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UpcomingRead an articleabout the oppor-tunities at thestudent job fairin Wednesday’sissue of TheMirror.
Tradition begins new year at UNCThe 2010 FallConvocationincludes keynotespeakers fromaround the campus. PAGE 8
SportsVolleyball defeats UNC alumnae
The UNC volleyballteam easily han-dled a squad ofalumnae in a scrim-mage Saturday.PAGE 9
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As another school yearbegan, masses of incoming stu-dents made the annual arrivalThursday all over campus.
To help the vast amount ofnewcomers, stations of facultyand staff at the main entrancesof the University Center wereset up, as well as informationbooths found all over campus.
“This was coordinated bythe Dean of Students to have usposted at the entrances to helpstudents take care of those lastfew errands and also for us to
answer any questions they mayhave,” said Mindy Marshall,director of admissions.
All throughout the campusnear the residence halls, stu-dents in the Lead On programhelped new students move in,accompaniedby shoppingcarts donatedby HomeDepot.
“We just goaround and askstudents if theyneed help withtheir stuff,”said MeganBeyer, a soph-omore busi-ness major.
Students inLead On had to move in theweekend before the other stu-dents. During the week prior tothe rest of the residents livingon campus, Lead On memberswere trained to help studentsand learned more about theuniversity.
“I feel like I have a leg up ongetting the feel of the campus,especially west campus,” saidEthan Miller, a freshman psy-chology major. “Lead On hasalso been a great opportunity tomake new friends.”
A l t h o u g hmoving to col-lege is typicallyan excitinge x p e r i e n c e ,there are stillsome appre-hensive feel-ings amongnew students.
F r e s h m a nvocal major,Anna Spring,said, “I amexcited to get
to know my roommate and suit-emates, but I’m also nervousabout jumping into classes andgetting used to campus.”
Jami Murphy, an undeclaredfreshman, said she had to move
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Students receive help movingin from staff, resident assistants
KEVIN IHLE | THE MIRROR
Daniel Harmon, a junior psychology major, unpacks his belongingsand settles into his new dorm the first move-in day, Thursday. Manystudents continued to move into the dorms throughout the weekend.
See Arrival, Page 3
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into her dorm a week earlybecause of her job.
“It’s been boring becausemy roommate has not movedin, but my RA has made me feelwelcome so far,” Murphy said.“I am really looking forward tothe entire experience of beingin college.”
Kaitlin Spring, a sophomorebiology major and transfer stu-dent, said she was eager to getstarted at UNC, but was still try-ing to get acclimated to the newatmosphere of the campus.
“I am excited about gettinginvolved on campus, but anx-ious to get used to the size ofthis campus,” she said. “I camefrom a small private universityfrom Florida.”
In addition to checking stu-dents into their rooms, residentassistants helped and encour-aged new students to getacquainted with the campus.
“We RAs work hard campus-
wide to set up activities for stu-dents to participate in,” saidKasey Erdman, a junior ele-mentary education major and aresident assistant. “We encour-age students to come with us to
those events and are there asconnections for new students.You’d be surprised at how help-ful just a smile and a ‘hello’ canhelp a frightened freshman orencourage a returning student.”
Lead On is a freshman stu-dent-oriented program thatteaches students how tobecome leaders in the UNCcommunity. The applicationprocess accepts 100 students.
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Expectations of college range from excitement to nervousArrival from Page 2
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In the last four years, UNC hasmade a strong effort to beautify itscampus. The hard work from themaintenance crews has made theuniversity stunningly vivid andattractive.
With enrollment increasingevery year since 2008, the gambit ofspending money to facelift the uni-versity’s image has paid off. Also, theoverall cleanliness of the campusmakes those colorful features standout even more.
The improvements give the uni-versity a good reputation in the eyesof visiting students who will have only
good things to say about their hostschool. Maintaining a campus anystudent would be proud of is one ofthe best ways the University ofNorthern Colorado can ensure a con-tinuous flow of incoming students.
UNC in August 2006: a sprawlingfield of dead grass rests shoulder-to-shoulder with the meager foliage infront of McCowen Hall. The campuslooks decent, but there was nothingthat would merit a second look.There’s no paint on the walls of the11th Avenue tunnel or cutting-edgearchitecture. It’s all vanilla.
Today, detailed flower beds, the
artwork of students and impressivedesign plans come to fruition ener-gize the land that was once in need ofattention. The first visit freshmenmake to UNC will mostly be remem-bered by academic, social and otherpriorities. But how the campuslooked will also be seared into theprospective student’s memory.
