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STORM WARNING: A POWERFUL DISPLAY ON CLIMATE CHANGE

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Rally at Free Speech Wall inspires unity on campus

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tudents from all groups on campus united together on April 12 in front of the Free Speech Wall to celebrate empathy and acceptance and to peacefully protest the use of “political incorrectness” as an excuse for hate.

The rally was in response to the DU Young Americans

for Freedom’s event, “Political Incorrectness: A Celebration of Free Speech at DU.” The rally gave a chance for students to gather in a space filled with love and support for one another, relax, dance to music and eat pizza. Each student who attended helped paint the Free Speech Wall.

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One side was a re-creation of the Pride Flag in honor of the flag’s creator Gilbert Baker, who recently passed away on March 31. The words “your story isn’t over yet” with a semicolon was in honor of Project Semicolon’s founder Amy Bleuel, who passed away on March 29. The other side had the words “political

incorrectness is no excuse for hate” with everyone’s signatures surrounding it.

This event included participation from students throughout all organizations on campus, and was a time to celebrate diversity, inspire hope and unify DU. Grace Carson | Opinions Editor

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Student event addresses free speech at DU The Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) club on the DU campus brought a guest speaker to discuss “political incorrectness” on Wednesday, April 12.

Matt Rhodes, the president of YAF, introduced Justin Longo as the speaker to provide an “alternative point to [the DU] campus that desperately needs it.” Longo is a dual degree graduate in business management and economics from George Mason University and works at the Independence Institute in Denver. To set the mood, speakers filled Lindsay Auditorium with Eminem, NWA and the Sex Pistols and for eight minutes, the crowd’s whispers words to chants of “this is weird.”

Justifying the music choices, Longo stated that each artist participated in his or her personal form of rebellion against an oppressive system. Just like how NWA’s “F*ck Tha Police” was a rebel yell against police brutality against African Americans, Young Americans for Freedom stated that they promote open dialogue that resists the oppres-

sive PC (political correctness) on [college campuses.]

“We should have tolerance for all kinds of speech even hateful, bigoted speech,” said Longo. “[You] flesh out what ideas are good and what ideas are bad overtime. Then society learns by having the public discussion, and as that society evolves, that creates the conditions of political will to form the legislation that we want.”

Longo argued his reasoning behind free speech through four points in support of practicing political incorrectness: being offended is how we learn, without free speech, ideas cannot be applied to the scientific method, hate speech is a minority’s best friend and limiting free speech would eventually lead to violence.

“Being offended is how we learn,” Longo said. “If we can’t be offended and criticize ideas we cannot figure out what ideas, are good and what ideas are bad. We can’t learn from one another.”

According to Longo, besides

religion, everything else must be hypothesis, not each other,” debated. He says that knowledge said Longo.

The lecture ended with a and truth break through our mental barriers and that offense question and answer session should be promoted, for it is how that eventually turned into the ideas can change. If we stop the crowd scolding and laughing conversation when someone is during the answer portions. offended, then we stop the pur- However, Longo did not really answer any of the questions that suit of truth.

While his speaking style was were directed at him, frequently scattered, Longo did articulate answering with sarcasm. Rhodes why he thought it was safer to proved to be more successful not limit free speech, saying that at responding.

The event ended with a disit protects the minority opinion.

“Laws against hate speech cussion of pasta, individuals keep hate in the shadows,” said yelling at the audience before Longo. “Let people expose their leaving the auditorium and beliefs. I would like to know if people throwing and destroying the coffee shop owner is a bigot the foam middle fingers that had been provided at the beginning so I can never go there again.”

He followed that up by of the event. No future events saying that moments of conflict were mentioned.

A group of student activists between ideologies allow the minority within the discussion held a meeting in Sturm immeto correct flaws in the attacking diately after the YAF event to argument as well as change the discuss and debrief.

More information about opponent’s mindset.

His final argument was that Young Americans for Freedom is it should be the ideas that are available online. attacked, not the person because ideas should be exposed.

“Let’s kill each other’s Melyssa Bigelow | Contributing Writer

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No. 9 gymnastics earns program-best final ranking

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n a banner year for No. 9 DU gymnastics, the team finished with its highest-ever final national ranking after competing at the NCAA Championships on April 14 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Having been to four championships in program history, Denver’s 196.475 final score marked a school record on the championship stage. DU finished fifth in the sixteam field, as the top three teams advanced to the Super Six. Finishing third on bars with a team score of 49.3000, Denver’s highest scoring gymnast in the event was senior Julia Ross (Henderson, Nevada), whose 9.8875 landed her in a tie for fifth place.

Ross’s performance on the bars was the final routine of her career for the Pioneers, ending a spectacular run for the senior.

Named a second-team All-American on the bars, Ross helped lead Denver to one of their most successful seasons of all-time.

“We’re so proud of our seniors.

Julia had an outstanding meet, hitting four-for-four at nationals to finish a successful senior year where she competed in the allaround every meet,” said Head Coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart.

Competing in each of the meet’s events, Ross also recorded 9.8000 on vault, 9.7625 on beam and 9.8375 on floor. She scored a

39.2875 in the all-around, finish- team scored their highest championship marks ever in the bars, ing 13th out of 19 ladies.

Freshman sensation Maddie beam and floor.

“We plan to capitalize on this Karr (Stillwater, Minnesota) scored a 39.4750, good for fourth at the semi- performance and build on it next final. She finished in the top-10 on year. This year solidified Denver bars, vault and floor. Karr was also Gymnastics as one of the nation’s named a first-team All-American on elite teams. We have a strong the all-around and a second-team group of athletes returning next year, and we have a tremendous All-American on vault and bars.

