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Grand Challenges initiative focuses on migration

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n Tuesday, Nov. 7 the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) continued their DU Grand Challenges program with another forum—this time focusing on migration.

The event took place in the special events room of Anderson Academic Commons where students, staff, faculty and the Colorado community reunited to listen to two speakers discuss how their professions can help bring change to the community and how others can do the same with their own talents.

Associate professor at the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, Cheri Young, kickedoff the evening by addressing her discoveries when she worked at the African Community Center. There, she understood that, “a refugee is somebody who fears for his or her life,” and may fear persecution of their identity in their home country. In working to get by, refugees, she noted, are often victims of low paying hospitality jobs that do not provide them a living wage.

In her field of work as a hospitality professor, Young hopes to inform her students (potential hospitality managers) about this crisis so they could potentially give refugees opportunities to have a career that can sustain their livelihood.

“A hospitality professor walks into a hotel and what does she see?

Hopefully she sees lots of her graduates providing great work for lots of great people and making a little bit of a difference in the world,” said Young.

Following Young was Paul Stein, an independent consultant who works with organizations serving refugees and immigrants.

Focusing on a broader topic, Stein identified from his experience what are the four key aspects of community engagement that rise to the level of a grand challenge.

Community engagement, he said, is an ongoing process not an event.

It should remain local, develop change and requires choice.

After the speeches, the night concluded with a participatory activity in which everyone in attendance could recollect at one of the

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five white boards around the room and discuss potential practical solutions for the topic each board addressed. Those topics were health and healthy development, environment, meeting basic needs, personal safety and a “select your own topic” board.

The DU Grand Challenges is part of the university’s Impact 2025 initiative to focus on collaboration for the public good. This is led by Anne DePrince, psychology professor and CCESL faculty director, and Art Jones, teaching professor at the Lamont School of Music.

Grand Challenges’ current overarching theme “Thriving Communities” is in its first year of a three year process where they will focus on selecting challenges and aspirations on which to take action in the following year. The final year of the cycle will focus on demonstrating their achievements toward their public good goals.

The DU community can visit Impact 2025 website for more information on these community engagement programs.

Daniela Santos | News Editor

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Project X-ite hosts panel on diversity and inclusion

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n Nov. 7, Project X-ite hosted a panel discussion about diversity and inclusion in the workforce. The panel included Lee Mayer, founder and CEO of Havenly, Ryan Ross, president and CEO of Urban Leadership Foundation Colorado and Pattie Money, chief people officer at Sendgrid.

There were around 50 community members who attended the discussion at the Daniel Felix Richie School of Engineering and Computer Science. Project X-ite is a DU founded program with a mission to “connect all the resources of the University of Denver to advance innovation, technology and entrepreneurship across our community, region and world.” They host numerous speaker series, pitch competitions, design challenges, startup weekends and podcasts. Additionally, the X lab and X-ite solutions office hours where student entrepreneurs can receive help implementing business ideas. The X lab is open daily in Margery Reed Room 116.

The presentation began by explaining their interpretation of diversity and inclusion as seen with their particular businesses. They agreed that diversity is what makes a person unique, such as the environment they grow up in and the

perspective they bring to a job. However, inclusion is specific actions that a business takes to promote an accepting, diverse community.

“Diversity is dot dot dot…it is complex, malleable, unidentifiable and embraces a range of differences.

We have to have the courage to try it on. Inclusion is what are you doing to make an environment diverse. These conversations have to cut themselves from revenue,” said Ross.

that people are comfortable having discussions about diversity in Urban Leadership Colorado but his co-workers would go home without saying hello to their neighbors.

“In our companies now it’s rare that we talk about diversity. We only have one African-American and one Asian on our team. Very rarely do I think, ‘I’m a white chick! I’m a female entrepreneur. What do I do?’ There are differences in the way female-opGrace Houser l Clarion

“I agree with that. We can hire people, but creating an environment where people want to stay is a challenge,” said Money.

The discussion transitioned to the disconnect between diversity and inclusion in the workforce versus the social inclusion and diversity in communities. Ross mentioned

erated companies operate. We start to look for personality diversity—for example, in people who are intense or thoughtful,” said Mayer.

