DU Clarion Volume 121, Issue 13

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New USG Pres: “Our agenda is your agenda” Hayden Johnson and Natalie Casey defeat Alisa Brown and Marin Klostermeier in USG race by clarion staff

After a week-long campaign for the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Presidential and Vice Presidential seats, Hayden Johnson and Natalie Casey won their respective seats in the election against Alisa Brown and Marin Klostermeier—around 1,800 students voted in the election, according to Carl Johnson, USG advisor.

Johnson and Casey were excited to have won the elections and commended Brown and Klostermeier for a wellrun campaign.

“We are so humbled that we were given this position by the student body,” said Casey. “We’re so excited that people trust us to lead and direct them and kind of be the face of the student body. Also, thank you to Alisa and Marin, that’s something we definitely want to say. We hope they stay involved.”

Brown and Klostermeier reciprocated Casey’s comments in a joint Facebook status update published on Friday, April 25 shortly after election results had been announced. “[Friday] we did not win in our bid to become President and Vice President of USG, but that does not mean we will stop fighting for change on this campus … We believe in a future for DU that includes the voices of students who have been sidelined in the past … We would like to congratulate Natalie and Hayden on their success; we look forward to working with you to fulfill our shared dream of a better DU.” Carl Johnson also commended the two groups of candidates for their work during the campaigning week and wishes to see involvement from both Johnson and Casey and Brown and Klostermeier.

“I think that Hayden and Natalie, and Alisa and Marin ran a nice, smooth and respectful campaign,” said Johnson. “I think they were both good candidates and managed the week well. It’s an

exciting time especially with the man, who will not return to the For more on the USG elecnew chancellor coming on board; Senate next school year. tion results or with questions The candidates participated regarding USG, students and it’s good to see a strong student government who can work with in a debate on Wednesday, April alumni can be directed to Carl 23. About 100 students attended Johnson at cdjohnso@du.edu. them and balance that out.”

Under their administration, the debate, which was held in SEE usg, PAGE 2 which will begin in mid-May, Davis Auditorium.

Johnson and Casey will seek to advocate for a variety of initiatives, including a monthly USG feedback survey, pushing for a student liaison position on the Board of Trustees and helping to develop the renovation plans for the Driscoll Student Center started by photo courtesy of alicia carter Junior Senator Adam Hayden Johnson, left and Natalie Casey, right, pose with Johnson’s dog in a campaign photograph. The two juniors Ham m e r- will be USG’s next president and vice president.

to an end, Undergraduate Student Government’s (USG) Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science (RSECS) Senator Alicia Everett said the new building will be of great benefit to future DU students.

“I think it’s symbolic of the growth and new life that the science, specifically engineering, is receiving from the school,

and from the really generous donation of Daniel Ritchie,” said Everett. “It’s an incredible opportunity for the department.

Growth in the department is needed. It’s a high demand career once we get out of college.

Having better facilities, better funding and better resources will lead to better learning for future students.”

John Greene demo begins Trans Pioneers, Senior Reporter

Demolition on DU’s John Greene Hall began in the snow on Monday, April 14, and is expected to be completed in early May. The $90,000 demolition process will pave the way for a new building to be built over John Greene, with the groundbreaking ceremony taking place on May 6, according to Linda Lautenbach, construction project manager of DU Facilities and Management.

“The Daniel F. Ritchie School of Engineering and Knoebel Center for the Study of Aging building will be built on the site of the former John Greene Hall,” said Lautenbach.

“The general contractor for the new building will start construction in mid-summer, sometime near July 1.”

John Greene Hall originally opened in 1958 when Chester Alter served as chancellor of DU. With its existence coming

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Demolition began on John Greene Hall on Monday, April 14 in the snow.

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allies raise voices This story is part one of a three-part series.

Some identities have been altered to protect privacy. by sarah ford Managing Editor

In February, a single altered bathroom sign sparked a campuswide debate. After student members of the Social Justice Living and Learning Community announced their plan to open a gender neutral bathroom in first year residence hall JohnsonMcFarlane, disparate voices engaged with the idea, both in support and opposition, marking another step for the rising attention to DU’s transgender community.

A group long kept systematically silent, the transgender community nationwide is growing its

voice, with DU standing as a microcosm of the dominoes of awareness falling towards increased attention to the ‘T’ of LGBTQIA. Though this is the most recent event to spark conversation, DU’s transgender community and allied students and staff have been building the conversation for months.

In October, a group of transgender students, faculty members, staff members and allies launched a campus-wide look at campus departments to assess institutional barriers and access for people who identify as transgender.

The group, led by Center for Multicultural Excellence Director of Educational Programs and LGBTIQA Services Thomas Walker.

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Community crime updates LAA spreads survey for DU by sarah ford Managing Editor

nient, but if you get your stuff stolen, how inconvenient is that?” said Banet.

DCS nabs wallet thief

Student forcibly fondled

Last Thursday, the Department of Campus Safety (DCS) caught a man suspected of stealing at least five wallets from the Ritchie Center throughout the past two weeks.

According to DCS Officer Stephen Banet, the man was approached

by DCS after they were called by someone who recognized the man in the Ritchie Center.

“An observant patron called us Thursday afternoon and said ‘I think this guy is here,’” said Banet.

Banet said the Denver Police Department (DPD) arrived at the scene and arrested the suspect, who they said had a number of warrants out for his arrest for several cases of burglary and credit card failures.

The crime chain is similar to a similar spree last year, in which a man was arrested after stealing numerous wallets from the storage cubbies in the Coors Fitness Center, the same place this person was stealing wallets.

“They are using the cubbies that can’t be secured,” Banet said. “This guy was only taking wallets, but in the past,+ IDs, phones and other valuables have been taken.”

He suggests visitors to the Coors Fitness Center and the Ritchie Center purchase the use of a locker.

“It’s a lot better. It’s more inconve-

The Department of Campus Safety (DCS) issued a crime alert Saturday to university staff, students and faculty that a student was forcibly fondled while walking on Evans Avenue early Saturday morning.

According to the notice, the student was approached by an unknown male, who forcibly fondled her before running away between South Josephine and South Columbine streets.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic male with short dark hair and about 5’ 5’’ in height. At the time of the incident, he was wearing khaki dress pants and a blue buttondown shirt.

“I suggest that if anyone was in that area and could have seen someone, they contact DPD or Campus Safety,” said Banet.

The crime is currently under investigation by DPD, and on campus the Title IX Department will be leading the case.

The crime alert listed several actions students can take to help prevent a similar incident happening to them, including: walking in numbers, staying on well-lit paths, taking a Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) course offered by Campus Safety and calling Campus Safety for an escort at 303871-2334.

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Casey: “We’re flexible and we want to work for you guys.” #USGdebate14

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Brown: “We love our traditions that we already have in place.” #USGdebate14

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“We’re here to listen to students, but sometimes some voices get drowned out”- Brown #USGdebate14

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Klostermeier: “Quite frequently the unpopular decision is the best one.” #USGdebate14

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“Senators come up with what the student climate wants, and we will put it in place, even of it’s not what we may want”-Casey #USGdebate14

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Brown: Safety on campus is both physical and mental; people should be free to express what they believe in. #USGdebate14

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Both candidates have suggested policy to bring different student organizations together to work and talk together #USGdebate14

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Johnson: “Our agenda is your agenda ... Our job is to act a bridge between the students and the administration.” #USGdebate14

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“Cultivating school spirit is more important than a mascot” - Brown #USGdebate14

by carli hansen News Editor

Last week the Liberal Arts Advantage (LAA) opened a career preparation survey to students of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS). The questions in the survey cover areas such as internships, networking, collaboration opportunities and awareness of DU’s existing services.

“The purpose is to collect information from our students about their impression of these areas so we can adjust these programs as necessary,” said Kristin Kemp, director of community relations and communications for AHSS. “It helps us identify what we’re doing well and where there are programming gaps that we can fill in, based on student feedback.”

According to Kemp, the survey has received about 45 responses so far, and they are hoping for over 200 responses by the time the survey closes at midnight on Wednesday, April 30.

The LAA program started two years ago, according to Kemp, and serves AHSS students in providing opportunities outside the classroom and special advising and career services preparation. This includes event series like the Courses to Careers series. LAA sent a similar survey last year, which received about 250 responses.

“Last year in spring quarter, we did basically the same assessment survey, and we’re using that as a benchmark to assess this year’s survey,” said Kemp. “The survey is almost identical so we can compare apples to apples and benchmark year one to year two.”

Kemp said that feedback from last year’s survey showed that students appreciate programming and events at the university level, the divisional level and the departmental level. This year LAA added more targeted event programming that was specific to departments or majors, or specific to certain career opportunities. For example, the AHSS Alumni and Employer Tell All on Tuesday, April 29, will have the specific theme of “Innovative Careers in Government and Non Profits.”

“Generally, what we discovered was that students wanted more of what we were already doing, which was great to know,” said Kemp. “That correlates with the student awareness level of what we’re already doing, which is not as high as we’d like it to be. Sometimes students respond that they want to see things that we’re already doing.

That’s an opportunity, because it means we’re already doing what students want, we just need to make them aware of it.”

In the future, Kemp said she imagines the LAA continuing to do what it does now, but with a broader awareness level among students and an increased student participation rate. She said it is too early to tell what the survey feedback from students will say this year.

“We’ll make adjustments to the programming as needed and as possible based on the feedback,” said Kemp. “We hope that students will continue to express an interest in their school providing these kinds of opportunities, but we’re going to offer them no matter what.”

Kemp urges AHSS students to complete the survey by Wednesday.

AHSS selects new dean by gigi peccolo Contributing Writer

After over a year of deliberations and interviews, DU has selected Psychology Chair and Professor Daniel McIntosh as the new dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, according to a campuswide email written from Chancellor Robert Coombe and Provost Gregg Kvistad.

“Danny’s achievements at the University, and the extraordinary level of trust he has among his faculty and staff colleagues, make him an excellent choice to lead this large, complex, and institutionally vital academic unit at the University of Denver,” said the email.

McIntosh, a DU alum, will start the position on July 1 of this year.

“I’m thrilled, I’m excited,” said McIntosh. “It’s a tremendous set of departments and people and students and staff.”

According to McIntosh, the search process started in the fall of 2013 when the application was initially sent out, followed by interviews in early January.

“The reason I applied for the job is that I love working with people in the divisions across the different departments,” said McIntosh. “I’m really excited and look forward to doing more of that.”

After a national search, four final candidates were chosen and interviewed in March and April; according to McIntosh, the rest of the candidates were from other universities. Following the on-campus interviews, the search committee created four anonymous surveys on the DU Portfolio website, designed to collect feedback on each of the candidates from those who had met the finalists, according to Dean of Penrose library, Nancy Allen.

“After the interviews were over, the search committee met to consider all the input from campus stakeholders and from each other,” said Allen. “Next, the search committee met with the provost and the chancellor. In this meeting, the provost and chancellor listened carefully to each member of the search committee’s analysis of the four finalists and engaged the committee in a discussion of the candidates.”

The provost and chancellor met in order to make the final decision, a process

used in all dean searches, according to Allen.

Some of McIntosh’s responsibilities as dean will include programming events, some of which are extended to the community, as well as hiring professors and supporting departments, among others.

McIntosh said his background in psychology could support his new role as dean.

“I’m a social psychologist, which means that part of my academic training and the research I do looks at how people and context interact with each other,” said McIntosh. “One of the roles of dean is to try to create the context where students, faculty and staff can do what’s most important, focus on what they want to do.”

McIntosh also said he is looking forward to working with alumni.

“One of the roles of the dean is to connect with alumni in the community and create really good experiences here and to be connected to people in the community who may be interested in higher education, may be interested in the university and provide ways for them to have access and a connection to that.”

McIntosh will continue to be a professor in the department of psychology but will not be teaching classes; a new department head will also be selected. He will also continue his research and involvement in research labs focusing on emotion, coping and the psychology of religion. “[Being the AHSS dean] a big job, and it definitely moves me away, for the period of time that I’m dean, from being a fullyconnected faculty member,” said McIntosh.

“Thinking about the loss of teaching and as complete a connection to the department is certainly a loss I’ll have coming into this.”

Despite these changes, the new AHSS dean said he is excited to collaborate with other departments.

“One of the things I enjoyed about being director of the Honors Program [from 2008 to 2012] was working with people from across the different departments,” said McIntosh. “I really, really value interdisciplinary-like things; I think one of the things that’s nice about the university and the divisions is that you can learn so much by talking to people and taking different perspectives.”

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USG Sustainability Committee uproots permaculture garden

unteers how to dig up the garden without damaging the roots of the plants. Then the plants were wrapped in burlap, soaked in The USG Sustainability water and transported to West Committee (SUSCOM) had High School to be replanted. an “Uproot Day” last Satur- About 30 volunteers, including day, April 26, to dig up and four or five transplant experts, transplant the permaculture showed up on Saturday. The garden from the west side of principal and several faculty Cherrington Hall to West High members of West High School School downtown. The garden showed up as well. was transplanted to make room The uprooting ended at for construction on the new 11:30 a.m. because there were too Anna and John J. Sie Interna- many plants to fit in the U-Haul, tional Relations Complex. according to Warren. Since the “The garden needs to be last frost has not happened yet, saved after so much work and the volunteers did not attempt money was put into it,” said to transplant any large sproutChelsea Warren, student man- ing bushes or trees. Instead they ager of the Center for Sustain- removed smaller plants, includability. “Not all of the plants will ing green onions, various herbs, survive the transplant. It’s pretty berry bushes and more. traumatizing for them.”

“It really sucks from our end According to Warren, because the permaculture was transplant experts showed vol- about to be self-sufficient,” said Dan Powell, chair of SUSCOM. “I think it was started in 2006.”

According to Warren, the new Korbel building will not actually expand into the space where the permaculture garden was, but the construction materials and equipment will have to go in that space during the construction process.

Warren said the sustainability photo courtesy of chelsea warren community is also

by carli hansen News Editor

Students dig up the garden without damaging plant roots.

losing the xeriscape garden and the community bridge garden, both on High Street, because the university has sold those plots to developers.

