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UpcomingIn Friday’sissue of TheMirror, readabout theservices UNCoffers to veter-ans of the U.S.military.
History of horses highlightedA CU professor dis-cusses the animal’simportance duringNative AmericanHeritage Week.PAGE 2
SportsWomen’s hoops to tip off season
The UNC women’sbasketball teamopens its season onSaturday at BradleyUniversity.PAGE 6
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CU professor talkshistory of horsesAMANDA STOUTENBURGH
Students and facultywere given the opportuni-ty to learn about the histo-ry and influence of anoften-overlooked animalas part of Native AmericanHeritage Week Monday.
Thomas Andrews, a his-tory professor at theUniversity of Colorado,spoke to UNC studentsabout his new project,“Vehicles of Resistance:Horses, Native Peoples, andEuroamericans in the NorthAmerican Borderlands,” aspart of Native AmericanHeritage Week.
Andrews is also theauthor of “Killing forCoal: America’s DeadliestLabor War” and co-author of “The Five Cs ofHistory.”
Andrews said he hasonly started the prelimi-nary research for his latestproject and is thinking thisproject will take him awhile to finish.
The presentationfocused on a specificchapter in Andrews’
upcoming book, a chap-ter titled “Vehicles ofResistance.”
Andrews said hedecided to write a bookabout the history of ani-mals because it piquedhis interest when heresearched the subject forprevious topics.
He wanted to analyzehow animals such as live-stock and other large crea-tures have affected humansin different ways, from theintroduction of horses toNorth America in the 1500sthrough present day.
Andrew’s presentationalso discussed how hors-es became differentthings to different peopleover time.
To some cultures,horses were food; to oth-ers, they were packhorses;and still to others, theywere currency.
If one Native Americanhad more horses thananother, he was consideredwealthier, and those whohad few or none were con-sidered poor.
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Thomas Andrews, an author and associate professor of historyat CU -- Boulder, spoke about the historic roles of horses,Native Americans and Euroamericans Monday at the UC.
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Some students derive a greatsatisfaction from their subjectmatter, so they choose to studytheir field at an advanced level,seeking a master’s or doctoratedegree. However, undergradu-ates who want a graduate degreehave one ridiculous obstacle: theGraduate Records Examinations.
The Educational TestingService, the umbrella companyfor the GRE, the Praxis and theSAT, has a monopoly on gradu-ate school admissions. The vastmajority of graduate programsrequire the GRE. Thus, if a stu-
dent wants admission into amajor university, he or she willmost likely encounter the GRE.
This test is designed to meas-ure a prospective graduate stu-dent’s ability to achieve at thegraduate level. Its tests in writing,vocabulary, mathematical reason-ing and analytical reasoning aremeant to provide graduate admis-sions staff the tools to determinean applicant’s future performance.
Potential performance is notthe same thing as actual per-formance, though. An individualmay do poorly in undergraduate
classes, but it cannot be conclu-sively proven that person will dobadly in graduate school.
A test is not destiny, andmany non-academic factorsinfluence a test taker’s ability toperform well, like appropriatesleep and diet. It is absurd that afour-hour test can be viewed asequal to four years of experiencefrom a bachelor’s degree. Someschools say that they take apotential student’s entire appli-cation into consideration: tran-scripts with GPA, letters of rec-ommendations and a curricu-
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Generational researchis tricky business. Itmay seem that a gen-
eration’s attitudes are definedby the year of birth, but atti-tudes may be defined moreoften by age. This sounds thesame, but I mean to say that asa generation gets older, themajority values change in gen-eral, regardless of which gener-ation they are tagged under.
A new Pew Research poll com-pares political and social valuesbased on generational standards.The research finds the youngestgeneration, the “Millennials,” tobe more politically disengagedand Democrat, while the “Silents”
are more vocal about their dis-content with the state of thecountry and its president.Ironically, the Silent generationwas named so for its surprisinglack of involvement in nationalpolicy and protest. The image oftheir “silence” only proved true inthat generation’s youth.
Could it be then that thedetached and dispiritedMillennial generation foretoldby the older folks is less a fact ofgenerational gap than life expe-rience? Generations change asthey grow. The Silents skewedDemocrat during the Clintonyears and were responsible forhis election but are now moreRepublican, if not in registrationthan in stance. They side withRepublicans on almost all issuesexcept Social Security, which issplit evenly.
