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NEWS BRIEFS

For the week of 3/7/2016

Th e deadline to withdraw from individual full-term spring semester classes is Monday. Withdrawals do appear on offi cial transcripts, but may be preferable to failing a class, as they do not aff ect grade point averages.

UNC’s website has an updated home page header, involving a brighter color scheme. Department website headers will be updated in the coming weeks to refl ect the new layout.

A series of symbols accompanied by fl ash drives have appeared across campus and at other college campuses in Colorado, sparking a fl urry of theories, including an analysis by a former UNC professor and expert in symbols. A Youtube channel has been posting heavily edited videos of an unidentifi ed person drawing the symbols and leaving fl ash drives. UNC police do not see the signs or their creators as a safety concern. Story page 2.

A student refl ection of the UNC community

Indigenous Women’s Awareness Week will be celebrated with a documentary fi lm, a clothing and coat drive and a performance by Tanaya Winder, a slam poet. Native American Student Services and the Women’s Resource Center will be hosting these events between Monday and Th ursday.

Saverio Parker, a UNC student who unexpectedly passed away in January, died of multiple pulmonary emboli, according to autopsy results released by the Weld County Coroner’s Offi ce last Monday. A toxicology report provided by the Coroner’s Offi ce found that Parker had not consumed any harmful substances. Story page 3.

Tommy, played by Tyler Jensen, looks on from the background as he sees his mother holding him as a child during a dress rehearsal in Langworthy Th eatre last week. Photo by Alex Nunley | Th e Mirror

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By Trevor [email protected]

An album that has sold over 20 million copies, Th e Who’s “Tommy” has left an important legacy in music since its release in 1969. UNC’s musical theatre program breathed new life into that legacy last week in Langworthy Th eatre. Philip Kramer, a jazz studies major played electric bass for the rock opera. He said all the musicians in the play under-stood the legacy. “It seems like everyone was treating this with the same level of reverence as you would a Miles Davis cover or a Mozart so-nata,” he said. “Everyone’s like, ‘Th is has to be done right.’” Kramer knew “Tommy” well since playing in a junior high rock band that stressed the classics. “We just listened to that album over and over and over again until you could wake up from a dead-sleep and be able to sing it,” he said with a laugh. “It was kind of a dream come true. It came full circle.”

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A series of symbols found throughout campus has sparked a variety of reactions from UNC students and staff , ranging from curiosity to alarm. But a recent analy-sis performed by an expert in semiotics—the study of symbols—may shed some light on the marks, as well as the motives of the people creating them. UNC police responded to the fi rst report of the sym-bols on Feb. 27. Since then they have recovered around a dozen fl ash drives, each containing a series of letters and a single sound wave, according to UNC spokesperson Nate Haas. A Youtube account with a name consisting only of letters and numbers posted a video, edited to show only shadows and silhouettes of someone drawing one of the symbols in the tunnel underneath 11th Avenue and leav-ing a fl ash drive. Since that video, posted on Feb. 24, three others have been posted, all with similar editing. Online chatter by people claiming to be in possession of the fl ash drives suggests they contain poems and sound fi les. At least one of the videos appears to take place at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Michael Mills is a former UNC faculty member, and is now the director of National Fellowships and Schol-arships at the State University of New York Geneseo. A report shared with UNC offi cials by Mills examines the potential motives of the people responsible for the videos and signs. He suspects the symbols, videos and fl ash drives could

be a kind of unorthodox marketing scheme intended to draw attention to a, so far, unknown cause. “Th e multimedia nature of these signs suggest possi-bly a form of guerrilla marketing for the benefi t of the creator or publicity for a cause that will be revealed later,” Mills said in his analysis. Th e creators could be artists attempting to create in-terest in their work, or they could be hoping to advance a political agenda, Mills said. In one of the videos posted, the creator says that “there is still a story to unfold,” implying that an on-going cam-paign will take place, according to Mills. Similar campaigns have been employed to promote various products, primarily media. “Th e Blair Witch Project” was promoted with symbols throughout vari-ous cities, and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” a show on Cartoon Network, was advertised using glow in the dark signs. But locals misinterpreted the signs as be-ing dangerous, resulting in criticism directed at Car-toon Network. Th e creators of the signs found at UNC seem to be aware of the potential to scare their viewers, and say that the symbols are “messages,” not warnings, in one of their videos. Th e video that took place at the University of Colo-rado was titled “Visitors,” which Mills felt reinforced the idea the creators were from UNC. “Ultimately, the creator is intentionally letting the meaning of the signs be obscure and forcing the ob-server to make sense of the sign, and that may be the idea,” Mills said. “Over time, the purpose of the signs will be gradually revealed and the identity of the 'wan-derer' revealed… Self-promotion or a political cause? We shall see.”