In response to the loss of gardens on campus, the Center for Sustainability has developed a Garden Network proposal to put in front of groups such as USG, GSG, Administration Council and Facilities Management. According to Warren, USG passed the Garden Network resolution last week.

“The Garden Network is a proposal for new garden spaces,” said Warren. “It developed because no one knows where to go if they want to work in gardens. There are people out there who are interested, it’s just a matter of compiling them.”

According to Warren, there will be a new community garden behind Boettcher West, and a new garden in the permaculture garden space after the Korbel construction is done. She said part of the Garden Network proposal is figuring out what other places on campus would work for gardens.

Warren emphasized the gardens’ connections to academics, wellness and community. She said that a garden is the ultimate living laboratory and a good place for experiential learning.

She added that it is healthy to work outside and de-stress, and that gardens provide a good space for meeting people and hosting events.

photo courtesy of chelsea warren

Undergraduate Student Government motivates each other during a sunny day of work.

“It needs to be a part of the curriculum and the student body,” said Warren. “I would like to see regular volunteers and classes that go out there. It would just get bigger as the interest grew, but we don’t have that foundation.”

Warren added that the loss of the current gardens was unfortunate, but it was an opportunity to revive the interest in gardens on campus.

“At the end of the day it sucks, and I know some people in the garden community who just want to chain themselves to the gardens, but the gardens are going away and there’s nothing we can do about it,” said Warren.

“This is a good opportunity to get people more involved in the gardens and revitalize them.”

Powell agreed that the loss of the gardens will be an opportunity for the garden

community on campus.

“This is a good opportunity for us to go ask for more,” said Powell. “I loved the permaculture garden and I invested a lot of time into it, but what we’re about to have is way better. It works with the systemic nature of the university. As we build a lot of new buildings, we’ll do something new with the grounds.”

photo courtesy of chelsea warren

Students help transport plants to trucks.

Hydration Stations save one million bottles by carli hansen News Editor

Last week, the USG Sustainability Committee (SUSCOM) posted flyers at the Hydration Stations on campus announcing that they have now saved waste from a total of over 1,000,000 disposable plastic water bottles.

“I think we were all pleasantly surprised that we actually hit a million and that it’s still going,” said Dan Powell, chair of SUSCOM. “Now the ability to fill a bottle is an expectation. It used to be new and cool, but now it would be weirder for me if there was not a way to fill a bottle at a water fountain.”

The Hydration Stations are water fountains that feature a spout for filling water bottles and a counter to show how many disposable bottles have been saved.

According to Powell, the counters reset every time there is a power outage or maintenance work, so one million bottles is actually a deflated number.

The countermeasures by volume, with 12 ounces of water representing one disposable bottle of water.

The Hydration Stations were first installed in the 2010-11 academic year as part of the Take Back the Tap initiative, which aimed to reduce and ultimately eliminate bottled water on campus, particularly in admissions.

“Admissions buys a lot of

bottled water, and it’s really superfluous and wasteful,” said Powell. “[Take Back the Tap] was a big push, but there was a lot of push back.

Admissions is open to ideas, but really it’s a price point.

Single use bottles are a lot cheaper than Nalgene bottles, for example.”

However, Powell said the Hydration Stations have made it more convenient for tour groups to fill up reusable bottles.

“There are now Hydration Stations in every toured building,” said Powell. “Phase one of our project is complete, which was really cool for the seniors on the sustainability committee. Now phase two is all about the buildings that are easy to forget about.”

According to Powell, S U S C O M recently installed new Hydration Stations in the Physics Building and the Seeley G. Mudd building. Before the end of the year, they also plan to add two stations to Shwayder and two stations to Lamont.

Next year, they will add two more stations to Lamont for a total of four. Other locations may also include Boettcher West and Craig Hall.

“Hydration Stations are expensive, and we don’t want our whole budget to go toward that, so our plan is to do a couple every year,” said Powell. “Sometimes we

can add a simple metal spigot, which is my favorite because it’s way cheaper.

But some older fountains just aren’t made for that, so it’s cheaper to tear them out and put in new ones.”

However, Powell added that SUSCOM has not had to pay for every Hydration Station on campus.

“They’ve started adding them to new building designs, like the AAC,” said Powell. “It’s starting to get built into the system.”

According to Powell, SUSCOM also bought reusable water bottles for the Class of 2018 as the freshman gift.

“The reason people buy single use water bottles is because they’re convenient, so the idea is to make it even more convenient to refill water bottles,” said Powell. “Give people bottles they like, and make it easy to fill them up.”

Powell said that if people want a hydration station near them, they should contact SUSCOM. He added that Lamont is getting Hydration Stations this year and next because Lamont students sent emails that got passed on to SUSCOM. “We only know what we know,” said Powell. “If there’s one missing that needs to be there, people need to tell us.”

Anyone interested in contacting SUSCOM may email Powell at daniel. powell@du.edu.

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Alumnus profile: Bob Eberlein Each week, the Clarion will bring you a profile of a distinguished DU alumnus as a part of our DU@150 sesquicentennial coverage.

says he found his sense of DU community through his work with the DU Clarion and the now-defunct yearbook, the Kynewsibok, also known as the K Book.

“It was a very family-like college atmosphere,” said by sarah ford Managing Editor Eberlein. “That was kind of the center of my college life.”

When Robert (Bob) Although he majored in Eberlein returned to campus business, Eberlein had a deep last February as part of a interest in film and photograMedia, Film and Journalism phy that he fostered on the side (MFJS) speaker series, it was while studying at DU. a much different “I was campus than the always into filmone he left after ing and still phograduating with tography, and a degree in busithe idea of some ness in 1965. form for film“The thing I making,” said remember most Eberlein. “But I [about DU] was was encouraged that Daniels to pick a career was downtown that was more at the time, and promising.” there was really But he conno sense of a tinued to take campus comsome film and munity going Bob Eberlein, photography on there,” said DU alumnus courses, as well Eberlein. “It was as work as a like going to work every day.” photographer for The Clarion Though being decentral- and The K Book, and ultiized from campus, Eberlein mately decided to embrace his

“Daniels was downtown at the time, and there was really no sense of a campus community.”

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“It has progressed to where students at DU can take a camera and go out and film a video, and that’s great,” he said.

of my career, passion. After and then sudgraduation, he denly digital chose to attend became a graduate school viable way at UCLA and to produce receive a Mastypes of projters of Film Arts. ects,” he said.

It would “What was turn out that really interhis time in esting was both disciplines making that would pay off; transition, Eberlein now and digesting owns his own production photo courtesy of imagestreams.com it in a way so company for fea- Director and film industry veteran Bob that you didn’t get lost.” ture films, called Eberlein graduated from DU in 1965.

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“There were any number and has been nominated for an Emmy several times in his of people in the film business path from commercials and who didn’t get the transition television to today’s work in to digital,” he said. “I kind of embraced it a bit and figured feature films.

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COSPA 1T rally demands rights for students who is also a member of COSPA and attended the rally.

The group was told to leave the propPassionate students armed with post- erty and then continued to protest across ers, voices and a message gathered on the the street on public property. No one from steps of the capitol building this past Friday, the Office of Federal Student Aid came out April 25, when the Colorado Student to talk to the group, although someone Power Alliance (COSPA) and Jobs with eventually came to give the group a phone Justice rallied for 1T Day, an event to call number to someone in Washington DC. According to COSPA member Lily attention to the U.S. student debt topping one trillion dollars (1 Trillion Day). There Montesano, senior environmental sciwere 50 people at the protest, including 12 ence and economics major, it is standard during rallies to let demonstrators stand COSPA student members, 6 from DU. “Education is a right, not a privilege in the lobby and for someone to come and for the wealthy. It shouldn’t be a product communicate with the group.

“The fact that they were unwilling to be bought and sold, but a service to the community and a means of liberation,” to engage with us at all was frustrating,” said Kaitlyn Griffith, senior English and said Montesano.

The rally had four goals: to advocate journalism major from Omaha, Neb., making Pell Grant funding mandatory, require all colleges and universities to disclose all banking product contracts, promote all available loan repayment programs and cut all servicing contracts so that student loans are financed in-house.

The Pell Grant is a scholarship available to students funded by money that the Department of Education makes off of student loans.

However, not all money that the government makes off photo courtesy of cospa An anonymous student shows a sign representing the amount of student debt they of loans is invested back into students. have incurred thus far. by kellsie brannen Contributing Writer

“The money that the Department of Education made off of student debt last year could have subsidized seven million students through Pell Grants,” said Griffith. “Students should know when they are being made a profit off of.”

The rally also called on the Department of Education to better inform students of loan and payment plans that are contingent on the amount of money a student makes, rather than on mainstream types in which this does not factor in.

Rally goers demanded that the Department of Education require colleges and universities to disclose any business relations that they have with banks, which may include advertising on campus or only allowing banks from a particular ATM to be featured.

Finally, the ralliers demanded that the Department of Education cut all servicing contracts and finance student loans in-house. Right now, the Department has a contract with Sallie Mae, a corporation making profit from granting and collecting on student loans.

While the rally had very broad goals, the cause was personal to Griffith.

“I am surrounded by people burdened by debt, people that I care about. Students deserve better than this,” said Griffith.

“This problem is bigger than just me, it’s a detriment to our generation. Students are starting from less than than zero when they get out of college. They are unable to do complete milestones like marriage, getting a house and achieving other goals.”

For Brooke Baxa, freshman gender and women’s studies major who performed a poem during the rally, the issue hit even closer to home. She is currently on track to graduate with more than $100,000 in debt.

“I can’t think of any job I’m going to have where I can pay that off,” said Baxa.

Montesano, recently accepted into a graduate program, also has to con-

front the reality of choosing between loans and education.

“The acceptance letter was quickly followed by an aid letter that the program will come with $16,000 in federal loans, and that is a number I am not at all willing to commit to,” said Montesano.

“It is not fair that students are making decisions on their careers based on the amount of risk they are willing to take on before they are 25.”

The problem affects more than just the people who take out loans. According to Griffith, it causes a student loan bubble, in which a gap forms after graduation between those who take out loans and must repay them and those who are able to start out debt-free.

“It narrows the pool of students and takes away from diversity on college campuses. It causes education to become a privilege,” said Griffith.

However, the rally sought to change that status quo by calling on lawmakers and the Department of Education to change regulation in favor of students rather than loan profits.

COSPA is currently planning to meet and go over the outcomes of the demonstration, considering options to go forward.

“We came out here and got our point across, we spread the word a bit. Spreading awareness is the biggest thing. The best thing we can do is build a strong foundation of supporters,” said Baxa.

In a broader sense, the rally demonstrated the capability of young people to take action against injustice.

“It’s a display of student power. We can represent ourselves, and people who seek to exploit us should be afraid,” said Griffith.

Students interested in joining the Colorado Student Power Alliance to help in the fight against student loan debt and other issues can visit the COSPA website at http://www.costudentpower.org/.

DU students band together to fight sexual assault by julia mason Contributing Writer

“Wherever we go, however we dress, ‘no’ means ‘no’ and ‘yes’ means ‘yes.’”

This chant and many others rang through the night on Tuesday, April 22 as students, led by Campus Safety and the Pioneer Leadership Program, marched through DU’s grounds illuminated by electric candles and positive energy. This march was in protest of sexual assault and is known as “Take Back the Night,” or TBTN, which was part of Sexual Awareness Week. For almost an hour, roughly 50 men and women of many different backgrounds marched through campus, chanting positive messages in unison. Protesters included LGBTQ and gender and women’s studies students as well as other groups of different disciplines that also wanted to be a part of the fight against sexual harassment.

According to DU’s Center for Advocacy, Prevention and Empowerment, also known as CAPE, TBTN is an international phenomenon that began in the early 1970s in Germany in response to a series of sexual assaults and murders.

Sexual Assault Awareness Week also included events such as a presentation on sexual objectification by Caroline Heldman, an assistant professor at Occidental College in LA. She also appears in the film “Miss Representation.”

Heldman’s presentation, which preceded TBTN, was entitled “The Sexy Lie: Hidden Harms of Sexual Objectification & What We Can Do About It,” and focused on the dangers of sexual objectification by others as well as

self-inflicted objectification. According ficiality and focusing on what, in her to Heldman, this form of self-critique opinion, matters most. can lead to higher levels of depression, “[Students should walk away eating disorders and anxiety. knowing] the value of yourself and Determined to stress the magnitude everyone around you—not just viewof the problems that objectification pres- ing, but appreciating,” said Scott. ent, Dr. Heldman explained, “DehumanShe referred to the importance of ization of a group is the first step towards basing impressions of people off of perlegitimizing and sonality rather than how they encouraging violence “Women across all are often objectively defined.

Similarly, University against a group.” cultural bridges College student from Denver, Heldman’s explanation that dehu- need to say ‘stop’ to Fredericka Banks, insisted that to fight objectification, manization is closely linked to violence is [sexual objectifica- it is imperative for women to put aside their differences and important to underbe united in empowerment. standing why women tion] or they have “Women across all and other minority cultural bridges need to say groups are frequently already lost.” ‘stop’ [to sexual objectificavictims of violence, tion] or they have already and that steps needed Fredericka Banks to be taken. At this University College Student lost. Every woman [no matter her background] is a point, Heldman introduced her plan of action to push back woman,” said Banks.

Various other events took place against objectification. “[Value] yourself in ways other throughout the week, all with goals of than your body, [enjoy] your body as raising awareness about sexual assault. a physical instrument, [focus] on per- One such event was Denim Day, which sonal development, [recognize] pain is an international protest responding and [call] out objectification when you to the Italian Supreme Court’s overruling of a rape conviction in 1999, see it,” said Heldman.

As the presentation came to a as noted by CAPE. When an Italian close, Dr. Heldman was asked what woman was raped, the jury found her she would like students to walk away perpetrator guilty, but the Supreme with, and she directed the question to Court ruled that her jeans were too the audience. Students like freshman tight to remove and that she must have Lori Scott, a gender and women’s stud- helped her assailant. On Wednesday, ies major from Denver, expressed what students wore denim in recognition of she thought was important to remem- the struggles faced by victims of sexual ber and share from the presentation. assault to raise awareness.

