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Nearly 200 members of the campus community will be part of focus groups for the multi-year Campus Climate Initiative. Th eir involvement will help inform a survey that will be administered campus-wide this fall.

Applications and nominations are being accepted through March 21 for the Sears Helgoth Distinguished Teaching Award. Faculty members who have made outstanding contributions to teaching and learning are good candidates. To apply, visit the CEBS website.

A new exhibit of ancient Pueblo Indian pottery will be on display at UNC. A reception for the exhibit will take place from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday at Michener Library. Anthropology professor Sally McBeth will provide remarks about the artifacts—some of which are 2,000 years old. Th e event is free and open to the public.

About 80 employers will be recruiting for full-time positions and internships at UNC Career Services’ annual Spring Job and Internship Fair. Th e fair will be held 1-4 p.m. Th ursday in the second fl oor conference rooms of the University Center. Resumes can be reviewed by Career Services from 12–3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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A police impersonator scam has been reported in Greeley. Callers claiming to be police offi cers are asking for money to be wired to them. Authorities ask that anyone contacted in this way call their non-emergency number at (970) 356–4015.

Th e Mirror is seeking applicants for its editor-in-chief position. Current editor-in-chief Katarina Velazquez will be graduating in May with a degree in journalism and mass communications. For those interested, send a resume and cover letter to general manager Matt Lubich at mlubich@uncmirror.com. Applications are being accepted until Feb. 29.

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TACO BELL?The University Center has gone through several business changes over the years and now the replacement of Taco Bell is being considered and discussed.Full story by Julia Sobczak on page 3

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MONDAY 2/1510-2 p.m.Off Campus Housing FairUniversity Center- Lower Level

TUESDAY 2/164-6 p.m.Campus Commons Open HouseUniversity Center- Panorama Room

5:30-7:30 p.m.First-Time Home Buyer ClassUniversity Center

WEDNESDAY 2/176 p.m.Meet the Mirror Information PartyThe Mirror Office, 823 16th St.

10 a.m.-4 p.m.Spring 2016 Graduation FairUniversity Center- First Floor

THURSDAY 2/181-4 p.m.Spring Job & Internship FairUniversity Center- Second Floor Confer-ence Rooms

10 a.m.-6 p.m.Spring 2016 Graduation FairUniversity Center- First Floor

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Finding a job in college that goes with a specific major is a difficult task, but students can accomplish it with the help of Career Services, located in the University Center. Getting in touch with a career counselor is easy. Students can email career.services@unco.edu or call 970-351-2127 to schedule an appointment. Drop-ins are also accepted. “We essentially serve stu-dents that are exploring ma-jors,” Director Renée Welch said. “We try to identify what they want to do, who they want to become, and how they’re go-ing to get there.” Many students enter Career Services without any direction. If students have no idea what they want to do, the counselor will sit down with them one-on-one and talk about their differ-ent skills and interests. These meetings include mock interview practice, discussions on resume writing, information regarding graduate programs and advice on how to connect

with mentors or employers. Sometimes good jobs are closer than students may think. “I tell students to think about the institution as a miniature city,” Welch said. “It’s pretty rare that a student can dream up an occupation that we don’t have on campus.” UNC has experts in most fields, and there are many op-portunities for students to con-nect with faculty and staff in almost every occupation. Job and Internship Fairs held each semester give UNC students the chance to speak to employers directly. The Spring Job and Internship fair will be held at 1-4 p.m.Thursday on the second floor of the Uni-versity Center, and roughly 80 employers will be in atten-dance. In addition, potential employees can look at the list of employers and the positions they are hiring for at www.unco.edu/careers. In April, Career Services will be hosting the Teacher Employment Days, a teacher job fair geared towards recent graduates, soon-to-be gradu-ates, alumni and community members. The event will be held at 8 a.m.-5 p.m. April

7 and April 8 in the Bank of Colorado Arena at Butler-Hancock Athletic Center. Stu-dents can find information on how to prepare for the job fair, where school districts will be in attendance, and registration information on the Career Ser-vices website. “Career Services has an on-line job database, Bears Career Connection, that is available to

all students and alumni,” ca-reer counselor Samantha Kato-podes said. Bears Career Connection is a great resource students and alumni can use to search for student employment, part-time jobs, internships and full-time career opportunities. “The best part is, you can cre-ate a ‘job agent’ and get the latest postings emailed right to your

inbox,” Katopodes said. Students can access Bears Career Connection at www.unco.edu/career. Welch said to be cautious when finding a job. “We do take care to screen those opportunities to make sure they are legitimate,” she said. “We don’t post positions in there that are domestic care, such as babysitting.”

