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Reading honors Holocaust martyrsVolunteers gatheredat the UC Tuesdayto read the namesof those killeddecades ago.PAGE 2
ArtsArtist remembers Holocaust
Martin Mendelsbergshows off hisHolocaust photoexhibit in MichenerLibrary.PAGE 10
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The UNC StudentJudiciary convenedTuesday to hear and makerulings on select griev-ances filed regarding therecent Student Senate
elections.The justices heard three
grievances, filed againstJamie Britt, Natalie Litkeand Brittany Herrington.
Andrew Ransom, a can-didate for the director ofLegislative Affairs, filed agrievance against his oppo-
nent, Britt, regarding a con-versation Britt hadThursday, April 14 at thePenalty Box.
During a conversationwith two other University ofNorthern Colorado stu-dents, Britt allegedly askedif they voted. When theysaid they did not vote butwould have voted for GreekLife members if they were toparticipate, Britt allegedlysaid she did not care aboutGreek Life because it onlymakes up six percent of thestudent body. Ransom fileda grievance saying the state-ment was defamatory.
“Defamation of anorganization I’m openly
affiliated with is defamationof myself,” Ransom said. “Ifeel the comments weremade with malice.”
Both Ransom and Brittprovided two witnesses.
Britt said because theconversation happenedThursday, after the pollshad closed, the commentdid not affect the way anystudents voted.
“If my intention wasdefamation, it seems sort ofpointless to do that afterpolls had closed because allof the students who weregoing to vote for a specificcandidate had already been
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This year’s annual“Holocaust MemorialObservance Week: Couragein the Face of Evil” beganwith the reading of the litanyof martyrs Tuesday at theUniversity Center.
The City of Greeley,UNC, Aims CommunityCollege and the GreeleyInterfaith Associationorganized the reading tohonor the memory of thosewho were killed during the
Holocaust and under AdolfHitler’s reign.
The reading of the litanyis a long-standing traditionat the University of NorthernColorado and ACC.
“This is about the 15thtime UNC has hosted it,”said Naomi Johnson, aUNC library technician.“Otherwise, it has beenheld at Aims. This marksthe 32nd year of theGreeley HolocaustMemorial Observances andabout the 20th year thatUNC has participated in it.
In past years, the litany hasbeen held alternately in theAims Student Center and atthe (University Center).Because their student cen-ter has been redesigned, itmakes more sense to keepit at UNC.”
Students attending thereading could also partici-pate by reading the namesof some of the Holocaustvictims.
Students attended thereading for different rea-sons, some for class obliga-tions and some for morepersonal reasons.
“I’m in the class‘History of the Holocaust,’and we’re required to go tosome of the events that aregoing on this week,” saidAnnalese Davis, a sopho-more English major. “Ithink this event is nice, butit’s a shame that only a fewpeople are here.”
Other students had amore personal attachmentto the Holocaust.
Steven Gibson, a juniorspecial education major,said he was not planningon attending the eventbut was in the UC duringthe reading.
“It’s interesting becauseI have a family connectionto World War II and theHolocaust,” Gibson said.“My grandfather was one ofthe first United States sol-diers to liberate the peoplethere. He talked about it forabout two years. I like thisevent, I just wish more peo-ple would’ve known aboutit, then it would’ve had bet-ter attendance.”
Holocaust MemorialObservance Week isorganized by the GreeleyHolocaust MemorialObservance Committee,which comprises of UNC
and Aims faculty, Greeleycommunity members andothers.
Events will be hosted atvarious locations throughFriday.
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Terry Hunter reads names of victims killed during theHolocaust as part of Holocaust Memorial ObservanceWeek Tuesday at the University Center.
Judiciary hears elections grievances
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With finals weekapproaching, studentsnow have a new store toget back cash for theirused textbooks.
Textbook Brokers, anew bookstore servingUNC, opened in March andis located next to AspenLeaf Self Serve FrozenYogurt on 17th Street.
Logan Mahan, aColorado native and man-ager and partial owner ofthe store, said he is happy
the Textbook BrokersCompany decided to opena store in Colorado.
Textbook BrokersCompany is a nationalcompany with 65 otherlocations. The companyexpanded to Greeleybecause the University ofNorthern Colorado has agrowing community andstudent population.
Mahan said he enjoysliving in Greeley and real-ly likes UNC.
Some students haveheard of the new book-store, and others have
not. Rose Hedberg, asophomore English edu-cation major, is one of theformer.
“I’m pretty excited aboutthem buying high and sell-
ing low,” Hedberg said.The bookstore offers a
lot of the same productsand services as Barnes &
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PETA petition supports menu changesKATIE OWSTON
Some students argue thatas of now, UNC dining hallsdo not offer enough optionsfor a vegan or vegetarian stu-dent to have three full meals aday seven days a week.
Ryan Anderson, aUniversity of NorthernColorado student, felt he wasnot the only person on cam-pus who needed a sufficientvegan meal plan.
Although he didn’t per-sonally know them, Andersonsensed there were other stu-dents on campus who felt thesame as he.
He decided to face theproblem head on and con-tacted the largest youth ani-mal rights group in the world,peta2, a group under PETAthat deals with universityactivism.
