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Norton reflects on decade at UNCKay Norton talks toThe Mirror abouther 10 years aspresident, thefuture and more.PAGE 2

SportsWomens basketball hosts ISU

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Q&A with University President Kay NortonBENJAMIN [email protected]

This year marksUniversity President KayNortons 10th as president ofthe University of NorthernColorado. The Mirror satdown with President NortonMonday to reflect upon hertime here, her plans for thefuture and her personalitybeyond her Carter Hall desk.

The Mirror: Can you walkme through a day in the life ofpresident of UNC?

Norton: I sit on my back-side a lot in meetings. Most ofmy time is spent communi-cating with people withexternal people, anyone fromlegislators and the governorto outside groups who areinterested in higher educa-tion. There is also a lot of timespent communicating withpeople inside the university interms of how do we stayfocused on continuing to pro-vide a great and transforma-tive education for you guys asstudents.

The Mirror: What wouldyou say your day-to-day chal-lenges are or the most fre-quent reoccurring challengeseach day in your role?

Norton: It really is aboutleading an organization, notabout giving orders and hav-ing people snap to attentionand execute (the orders). Itreally is about fostering a cul-ture that is really focused onstudent success. The greatestchallenge is to keep pushingfor that kind of culturechange. Because the worldhas changed since we werefounded in 1889 we reallyhave to become a much morenimble organization andchange how we work together

and make decisions and wehave to think harder aboutwhy we do things. And thatkind of culture change is hardwork. So every day there is anew set of challenges abouthow do we communicatewhere were going and howwere going to get everybodymoving in the same direction.

The Mirror: This is the10th anniversary of your timehere, which is something onlyfive other UNC presidentshave done. What would youattribute to your longevityhere?

Norton: I dont know if Impatient or just stubborn. Oneof the things that I havelearned is that things do movevery slowly in a university asopposed to a private corpora-tion or a for-profit corpora-tion. So there is a flurry ofactivity with every semester,but in terms of that culturechange, its like turning anaircraft carrier. I have foundthat that is in fact whatsrewarding about it. You dontcome in and with a fewstrokes of the pen you trans-form the place because youhave so much power, author-ity and insight. Its more amatter of what really happenshere that is so special is aboutpeople and ultimately aboutstudents and your experi-ence. Thats what keeps mecoming to work every day, isthat the work is so important.Its not about making a profit.Its about transforming livesand sustaining our societybecause you guys are build-ing the years of the future.And thats really heady stuff.

The Mirror: Playing offthat then, would you saythat to be a successful uni-versity president, in any

capacity, one should stay atthat university for a certainamount of time, say five or10 years, to be successful?

Norton: Well, I do think,and I said this from the begin-ning when I took a look atsome of my predecessors andmoved through the years, Ithink it takes a certainamount of time to movethrough a place and know anorganization and to buildtrust within any organization.When theres a lot of turnoverin leadership, that leads touncertainty, and people getvery uncomfortable, andthats bad for the whole enter-prise. I think 10 years or so isan appropriate target to shootfor. You dont want to stay toolong or too short a time, andfiguring out what that is is achallenge, but were all aboutlifelong learning.

The Mirror: Do you have acertain timeline for how longyou want to say?

Norton:Not a specific one.There are things that I stillwant to see accomplished.We have our 125th anniver-sary coming up in 2014, and Ithink again well really be ableto celebrate that culturechange that I keep talkingabout, that we have changedto be ready to move into thefuture. The world really haschanged; youve heard aboutthe new normal. As anorganization, we really haveto be and act quite differently,and I see that happening. SoIm going to stick around andmake sure we still have thatmomentum. I dont think anyplace or any university shouldbe dependent on who is at thehead of it. I dont subscribe tothe idea of the hero leaderor cults of personality. What I

hope to be able to do when Ileave is to leave a legacy of thewhole organization thats asgood as it deserves to be.

The Mirror: To date, whatdo you think some of yourbiggest accomplishments areat UNC?