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After 25 years of dedicated service, Taco Bell has decided to pull its contract with UNC. According to Hall Brown, the director of Dining Ser-vices, Taco Bell’s main issue with its venue in the University Center was that it didn’t have a hood system to vent smoke, heat and other potentially dan-gerous fumes. Without this system in place, the restaurant was limited in what it could serve, and some-times the freshness of the food suffered as a result. “It’s not that it wasn’t popu-lar,” Brown said. “They just weren’t interested in the pro-cess of renewing.” Despite having high foot traffic, usually large-chain fast food joints make most of their revenue from implementing drive-thrus. “That’s a big part of Taco Bell and why they left,” Brown said. So what’s next? The lack of a hood system limits options, but there are nation brand companies who could fill Taco Bell’s space. Another option that the Din-ing Services Committee is con-

sidering is a self branded store like Bear’s Mo’Jo Café Co. “Self branded venues are cre-ated and managed exclusively with the university,” Brown said. “[Because of this], we can listen to our customers, you the stu-dents, and change things.” Self-branded venues also have the option of supporting local businesses. Just like how Mo’Jo sells items from Batter Up Cup-cakes, a self-brand venue could partner with other businesses around the city, giving students an authentic taste of Greeley.

Although chains don’t typi-cally allow for student feedback or work with local businesses, many people tend to be drawn to the familiarity and conve-nience of big brand chains. “If it’s something you happen to like and trust then you know that it’s there,” Brown said. In either case, students can expect to see a new food venue at the University Center soon. As for Subway and Ein-stein’s, Brown said they will most likely stick around for another five years.

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Sam Lawlor | The MirrorThe University Center’s Taco Bell has closed it’s doors, and what restau-rant or store will be replacing it is still uncertain.

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MONDAY 2/159 p.m.- Midnight UNC Jazz Faculty JamKress Cinema & Lounge, 817 8th Ave.

WEDNESDAY 2/1712-1 p.m.Marcus Garvey Cultural Center - The Family Reunion Fish FryMarcus Garvey Cultural Center /Davis House

3-4 p.m.Reception for Exhibit of American Southwest PotteryMichener Library- First Floor

6-7 p.m.Jazz Education Network Clinic: John Raymond TrioFrasier Hall- Room 90 (Studio B)

8-10 p.m.Black History Month: Apollo NightUniversity Center- Fireside Lounge

THURSDAY 2/188-10 p.m.UNC’s Got TalentRecreation Center- Gym

FRIDAY 2/196:30-9 p.m.Black History Month: Night of SoulUniversity Center- Panorama Room

SATURDAY 2/206-10 p.m.“World Tour” - UNC Gala 2016Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave.

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Time for change in education for LatinosBy Trevor Reidarts@uncmirror.com

Speakers made it clear Tuesday night in Michener Library that they believe the state of Latino education in Colorado calls for action. In the sixth event for University Libraries’ Latino Americans: 500 Years History Series, four panelists presented and discussed on the topic of “Latinos and Education in Colorado.” Th e panel was moderated by UNC graduate school alumna Camila Alire, a mem-ber of the National Council on the Humanities. Alire began the panel with an excerpt from “Preju-dice and Pride,” the fi ft h episode in the Latino Ameri-cans documentary series. Th e documentary focused on the East Los Angeles walkouts in 1968, when Chi-cano students walked out of classrooms in response to a culturally unresponsive school system. Panelist Priscilla Falcón, professor of Hispanic Stud-ies at UNC, shared a personal story about how the “Dick and Jane” book series aff ected her as she grew up. “Dick and Jane taught me a lot,” Falcón said. “Th ey taught me that I was diff erent. Th ey taught me that I did not fi t in. Th ey taught me that my parents did not look like Dick and Jane’s parents. Th at’s why I re-ally believe that we need to embrace a pedagogy and a curriculum that’s culturally relevant—that’s culturally responsive curriculum for kids.” Assistant principal at Greeley Central High School Jesse Tijerina followed Falcón’s presentation high-