“A few months ago, I con-tacted peta2, asking them tohelp set up a club on campuswhere vegan and vegetarianstudents could come togeth-
er, so they wouldn’t feel soalone,” Anderson said. “Theyended up doing a whole lotmore.”
Ryan Huling, the managerof college campaigns forpeta2, sent four representa-tives from the corporate officein Virginia to help facilitate apetition on UNC’s campus.
Within one day, morethan 850 students signed thepetition.
“The number of signa-tures our volunteers wereable to get in just one dayreally speaks to the stu-dent demand for healthierfood options on campus,”Huling said. “We came andsuccessfully showed oursupport for a vegan/vege-tarian food option in UNCdining halls.”
The petition results madeknown there are majorimprovements to be madewhen it comes to the types offood Dining Services offers.
UNC is not the only uni-versity whose students aretaking a stand. The number of
vegan and vegetarian stu-dents at UNC resembles thenumbers found at collegesaround the country.
Huling said in the pastweek, representatives havevisited the University ofWyoming, Utah StateUniversity and other insti-tutions to work alongsidestudents to get across themessage of offering morevegan and vegetarianoptions.
“The number of peoplethat are educated andaware of the suffering ani-mals face within the foodindustry is getting higher,and so is the number ofpeople seeking an alternateto the products animalsproduce,” he said.
Bon Appetit, a foodservice provider for col-leges around the country,conducted a recent surveyand found that the numberof vegetarian students hasincreased 50 percent infour years, and the numberof vegan students has more
than doubled. Campuses across the
country are seeing the sameincrease and facing the sameissue.
While the peta2 repre-sentatives were on campus,a few members of the teammet with UNC DiningServices to discuss potentialimprovements.
Since that time, Andersonhas continued gathering sig-natures for his petition andhas a meeting set up withDining Services next week.
“One of the peta2 repre-sentatives said DiningServices had tried goingvegan/vegetarian before butdidn’t have enough recipes ormaterials to do so,” Andersonsaid. “Ryan Huling sent mehundreds of vegan and vege-tarian recipes to take to mymeeting next week. Now allthey have to do is buy theingredients and make therecipes.”
For more informationvisit peta2’s website at www.peta2.com.
‘Brokers’ meet UNC students’ academic needs
See Bookstore, Page 7
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Thousands of reporters fromaround the world and thousandsof eager British subjects will con-vene Friday at Westminster Abbyfor the wedding of the PrinceWilliam, Prince of Wales, andCatherine Middleton.
Indeed, even NBC’s popularmorning news broadcast, “TheToday Show,” will give Americanstheir news from London onFriday. No detail about this wed-ding is too small for both televi-sion and print media to report;curious viewers and readers knowwhat Middleton’s ring looks like,they speculate on her gown(which a host of fashion designers
are waiting to imitate) and theyknow the guest list. In fact, thewedding has its own websitewhere individuals can see theschedule of events — the who,what, when, where and how.
Nevertheless, people need torealize what this wedding actual-ly is: a wedding; an everydayoccurrence.
Since the 1950s, Westernershave been willing to accept cultsof personality. In the middle ofthe twentieth century, sociolo-gists Max Horkheimer andTheodor Adorno warned thatpopular culture — the lives ofthose who are perceived as glam-
orous — would replace religionas, to steal a famous phrase fromKarl Marx, “the opiate of the peo-ple.” The media is high on thiswedding.
In our modern, media-richworld, many people have becometoo consumed by what seems likethe easy life. Thus, there is some-thing appealing about royalty —especially young, beautiful royalty— even if that royalty only servesas a figurehead, as the Englishmonarchy does.
Weddings should not be givenmore attention than, say, the cri-sis in Syria. However, it seemsthat the cries of Syria have been
silenced by the clamor ofWagner’s “Wedding March.”
Journalists have an obligationto inform the public about therealities of the world in which welive, not to simply distract us fromthat world.
The irony of writing abouthow the media gives too muchattention to a royal wedding isthat the writer gives even moreunnecessary attention to thewedding itself. Enough attentionhas been paid to this silly affair; itis time to get back to real news,the things that directly influencesthe lives of human beings in aglobal world.
This week’s poll question:Are you staying in Greeley overthe summer?
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Media attention to wedding a royal problem for integrityThe Mirror appreciates your opin-ions. You can submit your columnsor letters to the editor [email protected]. Columns canbe no longer than 400 words. Includeyour name, year and major.
LETTERS
Ifind it unfortunate thatelections are often deter-mined by popularity,
which is attributed to garneringlarge voter networks. These situ-ations contribute to less-than-ideal candidates becoming elect-ed, which halts progress.
Some candidates are able togain advantages over others simplybecause they belong to networks ororganizations that have large popu-lations. A candidate without anorganization of voters will often losebecause he or she isn’t able to getas many free votes as others.
And let it be clear that these are
free votes. A vote is not merit-basedwhen it is cast because a voter isfriends with a candidate or becausethe voter likes a particular organiza-tion that a candidate is/was affiliat-ed with.