A series of symbols found throughout UNC's campus has sparked conversation about what it could mean. A semiotics expert suspects the symbols could be a part of an unorthodox marketing scheme. Photo by Manny Perez | Th e Mirror

Drug policy, rehabilitation in U.S.By Drew Heiderscheidt

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Drug policy in the United States has been a controversial issue for years. Th e War on Drugs cracked down on il-licit drugs, choosing to send people to prison instead of trying to rehabilitate them. Public programs meant to treat addiction are also more likely to fail than private programs. Kristina Phillips, an associate profes-sor of psychology, said she thinks there are a lot of problems with the treatment of addiction in the U.S. “Rather than using research to guide what we do and what works, it sort of has been based on your personal expe-rience with addiction and those people who experience addiction trying to help others to stop,” she said. “And while that can be useful, it isn’t necessarily a good model for behavior change.” Phillips added that there have been

eff ective programs designed to treat ad-diction that have not taken off . Instead, the 12-step program that many rehabil-itation facilities use has stuck around. “Th ere’s an awful lot of moral judge-ment that has been placed on people with addiction for a long time,” she said. A “tough on crime” attitude devel-oped in the 1980s, according to politi-cal science professor Gregory Williams. Judges are forced to sentence people to a minimum amount of prison time, re-gardless of their crime. “So people have gone to prison for a long time, even though the judge has said that it may not be a good idea,” Williams said. Bradley Mitchell, a freshman history major, said he fi nds sentencing for drug crimes to be too harsh. “People go to prison for too long based on minor things like having marijuana,” he said. “It just doesn’t make any sense to me why people would go to prison for something like that.” Phillips said she thinks that when

people are sent to be punished, especially when sent to prison, it does not solve the problem. People are still addicted when they leave prison. “If you think about someone selling large amounts of drugs versus someone who is possessing, I think we’re kind of stuck in this pattern of punishing rather than trying to help people,” she said. Phillips and Williams both came to the conclusion that the War on Drugs has ul-timately failed. It did so because public campaigns to prevent drug use have been ineff ective, Phillips said. Not that they are not impor-tant, she said, but they just have not been very eff ective at getting to the causes of what makes people use drugs. Th e War on Drugs has also been dev-

astating to communities of minorities, Williams said. Th is is despite the fact that drug use in white communities and mi-nority communities are about equal. “[Minorities] are arrested on higher rates, incarcerated at higher rates, and it devastates the people around them,” he said. Williams said he thinks the War on Drugs has failed because it does not reha-bilitate anyone. “Drug off enses should be matched with the appropriate level of treatment,” he said. “Virtually everyone acknowledg-es this—this is not a controversial state-ment. What’s diffi cult is that there isn’t necessarily a strong voice advocating for reform in this regard, whether it’s drugs or whether it’s something else.”

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It’s 2016 and by the end of this year America will have named a new president. In the midst of a heated elec-tion, the name Bernie Sand-ers has become more and more popular with college students everywhere. UNC students created a group called “Bears for Ber-nie” for students and others in the Greeley area who support Sen. Sanders. Last semester, Michael Len-gel, a senior majoring in soci-ology and communications, created this group as Sand-ers’ campaign started to gain more attention. Bears for Ber-nie was only a Facebook page

until Lengel approached UNC alumnus Adam Gardner with the idea. Gardner then added Matthew Bernal, a senior with a double major in history and political science, giving him the task of helping organize a student volunteer campaign. “Quite simply, we are a group of students who ‘Feel the Bern!’” Bernal said. In its meeting on Feb. 24, the group asked students what they admire most about Sand-ers’ campaign and, according to Bernal, the group received a wide range of answers. “Of course, as college stu-dents, many of whom must deal with debt aft er gradua-tion, Sanders’ stance on mak-ing public college and univer-sities tuition-free is something that resonates very strongly with us,” Bernal said. “We see

the success and happiness that the European democratic so-cialist model provides, and ask, ‘Why not in America?’” Another popular answer referred to Sanders’ authentic-ity. Bernal said Sanders speaks with honesty that cannot be found in any other candidate. Bernal quoted Sanders’ words, “political revolution.” Sanders represents a chance to change the way Americans participate in politics. Th is means getting rid of Citizens United and removing money’s infl uence from politics, ac-cording to Bernal. “To progressives and the American people more broadly, Sen. Sanders wants to fight for what is best for the people, not the establish-ment,” Bernal said. “We are planning an event

