Clarion Volume 120 Issue 4

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Vol. 120, Issue 4

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Alcohol abuse on the rise

HCC investigating ‘very significant’ increased binge drinking after concerned call from Porter Hospital

68%

Increase in liquor law violations last quarter compared to fall 2011

48%

Increase in hospital transports from 2012 to 2011

21%

Increase in transports to Denver Care’s Detox Facility

by sarah ford News Editor

The Department of Campus Safety (DCS) and the Health and Counseling Center (HCC) are reporting a “dramatic” rise in alcohol and fake ID violations on campus, a trend that has raised concerns in both departments.

Director of the HCC, Alan Kent, said that earlier this academic year the emergency director at Porter Hospital, where a majority of students are sent for treatment in cases of overconsumption of alcohol, called HCC to express concern over the number of DU students being brought to the hospital, as well as the high rates of intoxication of the students brought in.

The Clarion reached out to Porter Hospital, but hospital representatives were unable to contact their emergency room director for a comment.

According to the Campus Safety Monthly Crime Statistics Report for December, alcohol violations reported in fall quarter increased from 25 in 2011 to 42 in 2012, a 68 percent rise.

Campus Safety Sgt. Stephen Banet

said the rise in on-campus reports of underage drinking is “concerning,” and has led to more transports of students to area hospitals and the Denver Cares Detox Center.

“I have heard from conversations with colleagues in other areas of the campus that the levels of intoxication this year are higher,” said Banet.

According to statistics provided by Campus Safety, in the calendar year of 2012 there were 115 transports to Denver Cares, a 21 percent rise from the 95 reported in 2011. There was also a 48 percent increase in alcohol-related transports to local hospitals, from 27 in 2011 to 40 in 2012.

In total, the number of alcohol-related “off-campus transports” has increased from a total of 122 in 2011 to 155 in 2012, a 27 percent increase.

“There has been a very significant increase [of on-campus incidents],” said Kent. “We recognize that college students will drink, but when they are sent to the hospital they are at risk of an alcohol overdose.”

Banet said these statistics may account for only a portion of the rise in alcohol consumption on-campus.

“Another thing to be aware of is that oftentimes there is more than one subject to the report in these cases,” said Banet.

Billy Cardenas, Campus Safety Investigator, believes the rise may be due in part to an apparent increase in the number of students with false identification, or fake IDs. “I think that [false ID recovery] really correlates with the alcohol calls,” said Cardenas.

While there are no statistics available comparing false identification recoveries in 2012 to previous years, Cardenas says he has noticed the increase. He also said false IDs have become more accessible to students in recent years, especially through the use of websites where students can submit information and have fake IDs sent to them.

Cardenas said students were primarily using the site idchief.com, based out of China, before it was shut down earlier this year. However, he said there are still plenty of options for students who want to purchase fake IDs.

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Driscoll remodel planned DU, CC game sold out Assistant News Editor

DU is developing plans for a significant remodeling Driscoll Student Center to better accommodate student needs, according John Nichols, director of the Student Center.

“We’re intentionally trying to create more space in the building that’s truly dedicated to students and student groups all the time,” said Nichols. “We’ll hopefully make this the student center and hub for student events and activities as a parallel to Anderson Academic Commons.”

Nichols said there is no completion or start date set at this time, but that he hopes the project team will finish the design phase near the beginning of spring quarter. Nothing can go forward until the project is approved by the senior administration, according to Nichols.

“The university architect will probably take the design to the chancellor to approve as soon as it’s done,” said Nichols.

“We can’t spend anything we don’t have,” said Nichols. “The university will have to decide how and when this moves forward.”

If the project is approved, the university will seek outside donations, but may also supplement the project with internal funding.

“Most of the building projects go after donors,” said Nichols. “We don’t even hire an architect until we’ve got 80 percent of the funds in the bank.”

According to Nichols, the Driscoll remodel was originally supposed to coincide with the library remodel, but there weren’t enough funds for both projects.

“The Driscoll project kind of got put on the back burner,” said Nichols. “At some point the university made the decision that we needed to move forward with the Penrose project.”

“The impact was more that the economy went bad,” said Nichols. “Fundraising was just not good at that point.”

Nichols said the remodel idea has been around for several years. A previous concept would have cost around $15 million and would have “popped up the roof” on the north end, which would have increased the height of the building, brought more natural light in and aesthetically continued the arc that currently runs along the bridge to a curved roof.

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Interfaith Harmony week promotes understanding Students will come together to celebrate religious understanding and harmony by carolyn neff Senior Reporter

Events celebrating the second annual World Interfaith Harmony week will be held throughout this week on campus, lasting Feb. 1-7, which is headed by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.

Heading the events is University Chaplain Gary R. Brower.

“My role as the University Chaplain is to provide opportunities for students, faculty and staff to encounter different points of view and appreciate religious differences,” said Brower. “Interfaith Harmony Week is an example of this, of mutual understanding and dialogue.”

According to Brower,

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“The week will culminate in an Interfaith Fiesta, which the Wellness Living and Learning Community has helped organize,” said Brower.

According to Brower, the Interfaith Fiesta is sponsored

by DU Interfaith Advocates and will be held Thursday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the JMAC Lounge.

Brower said that the event will feature speed faith-learning, which is like speed-dating but in the spirit of interfaith harmony.

“It is all about dialogue and engaging the students, making them aware of differences,” said Brower.

According to Brower, religious differences should not be a matter of conflict.

“It should not be a ‘we’re different and you’ve got to be like us’ situation,” said Brower.

Brower said that he hopes that this initiative provides a

way for students and faculty to recognize common values and strive for understanding in the community.

“Interfaith Harmony Week advocates a coming together,” said Brower. “While I do not know about any particular events related to the week in the Denver area, the week is being observed worldwide.”

In addition to this week’s national observance of World Interfaith Harmony, Brower said that the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life are on the Driscoll Bridge every month to promote religious dialogue.

For students and faculty who are interested in participating in World Interfaith Harmony Week or any other events related to religious and spiritual life can visit the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life in the Driscoll Student Center, Suite 29.

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From left to right: Jrs. Tanisha Crosby-Attipoe, Kelly Plefka and Ali Benedetti pose at Keystone resort near the Keystone Lake in Lakeside, where DU students had the option of skating, one of the many activities open to students participating in Winter Carnival.

Winter Carnival turnout ‘exceeds expectations’

by Carolyn Neff Senior Reporter The Programming Board (DUPB) held five free events this past week for students leading up to the Winter Carnival weekend at Keystone.

According to Meredith Jackson, co-chair of DUPB, the week was a successful culmination of months of planning, which started as early as last summer.

The events were put on by the Traditions and Special Events sub-committees.

DUPB Traditions hosted a week-long medallion hunt open to all students two weeks ago to kick off the Winter Carnival events.

This week, Jackson said they offered a Winter Wonderland craft event Tuesday night and a chili cook-off, sing-off and film screening of Pitch Perfect Thursday night.

According to Jackson, the winner of the medallion hunt was Alex Clever, who found

the prize on the last day. He and other students were issued a series of clues to finding the medallion, which was hidden somewhere on campus.

Jackson also said that about 75 people attended the Winter Wonderland craft event throughout the evening, which offered students the chance to make s’mores, homemade snowflake window clings and snow globes.

Jackson said that Thursday’s activities were very successful.

“We had six teams sign up to compete in the Chili Cookoff,” said Jackson. “They were competing for the title of best chili.”

Following the Chili Cook-off was live karaoke and a sing-off.

According to Jackson, the a cappella group ‘Unchained Melodies’ performed for the large crowd.

“About 500 people attended the Chili Cook-off and Pitch Perfect screening,” said Jackson. “The turnout

exceeded our expectations.”

DPD offers award for help finding forcible fondler

by Sarah Ford News Editor The Denver Police Department (DPD) Crime Stoppers have put out a reward of $2,000 for anyone who can help them to find the man who forcibly fondled two students near campus on Thursday, Jan. 24.

DPD Crime Stoppers is urging anyone with information about the crime or person responsible to come forward.

Department of Campus Safety (DCS) Sgt. Stephen Banet said the crime alert shows the strong relationship DPD has with the University of Denver and DCS, and their commitment to finding the person responsible for the assaults.

“They’re taking it very seriously, we want to catch this guy,” said Banet. “We want students to know that not just Campus Safety takes it seriously, but the Denver Police do as well.”

The fondlings both occurred within a couple hours

of each other on the night of Jan. 24. In both cases a male fitting the same description walked up behind the victims while they walked with friends at night and fondled their buttocks.

The Crime Alert describes the suspect as “a white male, between 5’9” and 6’2” tall, between 160 and 170 lbs., with brown hair.” It also notes that “in both cases, the suspect was wearing a maroon or red sweat jacket with a DU logo (on) it.

The suspect was wearing black shorts in one case and blue jeans in the other.”

The crime alert released

by DPD asks anyone with any information on the crimes to call the DPD Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-7867.

Students who see anything suspicious on campus or who may be victims of similar assaults are urged to call Campus Safety at (303) 871-3000.

Fraternities put on probation

by Gigi Peccolo Assistant News Editor Fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsi-

lon and Beta Theta Pi are currently on social probation along with Lambda Chi Alpha and Zeta Beta Tau, according to Megan PendleyPickett, director of Student Activities. The Greek Judicial Council held hearings on Friday, Jan. 18.

“The hearings were held to adjudicate alleged violations of the Honor Code and Greek Council policies,” said Pendley-Pickett.

Roman Valencia, a member of the Greek Judicial Council and Multi-Cultural Greek Council President, said said social probation is a way for fraternities “to atone for the damage they have caused to the image of the University of Denver and all of its students.”

“Social probation is not strictly a punitive measure but as stated earlier a chance for the chapter committing the infraction to have time for penance,” said Valencia.

J.P. Griego, president of Beta Theta Pi, said the fraternity’s mission is “to be compliant and up to date with all Greek Life policies and procedures.”

“We look forward to working with the newly-elected Greek Council,” said Griego.

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P O L I C E MEDICAL ASSIST On Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 11:14 a.m., Campus Safety responded to a call regarding a student in need of medical assistance. The reporting party noted paramedics had also been contacted.

Officers arrived on the scene and monitored the condition of the student in question until paramedics arrived. The student declined transport to a hospital.

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Five faculty members and a student debated which field of study should be preserved for posterity in a post-apocalyptic world.

Professors debate survival by carolyn neff Senior Reporter

Last night the Debate Team hosted the first annual Life Raft Debates, which saw five professors from five disciplines vie for the last seat on the only rocket to humanity’s new home.

The debate focused on the idea that a zombie apocalypse has happened.

Peter Hanson, a professor from the Political Science department advocated his position first.

“Obviously, everyone else here [on the panel] is not as immensely qualified or as knowledgeable as me,” said Hanson.

Jonathan Sciarcon from the History department challenged Hanson.

“Historians, like fortune tellers, can teach more than the neutron dance, or talk you to death by

communication,” said Sciarcon.

Religious Studies Professor Andrea Stanton presented another argument on the fact that religion is a universal discipline.

“As this debate [promotion] poster says ‘ticket to salvation,’ this is not a debatable event,” said Stanton. “Apocalypse actually doesn’t mean catastrophe, rather a triumph of good over evil, and that is why I am here tonight.”

Philip Danielson from the Biology department kept the crowd on their toes when he argued that the seat on the rocket should go to the survivor.

“These professors are all luxuries that exist because of biology,” said Danielson. “We are a fundamental feature of life, of rational thinking and we virtually guarantee survival.”

Professor Dr. Darrin Hicks

from the Communications department kept the crowd laughing when he argued that the greatest importance is to ensure that people are able to seduce each other.

“No amount of knowledge will save our asses,” said Hicks.

Head of the Debate Team, Cody Walizer argued no professor should win the last seat “The problem is that we [students] have been oppressed by these pushy latte drinkers for too long,” said Walizer. “The ride to Mars is a long trip, and any information that these people do decide to share, we [students] could just consult the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for anyways.”

Walizer, won the debate unanimously by an applause vote by the audience.

access and will feature keynote speaker Pedro Noguer, a professor of education at New York University. The first day will have featured speakers, workshops and an awards ceremony for students involved in inclusive excellence occurring on the second day. The summit will conclude on Saturday, May 11 with students and families from low-income Denver Public School Munroe Elementary coming to the campus to learn about college.

“It’s really going to help people from underrepresented communities—low income and first-generation—understand what it takes to go to college,” said Leyba.

Demonstrations from various academic departments around campus will show the students and their families how a college degree can lead to a career.

Lebya says the planning committee is hoping for demonstrations that are fun and will interest kids.

For example, a robotics demonstration from the engineering department might be featured along with explosive experiments from the chemistry department.

Additionally, information will be provided to parents throughout the day about how to support their kids all the way through high school to prepare for college.

