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Divest DU holds climate justice rally

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ivest DU held a rally for climate justice on Friday, April 21, in celebration of Earth Day and in response to DU’s Board of Trustees’ decision not to divest made in January.

The event was held in front of Anderson Academic Commons and offered Illegal Pete’s, as well as a space for sustainability-minded students to discuss the recent climate change-related happenings at DU. The group planned on marching

into the Board of Trustees meeting that was to be held in the Special Events Room of the library, but they discovered last minute that the meeting had been moved elsewhere.

By the time the group discovered where the meeting was being held, the Board had already left.

Instead of marching into the Board of Trustees’ meeting, the group gave their speech to those who attended the rally. Several other groups also gave speeches

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to show their disapproval of the Board’s decision, including Native Student Alliance and Students for Sustainable Food.

Divest DU’s statement: We as Divest DU are extremely disappointed in the BOT’s behavior on Friday. They are a body that is tasked with the betterment of this university yet cannot be held accountable even for the implementation of their own plans. Boasting “sustainability” without action back-

ing it up is yet another example of the way student voice is silenced on campus. Supposedly green initiatives will never be manifested if the board is unwilling to engage with student activists. There is no time for evasion; we demand climate justice now.

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Men’s lacrosse breezes past Providence, 12-2

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etting a new single-game freshman record with eight points on three goals and five assists, Ethan Walker (Peterborough, Ontario) led the No. 2 DU men’s lacrosse team in a 12-2 victory over the No. 20 Providence College Friars on Saturday, April 22 at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on senior day.

Defeating the (9-5, 3-1 BIG EAST) Friars, the (10-2, 4-0 BIG EAST) Pioneers clinched their fourth consecutive BIG EAST Regular Season Championship and earned the No. 1 seed for the BIG EAST Tournament over the conference hosts and only other unbeaten conference team prior to Saturday’s contest: the Friars.

Denver’s dynamic offense dismantled the Friars’ reputable defense who was ranked No. 8 and relinquished an average of 7.86 goals per game.

“I’m not going to take all the credit here,” Walker said. “It’s a whole team effort, especially on the offensive side of things.

We have a great offensive unit.

When we get the ball moving and have hard dodges, that’s how we become successful. I think that was a big key today.”

The first quarter was quiet from both sides before sophomore attack Austin French (Danville, California) buried a feed from Walker to score the sole goal of the opening frame.

Walker sparked a five goal run for the Pioneers at 11:51 of the second quarter. Walker had a hand in five of Denver’s six goals in the half, while the Friars remained scoreless at intermission.

The Pioneers scored 13 seconds into the second-half, as long-stick midfielder Sean Mayle (San Carlos, California) extended

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Denver’s lead to 7-0 off of a Walker feed. The Friars finally snapped Denver’s scoring streak, getting on the board with backto-back goals 3:11 and 7:42 into the quarter.

Denver continued its ascendance in the final quarter, boasting another five-goal run.

“Holding a team under 10 goals is always a plus,” junior faceoff specialist Trevor Baptiste (Denville, New Jersey) said. “Holding them to two goals is even better. We all came together and it seemed like we were all on the same page out there.”

Baptiste completed the afternoon with 11-for-17 faceoff wins and collected four ground balls.

Sophomore goalie Alex Ready (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) made nine saves in his 57 minutes of action before being substituted by freshman Josh Matte (Issaquah, Washington) for the duration.

Denver was still without sophomores Dylan Johnson (Englewood, Colorado) and Dylan Gaines (Baltimore, Maryland) in the starting defensive lines due to injuries. Johnson substituted in for his first game since sustaining the injury but didn’t make the starting lineup.

“I thought the guys dug in today,” DU Head Coach Bill Tierney said. “They allowed Alex [Ready] to see shots, and he’s very good at stopping them. It’s interesting that our defense had such a good day because it was a struggle [on offense] against a very, very good defense.”

Denver closes out the 2017 regular season with a road game at Marquette University on Saturday, April 29. Faceoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. MT. Sasha Kandrach | News Editor

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Men’s tennis finishes 4-0 in Summit League

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he DU men’s tennis team lost to the University of New Mexico on April 21 but rebounded with their fourth Summit League victory of the season in a win over University of Nebraska Omaha on April 22.

Denver improved to 10-12 overall on the season, including 4-0 in their conference.