The Millennials, on the otherhand, identify with Democrats
on most fronts. This appears tostem from a greater diversitythan any previous generation,with greater racial tolerancethan any before. Or perhaps itcomes from the economic cir-cumstances of the Bush andObama years, when Millennialscame of age. But whetherMillennial leftism is an actualgenerational change or merelythe effect of current youthtrends remains to be seen. Likethe Silents, Millennials couldfind a new political alignmentlater in life.
With those two generations onopposite ends, both politicallyand age-wise, there is more reve-lation in the generationsbetween. For example,Generation X, now aged 31 to 46,voted for Obama in 2008, butnow slightly favor a Republicanas our next president. Boomers,who make up more than a third
of the electorate, are difficult toparse from the other generations.For example, older Boomers,those closer in age to the Silents,are more Democrat than youngerones. Clearly in this case, politicalstance has a greater division bythe particular economy of agroup’s youth than by their age atthe time of study.
While it is fascinating to seethe shifts in attitude from theSilents to the Millennials, when itcomes to the political game of thenext election, candidates andtheir researchers must align theirdivision of generations not by thearbitrary boundary lines of agegroup but by common economicand political histories: historiesthat change not every 20 years,but each and every day.
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The presentation of thealtars is a traditional cele-bration during the Dial delos Muertos, and theMovimiento EstudiantilChicano de Aztlan student
group kept this traditionalive at UNC Tuesday.
The Semana de losMuertos celebration offi-cially ended last week onthe Day of the Dead, Nov. 2,but the presentation of thealtars had to be postponeddue to the University of
Northern Colorado’s cam-pus closure Oct. 26.
The altars feature someof the favorite items ofthose who have passed on,such as food or toys, andare constructed to lure thedead back to Earth for Dialde los Muertos.
“El Dial de losMuertos, or the Day of theDead, is when familiescongregate at gravesites,homes or communityevents across theSouthwest and Mexico tohonor those that havepassed on,” said Priscilla
Falcon, a professor ofHispanic studies. “Peoplebring tools to clean thegravesites, shrines or finalresting places of the dear-ly departed.”
Dial de los Muertoscelebrations continue tobe important in Mexicanculture.
“They provide a visibleand effective way ofmaintaining and evenstrengthening traditionsthat have their roots inthe Spanish and laterMexican popular culturalpractices,” Falcon said.“At the same time, theyserve an important socialfunction of allowing com-
munities to maintain acollective identity.”
Students who partici-pated in the event saidthey thought it was a goodidea to help the commu-nity learn more aboutother cultures.
“I didn’t really knowmuch about the eventbefore I started research-ing it and listening to theother groups,” saidBrianna Rodriguez, afreshman elementaryeducation major. “When Istarted researching moreabout the altars, then Iwas eager to show off my
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Campus competition cooks up chili for charityCARMEN BRADY
Buffalo meat and choco-late don’t seem like theywould mingle well on thepalate. Mix them in a chili,and your taste buds may tellyou different.
Different styles of chiliwere served at UNC, fromunique concoctions to tra-ditional, comforting recipesin an attempt to win a tro-phy and raise money forcharities during the seventhColorado CombinedCampaign Chili Cook-OffTuesday.
Admission to theUniversity of NorthernColorado’s chili cook-offwas free, but donationswere accepted at the door tosupport charities.
The CCC is a statewideorganization founded tohelp various non-profit
organizations with fundingand to raise awareness forthem.
“The Colorado CombinedCampaign itself is the univer-sity’s combined giving effortby state employees to thecommunity that we live in,”said Jay Dinges, the co-chairof the Colorado CombinedCampaign and assistantdirector of the UniversityCenter. “Instead of all thefunds that are raised by thisevent going to one specificcharity, the employees get todesignate where their fundsgo to amongst hundreds ofcharities across the state.”
Mel Rael, executivedirector of the CCC, saidthere are more than 700non-profit organizationsthe CCC serves across thestate. Rael said the event ispopular among studentsand faculty.
“It’s always been a
well-attended event,” Raelsaid. “It’s certainly a high-light on campus. There’salways been a greatturnout.”