Voters need to take the respon-sibility to research candidates’ plat-forms, find where they stand on rel-evant issues and see what theirshort-term and long-term plansare. Relevance is of high impor-tance. For example, with StudentSenate, a candidate’s views on mar-ijuana, abortion, blue laws, etc.,have no effect on his or her bearingto perform in office.
In the past, I have expressed mysupport for a voter literacy test.Literacy tests were outlawedbecause they were used to preventblack Americans from voting, but ifutilized properly and without racistmotives behind them, a revamped
exam that tests a voter’s knowledgeof candidates’ basic platformswould drastically reduce ignorantvoting.
If anything, literacy tests wouldforce voters to do more researchinto candidates, but because thatresearch is not being performed,candidates are becoming overcon-fident, and therefore lazy.
In this Student Senate election, Inoticed that without the pressurethat comes from having to earnvotes, some people become lax.
Many of the election documentsare public record, so I reviewedsome of the material. I read a candi-date-written document that consist-ed of 87 semantic and factual errors(a few of which may be debatablebased on modern/conservativecomma usage) in less than a page.
Many of these were recurringcapitalization and syntax errors—
sometimes concerning names ofpeople and organizations — butalso included contradictory nameusage, factual errors, commasplices, misspellings, and claimingknowledge of the contents of otherpeople’s thoughts.
I would like to believe that aneducated college student wouldhave the tools required to write aclean statement, especially whenthat student is running for a publicposition; however, my witnessing ofcontrary materials shows otherwise.
Surely, a person actively seekingvotes would endeavor to pay atten-tion to detail or at least proofread adocument, but this is not alwaysdone. So, voters, put the pressureon candidates, and make themearn your votes.
— Josh Divine is a junior mathe-matics major and a weekly columnist forThe Mirror.
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News6 The Mirror Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Two candidates reprimanded for Election Code violationscasted [sic],” Britt said. “Itdidn’t affect votes at all, evenif what I said was taken inthat way.”
Both Britt and her twowitnesses said the conver-sation did happen, but itwas in no way hostile, andRansom was not named inthe conversation.
The justices ruled thatthe statement was notdefaming to Ransom.Although Britt did sayGreek Life makes up onlysix percent of the popula-tion and Ransom is amember of Greek Life, the
statement did not directlydefame Ransom, and thegrievance was dropped.
The second grievance wasfiled by Christopher Pezza, acandidate for director ofUniversity Relations, againstLitke for violating campaignregulations by slipping fliersunder doors in North Halland hanging a flier in RossHall.
The Election Codestates if a candidatewants to distribute fliersin the residence halls, thefliers must be approvedthrough Housing andResidential Education,
which in turn gives thefliers to resident assis-tants to distribute.
Litke said she receivedpermission to hang fliersin North Hall but did notreceive permission to dis-tribute fliers under doors.
Pezza’s two witnesses,both of whom providedstatements via email, live inNorth Hall and received thefliers under their doors.
However, the witnesseswere not able to identifyone of the women placingthe fliers under doors asLitke, and Litke said the flierpresented at the hearing,
which Pezza provided, wasnot made by her, but was acopy of one she made.
Litke said she did notpersonally distribute thefliers in the residence halland should not be pun-ished for the work of others.
She also said she did notplace the flier in Ross Halland does not know who did.
“I did not knowingly orwillingly violate the electioncode,” Litke said.
Danielle Morgan, theelections commissioner, saidLitke was aware some of thefliers were distributed andworked to get rid of them.
After deliberation, thejustices decided candi-dates are responsible forthe actions of their cam-paign team, and neitherLitke nor her campaignteam received permissionto distribute fliers to indi-vidual rooms in North Hall.
The judiciary decidedto reprimand Litke, andfour percent of her totalvotes will be deducted.
The third and final griev-ance was filed by Morganagainst Brittany Herrington, adirector of Diverse Relationswrite-in candidate.
Section 9 sub-section J of
the Election Code states thateach candidate must keep anaccurate campaign andspending record and submitreceipts to the commissioner.
Morgan said Herringtondid not provide receipts of hercampaign, and Herringtonwas not present at the hearingto make a statement.
The judiciary ruledthis as a major violationof the Election Code, and20 percent ofHerrington’s total voteswill be deducted.
The final StudentSenate election results willbe available today.
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The ‘Riddle’ of social network intricacies explained in new bookBENJAMIN WELCH
Though the term “socialnetwork” produces visionsof Facebook courtesy of arecent movie about thewebsite’s founders, thetrue definition is morecomplicated than clickingthe “friend” button.
Mark Riddle, a sociologyprofessor at UNC, is assist-ing others in making thatdefinition in two articlesthat will be published in“The SAGE Handbook ofSocial Network Analysis” inMay.
Riddle defines socialnetworking as somethingother than the popularwebsite:
“If you are at the centerof a hub of people, andeverybody’s connected toyou but not to each other,then there are a lot ofpotential ties there but notactual ties,” he said.
The two articles, “A
Brief Introduction toAnalyzing Social NetworkData” and “Concepts andMeasures for BasicN e t w o r kAnalysis,” arethe prefacingchapters in thehandbook andare an introduc-tion to the math-ematics of socialnetwork analy-sis. Riddle saidthe two chaptersare like a statis-tics book, pro-viding aid toresearchers whowant to look intothe topic.