Surrendering the doubles point, DU fell down 1-0 early versus the Lobos. Seniors Alex Gasson (Alton, United Kingdom) and Yannik James (St. Georges, Grenada) nearly helped the Pioneers take the 2-1 advantage in doubles, but they dropped their match 7-6.

Sophomore Ignatius Castelino (Superior, Colorado) earned his second career singles competition win, the only point Denver earned in the 4-1 loss. He downed his opponent 7-5, 6-4.

For the fourth year in a row, DU improved to 4-0 in Summit League play with their win over Omaha. Before play began, seniors Gasson, James and Diogo Rocha (Lisbon, Portugal) were recognized for their contri-

butions to the Pioneers over the past four years.

Once play began, Denver asserted themselves as the class of the Summit League. Earning the doubles point was the combination of Gasson and James, as well as junior Wyatt Lovera (Miami, Florida) and freshman Pedro Fernandez Del Valle (Newport Beach, California).

Denver swept the singles competitions, which included victories by Gasson, James and Rocha in their final Summit League regular season matches.

Rocha, the final player to finish, was also the only individual to win in three sets. He was victorious, coming back 4-6, 6-4 and 1-0.

Earning straight sets singles wins, Castelino turned in another sparkling outing for DU. His performance over the week earned him Summit League Player of the Week honors.

DU will travel to Indianapolis for the Summit League Championships on April 28-29.

Braiden Albrecht-Reed | Sports Editor

Photo courtesy of DU men’s tennis Facebook

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Top-notch recruiting critical to DU hockey success

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espite bringing DU its eighth NCAA hockey championship this past spring, Head Coach Jim Montgomery’s season doesn’t end with the team’s. Instead, he will be busy on the recruiting trail, talking to potential future Pioneers and scouting junior leagues across the globe in hopes of piecing together another elite-level roster.

Denver has already received five National Letters of Intent for the 2017-18 hockey season. Goalie Dayton Rasmussen, defensemen Ian Mitchell and Griffin Mendel and forwards Adam Goodsir and Kohen Olischefski spearhead the incoming class.

Both Rasmussen, an athletic and rangy goaltender, and Mitchell, a dynamic offensive defenseman, are expected to be selected in the second or third rounds of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft this summer.

Rasmussen is expected to backup senior Tanner Jaillet (Red Deer, Alberta) next season, while Mitchell has the tools to make a similar impact as current freshman defen-

seman Michael Davies (St. Louis, Missouri) did in his first season.

Mendel is a hulking 6-foot-3 defenseman from the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), while Olischefski is a playmaking forward.

Olischefski, who decommitted from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in favor of the Pioneers in 2015, blossomed this past season with 76 points in 58 games in the BCHL. Per hockey recruiting websites College Hockey Inc. and College Hockey News, Denver will also welcome forwards Ryan Barrow, Jake Durflinger, Jaakko Heikkinen, C.J. Dodero, Jack Doremus, Joachim Weberg and Ben Brar next season.

Barrow, Heikkinen and Weberg each averaged over a point per game in their 2016-17 seasons.

Losing four forwards to graduation this spring, Denver’s freshmen should have ample opportunities to contribute early. The influx of forwards is also reflective of the possibility of sophomore forwards Henrik Borgstrom (Helsinki, Finland), Troy Terry (Highlands Ranch) and Dylan Gambrell

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(Bonney Lake, Washington) turning pro this offseason.

Two more defensemen are also expected to enroll next fall in Michael Boyle and Eero Teravainen. Boyle, measuring in at a solid 6-foot-3, racked up 114 penalty minutes in the USHL last season.

Teravainen, the brother of Carolina Hurricanes forward Teuvo Teravainen, is another exciting Finnish player recruited by Montgomery.

Looking past next season, forwards Brett Stapley, Tyler Ward and Mathias-Emilio Pettersen are set to join the Pioneers in the 2018-19 season. Stapley and Ward scored at nearly a point per game average in the BCHL last year, while Pettersen is a Norwegian phenom who is playing in the USHL. On the back end, Slava Demin is also expected to suit up for the Pioneers in 2018-19. A highly ranked prospect for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, Demin is an exciting two-way defender from Cypress, California.

Denver even has a commitment from 15-year-old Ty Smilanic, a forward for the local Colorado Thun-

derbirds U16 team. Also joining him in the very distant 2021-22 recruiting class is forward Bobby Brink, a Minnesota high schooler, and defenseman Jacson Alexander, who plays in British Columbia.

