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Senior political science and sociology major Chris Gibson celebrates with fellow Greek Life students during a foosball game at the Greek Life Barbecue Wednesday a!ernoon on Turner Green.
photo by Breelyn Bowe | !e Mirror
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September 2, 2014 OPINION
WOMEN’S EQUALITY IN THE WORK FORCEWait, why do we even still have to talk about equal rights for women in 2014?
I recently received an email from WalletHub that provided statistics on “2014's Best and Worst States for Women's Equality” in regards to National Women's Equality Day on August 26.
Being a self-proclaimed feminist, I was naturally intrigued. According to the study, the United States ranked 23rd out of all the coun-tries in the world on the Global Gender Gap Index in 2013, with Iceland, Finland and Nor-way placing in the top three. I was disappointed, because although things do appear to be getting better for women in the U.S., obviously they are not getting quite good enough.
Hawaii ranked number one as the best state for women's equality, and I was surprised to !nd my home state of Nevada ranked as num-ber !ve. Who knew the state home to “the city of sin” would be one of the best states regarding women's career equality? De!nitely not me. I was also saddened to see that my new home state of Colorado was ranked 28th, essentially putting it in the latter half of the list.
And just as an FYI, women may want to stray
away from Wyoming if they're even thinking about being treated as equals in the work force, as the state placed the worst for women's equal-ity.
I've watched my mother, who owns her own architecture !rm in Las Vegas, struggle in a pre-dominantly male-oriented business. Her busi-ness has been condescendingly looked down upon multiple times, simply because it is run by a woman. She has lost more clientele than I would like to admit, simply because “a woman couldn't handle the projects that needed to be accomplished.” Some people avoid her !rm altogether, simply because it is run by a woman.
And this is apparently in the !"h-ranked state of best states for women's equality.
According to the report, women still earn less than men in every state, with Arizona's pay gap being the lowest one in the country, where women make 13.2 percent less than men.
As I am preparing to enter the work force, which is still highly dominated by men, I don't want people to think less of me simply because I am a woman. I don't want to face the reality that
I will be paid less than my male counterparts, despite my knowledge and striving work ethic. I shouldn't even have to look for the best state for me to live in regarding women's equality in the work force; I should be able to live wherever I please, because every state should provide equal job opportunities for women.
But unfortunately, I might just have to pack up and move to Hawaii a"er I graduate. Okay, maybe that's not as unfortunate as it sounded in my head, but I’m hoping you get the point.
Women shouldn't need a speci!c day in the year that raises attention for their attempt t get total equality in today's society. Every day should be Women's Equality Day, not just a measly day randomly placed in the month of August.
- Katarina Velazquez
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University Holiday (no classes, offices closed)
9 a.m.-5 p.m.First Wednesday Book SaleMichener Library
3-5 p.m.Street BashMarcus Garvey Cultural Center / Davis House
6-7 p.m.Golden Key International Honour Society Info SessionUniversity Center- Aspen A
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Maeve Widmann | !e MirrorA mix of fraternities and sororities join together to dance the Wobble, a line dance choreographed for V.I.C.’s song “Wobble Baby,” at the Greek Life Bar-becue Wednesday a!ernoon on Turner Green.
Kimberly [email protected]
UNC’s Greek Fraternity and So-rority Life hosted the annual Bear Welcome: Meet the Greeks event Wednesday evening, inviting all who were interested in Greek life on campus to assemble on Turner Green.
!is event gave Greek organiza-tions the opportunity to table and introduce themselves to incoming freshman, and any students in gen-eral, who were not aware of Greek life on the University of Northern Colorado's campus. It was a chance for Greeks to prove that the ste-reotypes of Greek life are generally wrong, and the Greek world can be "lled with unity and opportunities
to create lifelong relationships with fraternity brothers and sorority sisters.
“People don’t give Greek life a chance because they watch movies like ‘American Pie’ and ‘Animal House,’” said Sebastian Diaz, a sophomore member of the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity. “!ey misinterpret it. And there are no cliques within our organization. We are not friends, but brothers.”
Greek organizations do not only create unity within their own organizations, but with all Greeks involved on UNC's campus. Mem-bers from all Greek organizations such as traditional Greeks, multi-cultural Greeks and divine nine Greeks came together on a cloudy day to celebrate.
“Greek week was an opportunity for me and my sorority to become acquainted with sororities and fraternities and introduce ourselves to freshman,” said Sam Marroquin, a member of the Lambda !eta Nu Sorority Incorporated. “When you join, you "nd out who you really are. People portray Greek life wrong, but it makes you realize who you are.”
