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UpcomingIn Wednesday’sissue of TheMirror, readabout a newbookstore nearcampus openingto serve UNC.
Funeral honors memory of studentHundreds of RossHiguchi’s friendsand family gatheredSaturday to paytheir final respects.PAGE 3
SportsSoftball wins two of four on road
UNC softball teamwins first andfourth game ofseries against UtahValley University.PAGE 10
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If the ground felt like itwas pulsating Friday nightaround the University Center,that was no earthquake —UNC’s Queer Prom 2011 wasin full swing.
Students were clusteredaround the ballroomssporting a mixture of tradi-tional prom attire, top hatsand bunny ears, per the“Down the Rabbit Hole –Alice In Wonderland”theme.
The movie theme seemed
to be a hit with the students,who showed up in drovessporting Wonderland para-phernalia, from something asinnocuous as a spade paintedon their cheek to a full Alicecostume.
“I forgot that that was thetheme,” said MichaelRichardson, a sophomore artmajor, shrugging in his con-ventional button down shirtand vest. “I’m just having alot of fun with my friends.There are some really gooddancers here and a few little(break dancing) battles, sothat’s pretty exciting.”
This was the fourth con-secutive year that QueerProm has been hosted at theUniversity of NorthernColorado, and some students
said they thought it was thebest one yet.
Rachel Kane, a UNCalumna, came to support thegay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender community. “I liked the fact that they
did royalty, but it wasn’t apopularity contest, they justdrew it,” Kane said, twirling acrown on her arm.
Before entering the dance,raffle tickets were handedout. Halfway through theevening, four tickets weredrawn to see who would becrowned the Queer Prom roy-alty for the evening.
With more than 450guests, Queer Prom provideda venue for members of theGLBT community to have funwith friends and significantothers.
The DJ played pop hitsalong with established queeranthems, such as Lady Gaga’shit, “Born This Way.”
A constructed hallwaywith twinkling lights guid-ed students onto the ball-room floor, where dragqueens proudly struttedabout and same sex cou-ples held hands and
enjoyed an intimatedance scene without fearof ostracism.
Adam Guthrie, a sopho-more political science major,was part of the team thatorganized the event.
“We actually had a lot ofhigh school students fromGreeley and Fort Collinsattend, which was our goal,”Guthrie said. “We wantedstudents not only to get to seeUNC, but for high school stu-dents who maybe didn’t feelcomfortable going to theirown prom with their partnerto be able to experience thathere.”
Guthrie is a part of thesocial club Spectrum, aGLBTA student organizationon campus that organizedQueer Prom.
Spectrum meets at7:30 every Wednesday inColumbine B in theUniversity Center, and islooking to increasemembership.
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After a week of events cele-brating the planet, UNCended the week by hosting thesecond annual Shredfest andthe inaugural SustainabilityFair Friday on Earth Day.
The University ofNorthern Colorado partneredwith the College Credit Unionand Express ShreddingSolutions to help studentsand Greeley communitymembers securely dispose ofpersonal documents andhelp the environment.
Participants broughtpersonal documents to theparking lot between Kepner
and Carter Halls to securelydispose of information suchas tax information andcredit card bills.
Drew Giffin, with CCU,said the credit union part-nered with UNC to host theevent because identity theft isa large problem and CCUwants to do its part to protectpeople.
“Identity theft is a bigissue,” Giffin said. “Electronicidentity theft is growing, butnumber one is still with trashand personal items stolen. It’sjust after tax day, so somepeople found documentsthey need to get rid of.”
The process of a persongetting back his or her identi-
ty and money can be a longand difficult one, so UNChosted the event to help elim-inate the need for the processaltogether.
“Identity theft and fraudhas a rapid incline and thetrend is getting steeper,” saidJessica Behunin, a securityanalyst at UNC. “The moneyand hours that go into repair-ing an identity once it’s stolenis so excruciating we want toraise awareness and decreasethe trend.”