Senior Rachel Fielitz (Walden, freshman class coming in. The New York) posted a 9.7500 in her future is very bright,” Kutcher-Rinehart said. final performance on the vault.

DU will return nine of 12 gymHaving a tough day on the bars, senior Leah Lomonte (Katy, nasts for the 2018 season, including Texas) mustered a 8.1125 in her the standout Karr, in hopes of building on their success this past year. last routine for DU. Overall, it was a historic day in DU gymnastics history, as the Braiden Albrecht-Reed | Sports Editor

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Surging men’s golf lands in top-10 at tourney

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rofessional golfer Sergio Garcia may have claimed his first major championship victory on April 9 in a thrilling finish at The Masters, but the real excitement lay in the anticipation of the DU men’s golf squad competing at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic on April 10-11.

The Pioneers traveled south into the Sonoran Desert to the Whirlwind Golf Club in Chandler, Arizona, where the tournament was played on the lengthy Cattail Course of 7,334 yards. Par for the course was 72.

The first two rounds of the 54-hole event took place on Monday, April 10, and DU was in a tie for 12th when play ceased.

The team shot a combined score of 587 (290-297), 11-over par, and were 20 strokes behind Long Beach State who sat atop the leaderboard at 9-under par.

Junior Chris Korte (Littleton, Colorado) and Freshman Eric Hagan (Aberdeen, Washington) posted the low rounds of the day for the squad. Shooting a pair of impressive two-under par 70s in the morning round also included a hole-in-one on the par-three 15th hole for Korte. Korte would unfortunately not be able to complete his afternoon round due to illness, and Hagan would follow up his

morning round with an afternoon three-over par 75, leaving him at one-over going into the final loop.

Also contributing on Monday was Junior Jake Kelley (Littleton, Colorado), who carded 2-over par (73-73) through day one of the tournament.

“This morning, we had two solid rounds of 70, two-under-par and 73, and we were a fourth score away from being in the lead,” Head Coach Erik Billinger said.

Kelley shot the low round of the day for the Pios on Tuesday, posting a one-under par 71 and finishing in a tie for 24th on the individual leaderboard, the highest individual finish on the team. He was assisted

by Korte, who rebounded from an illness with a stellar even par 72.

Senior Petter Mikalsen (Stavanger, Norway) fired one-over par 73 in the final round.

These efforts would allow Denver to climb up the team leaderboard two spots and into solo 10th. Their final team score was a 14-over par 878 (290-297-291), 35 strokes behind winner UC Santa Barbara, who would finish up at 21-under par.

“Lots of positives to take from this week,” Billinger said after the tournament. “I am proud of Jake and Eric for stepping up. Each player has a few things they need to continue to work on in order

for this team to play up to its potential. A positive attitude and lots of hard work is what we are going to do.”

Denver remains the team with the lowest scoring average in the Summit League standings with an average of 294.6 strokes per round. This average is almost an

entire stroke better than that of South Dakota, who is the closest to DU in the standings at 295.9 strokes per round.

The Pioneers will be back on the course on April 15 at the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City.

Drew Kort | Contributing Writer

Photo courtesy of DU men’s golf Facebook

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Women’s tennis dominant in Summit League play

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he No. 41 DU women’s tennis team racked up two Summit League wins against South Dakota State University and University of Nebraska Omaha, downing both opponents 7-0. Denver earned both victories on the road, defeating the Jackrabbits in Sioux Falls, North Dakota on April 14 and the Mavericks in Omaha, Nebraska on April 15.

Against SDSU, all six of Denver’s participants in the singles competition earned wins, with only one going to three sets. In a hard-fought win, junior Julia O’Loughlin (Highland Beach, Florida) downed her opponent 6-3 and 10-3 after dropping the first set 6-7.

Redshirt sophomore Arisha Ladhani (Vancouver, British Columbia) only lost one point, winning her matches 6-0 and 6-1.

Playing without her usual partner senior Maureen Slattery (Newport News, Virginia), O’Loughlin was unable to find victory in her doubles match. She and senior Sonja Radosevic (Miami, Florida) dropped the competition 6-3.

The Pioneers’ other two doubles teams were more successful, as combinations of Ladhani and freshman Claire Koke (Calgary, Alberta), as well as sophomore Bianca Mok (Boise, Idaho) and senior Morgan Barnhill (Austin, Texas), were able to win their matches 6-1.

In their next matchup of the week, DU would again sweep the singles competition by winning all six against the Mavericks. Suiting up against UNO, Slattery, fresh off of earning Summit League Player of the Week honors, checked in another dominant performance in refusing to relinquish one point by winning both of her sets 6-0.

In the doubles competition, Denver swept the competition. The No. 12 ranked combination of Slattery and O’Loughlin reunited, earning a commanding victory via a 6-1 score.

Denver improved to 13-6 on the season, including a sparkling 4-0 against conference opponents. The team’s next opponent is the University of Utah, who will travel to the Mile High City for a match on April 18.

Photo courtesy of DU women’s tennis Facebook

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Men’s lacrosse downs St. John’s, shoots to No. 3

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ith a 18-12 victory over the St. John’s University Red Storm on Saturday, April 17, the No. 3 DU Pioneers clinched their sport in the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championships in Providence the first week of May. Head Coach Bill Tierney recorded his 500th game on Saturday, becoming the seventh coach in Division l men’s lacrosse to reach that achievement. Tierney is second in Division l wins with 377, three behind Duke coach John Danowski.

The Pioneers attack was led by 2016 Tewaaraton Finalist and senior captain Connor Cannizzaro (Cazenovia, New York) who

amassed six points on five goals and one assist. Cannizzaro currently holds the nation’s longest active point streak at 52 games.

