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8 XĜƋŸĘ±��±ƼŸ�X±ĵå��Ƌƚý: The Black Educator: A sense of perspective

SPORTS9 One for the record books

National Experience: UNC club hockey

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I am a son and father of racism. As a white male, I have undeservingly benefited from a racist society and will continue to benefit from the privileges and power this system grants me and those who look like me. Let me unpack this. There are two forms of racism, both harmful and contemptible. The first kind is fraternity members chant-ing about lynching a black man attempting to join their organization. This blatant form of racism is simple to recognize and condemn. The second form of racism is more subtle, pervasive and insidious. Growing up, I was taught how to behave and what to believe, so society would accept me. This is socialization. Socialization is beneficial– say please and thank you, wash your hands, etc. It provides order, structure and predictability. However, it also creates “in-groups” and “out-groups” and assumptions about what is “normal” and “abnormal.” People who don’t look like me are abnormal or exotic, with both terms carrying harmful connotations.

Socialization has been used to finely con-struct a racist system used to justify and main-tain power over “others.” It has also become completely invisible to in-group individuals. A seemingly innocuous question serves as an example: “Where are you from?” I have never been asked what part of Europe I am from… ever. This is a loaded question. The underlying assumption is the other person doesn’t belong to the in-group based on how they look. This type of question reaffirms the system by alienating out-group individuals. To deconstruct this racist system, I must de-velop a sense of responsibility for my privilege. UNC students have organized opportunities to explore issues of inequity and social change as part of “Keep Your Coins, We Want Change” from March 24-28. Join me on campus to participate in this process! For information, go to http://calendar.unco.edu/calendar/.

Signed,Jeremy Davis & Jimmy Kohles

Here’s to the memories, Spring Break

By Stefan LambCaffeine-Sprinkled Conversation

Fresh haircuts and obvious tanlines give note to the likely places that we traveled to over our spring break. Some favorites are Lake Havasu or classic Cancun, Mexico, if you wished to visit our neighbors to the south. Crystal-clear waters and late-night partying are usually the focus of this much needed and all-too-short vacation. Flip-flop sales and bro tanks likely saw their record sales for the year, and for one week, companies selling $10 sunglasses

show an overwhelming contrast to typical annual sales. Products with ugly de-signs and colors become fashionable and useful only for the time being–either just for fun or may-be to dim the seemingly blinding refrigerator light the morning following St. Patrick’s Day. Road trips full of festive gas station food and purposefully post-poned bathroom visits colored many people’s days on the road to various destinations. Even those of us who stayed in this beautiful state were given a nice slice of warm weather, mimicking beautiful summer days. Spring break reminds us of how summer is just around the corner and how great the sunshine and warm nights are for the soul and company of those we cherish.

But we’re back for classes, and this week is always either a bitter or rewarding reminder that there isn’t much time left to accomplish the academic goals we all set in the beginning of each year. For some, it’s the last collegiate hurrah they will get to celebrate before turning the tassel, and for others, it’s the beginning of new traditions. Many spring breaks have come, and many more will pass, but they live on in our hearts like cherished treasures of time. They remind us of how great it is to be young and alive.

—Stefan Lamb is a senior physics major with a concentra-

tion in secondary teaching and an opinion columnist for The Mirror. He can be reached at [email protected]

Letter to the EditorSocialization to blame for racist society

TUE 3/247- 8 p.m. Student Literary Voices (The Crucible) Meeting University Center

FRI 3/273:30- 6:30 p.m. College of NHS 10 Under 10 Alumni Presenta-tions Ross Hall

5:45- 9 p.m. SCEC Respite Night Off Campus

WED 3/255:30- 8 p.m. Student Senate Meeting University Center

6- 7 p.m. Golden Key Int’l Honour Society Chapter Meeting University Center

7- 8:30 p.m. Schulze Speaker Series: “Symmetrical Skepticism: Finding the Facts about Envi-ronmental Issues” University Center