If students don’t feel like theircampus is nice looking or has a wel-come feel, it may cause some uncer-tainty in the decision to come here.
The aesthetics also give the uni-versity a more professional look — asign that the campus has matured in
the past few years. When prominentmembers in the UNC communitysaw how higher education inColorado was about to get significantfunding cuts, they set out to illumi-nate all the university has to offer;making the campus look better hashelped make this possible.
A great deal of respect needs tobe paid to the Facilities Managementat UNC, as well as the others whocontributed to the beautificationprocess. Contact FacilitiesManagement today to learn abouthow you can help by participating inthe Adopt a Spot program.
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LETTERS
The words “mosque”and “ground zero” areenough to start a heat-
ed debate in light of tragicevents occurring in New YorkCity nearly a decade ago.
Supporters and opponents ofthe proposed Islamic mosque tobe built about two blocks fromground zero have all voiced theirviews on the matter loud andclear. Recent rallies in NYC havegiven both parties an arena to fuelon their differences of opinionsand, in many cases, their angerand hatred.
Recent polls show that mostAmericans oppose the project in
its planned location. It would benothing less than shocking if pollsshowed otherwise. Americans arefairly predictable people.
It’s easy to hold a strong opin-ion about the subject and perhapseven easier to tout off reasons onemight hold that opinion.Especially if those reasons arenothing more than those themajority cites to support the argu-ment opposing the building of themosque.
Some enlightenment: Themosque is actually part of anIslamic community center thatsupports moderate Islam. AsUNC junior and computer infor-mation science major JorgeRamirez recently said, “It's nomore a mosque than a hospitalis a church because of thechapel in it.”
Furthermore cultural and reli-gious diversity are fundamentals
of not only the USA’s history, butof many Americans own back-grounds. To claim religious free-dom for oneself and deny it toothers is simply contradictory.
Members of the Islamic faithare entitled to the same religiousfreedoms that America was found-ed on and still boasts.
“The American experimentwith freedom and religious libertywould not have been unique if itwas easy and would not have sur-vived without brave decisions tosustain it,” said the Center forAmerican Progress, a liberal thinktank, in a recently issued state-ment on the subject.
Lastly, feelings involved in thisdebate are merely that. Feelingsdon’t prove any connectionbetween the possible constructionof a mosque and the tragic eventsof 9/11.
Many say building a mosque
near ground zero is an insensitiveact and is disrespecting the mem-ory of those who were killed in9/11 and family members of thevictims. Is it not also insensitive toautomatically associate mosqueswith the murders of 9/11?
It needs to be remembered, asPresident Obama said, that al-Qaeda is responsible for theevents of 9/11, not the Islamicpeople as a whole nor those whopractice the religion.
By no means should the eventsof 9/11 ever be forgotten, norshould the grounds or the peoplewho lost their lives ever be disre-spected. But perhaps a greatertribute to their sacrifice is love andreligious tolerance rather thanblind hatred.
— Jessica Gates is a senior jour-nalism major and a reporter for TheMirror.
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ERIC HEINZn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
From sneezing pandas topoorly covered ballads, shortclips on the Internet havebecome extremely popularsince the birth of websites likeYouTube. The boom of brief,hilarious, embarrassing andexciting footage has opened thedoor for many to disseminatecreative ideas.
For UNCalumna ElysePorterfield, viralfame wasachieved withthe small role ofsending a seriesof photos to herboss that said she was quitting.The pictorial was a work-for-hirejob photographed bywww.thechive.com, a websitethat compiles photos, videos andother kinds of entertainment.
Most viewers who saw the clipbelieved it was real, untilPorterfield came clean three dayslater on The Chive with a newslide show.
Porterfield was a musical the-ater major who acted inUniversity of Northern Coloradoproductions “Titanic,” “Chess”and “Twelfth Night.” She was alsopart of the New York and LosAngeles showcase.
She said the hoax took abouttwo hours and that a lot of the
production was just goofingaround and having a good time.
“I first heard of the job on awebsite called Actors Access,”she said during a phone inter-view Friday.
Porterfield also said she thinksit’s amusing how much people aretalking about the joke. She said shenever expected the photos to earnher such recognition.
“I’m shocked; I am complete-ly stunned, and I can’t believe
it,” she said. “Idon’t eventhink it’s reallyhit me yet. It’ssurreal.”