Students also decorated t-shirts in Scott earnestly stated her opinion on the importance of challenging super- Nelson Hall with empowering state-

ments about surviving sexual assault, known as the Clothesline Project.

According to the CAPE website, the event began as a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a t-shirt, which is then hung on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence.

On Thursday April 24, the Consent Carnival, which was hosted and DJed by KXDU, took place on Driscoll Green.

According to CAPE, this event focused on the importance of obtaining consent in the context of intimate relations and helping students learn and practice both how to ask for and to give consent in their relationships.

As Sexual Assault Awareness Week has come to a close, what steps should continue to be taken? DU junior in the gender and women’s studies program from St. Louis, Missouri, Marin Klostermeier, offered suggestions as to how the DU community should cooperate and work to reduce the amount of incidents on and around campus.

“It is critical for DU and CAPE to work together. This way the resources that the school has can power the knowledge and skills that [members of] CAPE have. [The next step is] to work towards changing the culture existing on campus that makes people think it is okay to commit acts of sexual violence,” said Klostermeier.

If you or anyone you know is suffering from being a victim of sexual assault, student are encouraged to contact the Center for Prevention, Advocacy and Empowerment in the Health and Counseling Center.

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How to exercise the fun way: biking the Cherry Creek Trail by connor davis Assistant Editor

Don’t deny it. You were lazy all winter and it’s time for some exercise. Yeah, exercise stinks, especially in the gym where it literally reeks of B.O. and overwhelming self-consciousness.

However, it’s OK that you haven’t picked up a weight for months or even years. You are simply due for a relaxing bike ride away from campus. Exercise the right way and embark on the Cherry Creek Trail in all its magnificence. It winds about five miles throughout LoDo, Capitol Hill and Cherry Creek, then another 35 miles all the way south to Franktown, which sits well outside of Denver.

Because of this vast range, the trail allows DU students and all Denverites to escape their neighborhood for the day, no matter where that may be.

From Cherry Creek Mall, which is the closest spot to hop onto the trail from DU, it’s a 4.2mile ride north to Confluence Park where the trail ends. This is near REI in the LoDo section of town. The route runs along water and blossoming trees for the majority of the ride, a refreshing addition that can’t often be found in Denver. The route also goes over and under several bridges that add a lot of character to the ride with good views.

Confluence Park is also a great place to stop and hang out for a while before riding home.

There are plenty of great places to eat, such as the Wynkoop Brewery, and simply lying down at the park is always nice too. It’s a full day trip to accomplish this trail, and the 8.4-mile round-trip route is a decent workout for the average lazy college kid. Also keep in mind, this doesn’t include the distance between DU and Cherry Creek, so account for another six

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Smooth-paved paths line the entire Cherry Creek Trail with wonderful scenery. The southern half, pictured here, features plenty of grassy hills and serenity.

miles roundtrip if you have to start from campus.

Bikers looking for a longer ride away from the city can head Confluence Park

Cherry Creek Reservoir

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south from the Cherry Creek Shopping Center and ride the trail as long as desired. It runs about 35 miles to Franktown, leaving plenty of room for the more ambitious riders. Choosing this southern option offers far more rustic scenery than heading north. As opposed to weaving throughout various neighborhoods, you’ll enjoy the wide-open scenery of the Cherry Creek Reservoir and the classic ranges of Aurora and Parker. Wildlife such as deer, foxes and coyotes can also be seen on this long route.

This is one of the only biking trails in Denver, therefore it’s often quite busy. Watch out for other bikers, because you never know when someone will come flying around the corner like it’s Le Tour de Denver. If you don’t have a bike, consider renting out a B- Cycle from outside of Sturm.

It only costs $8 for 24 hours, which is well worth the adventure. For those who’d rather stay away from the wheels, this trail is certainly walker-friendly too. No matter what your preference is, check out the Cherry Creek Trail this spring. We could all use some exercise, but more importantly, it’s a great way to just get outside for some fresh air.

Farmer’s markets finally return to colorful Colorado by courntey luster Contributing Writer

With the first couple weeks of warmer weather, everyone at DU is thinking spring, and nothing says spring more than a sunny weekend morning spent at the farmer’s market.

Fresh spring and summer fruits and vegetables like peaches and watermelon draw in families and college students alike. This is exactly what students stuck in a Ramen noodle or dining hall sandwich ruts need for a pickme-up. Add a plethora of baked goods and other specialties and the result is a perfect way to spend a Saturday or Sunday with friends.

Luckily there are numerous options in and around the Denver area each summer and a few are starting to open up.

The Boulder County Farmers Market, with the longest running season in Colorado, has been in full swing since April 5 and is open Saturdays from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and on Wednesday evenings.

This extensive farmer’s market boasts fine art and fine craft events, featuring handcrafted

works from Colorado natives once per month with the next coming up on May 10. This market hosts over 120 vendors, including First Fruits Organic Farm in Boulder, Aromatics, Boulder Popcorn, Arrowhead Dahlias and Boulder Ice Cream.

The next farmer’s market to open is just west on Highway 285 in Littleton at the Southwest Plaza Mall. This market will open for the season May 3 and will run on Saturdays from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. This market hosts not only numerous fruit and vegetable stands, but also vendors such as Avanti’s Winery and Big Soul’s Catering, which sells items such as nachos and chili cheese dogs, making the 20-minute drive well worth it. One vendor not to miss is Honey Gal with spreadable honeys from the Rocky Mountains Featuring similar vendors and also a quick drive away in Highlands Ranch is the Highlands Ranch Town Center market on Sundays starting May 4. This market features unique types of vendors such as Clay Inspirations, which offers handmade and wheel-thrown

pottery, and Diné Creations’ handmade jewelry.

Students without cars looking for a relaxing way to spend a Sunday morning just down the street from campus can visit the Pearl Street Farmer’s Market, which opens May 11 and runs from 9 a.m. 1 p.m. This market has over 60 vendors, including Ela Family Farms, whose Colorado Western Slope peaches and apples have been drawing in customers since the first farmers market on Pearl 12 years ago.

A couple stands that DU students might already be familiar with are Buffalo Doughboy Bakery located on Colfax and Watercourse, a vegetarian restaurant located on 17th Street. The Pearl Street Farmer’s Market opening day also happens to be Mother’s Day. Other special events throughout their season include GreenFest/ Homesteading in the Hood on May 18, Healing Fest on July 20, Harvest Fest on August 17 and a Pet Adoption Fair on September 21. They also have flea markets the last Sunday of every month.

Senior profile: Brittany Morris by adam lujan Contributing Writer

Psychology major Brittany Morris is very clear about one thing: “My goal in life is to make schools suck less for other kids than it sucked for me.”

In her four years at DU, Morris has channeled her passion for educational equity, specifically when it comes to helping kids with learning disabilities, into successful projects thanks to the Puksta Scholars Program. She cofounded the mentorship program Youth Examples of Self-Advocacy (YES) for kids with dyslexia and now works with Literate Nation, an organization that aims to make literacy a reality for all kids.

Morris’ thirst for change stems from her own struggles in the educational system. Growing up with dyslexia and ADHD, she had her share of problems in elementary and middle school.

She remembers having difficulty learning to read, thinking she was just an “idiot.” Her teachers did not help matters, either.

“I had a teacher, one time, who was passing [back] tests that she had graded. She would read the [grade] and go put it in on your desk. And she’d be like, ‘Great job! Really good!’” Morris recalls. “And then she got to my desk and said, ‘Well I guess we know someone who didn’t study.’

And she put it on my desk and walked away. I was mortified.”

It was not until her younger sister was diagnosed with dyslexia that Morris realized she had dyslexia too. After educating herself about the learning disability, she knew right away that she wanted to raise more awareness about dyslexia. In high school, she partnered with the Rocky Mountain branch of the International Dyslexia Association to give talks and presentations about the disability to students, families and teachers.

When it came time to go to college, DU was at the top of Morris’ list. She was most drawn to its psychology program, which would allow her to have smaller class sizes and a more tailored experience. However, for a time, Morris was unsure she could afford DU’s steep tuition. Then, she received an email about a scholarship opportunity that would end up shaping her entire college career.

The Puksta Scholars Program, as Morris explains it, is a four-year “civic development program” focused on getting students to help their community.

Morris was one of three incoming freshmen selected to join the program, after an application process that involved her advocating a social issue close to her heart (learning disabilities and educational equity) and laying out goals on how she can make a difference with that issue.

“I knew that I cared a lot about education and learning.

And I knew I cared a lot about psychology—I really think brains are the coolest things ever,” said Morris. “And Puksta taught me how to integrate the work I do in my community with my academics.”

Puksta students have a lot of support from the program to pursue their interests, so Morris was allowed the freedom to tackle her cause head-on. Her biggest project came in the form of her mentorship program, YES. After one of her many presentations on dyslexia around the city, Morris found herself inspired to create YES when she spoke with a mother from the crowd.

“This mom came up to me and was like, ‘Brittany, I am so happy to see you again. I came to one of your presentations a couple months ago and I brought my daughter,’” said Morris. “‘[My daughter] saw you and said, “Hey, mom, if Brittany can do that, I think I can do that too.’ If that’s an impact I can make in one kid’s life, then that’s all I care about.”

Morris realized right away the opportunity in front of her.

She wanted to create a network between kids of all ages with dyslexia to foster community and camaraderie. Knowing how isolating the disability can be, and how difficult school can be, she wanted kids to know they were not alone. In addition to building bonds between kids, Morris also hoped to instill each kid with a sense of self-confidence, selfworth and self-advocacy. YES was born.

In the future, Morris hopes to become a clinical psychologist in the emerging field of educational neuropsychology, which aims to integrate research in education and psychology. She knows the best way for her to make a difference is by getting to the root of the problem, something she said Puksta helped teach her.

More immediately, though, Morris is taking a “mild detour” by participating in an OrtonGillingham tutoring program for kids with learning disabilities in Hong Kong for the next couple of years. She thinks the experience will help her see her field through a new lens and hopefully inform her work in the future.

Morris is now finishing up her time at DU by polishing her thesis, which questions the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual’s criteria for learning disabilities.

And as she nears the end of her run at DU, she remains grateful to Puksta for making it possible. “[It’s] the reason why I understand where I’m going, knowing that real life problems have real life solutions. It helped me to understand the consequences of my actions and to use my actions in the most effective way possible,” said Morris.

Britanny Morris gives The Clarion a big smile during her interview.

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The Grind: Agave DU Zone saves students money

Taco Bar

The Clarion staff reviews bars, restaurants and coffee houses, attempting cultural mutiny on all things hipster.

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Agave Taco Bar offers unique tortillas flavored and colored with squid ink.

Agave Taco Bar: 3.96 beans

Agave Taco Bar is thrifty and refreshing. by camilla sterne Lifestyles Editor

In springtime, even the grittiest urban hipster feels the desire to emerge from under that thrifted wool coat, shed the consummately shabby beanie and let her feet out of those leather combat boots that have not-so-comfortably housed them for the winter months. No longer Vitamin D deficient and seasonally depressed, modsters from far and wide will want to flock to Agave Taco Bar for a healthy dose of sunshine and a margarita or two (or three—let’s be realistic).

Located on Gaylord Street next to the well-known Wash Park Grill at 2217 E. Mississippi Ave., Agave is a gem that might be overlooked by your average Gaylord Street wanderer.

Tucked around the corner from the main street, Agave is as fresh as your average college boy at Merchant’s Mile High Saloon, but much more desirable. In a sea of Tex-Mex, ColoMex and the whole spectrum of sub-par-Mex fusions, Agave offers a much needed burst of authenticity and quality.

The relatively small restaurant space is bursting with character, from the fittingly tiled floors to an unfinished wood bar illuminated by industrial light fixtures that add an urban texture to the tropical-vaca vibe. As anyone well versed in the art of culinary-cool may have already assumed, Agave fulfills its chichi quota by hosting an exposed brick wall. Other decor is minimal, dominated by the restaurant’s signature agave motif adorning tables, windows and the menu. The carefree and airy atmosphere is augmented by garage doorstyle windows that open into

an outdoor patio that all but doubles the restaurant’s size.

Agave doesn’t skimp on quality, and even their chips and salsa leave a spice-savvy hipster craving more. And luckily, Agave’s freshly made salsas, tortillas, chips and daily agua frescas fulfill cravings without overfilling waistlines.

Their famous taco happy hour offers two tacos for $2. The prospect of a $4, four-taco meal should be appealing to even the stingiest trendsetter.

Lunch and dinner options are taco heavy (with good reason), but also include Huaraches, the Quesadilla Sincronizada and the Filete de Mojarra, which run between $10 and $16.

Fortunately for taco happy hour Agave patrons, the drink happy hour runs from 3-6 p.m.

This daily treat offers $3 margaritas, as well as a variety of other food and drink options, none of which exceed $5. A wise plan of action would be to head to Agave at the end of the 2 o’clock hour to get a deal on tacos and delay until after 3 p.m. to order drinks. The calm and sunny atmosphere invites lingering, so sticking around to greet happy hour shouldn’t be too much of a chore.

Unfortunately, Agave’s laid-back atmosphere may have worn off on the staff, and while the servers are typically cordial, service is not particularly expeditious. Most Agave rookies will also be thrown off by the joint’s decision to serve water in old tequila bottles, and on first glance one might wrongfully perceive that they are being served up a large quantity of Arta tequila.

So pull out those vintage sunnies, throw on a sun hat (so as to protect that still verging on pasty skin) and head over to Agave to get a dose of refreshing Mod-Mex.

by connor davis Assistant Editor

In 2010, the university’s athletic department was connecting with various sponsorships from eager surrounding businesses. Everyone wanted to advertise to the thousands of students at DU. However, it didn’t take long to realize many of the area’s small businesses were getting left out, and that the university was only connecting with the big ones.