Express ShreddingSolutions, a division ofSchaefer Enterprises, provid-ed the portable shreddingtruck and helped shred morethan 2,700 pounds of paper
within the first hour of theevent, which surpassed lastyear’s total of 2,500 pounds.
All of the shredded paperwas collected by the compa-ny and will be recycled.
The inaugural Earth DaySustainability Fair was alsohosted Friday at theUniversity Center in honor ofEarth Day.
The fair featured boothsfrom a variety of departmentsand organizations on campusand businesses in the com-munity which shared infor-mation about what each isdoing to be more Earth-friendly and sustainable.
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Sabrina Greever, left, a junior psychology major, andAshley Walters, 18, dance at Queer Prom while intheir “Alice in Wonderland” themed costumes.
Students take a trip ‘down the rabbit hole’ at annual prom
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In honor of HolocaustMemorial Observance Week,UNC, the Greeley communityand Aims CommunityCollege will be hosting eventsTuesday-Friday to rememberthe twelve million lives lostduring the Holocaust.
The City of Greeley, withthe help of the University ofNorthern Colorado andACC, has hosted HolocaustMemorial Observance Week
since 2003.This week is geared
toward helping bring peopletogether from a culturallydiverse community and help-ing them see the worldthrough the eyes of those whomay not look, dress or speakthe same as others.
The first event hosted aspart of Holocaust MemorialObservance Week will be thereading of the litany of mar-tyrs Tuesday in the UniversityCenter.
During the reading, the
names of adults and childrenwhose lives were lost duringthe Holocaust will be read.Organizers invite volunteersto attend and read namesfrom the list.
Fred Manasse, a famoussculptor and Holocaust sur-vivor, will talk about the fam-ily he lost, his journey to theUnited States and otherexperiences that got him towhere he is today during apresentation at 7:30 p.mWednesday in the Pikes PeakBallroom at the UC.
On Thursday, UNCEnglish professor JeraldineKraver will discuss herthoughts after visiting aHolocaust museum inJerusalem, the Yad Vashem(which means HolocaustMartyrs and HeroesRemembrance Authority inHebrew).
She will also discuss whatshe experienced at the UnitedStates Holocaust MemorialMuseum in Washington, D.C.Her presentation will focus onthe portrayal of the Holocaust
through an organizationinstead of a single person.
As part of HolocaustMemorial Observance Week,UNC’s International FilmSeries will be showing the1998 documentary “The LastDays,” a film that revisitssome of the most well knownconcentration camps andfeatures interviews with sev-eral Holocaust survivors. Thefilm will begin at 9:15 p.m.Thursday in MichenerLibrary.
During World War II, Adolf
Hitler brought together someof Europe’s most well knownartists before sending them toconcentration camps. Duringtheir time in the camps, theseartisans created artwork,thoughtful poetry and more,even while in the worst condi-tions imaginable.
Other events in honorof Holocaust MemorialObservance Week can befound athttp://www.aims.edu/student/studentlife/resources/hmo_schedule.htm.
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UNC student was ‘local legend’ to community, friendsSARA VAN CLEVE
Hundreds gatheredSaturday to pay their finalrespects and support to thefamily of a UNC student whodied Tuesday.
A funeral and celebrationof Ross Higuchi’s life washosted at the St. AndrewUnited Methodist Church inHighlands Ranch.
The service was led by theRev. John Kingsbury fromSmoky Hill United MethodistChurch.
“Friends, family, broth-ers and sisters in Christ, wehave gathered here to praiseGod and to witness to ourfaith, as we celebrate the lifeof Ross Wellington Higuchi,”Kingsbury said. “We cometogether in grief acknowl-edging our human loss. MayGod grant us grace, that inHe we may find comfort insorrows.”
He then read Psalm 139and Psalm 23 and led the con-gregation in prayer.