Freshman attack Ethan Walker (Peterborough, Ontario) drew a five-point day, scoring two goals and dishing three assists. Sophomore midfielder Colton Jackson (Highlands Ranch, Colorado) recorded his fourth-career hat trick, scoring each on the man-up.

Faceoff extraordinaire Trevor Baptiste (Denville, New Jersey) dominated 22-for-29 at the X. Baptiste collected 13 ground balls and scored his eighth goal of the season.

Sophomore goalie Alex Ready (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) recorded 7 saves in his 54:40 of

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play before being substituted by freshman Josh Matte (Issaquah, Washington) who made 3 saves in the duration of the game.

Denver jumped to an early 5-2 advantage over St. John’s, as sophomore attack Austin French (Danville, California) sparked a six-goal run carrying over into the second quarter, with less than two minutes remaining in the first quarter. Classmate Quinn McKone (Novato, California) rounded out Denver’s run, tallying the score 7-2 four minutes into the second quarter as the midfielder scored his first career goal.

The Red Storm gained momentum on a 4-2 run to trail Denver 6-9 at the half. St. John’s

were the first to draw blood starting the second-half, but the Pioneers would outscore the Red Storm 5-2 in the third quarter, extending their lead 14-8.

With the cushioned lead, Denver rotated third and fourth lines in the final quarter of play.

DU and St. John’s exchanged four goals in the final frame of action.

Denver’s win also punched the Providence College Friars’ ticket to the conference tournament. The two unbeaten BIG EAST teams will clash Saturday, April 22 at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. Faceoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. MT. Sasha Kandrach | News Editor

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Student argues for marijuana education

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erhaps it is because we are students in Colorado, where marijuana is legalized, or perhaps not. Either way, it is among common perception from students at DU, and I believe among students in general across college campuses nationwide, that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. Because of this misconceptions, students continue to make poor decisions and require education about safe marijuana use.

From talking to other students in my hall and around campus, it seems as if the common perceptions as to why marijuana is safer exist because it is natural, you can’t overdose from it and it is not addictive.

Students also may not be aware that there are different strains and potency levels. With alcohol

it is oftentimes easier to gauge how much you are ingesting by taste. With marijuana, especially in the form of edibles, it can be more difficult to truly know how much you are ingesting. Because of these misconceptions, many students also seem to believe that they are capable of driving while high, while they may not even think of driving while intoxicated.

On campus, it is difficult to determine whether marijuana is more of a visible problem than alcohol.

Marie Spence, a Resident Assistant in Johnson-McFarlane, explained, “There’s a lot of both. From my perspective as an RA, it seems that marijuana may be more obvious because it is easier to identify because the smell is so strong, but that does not mean there is necessarily

more of one or the other.”

So, is marijuana actually causing considerable harm on campus? Of course, it depends on who you ask, but the greater problem is not whether or not it is more or less dangerous than alcohol but whenever students simply do not know as well as they should, generally, the possible dangers of marijuana.

I have found that there is much more education about alcohol use than marijuana.

This is likely because marijuana is legal in so few states nationwide, so alcohol is seen as a more common danger to students if used hazardously.

All incoming freshmen at DU are required to complete “AlcoholEdu for College,” described by their website as, “an interactive online program designed to reduce the negative conse-

quences of alcohol amongst students.” However, we are not required to take a similar class regarding marijuana use.

There is a substantial amount of marijuana use on campus.

This absolutely has to do with the fact that marijuana is legal in Colorado, making marijuana more easily attainable.

Substance use will never be completely eradicated from college campuses, and thus it is crucial to educate students how to use safely, as has been happening with alcohol. However, because marijuana is legal in Colorado, DU must add education about marijuana use as a requirement, as is already in place for alcohol, to correct the misconceptions and increase safe marijuana use.

Maya Piñón | Contributing Writer

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Is Trump willing to bargain to abolish Obamacare?

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fter Donald Trump’s healthcare bill was shut down in Congress three weeks ago, he has been forced to reconsider his promise to dismantle ObamaCare, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This leaves everyone to wonder, what’s next? Will Trump create a new healthcare bill or try to push his first bill through Congress again? Will he let the issue go?

Or will he try to bargain his way into a new healthcare system?

According to The New York Times, Politico, Breitbart and MarketPlace, Trump has opted to use a business bargaining trick to persuade congressional democrats to back his bill. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Trump stated a plan to withhold healthcare subsidy payments until democrats agree to work with him on this bill.

By withholding healthcare

subsidies, Trump is denying seven million people affordable health care. These seven million individuals include children, covered by Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and low income individuals covered

by Medicaid.

There are millions of people who rely on these programs to receive the medication they need to survive. By refusing to pay these subsidies, Trump is using his position as president to bargain the lives of human beings so he can get his way.

That is beyond ridiculous.

One democrat, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, put it eloquently when he said, “President Trump is threatening to hold hostage health care for millions of Americans, many of whom voted for him, to achieve a political goal of repeal that would take healthcare away from millions more.”

As of now, congressional able Care Act (ACA) or a new Democrats have remained healthcare proposal, that affects unfazed by Trump’s threat. so many people and not have Many, such as Missouri’s sena- it be bipartisan.” tor Claire McCaskill, are using The simple fact of the matter Trump’s poorly planned attack is that Trump is under the to rouse their own party into impression that his position as action. During a town-hall-style president gives him the right to meeting in Missouri, McCaskill use human lives as bargaining even stated that “Republicans chips. The people covered by are in control of government. government health care subsiIf they blow up what access to dies are not getting an unnechealth care there is right now, essary handout; they are being they’re going to own it.” granted basic healthcare so they But on top of the obvious can survive in a world where opposition Democrats are Trump can take several three showing, many Republicans million dollar trips to Florida. are demonstrating reservations Trump doesn’t grasp the effects about Trump’s approach. House his childish antics will have on Representative Justin Amash, actual human beings, and if he a republican from Michigan, does, there is nothing a little stated, “Let’s start over in a political opposition can do to bipartisan way. We should have save them. worked with Democrats from the very beginning. At the end of the day, you cannot pass legislation, whether it’s the Afford- Caitlan Gannam | Contributing Writer

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Storm Warning, an exhibit on climate change T he Vicki Myhren Gallery in the Shwayder Art Building on campus is currently hosting “Storm Warning: Artists on Climate Change,” a powerful - and free temporary exhibition.

