DU Clarion Volume 122 Issue 13

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Vol. 122, Issue 13

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Hickert and Davidson to lead undergraduate body

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Cam Hickert and Jess Davidson pose outside of Mary Reed Hall for their 2015 USG campaign photos.

John Poe News Editor On April 24 at about 2 p.m., Cam Hickert and Jess Davidson were announced as the USG President and Vice President for the 2015-2016 school year.

All of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) presidential candidates campaigned from April 19 to April 24. Additionally, the candidates gathered in the Driscoll Ballroom for a debate on April 22.

Roughly 70 people showed up for the interactive debate, which lasted about an hour. Attendees were given paper to write their own questions throughout the debate for the candidates. They were also encouraged to tap on their chair to show support ideas presented by the candidates.

Topics covered during the

debate included, what is working and what is not working in USG, sexual assault awareness, inclusive excellence at DU, what the candidates would bring to the table in terms of experience, how the candidates would fulfill their promises and to wrap it all up, each candidate was asked what song was stuck in their head at the time.

After the long week, Hickert and Davidson are thrilled about being elected.

“I could not be more excited right now,” said Davidson in a message sent to The Clarion. “I first asked Cam about the idea of running together almost a year ago, and then it seemed like such a distant and even far-fetched idea to us both. This election was incredible and something I will never forget.”

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WHAT’S INSIDE: News

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CHANCELLOR’S IN- THE GRIND: FAT AUGURATION SHACK

FUN FACTS ABOUT MILKY CHANCE

The date of Chancellor Chopp’s inauguration has been moved to next Fall.

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This haven of fried food isn’t for everyone; read more in this week’s Grind.

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Find out more about this year’s artist for DUPB’s May Days MusicFest.

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Opinions NEWLY-ELECTED USG LEADERSHIP

Are Hickert and Davidson focusing enough on the details?

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Sports PIO WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Women’s Lacrosse won their last two regular season games.

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Cam Hickert and Jess Davidson win USG presidency Other Elects: Carter and Mansfield are all amazing they can easily be contacted by the and I feel so lucky to have run against student body throughout this transiBoth Hickert and Davidson were them. For us personally, this week was tion, and in the future.

“We would first and foremost like also pleased with the overall experience a really great way to meet tons of new Pioneers and hear what a lot of people every Pioneer to know that they can this election offered. contact us at any time. We will make “We ran against some of the best are hoping to see next year.” our contact inforWhile now is a time that DU has to offer and having been mation public, and part of such a competitive, fun race for celebration, the two you can always find made this week far more memorable elects hope to utilize the us on Facebook remainder of this year to and pushed us to work harder,” said as well, or just say learn as much as possible “Our partnership is Hickert and Davidson in another hi if you see us on message. “Nick, Osa, Cam, Tara, from the current senate on based on years of campus,” said Hickso they can start their trust and friendship, ert and Davidson in hard work on and we plan to run their message. the right foot “We plan to next year. this next year like a be as accessible “Our first true team.” as possible, and priority is to next year we soak up as Cam Hickert and Jess Davidwill be starting a much knowlson, USG President and Vice tradition called President edge as we ‘Coffee with Cam can from this and Jess’ where year’s Senate, students can join and, after each us for a cup of meeting, be comparing our action items for the year coffee to talk about what they want with what we’re learning to see from USG. We hope to have a from them,” said Hickert few sessions of that this spring so we and Davidson in their mes- can work with that information over sage. “The USG transitions the summer. Please reach out to us period is a really valuable at any time. We would love to hear one that sets the tone for the from you about how we can better upcoming year and we plan DU,” they said.

“Our partnership is one based on to give it undivided attention. Because restructuring years of trust and friendship, and we USG was one of our main plan to run this next year like a true goals, that will be in the team,” said Hickert and Davidson forefront of our work this in their message. “We both take our Spring. We’ll also be meet- responsibility for next year extremely ing with athletics and other seriously, and are dedicated to doing facets of administration to right by the Pioneers who elected us. get timelines on what we Thank you for entrusting us with this need to be doing to accom- leadership for next year. We look forward to working with you all.” photo courtesy of jess davidson plish our goals for next year.”

Cam Hickert and Jess Davidson, the newly-elected USG More information about USG can Hickert and Davidson president and vice president. have many plans to ensure be found on their website.

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Sophomore Senators: Julia

Arnett and Margaret (Margaux) Bole Junior Senators: Tess Greenwald and Rory Moore Senior Senators: Jack Arrix and Nicolette Smith AHUM Senator: Tim Longfield Daniels Senators: Mitch Ritz and Cory Hott Hospitality Management Senator: Re’ahna Ray International Studies Senator: Aaron Hinds Natural Science and Math Senator: Kaela Martins Performing Arts Senator: Scott Ullman Engineering and Computer Science Senator: Hannah Bettinger Social Sciences Senator: Jillian Martinez On-Campus Senators: Eli Friedland and Alejandro Garcia Off-Campus Senators: Zane Sanchez and Julia Richards

PLP set to accept more students Chancellor’s Inauguration moved

environment. Forty four students will live on the first floor while the other half will live on the second floor of the McFarlane wing of the dorm. There will With a growing applicant pool, be an additional LLCs housed on each DU’s Pioneer Leadership Program floor along with PLP. “Although it is gonna be different, (PLP) is set to accept 22 additional applicants from the freshman class it’s exciting to be able to get involved in whole LLC starting next fall. c o m mu n i t y,” The incoming said sophofreshman PLP class will more Emily increase from 66 stuWolverton, a dents to 88 students.

Biology major An email from Monannouncement from trose, ColoMarch 10 cited an rado. Wolverincrease in qualified ton serves on applicants over the past the Scholar’s two years as the reason Board along for program expansion. with a handful There have been over of other PLP 450 prospective stustudents from dents who have applied each class. in the last two years.

B o t h “Fundamentally, we image courtesy of du.edu W o l v e r t o n believe that all students Pioneer Leadership Program plans and Olson can grow and develop as DU’s to accept 22 additional students from the expressed leaders, so it’s exciting to freshman class next year. excitement provide more students with the opportunity to learn through regarding the new shared floor between this leadership studies program,” said PLP and two other LLCs. “Before, PLP was its own thing.

Executive Director Linda Olson.

Johnson-McFarlane Hall will I think that this will help us be more continue to house PLP first years in a socially engaged with the entire LLC Living Learning Community (LLC) community,” Wolverton added.

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“An inauguration, which is a formal ceremony to mark the beginning of a chancellor’s term of office, can take many forms,” said Carroll. “Our ChanOn April 2, DU sent out an email cellor’s Inauguration, to include the to the student body concerning Chan- entire University community, will be a cellor Chopp’s Inauguration. The email celebration of the role public and priexplained that the original date for the vate higher education plays in making inauguration was set for May 15, but Colorado a great place to live and work.”

According to Cardue to speakers roll, because the event not being availis still being finalized, able at that time, details are not yet availthe Chancellor’s able. Event information Inauguration will be shared with the Committee public once the planning decided to postis complete. pone the inau“We welcome and guration until encourage student parSeptember or ticipation in the Inauearly October. guration planning,” said The date Carroll. “This is going has now been to be a campus-wide and determined, and inclusive event.” the Chancellor’s The Chancellor’s Inauguration will photo courtesy of magazine.du.edu Inauguration Committee take place on Chancellor Chopp’s Inauguration will take plans to create the inauSept. 18. place on Sept. 18. guration surrounding the “As the committee began to talk about the program, Imagine DU process.

“The Inauguration will be one of we realized that we needed more time to coordinate schedules and develop the many opportunities in the fall for the day’s events,” said Kevin Carroll, Vice community to both celebrate where Chancellor of Marketing and Communi- we’ve been and imagine where we can cations and Co-Chair of the Chancellor’s potentially go together as an institution,” said Carroll.

Inauguration Committee.

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DU hosts second annual money smart week Brian Bowen Contributing Writer

Money Smart Week, which consisted of a series of information sessions designed to help students gain financial literacy and general knowledge, took place from April 21 to 24. Although Money Smart Week has been occurring nationally since 2002, this was the second time it occurred at DU, according to the event’s organizer Esther Gil, Associate Professor and Business and Economics Reference Librarian.

people on the Money Smart Week committee from Daniels, from the Bursar’s office, from career services, and several students,” said Gill.

The first session was titled “Eat Well on a Budget,” which was presented

by Mandy Sigmund, the DU Wellness Program Manager. More information on this information session can be found in the Clarion’s lifestyle section this week. Later that day, another session was presented titled “Establishing Personal Wealth and Investing,” presented by Matt Thibodeau, a Northwestern Mutual representative.

opening his own business, Webster mentioned that the experience was worth it and he would certainly do it again.

“It’s a new education in marketing. [Opening a small business] utilizes everything you learned in college and then everything you learned in life,” said Webster.

Another information session on April 22, “A Foundation for Financial Freedom,” was presented by Jonathan Lopez, Financial advisor and author of “Foundational Financial Security.”

“Negotiate Your Salary Like a Pro,” was held on April 23 and presented by Rebecca Damas, an academic advisor in DU’s Career Center.

The first five information sessions took place in the third floor loft of the library, but the last session on Friday was held in the International House.

The final session was titled “Understand

tion sessions based on input from students who have come into the Anderson Academic Commons with questions that relate to finances.