lighting how the school system does not provide enough support for students whose parents may not have the education to assist their children. Tijerina recalled his own parents’ not being able to assist him with his schoolwork by the time he was in 8th grade. Luis Torres, deputy provost for academic and student affairs at Metropolitan State University of Denver, gave a few examples for how to bring about the change needed. A proposed Colorado State Legislative Bill, HB 16-1036, mandates fund-ing instruction in public schools that includes “the history, culture and contributions of American Indians, Hispanic Americans, African Americans and Asian Americans.” The bill passed the House Education Committee Feb. 1 and awaits further Legislature hearings. Director of the César Chávez Cultural Center Trish Escobar described some of her personal experience with Latinos receiving education at UNC. “I had a young man last semester come into my of-fi ce say, ‘I am not going to be able to stay. Th is is a re-ally hostile environment. I’m not going to stay.’ Part of

the diffi culty was also fi nancial for him,” Escobar said. Aft er the panelists individually presented, a discus-sion opened up to the room. Aft er a student asked how to address the current issues in education, Falcón went into an impassioned call for change. “We have to have voice…I do believe there’s a place for walkouts,” she said. “As an individual, yes, you work one-on-one with the person. But when these things are happening to a group, then what do you do? How do you make institutions listen to you? I think you need a walkout.” Freshman English secondary education major Jasiel Sanchez-Diaz said even though he didn’t experience discrimination in what he referred to as “the Boulder bubble,” there are issues that need to be addressed. “I still feel like in any place, Latinos are a very un-derrepresented group,” he said. “We’re not represented enough in education overall. We’re kind of under-dogs… I feel like learning about all those struggles that cultural minorities face in order to have a good education is inspirational. Th ey motivate students to want their education more and excel.”

UNC Gala goes globalBy Trevor Reidarts@uncmirror.com

Th e College of Performing and Visual Arts hopes to send a crowd of more than 1,000 on a cultural journey across the globe at the 34th an-nual UNC Gala. Th e Gala, themed “World Tour,” begins with an art reception at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave. More than 50 works of art by UNC students will be on dis-play, representing a wide range of media includ-ing drawing, printmaking and photography. Th e artwork will be on display in the Tointon Gallery and in a specially-selected exhibit in the second fl oor lobby. At 7 p.m., the Gala will transition from a vi-sual journey to musical one, including choreo-graphed musical theatre performances directed by head of musical theatre John Leonard. Th e award-winning director will put on selections from “Cabaret,” “Evita” and “Miss Saigon.” UNC Jazz Lab Band I will play “One Day, I Realized,” composed by UNC’s own associate professor of music Erik Applegate. Director of music technology Socrates Garcia

will direct his Latin Jazz Orchestra in a perfor-mance of “Vantage Point.” Composed by Garcia, who is from the Dominican Republic, “Vantage Point” blends large ensemble jazz and Domini-can percussion. Th e concert will last about an hour and 45 minutes with an intermission. Jill Burgett will conduct the fi nale, “God Bless America,” which will feature about 150 performers. Marketing coordinator Briana Harris said she’s most excited to see all the individual pieces and work that go into the Gala come together. “It’s a huge technical production and un-dertaking,” Harris said. “I think there are a lot of things besides the wonderful performers we have on-stage and all the talent that you see there. Th ere are all of these elements that happen backstage and behind the scenes that regular au-dience members may not realize.” Harris listed off backstage work that goes into the production, including the lighting designer, the sound engineers and the costuming designers. “It’s all these little things behind the scene,” she said. “It’s really exciting to see it come to-gether in a seamless production that has so many elements.” For more information, go to arts.unco.edu/gala/.