SAT 3/28

8 a.m.- 2 p.m. Career Services Administers the MPRE Exam Ross Hall

6:30- 8 p.m. Honored Alumni Award Ceremony University Center

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Assistant Editor: Makalah Emanuel

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Newspaper goes digital

Why social media? By Tommy Simmons

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Regardless of how individuals feel about so-cial media, most everyone would acknowledge that it has become a force to be reckoned in the 21st century–a force that doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon, either. All that being said, why are people so drawn to social media? “Everyone gets involved for egotistical rea-sons,” said Filipp Dedogryuk, a senior psycholo-gy major. “On some level, social media is always about the ego.” This could be true. Never before has there been a channel so eas-ily accessible for everyday people to broadcast their thoughts and opinions to a widespread au-dience as quickly or effectively as social media allows. And few would deny the intoxicating al-lure that concept provides. “Twitter, especially, is interesting,” said Ryan Crawford, a senior studying political science and philosophy. “It puts you on the same level as all these famous people and celebrities, and it at least gives you the illusion of a voice, even if no one’s reading your tweets at the moment. I mean, you get to tweet at the pope. Do you know how satisfying that is?” While social media can certainly be used as a platform for one’s private thoughts or as a way for one to seek anonymous approval, both Crawford and Dedogryuk acknowledged the fact that it can also be a very useful tool. Crawford said that much of his knowledge of current events and news comes from Twitter, while Dedogryuk, a Russian immigrant, said he values Facebook as a way for him to communi-cate with relatives back home. “You do lose that sense of intimacy when

you’re using social media though,” Dedogryuk said. “You start to think about how we commu-nicate nowadays–we use the letter ‘k’ so often in social media. Just ‘k.’ I would say that’s killing the art of conversation.” “Killing the art of conversation” might be one of the major attractions to this medium of con-versation in the first place, however. In an article on Psychology Today’s website, “The Psychology Behind Social Media Interac-tions,” Liraz Margalit states that psychologically, communicating with another person face to face can be emotionally draining for many people, meaning that talking through some sort of elec-tronic medium is less taxing–there’s less stress associated with it. Regardless of what is being said in a conver-sation, nonverbal cues such as body language, facial expressions, physical distance and many others are some of the most important aspects of communication. This is part of the draw to social media–it eliminates all those pesky non-verbal cues, allowing participants to put less ef-fort into talking. This isn’t necessarily always a bad thing though. “From a linguistic position, this is just the evolution of language,” Dedogryuk said. “It’s a simultaneous evolution and devolution.” “There are people in other generations who say our generation can’t have a conversation or can’t communicate well,” Crawford said. “And anytime you make a comment like that, you forget the number of individuals in a genera-tion. Just because young adults today use social media doesn’t make them inept at talking to each other.” Social media is a new phenomenon. There’s no precedent for it. This means that its effects are largely unknown. What is known is that it will be a reality for at least the foreseeable future, and society will have to adapt.

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The University of Northern Colorado will digitize student newspapers from 1892 through 2000, and when the project is finished later this summer, all editions up to present day will be made available to the public and searchable online through Digital UNC.

The project in-volves working with C o l o r a d o - b a s e d Docutech Inc. to scan 52 boxes of bound newspapers, about 70,000 total pages, said Jay Trask, head of Archival Services and associ-ate professor of Li-

braries. The student newspapers include The Crucible from 1892-1921 and The Mirror from 1919-2000. Remaining edi-tions to present day have already been added to Digital UNC at http://digitalunc.coalliance.org. “This is a preemptive strike against the forces of destruc-tion,” said Trask, pointing out that visitors to Archival Services in Michener Library frequently search the publications in con-ducting historical research. “Newsprint doesn’t last that long, and we want to preserve the historical record.” In addition to student newspapers, yearbooks and course catalogs were added to Digital UNC last summer. The site also contains photos. Once scanned, the original print pages will be preserved in archival folders in the Michener Library. “We think this is a wonderful project,” said Mirror General Manager Matt Lubich, who also served on the Mirror staff as a UNC student from 1982-86. “The Mirror is usually the news-paper where journalistic careers got started, and to have this sort of a permanent digital record is important not only for UNC history, but for the history of the business.”