“People are connectedin a variety of ways,” Riddlesaid. “So talking about dif-ferent dimensions of theirconnectedness can havedifferent meanings, and(the articles show) how tocompute it. Here’s how tomake the numbers work.”
Though Riddle is now
gaining prominence in thefield of sociological studies,his path toward discover-ing his passion was not an
easy one.He received
his bachelor’sdegree in musictheory andc o m p o s i t i o nfrom OccidentalCollege in LosA n g e l e s .Afterward, hegot his theologydegree andspent a decadeas a priest. Hesaid he knewthe clergy was
not his calling, and after achance meeting withsociologists, he pursuedhis master’s and subse-quently his doctorate insociology from theUniversity of California atRiverside.
While at UCR, heteamed up with his disser-tation adviser and mentor,
Robert Hanneman, to co-author a textbook.
“What our chapters dois try to show some of theconnections between howone observes data andgains insight about it onone hand, and formalmathematical structure onthe other hand,”Hanneman said.
Hanneman and Riddlebecame close friends andresearch partners. The twoarticles being published inSAGE are from the secondedition of that initial text-book.
“He was the mentor Ihope to be to my stu-dents,” Riddle said ofHanneman.
The “SAGE Handbookof Social Network Analysis”was the first comprehen-sive collection of readingscovering the sociologicalapproaches to social net-works, Hanneman said.Previous handbooks ofsocial analysis discussed
topics ranging from onlineinteraction to connectivityof terrorist attack victims tocorporate networks.
This year’s handbookwill also concentrate on thefuture of social networking.
“It is the end-all andbe-all of the social sci-ences, at the moment,”Riddle said. “There havebeen people doing socialnetwork analysis for along time, and numericrepresentations exist asearly as the 1940s. But, ofcourse the growth insocial media of variouskinds has been phenome-nal in the last decade. So,currently there are a lot ofresearchers trying to lookinto how people are con-nected on Facebook,Twitter, and to a lesserextent, MySpace, and try-ing to develop models forwhat that looks like andtrying to make claimsabout what’s happeningsocially.”
In addition to his workon social network analysis,Riddle has published ineducational journals aboutresearch on higher educa-tion and contributed to ajournal on disabilities.Currently, he is preppingfor an article on moralpanic, which is how peopleget excited over items ofinterest that are in the pub-lic eye over short periods oftime.
Though the ideasbehind social analysis andthe steps to achieve data inthe field create a difficultprocess, Hanneman sumsup the basic theory.
“Our chapters are basi-cally about what are themain concepts and toolsand translating ideasabout social structure intomathematical form,”Hanneman said. “This willbe a prominent publica-tion cited by manyresearchers for a longtime.”
Mark Riddle said social net-working is the end-all and be-all of thesocial sciencesright now.
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New bookstore opens
Noble at the UniversityCenter and The Book Stopon 16th Street.
Mahan said the store’smain objective is to providestudents with the textbooksthey need. The companyprides itself on buying backbooks at a higher price aswell as selling books as alower cost.
The store also buys backcalculators, cell phones andvideo games and sells UNCgear.
Sean Flannery, a sopho-more art major, said he hasheard of the new store.
“I think it’s a really coolidea that they sell otheritems needed for classes,”Flannery said.
Many students are won-dering how all three book-stores are going to fare withthe current competition, butboth Flannery and Hedbergsaid they believe it has ashot, especially because theuniversity is getting morestudents every year.
Flannery said he thinksany store that will give theBarnes & Noble a run for itsmoney is a good idea.
Textbook Brokers man-agers said the store’semployees are well-educat-ed and will work with stu-dents to help them get thebest price possible. Thestore is not hiring at thistime, but Mahan said thestore will be hiring part-timehelp at the beginning andend of each semester.
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Ivy League schools not only world-changersBENJAMIN WELCH
Tell someone anywhereother than Colorado that yougo to UNC and their eyeswiden as they ask, “NorthCarolina?”
Though the Universityof Northern Colorado bas-ketball team may not bequite on the same level asour east coast sisterschool’s (yet), some of ouruniversity’s research find-ings may be comparable tothat of larger institutes.
This academic year, nineUNC professors and studentshave been involved with newresearch finds featured in themedia. Some of these storieshave made it on the national
news circuit, appearing onTV networks like ABC Newsand in large newspapers likethe Denver Post.
Anthropology professorsBob Brunswig and DavidDiggs used equipment tolocate Native-American sites,geology professor StevenAnderson is helping to moni-tor volcano explosions, biolo-gy professor Chhandak Basuand graduate student BrendaThornton have shown plantsclean air pollutants at a fasterrate than previously known,biology professor StephenMackessy has conductedresearch with snake venomthat may cure cancer, biologyprofessor Rick Adams anddoctoral student Mark Hayeshave done much prominent
research about bats and theirhabitat and math professorIgor Szczyrba is helpingdevelop a football helmetthat reduces brain damage.
True, UNC members maynot be creating billion-dollarindustries through Internetsocial networking sites like acertain ex-Harvard student,but the research performed isstill benefiting the world andthe scientific community.
