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An exhibition of notablewomen artists’ works from Boband Chris Pettey’s collectionwere unveiled at an openingreception Wednesday in MarianiGallery in Guggenheim Hall.

As guests arrived, they wereinvited to enjoy some refresh-ments as they viewed the col-lection of artwork while thesoothing music of a harpistplayed in the background. All

attendees were greeted by JoanShannon-Miller, UNC’s artgallery director, who was inti-mately involved in the exhibi-tion process.

The exhibition, aptly namedSelected Works of WomenArtists, features 21 pieces of artfrom varying female artists.Some of the many styles foundamong the displayed worksincluded watercolor, oil,linocut, aquatint, wood engrav-ing, etching and acrylics.

According to the exhibition

description, all of the piecesreflected “artistic develop-ments in modern art from theImpressionist period” to thesecond-generation of abstractexpressionists. The time periodrepresented by the collectionspans from the latter half of the19th century to the end of the20th century.

Shannon-Miller said all ofthe artwork displayed is part ofa collection donated to UNC bythe Pettey family. She said itwas very exciting to be able tosee the pieces in person.

“The longer I work with thepieces, the list (of my favorites)grows,” Shannon-Miller said.“Seeing the pictures in a photo-graph doesn’t actually touchme as much as seeing them inperson.”

Many University of NorthernColorado students and Greeleycommunity members arrivedthroughout the reception toanalyze and appreciate the artpieces.

“As a woman artist, it is soempowering to be in here and seeall these awesome artists who arefemale,” said Serena Williams, asenior art education major.

Williams also said she likedhow the display of artworkdepicted a timeline of art history.

Leslie Pettey, the daughter ofBob and Chris Pettey, made an

appearance at the reception tosee the exhibition of her par-ents’ collection. She said it waswonderful and very gratifyingto see the works and be able toattend the exhibition.

“It’s very different to see theworks in this setting rather thanin the house,” Pettey said. “Forsome of them, it’s my first timeseeing them up close.”

Pettey said she and her

father decided to donate thecollection after her mother,Chris Pettey, died.

“UNC seemed like a right fitand had agreed to keep the col-lection whole and to keep mymother’s archives together andavailable for the public,” Petteysaid.

Pettey said that had beenreally important to her becausethe archives were the culmina-tion of her mother’s life’s work.

“We came from a generationwhere women artists wererare,” she said. “It’s importantto us that young women todaysee there is a longer historythan you think.”

The exhibit will be open tothe public 1 to 6 p.m Mondaythrough Friday Sept. 2 throughOct. 23, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.on Saturdays.

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Katrina Zerger, left, a graphic design major, and CatherineHarden, a sophomore graphic design major, view the artworkdonated by the Pettey family Thursday in Guggenheim Hall.

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As has become a tradition on theFriday before the start of college foot-ball season, today is College ColorsDay.

Across the nation, people are don-ning the colors of their favorite collegeor university in what the organiza-tion’s website calls “an annual cele-bration dedicated to promoting thetraditions and spirit that make the col-lege experience great.”

School pride, or a lack thereof, hasbeen a hot topic at UNC over the pastfew years. It seems as if you are just aslikely to see someone on campuswearing a University of Colorado or

Colorado State T-shirt as you are tosee someone sporting University ofNorthern Colorado gear.

It is not as if there is nothing to beproud of or show spirit for at UNC. Inthe realm of athletics alone, there isplenty for students to get excitedabout.

For example, the UNC volleyballteam will defend the school’s first everBig Sky Championship, and will hostthe Hampton Inn & Suites NorthernColorado Classic this week, a tourna-ment highlighted by a matchup withGeorgia at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Later in the semester, the men’s

basketball team will look to improveon its school record of 25 wins fromlast season.

There is also a UNC football teamthat looks to be on the upswing, hav-ing won three games last year afterwinning just one in each of the threeprevious seasons. The football Bearsopen their season against AdamsState at 1:35 tomorrow afternoon.

Though athletics is one focus ofthe celebration, which has takenplace since 2005, College Colors Dayis an opportunity to support every-thing about the college experienceand to show pride in your school.