To put in perspective how young these prospective players are, Smilanic, Brink and Alexander are scheduled to arrive on campus when the incoming freshman goaltender, Rasmussen, is a senior.

The lifeblood of college sports, recruiting is the key to shaping a team’s roster. A program’s ability to forecast and fill team needs over four or more years with not only the most talented players, but the most fitting ones, separates top institutions from the bottom ones.

Every player who suits up for the Pioneers is deliberately placed to fill a niche. While students and fans enjoy the team’s immediate success, those achievements are the freshly-squeezed final product generated by a half-decade’s worth of preparation in recruiting efforts and roster construction.

Braiden Albrecht-Reed | Sports Editor

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Men’s soccer victorious in exhibition match

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enver men’s soccer completed its fourth game of a five game springs series slate. The Pioneers faced the Colorado School of Mines, Brigham Young University, Creighton University and the United States Air Force Academy Falcons.

Denver topped the Falcons 3-2 in a close contest. Senior midfielder Alex Underwood (Winnetka, Illinois) drilled a second-half penalty kick to secure the victory for the Pioneers on Saturday, April 22.

“For us the spring is time to prepare for the fall and that’s the way we approach all of our training sessions and all of the games,” DU Head Coach Jamie Franks said.” I think that there needs to be growth with everyone in the organization and myself included and the rest of the staff.”

The Pioneers graduated four seniors last season after earning a berth to the College Cup for the first time in program history.

“I think the biggest change that we’re realizing is our role players last year need to become leaders, and then we need to find new role players,” Franks said. “The guys

have been battling and competing to figure out what spots are available.

This group is special. This group has that little bit of difference makers that last year some of those players were just young. If we can figure out things defensively, we feel really, really good about the team.”

The transition of roles has been an adaptation Franks has been impressed with. Midfielders Underwood and last season’s Oregon State transfer Graham Smith will rep the “C” for the Pioneers.

“When I’m talking about growth from everybody, Alex Underwood and Graham Smith (Highlands Ranch, Colorado) those are the two captains,” Franks said. “Those are the two leaders. The growth that I’ve seen from those two individuals has been remarkable. There’s been growth from everybody, our team is coming along and we feel great about we’re right now.”

Denver hosts the University of New Mexico for the final game of the spring slate on April 29. Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Sasha Kandrach | News Editor

Photo courtesy of DU Men’s Golf Facebook

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USG Campaign Statement: Murray-Arnett

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e are so honored to be running for Student Government President and Vice President. The two of us are incredibly passionate about making DU a better place for the entire student body.

We are running on a five-pillar platform that touches upon increasing transparency, building a stronger DU community, holding faculty accountable for their actions, capitalizing on the amazing reputation of our University and executing our duties as your representatives. A few ideas that we are most excited about include, holding weekly office hours with students and other organizations and clubs in order to promote better communication across campus. Implement a PioPickup service to transport students to and from on campus locations, in hopes of increasing safety. Create a new mascot that our students are proud to stand behind, which will ultimately spread school spirit. We are optimistic about implementing a tuition hold that provides a piece of mind for current and future students. We are very enthusiastic about working

Photo courtesy of Ben Murray

closely with the Spirit and Traditions committee to build student spirit throughout school. We also feel very strongly about building upon sexual assault awareness and plan to expand the programs that are made available to students regarding sexual assault..

We believe that if we all work together we have the potential to build a stronger DU. We would greatly appreciate your support and are more than happy to talk to anyone with questions or concerns.

In pioneer spirit, Ben Murray and Julia Arnett

USG Campaign Statement: Harrilchak-Norris

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Photo courtesy of Drew Harrilchak

e at the Harrilchak-Norris campaign simply want what’s best for our university and its students.

First and foremost, we are not politicians, (we actually had to google how to spell politicians) we’re simple folk-- akin to havin’ a glass of sweet tea on porch during a thunderstorm in August as the junebugs holler out. (Fun fact; upon googling ‘junebugs’ we found out an alternate name for the insect is May beetles-- the more you know) Enjoying the simpler things in

life have brought us to a point where we feel comfortable undertaking this here journey.

Why, you might say the we are more excited than ol’ Blue layin’ on the porch chewin’ on a big ol’ catfish head. But enough of these old sayings.