“Loving and eternal God,we praise You for the great
company of all those whohave finished their course infaith and rest from theirlabor,” Kingsbury prayed.“We praise you for those wholeave us and remain in ourhearts before you. Especiallywe praise you for Ross, whomyou have graciously receivedinto your presence.”
Instead of focusing ongrieving the loss of a life, theservice focused on the lovepeople had for Higuchi andthe love he returned to them.
“Traveling through thevalley of the shadow of death,we have come to this place, atthis time, at the very start ofour journey of grief,”Kingsbury said. “But fellowtravelers, grief has notbrought us to this sanctuarythis afternoon. Although griefhas filled our hearts, grief hasnot filled this room. Family,friends, brothers and sistersin Christ, love has filled thisroom. Love has filled thisroom: your love of Ross,Ross’s love for you, and pri-marily as the foundation,God’s love for us all.”
The reverend said that
although Higuchi’s life was cutshort, it was not cut narrow.
Kingsbury said whenwords fail, as they often doduring times of grief, the pres-ence of those who love some-one can be just as important, ifnot more important than thewords one cannot think to say.
“Team Higuchi, even asyou are on your journey ofgrief, your responsibility tothis family is just beginning,”Kingsbury said. “In whateverway you can, your prayers,your embraces, your com-passion, you are to continuein your support of this family.Your support this past weekwas deeply felt and meaning-ful beyond words. Your sup-port in the days ahead is justas vital. Team Higuchi, youare signed up not for a dash,but for a marathon.”
Higuchi fell from the sec-ond-floor balcony of theDelta Tau Delta chapterhouse in the early morning ofApril 16. He died three dayslater from head injuries sus-tained in the fall.
Three close friends ofHiguchi, Doug Gabbard, Cory
Sandhagen and JuniorDeSouza, also spoke duringthe service and shared mem-ories of their friend.
Gabbard shared what hehas learned from havingHiguchi as a best friend for aslong as he can remember.Lessons he learned fromHiguchi included to lovewhat he is doing, to be sillyand funny, to be there forthose he cares most about, toforgive and to embrace everyopportunity. Gabbard alsoread the poem “Gone TooSoon” in memory of hisfriend.
DeSouza said that hav-ing Higuchi in his lifehelped him become theperson he is today.
“It’s great to see how manypeople are here to show theirlove and appreciation forRoss,” DeSouza said. “I thinkthis is evident of how great of aperson he really was. Just byfirst meeting him, he’d leavean impression on you.”
Higuchi was described byhis friends as being a very lov-ing and selfless person.
“He wouldn’t be happy
unless others were happy,”DeSouza said. “When wewould all go to his house andhang out ... he would alwaysmake sure we were all happyand having a good time.”
DeSouza encouragedHiguchi’s friends and familyto be happy and rememberall of the good times andlaughter they shared withHiguchi, because he washappy when others were.
During an interviewFriday, John Thompson, amath teacher and footballcoach at Smoky Hill HighSchool and also a Universityof Northern Colorado alum-nus, shared the same senti-ment about Higuchi’s self-lessness and willingness toplease others.
“He was a happy guy,”Thompson said. “He alwaysmade sure he made otherpeople happy.”
Following his friends’speeches and memories,Higuchi’s sisters, Krysta andAshley, spoke.
Krysta introduced a videoremembering her brother’slife, which featured home
movies and photos from thetime he was a toddler throughhis teenage years.
The video also featuredfootage of Higuchi when heplayed football at Smoky HillHigh School, somethingThompson said he remem-bers very well.
“We won our homecom-ing game last year on a fieldgoal he kicked,” Thompsonsaid. “It had been a whilesince we won a homecominggame, so he was a local leg-end. Certainly that is some-thing I’ll always remember.”
Ashley read a letter shewrote to her brother to com-memorate his life. The letteraddressed the grief she hasfelt since her brother died andthe comfort she has found inhaving had him in her life.
Following the letter,Kingsbury said a final prayerbefore grievers met the familyto express their condolences.