Norton: Beyond surviv-ing? (laughs) Probably devel-oping the wisdom andpatience to identify anddevelop leadership beyondwhat happens in my office. Ivery much believe in the ideaof having a leadership team,and building a true teamapproach to moving an enter-prise forward is much harderthan it sounds. You dont justpick people and give them auniform with a number on itand expect them to knowhow to perform the task. Atthis point, Im very proud ofthe leadership we havethroughout the universityand the progress weve madetoward really being innova-tive and focused on whatsgreat about UNC.

The Mirror: That beingsaid, how have you seen theuniversity evolve since youstarted?

Norton: We really haveevolved from the idea that thestate told us when to get up inthe morning and when tobrush our teeth. The wholestate organization used to bea very structured, bureaucrat-ic thing, which is really hardto work inwe had to wait fordirection from authorityinstead of concentrating onwhat to do best because weknow best. I think weve real-ly made a lot of strides in thatregard, and I think weve builtsome mutual understandingand trust over time.

The Mirror: What do you

do in your free time whenyoure not here, if there issuch a thing?

Norton: Oh sort of. In thesummer, I really like to gar-den. I like to dig. When youpull a weed out, it doesnt talkback. Theres something real-ly satisfying about physicallabor that I like about gar-dens. And I just grow flowers,I dont do anything useful likevegetables. But I really likethat, and its soothing andoutside. Ive been known towatch the occasional junk TVand I like to read. I read a lot ofperiodicals, newspapers andthe occasional fiction.

The Mirror: A burningquestion a lot of students andfaculty may have: Youre mar-ried to the mayor of Greeley.What do you talk about at thedinner table?

Norton: (Laughs) Wedont talk about work much.We really dont. Tom spent 20years in public service beforehe had a relapse and ran formayor a couple years ago. Hewas in the general assemblyand state senate, and then hewas the head of ColoradoDepartment ofTransportation. So we occa-

sionally talk about sharedissues and perspectives, morenow that hes mayor, but cer-tainly not the majority of thetime. We plan our vacations hes really good at that.

The Mirror: If you couldsay something to every singlefreshman coming to UNC,what would you say as a pieceof advice?

Norton: Take advantage ofwhats here in the way thatsbest for you. One of the thingsIm proudest about this uni-versity is that each person isable to have an individualizedexperience. You may have tomeet us halfway in terms ofseeking out what thoseopportunities might be, butdont be afraid of failing. If thefirst one doesnt work out,thats fine. Thats one of thegreat things about coming tothe university and getting aneducation is that part of it isexploring, taking some risksand maybe going down thewrong path for a while. Go tosomething you dont thinkyoud be interested in at all.Go to one of the theater per-formances and be blown

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University President Kay Norton addresses the crowd in herState of the University address on September 21, 2010.This year marks Nortons 10th anniversary as president.

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On every sports team, there arewell-known players and insignifi-cant ones. The latter only becomewell-known when they do some-thing miraculous or miraculouslyterribly.

San Francisco 49er wide receiv-er Kyle Williams is now well-known.

Williams, a second-year playerwho caught 20 passes and threetouchdowns this season, had twocritical mistakes, one in the fourthquarter and another in overtime,while returning punts in the NFCChampionship Game against theNew York Giants. The Giants took

advantage on both and won, 20-17.Williams was a relatively

unknown player, especially in puntsituations, because he backed upTed Ginn Jr., a veteran returnerand wide receiver. Ginn, though,didnt play because of injury.

Since his gaffes, Williams hasreceived death threats for ruiningthe 49ers opportunity to get to theSuper Bowl.

There is a lot of wrong in thesports world if people resort todeath threats when a player makesa mistake.

Alex Smith, the 49ers quarter-back, threw 14 incomplete passes

in the game; Williams cant beblamed for all of those.

There are tackles missed bylinebackers every game. Offensiveplayers cant be blamed for that.

Giants wide receiver VictorCruz had 10 catches for 142 yards,and two other Giants had receivingtouchdowns; thats on the defense,not on Williams.

All kinds of sports argue thattheir sport is a true team-game, and there are valid argu-ments for all of them. Football isno exception.

In football, there are 22 play-ers on the field attempting to

either score or prevent touch-downs. One persons block orfumble can be the differencebetween a scoring drive or a 3-and-out. If one person messes up,the team has to move on.

