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UpcomingIn Monday’sissue of TheMirror, read arecap of the soc-cer team’s finaltwo homegames of theseason.

APASS hosts annual event tasting Members from theAsian/PacificAmerican StudentServices hosts16th annual Tasteof APASS. PAGE 4

ArtsDenver Ballet stars UNC alum

Former studentpart of nationalballet companytours the DenverPerforming ArtsCenter. PAGE 5

SportsVolleyball loses to ‘Jacks at home

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Bear Catholic launchedits week-long celebration ofbeing pro-life this week, astretch that featured speak-ers and events across cam-pus. One event was a silent

memorial of 3,300 crossesin front of the UniversityCenter on Tuesday that wasmeant to respect the 3,300lives lost to abortion eachday.

Another event, BEARfootfor Babies, gave students anopportunity to rally anddemonstrate their pro-lifebeliefs. Students attractattention by walking aroundcampus without shoes —some students choosing towrite pro-life sentiments ontheir feet — which inspiresconversation on an issueimportant to a large part ofthe community.

Throughout the week,guest speakers were invit-ed to speak out againstabortion, including CarolEverett — who receivedtwo abortions and is a for-mer Planned Parenthoodvolunteer — Lila Rose,Rebecca Kiessling, andBrian Gail.

“I’m seeing all these barefeet, and I just think that’samazing, and God bless youfor doing it,” Everett said.“It’s a very difficult story totell, but I’ve told it manytimes. I want to tell it. It’s avery difficult story to hear,but I want you to hear it.”

As she proceeded totell the audience of stu-dents about her life andexperiences, she drew

from experiences as ayoung girl when she wasmolested by her grandfa-ther and then later byanother family member.These events led herdown a road of alcohol,beginning when she was10 years old. Her drinkingbecame more of a prob-lem as she got older.

In college, she indulgedin drugs and promiscuity,getting pregnant her junioryear. She explained that thefather of the baby took littleresponsibly for “her prob-lem,” and she walked intothe abortion clinic alone.She was told the procedurewas simple and nearly pain-less with a quick recoveryand that the clump of cellswas not even a baby yet.

The experience wasanything but painless likethe clinic promised. Everettsaid it was excruciatinglypainful, and she receivedlittle support or sympathy.Depression followed, aswell as another turn towardalcohol, drugs and promis-cuity.

Everett became a mem-ber and volunteer of severalfeminist organizations in anattempt to reclaim thepower she never felt overherself. She received anoth-er abortion when a heavily-drinking boyfriend refused

to have children. The treat-ment she described the sec-ond time was even worse.

“I think it’s just anamazing testimony to thetruth of abortion and thehurt behind it,” saidRaquel Kato, a senior psy-chology major. “I thinkshe speaks on behalf of alot of women who arefeeling the same thing butdon’t feel like they canspeak out about it. It’s notjust the baby. The womantoo is affected by it.”

Everett explained theclinic did not care aboutwomen but rather merelycared about abortion. Shechanged her mind at thelast minute, attempting toback out but the staffwould not allow her toleave. Everett said theplace she began to find realhealing was the CatholicChurch, the last place shethought she would findanything.

She married a Catholicman and had three children.When they wanted a fourth,there were some complica-tions.

“The doctor did anultrasound. There on theultrasound was my littlegirl,” Everett said. “Therewere her arms and herlegs and her little heart-beat. And it just hit me —

that is life. How can any-body deny that that is life?Then the horror hit me ofwhat I had done to mytwo babies, and I was soupset.”

Listeners walked awaywith a new perspectivefrom Everett’s speech.

“It was really big newsto me,” said MaggieSweeney. “I don’t thinkI’ve ever heard what actu-ally happens in an abor-tion clinic or how womenare treated in it. I thoughtthey were treated a lotbetter, to be honest.”

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Carol Everett, a former Planned Parenthood volunteer,was the guest speaker Tuesday in the UC Ballrooms.

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This semester’s graduat-ing seniors checked off tasksfrom their to-do listsWednesday and Thursdaythis week in the University

Center as they prepared forthe end of their collegecareers.

Students could gaininformation on commence-ment, registration, classrings and how to order capand gowns. Members from

the Alumni Associationwere on hand to encouragestudent participation aftergraduation.

A camera flashed as pho-tographer KimberleyBrumfel snapped pictures

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Debates have become thecenter of focus in the last coupleof weeks as streaming coveragefrom the 24-hour news cycle haskicked into overdrive during thisyear’s election preview.

Vice President Joe Bidentook on the Wisconsin con-gressman and Republicannominee for VP, Paul Ryan, lastnight at Centre College inDanvielle, Ky., for a debate thatdiscussed issues ranging fromthe recent attacks in Libya, theeconomy and the importancereligion should play in the vicepresident’s agenda.

With more debates in thenear future and the constant

follow-up commentary fromnews stations and blogs alike, itbecomes more apparent thatthese debates are more aboutwho loses than who wins.