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“Big turnout tonight,” said a passing Demo-crat on his way into Lindou Auditorium and the 2016 Democratic caucus. He was not wrong; the line to check in had already stretched down the hall and around the corner of Michener’s base-ment level. It was an assorted bunch. Everyone from tod-dlers to students to senior citizens were in atten-dance, and it appeared that Bernie Sanders apparel was the fashion choice of the evening. “Going in, I’m probably going to support Ber-nie, but I’m open-minded so I can be swayed,” said Ben Ludwig, a freshman music education major. “There’s like a 1 percent chance I’ll say anything,” he joked. Fourth-year visual communications major Ty-ann Peska agreed. “I’m probably going to sit back and take it all in,” she said, adding that this would be her first time participating in a caucus. The process was a new experience for many stu-dents. It seemed that Bernie’s policies, widely pop-ular with the younger demographic, have pulled previously hesitant voters out of their dorm rooms and into voting booths. In a conference room of Butler-Hancock, the Republican caucus was in full swing as well. Un-like the Democrats who were meeting in an audi-torium setting, their room had long, pamphlet-strewn tables which voters used to debate and clarify ideas. Republicans also had the opportunity to do a preference poll for senators as well as the presi-dent—votes to which were distinguished between yellow and blue pieces of paper. Democrats only polled for presidential candidates. There was one significant difference between the voters in Butler-Hancock and those at Lindou. “There are a lot of older Caucasian people,” said Regan Denney, an English and sociology major, about the Republican caucus. Lorelei Thorne, an international affairs and journalism double major, agreed.

“The demographic is interesting,” she said. “There’s a lot more people here than I thought there’d be, to be honest.” Both of these students were at the Republican caucus as observers and sat close to the walls to avoid the flurry of activity. One of the leading voices at the Republican caucus was minor celebrity Amy Oliver Cooke, a popular talk show host on KFKA. She steered the conversation, directed caucus procedures and led the crowd in various cheers and rounds of applause. “The room already kind of knew what they wanted to vote for,” said Emma Bixby, another ob-serving student and psychology major. Interestingly enough, this was the exact case of the Democratic caucus as well. “Clearly it was a Bernie Sanders crowd,” re-marked Bruce Cooper, a Fort Collins resident. He also said he saw at least 10 times more stu-dents at this Democratic caucus than the last one. “And that was Obama, you know, you would’ve expected students to show up,” he said. “It’s really cool, this type of energy.” He said he hopes this enthusiasm transfers to Clinton if she wins the primaries, and that stu-dents will maintain their momentum and interest in politics even if Sanders doesn’t win. There was cheering in Lindou as well, but it seemed less collective compared to the Republicans, as the structure of the auditorium made it difficult for participators to interact and share ideas. “The way we’re all situated is like an audience,” Cooper said. Sophomore jazz studies major Karen Gonzalez agreed. She suggested a bigger room with flat sur-faces to make the caucus more efficient. Overall, the caucuses gave students a taste of the political atmosphere. “It was fun,” said elementary education major Emily Tagliarino. “Coming here, I feel actually part of the system.” According to facilities manager Albert Briggs, being a part of that system is more than just fun—it’s necessary. “I was always voting for the best of two evils,” he said with a grin. “You can’t not vote. It’s your constitutional duty.”

UNC caucus locations packed with votersSuper Tuesday caucus sees large crowds at Butler-Hancock, Lindou Auditorium

Democratic caucus-goers pledged their support to either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders at Michener Library’s Lindou Auditorium last Tuesday. Photo by Alex Nunely | The Mirror

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6-9 p.m.Documentary Film: A Thousand VoicesRoss Hall- Room 1040

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UNC musical theatre premieres ‘Tommy’Continued from page 1.

Junior musical theatre ma-jor Tyler Jensen would use “full circle” to describe his re-lationship with the rock opera also. Jensen played the lead role, Tommy. He grew up lis-tening to the album because “Tommy” was his parents’ first Broadway show—Jensen’s mother was pregnant with him at that time. “When I started doing musi-cal theatre and everything, that was their musical they knew about and that we were able to connect on,” he said. “So it’s always been very special to me. It’s been a dream role.” The stage was framed with light-up decorations that de-picted bombs, highlighting the post-war pinball world Tommy lives in. The show opens as Tommy welcomes the audience and towers above the rest of the cast who are tiered below him. His father, Captain Walker, goes off to war and is reported missing. His mother, thinking her husband is dead, finds new love. When Captain Walker returns, he fights with the man before shooting him. Tommy is traumatized by the murder leaving him deaf, mute and blind. One day, left to a pinball machine, it’s re-