The exhibit was curated by Jeffrey Keith, a Denver artist and DU art and art history professor, who hoped to create a meaningful, conversational exhibit about the impending “storm” of climate change.

As stated on the exhibit’s opening plaque, Keith intended for the exhibit to “look at the strategies artists use to create storm warnings of a different order.” He cites “awareness, ownership and action over time” as guiding principles for selecting the art.

With the exception of possibly Chris Jordan’s “Drowned Laysan Albatross,” which serves as the logo for the exhibit, none of the

works of art directly depict horrors or try to convince the viewer to take action. They instead inspire thought and provoke conversations by exploring multiple facets of the issue, often with an unconventional approach in both message and form.

As Keith explains in his statement accompanying Mari Omori’s interactive “Gifting” piece, “We are so used to being talked at about climate change that the simple act of offering [or any of the other unique approaches]...can seem out of place.”

These fascinating perspectives include the humorous and seemingly indirect spirit of the wall-sized piece that greets viewers entering in, “The Job of the Artist is to Always Deepen the Mystery,” as well as the digital print photos of J. Henry Fair, which intentionally draw viewers in with their aesthetic beauty, only to catch them in “a state

of shame” when they realize the subjects are ecological disasters.

Elsewhere, Katherine Ball’s “Seed Fireworks” takes a whimsical angle. It’s comprised of small homemade rockets powered by types of seeds that germinate when exposed to fire, which she accompanies with a discussion on the epidemic of human-created wildfires.

Regan Rosburg, on the other hand, invites viewers to truly enter into their grief with her beautiful walk-in tent-like work, “The Relentless Memorial.”

The highlight of the show, though, is Brian House’s multimedia work, “Animas.” In a stunning display of creativity, House hung four panels of sheet metal over microphones that pick up the natural resonance of the metals and send them out through amplifiiers, that’s the eerie white noise you’ll hear when you walk in.

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The interesting becomes jaw-dropping, however, when it is revealed that the sheets are the four types of metal that have exceeded EPA tolerances in Colorado’s Animas river, and the sounds they produce are adjusted according to real-time data sent by water quality sensors in the river.

With a non-preachy, but ultimately incredibly moving tone, Storm Warning is perhaps the most nuanced and entertaining artistic criticism of environmental issues you’re likely to see in the near future. It is definitely worth the short walk to the Art Building.

Storm Warning runs until April 30. Admission is free to all. Gallery hours and more information can be found on the Vicki Myhren Gallery website.

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DU breaks down walls surround ing mental health M ental wellness is an under-discussed aspect of college life.

While everyday conversation surrounding mental health continues to be stifled, the concern over a college student’s mental health is growing, with 95 percent of college counseling center directors agreeing that the number of students with significant psychological problems is a growing concern in their center of campus, according to the American Psychiatric Association.

Often, students struggling may want help but are not sure how to get it. They are afraid of reaching out to those around them due to negative stigma. They are afraid of reaching out to professional help because they aren’t sure what the resources are or are afraid they won’t be able to afford counseling.

The Health and Counseling Center (HCC) is an on-campus resource that provides medical and mental health services.

Anand Desai, a psychologist and the Group & Outreach Coordinator at the center,

explained the multiple programs the HCC provides. In addition to individual counseling, the center has psychiatry and medicine management services, “Let’s Talk,” which is an anonymous, confidential drop-in counseling program.

There are also same-day access services, where on certain days students can be seen that same day if they need to talk about something.

Some may question what the university’s role in mental health should be. When you look at the statistics, the involvement of the university in this issue is actually essential to its success. According to a survey done by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 64 percent of people who drop out of college in the United States leave due to mental health related reasons.

“Given that, I think it’s really important for resources to be sent to health and counseling centers. It’s something where we need to be proactive and not reactive,” said Desai in response to this.

On April 6, Fresh Check Day set up on Driscoll Green, which was a collaboration between multiple groups on campus including the HCC, DU Mind and Campus Life and Inclusive Excellence. The event was put on to increase awareness about mental health and help educate and equip students with the resources they need.

“I’ve personally had my own mental health issues in the past, and I knew I needed to get help,” said third year media studies major Claire Whitnah as she explained her search for a counseling center in the area that worked for her.

“Looking back on it I can look at myself and see all the problems that I had, and now I’m very grateful I’m getting help.

If I didn’t get help, I think I’d be in a worse place,” she said.

The center of the event featured a booth called “9/10.” At this booth was Leisha Chilas, a Graduate Assistant for the DU Suicide Prevention Project.

She explained that one out of 10 college students will seri-

ously consider suicide. A goal of the program and of this booth was to educate students on how to be one of the other nine that reaches out to this one individual. She stressed the importance of having a conversation with someone who is struggling.

“If you are concerned about a friend, the best thing to do is to speak up. Even if you feel awkward about it, just say, ‘Hey I’ve noticed that you’ve been seeming really down lately. Would you like to talk about it?’ Try to start a conversation about it,” said Chilas.

The resources are there, but support for mental wellness starts at the individual level, whether one reaches out to help others or seeks support themselves.

The conversation around mental health has to be comfortable enough for people to express themselves. These centers, events, programs and people attempt to break down these walls and allow the community to flourish.