Higuchi’s love andkindness, expressed duringthe service through hisfamily and friends’ memo-ries of him, will live on ashis legacy.
Week of remembrance outlines Holocaust, honors camp victims
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Well, you can’t blameGeorge Karl for having his fin-gers crossed, and for goodreason.
The Denver Nuggets coachsaid in a radio interview April 7that he would much rather facethe Dallas Mavericks in theplayoffs than the OklahomaCity Thunder, and that theNuggets and Thunder are verysimilar teams but “right nowour speed might have moreeffect against Dallas than it willagainst Oklahoma City.”
To decode coach-speak,that roughly translates to,
“We’re afraid of OklahomaCity.”
Much to his chagrin, he gotthe Thunder and the entirecountry can see why he wantedDallas instead.
The Nuggets’ loss Sundayput them one loss away fromexiting the playoffs in the firstround for the seventh time ineight years.
Denver has had close gamesin the first and third games ofthe series, but suffered fromlack of execution near the endfrom a go-to guy. Remember:J.R. Smith can’t make every late
shot, further proven by his air-ball in the waning secondsSaturday.
Such shots and pressuremoments a few months agowould have fallen on the shoul-ders of Carmelo Anthony orChauncey “Mr. Big Shot”Billups, but neither are in townanymore thanks to Anthony.
Denver is a young team in a3-0 hole and it won’t find a wayout, or a way to win in futureplayoff appearances, withoutthat prolific scorer. Yes, theteam went on a remarkable runafter the trade that sent
Anthony and Billups to NewYork, but emotion can onlycarry this team for so long andit appears that time is about up.
The Nuggets are on thebrink of elimination and theywill continue to be that wayuntil they get a little older, a lit-tle wiser and a little better atfree throws.
Karl should announce hewill hold open tryouts for theNuggets roster the day afterthey get eliminated from thepostseason pending a physicaland a free throw percentagebetter than Shaquille O’Neal.
This week’s poll question:Are you staying in Greeley overthe summer?
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Nuggets’ holes glaringly obvious when close to elimination
Next weekend, morethan 1,000 studentswill graduate from
UNC with a bachelor’s degree.Graduation is a true accomplish-ment — something to be proudof. Many students are the first intheir families to earn a degree.Some plan to study as postgradu-ates, others have already signedon to career-track jobs.
But in an economy hoveringaround a nine percent unem-ployment rate, both at the stateand national levels, graduateshave the right to feel nervous. Ascollege attendance grows, sodoes student debt, this year pass-
ing a trillion dollars. Collegegraduates do on average earn sig-nificantly more than high schoolgraduates. But high school grad-uates aren’t bound by loans to bepaid. Even graduates with noloans outstanding have a monu-mental task ahead: to find a jobthat makes the time and moneythey’ve already spent a smartinvestment.
More people than ever areearning degrees. That is good forthe economy in general, as wellas the more intangible culturalaspects of the country. Butbecause jobs are scarce, there willbe tough competition for gradu-ates. Given only a moment, I canthink of half a dozen friends whohave graduated in the last fewyears who have no job prospectsbeyond those they were qualifiedfor as teens.
I have written previously on
the “boomerang” phenomenon.Though the solution is far fromeasy, the cause is simple: justearning a degree is not enough.Teachers need to have extensiveexperience coming out of collegeand solid recommendations.Professionals need internshipexperience and specialized skillsto bring to the interview office.Artists need to create opportuni-ties where none exist. In fact, forany graduate, the game is nolonger about finding jobs, butabout creating them.
You may say we are all busi-nesspeople now (with nothing butrespect to those graduating fromMonfort College of Business). Wehave to find a need and market aproduct, which is ourselves. Byreaching out to employers beforegraduation, we can put ourselvesin a better position come the endof our six-month grace periods. I
admire those students who canshoot off a resume to 20 employ-ers with no fear of rejection or dis-appointment. I admire even morethose who have built a careeralready, and are using educationas a tool to further that career, nota way to procrastinate it.