Food from Greeley's local restau-rant Taste of Philly was provided, and games such as volleyball, hamster races and football were o#ered by the Greek organizations. !ese games provided students the opportunity to interact with one another and to enjoy themselves, despite the rainy weather.
Students who were not a part
of the Greek life walked around talking to di#erent organizations, and discovering which would "t them best.
Students like Cheyenne Santiste-van, a sophomore environmen-tal studies major, expressed her amazement of the event.
“Seeing all the fraternities and sororities and how close they are with each other; it makes me want to be a part of the Greek environ-ment,” she said. “It was also cool to understand the di#erence between traditional, multicultural and divine nine Greeks.”
Any student interested in social and multicultural Greek life can contact the fraternity and sorority life o$ce located at the University Center's student activities o$ce.
FUN, FOOD AND PLEDGES AT GREEK BBQ
Page 5September 2, 2014 NEWS
MUD RUN CALLS FOR UNC INVOLVEMENTMonique [email protected]
!e annual Poudre River Trail Challenge will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday September 20. !is event was "rst held in 2011 to help raise funds for maintaining the trail.
!e Poudre Trail is a 21-mile paved path that is used for biking, roller blad-ing, walking or running starting at Island Grove located at 501 14th Avenue, and ending at Colorado Highway 392 in Windsor, where it connects to the Larimer County River Blu# paved trail.
!e Poudre River Trail Challenge consists of two options.
“Charge the Trail” gives people the opportunity to run or play in the mud, along with more than 20 obstacles. !is portion of the event has given the Poudre River Trail chal-lenge the popularity to be known as the Mud Run.
For this challenge, every-one is asked to self-identify whether they are running the course competitively or not. When running the course competitively, it generally takes about 40 minutes to complete.
!e staging area for the event, the "nish line, is located at the Island Grove trailhead. At the beginning of the event, participants will board shuttles and be transported to the starting line at Poudre Ponds.
Obstacles are available
for all skill and comfort levels, "nishing with a mud pit.
“Some of the obstacles are tough, and we don’t expect everyone to do one if they are uncomfort-able with it,” said Tom Selders, the Poudre Trail manager. “!ey are more than welcome to go around the obstacle and onto the next one so that they can continue to have fun.”
At the "nish line, there will be an obstacle course for children to run, as well as "re"ghters hosting activities, such as spraying a hose for everyone to run through.
“Pack the Trail,” the second challenge, is one where participants can help set a new record of how many people are on the trail at once. !e highest record set for the amount of people that have been on the trail at once is around 300. Participants are welcome to do one or both challenges.
In the past, the Univer-sity of Northern Colorado's student involvement has been high, except for last year, when the event took place around the time that students were moving back onto campus for the start of the fall semester.
Students on campus have expressed an interest in participating in this year's Mud Run.
“I would go because it sounds like fun,” said Hai-ley Galuppo, a sophomore communications major.
“We encourage everyone to come because it really is a fun event,” Selders said.
Prizes will be awarded for best costume, mode of transportation and most spirited. Awards for the top three male and female competitors in the “Charge the Trail” challenge will be given as well. !e run is a way to be involved in what is happening in the City of Greeley, not just on UNC's campus.
A$er the race everyone is invited to enjoy music and a barbecue, where the "re"ghters will be making hot dogs and hamburgers. Vendor booths will also be available for participants and spectators to enjoy.
!e regular participant registration price is $25, but for students the rate is $20, if registered by Sep-tember 12. A$er September 12, the registration price goes up to $30 for regular registration and $25 for students.
To register, students can visit http://www.poudre-trail.org.
All proceeds made will go to the Poudre Trail for maintenance purposes and to the local Union Colony for the Benevolent Fund, which is used in the case that a "re"ghter is injured or killed in the line of duty.
Page 6 September 2, 2014NEWS
Katarina [email protected]
“!is is going to be easy tonight,” said Alfred Eastin, the University of Northern Colorado’s Student Senate student body president, with a chuckle. Laughter from the other student senate members "lled the room.
UNC’s Student Senate held its "rst meeting of the school year last Wednesday in the University Center’s council room. With the semester just beginning, the sen-ate didn’t have very many issues to address. In fact, the senate only approved of one council resolution.
!e senate’s 35th Council Resolution was presented by Eastin, and he described how the senate was grateful for UNC’s University Program Council’s contribution towards Welcome Week for the Bears. Eastin said he admired the council’s e#orts and the work they put into making Wel-come Week a success, and though the task may not have been an easy one, the senate appreciated it.
Councilors from every college were in favor of this statement, and it was passed.