“You can’t start preparing for college your senior year,” said Lebya. “You have to start really early.”

Lebya says attendance has increased steadily each year since the summit was started, so the expansion has been considered for several years. The planning committee, which is composed of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff from across campus, also wanted to

make sure that similar events on campus were coordinated well so that students would not be required to choose between them.

In the past, students, faculty, staff and alumni have comprised most of the attendees at the summit.

Lebya said that about 10 percent of attendees in the past have been from the community.

“That’ll stay the same, but with the Thursday addition and the Saturday addition, we’re really branching out beyond the DU walls more significantly,” she said.

Brown said this is one of the reason the summit was expanded from a one-day event to three.

“They decided to make the change because in the past it has been extremely condensed,” she said. “This was in order to make it feel more relaxed and make it more meaningful and accessible to the public.”

Lebya says registration for the event will open in April, and the event logo will be released in the next few weeks. She also says there will be a number of volunteering opportunities throughout the three days to help with all aspects of the event, including set up, demonstrations and leading the visiting students and their families around campus on the final day.

Lebya said she feels there is a lot more energy surrounding the event, and that the planning committee is generating new and innovative ideas.

“I’m excited about the expansion,” she said. “There will also be lots of student opportunities for the service day, and I think that’s really exciting.”

Any interested students or student groups should look for a call for volunteers in the coming months.

Diversity Summit extended, expands by lanna giauque Staff Writer

The annual Diversity Summit is incorporating many changes this year, including an expansion from its traditional one-day format to three days and the addition of multiple volunteer opportunities for students.

The Diversity Summit began in 2001, which makes this year’s summit the 12th such event hosted on the DU campus. The event will take place May 9-11, with a theme of “Championing Equity to Inspire Change.”

Johanna Leyba, Assistant Provost for Campus and Community Partnerships for Multicultural Excellence and co-chair of the planning committee working to create the Diversity Summit, says that the planning committee this year focused on partnering with groups across campus, such as the USG Diversity Committee, that were trying to put on events with similar themes of inclusion.

While the budget is still in the early stages, Lebya says this year’s budget will increase from the roughly $36,000 spent in 2012. Head of the USG Diversity Committee, sophomore Alisa Brown, said the budget would increase by $5,000 to $10,000 this year.

As in past years, when the number of co-sponsors for the event has approached 30, the funds will be raised from student groups, academic departments and a few off-campus community groups such as the Denver Foundation. Additionally, a small fee will be charged to non-DU affiliated attendees.

According to Leyba, the summit will start with a pre-conference symposium about college

On Thursday, Jan. 31, at 11:36 a.m., Campus Safety responded to a call regarding a faculty member in need of medical assistance in Knudson Hall.

Officers responded to the scene and spoke with the faculty member in question who refused medical attention.

SLIP AND FALL On Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 9:21 a.m., Campus Safety took a report from a student who stated they had slipped and fallen outside John Greene Hall. The student declined paramedic attention and stated they would transport themselves to a hospital.

THEFT On Thursday, Jan. 31, at 9:51 p.m., Campus Safety took a report from a DU student who stated their cellular phone and wallet had been stolen from a wooden cubby in Gates Field House. The student was advised

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INJURY REPORT On Thursday, Jan. 31, at 2:13 p.m., Campus Safety took a report from a staff member who stated they had a fallen on a patch of ice just outside the Chamberlain Observatory on Jan. 30. The staff member stated they had a family member transport them to a hospital and they had sustained moderate injuries.

FORGERY On Saturday, Feb. 2, at 2:05 a.m., Campus Safety responded to a call from DPD requesting assitance with a student whom they had contaccted at the corner of East Asbury Avenue and South High Street. Campus Safety officers responded to the scene and spoke with DPD offiers who stated they had stopped the stuednt due to a traffic violation and the student had presented them with a false identification card.

CRIMINAL EXTORTION On Sunday, Feb. 3, at 1:00 p.m., Campus Safety responded to a call from DPD requesting officer presence in the Ritchie Center. Upon arrival at the scene, officers spoke with DPD officers and an unaffiliated male regarding a possible criminal extortion incident.

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Binge drinking up Student space to be expanded Continued from page 1

Kent said students do not consider the potential consequences of possessing fake IDs when they are purchased.

“People don’t realize that’s a felony in Colorado,” Kent said.

“Having a police record can affect your entire career. There are implications that can affect their whole life.”

However, Banet said Campus Safety tries to keep cases of possession of false identification within DU. “The reason we try to handle a lot of those internally is because our goal is not to give a student a criminal record when they graduate,” said Banet. “That’s something we take pretty seriously.”

Cardenas and Banet also said they have identified several trends which can be attributed to the rise in alcohol citations on campus. They said officers were encountering more students drinking in the residence halls, as well as a rising number of oncampus parties. They said there has also been a rise in activity from campus Greek Life.

“My opinion is that it’s probably worse than in years gone by,” said Cardenas about Greek Life activity. “It has been escalating.”

This trend is not unique to DU, but part of a nationwide rise in drinking and levels of intoxication among college students.

Kent said many colleges reported similar trends

at a national conference he recently attended.

“There definitely seems to be a national rise in high-risk drinking.” Kent said. “There is something about this era that they [students] are drinking more excessively.”

Banet said these trends raise concern about campus mentality as well.

“What worries me is, what kind of stress are students under that they need to wind down by binge drinking for three days?” said Banet.

Kent said HCC staff are also hearing from students that there is an attitude on campus which encourages drinking.

“One thing we hear is there is a party culture where if you are not drinking, you don’t fit in,” said Kent.

To combat the rise, Banet and Cardenas said there should be more activities offered to students on weekend nights to provide them an alternative to drinking.

Kent said the HCC is working to address the increase in alcohol violations on campus through the creation of a High Risk Prevention Advisory Council which will include HCC staff, campus faculty, Campus Safety members and students.

He said the council is working to research the campus trends through student focus groups in order to find a solution.

“We are trying to understand the problem and provide guidance and prevention to help students drink more responsibly,” Kent said.

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“Less than five percent of building space was truly dedicated to students,” said Nichols of the original $15 million plan.

“We want to bring student space to around 25 percent [in the plan currently being finalized.]”

In the new plan, the south entrance will be reduced to two doors to be used primarily as emergency exits. The new entrance will be an enclosed three-tiered stairwell on the east side of the building, around where Chill on the Green is currently located.

“Part of the new entry into the building will address some of the code issues,” said Nichols. “One of the things we can’t do right now is occupy the bridge; the fire department won’t allow us to do anything where we are.”

The current stairs that go up the building into the bridge will be taken out to increase floor space, according to Nichols. Some fire doors will also be added.

Top Level The north side of the building will remain mostly the same.

The Campus Life offices will be occupied by the Center for Multicultural Excellence, while the campus activities staff will move to where the ballroom is now, along the west wall. The Student Life offices will stay in the same place.

Middle Level “Jazzman’s is going to go away as Jazzman’s,” said Nichols.

According Nichols, they are going to get rid of the stairs that lead to Evans Avenue and create a meeting space where the café is now. Students won’t be left without coffee, however; Nichols and the team are currently trying to decide where to place the full service Starbucks.

A programming area for events will take up around twothirds of the space of where the ballroom is now. Nichols said they might also create a skylight feature over the current ballroom.

The UTS space will become two meeting rooms, one large and one smaller. There will be a hallway in front of the current UTS space with an emergency stairwell close by. The entire floor will also extend out to the support beam as part to coincide with the new main exit.

Lower Level On the lower level of Driscoll North, the wall between the current pub and Driscoll Underground will be knocked out in favor of a large open space. Part of the current Driscoll Underground will be dedicated to seating for the new food service venue.

“It’s less of a restaruant,” said Nichols. “There’s not table service; you basically order your food and you get it when you order it. We would have a wider variety of entrees that people could choose from.”

The west entrance into what

is now the pub will be changed as well, but has not yet been completely redesigned.

For the lower level, Nichols wants the space to feel more like a lodge and has selected a color palette with a “much warmer feel.”

“If you blindfolded somebody, put them in helicopter and dropped them off in front of Driscoll, there’s nothing about this building that says Colorado,” said Nichols.

There will also be a partitioned lounge space with a fireplace and a number of meeting rooms around the current north entrance. The restrooms and kitchen in lower Driscoll North will stay the same.

The information desk in lower Driscoll North would be relocated to where the student media offices are now. The student media offices will be moved up to the second floor.

“When you start knocking down walls and doing major construction, we’ll have to bring building up to code,” said Nichols.

With regards to where staff will go during the construction, Nichols said he isn’t sure.

“At some point in time we will have to make decision about whether to move out completely or move in phases,” said Nichols.

Nichols has been working in Driscoll since it opened in 1984 and has followed along with the proposed changes over the years. He said the project has been discussed for many years.

“We always have big plans,” said Nichols. “It’s just a matter of whether they materialize or not.”

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Junior gets Truman scholar nomination by maura shea Staff Writer

Each year colleges across the U.S. can nominate up to four juniors who are eligible to apply for the Truman Scholarship, which awards approximately 60 applicants who are committed to careers in public service and who exhibit leadership skills with up to $30,000 for graduate education. The tough competition across the nation led to only one DU student making the cut for nominations.

Laura Newman, a junior earning a BS in Business Administration for Economics from Lakewood, sent in her academic progress report and preliminary essay, the criteria to be nominated for the scholarship in late November 2012 when she was abroad in Belgium. Since most students are abroad during the fall quarter of their junior year at DU, it is common for them to go through the application process without going in for a formal interview.

Newman found out she was nominated for the scholarship on Nov. 21 when DU made the announcement via email and posted it to the Truman Scholarship website.

“We chose her before we even met her,” said Debbie Sheanin, Manager of Student Services and Administration for the Institute for Public Policy Studies. She is responsible for nominating students for the scholarship.

According to Sheanin, when looking for a student to nominate they look for someone who demonstrates dedication to public service, leadership and academic success.

During her time at DU, Newman has been very involved on campus and has dedicated herself to volunteer work.

She was a freshman orientation leader fall of 2011, the president of Social Brink last year, a student organization for anyone interested in social entrepreneurship, and a leader for the Ethics Boot Camp, which teaches students how to make ethical decisions during a twoday intense boot camp.

Newman also created the organization CANBE and launched the site last April. This organization helps connect

students and nonprofits. One unique element is that CANBE focuses on the skills of students and compares them with the skills and resources needed by nonprofits to make the perfect match. Anyone can go to youcanb.org and create an account to find nonprofits that can utilize their skills. The website is managed mainly

by Newman and currently has 70 local nonprofits in its database.

Newman has also volunteered at Café 180 since her freshman year, doing marketing work and development plans for the organization centered around the motto “eat what you want, pay what you can” Café 180 allows customers to pay what they can for food, including one hour of service at the restaurant.

“She is the overall package,” said Sheanin. “She exhibits all the criteria, her grades are stellar and she has taken the initiative to create different programs.”

The next step for Newman is to send in her application, likely this week. As part of the application, she was asked to write a policy proposal where she developed a strategy for graduate school and her career after. As part of this proposal, Newman talked about how she would like to reassess food aid to third-world countries. Currently, when third-world countries are in need of food, instead of sending money, the U.S. buys the food from our stores at American prices and sends it to the country, which leaves the market for farmers non-existent.

“We have a good intention,” said Newman. “But we are doing more harm than good.”

She suggests that instead of sending American food at American rates to third-world countries, we buy the food directly from the country to help sustain their farmers market and their economy.

The Truman Scholarship also requires its scholars to complete three years of civil service within seven years of receiving the scholarship. Newman’s end goal is to work for World Bank. The purpose of this bank is to reduce global poverty by giving loans and promote development in areas such as Asia, Africa and Latin America.

“I want to initiate reform,” said Newman, referring to World Bank’s

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Junior Laura Newman was nominated for the prestigious Truman Scholarship for her dedication to a career in public service and leadership skills.

involvement in other countries. “They have the most potential to create global change it just is not being utilized yet.”

As part of World Bank, Newman hopes to lead and design development programs. This means actually getting on the ground and involving the people by talking directly to them about their needs and what can be done to meet those needs.

“I don’t just want to sit behind a desk all day,” said Newman.

DU does not typically nominate four students for this scholarship, although four nominations are allowed.

“The reason why we only chose one nominee this year was because we didn’t feel that the other applicants were either strong candidates, or didn’t feel that they were a good fit for the scholarship in general.

The actual application process for nominees is lengthy and timeconsuming, and if we don’t think the applicant has a high chance of making

it to the next round (interviews), there’s no reason to waste their time,” said Sheanin.

Newman plans to graduate early in November 2013 and then pursue a MA in International Development. Her top choices for graduate school are DU and American University. She will find out if she made it to the interview round of the application process on Feb. 24. If she makes it to the final round, she will find out if she receives the scholarship on April 11.