Taylor Sienkiewicz | Contributing Writer

The Grind: Black Black Coffee & Kitchen “If your coffee needs doctoring, it must be broken,” reads Black Black Coffee’s motto.

This unique slogan holds true to the trendy and one-of-akind coffee shop which will surely fill your espresso fix and trendy coffee shop needs.

If you are looking for an escape from all the stress and anxiety of campus, Black Black Coffee is a short 25-minute drive to a study-friendly spot where you are sure to be productive while sipping on your favorite coffee drink. On a bright and bustling morning, smells of delicious drinks and breakfast foods drift around the quiet spot. It’s nothing short of perfect.

Black Black Coffee opened two years ago when the owner, Joshua McNeilly made a goal “to create an experience that will get people more intimate with their coffee, as well as facilitate approachability with your barista and kitchen staff.”

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This holds true as all baristas and chefs explain to their customers why their drink or food selection is so special. When questioned on what makes Black Black Coffee different from other shops, a friendly barista behind the counter explained, “We try to bring in the best roasters from around the country to make our coffee drinks so delicious and unique. It’s not really the skill of the barista—well a little— but mainly everyone loves our brews and espresso because of our selection of roasters.”

He proceeded to make his favorite drink, a cortado with Flapjack Roasters coffee beans out of Houston and organic 2% milk. Black Black Coffee continues to achieve is goal, as it reveals incredible customer service, a unique and wide range of coffee roasters and an appealing, industrial-themed space.

Black Black Coffee emphasizes their favorite and most

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popularly-used roaster brews and espressos from around the country: Sweet Bloom— Denver, Middle State Coffee— Denver, Commonwealth— Denver, George Howell Terroir—Boston, Parlor— Brooklyn, Cartel—Phoenix and Penrose—Denver.

Their menu is basic to many coffee shops, with black and cold brew coffees ranging from $3.00 to $5.00. Espresso drinks are offered, including macchiato ($3.75), cortado ($3.75), cappuccino ($4.00) and latte ($4.00). Non-coffee drinks offered include chai ($4.00), hot chocolate ($4.00), Tea ($3.50) and kampuchea ($4.00).

Black Black Coffee is also known for their pristine and delicious kitchen, which produces fantastic breakfast foods, sandwiches and salads (all under $10.00).

With large and sunny outdoor seating, customers meet

with friends and colleagues to catch up on work while soaking in the sun’s rays. Others sit at the bar and watch their food and drinks made right in front of them. The loft seating offers a quiet space for studying, while others enjoy the tasteful music that fills the store. Dogs are welcome and freely beg for attention and food, which brings a smile to all customers enjoying the peace Black Black Coffee & Kitchen offers.

5/5 Stars Cost: $ Suggestions: (Drink) Cortado or Kampuchea (Food) Breakfast Burrito or “The Farmer” Salad Location: 459 Ringsby Ct, Denver CO Hours: Monday-Friday: 7:30a.m.2:30p.m.

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Tips for getting the internship

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s summer approaches, college students are now considering how they are going to spend their free time productively which includes investigating internships. To help facilitate the application process, Associate Professor and Interim Director of Internships for the Media, Film and Journalism (MFJS) department Derigan Silver and DU Career Center director Mary Michael Hawkins have some insight to better Pios’ chances of getting an internship.

First, figure out if the internship is right for you.

It’s easy to fall under the trap of assuming that you simply need to have an internship for the sake of buffing up your resume. But relevant work experience is important, so ditch the ones that make you go on coffee runs and, as Silver suggests, consider the potential learning value of the opportunity.

If students make it to the interview portion of the process but are still unsure if the opportunity is worth it, Hawkins wants students to ask their interviewer questions to clarify any hesitations they may have.

When it comes to clubs… quality over quantity.

Being a part of an organization will show that a student is well-rounded and not just focused on his or her grades, but it’s important to not get overwhelmed and not dabble with numerous clubs. This is Hawkins’s biggest recommendation. She wants students to pick one or two clubs to be committed enough to and then take on a leadership role or a committee membership with them.

In addition to showing involvement, Silver says to participate in activities “That [are] going to show your work product,” because “[employers] want to see if you can actually do this.” This does not mean the activity must be school related. For MFJS students, Silver provides examples of ways students can show their work: they can have a YouTube channel, have a good social media presence or develop a portfolio site.

Avoid the common mistakes.

In terms of the resume, a common mistake that Hawkins sees is a student’s inability to build out their experiences properly. For example, say the student is a server at a

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restaurant, explains Hawkins.

On their resume it should not say, “I waited tables.” Instead, the student should mention the skills learned from the experience: thinking on their feet, providing good customer service or having up-selling/ sales skills.

Another common mistake Hawkins points out is students “using complete sentences instead of statements and action verbs” on their resumes.

Students should have their resumes be clear and concise and lack “I” statements. Using verbs ending with “-ed” or “-ing” is a safe bet.

For cover letters, it’s important to avoid using a template. No one wants that embarrassing moment of having two different organizations mentioned in the same letter. “If they can see that you have spent some time understanding their business, looking at the job description and how you fit with that job description, that time will be well spent,” said Hawkins.

Also, for any document students submit to a potential internship or job, be aware of the dreaded grammar errors and know that there is a good

balance of black and white.

Don’t panic.

It’s normal to feel stressed with the application process, especially in the middle of the already busy quarter. To ease the anxiety, Hawkins encourages students to just get started. “The stress of thinking ‘I need to do this, I need to do this,’ and not doing anything just compounds itself. I can’t tell you how many students walk out of our office and say, ‘Thank you, I feel so much better’ because they’ve started the process,” she said.