vealed that Tommy is a “pin-ball wizard.” His parents attempt to cure him with religion and drugs, before giving up. Later, Tommy speaks and interacts with the world after his mother smash-es the mirror in which he saw the man die. Tommy becomes a star, until his fans say they want to become more like him. With pyramids and pillars of light, an on-stage camera

that projects images live on the backdrop and a revolving stage, this show modernized the classic. Saterra Sellars, a freshman German secondary education and musical the-atre double major, said the set made the show stand out. “It was really amazing; very much a 21st century show,” she said. “There were so many styles of lighting, designs and props that made it unique.”

Jensen said the opportu-nity to play lead in such a fast-paced musical with a powerful cast was thrilling. “It’s the most incredible rush I could have ever imagined,” he said. “No matter what place you’re in, day to day, the moment you hear that pit start up and that music go, it just takes you over and just consumes you.” Jensen said the central mes-sage of “Tommy” is one of nat-

ural clarity. “It really shows that we as humans in our natural state are so beautiful,” he said. “We can solve our problems so much more easily when we are in control and looking clear enough to see that the answers we need are all around us. We are responsible for our ac-tions. We are responsible for our future and for the futures around us.”

Tommy, played by junior musical theatre major Tyler Jensen, watching his past self as his father yells at him for being in a catatonic state during a dress rehearsal of The Who’s “Tommy” in Langworthy Theatre last week. Photo by Alex Nunley | The Mirror

Author explores a darker side in his writing

By Jason [email protected]

The Rosenberry Writers’ Conference, named in the memory of UNC professor Walter Rosenberry, drew in a large audience of both students and faculty on Monday. English classes ranging from the 100-400 level were of-fering extra credit to students who attended, but beyond that laid an enthusiasm for literature and creativity which remains steadfast among the community at UNC. Jon Clinch, author of the critically acclaimed novel “Finn,” visited campus Monday to read from his book, answer questions and sign autographs. UNC has churned out many authors in its time. The English department alone has published 10 books and 100 papers among its alumni. As part of a 15 year tradition, the school invited three writers to read their works. This year’s theme was “Truth, Lies and Tales of the Heart.”

Originally hailing from upstate New York, Clinch now finds his home in the rolling green hills of Ver-mont. The trip to Colorado landed him in the universi-ty’s Panorama Room among a crowd who had gathered to hear the author give a reading of “Finn.” He opened up the floor to a question and answer session, followed by a book signing. Clinch said his relatively rural and quiet upbringing helped inform his darker continuation of author Mark Twain’s classic “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” “I wanted to see if it was still possible to write a serious book that made people flinch,” he said. “Finn” deals heavily with the concepts of race and eth-nicity, bringing to life the troubled past of the southern United States and also allowing Clinch to explore some-thing that was seldom discussed around his dinner table growing up—a kind of “naivete,” he said. It’s a darker book, more adult than Twain’s original telling. The book’s prose has been compared to Wil-liam Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy, and is unlike

anything else Clinch has written before. Visceral de-scriptions give life to both the characters and setting of “Finn,” drawing dark and more realistic scenes from the murky Mississippi River. “People say it’s too violent, too terrible,” he said. “But it’s no worse than what you see on the news.” Throughout the reading, Clinch paused to divulge ad-ditional information about himself and the characters in the book, supplementing new details with related pas-sages from his own novel. The first night of the three-part writers conference closed with Clinch thanking both the English depart-ment and all who had attended. Students in attendance, like sophomore English major Kianna Williams, penned out small margin notes and little bits of information. As an aspiring writer, Williams said she listened intently seeing her dream come to life before her. “It’s fulfilling. It just shows how anyone can do it, you just need to put your stuff out there,” she said.


Shakespeare’s writing may not be absoluteBy Trevor [email protected]

Most everyone has some sense of familiarity with Shake-speare, whose name conjures up a sense of absolutes. He’s often taught as the milestone that all writing is compared to. But what if there is no defini-tive text of Shakespeare? That was one central theme of Mi-chael LoMonico’s talk “Flyspecks and the First Folio” Thursday night in the Columbine Suite. The “First Folio” was pub-lished seven years after Shake-speare’s death in 1616. Without it, the modern world might have never seen Julius Caesar, Macbeth and 16 other plays. Shakespeare’s plays were only printed in small, one-play editions called quartos during his life. Quartos are named be-cause the printing process in-volves folding a page four times for eight pages—folios are printed on pages folded only once. This means that publish-ers had to print pages one and