There are several top-flight aca-demic programs at UNC, and theQuality of Life Act passed in the springhas already done quite a bit toimprove the campus aesthetically.

Obviously, UNC is not in the classof campuses like Ohio State andTexas, but our little school in Greeleyreally is not as bad as some studentsmake it out to be.

Taking part in College Colors Dayis simple. There is no money todonate or pep rally to attend. All youneed to do is put on your blue or goldtoday and show the pride you have forUNC.

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LETTERS

For decades, or maybecenturies, or maybe sincePocahontas, scientists

have been diligently workingtoward answering the most pro-found query ever known to man.No, no. It’s nothing to do with themeaning of life. The questioncausing scientists everywhere to“huh” in global unison is simply:why are people so weird?

To be sure, weirdness is not apurely human trait: Male ramsram each other in the face toincrease their hotness level to ladyrams. Weird. While we can comeup with logical explanations forthe behavior and mannerisms of

animals (usually mating or foodoriented), many things abouthumans leave us in wonder of thepurpose of it all.

For instance, have you evergiven serious thought to why peo-ple laugh? Or cry? Or yawn? Orsmile or frown to show happinessor sadness? Or why we’re ticklish?Well little head-scratchers, laydown your tired arms; I alone canease your mind with the soothingbalm of scholarly answers.

For starters, let’s take a look atlaughter. Is it not awesome? It’ssuch an expression of personalityand magnificent sound. Somepeople laugh like a tinkling musicbox, others like donkeys. Whenthose little expirations of air burstfrom our lungs striking our vocalchords in interesting ways, itmakes other people laugh andunite under the banner of hilarity.We’re communicating without

words and strengthening ourabdominal muscles and releasingendorphins, too. It’s a magical tri-fecta.

What about crying? Why wouldpeople leak water from their eyesto exhibit sadness? Crying isnature’s second line of defenseagainst drought. When rain isscarce, the good Lord knew hecould count on all the dramamamas of this planet to make theland nurturing and plentiful againby watering it with their unneces-sary tears. Bad Girls’ Club, TheFuture Farmworkers of AmericaAssociation thanks you.

We yawn as a casual display ofdominance, like check out mypowerful canines, I could definite-ly eat you, no big deal. All animalsdo it, because all animals want tobe at the top of the food chain.Unfortunately for them, onlyhumans are. Sucks to be you,

Chicken. Should’ve invented thechainsaw, then maybe you would-n’t be such a lowly creature.Smiling is basically the same thing.We smile to show are friends whatkind of mess they’d be dealingwith if they stop being our friends.And frowning? Who knows?Frowning is for sad Sallys, and Iain’t one

And as for tickling? I actuallyfound that answer on the venera-ble www.textsfromlastnight.com,which said, and I quote, “all tickleparties end in sex.” Voila! Thereyou have it folks. Tickling leads toreproduction, which is innatelyhardwired into all organisms, andwithout which life would ceaseand desist and be nevermore everagain. Scientific community, youare welcome.

— Joanna Langston is a seniorpsychology major and an artsreporter for The Mirror.

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KRISTEN MARTINn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

To familiarize old and newfaculty with one another andreceive an update about the newamenities of the libraries, UNCLibraries faculty and staff mem-bers hosted the annual Cheeseand Chat, a meet-and-greet,hosted in the Howard SkinnerMusic library on Thursday.

About 40 members attended,including special guest DarrinPratt, director and acquiringeditor of University Press ofColorado, and UNC Provost

Abe Harraf. “Some library faculty thought

it’d be a great idea to get togetherand meet the faculty in their sub-jects,” said Helen Reed, the inter-im dean of the University ofNorthern Colorado libraries.

Since 1965, UNC has been oneof the eight universities inColorado to fund the UniversityPress of Colorado.

Pratt said the UniversityPress of Colorado is a non-profitscholarly publishing company.

“We exist to publish thescholarly work of faculty atColorado universities, whichends up being about 20 to 25books a year, and we also pub-lish a few books written byscholars for the general public,”Pratt said.