The Truman Scholarship is in memory of the 33rd President, Harry S. Truman, who was devoted to both education and public service. Instead of honoring him with a monumental structure, an Act of Congress approved this scholarship in 1975.

“It is a really great honor to be nominated for the Truman Scholarship,” said Newman. “It is a little intimidating though because I feel like I am representing DU.”

Business fraternity expands philanthropy by kameryn tanita Contributing Writer

Delta Sigma Pi might be exclusively for Daniels College of Business students, but they are working to spread their knowledge and give back to the community. Founded upon four Main Pillars—professional, service, scholarship and social—this co-ed business fraternity aims at bridging the gap between the commercial and the educational world.

A senior majoring in business intelligence from Houston, Texas, Fahad Iqbal joined Delta Sigma Pi in 2009 and became president in September. Over that time, Iqbal has watched Delta Sigma Pi grow to 30 members, the most they’ve had since he joined.

“One of the goals that I had as president was to get more involved around campus,” said Iqbal. “In the past, we’ve been small and have barely had more than 15-20 members but we are large enough now where we can make an impact on the community.”

That impact is taking place through

their latest fundraiser at Papa John’s Pizza. If you buy any large pizza at the Papa John’s on Evans for a regular price you receive a large pizza for free. The offer costs $10.00, is valid up to 20 times and never expires.

The Papa John’s deal is a coupon card specifically made for Delta Sigma Pi which anyone can order online at the Delta Sigma Pi website. A member of Delta Sigma Pi will deliver the coupon cards to the person within 24 hours of their purchase.

50 percent of the proceeds from pizza sales go to The African Community Center of Denver, a non-profit organization that helps refugees rebuild safe and sustainable lives in Denver. The ACC conducts educational and social service programs that help newcomers become contributing members of American society. “[The ACC] is not really an organization that comes onto campuses or is involved in the college scene so they are really excited about this opportunity and the fact that we approached them,” said Iqbal.

Senior Delta Sigma Pi member Luki Song is vice president of finance

and fundraising for the fraternity and spearheaded this Papa John’s fundraiser.

“People have been focusing on donating money to the big charities like the American Cancer Association or St. Jude Children’s Hospital, but I believe donating directly into a situation where people currently need help will be more meaningful,” said Song who feels honored to organize this event.

Song has organized smaller fundraisers in the past; however, this is the first larger one she’s put together The fundraiser started the first week of January and goes until the end of the quarter. Delta Sigma Pi has raised around $300 thus far, but the goal is to reach $1,200 to $2,000 by the fundraiser’s end, according to Iqbal.

“We’re hoping this is successful because in the past, all of our fundraisers have been strictly for us, so this is our first big one that goes to something larger than us,” said Iqbal.

As part of their Service Pillar, Delta Sigma Pi is required to do six community service events a year, but Iqbal’s goal is to complete 12 events.

Open to any Daniels undergraduate student, Delta Sigma Pi recruits every fall and spring. The fraternity meets every week to discuss different business events and brainstorm ideas for potential speakers, seminars, business tours and future fundraisers.

“We don’t put an emphasis on the number of members; it is more about quality. We want to give these opportunities to the people that are most committed,” said Iqbal.

Delta Sigma Pi offers an extensive senior support system and alumni network solely focused on business along with a career development program to assist members with interview preparation, networking, recruiting and support with cover letters and resumes, according to Iqbal.

Other Delta Sigma Pi’s annual service events include Junior Achievement in a Day, where members of the fraternity go to elementary schools around Denver and teach basic business concepts and volunteering at the Furry Scurry, Food Bank of the Rockies and The Children’s Expedition.

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BeanTree offers unique menu

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BeanTree opened on University Boulevard last Monday

by brenda velasquez Contributing Writer

Last Monday marked the grand opening of BeanTree, a locally-owned and operated coffee shop on University Boule-

vard. Bright, block letters accompanied by a small tree symbol announce the shop’s enthusiasm, inviting customers in with a “Buy One; Get One Free” deal posted on its glass doors.

The first BeanTree, located in Aurora, opened in 2010.

“My wife previously managed a PeaBerry Coffee franchise for six years before we decided to open our own coffee shop,” said John Suh, BeanTree manager.

BeanTree’s menu features a striking combination of Oriental, French and American cuisine, with staples like boba tea, crepes and breakfast sandwiches. Suh explains the inspiration behind this mix.

“Sometimes you walk into a coffee shop and think, ‘I don’t feel like having a pastry; I want a meal, a good meal, something that’s filling and exciting,’” said Suh. In an attempt to fulfill this adventurous craving, BeanTree offers bibimbob, a signature Korean dish, composed of white rice and sliced meat, topped with sautéed and seasoned vegetables and chili pepper paste.

The dish is priced at $7.99 and is the most expensive item on the menu.

“So far, the people love the spice,” said Suh with a smile.

The eclectic menu mirrors the variety in customers’ coffee preferences.

“A lot of people talk about good or bad coffee,” said Suh. “Someone can go into a shop and say it has the worst coffee, but another person can go into the same shop and say it has the best coffee. Everyone just has different tastes, and we should have a respect for that.

The best thing I can do is invest in high quality. And we do have our ears open; we’re willing to listen to our customers.”

BeanTree managers’ good ears are complemented by their earnest inquiries for honest opinions, urging customers to give their products genuine evaluations.

“We tasted ten or 11 roasters before deciding on Silver Canyon (a Boulder-based company), and we have an agreement with them,” said Suh.“We want the freshest coffee. We want to order first and then they roast the beans and deliver them to us, instead of them roasting the beans and then we order and they give us the leftovers.”

BeanTree’s roaster isn’t the only of its suppliers that is locally based.

“All the food is local. We purchase our products from different stores according to which store has the best quality of which product,” said Suh. “For example, the pickles are good here, so we get them from here, but the bread is good somewhere else, so we get it from there.”

BeanTree offers a variety of specialty drinks including its unique “Snow Bear,” a delicious frozen combination of espresso and whole milk topped with crunchy nuts, caramel and chocolate syrup.

Despite it being new, BeanTree’s online reviews are consistently positive, with customers giving the coffee, atmosphere and staff high ratings.

This small shop may have big potential brewing in each cup of its locally-roasted coffee.

“We understand it takes time to build up a business,” said Suh. But he and his wife Suemin’s hopes continue to grow.

“We want to make this shop a place where friends hang out.

We have a little study area up here. I don’t have music yet but they’re welcome to bring their headphones,” said Suh.

go online or make an appointment with any of the members in the Career Center. They also has office hours everyday of the week for an hour called “Quick Questions.” The times are posted online at their website.

1800 people, including alums and friends of DU who have offered to get together with students to do informational interviews both in person and on the phone, nationally and internationally. These informational interviews allow students to get advice from current employers, network themselves and to gain a better understanding of the job they are considering.

To access the Pioneer Center Network, students log onto DU Pioneer Careers with their DU ID and Web Central Password. Students then email one of the 1,800 members and introduce themselves and ask to meet with them to get information about their job.

This network is not intended to be a lead for a job or internship but for advice about a job. It’s meant to help students identify what jobs they might want in the future and to talk to someone in the field.

According to Prochnow, this is the most underutilized resource of the Career Center.

“I think that doing the informational interview not only helps you recognize a career, but here it is, this person giving you incredible information, sharing what they like, the challenges, the suggestions and sharing their career paths,” said Prochnow. “It really puts students at ease to hear people’s stories.”

how tense they look or to see themselves doing some distracting gesture with their hands,” said Prochnow.

Dressing for success is key to an interview but Prochnow suggests dressing in a way that is most comfortable for the candidate, so they feel authentic.

Prochnow suggested suits for men but they shouldn’t feel like they have to just wear black or navy suits, they should wear something they are comfortable in.

According to Prochnow, if you are a woman, being traditional but adding your own flare, like a skirt or a colorful blouse with jewelry adds some color and personality.

Career office gives advice, comfort by kameryn tanita Contributing Writer

It’s that time of the year again when all the what-amI-going-to-do-with-my-life stressed seniors start to reevaluate their past four years in college and think about what they should be doing with their futures. The process of finding a job can seem unbearably overwhelming, but with networking workshops, resume and cover letter samples and mock interviews, the Career Center has every resource students need to succeed in the real world.

Ask Ruth Prochnow, the Career and Internship Counselor who has worked at DU for 16 years. Besides seeing students of all ages and disciplines on a weekly basis, Prochnow’s side job is helping give seniors peace of mind.

“Senior year is one of the toughest times of your life.

Everything up to this point has been fairly structured for what is normal. It is pretty logical to be a student up until you are 22, but all of a sudden it’s like, ‘wow here it is,’” said Prochnow.

“Things are not laid out for you anymore like they used to be and it can be extremely overwhelming and scary, but it’s just that psychological ploy of re-framing and thinking of how exciting this next phase is.”

The Career Center is booked up for the next few weeks, busy meeting with eager freshmen and stressed seniors, but Prochnow says that networking is what this process is all about and there are so many resources to help students assess what they want to do and how they will obtain their goals.

“You’re all so skilled at doing research papers and... this is a huge research project and it’s your future,” said Prochnow.

Prochnow offers her exper-

tise on the resume, the cover letter, the informational interview and the follow-up procedure.

The Resume “The key thing you are always asking when you are putting your resume together is what will make me more marketable for this internship or for this job,” said Prochnow.

The resume should include contact information, a career objective, education, experience, accomplishments and references.

“I have had a lot of employers tell me they love to see that [students] have worked in a restaurant because they too have worked in a restaurant and they know how amazingly complex it can be in terms of keeping people happy and multi-tasking, or for students who have worked in retail,” said Prochnow. “We’ve all done those kinds of jobs and those jobs have provided us with a foundation of transferable skills.”

According to Prochnow, experience is not just what job someone has had. It includes internships, volunteering and service learning because that work is just as valuable.

The meticulousness of the font and the header in a resume might seem tedious; however, they do matter.

“You want things to literally jump out at the person reading it. It’s not always just about the content, but also the formatting because it could be incredible information but might be buried within the page. People look at a lot of resumes so you want them to see the key points,” said Prochnow.

Keeping it simple by avoiding overuse of bolding and italics and utilizing the white space of the page is recommended. The Career Center loves to look at student’s resumes and help critique them. Students can

The Cover Letter The cover letter’s main purpose is to peak the readers interest. According to Prochnow, the cover letter is much more subjective, rather than objective like the resume. The subjectivity allows employers to see the real candidate and thus can work to one’s advantage.

The first paragraph of a cover letter is the attention grabber. Prochnow suggests making it stand out and to emphasize your career objective, what you are looking for and what you can bring to the table.

“Using a quote by what someone else has said about you, or a quote of something that seems relevant to what you are looking for and what you will be doing in that internship or job are ways to stand out,” said Prochnow.

The second paragraph leads to the sales pitch and can be one or two paragraphs but Prochnow recommends avoiding “I” sentences, especially at the beginning of a paragraph.

“In the sales pitch, letting them see a subjective side and to be more passionate as to who you are as a person and why you would be the best candidate for whatever you are going for,” said Prochnow. “If you look at job and internship descriptions you can look at the language and try and use that so they can see who you are.”

Info Interviews The DU Pioneer Network is a network of more than

Formal interview As for the real interview, Prochnow tells students to watch their body language and to dress for success.

“I really stress for students to do a mock interview where they are videotaped because as high as 80-90 percent of our communication is through our body language and often student’s will be surprised to see

Follow-up After interviews, a followup is the best way to make sure the employer received everything and shows a responsibility and interest in the job or internship.

According to Prochnow, the best way to follow-up is with a handwritten note rather than an email.

“It not only shows you are a very kind, considerate person, but maybe there is something you want to add,” said Prochnow. “Thank you’s are so important and you don’t want to miss an opportunity because of something that might have happened with an email or because something fell between the crack. It could even be a test of theirs to see how interested you really are.”

The Career Center offers three Career and Internship Fairs every year. The next one is coming up on Feb. 20.

“The future is in good hands with you guys, I’m pleased to see what our students care about and what they are willing to do,” said Prochnow.

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The Grind: City O’City WRIT Large party features published student work The Clarion editors review bars, restaurants and coffee houses; attempting cultural mutiny on all things hipster

by maura shea Staff Writer

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City O’City provides dishes for the hippest.

Take a break from absorbing Cap Hill culture and try the El Jefe at City O’City City O’City: 3.5 beans by manthan bhatt Managing Editor

At the heart of Denver’s hippest neighborhood, Capitol Hill, is City O’ City: A vegetarian-lounge restaurant, dressed with local artwork, whose atmosphere and location on 13th and Sherman and in the neighborhood of the Denver Art Museum, Denver Public Library and the Colorado Capitol building make it the go-to spot for the Denver hipster.