Porterfieldtook the pic-tures Aug. 6.
And by the end of the week, shewas a national sensation.
Jimmy Kimmel even did a par-ody of the hoax on his show.
As far as the hoax, she said shewould definitely do somethinglike this again.
“It was just like a fun job,”she said. “I never thought of it asa big hit.”
As for her acting career,Porterfield said she just com-pleted a pictorial withwww.askmen.com
Just as Tiger Woods pro-motes Nike golf clubs,Porterfield said the hoax withmarkers and dry-erase boardshas earned her a sponsorshipwith EXPO markers. She said
she will do a photo shoot forone of the company’s charita-ble events.
She has also had time to frater-nize with other well-known actorsand cinema notables.
Her fame has put her into thecompany of Hollywood nameslike filmmaker Kevin Smith and“The Hangover” star Ken Long.
“It’s what I love to do,” she said.“It’s funny because you kind of get arush from it, and I love the experi-ence and meeting new people.”
Advice Porterfield gives toaspiring actors and actresses isto take advantage of anythingthat comes his or her way.
“I would say never pass up agood opportunity,” she said. “Idealt with a lot of rejection — evenwhen I was at UNC. If it’s some-thing you really want to do, don’t
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Internet photo hoax gives alumna national recognition
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UNC alumna Elyse Porterfield holds one of the signs made after thehoax. Porterfield gained much recognition after the photo shoot.The joke was constructed and published by www.thechive.com.“
I would say never passup a good opportunity.
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JESSICA GATESn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
This summer, UNC’s campuswas abuzz with the sounds of con-struction as renovation projectswere underway. The constructionincluded the second phase andcompletion of the Turner Hallimprovements, as well as the firstphase of the Harrison Hall renova-tions.
According to a news release fromHousing Operations, the TurnerHall renovations this summerincluded a remodeled lobby, a con-ference room, a kitchen facility, astudent lounge area and a gameroom. In addition, new studentlounges were created on each floor,laundry facilities were added toevery third floor, and wireless con-nectivity was enhanced.
These amenities completed
the Turner renovations thatbegan in the summer of 2009 withthe first phase, which completelyredesigned and updated all of thestudent suites, making TurnerHall a modern, spacious anddesirable place to live on campus.
“I’m most excited about howmuch more it’s going to facilitatecommunity and how much theresidents are going to like it,” saidJohn Pherson, a junior businessand economics major and resi-dent assistant for the 11th floor ofTurner Hall. “It’s much more con-ducive to meeting people.”
The first phase of the HarrisonHall renovations began this sum-mer, which started with the southwing makeover. According to thenews release, the renovationsincluded repainting, furniturereplacement, new doors with card
access locks, new light fixtures andnew carpeting to replace the tileflooring found only in Harrison.
The second phase will be com-pleted next summer with similarupdates planned for the north wing.
Brad Shade, the director ofHousing Operations, said both ofthese projects are a result of aWest Campus Housing Studyfrom 2005, which identified themajor residence hall deficienciesthat needed to be addressedthroughout campus.
“Turner and Harrison both hadneeds that could be addressed withrenovations, as we were able tobring both halls up to today’s stan-dards,” Shade said. “Both had origi-nal furniture, lighting and layoutsfrom the ’60s that desperately need-ed to be updated.”
Turner Hall renovations were
a $7.9 million bond-funded proj-ect, and Harrison Hall is a $2.1million project funded by bondfunds and with surplus auxiliaryenterprise funds.
Shade said the renovations willgive residents a much greater abilityto succeed as students.
“If the students are happy, Momand Dad are happy, which relates toa happy administration,” saidJimmy Mock, the project coordina-tor of Construction Services. “Youcan’t go wrong providing a great
place for the kids to live and play.” Shade also said the entire cam-
pus community benefits from hav-ing clean and attractive facilities thatmeet the needs of today’s students.
“We want our halls to be asource of pride that will be yetanother reason to come to UNCand stay (here),” Shade said. “Thebottom line is that we take a greatdeal of pride in the halls, the serv-ices and the people that weemploy to provide the best livingexperience possible.”
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Turner, Harrison halls open to showcase summer renovations
JESSICA GATES | THE MIRROR
One of the new lounges in Turner Hall, which were added to eachfloor. Both Turner and Harrison halls underwent major renovations dur-ing the summer to accommodate the community among residents.