And so do the fans.Fans can take to the Internet

and get all the Twitter courage inthe world to speak their minds,but they have to realize its just agame.

You cant pin a loss on oneplayer. If you win as a team, youlose as a team. And if you lose,you dont deserve to receivedeath threats as a result.

Athletes dont deserve threats for common mistakes

Watching the Stateof the UnionAddress last night,it became apparent that thesplit between the left and theright in the United States is notbased in political philosophy.Its based in politicians stick-ing to their guns, even in thesmallest ways.

Its well known that there isoften excessive applausethroughout the course of everyState of the Union, but duringmoments of applause and stand-ing ovations, there were a selectfew who not only abstained butacted as if they had heard noth-

ing at all. They did not make facesof disagreement or even disgustbut instead sat expressionless.

These attitudes are what havebeen hurting the ability of thegovernment to move in anydirection. Many times people oneither side of an issue decide notto vote for, compromise with orlisten to any proposal made bytheir opposition. If PresidentObama had said, Football isexciting! House majority leaderEric Cantor likely would haveblinked twice and scratched hischeek.

The President made a con-certed effort during the speech toapproach issues that most U.S.citizens would agree upon. Heworked to repair that bridge thathas broken down between theDemocrats and the Republicans.Instead of meeting him halfway,some members of the opposition

chose to stand their ground.This approach is nothing new.

Four years ago, many membersof the left displayed similar senti-ments about anything PresidentGeorge W. Bush suggested,whether it was politically conser-vative or not.

Toward the end of the speech,President Obama made somegeneral remarks about immigra-tion reform and how important itis to boost the economy. Speakerof the House John Boehnerclapped blankly, as he hadthroughout, and Cantor finallyallowed his hands to cometogether somewhat rhythmically,and I think I may have seen ahalf-smile on his face.

I would love to see that half-smile turn into a handshake asign at least of respect from oneside to another. The bottom lineis that both sides want whats

best for the United States. Theyjust disagree on what that wouldentail.

The nation will continuechanging and growing. Monday,the State of Washington becamethe seventh state to pass gay mar-riage legislation. The issue is nolonger about the separation ofchurch and state but rather aboutwhat we can tell others to do.

Regardless of what your beliefis on the subject, its no reason tostop talking to a friend who dis-agrees. Standing your ground isan important skill in some situa-tions, but in politics, compromiseis what achieves progress. Wait I think I just saw Eric Cantor jointhe standing ovation. Perhapsthere is hope to rebuild thatbridge.

Michael Nowels is a sopho-more elementary education major andweekly columnist for The Mirror.

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Researchers at UNCaim to make the futurebrighter and better forColorado students at riskof dropping out of school.

The Colorado

Department of Educationselected the help ofUniversity of NorthernColorado faculty researchersin assessing the evaluationprocess of five federal andstate-funded programsimplemented to increasestudent success and enroll-

ment in Colorado schools. The researchers, Elysia

Clemens, Sonja Rizzolo,Lisa Rue, John Froilandand Robyn Hess, weregranted a three-year con-tract and $179,178 toreview and provide aframework for measuringthe outcomes of pro-grams in CDEs DropoutPrevention and StudentEngagement unit. Theprogram is composed offive separate units thathelp at-risk youth suc-ceed in school.

Hess, a professor in theDepartment of SchoolPsychology and the chair ofthe School Psychology pro-

grams, described the proj-ect as, essentially, an evalu-ation of an evaluation.

The over-arching pur-pose is to help CDE in aneffort to increase thegraduation ratesof kids, Hesssaid.

The researchaims to posi-tively affect theway schoolsevaluate thesefive programs.

We are veryexcited to beworking on thisproject, shesaid. A schoolsystem may like

the efforts of a program;however, in the end, itmay be ineffective inachieving its goal.

The researchers becameinvolved when CDE put out a

proposal in searchof entities to evalu-ate the grants andthe effectiveness ofthe DropoutPrevention andS t u d e n tEngagement unit,and the UNC rep-resentatives wereselected.

We all havegreat experi-ence in publi-cations and

analyzing large data sets,said Froiland, an assistantprofessor in theDepartment of SchoolPsychology. Also, inthese tough economictimes, its nice to havesome external funding.