For any additional help, students can check out the DU Career Services website for more resume/cover letter help and schedule a meeting with a Career Center advisor to get individual help. MFJS students looking for internship opportunities can look at the weekly internship emails from Silver. The Pioneer Career Blog is another resource students can use to look at internship opportunities, upcoming events designed to help students or read articles on the internship process.

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DU Theatre Capstone Cycle One impresses

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or those who have never attended the DU Department of Theatre Senior Capstone Festival, it is a unique theatrical experience.

During Spring Quarter each year, graduating theatre majors direct their own short plays that encompass ing the skills they have acquired at DU and showcase the talents of their peers. Capstones fall into three different cycles, and Cycle One concluded performances on April 16 after sold out shows and a phenomenal start.

Cycle One featured five short plays alternating between the JMac Black Box and White Box theatres. Changes between shows were smooth and short, allowing viewers to stay in “audience mode” while still taking a moment to revel in emotion and mentally transition to an entirely different play. Each was distinct and thoroughly enjoyable for audiences, whether they were left disturbed, confused, shocked or joyful at the end.

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“Halfway” The production began with Emily Schwend’s play “Halfway,” directed by senior Katie Walker. It had a cast of only two, featuring Kat (Rhianna DeVries) and Melissa (Shelby Lynhall) working with a simple White Box set of a kitchen. The play portrays a conversation between the two women who, as dialogue progresses, we come to know more and more about: they are sisters who have not seen each other in quite some time, the visit takes place at a halfway house and Kat currently resides there as she recovers from a long history of traumatic substance abuse. They discuss past, present and future, and the audience learns the heartbreaking story of a woman on such a long and strict road of recovery that, according to Melissa, her young daughter no longer remembers who she is.

The words between them are incredibly authentic and true; the pair sits and eats Oreos—all that Kat has to offer Melissa as food and drink—and the audience members squirm in their seats during uncomfortably lengthy pauses and the awkward interactions of the sisters. DeVries and Lynhall were strikingly real. “Halfway” is the most realistic of the five shows in Cycle One, and the ideas of recovery, family and love really hit home.

“Variations on the Death of Trotsky” David Ives’s short play, “Variations on the Death of Trotsky,” hardly could have differed more from the first show. Senior Liz Butler took on directing this odd, humorous and thought-provoking play that stood out as a favorite for audience members. The show chronicles the assassination of Leon Trotsky, famous Marxist, politician and

revolutionary leader, which was a rather strange affair. The real Trotsky had an axe split into his head by his gardener of the time, Ramon, and did not die for a full day after the almostbotched assassination attempt.

The play conveys different versions of the day after. Trotsky (Jack Trembath) has an axe in the top of his head when his wife (Grady Hicks) reads in a modern day encyclopedia that the axe hit will kill him any moment.

Puppet shows, plot twists and other strange occurrences take place, including the appearance of the killer, Ramon (Jose Serrano), a hilarious caricature of a “Mexican communist.”

The show was funny, dark and clever, switching tones between pure smark comedy to intense profundities. One particularly striking line was, “Gives you a little bit of hope, doesn’t it? That a man with a mountain climber’s axe in his head can go on to live another day?” There were audible reactions from the audience in both the hilarious and the serious moments of the play, and the wit and weight of it was overall indescribable.

“Mary, Mother of Intercede for Us”

God,

DU senior Nicole Seefried directed Theresa Rebeck’s “Mary, Mother of God, Intercede for Us.” The play stars Evan Monteith as Mary, the mother of God, as she reports a list of those who have prayed to God and for what. It’s a one woman show, with Mary simply communicating with God as an unheard-from light spector above. She begins with simple requests like drought relief or war protection, which God makes no promises for. Then, she tells God of a woman raped by her step-brother and needing an abortion. God seems to scorn and

rebel against this. Mary seems to be a bit frustrated, but moves on.

The final case we hear is that of a priest asking to be transferred to a different church after molesting young altar boys; he “heartily apologizes” for what he calls an “indiscretion.” To Mary’s shock, God grants the criminal priest his prayers, and the play ends.

“Mary, Mother of God, Intercede for Us” was hilarious and incredibly smart. For such a short play, it made some relevant commentaries about religion, abortion, assault and the overall corruption of the Catholic Church. The script itself was amazing, and all the students involved brought the uncomfortable and clever show to life.

“Please Report Any Suspicious Activity” This play was both completely normal and entirely unreal. It opens to an unnamed man (Jack Anderson) on the bus as he sits and reads. Then, two dolphins (Mikah Conway and Erik Frederiksen) board the bus.

Antonio and Dirk (the dolphins) are clearly in a pretty turbulent romantic relationship. They quarrel, one on either side of the awkward man, about their trip to the aquarium, Dirk’s shark ex-boyfriend and other issues.

The two dolphins argue heatedly but eventually work out their issues and get off the bus.

Rosa Wariner directed this play by Rick Park, and it was delightful to watch. Aside from the fact that the main couple in the show consisted of two male dolphins, it was rather normal.

If you close your eyes and ignore the fish puns, it may have been an average, everyday couple.

They dealt with issues like love, romance, jealousy and history as any couple would; they just happened to be homosexual dolphins.

It sounds odd, but the cast was hilarious and heartfelt in both words and body language, and it was definitely worth the watch.

“Two Conversations Overheard on Airplanes” The final play was senior Evan Mues’s project entitled “Two Conversations Overheard on Airplanes,” a play by Sarah Ruhl. Set once again in the White Box, the play showed four people (Anthony Adu, Mary Grace Roach, Kevin Douglas and Danforth Webster) interacting, as the title implies, on an airplane. Four incredibly different people had two strikingly weird conversations, and their personalities are all revealed piece by piece until complications lead to the plane crashing.