As the election enters thehome stretch, winning theundecided voters has becomethe fourth-quarter drive in thisyear’s political Super Bowl.Admittedly, both candidatesshowed up last night andaccomplished the main goals ofthe debate: Don’t really screwup, and don’t embarrass theman running for president.

Biden showed last night whyhe has achieved such great suc-cess in politics and why he will

go down in history as a con-gressional hero. As a senatorfrom Delaware since 1973 andVice President of the UnitedStates, he has a deep under-standing of our nation’s gov-ernment.

However, Ryan was just asimpressive in last night’sdebate and showed why, nomatter what happens on elec-tion night, he is the undisputedfuture of the Republican Party.

We could get into thedetails about what exactlyRyan said and how accurate itwas with what he and MittRomney have been campaign-ing on, but that’s better suited

for a whole other, much longereditorial.

But let’s get real: The unde-cided voters don’t care aboutthings like facts. They can’teven form a political belief, letalong choose a candidate torun the country they call home.

So at the end of the day,unless a candidate largelyscrews up in these debates,they will continue to be theundecided of America. Lastnight, Biden and Ryan showedwhy they are the best candi-dates for the job, but theundecided voters were lookingfor a screw up and went homedisappointed.

VP candidates’ performances too safe to sway undecided

A few days ago, I wit-nessed what was, inmy opinion, a very

incredible situation on campus. While I was getting a drink of

water, I happened to notice aguy walk up to a girl who seemedto have the same class as he andask her out for a cup of coffee.

I commend this guy for whathe did. I could tell that he wasnervous, and I know that it is noteasy to approach someone in the

hopes of getting to know her andoffer to take her out for a friendlyget-together.

Now, I do not consider get-ting coffee a date, just as I do notconsider getting either lunch orbreakfast a date, either — evengoing out for ice cream is not adate unless I had taken the girlout for a date previously.

I only see dinner or someother type of special occasion onthat same level as a date. Ifsomeone of the opposite sexwere to ask me to get coffee, Iwould assume that it was verymuch an attempt at a platonicget-together. Yes, the guy whoasked the girl out was obviouslyinterested in getting to know her.

The girl, however, was very rudeduring the situation, which I hadthe displeasure to overhear andsee as I passed by.

Rather than saying somethinglike “thank you” and acceptingor giving a reason which shecould, or would, not take him upon the offer, she merely stoodthere awkwardly for what musthave been 10 seconds while thisguy waited nervously for heranswer and replied, “I’m sorry.”

What kind of answer is that?Did she not realize how much ofa compliment she just receivedby being asked out? In my opin-ion, this girl should have beenflattered by this brave guy’soffer. Sir, if you read this and

recognize that it is you I amspeaking of, I want you to knowthat I applaud your effort andencourage you to keep yourhead up.

I’ve often wondered what hashappened to the courtesy in theworld. Asking someone out foreven a simple cup of coffeeshould not be so demeaning ordifficult. Many people should beflattered by the attempt and, ifthey are not interested, offer areasonable excuse as to why notso as to not hurt the other per-son’s feelings.

— Cody Wright is a seniorEnglish major and a columnist forThe Mirror.

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Asian pop music playedas a line of students woundfrom the door of the KohlHouse Wednesday to thesidewalk in front of the Davis

House as students waited forthe 16th annual Taste ofAPASS.

The Asian PacificCultural Center, located inthe Kohl House, offered anAsian food buffet and per-formances from UNC’sAsian culture clubs and localculture groups.

The songs ranged fromthose unknown by mostAmericans to theomnipresent “GangnamStyle.” As plates were filled,students made their way tothe tables set up in front ofthe stage, passing tablesfrom the University ofNorthern Colorado’s Asianculture clubs on the waythere.

Aaron Nooner, a sopho-

more studying Asian culture,was helping to run theChinese Culture Club table.He said he enjoyed the event

because it introduces stu-dents to international cul-ture and people.

“It brings a lot of atten-

tion to the clubs we have oncampus,” Nooner said of theevent. “The multiculturalismhelps as well.”

Santiago Shirtz, whoworks for Native AmericanStudent Services, acted as DJfor the show, and interactedwith the crowd before heintroduced the first act.

“Who does not like thefood? Because if you do notlike the food, you need to gohome,” Shirtz said.

The show featured singersfrom the Chinese CultureClub and APASS, dances fromthe Japanese Anime andCulture Club, hula dancingfrom the men and women ofthe Hula Club and drumpieces from the Denver TaikoGroup.

Taiko is a Japanese artthat incorporates drummingwith physical movementand shouting in its perform-ance. After the show, stu-

dents chatted about theirappreciation for the variousacts.

“I was one of the volun-teers serving food, and Isaw a lot of the dances andthings. I thought it was awonderful experience,”said Nicolette Vandelinder,a freshman history major.

Every year, the Taste ofAPASS serves to bring atten-tion to the Asian PacificCultural Center.