Soon after this realization, the DU Zone was born. DU Zone connects with businesses around campus, big and small, for no cost, and works with them to generate more traffic from students. The program supplies free cards (both physical and digital) to students that are good for discounts, deals and promotions at over 60 surrounding businesses.

Diane Wendt, DU’s director of strategic partnership corporate relations, was one of the minds behind the start of DU Zone. For years, she has helped connect the university with various businesses, corporations and organizations, and she was recognized by the university for her contributions when the recently opened fields by the Ritchie Center were named after her.

Wendt punctiliously oversees the DU Zone’s operations and was ecstatic to discuss the program, its upbringings and its future.

Wendt feels that it is DU’s duty to connect local businesses with students, and for the past several years, she has helped the DU Zone team figure out exactly how to do that. They ran into some concerns about mixing up Pioneer Cards with DU Zone cards and reaching

out to students, but Wendt says down and copy the DU Zone the kinks have been worked out. logo to your phone. Simply “As we got more leadership showing this logo at participatand engagement from students ing businesses is all it takes. who were interning with the We’ve all been there, waitprogram, they really talked ing for another Cup Noodles in about why it was important to the microwave while everyone really reach out to students,” said is out to eat. Life is certainly Wendt. “This year was the first expensive, and sometimes it year we started reaching out, and does taste like microwaved we had an intern who helped us noodles, but DU Zone can with the distribution to all new help going out be more affordstudents, and transfer students.” able. Pick up a card on campus Wendt is pleased with how or simply Google DU Zone to much effort is being put into find the downloadable logo.

DU Zone by so many people, Also keep up to date on DU and she is eager for the future Zone’s Facebook and Twitter of the program. pages, and look out for a DU “Through our call for Zone app in the future. opportunities for partnerships A note of acknowledgewith different programs and ment from Diane Wendt: “Public departments, we’re really going Service Credit Union is the to try and come up with ways Official Sponsor of the DU Zone we can get the card in the hands Program. Campus leadership of more students. There are so and support for this program are many more ways we can enhance provided by Alumni Relations, our distribution, but it will be Conferencing and Event Services, kind of a crawl, walk, run cycle Marketing and Communications, that is dependent on us having Newman Center for the Persufficient people to help us with forming Arts, and Athletics and the distribution. We invite and Recreation. Student interns from encourage different organiza- DCB and Communications also tions to partner with us and help provide valuable leadership and us with that distribution.” support for the continued growth DU Zone cards can be and success of this program.” picked up all over campus at the Coors Fitness Center front desk, Ritchie Center North Box Office, Newman Center Box Office, Leo Block Alumni Center, Mary Reed Building Human Resources front desk and the Public Service Credit Union on University Blvd.

However, the easiest way to get the card is to simply Google courtesy of du.edu “DU Zone,” go to DU Zone passes are available to students and offer a variety their page, scroll of deals from businesses surrounding campus.

Clarion editors host children for DU’s Bring Your Kid to Work Day the BYKTWD committee and a member of the Staff Advisory Council. Neu, an adminLast Thursday, April 24, istration official in Human two groups of approximately 25 Resources, said the event was children toured the DU campus designed to educate kids about for Bring Your Kid to Work Day future career options.

“The idea is to educate the (BYKTWD). They were all children or grandchildren of DU kids about DU and give them faculty and staff, and on their real life examples regarding tour, which lasted all day, they career paths,” said Neu. Neu further said the visited the Anderson Academic Commons, the DU Clarion Clarion was a part of BYKTWD office, the Diane Wendt Sports due to its history and the role it plays at DU. Fields and other locations.

“The BYKTWD CommitThe event was organized in tee selected media as a theme part by Aimee Neu, co-chair of and incorporated this with the 150th birthday of the university. The Clarion plays a key role in communicating the changes throughout DU’s h i s t o r y ,” said Neu. Rodcourtesy of aimee neu e r i c k Johnson and Sterne explain the Clarion’s process to visiting children. O’Dorisio, by alex johnson Editor-in-Chief

Clarion business manager, Camilla Sterne, Clarion lifestyles editor and Alex Johnson, Clarion editor-in-chief, gave presentations to the groups of children.

While at the Clarion office in Driscoll North, the children learned how to write a news story headline, how to conduct an interview and what is involved in the journalistic process. They also toured the office and visited the neighboring PioRadio station offices.

“It was fun to be able to familiarize a group of kids with something they hadn’t previously encountered. It’s always refreshing to see kids’ curiosity,” said Sterne.

O’Dorisio, Sterne and Johnson told the students about college life, as well as explained their respective majors and study areas.

Neu received positive feedback from the around 40 students who participated in the activities.

“My group was funny. We learned so much together,” said one.

The children also got to hear Sterne sing a rendition of The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine,” a special request when they learned she is a music minor.

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Campus groups seek equality for transgendered students Continued from page 1

The TransAllies group has identified 18 separate departments that they would like to see make a policy or procedural adjustment to better support transgender individuals. Some of these changes include adjustments to student records procedure, sport and recreations teams, student health care, financial aid, campus bathrooms and housing.

Their effort comes in the same year the university has seen a marked rise in the number of students openly identifying as transgender, especially upon enrollment.

“I understand that at least six students incoming this fall identified as transgender or gender queer to their orientation leaders, to their RAs, to faculty,” said Walker. “That’s pretty big, that within a week or two of getting to campus they had ‘outed’ themselves to somebody, and in most cases they were saying ‘I don’t know what to do about this.’”

The experiences of students such as Mike, a female-to-male transgender student, highlight why the issue is receiving new attention at DU. Mike transitioned during his first year at DU, when he still lived on an all-girls floor in his residence hall. As he transitioned, he found himself struggling on campus, partly due to campus housing policies, and temporarily withdrew in the spring of 2011.

“I didn’t have a roommate at that time anymore, so I did feel very isolated. It was a hard time for me personally, I went through a period of depression and I had a really hard time keeping up in school,” said Mike.

In an effort to support students experiencing similar struggles, Walker started a group last winter called “Transnetwork,” a support group for people on campus identifying outside the labeled “gender binary.” The number of respondents he got surprised him.

“Going into that, I knew five people who were ‘out’ to me. From winter quarter to the end of spring quarter we went from the five people I knew to more than a dozen who were connected,” he said. “A dozen in an institution of 15,000 doesn’t sound like a lot, but that’s a huge increase, and that’s just the people we had found.”

“It’s not that the university has never paid attention to these groups before,” said Walker. However, after several diversity and inclusivity policy adjustments in the early 2000s, the issue has been left largely untouched. Now, questions are being raised.

Where DU Stands

At most universities, examining policies for gender transitioning students is a nascent practice. The students and staff have always been at colleges, but there has not always been acknowledgement.

It’s an oversight students such as Mike have often felt.

“A lot of people at DU don’t even realize that there is a trans community,” said Mike.

The TransAllies group is hoping to bring the community further into the spotlight, the first step in making long-term changes across the board in administrational policies and practice.

“We’ve never had the opportunity or the critical mass of people on campus to battle through the clutter of everything on campus to say ‘we really need to take a good overall look at this,’” said Walker. “But over the last two years, the numbers have gone up ... so it’s kind of calling the question.”

The question is also rising outside of DU and Colorado. Hundreds of colleges are now citing their “campus climate” score on the “Campus Pride Index,” a resource and support website for LGBT college students. The index ranks colleges on their support for LGBT populations on a scale of five stars.

DU scores three and a half stars overall, which Walker calls “ahead of the curve,” in the gender identity and expression score, which evaluates campus accommodations and considerations for students who identify as LGBT. DU receives a 3.5 out of five stars.

According to Walker, DU started out ahead of the trend by adding “sexual orientation” as part of the university nondiscrimination policy in 1995, adding both “gender identity” and “gender expression” in 2007.

“The 2007 decision sort of put us ahead of federal law and brought us into keeping up with the city and state ... but naming both identity and expression put us in about the top eight percent of colleges and universities,” said Walker. “That was fantastic, we were pioneers in kind of the truest sense of that stuff ... but enthusiasm faded out.”

The Campus Pride Index also evaluates structural accommodations at universities, taking into account the availability of all-gender bathrooms, policies in student housing, campus identification systems and emotional support availability for transgender students. This is where advocates say DU is beginning to fall behind, and where the TransAllies group has focused its efforts.

In her work running a support psychotherapy group for male-to-female transgender individuals, DU doctorate student Emily Kerr hears, on a weekly basis, the stories of those who feel “left behind.”

“I find in my work that, more often than not, trans-identified clients have kind of learned to fly under the radar and are not as outspoken and assertive because they don’t want to draw attention to themselves,” said Kerr.

In her fourth year as a clinical psychology student at the Graduate School of Psychology, Kerr runs a weekly male-to-female support psychotherapy group. She said the lack of awareness around transgender issues is a battle being fought nationwide, not just at DU. “The ‘T’ part of the ‘LGBT’ is lumped in; lesbian, gay and bisexual have to do with someone’s sexuality, which is not what gender is,” said Kerr. “I think the lesbian, gay, bisexual population has kind of stepped into the spotlight in terms of getting a lot of recognition and rights. Not to say there’s not a long way to go, but the transgender population has always kind of been behind that.”

Some students find support from resources off campus as well, such as the Gender Identity Center, a Denverbased organization that works with trans-identified people.

Executive Director of the center Karen Scarpella graduated from DU in 2010 with

a Ph.D./LCSW in social work, and has since returned to DU to teach classes in the Graduate School of Social Work. She is concerned about the support offered for transgender students by DU. “I think they pay a lot of lip service to diversity and trans, but there is still a lot of lagging,” said Scarpella about DU. “However, their good intentions do put them in front of a lot of other places. They know they need to work on it, but it’s not a priority for them.”

Campus Pride Index’s breakdown of campus LGBT-friendly factors for DU 4/5 stars - LGBT Policy Inclusion 5/5 stars - LGBT Support & Institutional Commitment 3/5 stars - LGBT Academic Life 5/5 stars - LGBT Student Life 3.5/5 stars - LGBT Housing & Residence Life 1/5 stars - LGBT Campus Safety 5/5 stars - LGBT Counseling & Health 3.5/5 stars - LGBT Recruitment and Retention Efforts

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May promises to be movie-packed month by kaitlynne birkett Copy Chief

As always, May looks to be a month packed with phenomenal films. The summer season has gradually widened with each passing year, so extremely popular films have begun being released weeks and even months earlier. This May is no different, holding a wide variety of new films, both blockbusters and independent films alike.

After a “Spider-Man” trilogy filled with some poor Tobey Maguire acting, “The Amazing Spider-Man,” released almost two years ago, seemed to offer more promise. Yet when watching the trailer for the “Amazing Spider-Man 2,” it seems like the newest Spidey film will hold the same problems that plagued its predecessors: namely a plethora of bad guys. The film seems like it does not really know exactly how to build a plot without three villains. The antagonists are the Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan, “Chronicle”), Electro (Jamie Foxx, “Django Unchained”) and The Rhino (Paul Giamatti, “Saving Private Ryan”).

Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield, “The Social Network”), in addition to vanquishing all foes, must also uncover his late father’s secrets about the ominous OSCORP. Prepare to have your brain turned to mush after two hours of too many plot lines. Fans can see “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” out May 2.

Taking place in the 1770s, the new film “Belle” is based on the story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw, “Odd Thomas”), a young black woman who grew up in the halls of English wealth, as she was the illegitimate daughter of an admiral. The film looks to portray the story of her romance

with John Davinier (Sam Reid, “Anonymous”), a French steward, as well as her struggles with equality. Though it seems pretty obvious how the film will turn out, “Belle” still looks to be an interesting watch, as it is grounded in the historical accuracy of the time. The costumes are lavish, and the characters are conflicted about the existence of slavery, especially Belle, who faces a severe existential crisis.

The film was shown at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival with good reviews and is set to be released in the U.S. May 2.

“God’s Pocket” is one of the last films from the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman (“Capote”), arguably one of the greatest actors of our time. The film follows a man investigating a mysterious death in his town at the behest of the victim’s mother. The town seems to be the same down-and-out setting as seen in “Winter’s Bone,” which will be an interesting, and potentially morose, dynamic. Hoffman is sure to impress as always, as well as the rest of the cast, featuring Jon Turturro (“O Brother, Where Art Thou?”), Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) and Richard Jenkins (“Jack Reacher”). “God’s Pocket” will be released May 9.

A selection for both the Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals, “The Double” follows Simon portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”), who is a timid and awkward young man. One day at work, a new co-worker arrives, named James, also portrayed by Eisenberg, who is physically exactly like Simon, but far more outgoing. James slowly begins to take over Simon’s life. The film is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novella of the same name and looks to be an interesting and creepy addition to the summer repertoire. “The Double” will be released May 9.

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The new Disney film, “Maleficent,” premieres in theatres May 30 and stars Angelina Jolie.

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A new remake of “Godzilla” will be released next month, set to hit theaters on May 16.

“Godzilla” definitely looks as if it could be a big hit this coming summer.

Yet another remake in the gradual Hollywood transition to not creating original work, the film deals with the infamous Japanese gorilla/whale combo. Its arrival in the U.S. is not explained in the trailer, but assumptions can be made that it involves the government and a cover up that takes a lot of lives. A good addition to “Godzilla” will be its cast: Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Kickass”). May 16 will see the release of “Godzilla” into theaters.

This movie is one hundred percent a ploy for viewership due to the fact the two starring actors, Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, were both in the muchenjoyed “50 First Dates.” While that comedic romance seemed to appeal to a wide variety, “Blended” follows the two on an African safari trip that promises to be ripe with sexual innuendos, fart jokes and sloppily disguised racism. “Blended” comes out May 23.

