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For the week of 4/25/2016

Klawz, UNC’s mascot, can now be booked for events online. Th ose interested in more information or in requesting an appearance can visit www.uncbears.com/klawzappearance.

UNC will host a variety of events for Stress Less Week, including an Outdoor Study Session, Zumba, Salsa, Yoga and a Top 40 mashup, at various locations around campus, including Turner and Gunter Greens.

UNC students are encouraged to wear Bears apparel this “College Friday,” April 29. Th e event is encouraged at all colleges and universities in Colorado, and is intended to raise awareness of the need for higher education. Students wearing college apparel on Friday will receive free chips and queso at participating Qdoba restaurants, and a free gooey bun at any LePeep in Colorado.

Th e City of Evans is accepting applications for the following seasonal positions: PT Day Camp Counselor (Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.–6 p.m. shift s, $8.31/hr.-$10/hr.) and Parks Maintenance Worker (Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $10.00/hr.-$12.00/hr.). Apply online at: evanscolorado.gov

A group of UNC Business students won the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Consortium Case Competition last week. Th e competition, which involved a presentation of cultural and ethical issues to a panel of eight judges. 10 business schools participated in the competition, with the University of Utah coming in second place and the University of Colorado Denver coming in third.

Women’s soft ball player Ericka Dick is up to bat at UNC’s game vs. Portland State University on Friday. Dick holds several UNC records in soft ball. Photo by Sam Lawlor | Th e Mirror

“She’s a competitor, she is really self-driven and has some of the highest expectations of any player I have ever coached. She is very consistent men-tally, which lets her be really consistent with the rest of her game.” Th at is what Shana Easley, the head coach of UNC’s women’s soft ball team, had to say about the Bears’ starting ju-nior shortstop Erica Dick. Dick currently holds the top two spots in the record book for runs scored in a single season—scoring 50

runs in her freshman season and 46 her sophomore season. Following a 19-7 win over Metro State on Tues-day, Dick was just one run away from breaking UNC’s career runs record held by UNC alumni Jessie Schoepfl in. Aft er their win over Portland State on Friday aft ernoon, Dick now holds the record at 119 runs, pushing Shoepfl in’s 115 runs to second place.

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MONDAY 4/25All DaySummer Residency Petition Deadline

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4:30-6:30 p.m.CIE End-of-the-Year Banquet & CelebrationUniversity Center - Panorama Room

5-7 p.m.Outdoor Pursuits Workshop: Women in the WildernessOutdoor Pursuits Gear Shop

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Where there’s smoke, there’s a call to action. Tobacco use among women is known to be hazardous to their health; but research has proven that women who smoke while pregnant may also be harming their unborn child. With a new partnership between Th e Lung Associa-tion and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a new sense of urgency has been identifi ed with the initiative to help local women and expecting mothers quit smoking. While the population of indi-viduals smoking has decreased over the past ten years, smoking among women and expecting mothers is still an issue, accord-ing to the CDC. In Colorado, 19.8 percent of women report

smoking during the last three months of pregnancy, and 19.8 percent of Colorado women report smoking during the 3 months before pregnancy lead-ing to one of the highest low birth weight rates in the nation. According to Paul Klaczyn-ski, a professor of psychology at UNC, the risks of smoking harm more than the mother. “Nicotine chokes off oxygen by narrowing blood vessels throughout your body, includ-ing the ones in the umbilical cord," Klaczynski said. "It's a little like forcing your baby to breathe through a narrow straw. To make matters worse, the red blood cells that carry oxygen start to pick up mol-ecules of carbon monoxide instead. Suddenly, that nar-row straw doesn't even hold as much oxygen as it should." Even though it can be hard to kick the habit, smokers are becoming more

aware of the danger posed to developing fetuses. “Personally, even though I’ve been smoking for a long time, I see pregnancy as kind of a big deal, so I would absolutely quit if I discovered that I was pregnant or if I were to begin trying to start a family," said Cory Meli-char, a senior English major. "As of now, I’m okay with the risks to my own body but once my per-sonal habits begin to risk some-one else it changes everything.” In a recent press release, Mike Ramseier, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, explained, “the most eff ective way to protect babies and mothers from neonatal and maternal health risks is to ensure mothers quit smoking during their pregnancy and stay smoke free. But despite a pregnancy, we know that quit-ting smoking can be diffi cult.” Cigarettes contain nicotine, the highly addictive substance