“It’s where we bring allthe cultures together and eatthe food and learn about thedifferent cultures,” Shirtzsaid.

This year, the event alsohighlighted the efforts ofthe Sigma Psi Zeta sororityto found a UNC chapter.The sorority is working withAPASS to make its plans areality. Sigma Psi Zeta willalso have a presence at thenext APASS event on Oct 16.

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APASS event features traditional Asian cuisine, dancing

CASSIE WEBER | THE MIRROR

Alex McGuire, a senior business major, dances onstage Wednesday at this year’s Taste of APASS.

CASSIE WEBER | THE MIRROR

A member of the UNC Hulu Club dances during the APASSevent Wednesday, which was held at the Kohl House.

SARAH KIRBYarts@uncmirror.com

The spellbinding andwhimsical grace of dancers inthe Colorado Ballet’s “TheSleeping Beauty” led to anenthusiastic standing ovationon opening night Oct. 5. Thewell-known princess storyfully delivered with fancifultwirls and leaps, a perform-ance carved and embellishedby the choreography ofMarius Peptipa with music byPeter llyich Tchaikovsky.

Scheduled for perform-ances until Oct. 21, the intri-cately painted backdropsconceptualize the ambianceof Ellie Caulkins Opera Houseat 1101 13th St. in Denverinto an enchanted forest anddecadent palace.

The lead role of PrincessAurora was played by MariaMosina, a former member of

the Bolshoi Ballet GrigorovichCompany. In Act II, Mosina’sathletic poise gave her the airof floating upon a foggydream, surrounded by forestnymphs while being chasedby the enamored advances ofPrince Desiree (AlexeiTyukov). The scenic costumedesign by Peter Cazelet trans-ported white tool tutus, redwine velvet cloaks and fairiesglittering illusions into thedazzling pictures of a 100-year-old ballet made for thepresent.

Split into a prologue fol-lowed by three separate acts,the night featured an orches-tral accompaniment of pro-fessional music directed byAdam Flatt. The prologueincluded shadowy cellostrums and soft flutes, whichwere only one musicalmoment in several inventedhours of “The Sleeping

Beauty’s” original score byTchaikovsky.

As all of the charactersintroduced themselves in Thechristening scene, in which

the evil witch Carabosse(Gregory K. Gonzales, a UNCAlumni who received BestDancer Award while at UNC)becomes tragically enraged

for not being invited to theAurora’s christen��ing, shecasts a spell that will causeAurora to prick her finger on aspindle and die on her 16thbirthday. In Act I: The Spell,because of the compassion ofthe magical fairies, the LilacFairy (Chandra Kuykendall)in particular, Aurora only fallsasleep instead of dying.However, she can only beawakened from true love’sfirst kiss. Harsh violin’s andlegendary cymbal crashesaccompany the pre-destinedmoment so well demonstrat-ed by Mosina’s jig-sawedmovement across the stageinto collapse.

The illusive curtainsbetween the manifestation ofthe abstract and concreteadded to the articulation ofthis story book’s nocturnalmajesty. Act II: Scene I: TheVision enters as Prince

Desiree and the Lilac Fairybattle Carabosse, and a battleof good and evil rhythmicallydodges in and out of layers offorest hidden by a thin veil ofvines and tree trunks. Whilein Act III: The Wedding, jeweland gold fairies and dancingcats and birds join the cele-bration of Aurora and PrinceDesiree’s wedding, bringingthe plays’ extraordinary char-acters to life.

Upcoming performancesinclude “The Nutcracker”showing from Nov. 24-Dec.24 and Light/The Holocaust& Humanity Project showingfrom Mar. 29-31. Ticketsrange anywhere from $19-116, and the Colorado Ballethas announced that studentswill receive an additional 20percent discount off of theirtickets throughout the year.For more information, visitcoloradoballet.org.

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ASHLEY MAFFUCCIOarts@uncmirror.com

UNC’s production of“The Waiting Room” proveditself to be a success, withdramatic and comedicinsight on opening night Oct.4.

Not only were the cos-tumes vibrant and the tech-nical design superb, but theactors took the audience onan emotional roller coasterworthy of praise. WithOctober being breast cancerawareness month and withthe pressing concerns onwomen’s health care, Andrea

Moon, head of theatre stud-ies interpretation, brought anew level of understandingto audience members.

The play addresses bothhealth care and body image,observing closely society’sdependence on the worksystem. This touching storyof three women from differ-ent eras suffering from dif-ferent diseases brought onby the same urge to fit into astandard brought someaudience members to tears.

“It was very thought-pro-voking,” said junior actingmajor Kenneth Nellis. “I feltbad about what society does.

I don’t know how to reallyput it into words. I was over-whelmed with emotion.”

Each scene of the playworked to peel back the lay-ers of each character por-trayed on stage. It created afeeling of empathy and trulygave the audience insightinto not only the world of thecharacters but also into ourworld.