“Money Smart Week is a way of introducing financial literacy to the University Community,” said Gill.

Ryan Marshall, a sport and performance psychology graduate student from Oregon, found the information sessions useful especially because he is about to finish up his program.

“I think it [the Negotiate Your Salary Like a Pro session] was super relevant because, at the position I’m applying for, you have to negotiate a salary, and, if you’re good at it you can really negotiate your way up,” said Marshall. “The other couple sessions that I’ve been to have been useful, life situation stuff that will be good when I finally graduate.”

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The national Money Smart Week logo. The event takes place nationally.

According to Money Smart Week’s website, the event was “created by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2002, [and] is a public awareness campaign designed to help consumers better manage their personal finances. This is achieved through the collaboration and coordinated effort of hundreds of organizations across the country.”

Gil worked with many groups on campus to bring Money Smart Week to fruition.

“It’s a collaborative effort, I have

The first information session on April 22 was titled “Opening a Small Business: Insights from the Owner of a Local Craft Brewery,” which was presented by Paul Webster, owner of The Brew on Broadway (The BoB).

According to Webster, opening his own business was the hardest thing he’s ever done.

“You’ve got to fight. You’ve got to fight for what you do because there’s nobody else that will fight like you will,” said Webster.

Even considering the difficulty of

photo courtesy of du.edu The photo above depicts the sign of The Brew on Broadway, the small business brewery that Paul Webster opened and spoke about during Money Smart Week.

the U.S. Banking System,” which was presented by Selena Spenard, branch manager of DU’s U.S. Bank branch.

According to Gil, the Money Smart Week committee identified topics that would be useful informa-

Other students like Marshall who might find greater financial literacy useful can look forward to next year’s annual Money Smart Week or reach out to the organizers for a couple of personal tips.

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‘If These Halls Could Talk’ movie screening Courtney Luster Assistant Lifestyles Editor On April 21, the Center for Multicultural Excellence (CME) partnered with the Media, Film and Journalism Studies department in their quarterly Flick and Feed/Back movie discussion over the documentary, “If These Halls Could Talk.” The event took place in Sturm’s Lindsey Auditorium.

The movie centers around the issues of diversity and white privilege in the United States and how this affects different minority groups as well as the majority Caucasian group.

The evening started with a dinner catered by Noodles & Co. and a short PowerPoint slideshow as an introduction to the movie and some rules for discussion. Some of these rules included protecting speakers’ anonymity by not letting specific comments leave the room, and taking all comments with an attitude of openmindedness and a willingness to learn.

The hosts and co-facilitators, Margie Thompson of the Media Film and Journalism Studies department, Nick Ota-Wang of the Admissions department and the Graduate School of Social Work and Debbie Mixon Mitchell of the CME introduced themselves. Soon the movie was underway.

While only about 40 minutes of the hour-and-a-half long movie were played, it clearly affected the audience.

The documentary follows the discussions of a group of people of different ethnicities, races, sexual orientations and sexes and genders as they grapple with their roles in society.

After the movie, a group discussion began with the co-facilitators

not all of us have been discriminated against for our race or ethnicity, we have all been “Othered.” “Othering” is an action which an individual or group becomes classified to someone as “not one of us.” Feeling this connection and empathy for minority groups can lead to opportunities to challenge situations of racism and call it out when it does occur, according to the presentation.

Overall, participants in the conversation and movie spoke out about the fact that to end systemized racism, every person in society needs to make an effort to instigate a change through education and communica-

tion. It is a challenge to think more and act more, but by doing so we can make a change.

The Flick and Feed/Back movie discussion was hosted by CME, which has shown movies in the past like “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Gran Torino.” Students can contact CME or any of the cofacilitators of this week’s discussion with questions about either the movie series or the topic of diversity.

Another Flick and Feed/Back movie night will be hosted by CME in the fall. Students with suggestions about what movie they would like to see can contact them at igr@du.edu.

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“If These Halls Could Talk” centered around conversations about diversity.

talking about their reactions and continued with a conversation including the audience. Then each person wrote their reactions and shared with people around them in a group breakout. The discussion revolved around topics such as the existence of systematic and institutionalized racism in American society and how many minority groups are forced to conform to American culture and feel a sense of split identity between trying to hold on to their own culture and assimilate to this one.

The purpose of the conversation and movie was to raise awareness on the issues of white privilege and understand how to educate ourselves on diversity. The group discussed the idea of empathy and how, even though

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(From left to right) Debbie Mixon-Mitchell, Nick Ota-Wang and Margie Thompson cofacilitate the group discussion following the movie screening.

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Easy and convenient ways to eat well on a budget Kellsie Brannen Lifestyles Editor

On Tuesday, April 21, DU hosted a presentation called “Eating Well on a Budget” as a part of its “Money Smart Week” initiative. The talk went from 12 to 2 p.m. and was held in the Loft of the Anderson Academic Commons. Hosting the presentation was Mandy Sigmund, DU’s Wellness Program Manager, who brought with her over 10 years of experience in the wellness industry.

There are three general rules to follow when trying to eat healthy on a budget, according to Sigmund: plan ahead, shop smart and cut cor-

ners without losing nutritional value.

Here are her suggestions for sticking to all three.

Plan ahead Sigmund suggests planning out meals before you go shopping, using a grocery app if this makes planning easier, such as AnyList, Grocery IQ and Wunderlust. This will allow you to have an idea of how much food you will need for the week and what ingredients you will need to buy, rather than shopping blindly, spending more money and picking up easier foods that are more likely to be less nutritious. It’s also smart to choose recipes with similar ingredients each week, as you can buy ingredients in

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There are many different ways of preparing vegetables to keep your diet healthy.

bulk and use them week-to-week.

She also recommends planning out snacks and lunches that you can take to work or school, allowing you to resist the temptation of unhealthy and expensive snacks from vending machines and other conveniencebased food suppliers.

Sigmund says that using a weekend or day off to cook for the week will save time during busy work and school days in terms of preparing food. Cooking extra servings of meals you do make during the week is also a smart idea, as they can be eaten as leftovers later in the week.

Shop smart Sigmund recommends checking specials and sales before heading to the store, as well as shopping with a friend so that both people can buy in bulk together and make the purchase less expensive individually. However, she cautions against easy, packaged meals and pre-made foods (salad bars, delis) as they are often expensive as well as high in sodium. Buying seasonal produce, often cheaper and of better quality than that out of season, is another of Sigmund’s recommendations for the grocery store.

Joining a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) will give you great deals on local produce as well as allowing you to support local agriculture, according to Sigmund. Farmers markets, or even growing your own food in a community garden, will also give you the opportunity to get fresh produce at a discounted rate.

Sigmund also suggests not eating out as often, but to do so only once

every few weeks as a treat, as it can be very expensive and often not very health-conscious.

Cut corners without losing nutrition Sigmund recommends buying frozen produce, which can be kept for longer than fresh, for staple fruits and veggies. If you can’t afford to buy all organic, she also recommended straying from the “Dirty Dozen,” a yearly list of produce most affected by pesticides, and buying organic of those specific fruits and vegetables.

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Buying vegetables in bulk with a friend is an easy way to save money and eat healthier.

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The Grind: Fat Shack The Clarion staff reviews bars, restaurants and coffee houses, attempting cultural mutiny on all things hipster

Bringing you fun facts about little-known people and things on campus

THE BIG WONDERFUL

3.0 / 5.0 beans Kellsie Brannen Lifestyles Editor Fat Shack Denver is the brainchild of Tom Armenti, who opened the first Fat Shack in 2010 in Ewing, New Jersey just after he graduated college. The fact that this establishment was created by a guy straight out of his university days is not surprising, as the menu consists of food that sounds like someone pulled random fast food out of his fridge and threw it all together between some bread.

Take, for example, the staple that I sampled, the Fat Bronco ($8.65-12.50 depending on size, there are 8” and 12” options), which is made of chicken fingers, french fries, mozzarella sticks and marinara. Another popular option is the Fat Doobie ($8.65-$12.50 for 8” and 12”, respectively), which consists of chicken fingers, french fries, onion rings, mozzarella sticks and honey mustard. The Fat Pioneer ($8.65$12.50 for 8” and 12”, respectively), named for Fat Shack’s newest Denver edition, which opened in early 2015, has mac and cheese, cheese steak, french fries and BBQ sauce.

I have a feeling that this place may be polarizing. Some who read the previous paragraph are prob-

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The exterior of Fat Shack.

ably disgusted that such food was ever concocted in the mind of man, others are probably thinking about driving down to Fat Shack right now.

I also have a feeling that Fat Shack, being open until 4 a.m., is probably anticipating an intoxicated clientele, which I am sure would improve the experience of this haven of salt, fat and guilt. Strategically placed between two popular bars near campus (Merchant’s Mile High Saloon, also known as “The Border,” and the Crimson and Gold Tavern), it certainly would be a nice place to sit down and grab some food on your way home.

The restaurant itself is small and inviting, staffed by pleasant individuals who were very helpful and polite. The food, however, was not so agreeable. At first bite, the Fat Bronco was actually pretty good in a guilty pleasure sort of way—the ingredients stacked so that each individual flavor was highlighted.

However, after the first few bites, the flavors melded together and began to taste like chewing on a fried salt lick that was also very stale. I can’t say that I enjoyed it very much at all.