“As an individual, yes, you work one-on-one with the person. But when these things are happening to a group, then what do you do? How do you make institutions listen

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By Trevor Reidarts@uncmirror.com

History came alive through music Th urs-day night during a lecture by Hasan Salaam in Kepner Hall. Th e lecture, “From Th e Spirituals to Hip-Hop,” sampled Black music in the form of spirituals, blues, jazz, rock and hip-hop in Milne Auditorium. Using music history, Salaam explained how Black music was and is a response to the oppression Black people face in everyday life. An emcee, educator and community organizer from New Jersey, Salaam has delivered his lecture at universities in London, Boston, Las Vegas and other cities across the United States. Th e African diaspora was a central theme of the lecture. When asked to defi ne diaspora, one student began to explain while spreading her hands outwards. “Your hand motions said it all right there,” Sa-laam said. “A diaspora, if you take the origin of the word from the Greek, means ‘a scattering of seeds.’” Salaam spoke about the importance of drums to African villages as a form of communication, espe-cially in the areas where African Americans were taken for enslavement. He then moved forward in history to the times of slavery, when slaves had to use spirituals to convey hidden messages. Th e song “Wade in the Water,” for example, warned slaves who were attempting escape to fol-low the river banks or shorelines, where the blood-hounds would lose their scent, Salaam said. Moving through periods like Reconstruction, Salaam eventually brought his message to modern times with the song “F*ck tha Police” by N.W.A. “We had just dealt with it in my neighborhood,”

Salaam recounted. “My boy’s cousin got killed by the police. He was shot in the back. Th ey did the autopsy—his hands were up.” When he heard the song, Salaam said he was shocked to realize the same thing was happening across the country in Los Angeles. “We’re using our drums as a way to express to each other, ‘Yo, this is what’s going on,’” he said. “We also use this music to come together and work together.” Th e Sigma Chapter of Nu Alpha Kappa, Inc., Marcus Garvey Cultural Center, Black Student Union, Black Wall Street and Unity Th eater all col-laborated to bring the lecture to campus. Richard Medina, a senior accounting major and member of Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc., helped organize the event aft er a fraternity brother close with Salaam made the suggestion. Fellow senior accounting major Tu-maini Mporampora said she was excited by the collaboration. “Richard comes every once in a while to Black Wall Street, which is the club that I held, so we just came together and he was like, ‘I have this really great idea, especially for Black History Month,’ so we brought [Salaam] out,” Mporampora said. Medina said he appreciated learning about the diff erent types of music that originated from Black people. “I didn’t know how blues was created or rock and roll. Th ey say that Elvis is the king of rock and roll, but defi nitely he wasn’t,” Medina said. “Our school system just markets that. Th ey don’t mar-ket saying, ‘Oh, Black people created this or this;’ they’re assuming it was a White individual.” Marcus Garvey Cultural Center has fi ve more events planned for Black History Month, including a Night of Soul on Friday and an activist workshop led by Joshua Allen on Feb. 22.

Speaker presents the power of Black music

Photo courtesy of hasansalaam.comSpeaker Hasan Salaam lectured on Black music in honor of Black History Month Th ursday night in Kepner Hall.

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WEDNESDAY 2/177 p.m.Wrestling vs. Air ForceBank of Colorado Arena

FRIDAY 2/192 p.m.Men’s Tennis vs. Eastern WashingtonButler-Hancock Tennis Courts

AWAY GAMES

WEDNESDAY 2/17All DayMen’s Golf at John A. Burns IntercollegiateHawaii

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Club baseball gets thrown a curveBy Zach Blackburnsports@uncmirror.com

What happens when two UNC sports teams fight for the same turf? Well, like any competition, there’s a winner and a loser. UNC club baseball lost its practice area on Doubenmeier Field to UNC’s varsity track team. So what happened? It came down to priority, according to Stephen Rice, a sophomore relief pitcher from Colorado Springs. But the sidearm slinger didn’t seem to have any ill will. “It’s Division I vs. club unfortunately,” Rice said. “I don’t personally blame track. They’re a great group of people and ath-letes. I just wish we were told that this was going to happen earlier than we were.” The change came after the Spring 2015 season when the UNC club baseball men had dug holes for their bases and built their mound. It was all for naught as they had to relocate to the other side of Doubenmeier Field. Rice said it impacted the team’s abil-ity to practice effectively due to the poor