UNC colleges included were the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, represented by Brock McLaugh-lin, Kaitlyn Purnell and Ryan Palazzi; the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, represented by Kayla
Murray, Bereket Abera and Whitney Schoenberger; the Monfort College of Business, represented by Jake Neel, Shanna Farley and Gianna Palumbo; the College of Natural and Health Sciences, represented by Coleen Ne-grete, Aeron Acott and Stevi Mergner; and the College of
Performing and Visual Arts, represented by Harley Glenn, Jalen Taylor and Alexandria Dejoy.
Members of the Student Senate also announced hap-penings throughout UNC’s campus, including a mention of a UNC Gubernatorial Debate, a respite care involving free childcare for UNC parents and the Student Dietetic Association’s production of a 5K run.
!e Gubernatorial Debate will be a debate for prospec-tive governors in Colorado. !ere are currently four that have con"rmed they will participate in the debate, with two still pending their invitations. !e debate will provide an opportunity for students as well as audience members to ask questions. Tickets will be on sale for the event start-ing Tuesday, and there will be 2,000 seats available. !e debate will be held September 17, and will also include a meet and greet with the candidates a$er the event.
“It should be a great opportunity for students and the UNC community,” said Bubba Gardner, director of stu-dent a#airs.
!e senate also mentioned of UNC’s new pet policy in Lawrenson Hall and honored UNC’s chapter of the Hispanic Honor Society for its eighth consecutive “Honor Chapter” title. A mention to build awareness for the Vet-eran’s Center on campus was made as well.
STUDENT SENATE MEETS FIRST TIME THIS SEMESTER
SANTIAGO BRINGS LAUGHTER TO BEARS
Breelyn Bowe | !e MirrorBill Santiago, the comedian whoses appearence at the University Center’s ballrooms was made possible by the University Program Council, uses physical comedy to tickle the crowd last Tuesday night.
Maeve Widmann | !e Mirror!e University of Northern Colorado’s Student Senate met Wednesday night in the University Center’s council room to discuss current happenings on campus.
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5-6:30 p.m.Outdoor Pursuits: S’mores workshop UNC Rec Center
University Holiday (no classes, offices closed)
7 a.m.-7 p.m.Evergreen Dog Show Island Grove Events Park
4-6 p.m.UNC Faculty Art Exhibition Reception Guggenheim Hall (Mariani Gallery)
4:40-5:40 p.m.School of Music ConvocationUCCC (Monfort Concert Hall)
8 p.m.The Block PartyThe Moxi Theater
DESPITE THE NERVES, A WARM JAZZ WELCOMEDavid Ochoa [email protected]
Before the !rst note was played, before the !rst announcement was made, and before the !rst greetings were exchanged, the students of UNC music programs were already brimming with nervous energy as they awaited the results of place-ment auditions that took place in the !ve days preceding the UNC Jazz Studies Welcome concert.
Tuesday evening, students !ltered into Studio B in Frasier Hall to meet the faculty, teaching assistants, and sta" that would come to !ll their year, as well as hear announcements and a short concert by the faculty.
A#er a short introduction and a warm welcome, the director of Jazz Studies, Dana Landry, made a number of announcements regard-ing changes in faculty and sta" for the upcoming semester. Erik Applegate, the professor of jazz bass, is on sabbatical for the semester. Doctoral student Braun Khan will be !lling in, providing lessons for the students of the bass studio.
It was announced that chief re-cording engineer Greg Heimbecker was given a full time position at the university a#er more than 30 years of employment in UNC’s recording studio as an independent contractor.
Khan announced that UNC’s student chapter of the Jazz Educa-tion Network, otherwise known as JEN, will be hosting a clinic featuring the Je" Hamilton Trio on September 2. $e event is exclusive to JEN members.
Even with UNC’s annual Greeley Jazz Festival nearly 9 months away,
Landry stressed the involvement of the entire Jazz Studies depart-ment to new students. “We all end up volunteering for it in one way or another,” he said.
With that in mind, Landry went on to announce that the vocal septet, Groove For $ought, had just been con!rmed to perform in the 2015 Greeley Jazz Festival. Graduate saxophone student Kenyon Brenner announced that Greeley will now have two new jazz nights every week. $ese will occur on Wednesday nights at Cranford Cove Tavern and on $ursday nights at $e Kress Cinema & Lounge, and feature a variety of performance opportu-nities for students.
A#er announcements were made, the faculty took to the stage to perform a short set of music. $e concert was started by a performance of Darmon Meader’s arrangement of Duke Ellington’s “In A Mellow Tone” by vocal professors Amy Murphy, Kelsey Shiba and Kerry Marsh. Greeley resident Julia Dollison joined them. Dollison, whose own resume includes playing with Maria Schnieder and Kenny Wheeler, currently teaches applied Jazz Voice at Metropolitan State Uni-versity of Denver and resides in Greeley.