“I found myself connect-ing to all the characters,” saidKaitlyn Hickman, a sopho-more environmental studiesmajor. “The feeling of beingheld to a standard not creat-ed by myself but by society, it

made me stop and think.”The work put into this

production was evidentthrough the very real por-trayal of these characters.

“You don’t have to be atheatre major to relate to theissues presented in theshow,” said JordanManchego, a sophomoretheatre education major. “Ithink everyone can walkaway with something.”

“The Waiting Room”will be showing at NortonTheater in Gray Hall bothtonight and Saturdaynight at 7:30 p.m. and onSunday at 2:00 p.m. For

information about pur-chasing tickets, contact

the UNC Box Office at970-351-2200.

‘The Waiting Room’ transcends the stages of history

Colorado Ballet points out new artistic options

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Musical theatre major Jenna Moll Reyes plays the role ofForgiveness from Heaven in the UNC production of “TheWaiting Room” this past Thursday night.

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UNC Alumni Gregory K. Gonzales performs as Carabosse inThe Colorado Ballet’s production of “The Sleeping Beauty.”

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Volleyball falls to ‘JacksRACHEL TURNOCK

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After winning the firstset, the UNC volleyball teamwasn’t able to gain momen-tum, falling 3-1 Thursdayagainst Northern Arizona atButler-Hancock SportsPavilion.

The University ofNorthern Colorado (13-5, 6-3 Big Sky) stayed close withNAU (15-3, 6-3) but wasunable to pass theLumberjacks after a 25-17first-set win. NAU won thefinal three sets, 25-20, 25-21and 25-17.

The Bears had 30 errorsagainst NAU. Head coachLyndsey Oates was wellaware of those errors andhow it hurt the momentumUNC had during the firstset.

“We just quite couldn’tget our offense flowingtonight, and I thought wemade some errors in situa-tions where we weren’tgoing to score anyway, andthose are the momentumkillers,” Oates said. “We’regoing to make some aggres-sive errors, but it’s thoseerrors that are passive — orjust not good opportunities

anyway — that we’ve got tokeep in play. We’ve got to bemore low-error in those situ-ations.”

Despite the loss, sopho-more middle blockerAndrea Spaustat recorded acareer-high seven blocks.The Bears were consistentwith blocking — tallying 11— but the Lumberjacks alsowere, with a total of nine.

“I just know that theirdefense was recognizing ourhitters and where we nor-mally hit and they werepicking that up really nice-ly,” Spaustat said.

Before Thursday’smatch, the Bears were tiedwith the Lumberjacks in BigSky standings for thirdplace.

“It’s pretty disappointing,and obviously we always wantthe win, and it’s on our homecourt with our home fans,”senior outside hitter KelleyArnold said. “It’s just kind of alet-down a little bit, butthere’s nothing more that canmotive a team than a loss.”

Arnold had 16 killsThursday and .244 attackpercentage againstNorthern Arizona, whileSpaustat had 12 kills and a.114 attack percentage.

Oates said she knowswhat the team needs toimprove on for the nextmatch.

“We got to get more reps,we got to be better passers,we got to be better setters,and we have to put the ballaway when we have thechance,” Oates said.

The next match for theBears will be 7 p.m.Saturday against SouthernUtah at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion.

UNC sophomore outsidehitter Tambre Haddock,left, jumps up for a blockduring Thursday’s lossagainst NAU. This was thefirst Big Sky loss the Bearshad at home this season.

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Soccer prepares fora weekend at homeANTONIO HILL

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The UNC soccer teamhopes to bounce back after arough weekend on the roadduring which it lost 1-0 toMontana and recorded ascoreless tie with EasternWashington.

Despite the loss and draw,the University of NorthernColorado (5-5-3, 3-1-1) man-aged to stay among the TopDraw Rankings list, cominginto this week at 62nd.

The team’s focus duringpractice this week was lead-ership, since it is the week ofsenior day. Head coach TimBarrera said he is fortunateto have such a talentedgroup of seniors.

“We have a great groupthat have had a lot of successand are having even moresuccess this year,” Barrerasaid. “The level of competi-tion they bring to the fieldand practice really help thefreshmen step up their levelof play and just help theteam progress as a whole.”

Those seniors are mid-fielders Laura Vallen,Danielle Birdsall, JJ Wykstra,

Alexsys Tamayo, defensmenJanelle Kramer, AundreahaMartinez, Eryn Daniel, for-ward Haley Juarez and keep-er Natalie D’Adamio.

Among the seniors onthe team showing a hugemargin of success isD’Adamio, who has onlyallowed one goal during BigSky play, Montana’s onlyscore Oct. 5.

The team’s first oppo-nent of the weekend will beSouthern Utah (1-9-1, 0-5),which is coming off a 3-0shutout at the hands of BigSky-leading Portland State(6-6-2, 4-1-1). UNC’s seniorday game will be Sundayagainst Northern Arizona.This weekend’s games startat 7 p.m. and noon, respec-tively, at Jackson Stadium.