The researchers willimplement the programby first talking with thegrant managers andexamining each individ-ual grant and its qualita-tive outcomes then com-paring these outcomes ata national level. The proj-ect will last three years.

Rizzolo, the admissions

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Even though its onlyJanuary and the days arestill filled with cold winterair, the UNC Landscapingand Grounds staff mem-bers are encouraging stu-dents to start thinkingabout planting flowersand beautifying the cam-pus for spring.

For the fourth year in arow, the University ofNorthern ColoradosAdopt-A-Spot Program isoffering students achance to get their handsdirty and improve cam-pus aesthetics by garden-ing and keeping areasclean.

Individuals, groups,offices, departments andcampus organizations areall eligible to adopt a loca-tion, usually flowerbeds,

to keep under their greenthumbs for the year.

Students and staffinterested in adopting aspot will not be entirelyon their own.

We do the prelimi-nary work and then thevolunteers take care ofthe spots, said PatrickMcDonald, a manager forLandscaping andGrounds. (Adopt-A-Spot) is a way to bringmore flowers and colorsonto campus.

Through funding pro-vided by the university,Landscaping and Groundsorders all the flowersneeded for the spotsadopted by volunteers.

After the spot is adopt-ed and flowers are planted,the adopters are in chargeof maintaining those spots,which includes weedingand picking up any objects

or litter that find their wayinto the bed.

Theres nothing worsethan a flowerbed full ofweeds, McDonald said.

The Adopt-A-Spot con-tract lasts for one year.However, if for some rea-son the volunteers thatadopted the spot cannottake care of it for a shorttime, they can contactLandscaping and Groundsfor assistance to tend totheir spot in their absence.

If the spot that wasadopted is not being takencare of, Landscaping andGrounds will warn theparty responsible for thatbed about its condition.Adopters who neglecttheir location will bewarned several times. Ifthe bed is still not beingcared for, Landscapingand Grounds will take thebed away from the party.

I have the right to dis-mantle the bed, McDonaldsaid.

If anyone who is inter-ested in adopting a spothas a specific place in mindwhere he or she wouldwant a spot, Landscapingand Grounds will do itsbest to try to place aflowerbed in that spot.However, the best spots forflowerbeds are placeswhere there is plenty ofsunlight and an irrigationsystem.

Last year, about 25individuals and groupsparticipated in Adopt-A-Spot, including the mem-bers of the Delta TauDelta fraternity, whoadopted a spot nearBishop-Lehr Hall.

They put a flower bedin the shape of anAmerican Flag for 9/11,McDonald said.

To find out more infor-mation about how toadopt your own spot, visit

www.unco.edu/facility/Landscaping/adopt_a_spot or call 970-351-2446.

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Students can Adopt-A-Spot to beautify campus

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Students, faculty, groups and organizations can adopt andmaintain plots around campus through UNCs Landscaping andGrounds Adopt-A-Spot program for the fourth year this spring.

State Department of Education seeks researchers assistance

Robyn Hess saidthe purpose ofthe research is toimprove theCDEs programand increasegraduation rates. See Research, Page 8

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This American system of ours, call itAmericanism, call it capitalism, call it what youwill, gives each and every one of us a greatopportunity if we only seize it with both handsand make the most of it.

-- Al Capone

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University Program Council hosts first spring Open MicALEXANDER [email protected]

For students, the lasttwo weeks have been areturn to business as usual.Monday night, business asusual meant the return ofthe University ProgramCouncils Open Mic Night.

The event gained a largefollowing last semesterafter the guest perform-ance of slam poet AndreaGibson in November.

About 50 students wereon hand Monday night forlive performances and freecoffee, and 13 performerswere on the bill. It was amore coffee shop atmos-phere compared to the firstOpen Mic Night in the fall,

when attendance peakedin the hundreds.

Open Mic is funregardless of size, whetherits the excitement of a bigcrowd, or the intimateeffect of a small crowd,UPC Arts andEntertainment CoordinatorDan Barton said.

Mary Odbert got thingsstarted with a performanceof the Lady Gaga hitWonderful.