Organizations fromacross northern Coloradoand the campus provided avariety of different recipesof chili to sample, each ofwhich competed for a tro-phy in its respective catego-ry. The categories were“Most Unique,” “BestGreen Chili” and “Best RedChili.”
There were a variety ofbatches to choose from —sweet and spicy to com-plex and traditional —with combinations asunexpected as buffalochocolate chili.
Krystle Kelley, the direc-tor of operations for theBoys and Girls Club of WeldCounty, said this is her thirdyear entering her chili.
“I think it’s a good wayto raise awareness withinthe college communityand the people that workat UNC,” Kelley said. “Ilook forward to this eventevery year.”
Evan Welch, director ofUniversity Relations, saidthis was only his secondyear entering chili butattended the event beforehe began competing.
“Last year in theStudent Activities office weheld our own taste test todecide which chili weentered,” Welch said. “Wefound the best one — what
is here now — was actuallya combination of two dif-ferent chilies.”
Jamie Ingrisano, aUniversity College aca-demic scholar, said this isher second year attending
the event. “I think in general it’s a
really fun event for theuniversity, and then itraises money for a goodcause on top of that,”Ingrisano said.
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Shelly Mock, left, and Jimmy Mock, a father-daughter teamrepresenting the Registrar’s Office and Facilities Management,compete in the red and green chili divisions Tuesday at the UC.
Altar presentation lures back spirits for Dia de los Muertos
Chili Cook-Off WinnersRead Friday’s issue of
The Mirror for the win-ners of the seventh
annual Chili Cook-Off.
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Monfort Hall at theUnion Colony Civic Centerwill be filled with the soundsof arias, an Italian termassociated with one per-former singing a songaccompanied by an orches-tra, on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
“We had to get creativewith our fall main stageproduction,” said ColleenJackson, the graduateassistant for OperaTheatre at UNC.
The staff of the operaprogram had a small goalfor Saturday’s show: per-form the music from
famous operas withouthaving an audience sitthrough several long shows.
Five notable composerswill be featured for theshowcasing: WolfgangAmadeus Mozart, RichardWagner, Giuseppe Verdi,Richard Strauss andLeonard Bernstein.
“If you go to one opera,you get one story,” Jacksonsaid. “You get the best ofthe best here.”
Because Brian Luedloff,director of Opera Theatreat the University ofNorthern Colorado, is on asabbatical for the semes-ter, Jackson, a second yeargraduate student in voice
performance, was thrustinto the role of interimopera coordinator.
“It has been a niceopportunity to build rap-port with faculty and stu-dents,” Jackson said abouther new position.
The GreeleyPhilharmonic Orchestrawill accompany UNC stu-dent performers. It hasbeen more than 20 yearssince UNC had a partner-ship with the GreeleyPhilharmonic Orchestra.
The orchestra is soon tocelebrate its 100thanniversary, so it wantedto rekindle its relationshipwith UNC.
Glen Cortese, who hasserved as director of theGreeley PhilharmonicOrchestra for the past fiveyears, serves as maestrofor the performances.
More than 30 studentswill perform arias, includ-ing upperclassmen andgraduate students.
Jackson herself will per-form “Caro Nome” fromVerdi’s “Rigoletto,” atragedy about a duke’s lovefor many women and themessy consequences thatsuch loves bring about.
The arias have alreadyreceived praise. TheDenver Lyric Opera Guild,for example, referred to
Saturday’s showing as“the best from UNC in awhile.”
James Myers, a mem-ber of the ColoradoSymphony Orchestra anda music instructor atMetropolitan StateCollege, was brought in toassist performers withforeign diction and musi-cal abilities.
The Opera Theatrestaff recognizes that thecontext of the music isjust as vital as its music.Thus, Luedloff will returnto Greeley to emcee theevent and explain to theaudience the plots fromwhich the arias come.
Tickets for the showare $12 and can be pur-chased at Frasier Hall boxoffice or the UCCC boxoffice. \\
“The real draw is localtalent. It’s your students,your talent performing, andhaving the GreeleyPhilharmonic Orchestra is aplus,” Jackson said. “It willhold students to a highercaliber of performance.”