We just want to help DU the best we can, which is why we are taking a different approach to this election. We are running under the “U” platform! Rather than forcing our own agenda, we want to establish a culture of constant dialogue with the student body that will continue

throughout our tenure as President and Vice President.

One look at the staff page on our website, harrilchaknorris. com, will prove that we are both willing and open for students to contribute in whatever way they feel able. We want to continue this sense of collaboration once the campaign ends.

If you’re reading this, thanks for being a caring individual that actually cares about the fate of your university. We want to hear from you, personally, and want to make sure you feel valued and known as an individual.

At the end of the day, we just want everyone to love DU the way we do, and we’re committed to making that happen.

So please, feel free to reach us by email, message, call, facebook chat, direct message, AIM, smoke signal, telegraph, Slack, yell, Google chat, BBM, Kik, whatsapp, tweet, pidgeon delivery, CB radio, walkie talkie, etc.

As always, Go Pios B&D

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CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS

USG Campaign Statement: Smith-Aragon

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e believe in the University of Denver and its community of vast potential. Our Pioneer community is stronger when students thrive. Whether you’re in FSL or an LLC, a club sport or a student alliance, you should feel supported in finding your place and purpose at our university.

We believe students need a sphere of their own at DU. Undergraduate Student Government must be the center of student voice: representing student interests with administration, actively bridging the gap between student organizations, and amplifying student solutions to campus issues.

Our platform has four main pillars: student voice & presence, community unity & inclusivity, campus reform, and making DU the heart of Denver. Over the past few months, we’ve been talking with our campus – from member of sororities to student alliances to athletes – to better understand the issues students are passionate about. This platform is not just a vision to make USG a strong and lasting institution at DU that champions student voice, but a clear plan of action of how we’re going to achieve that.

We want to highlight a few key ideas from our platform. USG needs to have better communication with students on our campus: this hap-

pens by increasing the social media presence of USG, actively working with student organizations to highlight important events, and meeting with organization presidents every quarter. The last idea, called the “Leader’s Assembly,” is a twice per quarter forum for all presidents of student organizations to discuss campus issues and find true community in bringing the champions of each student organization together to thrive off of each other’s passions.

Secondly, we want to create a Student Advocacy Team. This free and confidential service would be jointly run with the law school to provide advocacy support to students to help navigate university policies.

Whether it’s Title IX proceedings for a victim of sexual assault or resolving suspension for a fraternity, this team would help keep administration accountable to its students for conduct violation claims.

We believe the best way for USG to engage with issues of inclusivity on our campus is to be trained by the Center for Multicultural Excellence and actively interact with student alliances. This is why we support the creation and recognition of the Joint Council for Student Alliances and oversee consistent interaction with USG. Finally, DU should be an integral part of our larger community. We want to help sponsor a new fall kick-

off tradition that features the Mayor of Denver, the Chancellor, and USG to help unite the Pioneer community at the beginning of the school year.

These are just a selection of the ideas we plan to implement if elected.

USG has not been a consistently effective institution and we want to change that. We invite you to join

Sincerely, Morgan Smith Darylann Aragon

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OPINIONS | 7

PIONEER VOICES Question of the week:

What has USG done for you?

“I don’t really know what they do on a regular basis so I’m not entirely sure what they do for me. I know that they do stuff. I hear people talk vaguely about USG. So maybe if they had a better communications team to let the student body know what they are doing, that would be cool.”

“USG has not done much for me that I’m aware of other than give my club money.”

Claire Hassler, Senior

Camryn Dredger, Sophomore

“USG has, in previous years, inspired me as a minority at this university that there is a possibility of becoming a powerful position on such a largely caucasian campus and gave me a lot of hope for the possibility for a movement in this school.”

Mariah Ortiz, Senior

“USG has supported the foundational year of the Student Foundation here on DU’s campus.

This fall we launched the organization and presented in front of USG and a significant percentage of their members promised to and have followed through on donating to the student emergency fund and to support unpaid internships through the foundation. Beyond that, Tess and Chandler have both visibly and consistently supported the growth of the Student Foundation.”

Katie Cody, Senior

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PIONEER FUNNIES

Campaign photos done in poor taste O

n the night of Sunday, April 24, USG campaign videos, photos, websites, Facebook groups and logos suddenly arrived on the internet without any warning. One logo stood out.