UNC digitizes student newspapers from 1892 on h?8

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Gas-powered cars release massive amounts of carbon monoxide into the air. Power plants relied on for elec-tricity can erupt with methane. And fracking oil fields may disrupt and pollute water supplies. Many people argue that the ma-jority of power society depends on is slowly destroying the world. But society has made many techno-logical advances in regards to cleaner and more efficient power sources. Advancements have been made to utilize the world’s natural resources such as wind, water and the sun’s rays. Not only are these forms of energy cleaner for the environment, but they also function as investments for many institutions. As a result, some uni-versities and businesses have begun

switching to more ecologi-cal–and in turn, more eco-nomical–forms of power. Tyler Cale, a junior bio-chemistry major, works as a canvasser for Ecomark Solar–a business that manufactures and installs solar panels. Solar panels utilize so-lar energy from the sun; therefore, they are more cost-effective forms of electricity than traditional power supplies. “Solar power generates electricity without by-products that go into the air, water, ground, etc.,” Cale said. “This cuts down on chemical emissions in the atmosphere. Universities and businesses should definitely invest in them. They are both environmen-tally friendly and save money in the

long run.” Denison University in Granville, Ohio is one of many universities to make the switch.

Denison invested in $108,000 to install sensor-controlled heating and lighting systems. Although that may sound like a large amount of money, the savings that resulted from the switch is estimated at about $28,000– almost a 4-year payback. Major corporations have also made the switch, in-cluding Wal-Mart, Costco, Kohl’s, Apple and IKEA. Businesses and house-holds within modern American society use and waste a large amount of energy, and universities and colleges are not ex-

empt from this reality. Regardless of whether students and faculty members remember to con-serve energy themselves by switch-

ing off lights upon exiting rooms or not, the lights within dormitory hallways that illuminate a majority of the buildings and light the sidewalks throughout campuses remain turned on for long durations, if not 24/7. In addition to the sheer amount of electricity used to keep institutions functioning, water is another example of used-up energy. Therefore, spurring the change to switch to natural energy has the po-tential to significantly cut down on electricity and water costs. Aaron Tower, a freshman envi-ronmental studies major, said he un-derstands how efficient switching to ecological forms of power can be for institutions, especially the University of Northern Colorado. “Switching to natural power would greatly reduce UNC’s carbon foot-print on the environment, since it is clean energy that is being used,” Tower said.

Mark Harro | The MirrorMany institutions decide to go green in order to save some major green.

MON 3/23

9-11 p.m. Open Mic Night University Center- Fireside Lounge

WED 3/25

12-1 p.m. Marcus Garvey Cultural Center Umoja Fish FryMarcus Garvey Cultural Center

4-7 p.m. Keep Your Coins, We Want Change FestivalTurner Green

7March 23, 2015 | uncmirror.com �Arts & CultureEditor: La’Asianee Brown

ARTS CALENDAR

THU 3/26

6 p.m. Keep your Coins, We Want Change: How to Street ArtBishop-Lehr Field

TUE 3/24

6-8 p.m. Keep your Coins, We want Change: Inclusivity is Key PanelUniversity Center- Panorama Room

By Grant Bacon

“Bluetooth?” My friend asked me from across the country. He was connected to me via my cellphone, confused at my statement. “Bluetooth? In a beanie?” “I’m serious.” I told him. He laughed at me. So 10 minutes later I sent him a picture. As I sat there playing video games wearing a beanie, I realized how impor-tant of a device this actually was. It is one of the more interesting new technological developments that has arisen from our evermore computer-

ized society, where product designers, after several decades of bizarre con-cept designs (seriously, check out what people in the 1980s thought we would be wearing today), have historically struggled with how to provide useful functionality in a fashionable article of clothing. Despite the stigma, it would appear that the Bluetooth beanie does give a fairly solid run for it’s money, balancing technological utility and fashion in an attractive and simple package. For this review, I got my hands on the “What’s Good” eBeanie from What’s Good LLC. The What’s Good eBeanie uses two hard, cubical modules sewn into a stan-dard acrylic/polyester beanie that looks just like a regular beanie. The first mod-ule contains the Bluetooth receiver and a speaker and contains three buttons for pausing, playing and increasing and de-creasing the volume. The other module acts as a secondary speaker connected by a small, yet indis-criminate wire. The unit itself charges very quickly.