Following the showing of vocal pyrotechnics, the vocalists cleared the stage for a performance of “O" $e Top” by organist Jimmy Smith, and by the faculty rhythm section consisting of Jim White on drums, Khan on acoustic bass, Landry on piano, and Steve Kovalcheck on guitar.
$e program of music ended with the addition of professors Nat Wickham on trombone, John Adler on trumpet and Andrew Dahlke on saxophone joining the faculty rhythm section for a performance of Freddie Hubbard’s “Birdlike.”
Despite the exciment the performance brought, there was a palpable sense of anxiety as
students waited for the results of the auditions, which were released a#er the concert.
“I was enjoying the music but I wanted to know the results,” said Adam Gilsdorf, a junior jazz stud-ies and art major.
See Jazz on page 16
Maeve Widdman | !e MirrorAndrew Dahlke, professor of music and saxophone, performs at the Jazz Studies Welcome concert.
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HOMECOMING SWING DANCEAntonio [email protected]
Music echoed through the halls as students made their way into the Gunter gym to welcome in a new year of swing dancing with the Tenth Avenue Swing dance club homecoming dance. !e event took place last !ursday and was in Gunter gym, the new location for the swing dance club.
To welcome newcomers and help the veterans get back into the groove of things, everyone started with beginner lessons. Students learned dances like the Charleston and the Waltz, individually at "rst, then with a partner.
“I had a lot of fun learning so much new stu#. I also met a lot of di#erent people while I was here, it was nice,” said MyHanh Garand, a junior nursing major. “!is event did make me want to come back to more events and join more lessons.”
!e fall semester brings with it a whole new lineup of events and shows that students can help with or partici-pate in. !is includes the competitive swing dance team that travels and competes around the state.
Emily Clark, a junior nursing major, is one of the re-
turning veterans of the team. “My goals this year is to keep building and to get more
advanced, as a team and as individuals. I plan on bringing in more instructors to lessons to help us reach this goal,” Clark said. “As far as events go this semester, the Hal-loween dance will be the biggest. We invite groups from all over the state, like CU and CSU, and it’s always a good time.”
!e welcome back event "lled the gym and people con-tinued to walk in as the night went on. For some students, they used this event as a way to meet new people.
“I just transferred to UNC so I feel like joining a club is a good way to make friends,” said Bri La#erty, a junior business major. “I swung danced like "ve years ago, so this was a good refresher. I would de"nitely love to come to more events like these, I love swing dancing,” La#erty said.
!e club plans on having weekly meetings on !ursday and lessons will always be taught during the "rst half, while the second half will be social dancing.
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Page 10 September 2, 2014A&ESTUDENTS BRING BACK THE 80’S ON THE DANCE FLOOR
Breelyn Bowe | !e MirrorSophomore speech pathology majors Sarina Daul and Becca Greenwood dance the night away with sophomore elementary education major Tara Anderson during the last event of Bear Welcome, Saturday’s 80s Dance, in the Panorama Room.
La’Asianee [email protected]
Saturday night the University Program Council hosted the “Bear Welcome: 80s
Dance” in the Panorama room of the University Center. !e setting of the dance provided an awesome view of the night sky and an intimate dance "oor.
!e date paralleled with the late Mi-
chael Jackson’s birthday, August 29th. Jackson would have been 54 years old.
Jackson’s music was a staple in the 80s because it marked the time period when he became a solo artist, separating himself from his family group, !e Jackson 5. Students danced to a variety of tunes throughout the night, and when the ultimate 80s song “!riller” by Michael Jackson played, everyone was out on the dance "oor showing o# their best !riller moves. Antoinette West, a freshman music education major, dressed to impress in her high ponytail and red lipstick, said if she could pick any decade to have a dance for, it would be the 80s because it was a color-ful time period. “It’s awesome, it’s really fun and a lot of my friends are gone so I needed something to do,” she said.
Although spirits were high, attendance was low. Given the fact that it was Labor Day weekend, many students likely went home to be with family, to Denver for the Taste of Colorado or Colorado Springs to witness the Colorado Hot Air Balloon Classic. Marissa Miknevicius, an undeclared freshman, has attended many of the Welcome Back events including Northern
at Night, Taste of UNC and the Residence Hall Association meet and greet. She seemed most thrilled about the dance because of the concept of dressing up and going out. “Costume parties are cool and I like to dance,” she said. Friends sweated it out on the dance "oor while taking turns dancing on the platform set in front of the enchanting strobe lights, and a%erward would rush to the concession table to gulp down cups of water.