Odbert, who occasional-ly performed poetry at lastsemesters Open Mic, per-formed a musical piece forthe first time.

The smaller audience ismore intimate, which is lessterrifying, Odbert said.

Music was plentiful;

performers covered genreslike jazz, R&B, blues, alter-native and a cappella.

Students got a taste ofsomething different with acomedy act halfway throughthe show and a spoken wordperformance by Tyrell Allen.

UNCs Got Talent second-place finisher JasminePoythress made an appear-ance performing FrankSinatras Fly Me to theMoon and India AriesVideo.

Regular performer DannyTremle was another notableact of the evening. Tremledrew a large applause for hiscover of Robert Johnsons1970 number Sweet HomeChicago, despite some tech-nical difficulties.

Tremle followed up histribute to Johnson with StillAround, an original song heco-wrote with a friend in thearmy. After two songs,Tremle left the stage with thecrowd pleading for anencore.

Music majors Katie Harrisand Karl Markgraf took to thestage for the second-to-lastperformance of the night,using their shared love forjazz to deliver a solid per-formance. Harris vocals,accompanied by Markgrafsguitar, embodied the feel-good atmosphere of theevening.

Harris, who sings in thevocal jazz program, andBarton said they want to seemore performing arts stu-

dents participate in OpenMic.

It would be nice to seemore performance and visu-

al arts students, Bartonsaid. (And) more uniqueinstrumentation, as wellas spoken word.

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Last Friday night, 100students and communitymembers who love musicfilled A.F. Rays dancefloor, tables, and chairsduring the UNC StudentRock Radio Show.

Starting around 9 p.m.,Ska Skank Redemptiontook the stage with blast-ing horns and an upbeatperformance. Completewith trombone, trumpet,drums, saxophones, guitarand bass, Ska SkankRedemption was acacophony of live, localand loud sounds.

Performing his second-to-last show before he

moves to Japan to teachEnglish, Royal Langer, thebands drummer, threwdown solo beats that illu-minated his talents.

Langer said, I was feel-ing the vibe, and the guystold the audience rightbefore my solo that thiswas my last show. Its notthat my solo had to beawesome; instead, I choseto play an awesome solo.

While Ska SkankRedemption demonstrat-ed their musical and lyri-cal talents with originalsongs, the band also per-formed a cover of Catch22s Keasbey Nights anda modern version of theEdwin Starr song War.

I enjoy ska because its

a happy genre thats hardto be sad or angry whilelistening to, said saxo-phone player andUniversity of Coloradophysics major Adam Ross.Our remake of the Warsong was our one politicalsong, but thats how wefeel about the worlds cur-rent state.

T-shirts for Tomorrow,a Brighton-based alterna-tive rock group, took thestage following Ska SkankRedemption. Bringingaudience members totheir feet, T-shirts forTomorrows energy wasinfectious as evidenced bypeople jumping up anddown to their beat.

Lauren Felker, a UNC

sophomore businessmajor and DJ for UNCStudent Radio, said, Theturnout was perfect. Wevehad more students thanwe were expecting, andeveryone seems to be hav-ing a blast. My favoriteband was T-shirts forTomorrow because I likealternative rock, and Ienjoyed how they talked toand interacted with theaudience.

Bones Muhroni was thethird act of the night, andtheir rockabilly folk soundwas emphatic with com-plicated riff patterns andsporadic moments ofinspiring instrumentation.

A four-piece band,Bones Muhronis stage

presence was dramatic andentertaining. As lead gui-tarist Chris Jones did therobot in between vocals,Crew Reinstra beat-boxedinto his harmonica.

We got lots of style, andthe show tonight was loudbut very solid, saidReinstra, a senior actingmajor. My beat boxing onharmonica was a way to getthe attention of the audi-ence. Chris added a guitarriff, and pretty soon, BonesMuhroni and our first songEpiphany were born.

Starting their concertwith a cover of I Want ToHold Your Hand by theBeatles, Bones Muhronisperformance also includeda guest appearance by

Rhythmic Fuzz rhythm gui-tar/singer Patrick Breyer.