UNC and Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra present arias
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Last night may havebeen cold, but the islandbeats and layers of soundfrom the UNC’s PercussionEnsemble concert keptFoundation Hall echoingwith warmth.
The concert was madeup of three separateensembles with 28 per-cussion members in total.
“A unique aspect of apercussion ensemble is thatwe can do so many differentstyles of music,” said GrayBarrier, professor of musicand percussion head.“‘Crown of Thorns,’ byDavid Maslanka, is a classi-cal-oriented style, and‘Mass,’ by John Mackey, haselements of classical and
pop. There are a variety ofmusical styles. No twopieces are going to soundthe same.”
Barrier said he wanted torepresent not onlyAmerican music but alsoworld music in the concert.
Each student wasexpected to be proficient inevery percussion instru-ment, and with worldmusic repertoire, theinstruments are vast andsometimes are obscure.
A soulful Afro-Cubanpiece included melodic songand a steady beat. It also fea-tured the cajon, a type ofbeaded gourd and tradition-al Cuban instrument.
In “Tusk,” by DavidJarvis, the marimba cre-ated a dissonance thatruffled the long grass in a
safari adventure. Theherds of antelope, dropsof rain and even the clair-voyant tone of a conchshell pulled the listener inand out of an adventurepurely through sound.
“My favorite piecetonight was ‘UnseenChild’ by Bob Becker; itwas beautiful,” saidJanice Dickhessts, a pro-fessor of music history. “Icome to these perform-ances because you can getall of these differentsounds.”
“Mass” showcaseddancers from the UNCdepartment of dance.
Christy O’Connell-Blackchoreographed the piece,and the PercussionEnsemble plans to performit next semester when John
Mackey comes to visit forthe UNC Conductors’Symposium.
Dan Obluda, a directorand adjunct professor ofmusic, said, “Overall, Ithought it was a great per-formance. Everyone gotto contribute in (his orher) own way. I reallyenjoyed the pieces thatwere not directed by thefaculty because the stu-dents had a moment tocreate. The students hadto make artistic decisions,and everything went par-ticularly well.”
The PercussionEnsembles practice severalhours throughout theweek, and a crowd of about100 music enthusiasts wereeager to listen to this prod-uct of practice.
World music played at Foundation Hall
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From left: sophomore music education major KyleWaggoner, sophomore performance major Chase Carlonand senior performance major Breana Meyers perform.
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Women’s basketball team prepares for season
UNC outside hitter thankful for career despite adversity
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The UNC women’s bas-ketball team tips off thenew season Saturday atBradley University inPeoria, Ill.
The University ofNorthern Colorado willlook to build on momen-
tum gained through beingco-champions of the BigSky regular season beforebowing out in the confer-ence tournament.
The Bears lost four sen-iors to graduation this off-season, two of which aver-aged more than 10 minutesa game. Three freshmencome to the team this year:
forwards Lindsay Mallonand Amber Van Deudekomand center Stephanie Lee.The team is laden withyoung talent, with only twoseniors in Bears jerseys,guard Amy Marin and for-ward Kaisha Brown.
The young players mustlearn the playbook in timefor the season, and headcoach Jaime White said sheis making sure they are get-ting that opportunity.
“We’ll ask them towrite out the plays multi-ple times throughout theseason and before,” Whitesaid. “It’s just reallyimportant that we under-stand our offenses beforewe start the season.”
Leading the charge forUNC is Brown, who saidshe sees herself being avocal leader this season.
“I’m more of a leader bycommunication,” Brownsaid. “I know the plays, I’ve
been here for about thelongest and had the mostexperience, I’d say.”
So far, White said theteam has done a good jobof buckling down ondefense. She also said theteam must improve itshalf-court offense.
“I think our strengthlies in our transition a lit-tle bit right now,” Whitesaid. “I think our defenseis pretty decent — solid. I
think we have to get bet-ter at set offenses —screening and reading thedefense a little bit more.That usually takes a littlewhile to understand.”
One of the major chal-lenges coming back into theseason is getting back intothe right mindset to playgames. Junior forwardLauren Oosdyke said shehas to temper her intensityin order to be successful.
“It’s all about trying tonot get nervous beforegames because you alwayshave that hype before yourfirst game,” Oosdyke said.