Fat Shack, however, does sell all of these ingredients separately as appetizers. French fries ($1.99-

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$3.75 for small and large, respectively), cheese fries ($5.95), mozzarella sticks ($6.47), chicken fingers ($7.55), onion rings ($6.47) and more are all offered as standalones.

The shop also offers buffalo wings ($6.47 for six, $12.41 for 12 and $18.35 for 18) and fingers ($8.63 for six, $16.73 for 12 and $24.29 for 18), as well as burgers ($6.96 for a single, $9.71 for a double), making it a true haven of everything fried that people crave late at night.

Their dessert menu is quite creative. Deep fried Oreos ($3.99 for 3 and $5.49 for 5), chocolate chip cookies ($3.99 for 3 and $5.39 for 5), Twinkies ($2 for one and $4.96 for 3), funnel cake bites ($5.39) and more fried treats are all offered, in case you didn’t have diabetes by the end of your sandwich. Milkshakes ($4.85) are also on the menu.

The bottom line about Fat Shack is that, unless you’re intoxicated or just really love fried, salty foods, I wouldn’t recommend a trip there. That being said, heading over when a craving for appetizers or creative desserts takes hold would probably really hit the spot.

A full menu and more information can be found at FatShack. com, and you can order online for delivery at MileHighMenus.com.

Connor W. Davis Editor-in-Chief Looking for a fun, outdoor event to partake in downtown this spring? Look no further than The Big Wonderful, a simple and fantastic weekly festival that’s chockfull of activities at 26th and Lawrence (2500 Lawrence St.) in a Curtis Park.

Every Saturday from noon to 7:30 p.m., countless hay bales are laid out across a 3-acre space to offer Denverites a country-esque escape.

But it’s about more than just hanging out on hay bales— numerous food trucks park themselves on site alongside various other food vendors, small businesses sell a plethora of Coloradan products, a craft beer garden sets up with various lawn games and live music from local talent tops it all off.

Sounds pretty awesome, right? It is. And what’s the most awesome of all is that admission is free. Just bring a good attitude, a pair of worn out jeans and a big appetite.

The Big Wonderful is a well-rounded event that helps both the common city-goer as well as aspiring business owners. The event is best summed up by the

site’s self-description: “An outdoor sustainable market that blends food, flea and entertainment... This is built for the whole family, but cool enough for everyone. With a smorgasbord of vendors, this event is a catalyst for small business and a unique shopping experience for all.”

The Big Wonderful is ready to come back swinging on May 2 after a long hiatus over the winter, and you’re going to want to be there.

Checkout the details at thebigwonderful.com.

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People enjoying the many events that comprise “The Big Wonderful.”

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Tips and tricks for finding your new home Courtney Luster and Connor W. Davis

you can snag a place with free parking, that’s best. A lot of places charge you monthly for a parking space. But if it’s on-street, try to find somewhere that doesn’t have one or two hour limits.

You can get a permit, but when your friends and family come over, you don’t want them moving their cars all the time to avoid tickets.

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Know what is included in rent.

An $800 per month rent for a onebedroom might seem ideal, but does that include utilities? Gas, electric, cable, Wifi, water and trash can push that price tag up at least $100. Wifi is something that a lot of realtors won’t mention unless you ask. Apartments generally have most utilities included, but often houses do not. For this reason, apartments are almost always a cheaper and safer bet.

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There are a lot of apartments, condos and houses just a few blocks off campus for rent.

With the end of spring quarter quickly approaching, many students are making the jump from living in dorms to moving off-campus, or finding a new place to live for the summer and upcoming year. The process of househunting can become a little overwhelming, especially because rent prices around DU are often sky-high and still increasing. Here are a few tips and tricks to help guide you in your search.

Start looking now, but be prepared to wait until the last second.

Some places you can pre-lease up to three months in advance, but many others don’t know their availability until a month out. Keep your eye out to know what’s available, but don’t panic if you don’t find anything right away.

Don’t rent the very first place you like. Get a feel for what’s available in your price range and look at three to five places before you make a decision. Use the strategy of thinking on it over the weekend. If by Monday you’ve forgotten about it, you probably didn’t love it. If you’re thinking about it all weekend, it might be meant to be.

That being said, if you like something, jump on it. The housing market in Denver is crazy right now; according to an article in 5280, “Last summer, the inventory of homes for sale in the Denver area hit an all-time low—about 6,400 homes on the market in June 2013 (equilibrium is usually something closer to 17,000). The imbalance caused, at times, a frantic market that significantly favored sellers. Owners would list their homes and immediately receive multiple cash offers higher than the asking price. Buyers tried anything to gain an edge.”

That is to say, if something meets all the criteria on your list and doesn’t break the bank, make it happen—or someone else looking at that house will.

Decide what is a deal-breaker for you and what isn’t. Some people don’t mind living farther from campus and some people need to be right across the street. Some enjoy riding bikes to campus and being far enough away not to be surrounded by other students all the time. Other people need to be close because of various commitments.

Parking is a huge factor for people who have cars. Parking near DU is limited at best and finding out the parking situation for an apartment or house is essential. If you have to park on the street, you’ll need to deal with the first-come first-serve aspect of it and know that you need to get a permit. If

Know what you’re getting into when you get an apartment in one of the popular complexes like Asbury Green, Vista or Observatory Park. They are catered completely to DU students and have some great perks like being very close to campus, having gyms and sometimes giving away free food and prizes. They also come with the factor of living in a pseudo-dorm style apartment complex, complete with study rooms.

While these are all positives, the apartments and duplexes on the other side of campus by the Mass Communications building and Olin are cheaper and have more green space around them, instead of being surrounded by Evans on one side and University on the other.

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Pinnacle is one of the popular leasing companies that owns a lot of properties near campus and works with many DU students. These properties are just off campus, on Gaylord Street.

When signing a lease, don’t lie about anything. If you’re planning on being loud and throwing parties, say so. If you don’t tell your landlord now, your neighbors will find out eventually and then you will have to deal with not only the landlord and your angry neighbors, but probably the police as well. This goes for things like pets, too.

If the lease you’re signing doesn’t allow them and you have one (or multiple), don’t sign it.

Know the leasing companies that work near campus and get on their email lists. Cornerstone, Pinnacle and FourStar are three of the major companies with many complexes in the DU area. They are easy to contact and get set up on an email list so that you are updated when homes become available. Just walking or driving around and looking at places with “For Rent” signs is really helpful, as well. Even if you find a building without a “For Rent” sign that you like, it’s always worth looking it up online and calling the landlord to see if there will be any openings in the near future.

Craigslist, Walkscore, Trulia and Zillow have a plethora of options for housing with just a little searching.

Other sites such as Walkscore, Zillow and Trulia are great tools.

Each website allows you to enter your search criteria such as location, number of bedrooms and rent price range and they will search for you.

All three also have an email function where they will send you lists of what is available in your search criteria.

Finally, don’t be intimidated by the process and options.

Denver is an up-and-coming place to live right now; that is why so many people want to move here. There are particularly a lot of great positive aspects to living near the DU area and lots of great options for a place to make your new home. While the process can be overwhelming sometimes, a new place to live is fun and exciting, courtney luster | clarion and, when you find the perfect place, Asbury Green is a convenient housing option for DU students but comes with a dorm-style atmosphere. you will know.

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A weekly examination of the finer points of Denver art culture.

Miley meets Abraham Lincoln Kate Rogers Contributing Writer The American_tier Where: Goodwin Fine Art Gallery 1255 Delaware Street Denver, CO 80204 When: April 17- May 30 Cost: Free We Millennials were born into a world already dialed into text messaging and digital communication, making it impossible to imagine a time when such technology didn’t exist. Artist Shawn Huckins puts this idea into perspective when he asks: “If Lewis & Clark could comment today, would they click the ‘like’ button, or post ‘wtf?’ and then go check their Miley Cyrus tweet?”

In his series The American_ tier, Huckins recreates historical 18th Century paintings, such as a black-and-white portrait of Abraham Lincoln, to reflect modernity.

His acrylic paintings are so accu-

rate, in fact, that they could be mistaken for the originals—except for one minor detail. Each traditional painting is covered in text messaging lingo and social media acronyms that we, as college students, use on a regular basis.

Abraham Lincoln’s face, for example, is covered in huge white letters that spell out the word “whatever.” Huckins’ remake of a 1850s painting, “Fishing On The Mississippi” has the phrase, “CUZ DEY BROKE, BUT ALWYS HV $$$ 4 WHISKY,” written on it. His rendition of the 18th Century painting “The Checker Players” has “#omfg” in bold over the players’ faces.

Undoubtedly, a transition from paper to online platforms has changed the way we verbalize our thoughts. Huckins opens an interesting debate when he says in his personal statement, “...does how we communicate govern the value of what we communicate?

The physical act of typing very fast on

kate rogers | clarion small devices has undeniably impacted spelling, grammar Shawn Huckins’ work at the Goodwin Fine Art Gallery. and punctuation, encouraging a degree of illiteracy that has become the new social norm.”

We substitute full sentences with numbers and symbols in exchange for faster communication, often mutilating the English language past the point of verbal comprehension.

However, Huckins also reasons that, “these additions do not signify the death of the English language, but rather as a growing and evolving method of communication, which changes, as does our world.”