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Given Colorado’s unpre-dictable political turnout inpast presidential elections,it has been classified as aswing state this year andone that has the potential tohelp decide the WhiteHouse’s occupant for thenext four years. Oct 9marked the deadline forColorado residents to regis-ter for this year’s election.

“There are so many of uscollege students whoseopinions matter because wecan make a real differencethis year,” said Sara Leach, asenior recreation, tourismand hospitality major. “Butthis is true about manyAmerican citizens. We, as ageneration, owe it to the

generations before us tovote because they fought forour right to vote.”

As a last ditch effort toget students and membersof the community to regis-ter to vote in this importantelection year, there aremany different voter regis-tration groups that havebribed students to get themto register to vote, mostrecently, CoPIRG, theColorado Public InterestResearch Group.

“We partnered with TacoJohn’s because it was a wayto get students to register tovote and receive free food aswell,” Leach said. “TacoJohn’s is an incentive for stu-dents to register. We askedone of the employees of TacoJohn’s if they would like topartner up and sponsor the

event and they agreed.”Another organization,

the New Voters Project —which is an extension ofCoPIRG — was also pres-ent on campus the past fewmonths in the hopes ofgetting new and existingvoters to register either forthe first time or for theirchange of address.

“We’ve already signedup 700 new voters so far,”said Erin Larkin, a memberof CoPIRG. “We’re not onlygoing around the campus,though. We also have vol-unteers and some of ourworkers going around thecommunity, door-to-door,trying to get new voters.”

Although many studentshave already registered tovote, they are still reallyexcited about the election.

“I’m excited about theelection, but I’ve been regis-tered since last year so I’mreally just wanting to voteand get it over with,” saidSylvia Stone, a political sci-ence major.

A lot of students on cam-pus are excited to engage in

this experience for the veryfirst time. Other studentsdisdain both candidatesand don’t believe theyshould vote.

“I’m thinking aboutvoting, but I don’t reallyknow why I would becauseI don’t know the issues and

I really don’t like Romneyor Obama,” said StephanieNorwood, a journalismmajor.

Election Day is Nov. 6and the University CenterBallrooms will provide stu-dents with a convenientplace to cast their vote.

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This weekend, theschool’s History Club is ven-turing west to see what theRocky Mountains have to

offer. Students, faculty andstaff will stay at UNC’sRetreat Center at Old ManMountain in Estes Park.

“We planned this trip asan opportunity to enjoy themountains, learn about

Colorado history and offeran opportunity for UNC stu-dents with an interest in his-tory to get together and havefun,” said Kate Johnson,president of the HistoryClub.

This is the first yearthe History Club has senta group to Old ManMountain.

The weekend will beginFriday night as campersarrive at Old Man Mountainfor a bonfire and a night ofhistory games includingcharades, Risk andPictionary — all incorporat-ing a history theme.

During the day Saturday,the campers will be joinedby other students and facul-ty making a day trip to seethe breathtaking sightsColorado has to offer.

One of the main events ofthe weekend will be theSaturday afternoon tour ofthe Stanley Hotel. AsStephen King wrote in hisnovel, “The Shining,” thehotel is famous for being

haunted with ghosts and isfull of history.

“We are going in hopes ofexposing UNC students andfaculty to some ofColorado’s rich history,including the Stanley Hotel,”said Amber Nickell, treasur-er of the History Club.

After the haunted tour,the group will proceed backto the cabin for anothernight of history games ands’mores at the bonfire. Thiswill allow for students to getto know one another, facultyand other members of thehistory department.

“We want to create aspace where faculty,undergraduates and grad-uates can develop academ-ic relationships with oneanother,” Nickell said. “Webelieve this will strengthen

the history departmentand UNC, helping tobridge the gaps betweenthese groups.”

For a Sunday morningwake-up, the group willexplore the beautiful RockyMountains with a hike. Afterthe hike and lunch, studentswill head back to town for afinal activity, a tour of theEstes Park Museum.

In order to further theconnections within the his-tory department, the HistoryClub is hosting discussionnights throughout thesemester. The two left in thissemester are at 5 p.m. in theGovernment Publicationsarea of Michener Library onOct. 30 and Nov. 13., wherethe topics will be “Space andIdentity” and “History andMemory,” respectively.

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History Club heads west to explore Estes Park, Stanley Hotel

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Alexandra Endaltseba, a campus representative for CoPIRG, and Cameron Williams, asophomore sport and exercise major, help students register before the deadline.

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Ethics was the topic ofdiscussion as industry lead-ers from craft brewing tophone cases took to KepnerHall Wednesday engagingbusiness students in theimportance of practicingmoral behavior once in thework force.

The Monfort College ofBusiness’ sixth annual EthicsDay at UNC took place as thecrowd in Milne Auditoriumfilled with students from alldisciplines in the MCB.