This has been provenby the effort put forth bythese campus communitymembers.
Research is important,and as humans, everyonehas a responsibility toattempt to leave the world alittle better they found it. Wehave a humane duty to socie-
ty to make a conscious effortto solve world problems.
Though others may sayUNC is too small a school tocontribute much to the sci-entific community, or theefforts by professors and stu-dents pale in comparison tothe findings of larger schools,these UNC researchers haveembraced the task of worldbetterment and have per-formed this duty to a morethan acceptable degree.
When UNC membershave cured cancer, maybewe can finally stop makingmovies about students whoare building shallow, life-consuming websites.
— Benjamin Welch is ajunior journalism major and edi-tor of The Mirror.
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ALEXANDRIA VASQUEZ [email protected]
A reception was hostedon Tuesday evening in theMari Michener Gallery forMartin Mendelsberg’shaunting, eye-opening artdisplay commemoratingvictims of the Holocaust.
The Friends of theUNC Libraries sponsoredthe event, which was oneof the first in a week ofHolocaust memorialobservances coordinatedby the City of Greeley.
The display featured 50pieces of art dedicated toexploring the typographyof the Hebrew alphabetand connecting it to thedevastation of theHolocaust. Mendelsberg,the 62-year-old artist,
explained that his discov-ery of an old family photowas what inspired theentire collection.
The piece thatspawned the rest of thecollection features aphoto of two young girls,relatives of Mendelsbergwho were lost in theHolocaust. He accompa-nied this photo with the“shemah,” whichMendelsberg considers tobe one of the most impor-tant Jewish prayers. It isthe prayer many Jewsrecited before theiruntimely deaths in the gaschambers.
“We’re fortunate thathe allowed us to displayhis art,” said NaomiJohnson, who co-chaired
the event. Johnsonbooked Mendelsberg, anacclaimed Denver artistwho was exhibited inter-nationally two years ago.
The incorporation ofreal photographs gave thedisplay a poignant touch.
Learning about theHolocaust from a text-book is vastly differentfrom making an emo-tional connection withsuch tragic events, andart helps makes thoseconnections.
“I’ve known about theHolocaust and what hap-pened, but putting it intoan art form really broughtit home,” said AleahMeade, a freshman jour-nalism major.
While the images were
made modern with thehelp of a computer,Mendelsberg’s interest inthe Hebrew alphabetstarted years ago withonly a quill fashionedfrom a turkey feather.
“I was totally amazedby the aesthetics of theletters,” Mendelsbergsaid.
The artists spent sevenyears studying with a“sofer,” the Hebrew wordfor scribe, in order tolearn how to produceHebrew letters.
The scribe is responsi-ble for writing the Torahscrolls, which are used forworship in synagoguesaround the world.
Handouts with illustra-tions of the Hebrew
alphabet and explana-tions of the story of theShoah were available atthe reception.
Mendelsberg also led awalkthrough of his art forthose in attendance.However, his hope is thateach viewer can take awayhis or her own interpreta-
tion of the art.“My pieces are pur-
posefully small, so thatyou have to stop and lookat the details. You mightnot know the full story,but you, as the viewer,have the power to com-plete the story,”Mendelsberg said.
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UNC is a small schoolwith a big reputation forproducing artists of excel-lent quality, and MattSmiley, an alumnus of themusic graduate school atthe University ofNorthern Colorado, is anexample.
After recently com-pleting his master’sdegree, Smiley formed amusical alliance with ahandful of jazz aficiona-dos to create his self-pro-duced album, “QuartetArt.” The album wasrecorded over a span oftwo days in UNC’s
recording studio. It wasmixed and mastered bymusic veteran GregHeimbecker. This collab-oration brought Smileytogether with threefriends from his under-graduate years inVirginia.
Bandmates includefellow UNC alumniMatthew Coyle (drummerand percussionist), JamesMadison University saxo-phone professor DavidPope (trumpet), JoshReed (trumpet) and RyanFourt (guitar).
“I moved from Virginiato Colorado to get a mas-ter’s in jazz, and I thought
how nice the recordingarea was here, and that Ishould not only get adegree but also producemy first album,” Smileysaid. “The students atUNC are really creativeindividuals. It’s been real-ly great.”
Half of the music wasmeticulously composedby Smiley himself, andthe other half featuresrecorded improvisationsof the other artists, fol-lowing Smiley’s direction.The four musicians havebeen playing together forthe past seven years.
“There are a lot of differ-ent influences. Anthony
Braxton, the saxophonist,was one; he used a lot of dif-ferent symbolsand more art-based things inthe way hewould write hismusic out. Forinstance, thetitle trackcomes from dif-ferent shapes Iwrote out, likecircles and tri-angles.”
Ryan Fourtc u r r e n t l yresides inGreeley, work-ing as a freelance musi-cian, playing with music
faculty and graduate stu-dents on a frequent basis.
“I wasi n v o l v e dwith most ofthe freeimprov stuff,which isreally fun toplay, justbeing able tolisten toeach otherand feed offeach other.S o m e t i m e sit’s bad, ands o m e t i m e syou make
some musical magic,”Fourt said. “We were real-
ly trying to create sonictextures and sounds asopposed to just playing.”