CARMEN BRADYn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
Packed under the humidtents, students met with mem-bers of clubs and campus organ-izations to exchange greetingsduring the Fall Bizzare Sundayon west campus.
Affiliates of the Bizzare providedfree food and giveaways to those inattendance, as well as informationon the different clubs or organiza-tions that they represented.
Many UNC organizationswere there, including Greek life,Student Senate, GBLTA and thecampus Cultural Centers. Manystudent clubs were also there,as well as several stores andbusinesses in the community toget their names out and lettingstudents know what is availableto them.
Amanda Grassello, a junioranthropology major who is thepromotions manager with UNCRadio, said she saw a lot of interest
from students. “I think it’s really good because
a lot of new students, or evenolder UNC students, get to seewhat the school has to offer,”Grassello said. “I’ve had sopho-mores or juniors come to ourbooth and not even know UNChad a radio station. I think it’s agreat idea.”
Tyler Barnes, a sophomoremusic education major, also saidhe thought the Bizzare was goodfor student interest. Barnes is amember of the UNC Fencing Cluband said he was glad to see somuch enthusiasm at the event.
“We have recruited quite a fewpeople — around 20 or so —which is really nice,” Barnes said.“This is kind of like advertising.Everybody walks by, looks aroundand can pick out what looks fun.Whether they’re really keen ondoing it or just interested, it getsyou out.”
In addition to word-of-mouthpromotion about the club, Barnessaid he also enjoyed the Bizzare as
a patron — attending and seeingthe other clubs.
Elyzabeth Mansfield, a sopho-more psychology major, said sheliked hearing what the differentbooths has to offer.
“It’s good to see what’s going
on here on campus and aroundGreeley,” she said. “Sometimes,it’s easy to forget about the differ-ent clubs that are going on here oncampus. This is a nice reminder,and really good for freshmen. It’salways good to keep in touch.”
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Fall bizzare attracts wave of students, community organizations
DAN OBLUDA | THE MIRROR
Students and guests peruse the multiple tables and attractions at the2010 Fall Bizarre Sunday afternoon on west campus. Attendees were treat-ed to free food, giveaways and information about campus organizations.
Ceremonysparks startof classesJESSICA GATES
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Convocation, a collegiate tra-dition that recognizes the startof every student’s pursuit of col-lege education, marked thebeginning of UNC’s 2010-11school year on Friday.
The ceremonies began with
See Convocation, Page 11
Editor: Jordan Freemyer Monday, Aug. 23, 2010 The Mirror 9
Bears open title defense with sweepVolleyball team defeats alumnae in scrimmage to kick off 2010 season
ROB FLORES | THE MIRROR
UNC senior outside hitter Julie Stephenson prepares to servethe ball in the team’s scrimmage against a squad of alumnae onSaturday. The current Bears won the match in a sweep.
CHARLIE CHARBONNEAUs p o r t s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
The UNC volleyball teamplayed together for the first timesince losing in the first round ofthe NCAA Tournament, winning3-0 in the Blue and Gold AlumniMatch Saturday at the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
The University of NorthernColorado defeated the alumnae25-14, 25-20, 25-9 en route to astraight set victory.
Sophomore outside hitterKelley Arnold had 11 kills and 11digs, and senior outside hitterAshley Lichtenberg had 10 killsand three digs in the win.
“Including our alums is awe-some,” head coach LyndseyBenson said. “They’re the onesthat built this program, and thereare some legends on that side of
the net. It’s exciting to have themback and honor them.”
The Bears got off to a sluggishstart, making mistakes andallowing the alumnae to takeadvantage.
After an alumnae point to tiethe first game at nine, UNC wenton a 10-1 run to take a 20-10 leadbefore ending the game on a killby Arnold.
“I think the team did great. Wereally focused on things we’d beenworking on in practice,” Arnoldsaid. “It’s a lot of fun to be able tobe back in the gym again.”
The alumnae continued tofight hard in the second set, keep-ing up with the Bears to tie the setat 20 until another kill by Arnoldput UNC ahead for good.
In the third set, the Bears start-ed to show signs of the team thatwon the Big Sky Conference
Tournament last year.UNC overpowered the alum-
nae in the final set, cruising to a25-9 victory and a 3-0 sweep.
“We were very excited to play,especially from last season, toshow everybody that last seasonwasn’t just a fluke,” juniordefensive specialist AmandaArterburn said. “We want tocarry on the legacy of the UNCvolleyball team.”