It’s easy for me to talk, shel-tered as I am in my academics,with another year until graduation.I do not envy those graduatingnext week, with “the real world”ahead of them. But I hope that ingaining professional experience ofmy own before graduation, with orwithout the assistance of the uni-versity, I can be prepared to makea living from day one. Because,truth be told, day one has longsince passed for all of us.
— Mark Maxwell is a junior theaterarts major and a weekly columnist for TheMirror.
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About 20 UNC studentscelebrated Earth Day by vol-unteering to clean and gar-den at the Boys & Girls Club ofWeld County Saturday.
The students and organi-zations at the University ofNorthern Colorado plantednew flowers, weeded plants,fixed brick planters and pro-vided spring cleaning for theclub.
“We’re hoping to get asmany people as we can tohelp out with the gardening,”said Margaret Kelley, anadministrative assistant withthe Center for Honors,Scholars and Leadership.
This was the first timeUNC hosted an Earth Dayevent that benefited the BGC,said Loree Crow, the associ-ate director for the CHSL.
The event was organizedby the Earth Week PlanningCouncil, chaired by Crow,
and was hosted by theStudent Honors Council.
Other campus organiza-tions that helped with theproject included theEnvironmental StudiesClub, the UniversityProgram Council, StudentHonors Council and thePresident’s LeadershipProgram and ResidenceLife Civic Engagement.
“This event is such a greatway to help out the Greeleycommunity,” said Mariah
Brothe, the Office ofUndergraduate Researchcoordinator. “It helps ourcenter to aid students to beinvolved in the community. Ithelps the Boys & Girls Clubbecause it shows that UNC’sstudents really do care abouttheir community. I thinkthere’s a disconnect betweenthe community and the uni-versity’s students, so thisevent kind of bridges that,and it helps the students wantto get involved with morethings that help out the com-munity around campus.”
The partnershipbetween the university andthe BGC is continuing atrend of service for UNC andthe CHSL students.
“The Center for Honors,Scholars and Leadership isworking with the Boys &Girls Club of Weld Countyto establish a comprehen-sive partnership for service-learning, Americorps serv-ice projects, communityservice and volunteer proj-ects and community basedlearning projects,” Crowsaid. “They are one of twoWeld County non-profitsthat the center is currentlydeveloping this type ofmore extensive workingrelationship with, the otherbeing the East AfricanCommunity Center. Sincewe were already workingwith them, it was the perfectopportunity to develop aone-day service project aswell.”
While this is the first envi-ronmental benefit, it will notbe the last.
“We’re strongly encour-aging students to be moreinvolved and to play astronger role in the commu-nity,” Brothe said.
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combination.”-- Nelson Mandela
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Baseball sweeps series with BroncsPARKER COTTON
Junior outfielder JarodBerggren came to the plate inthe fifth inning of Sunday’sgame with UNC holding a 4-3advantage. Four pitches later,he broke the game wide openwith a three-run homerun toleft field to start the demise ofTexas Pan-American.
The University ofNorthern Colorado (12-26, 8-4) tallied nine runs on eighthits in the fifth inning of theseries finale to help the Bearsto a 14-4 win and a sweep oftheir conference opponent inthe four-game series.
Berggren started confer-ence play April 8 at the New
York Institute ofTechnology with a .175average and is now up to.293 after going 8-for-16 inthe series against Universityof Texas-Pan American (16-17, 6-6), including twohomeruns, a triple, sevenRBIs and five runs scored.
“From day one—I gothere in August and inSeptember when we startedpractice—I heard all aboutthis kid named JarodBerggren,” UNC first-yearhead coach Carl Iwasakisaid. “I think this boy has allthe tools — he’s a five-toolplayer and he’s showing it.”