The full CD was releasedMarch 29, and that sameday made iTunes’ list of top-20 selling albums in the jazzcategory. It is also currentlyavailable on EMusic.
Each track is unique,and some lively songs,such as “Skeed” or“Hagalaz,” suggest a rockvibe. Others are sweet,such as “Stars Fill the Sky.”
“‘Quartet Art’ will takethe listener’s ear and mindon a voyage into the worldof sound that is MattSmiley,” the foursome’swebsite advertises.
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Artist Martin Mendelsberg explains one of the pieces to onlook-ers on Tuesday evening in Michener. His exhibit, “HolocaustPortfolio,” is now on display in the Mari Michener Gallery.
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UNC Alumnus produces jazz album that does well on iTunes charts
Artist displays Holocaust-inspired works in Michener
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On Friday and Saturday,the College of Performing andVisual Arts, the School ofMusic and the School ofTheatre and Dance conclud-ed their 2010-11 opera the-ater season exclusively madeup of content composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart .
The last show of a seasonthat also included perform-ances of “The Marriage ofFigaro” and “The MagicFlute” was “Don Giovanni.”The two-act play was firstperformed in Prague in 1786.The drama taps into the DonJuan myth and centers on anarrogant, wealthy young man
who cannot keep his sexualdesires under control,destroying the mores of hissociety. The more DonGiovanni defies convention,the more he stokes the ire ofhis peers.
As in most operas, thehero suffers from his ownsense of hubris, a fall thatcomes with his pride. DonGiovanni even brings aboutthe wrath of the supernaturalwhen his sordid life gets too
out of control.Since its first perform-
ance, “Don Giovanni,”Spanish for Don Juan, hasinspired countless artists. Forexample, the notableVictorian playwright GeorgeBernard Shaw relied on someof the themes from “DonGiovanni” for his “Man andSuperman.”
The opera was per-formed in its original Italian,but attendees of the showwere provided with translat-ed subtitles.
Under the direction ofRussell Guyver, theUniversity SymphonyOrchestra provided theshow’s music.
University of Northern
Colorado art and designprofessor Seiger Hartgersprovided some of the setdecorations.
All of the operas were heldin the Union Colony Civic
Center in either the HenselPhelps Theatre or MonfortHall.
Brian Luedloff currentlyserves as the director ofopera theatre at UNC.
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The city of Greeley andUNC music students willbe showered with thesmooth classic styles ofthe 41st annual JazzFestival, which begins onThursday and ends onSaturday.
This three-day eventwill be hosted at theUnion Colony CivicCenter’s Monfort Hall.This large-scale event isone of the biggest in thenation: it hosts about7,500 jazz students whorange from collegiate lev-els to middle school.
The Jazz Festival lastsfor the majority of theday and night.Throughout the days ofthe festival, free activi-ties, performances andworkshops will be held
for the public and theUniversity of NorthernColorado community.
During the week,about 250 students, vari-ous bands and manyvocal ensembles will per-form.
At night, evening mainstage spectacular con-certs will commence.These groups of concertsbegin at 7:30 p.m. and areschedule to end at 10:00p.m.
New York Voices withUNC Jazz Band I andNorthern ColoradoVoices are two bands thatwill perform on Thursday.
On Friday, An Eveningwith Chick Corea andGary Burton and All-StarBig Band are slated toperform.
On Saturday, the lastday of the event, BennyGreen and UNC Jazz
Band I will take the stagealong with Jeff Coffin andDonny McCaslin, whowill be performing a trib-ute to John Coltrane.
For night lovers, theJazz Festival will alsoinclude “After Hours”concerts. These perform-ances will begin at 10:15p.m. on Friday andSaturday evening at theClarion Hotel on 8thStreet.
Music lovers of all agesare able to partake in
these free sessions, butattendees will be admit-ted on a first-come-first -served basis.
After Hours will behosting special guests thatinclude Clay Jenkins, PaulMcKee, Don Aliquo andother musicians from theUNC Jazz Faculty Trio.
For more information,details and facts aboutthe41st annual JazzFestival, visit uncjaz-zfest.com or call 970-351-2394.
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41st annual Jazz Festival brings smooth sounds
Amadeus’ reign ends with UCCC performance, hero fights customs
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From left to right: Christopher Rogers, Mark Petersonand Kara Bishop sing in the Saturday night perform-ance of “Don Giovanni” in the UCCC.
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Baseball drops series finale to rival Air ForceBEN WARWICK
Fans attendingThursday’s UNC baseballgame against Air Forceexpecting the usual slugfestinstead found themselveswatching a rare pitcher’s duel.
In his first career start onthe mound, University ofNorthern Colorado seniorpitcher Brendan Hall wentfour spotless innings for theBears (12-27, 8-4 GWC), giv-ing up two hits and strikingout a career-high four battersin the 4-1 loss to the Falcons.
Hall would have pitchedlonger, but the teams hadpreviously agreed on a pitch-count limit for their starters asthe game was a non-confer-ence affair.