The Bears are back in action at6 p.m. Friday, when they take onCincinnati in the San DiegoState Tournament in California.
Football team’s offense beginning to take shapePARKER COTTON
s p o r t s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
Despite numerous practicessince the end of last season, it isstill not clear which quarterbackwill lead the UNC football teaminto the new season that startsSept. 4 at home against AdamsState.
Four quarterbacks — sopho-more Matt Baca, redshirt fresh-man Cameron Deen, redshirtfreshman Seth Lobato, and juniorDylan Orms — are all in the mixto be the starter, but some are in abetter position than others.
Lobato missed out on spring
practices after transferring fromthe University of Colorado, andOrms is the only quarterback ofthe group who saw the field lastseason. Based on his limited play-ing time, Orms may be the leaderat this point, but head coachScott Downing said there is still alot to figure out.
“They’ve all had very goodindividual practices at times,”Downing said. “There’s beentimes where two or three prac-tices in a row, a guy will shineand totally dominate things.But they’ve all been pretty solidso far.”
First-year offensive coordina-
tor Greg Peterson said the offen-sive line has performed excep-tionally in offseason practices.
“Starting in the spring, thoseguys were the most improved ofany position group on offense,”Peterson said of the offensiveline. “And what I mean by that isthey picked things up faster andaccelerated their level of playfaster than any other position,and they were way ahead of uscoming out of spring football.”
A lot of the credit for prepar-ing the offensive line so well hasgone to Brad Bedell, the offensiveline coach who joined the team inthe spring.
“I know that coach Bedell hasbeen a great addition to ourteam, and our offensive lineloves working with him,” Ormssaid. “And truly, I don’t thinkwe’ve had a better offensive linesince I’ve been here.”
In the end, though, the offen-sive line needs a quarterback toprotect, and there is a lot of com-petition for that spot.
“It’s been a good battle thiswhole summer, and hopefully itwill be decided pretty soon,”Baca said.
Downing said the decision willbe made at the right time by theentire offensive coaching staff.
“Everybody wants to put atimetable on things,” Downingsaid. “You put a timetable whenyou’re making a cake, not whenyou’re making a football team.”
Peterson said the teamexpects to be very competitivethis year, regardless of whichquarterback takes the reins.
“There’s been some greatcompetitive situations, and weare becoming a better footballteam, and we’re becoming atougher-minded football team,”Peterson said. “And we can go outand play hard every snap of everygame. And that’s what Bears foot-ball will be like this fall.”
Home Opener:Air Force
7 p.m., Aug. 31Butler-HancockSports Pavilion
BEN WARWICKs p o r t s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m
The UNC women’s soccerteam shut out the Air ForceFalcons at home Sunday, 2-0.
The teamimproved to2-0 on theyear, whileAir Force fellto 1-1.
J u n i o rmidfielder Kimmie Feidler scoredon a header in the upper left cor-ner of the goal in the 29th minute,and junior forward Ariel Cookscored on a penalty kick less than10 minutes later.
“We had a couple of greatchances in the first half and somereally good chances in the secondhalf, and we just needed that onegoal to kind of put the gameaway. But a win’s a win,”University of Northern Colorado
head coach Tim Barrera said.Barrera notched his 100th win
as a Bear in the team’s seasonopener, a 2-1 victory over theWyoming Cowgirls on Aug. 20.
“A 2-0 start give us some con-fidence going forward, knowingthat we can win,” Barrera said.
As for the milestone, Barrerasaid he did not pay it much atten-tion.
“I had no thought in mymind,” he said. “But for the kids,it is a bit of an accomplishment.”
The Bears said Feidler, whoscored in the first half, gave herteam the momentum it neededfor the rest of the game.
“I just got in there and hap-pened to be in the right spot at theright time, I guess,” Feidler said.
Soon after Feidler’s tally, Cookscored the Bears’ second goal ona penalty kick in the 36th minuteoff of an Air Force foul in thepenalty area, which gave UNC a
2-0 lead.Any hopes of an AFA come-
back were dashed two minuteslater when Falcons defenderMeagan Eissele was issued a redcard for a handball in the box.However, Air Force goalkeeperKelly Stambaugh kept the score at2-0 by denying UNC freshmanforward Brittany Dunn on theresulting penalty kick.
As for the rest of the season,the Bears have only one thing inmind, winning.
Sophomore forward DanielleBirdsall said she has one visionfor the team.