The panelists maintained that the conversation about diversity and inclusion needs to happen at the beginning, with an emphasis that expanded beyond the success of

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individual companies.

“Our organization is a nonprofit organization focused on building the next generation of African-Americans. But then we think about how many CEOs in Fortune 500 companies are African American. Those numbers are always very low. There are systems created in the 1980s when women were not in leadership roles or businesses. You have to go out and be intentional about finding talent.” Ross said.

The evening closed by urging the audience to take an active role in promoting diversity and inclusion.

The speakers agreed that diversity and inclusion is a challenging goal, but it is attainable.

“We’ve been provided with a great challenge and great opportunity. When you look back at the country’s history, people have been left out of the conversation. People without a voice without being marketed to, only in the last 10 to 15 years. What a great thing that we get to do together.” said Mayer.

Students can learn more about Project X-ite’s upcoming events by visiting their website or through advertising at common areas on campus.

Grace Wilkins | Contributing Writer

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Nelson scores 26 for Women’s Basketball victory

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U Women’s Basketball earned its first win of the season on the road against the Air Force Falcons in an impressive 75-54 outcome. Crimson and Gold Basketball shot 28 for 70 for 40 percent from the field.

Leading the way for the Pioneers was sophomore forward Madison Nelson (Dover, Minn.) , who scored 26 points, eight rebounds, a block and a steal. Behind her was junior guard Samantha Romanowski (Mountlake Terrace, Wash.) as she added 14 points along with four assists and three steals. The junior shot 5 for 12 from the field and one for five from behind the arc.

The matchup started slow as neither team could get a basket in the first two and a half minutes

of the game. However, a Nelson layup gave Denver the first lead of the game and started her excellent offensive performance.

Following Nelson’s layup, Air Force went on a 7-4 run. Romanowski ended the Falcons’ momentum with a jumper that started a 7-1 run for the Pioneers which was capped off by a classic three point play from redshirt junior forward Jahla Osborne (Stafford, Va.).

Both the Falcons and the Pioneers added two more points before the end of the first quarter, but Denver held the lead at 13-10 going into the second.

Air Force took a 14-13 lead with two baskets to start the second quarter, but a fast break lay in from sophomore guard Abi Curtin (Sydney, Australia) returned the

lead to Denver.

With less than two minutes until the half, the Pioneers looked to add to a one point lead after Nelson drew a shooting foul. The sophomore connected with both shots and Denver found their 19-16 lead for the half.

On Air Force’s next possession, Kaelin Immel cut the lead back to one with a jumper. Both squads looked to add to their point totals before the break, but to no avail.

Romanowski started the second half strong for the Pioneers, draining the team’s first three of the game.

The Romanowski triple started an 11-2 run and put Denver up by eight, 30-22.

Despite a Falcons comeback to minimize the DU lead down to

four, the Pioneers bounced back to increase their lead to 10, 37-27 off a Romanowski dash to the basket.

Denver Basketball extended their lead to 18 points to start the fourth, 50-32. By the five minute mark, Denver had one of its largest leads of the game at 22.

The lead was too much for Air Force to overcome, as the Pioneers continued to light up the scoreboard in the second half.

In the fourth quarter, the Crimson and Gold shot an impressive 11 for 18 for 61.1 percent, finalizing their first win of the season over Air Force, 75-54.

The squad will face Wyoming on their home court on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.

Nikky Johnson | Sports Editor

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Men’s Soccer falls to Omaha in the Summit League Final

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he men’s soccer team lost to Omaha in the Summit League Final on Nov. 11, after a 1-1 draw and 11 rounds of penalty kicks. Summit League Defender of the Year, redshirt junior Scott DeVoss (Centennial, Colo.) gave Denver its only goal of the game in the 26th minute. After playing for 110 minutes and remaining at a 1-1 tie, the game moved to a penalty shootout, where Omaha ultimately outshot Denver 9-8.