four before they could print pages two and three. This process involved esti-mating how many lines could fit on a page, leaving room for error. The solution to mistakes was to add or take away lines as needed. The text of the First Folio, therefore, differs from earlier printings in the First and Second Quartos, creating an “instability of the text.” Professor of English and Di-rector of English Education Jeri Kraver said that instability can give readers confidence. “We want to think that there’s a definitive version, and that if we’re reading it, we’re reading the ‘real version’ of a text. When we realize that it’s sort of malleable, I don’t think it’s that challenging,” she said. “To me, the curious thing is not so much the instabil-ity of the text as a result of that, but that Shakespeare is some-thing that every reader and ev-ery actor and every student can make their own.” That kind of freedom is important when so many are “scared” of Shakespeare in aca-demic settings.

“When I have to teach Shakespeare or when I have to train people to teach Shake-speare, it’s the thing that scares them the most,” Kraver said. “It’s as if when you can master Shakespeare, you feel like you can conquer the world.” Ben Diener, a freshman Eng-lish major, first started becom-ing passionate about Shake-speare almost 10 years ago. “Mostly it started with my Dad, who almost a decade ago got on this huge Shakespeare kick, show-ing me and my sister film versions of Shakespeare’s plays,” he said. Joining a summer camp of kids putting on abridged ver-sions of Shakespeare, Diener’s passion grew. “The more I looked at it, the deeper there seemed left to go. So I kept going and going, and I’m still nowhere near what I feel is the end of Shakespeare,” he said. The instability of the text was both terrifying and liberating to the Shakespeare devotee. “It’s terrifying in the sense that it means the meaning isn’t external, isn’t absolute, isn’t somewhere outside of you,”

Diener said. “But at the same time it’s liberating because it means that what really does matter is what you’re capable of extracting from the text.” The First Folio goes on tour this year, visiting all U.S. states and territories. LoMonico, the senior consultant on National Education for the Folger Shake-

speare Library, said the goal was to make Folger’s wealth of knowledge more accessible. “Mike Whitmore, who’s the director of the Folger Library, had this idea how the library, when he got there, was sort of closed. So he said we have to open up the doors, we have to let people in and we have to

include all types of people,” LoMonico explained. “When he first broached this idea to the librarians, they got very nervous because they’ve never done anything like this before.” The First Folio will arrive at the University of Colorado Boulder August 8-31 at the CU Art Museum.

Guest lecturer Micheal LoMonico spoke about Shakespeare’s “First Folio” on Thursday in the University Center. After the lecture, the witch scene from “Macbeth” was performed. Photo by Shai Landreneaux | The Mirror

Speaker combines humor with deeper meaningBy Jason [email protected]

On Wednesday night, the Panorama room in the University Center was packed with eager faculty and staff. Steven Church had come a long way from Fresno, California, to a place he said “always feels like home.” Receiving his master’s degree of fine arts in creative writing from Colorado State University and being a native to the dusty state of Kansas, Church said UNC was the per-fect home away from home. In his introduction Church, the final attendee for the 2016 Rosen-berry Writers Conference, was called imposing, even gigantic, by his former professor of creative writing, John Calderazzo. It was easy enough to see the truth in his words. Church, author of several cre-ative nonfiction books and essays, dwarfs almost everyone not only in size but also in spirit and intellect, according to Calderazzo. “Manimals in Captivity,” an essay Church wrote, was the first piece to be read. It was an exercise in what the author called “find-ing mystery in the mundane.” “Manimal,” a television show in the ‘80s served Church’s atten-tion in the same way “kids love Jesus or football.” On reflection, Church said he used “Manimals” in his essay to describe the hilarity of life and to touch on some deeper, more profound thoughts. “Sometimes, we take ourselves so seriously as writers,” he said.

“Sometimes it’s fun to write about stupid stuff and old movies.” Between fits of laughter and quiet, plaintive moments, Church’s whip-smart insight and flowing prose captured the students of UNC like a villain from “Manimal,” the talons of Dr. Chase’s hawk transformation sinking in like barbed hooks. “I thought it was so moving,” said Jordan Bacha, a junior in at-tendance. “I really enjoyed his energy. It was really cool, it almost sounded like slam poetry to me.” The author closed with the reading portion of the night with a personal story out of his volume of essays titled “Ultrasonic.” “The best essays are a story of consciousness,” Church explained. Written under self-imposed constraints, he used the idea of sounds and word associations to detail sequences from his life growing up in the town of Lawrence, Kansas. From a meningitis infection to the death of his brother in 1992, Church revealed the fragile parts of his life in a fluid, anthemic monologue even when he “didn’t know where it was going to go” during the writing process. Church opened the floor to questions following the conclusion of his piece, confronting the awestruck faces of UNC with an in-quisitive smile. “It did feel very poetic in a way,” said Hannah Beebe, a freshman audience member, reeling from “Ultrasonic.” “It’s very powerful be-cause it’s talking about real things.” “Real things” are a subject that Church said he built a name off of as a creative nonfiction writer and essayist.