“First inning, it was justabout challenging — work-ing ahead of each batter,”Hall said. “My biggest men-tality when I get back out
there for the fourth is workfast, work ahead, and just tryto get some ground balls orsome fly-ball outs and justmake it a quick inning so Ican get my offense back inthere to hopefully keep thegood ‘mojo’ going.”
UNC junior outfielderJarod Berggren, who hasbeen on a recent hot streak,went 1-for-4 at the plate.Junior first baseman CaseyCoy, senior outfielderMarcus Valenzuela, andjunior shortstop AdamHilker each added hits oftheir own. Hilker alsoscored UNC’s only run on aRBI single by junior out-fielder Bret Fanning in thethird inning. Two otherBears also connected forbase hits in the game.
Berggren said heattributes his hot streak toa renewed approach atthe plate.
“I think earlier, I was reallypressing,” Berggren said. “Iwas trying to do more than Icould, and now it’s kind ofjust like go out there and seewhat I can do instead of whatI think I should.”
UNC freshman ChrisHammer went three inningsin relief of Hall. Though healso struck out four, heallowed four hits and tworuns to take the loss and runhis record to 1-4 on the year.
The Falcons got their firstrun in the fifth inning whensenior designated hitter JonMcMahon led off with a dou-ble and was brought homeon a single by sophomorethird baseman Matt Thorne.
Air Force scored againin the seventh on an RBItriple by freshman out-fielder Patrick Lobo andagain in the eighth whenMcMahon and Thorneboth singled to plate one
run apiece to give theFalcons their 4-1 winningmargin.
Though the Bears lefteight runners on base,UNC head coach CarlIwasaki said the team’soffense showed a lot ofpositives going into a 16-game conference stretch.
“We’re not going to winevery game,” Iwasaki said. “Aslong as we play our style ofbaseball, which is high-ener-gy and playing hard everypitch, it doesn’t matter whatthe outcome on the score-board is, as long as we controlour energy and our effort.”
UNC remains 8-4 in GreatWest play, earning them sec-ond in the conference withjust over three weeks left inthe regular season.
Iwasaki also said the teamis confident going into its nextseries against the New JerseyInstitute of Technology,
which starts at 3 p.m. Fridayat Jackson Field
To play well, Iwasaki saidthe team has to keep the
mentality in mind they’vehad all year long.
“Let’s take it one pitch at atime,” Iwasaki said.
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UNC freshman catcher Matt Jones runs toward thirdbase Tuesday against Air Force at Jackson Field.Jones went 1-for-3 in the game.
Senior pitcher comes back from surgery, becomes aceSAMANTHA FOX
In his five years at UNC,senior pitcher Joe Sawicki hasbecome a significant part thebaseball team’s pitching staff.
Last week, Sawicki wasnamed Great West Pitcher ofthe Week for the fifth time inhis career. Last season he wasalso named to the all-confer-ence first team and GreatWest Pitcher of the Year.
Three seasons ago,Sawicki had Tommy Johnsurgery on his right elbowafter it snapped during one ofhis starts at New MexicoState. Sawicki said the rehabmade his elbow and shoulder
stronger last season when hehad a 3.06 ERA�.
In that season, Sawickihad to step up following theloss of key pitchers after theprevious season.
“He was just kind ofshoved into that role — hehadn’t taken on that leader-ship role yet, and he reallytook it upon himself to getbetter,” said senior secondbaseman T.J. Berge. “Heworked out in the weightroom—gained a lot of weight.He just really led by example,and when he gets on themound he’s all business, anda lot of people take to that.”
Sawicki moved toColorado from Georgia in
2001 and senior outfielderMarcus Valenzuela has beenfriends with Sawicki since.
“We’ve playedtogether for solong, and it wasgreat to see himreally realize howgood he was,”Valenzuela said.“And once hecame into his ownwhen he got here,it was really goodto see because healways had that.He never reallyrealized until hegot to college howgood he really was, and I thinkonce he started to realize that,
I think it was all smooth sail-ing from there.”
Valenzuela said one of hisfavorite memoriesof playing withSawicki wasagainst Poudretheir senior year atMonarch HighSchool.
“One time inhigh school, wewere beating ateam so bad weneeded to basi-cally strikeout forthe third out onpurpose with thebases loaded, so
they put Joe in,” Valenzuelasaid. “They figure he’s a pitch-
er and he would have noproblem striking out on pur-pose, and he ended up hittinga grand slam and got in trou-ble with our coach, but it wasmore hilarious than any-thing.”
Sawicki was not originallyplanning on attending UNCor playing baseball until a callcame from former headcoach Kevin Smallcomb.
“I was two weeks awayfrom going to CU and notplaying baseball,” Sawickisaid. “We were on a plane toAlbuquerque, New Mexicoto play in the regionals forhigh school, and right whenwe land I’m waking up froma nap and got a call from
coach Smallcomb and hewas like, ‘Hey Sawicki, CoachSmallcomb here. I was justwondering if I could have aminute of your time.’ And Istraight up big-leagued himand told him I’d call himback.”
After graduation, Sawickisaid he hopes to keep playingbaseball, and has a job linedup working as a salesman inhis dad’s business.
“I’ve known him for eightmonths now; I love that kid.He does everything we ask,”head coach Carl Iwasaki said.“He’s going to graduate intwo weeks, and he’s going tobe a success in whatever hechooses to do in life.”