Harrilchak-Norris 2017 is one of three campaigns for USG president and vice president, featuring Drew Harrilchak for president and Brian Norris for vice president.

Their platform is simply the letter “u,” with a brief explanation that they will be crowdsourcing their entire platform to put the “yo[u] back in DU.” Staff positions, as listed on their website, include “Chief Alternative Fact Checker,” “Chief of Style,” “Fake News and Meme Expect” as well as others.

Clearly this is not the most serious of USG campaigns.

However, while the website and campaign video are full of jokes poking fun at student government campaigns, the logo and a handful of other photos go more than a step too far. The worst photo is one where Harrilchak and Norris are

photoshopped into the background of the photo of the flag raising at Iwo Jima in World War II. In the photo, the two candidates are pumping their fists in celebration.

Harrilchak and Norris also had themselves photoshopped into the photo of multiple U.S. leaders, including then President Obama and then Secretary of State Clinton, watching the assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound that would eventually kill bin Laden. Many people celebrated the death of bin Laden, but to use a photo of leaders watching this extremely tense moment that put members of the United States Armed Forces at risk as a campaign shtick is just too far.

Slightly less offensive, but still disrespectful, is the campaign’s use of of the Hillary for America 2016 and the Obama For America logo as the “H” in Harrilchak and the “O” on Norris. It may not seem like much, but these logos represent something more than themselves, including the thousands of people who worked behind these logos to create what they believed to be a

better country, not the whims of a couple of college kids. Not only that, but they were used by the first woman to win the nomination of a major American political party and the first black man to become president—this is stating the obvious, but neither Harrilchak nor Norris are either of these things.

The campaign has also photoshopped Harrilchak’s face into the Obama “Hope” posters, the intellectual property of which belongs to artist Shepard Fairey. The logos that the Harrilchak-Norris campaign used are also copyrighted material, and honestly, so might be the pictures. So not only is it insulting, it’s possibly illegal.

I can’t speak to the intent of the candidates, but whether or not the intent was malicious doesn’t really matter. Intent to be offensive doesn’t have to exist for something to be offensive.

And before everyone starts screaming about political correctness, what about the general concept of not using other people’s work and creating something of

your own? Whether or not this is a serious campaign doesn’t matter; Harrilchak-Norris is following all of the same rules as everything other USG campaign, so they should be treated as such. The rest of the campaigns created their own logos, so what was stopping Harrilchak-Norris? Not to mention the flagrant violation of copyright laws that protect both logos.

For these photos and logos to be used by a pair of white men jokingly running for student body president is disrespectful and offensive. It really makes me question of the level of social awareness and respect possessed by both of these candidates, and both of those are qualities that I consider essential for anyone looking to hold any kind of elected office.

It’s most likely too late for this campaign to take this into consideration, but I sincerely hope that any future campaign would be much more respectful than this.

Madeline Zann | Entertainment Editor

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Hate speech encourages separation

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pon entering Sturm on April 12, 2017, the climate was tense as opposition and support alike attended the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) event for free speech. The event had a lot of advertising and hype around it as it approached, so Lindsay auditorium was packed to the brim as people filed in and were offered foam middle fingers upon entry.

The goals of the YAF group, led by Matt Rhodes, a senior studying at the Lamont School of Music, are described as “freedom of speech and intellectual diversity,” as well as to challenge prior assumptions.

With an explicit purpose to encourage free speech, the speaker himself, Justin Longo, co-founder of Liberty on the Rocks, manifested that to cover various types including hate speech. To begin his speech, Longo referenced several different responses to oppressive authority in the past such as punk rock, the hippie post World War two movement, and

now President Donald Trump.

He explicitly suggested that Trump offers a punk rock allure and begged the audience to “stop making Donald Trump cool,” and thus leading to his next point that social justice warriors themselves are the establishment, and the harder they suppress and exert authority, the bigger backlash.

This introduction led Longo into his four points of free speech and their importance. The first was that being offended is how we learn. Bringing ideas out into the open allows the public to criticize whether they are good or bad. The second was that science is not about research. If you aren’t willing to bring your ideas subject to public discourse, they will never be challenged. Third, hate speech is minority’s best friend. It brings bigots out into the open and Longo suggests we should “let these people hang themselves.” Personally I find this a bit insensitive due to the history of slavery in this country and what that phrase signifies to the ancestry of the United States.