The Broncs got on theboard first in the top of
the second inning, but theBears missed on anopportunity to take thelead in the bottom half.UNC loaded the baseswith no outs before juniorthird baseman TonyCrudo lined out to theUTPA’s third basemanVincent Mejia, who thentagged out UNC first base-man Ben Packard as heattempted to scrambleback to the bag. Freshmancatcher Matt Jones thenhit a ball to the shortstop,who jumped up to grab itto end the scoring threatand the inning.
UNC scored two runs onthree hits in both the thirdand fourth innings andallowed the Broncs to scoreone run in the fourth and fifthinnings, giving the Bears a 4-3lead going to the bottom halfof the fifth.
Bears senior second base-man T.J. Berge led off with awalk and was singled to thirdby Packard before Berggrenhit his homerun. Two singlesand one walk later, UNC sen-ior right fielder MarcusValenzuela singled to platetwo more runs. After twomore runs scored, Berggrencame up again with the basesloaded and singled to left,driving in his fourth and fifthruns of the inning.
“We just strung a lot of hitstogether,” Berggren said.“Everybody was doing theirpart — everybody was havinggood at-bats. I don’t thinkthere was any ball we didn’thit hard that inning. I kind offelt bad for the pitcher.”
UNC led 13-3 when theinning finally ended and, afterallowing a UTPA run in theseventh inning, Valenzuelasingled with the bases loadedin the eighth inning to pushthe lead to 10 again and endthe game. Per Great WestConference rules, when ateam leads by 10 or more runsafter the seventh inning, amercy rule goes into effect.
As much hitting as theBears did in the final game,the hitters said a lot of thecredit for the weekend suc-cess goes to the pitching staff.
Junior Kevin Willmanwent 6 2/3 innings in theBears’ 11-6 win in game one.Senior Josh Boyer pitched aseven-inning complete gamein the first of Saturday’s dou-bleheader, allowing two runsand one walk in UNC’s 5-2win, and senior ChrisCarlberg went seven inningsin the second game after giv-ing up one run on seven hitswith five strikeouts in a 5-1victory. Junior Casey Coywent five innings Sunday, giv-ing up only three runs.
“It was a good week-end for our pitchers,”Iwasaki said. “Wherewe’re at right now, we
needed our pitchers tostep up.”
But it was Berggren whostole the show with his hit-ting. In addition to his twohomers in the series, his triplein the first game of the dou-bleheader gave him theschool record for most in acareer with 13.
“Especially from a pro-gram like this that’s had somuch behind it with all theCollege World Series appear-ances and all the alums andeverything, it’s just an honorto be able to do that,”Berggren said of the record.
Valenzuela also had aproductive series, going 6-for-12 with nine RBIs, includ-ing four Sunday.
“Jarod had unbelievablepop — the homerun he hittoday, there was no doubtabout that one,” said UNCshortstop Adam Hilker, whohad four hits Sunday. “AndMarcus has been on fire lately— same with (Jarod). It’s niceto get everybody rolling.”
The Bears will take thediamond again at 3 p.m.Tuesday against Air Force atJackson Field, the fifth of thecurrent 13-game home stand.
“I think the confidenceis there — both now on theoffensive and defensiveside of the ball,” Valenzuelasaid. “And seeing as they’reall home games, the confi-dence is probably as highas it’s been.”
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UNC junior outfielder Jarod Berggren swings at apitch against Texas-Pan American Sunday. Berggrenhit two homeruns and had seven RBIs in the series.
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UNC junior Cameron Tallman throws a pitch against Texas-Pan American at Jackson Field Sunday. Tallman had threestrikeouts and earned his third save of the season. “
I think this boy hasall the tools-—he’s afive-tool player and
he’s showing it.—— UUNNCC hheeaadd ccooaacchhCCaarrll IIwwaassaakkii oonn oouutt--ffiieellddeerr JJaarroodd BBeerrggggrreenn
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UNC junior outfielder Erin Geddis prepares for a dragbunt in a game earlier this season. Geddis had fourhits and one RBI in the series against Utah Valley.