Oosdyke said shebelieves that last year’steam helped gain theself-belief that this year’sgroup will need to besuccessful.
“We have the motiva-tion and confidence toknow that we can dowell,” she said.
Brown said she has alooser goal for herself thisyear.
“My goal this year isjust to take it one day at atime and not think aboutthe past,” she said. “Sofar, I think I’m doing apretty good job. All I haveto do is count on myteammates and just havefun with my teammates. Iknow if I have fun, thisyear will turn out great.”
If the season is fun forBrown and the Bears, itcould be an enjoyable onefor those in the studentsection at Butler-HancockSports Pavilion as well.
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There have been a lot offirsts in UNC senior outsidehitter Breanna Williams’career to date.
She started her first gameas a freshman. She was apart of the first University ofNorthern Colorado volley-ball team to win a Big SkyConference championship.However, Williams will tellyou every moment of herfour-year career has notcome easily.
Williams arrived on theUNC campus as a dominat-ing freshman hitter. She
spiked 150 kills inher first year in 83sets played, themost kills in a sin-gle season duringher career.
She lost herspot sophomoreyear to now-junioroutside hitterKelley Arnold, thefourth-ranked kills leader inBears history.
The roadblocks continuedin her junior season.
Williams returned to herstarting role and was on pacefor a breakout season, but 14matches into the year, a leginjury and two surgeries cut
her season short.Despite the
roller coasterride that hasbeen her career,Williams han-dled the adver-sity and ranwith her newrole. She hastraded in most
of her kill attempts fordigs to become a defen-sive presence.
“I cherish the game morethan I ever have,” Williamssaid. “I love the game morethan I ever have because Iknow what it’ll be like when Idon’t have it anymore after
January. I’m not taking thistime for granted.”
Williams can swing whenher leg allows her to get up,and she is seventh on theteam with 87 kills. Her 191digs this season are good forfourth best this season.
“She has really made bigcontributions every yearthat she’s been healthy,”UNC head coach LyndseyBenson said. “Even thoughit’s a back-row role, it’s ahuge role because of herenergy. With as much ener-gy and leadership that sheprovides, we want her onthe court somewhere.”
Williams said she has real-
ly embraced this year’s teambecause of the work it is will-ing to put into reachinganother championship. Herrelationship with her team-mates has extended from thelocker room to her own room,as well. The freshman whobeat her out of the startingspot in 2009, Arnold, is nowWilliams’ roommate andclose friend.
“Since my freshman year,I’ve always looked up to her asto how I should act on thecourt and how I should act offthe court,” Arnold said. “Shehas so much heart for every-thing she does, and that’ssomething I see in myself as
well. I definitely hope to keepon playing with the same pas-sion she does.”
After four seasons in aBears’ uniform mixed withtremendous successes andchallenging low points,Williams said she has neverbeen prouder in her careerthan this season.
“Looking, as a senior, rightnow at the team that I havebefore me makes me soproud every day,” Williamssaid. “We have a relationshipwith each other that I’ll neverhave with anyone else. I canlook into each one of theireyes and see we are all on thesame page.”
ROCHELLE BALL | THE MIRROR
UNC sophomore center Kirsten Hess (33) is defendedin practice by sophomore forward Kim Lockridgewhile junior guard Victoria Timm (15) looks on.
Breanna Williams
Next Game:Bradley University
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Peoria, Ill.
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leader by communi-cation. I know the
plays, I’ve beenhere about the
longest and had themost experience, I’d
say.—— KKaaiisshhaa BBrroowwnn,, UUNNCCsseenniioorr ffoorrwwaarrdd
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A Harrison Hall sprin-kler head was damaged bya student Mondayevening, causing six resi-dential rooms to flood.
Will Chapman, the halldirector of Harrison Hall,said the property damagewas contained to theroom the break occurredin, and custodial cleaningeffort is ongoing. Cleanupand inspection should
take another day or two.The students, whose
names or room numbersChapman could not dis-close, are able to remain intheir rooms except forthose in the room wherethe accident occurred.
Temporary lodging will befound for those students.
Chapman advised stu-dents against hangingthings from or tamperingwith the sprinkler heads.He said if anything dam-ages the sensitive part of
the sprinklers, water willbe released. Chapman saidsimilar sprinkler-relatedaccidents happen aboutonce every couple years.