On Thursday, Nov. 9 redshirt senior Blake Elder (Fort Worth, Texas) scored in the 39th minute to send the Pioneers to the Summit League Final with a 1-0 win over Eastern Illinois. With the win, the Pioneers advanced as the number one seed into the finals. They played against the number three seed, Omaha.

On Saturday, the first goal and only goal for the Pioneers came early in the match, in the 26th minute from Summit League Defender of the Year, redshirt junior Scott DeVoss.

Summit League Newcomer of the Year Jacob Stensson (Stockholm, Sweden) played a set piece from the right corner of the field inside of Denver’s attacking half. The ball was

headed over the Omaha goalie by redshirt sophomore Ryan Barlow (Coppell, Texas) and DeVoss was the first to the ball to finish the play.

In the 28th minute, Omaha equalized after converting from the penalty spot.

Denver outshot Omaha 11 to 10 during the 110 minutes of play, with 6 shots on target.

During the shootout, Denver shot first, making all of their first four kicks. Senior co-captain Alex Underwood (Winnetka, Ill.), redshirt sophomore Shae Smalley (Colombus, Ohio), senior co-captain Graham Smith (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and Stensson made their kicks. However, Omaha made their first four kicks as well. After Denver’s fifth penalty was stopped, freshman keeper Will Palmquist (Denver, Colo.), who was subbed in for the shootout, made his first save to keep Denver in the game. Seniors AJ Fuller (Littleton, Colo.) and Kyle Morlack (Goodyear, Ariz) converted their shots before the eighth shot was stopped.

In rounds nine and ten, seniors Blake Edler (Fort Worth, Texas) and Barlow made their shots, but Omaha answered each time to send the shootout to the 11th

round, where the order reset.

Omaha blocked Underwood’s shot, and Palmquist guessed the right direction but missed the ball, sending Omaha to its first Summit League title.

Despite not winning the title they had hoped for, the Pioneers swept four major awards at the Summit League Banquet, as well as having players named to the Summit League First Team and Summit League Second Team.

Junior striker, Andre Shinyashiki (Sao Paulo, Brazil) was named the Summit League Offensive Player of the Year, DeVoss won the Summit League Offensive Player of the Year, Stensson claimed the Newcomer of the Year award and Head Coach Jamie Franks was named Head Coach of the Year.

Shinyashiki led the Summit League with 22 points with a tied league high of nine goals and four assists. Two of his goals are game-winning goals.

Shinyashiki is the second Pioneer to be named offensive player of the year (Zach Bolden, 2013), and was named Offensive Player of the Week three times this year. Shinyashiki was also recently named to the Top Drawer Soccer

Midseason Top 100 along with Underwood.

DeVoss helped lead the Pioneer defense that lead the league in shutouts (7), least amount of goals allowed (13) and goals against average (0.74). He has started all 17 games and produced five shots, collecting a Defensive Player of the Week award in October.

Stensson helped the Pioneers to a 10-6-1 overall record. He had three assists this season, all in Summit League play. He is the second Pioneer to win the award after Shinyashiki.

Franks won his third consecutive Coach of the Year award after leading the Pioneers to their second perfect league record, at 5-0-0. He has led the Pioneers to an unbeaten league record in the Summit League for the last three seasons.

Smith, Shinyashiki, DeVoss and Stensson were named to the Summit League first team, while Underwood and Fuller were voted to the Summit League Second Team. Stensson was also named to the AllNewcomer Team.

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No. 3 Pioneer Hockey beats No. 1 St. Cloud State

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o. 3 DU Hockey sees victory over No. 1 St. Cloud State in weekend series with Friday’s game finalizing at 4-2 and Saturday’s game showing DU dominance with a final of 5-1.

On Friday night, No. 3 Denver ended No. 1 St. Cloud State’s seven-game winning streak and earned its fourth consecutive win against the Huskies.

Denver’s weekend’s series against No. 1 St. Cloud State marked its third ranked matchup of the season. Coming into the series, Denver was 3-0-1 against ranked opponents. Denver has scored 23 goals in its last five games and averages 4.11 goals per game, currently ranking fourth in the NCAA. In the first game of the series, sophomore forward Henrik Borgstrom (Helsinki, Finland) opened the scoring for

the Pioneer squad at 12:31 of the first period and the Crimson and Gold kept their lead for the rest of the game. St. Cloud State fought for a 3-2 comeback with 1:02 remaining in regulation, but Borgstrom sealed the Pioneer win with an empty netter, finalizing the score at 4-2 in Denver’s favor.