Softball splits weekend with WolverinesSTAFF REPORT
After falling 6-2 inSaturday’s first game, theUNC softball team beat UtahValley 10-2 in five innings tosplit the weekend’s four-game series and remain infirst place in the Pacific CoastSoftball Conference’sMountain Division.
The University ofNorthern Colorado (13-31, 9-3) won two blowoutgames against the UtahValley Wolverines (14-24,7-5) in the first and lastgames of the series.
The Bears started off thefirst game with two runs inthe first inning after freshmanfirst baseman Megan
Wilkinson hit a two run singleto center field. Wilkinson hadfive RBIs in the series.
Utah Valley’s only runwas unearned after anerror by senior secondbaseman Kailee Vessey.
In the top of the seventh,UNC sophomore third base-man Melanie Buol hit a three-run homerun to give theBears a 10-1 lead, whichwould be the final margin.The win was head coachMark Montgomery’s 300thcareer win.
In the second game,Wilkinson started theBears off again with aninside-the-park homerunin the top of the second.The Wolverines respond-ed with a run of their own
in the bottom of theinning.
Going into the bottom ofthe fifth, the Bears wereahead 3-2 when UtahValley’s freshman center-fielder Amanda Robinsonsingled to bring in the tyingrun. Robinson went on toscore the go-ahead run for a4-3 score, which completedthe scoring.
UNC senior pitcherKellie Henderson startedfor the third time in theseries in Saturday’s firstgame. Henderson pitcheda complete game, givingup 10 hits and six runs inUNC’s 6-2 loss.
Buol hit her secondhomerun of the series in thefifth inning.
In the last game of theseries, the Bears were the firstto score in the bottom of thesecond when Buol reachedfirst on an error, allowingWilkinson to score.
UNC was leading 6-2going into the fifth inning,and after Utah Valley did notscore, the Bears tallied fourruns on two hits to completethe scoring. Senior shortstopMegan Hamilton hit a three-run homerun to center field,allowing for the mercy-rule totake effect when the inningwas finished.
The Bears take the fieldagain at 5 p.m. Thursdayat Butler-HancockSoftball Field againstUniversity of Colorado atColorado Springs.
Sustainability supportedSome of the UNC organi-
zations included Waste Not,the Center for PeerEducation, the UNC chapterof the American ChemicalSociety and the UniversityProgram Council.
Waste Not is a programwhere volunteers collectuneaten food from Holmesand Tobey-Kendel DiningHalls each night anddonate it to the SalvationArmy to feed thousands ofpeople in need.
About 25 professors vol-unteer with the program ona regular basis, as well asseveral students. Eachnight, 200-300 pounds offood are donated.
Waste Not is part of theBear Hug club, a pre-pro-fessional club for educa-tion majors.
CPE recently hostedthree cigarette butt clean-up days, and showcased
during the fair how manybutts they were able to col-lect. Over the course ofthree days and with thehelp of about 20 students,CPE collected more than12,500 butts.
Sam Hyland, a sopho-more communication major,said it can take 25 years forone cigarette butt to fullydecompose.
“CPE is really trying toeducate students on whatcan happen to the environ-ment because of smoking,”Hyland said.
The American ChemicalSociety provided studentswith informational bookletson how to make “green”everyday products, such ascleaners and personal items,by using other commonenvironmentally friendlyhousehold products.
ACS was also givingaway free samples of facewash and laundry deter-
gent that club membersmade using everyday,household products thatuse fewer chemicals andare more sustainable thanproducts available at thestore.
Maggie Meneghin, ajunior elementary educa-tion major, organized thefair for UPC to remind stu-dents about the impor-tance of being conscious oftheir carbon footprint.
“It serves as a reminderthat all of our actions haveconsequences on the envi-ronment we live in and forfuture generations,”Meneghin said. “It’s vitalthat we remember theenvironment is not in agood place right now. EarthDay reminds us to get out-side and enjoy nature.”
Meneghin said thisyear’s fair was successful,and she hopes it becomesan annual event.
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