Denver-based groupand headliner for the night,The Say So, took the stagearound midnight.Complete with light towers,rows of light bulbs andlasers, The Say Sos showwas a visual multi-mediacreation. Each song wascoordinated to certain col-ors, effects and sounds, allof which added to theshows ambiance.

Those interested in SkaSkank Redemption, T-shirts for Tomorrow, BonesMuhroni or The Say So canfind out more informationon Facebook about thebands and their upcomingperformances.

UNC Student Radio and local bands jam out at A.F. Rays

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Mary Odbert opens Mondays Open Mic Night, anevent put on by the University Program Council, witha cover of Lady Gagas Wonderful.

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Womens hoops looks for rare win against BengalsPARKER [email protected]

UNC senior forwardKaisha Brown doesnt have tobe reminded of the teamsrecord against Idaho State inher time on the team. Shealready knows it too well.

The University ofNorthern Colorado (12-8, 4-3 Big Sky) womens basket-ball team is 1-6 against theBengals (14-5, 6-0) sinceBrowns freshman year in2008-09. The lone win camein the second-to-last gamelast season at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.The final game of the seasonwas a 69-61 loss in Pocatello,Idaho, that took awayUNCs chances of hostingthe Big Sky tournament.

Brown said she wouldlove to go against history and

get a win against Idaho StateThursday at home.

I cant even express thatin words. I justwant to win sobadly, Brownsaid. Weve neverwon in Pocatello,and that is actuallymy favorite gym toplay in, so I justwant to go outthere and from thebeginning justmake a mark that,Hey, were here toplay, and were notgoing to backdown.

Brown has averaged11.7 points against IdahoState in her career, and shesaid she hopes her person-al success will make it eas-ier for her teammates toget good shots.

Hitting a 3-pointer or twois just going to get Lauren(Oosdyke) and Kim

(Lockridge) wideopen andStephanie (Lee)inside, so if Iknock down acouple, the postsare going to bewide openinside, she said.

Idaho State,which was pickedby conferencemedia membersand coaches tofinish fifth this

season, enters Thursdaysgame as the only team in theBig Sky with an unblemishedconference record. The first ofthe Bengals six conferencewins was a 57-52 defeat ofUNC Jan. 2.

Theyre a good team,

UNC sophomore guardDshara Strange said. Beingpicked fifth probably putsome fuel in their fire, andnow they want to prove peo-ple wrong. Its surprising, butlike I said, theyve got some-thing to prove.

UNC head coach JaimeWhite said the Bengalsrecord is not by accident con-sidering they lead the confer-ence in scoring defense at56.4 points per game.

Theyre a good defen-sive team, White said.Theyre very physical.Theyre quick and athletic.Theyre all guards, andtheyre physical, so theykeep you away from thebasket. They dont give youanything easy inside.

The game is scheduledto tip off at 7:05 p.m.Thursday at Butler-

Hancock Sports Pavilion.Brown scored 17 points inUNCs Jan. 2 loss and said awin will help the Bearsconfidence going forward.

Were going to be a forceto be reckoned with in theconference, and even thoughwe have three losses already,

were going to come back andupset some teams, Brownsaid. Its going to be big forour momentum. We got tocatch that wave like coachalways says, and once we geton the wave, I know weregoing to keep on rolling andstay on it.

Redshirt guard makes statement as starterMICHAEL [email protected]

Tevin Svihovec was atrue freshman at UNC lastseason but was still expect-ed to be a contributor onthe 2010-11 mens basket-ball team that eventuallybecame Big Sky championswhile he was still learningthe ropes.

A foot fracture pushedthose plans back but onlyfor a year, as he has madehis way into the startinglineup this season.

The redshirt freshmanguard from Kingwood,Texas was rated as a top-100 point guard recruitafter his senior year of high

school. After the disap-pointment of missing outon last season, fellow guardand redshirt sophomoreTate Unruh said Svihovechas taken advantage of thattime off.

I think the redshirt yearprobably slowed the gamedown a little bit and just lethim adapt easier, Unruhsaid. It did great wondersfor me and did the samething for him because hesplaying as good as anyfreshman in the conferenceright now.

Svihovec is the second-highest scoring freshman inthe Big Sky at 8 points pergame this season.