quality of the field. “The other side has random sink holes and it’s mossy,” Rice said. “We never felt as if we were getting true hops and that hurt us in game situations…Relocating to the other side never felt right.” But the problems didn’t end there for the team. Adding insult to injury, UNC’s track program built a throwing cage for them to use not only for their practice, but for meets as well. Rice recalls it mak-ing things especially difficult. “One day we wanted to get some work in before we headed to face Colorado State, our biggest competition,” Rice said. “They had a meet and were doing javelin and other events. We couldn’t get true work in and we ended up getting beat pretty badly. We felt that the reason was our field being taken.” UNC track has meets at Doubenmeier Field and baseball practices on the other side. Rice said the conditions are very un-comfortable for him and his team. “It was safer on the other side,” Rice said. “I don’t feel comfortable fielding (a ground ball) or even running. I’d like to see UNC get rid of the weeds and holes that could hurt us. Just completely fix it.”

It’s uncertain whether the changes Rice and the team need will happen, but for club baseball, the grass will be green-er on the other side. The team plays in the Mid-America West Region, and has been able to play

home games at Jackson Field. Having last played in November, the Bears are 1-1 and had two games cancelled, ac-cording to UNC’s club sports website. UNC returns to action in March when they take on Colorado State.

Maeve Widmann | The MirrorUNC club baseball has been forced to the other end of Doubenmeier Field, following the con-struction of varsity track and field’s new throwing cage.

Bears earning their place in Big 12By Chris Bolin

sports@uncmirror.com

The UNC wrestling team has struggled in its appearance in the Big 12 conference, one of the more reputable confer-ences in the country, but the Bears remain hopeful in hav-ing future success. “The Big 12 was definitely a huge step for our program heading in the right direction,” head coach Troy Nickerson said. “It is one of the toughest wrestling conferences in the country, and one of the most prestigious, so being able to be a part of that really says a lot about our program and the di-rection that it is headed.” UNC’s switched from the Western Wrestling Conference to the Big 12 before the season. Though the Bears are only 1-4 in duals against Big 12 op-ponents this year, there is no denying the impact it has on the preparation of the wrestlers this season.

“Being in such a powerhouse conference prepares you early in the year, instead of having to wait until the end of the year to face elite competition,” 197-pound senior wrestler Trent Noon said. Noon said earlier in the year his goal in coming to UNC was to put Greeley on the map. Noon has done his part—he

is the No. 14 wrestler in the country and he qualified for the NCAA tournament last season. The Bears’ first Big 12 dual of the year was in Norman, Okla-homa to take on the perennial championship contender, the Oklahoma Sooners. That night was not the best for the Bears, as they fell 38-3. “We were exposed by a bet-

ter team, but moving forward, we know the areas we need to get better at,” he said. The next dual against famil-iar foe South Dakota State was more of the same, this time UNC falling 34-3. “We definitely left some matches on the table,” Nick-erson said. “SDSU is a tough team that wrestles hard, we

knew that from last year. We knew we were going to have to fight to win and we just didn’t do what we needed to.” In the Bears third Big 12 dual of the season, they hosted the North Dakota State Bison. Things were on the upswing for UNC, though falling 29-13, they picked up wins in four of the 10 weight classes. When the Bears traveled to Laramie, Wyoming to take on the Wyoming Cowboys, they were not completely healthy as a team, and it showed as the Bears fell 37-7. “Our guys faced a lot of ad-versity this past week and it was tough for us to respond,” he said. “We also had a couple of guys dinged up… we’ll try to heal up.” After a meet with Air Force, the Bears are off until March 5 and March 6 when they travel to Kansas City, Missouri for the Big 12 Con-ference Tournament. If any Bears qualify, the National Tournament is March 17-19 in New York.

Photo courtesy of UNCBears.comAs the No. 14 wrestler in the country, Trent Noon has led the way for UNC’s introduction to the Big 12 conference.

7 p.m.Baseball vs. Wichita StateWichita, Kansas

9 a.m.Softball vs. Alcorn State UniversityBeumont, Texas

3:45Softball vs. Lamar Univer-sityBeumont, Texas

7 p.m.Men’s Basketball vs. Uni-versity of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota

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