I was also pleased with the fact that this unit uses a standard USB micro port found on most Android phones for charging, making it easy to ensure your device stays charged, even if you forget to bring the cable along with you. Feature-wise, the eBeanie is physi-cally made of a comfortable polyester cloth that keeps the wearer warm, but doesn’t make him or her constantly attack his or her head in a fruitless at-tempt to get rid of a perpetual itch. The beanie itself comes in a vari-ety of colors, including black, blue, pink, camouflage pattern and red. This allows users to choose a model that coordinates with their outfits or color preferences. The beanie itself boasts moderate sound reproduction capabilities, which is to be expected given it’s design. Tests with music showed poor bass repro-duction and decent higher frequencies– again to be expected with this type of build quality and technology. Taking calls on the beanie was simple and the sound quality was better than my phone was able to reproduce.

That being said, the wireless tech-nology implemented into the Beanie makes this an excellent choice for the athletic type, as you don’t have to deal with tangled wires while exercising, nor do you have to worry about your head-phones getting tangled or yanked out by accident. It was also nice to be able to listen to music without losing my ability to hear ambient noise, meaning you can still get your groove on while keeping up with what’s around you–a feature that can’t be beaten by regular headphones. Overall, I gave this beanie a good rat-ing. With it’s solid material quality and decent sound output, this little piece of headgear could easily be the replace-ment for someone’s headphones while they are out and about. Not only that, but it’s way more com-fortable then any pair of headphones I’ve ever owned–in-ear or otherwise.

—Grant Bacon is a computer infor-mation systems major and an opinion columnist for The Mirror. He can be reached at [email protected].

Bluetooth beanie: Functional fashion of the future

Concert coordinator seeks change through campaign

By La’Asianee Brown [email protected]

As the nation faces controversy over recent police brutality cases surrounding race, the University of Northern Colorado has set out to address diversity and equity on campus. Eboni Coleman, the University Program Coun-cil spring concert coordinator, has set out to spread awareness through a “Keep Your Coins, We Want Change” campaign. By linking this campaign to this year’s spring concert, Coleman has taken the oppor-tunity to use students’ enthusiasm for the concert to create a conversation on campus where students can attribute the same attitude. The Mirror recently sat down and talked with Cole-man about her contribution to the spring concert.

Q: Why did you decide to do a theme with the spring concert this year?

A: The reason why I decided to add the campaign “Keep Your Coins, We Want Change” was not

only to add an educational aspect to entertainment, but to address the current issues that surround us as students, faculty, staff and administration. With that being said, I found it vital to also choose artists that would be in support of the initiatives of the campaign, which are social justice, diversity, equity and expres-sion.

Due to the current trending musical styles and also looking at what our generation listens to, the artists’ music may not always reflect these views in their mu-sic, but as people, which they are first. They are in full support of the change that we are trying to make on our campus.

Q: What do you hope the outcome of this theme will be?

A: What I hope the outcome of the campaign will bring is awareness. This past year there have been

initiatives put out to address diversity and equity on our campus, but there never was outlet truly put up for us as students to speak out and take a proactive role in these predicaments. This campaign is our chance. I just hope that we take full advantage of what is presented in front of us. We sometimes can be quick to complain about things, but never do anything to fix it.

Q: Whose attention do you hope to grasp with this theme?

A: I hope to grasp the attention of not only students, faculty, staff and administration on campus, but

also in our proximity. We have talked about creating a more inclusive relationship with our Greeley com-munity so that they have more of an understanding of our university and its goals. Hopefully this campaign will help that.