A lot of drama has been going on the “X-Men” franchise lately, which may prove as a hindrance for the upcoming “Days of Future Past” as the company scrambles to get its director, an alleged sexual abuser, out of the limelight for the film. The movie itself looks to be interesting enough; the world has been destroyed by a war between humans and mutants, so Dr. Xavier (Patrick Stewart, “Star Trek”) chooses to send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman, “The Prestige) back in time to prevent it all. The men are clearly not worried about a “Butterfly Effect” problem at all. Not much else can be gleaned from the trailer except that it pays homage to all “X-Men” characters

from the decade-long franchise, has a pretty sweet soundtrack and spent a lot of money on special effects. “X-Men: Days of Future Past” hits theaters May 23.

After the acclaim and excitement surrounding the Broadway play “Wicked,” which gave its villain a tragic backstory, many different companies and writers have been capitalizing on the victimized villain concept—“Maleficent” is no different. Following the antagonist from the “Cinderella” fairytale, Angelina Jolie (“Changeling”) plays the namesake character, who only became evil because of the way she had been previously treated in her time as a fairy. Disney has really been pushing the “Maleficent” film hard, but it does not seem like it will end up portraying anything vastly different or innovative. The special effects look to be great though, as does Jolie’s performance. Any Disney fiend will probably enjoy the film, but hopefully the film industry stops treading down the same worn path of tragic backstories. “Maleficent” casts a spell in theaters May 30.

Last on the list is Seth Macfarlane’s (“Ted”) “A Million Ways to Die in the West.” The comedy portrays an 1882 Arizona town with a bad habit of people dying in a plethora of different ways.

Albert (Macfarlane) is a young man in the town, who is forced to duel an infamous criminal, depicted by Liam Neeson (“Taken”). The film looks to be pretty hilarious, if graphic and raunchy scenes appeal to one’s humor. A wide variety of other celebrities are also included in the film, which will probably provide more comedic relief. See “A Million Ways to Die in the West” May 30.

Pixies release new album after 23-year hiatus by adam lujan Contributing Wrtier

Throw on a denim jacket, grab all the neon within reach and put on a John Hughes film because the 1980s are back— literally. Pixies, a band that changed the alternative rock scene in the late 1980s, released their first studio album in 23 years on April 29. Those in need of a soundtrack to their next Throwback Thursday should look no further than the Pixies’ new album, “Indie Cindy.”

The band, comprised of lead vocalist Black Francis, lead guitar player Joey Santiago and David Lovering on the drums, formed in 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts and quickly found success in the alternative rock world. While they never fully reached “mainstream” levels of recognition, their haunting 1988 single, “Where

is My Mind?,” was prominently featured in David Fincher’s 1999 film “Fight Club.”

Their “unorthodox marriage of surf rock and punk rock,” as Laura Barton puts it in her Aug. 19, 2005 “Guardian” article, would go on to influence artists like Radiohead, U2 and The Strokes.

With “Indie Cindy,” the Pixies return to their roots with relative ease.

The album comes straight off the shelves of 1980s alternative rock in terms of its sound and style, while still ringing with a certain freshness. “What Goes Boom” opens the album with ferocious, unrelenting rock energy, harking back to the best punk rock of the 1980s.

The more contemplative, mellow “Green and Blues” (featuring pretty psychedelic lyrics like “I said I’m human, but you know I lied / I’m only visiting this shore”) and title-track “Indie Cindy” (a fun mix of angry slam-poetry-

esque verses and lullaby-like choruses) follow. After the chanting and thumping “Bagboy,” the most punk rock and preachy of the songs, the album sets off in a more refined direction.

Songs like the hypnotic “Silver Snail,” self-reflective “Ring the Bell” and the absolutely mesmerizing “Andro Queen” are the perfect tunes for a lazy Saturday afternoon or a late-night drive down the highway. “Andro Queen,” especially, is like an ethereal, dazzling trip into a fantastical dream world.

Throughout the album, the Pixies seem to oscillate between two speeds— mellow and full throttle. And they do both extremely well. Like “What Goes Boom” and “Bagboy,” the track “Blue Eyed Hexe” toward the middle of the album is a full-on rock anthem equipped with screaming choruses and volcanic guitar solos. The album reaches a climax

with “Snakes” and “Jaime Bravo.” The former pulsates with a driving beat amidst evocative and clever lyrics about inner and outer demons, while the latter plays like the triumphant, grunge finale befitting a pretty stellar comeback.

Pixies unashamedly channel the gorgeous 1980s alternative rock that first shaped them—and to great success.

“Indie Cindy” captures the best of them, and indeed of 1980s rock as well, while still looking forward and playing to the current thirst for good rock music. It is old school in the best possible way and perfect for the retro/throwback/flashback-loving generation of today. While denim, neon and “The Breakfast Club” might be what first comes to mind about the 1980s, the Pixies serve as an excellent reminder that 1980s alternative rock is relevant, fresh and, most importantly, back in style.

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Fans mob to Fillmore for Glitch Mob

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Electronic dance group The Glitch Mob performed at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver on April 25 and 26.

by tabor smith Contributing Writer

If you happened to be near Colfax Ave. last Friday or Saturday night and felt some shaking in the ground beneath you, it was probably coming from the Fillmore Auditorium. The Los Angeles-based trio, The Glitch Mob, was proving why they dominate worldwide as one of the biggest names in the electronic genre. The tour followed the release of the group’s new album, “Love Death Immortality.”

Doors opened at 7 p.m. on both nights, and the bill was well rounded with some talented openers. The trap master, Salva, was a standout on the first night with some thumping bass lines and big drops. The growing crowd really got moving when he dropped his remix of Problem’s “Like Whaaat.” Ana Sia played after Penthouse Penthouse on night two, dropping some fresh house tracks with surprisingly deep bass lines that slapped the crowd with energy.

Both nights saw lengthy set changes of about 20 minutes before The Glitch Mob. After a lengthy buildup, four men pulled away a large black sheet, revealing the set, and Justin Boreta (Boreta), Edward Ma (edIT) and Josh Mayer (Ooah) took the stage.

A large LED screen hung in the background, which was filled with impressive visuals throughout the performance. Four large, raised bass drums, customized to look like pieces off an alien spaceship, were arranged across the back of the stage. Each artist also had a pair of snare drums by their side.

Every man was positioned one of three DJ consoles, each one combining a traditional controller and four programmed tablet devices. Each console was tilted forward 45 degrees to give the audience a clear view of what the producers were doing throughout the show, a unique and effective way of bringing the audience into the performance. The group turned up the energy quickly on

Friday night with the high-tempo, highenergy track “Mind of a Beast” off the new album. On Saturday, they started things off with the older “Drive It Like You Stole It,” a song that exemplifies the classic Glitch Mob sound. The crowd was moving and the temperature was rising in the Fillmore.

For the most part, the same songs were played both Friday and Saturday night, a major disappointment to twonight ticket holders. Most of “Love Death Immortality” was played on both nights, but the group did a great job mixing up the order and injecting older hits such as “We Swarm.”

The fans went wild when they played their remix of The Prodigy’s “Breathe,” which features a dominant, crunchy bass line and chopped Prodigy vocals. The fastpaced track had the whole crowd jumping to the beat.

“Beauty of the Unhidden Heart,” a track off of the new album featuring the chopped vocals of Sister Crayon, only played on Friday. On Saturday, The Glitch Mob dropped their remix of Daft Punk’s “Derezzed” from the “Tron” soundtrack, a techno jam that made the fans feel like they were dancing on a motherboard.

The Mob had a great weekend, keeping the energy high and the crowd moving.

The crowds of the Fillmore returned the favor, cheering the group back to the stage for three-song encores on both nights. The group also requested of both audiences that they put away their cell phones for the encore. “Just experience this,” said Boreta.

“Be here with us right now.” The crowd cheered and most obliged.

The show let out at around 11:45 p.m. both Friday and Saturday, and masses of sore fans flooded out of the auditorium. The Glitch Mob has been around the block and created an energetic, engaging performance, which tops that of many other electronic artists.

They will continue their tour through October at international destinations such as Paris and London. They are highly recommended for anyone who enjoys electronic dance parties.

‘Other Woman’ surprisingly empowering by kaitlynne birkett Copy Chief

“The Other Woman” is phenomenally different from most movies that feature a cheating husband; instead of a competing wife and mistress, the two band together with his second mistress and resolve to take the husband down. In a refreshing and hilarious take on modern day friendships in the face of revenge, the three scorned lovers discover that the cheater, Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, “Game of Thrones”), is stealing money from his business as well as leading on the women, so they decide to get even.

The three scorned ladies-turnedfriends are Carly Whitten (Cameron Diaz, “There’s Something About Mary”), Kate King (Leslie Mann, “Knocked Up”) and Amber (film newcomer and wellknown model Kate Upton). Whitten is a high-powered lawyer who thinks shes finally found a man that can keep up with her work-heavy lifestyle; yet when she goes to make a call at her lover’s house, his wife answers. Eventually the two form an interesting bond of friendship, as Whitten continually provides King with the advice she needs to get out of her marriage intact. They both then stumble upon the other mistress, Amber, and even later, a third. Instead of each ending their relationship with him, they agree to keep up the façade as they slowly build a case against Mark for his corrupt money laundering.

Simply put, “The Other Woman” is empowering. Typically, most films spend the majority of their time pitting the women against each other in a fight for the man, but in this one, the women

bond together against their true enemy. There are several fabulous montages of the three unlikely friends getting to know each other over drinks or making a to-do list for Mark’s destruction. At only one point do the women fight, and it is resolved in under five minutes.

The three women present vastly different characters brought photo courtesy of npr.org together under some From left, Leslie Mann, Nicki Minaj, Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton star in harsh circumstances. “The Other Woman.”

Whitten is the lawyer, King is the housewife whose innovative able for anyone. Had the scene ended ideas have been spurring her husband’s with him rushing off to the bathroom business and Amber is the least intelligent holding the seat of his pants, everyone of the three with a heart of gold. As Whitten could have imagined what happened says at one point in the film, “The lawyer, next, instead of having to witness it.

All in all, “The Other Woman” was a the wife and the boobs—together you have a perfect killing machine.” Portraying all hilariously innovative movie that speaks of them as deep characters who refuse to on a variety of different levels about gender be taken advantage of is a shock to the equality and equal representation. Ignore reviews entertainment industry, spurring several the news outlets to proclaim this as a bad film. looking down But is there something wrong with a film on this film, the that does exactly what it sets out to do in a because critics clearly completely unpretentious fashion?

For all the good aspects of “The missed the fun Other Woman,” there were still some and inspiranot-so-great parts. Several times in the tional message Other film were completely unnecessary gross- “The out events: for example, the scene in W o m a n ” which Mark has some explosive techni- brought to life. your cal difficulties after Whitten slips him Make some laxatives. Watching someone groan own decisions while sitting on a toilet amidst the truly after seeing the graphic bathroom sounds is not enjoy- film yourself.

‘Black Box’ faces a dark future by daniel muzi Contributing Writer

While shows with strong female leads, such as “Bones” or “Alias,” are not new, rarely do these shows get more than one strong main actress. ABC’s new show “Black Box” stars Kelly Reilly (“Sherlock Holmes”) as Dr. Catherine Black, a worldfamous neuroscientist with a secret known only to the other main female character, Dr. Helen Hartramph (Vanessa Redgrave, “The Butler”), Black’s psychiatrist. The one thing holding Black back from curing every brain disease on the planet is that she is bipolar, and the medication she takes to deal with her disorder dulls her fabulous intellect.

On the surface, this seems like a good premise for a show, much like a female version of Fox’s “House,” but more heavily focused on brain disorders than of lupus.

Even giving the main character bipolar disorder could be a step forward in helping the public understand a condition that is often fictionalized beyond recognition. But ABC seems to have fallen far short of that goal.

Black’s mood swings are more reminiscent of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde than any real situation. In order to free her mind from the medical restraints of her treatment, Black flushes them from her system. This causes her to embark on a psychedelic road trip that includes her tearing the clothes off at least one man. Every one of these trips can be identified by the jazz saxophone which plays in the background.

Meanwhile, the entire show is set against the backdrop of a session with Hartramph, who provides the sensible voice of reason for the episode. The other characters on the show are apparently oblivious to her condition, because rambling speeches about being “medicated into mediocrity” are not enough to tip off an entire room filled with brilliant scientists who study brain disorders for a living. Also unbelievable is her new fiancé, Will Van Renseller (David Ajala, “The Dark Knight”), who just found out about her disorder, which apparently went unnoticed by him as well as her scientific colleagues.

The other characters on the show, which include her brother Josh (David Chisum, “One Life to Live”) and her coworker Dr. Ian Bickman, played by Australian actor Ditch Davey (“Spartacus: War of the Damned”), seem shallow and stereotypical. Josh is the supportive older brother who, as one of the few people who knows her secret, must help convince her, time and time again, to take her meds, which will immediately bring her back to normal so she can cure another seemingly incurable disease. Bickman, on the other hand, is a dashing womanizer whose only real purpose appears to be as eye candy for the show’s potential female viewers. The only highlight of the show is the acting ability of Redgrave, whose immense talent is clearly wasted on such a poor quality show.

While the series has good intentions, the poorly written characters and unlikely situations paint a terrible picture in the eyes of viewers of an already misunderstood disease. ABC has picked it up for an entire season, but for the sake of everyone suffering from bipolar disorder, it should be canceled as soon as possible. “Black Box” airs at 9/8c Thursday nights on ABC.

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Coachella kicks off festival season lishment. Last year’s sold out in a record 90 minutes, and this year was even faster. The amazing lineup of Outkast, The National, Queens of the Stone Age, Haim, Kid Cudi, Foster the People and several local bands, combined with the architecture and natural beauty of the Gorge Amphitheater area make this one a winner for anyone in the Seattle area. Heads-up to campers—you will be paying for alcohol, showers, food and other amenities due to the strict gate rules. To save money in a large group, perhaps consider upgrading to platinum camping, which is about $50 per person more.