“I grew up in a very sincere and earnest family,” Church said. But his was also an upbringing among fantasy and fiction. “Mutants and barbarians were the characters that attracted me,” he said. “At the age of like, 10, I said I want to be an author.” Going from fiction to nonfiction wasn’t really the leap he said he was expecting. “The thing that makes writers successful is curiosity,” he said. “If you’re not curious about the world, you’re going to run out of mate-rial real quick.” For many in attendance, like Bacha and Beebe, it was a notion of curiosity that brought them to the Panorama Room on Wednes-day night. Lisa Zimmerman, the chair for the Rosenberry Writers Conference and responsible for organizing and inviting the talent, said she knew this. She said it’s at least one reason for putting the conference together every year. “It’s to connect writers in a more intimate way to the students—to get guidance and inspiration,” Zimmerman said. On that same token, many English classes had read and analyzed Church’s work on behalf of the conference. “We connect students to the work of the writers who are com-ing,” she said. A fantastic round of applause and the eager, book laden hands of students saw Church off that night, after having signed copies of his book “The Guinness Book of Me: a Memoir of Record” and addi-tional copies of “Ultrasonic.” With the night over, the 2016 Rosen-berry Writers Conference came to a close.


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By Drew Heiderscheidt

What Donald Trump is: a demagogue, a fas-cist, a nativist, a racist, a sexist, not a true con-servative, etc.—these have all been attacks on Trump from various conservatives and liberals. 'HVSLWH�WKLV��5HSXEOLFDQV�KDYH�KDG�D�GLƯFXOW�time criticizing Trump for a variety of reasons. What Donald Trump says: all Mexicans com-ing across the border are criminals and rapists, Muslims should be banned from entering the United States (essentially imposing a religious litmus test in a country founded upon freedom of religion) and we should commit war crimes and engage in torture. He has also refused to renounce the support of white supremacist David Duke. Trump has contradicted conven-

tional conservative policy; saying he is in sup-port of federal healthcare and stating the inva-sion of Iraq in 2003 was a huge mistake. Republicans, whether they are candidates, senators or citizens, have refused to denounce Trump. When people call the Republican Party the party of Lincoln, they mean that it has in-tegrity and it takes a stand for what is right. Instead, the Republican Party has become a party of cowards that stands for little more than what is unethical and grotesque. In the presidential race, almost none of the Republican candidates attacked Trump early on—exceptions being Bobby Jindal and Rick Perry, the former governors of Louisiana and Texas. However, none of the mainstream can-didates criticized Trump until recently. In fact, Sen. Ted Cruz, another Republican hopeful, actually had a sort of “bromance” with Trump

up until this December. Only then did Cruz criticize Trump when he questioned Trump’s judgement in running for president. Trump responded by asking the same about Cruz and pointing out how hated he is in the Senate. The opportunism by the Republican candidates, who probably thought that Trump would col-lapse and they would be able to take some of his supporters, was a gutless move on their part. All the Republican candidates have suc-ceeded in is making Trump more powerful than before. Presidential nominees aren’t the only ones to blame for the rise of Donald Trump. Republi-can congressmen are also responsible. Indeed, the majority of them have not disavowed Trump despite the absurd things he has said. This fall, 21 Republicans in the Senate will be running for re-election. It seems the reason many of these senators have remained neutral in regards to Trump is the fear that they may not be re-elected. Instead of standing up for common decency, those in the Congress have chosen the immorality that Donald Trump has brought to U.S. politics. Essentially, Republican congressmen are more worried about their own re-election than the fate of the nation. 1RW�RQO\�LV�WKLV�FUDYHQ��LW�LV�DOVR�LQFUHGLEO\�VHOƬVK� It would not be a complete argument if I

failed to mention the people of the U.S. who have also allowed Trump to become the front-runner for president. In the end it falls to those who support the Republican Party that such an incompetent, immoral and demagogic candi-date has come so far. When Trump supported imposing a religious litmus test and putting anyone who is Muslim into a database, Republicans remained silent. When he said soldiers captured are not heroes, silence. When he made misogynistic com-ments about Megyn Kelly, more silence. Republicans have decided their best hope for the future of the free world is a man with fascist tendencies who promotes war crimes and plays to their deepest fears. Rather than someone who promotes democracy and com-promise, they have chosen someone who is an authoritarian and opposed to compromise. In essence, the American people have cho-sen a candidate who is the antithesis of our values. To say these are dark days for American democracy is an understatement — these days are pitch black.