naturally occurring in tobacco. Th is substance, once inhaled, travels to the brain, provid-ing the smoker with a tem-porary sensation of relief and relaxation. However, because of nicotine’s addictive quality, smokers fi nd it diffi cult to give up the habit. Bob Doyle, director of Lung Health for the American Lung Association in Colorado, ex-plained that with the risks of smoking aff ecting both moth-er and fetus, it is especially urgent for pregnant women to quit smoking. “For both a healthy mom and a healthy child, it’s best to quit smoking before pregnancy. But even if already pregnant, quitting can still help protect from potentially serious health problems," Doyle said. Th e Lung Association and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will be partnering with local community organiza-

tions to provide access to free or low cost programs that assist in quitting. In a press release, the Lung Associa-tion claimed that their “Quit Smoking Program” has aided in assisting over one million smokers quit and manage re-lapses to become smoke free for good. Additional cessation services such as “Freedom From Smoking” are beginning to be introduced to Colorado residents in hopes of combat-ing the habit. “We look forward to our partnership with the Ameri-can Lung Association to pro-vide pregnant women with access to resources and sup-port to help them quit smok-ing and encourage them to continue a healthy, smoke free lifestyle once their babies are born,” said Ramseier. For more information about quitting or the eff ects of smoking, go to lung.org.

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This election season, people in search of an easy time choosing a presidential candidate to support face an uphill climb. With 22 potential candidates at the peak of the race, and with the five remain-ing holding increasingly divergent view, there’s no doubt that voters could use some help. The appeal then, of an online tool that turns a lump of data about specific policy views into a candidate of best fit, should be clear. Sites such as isidewith.com have become popular tools circulat-ing social media for just this reason. Users of isidewith.com are presented with stanc-es on social issues, the environment, the economy, foreign and domestic policy and immigration, among others, and are asked whether they agree with that position or not–with some specific op-tions regarding each issue to allow quiz-takers to provide reasoning for their choice. Meanwhile, a sliding scale allows them to adjust the weight of each issue, depending on how impor-tant that issue is to them. But despite their potential usefulness, quizzes such as these raise some important ethical issues. At the time of this writing, almost 35 million people have used the tool to find which candidate most closely matched their beliefs, according to a counter on the site. The necessity for such a quiz

to remain impar-tial is, therefore, a great one. This may not always be the case in practice. Pro-motions seen on isidewith.com for Democratic ballot measures seem to suggest that a cer-tain degree of bias may exist. A picture of Donald Trump, accompanied by the phrase “Amer-ica will not tolerate Trump’s treatment of women and immigrants,” popped up and required an an-swer before viewing certain information. Options include “sign[ing] your name to join the Democrat-ic Senatorial Campaign Committee in denouncing Trump’s comments about women and immigrants,” and “ignore.” As opposed to a sidebar advertisement, the format of the popup suggested that the site was endorsing the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Another quiz on another site, created by a group called “Advocates for Self-Government,” who open-ly leans libertarian, has only ten questions, all with wording that implies that libertarianism is the only sensible political option. A certain degree of skepticism may be required when searching for guidance online.

“It’s a multiple choice test where you click a box,” said Dr. Stan Luger, the chair of the department of political science and international affairs. “There’s not going to be a whole lot of nuance there.” Tyson Thornburg, a junior political science ma-jor, said that an online quiz could be helpful to vot-ers looking for information, but shouldn't be relied on exclusively. "I think these quizzes are a good place to start finding out about the different issues that are out there," Thornburg said. "But ultimately you need to make sure you are doing your own research and form your own opinions." “I personally think they're inaccurate, and peo-ple shouldn’t be relying them,” Daniel Westerlind, a junior sports and exercise science major, said about the quizzes. “The creators could be biased. It’s also just very misleading and lazy.”