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Large crowds gathered at last year’s Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago, Illinois.

by maddy meredith Contributing Writer

Coachella. It is a name that often gets tossed around in the music world and for good reason. The L.A.-based festival features celebrities, a crowd that ranges from surfers to fashionistas, all gathered together to witness incredibly talented musicians do what they do best. This year’s lineup, Lorde, Ellie Goulding, Rudimental and more, was a demonstration of how music is evolving more than ever under the influence of EDM or electronic dance music. The 2014 show also snagged the first booking of the Outkast reunion in over 10 years. Although Palm Springs’ desert has soaked up all of the musical energy, the winding down of Coachella marks the start of summer festival series. Keep an eye out for these upcoming events to find your own piece of musical paradise.

BEALE STREET Location: Memphis, Tennessee Dates: May 2-4

If you can listen to any kind of music and do not have a particular preference, the little-known Beale Street festival could be perfect for you. Open to all ages, different genres and flexible personalities, this groovy street-based event caters to the diverse crowds of Tennessee. The big acts include Foster the People, Snoop Lion, Juicy J, Motorhead, Avenged Sevenfold, Fitz & the Tantrums, Twenty One Pilots, MS MR and Bone Thugs N’ Harmony, along with plenty of other lesser-known bands. Tickets for the

festival are for a single day, so be careful that you purchase tickets for the artists you want to see. The prices are now priced around $40 a day, but will continue to increase until the date arrives.

LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE Location: San Antonio Recreation Area, Bradley, California Dates: May 24-26

Lightning in a Bottle is much more than the music. The festival producers’ focus, which includes creating a safe and welcoming environment for people to practice yoga, produce art and relax while listening to music and the natural ambience of the area serves to create a completely unique and all-incorporating spiritual experience. Daily morning yoga sessions, a public art space where concert-goers can bid on their favorite piece to support the arts, and an innovative shrine makes this festival a true playground for nature-bound music lovers. Designed to be a “heart and mind expanding oasis” (lightninginabottle.com), this festival is also designed around a community experience— so be sure to bring your best friends. For both camping and music, a full weekend pass costs around $260.

SASQUATCH Location: Gorge Amphitheater, Seattle, Washington Dates: May 23-25

This year marks Sasquatch’s 13th year with the concert location and ampitheater, so this festival is a relatively young estab-

BONNAROO Location: Manchester, Tennessee Dates: June 12-15

For the size and impressive lineup, Bonnaroo is one of the cheaper large-name festivals. This year’s big acts are Elton John, Kanye West and Jack White. Compared to the 2013 lineup, which was The Lumineers, Jack Johnson and Wilco, Bonnaroo has moved away from the alt-rock and into the ultra-celebrity performers—which should ensure dramatic acts for all three days. The general admission tickets are around $250, but tickets are still available at $284.50.

For those looking for cheap accommodation, general admission camping, tent-only camping, VIP camping and RV camping are all options.

Bonnaroo does a great job of providing food such as gourmet food trucks, a café called Planet Roo and drink options such as the “Broo’ers Festival” that includes beer from over 20 different breweries across the U.S. As the Bonnaroo food and drink website suggests, “Under one tent, you can enjoy hearty bocks, revitalizing pilsners, crisp pale ales, fruity ciders and more, offered up by worldrenowned microbreweries from every corner of the country.” The crowds include all kinds of people. One concert-goer, Hannah MackBoll, described it as a mixture between, “the typical ‘hipster wanna-be flower child,’ the bro, the punk-rockers, the old men who are trying to relive Woodstock and quite a few families, parents, children and all.” Bonnaroo is one of the most environmentally friendly music festivals and offers filtered water stations and several recycling stations for concert-goers to make the most of.

LOLLAPALOOZA Location: Chicago, Illinois Dates: August 1-3

Lollapalooza, the music festival in

downtown Chicago, has always been a hub of excitement and noise for the Midwestern states. The three-day-long festival takes place on 115 acres between downtown Chicago and Lake Michigan. This year is a move away from the alternative headliners of 2013, Mumford & Sons, The Killers and Vampire Weekend. This year’s Lolla, perhaps in a genius move to compete with other festivals, includes hip-hop icons such as Eminem, Outkast and the formidable mix of Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Calvin Harris, Lorde, The Avett Brothers and Foster the People. Of course, up-and-comers like Dugas, Vance Roy and Bear Hands will be there too, making this year a must-see even for the most seasoned Lolla fans.

The crowds at Lolla range from teenage to adult, but be sure to aggressively avoid anyone wearing neon due to their tendency to trample on anyone who raves in their way. Ticket options for Lolla include the Early Bird three-day pass, which costs $225.

The regular three-day pass costs $250, and the singles one -day pass costs $100. Tickets to Lolla usually go on sale around the end of March, and this year they were released March 26.

SF OUTSIDE LANDS Location: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California Dates: August 8-10

The Outside Lands lineup for 2014 includes Kanye West, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Disclosure, Tegan and Sara, Haim, Capital Cities and a few Cali bands of whom you have probably never heard.

Where this festival goes beyond Coachella is in offering excellent local food—last year’s event included everything from Malaysian nachos to Shwarma snowcones. Another focus of the festival is beer and wine, where there are usually around 30 vendors for both (this includes red and white wine, and hard cider as well as any kind of beer imaginable). This festival is perfect for those who want an eclectic yet well-known concert series in a beautiful location. The proximity to nature and the unique stage set-up make this one hard to miss. The three-day pass is $275 and single day passes are $115.

This year’s summer festival lineup marks the start of another fantastic season for music-lovers. No matter what your summer plans are or where you are in the states, it is never too late to fall in love with music again.

‘The Quiet Ones’ silences fear in audience by khadijah james Contributing Wrtier

“The Quiet Ones,” a new horror film mimicking the cinematography of “Paranormal Activity,” follows Brian McNeil (Sam Claflin, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”), who is recruited by a team of scientists: Professor Coupland (Jared Harris, “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”), Krissi Dalton (Erin Richards, “Open Grave”) and Harry Abrams (Rory Fleck-Byrne, “Vampire Academy”) as they conduct experiments on a young girl. They believe the girl has pent-up negative energy that she is manifesting into a young girl only she can see, and that if they cure her, they will cure all mankind of mental illness.

The film follows the group, who reside in Oxford, England, as they set up camp in an old abandoned house to have privacy as they experiment on Jane Harper (Olivia Cooke, “The Signal”), who believes Coupland saved her and wants to be cured so that she can live a normal life. As McNeil films the experiments, tensions arise within the group as strange occurrences keep happening, convincing everyone except there is more to Harper and her manifestations than simple negative energy. Along with these strange and dangerous occurrences, the beginnings of tender emotions between McNeil and Harper add to the tensions within the group,

resulting in a dangerous fight that serves as a catalyst for an explosive ending.

The film is based on a true story of a group of scientists in the early 1900s, a fact that tends to add fear to audience emotions when viewing horror films, and resembled movies such as “Paranormal Activity” and “The Blair Witch Project,” which are both found-footage films, viewing what is intended to be a portrayal of real events. The audience is allowed to see the original group of scientists and Harper at the end, as if to add validity to the statement that this film is based on real accounts, a fact easily disputed by true skeptics that do not believe in paranormal activity.

While the film holds a few moments that cause the audience to jump and may be considered extremely frightening by audience members who truly believe in ghosts, spirits, possession and the like, the film leaves something to be desired. It starts off extremely slow, and rather than picking up speed, it appears to get even slower with the action sequences. Most horror films hit a climax and continue at that climactic speed for the remainder of the film, leaving the audience jumpy and possibly even evoking a few screams from members. “The Quiet Ones” comes off as a disappointment in that every time something major happens, leaving the audience bracing for something scary, the film is fast-paced for about five

minutes and then dies back down to the same routines and scenes that seemed to be on repeat. There were a few parts of the film where audience members were actually seen yawning, waiting for the next big moment, as the film left the audience photo courtesy of wearemoviegeeks.com quiet, rather In “The Quiet Ones,” Olivia Cooke and Sam Claflin play Jane Harper and Brian McNeil. than screaming While the film itself does not live up in terror.

It gets to a point where the characters to usual horror film expectations, the cast is themselves become predictable, so that made up of prominent actors and actresses when certain events or interactions happen that portray their characters to the best of between characters, they do not come as their ability and closely resemble the original much of a surprise, which is extremely anti- group of scientists the characters are based climactic of a typical horror film. While the on. The music in the film is also well compreviews for the movie portrayed an action- posed, evoking feelings of suspense and packed film of events that would leave the anticipation within the audience throughout audience on the edge of their seats or cover- the film.

Unless viewers are true believers of ing their faces in anticipation, the actual film itself is the exact opposite, and the ending, paranormal entities and scare easily, there is a while also eventually predictable, also leaves very strong possibility they will leave the film wishing for more. something to be desired.

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Bigger campaign needed against driving stoned by emma mckay Opinions Editor

How many times have you heard someone say, “Don’t worry, I can drive drunk?” Probably not many. Drunk driving has become synonymous with reckless and stupid. It is common knowledge that this choice alone could ruin your life in an instant. Of course, it still happens far too often, but nobody is willing to admit to the stupidity. If you did hear someone claim to be able to drive drunk, would you get in the car with them? Would you trust a drunk person with your life? I’m guessing most have common sense enough to say, “Hell no.” All of those lectures in high school and commercials detailing the tragic repercussions of booze cruising have somehow gotten through to (most of) us.

But now change the scenario. Instead of alcohol on this person’s breath, it’s weed creating the intoxicating effect. Now your number changes doesn’t it? I’ve heard countless people make the claim before driving friends. They’ll say the weed calms them down, makes them more alert and better suited to drive. This eases their friends’ worries, and all of a sudden they have a very easy way to appoint a designated driver without making anyone miss out on the fun. It’s win-win, right? Think again.

While it is true that some people might find it significantly easier to drive while high than while drunk, it never makes stoned driving OK. Think about the way pot-smokers tend to act when they are high.

They’ll zone out for a bit, concentrate heavily on one thing, or make nonsense or stupid comments. Who’s to say they wouldn’t do stupid things while driving? Some say that

the paranoid side effect of weed makes drivers concentrate more heavily on the road. But whether you’re more mellow and concentrated, or jittery and paranoid while high, you’re still not in your regular state of mind. And it’s impossible to trust yourself to go through your regular driving routine in that situation.

A February 2014 International Business Times article citing the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention reported that one in nine drivers who were involved in fatal car accidents had marijuana in their systems. Driving high indeed may make drivers more aware and careful on the road, but a huge factor is one’s loss of quick reflexes while stoned. According to an article by Time Inc., a stoned driver may be less likely to get into minor accidents, like rear-ending someone or running off the road, but when it comes to the most dangerous potential accidents, like a car coming out of nowhere or a pedestrian walking in front of the car, they are less likely to be able to react quickly, thus associating driving while high with more fatal accidents.

One study conducted by the Thurston County Sheriff ’s Office in Washington state actually tested volunteers who were instructed to get high and then drive a drive-school vehicle that could be taken over by the examiner at any time. When the volunteers had smoked three to seven times the legal limit of five nanograms of THC, the active ingredient in weed (as is the law in Colorado as well), they were driving much more slowly than they should, but were still deemed fit to drive, offering evidence that driving while high may be OK. The study, however, did not test for quick reaction skills. In addition, once the participants had smoked nearly a gram of weed, their driving skills were significantly impaired. Two

of the three knocked over several cones on the test driving course, and the third would have run into an observing officer if the examiner hadn’t taken the wheel. All three were deemed very unsafe to drive by the examiner and observing officers.

A New York Times article also cited Dr. Huestis of the National Institute of Drug Abuse who claimed that several researchers have estimated that your risk of getting in an accident is doubled with any level of measurable THC in the system, showing there is no question that driving while high poses a real danger. Even if some, like the participants in the Thurston County study, feel it is safe for them to drive after consuming smaller amounts of marijuana, the drug affects every person differently. A chronic stoner could smoke the same amount as a first-time user and feel completely able to function while the first-time user is out of it. Different strains of weed could affect users differently as well, and it is hard to tell exactly how much we have consumed (unlike alcohol when we can count the number of drinks). Even the food we consume before and afterwards could change our reaction.

Caffeine for instance, in combination with weed, can make some especially jittery and paranoid. So it’s never safe to say that in every instance you smoke, you’ll be safe to drive just because that was the case once.

So common sense tells us that we should never do it. It’s also never safe to say that just because your friend says they can smoke and drive, you can too.

But unfortunately, according to a report from the American Journal of Epidemiology, the number of people driving high is increasing. Between the years of 1999 and 2010, the percentage of car-crash drivers who had marijuana in their system

increased from 4.2 percent to 12.2 percent, indicating that more people are finding it acceptable to drive high, and they’re paying the consequences. This is because it is becoming culturally acceptable and even cool to claim we’re able to drive high.

One slight upside to this, according to Time Inc., is that some studies have found the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington (and thus the increase in pot smokers) has resulted in less drunk drivers on the road because people are choosing to drive high rather than drunk. It is indeed much better to have stoners on the road instead of drunks (as drunk driving will increase your risk of accidents up to five times compared to two), but neither are good to have. Both types of intoxicated driving need to stop and more needs to be done, especially when it comes to educating the public about the dangers of driving high.

Colorado did recently launch a campaign entitled “Drive High: Get a DUI,” which has allocated $1 million to humorous television ads reminding citizens that while smoking weed may be legal now, driving afterwards is not and will result in the same consequences as driving drunk.

This is heading in the right direction, but there needs to be a bigger campaign on a national scale. It has become common knowledge that driving drunk is a terrible idea due to the huge amount of campaigns against it (such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and classes taught in high school.

It is time for the same attention to be given to driving high. Simply put, it’s dangerous and unnecessary, and it could screw up your own life or, worse, someone else’s. If you’re 21 and in Colorado or Washington State, by all means, smoke to your heart’s content, but please stay home when you do.

Students should be more active in USG elections by naomi forman Staff Writer

Only half of our 5,500 undergrads voted in this year’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG), around 1,600 as reported

by USG Senator Parya Mahmoudi. The campaigns were a whirlwind of war paint and cute dogs, the candidates’ platforms somewhat lost in the hustle and bustle of sign hanging and tail-wagging. Congratulations to all of the victors, but especially to our new president and vice president; whatever it is you are now responsible for, I wish you both the best of luck. USG is an influential student organization that more students should be educated about and encouraged to be involved in.