- Drew Heiderscheidt is a freshman history sec-ondary education major and also an opinion col-umnist and news writer for The Mirror. He can be reached at [email protected].


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TUESDAY 2/81 p.m. and 3 p.m.Softball vs. University of Nebraska-OmahaButler Hancock Softball Field

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AWAY GAMESMONDAY 3/7 1:05 p.m.Women’s Basketball vs. Idaho State UniversityReno, Nevada

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Zoie [email protected]

Born and raised in In-dianapolis, Indiana, Anthony Johnson has been playing basketball since a young age. Although he said basketball wasn’t his first love, he was a natural at the game. As a child, Johnson didn’t always live the “star” life. John-son’s two parents were con-stantly working, and he said there were many nights where stomachs were not fed and lights were not turned on. To take away some of the stress, Johnson and his brothers vis-ited the neighborhood park fre-quently to play ball. When Johnson’s younger brother died at the age of 11 he used basketball as a way to re-member his brother, who loved the sport. Johnson wanted to make something of basketball to pay recognition also to his fa-ther, Anthony Johnson Sr., who gave up his Division I dreams to take care of him and his mom. “He had the option of going and playing Division I basketball or staying at home and being a dad and helping my mom out, and he chose to stay at home. I just feel like, not necessarily do it for me but do it for those around me. Like, do it for my brother, do it for my dad,” Johnson said. After getting many offers from different Indiana schools, Johnson said he felt like he need-ed to get away his senior year, so he made the decision to pursue

his basketball collegiate dreams at UNC. “It was further away, and it allowed me to become a man,” he said. This season, Johnson has had a great impact on the floor for the Bears. After 28 games played, Johnson leads the team in scoring and three-point field goals, averaging 15.5 points per game and making 60 three-pointers. He also has an 85 per-cent free throw percentage. “It’s easy,” teammate Dallas Anglin said when describing what it is like to play with John-son. “He’s athletic. He can play all four positions. He can do everything, so playing with him makes my job easier.” On Feb. 14 against Eastern Washington, Johnson had an outstanding game where he set UNC’s Division I program scor-ing record, putting up 37 points against the Eagles. He tied an-other UNC record for most con-secutive made free throws after going 16-for-16 on the line. Al-though the team struggled and ultimately lost, Johnson said he was ready to bring the intensity to the game despite seeing the Bears’ trailing score. “That night was different,” Johnson said. “The team was re-ally down and I felt like I was the only one that actually wanted to bring it.” Head coach B.J. Hill also commented on Johnson’s heart and determination to keep play-ing hard even when the team was losing. “It was a game that our team didn’t do very well,” Hill said.

“It was on the road and, from a coaching perspective, some-times when you get down early on the road your team can pack it in. Anthony obviously was a guy who continued to play through the whole game and play with a lot of heart, and that is all you can ask.” Fellow junior teammate Jon’te Dotson said he enjoys playing with Johnson and sees the pas-sion he has for the game. “He’s energetic and he loves the game,” Dotson said. “I can tell in his eyes when certain things go down, but he rises to the occasion. He takes ac-countability.” With the absence of junior guard Cameron Michael, John-son has had to step in and take on a team leadership role. Hill said Johnson has only recently realized his leadership role on the team and his confidence to carry out the leadership has been boosted. Johnson will be a senior next year and the team will really de-pend on him as a leader on and off the court. “We are going to lean on him,” Hill said. “He will be one of the seniors and we are going to lean on him to continue to try to build a culture in this program and lead young guys, which takes thinking beyond yourself.” Johnson said he feels no pres-sure taking on the new leader-ship role for the team. He said he is confident that working hard everyday is going to get this team where they want to be. “My teammates have my back at the end of the day.”