Q: What can people expect at these events?

A: What people can expect if they attend these events is genuine people looking to actively ad-

dress these necessities at our university. They can also expect for their voice to be heard if they are willing to share. Our first event, the “Inclusiv-ity is Key” panel, will open the discussion on concerns our students have. Now, it’s just our choice if we truly can take the time to be a part of that change instead of being passive. Here is the opportunity with open arms–now we just have to take it.

Courtesy of Eboni Coleman Eboni Coleman is a senior journalism and mass communi-cations major. She has held other positions in Student Activi-ties including director of diverse affairs for Student Senate.

SAT 3/28

7-11 p.m. Spring Concert Bank of Colorado Arena at Butler-Hancock Athletic Center

8March 23, 2015 | uncmirror.com� Arts & Culture

By Litsha LeeperLitsha Says Lame Stuff

The Black Educator: A sense of perspective

As the Student Rights Advocate of Student Senate, a Marcus Gar-vey Cultural Center staff member and a black woman, I usually find myself in the midst of a question and answer dialogue with Cauca-sian/Anglo-Americans regarding race and oppression. Whether these conversations are with staff, students or everyday

citizens, a common theme usually in-volves myself sitting in the position of the educator and the Caucasian acting as a student. Firstly, let me say that I enjoy con-troversial and constructive conver-sations, and I love the fact that I am meeting persons not of color who are interested in learning more about ra-cial issues and how white privilege plays a part in it all. With that said, I am not your per-sonal library nor is any other person of color. When a black person has to explain the black experience in total-ity and break down every segment of pressing racial issues at length, then this becomes another session of whites utilizing their privilege. Having these conversations regu-larly with various individuals becomes draining, and it gives Anglos the op-portunity to test a black person’s ra-cial consciousness–to see how much we know about our history and our plight. As a black person, I should not

have to be in an ethnic hot seat every time a white person feels like being en-lightened about a problem. White people should bring some-thing to the table in these conversa-tions–do your own research, read some books, attend lectures and learn about the issues you’re discussing. By educating yourself, you are showing a genuine concern for the issues you’re inquiring about. For instance, I want to get involved with people who are deaf or blind, but I don’t have a detailed picture of what that looks like. I’m not going to go to the disabled person directly and drill them with a bunch of questions, challenge their conditions, tell them how bad I feel for them and how I wish their conditions were different. Instead, I am going to do my own research first. Understandably, I have met many Anglos that are completely oblivious to their white privilege and need an in-troduction to the racial world around

them. I get that. But I don’t get Anglos who understand there is a problem and who are generally aware of the is-sues their privilege poses, but still con-tinue to have ditzy conversations with their local black people. I’m referring to the conversations in which the Anglo person expresses he or she does not understand the prob-lems in full or the problems don’t exist. Stop turning these conversations into an oppressor pity party. If you are an individual who was counseled into the acknowledgement of your oppression first, take a mo-ment to understand that this in itself is a privilege and then, as Alethea Stovall, interim director of the Marcus Garvey Cultural Center would say, “Sit in your own juices.” Reflect on that meaningful conver-sation and show your appreciation by gathering your own information. Take the time to further acquaint yourself with matters that don’t directly affect you. Just like anything else, if you want

to help, do the work. For example, if you want to be more abreast on women’s issues, research feminism. If you are less than privy to the LGBT community’s adversities or the consequences of classism, then take advantage of your local library and educate yourself. On the brighter side, I would like to say thank you to the University Center Bookstore for adding an ethnic hair and body care section. I met with the store manager Phil Fisher to inquire about getting some products that are black hair friendly in his store, and to my avail, he greeted this decision affa-bly. There are now black hair-mainte-nance products available for purchase in the UC Bookstore. Go check it out.

—Litsha Leeper is a senior philosophy major and an opinion columnist for The Mirror. She can be reached at [email protected].