Through a diverse group of characters, the short play tackled issues like race, politics and age rather fluidly, and it was something quite special to see the interactions between them.

This play, out of all five, probably left the audience most confused and shocked, as Ruhl’s plays are known for being somewhat eccentrically artistic. After the plane crashed, the lights rose again to the sight of all four characters wearing thick masks of flowers.

They remove them one by one and shake hands with each other, feeling the silence of an audience struck with the beauty and strangeness of such a moment.

While Cycle One has ended, don’t miss the upcoming performances and the chance to experience the students of the DU Department of Theatre at their finest. Cycle Two runs from May 3-7 and Cycle Three from May 23-28.

Taryn Allen | Copy Editor

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“DAMN” is Kendrick Lamar’s new masterpiece

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endrick Lamar’s fourth album, “DAMN,” is a sprawling yet sparse masterpiece that blends layers of introspection with Lamar’s typical political, topical and religious themes. Foregoing the classic hip-hop storytelling of his commercial debut, “Good Kidd, M.A.A.D City,” and the jazz/funk inspired poetic political diatribe of “To Pimp a Butterfly (TPAB),” “DAMN,” is something completely different from anything Lamar has produced and different than anything else in the hip hop world.

“DAMN” is a project of duality, a constant theme in Lamar’s work. “A Gemini, duality personalities always conflict in me,” he raps on “untitled 06” from his b-side LP “untitled unmastered.” Throughout the record he grapples with issues of competing emotions: lust and love, humility and pride, faith and fear, life and death.

Less broad in its reach than his previous albums, “DAMN” is a journey through the mind of a man who feels stuck between being a saviour for his people, his home and the fickle rap industry and being an eternally damned soul in the eyes of the universe. This duality is also felt sonically in the music, which switches between hard hitting, trap-inspired beats paired with Lamar’s violent flow and dreamy tracks that find Lamar sharing more sing-songy verses with collaborators such as Rihanna, and the new-to-thescene falsetto of Zacari.

The lyrics in “DAMN” are more direct and visible in meaning than Lamar’s previous album. This is not to mean that the album lacks vivid symbolism and metaphorical language, but it relies more on its direct diction and shots at everyone ranging from “wack artists” to the figureheads of Fox News and the Commander in Chief himself, than on deeply complex metaphors.

The jazz production of

“TPAB” is replaced on “DAMN” with experimental, direct beats that range from the hard knocking trap, audio panning beat of “DNA” or “HUMBLE,” to the Steve Lacy-produced, Mac DeMarco vibe inducing “PRIDE.” The album is less angst and anger than it is meditating spirituality and self reflecting disquiet. The tunes shift sonically throughout the album, ranging from the late summer night driving song “LOYALTY ft. Rihanna,” to the experimental (the beat’s centerpiece is an alarm clock-esque siren) hard hitting lyrical malaise “XXX (ft. U2),” to the boom-bap and guitar backed three parted storytelling of “FEAR. ” The album might not share the musical complexity and funk inspiration of TPAB, but it matches the award winning 2015 album in terms of lyrical content. The first track, “BLOOD,” combines lush production with a spoken word segment by Lamar that finds him being shot (the gunshot punctuates the song), before fading into a clip from a Fox News segment where the reporters criticized Lamar’s hit 2015 song and the eventual anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement, “Alright.”

The reporter’s critique of Lamar is quickly responded to in the hardest hitting song off the album, “DNA,” which sees Lamar exploring the duality inherent within his own views of his blackness and that of society’s. “I got power, poison, pain and joy inside my DNA,” he rattles off in double time flow.

He switches between personal accounts and attacks against the establishment he sees as purveyors of prejudice and hate towards the black man. The schizophrenic “XXX,” which features the unexpected appearance of Irish band U2, dives further into the political and social themes of the album, finding Lamar rapping a verse in which he pushes

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a friend (whose son was recently killed) to incite violent revenge, in opposition to Lamar’s usual peaceful demeanor.

In the second verse following the U2-provided bridge, he critiques the political climate in America today and provides the world context for his push towards violence. In the second verse he raps: “But is America honest or do we bask in sin?/ Pass the gin I mix it with American blood.” It’s a striking, paradoxical song that harkens back to Lamar’s 2015 song, “The Blacker the Berry,” in which Lamar rapped that he was “the biggest hypocrite of 2015” for decrying black on black gun violence when he engaged in it himself.

On “FEAR,” which might serve to be the centerpiece and defining lecture of the album, Lamar brings us on a three-part journey through his life and the constant emotion of fear. At seven, he fears the exhaustive

authority of his parents, at 17, he fears death at the hands of his peers or the police and at 27, he fears losing all he has earned in life and being judged as a reflection of himself, his family and his city.

After the three vignettes of his life, Lamar fires off a verse in which he raps maybe one of the most striking poetic messages of his career: “Fear, what happens on Earth stays on Earth/And I can’t take these feelings with me/So hopefully they disperse/ Within fourteen tracks, carried out over wax/Wonderin’ if I’m livin’ through fear or livin’ through rap.”

These lines define an album that serves in under 55 minutes to showcase a troubled yet celebratory artist at the top of his game and an artist that will have an impact for untold years to come.

Justin Cygan | Staff Writer

Pio Playlist: a day and night of 4/20 jams

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pring is upon us. You can smell the fragrance of flowers in the air. This coming April 20, however, a different flower will be on everyone’s mind, one that your mother is not happy about so soon after Easter. But like Christ, many will be elevating their spirit with the help of cannabis.

Like delicious snack food, music will be needed for this unofficial holiday, so we at the Clarion have compiled some tunes to accompany the good vibes of the day.

