryou, so that means they thinkyou’re doing something right.And the second part is there’s

some great coaches in ourleague, and to be one of thosethat was voted on or named,it’s an honor. It says a lot forour program and our admin-istration. It’s not just myhonor. I think all of ourcoaches and our playersshould be proud of thatbecause they’re also a part ofthat.

The Mirror: What’s youropinion on the level of talentyou have returning next yearand your chances of compet-ing for that No. 1 seed again?

White: Lauren (Oosdyke)and Victoria (Timm) aresophomores. Kaisha Brownwill be a senior. D’shara(Strange) and Kim(Lockridge) will be just soph-omores. I think we return a lotof potential starters for nextyear. And we also get CassieLambrecht healthy.

That’s our goal. Our goal isto not only be No. 1 at thebeginning, possibly, but mostimportantly, be No. 1 at theend. You saw what our guysexperienced going to the

NCAA Tournament. I thinkthat’s the next step for ourprogram. Not just winningBig Sky championships, butgetting to the NCAATournament.

The Mirror: You justtouched on the next question.You and the men’s team hadsuch great success this season.What will that do for the pro-gram?

White: The great partabout any program at UNCdoing well is that it gets it outin the community. It gets it toour recruits — they knowabout our volleyball team;they know about our men’sbasketball. I had a recruit inCalifornia tell me, ‘I saw yourgym on TV. It looks awesome.I saw your crowd. I saw yourstudents. They look like theyhave so much fun.’ This is akid that lives in L.A. And sothat is so important to ourprogram. I think we have out-standing programs here, andpeople around the countryare seeing that now.

The Mirror: Just an

overview of the entire season,how proud are you of this teamfor all it accomplished?

White: I was looking at it; Ithink we broke 10 schoolrecords. We talked aboutbeing a record-setting team.Let’s be the team to beat inthe future, and our kids justtook a hold of that.

The other thing aboutour team that makes melaugh is that they like eachother. They really, really likeeach other, and they have agreat time together and agreat time playing with eachother, and that has createdthe success that we haveright now. I’m extremelyproud of them, but I alsoexpect a lot from them. Ihave expected a lot of them,and I will expect a lot moreout of them next year inknowing that this has justtapped a little bit of ourpotential. I’m excited aboutthe future. I’m extremelyproud of our accomplish-ments this year and excitedto just do more.

Erin Wilkinson is tied for theteam lead withthree homerunsthis season.

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Student Senate candidates kick off public appearances with open forumKATIE OWSTON

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With the end of theschool year quicklyapproaching, some stu-dents are dreading finalsand dreaming for lazy daysof summer. Some stu-dents, however, have beenbusy preparing speechesand pondering the differ-ent ways in which they canmake UNC a more interac-tive, opportunity-filleduniversity.

Fourteen of the 18 stu-dent candidates for the2011-12 Student Senateelections spoke in an openforum Thursday to answerquestions provided by theirpeers and to discuss plansthey hope to implement ifelected as members of TheUniversity of NorthernColorado’s Student Senate.

There are seven positions

available in Student Senatefor next year: student bodypresident, director ofUniversity Relations, direc-tor of StudentOrganizations, director ofFinance, director of DiverseRelations, director ofStudent Affairs and directorof Academic Affairs.

Candidates discussedmany of the same topics butoffered different solutions toeach issue.

Natalie Litke, who is run-ning for the director ofUniversity Relations, pro-posed the use of moderntechnology to help studentsbecome more engagedaround campus.

“One of my missions ifelected to this position is toengage the student body,”Litke said. “I firmly believethat by getting the voices andopinions of students throughFacebook and other social

media entities, meaningfulrelationships can be made.”

Candidates also touchedon the importance ofConstitution Day and howthey could boost enthusiasmfor the celebration aroundcampus in mid-September.

The dominating themeof the forum was the impor-tance of student involve-ment around campus. Eachcandidate proposed ways inwhich he or she could raisethe levels of involvement.

“I would serve as thevoice of the people,” saidLoriann Taylor, a candidatefor director of StudentAffairs. “Higher studentinvolvement needs to startwith more face-to-face inter-action among students.”

Candidates’ topicsincluded the recent freezeon hiring new employees.and some proposed ways inwhich the university’s

money could be spent. Theyalso discussed the low atten-dance numbers at meetingsabout organizing events.

Director of LegislativeAffairs candidate AndrewRansom suggested Senate

meetings be later in the day,instead of during the currentallocated time slot.

“A lot of events happenduring the day, and studentsdon’t have time to visit thoseevents between class peri-

ods,” Ransom said. “Hostingevents after classes are donefor the day may raise overallattendance.”

Candidates also brieflymentioned topics like theperenially debated plus-minus system on campus,current problems in theStudent Fee AllocationProcess, ways to resolvethose problems and theimportance of speakingwith non-traditional stu-dents and helping thembecome involved.

Tyler Ames, if elected asdirector of Finance, said heplans to get not just stu-dents involved but entireorganizations, as well.

“One of the most impor-tant things for the upcomingschool year is to help organi-zations get involved and, indoing so, make sure direc-tors understand eachprocess,” Ames said.

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Natalie Litke, a candidate for director of University Relations,speaks during her rebuttal opportunity at the first StudentSenate elections forum Thursday in Columbine Suite B.

Student Senate CandidatesStudent Body President• Katelyn Elliot

Student Trustee• Lauren Zdanowitz

Legislative Affairs• Jamie Britt• Charlie Kluko• Andrew Ransom

University Relations• Natalie Litke• Christopher Pezza

Finance•Tyler Ames

Student Organizations• Charlie Charbonneau• Vincent Malara• Felicia Joy

Student Affairs• Levi Fuller• Jessica Hawthorne• Loriann Taylor• Garret Watson

Academic Affairs• Josh Divine• Zac Foxx• John Pherson

The Mirror8 The Mirror Friday, March 25, 2011