Its open lounge atmosphere has a diner-esque food bar in the middle and a liquor bar on the opposing side, providing for a wide-array of hipsters; be they 20-something democratic staff from the next door Colorado Capitol, the “cash poor” 30-something lawyer or the newly graduated film major living in the Cap. Hill neighborhood.

The breadth of the food mimics it’s atmosphere: shallow but heavy on the cool.

Their appetizers range from the Fritto Misto (fried artichoke hearts, broccoli, pickles and mushrooms), to Mac & Cheese to Seitan Wings, an homage to the meat-lovers’ Buffalo Wings that is made with a popular deep-fried tofu-alternative.

Between $7-9 for the appetizers, the end-product received is lacking the luster the price tag forces it to deliver; however, for the non-frugal hipster the appetizers are a delicious way to lose money.

One also has to wonder about their signature sandwich, the City O’ City burger: a dried veggie patty lacking in any flavor on a kaiser roll that only adds to the cakey feeling in one’s mouth. It neither deserves the name nor the bed of delicious quinoa it sits upon.

The real star of City O’ City, though, does lie in the sandwich department. The auspiciously under-named El Jefe, is a mouth-watering burger topped with cheddar cheese, a heap of sauteed mushrooms, onion rings, a tangy (but spicy) aioli sauce and a golden-brown

fried egg with a yellow gooeycenter. At $13, the El Jefe delivers every penny back and more into your mouth in its own special eggy way.

For their large and expensive dishes (priced $12-14), the Fork-Knife sandwich and the Savory Waffle round out their entree menu. Though both are forgettable dishes, they serve a different type of guest altogether – the old high school friend or the father of a hipster who has been forced to attend City O’City.

Either way, the Savory Waffle and the Fork-Knife sandwich balance out the entree menu with the exotic Macro Plate (roasted squash, quinoa and wakame pilaf, steamed kale and warm kimchi broth garnished with pickled cauliflower) and the undersalted kimchi stew.

Their pizzas, though, hit their mark. Beyond the basic, and somewhat bland two cheese pizzas lies the treasurer of City O’ City: the La Chagall and tapenade pizza. The La Chagall, with sweet and savory toppings of apricots and green olives on a bed of roasted garlic and warm brie cheese, is the perfect pizza for a light lunch.

The tapenade, a basic olive pizza with basil pesto and mozzarella topped with arugula and parmesan, is simple but sultry.

At $12 for a personal pizza and $23 for a large, bring a friend or get ready to pay.

The alcohol follows the local norms between $4-5 for a beer to $8 for the average cocktail. Their Moscow Mule was a surprise winner; it comes in a copper tin, featuring Peach Street’s Goat Vodka with the normal fresh squeezed lime juice and ginger ale.

City O’ City, a place where the hip and roller-derby lovin’ waitresses are adorned in hipster uniforms of flannels and vintage t’s, requires some navigating. If the right dish is chosen, the average hipster will find it to be 4 beans, but for the novice hipster it’s a 3.5 beans at best.

Last Wednesday, around 40 people gathered in the Davis Auditorium to hear six students read excerpts from their published work featured in the WRIT Large publication. Focusing on academic writing from undergraduate writing and research courses, WRIT Large was published by the university.

WRIT Large is the creation of members from the Writing Program faculty including lecturers Liz Drogin, Megan Kelly, Heather Martin and Writing Center Assistant Director and lecturer Juli Parrish.

“We created WRIT Large to showcase exceptional student writing and to further promote and strengthen a culture of undergraduate writing at DU,” said Drogin.

The journal accepts essays that have been written for WRIT classes as well as any other DU undergraduate course. Submissions for the 2013 edition included rhetorical analysis, personal narrative, ethnography, photo narratives, short videos and surveybased research.

Last year, WRIT Large received 70 submissions and published nine. Ten Writing Program faculty and four undergraduate editors were in charge of selecting the final pieces.

“The student editors helped select the pieces in a three-round rating process and participated in discussions about selecting different kinds of research and writing,” said Drogin. “We aim to increase student editorial involvement in future issues.”

For the publishing party last Wednesday, each author read a short excerpt from their essay followed by a question-andanswer session.

Sophomore political science major Jonathan Seals from Aurora wrote his essay, “Tiny Little Voices: One Giant Problem” as part of his ASEM “Re-Writing the American West” taught by professor Geoffrey Bateman. This narrative was combined with a research aspect and focuses on the American educational system and the achievement gap that is present in many schools, using his own experience as an example.

Seals’ paper explores his childhood friendship and the ways in which their friendship illuminated the achievement gap in Colorado schools.

“Although [my friend Adam] was white and I was black, we were identical in many ways,” said Seals.

“The academic distance between Adam and me was not uncommon. As I grew up and matured, I realized that my struggle is shared by many minorities,” writes Seals.

Seals paper discusses the reasons behind the education gap as well as ways to move forward.

Tuong Vi Nguyen, a sophomore majoring in international studies from Denver, wrote her essay, “Dig Deeper: The Effects of an Urban Garden Project on a Community” for her “Academic Research and Writing – Research and the Everyday” class taught by professor Juli Parrish. Her paper focuses on her former school, Fairview Elementary and their

Denver Urban Gardens initiative.

This essay discusses the social and nutritional benefits that garden projects such as the school and community garden at Fairview can have on children.

Katherine Thomas, a sophomore majoring in finance and economics from Denver, wrote the essay “Homophobia in Male Athletics” as part of her Research Writing - Race, Class, & Gender in Schools and Sports class taught by professor Liz Drogin. Thomas has figure skated for 15 years and it has become an important aspect of her life.

“I first wanted to talk about how heterosexual male skaters deal with the stigma of being homosexual,” said Thomas, referring to the topic of her paper.

She decided to broaden her subject matter and focus on homophobia in male athletics, on which many studies have centered.

‘12 DU alum Sara Schwartzkopf from Loveland graduated last year with a degree in sociology and international studies. She wrote the piece “‘Inclusive Excellence’ at the University of Denver” for her sociological imagination and inquiry B class taught by professor Lisa Martinez. Her essay is focused around the student outlook on DU’s goal of inclusive excellence using a statistical analysis.

Schwartzkopf, who was a member of Native Student Alliance (NSA), decided to center her paper on the experience that students of color have at DU and compare it to the experience of their Caucasian counterparts.

“Of those who choose to join a multicultural organization, it would seem that having a friend of a different race is a key factor in that decision,” said Schwartzkopf, referring to Caucasian students and reading from the discussion and conclusion portion of her essay. “While Non-Whites report belonging to multicultural organizations and socializing outside of their racial groups at much higher numbers.”

Sonia Crosby-Attipoe is a sophomore majoring in accounting from Highlands Ranch. She wrote the essay “The ‘Stress’ of the Black Tress” as part of her “Academic Research and Writing – Thing Theory” class taught by

professor Carol Samson. Her essay discusses African Americans and their hair. She uses the film “Good Hair” to explain the difficulties that many women of color face when styling their hair.

“Unfortunately, when it comes to a black woman’s hair, the burden is messy, disheartening and complicated,” said CrosbyAttipoe reading from her essay.

Lastly, Cicely Galm is a sophomore majoring in theater from Longmont who also wrote for Samson’s “Academic Research and Writing– Thing Theory.”

Galm wrote the piece “Memory in Memoriam,” which focuses on her grandmother, who suffers from dementia.

“Due to her degenerative senile dementia, her brain tissue atrophies at an accelerated rate, resulting in an inability to retrieve information about old memories and the significantly diminished ability to form new memories, often leading to depression and a lack of autonomy and independence,” said Galm reading from her essay. “At least that’s how the doctors explain it. The rest of the population refers to this as losing your marbles.”

After the event, there was a small reception where the authors engaged in conversations with family members and audience members. Coffee and desserts were served.

Other authors who were published in the WRIT Large journal but were unable to attend Wednesday’s event include Emily Angel, who wrote “The Media’s Influence on Perceptions of Michael Jordan,” Nicole Krechevsky, who wrote “There’s Nothing I Wouldn’t Do For You-Brother Romance in ‘Supernatural,’” Professor Carol Samson, who wrote “Consider the Next Three Essays,” and Susanna Park, who wrote “Hello, Goodbye.”

WRIT Large is available now.

It has been passed out to all WRIT classes and can be picked up at the Writing Program office in Aspens Hall. Students can also view the journal online at http://issuu. com/du_writing_program/docs/ writ_large_2013.

Submissions are currently being accepted for the 2014 edition. The final deadline is June 15. Essays should be emailed to Elizabeth.Drogin@du.edu.

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‘Americans’ bleed red in new show

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Keri Russel and Matthew Rhys star as Elizabeth and Phillip, Russian KGB spies living in the United States during the 1980s. The show balances the romantic tension between the spies with the danger and intrigue of their mission.

by meg mcintyre Staff Writer

“The Americans,” a new drama by FX, is about the life of two Russian KGB spies living as Americans in order to gain intelligence during the early 1980s. The couple, Elizabeth (Keri Russell, “Felicity”) and Phillip (Matthew Rhys, “The Edge of Love”), are “married,” have two children and speak with flawless American accents—to anyone and everyone, they appear to have been raised in the good ol’ U.S. of A. However, when a trade-off goes wrong and witnesses see too much, Elizabeth and Phillip begin to worry that their cover has been blown. Even worse, an FBI agent and his family coincidently moved in right next door, and the two are tested more than ever.

The premise of the new series is both intriguing and terrifying at the same time.

The thought of Russian agents living in plain sight and posing as Americans will send shivers down viewers’ spines. However, within the pilot episode, Elizabeth and Phillip are portrayed as disciplined, loyal spies, but they are also portrayed as people with emotions and hardships. Throughout the episode, viewers see flashbacks of the couples’ lives before coming to America, and even before meeting each other. As they are seen enduring the brutality and abuse of KGB training, navigating the waters of their peculiar arranged marriage and caring for their children lovingly, viewers will effortlessly sympathize with these two characters.

That being said, the storyline can be a bit difficult to swallow at times. For instance, audiences are led to believe it is mere coincidence that an FBI agent has moved in right next door to our Russian spies. Additionally, it is meant to seem like the couple appears

normal and in love to the outside world, while to viewers they often seem stiff and unaffectionate around one another. These moments in the pilot appear a bit overdramatic and implausible, but detract only slightly from the intrigue of the new series.

Despite the sometimes hyperbolized plot, the acting is well done. Keri Russell shows audiences a whole new side of herself as Elizabeth, a cold, devoted spy with a surprisingly emotional backstory. Russell’s performance is endearing in that she emanates strength and vulnerability simultaneously.

Her co-star Matthew Rhys is both calculating and lovable as Phillip, especially when it becomes clear that he wants Elizabeth to love him back. Rhys’ tenderness will make audiences want to root for him despite his status as a Russian spy.

The mysterious nature of “The Americans” also works in its favor. At the begin-

ning of the pilot episode, the viewer is given no clear explanation of what is going on and only gains information little by little as the episode progresses. The intrigue is also amplified by the use of flashbacks to depict the histories of Elizabeth and Phillip. There are also countless moments of suspense scattered throughout, making for an episode that is both exciting and enigmatic.

As a whole, “The Americans” has promise as one of television’s newest dramas. All of the necessary elements are there—suspense, conspiracy, affable characters, an interesting premise and the work of excellent actors. If the creators of “The Americans” are able to downplay the overdramatic coincidences throughout the rest of the season, the new series has a good chance of taking off. One thing’s for sure: After the pilot episode, viewers will definitely want to see more.

although where Impala generates a psychedelic wash with broad effects and sonic landscapes, UMO employs a more strippeddown approach. The focus here, more than anything else, is on the songwriting, which consists of relatively abstract lyrics, tightly coiled guitar parts, occasional vocal harmonies and a limber rhythm section, all doused in a distinctive lo-fi buzz.

Much in the vein of Impala’s rather introspective thematic focus on Innerspeaker and Lonerism, II begins with a couple soft, elegant statements on solitude and loneliness.

Opener “From the Sun,” which starts off with a gorgeous acoustic guitar riff, gives way to a graceful hook: “Isolation can put a gun in your hand / If you need to, you can get away from the sun.” It’s an intriguing, effective thematic juxtaposition within a song so warm and inviting, and lead singer Ruban Nielson’s faultless delivery helps keep the momentum up even amidst the lyrical repetition.

Second track “Swim And Sleep (Like a Shark),” despite moving with a steady, pleas-

ant energy, maintains this dark lyrical focus, with Nielson stating: “I wish I could swim and sleep like a shark does / I’d fall to the bottom and hide until the end of time.”

Many of the lyrics on this record adopt this tone. The album’s one foray into UMO’s R&B tendencies, the fantastic single “So Good At Being in Trouble,” is probably the most overt, lyrically simple song on here, as it focuses on love and loss and a girl who was “so good at being in trouble, but so bad at being in love.” Generally, though, II’s lyrics fit into this category of subtle, at times abstract observations about the outside world, and the struggle of simply trying to find one’s place within it.