Political quizzes may not be trustworthy

On isidewith.com, a variety of questions are asked, with answers across the political spectrum. Quiz-takers can choose how much each issue matters to them. Photo courtesy of isidewith.com

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Although young job seekers with only a high school degree are in even worse shape, recent college graduates have entered a grim job market. The economy is still recov-ering, entry-level wages have plummeted and recent col-lege graduates are compet-ing for jobs with more than 2 million of their educated and jobless peers. The millennial generation makes up about 40 percent of the unemployment rate in the U.S.. Something’s gotta give. “The most impressive job candidates to employers are those who are both ambitious and have a proven track re-cord through hands-on lead-ership experiences,” says Matt Stewart, entrepreneur and co-CEO of College Works

Painting, a college internship program which, according to internal surveys shows that 90 percent of their alumni find college-grad-level jobs within three months of ob-taining their degree. The key is to find an intern-ship that will help you build tangible, real-world skills. Employers want to know that you’re capable of being in charge of something. To get hired for the job that you actually want, you need an in-ternship in which you’re giv-en actual responsibilities and in which you gain leadership experience. You won’t gain these neces-sary skills from an easy intern-ship. These days, the company name on your resume holds little to no weight. It’s not who you interned for. Instead, it’s what you did during your in-ternship that matters. The challenge is distinguish-ing an internship that may have flashy bells and whistles but no real job responsibilities,

from the rewarding internship that will give you the skills needed to adequately compete in the job market. Internships are those extra-credit points that ambitious college students can leverage for getting ahead as an attrac-tive job candidate.

Matt Stewart is the co-founder of College Works Painting. Find more information at colleg-eworks.com

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In a recent article, an individual who is transgender was referred to by the wrong gender pronouns. In order to prevent this in-cident from reoccurring, and to keep up with an advancing culture, The Mirror has decided to adopt a new policy. Whenever interviewing subjects for articles printed in its pages, Mirror reporters ask for the subject’s name, major and year in school. In addition, writers will now ask the people featured in their stories for their preferred gender pronouns. Trevor Reid, a senior with a double major in English and journalism, who uses the pro-nouns ze, hir and hirs and writes frequently for the Mirror’s arts and culture section and for the Greeley Tribune, brought the issue to our attention. “I’ve always been very involved in the spec-trum on campus,” Reid said. “I try to be an activ-ist in that respect and bring it into my work.” Reid shared a petition with the Mirror

put forth by Evan Greer, a queer activist and singer/songwriter based out of Boston, which requested that journalists confirm pronouns with the subjects of their work. Dr. Lynn Klyde-Silverstein, an associ-ate professor of journalism at the University of Northern Colorado, has worked with the idea of pronouns in reporting since seeing a journalism and mass communications survey offering only two options for the gender cat-egory: male and female. “As a journalist, I think it’s great that The Mir-ror is going to ask people for their pronouns,” Klyde-Silverstein said. “If someone did a story about me and called me ‘he’ throughout, I’d be pretty upset.” Klyde Silverstein uses she, her, hers pronouns. It should be noted that, on occasion, pronouns used by people in the transgender community will be seen as grammatically incorrect. People who don’t fit traditional binaries sometimes use they, them and their for their pronouns, which, grammatically, are only used to describe numer-ous people. Despite this fact, we will continue to use the pronouns that our interview subjects feel most comfortable with.

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Language programs to be silenced�OPINION

Th e French and German language programs may be suspended aft er this semes-ter because of low enrollment, despite the fact that on its website, UNC boasts about its small class sizes in each program. Over 1,000 students have signed a petition to stop the suspension. Photo courtesy of mapsof.net.


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Jessica Mithun, a senior en-vironmental sustainability and nutrition double major, said one of her biggest motivations to get involved in environmen-talism was something she saw every day. “I used to work in retail, and we would get packaging–a necklace would be packaged in six different pieces of plastic,” she said. “It really made me think about–if every store is doing that–how much plastic we’re using.” President of the Student Leadership for Environmental Action Fund, Mithun helped organize activities and envi-ronmental action across cam-pus all week. On Monday, Student LEAF held “Meatless Monday” to en-courage students to look for meatless dining options. Agri-culture, especially for animal products, takes up 70 percent

of freshwater use according to a 2010 report from United Na-tions Environment Programme. “Impacts from agriculture are expected to increase sub-stantially due to population growth, increasing consump-tion of animal products,” reads the report. “A substantial re-duction of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products.” Tuesday, at the University Center West Patio, Student LEAF handed out almost 200 t-shirts with a tie-dye twist, recognizing Earth Day’s gen-esis in 1970. Students lined up six buckets of color to re-fill squeeze bottles as students squirted color into the tightly-wound shirts. “If you want a smoothie, those are fresh off the bike,” called out Katie Fletcher, a sophomore environmental earth science major. She had just jumped off the Fender Blender, a bright orange bike that uses pedal power to work a blender. The bike was a loan from District 6 schools. Fletcher said Student