Junior guard Anthony Johnson punches through to score for UNC dur-ing Saturday night’s game in the Bank of Colorado Arena. Photo by Alex Nunley | The Mirror

UNC guard embraces leadership role as team preps for Big Sky Championship

Anthony Johnson#24

6 ft. 2 in.190 lbs.Guard

Played in all 30 games for UNC this seasonScored 473 points, averaged 15.8 points per game

Averaged 28.5 minutes per game.443 shot percentage from the field

.399 shot percentage from three-point rangeOnly UNC player with 100 defensive rebounds

133 rebounds total


Women’s basketball falls on senior nightBy Michael [email protected]

The women’s basketball seniors shined on Friday night despite a tough loss to the University of Montana, 72-66, in the Bank of Colorado Arena. Seniors Kyleigh Hiser, Rebecca Howell, Shelby Dougherty and Jamie Derrieux all made their last appearances in the Bank of Colorado Arena and are now prepping for the Big Sky Confer-ence Tournament. The friends and family of Hiser showed up in full force, all wearing T-shirts with Hiser’s number on the front. “I was in awe,” Hiser said. “I’m so thankful and grateful to see all the support.” She did not disappoint; Hiser led the Bears with 18 points go-ing 4-5 from beyond the three-point line. Howell also scored 15 points and went 5-6 from the free throw line. Hiser has left her mark at UNC, breaking the record for most three-pointers in a season with 74. Knowing it was senior night, Howell said she focused more on winning the game, and also said her focus is on the conference tournament next week. “We just left it all on the court,” Howell said. “It’s kind of our last chance to play here and at home in front of all of our fans who have given us the support throughout the years.” Dougherty and Derrieux did not play. The Bears came out hot in the first half hitting seven three-pointers and collecting 17 rebounds. They were cooled off by the Griz’s defense in the second half as Montana took away the Bears’ open looks from the three. Free throws were key and both teams excelled. The Bears went 15-18 while the Griz went 23-26. The Bears got into foul trouble in the later minutes of regula-tion, which meant Kianna Williams, Kourteney Zadina, Savan-nah Smith and Howell had to sit more than they would have liked. Williams had a career-high 10 rebounds, helping the Bears keep the game close. Turnovers were abundant in the second half but the Bears were

resilient and took the game to overtime. Overtime was a nerve-wracking five minutes, filled with hard-nosed physical basketball. The Bears fought hard but could not pull out the win in the closing minutes. The seniors Howell and Hiser have the potential

to rally the team to a successful conference tournament, which begins immediately for UNC. The No. 8 Bears face No. 9 Idaho State on Monday at 1:05 p.m. in Reno, Nevada.

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“Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots. But you have to play the ball where it lies.” For Amanda Myers, this simple Bobby Jones quote sums up the reason that she loves the game of golf so much. As a senior with her time as a college golfer running down she looks forward to what the future may hold, not only for the rest of this year but going forward past graduation. Though she is still undecided on whether she plans to continue her golf career beyond college, saying she has talked about going pro but is still on the fence about it and wants to wait and see

how the rest of the season goes, there is no doubt about the impact she has had while at the Uni-versity of Northern Colorado. During her time wearing a UNC polo she is a two time Big Sky Golfer of the Week along with rack-ing up numerous top 10 finishes, including a fourth place finish at the 2015 Big Sky Championship. Head Coach Stephen Bidne had nothing but positive things to say about her. “Amanda has done a tremendous job, and has definitely improved her game. She’s just one of those players who loves golf,” Bidne said. “She’s not just a good golfer, but also a good leader.” Both Myers and Bidne realize that even though golf is an individual sport, at the college level there is definitely a team aspect. They have very similar expectations for the rest of the season. Myers commented on her goals for the team saying, “there is no reason we shouldn’t be able

to win the conference this year.” Bidne’s confidence in the team was apparent as he looks at the upcoming schedule. “There is not a tournament left on the schedule that we can’t win,” he said. He added that last fall was very productive and that they had some of their best finishes in program history, including a ninth place finish in the Portland State Rose City classic and an eighth place finish in the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Invite. Myers commented on their first tournament of the second semester when they traveled to Goodyear, Ariz., for the Grand Canyon Invitational. Despite the seventh place finish, Myers has confidence heading into the final portion of her

collegiate career. She also noted that the team didn’t get a good chance to practice outside as

much as they would’ve liked.“We had a rocky start coming

out of the winter,” Myers said.Bidne had a similar response

but was optimistic of their perfor-mance in the closing rounds.

“They didn’t play well but it was nice seeing girls step up and play good in the second and third rounds,” Bidne said.

Myers and the rest of the UNC Women’s Golf team will travel to Boulder City, Nev., March 7th and 8th for the Bucknell Spring Break series, where they will get a pre-

view at the course that they will face later this year at the Big Sky Championship.

Senior Amanda Myers Courtesy of UNCBears.com

Freshman point guard Savannah Smith dribbles down the court past Montana opponents to score another basket on Friday in the Bank of Colorado Arena. Photo by Sam Lawlor | The Mirror


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