The instrumentation, again, can generally be traced to ‘60s and ‘70s psychedelic rock of which UMO are clearly avid students. Whether turning it up a notch and adding elements of funk, as the group does on “One At A Time,” or keeping it more traditional as on the seven-minute slowburner “Monki,” UMO’s instrumentalists

do a fantastic job of generating a laid-back, summery mood. Don’t let the lo-fi production on this thing fool you—there are moments of consummate musicianship on here, and UMO deserves credit for making complex arrangements sound simple.

The drawback to this approach, however, is that UMO never manages to blow the listener away. The focus is so much on the groove, and the aesthetic so stripped down, that even after repeated listens you may still struggle to point to one moment that truly stands out. As an album, II is absolutely better than the sum of its parts, but as a result, none of the individual parts seem all that memorable and it may leave you wanting more.

That being said, II is still an accomplished piece of work from one of indie’s more intriguing young groups. With restraint, subtlety and thoughtfulness as its greatest assets, this is an album of the utmost class and elegance. The boys of Unknown Mortal Orchestra may not get your love, but with II, they’ll certainly earn your respect.

Orchestra makes itself known with II by christian allen Web Editor

‘Tis the season for good sophomore albums. Much like the Local Natives of last week, lo-fi/psychedelic rock trio Unknown Mortal Orchestra proves itself this week as a serious contender within the indie landscape, with an effective and mature second effort plainly entitled II. The simple title befits an album of such subtle class and instrumentation. A relatively quiet, thoroughly thoughtful record, II is a piece of work that earns your attention rather than reaching out and grabbing it.

Though UMO generated its first “hit” (at least, within indie circles) with the catchyas-hell white-boy R&B stylings of “How Can You Luv Me,” II focuses more on developing UMO’s psychedelic side, a genre that its members appear exceedingly competent at molding and using to their particular ends.

The sound is not unlike that used by Aussie indie-psych champion Tame Impala,

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‘Warm Bodies’ revives zombie genre by gigi peccolo Assistant News Editor

Zombies always get a bad rap. With their snapping jaws, blank-eyed stares and trademark taste for human flesh, they’re barely able to lurch on screen before their heads get blown off.

Based on Isaac Marion’s book of the same name, “Warm Bodies” is a fresh, comedic twist on the zombie genre; for once, it lets the staggering cadavers tell the story.

Nicholas Hoult (“X-Men: First Class) stars as R (he can’t remember the rest of his name), a shuffling member of the undead who spends his days wandering around an abandoned airport with other zombies. Sometimes R attempts to have a conversation with his best friend M (an excellent Rob Corrdry, “Hot Tub Time Machine”), or simply listens to old records. On occasion, he’ll venture outside the airport with some buddies to find a human to eat. This is no easy task: Humans are holed up in a walled-off portion of the city, and whenever they decide to go out on recon, they’re armed to the teeth.

Despite the fact that they’re slow-moving corpses, R and his friends manage to get the jump on a group of young fighters. As he’s chomping down on a human, his undead heart skips a beat when he sees Julie (Teresa Palmer, “I Am Number Four”). Little does he know that she’s the daughter of General Grigio (John Malkovich), who has a strict “shoot zombies on sight” policy. And, to make matters worse, he just ate the brains of her boyfriend Perry (a totally underused Dave Franco).

Unsurprisingly, R doesn’t eat her, partly because he’s eaten

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The zombie known as R (Nicholas Hoult) teaches Julie (Teresa Palmer) to act like a zombie in the comedic twist on both a zombie film and a romantic comedy.

Perry’s brains and can relive his memories, including all the time he spent with Julie. Still, we get the sense that this zombie had some feeling left in him before, as evidenced by Hoult’s wry narration and his self-described desire not to be creepy in front of Julie. He may be a zombie, but underneath all that grime and gore, he’s just a regular, relateable 20-something.

However, this zombie romcom moves a little unsteadily.

For one thing, “Warm Bodies” relies heavily on Shakespearean tropes (R and Julie, anyone?). For a movie that has such an original premise, it’s a shame to see that it adheres to a typical romantic plotline. Furthermore, the CGI “Bonies” (skeleton-like zombies with no trace of humanity left) underwhelm as villains; for some reason they’re able to run really fast, and the cheap effects don’t lend any more legitimacy to that.

Hoult’s performance as R is really what makes “Warm Bodies” work: His groans, moans and lurches are dead on.

Even though he’s hidden under terrific zombie makeup, Hoult’s male model looks still manage to shine through. Palmer plays Julie’s initial apprehension to R well, but how quickly her character gets over Perry is more than a little unpalatable.

Director Jonathan Levine (“50/50”) wisely chooses to let

R narrate the story, giving the movie a healthy dose of humor through with his cynical observations, whether it’s remarking on the state of the other zombies (“these guys look awful”) or beating himself up for not being able to talk to Julie.

Warm Bodies could be seen as a mash-up of Twilight and The Walking Dead, but it does what neither of those has: It gives the undead a little bit of life back.

Eels slip out of favor with ‘Wonderful, Glorious’ by christian allen Web Editor

For a while, it was pretty tough to find too much fault with Eels. The group’s brainchild, Mark Oliver Everett (“E” for short), had always been a master at combining diverse musical elements into something that felt both familiar and unique, and he had the pop intuition to draw listeners in from the get-go (and land on a few major motion-picture soundtracks in the process).

You add to these qualities a fantastic live show and it’s easy to see how E has managed to keep listeners interested for nearly two decades, even through the minor disaster that was his most recent effort, a three-album concept suite between 2009 and 2010.

The Eels’ 10th studio album, Wonderful, Glorious, however, is exactly the kind of record that could finally sap whatever bits of loyalty listeners had left for the group. This isn’t to say it’s a truly terrible piece of work, but there’s really nothing here to turn around the Eels’ steady decline, and you get the feeling that these are all songs you’ve heard before, only done better. To put it more bluntly, the lasting message of Wonderful, Glorious is that E is an artist who has finally, completely and utterly run out of ideas.

It doesn’t initially seem all that bad. Opener “Bombs Away” starts with a steady, driving percussion track, as well as some of the Eels’ typical flourishes. Crunchy guitar,

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Eels’ frontman Mark Oliver Everett performs live. His group’s new album, Wonderful, Glorious, was released today.

bright keyboard and a recurring wrestling bell give it a unique instrumental feel, and its warm production gets the album off to a good start. It’s when E opens his mouth that the song collapses, and man, does it collapse quickly.

Using the line “Nobody listens to a whispering fool / Are you listening? I didn’t think so,” as the song’s grand opening statement, it’s not long before E starts rhyming things like “church house mouse” with “house,” and spouting general nonsense about wanting to be heard, not wanting to be complacent, etc., etc. Coming from a

man who’s never shied from being emotionally forthright through his ten loud rock and roll albums, the general conceit of this song is, quite honestly, idiotic to long-time listeners. If this is meant to be some sort of manifesto for a new, confident man at work here, E couldn’t have done it in a less interesting way.

Wonderful, Glorious is practically overflowing with these kinds of lyrical clunkers. Third track “Accident Prone,” a tender guitarbased love song, talks about a “happy accident” of running into the woman he loves and being grateful for being so “accident

prone.” A decent play on words, to be sure, but E never takes the song anywhere, and instead repeats the punch line over, and over and over again. It’s the musical equivalent of being told a semi-decent joke ten times in a row, and such repetition makes a three-minute track feel like an hour-long slog. “Peach Blossoms” suffers from the same effect.

Or take single “New Alphabet,” which, despite boasting a powerful, clever chorus, also owns one of the worst opening verses in recorded history: “I’m in a good mood today / I’m so happy it’s not yesterday / It was brutal,

with plenty of tissues / I guess you could say that I have issues.” It’s less rock ‘n roll poetics and more Whose Line hoedown.

When he’s not dropping these undercooked bits of claptrap, E either spends his time constructing painfully obvious innuendo (“Open My Present”), or just boring the listener to tears (“True Original”).

Even the songs that aren’t too bad just sound done-to-death. “Kinda Fuzzy,” for example, has a decent amount of pop to it, but is still just a by-the-numbers Eels track.

The only truly redeeming moments of Wonderful, Glorious come in the album’s midsection, with the satisfying one-two punch of “The Turnaround” and “New Alphabet.” The former’s a gravelly slow-burner, in which E constructs a vivid mosaic of love, loss, self-hatred and alcoholism that steadily builds into an intense, guitar-swirl of a climax. All themes that E’s touched on before, for sure, but it’s never been this elegantly or stirringly orchestrated. The latter, despite its aforementioned plague of a first verse, still maintains enough steam as an effective midtempo rocker, with some clever lyrics later on to boot.

These are the only two songs you should bother hearing from Wonderful, Glorious. An unimaginative, undercooked and lyrically asinine effort, E’s tenth album may just be his weakest yet, adding another regrettable coda to what once was a dynamic and admirable career.

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‘30 Rock’ says goodbye to fans

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Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) sits at her desk at 30 Rockefeller Center where she writes for “The Girlie Show.” Tina Fey’s critically acclaimed series has won numerous awards and finally came to a close last week.

by dylan proietti Entertainment Editor

After seven seasons, two Emmys and an hour-long series finale, the critically acclaimed NBC sitcom “30 Rock” came to a surprisingly tearful end last Thursday. Tina Fey’s semi-autobiographical show ended with plenty of throwbacks, heartfelt goodbyes and a brief look into the future for the characters on the show.

Picking up where last week left off, “The Girlie Show” has been cancelled and Kenneth has been promoted to president of NBC programming.

Jack is CEO of Kabletown. Liz is having trouble adjusting to life as a stay-at-home mom (or SAHM as her blogging conversations point out) and desperately tries to find a way to get back to work. Just in time, Kenneth finds an obscure clause in Tracy Jordan’s contract and one final episode of “TGS” must be filmed to prevent a $30 million payout to the Jordan and, thus, Liz returns to 30 Rock.

While Liz rounds up the cast for their true finale, Jack begins to have second thoughts about being CEO of Kabletown.

Despite receiving a personal,

and wonderfully scathing, shoutout from Nancy Pelosi (a fantastic final guest star), Donaghy can’t seem to find himself. In an attempt to force happiness back into his life, Jack tries and fails to properly use the Six Sigma Wheel of Happiness Domination to find meaning in his life.

Though last week’s “A Goon’s Deed in a Weary World” could easily have been a finale, the hour-long combination of “Hogcock” (a combination of hogwash and poppycock) and “Last Lunch” gave a sense of closure to the characters that America has been watching for slightly under a decade.

The first of these, containing one of the most memorable lines in the series, was between Liz and Tracy at—of all places— a strip club, a callback to the pilot episode. Here, Liz states one of the more touching lines in the episode: “But because the human heart is not properly connected to the human brain, I love you. And I’m gonna miss you.” This sets the tone for the rest of the show—one of end times and finality.

Perhaps the most touching goodbye was that between Liz and Jack, who finally, in their own way, express their non-

romantic love for each other, finally ending all of the “will they, won’t they” surrounding the series for years. Seven years in the making, this moment shared between two now lifelong friends defines the series as one of the most touching, hilarious and important sitcoms of our generation.

These admissions bring up an important notion regarding “30 Rock.” Throughout the series, we saw the characters love very different things. Jack had his fervor for capitalism, Liz loved her show so much that she was willing to degrade herself and fight for it every day, Tracy and Jenna had themselves, and Kenneth had NBC and television. Yet, all of these things— diverse as they were—took a backseat to the people in their lives in these final episodes.

Heartfelt expressions flowed freely between people who, for seven years, were at their wit’s end with each other.

So maybe, behind all of the gags and the humor, that’s what “30 Rock” has always been about—love. Loyal fans have loved the show for years, tuning in every Thursday for 20 minutes with Liz Lemon and the rest of NBC. Tina Fey

and her fellow writers and cast have gifted to us, the viewers, hours of laughter and an earnest attempt to make an outstanding television show and, in a way, that’s love too.

In the final moments, we see that not much has changed for the characters. Jenna is still being ridiculous on “cam-er-a,” Pete unsuccessfully fakes his own death, Tracy reunites with his missing father—returning after all these years from “getting smokes,” Jack is making clear dishwashers at GE and Liz has finally found her work-and-

home life balance as she writes for Grizz’s new show. However, the best reveal was the final one, in which we find out that the whole of “30 Rock,” in a subtle nod to the former NBC show “St. Elsewhere,” is a pitch to Kenneth—still immortal and president of NBC, apparently—

by Liz’s great-granddaughter.

Though a bit cheesy, Kenneth’s final line—and the final line of the series—“I love it,” echoes the message of the rest of the episode and gives a sense of finality and closure to an amazing and prolific series.