Head coach B.J. Hill saidhe agrees there were posi-

tives that camefrom the redshirtyear, but thebiggest one hesaw wasSvihovecs abilityto observe hisolder teammates.

I think thebest thing he gotto see last yearwas how DevonBeitzel carriedhimself and sawhow he was simi-lar to a guy like that andwhat he brought to thetable, Hill said.

Svihovec has started thelast 11 games and hasscored in double-digits inthe last eight. Svihovec saidhis increased time on the

court, coupledwith what helearned duringhis redshirt year,has helped hisc o n f i d e n c egrow.

With theplays and all, Ima freshman, butI dont feel like afreshman onthis team, hesaid.

To take hismind off basketball,Svihovec said he has foundtime to explore a newhobby that takes histhoughts far away from thecourt.

Im trying to learn theguitar, he said. I play a lot

of guitar now, so that kindof actually gets me awayfrom basketball.

Before games, Svihovecsaid he doesnt like to gettoo carried away in talkingand psyching himself up forthe contest.

I know the coacheswant us to talk and stuff all that pregame energy but I kind of just tend to bequiet and think, just thinkof what I have to do, hesaid.

Hill said physically,Svihovec can hold his ownat the college level, but hesstill working on learning theright reads within theBears system.

Tevins done a great jobof building up his body,

Hill said. Hes got a bodythat can handle the physi-cality of the Division I level.Things that were workingon him with are his deci-sion making, how to readcertain situations.

While he may have thebody to play Big Sky basket-ball, Svihovec said hes stillworking hard on and off thecourt.

With these next roadtrips, were going to bemissing a lot of school, soIve got to do some home-work, he said.

Three of UNCs nextfour games are on the road,beginning with a visit toIdaho State (5-14, 3-4) at7:05 p.m. Thursday inPocatello, Idaho.

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UNC freshman center Stephanie Lee, right, is guarded bysophomore center Kirsten Hess (33) and another teammate inpractice earlier this week. Lee averages 4.9 points per game.

Kaisha Brownhas averaged 11.7points per gameagainst IdahoState in her career.

Tevin Svihovec has averaged 12points per gamesince Big Sky playstarted Dec. 31.

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Despite less state funding, Norton says education crucial

away by what your fellowstudents are able to do. Goto a sporting event if youdont think you like sports.Be on a team. Get to knowyour faculty members andfellow students. Theres somuch to do.

The Mirror: I know thesentiment among some ofthe students is that admin-istration or some of thehigher-ups can be hard toreach or communicatewith. What would be yourresponse to that?

Norton: I understandhow that can feel how thatcan be. Were really not thathard to get a hold of. Itdepends on what youreasking about. What we try todo is if a student has a ques-tion or needs advice, we tryto send them in the rightdirection. We try to connect

with faculty and thosefront-line folks. Theres nosecret to who we are; younoticed theres no moataround Carter Hall. Theresno portcullis down the frontof Carter. Were not isolatedintentionally.

The Mirror: At the end ofyour time here, what wouldit take for you to say youwere successful in yourposition?

Norton: If the universityis poised to go onto greaterthings as if I had never beenhere. Again, its not aboutany individual. This is agreat university; its beenaround 120 years, and itsgoing to be around muchlonger if were thoughtfulabout it and put ourselvesin the position to make surethat happens.

The Mirror: You said youhope the university isaround for much longer.

How do you think the con-tributions you made todayand during your tenure willhelp realize that goal?

Norton: Well, I think intwo ways or I hope in twoways. One is fiscal responsi-bility. The change that Ivebeen talking about is that wecan no longer rely upon thestate to fund us in a way thatmakes it possible for you tocome here at very low cost.Were now very moredependent, like a privateinstitution, on your tuitionand fee dollars. And we hatethat. But being it thats thecase, we have to do that in afiscally responsible way. AndI think were doing that interms of financial aid poli-cies and also on looking forefficiencies, being rigorousabout our budget decisions.The other piece is I hope Ivecontributed toward ourknowing who we are as a

university and who we are,and at the center, thatremains providing a trans-formative, public experiencefor students.

The Mirror: I know fiscalresponsibility is one of yourmain goals. Do you thinklooking toward the futurethat students will afford aneducation at any institution,or will that become toofinancially difficult?