On Friday, Henrik Borgstrom and junior forward Jarid Lukosevicius (Squamish, B.C.) finished with two goals for the Pioneers while senior goalie Tanner Jaillet (Red Deer, Alberta) made 32 saves for the win.

Denver finished 1/2 on the power play and 5/6 on the penalty kill.

On Saturday night, power plays would define the second frame as senior defenseman Adam Plant (Penticton, B.C.) capitalized on a pair of oppor-

tunities for the DU squad. Plant opened the scoring at 1:32 of the second period off a two on one rush with junior forward Colin Staub (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

Plant’s scored in the top right corner of the net for his first goal of the season. Less than 30 seconds later, sophomore forward Tyson McLellan (San Jose, Calif.) scored on a nearly identical shot to make it 2-0.

In the second period, Plant struck again as he sent a shot through traffic and the Huskies goalie David Hrenak. Sophomore forward Liam Finlay (Kelowna, B.C.) and sophomore defenseman Michael Davies (St. Louis, Mo.) had assists on the power play goal. After surrendering a 3-0 lead, the Huskies got on the board with Kevin Fitzgerald’s goal at 11:14 of the second period to make it 3-1 at the second intermission.

In the third period, Denver capitalized on their second five minute power play of the night.

At 2:43 of the frame, freshman defenseman Ian Mitchell (Calahoo, Alberta) took a shot from the point and junior forward Dylan Gambrell (Bonney Lake, Wash.) finished the goal to make it 4-1. The Pioneers extended their lead to 5-1 at 14:02 of the third period when junior forward Troy Terry (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) drove the net and Lukosevicius put the rebound past Hrenak.

Denver finished 3/8 on the power play and 5/5 on the penalty kill. Jaillet made 21 saves in Saturday’s victory.

Crimson and Gold Hockey will face North Dakota in Magness arena next weekend for another two-game series.

Nikky Johnson | Sports Editor

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Women’s Soccer falls to Boulder in NCAA tournament

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he women’s soccer team finished their season on Nov. 12 with a record of 11-9-1, after winning the Summit League Tournament Title and appearing the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2013.

The Pioneers took a first-half lead, but University of Colorado at Boulder answered in the second half with two goals, to give Boulder the 2-1 lead.

Junior forward Leah Swander (Grand Junction, Colo.) scored Denver’s only goal of the game in the 38th minute off a pass from sophomore Hannah Adler (Oak Park, Calif.). Adler, a Summit League First Team selection, received the ball in the middle of the field and passed it to Swander behind the Buffs defensive line, who made the goals to put Denver up 1-0.

In the second half, Colorado took five shots in the first seven minutes and scored on two of their chances. They equalized the game in the 50th minute, and in the 52nd minute picked up the 2-1 advantage.

In the 69th minute, sophomore keeper Brittany Wilson (Littleton, Colo.) made an impressive diving save to keep Colorado from scoring another goal.

In the 86th minute, a chance at equalizing the game came for the Pioneers when a shot from Swander hit the crossbar. Senior Angelica Pacheco (Taos, N.M.) followed up on the chance, but could not reach it before the Colorado keeper grabbed it.

“Coming off the Summit League Championships, I thought we had a lot of confi-

dence, and it really showed in the first half,” Head Coach Jeff Hooker said following the game.

“I thought that we had our way in the midfield for a majority of the first half, and we just went away from the movement and other stuff that made us successful. I think we lost our patience a little bit at the beginning of the second half, and missed the simple pass, giving them a few more opportunities.

Obviously we’re disappointed in the result, but I thought the team put in a performance to be proud of today.”

This year was the first year since 2013 where the women’s soccer team made it to the NCAA tournament. This was the longest drought that the program had experienced since turning Division 1 in 1998.