LEAF hopes to acquire one for year-round use at events. Fletcher suggested different ways students could cut down on their carbon footprints. “Ride your bike around, instead of driving,” Fletcher said. “UNC is so close to ev-erything; you should be able to ride your bike or walk everywhere. Which I know is hard, and I’m guilty of it sometimes, when you have to be somewhere in a hurry.” Wednesday, the weather took a wildflower planting event inside the University

Center. Student LEAF helped more than 100 students plant perennial zinnias to take home in pots. Zinnias are pollinator-friendly flowers, attracting and helping bees. Other Colo-rado plants that help bee and butterfly populations include plants in the mint family, silver fountain butterfly bushes and rosebud trees. Mithun said one of the most important goals of Student LEAF is simply outreach. “For us, one of the big-gest challenges we face is just

awareness and education,” she explained. “People are a lot more likely to act if they’re aware of what’s going on.” Thursday, rest and snack stations were spread out at five locations across campus to en-courage students to ride their bikes to class. Student LEAF recently installed bike racks as a long-term encouragement to student bike use. On Friday night, Student LEAF celebrated Earth Day with the student group Youth of the Environment and Sustain-ability at Cheba Hut. The cel-ebration included live music by Mlima, trivia and a prize raffle. Mithun said all the fun of Earth Week is to bring aware-ness to a serious issue. “Our resources are finite,” she said. “The Earth is a finite space, and so we have to take care of it if we want our species to be around in the long run.” Though the Earth Week ac-tivities are over, Student LEAF will be planting a rosebud tree for Arbor Day, April 29, outside the Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Insti-tute on campus.

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Jessica Mithun, President of Student LEAF, passing out pots and flower seeds in the UC for students to take on April 20th. Photo by Alex Nunley | The Mirror

University name change pilot for inclusivity

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This month, the university rolled out another action from the listening sessions with President Kay Norton in the fall. On April 15, students could begin to add names different from their legal names for campus use. Tori Pet-tis, a sophomore political science major, said they were surprised to find real action from the university. “During the listening sessions, these options were brought up, and the reaction was pretty dismissive,” they said. “People kept saying it would cost too much money or would take too long, but when I heard that it was actu-ally being put through, it was really exciting.” The policy was crafted by a team of staff from differ-ent areas in the university. Michelle Quinn, senior vice president and chief financial officer for the university was tasked with turning discussion into action. “We had a number of folks who had already been en-gaged,” Quinn said. “And President Norton asked me to get involved with those individuals and really see what we could do in the short term to make sure we get some

concrete results by fall semester.” Students who fill out the individual data change form by May 1 will have their names added to a “preferred name” field in the banner information system. Over the summer session pilot, those names will appear on class rosters, student email and Blackboard. Names received by July 15 will be processed for the fall semester. Pettis, a student coordinator at the GLBTA Resource Office, said this action is vital to student safety. “It keeps trans students from having to constantly out themselves to professors and other students every time they enter a new class,” they said. “Before this policy, students would have to email professors before classes start and out themselves in order to get their correct name on the roster.” Quinn admitted that the title of “preferred name” has some problematic implications. “We have to remain aware of the fact that in our so-ciety the legal name still matters,” they explained. “As an institute of higher education, we have to keep track of that legal name as well. So the use of ‘preferred name’ is to help differentiate.” As a part of rolling out the policy, the university hopes to educate and engage people, reminding them that the power of a name is just one piece of that engagement. “We want to remind people and make them aware