To say times have changed is a bit of an understatement, and to say that all millennials talk in this manner is a generalization, but picturing colonial figures speaking with the same jargon used today is both hilarious and hard to imagine.

To see for yourself, visit Goodwin Fine Art Gallery for kate rogers | clarion more on Shawn Huckins’s art.

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‘Adaline’ glides through the decades

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10 things to know about Milky Chance

photo courtesy of wiki.commons.org Milky Chance is Phillipp Dausch (left) and Clemens Rehbein (right).

Madeline Zann Entertainment Editor The DU Programming Board recently announced that Milky Chance will be playing MusicFest at this year’s May Days. The band plays May 16 at 7:30 p.m. on Carnegie Green, in rain or shine.

Tickets are for sale on the DUPB website for $15 and are only available for students. To get you ready for the concert, here are ten facts that you might not have known about Milky Chance. photo courtesy of popsugar.com

Blake Lively (far right) stars as Adaline, a seemingly immortal woman trying to navigate the modern world, in the new romantic drama “Age of Adaline.” Harrison Ford (far left) co-stars in the movie.

Chloe Barrett Contributing Writer

izes that her condition has condemned her to a lonely and nomadic life. She begins fostering suspicion around her 45th birthday when she’s pulled over and the seemingly 20-something hands over the identification for a woman twice her apparent age. Unable to share the truth with anyone except Flemming, who soon visibly surpasses her in age and is eventually played by an exquisite Ellen Burstyn (“Interstellar”), Adaline moves and switches identities often, spending the majority of her private eternity reading and mastering new languages.

Sadly cognizant that she will never grow old with a lover, Adaline abstains from romantic relationships until a momentous New Year’s Eve Party where she meets the charming Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman, “Wild”). He pursues her with such fervent veracity that she can’t help but reciprocate.

No sooner does she choose to pursue her feelings, however, than the film drops a shocking twist that immediately causes her to doubt her decision. This brazen shock, which might have thrown off a less-devoted film, somehow allows for a more engrossing experience that captures a joint epiphany as all involved attempt to understand such an absurd situation.

Those characters include Ellis’ mother (Kathy Baker, “Saving Mr. Banks”) and father, (Harrison Ford, “The Expendables 3”), who add something crucial to the emotional effect; Ford, in particular, does some of his finest acting in a long time, taking advantage of a few poignantly written scenes to portray the emotional significance of an old man experiencing both great joy and immense regret.

Ellis’ father is an astronomer by trade, accentuating the movie’s continual strain to direct audience’s attention heavenward, attempting to lend a cosmic dimension to the story.

This is especially noticeable in the final voiceover which incorporates some senseless comet imagery with a predictable climax that brings this softly memorable movie to a far more tactless end than it’s entitled to.

“The Age of Adaline” serves as a perfect medium for Lively’s expressive yet underplayed performance—the sort of quietly commanding star turn that can transform a story. She persuasively pulls off the inward and outward incongruity of literally being an old soul in a young body. Most of all, though, this film offers a soothing reminder that one of life’s greatest chagrins—that we never have as much time as we would like—might in fact be its utmost mercy.

“Age of Adaline,” a time-defying romance that hit theaters April 24, opens to a birds-eye view of Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively, “Savages”) traversing present-day San Francisco, carefully acquiring a fake driver’s license identifying her as 29-year-old Jennifer Larson.

Audiences watch this kind but guarded woman go about her day following her illegal activity, shutting her door with close to half a dozen locks and entering an apartment to her King Charles Spaniel, the closest thing she allows herself to a significant other.

Lively captivates viewers right away with her subtle entrancing aloofness.

As she watches a vintage early-20thcentury newsreel for her library job, her backstory swiftly comes into focus through a series of flashbacks. Born in 1908, Adaline was a remarkably beautiful yet ordinary woman of her time who married a handsome young engineer and gave birth to a daughter, Flemming (Cate Richardson, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”).

Not long after her husband’s untimely death, though, a griefstricken Adaline crashed her car into a freezing cold river on an uncharacteristically snowy California night.

Thankfully she’s rescued by a chance bolt of lightning that not only jumpstarts her heart, but also permanently stops her aging process, rendering her, as spoken by narrator Hugh Ross (“Nightbreed”), “immune to the ravages of time.”

Ross injects a welcome measure of humor by noting that the exact thermonuclear law in question will not be discovered until the year 2035—thereby establishing scientific accuracy as a clearly moot point for the film.

In acknowledging the absurdity of the premise forthright, the movie is granted the license to execute what follows with a surprising caliber of emotional mastery. Audiences photo courtesy of popsugar.com become enamored as Adaline real- Adaline (Lively) is eventually surpassed in age by her daughter Flemming (Ellen Burstyn).

10. They are a German folk duo made up of Clemens Rehbein (vocals and instruments) and Phillipp Dausch (production and DJ).

9. Rehbien and Dausch have been playing together since high school in Kassel, Germany, originally as a jazz trio until their drummer left. Rehbein and Dausch continued to play together, but took the music in a different direction.

8. They recorded their first album, “Sadnecessary,” in Rehbien’s childhood home in 2013 after playing only two live shows together.

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Milky Chance’s first album, “Sadnecessary.”

7. “Stolen Dance,” their first single, took them three years to write.

6. They were nominated for the award “Best German Act” at the 2014 MTV European Music Awards.

5. Their song “Down by the River” appears in the video game FIFA 15.

4. Rehbein has said that he prefers to write songs in English and hasn’t considered writing in his native German because German is such a “rough sounding language.”

3. Rehbein came up with the band name Milky Chance when he was younger, but the band has admitted that Milky Chance is not the best name.

2. Milky Chance added Antonio Greger to the band in 2015 for help with extra instrumentals.

1. Both Rehbien and Dausch are only 21 years old.

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Silent film fest a blast from the past Monica McFadden Contributing Writer

the test of time. Part of the humor of the film was due to the amusing special efFrom April 24 through 26, DU host- fects of early films, such ed the Fourth Denver Silent Film Festival as in magical scenes dein Davis Auditorium. Over the course of picting hilarious deep sea the weekend, 18 silent films with release monsters or a horse flying dates ranging from 1912 to 1927 were through the clouds.

Saturday was kicked shown, accompanied by live music. off by a conversation with These films were presented in propRichard J. Meyer, winner er old-school fashion—a reel projector of the Career Achievement was set up among the auditorium seats, Award and David Shepard, creating a nostalgic whirring sound the film festival’s advisor throughout the films. This raw set-up and archivist.

Following the combined with the live scores gave a life conversation, they showed and intimacy to the films that is often a series of five shorts by lost in modern movies.

The festival began Friday night D.W. Griffith, the revoluwith a showing of Raoul Walsh’s “The tionary and highly controThief of Bagdad,” a 1924 film loosely versial creator of “The Birth adapted from “One Thousand and One of a Nation,” which was Nights” starring famous Denver native screened Sunday evening.

Other films that day Douglas Fairbanks (“Robin Hood” and included the poetic 1927 “The Mark of Zorro”) as a thief who film “Berlin, Symphony falls in love with the Caliph’s daughter. of a Great City”

by Walter The Mont Alto Motion Picture OrchesRuttman, the sinister drama tra provided a soaring live soundtrack photo courtesy of denversilentfilmfest.org “Menilmontant” (1926) by to the swashbuckling, magic-filled “Bed and Sofa” is a Soviet film from 1927 that was recently shown at the Denver Silent Film Festival. . tale. The movie was highly entertain- Dimitri Kirsanoff and the jazzy piano. The 1920s comedy still horrific beautiful, as well as the impact ing with a story that was easy to fol- Moscow love triangle of “Bed and Sofa” (1927) by Abram Room. holds up—these shorts had the crowd of watching the film today. low, proving that these old films stand Music was pro- in stitches, due to the likes of famous The festival wrapped up with “The vided by pianist Hank actors such as Harold Lloyd and Char- Student Prince of Old Heidelberg” Troy, Music Master lie Chaplin.

(Ernst Lubitsch, 1927) and “The Big Class students from Conversely, D.W. Griffith’s “The Parade” (King Vidor, 1925). the University of Col- Birth of a Nation” (1915) played afterAs festival director Howie orado-Denver and ward (accompanied by Rodney Sauer Movshovitz put it, these films “pertain University of Denver and Hank Troy), which follows two to human life now as well as when the orchestras (led by families in the Civil War and Recon- films were new.” This festival supports world-renowned mu- struction era. The film is extremely the notion that silent films are never sician and composer controversial due to its racist depic- truly out of date and continue to resoDonald Sosin) and tion of black men (some of them white nate with audiences to this day. Stories the Mont Alto Mo- actors in blackface) and the heroic told at the beginning of film history are tion Picture Orches- portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan. no different in content to those told tra.

The festival didn’t shy away from through today’s technology.

Sunday opened the topic, addressing the controversy For an entertaining and thoughtwith a light-hearted in a discussion following the film. This provoking trek through film history, collection of short discussion called into question the be sure to give silent films a shot. Keep paradox of the movie, which lies in its your eyes open for more of Denver Siphoto courtesy of newyorker.com comedies, accompa“Birth of a Nation” is a highly controversial film from 1915. nied by Hank Troy’s illustration of art’s ability to make the lent Film Festival events in the future.