Despite the light mood, not everyone in attendance was feeling the 80s rock. Lindsay Droege, a junior arts major, is a transfer student looking to make connec-tions at UNC.
UNC is the &rst university she has at-tended and has high expectations for what it will o#er her.
“!is event was more for freshman. It would have worked better if it started at 10 and went until three,” she said.
University Program Council hosts various events throughout the semester including Open Mic Nights, Comedy Clubs and the spring concert. All of these events appealing to the UNC community’s di#erent interests.
Maeve Widdman | !e MirrorConcluding the Comedy Showshow, James Landon, a sophomore chemistry major, sings the Cookie Song while Bill Santiago, the comedian brought to the UC Ballrooms by the University Program Council, plays the ukelele as part of Welcome Week.Illustration by Elleanna Kantz
COMEDY CLUB INCLUDES SONG AND DANCE
Page 11September 2, 2014 A&E
LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT: “HYPNOTIC VIBES”Danielle Ross [email protected]
Contrary to popular belief, Greeley is not simply a “backpack” college town devoid of a buzzing local music scene. ! ere are many venues, promoters and local bands out there making a name for themselves, and many of them are North-ern Colorado students.
Junior sports and exercise science major Joey Solano started a band last year, and he said he’s proud of the progress they’ve made so far: from just a few lyrics scrib-bled on notebook paper to a six-member band playing shows in Greeley, Denver, Fort Collins and more.
! e band is called Hypnotic Vibes, and Solano said it all began when he wrote some of the lyrics to his " rst song, “I Just Don’t Get It.” He had parts of four or " ve songs written when he and his " rst band mate, Stefan Lopez, sat down at a table in Istanbul Hookah Lounge and " nally " nished them. ! e songs led to his and Lo-pez’ " rst EP, when they decided to title the group Hypnotic Vibes, but Joe said they “really weren’t Hypnotic Vibes yet.”
A$ er the EP, he and Lopez decided they needed more elements in their music. ! ey put out an announcement on Facebook that they were looking for brass players, a drumset player and a bass player. Trumpet player Alex Vilanova and trombone player Sterling Swanson contacted them, and joined the band a$ er their " rst tryouts.
Solano and Lopez said they were ex-tremely pleased when they found the two, and they have been a staple of the Hyp-notic Vibes sound ever since.
“I feel like a four-chord progression is just a four-chord progression,” Solano said. “But the horns make it something totally unique. I think without the horns, we wouldn’t sound the same at all.”
Vilanova is a " $ h year senior music education major at UNC.
“I knew Sterling, the trombone player, through the music school and UNC band,” she said. “Hypnotic Vibes made a Face-book post and I applied and I guess they liked me.”
She said her experience with the band so far has been “absolutely amazing.”
“I found a reason again why I love music so much and why I want to be in this " eld. Plus I get to make music with my best friends. It’s given me a ton of self-con" -dence in my musical ability,” she said.
Each of the members has something dif-ferent to bring to the band.
“We all have di% erent styles that we’re good at,” Vilanova said. “It’s a mix of a little of this and a little of that.”
! e band said drummer Mario Alvarado has more of a punk sound on the set, while Solano brings a more funky reggae feel.
Vilanova has more of a classical back-ground, and Lopez has been in various metal bands, including his current band, ! e Panoramic.
“I feel like we’re all on the same page but we have di% erent enough personalities that we’re an eclectic mix of people,” Vilanova said. “But we know how to work together.”
When coming up with new music, Hypnotic Vibes doesn’t have a very strict routine. ! e creation process o$ en consists of a lot of freestyling during band practice.
“It’s usually Joe or Stefan that will bring us sort of a skeleton of a song with some ri% s and some lyrics,” Vilanova said. “When we all get together and jam for a bit, we just keep trying di% erent things until we " nd what’s best, until we hit that sweet spot.”
Karlie Huckels, an undeclared student at UNC, is a venue relations manager, live sessions coordinator and DJ for UNC stu-dent radio. She said the local music scene in Greeley seems to have picked up in the last few years.
Huckels o$ en attends shows at the Moxi in downtown Greeley for her job, and says bands get a lot of exposure there. She heard about Hypnotic Vibes, how-ever, in a di% erent way.
“I heard about Hypnotic Vibes by com-ing to the hookah lounge, and my " rst contact with them was Stefan,” Huckels said. “His other band, a metal band called ! e Panoramic, did a live session on my show ‘For the Love of Beards,’ because Stefan had a great beard.”