YELLOW = HOME GAME

BLUE = AWAY GAME

9March 23, 2015 | uncmirror.com -SportsEditor: Jacob Scott

Assistant Editor: Dylan Sanchez

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SPORTS CALENDAR

TUE 3/24

4 p.m. Softball at Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, Colorado

2 p.m.Baseball vs. Regis Univer-sityJackson Field

WED 3/25

FRI 3/27

1 p.m. Softball vs. University of North Dakota Butler-Hancock Softball Field

2 p.m. Men’s Tennis vs. University of California Santa BarbaraButler-Hancock Tennis Courts

SAT 3/28

2 p.m. Men’s Tennis vs. Southern Utah UniversityButler-Hancock Tennis Courts

3 p.m. Softball vs. University of North Dakota Butler Hancock Softball Field

3 p.m. Baseball vs. University of North Dakota Jackson Field

1 p.m. Softball vs. University of North Dakota Butler-Hancock Softball Field3 p.m. Baseball vs. University of North Dakota Jackson Field

By Dylan [email protected]

Old habits held back the Univer-sity of Northern Colorado club hockey team as they fell into penalty trouble, only winning one of three games and finishing No. 10 in the Nationals tour-nament in Alabama. “Considering it’s the first time for most of the kids were at this kind of tournament, I thought they did well,” head coach Ken Fikis said. “They didn’t realize how much tougher the competi-tion was and they didn’t know how dif-ferent the refereeing was going to be.” The Bears (19-17-2) opened the tournament with 14 penalties against the Atlantic Division’s No. 1 seeded Bryn Athyn College, allowing the Li-

ons to score three power-play goals and earn a 6-2 win over the Bears. Northern Colorado senior goalten-der Owen Rauer was the prominent fig-ure that the Bears’ expected, stopping 46 shots in the first game. Rauer ended the tournament with a .905 save percentage, stopping 105 shots across three games. Both of UNC’s goals came from the special teams units. The first was a shorthanded goal from freshman for-ward Mitchell Bailey and the second was a power-play goal from senior de-fenseman Brandon Pougnet. “These guys are still young and we’re still considered a young team,” Fikis said. “They had the jitters in the first game, but they settled down and started playing their game towards the end.” Bailey and freshman forward Cam-eron Taggart led Northern Colorado

in scoring for the tournament with two goals and two assists each. “The kids got in a hole and then we just couldn’t get out of it,” Fikis said. “As a team, they got better as the tourna-ment went on and started staying out of the box.” The Bears trailed nearly the entire second game as No. 3 Hope College got out to a 2-0 lead five minutes into the opening period. UNC responded with a three-goal second period, but the Bears could not get their special teams jumpstarted, go-ing 0-4 with the man advantage and giving up a power-play goal. Northern Colorado lost 5-3, with goals from Bailey, Taggart and fresh-man Colin Chmelka. The final game for the Bears was their final chance to make a statement–which they did, beating NC-Wilming-

ton 6-0. The power play that was 1-for-8 in the first two games was suddenly alive and well, going 4-5. Junior forward Mike Tabrum scored twice, senior forward Kevin Garske and senior forward Colten Foster got one goal each on the man-advantage for UNC as Rauer made just 22 saves in the shutout. “We won the last five peri-ods of the tournament,” Fikis said. “At even strength, we played well against everybody.” Northern Colorado will graduate a total of four seniors at the end of the year, but Fikis said he looks to continue the team’s success next season. “There’s some leadership even from the freshmen now,” Fikis said. “It’s a building process and we are excited about it.”

The National experience: UNC club hockey

One for the record books

By Dylan [email protected]