‘The Girl on the Train’ promises intrigue Abbie Randall Contributing Writer Every once in a while, a new book hits the shelves and all of a sudden becomes a notable sensation. Readers start to wonder why and how the book has become an immediate success, so they read and they talk. Word about the book passes through the public like a train, rushing through readers who whiz through the pages and slowing down at the station for discussion, before taking off again towards the next stop. It seems appropriate that the latest sensation is the thriller “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins.

Rachel is a passenger on the train that makes its way from Ashbury to London in the morning, and from London back to Ashbury in the evening. She can see into the backyards of a string of houses along the railway and her favorite backyard is that of people she’s named Jess and Jason. The couple is young, in love and perfectly happy with everything in their life, just as Rachel used to be in years prior.

Now, she’s depressed, unemployed and struggling with alcoholism.

This fantasy life comes crashing down on the morning Rachel sees something shocking in the momentary pause of the train. She involves herself in the actual world of the couple, Megan and Scott, who happen to live only a few doors down from Rachel’s cheating exhusband Tom, his new wife Anna and

their baby Evie. To make matters worse, Megan suddenly disappears and Rachel may be the one person who knows what happened, if only a large part of that night wasn’t blacked out and full of flashes that don’t make sense.

Hawkins has produced an intriguing story that keeps readers on their toes, thanks to the variation in narration. The point of view is altered, constantly switching between the perspectives of Rachel, Megan and Anna.

This alteration forces the reader to pay attention to who is speaking in order to understand where certain puzzle pieces are coming from, but there is little difference between the voices of these three separate characters. Each woman has her own background and story, but more often than not their narrations tend to blend together because the women sound so similar.

Though they each have their own issues, their personalities seem somewhat the same. If a reader doesn’t pay attention to the specifically noted character switches, it would be easy to get lost and confused.

Strangely, some of the ideas in the novel that seem to be weaknesses are also sources of strength. For example, the novel is constructed by inclusions of the specific day and the name of the narrator for the section that follows. Each narrator breaks the day into ‘morning’ and ‘evening’. This structure carries the idea of the systemic regularity of the train that Rachel rides every morning and evening, creating an interesting and unique parallel through which to tell the mystery.

However, this strength could also all at once. Still, be warned: if you choose be seen as a weakness because it limits to read this novel, be prepared to have the scope of the story, making it seem as questions and ensure that someone you if anything notable only ever happened know will be willing to discuss it with you because the mystery doesn’t necesin the ‘morning’ or in the ‘evening.’

Simultaneous strength and weak- sarily end once the back cover is closed. ness are present in the narration.

All three narrators are incredibly unreliable: Rachel is an alcoholic, Megan isn’t mentally stable and Anna has extreme emotions and paranoia. None of them can accurately depict an event, and it is difficult to know if any of them are telling the truth or if they are delusional or if they are being manipulative.

On one hand, this strengthens the story because it keeps the reader guessing and grasping at straws, wondering whom, if any of them, can be trusted.

Still, it is also frustrating because the reader is left unfulfilled at the end.

Even when it seems all logical questions have been answered, the reader is still taunted by the questions of doubt and uncertainty as a result of the unreliable narrators.

“The Girl on the image courtesy of amazon.com Train” is captivating, thrilling and frustrating Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel “The Girl on the Train.”

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Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ a violent success Women in media face uphill battle Jocelyn Rockhold Staff Writer

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Defense lawyer Matt Murdock (Cox) fights crime as his alter ego Daredevil.

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and realities of the destruction typically involved with superheroes, something that’s often glazed over in other Marvel plots. This violence also allows for an abundance of brilliant fight choreography between Murdock and his various foes.

Cox has certainly grown up since his “Stardust” days, playing Murdock as a suave, likeable lead with sinister underpinnings fueling his actions.

Despite the show’s many positives, it doesn’t get everything right. Marvel is better than many franchises at diversity, but the show still needs a hardcore female character who can defend herself. Both lead females were saved by Murdock within the first four episodes. In the hope of filling this void, the promise of ninja assassin Elektra of the comics hangs in the air for season two.

Daredevil includes a decent range of races, but mostly in safe, stereotypical characters. Reporter Ben Urich, originally white in the comics, is played by black actor Vondie Curtis-Hall (“Cymbeline”).

Asian representation takes form in a cold, villainous ninja; an old martial arts guru; and a deceivingly meek old woman who runs the drug trade in New York. Wise, old, emotionally distant characters aren’t exactly groundbreaking in Asian representation. Meanwhile, Rosario Dawson’s Claire and Judith Delgado’s (“The House That Jack Built”) Elena Cardenas make up the Hispanic characters. Unfortunately, checking off race boxes isn’t truly how representation works.

While Marvel is making strides, they still need to make the final step by casting a person of color as the lead hero, rather than a sidekick or villain, and expanding the types of roles available for people of color. Many fans hope for the Spiderman reboot to feature the new Spiderman from the recent comics, black Hispanic teenager Miles Morales.

While “Daredevil” isn’t the typical comedic Marvel fare audiences have come to expect, it offers a glimpse of the dark side of the Marvel universe and doesn’t shy away from the harsh complexities of flawed characters and city violence. Consistent with other Netflix original series, this instant hit is easily worth a weekend binge.

Marvel has taken to the small screen again by teaming up with Netflix to create “Daredevil.” The show tells the story of Matt Murdock, the blind lawyer by day and vigilante by night who defends the streets of the dangerous New York City neighborhood Hell’s Kitchen. This Marvel adventure is unlike anything they’ve done so far; Marvel has opted out of the quirky comedy that has come to define their brand recently.

Instead, it’s dark, gritty and exceedingly violent—and it’s absolutely fantastic.

Tortured hero Murdock is played

by Charlie Cox (“The Theory of Everything”), accompanied by best friend and law associate Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1”) and victim-turned-friend/ secretary Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll, “True Blood”), neither of whom know anything about his crime-fighting habits. Rosario Dawson (“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”) joins the fray as Claire Temple, a nurse who discovers Murdock after a particularly bloody battle.

Comic book geeks will be happy knowing the show stays true to the original story and to writer Frank Miller’s sinister vision for the setting, inspired by classic noir crime and his own experience living in Hell’s Kitchen. The cinematography is grim and gorgeous, echoing the bleak style of “The Dark Knight.”

Murdock was blinded in an accident with a radioactive substance as a child and has developed heightened senses, turning his perception of his surroundings into “a world on fire.” Using his special abilities, Murdock takes it upon himself to combat the forces of the Russian mob and Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio, “Broken Horses”), the comic’s villain Kingpin, a powerful man whose insecurities and twisted view of community outreach are infecting Hell’s Kitchen. “Daredevil” not only portrays Fisk’s sociopathic leadership, but also fully delves into his abusive, haunting past.

Viewers must have patience to get to the characters’ full back stories, which are fleshed out in the later half of the season, keeping the audience questioning throughout the beginning.

Cox’s Murdock isn’t the average save-the-day sort— he’s a terrifying mix of good intentions and violent rage and he walks on the edge of sanity. The show is violent at a stomach-churning, excessive level. However, this photo courtesy of netflixlife.com focus on violence addresses Murdock (Cox) struggles with his faith throughout the new the harsh consequences Netflix original series.

Throughout recent television history, we’ve come to know and love multiple female characters: Buffy Summers (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,) Peggy Carter (“Agent Carter”) and Leslie Knope (“Parks and Recreation”), photo courtesy of time.com just to name a few. The presence of strong women Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), from NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” is just one example of a powerful woman on TV. in television is growing—a fact that is pleasing a lot tion of females is very narrow, which of people around the world. But just does not reflect the true population. how much is it actually changing?

Female characters must be evaluRecent statistics say that the ated for their function: are they weak change is there, but it’s moving slowly. characters? Do they only serve to furAccording to a study from San Diego ther a man or some sort of plot point?