John Montgomery, thechief financial officer forthe restaurant chain MadGreens, spoke and focusedhis speech on difficult deci-sions early in his businesscareer. Other speakersincluded the media rela-tions director of FortCollins’ New BelgiumBrewery, two different BBBBusiness Panels, Dr. O.C. &Dr. Linda Ferrell and a rep-resentative from Otterbox.

“His credibility is whatdrew the audience in,” jun-

ior Darian Guerrero said ofMontgomery’s visit. “Heknew what he was talkingabout, and he displayedthat well. It was a goodexperience. I learned a lot,and I’m glad I was able toattend.”

At the age of 23,Montgomery got the job ofhis dreams, working for acompany called Buca. Hewas making more moneythan both of his parents andbenefiting from perks suchas a free gym membership,which was a big deal at thetime. It wasn’t long beforehe realized the people hewas working for seemed alittle unorthodox with theway they spent their moneyand what they asked theiremployees to do.

“I wasn’t as bad them,but I wasn’t so innocenteither,” Montgomery said.

Montgomery said he ana-lyzed his CEO’s spendinghabits from his businessreceipts and determined theyspanned from dog groom-ings to strip club visits.

Following that realiza-

tion, Montgomery made thehardest decision of his lifeand quit his job at Buca,after emailing his dad abouthis doubts about the com-pany.

“I don’t know if I canwork for a company wherethe CFO doesn’t even try tohelp his own company,”Montgomery said.

Six years later when theFBI began to investigatehow events transpired, theCEO, CFO and VP were allarrested and charged andconvicted for their actions.

Montgomery ended hisspeech with four lessons hehad learned during thatexperience. First, if some-thing seems wrong or cor-rupt, it probably is, so don’tsecond-guess yourself; sec-ond, work at companies thatshare the same interest asyou; third, don’t forget whereyou came from; and fourth,the FBI can and will findeverything you’ve ever doneon a computer. The last onewas more of a joke but theoverall message was stillclear.

Monfort seminar talks ethics

Library’s baseball display paints picture of 1950s Greeley MICHAEL NOWELS

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Last Friday, UNC Librariesheld a reception for a newexhibit titled “Beets, Baseballand Beyond” on the first floorof Michener Library. The dis-plays focused on the originsof semi-pro baseball in theGreeley area during theBracero period of the early1950s. All of the informationand artifacts were compiledcourtesy of Gabe Lopez andhis wife, Jody.

Gabe said his motivation

for compiling all the infor-mation and materials, aswell as for writing booksabout the community at thetime, came from his father,Augustine Lopez, being soinvolved in baseball andsugar beet farming.

“My dad was the oldest of13 boys,” Lopez said. “Therewere 14 in the family. The firstone was a girl, and her namewas Jenny. She married myuncle Alvin Garcia.”

Not all of the players fromthe time were beet farmers,though. Boyd Bivens, a

Grover Hilltop shortstop from1947-59 and wheat farmer,said it was difficult to work thefields six days a week andthen play ball every Sunday.

“We had a manager whoused to say, ‘You can’t work ahorse six times a week andrace him on Sunday,’ and ifwe got beat, that was hisexcuse,” Lopez said.

J. R. Marquez and TonyOrtega have been insepara-ble since their time playingtogether on the BrightonRams and two Fort Luptonteams in the 1960s. The for-

mer ballplayers have bothworked as police officersand at the Denver Mint,married a pair of sisters andnow are hunting and fishingbuddies.

“Right now, it’s hard torecognize the faces,” Marquezsaid of being around oldteammates for the first time inmany years.

Ortega seemed to agree,noting the time passed sincetheir playing days, but thisdisplay provides a chance tolearn more about the town’shistory.

“Some of the people, wehaven’t seen in 50 years,”Ortega said.

Also featured were draw-ings of “Faces from theHispanic World” byUniversity of Wyoming pro-fessor emeritus CarlosMellizo, a poetry reading byUNC professor emeritusand poet Alfonso Rodriguezand a traditional Spanishguitar performance byCarlos Olivas, a Spanishmajor.

Gabe Lopez said he andhis wife plan to send their

artifacts to the NationalBaseball Hall of Fame inCooperstown, NY.

“All the information, allthe photos, all the inter-views we’ve done were sub-mitted to the NationalBaseball Hall of Fame,”Lopez said. “It’s kind of fas-cinating that they wereinterested enough to knowabout this history and theywanted it. They called usand asked us for it.”

The exhibit will be inthe Michener Librarythrough Nov 3.

while students stood grin-ning in full UNC regalia.

“We offer students achance to get their picturestaken with different back-drops,” Brumfel said, indi-cating to the green screenbehind the students.

Along the booths, seniorStephen Curro examinedblue and gold graduationtassels.

“I look forward to gradu-ating because I can finallyget out there and be ateacher,” Curro said. “I havea major in InterdisciplinaryStudies, and I hope to teachat a private school.”