After a physical contest in the second round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament, the Uni-versity of Northern Colorado came out on top of the University of South Dakota with a 59-58 win at the Bank of Colorado Arena. After missing her first two shots of the game, senior guard D’Shara Strange sunk her third attempt, becom-ing UNC’s all-time leading scorer with 1,880 points, passing Missy Borell (1,866). Strange finished with a team-high 14 points, eight rebounds and three steals. Senior center Stephanie Lee and junior guard Kyleigh Hiser each got to double-digits, scoring 11 and 10, respectively. South Dakota got a 19-point effort from senior guard Nicole Seekamp, who nearly tied the game up with one second remaining to send the game to over-time. But after review, it was determined she was in-side the arc and her shot only counted for two points, allowing the Bears to take the win. “We’re playing in front of our crowd, we got a home game, a WNIT game,” senior point guard Lindsay Mallon said. “There’s no way we’re losing that game, at least that was my mind set.” The teams battled heavily in the opening minutes as Lee got the first five points for the Bears. South Dakota quickly scored eight unanswered points, gaining a 15-7 advantage. That would be the largest lead of the game for either team. Strange responded for UNC by hitting a jumper 19

seconds later, stealing the ball and scoring again to cut the lead to four, 15-11. The Bears slowly chipped away at the lead and then with 9:49 remaining in the half, sophomore guard Katie Longwell tied it up with a long 3-pointer, 18-18. The lead would be exchanged several times over the course of the final minutes and the teams entered halftime tied, 32-32.Strange and Seekamp both had eight points for their respective teams as the seniors hoped to keep their season alive. The advantage for the Bears came from shooting 33 percent from 3-point range. South Dakota was held to 12.5, making only 2-of-16 in the game. “I thought they got some really good looks,” head coach Kamie Ethridge said. “Thankfully their three wasn’t falling.” The second half began again with Lee tak-ing control of the game. Lee netted six points in the first four minutes of the half, giving UNC a 41-36 lead. The Bears would control the game for most of the half, building a seven-point lead near mid-way of the half, but foul trouble for Strange and others led to a more conservative defensive approach. The Bears’ lead would be trimmed and South Da-kota would take the lead at 8:13, 49-47. USD built a four point lead with 5:09 left in the game, but freshman point guard Savannah Scott, who had not attempted a shot from the field up to this point, wasn’t going to give up yet. Scott got the home crowd on their feet with her 3-pointer at 4:40 to cut

the lead to one, 56-55. Then, with 3:43 left, junior center Rebecca Howell got the Bears ahead with a jumper, 56-57. Five missed shots later, the score remained the same. The Coyotes, desperately trying to force a turnover, fouled Strange, who drained a pair of free throws. USD got one last attempt that sank, but it wasn’t enough. The Bears came out winning, 59-58. Northern Colorado will travel to UCLA (PAC-12) for the third round of the WNIT later this week.

Breelyn Bowe | The MirrorFreshman point guard Savannah Scott sunk a key 3-pointer late in UNC’s 59-58 win over South Dakota in the second round of the WNIT.

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What you missed while you were away: Spring break updates

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Wrestling To cap off their 2014-2015 season, three UNC wrestlers en-tered the NCAA Tournament last Thursday in St. Louis. Two Northern Colorado seniors were able to make it to the second day of the tournament to end their college careers.

Day 1: With a 5-4 lead, sophomore Trey Andrews (125) had his hopes quickly taken away as Nick Hermmann of the University of Virginia staged a last second comeback to end Andrews’ sea-son. Andrews lost 7-5, giving him a 19-13 record on the season. Senior Trent Noon (184) kicked off his day on the mat facing off against No. 8 Max Huntley of the University of Michigan. Noon was unable to catch Huntley as he dropped the match 11-7. Despite the loss, Noon continued on to day two of the NCAA tournament. To wrap up day one for the Bears, senior Mitchell Polkowske (165) was able to shut down the University of Iowa’s Nick Moore with a 12-4 win. Polkowske pulled five successful takedowns in the match.

Day 2: Both Noon and Polkowske took the mat the morning of

day two, but both ended up losing and were eliminated from the tournament. Polkowske took the mat first against No. 8 Peyton Walsh of Navy, and at the end of the second period, the score was 2-2. Polkowske then got on a roll and got a takedown and a two-point near fall, earning a 7-5 victory. After earning two victories, Polkowske faced off against No. 2 Michael Moreno, but he could not stop Moreno from pinning him in the second period to end his time at the tournament. Polkowske was a star wrestler for UNC in his senior season, as he earned 22 wins, including four pins. He was also named the WWC 165-pound champion in early March. Noon took the mat three hours after his counterpart’s first match against Canaan Bethea from the University of Pennsyl-vania. After staying in pace with Bethea, Noon was unable to make a late comeback, dropping the match 6-3. Noon finished the season with a 20-16 record.