While some may point out a missing essential 4/20 song, an all encompassing list is impossible. Lists serve as a guide to what artists people should be hearing, and there will no doubt be many 4/20 playlists with many different artists. Take a

listen with this one, though, and get caught up in classic beats mixed with hypnotic guitar riffs and abstract melodies.

We split the playlist into day and night, offering chill daytime vibes paired with an elevated night time spirit.

Day “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver “The Recipe (ft. Dr. Dre)” by Kendrick Lamar

“The Palisades (ft. Christian Rich)” by Childish Gambino “Edibles (ft. T.I.)” by Snoop Dogg “Old School (Cookin’ Remix)” by Tupac

Soul

“Cobwebs” by Animal Collective “SpottieOttieDopaliscious” Outkast

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“Emerald Eyes” by Fleetwood Mac “Give Life Back to Music” by Daft Punk “Shadowplay” by The Killers “Sunburnt Through the Glass”

by PREP “9” by Drake

Night

“Telegraph Ave (“Oakland by Lloyd”)” by Childish Gambino

“Day & Night” by Kid Cudi

“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen

“Glowed Up (ft. Anderson .Paak)” by Kaytranada

“Pass Da Blunt (ft. Timbaland)”

by Missy Elliot

“3WW” by alt-J

“Hunger of the Pine” by alt-J

“Electric Feel” by Frank Ocean

“King of the Fall” by The Weeknd

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“Sleepless Nights” blends genres

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“Mystery Science Theater” a spot-on revival Photo courtesy of Vox

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n Friday, April 7, Polish director Michal Marczak (“At the Edge of Russia”) released “All These Sleepless Nights,” an experimental film that derails genre, walking the line between a fictional coming-of-age drama and a nonfiction documentary.

The purpose, however, warrants no ambiguity. Through the bleary streets of Warsaw, Poland, the film trails behind a ring of young adults as they fiercely resist the fall of their youth.

The three main characters, Krzysztof Baginski, Eva Lebuef and Michał Huszcza, who were already friends before the film, are not actors. They consider themselves artists, but not performers. Their authentic relationships and their inexperience in the acting business are a few of the reasons Marczak was drawn to them during his year or so long period of perusing bars in Warsaw and asking strangers if they’d like to do a movie with him. The director sought the young and fatalistic kids who already lived their lives as if they were being filmed, experiencing everything to the extreme.

While some events most likely would not have occurred in their lives had there not been a camera lingering behind them, “All These Sleepless Nights” exists in environments that the three friends lived within before the film. They go to parties, wander the city streets at four in the morning, laugh, smoke and dance while Marczak orbits each moment with his kaleidoscopic lens.

This film takes many chances, disregarding plot structures and moving boldly between performance and documentation. A director who plays with truth or blurs reality risks reluctance and confusion from the audience. “All These Sleepless Nights” is made successful by the substance of those on the screen. The organic intentions of the “characters” combine with Marczak’s ephemeral, restless aesthetic to create one of the most honest film depictions of youthful longing.

“All These Sleepless Nights” is playing at the Mayan theatre, but hurry and see it soon because it will only be here this week.

AnnMarie Marlow | Contributing Writer

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re you a fan of those movie nights where, rather than choosing something award-winning or long-beloved, you instead decide on something unimaginably old and cheesy, so that you can have fun relentlessly bashing it? Then you’re in luck, because so is Joel Hodgson, who just revived a classic series through Netflix based on that exact premise.

“Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Return,” which just premiered its first season on Netflix last Friday, April 14, is a revival of the original MST3K show that became a cult classic on Comedy Central during the 90s.

As with the original, the show centers around an average lab worker who ends up trapped on the moon, subjected by evil villains to the torture of having to watch horrible B-movies. In order to keep his sanity, he invents robots that make fun of the movies with him. Hilarity ensues.

Each episode runs about 90 minutes and features an entire movie, with running witty commentary from lab worker Jonah Heston (played by Hodgson) and his robot companions Crow and Tom Servo, who have remained

from the original. It’s essentially just like having a cheesy movie night with your friends, but having all the work of making jokes done for you.

Hodgson’s revival thankfully proves to be just as funny as the original, allaying many old-school fans’ fears.

With movies as awful as “Reptillicus,” about the reign of a terribly made paper-maiche Danish Godzilla, and “Starcrash,” a 1970’s Star Wars knock-off starring David Hasselhoff, the work is essentially cut out for the writers. Even so, the jokes remain smart, well-timed and delightfully absurd.

While 2010s topical humor occasionally comes off as forced (though mishaps are understandable when considering the task of filling a 90-minute movie with jokes), when it’s on, it’s perfect.

Mentions of Twitter seem obligatory, but a well-placed Kickstarter joke is always welcome.

In a good move by Hodgson, the campy brand of humor from the original has remained intact, with the same cheesy theme song, commercial breaks and animations. Although it doesn’t feel quite the same without the grainy 90s VHS quality, it shows signs

of a faithful adaptation and lends a warm, positive, family-friendly vibe to the show.

The only major misstep in the adaptation comes in the skits that display the behind-the-scenes lore of the show. While Jonah’s interactions with his robot pals are usually quite funny, the antics of his captors Kinga Forrester and Max (evil moon business tycoons who replace the protagonists’ enslaving employers from the original) are decidedly not.

Felicia Day, who plays Kinga, tries far too hard with the campy dialogue that she is given and doesn’t seem to understand the nature of the humor, and the hysterical Patton Oswalt is very underutilized in the role of Max. It’s bad enough to necessitate bringing on a fake-mustache wearing Jerry Seinfeld to play a space venture capitalist later in the season.

These missteps aside though, MST3K is a hilarious, faithful and original piece of comedy that will make for a great night’s entertainment, and thankfully, 14 nights worth of it is currently available on Netflix.

Daniel Lorenzo | Contributing Writer