Fourth and finally, he asked the audience if not hate speech, then what? People would resort to violence.

This speech itself was subject to a plethora of questions that were offered by both opposition and support. Honorable mentions include one student asking if the speaker himself has ever been a minority or experienced hate speech, and his only example is that people make Italian jokes to him when he eats spaghetti.

Another student, freshman Kelsey Robuck, approached the question and answer to ask Rhodes whether the YAF group has considered why they have been “targeted” and called the KKK, taking it as a learning opportunity that was aforementioned to be a benefit of free speech. As keynote speaker Longo began to answer, but the student said she was not very interested in what he had to say. In response, Longo replied, “Says the white blond.”

Finally, a student asked if hate speech should be spoken

even if it makes people fearful and to that the keynote speakerresponded “yes.”

Overall, my first comment is that for a free speech event, I found conflicting statements regarding it. For example, the sentiment encouraged all free speech to be accepted, yet they had problems with being called names themselves and the keynote speaker suggested that the audience was shutting down the open dialogue with the approach to the question and answer.

In my own opinion, I do not feel that hate speech is a constructive way to deal with problems or different perspectives.

There is no reason that calling people names or expressing fear-inducing statements will better society in any way or allow people to sort out good and bad ideas. Rather, encouraging such rhetoric can only make the targeted group feel more separated and excluded from the conversation between cultures that needs to happen.

Grace Houser | Contributing Writer

Student advisors would make the advising process easier

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here are a plethora of individuals that students can, and do, go to when seeking advising and help whilst planning their future schedules. A few advisers available to students are: academic advisors in Driscoll South, department heads, FSEM professors, major advisers, pre-professional advisers and more. However, at times, it is evident that these individuals, by no fault of their own, do not seem to know as much as the students would like about specific professors, courses and planning.

A problem that many students have run into is not knowing that certain classes are only offered during certain quarters.

This is especially common among science sequences, leaving students perhaps waiting an entire year to enroll in the first required class of the series.

Furthermore, some more broad

advisers, like the academic advisers in Driscoll and FSEM professors, simply do not know enough specific information about certain departments.

Students are left to attempt to meet with department heads or undergraduate directors of the department just to be met with difficulty finding a meeting time if they receive a response at all.

I have found that oftentimes advisers of any sort do not know the answers to my more specialized questions and lead me on an extended hunt for someone that will, promising that although they do not know the answer, surely this other person will.

I propose that DU should add “Student Advisers” to the list of undergraduate student on-campus jobs. The position would only be open to juniors and seniors – by year, not by credits – so that underclassmen would be advised by experienced mentors

who likely just took the courses in question a few quarters ago.

The application process would require at least two letters of recommendation from DU professors, an interview with their respective department head and a staff member of the Academic Advising office and a copy of the applicant’s transcript. Each department would employ a proportional amount of student advisers depending on the size of the department. There would be around 10 advisers for larger programs such as the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and Daniels College of Business, while smaller departments like Economics would have around two.

Student advisers would be required to have five drop-in office hours per week, giving students various options as to when they are able to visit. Students would be able to ask sage

peers questions that other advisers simply would not be able to answer. Do I actually need to buy the textbook? How does the professor style their class – a few quizzes or one paper? Is it better to take lab at the beginning or the end of the week? Aside from the obvious logistical benefits these student advisers would provide, they would also serve as mentors and role models for fellow students who would, perhaps, in turn want to fill their shoes once they become upperclassmen.

Undeniably, nearly any member of the DU community would be glad to assist any inquiring student, yet students themselves should be considered a reliable alternative as recently-experienced mentors.

Maya Piñón | Contributing Writer

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The Grind: The Marke t

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he Market, which celebrates its 34th anniversary this year, is a Denver institution that brims with old fashioned coziness and down-toearth sensibilities. This European flavored space is part espresso bar, deli, bakery and wine & beer bar.

The Market is a historical space that deserves a spot at the top of any downtown adventurer’s list.

Located in the upscale, beautiful and historic Larimer Square, The Market breaks from the mold of its expensive culinary neighbors to offer an affordable, old-school homely atmosphere. The Market has occupied its space as a grocery store in Larimer Square since 1978, before the area was struck by gentrification in the 90s. This unpretentious, familiar character has remained unchanged since The Market was taken over by two brothers from New Jersey, the Greenbergs, who turned the downtown grocery store into a full-scale deli, bakery and coffee bar in 1983.