Harraf said of all the univer-sities he’s visited, UNC librariesare the most organized. He alsosaid the stabilized library feeadded to the student bill helpsthe libraries maintain the conti-nuity of obtaining currentresources each year.

“It is important to stay con-nected with the faculty in orderto keep the resources up-to-date and accessible to students,as well as maintain the highquality of services given to thestudents,” Harraf said.

There have been many addi-tions and improvements to thelibraries for the students, fromadding classrooms to SkinnerMusic Library to extendingCoffee Corner hours in Michener.

Annie Epperson, assistantprofessor and subject librarian,said. “This past year, we’ve addedtechnologically-equipped study

rooms, a paging system wherestudents contact us, more com-puters in the reference lab, 15new laptops for circulation, andthe biggest thing is obtainingonline resources. We actually justbought a package of 1,000 titles inscience-related topics alone.”

Reed said the university hasmade many updates to accom-modate studying in the libraries.

“We are really working tomake the libraries more student-oriented by extending the CoffeeCorner hours, more technologyand online resources,” she said.“We have about 30,000 titlesonline; whereas five years ago, thestudents would have to come intothe library to do their research,and now they have it online 24/7.We also recently added a newchat service for students to ask alibrarian questions until 9 p.m.”

UNC Libraries staff said theprograms will continue to growas technology grows in order tokeep up with students and theirneed for quality information.For more information, visitwww.library.unco.edu.

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Staff and faculty members socialize during the Cheese and Chatmeeting Thursday in Skinner Music Library. Representatives fromUniversity Press of Colorado attended to see UNC’s library functions.

Libraries host introductionmeeting, display new assets

“It’s important to stayconnected with thefaculty in order to

keep the resources up-to-date and accessibleto students, as well as

maintain the highquality of services

given to the students.—— UUNNCC PPrroovvoosstt AAbbee HHaarrrraaff

ERIC HEINZn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

The aroma of cigarette smoke isunmistakable. When exiting the lec-ture halls in the basement ofMichener Library, some studentshave said the airflow of cigarettesmoke dumps right on top of them.

A biology professor has decidedto try to put an end to it by imple-menting a campus-wide ban.

Samuel Zwenger, a graduatestudent who teaches a lectureclass, claims the smoke cominginto Michener has disrupted hisclass and has been an unwel-come distraction.

“We all know what second-handsmoke does to people, and thesestudents are stuck because theyhave to walk through it,” Zwenger

said. “If you talk to any student oncampus, they’ll tell you that at anypoint this semester they have smeltcigarette smoke that comes insidethe buildings.”

Zwenger said he has alreadyreceived substantial support fromstudents he has talked to.

“It’s a minority of smokerswho ruin it for the majority,” hesaid. “We’re overdue for a no-smoking policy.”

The air intake comes from

vents located in various parts ofthe building. The vents bring inoutside air and either cools it orheats it, depending on the sea-son. Because the vents pull in somuch air, any odor in the vicini-ty will be pulled in with it.

“For instance, in LindouAuditorium (in the basement ofMichener), the vents are locatedon the northwest plaza,” saidDiana Algiene-Henry, the librarybusiness manager. “Underneaththose ‘mushroom’ stools, the airis pulled in from under them. Ifanyone smokes near those, it willpull in the smoke.”

Zwenger said he will introduce acampus smoking ban to StudentSenate sometime soon.

“What we really want to pro-mote is education, so if someone

in the building sees someonesmoke too close, it’s better if indi-viduals just say ‘hey, could youplease go to the designated area?’If you do it the educational way, itseems to help a lot.”

Glen Adams, the UNC healthand safety specialist, said the uni-versity “meets and exceeds” theColorado smoking laws, but they

aren’t always enforced. The statelaw is smoking must be kept 15feet from any entryway, butUniversity of Northern Coloradorequires 25 feet.

UNC has designated smok-ing areas around campus. Toview these locations, visitwww.unco.edu/date/tobacco_regulations.html.