State University, women now account Strong, feminist female characters still for 42 percent of all speaking charac- are a rarity. While we may have charters on broadcast networks, cable and acters such as Peggy Carter and LesNetflix programs from 2012-2013 (no- lie Knope, women still often are detably, this still does not reach the real picted as damsels in distress. We must ratio of women to men, with women evaluate the females currently shown. comprising about 51 percent of the The Bechdel Test tries to evaluate world’s population). In 1997-1998, women in television with a few, basic women played 39 percent of roles, criteria: one, the work of fiction must only 3 percent lower than it is now. have two or more women in it; two, “Right now, our department ac- these women must speak to each othtually has more men than women, er; and three, they must speak to each which is rare in theater departments other about something other than a in universities,” says Addie Mann, man. The results are shocking—only a senior theater major at DU from around 53 percent of movies pass all Golden, Colorado. “However, the three of these criteria. While stats are higher male population not available for telereflects what we see in vision (the Bechdel the real world: men Test is primarily used typically get more for movies), it shows opportunities than just how low the bar women in television.” has to be set for fe“Female charFemale represenmale representation. tation in behind-theacters cannot “Usually they’re scenes work is also risonly a girlfriend or a be shown as ing. According to the supporting characsame study, 28 percent ter, or the best friend objects and of behind-the-scenes to the male characplot points, workers are female, ter; they usually don’t a 7 percent increase have their own main but as multifrom 1997-1998. Festoryline,” said Hillary dimensional males are more likely Manness, a undeclared to be producers, while first year-student from humans.” the amount of women Houston, Texas who directing is still ministook an FSEM about cule at only 12 percent. feminism in “Buffy “Ideally, I want to the Vampire Slayer.” see more women in big “They’re either picture roles,” Mann sexualized or made off as the geek claims. “I want to see more women that you would never sleep with.” producing and writing and directing Mann concurs with this pattern. and more three dimensional, inde“A lot of time, women are ofpendent, human female characters.” fered one of a few roles: one of which Despite the slight increase of fe- is the love interest, in which she only male representation in and behind exists to fulfill the man’s needs, or television, the nature of the female there’s a kind of sidekick best friend roles still has to be considered. A joint to the man or she’s a controlling study, conducted by USC Annenberg [expletive] character,” said Mann. and the Geena Davis Institute on GenIn order to be considered a der in Media, concluded that women strong character, females must be in television are still highly sexual- able to undergo a transformation, ized and often stereotyped, two prob- and exude independence and decilems that occur at a much lower rate sion-making. Portraying a female as in depictions of heterosexual white a caregiver or mother is perfectly acmen. Women also hold less power- ceptable, but television shows must ful occupations in television. For depict other facets of their personexample, 95.5 percent of high-level alities. Female characters cannot politicians in prime time programs be shown as objects or plot points, are male characters. Women are also but as multidimensional humans. much more likely to be sidelined Overall, while physical repas side characters than their male resentation may be on the rise, counterparts, according to the study. television must focus on preThe issue of lack of women in tele- senting socially realistic females. vision is intersectional—according to Mann has high hopes for the futhe Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against ture of women in film and television.

Defamation (GLAAD), of television “I want more narratives about characters, only around 27 percent women that don’t center around were people of color, only around 3 men—I consider myself an ardent percent identified with sexualities oth- feminist, and the media reflects our er than heterosexual, and there is still current society. Media informs our little to no representation of disabled youth, and I want it to value womor transgender characters. A majority en and provide leadership and opof female characters on television are portunities for women. Everyone white, straight and able. The depic- is affected by media,” said Mann.

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Best of: independent films on Netflix “Trainspotting” (1996)

Jocelyn Rockhold Staff Writer

Director: Danny Boyle “Trainspotting” stars Ewan McGregor (“Star Wars” prequels) as heroin addict Mark Renton, a man who wishes to live a normal, stable life without drugs. However, Mark and his friends Spud (Ewen Bremner, “Black Hawk Down”), Sick Boy (Johnny Lee Miller, “Endgame”) and Franco (Robert Carlyle, “The Full Monty”) get into serious trouble. After a few days of clubbing and slumming in a local drug house, the group dabbles in a drug dealing affair that could get all of them killed. Will Mark ever leave heroin for a cookie-cutter life?

Fun Fact: It took only seven and a half weeks to film “Trainspotting.”

Netflix is constantly changing what material is available to stream, making it hard to know what to watch at times. The service normally has a broad selection of independent movies for streaming—some amazing and thought provoking, and others, horrendously awful. Below are some indie flicks that are tried and true: all received “fresh” ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and positive reviews on IMDB, grab some popcorn, dim the lights and log in to Netflix.

“Stuck In Love” (2012)

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Director: Josh Boone “Blue is the Warmest “Stuck In Love” follows the Color” (2013) lives of a divorced father (Greg Director: Abdellatif Kechiche Kinnear, “Little Miss Sunshine”) Simultaneously heart-warming and his two children (Lily Collins, and heart-wrenching, “Blue is the “The Mortal Instruments,” Nat gusto kubiak | clarion Warmest Color” is a romantic Wolff, “Palo Alto”) as they each A DU student watches the cult classic “Heathers” (now streaming on Netflix) during a study break. coming-of-age film starring Adele struggle with love.

Exarchopoulos (“Boxes”) as 15 Bill Borgens, the father, is an year-old Adele, a girl who finds love “Heathers” (1988) acclaimed novelist who is still pining “You’re Next” (2011) with art student Emma (Lea Seydoux, Director: Michael Lehman after his wife, in hopes that they will one Director: Adam Wingard Slasher films seemed to get left Cult classics are classics for a reason, “Midnight in Paris”). The two begin a day get back together. Meanwhile, his daughter Samantha (Collins), a college behind in the 70s, but “You’re Next” and “Heathers” will not disappoint. The passionate affair, which is a shocking student who has lost all faith in love, brings back the familiar horror evoked movie depicts a group of popular friends in new experience for young Adele. “Blue meets Lou (Logan Lerman, “The Perks by movies like “Texas Chainsaw Mas- high school, almost all named Heather. The is the Warmest Color” shows us the of Being a Wallflower”) and reluctantly sacre.” The movie begins with the only exception, Veronica (Winona Ryder, evolutions of the two’s relationship, begins a friendship that leads her to reunion of the Davison family and “Girl Interrupted”) begins a dangerous one that is full of love, heartbreak, and question her belief about relationships. their respective significant others. romance with bad boy J.D. (Christian Slater, touching moments that leave tears in viewer’s eyes. “Blue is the Warmest Samantha’s brother Rusty (Wolff) is a What starts as a rocky reunion leads to “The Legend of Billie Jean”).

J.D. starts as a seemingly unique, excit- Color” is a French independent film hopeless romantic, one who has always something worse—a gruesome set of had his eye on a girl in his class (Liana murders, “Strangers” style, that test the ing individual, yet eventually leads Veronica that should not be missed.

Liberato, “Trust”) who is struggling with family’s most fundamental bonds. It is down a path she never intended. J.D. begins Fun Fact: Most of the film is improproblems of her own. The conclusion of up to Erin (Sharni Vison, “Step-Up 3”), murdering the other high school students, vised—the actresses only read the the movie is powerful: “Stuck In Love” the girlfriend of Crispian Davison (A.J. forcing Veronica to fake their suicide notes. script once. teaches us that while love is one of the Bowen, “The Signal”), to try and rescue Veronica must find a way to get out of the Sit back and choose whichever one most important things to experience, we the family from the fatal trap in which horrendous crimes her boyfriend is comfits the mood, and admire the artistry they are horrifyingly stuck. mitting and save the other students. must also be our own heroes.

Fun Fact: Horror author Stephen King Fun Fact: One of the masked killers in Fun Fact: The first scene of the movie was and hard work that went into these independent films. the movie is also the film’s producer. actually the last scene filmed. makes a cameo in the film.

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Hickert-Davidson: good ideas, mixed priorities Nikki Frick

Social Media Director On April 24, DU’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) announced the results for their annual elections, with Cam Hickert, physics and international studies major from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Jess Davidson, political science and public policy major from Fort Collins, Colorado, as President-Elect and Vice President-Elect, respectively. Their announced goals have the potential to create meaningful action on campus. However, more as a DU student than a Clarion writer, the priority of their platform seems worrisome to me, which focuses on school spirit, student life and administration, alcohol and campus safety than sexual assault.

“Our vision is simple: build bridges across campus to create meaningful action,” states the HickertDavidson campaign website. Their goals received support from students for good reason. There is a disconnect between USG and the organizations that most students participate in.

Hickert and Davidson rightfully focused on this disconnect through their campaign and, clearly, many students identified with this issue. By joining ideas of student organizations to USG, I have faith that Hickert and Davidson will be able to identify new

opportunities for USG to improve student life across campus.

As a student participant in a few different on-campus organizations, I support the methods and strategies through which Hickert and Davidson plan on identifying campus problems.

However, the issues themselves need to be prioritized better to reflect the greatest needs of the student body.

The first issue on their platform is school spirit. This is understandable to a certain extent. School spirit is something that can be improved at DU and it is a feasible goal for USG to improve, however it should not take precedence over other campus problems. Making hockey tickets free (the first action item listed under this issue) would be a nice change, but it is nowhere near the most pressing issue on-campus. The other action items, including increased funding to the spirit committee and increased access to USG are important changes, but they should not be included in the highest priority of Hickert and Davidson’s plan.

Additionally, issues such as financial aid, sexual assault, administrative red tape and student counseling and advising would have a much greater impact on the well-being of students.

Ultimately, Hickert-Davidson’s focus on school spirit represents a potential lack of seriousness in their campaign. To better reflect student

needs, Hickert and Davidson should either move school spirit further down their list of priorities or substitute it for an already-identified issue on-campus, such as the need for financial aid and literacy or improved student counseling and advising.

The next issue on their platform, student life and administration, encompasses the methods mentioned above to connect student organizations. I wholeheartedly support these action items, which provide connections to many organizations that are important to many students and me.

However, this does not mean that it should be as high in priority as their platform suggests. To better reflect the needs of the student body, this issue as a whole should be clearly made a strategy for identifying on-campus issues, rather than prioritized above already existing and clearly identified student needs.

The final two issues on their platform are very important: alcohol safety and campus safety (identified as one issue), and sexual assault.

These are very important opportunities for meaningful change on-campus. Many community members have expressed dissatisfaction with DU Campus Safety. It is a problem that could be significantly improved with USG collaboration. Sexual assault has also become an increasing issue, as shown by recent Campus Safety

notifications. Clearly, these issues are already identified and will likely have a lengthy timeline to create effective change in these problems.