“Don’t throw footballsaround your room or (put)anything near the sprinkler
head,” Chapman said. “Thebest thing is to protectyourself as a resident andmake sure your parents’homeowners insurancecovers you…the universityis not liable for damage toyour property.”
Triggered sprinklers flood six Harrison Hall rooms
New major focuses on students’ interestAMANDA STOUTENBURGH
A new major at UNCoffers students the chance tostudy the world they live in ona much larger scale.
The political science andinternational affairs depart-ment introduced their newmajor, international affairs,
during the major’s receptionMonday.
The new major offers amore focused study of thefield than the internationalstudies major, which wasoffered at the University ofNorthern Colorado in thepast.
“We thought the old onewasn’t really focused,” said
Christiane Olivo, an associateprofessor of political scienceand international affairs.
This major was createdlast year, and classes wereavailable to students thissemester.
Students must chooseeither area studies or inter-national political economyto emphasize in under thenew major, allowing stu-dents to focus on their areaof interest. Students are stillrequired to have studied aforeign language.
Sarah Chaney, a sopho-more international affairsmajor, said she is very excitedfor the new major.
The old major, she said,was random in the requiredclasses and had no focus. Theinternational affairs majorallows Chaney to take classesin her interest area, Africa and
the Middle East.There are many jobs avail-
able to those with an interna-tional affairs major, likecareers with the state depart-ment, international business-es, other government jobsand more.
Stan Lugar, the chair ofthe Department of PoliticalScience and InternationalAffairs, said about 25-30 stu-dents have already declaredthis as their major.
Lugar also said becausethe world is more connected,having an understanding ofwhat is going on is importantfor the future.
“We try to steer peopletowards what they might beinterested in,” Lugar said.
Studying abroad anddoing international intern-ships benefit the studentswithin this major.
EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ | THE MIRROR
Daniel Walker Murray, left, a senior international affairs major,asks questions about the new major during the political sci-ence and international affairs department’s reception Monday.
Campus unites to host‘intellectual potluck’
Horse theft was also verycommon because everyonewanted the respectabilityand wealth that came withowning a horse.
Horses helped NativeAmericans and influencedtheir lives in a variety of waysand were even incorporatedinto their cosmologies, likeCrazy Horse.
The Native Americanseven bred a new horse breed,the Appaloosa.
Lauren Surbrugg, a soph-omore elementary educa-tion major, said she enjoyedAndrews’ presentation andlearned a lot.
“Humans and horses gohand in hoof to make theplains a better place,”Surbrugg said.
A variety of departmentsand offices came togetherto bring Andrews to UNC,including the Office of theProvost, the College ofHumanities and SocialSciences, the College ofEducation and BehavioralSciences, UniversityCollege, the Center forHonors, Scholars andLeadership, NativeAmerican Student Services,the Departments ofGeography, Hispanic stud-ies, history and PoliticalScience and InternationalAffairs.
Joan Clinefelter, the chairof the history department,said having so many depart-ments come together tobring Andrews to UNC waslike an “intellectual potluck.”
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Military veterans atUNC will be uniformed inschool colors Friday tohonor their dedication tothe United States.
The gold T-shirt withblue “UNC” on the frontand “Veteran” on the backwith a depiction of soldiersis basic compared to thepressed and proper uni-forms they once wore, butto former service members,
it’s a sign of unity andappreciation.
“There’s definitely somepride in it, and it’s more ofa pride for what they’vedone as well as a cama-raderie thing,” said DannyGross, a junior Englishmajor and veterans advo-cate for the Office ofVeterans Services. “It’s aveteran pride, it’s a militarypride and it’s a schoolpride. It’s a way of buildingthe community.”
Dubbed “Operation:
Thank A Vet,” the Office ofVeterans Services will pro-vide about 150 T-shirts toveteran students, facultyand staff, a number Grosssaid exceeded expecta-tions. The shirts are a wayfor University of NorthernColorado communitymembers to identify andthank those who sacrificedfor their country.
“On November 11, stu-dents and other staff mem-bers that have not servedcan recognize, ‘Hey, that’sa veteran right there. That’ssomebody who’s actuallyput their life on the line forthe freedoms that wehave,’” Gross said.