Assistant Registrar StacySharp kept an eye on pass-ing students, ready toanswer questions and givedirections.

“Even if students missthe deadlines, they can stillget their cap and gown ondistribution days, thoughthere is a late fee,” Sharpsaid.

For most students grad-uating this fall, getting adiploma means new oppor-tunity and excitement, aswas the case for senior recre-ation, tourism and hospitali-ty major Dylan Hedges.

“I look forward to havingthe chance to get a job andthe new possibilities,”Hedges said. “I’ve beenthinking of interning with acompany that searches forbigfoot.”

The fair also helpedanswer questions for sen-iors graduating in thespring.

“I’m graduating thisspring and really lookingforward to getting my mas-ter’s,” said Catherine Choy,an audiology and speechlanguage graduate Student.

Distribution dates forcap and gown are Nov. 13and 14 in the UCBallrooms.

Campus groups providehelp to graduating students

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Justin Leyden, a senior sport and exercise scienceparticipates in this year’s graduation fair in the UC.

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Football travels to face undefeated Cal PolyDAYMEON VAUGHN

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The UNC football (1-4,0-2 Big Sky) hopes torecord its first Big SkyConference win of theseason on the roadSaturday againstCalifornia PolytechnicState University (5-0, 3-0).

The University ofNorthern Colorado wouldalso secure its first Big Skywin since Nov. 13, 2010with a win Saturday.

Cal Poly is atop the BigSky in rushing yards thisseason with a dominatingtriple option that has car-ried it to an undefeatedrecord and a second-place standing in the con-ference.

“You got to be assign-ment-sound,” UNC headcoach Earnest Collins Jr.said of how to stop thethreat of senior quarter-back Andre Broadous and

his corps of running backs.Senior Deonte Williams

(640 yards rushing, sixtouchdowns), juniorAkaninyene Umoh (269yards, one touchdown),sophomore Kristaan Ivory(199 yards, three scores)and junior Cole Stanford(169 yards, 7.5 yards percarry) have made it anightmare for opposingteams with their collectiverunning ability.

If the rushing attack isstopped, though, that canpresent UNC with anopportunity to have suc-cess in getting turnoverswith Cal Poly’s passingoffense averaging only 88yards per game.

“We have to practicehard — like I was sayingexecution is the key,” sen-ior linebacker HerveTonye-Tonye said. “We’rejust going to go out thereand do our best to limittheir rushing attack or

their offense as much aspossible. The main goal isto get the ‘W.’”

The Bear’s offensestruggled last week versesMontana, with juniorquarterback Seth Lobatothrowing three intercep-tions, but Lobato said

he’s not discouragedgoing forward.

“You can’t get gunshy,” Lobato said. “Youjust got to keep makingyour reads and pulling thetrigger with confidence.”

When transitioning tothe upcoming game

Saturday, Lobato said heis looking to stay to thegame plan, even thoughCal Poly has a mediocrepass defense, rankedseventh in the Big Skyallowing 1,126 yardstotal this year and aver-aging 225 yards in the air

per game. “We’re going to try to

keep our same game planlike we have been with abalanced attack and try toget after them,” Lobatosaid.

Cal Poly is ranked No.14 at the FCS level andhas been on a roll in theBig Sky, so far imposingits will on the Big SkyConference in its firstyear. The Mustangs havealso recorded a winagainst the MountainWest’s Wyoming this sea-son, so defeating Cal Polywill surely be a difficulttask.

“It would be the firstconference win in a long,long time,” Collins said.“For us to go get a victory— which I think we arevery capable of doing —would be huge for us.”

The game kicks off at7:05 p.m. Saturday in SanLuis Obispo, Calif.

UNC freshman offensive tackle Sean McGill (70) attempts to block the defensivelineman during practice earlier this week.

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In contrast to his priorfilm, “Nick and Nora’sInfinite Playlist,”

Chris Weitz’s “A Better Life”depicts the hardships ofgrowing up as an immigrantin America. This film showeda side of the Mexican immi-grant that is not often seenin our society today.

“A Better Life,” shownthis week by UNC’sInternational Film Series,begins its story with CarlosGalindo (Demian Bichir)and his son Luis (JoseJulian) living in a small

one-bedroom house in avery poor part of LosAngeles. Carlos is a land-scaper and works with anumber of other Mexicanimmigrants, whereas hisson is somewhat of a trou-blemaker, consistently get-ting in trouble with the lawand surrounding himselfwith the wrong people.

Carlos is desperately try-ing to make a better life forhimself and his son, but hestruggles to do so because ofhis lack of money and moreimportantly, a U.S. Visa.

Fortunately for Carlos, hissister willingly gives herbrother a loan so that he canbuy a truck and start hisown business in order tobegin his journey towardattaining the “AmericanDream.”

“I definitely believe thatwe all deserve a shot to suc-ceed,” Christa Fleshman, ajunior audiology major, saidin response to the film. “Weare all here for the samepurpose — to make a betterway for ourselves.”