Huckels said connections are one of the biggest parts of being successful as a band. Lopez, one of the original members of Hypnotic Vibes, agreed with Huckels.
Lopez is a guitarist and vocalist in Hyp-notic Vibes as well as ! e Panoramic, and has been in other bands as well.
“Basically, I’ve been in various bands since I was 14 years old and I’ve been building relationships with booking man-agement ever since I played in that " rst band,” he said. He contacts venues and has booked numerous shows for Hypnotic Vibes, ! e Panoramic and other bands in the past. Huckels is just one of the many connec-tions he’s made since he started making music.
Huckels does many live sessions on UNC Student Radio, an online radio sta-tion. She’s done live sessions with quite a few local bands that she admires.
“I love Hyp Vibes, Mike Ring and the Connection, Silver and Gold, ! e Pie Lombardi Project, Disguise the Silence,” she said. “I haven’t had an interview or a live session with Electric Stairchild, but they put on a great show.”
Huckels is a big advocate for UNCSR, and she can be contacted for live ses-sions, promotions, and anything else student-radio related. Her email address is [email protected].
She’s watched Hypnotic Vibes transi-tion from performing as the Solano and Lopez duo at UNC’s open mic nights at the Fireside Lounge in the UC, to booking shows at the Marquis ! eatre in Denver, Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom in Den-ver and Greeley’s Block Party on Sept. 5. She said the band’s newest members have made a very positive change for the band.
“! e " rst Hypnotic Vibes appearance wasn’t an o& cial live session. It was basi-cally just a jam session where they played Ladybug, Uncomfortable, I Just Don’t Get It and a few other songs, and I loved them,” Huckels said. “Now that they have the brass, it’s amazing.”
! e band practices when-ever they can squeeze it into their schedules. With six members, it can be di& cult. Solano is a sports and ex-ercise science major at UNC, Lopez is an English major, Vilanova is a music education
major, drummer Mario Alvarado is a com-position major, trombone player Swanson is a music business major, and bassist Davis Williams is a recreation and tourism hospitality major. It can be hard, but the band works around full school and work schedules to put in the time it takes to get the sound they want for Hypnotic Vibes.
“! e only way we’ve been able to do this is with Mario, Alex, Sterling and Davis,” Solano said.
Somehow, they manage to make it work, and o$ en practice in UNC’s Foundation Hall. Lopez says practice is one of the keys to progress.
“I’m in two bands, full time school, and a full time job, so any advice that I’d give to an aspiring musician would be to practice, practice, practice,” Lopez said.
! e Hypnotic Vibes members and Huckels encourage other local bands to reach out and get to know others in the local music scene.
“I think the biggest thing is making connections and going outside of your comfort zone to make those connections,” Huckels said. “Once you do, you just grow.”
Huckels said being in a band is all about exposure, and aspiring bands should strive to get as much as possible.
She said the Moxi ! eatre is “like a gate-way,” and that local bands o$ en make good contacts by playing shows there, and they can also gain fans.
“Play shows. Play lots and lots and lots of shows,” she said. “! e more shows you play, the more people that see you, the more fans you get and the more people that want to hear more of your music.”
See Hypnotic on page 16
SPORTSEditor: Danielle Ross - Assistant: Makalah Emanuel
-WED 9/3
FRI 9/5
SAT 9/6
CLUB EVENTS
SUN 9/7
7:00 p.m.Volleyball vs. Colorado State University
7:00 p.m.Volleyball vs. Wisconsin
6:00 p.m.Women’s Soccerat Air Force Academy
7:00 p.m.Volleyball vs. Florida A&M
7:00 p.m.Footballat University of Nevada, Las Vegas
All DayMen’s golf at Falcon Invita-tionalColorado Springs
DANCE TEAM TRYOUTS
9/2 and 9/3 at 8 p.m.
@ Campus Rec Center
HOCKEY TRYOUTS9/2 at 8:15 p.m.9/3 at 8:00 p.m.
@ Greeley Ice Haus
MENS AND WOMENS SOCCER TRYOUTS9/2 - 9/5 from
6-9 p.m.@ UNC turf fields
TENNISinformational meeting
9/3 at 5 p.m.@ UNC tennis courts
- - - tryouts
9/4 at 6 p.m.@Centennial Park
ULTIMATE FRISBEETRYOUTS
9/2 and 9/4 at 7 p.m.
@ West Campus Fields
WOMEN’S VOLLEY-BALL TRYOUTS
9/2 and 9/4 from 7-9 p.m.