Organizers from the OVSsaid they wanted to createan event to pay tribute toliving veterans, somethingthat may be overlooked onVeterans Day.
“A lot of people don’treally see Veteran’s Day asa way to honor vets who areliving,” Gross said. “Sadly,it sometimes gets lumpedin with Memorial Day, butwe wanted to stress theimportance of servicemembers who have gottenout of the military and whoare now starting a new lifefor themselves.”
After trading in theirfatigues for backpacks,identifying a military veter-an can be difficult on a col-lege campus. Though somemay be a few years olderthan the average student,others may have no distin-guishing features recogniz-able upon first glance.
“Personally, I’m notgoing to go out and look forpeople to thank me, and Ican guarantee 90 percentor more are the same way,”says Stephen Vought, a jun-
ior chemistry major andveterans advocate. “So, thisis kind of a passive way tolet people know they’re aveteran, and if they wantto, people can come up andsay something.”
Lucus DeKinder, theassistant registrar for OVS,said the distinct T-shirts willgive veterans a way to recog-nize each other and showtheir prominence at UNC.
“It will provide moreinterest in having peoplelook a little deeper in someof their stories and talk tothem and build more of acommunity on campus,”DeKinder said. “Most vet-erans are pretty low-key asfar as their service goes, sowe thought we’d bring therecognition to them.”
Before Operation:Thank A Vet could beimplemented, however,OVS advocates had to con-sider whether or not veter-ans would want to be pub-licly recognized for theirselfless acts of service.
“It’s a visibility thing. It’sencouraging people to say
something, because a lot ofpeople don’t want to sayanything,” said TamsenThistlehawk-Ranck, a soph-omore anthropology majorand veterans advocate.“And usually, the peoplewho do want to say some-thing seem to have a nega-tive take…it’s a chance togive other students achance to say something,hopefully positive, and letthem know there’s a lot ofus on campus.”
Though their respec-tive pasts may separatetraditional and veteranstudents, inclusion andrecognition is the focalpoint for Operation:Thank A Vet.
“We’ve all had differ-ent experiences in themilitary, and we’ve all haddifferent experienceswhen coming to school,”Gross said, “but I think it’simportant to honor thosepeople who have servedbecause they’ve donesomething that not manypeople in the UnitedStates have.”
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Going from brown and black to blue and goldOn Veterans Day, UNC vets don shirts recognizing their service
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The Office of Veterans Services designed T-shirts tooutfit about 150 former service member students torecognize their efforts on Veterans Day Friday.
Rescheduled Dia de los Muertos event pays tribute to dead
knowledge of the altars tothe other members of theclass and the community.”
Other students saidthey felt the same wayabout the event.
“It was great preparingfor the event,” said RachelSchreiber, a freshman earlychildhood educationmajor. “Making the projects
was a great experience.” There are many different
customs within Chicanoculture that were seen dur-ing the Altars event.
“The custom of payingtribute to the dead isworldwide and is celebrat-ed by different cultures onvarious days of the year,”Falcon said. “Many fami-lies often celebrate at thegravesite in the form of
music, prayer and memo-ry. Traditionally, manybelieve that the departedloved ones come home fora visit and thereforeshould be welcomed inmusic, song and festivities.
Falcon said food is anoth-er important aspect of the Diade los Muertos celebration.
“Calaveras,” or sugarskulls, are a popular fooditem. The skulls are often
decorated with bright col-ors and are used to bothhonor and serve as a mor-tality reminder to the living.
“The calaver is used topoke fun at death but isalso a stark reminder that,regardless of our tempo-rary youth, beauty, poweror wealth, all of us willeventually become skele-tons,” Falcon said.
This year’s celebration
included themes such asAztec celebration, modernday celebrations, popularpoems, Jose GuadalupePosada, K-12 teaching unitson the Dia de los Muertos,children’s literature andtoys of the Day of the Dead.
“The Day of the Deadis, in general, a happy cel-ebration of family andfond memories of lovedones,” Falcon said.
“It’s a veteranpride, it’s a mili-
tary pride and it’sa school pride. It’sa way of buildingthe community.
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“The Day of theDead is, in gener-al, a happy cele-bration of familyand fond memo-
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