“You get spoiled when the expectation of the program there for a while was to compete for an at-large bid every year,” Hooker said. “When it’s taken away from you, you count on your seniors to get you back. They did a really good job of leading this team in the summer and over the course of the fall season. We had two bad defeats, at Santa Barbara and against Colorado, and we did a good job of staying the course and not losing our focus. I’m proud of this group for getting back to the NCAA Tournament.

They represented us well today.

When you’re out of the tournament for a few years it reminds you how special it is to get to the postseason.”

Hannah Branit | Contributing Writer

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How DU can respond to the opioid epidemic A

s the opioid epidemic generates more national attention, questions have been raised about the incidence of opioid use on college campuses. Kids between the ages of 18 and 25 are the most likely group to abuse prescription drugs, with many able to access them through friends and acquaintances.

Although some young adults on college campuses do experiment with or occasionally use these drugs, campuses themselves have not felt the force of the epidemic as strongly. According to an NBC News report, this is because serious drug users often don’t go to college or if they do, they drop out early on. The problem does not usually get heavy attention from school administrators in part because of this relatively lower impact—there is a huge difference between campuses and other communities where opioid addiction and overdose is happening at a much more extreme rate.

The susceptibility of young adults to abuse opioids and the increase in this behavior should absolutely alarm universities all the same. DU itself has felt the blow of this crisis enormously and horribly: a first year student overdosed on heroin and died on campus at the beginning of this

year. The fact that something like this could happen at our school means that more attention must be turned to abuse of these drugs and how this can be addressed by universities, but the larger national discussion will also affect this.

Potential actions on the opioid crisis have been major headlines in the news over the past few weeks, with the president declaring it a public health emergency.

Though several steps have been proposed by the Trump administration, such as advertising, non-addictive drug development and treatment availability, this declaration does not automatically allocate federal funds. While some hoped Trump would instead declare a national emergency and make emergency federal funds available through the Stafford Act, this money could also come from an appropriation from Congress. Indeed, Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Oct. 25 which aims to allocate billions to the problem.

Such freeing of funds is going to be essential for largescale prevention and treatment efforts, and the sooner President Trump realizes this, the sooner relief efforts will grow.

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Prevention and affordable treatment that is able to decrease harm from rampant opioid use nationwide will improve public health and save lives, and it will also be important for the next classes of college students.

Increased addiction support leading to less drug use will help young adults in that 18 to 25 range get to college as well as stay in college, and the spillover effects of this are positive as well. Community support is also essential, and DU should more publicly acknowledge that

opioids are abused here. Incorporating opioid considerations into prevention programs and those that help kids stay sober or recover from substance abuse will be a way to act on this more local level. These are ways that DU can address the crisis where it manifests locally, and we can also support a Congressional appropriations bill that would put needed money toward a currently underfunded fight against a major epidemic.

Elizabeth Lochhead | Opinions Editor

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PIONEER VOICES Question of the week:

What are you most looking forward to during winter break?

“I am looking forward to going to New York and visiting my friends from Canada.”

“I am most looking forward to my mom’s food.”

Sumaiya Sultana Tanu, Graduate Student

Sara McCormack, First Year

“I am most looking forward to seeing my family.”

“I am looking forward to seeing my dog.”

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Elections can change for the better

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he election of Donald Trump one year ago and the 2017 elections on Nov. 7 were both characterized by a kind of political rule breaking when it comes to types of candidates, and both have plenty to indicate about elections to come. Many of the voters who packed into the Trump camp a year ago were attracted by his untraditional, unapologetically unfiltered candidacy, refreshed by his tactics and by promises to “drain the swamp.”

But in many cases, the campaign broke convention in the worst of ways, from revelations of Trump sexually assaulting women to mentioning shooting people on Fifth Avenue. This year’s offyear elections also broke down convention, but this time in an entirely opposite and entirely better fashion. Danica Roem, elected in Virginia, became the first openly transgender legislator. Virginia’s House also nearly doubled the number of women serving. Ravi Bhalla became New Jersey’s first Sikh mayor.