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Kenneth hears Liz Lemon’s great-grandaughter’s pitch for “30 Rock” in the series finale..

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Pilot does more ‘Harm’ than good avoiding transitions completely and instead jumping from scene to scene erratically.

The pilot episode demonstrates a great effort to establish the tension between Jason and Ian. Each speaks of the other as a detached third person, as if they did not share a body at all. Jason is portrayed as the type-A “good guy” trying to make up for the mistakes of his past with acts of charity. Ian, on the other hand, is a drug-abusing womanizer with violent tendencies and Jason resorts nightly to strong—and experimental—medications to prevent Ian’s reappearance.

“Do No Harm” meanders around, wandering away from and back to the plotline, apparently at random. There are plenty of twists, but the effort is seriously lacking in structure.

The real procedural drama here is the slow revelation of clues as to Jason and Ian’s backstory.

Details are ample but do not add much to the story—the audience knows, for example, that Ian comes at 8:25 p.m. each night and leaves at 8:25 a.m. the next morning.

Characterization is stronger in all characters aside from Dr. Cole. Supporting actresses Alana de la Garza (“CSI: Miami”) and Phylicia Rashad (“The Cosby Show”) as the new love interest and domineering boss, respectively, act with more conviction than the supposed

lead. Rashad in particular is the diamond in the rough of this story—portraying a slightly corrupt hospital bureaucrat, she easily captures more attention than Pasquale does.

The writers seem to be trying to cast Jason Cole as a superhero of the Marvel or DC variety, but the most interesting moments are when Pasquale plays the sadistic, crazed Ian. Pasquale delights in this persona, reminiscent of Jack Nich-

movie has a “classic action” feel to it, with old-school handto-hand fight scenes and a “Bullet to the Head” is a characteristic nitty-gritty vibe new action flick that follows the throughout. Though it may lack story of a cop and a hitman who the more complex martial artsteam up to take out a crime boss inspired combat of today’s genre who’s done both of them wrong. hits, “Bullet to the Head” has Bringing action and little else to more than enough excitement the table, the film is one serious to keep action fans satisfied. cinephiles should avoid.

That being said, the storyThe film opens to a “Pulp line of the film is at times a bit F i c t i o n” - e s q u e difficult to take scene of two proseriously. While fessional hitmen “Unfortunately, it’s true many invading a hotel fans don’t look room and taking the film loses to action films out a target who some credfor interesting has offended their plot, in this case client. But when ibility with the plot almost they go to pick seems to detract its rehashed up their reward, from the action they find they’ve storyline and sequences and the been set up and film as a whole. one of the hitmen sometimes Audiences is stabbed. His cringe-worthy may cringe when partner, Jimmy they hear StalBonomo (Syl- acting.” lone proclaim, vester Stallone, “People don’t “Rocky”) swears revenge on kill people. Bullets do”, just whoever’s responsible; when before shooting a man in the detective Taylor Kwon (Sung forehead. Additionally, the film Kang, “Fast Five”) approaches is accompanied by Stallone’s him as a source, the two of them corny voice-overs, which make end up on a rampage to end the it feel both somewhat noir and ordeal forever. somewhat amateurish. There is Like most action movies, even one scene in which Jimmy “Bullet to the Head” is riddled Bonomo and enemy hitman with violence and complicated Keegan (Jason Momoa, “Game stunts. Be it explosions, bloody of Thrones”) battle with axes for shootings or drawn-out fight no reason other than that they scenes, action lovers will not happen to be lying there. In all, be disappointed by the thrills “Bullet to the Head” sometimes found in this film. In fact, the feels as if it’s trying a bit too hard

to be an iconic action film, and in the end it just seems cliché.

In terms of acting, Sylvester Stallone does what he does best as hitman Jimmy, but it’s also a role we’ve seen from him many times before. Not to mention the fact that he has aged—aged well, for what it’s worth—but it is still a bit strange to see a man in his 60s in this type of film.

As for Sung Kang, his performance as Taylor Kwan is sometimes a bit difficult to watch. Though audiences can’t be sure if it’s bad acting, bad writing or both, Kang’s character often seems to be a tad overplayed, with dialogue sounding as if it is being read enthusiastically from a teleprompter. In essence, Kang sincerely attempts to deliver a convincing performance, but unfortunately comes across as overdramatic.

As a whole, “Bullet to the Head” does what it is meant to do as an action film—it provides scenes of intense violence and thrilling stunts, with plenty of fight scenes and gory shootings mixed in. Unfortunately, the film loses some credibility with its rehashed storyline and sometimes cringe-worthy acting, and viewers will soon find it is not even one of the best action films to come out in recent years. However, while “Bullet to the Head” will probably not turn out to be one of the genre’s icons, die-hard action fans will still find most of the film enjoyable.

by julia kuttler Contributing Writer

The plot of “Do No Harm,” NBC’s newest drama and the most recent spawn of the classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story, is as dissociative as its main character. The overused plot leaves little to the imagination and audiences will be unimpressed by the unoriginality.

The plot follows Jason Cole (Steven Pasquale, “Rescue Me”), head of neurology at a Philadelphia hospital, who is struggling with quite the inner demon in his alter ego Ian. Cole is purported to have Dissociative Identity Disorder, commonly referred to as multiple personalities. However, rather than acting like a man struggling with mental illness, Pasquale plays Cole more like Bruce Banner fighting the Hulk within.

The latest medical drama is not really a medical drama at all: Despite following a familiar formula and containing elements similar to “House” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” this is no typical procedural. From the beginning, frenetic cinematography is used to symbolize the chaos inside the protagonist (or anti-hero, depending on which manifestation he’s in). Unfortunately, this technique is not just employed in the beginning—the entire show lacks cohesiveness,

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Steven Pasquale stars as Jason Cole, a doctor suffering from multiple personality disorder. The series airs Thursdays at 8 p.m.

Stallone gives audiences a ‘Bullet to the Head’ by meg mcintyre Staff Writer

olson in “The Shining.” Whether this will be an “antihero” series in the likes of “Dexter” is yet to be determined—there is too much bouncing off the walls to form anything more than snapshots of the show.

Another weakness of the show is the lack of dialogue. For a supposedly character-driven TV drama, there is little conversation and what little there is remains weak. Pasquale is not as convincing as Cole as he is as Ian;

overacting runs rampant both in the leads and supporting roles.

Finally, after only half an episode, the numerous subplots become hard to follow.

There is some promise in the intrigue of what Ian will do next and how Cole will attempt to control the damage. However the shortcomings make “Do No Harm” a tired, rehashed version of the original Robert Louis Stevenson story “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”

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Meatless Mondays are monstrous for students meat eaters are virtually forced to eat vegetarian once a week. There is already a vegetarian and vegan section set up every day that vegetarians can choose from as well as a salad bar that can complement almost any meal. It’s not as if there are no vegetarian options available until Monday. The reverse is also true, though There are essentially no meat-friendly options available on Mondays.

This “vegetocracy” removes choice from students, unfairly imposing dietary constraints on unwilling members of the community.

Instead of going at either extreme, I think there are ways to satisfy both the meat-eaters and the vegetarians. One very simple option is to increase the variety and size of the vegetarian section.

As a meat-eater myself, I

by chris bach Staff Writer

Mondays are by far the worst day of the week. It means the end of the weekend and the start of classes.

But the dining halls exacerbate it with the dreaded weekly DU tradition: Meatless Mondays.

Every Monday, the dining halls are filled with vegetarian and vegan options with hardly any meat to be found.

Both the made-to-order and the hot buffet areas serve exclusively vegetarian food choices every Monday.

Yes, there are hamburgers, deli meats and the occasional soups with meat in them, but they get old very quickly for those who eat frequently in the dorm dining halls on campus.

With very few choices,

will sometimes venture to that section to add to my meal, and I would certainly not object to adding more variety to that particular area.

That would also eliminate the need to have an almost meatless day because vegetarians would be getting more options each day than they had in the past.

Another option would be to have a vegetarian option at either the made-to-order or hot buffet areas every so often.

One argument that vegetarians make is that both of those areas only serve omnivorous food except on Mondays.

That’s why they feel like their options are limited.

There is merit to this belief.

Most options at the madeto-order and hot buffet areas contain some meat.

If you make one of them a vegetarian option twice or

three times a week, however, you avoid this problem. By doing this, carnivores still have a meat option and vegetarians have a greater variety of choices than they get with Meatless Mondays.

A third option in this issue could be to have more special meals be vegetarian.

Oftentimes, the dining halls will have a special section or table in addition to the made-to-order and hot buffet areas.

If more of these could offer vegetarian meal choices, then I think there would be no need for Meatless Mondays.

It would be very similar to expanding the vegetarian and vegan section, but it would offer a comparable choice to the hot buffet area.

Regardless if one or all of these could be implemented, something needs to change.

Meatless Mondays absolutely need to go.

There is no need to force meat-eaters to have to eat vegetarian once a week.

In fact, the fact that Meatless Mondays exist is somewhat discriminatory towards meat eaters.

I know that if vegetarians were forced to eat meat with little or no choice otherwise, there would be a huge dilemma and uprising.

Being vegetarian is indeed better for the environment.

This is not a crusade against vegetarians or eating vegetarian food; I enjoy a good salad with my steak.

This is a crusade to get rid of the dreaded tradition, Meatless Mondays.

I want many options with my meal, and I would like those options to contain some form of meat.

Cafeterias continue commendable custom by alex johnson Opinions Editor

During World War I, Americans willingly rationed food in order to conserve for the war effort in Europe. A hallmark of this was “Meatless Mondays,” wherein consumption of meat was reduced to support the war. Americans in this era understood changing their habits for the greater good.

Today, people complain about Meatless Mondays on campus. Nobody understand why it is here or why it actually makes a lot of sense.

This criticism is misguided and ignores the realities of ecology in terms

of water use and the land used to raise meat, among other things. Further, it is fundamentally foolish, because meat is always available if one looks beyond the “fishbowl” of DU and the residence halls.

The facts speak for themselves: Americans and those in developed countries around the world consume more meat per capita than those in developing countries. Many developing countries’ diets are primarily plant-based; this more sustainable form of eating is better for the planet and for our bodies. But some still cling to the notion of eating meat to get necessary proteins required to live.

Think critically about meat and it’s clear that this form of nourishment is an unnecessary luxury of the modern world.

The meat some of us eat, such as beef and pork, comes from animals who were fed plant matter.

This plant matter gets its energy from the sun via the process of photosynthesis.

Considering the Laws of Thermodynamics and the loss of energy through trophic levels, this means that humans are eating food that ate something else in order for us to get energy. Some scientific estimates put the number at 10 percent, meaning that

at each trophic level of the “food chain,” only 10 percent of the energy is passed on.

The further we get away from the base, the less efficient the energy transfer is.

Our nutrition, as I see it, is an unbroken chain from the sun to our plates.

Instead of eating meat, we could eat the food that the animals ate and eliminate the ecological “middleman” from our diet. It makes sense if one is willing to question the systems in place.

Meatless Mondays were instituted in recognition of this scientific reality and also because of the relentless prodding of the meat-free commu-

nity on campus, of which I am a proud member.

Those who oppose Meatless Monday also fail to see that meat is available from countless other establishments besides the dining halls.

If you want a sandwich with ham, call Jimmy John’s.

If you want a pepperoni pizza, get one delivered. The capitalist system we live in allows for tremendous choice offcampus.

Abolishing this tradition at DU would only further marginalize the vegetarians and vegans and be a shallow victory for the rampant, bacon-adoring freaks and voracious carnivores.

Pioneer Voices: where do you stand on meatless mondays?

katherine marak Sophomore Louisiana

jenny mullin Freshman Minnesota

tom chinick Senior Oregon

leslie moorman Senior Iowa

“Forcing Meatless Mondays on people is not fair.”

“I’m OK with it, because I wind up getting chicken anyways.”

“I have no preference. The general idea is a good one.”

“I’m in favor of that.”

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Coloradans must rethink water consumption by danny zimny-schmitt Staff Writer

Colorado has a serious water problem. With an exploding population, primarily along the Front Range, and declining water resources as aquifers are overpumped and surface water levels are troubled because of a serious drought, Colorado needs to take action to wisely use its water resources.

Most of Colorado’s water problems can be traced back to geography. Approximately 85-90 percent of the precipitation Colorado receives annually falls west of the Continental Divide, while about 85-90 percent of the state’s population lives east of it.

Coupled with the fact that most of Colorado’s big agricultural counties also lie to the east, it is not hard to see the issue here, due to the amount of irrigation needed to maintain crop growth in a dry environment.

This problem has long been recognized, and as a result, 28 transbasin diversions have been built. There were two major waves of construction, one in the 1930s

for agricultural purposes and another in the 1960s and 1970s mainly for municipal purposes.