Norton: I think thats thegreat risk we run as a socie-ty with the withdrawal offunding from higher ed.And what the state and thefederal government needsto do is to figure out how toinvest the public monies ina very targeted way. Itsbeen my recommendationto the state to focus thatmoney not on institutionsbut on money to the stu-dents in the form of need-based financial aid.

Currently, if youre reallypoor, theres a lot of finan-cial aid available, and ifyoure wealthy its not aproblem because we have arelatively low sticker price.But if youre middle class,which is where most of ourstudents come from, thoseare the folks who aresqueezed. Thats where thestate needs to think aboutconcentrating its dollars.Thats what I worry about,but I think it can be done.

The Mirror: Do youthink, then, that if more stu-dents had degrees, thatwould cheapen the value ofa bachelors degree? Or doyou think higher educationis needed for society toprosper?

Norton: I definitely dontagree that it cheapens it ifwe do it the right way. If wewere to just say we wantmore degrees and not

require that those be qualitydegrees that meet the needsof the state, nation and soci-ety, then that would cheap-en what it means to have abachelors degree. But thestatistics are very clear onour international competi-tiveness as a nation and thefact that we have a knowl-edge-based economy were not going to competebecause we have cheaplabor. We have to competewith whats above theneckso weve got to edu-cate a lot more people at atime we have less money todo it with. Its quite thechallenge, but I think UNCis right in the right place toprovide that at a relativelyaffordable price, and theresult that I think you guyswill demonstrate when yougraduate means that wereon the right path as anation.

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CDE grants facultycontract, funds

and research analyst forthe Graduate School andInternational Admissions,said she is looking for-ward to theproject.

Its a newtopic for me, so itwill be a lot oflearning, Rizzolosaid. From a dataperspective, it willbe interesting toexamine what(the CDE) will behoping to meas-ure in the future.

Researchers

have been working on theproject since earlyJanuary and are currentlyworking on the develop-ment of logic models andreading through all the

p r o g r a m s ,Rizzolo said.

Its excitingto have peoplefrom multipled e p a r t m e n t scoming togeth-er to work alsobecause thisproject has thepotential toimpact kids forthe better,Froiland said.

Research from Page 4

Sonja Rizzolo said she is lookingforward to what theCDE project holdsfor the future.

Wrestling team hosts first home dualTARIQ [email protected]

After two road lossesover the weekend, the UNCwrestling team hosts itsfirst home dual of the sea-son against Colorado Mesatonight.

The University ofNorthern Colorado nowlooks forward to regain-ing some confidenceafter working on someweaknesses.

We want to get a win,said head coach BenCherrington. Thats what Italked to the guys aboutafter the Oregon Statematch. At some point intime, these guys have tomake a decision.

The grapplers said they

are hoping toturn the tidesand said thatby hostingtheir first dualof the year,they intend todo just that.S o p h o m o r eJ u s t i nGonzales saidafter threeweekends onthe road, ahome dual brings familiar-ity and comfort.

Were on the road a lot,and it kind of takes a lot outof everybody, Gonzalessaid. Being at home withthe crowd and supportfeels good. Motivation isthe big part.

Although competing

against a DivisionI team is far morecompetitive thana Division II teamsuch as ColoradoMesa, the Bearsare not underes-timating theiropponents.

We are view-ing them asanother oppo-nent, said soph-omore Nick

Bayer. Were not going toview them as a D-II schoolor as a lesser opponent. Weare going to view them as ifthey are Boise State andwrestle our hearts out.

The dual begins at 7p.m. today at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

With the support and

confidence of being home,the Bears look to re-estab-lish their footing andbegin to prepare for thesecond half of the seasonwith conference oppo-nents around the corner.

Im hoping to see a lit-tle more fire out of some ofthe guys in the lineup,Cherrington said. A few ofthe individuals need to fig-ure out why they are step-ping on the mat and whatis their motivation to gettheir arm raised.

Nick Bayer said the team willnot be overlookingColorado Mesa, aDivision II team.

Next Dual:Colorado Mesa

7 p.m.Today

Butler-Hancock

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