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Student Senate Update

CARMEN BRADYn e w s @ u n c m i r r o r . c o m

Student Senate struggled tomake a decision about whetheror not to pass a proposal madeby Katelyn Elliot, the directorof Student Organizations, atthe Wednesday meeting.

The proposal covered twotopics: cutting the number ofstudents required for a char-tered club on campus from 10to three, and requiring clubs tosubmit a complete roster of itsstudents by the class with-drawal date, Oct. 15.

The proposal was split intoseparate proposals after somedissent from the Senate. Bothproposals will enter a secondreading at next week’s meeting.

Though a few directors didnot agree, Elliot said reducingthe number of students neededto start a club with fundingwould open up campus eventsto a lot more students.

“It won’t really change thefunding process itself,” Elliotsaid. “Each club will still have togo through all of the same stepsas far as getting to the StudentOrganization Team the requestsfor funds that they want.”

Evan Welch, the StudentSenate faculty adviser, saidthere are a lot of clubs aroundcampus that have a hard timegetting 10 — or even three —students to join, but if theyhave a purpose, the clubshould still be recognized bythe university.

There was also discussionregarding the new co-curricu-lar activity transcripts. UNCbegan the transcripts this fall.The documents include proofof students’ participation incampus-related activities thatwouldn’t appear on a resumeor a transcript.

Welch said he was excitedabout the transcripts beingavailable to students.

“No other school inColorado has a co-curricularactivity (transcript),” he said.“It’s going to give our studentsa leg up, I think, in the job mar-ket, having an official docu-ment saying ‘I was the presi-dent of this club, and I wasinvolved in all these things.’Things that just aren’t docu-

ment-able anywhere else.”One concern was that the tran-

script would not cover anythingbefore fall 2010, but both Welchand Student Body President MattVanDriel said this was not some-thing to be worried about.

The Senate also approvedthe list of members on theStudent Organization Teamand the addition of the EthicsCommittee members. Therewill be discussion further inthe next few weeks to deter-mine if the bylaws requiremore seats to be added to theEthics Committee.

Senate reports included areport from Salynthia ReneeCollier, director of StudentAffairs, said the multiculturalfraternities and sororities on

campus were trying to form acouncil.

Ryan Schucard, director ofUniversity Relations, made aninquiry into the watering andsprinklers around campus.Shucard said there has been anenormous misuse of the water,and he wants to look into how thecampus can save money.

Also, Tyler Ames, the direc-tor of Legislative Affairs, men-tioned the Cattle Baron’s Ball —sponsored by the AmericanCancer Society — needs volun-teers to valet park for the eventSaturday, Sept. 18. Anyone whois interested can call 970-590-9334. Those who want to volun-teer but don’t want to drive canstill drive people to their carsvia golf cart.

Proposal aims to lower number of members required to receive club funding

Biology professor pushes for smoking ban across campus

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Bears set to open season against D-II foeBEN WARWICK

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The UNC football team kicksoff the 2010 season at 1:35 p.m. onSaturday at Nottingham Fieldagainst Division II opponentAdams State, from Alamosa.

University of NorthernColorado head coach ScottDowning recently named juniorDylan Orms the starting quarter-back for Saturday’s opener.

Orms said he has been lookingforward to this day for years.

“It’s a big honor for me,” Ormssaid. “I’ve been here for threeyears, and this will be my firststart. Hearing that, of course, I wasexcited. It’s something I’ve beenwaiting for and looking forward tothe whole time I’ve been here.”

Downing is looking for amuch-improved defense to takethe field on Saturday.

“I think our defense is very,very well prepared,” Downingsaid. “They’re a veteran crew.They’ve been running the samedefense now for the last four years.We’ve got a number of guys whohave played a number of games. Ithink as a group, I expect them tobe a very, very big factor in thegame on Saturday.”

Downing said he also expects abig difference this year in howquickly the team adapts to thespeed of the game.

“I think the big thing for us is togo out and get to game speed rightaway,” Downing said. “We have toget to game speed fast, and thatmeans take it up a notch frompractice, which everybody has todo. I think from your first game,it’s ‘Can you get to game speed?’and then ‘Can you eliminate anycostly errors such as turnoversand dumb penalties?’”