Hickert and Davidson should prioritize action on these items before working on more menial campus problems like student spirit or before trying to identify more issues to address. These actions are examples of issues that clearly matter to students and should be prioritized as such. Furthermore, their focus on sexual assault almost singularly addresses awareness. They also need to ensure services and support to victims of sexual assault to create a comprehensive strategy for addressing the problem.

Ultimately, Hickert and Davidson have great potential to connect a variety of students across campus and I appreciate their support for student organizations, especially the Clarion.

I think it’s definitely possible for them to successfully address all of the issues on their platform, but they need to adjust its arrangement to ensure that sexual assault and safety are receiving more attention than school spirit and organization connections.

I look forward to what Hickert and Davidson have in store for campus and have faith that they will be able to create meaningful change, as long as they recognize the priorities of student needs from the start.

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what are your thoughts on the results of the usg elections?

emily krebs Senior Colorado “I am happy with the new administration because they will do the most good in helping to reduce sexual assault on campus.”

tristan saenz Freshman New Mexico “I wasn’t aware of the elections, so I didn’t get a chance to participate in them.”

david bischofberger Sophomore California “I was completely ambivalent to the elections. The candidates were not very interactive and I didn’t really know much about those who ran.”

matt confort Sophomore Illinois “I didn’t know much about the election because there was relatively no information about the candidates’ policies.”

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CSU smokes DU in 21st century education Adrian Bogart Opinions Editor

In the past few months, DU has undergone massive and revolutionary changes on campus in an attempt to bring our university into the 21st century and create new academic programs to prepare students for the future.

However, as DU focuses on improving its existing academic programs, the university should heavily invest in pioneering new academic programs that focus on teaching students about opportunities that are unique to Colorado, specifically focusing on Colorado’s beer and marijuana industries. Through developing academic programs that teach students about these two emerging and thriving indus-

tries, DU can mold the future leaders of these industries and better prepare students for future opportunities in the state of Colorado and around the world.

On April 6, Colorado State University announced that, after receiving a $1 million gift from the New Belgium Brewing company, they will create a Fermentation Science Program that will award graduates a B.S. in Fermentation Science and Technology.

This program gives students a unique opportunity to interact with leaders in the brewing industry that are based in Colorado, expose students to the latest and greatest innovations and advances of this multi-billion dollar industry and create future leaders of the brewing industry.

Like CSU, DU must take a giant leap forward in developing new academic programs that revolve around major Colorado industries or risk being left behind missing a massive opportunity to educate and expose students to the booming marijuana and beer industries. Our university is located in a state that is undergoing massive and unprecedented changes, and not developing academics that focus on educating students about these industries would be a huge failure on the part of the university.

DU currently has a class on marijuana law at the Sturm College of Law, but there is a huge potential for other departments on campus to teach classes about these thriving industries. The Daniels

College of Business and Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management has the potential to develop an in-depth curriculum based on how to build successful marijuana dispensaries or breweries, exposing students to leaders and innovators in these fields who are based in Colorado.

The Josef Korbel School of International Studies can develop courses discussing the impact of Colorado’s marijuana industry in impacting global affairs and the global war on drugs. DU could even develop a program similar to CSU, focusing on researching fermentation sciences and or marijuana cultivation. The possibilities are endless.

Colorado is a mecca of the beer and marijuana industry, slowly but surely

developing multi-billion dollar industries that have a huge potential for growth and expansion. DU must seize this unique opportunity to offer possibilities for students to explore these industries academically and graduate to become future leaders that lead these industries.

There are huge opportunities for DU to take massive strides in developing unique and groundbreaking academic programs that expose students to the cutting edge of these groundbreaking industries.

Therefore, as the university continues to grow, focused on educating students for the 21st century, DU must heavily invest in developing programs that educate students about these incredible opportunities unique to Colorado.

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Nina McGee places second in the NCAA finals

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Pioneer senior Nina McGee strikes a pose during one of her floor routines this season in DU’s Hamilton Gymnasium. McGee finished second in the nation in the floor event.

Carolyn Angiollo Staff Writer On the weekend of April 17, the NCAA National Gymnastics Championship was held for collegiate gymnastics in Fort Worth, Texas.

Pioneer senior Nina McGee (Cincinnati, Ohio) was the only gymnast representing DU on the national stage.

Her entire season has been a success.

She was named Mountain Rim Gymnast of the Week three weeks in a row and the conference then decided to no longer give her this award so that other gymnasts would have a chance to win it. McGee also won the all-around at the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference meet.

McGee was named All-American by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches and Women in both floor and all-around. The NCAA also named her a First Team All-American in floor and a Second Team AllAmerican in the all-around.

While these are very commendable accolades, for McGee, taking home the second place trophy for floor was the best achievement of all.

After tying for second in the allaround at NCAA Regionals on April 4, McGee was guaranteed a spot at the National Championships. The opportunity to compete on the biggest college stage possible, however, did not affect her. The rest of the team continued to train with her and offer their moral support.

“I pretty much tried to keep everything the same, I wanted to treat it like every other meet of the season,” she said.

McGee made it to the semifinals for both floor and all-around. She scored a 39.375 in the all-around, earning her sixth place in the second bracket. This all-around score is the highest score by any gymnast at the NCAA National Championship in the history of DU’s program. For floor, she scored a 9.925, which helped her advance to the finals.

When finals came around, Nina was prepared but still a little anxious.

“It was my first time at nationals and I was rotating with No. 1 Oklahoma. I was going up against some former Olympians and ex-elites. I did a lot of deep breathing to help me relax. I was so nervous. I just went over my routines in my head a lot. I was making sure I was

mentally tough,” she said.

When competing on a huge stage like Nationals, everything lies in the pre-meet preparation.

“Honestly, before I got up there I was just like ‘Oh my God. Don’t forget your routine.’ I took a deep breath before I got on the floor. When the music started, I just let it take me,” she said. The event, which took place at the Fort Worth Convention Center, is a large venue and due to the sheer size of the area coupled with the large crowd, it was difficult for McGee to hear the music. Her routine was set to Ariana Grande’s “Problem.”

The event had real-time scoring, which meant that McGee did not have to wait long to receive her score—a 9.95.

Her average score for the season was

9.93 and her high score was 9.975. With this 9.95, McGee took second place.

The title of champion was given to the University of Florida’s Kytra Hunter who scored a 9.9625. For the most part, McGee was satisfied with her season and the results.

“I was excited that I had placed. I knew where my mistake was so I was kind of bummed about that. I can’t go back and fix it. It just kind of lit the fire for next year and I’m determined to do better,” she said.

Although McGee is technically a senior, she will be returning for another year due to an injury from freshman year—a tibia surgery including the insertion of metal rods into both of her legs. She lost a year of competition be-

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cause of this surgery, making her eligible for one more as a Pio. “I haven’t even thought about it [next year]. I’m just trying to catch up on sleep. I won’t really give it much thought until June,” she said.

Pio Bio: Duke Douglas Carolyn Angiollo Staff Writer This week, the Clarion sat down with basketball player Duke Douglas.

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SPORT: Basketball GRADE: Sophomore MAJOR: Integrated science HOME STATE: Louisiana

Q: When and how did you begin playing basketball?

A: When I was five my dad took me to the park, they had peewee basketball and I started playing that.

Q: When did you start playing competitively?

A: I started playing school ball when I was in the fourth grade. I played club ball in a league, too.

Q: What capacity did you compete in during high school?

A: I played club ball in the summer and I played school ball in the winter. Club is how you get recruited for basketball.

Q: Was your high school career successful?

A: Yes. I was captain my senior year.

I was the MVP for the city’s small school division senior year and I was on the state’s All-Star team.

Q: Why did you choose DU? A: I came to DU because it’s a good school and I really liked it when I came to visit, so then I signed and came here.

Q: How was your freshman year?

A: Freshman year season was uneventful for me. I was redshirted, which means I didn’t play, I only practiced. I eventually found my spot on the team. It was good because I got practice and now I get an extra year to play.

Q: How was this season different from last?

A: This year we weren’t as good of a team for whatever reason. Maybe our competition was better, but the team struggled. We just have to make transitions from here.

Q: What was your season highlight?

A: I had an offensive rebound at one of the conference games and that sealed the deal for us. It wasn’t that big of a deal, but it was for me.

Q: What do you see in terms of personal and team improvement moving forward?

A: Personally, I just have to get better with my offensive game and my defensive one-on-one game. As a team, we have to be better and be more decisive, especially when the game is on the line.

Q: What do you do to get pumped before a game?

A: I usually take a 30-minute nap, then I eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and I listen to Meek Mill.

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Women’s lax wins final regular season games

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Denver’s women’s lacrosse team cheers each other on before their game at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. The Pioneers downed the University of Oregon Ducks 15-9 on April 24.

Jillian Queri Sports Editor During an unusually rainy weekend, DU’s women’s lacrosse team took home two regular season victories at Peter Barton Stadium on April 24 and 26. After earning these two wins, the Pioneers now stand with a 12-4 overall record and 7-2 in conference play.

In a close game against the University of Oregon on Saturday April 24, the Pioneers were able to push ahead and outscore the Ducks 15-9. In a back and forth game, Denver was down by two goals at half, but fought until the finish to secure their victory and spot in the upcoming Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Tournament on April 30.