The space is very welcoming; the inside brims with old school excellence, as well as new-school aesthetics such as indoor plants and succulents.

Old-fashioned wood and brass railings mix with beautiful cast iron upholstery and industrial lighting. The old-school aesthetic is completed without effort because it’s real. The interior is bustling with people of varying types; mid-day one can run into downtown businessmen working out deals, young creatives tapping away on Macbooks and old school regulars who are greeted with warm embraces by The Market’s loyal, long-serving staff (on their website they brag about their employees, with 50% of their staff working there for over eight years).

The Market doesn’t advertise, and their success is completely based on customer loyalty and word of mouth.

On the drink side, the Market provides typical European espresso drinks, juices, old-school specialties and alcoholic wonders. There are theclassics; Americano ($2.25), cappuccino ($3.25) and cafe latte ($3.25). There are also more eccentric drinks such as the Californian cappuccino ($3.65), a normal cappuccino in structure but made with sweetened condensed milk.

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The shop also offers delicious old-school cornerstore drinks such as Egg Creams ($2.20) and Italian sodas ($1.85). For the 21+ crowd, The Market offers a wide range (13 to be exact) of Hot Toddies. There’s the Black Buttered Rum, featuring rum, black tea, spices and butter, or the Night Cap, made with rum or brandy, hot milk and spices. They also offer multiple varieties of wine and beer for purchase, including prosecco and mimosas for brunch.

On the food side, The Market offers a relatively massive menu. Enjoy deli staples such as the morning favorite egg sandwich ($7.49), or later in the day a classic deli reuben ($10.50). There’s also a wide collection of sides and salads and hot meals to order. The bakery offers delicious pastries (including a $48 Tiramisu that can feed 20) and made to order cakes, apparently some of the best cakes in the city.

Besides the coffee, alcohol, food and pastries, The Market also still serves its original purpose as a downtown grocery store, and they carry a range of deli offerings such as

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specialty candies, condiments and coffee.

The Market is a shining jewel in Denver’s culinary crown.

Its unpretentious, homey and welcoming atmosphere makes it one of the best locations to spend your money at in one of Denver’s most gentrified and expensive neighborhoods.

It’s a historical location that deserves business and continued existence much more than the newest gastro-pub on the block. The Market is the perfect place to stop by for a bite, a coffee, to study, on a date etc. Just whatever you do, get there soon.

5/5 Stars Suggestions: Iced Coffee, California cappuccino, Reuben, Egg cream, hot toddy Location: Larimer Square, 1445 Larimer St, Denver Hours: Friday and Saturday: 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Sunday - Thursday: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Justin Cygan | Staff Writer

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Club Spotlight: Cru, pursuing faith together

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GO PIOS,” the term commonly heard at a Cru meeting, starts off the night as Chip Cipoletti begins the service with his usual jokes, puns and announcements. Cipoletti, a sophomore at DU, gained his leadership position with Cru after he joined the group his freshmen year.

Founded in 2012, Cru has been a presence on DU’s campus, holding weekly services, bible studies and various other community-building events.

As a Christian organization, Cru states its mission as, “to be a caring community at DU passionate about living for something greater.”

“On a campus like DU, there aren’t a lot of places where people can ask questions

about the meaning of life. At Cru, people feel comfortable asking questions of purpose or questions not school related,” Cipoletti goes further to explain why he joined Cru and continues to attend the services and hold bible studies.

Weekly services are held in DU’s Evans Chapel, commonly referred to as the “Well,” at 7 p.m.

These meetings last an hour and include worship, a short service by a leader or student and pizza.

Students of all different ages, backgrounds and beliefs gather together to “grow in their faith” and learn more about how to get through life. Small group meetings are also provided, which meet Thursday at 7:30-9p.m. at Cipoletti and his roommate Drew Harrilchak’s apartment.

Many DU students attend Cru for the community and opportunity to grow in their faith.

Freshman Emory Ferguson, an international studies major from Boulder Colorado, says, “Cru is a weekly break from all the stress of school.” John David, sophomore computer science major from Grand Junction, Colorado, joins in Ferguson’s praises as he adds: “I really appreciate the community Cru provides me.”