The Grizzlies (1-0) are comingoff a relatively successful season inthe Division II Rocky MountainAthletic Conference, finishingwith an overall record of 5-6.TheGrizzlies will be gunning for UNC,the only FCS team on their sched-ule. Senior cornerback KoreyAskew said he is very aware of this.

“Just because they’re aDivision II team doesn’t meanthey won’t come in here and bringit to us,” Askew said. “We’re defi-nitely not overlooking them.”

Adams State won its seasonopener last week, defeating DixieState, 34-14.

As to how the team is gettingready for Adams State, Downingsaid it is all in the preparation.

“It doesn’t matter if you’repreparing for the Adams StateGrizzlies or the Montana Grizzlies,you always prepare the same,”Downing said.

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UNC sophomore wide receiver Chris Morris juggles a pass inpractice earlier this week. Morris and the Bears open their sea-son Saturday against Adams State at Nottingham Field.

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UNC senior running back Jhamele Robinson returns a kickoff in theBears’ game against Montana State last season. Robinson walked onto the team in 2006 and will start the team’s opener this season.

Senior runs through obstacles to become starterPARKER COTTON

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UNC senior running backJhamele Robinson may physical-

ly be one ofthe smallerplayers onthe footballfield, butcoaches andteammates

said his work ethic makes himone of the biggest players on theteam.

Robinson joined theUniversity of NorthernColorado football team as awalk-on freshman five yearsago and has had his share of

obstacles along the way. He suf-fered a right ACL injury, wasdeemed academically ineligibleand was asked to leave the teamsoon after he arrived on cam-pus. Robinson’s year off gavehim time to rehab his knee, gethis grades up, and motivatehimself to earn his way backonto the team.

“That whole year of comingto the games was really gettingto me, like I knew I could still behere playing and I could becontributing to this team,”Robinson said. “I was like, ‘Ihave to get back.’ I couldn’tstop right there with gettingkicked off. I just couldn’t stop.”

He said he rehabbed the

knee by running a lot, strength-ening the muscles around itand having a lot of determina-tion. As far as academics areconcerned, Robinson has got-ten his GPA up and is workingtoward his degree in communi-cation.

“He’s had a bunch of semes-ters above a 3.0 GPA, and he’swell on track to graduate, and ayear ago we awarded him with afootball scholarship for all hishard work and dedication to theteam,” head coach ScottDowning said.

Fellow senior running backAndre Harris said Robinson’s

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work ethic is very impressiveand has even rubbed off on him

“He works so hard, he mademe work harder,” Harris said. “Isee how he comes in andwatches film andstuff like that;he’s just a realhard worker.”

The hardwork did not gounnoticed byDowning.

“He’s kind ofa walking poster-boy for our pro-gram in the factthat he’s doneeverything theway it should bedone, and he’searned every-thing he’s everg o t t e n , ”Downing said.“That’s what I think his team-mates respect. They look atJhamele as kind of a leader, andthey listen to him. That’s whywhen we gave him a scholar-ship a year ago, the whole placeerupted. There was 100 football

players jumping up and down,happy that one guy got a schol-arship.”

Among those jumping upand down was Robinson.

“It was the best feeling in theworld,” he said. “I had no way

of knowinghow I wasgoing to payfor schoollast year. Ip r o b a b l ywould havehad to dropout or try towork doublejobs and tryto play foot-ball at thesame time,which wouldhave beenpretty hard.So, it wasoverwhelm-ing.”

Robinson has also paid hisdues in camp and impressedenough to have been named thestarting running back for theseason opener at 1:35 p.m.Saturday at Nottingham Fieldagainst Adams State.

He said it was an honor to benamed the starter, and that hecould not be more excited forthe season to start.

“I wish it was last Saturday.I’m ready to play a gamealready,” Robinson said. “I’mso excited to be starting for my

first time in a game. Well, Istarted last year, but it wasn’tthe same as this. I can’t wait.I’m so excited.”