These huge tunnels carry water from west of the Continental Divide, where water is more plentiful, underneath the mountains to the Arkansas and South Platte river basins in the east, where it can be used by the growing population along the Front Range. Approximately one-third of Denver’s water comes from west of the Continental Divide.

There are some important facts regarding Colorado water consumption that should be understood.

Daily Colorado water usage is about 14 million gallons, or about 3 gallons per person. Fully 91 percent of all water used in the state is used for irrigation, much of it on the arid Eastern Plains.

For Colorado households, 54 percent of domestic water use is used for landscaping (on a side note, most Front Range households have Kentucky bluegrass for their lawns, which requires about 45 inches of rain per year, while Denver’s annual

places, and it is unsustainable to simply keep pumping.

The good news is that Coloradans realize water is an important issue. A statewide poll conducted in late January by Public Opinion Strategies and Keating Research revealed that 70 percent of Coloradans are “extremely worried” about drought, while only 66 percent are “extremely worried” about jobs.

So what can be done?

Considering that 91 percent of Colorado’s water is used for irrigation, that is definitely the place to start.

Installing efficient drip irrigation systems as opposed to the relatively inefficient surface or spray irrigation systems generally used now will save much water in the future.

But drip irrigation systems are costly to install, and progress will be slow.

In the meantime, however, Colorado can mandate that farmers only water their crops at night, when far more water actually reaches the roots of the crops and far less is lost to evaporation.

On a household level, the

precipitation is only about 15 inches per year).

But Colorado is not a state strained for water by any means.

Annual snowfall in the mountains is more than enough for all residents and farmers in the state. This is a nice thought, but most of the water in Colorado’s rivers is contractually bound to other states downstream and cannot be used by Colorado communities if the drought we’re currently in worsens and resources are further strained.

Last week, a new project to pump water from aquifers under Douglas County to provide water to serve more than 100,000 people on the Front Range was moving forward. Project developers from Sun Resources, Inc. are negotiating contracts to sell this water to Douglas and El Paso counties, several of the fastest-growing areas in the state in terms of population.

But county and project officials warn that the project is simply a short-term solution to a long-term problem. Groundwater levels are dropping by up to 30 feet per year in some

basic approaches of not leaving the water running if it is not being used, taking shorter showers and checking to make sure there is no water being lost due to leaks are definitely a step in the right direction.

To really make strides, however, replacing lawn that is meant to be grown a thousand miles to the east with local flora that doesn’t require landscaping is the best way to have a meaningful impact.

As Coloradans, we have a duty to preserve the integrity of the state’s water resources for the future.

With a little bit of sacrifice, we can do just that and ensure that future generations of Coloradans can enjoy the same lifestyles we do today.

Although Colorado has tried to address persistent drought with transbasin diversions and recent legislation updating agricultural irrigation, additional efforts must be used to reduce wasteful household and agricultural watering that has led to gross overuse of this resource.

Learning second language has benefits B-cycle program should be year-round for DU Increasing DU’s language requirement would benefit students

by chris bach Staff Writer

With today’s economic and cultural trend toward globalization, learning a second language is an invaluable tool. Knowing a second language allows a greater understanding of a different culture and people, especially in areas where globalization is more prevalent.

But learning another language, especially beyond childhood, can be difficult and requires patience and perseverance. That’s why the DU language requirement should be increased to two full years of upper-level foreign language courses.

Currently, under the Common Curriculum, students need to take twelve credits or a three-course sequence in one language to satisfy the language requirement.

Depending on prior knowledge of a language, language tests administered by the Center for World Languages and Cultures allow some students to reduce that amount to

as low as four credits, or simply one quarter-long class.

While a basic knowledge of a language can be an asset, it will certainly not benefit you as much as an advanced knowledge of the culture or the language.

Many students at DU will want to travel at some point in their lives. This travel will, given the opportunity, be to destinations all around the world. Being able to speak the native language of where you are gives you tremendous advantages over all those tourists who cannot. First, the locals will have more respect for you if you speak their language in their country. This will make them overall more friendly and helpful to you, a foreigner.

Second, you are less likely to commit any action that would be considered rude or inappropriate for the respective culture.

Further, some employers give greater weight to candidates who can speak multiple languages.

Employers recognize that speaking multiple languages increases your ability to interact with a wide variety of people and customers.

So, all of these advantages makes clear why learning a second language fluently can be so truly valuable.

Unfortunately, some people don’t recognize the advantage of learning languages in depth.

Then there are those who would love the opportunity to do so, but cannot find time in their schedules for the additional language courses.

Both of these problems could be solved if the language requirement were to be increased to two years.

Although there may be time problems, students would have to be able to fit them into their schedules and at the same increase their level of proficiency with the language.

Even if you are one of those people who struggle with learning a language, the more you practice at something, the easier it becomes, so spending another year on it will make it easier in the end.

Learning another language is such a priceless life tool, and increasing the language requirement at DU benefits everyone in the long run.

by danny zimny-schmitt Staff Writer

The Denver B-cycle, a popular bike sharing program introduced in Denver in 2010, currently has an operating season from mid-March through midDecember. But with 60 degree temperatures in January and people still wanting to get outside and stay active, the B-cycle should be made a year-round service.

In fact, the average high Denver temps in Dec., Jan., and Feb. are 46, 47, 49, respectively.

That sounds like bicycle weather to me.

The B-cycle system allows members to rent a bike from any B-cycle station, conveniently located all across downtown, in the Cherry Creek and Washington Park neighborhoods, and even at the north end of Driscoll Bridge. They can then bike to any other station and drop off the bike. With a membership card, it takes no longer than ten seconds to hold your card up to the sensor, pull out the bike and ride away.

Additionally, DU is handing out free annual memberships to students at the transportation center (normally a $65 value)

which allows students to ride completely free on any ride under 30 minutes (a modest fee applies to rides longer than 30 minutes).

The B-cycle has had an amazing run during its first few seasons. In 2011, a total of 202,731 trips were taken in Denver, up a full 96.9 percent from its inaugural year in 2010. Expansion plans are ongoing at B-cycle, with 30 new stations planned for the 2013 season according to the folks who manage the B-cycle program.

Since B-cycle has developed into a widely popular service for Denver residents, it is time to make it a year-round service.

People want to ride downtown and to Cherry Creek on warm and sunny January days as much as they do on April and September days. Any additional revenue generated also couldn’t hurt the further development of the B-cycle system.

With free memberships still available for DU students and a B-cycle station right on campus, students should take advantage of the invaluable service B-cycle offers and support its expansion into a year-round service that can be used winter quarter as much as it is fall and spring quarters.

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Olson leads men’s hoops on Texas trip Pioneers drop Roadrunners, Bobcats over the weekend by anna gauldin Sports Editor

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Sophomore point guard Brett Olson led the Pioneers with 38 points this weekend.

Behind 38 points from sophomore point guard Brett Olson, the Pioneer men’s basketball team completed a road sweep of Texas San Antonio and Texas State over the weekend, advancing to 13-8 overall and 9-2 in the Western Athletic Conference.

After the weekend, the Pioneers remain at No. 3 in the WAC, behind Louisiana Tech (10-0 WAC) and New Mexico State (9-2 WAC), the only two conference teams to have topped Denver so far this season.

“We had a really good week of practice,” said Olson. “We’re going through the second time of playing every team again, and we knew it would be tough, especially on the road. But we had a lot of guys con-

tribute, and a staple of our program is just to believe in what we do.”

The Pioneers started the weekend with a 71-57 victory over the Roadrunners (5-15, 1-9 WAC) at the UTSA Convocation Center on Thursday night. Led by Olson’s 16 points and senior guard Chase Hallam’s 12, Denver led by as many as 28 points during the contest.

“Our guys came out really focused, and our defense was terrific,” said head coach Joe Scott.

“That set the tone. We built a lead and kept it. We responded well off the New Mexico State loss, which was important as well.”

A number of underclassmen stepped up for Denver, including redshirt freshman Marcus Byrd, who recorded 10 points after shooting four-for-four overall and two-for-two from the three-point range. Sophomore forward Royce O’Neale, who leads the team in assists and rebounds, contributed six assists and seven rebounds on the evening, while sophomore Cam Griffin almost doubled his career best with seven assists.

Denver started the contest strong, scoring five three-pointers in the first 6:29 and shooting 60.9 percent from the floor and 53.3 percent from beyond the arc in the first half. Defense was also key, as the Pioneers held the Roadrunners to 37.5 percent from the floor and one-of-five from the three-point range in the first half.

Denver entered the locker room leading 39-19 at halftime.

Senior guard Kannon Burrage led the Roadrunners with a game-high 19 points, but UTSA was unable to match Denver’s shooting accuracy, ending the evening at 18-of-38 (47.4 percent) from the floor.

On Saturday, the team traveled north to take on Texas State (7-16, 3-8 WAC) at the Strahan Coliseum, where the Pioneers topped the Bobcats 79-64. Olson again led the Pioneers with career highs of 22 points and seven assists, increasing his season total to 217 points.

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Hockey clinches road sweep at UMD Ostrow keeps Pioneers alive on Saturday by alex proietti Assistant Sports Editor

The then-No. 10 Pioneers traveled to Duluth, Minn., last weekend, where they swept the Bulldogs, shutting them out 3-0 on Friday and rallying for a 4-3 win Saturday night.

The pair of wins improves the Pioneers to No. 9/8 in the national rankings, 14-8-4 overall and 9-6-4 in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The Pioneers currently sit at No. 12 in the Pairwise Rankings and need to stay in the top 16 to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Friday night’s win also marks the first win on the road for Denver since Nov. 16, when they bested Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

The team was led both Friday and Saturday nights by associate head coach Steve Miller, as head coach George Gwozdecky dealt with the loss of his father.

The Pioneers saw goals from three different players Friday, with sophomore forward Larkin Jacobson, sophomore defenseman Joey LaLeggia and freshman defenseman Nolan Zajac getting into the scoring action.

Sophomore goaltender Juho Olkinuora recorded 26 saves to register his second shutout of the season, while UMD goaltender Matt McNeely stopped 22 shots in the Bulldogs’ loss.

“Every game in the WCHA is really close,” said Olkinuora.

“I don’t think we played really well or really bad today; it was a bounce back game after an embarrassing weekend at St. Cloud. I think we played really good defensively and we played as a team, so I think we were one today. I think that’s the reason why the score was the way it was.”

Jacobson opened the scoring for the Pioneers at 11:28 mark in the first period, after rebounding a shot by freshman Grand Arnold that bounced off McNeely’s chest to give the Pioneers their first lead of the game, which they would not relinquish.

LaLeggia added to the lead on a one-timer halfway through the second period after a pass from senior forward Chris Knowlton. This goal marked LaLeggia’s second in the past two games and ninth on the season.

Zajac wrapped up the scoring Friday on a solo effort after a Duluth turnover, taking the puck up the ice and beating McNeely to make the score its final 3-0 with nine minutes remaining in regulation. The goal improved Zajac to at least one point in the past six of eight games.

The Pioneers had to rally Saturday night after allowing Minnesota Duluth to take the momentum and lead 3-1 in the third period before the Pioneers scored three goals in 91 seconds to out-score the Bulldogs 4-3.

Olkinuora recorded 30 saves in the win, earning his second straight victory and ninth total on the season.

UMD’s sophomore forward Caleb Herbert and freshman forward Austin Farley each scored for the Bulldogs at the start of the first and second periods, respectively, giving UMD a 2-0 lead at the start of the second period.

Senior forward Shawn Ostrow scored his first of the game to cut the lead to 2-1 at the 8:13 mark of the second stanza, assisted by sophomore defenseman Josiah Didier and sophomore forward Ty Loney.

The Bulldogs stretched their lead back to a two-goal margin at 16:20 in the second as freshman forward Tony Cameranesi capitalized on an elbowing pen-

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Freshman Nolan Zajac scored twice for the Pioneers over the weekend, giving him at least one point in seven of the past nine games.

alty called on Didier to score a power-play goal.

Despite earning 31 penalty minutes compared to Duluth’s 14, the Pioneers were able to shift the momentum of the game just before the scoring rampage after killing a total of 5:30 in penalty minutes.

Ostrow netted his second goal of the game and 10th on the season at 13:40 in the final stanza after picking up a UMD turnover deep in the Bulldogs’ zone to bury it high on the stickside past McNeely to bring the score to 3-2 and begin the scoring flurry to come.

Knowlton followed up 36 seconds later to level the score off assists from sophomore forward Daniel Doremus and Zajac, marking his team-leading 12th goal of the season and first since Dec. 29.

Zajac finished the scoring for the Pioneers with the game-winner on a power-play at 15:11 in the final period to cap the comeback. Zajac’s goal was assisted by junior defenseman David Makowski and LaLeggia, improving the freshman to at least one point in seven of last nine games.