Campus Rec Center
12:00 p.m.Women’s Soccer vs. South-east Missouri State
VOLLEYBALL GETS OPENING WEEKEND WINSNorthern Colorado takes two of three games in two-day Ball State Tournament in IndianaJacob [email protected]
!e Northern Colorado volleyball team closed their opening weekend at the Active Ankles Volleyball Tournament at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., by splitting a double header Saturday against Western Illinois and Ball State. Northern Colorado (2-1) defeated Western Illinois (0-1) in the "rst match 3-1 (30-28, 19-25, 25-9, 25-23) and they could not be stopped. !e UNC o#ense dominated the match hitting .326 overall with sophomore setter Ashley Guthrie leading the way. Guthrie hit .692, had nine kills and recorded her second double-dou-ble of the season with 41 assists and 11 digs. Guthrie was not the lone star for the Bears o#ense. Four of her teammates also had hitting percentages over .350: Brianna Strong (.353), Andrea Spaustat (.378), Alex Kloehn (.364) and Katie Champion (.360). Northern Colorado’s defense was also strong in the "rst match of the day holding Western Illinois to just a .152 hitting percentage. !e Bears failed to bring the morning play into the second match losing to Ball State (2-1) 3-0 (21-25, 22-25, 23-25). Northern Colorado’s o#ense was held to a .108 hitting percentage, signi"cant di#erence from the high hitting percentage earlier in the day. One highlight from the loss was the play of senior middle blocker Andrea Spaustat. She recorded her third double-double of the season with 10 kills and 13 digs as well as earning All-Tournament Honors for her performance. !ree games into the season, the Bears look like they are o# to a strong start. !e o#ense shined in the game against Western Illinois. Five players had high hitting percentages over .350. In the last two games of the match North-ern Colorado held Western Illinois’ o#ense to -.258 and .172 hitting percentages respectively.
!ough the Bears lost the match to Ball State in three games, they were not blown out of the water in the least. Each game was close. !ough their hitting percentage was .108, Ball State’s hitting percentage was low as well at .144. In their Friday game, UNC battled back and buckled down on defense to earn their "rst win of the season. Eastern Illinois was up two games to none until team turned on the jets. !e "rst two sets of the game were neck and neck, but both went to EIU (21-25, 24-26). !e Bears seemed to take a turn in the third game, allow-ing far fewer lead changes and ties. !ey also kept the Panthers’ hitting percentages lower than the .229 and .317 they were allowed in the "rst two sets. !e Panthers’ percentages fell to .000, .100. and .091, respectively, in the "nal three sets of the game. !e overall hit percentage for the Bears was
.253 to the Panthers’ .153, with the Bears’ hard-hitting o#ense bringing more Bears hits, and steadfast defense keeping EIU all but locked down in the "nal three sets of the match. !ree Northern Colorado players recorded their "rst double-doubles of the 2014 season during the game. Spaustat put up 15 kills and 11 digs, while Guthrie put up 37 assists and 10 digs and junior outside hitter Kendra Cunningham put up 13 kills and 12 digs. UNC returns to Butler-Hancock September 3 for the 2014 home opener hosting eighteenth ranked Colorado State. !is will open up the Northern Colorado/Colorado State Classic. !e Bears will have a big task taking on CSU, sixth ranked Wisconsin, the national runner-up last year, and "nally Florida A&M.
Courtesy of UNCBears.comSenior middle blocker Andrea Spaustat helped the Bears team win two of its !rst three matches of the season in this weekend’s Ball State Tournament in Indiana.
Page 13September 2, 2014 SPORTS
WOMEN’S SOCCER LOSS TO NORTH DAKOTAThe high-energy game saw the Bears keeping pressure on the Bison, but a late-game goal cemented the UNC lossDylan [email protected]
!e University of Northern Colorado women’s soccer team (1-3-0) lost to North Dakota State University (4-0-0) Sunday a"ernoon, ending their 13-game undefeat-ed streak at Jackson Field. !ey had gone 9-0-4 at home, dating back to September of 2009. !e Bears started the #rst half with energy and immediately tested the Bison goaltender with quick plays along the edge, but failure to #nish when they got their chances resulted in a scoreless #rst half. At half, the shots were even for both teams at
four apiece. “We knew they were from the lowlands and we tried to put them under pressure early on and get them moving,” head coach Tim Barrera said. “We want to play fast and come out with that intensity. Against CSU we didn’t quite have that, and so we really stressed it in our players.” !e beginning of the second half again belonged to the Bears as they developed plays in the o$ensive half, but soon bad weather swept over the stadium and put the game on a thirty-minute delay. Following the delay, the Bison were able to convert on a turnover in UNC’s defen-sive end and a well-placed shot sailed past
junior goalkeeper Kaitlin Ru$ to put NDSU ahead by one at the 65th minute. Less than 30 seconds later, the Bears had the ball inside the Bison’s goalie box and a low shot hit a NDSU player in the hand, resulting in a pen-alty shot for junior Essence Ortiz-Laneir. Ortiz-Laneir #red a shot into the right hand corner to tie the game up at one. “In the locker room we talked about how in the beginning we wanted to put nonstop pressure on them,” Ortiz-Laneir said. “We didn’t know what kind of goalie she was, if she was going to drop it or catch it, so we were trying to test to see what she can do.” Ortiz-Laneir brought an intensity to the #eld that sparked the Bears o$ense and drove the attack through the middle of the pitch.