that if a student has gone through and said, ‘look, this is my name,’ then that is their name,” Quinn said. The name change will not only be online. The univer-sity will offer students the opportunity to get their correct names on their UNC IDs after June 1. One week after sending in the paperwork, students can buy new IDs with their correct names. By signing a waiver to not use the ID for legal identification or banking purposes, stu-dents can even remove their legal names from the ID. Pettis said that though the policy sheds some hope, it still has room for improvement. “Students’ correct names will only be on a few systems in the university, which can potentially lead to some confusion or even danger to some students,” they said. “I think the new policy is a step in the right direction, but we shouldn’t just stop at ‘good enough.’” Quinn said the university hopes the policy produces real, tangible results for students. “It’s all well and good to make the technology fixed, but if it doesn’t change the students’ day-to-day expe-rience then we’re not really accomplishing what we set out to do,” she said. “Ultimately we want to make sure that we’re being more welcoming, inclusive and sup-portive of students.” Acknowledging student needs and rights continues to be an important issue for UNC’s administration.

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“It feels so awesome, honestly,” Dick said on Tuesday, “it is such a cool feel-ing to be so close and I know that when I break it I will give all my thanks to my teammates because I couldn’t have done it without them.” The players on the softball team have been a strong support system for Dick in her UNC career, namely catcher Adeline Coldiron and pitcher Jayme Reddacliff. “I owe the thanks to them because they have stuck by me this whole time,” Dick said, “But it’s also every person on this team and knowing that your team-mates have your back when you’re up at the plate.” As a junior, she is already on almost every hitting record board in UNC softball history. She’s the school’s all-time leader in runs scored, is second in career home runs and in the top five in over six other categories including stolen bases. Dick is 49-for-125 on the season, with four home runs and has crossed home plate 26 times. She is one home run away from breaking UNC’s record.

Head coach Shana Easley said she is prideful as she watches Dick’s ca-reer progress. “It’s neat to see a young athlete be able to do something like that,” said Easley. Dick has one season of eligibility left and Easley believes that she will break even more records in her remaining time at UNC. As good of a player as she is on the field, she is a better teammate because of it. “Young players look up to her and the success she’s had. They really rely on her knowledge as a leader,” Easley said. Not only do her teammates look up to her, it is easy to tell that they like her. From the way she volunteers to help clean up the field after a game to the way her teammates endearingly tease her about her obsession with Jus-tin Bieber, she has obviously connected with this team. Emily Holtz and Valerie Vidal both said she is the hardest working team-mate that either of them have ever played with, and Holtz adding she is one of the best players to ever walk through the UNC softball program. Dick is not ready to look that far ahead yet, taking a page out of Derek Jeter’s playbook, saying she is just trying

to take it one day at a time. As cliché as that is, that is how you have to approach the game, and that is why she plays. “I love not knowing what’s coming next, how unpredictable it is.” Dick said. She said that helps her focus, even with the records looming, adding that she does not think about the records during games. “It doesn’t add any pressure because I just take the same approach and go through my routine, so to me it’s just another at bat.” Dick said. That approach is to try and find a pitch she likes and get a base hit, and her routine consists of tapping the bat on the plate and uttering “I can do this,” to herself. Before coming to UNC she led her high school team to their first appear-ance in the state tournament in seven years, saying that as a senior, being able to experience that with her teammates was a special moment for her. When she was making a decision on where she wanted to go to school, she said the people at UNC and the people of Greeley made her decision to play here an easy one. She also noted how everybody here was so friendly and it really was a tight-

knit community. The Bears hold a record of 8-31 over-all with a conference record of just 3-12. Over the course of the season, the Bears have struggled to manifest runs. Their big outing against the Roadrun-ners just might have been what Easley hoped for. The Bears went 2-for-3 in their series with Portland State over the weekend splitting a double header on Friday, winning 10-4 in the first game, but losing 4-9 in the second, and win-ning again on Saturday by a score of 9-7. Head Coach Easley said she is hop-ing that their recent outburst of scor-ing will be the “shot in the arm” the players need to close out the season on a high note. “We talk a lot about the mental side of the game, but being able to actually execute to get the win or execute to get the hit pushes that confidence even higher and we are going to take that into next weekend and continue to get better,” she said. They close-out Big Sky conference play with a three game home stand against Southern Utah this Friday and Saturday before traveling to Pocatello, Idaho to take on Idaho State University next weekend.