Joe Sawicki has a 1.80 ERAand a 2-0 record inconference gamesthis season.
Senior second base-man T.J. Berge has been astaple in the UNC lineupsince his freshman yearon campus. Berge gradu-ates in two weeks, after acareer to remember atUNC. Berge comes from abaseball family, as hisfather Jordan, who alsoattended the University ofNorthern Colorado, wasdrafted in the 27th roundof the MLB Draft by theCincinnati Reds in 1982.
Berge took some timeTuesday to talk with TheMirror about his senioryear, plans for after grad-uation, and what moti-vates him off the field.
The Mirror: What isyour motivation behindyour senior season?
Berge: I just want to goout there and have thebest season I possibly canto help my team win, and
that is kind of a byprod-uct. I also want to contin-ue playing after this year.In the offsea-son, I’ve gottensome calls, andso hopefully Ican play wellenough to getpicked up, andwe can win a lotof games andget a conferencechampionshipthis year.
The Mirror:What is the mainthing you feelcontributed tothe sweep this past week-end?
Berge: I feel like we’rejust out there a lot moreconfident than we havebeen all year. I think evenwhen things go bad for aninning, I think we’re ableto pick each other up awhole lot better than wehave been for the entireyear.
The Mirror: What’s
your mentality for the restof the season?
Berge: Goout there, and Ithink we canbeat anybodyon our day. So,I think ourmentality isthat we justhave to go outthere and trustourselves anddo what we cando, because wecan play withanybody. I feellike we giveourselves a
chance to win everygame.
The Mirror: What, toyou, is the bright spot ofthe team this year?
Berge: Right now, ourdefense and pitching isunbelievable. They’vebeen doing just a greatjob of getting us groundballs. No one’s trying todo too much right now.Hitting-wise, I think a lot
of people are trying to doa little bit too much …You saw it this weekendwhen we had double-digitruns, and everybody’s justplaying confident andtrusting ourselves.
The Mirror: Why’d youchoose second base whenyou started playing?
Berge: Honestly, I gotput at second base when Iwas eight years old, andI’ve never moved. In highschool, I was moved overto short, and then anotherkid came in who was ayear younger than me.He’s actually the SouthDakota State shortstopright now, so I’ve alwayshad a pretty good short-stop around me as towhere I’ve always beenthe guy one over.
The Mirror: Who wasyour favorite player grow-ing up?
Berge: Ken Griffey Jr.and Vladimir Guerrero. Iknow they don’t play sec-ond base, but who doesn’t
love Ken Griffey Jr.? Thereason I love Vlad Guerrerois because he can hit any-thing. He can hit the ballfrom his head to his toes,and he’ll hit it anywhere.That kind of confidence isunbelievable.
The Mirror: What’syour favorite thing to dooff the field?
Berge: Probably eat. Ieat more than anyone I’veever met, to be honestwith you. You wouldn’tknow it to look at me, butmy roommate tells me Imake him sick when we
go out to eat. He’s justlike, “I’m going to throwup because of how muchyou’re eating right now.”
The Mirror: Finally,does your future aftergraduation include base-ball at all?
Berge: Absolutely. Ihope it does. From thebeginning of the year, Iwas doing really well, andI think lately I’ve hit kindof a lull, so I think if I canpick myself up and getgoing again, I think I’llhave a very good chanceof continuing playing.
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Baseball, softball players honored
Getting to know: senior T.J. Berge
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A UNC baseball andsoftball player earnedconference player of theweek honors, theirrespective conferencesannounced Tuesday.
University of NorthernColorado junior outfielderJarod Berggren was namedthe Great West ConferencePlayer of the Week for thesecond time in three weeksfor games played last week.
Berggren hit the game-winning two-run homerunin the top of the ninthinning April 19 at Air Force
after fouling off five con-secutive pitches.
In the team’s weekendf o u r - g a m esweep of confer-ence foe Texas-Pan American,Berggren went 8-for-16 with fourof those hitsgoing for extrabases. He hadfive RBIs Sundayin the team’snine-run fifthinning, hitting athree-run homerand a two-run single tohelp complete the sweep.
This is the third time in
his career Berggren hasgarnered this award.
Melanie Buol of theUNC softballteam, however,was named thePacific CoastS o f t b a l lC o n f e r e n c e ’ sM o u n t a i nDivision Playerof the Week forthe first time inher career.
A sophomorethird baseman,Buol went 7-for-
12 in the team’s weekendsplit of a four-game roadseries against Utah Valley.
She had 6 RBIs and twohomeruns to help the Bearskeep pace with PortlandState for the top spot in theMountain Division. Thewinner of the division willhost the 2011 PCSCChampionship Series withan NCAA Tournamentberth up for grabs.
The softball team startsa four-game series withPortland State at noonSunday at Butler-HancockSoftball Field, and thebaseball team starts a four-game series with the NewJersey Institute ofTechnology at 3 p.m.Friday at Jackson Field.
Melanie Buol earned her firstPCSC Player of theWeek award of hercareer Tuesday.
T.J. Bergesaid he hopes tocontinue playingbaseball aftergraduation.
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