“Every time I get the ball I am like a magnet,” she said. “All the defenders come to me. In the back of my mind I was always thinking, ‘there is one person open.’” With a strong middle presence, the outside attack opened up and allowed for more creativity from UNC’s wingers, but the NDSU defense would not budge and kept the Bears outside the goalie box. !e Bears defense was able to shut down the Bison attack and kept the shots on goal low to a minimum. “Our goalie keeps us marked up really well and she is able to switch the #eld pretty easily,” freshman Loren Landrus said. “When we are able to switch the #eld, we end up getting a good attack from it.”
Shots from outside the box went high and never forced the Bison’s goalie to make the save.
“!ey bunkered in a little bit; in the sec-ond half we went around the corner on the right side and we had some good chances,” Barrera said. “It’s just a matter of putting shots on frame if we are going win games.” !e Bison would take the lead for the #nal time with a 70th minute goal and keep the Bears out for the remainder of the game. UNC managed 12 shots total, but only four on net.
Breelyn Bowe | !e MirrorFreshman defender Loren Landrus drives the ball in Saturday’s game against North Dakota State University. Despite heavy pressure on NDSU’s goalie, the Bears came up with a 2-1 loss.
Page 14 September 2, 2014SPORTS
NORTHERN COLORADO VS. COLORADO STATE at Fort Collins, Colo. 8/28/2014
SHOTSKassy Castillo (2)Paige Morris (1)
SHOTS ON GOALRebecca Lancia (1)Juliana Grover (1)Essence Ortiz-Laneir (1)Brooke Barden (1)
GOALIE: Kaitlin Ru!Shots on goal – 6Saves – 5Goals allowed – 1
SHOTSAmy Eckert (1)Mikaila Arao (1)Catherine Ruder (1)
SHOTS ON GOALErika Bratschun (1)Gianna Bertana (2)Janelle Stone (1)Mikaila Arao (1)Catherine Ruder (1)
GOALIE: Jesse McGinleyShots on goal – 4Saves – 4Goals allowed – 0
GOALSGianna BertanaCSU (1)
ASSISTSJanelle Stone CSU(1)
0-1UNC VS CSU
Corner KicksUNC – 2CSU – 4
FoulsUNC – 11CSU – 10
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Page 15September 2, 2014 FUN & GAMES
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Page 16 September 2, 2014A&E
JAZZ CONCERT A SUCCESSJazz from page 8
“Everyone gets really anxious because they’re just waiting to ! nd out [the audi-tion results], but hearing them helped me relax,” senior Kara Brewer said.
A" er the welcome back concert stu-dents exited Studio B, streaming towards bulletin boards where the results of their auditions had been posted.
While students were met with a mixture of joy and disappointment, it’s important
to remember the high-stress conditions of an audition.
Despite placing in top ensembles, senior Ben Parrish explained the limitations of an audition.
“Its not the determining factor of your whole range of skills, it’s only the few little things that the faculty are looking for,” he said. “It’s never the top of your playing.”
HYPNOTIC VIBES EMBRACES THE STAGEHypnotic from page 11
She also said having music available to download is almost essential for beginning bands these days.
“Save up to make recordings and put them out there,” Huckels said. “Mike Ring is on Spotify, Hyp Vibes is on
Spotify. # e more you’re out there, the more fans you will get, and more people can ! nd you.”
“As expensive as making an EP or making an album is, it’s worth it.”
Unique local music is all around Greeley, and a good portion of it comes from UNC’s talented students, music
majors and others.“I believe that there are so many gi" ed and talented
students in the arts programs at UNC and their presence should be noticed much more o" en,” Lopez said.
Photo provided by Hypnotic Vibes Hypnotic Vibes performs at ! e Moxi. ! e band members include, from le" to right, trumpet player Alex Vilanova, trombone player Sterling Swanson, vocalist and guitarist Joey Solano, bassist Davis Williams, and guitarist and backup vocalist Stefan Lopez.