The list of these inspiring firsts goes on. Together, these events show that American voters don’t want a return to the old

normal of elections, but also that it is possible to break from tradition in dignified rather than obscene ways.

and that Trump’s win was often defined by that hate and discrimination—the different election years are not at all similar in

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It can be perplexing to think that there are some shared interests between some of the voters who swept in these progressive new officials in 2017 and some of the voters who chose Trump for the way he contrasted with more traditional candidates. It is certainly true that many of the 2017 victories were triumphs over hate and discrimination

these ways. Where the similarity comes in is the desire to see a candidate reject the confines of political races and put new people in places of power. The sweeping Democratic success on Nov. 7 is very encouraging for all those in favor of progressive politics, but we can’t forget that Trump’s base is still strong. If there is hope for more unity in

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the future, there will have to be more understanding between the two groups. Focusing on the desire to elect officials who bring fresh ideas and personas to various levels of government could very well be a way to find some common ground.

We cannot let something like Donald Trump’s election happen again in terms of electing a bigot in the name of being untraditional. But we also don’t have to return to old conventions, nor should we. Electing people with innovative ideas who represent lots of different American voices oftentimes means electing people, like Danica Roem, who set some firsts. Unlike 2016, the 2017 elections proved that tradition can be broken in ways that promote dignity and diversity and respect. People who shout what they want and tweet what they want are not our only options for putting new faces in government. We should take notice of rare common ground— in this case the desire to ditch convention—and promote these shared ideas with integrity, compassion and inclusion.

Elizabeth Lochhead | Opinions Editor

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Mary Chapin Carpenter shines at the Stanley Hotel

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n Nov. 10 and 11, singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter performed at the historic Stanley Hotel for the second year in a row, drawing her fall tour to a close in Scottsdale, Arizona on Sunday.

Carpenter played the same set both nights, opening with Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin,’” transitioning straight into her own 1994 call-to-action, “Stones in the Road.” Carpenter, never shy about vocalizing her political beliefs, later asserted, “It’s always a good night for a protest song.”

That wasn’t Carpenter’s only “one-two punch” of the night, however. Next, she played another 1994 hit, “Shut Up and Kiss Me,” immediately followed by her Grammy winning Lucinda Williams cover, “Passionate Kisses.” These couplings of kindred songs, including a later pairing of 1992’s “I Feel Lucky” and “I Take My Chances,” structured the show as a sort of a feel-good retrospective, cataloging the passage of time.

After noting that this year marked the 25th anniversary of her critically acclaimed album “Come On, Come On,” and the 30th anniversary of her debut album “Hometown Girl,” Carpenter stated, “People say,

‘We’re so happy to be here!’ and I feel, ‘We’re just so happy to be anywhere!’” then aptly played her 2016 song “The Middle Ages.”

Carpenter and her self-labeled “badass little band” seamlessly switched between her rocking, lively tunes and her folky, more evocative ones. They moved from the pacifying song “Halley Came to Jackson” into the rollicking Dire Straits cover “The Bug,” featuring an interlude of a call-and-response between her guitarist, pianist and killer drum solo, showcasing their dexterity and superlative talent.

The show rides on this boost spirit, closing with the triumphant and encouraging “The Hard Way” with an encore performance of her top two hits, the feminist anthem “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her” and the toe-tapping “Down At the Twist and Shout.”

Mary Chapin Carpenter continuously proves her excellence as a performer and songwriter, whether she’s backed by a full band or solo acoustic, exemplifying just how valuable live music, community and connection are. In her own words, “there will never be a substitute for being here, together.”

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Film scores to keep you sane through finals week Photo courtesy of Focus Features

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s you enter into the woes of week 10, there arises a serious need for efforts to quiet your nerves. If you’re wary of yoga, listening to a good film score should do the trick just as well. While you may feel the urge during study breaks to pull up Netflix or play a favorite new album, finals call for a different type of stimulation, one which can refresh you without completely taking you out of the academic mindset. Whether you are someone who listens to music while you study or only when you’re walking to class, these eccentric and lively movie soundtracks will keep you alert and steady-minded in these trying times.

“The Third Man”

“The Third Man” is considered by many a film enthusiast to be one of the greatest movies of all time.