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Students received a statement Thursday evening from UNC President Kay Norton, announcing the decision to terminate the contract of men’s basketball coach B.J. Hill. The announcement came with news that the entire basketball program is under investigation by the NCAA. “We have received serious and concerning allega-tions of NCAA violation,” President Norton said. “This is about more than potential NCAA rule vio-lations. It is about the integrity of our program and therefore, the integrity of our university.” The entire coaching staff has been placed on ad-ministrative leave until the investigation is completed. Student athletes are not allowed to speak on the matter, however it is clear that there is much surprise within the program. B.J Hill spent six years with UNC ending with a record of 86-98. Hill took over the head coaching position in 2010, following the departure of current University of Colorado men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle. Hill led UNC to their first NCAA tournament appearance in his first year. “Totally shocked,” Boyle told Buffzone.com. “I’m shocked and I have no idea what the situation is. It’s not like we talk everyday, but I know him well and am

in complete surprise.” It remains unclear as to what the NCAA is investi-gating but when allegations lead to a head coach being fired they must be serious. “Consistent with NCAA expectations, we won’t be

able to comment further until the investigation con-cludes. I will follow up with a campus memo at that time,” President Norton concluded. Athletic director Darren Dunn said there is already a national search for a replacement.

UNC student athletes and members of the coaching staff are still unavailable to talk about the allegations of NCAA violations. Photo courtesy of NBCSports.com.

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Northern Colorado completed the Big Sky Championship in a tie for eighth place overall. The team shot a final round of 301 (+13) on Wednesday to finish with a total of 902 (+32), tied with Montana for eighth overall. “Today we just couldn’t get anything going on a course that once again was yielding low scores–a lack of confidence in our ball striking seemed to be the story all week,” head coach Stephen Bidne said. “We were getting off the tee ok, but we had a tough time trusting our incoming shots into the greens causing too many missed greens and bogeys we should have never made.” Senior Amanda Myers was once again good for the Bears low-est round on the afternoon. Myers carded a 73 (+1), completing the 54-hole event with a 224 (+8). Myers finished in the Top 25, tied for 25th overall in the final tournament of her career at Northern Colorado. Freshman Janet Yeo had the best overall Championship for the team. Yeo came in tied for 21st after her round of 74 (+2). Yeo to-taled a 223 (+7) in her three days at the Boulder Creek Golf Club. “It’s disappointing to finish in eighth when we’ve been one of the top teams in conference all year, but that’s conference for you,” Bidne added. “It’s one tournament that lasts three days and it’s up to anyone to show up and play well. Even though we didn’t play our best and didn’t finish where we wanted, I’m proud about the progress we’ve made this year and the direction the program is heading in.” Junior Kala Keltz was just one stroke behind Yeo on the last round of the season. Keltz boasted a 75 (+3) to end with a 230 (+14), tying for 37th on the leaderboard. Senior Nicole Okada ended the Championship with a 79 (+7). Okada totaled a 232 (+16) placing 44th. “We lose two integral players to graduation in Amanda and Ni-cole–they were wonderful players on and off the course and will truly be missed,” Bidne said. “They have done so much for this program and I know they will continue to do great things in the future whether that be in golf or in life. They will always be a part of our Bear Golf family.” Myers earned first team All-Conference and Keltz was given second team honors. “It was nice to see both Amanda and Kala get recognized for their great play all year,” Bidne said. “This proves that hard work and dedication at practice pays off and I could not be more proud of the two of them.”

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Th e annual Blue vs. Gold Spring game took place on Saturday. Th e battle of a veteran, yet young, off ense versus a raw and ener-getic defense made for quite the spectacle for Bears fans at Not-tingham Field. Th e team played two regular quarters and then two quarters of running clock with diff erent scenarios and situations thrown in.Th e off ense got the upper hand early and ran away with the game, winning 98-40, but head coach Earnest Collins Jr. said he limited the defensive play calls in order to get some of the younger guys diff erent looks at off ensive schemes. “It was a good day–I did some things on purpose and didn’t make some calls because I wanted to see our young corners start to read plays, so I let [Jacob] Knipp air it out to let those corners understand what they need to do on the back end,” Collins said about the scrimmage. “Th ose corners have to be good for us if we’re going to do what we want to do next year. I know we could put a little less pressure on them by blitzing and pressuring the quarterback, but I don’t want to have to do that every time. Over-all though, I’m excited where we are at and where we are going heading into the summer.”