“Killing off the five-onthree and four-on-three for four minutes was a big momentum turner for us,” said Zajac.

“Jussi shut the door in the third period, and we just clawed our way back.”

The Pioneers return to Colorado for an intrastate rivalry against Colorado College to continue the Gold Pan Series.

The teams will face off Friday at Magness Arena before playing Saturday in Colorado Springs.

This series will be the teams’ second meeting this season after Denver swept the Tigers in the first meeting in November.

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Pioneers post triple win streak by michael gooch Senior Reporter

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Sophomore Morgan Van Riper-Rose puts up a shot in Thursday’s game against Texas San Antonio in Magness.

After a four-game losing streak spanning Jan. 10-19, the DU women’s basketball is now boasting a three-game winning streak at home after defeating New Mexico State on Jan. 26 and then topping Texas San Antonio and Texas State last week. The wins bring the Pioneers to an 11-11 overall record with a 6-5 record in the Western Athletic Conference.

“It’s the start of the second round of conference play, so every game is important as far as making a move to be in the upper half of the conference, which is definitely our goal right now,” said head coach Kerry Cremeans.

The Pioneers kicked things off on Thursday with a 53-49 win over Texas San Antonio (UTSA). Two days later, they pulled out another win, topping Texas State 75-62.

“A couple games ago, we were on a losing streak, losing by two or three points, so it’s nice for us to show that we can pull out a close one,” said sophomore guard Morgan Van Riper-Rose. “We stepped up big in the last couple of minutes just hitting free throws and getting stops on defense.”

Stepping up for the Pioneers was the team’s only senior, Emiko Smith, who led the team in scoring with 15 points and was named the WAC Player of the Week after her weekend performance. She was followed by freshman Kailey Edwards with 11 points and sophomore Theresa Wirth with eight points.

Rebounding for the Pioneers was junior Maiya Michel, who executed a total of 12 rebounds, nine of which were defensive. Overall, the team was able to outperform the Roadrunners in rebounds 40-29.

“To hold a team like UTSA to under 50 points is just a great defensive effort; they’re the best defensive team in our conference,” said Cremeans. “We knew that offensively it would be a struggle, but we executed late in the game and got the ball in the right players’ hands, which allowed us to hit some big free throws.”

Late execution was not a problem in the game against Texas State on Saturday

Men’s basketball maintains top 3 position in conference Continued from page 15 “We played well. We did what we needed to do in both games,” said Scott. “We came out in the second half and guarded dribblers and took care of the ball, which is exactly what we talked about at halftime.”

Junior forward Chris Udofia also posted a solid performance, recording 12 points, six rebounds, four blocks and three steals for Denver.

O’Neale again stepped up for the Pioneers with 14 points and five assists, while freshman Jalen Love scored 12 points.

“I think if you look at the stat sheet, everybody contributed,” said Scott. “Our top four guys—Chase, Chris, Royce and Brett—are playing solid, getting better and really starting to play well.”

Junior forward Joel Wright led the Bobcats with a doubledouble, posting 33 points and 12 rebounds, but Texas State was unable to lead the contest at any point and eventually fell by 15 points to DU.

“I see signs that we’re conIdaho, 9-12 overall and tinuing to grow and get better, 5-6 in the WAC, currently sits which is what’s most important as at No. 6 in the conference. The we head into February,” said Scott. Vandals will face New Mexico The Pioneers are now State on Thursday before travelpreparing to host ing to Denver.

Seattle and Idaho In the teams’ at 7 p.m. on “We’ve played last meeting on Thursday and at 4 Jan. 10, the Piop.m. on Saturday, them both neers topped Idaho respectively.

55-49.

Senior Seattle, sit- before, and center Kyle Barone ting at No. 9 in we’ve beat them leads the Vandals the conference, with 343 points is currently 7-14 both before at in 21 games this overall and 2-9 their places. season, averagin the WAC. The ing more than 16 Redhawks enter We’ll just have points per game. the contest having played to be prepared them“We’ve lost four of their both before, last five games, and stick to and we’ve beat including a 46-68 them both before loss to Utah State what we do.” at their places,” last Saturday. said Olson.

Junior for- Brett Olson, “They’ll probably ward Clarence come in with a Trent, who is Sophomore guard little extra intenaveraging 11.1 sity, wanting to points per game with 233 points beat us at our place, but we’ll so far this season, leads Seattle just have to be prepared and in scoring. stick to what we do.”

as the Pioneers quickly shot to a 10-point lead after five minutes of the first half. By halftime, the team was boasting a 20-point lead of 48-28.

It was a high-scoring game for a few players, such as Edwards and Van Riper-Rose, who scored 15 and 14 points, respectively. Freshman Michaela Neuhaus contributed 13 points, and Smith tacked on 12 points while adding 11 assists for the team.

“We shot the ball with a lot of confidence tonight. It became contagious,” said Cremeans. “I’m proud of the fight that the team showed and how they executed the game plan.”

The Pioneers were able to improve their shooting percentage against Texas State with a 48.3 percent compared to their 43.2 percent against UTSA earlier in the week.

“That’s ultimately what you want as a coach, just to continue to get better each week, and I really feel that we are doing that,” said Cremeans.

Looking towards the upcoming week, the team is set to travel to Seattle on Thursday. Seattle is currently second in rank in conference play with an overall record of 11-9 and 8-3 in the WAC. Seattle was previously on a sevengame winning streak until they were defeated by UTSA, who was recently topped by Denver. Most recently, Seattle has lost close games to San Jose State and Utah State, both with single-digit differences in the final score.

The Pioneers will have to look out for Seattle’s Daidra Brown, who recently scored a career-high of 24 points against San Jose State. Kacie Powell leads the team in scoring with 337 points and also in rebounding with 198 so far this season.

According to Cremeans, the Pioneers are looking to go into the rest of the conference season playing solid basketball and refraining from repeating any mistakes made earlier in the season.

“From here on out, every game is a big game,” said Van Riper-Rose. “We’re working on being able to score and defend one-on-one, and also just a toughness factor that I think we were missing in the beginning of the season.”

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Denver native excels in rookie season Senior Reporter

Senior guard Emiko Smith of the DU women’s basketball team was named the WAC Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3, her first ever WAC Player of the Week honor.

Last week, Smith led the Pioneers to their pair of victories over University of Texas - San Antonio and Texas State, improving the team to a three-game winning streak.

Smith boasted a team-high 15 points against the Roadrunners on Thursday, along with four rebounds, four assists and a steal.

In the team’s game against the Bobcats on Saturday, Smith posted a double-double with 12 points and 11 assists, in addition to four rebounds and two steals.

At the close of the week, Smith averaged 13.5 points, 7.5

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Freshman guard Kailey Edwards sits third on the team in points in her first season with the Pioneers.

didn’t really recruit us or know us yet, but they’ve been so helpful and they’ve really worked hard on getting to know us as players and as people.”

Before committing to Denver for its academics and the basketball team, Edwards was a guard at Legacy High School for four years, where she was named MVP of the 5A state championship. Two weeks ago, she was also one of four

assists, four rebounds and 1.5 steals, shooting 56 percent from the field, 40 percent from the three-point range and 83 percent on free throws.

Chergo resigns from women’s golf staff Pioneer women’s golf head coach Sammie Chergo has decided to resign from her position after 15 years with the program, as announced last Saturday.

Current assistant coach Erik Billinger, who joined the staff last fall, will serve as the interim head coach while the university finds a replacement for Chergo.

“After 15 wonderful years, I have decided to resign as DU’s head women’s golf coach,” said Chergo. “I am proud of the strong foundation that is women’s golf at DU, but I am excited to pursue some new opportunities that have come my way. I

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Pioneers named a 2013 Sportswoman of Colorado. The award honors her performance from high school.

“She’s continued to grow and improve and really helped with the depth of the team, which we need in the long run,” said Cremeans.

Edwards said she’s looking forward to her next three years here, but right now she just wants to focus on the current season.

Outside of basketball, Edwards is majoring in International Studies and is hoping to become a sports agent one day.

“Right now, I just want to get out there and keep doing it for the older girls and for our senior Emmy [Emiko Smith],” said Edwards. “I’m also looking forward to just staying tough for the rest of the season and the WAC tournament.”

am so very thankful for all the wonderful student athletes and people I have had the pleasure to work with, and I will always be a Pioneer.”

Chergo has built the women’s golf program from the ground up, leading the Pioneers to nine straight Sun Belt Conference Championships and 11 straight Regional appearances.

The Pioneers have also made four NCAA Championship appearances during Chergo’s tenure, complete with a fifth-place finish in the 2009 championship tournament.

After 10 seasons as a PGA golf instructor at Highlands Ranch Golf Club, Billinger joined the staff last August as the assistant coach. The 2002 Pioneer alum spent two seasons working with the DU men’s and women’s programs after his graduation before his return to the Pioneer golf programs.

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by michael gooch

In her first season as a Pioneer, freshman guard Kailey Edwards has stepped up for the women’s basketball team as a starter and is currently third on the team in points and second in free throws.

“She deserves that starting role,” said head coach Kerry Cremeans. “She’s doing everything that I ask her to, from attacking the room offensively, to running the lanes on a fast break, to rebounding, to defending the best perimeter player.”

Edwards set a career-high record of 18 points in the team’s game against Utah State on Jan. 19. In her most recent games against Texas San Antonio and Texas State, Edwards added 11 points in each game. Her overall scoring average is 7.5 points per game with 168 points so far this season.

“So far it feels awesome; I’ve worked really hard on getting myself to play,” said Edwards. “It’s a blast to get out there and play with the team; they’re so much fun to be around. I’m enjoying it so far, so hopefully we keep winning.”

In the past few weeks, the team has come back from a four-game losing streak to gain three consecutive wins at home.

Edwards contributed to those wins by racking up a total of 27 points and 14 rebounds over those three games.

“I ask a lot of her as a young little thing, and she never shows any fear with that,” said Cremeans.

“She’s very competitive, and that’s all that I ask of her.”

According to Cremeans, the one thing that she asks of freshman players is that they play with no fear. She understands they are playing at a new level of Division I collegiate play and said she ultimately feels a fearless attitude is most essential to them.

“There’s always going to be pressure when you’re the new ones on the team,” said Edwards.

“Since this is a new staff, they

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Denver men’s tennis player Max Krammer was honored as the WAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3, as announced by conference officials on Monday.

The redshirt senior is coming off of a 6-2, 7-5 singles victory over Purdue’s Diego Acosta in No. 3 singles play and an 8-4 doubles victory with his partner Enej Bonin on Feb. 2.

Krammer is the second Pioneer to receive this honor after his doubles partner, Bonin, received the award on Jan. 28.

Tennis resumes play on Friday against Air Force at 3 p.m. at the Denver Country Club.

Air Force will enter the competition coming off of a 6-1 loss to No. 48 BYU, while Denver will enter coming off a 7-0 victory.

While most of the U.S. was focused on the Super Bowl—a reasonable fascination given it is the biggest game of the year for America’s most popular sport— an impressive case of generosity may have ducked under most of the public’s radar.

David Beckham, legendary English soccer player, model, business and family man, signed a deal to play with top French club Paris Saint Germain (PSG). Beckham is nearing the tail end of his career, having finished up a successful stint in the United States’ Major League Soccer, where he played for the last six seasons.

“Becks” has played for some of the best clubs in the world, including Manchester United and Real Madrid, and surely could have commanded an extremely high salary from an up-and-coming club, like Turkish Club Galatasaray, who just signed Ivory Coast superstar Didier Drogba and Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder.

Instead, with his signing at PSG, a team that features the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovich and Ezequiel Lavezzi, Beckham decided to donate the entirety of his earnings for this year to a local Parisian charity.

Granted, Beckham has only signed a five-month agreement, but the idea and execution of this gesture is rare, if not unheard of, in the sporting world. Becks signed a deal worth 10 million euros a year, roughly $13.6 million.

Of course, as the agreement is only set for five months, Beckham will not earn the entirety of the salary, but will still donate every euro he earns per week, which is reported by yahoo.com to be around $237,825.

The money will go to a children’s charity in Paris. Beckham, who, according to celebritynetworth.com, is worth $175 million, said he got the idea from his wife, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham. The two have four children of their own together, a factor that possibly guided their decision on which charity to donate to.

“It’s something I’m not sure has been done before, but I’m passionate about children and the charity, so we came together and it’s something special,” said Beckham in a press conference.

While some may say this is more of a publicity stunt, not only for Beckham, but for PSG itself, the gesture remains.

Regardless of the very public announcement to donate his salary, the money will still be sent to the charity, which is what truly matters.

It is refreshing to see a professional athlete be so generous with his money. Plenty of athletes do commit large amounts of time and money to their communities, but I have not heard of anything nearing this level, and I hope it gives more athletes encouragement to give in this way.