Starring Orson Welles, the iconic noir runs madly through the dark and cold streets of postwar Vienna.

Almost as acclaimed as the movie itself is the film score composed by Anton Karas. Each number consists solely of zither music, a German string instrument that emits metallic, jaunty notes. Although the score seems altogether cheerful at the surface, upon a closer listen, you sense a distinctly haunted, murderous tone.

“Moonrise Kingdom” While Wes Anderson rarely misses the mark with his whimsical, idyllic films, “Moonrise Kingdom” rises above the rest with its heartfelt nod to childhood romance. Along

with his masterful eye for color, Anderson also seems to possess a sixth sense for knowing just what song would match a particular scene or moment. The soundtrack for “Moonrise Kingdom,” a medley of classic folk tracks and playful symphonies, is as sweet as Sam’s love for Suzy and as weird as Mr. Bishop’s (Bill Murray) Madras pants.

“Amélie” “Amélie” is a quirky French comedy by Jean-Pierre Jeunet that follows an imaginative and naive young woman named Amélie as she attempts to anonymously change the world. Amélie perceives the world around her through the lens of her extraordinary fantasies, creating a film that is as colorful and hilarious as it is sad. French composer Yann

Tiersan constructed a score of classic French serenades that are as alluring and mischievous as Amélie herself.

“Brooklyn” The 2015 film, “Brooklyn,” is a moving tour de force that examines the hardships and hopes of the many Irishmen and women who immigrated to America during the early 20th century. Like the film which travels back and forth between two countries, the score, composed by Michael Brook, is a balance between string-heavy Irish folk tunes and the nostalgic sounds of 1950s America. While the music has a melancholic quality to it, the soothing, soft symphonies are perfect for moments when you need to pause and rest your mind.

AnnMarie Marlow | Arts & Life Editor

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Kindness Yoga can be your solace

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indness Yoga, located less than a mile from DU near the intersection of Evans Avenue and Broadway Street, is perfect for both beginning and advanced students. Whether you’re looking for a relaxing solace from studying or a challenging class that will get you into shape and increase your flexibility, Kindness is the place for you to lay your mat.

Kindness Yoga is the second largest yoga chain in Colorado behind CorePower Yoga. Kindness has gained rapid popularity not only because of its versatility, but it’s spiritually sacred atmosphere and incredibly informed teachers who will readily help you find proper alignment in your poses.

Yoga is a great way to increase flexibility and blood flow, as well as increase our mental clarity and relaxation level. Sitting at desks all day during the quarter, all of the above can be compromised. Even a couple classes can make a huge difference in our body’s overall health, well-being and function.

Kindness has several studio spaces in Colorado. The closest to DU is the South Broadway Street location, which used to be an industrial lumber warehouse and an automotive store. Today, it’s an urban oasis for hundreds of students every week. Two large rooms hold over a dozen classes per day, one space with mirrors and one without. The studio offers a large shower room equipped with lockers and plenty of space to get ready for your day on the go.

For newer students, Peret Mar-

tinelli or William Baldry teach great entry level Vinyasa/Yin classes throughout the week. For more intermediate difficulty, Jarrod Fasser and Jordan Smiley will help you break a sweat without breaking your back. If you’re looking for a challenging, heartbeat elevating flow, David Scott and Jen Hicks teach weekly at the advanced level.

Kindness offers all of their classes for your choice of donation.

A recommended class donation is around ten to twenty dollars, but Kindness welcomes any donation amount, and they’re always grateful for new students to come and check out the studio. Kindness also offers clean mats to borrow for any student, free of charge.

Unlike CorePower, Kindness is a company that cares about each and every individual who walks inside the studio. The studio has a warm, welcoming light that lingers throughout the rest of your day after a practice. One can always anticipate that they’ll learn something from their teacher, or look at the world a little differently afterward.

Kindness is motivated to teach students about holistic health, rather than help them merely achieve a pose.

Yoga not only changes the way we look at the world, it changes the way we look at ourselves, and the way we move throughout the world.

Kindness Yoga is a great studio to start your practice, and although yoga is not for everyone, it is guaranteed to help your health.

Kendall Morris | Arts & Life Editor

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