A minority of our community participates in this process and decision that impacts life on campus for all students and

therefore may not be a genuine reflection of our students’ desires. Does the fault lie with the candidates or student body?

Our campaigners had fliers, websites and tables outside of Sturm, yet their goals evaded me nevertheless. For a student body which seemingly has a limited degree of interest in student politics, this information needs to be more passively yet more readily available. Direct conversations with candidates can be intimidating and awkward. The debate, though a valuable and important event, is not appealing or convenient for the less-concerned students. For many it becomes a game of who you know, not for what they stand. Facebook pages now those make sense. They are an easily accessible source of information and could present the most effective information, but many people were unaware of these sites and, therefore, they could have been more

emphasized through the campaigns and advertisements.

The sources were available, hence, the lack of student awareness or engagement would seem more a consequence of a deficit in student interest in undergraduate politics. There is an undeniable lack of knowledge or understanding surrounding the purpose or significance of USG. They fund and license our student organizations, help maintain our inclusive community and foster school spirit. Little of this could be gathered from their website, however, as their “About Us” page simply states, “The 2011-2012 Student Government is happy to welcome you to The University of Denver. We are looking forward to a great year.” A tad behind on the times, no?

The solution is to educate students on the impact of USG and establish a mutualistic relationship. Though the campaigns

cannot begin until a determined date, perhaps we could have pre-campaign week outreach encouraging student awareness of USG affairs and enabling students to be more prepared for the coming commotion.

They are here to help us, but this is only feasible if we are participating members of this community. It’s never good to be a political slacker, even on an undergraduate level.

As Erik Meek said on the USG Elections Facebook page, “It takes 30 seconds and it’s your voice at DU!” It takes a minimal degree of effort and engagement to be involved in our student election that only comes once a year. Recognizably, it is also USG who is responsible for raising awareness about their interests and urging student engagement.

We have a whole year to prepare.

Next spring let’s take a moment and be a part of DU’s history and participate in USG elections.

Pioneer Voices:

what is your top priority for the usg president and vice president next year?

rhen hirsh Junior Oregon

“Actually getting the DU community involved because we’re pretty bad with school spirit.”

connor farnham Freshman Colorado

“I have no idea.”

susanna yeajin park Junior Colorado

“Community building.”

joel cruz Senior New Mexico

“More community involvement and a sense of organization with student orgs and Greek Life.”

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The Holocaust is a tragedy not to be forgotten Holocaust awareness week is a week to remember the horrors of the Holocaust and is currently running from April 27 - May 4. by katerina arzhayev Contributing Writer

It was not an accident that 11 million people died in the disaster that is now known as the Holocaust: This tragedy occurred because individuals and governments made choices that not only legalized discrimination, prejudice and hatred, but popularized these mindsets as well. Through systematic advertisements, law, and the suppression of insurgence, Hitler gained widespread support that he later used to progress his agenda. The agenda was published in 1925 and in 1926, in two subsequent volumes, and was ignored by the world until it was too late. Now, decades later, people still remember.

Even though many Holocaust Remembrance-like events are put on during the year, Congress established the “Days of Remembrance” to be a nationally recognized event that is promoted yearly by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This year, the holiday is April 27 to May 4, and features many different affairs all around the nation. To better help picture the circumstances faced by Jews in Germany and Europe from 1933 to 1945, imaging the following: You wake up on a regular day, and as you pour yourself a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy breakfast, casually scrolling through your phone, a sharp knock sounds at the door. Men in military uniforms inform you that according to new laws, you have to wear a badge.

Maybe this will bother you– that people of your heritage and cultural background are being forced to proclaim their identity to the rest of the world. “It’s for your own safety,” you’re told, so you choose not to care and don the badge. The men leave and you return to your day.

It’s time to go to work, and grabbing your keys, you head into the parking lot

and mindlessly fiddle with your phone as you head to where you parked your car the night before. Without looking up, you press the remote, expecting to hear the conventional “swish” of the doors unlocking, but are only greeted with silence. Startled by the lack of familiarity, you look up and realize – your car is gone. In its place is an envelope with a letter. Your heart sinks as you read the letter that outlines the new property rights that people like you don’t have anymore. You don’t get angry, after all, this is the law, and it’s all for your own protection.

Knowing you will be now late, you try to call your workplace, but instead you hear a resounding message from your service provider: Your phone service has been suspended.

An hour later, you stumble into the bank where you are a manager, exhausted from half — sprinting, half — jogging the four miles from your home. Wearily you smile at the security guard, but for the first time, he doesn’t return the favor.

Without a moment to spare, you walk into the elevator, and press the button that would take you to your spacious office.

Hopefully, your assistants had managed to reschedule your appointments for the morning. When you reach your floor, you are greeted by worried faces; eyes follow you as you walk the short distance to your office.

There are people milling inside, and boxes are stacked on your desk and on the floor. A figure turns around as you enter, surprise etched on his face.

The President himself is standing in your office, beside him another person.

“What … are you doing here?” he stutters, caught off guard. “I work here,” you answer, unsure of what is to come, “What’s going on?”

It turns out that people like you can no longer hold positions of power.

You’re just one of thousands of people who are now unemployed. “But I’ve worked here for years! I’ve poured my blood and sweat into this company!

I gave up my life for my career!” you protest, but your cries fall on seemingly deaf ears. “It’s the law now.” “It’s for your own good.” “You’ll thank us later.”

Defeated, you leave. On the way out, you glance at the televisions in the lobby and see your apartment complex.

Your friends and neighbors are huddled outside, all wearing the same badge as you. They are loaded into a bus and driven away. The journalist explains that all people like you are being requested to go to the edge of town. There, you will receive more information about your possessions, and what is to come.

A strange feeling settles in your stomach, and you decide to comply.

Your government cares about you, surely the people you voted for, just months prior, wouldn’t do anything to harm you.

Your conscience berates you for such thoughts. What could the government possibly do? They have only done good in the past. After all, this is an established westernized democracy.

It only takes a few minutes to get to the square. As soon as the authorities see you walking, your badge displayed on your chest, they pick you up themselves. You join your family, your neighbors and your friends. To your left is an open field, in front of you the men you met this morning are gathered, separating you and your kind from the rest of the “regular” citizens.

Children are crying, men are yelling, women are screaming. A shot is fired into the air, bringing silence. A man’s voice explains something, repeating the words you have heard all day: your own good, safety, protection, compliance. As he talks, armed soldiers start pushing the crowd into the field, where a giant pit has been dug. You hadn’t noticed it before because you were too busy trying to orient yourself. As the people near the edge, more gunshots resound in the evening air. People start falling.

Why didn’t you care when they started with the little things? You come to realize that justice and legality are not necessarily the same thing: Just because something is legal does not mean it is fair or right. Was it all just an accident, and those people don’t actually mean it?

How many times does a genocide need to occur before humanity realizes that systematically murdering people for factors that are out of their control, is not ‘OK’?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Important debate muddled through article by paul tanghe Contributing Writer

When I first read Naomi Forman’s op-ed “Guns for Campus Safety are unnecessary,” I wondered if The Clarion was imitating The Onion.

This editorial was illinformed and misleading on the important question of whether campus security should be armed. Ms. Forman is certainly entitled to her own opinion, but not her own set of facts.

Ms. Forman’s argument hinges on her observation that Fort Hood has soldiers “proficient” in using weapons.

Since two mass shootings have occurred there, Ms. Forman concludes that weapons are not effective in countering public shootings.

Ms. Forman is grossly wrong in her assumption that since Fort Hood has soldiers trained to use weapons, it is full of armed personnel. In fact, military installations like Fort Hood have far stricter rules about carrying weapons and ammunition that off-base settings. Officially issued weapons are kept carefully segregated from ammunition; only on-duty military police carry ammunition with weapons.

Soldiers living on base require the explicit written authorization of

their commanding officer to have a personally owned weapon on base, and the concealed or public carrying of weapons with ammunition is strictly controlled and usually prohibited by military law and regulations.

In fact, you’re probably around a lot more armed people at your average shopping mall or grocery store than you are on a military base.

Several of Ms. Forman’s other assertions are equally ill-informed. It’s facetious to suggest that campus safety officers would simply be given guns to walk around with; a shift from campus security to campus police would entail greater training and professionalism for these people charged with our protection. More overly, it is both unwise and morally irresponsible to ask a public safety officer to enter a situation where a shooter is killing people with real bullets and arm the good guy with only a BB gun or a nonlethal munition.

Ms. Forman’s gross inaccuracies muddle the truly important questions: Can the DU community afford to wait on the Denver Police to respond with lethal force when that is needed? Or should the university invest in the additional resources (with significant costs) to create our own armed university police?

I don’t know the right answers to those questions. However, shoddy editorializing like what you printed

by Ms. Forman serves to obscure rather than illuminate this issue, and undercuts any reasoned discourse on what our community should do.

Note from the editors: We sincerely appreciate you voicing your concerns about the article published in last week’s Clarion. The aim of the article was to stimulate a thoughtful conversation about the controversial topic of arming on-campus safety officers, and we greatly value you becoming involved in creating this nuanced conversation through your feedback.

What do you think about arming campus safety officers?

We encourage our readers to weigh in on this topic and any other campus-related issues.

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Millions of Jews were told they had to wear a yellow Star of David patch like this one during the Holocaust.

How many more excuses will be made for people who commit acts of terror before the realization sets in that some opinions are plain wrong. I know people who were forced to flee their homes in Tajikistan and Georgia, and relocate to a foreign country whose language they did not know and whose culture they did not understand, and yet they were the lucky ones.

Human history is speckled with times during which a group gained control and looked to wipe out a population, be it for ethnic, religious or political reasons. The Kurds were killed in the Middle East, the Aborigines in Australia, the Moriori in New Zealand, the Native tribes in the Americas.

Looking back further in history, women were mass murdered during the witch hunts and Genghis Khan killed for fun.

While not every one of these tragedies is commemorated annually, people still remember, learn and do what they can to prevent such atrocities from destroying future generations.

Holocaust Remembrance Week started on Sunday, so adopt the mentality of the minorities who were victimized all those years ago and all the others who continue to suffer to this day: Never forget. Don’t forget what happened, and don’t forget what can happen.

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Students need a health raw-volution

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Harley Morenstein, of Epic Meal Time, has become a YouTube celebrity for crafting hamburgers deep-fried in macaroni and cheese then wrapped in bacon and other such meals that have even exceeded 75,000 calories.

In a world where raw vegan lifestyle is considered more extreme than Epic Meal Time, it is undeniable that we have

developed a sick relationship with food that is making us actually sick. As Hippocrates once said, “Let food be thy medicine.” Eating for pleasure should not mean disregarding all scientific knowledge about the benefits and detriments of various foods. Our teenage metabolisms are maturing, and it is critical as we move into adulthood that we become more aware of our dietary habits.

We have learned to do amazingly magical and scrumptious things with food—just take a look at TLC or the Food Network.

“Cake Boss,” “Cupcake Wars,” “Chopped,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Top Chef,” “Sweet Genius,” “Guy’s Big Bite;”—they’re all irresistibly interesting and tantalizing to our taste buds. It’s food porn, creating an addictive and insatiable appetite for all things greasy, sugary, salty and fatty.

We need to recognize the impact food has on our bodies, both internally and externally, now and in our futures. Food can heal and strengthen you, but it can also tear you apart.

According to the National Alliance for Nutrition & Activity, diet is a major contributor to four of the six leading causes of death in the U.S., including heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. Why suffer a chronic yet preventable disease or die young because you had a few too many cheeseburgers and pieces of chocolate cake? An apple a day keeps the doctor away, remember?

It is time to take our health into our own hands and admit to our food addiction. So what’s it going to be?

High-fat, low-carb, restricted calorie, grapefruit,

Atkins, Volumetrics, paleo and macrobiotic are just a few from a long list of current diet options.

But they all miss the mark; it should not be about short-term, high-intensity, unsustainable and often unhealthy practices and consumption patterns.

Either extreme is detrimental.

It’s not about diet, it’s about lifestyle. It’s not about losing weight, it’s about being healthy and balanced.

Raw: unprocessed, untainted food. We’ve been conditioned to think “eating” equals “cooking,” yet removing the “cooking” from that equation may be our ticket to a healthy life. Freelee the Banana Girl has become a YouTube sensation and even has her own book about being raw vegan.

She says her great physique and impeccable health are a result of eating 51 bananas a day.

She lost 40 pounds and healed herself from various digestive problems, eating disorders and psychological issues by eating an all plant-based and primarily raw diet. The benefits of raw food are that the nutrients, vitamins and antioxidants that our body desires and needs are not being destroyed by heat. We are therefore consuming the most nutrient-rich and beneficial form of food. When our body is nourished it functions properly and will not cultivate sickness or disease. Food is a tool for healing, not an enemy in the war against cellulite.

Emphasizing unprocessed, raw, vegan foods may seem a challenge too difficult to tackle, but anything is manageable when you commit to it.

Extreme is not a plant-based diet, extreme is college students

getting out of breath walking up Sturm Hall. Extreme is having to take pharmaceutical drugs to combat your diet. Extreme is having someone cut open your chest to fix arteries damaged by eating too much animal protein.

Extreme is how addicted we are to food that we would allow, even choose, for these things to happen as long as we can keep scarfing down pizza, fries and chicken wings.

Here on campus or out in the world, there are veggie options everywhere you go.

All of the dining halls have entirely plant-based options, either always available or uponrequest. Ask for a veggie burger at Nelson or Halls or grab a burrito with veggies sans the meat at Nagel. Grab a falafel sandwich from Jerusalem’s, sesame tofu from Jason’s Thai or nearly any dish at Noodles. All it takes is a moment to consider the ingredients available to you and to just try leaving some animal products off your menu. With time, this first step becomes like second nature. And it is an immensely beneficial step from which you can explore incorporating more raw. You might just go bananas for it.