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Professor explains newspaper’s role in self educationSARA VAN CLEVE

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With all of the advances intechnology, people can nowgather news in many ways:from the newspaper to TV tothe Internet.

With so many convenientoptions, lots of people think ofnewspapers as being outdated.However, Michael Kimball, thedirector of the Center of HonorsScholars and Leadership and ananthropology professor, said hebelieves newspapers still play avital role in society.

In March 2009, Kimball madea speech at the PresidentialScholars Banquet, in which heemphasized the importance ofwhat he calls “intelligent wan-dering.” Kimball said newspa-pers are one way to engage in

such learning.“I sit down with a newspaper and

I say ‘I’m just going to start flippingthe pages,’ and I wander through the

newspaper,”Kimball said.“Every singleday when Ido that, Iread at leastone thingthat I neverthought Iwas interest-ed in.”

Kimballsaid read-ing a news-

paper provides different oppor-tunities for learning and under-standing that a person cannotreceive by searching for newsonline or watching TV. Whenpeople are able to choose what

news and information theywant to receive based solely ontheir interests, they coulddevelop a narrower mind; how-ever, by expanding the informa-tion they receive, people canexpand their minds and under-standing of the world.

“The layout and the way arti-cles are juxtaposed (in a news-paper) allow you to explore anddiscover things you didn’t thinkyou were going to find. And,thus, understand the biggerpicture and start to becomeinterested in your place in thebigger picture.”

To Kimball, finding one’splace and becoming a bettercitizen is what intelligent wan-dering, learning and the collegeexperience is all about.

“As citizens, we feel respon-sible for our society we want to

be a participant in making theworld a better place,” Kimballsaid. “Higher education isabout turning out citizens.”

Kimball said technologydoes play an important role,though; online perspectives canprovide an important tool incritically evaluating stories andevents.

He also said by becoming anactive participant in both thelocal and global society, peopleare able to change the worldaround them. Being active insociety does not necessarilymean being physically active.

“You can configure your lifeso that you only accept thethings you think are interesting,or you can reconfigure your lifeto be open to surprising possi-bilities. Take time to wander.”

Kimball said everyoneshould allow themselves timeto be surprised and take part inserendipitous learning andlearn from everything.

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newspaper and I say‘I’m just going to start

flipping the pages,’and I wander throughthe newspaper. Everysingle day when I dothat, I read at least

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Headphones used during on-air broadcasts sit on top of a microphoneinside the UNC Student Radio studios in the Davis House. The organ-ization will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Michael Kimball, said on of the bestways to stay edu-cated is to read anewspaper daily.

UNC Student Radio to host thirdopen house, make introductionsJESSICA GATES

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Many students might not betuned in to the fact that there is aUNC Student Radio on campus.Those interested in the station canattend the Third Annual StudentRadio Open House from 11 a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday at the Marcus GarveyCultural Center.

Jeff Wild, a senior businessmanagement and finance major,is the advertising director forUNCSR and said during theopen house, students will get achance to see the on-air andrecording studio, as well as winprizes and enjoy free food. Foranyone interested in becoming

a DJ, they accept applicationsyear-round.

“We would like to spread theword about UNC’s new-and-improved radio station, andengage with the new students oncampus,” Wild said.

Sam Wood, a senior historyeducation major and the generalmanager for UNCSR, said thissemester there are a lot of newplans for the station, including livesessions with local bands, a betternews program, live sports broad-casts and ticket giveaways.

“We want students to proudlysay they listen to UNC StudentRadio,” said Austin Todd, a sopho-more journalism major and thepersonnel manager for the station.

“We have a dedicated staff; nowwe just need the student supportto top it off.”

Wild also said it is important tohave a student radio on campusbecause it gives students the oppor-tunity to speak their mind and gettheir voices heard.

“The UNCSR is the voice of theBears,” Todd said. “We give studentsthe freedom to express themselvesand represent their colors in onemore unique way on this campus.”

All three members of the UNCSRsaid the station is open to anyonewho is interested in getting involved.

To find more information aboutthe student radio station here atUNC check out UNCSR’s website atwww.unco.edu/uncradio.