A variety of Pioneers contributed to the victory, including senior Jill Remenapp (Woodbine, Maryland). Remenapp recently earned the honor of having the second all-time assist record in NCAA history with 190 helpers.

She also broke the all-time goal record for Denver, which was previously held by former Pioneer, Kara Secora, who graduated in 2013. With more games remaining in the season, Remenapp already has a staggering 294 career points. This also makes her the third highest point holder for current players in the NCAA. Denver also honored breast cancer awareness by sporting pink gear during the matchup. California State University, Fresno faced the Pioneers in a complete downpour on Sunday, April 26. The second game of the weekend for Denver, the team did not show any signs of being worn down or appear affected by the cold, bitter rain. Denver defeated the Bulldogs 13-6.

It was also Senior Day, and Denver honored seven soon-to-be graduates.

Kiki Boone (Cherry Hills, Colorado), Nikki Bracken (Highlands Ranch, Colorado), Chelsea Cook (Bayshore, New York), Rachael Dillon (Mount Sinai, New York), Hannah Hook (Arnold,

Maryland), Ali Proehl (San Diego, California) and Remenapp were honored by their parents, teammates and coaches before the game began.

Boone led the way for the Denver, scoring four of the team’s 13 goals against Fresno—a fitting way to end her last regular season game as a senior Pioneer. Denver made a six-goal run against Fresno, which the Bulldogs were not able to recover from.

“I think it was awesome. We got every senior in there. It was so fun to play as a team. The underclassmen stepped up a lot; it was a rough, very cold and wet game, but I’m glad to come out with a win,” said Boone in an interview with Denver Women’s Lacrosse.

The Pioneers are now preparing to play in and host the MPSF Tournament, which is scheduled for April 30 to May 5 in Denver.

The Pioneers will open the tournament against the Ducks on Thursday April 30 at 4 p.m. at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

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Nicole Martindale moves past a defender.

Could DU hockey play an outdoor game next season?

Braiden Albrecht-Reed Senior Reporter The Colorado Avalanche were recently awarded an outdoor game for the 2016 season in which they will play the Detroit Red Wings on February 27 in the open air of Coors Field. On some previous occasions, college hockey games have accompanied the outdoor weekend festivities with a game of their own.

DU vs. Colorado College would be the perfect rivalry match to compliment the classic Avalanche vs. Red Wings matchup.

DU has made no formal announcement of the school’s hockey team participating in an outdoor game, so this article is based purely on speculation.

By looking at history and current facts, the possibility for the game to occur can be narrowed down.

The National Hockey League (NHL) implemented the first Winter Classic hockey game in 2008. The game was played in an outdoor stadium in front of many more fans than any regular hockey arena could hold and created a spectacu-

lar, breathtaking atmosphere in Buffalo, New York. Many children learn how to play hockey outside on actual ice, so the game feeds into the culture of the sport.

The Winter Classic game has become a staple of the league since then, becoming an annual tradition every January 1.

In 2014 and 2015, the league created an additional outdoor game series, called the Stadium Series. These games were played at unusual locations where hockey still needs growth, such as California.

This is the type of game the Avalanche will play in February, a Stadium Series event at Coors Field where the Colorado Rockies normally play.

The Pioneers are conveniently scheduled to play Colorado College the weekend before, on February 19 and 20 in 2016.

It’s possible that the ice could be set up for the DU vs. CC game for both increased revenue, as well as a test run for the official NHL game.

While Denver can be cold in February, it also can warm up enough to cause

problems with maintaining outdoor ice.

A practice game for the maintenance crew may be beneficial.

More importantly, though, it would draw more attention to the sport of hockey and how there is more in-state talent than just the Avalanche roster.

DU and CC are often nationallyranked powerhouses in NCAA hockey that deserve more publicity and fan support. An outdoor college game would pull in people who may not be fans of hockey yet, but simply want to experience the amazing atmosphere.

DU freshman goalie Tanner Jaillet (Red Deer, Alberta) is in full support of an outdoor game.

“I think having the opportunity to play in an outdoor game against CC would be something special for sure,” said Jaillet. “It would definitely add to the rivalry, for the fact that you might only get the chance to play in an outdoor game once. It adds importance to the game because people will remember who wins, versus just another rivalry game against CC. The experience would make it more special.”

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Men and women’s tennis dominate the Summit League Photo of the Week Calvin Jouard Staff Writer Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams finished the Summit League Tournament in the same way that they closed out regular season league play— as champions.

In a particularly dominant outing, both squads hardly surrendered a point on the way to victory. The two teams each entered the tournament as the No. 1 seeds.

Beginning on April 25 at the Dr. Rudy and Rhonda Kachmann Tennis Center in Indiana, both teams cruised to victories to ensure spots in the championship match.

The men’s squad swept Oral Roberts University while the women beat the University of South Dakota 4-0.

A day later, the men’s team produced another 4-0 shutout against tournament host and third-seeded Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

In the No. 1 singles spot, Craig defeated Fort Wayne’s Gerard Guell in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

The men’s team began its domination by claiming the doubles point. In the No. 2 spot, sophomore duo Yannik James (St. Georges, Grenada) and Diogo Rocha (Lisbon, Portugal) won 8-4, while junior

David Fox (Chipstead, Surrey, U.K.) and freshman Jesse Ruder-Fox (Denver, Colorado) solidified the doubles point with an 8-3 win.

Rocha, Fox and James all went undefeated on the day in both doubles and singles play.

Craig posted an impressive undefeated record against Summit League opponents this season.

The women’s tennis squad won in similar fashion, posting a 4-0 win over South Dakota State University in the final round.

Sophomore No. 1 singles player Maureen Slattery (Newport News, Virginia) defeated South Dakota State’s Iasmin Rosa in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.

Denver claimed the doubles point thanks to an 8-1 effort by sophomores Morgan Barnhill (Austin, Texas) and Sonja Radosevic (Miami, Florida) along with a win at the No. 3 doubles spot by upperclassmen Charlotte Derbyshire (Stockton, England) and Michell Garpenlov (Tyreso, Sweden).

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has the men’s team pegged at No. 51 in the nation going into the weekend. Two of the team’s players are ranked in the top 125 players in the nation. Rocha is No. 109 while Craig is ranked no. 113. The women’s team was unranked as of April 21.

Both teams advance to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. NCAA pairings were determined this past Tuesday.

Last year, the men’s team lost 4-0 to No. 15 University of Kentucky in the first round of the tournament.

The women’s team also lost in the first round by a 4-0 margin, but instead at the hands of Rice University.

Baylor University will host the NCAA Tournament Championship in Waco, Texas May 14-25.

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DU men’s soccer player Sam Hamilton.

Denver Nuggets face uncertain offseason Updates from Denver’s many professional sports teams, every season Braiden Albrecht-Reed Senior Reporter

ing styles of players and coaches resulted in Shaw being fired last March. Interim coach Melvin Hunt provided some energy down the stretch, but was unable to solidify the team in their last few games. The selection of the next head coach will be a key process in the Nuggets’ future success.

Injuries have also played a large part in recent struggles, as Gallinari and McGee have missed most of the last two seasons.

McGee was traded at the trade deadline, as was Afflalo. Wilson Chandler has one year left on his deal and is a prime trade candidate looking ahead to next year.

Kenneth Faried and Ty Lawson are the two major building blocks for the team, but both come with their own red flags in terms of superstar potential.

Lawson is an elite assist man, but sometimes struggles with his shot. Faried lacks defensive skills, and while his offense is improving, he relies on cleaning up rebounds for most of his value. Young guns Jusuf Nurkic, Will Barton and Gary Harris breathed some fresh air into the roster, but

aren’t expected to be franchise players.

DU student and Nuggets fan Blaise Mariner gave his opinion of the team moving forward. “[The Nuggets] are a small market team and should be structured like the San Antonio Spurs. In San Antonio, there isn’t one superstar, but multiple unselfish guys who care about winning more than individual performance,” Mariner said.

In a league dominated by superstars, the Nuggets have been trying to win with a team mentality ever since Carmelo Anthony was traded in 2011.

With Denver also not being a prime location for NBA free agents, the only way to secure another star would be via the draft, a risky and costly approach.

The Nuggets have several solid, if unspectacular, players who could fill roles on championship teams. Soon, they will need to make a monumental decision about getting aggressive about reshaping the roster versus attempting to reach the playoffs with an above average, but underachieving group.

Situated in an outrageously competitive Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets have recently become an after-thought in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This past season, the team finished 12th in their conference and 24th overall.

Multiple factors have caused the Nuggets to slip into their current status as a subpar team. Two seasons ago, the Nuggets fired head coach George Karl despite his status of reigning coach of the year.

Karl had taken the Nuggets to nine straight playoff appearances, but only advanced past the first round once. With an up-tempo and fast break reliant scheme, the Nuggets were never built for post-season play, where defense and half-court offense efficiency are pivotal.

Consequentially, Nuggets’ management decided to hire Brian Shaw as their new head coach in 2013. A young coach, Shaw implemented a more defensive-oriented scheme. However, he was not given the right type of players, as the core of the Nuggets has essentially stayed the same over the past two years, revolving around players such as Ty Lawson, Kenneth Faried, Danilo Gallinari, JaVale 9 CONVENIENT COLORADO LOCATIONS! McGee, Wilson Chandler, Aaron Afflalo and J.J. Hickson.

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