“It’d be nice to have an unde-feated season, go undefeated athome, and just win lots ofgames,” Birdsall said.
The UNC soccer team will takeanother step in trying to makethat dream a reality and continueits winning ways at 7 p.m. Fridayat home against Idaho.
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Soccer
Bears take out AFA, start season 2-0
2010 UNC Women’s Soccer Schedule:Aug. 20Aug. 22Aug. 27Aug. 29Sept. 3Sept. 5Sept. 10Sept. 12Sept. 15Sept. 24Sept. 26Oct. 7Oct. 9Oct. 15Oct. 17Oct. 22Oct. 24Oct. 29
at WyomingAIR FORCEIDAHOat Coloradovs. Fairleigh Dickinson (at Air Force)vs. The Citadel (at Air Force)vs. Southern Utah (at Utah Valley)at Utah Valleyat Colorado CollegeNEW MEXICO STATEBOISE STATEat Weber Stateat Idaho StatePORTLAND STATESACRAMENTO STATEEASTERN WASHINGTONat Montanaat Northern Arizona
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UNC freshman midfielder Tara Rickenbach (19) and Air Force for-ward Megan Dozier attempt to run down the ball in the Bears’ 2-0 win over AFA on Sunday at Jackson Soccer Stadium.
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After suffering mild brain con-tusions and being put into aninduced coma, Matt VanDriel, theStudent Body President, is welland has made a full recovery.
Fourth of July was supposedto be another summer celebra-tion filled with fireworks andsurrounded by friends. But thefestivities quickly turned into anightmare for the student leader
and his family. That evening, Matt VanDriel,
his mother Marcia VanDriel,father Bryan VanDriel and UNCalumna Stephanie South weredriving on 10th Street and 59thAvenue when their carhydroplaned into the lane nextto them and hit a car.
He said the reason the fourof them set off in the rain wasbecause the fireworks that wereshot off that night could not beseen from his home.
M a t tVanDriel andSouth were inthe back seatwhile hisfather droveand hismother sat inthe front pas-senger seat.
Although the car hit closest to theside South was sitting on, MattVanDriel’s head was thrown vio-lently into South’s shoulder,
breaking a couple ribs and twovertebrates in her neck.
South was released from thehospital later in the week whileMatt VanDriel stayed a few daysin ICU and eventually rehabili-tation. He was released after atwo-week stay in the hospital.
“My first memory was proba-bly the fifth or sixth day when Iwas in the hospital,” MattVanDriel said. “I was probably ina coma for three days before any-thing became clear.”
At the scene of the accidentMatt VanDriel wasn’t breathing.He said his mother gave himCPR immediately. He also saidhe couldn’t remember anythingleading up to the accident.
“You just have to be thankfulfor the medicine we have andhow amazing our doctors havebecome,” Matt VanDriel said.“If this had happened 15 oreven 10 years ago, I think itwould have been a very differ-ent outcome.”
VanDriel
Student Body President recovers from summer collision
Convocation features prominent university figuresthe academic procession through theCranford Park entrance gates. The airof tradition was further exemplifiedthrough full regalia, or academicdress, worn by faculty members.
After the tolling of the Gunterbells, University of NorthernColorado President Kay Norton wel-comed the 3,307 new students toUNC and said they are a vital part ofthe campus community.
“The foundation of UNC’s cul-ture is community, one that sup-ports our students and emphasizesindividual learning,” Norton said.
Norton’s husband, Mayor TomNorton of Greeley, presented anaward to the university and declaredthe weekend of Aug. 21 UNCWelcome Weekend.
Marshall Clough, a UNC historyprofessor, was the event’s keynotespeaker. During his speech, heencouraged first-year students to
get the most out of their liberal artseducation at UNC no matter whattheir major.
“Don’t miss out on the excite-ment of your mind awakening tonew knowledge,” Clough said.“Do not expect simple answers tocomplex questions.”
Shanda Crowder, a second-yeardoctoral student and president ofthe Graduate Student Association,also gave students advice, saying“find something you absolutely love
to do and embrace it.” The event’s closing speaker was
Student Body President MattVanDriel, who spoke on the mean-ing of success and said success looksdifferent for everyone.
“You can define your visionand what success looks like foryou,” VanDriel said. “Never letsomeone else’s vision of you takeprecedence over your vision foryourself. Achieve success and betrue to the vision of yourself.”
Steven Luttmann, chairman of theFaculty Senate, carries the UNCmace Sunday at Cranford Park.
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