HAVE A DAY STEVE-O In the fi rst two quarters of regular play, wide receiver Stephen Miller was the unoffi cial MVP of the game. Miller was good for 188 yards on six catches with one TD. Miller had three catch-es of 35 yards or longer, includ-ing his 78-yard touchdown catch from red-shirt sopho-more QB Jacob Knipp. In the second half, Miller made two more haul-ins of 30 yards or more, with a long of 46. Miller was the top receiver for UNC in 2015, bringing in 439 yards on 32 catches with fi ve TDs. Miller looks to return to his no. 1 receiver slot in his senior season and with a better rapport with both quarterbacks (Knipp, Sloter), expect those big plays to be a normality in 2016.

GIVE IT A TRY Holding out RBs for precau-tionary reasons, the off ense used a few new faces to take handoff s on Saturday. Receiver Ellis Onic II, tight end Th eron Verna and full back Quinn Zamora were all used at running back. All three have rarely taken snaps in the backfi eld, if any, but to everyone’s surprise they held their own and made some fl ash plays. Onic II touched pay dirt twice in the fi rst half, fi nishing with 47 yards on 10 carries (4.7 ypc), and tacked on one more TD in the second half as well. Verna ended the game with 28 yards and eight touches and one catch of 10 yards. Zamora rounded out the crew with fi ve runs for 22 yards and one grab for 11 yards.

“We had some bumps and bruises so you saw some new faces in at running back for us, which was good because now they can understand our off ense a little better,” Collins added. “But all in all we got out of here with no more injuries and now the kids can rest and focus on school for the next two weeks.”

THROW IT DEEP Jacob Knipp and Kyle Sloter both had impressive fi rst half num-bers and led long drives that resulted in points for the off ense. Knipp ended the aft ernoon 8-of-14 with 244 yards and one touch-down, while Sloter complimented last season’s starter going 13-of-22 with 131 yards and one TD. He also had two INTs in the game. Sloter put together three scoring drives, with his best of 75 yards in 15 plays with Onic II punching it in from fi ve yards out for six. He also went 65 yards in eight plays, capping it off with a 16-yard TD toss to wide out De’Tuan Williams. Knipp also had three se-ries of points for the off ense. Knipp worked 90 yards on six plays, ending with a 38-yard pass to red-shirt freshman re-ceiver, Frank Stephens for the score. His second TD pass was on a two-play drive, connect-ing with Miller for his 78-yard receiving TD. His third and fi nal scoring se-ries went 66 yards, ending with a nine-yard TD run from Onic II.

SPEED ON THE outside Lavell “Boobie” Sanders looked great at the OLB position for the defense. In 2015 he returned aft er a severe knee injury and played in nine games for UNC. Sanders notched eight tackles, a sack and one interception throughout his time at backer in the game. Sanders played a mix of both one and two team reps throughout spring practice and his speed on the outside will be a welcome in 2016. “I’m extremely happy with where the defense is at,” Col-lins said. “Like I said, I didn’t let him [defensive coordinator James Jones] do a lot of differ-ent things on purpose and ev-eryone’s competitive so when you look up at the scoreboard and it says 90 to 40, he’s upset, but he’s been great for us and I can’t wait to see them [the de-fense] get after in the fall.”

YOUNG GUNS The team’s cornerbacks Willie Fairman and Marshaun Cam-eron, along with safety Sherand Boyd Jr., all saw plenty of reps in the game. Boyd had the unoffi cial hit of the game, lighting up wide out R.J. Fulton on a screen pass in the red zone. “Th e good thing about it is that these guys are hungry and they’re wanting to learn,” Collins added about his young second-ary. “Th e other good thing about it is we don’t play until Septem-ber 3, so they have all summer and all of fall camp to learn and progress, but before we leave for recruiting if we decide we need another guy here or there on either side of the ball, we’ll go out and get that done.” The team will transition to player-ran summer workouts and practices, while the coaching staff is off to recruit for its 2017 class.


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