Maybe start with one raw vegan meal a day or raw vegan before 4 p.m. Learn more and try some amazing raw vegan food right down the road at Denver’s very own Nectar House raw vegan cafe. Opened by a former DU student and located at Broadway and Evans, it is within students’ reach and price range. Put an end to that cognitive indigestion and have a slice of raw vegan banana cream pie.

Take it from Freelee the Banana Girl and “Go fruit yourself.”

and how to interview and even leads to jobs available that are seeking applicants. Students should take advantage of this great resource to help advance their career and investigate their professional interests.

We all attend a great college like DU because we want to learn. Presumably, we all also want to have a career after graduation to use this knowledge to change the world … and maybe pay back our student loans too. The Career Center is the best resource we have on campus to help us reach this goal as undergraduates. It is also completely free, which is always a plus.

What can the Career Center do for you? Even though the office is not visited

by nearly as many students as it could be, chances are you know at least a few people who have gone in for help writing or fixing their resume. Whether you have yet to start organizing your thoughts or want to put on the finishing touches before sending it to your dream employer, their resume help services are invaluable.

The Career Center also offers far more than one-time resume help. Developing a relationship with a specific career counselor will help them help you. Conversations about your past experience and future goals will ensure that you are in their mind when opportunities come across their desk. They can also help you develop a

better understanding of what employers are looking for and what skills might give you a leg on other applicants given your career desires.

Regular emails from the Career Center that are updated with internship and entrylevel job postings are another added plus. Even when life happens and you are not able to make as much progress as you hope, the emails provide a consistent reminder of what is currently out there in case something fits you.

Although they only happen once each quarter in the Gates Fieldhouse, the career fairs are another opportunity you should take advantage of. Getting an idea of who is hiring in your field and what positions

they are hiring for is useful information as you continue your studies or start looking into a long-term position.

Given that all these services are completely free, there is no good reason not to give them a try and get ahead of the curve. It is far too easy to push it on the back burner for the first two years, go abroad and then have senior year upon you before you start investigating post-graduation plans. So do yourself a favor and get a head start: You will get a better idea of what you want or need to study and impress your parents by taking initiative.

Make an appointment before this year ends to get yourself oriented and get ahead before next year begins.

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The Nectar House is a raw vegan cafe on Broadway and Evans that serves delicous food like vegan banana cream pie and smoothies.

by naomi forman Staff Writer

Without food, life would be dismal, bland and incomprehensible. Our minds are consumed by what our stomachs consume and it is all just another facet of our consumption culture. Yet perhaps we are not considering food in the manner that matters.

Career center resources are underutilized The Career Center offers a variety of top-notch resources to help students get jobs after graduation. by danny zimny-schmitt Contributing Writer

Deep under the bookstore in Driscoll South, around a dark corner from the Pioneer ID office, lies DU’s career services office, which may be the most underutilized yet extremely useful free service on campus. The office’s free services include help on resumes, advice on how to apply for jobs

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GAME TALK

Finally taking notice The Clarion sports staff dives into the world of athletics. by sawyer d’argonne Staff Writer

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Freshman Tyler Pace and sophomore Jack Bobzien celebrate after a Pioneer goal on Saturday. Pace had a goal and an assist, while Bobzien had four goals and one assist.

Pios cruise to 17-9 win on Senior Day for regular season league crown by calvin jouard Sports Editor

After dodging, re-dodging and throwing in a swim move for good measure, senior Cole Nordstrom finally found a seam through the wall of blue jerseys and beat Marquette’s Jimmy Danaher between the legs with 1.2 seconds remaining in the game to score his first collegiate goal.

The blue wall turned white as Nordstrom’s fellow Denver teammates mobbed around him in celebration.

Nordstrom’s goal was by no means essential. Thirdranked Denver (12-2, 6-0 Big East) was on its way to a ninth straight win and an outright Big East regular season crown, holding a 16-9 advantage over the visiting Marquette Golden Eagles (6-9, 4-2 Big East).

That did not mean his goal was any less special.

“One goal doesn’t sound like a lot, but for that guy it’s a memory forever,” said Denver Coach Bill Tierney. “I’m really proud of Cole Nordstrom, [after] being out a year and a half with a concussion, various injuries, playing with a tumor on his shin right now. He’s just been a great leader for us.”

“I’ve been waiting for four years, waiting to get my chance,” said Nordstron. “It was a great team play, really just a product of the offense,

and I was lucky enough just to be at the end of it.”

Denver had plenty of other things to celebrate on Senior Day at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on the way to a 17-9

“We got beat by a better team,” said Marquette Coach Joe Amplo. “They’re tough to stop. Not that we have to play perfect, but we have to play certainly close to perfect to be able

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Junior Sean Cannizzaro looks to pass the ball during the Pioneer’s 17-9 win Saturday.

rout of Marquette, a team in search of a share of the Big East regular season title.

Nine different players tallied goals for Denver with attackman Jack Bobzien leading all scorers with five points on four goals and one assist.

The Pioneers also held the advantage in shots (38-30), ground balls (32-19) and faceoffs (17-28).

Marquette’s top scorer in Tyler Melnyk did not register a point, despite averaging 3.00 goals per game, good for fifth in Division I.

to compete with these guys.”

Amplo’s squad looked to be on the right track early on.

After giving up the first goal to Denver’s Tyler Pace, Kyle Whitlow scored the first of his team-leading three goals off of a feed to the crease from Conor Gately. Just 46 seconds later, Marquette’s Bryan Badolato came from behind the net, weaving between two Denver defenders before sneaking a low shot past Ryan LaPlante to give the Golden Eagles a 2-1 edge.

Denver’s Zach Miller responded with some slick

moves of his own, tying up his defender behind the cage and running above goal line, extended to place a shot just over the head of Danaher.

Miller’s goal highlighted a three-goal Denver run to give the Pioneers a 4-2 advantage.

Whitlow used some lowhigh heat to beat LaPlante with seven seconds left in the quarter to help Marquette pull within one, going into the second quarter down 4-3.

Aside from a diving goal

by Andy DeMichiei at 12:38 in the second quarter, Marquette would not score again until the fourth quarter. During that time, Denver went on 10-1 run before Marquette reeled off

“One goal doesn’t sound like a lot, but for that guy it’s a memory forever.”

Bill Tierney, Head Coach three goals to start the fourth.

“They dominated us on the ground,” said Amplo. “That and the faceoff game never allowed us to be comfortable, and never allowed them to be uncomfortable.”

Denver had won 16-of-20 faceoffs through three quarters, giving way to a 28-9 ground ball advantage and a 14-4 lead.

SEE men’s lax, PAGE 16

It didn’t really seem like a big deal when I was growing up.

When did this whole lacrosse thing start?

I played baseball, soccer and basketball. My friends all played baseball, soccer and basketball.

Truth be told, I hadn’t ever seen a lacrosse game until I got to middle school and started going to a couple of my school’s games. I never actually took notice, however, until some of my long-time baseball friends started laying down their bats and picking up lacrosse sticks.

Admittedly, it was bizarre.

Here was a sport that I knew relatively little about, but had become one of the biggest sports in my high school. I arrived at DU and realized that the atmosphere was the same, but on a completely new level.

All of a sudden it was the new sport to watch.

Signing on to spend four years at one of the best lacrosse schools in the nation was definitely a reason to start paying attention, as Denver is currently ranked third in the nation according to the USILA Coaches Poll, as well as the Inside Lacrosse Poll.

In fact, it was difficult not to pay attention for anyone who was on campus this weekend, as the Pioneers took on Marquette in front of a sold out for their final regular season game.

The game, which the Pios ended up winning, also emphasized the massive fan support from the DU community. The sold-out stadium and the pre-game tailgate show that lacrosse is something that students embrace.

This new trend is not by any means a Denver phenomenon.

Lacrosse has been one of the fastest growing sports in the nation for the past several years, and it is a pattern that doesn’t seem to be slowing down.

An increased number of youth players has led to massive uptakes of the sport in high schools and universities alike.

The 2013 U.S. Lacrosse Annual Participation Survey said that “a record total of 746,859 players competed on organized lacrosse teams in 2013. The growth rate from last year (722,205) was 3.4 percent and youth participation topped 400,000 for the first time ever.”

On top of these numbers, NCAA universities added 60 new lacrosse programs in 2013, eight of which were new Division I programs. Clearly with massive growth and a mushrooming of fan support, lacrosse is a sport that should continue to see success in the future, and perhaps a rise in support for professional lacrosse as well.

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Pio golf teams win respective conference championships to the Jaguars heading into the final day, but Doka’s 71 on the third day led Both DU’s men’s and women’s golf DU back to victory. This is the men’s teams won their respective conference third conference title in the program’s championships this last week and have history, and their second in the past secured their trips to the 2014 NCAA four years.

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The men finished the tournament tled back today to secure the victory,” a collective 34 over par, shooting 898 said Eric Hoos, head coach of the men’s on the tournament, while the women golf team. “When the pressure was most, we came through took 887 strokes in the the best. The guys showed three-day tournament, “When the a lot of heart and they which was good for 23 gave up.” over par. pressure was neverThe women’s team The men’s team started took home their unprecmost, we came off the tournament on top, edented 11th straight winning the first day with through the conference title in a a score of 292.

A disappointing best. The guys convincing fashion. The Pios finished with a final second round score of 308, score of 887 and a monuhowever, saw the Pioneers showed a lot mental 71 stroke margin move back into second of heart and of victory, which was place before rebounding they never good enough for a new on day three. tournament record. After A third round score gave up.” a first round score of 295, of 298 was good enough the women ran the table to move the Pios back into on the rest of the field, the number one spot, five Eric Hoos, finishing with second and strokes above the second Men’s Golf Coach third round scores of 300 place Indiana Univerand 292 respectively. sity-Purdue University No other team was able to shoot (IUPUI) Jaguars.

The men’s effort was spearheaded better than 314 in any round, emphaby the trio of junior Victor Doka, sizing the Pios’ dominance throughout senior Ole Ramsnes and freshman Pat- the tournament.

The women nearly monopolized rick Frodigh, who all tied for third in the tournament with scores of 224, just the top five of the leader-board as Tonje Daffinrud, Mariell Bruun, Elyse eight over par on the tournament.

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Smidinger and Isabel Southard were all able to claim top-five finishes. Senior Daffinrud came in first place overall with a score of 219, or three over par.

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Both of the teams managed to secure their places in the NCAA regional tournament. The women’s tournament takes place May 8-10 in Cle Elum, Wash., while the men’s team will compete May 15-17.

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“It’s really nice playing a game when you got the ball most of the time,” said Tierney.

The fourth quarter, however, belonged to Marquette. Badolato’s jump shot found the back of the net at the 13:02 mark of the quarter to end Marquette’s nearly 30 minute scoring drought. The Golden Eagles outscored the Pioneers in the fourth 5-3 and also held an advantage in the shot department (16-6) and also in ground balls (10-4).

Despite the loss, Marquette locked

up the No. 2 seed for the Big East Tournament this Thursday and will play tourney-host Villanova. Denver will take on fourth-seeded Rutgers in conference semifinal play. The winner of the conference tournament will automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament.

“Anybody we play in the next week is somebody we’ve beaten, and it’s always harder to beat somebody twice in a year,” said Tierney. “I think we have to win, or at least have a great showing, and I know our guys want that. They want that more than anything.”

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Over the weekend, the No. 26 DU’s women’s lacrosse team defeated the University of Oregon 11-5 to go undefeated in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). The win solidifies the Pioneers’ regular season title.

For the second consecutive season and for the fifth time in the past eight seasons, Denver remained undefeated in the MPSF conference. With the win at Oregon, Denver is now preparing for the MPSF Tournament as the No. 1 seed.

Denver goalie and redshirt junior Hannah Hook made 14 saves against Oregon and was also nominated for the Tewaarton Award. The most prestigious honor in lacrosse, the Tewaarton honors the top men and women lacrosse players in the nation. Pioneer junior Jill Reme-

napp is also a nominee. The 14th annual Tewaarton Award Ceremony will be held May 29 in Washington D.C. Attacking Oregon, Denver started off the game with an early lead as sophomore Rachael McKinnon earned a hat trick in the first three minutes.

McKinnon finished the game totaling four points.

Senior Jenn Etzel also brought in four points for Denver on two goals and two assists.

Oregon and Denver were close in draw controls, but Denver had a slight 10-8 edge, helping propel them to victory.

Denver is set to host the MPSF Tournament at the Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium May 1-4. Entering as the No. 1 seed, Denver earned a bye until the semi-final game on Friday, May 2.

Oregon, Stanford, San Diego State, USC and Colorado will all be in attendance.

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The men’s lacrosse team comes out of the team locker room following halftime of their 17-9 rout of Marquette.

DU’s men and women’s tennis teams both claimed the 2014 Summit League Championship title this weekend. Both teams entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and walked away victorious.

On Sunday, April 27 at the Colorado Athletic Club in Monaco, the men’s tennis team earned a 4-1 victory over the No. 3 seed, Fort Wayne. With this victory, the Pioneers automatically received a bid to the 2014 NCAA National Championships.

Sophomore Henry Craig and freshman Alex Gasson clinched a strong doubles win for the Pioneers, winning 8-6.

Freshman Diogo Rocha earned the first singles win 6-0, 6-0 for Denver.

To secure the title win for Denver, senior Alex Clinkenbeard won his matches 6-2, 4-6 and 6-1.

The National Championship is scheduled for May 15-26 in Athens, Ga. Denver’s women’s tennis team collected another Summit League title on April 27.

With a perfect 6-0 conference record, the Pioneers also received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I National Championships.

The last time Denver made an NCAA National Championships appearance was in 2009.

Denver won two of three doubles matches to help seal their victory. Freshman Maureen Slattery and senior Caroline Schnell defeated Fort Wayne 8-1, with senior Natalie Dunn and sophomore Evy Van Genecchten winning 8-3.

The Pioneers posted three straight wins in their singles matches. Sophomore Kathryn Hughes earned her victory 6-0, 6-1.

The National Championship for women’s tennis will be held May 15-26 in Athens, Ga.