Sadly, their truck isstolen on the very first day ofpurchase by a fellowemployee, and the rest ofthe film portrays their strug-gle in trying to retrieve whatis rightfully theirs.

Upon locating the manwho stole their truck, theyfind out that their truck is tobe sold on the black market,

and the money from its saleis sent back to the man’sfamily in Mexico.

With nothing to lose,Carlos and Luis decide tofind out where the truck wassold and steal it back, onlyto be stopped by a policeofficer shortly after itsretrieval.

Carlos is deported backto Mexico and Luis is forcedto stay with his aunt. Carlospromises to return back tohis son, and four monthslater, he crosses the borderback into America in hopesof keeping his promise.

“This movie pulled it alltogether really well,” saidStarla Folger, a freshmanpolitical science major.“People don’t see it fromthis perspective of how hardit really is.”

Although the messagewas strong, the film was not.

With very weak dialogueand forced emotionalappeal, this film struggled tohold my attention.

There were a lot ofunknown actors in this film,which was easily noted dueto the amateur acting skillsof the cast. The dialogue inthe film was a mix of Englishand Spanish and perhapswould have been moreeffective if the dialogue wassolely in Spanish.

Next week, theInternational Film Serieswill continue with the pre-miere of “The Forgivenessof Blood,” which will beshown at 7 p.m. onWednesday, Oct. 17, andat 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. onThursday, Oct. 18, in theLindou Auditorium.

— Will Connolly is asenior journalism major andthe assistant arts editor ofThe Mirror.

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‘A Better Life’ doesn’t live up to expectationsMOVIE REVIEW

A Better LifeDirector: Chris Weitz

Run Time: 98 min.Rated: PG-13

Year: 2011

MICHAEL NOWELSsports@uncmirror.com

Senior midfielder JJWykstra stands out on thesoccer pitch, even when in acrowd.

With her neon yellowcleats and 6-foot-tall stature,Wykstra is hard to miss in asport that features manysmaller players. And if all elsefails, one can hear the UNCbaseball team screaming hername each time she touchesthe ball during home games.

“My boyfriend and someof the baseball players areawesome fans, and just eversince my freshman year(when) my aunt brought outtwo ‘J’s�� for a Wyoming game,and they stole them, and ever

since then, they yellout “JJ,” because it’sa short name,” shesaid.

Wykstra beganseeing action herfreshman year, play-ing in all 17games. The fol-lowing year, shestarted all but one game forthe University of NorthernColorado, and she has start-ed each Bears’ match since.

Head coach TimBarrera said Wykstra hasseen so much time on thepitch because she is effec-tive in defending set piecesand because he and hisstaff can count on her giv-ing her best effort.

“We know that if we do

run into a defensivecorner, etc., we candeal with that,”Barrera said. “One ofthe issues we hadbefore she got herewas defending cor-

ners and that’sgotten a ton better— markedly better

— since she got here, and thebig reason for that is her.She’s just a hard worker, asI’m sure she is in whatevershe does. She’s a great stu-dent.”

Offensively, the senior’sheight tends to benefit UNC,as well. Wykstra led the Bearswith five goals last season butgave credit to her teammatesserving the ball up for her.

“My height is definitely an

advantage,” Wykstra said. “Itmakes it a lot easier whenLaura (Vallen) and Becca(Lancia) on the corners justkick it to my head. It’s notalways me doing the work.It’s more them placing it inthe right place, and I’m justthe tallest girl out there jump-ing.”

Wykstra and Vallen, asenior midfielder, have beenplaying since the time theywere 6 years-old, growing upin Flagstaff, Ariz. Vallen saidthe pair is focused on win-ning the Big SkyChampionship after comingso close last season.

“This is what we’veworked toward for years,”Vallen said. “Not just here atUNC but just our whole lives.

This is what we’ve looked for-ward to. We just want that(championship) ring. It’s justso important.”

After having played withWykstra for so long, Vallen’slearned what she and herteammates will get from herevery game.

“She really plays withher heart, so she leads onthe field because peopleknow how much she wantsit,” Vallen said. “Shemakes everyone else getinto the game that way.She’s always first in thelocker room, first out onthe field. She really bringsour team up and demandsrespect for our coaches.”

In response to thepraise about her leader-

ship skills, Wykstra againdeflected the attention toher teammates.

“It’s easy to lead whenyou have such a goodgroup of girls and such agood group of leaders,”she said. “I don’t even feelthat I’m a leader on theteam. I just feel like I’m apart of the team. We’re allleading each other.”

UNC seniors, includingWykstra and Vallen, arehoping that Sunday’s seniorday game against NorthernArizona won’t truly be afarewell, as the Bears stillhold onto hope that theymay host the Big SkyConference Tournament ifthey perform well the rest ofthe season.

Soccer senior plays with heart, credits team with success

JJ Wykstra