Baseball During the week of spring break, Northern Colorado baseball came away with a record of 4-1. The Bears’ (6-11, 3-0 WAC) only loss came last Sunday against St. Louis University in St. Louis, as the team lost a close game of 5-4. After Sunday’s loss, the team traveled back to Jackson Field to take on Regis University and Chicago State University. UNC was able to find itself on the winning end of a 5-4 game against Regis. Northern Colorado then faced Chicago State for a three-game

home-stand, coming away with three conference wins. Friday’s game was all about hitting as the Bears closed out the game with a 9-8 victory. Both teams were successful on offense as UNC earned nine runs off 13 hits, while Chicago State earned eight runs off 12 hits. The Bears scored four times in the third inning, then only went one inning without a run. Senior infielder Brandon Vaughn had his hand in seven runs of the team’s nine, as he scored twice and had five RBI’s. The next game was more of a pitching battle as UNC took down Chicago State 3-2. Junior pitcher Dylan Shiraki was given the win as he iced the opponent in three innings, only allowing one hit and earning three strikeouts. Northern Colorado closed the weekend with Chicago State earning its third win in the Western Athletic Conference with a 6-4 win. Vaughn again was heavily involved in the game as he earned three RBI’s off of two hits, one being a home-run.

Softball Spring break was not as kind to the UNC softball team (5-16-1, 0-3 Big Sky), as the team found itself without a win the entire week, dropping six games. The Bears lost back-to-back 5-4 in Sacramento State last Friday. Those two losses were sandwiched between two 8-0 losses against Nebraska and Sacramento State. Northern Colorado are now on an 11-game losing streak. Their last win came in late February against the University of Nevada.

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WORD SEARCH– SPRING CONCERTJOKES OF THE WEEKWhat happens to a frog’s car when it breaks down?

It gets toad away.

How do you make a tissue dance?

Put a little boogie in it.

UNC’s Spring Concert is this Saturday, and Sage the Gemini, Air Dubai and Nikea Minott will be performing. We picked this week’s word search theme, but next week the theme could be up to you. Just email a list of words to

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By Makalah [email protected]

Whether spring break was spent closed off in a room, cuddled up with Netflix or spent traveling to a breath-taking beach, the harsh reality is that school has resumed. Professors, pencils and “fresh” Greeley air are now some things stu-dents at the University of Northern Colorado have to look forward to, and some aren’t too thrilled about it. Take Angelica Nolen, a senior dou-ble majoring in graphic design and psychology, for example. Nolen said she faithfully spent her spring break catching up on things she wanted to get done, but now she’s back to the typical life of a college student. The hardest part about this return, Nolen said, is the change in scheduling.

“I would have to say getting back on a normal schedule or a schedule that works with the classes or every-

day school time is the hardest,” Nolen said. “Mornings are also hard when coming back from spring break.”

If Nolen’s testimony to how hard readjusting to a school schedule is once spring break is over isn’t enough

to ring in the reality, then take into account senior English major Lisette Galindo’s standpoint. “Pushing yourself academically for the last month and remembering the last things professors went over in class is going to be a struggle,” Galin-do said. Jessie Miles, Ari Lara and Melissa Brandon of Chandler-Gilbert Com-munity College in Arizona spent part of their spring break visiting UNC for a dancing competition, and they also recognized some hardships that accompany coming back from spring break, particularly the lack of motivation. Lara said even after having a nice break, knowing that the semester is not over and that the next break is far away is the hardest part of returning to school after break. “I think it’s hard to keep the moti-vation to keep going,” Brandon said.

Ye In Morris | The MirrorAfter a long break of relaxation or partying, returning to classes and having to do homework can prove to be difficult for some students.

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