David has shared his thoughts with Cru, as he is one of the countless students who have given a small service on Wednesday nights. David recently brought Alpha Gamma Omega, a Christian fraternity, to DU and is proud of its success. Alpha Gamma Omega has grown to 12 members, and continues

to expand as brothers “come together in faith.”

Emily Zee, senior double major in music performance and psychology from Frisco, Texas, leads worship at Cru services. Zee comments on the power of worship and how it affects students at Cru: “When I am leading and can hear everyone else singing and praising God, I am deeply moved.” Zee adds specifics on how Cru has shaped her experience at DU when she says, “If I am able to deepen someone’s prayer in some way while leading worship, I would consider that the single most important thing I’ve done at DU.” This Wednesday, Cru will meet in Driscoll for a potluck at 7 p.m.

Nicole Johnson | Contributing Writer

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The Grind: WoW Cafe W

ith the addition of the Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science on campus, DU has also been graced with the opening of the WoW (World of Wings) Cafe - American Grill and Eatery.

Located on the bottom floor of the Ritchie School, WoW has proven to be a welcome addition to the on-campus food dining scene.

While it may not be the biggest deal for students living and taking classes on the north end of campus, WoW is serving as a much-needed eatery for science, engineering, music and MFJS students. Because the entire building is brand new this year, the atmosphere is clean and welcoming. Simple tables and friendly staff make WoW a nice

location for socializing and studying alike. There are bright lights and plenty of windows, and aside from weekend closings like other on-campus dining options, the hours are accessible for those stopping in for a bite to eat.

The menu is fairly diverse, offering a variety of salads, wraps, burgers, sandwiches, quesadillas and, of course, wings. They even have a limited selection of breakfast items, such as French toast sticks ($2.99) and coffee (small, $1.79). Everything can easily be made into a fries-and-a-drink combo. Prices vary, ranging from a $1.99 basket of French fries to a $9.99 10-piece order of chicken wings, but they’re pretty fair overall. WoW also accepts meal plan cash for any item on the menu, which is a big selling point for the broke college student.

As far as the food goes, it’s actually really enjoyable. This reviewer has tried the three piece chicken tenders ($4.99), the Kentucky Club salad ($6.49), an order of French fries and chicken wings (five piece, $5.99). The chicken tenders were top-notch, especially for someone craving flavorful and greasy comfort food. The fries were well-seasoned, and the giant salad kept me full for an entire day. The wings, admittedly, were quite dry and came with the sauce on the side. All the food, though, was well-seasoned, hot and madeto-order.

One downside to the restaurant is its speed. It’s not too slow, but compared to other options on campus, it’s much less convenient if one needs to speedily eat a meal before or after class. The sacrifice in time shows itself in the food,

though. It was confusing when the presumably ready-made salad was taking so long to serve up, but then the newly prepared Kentucky Club with hot meat and fresh vegetables appeared.

Overall, the WoW Cafe isn’t anything fancy, but having an easy place to go for mozzarella sticks ($4.99) or a good burger (prices vary) on campus is great.

Sometime soon, break your Nagel lunch routine and head south to the WoW Cafe. If anything, try the chicken tenders.

3/5 Stars WoW Cafe is open Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m. and Friday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The restaurant is closed Saturday and Sunday.

Taryn Allen | Copy Editor

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Lamont students shine in “Die Fledermaus” T

he Lamont School of Music is known for its operatic talent, and this year’s production of “Die Fledermaus,” which ran from April 20-23 at the Newman Center, wasn’t any different.

The music of “Die Fledermaus” was composed by Austrian Johann Strauss with the original German libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée.

However, Lamont’s student production was performed in English.

“Die Fledermaus,” or “The Bat,” is a farcica comedy surrounding the antics of Falke (Jared Giammanco or Matthew Peterson) as he sets up an elaborate prank as revenge against a prank his friend Eisenstein (Yuelong Liang or Chad Rendon-Thofson) played a few years ago. The prank is set for the night before Eisenstein must report to jail. The result is three hours of mistaken identity, minor blackmail and ultimately happy endings for all. Whether or not they stand up to twenty-first century feminist ideals is another story, but while it was a long three hours, it was an enjoyable three hours.

The opera relies heavily on physical comedy, perhaps done the best by Adele (Christiana McMullen or Chloe Scull), a chambermaid and aspiring actress. Played by McMullen on Thursday night, she threw herself around the stage and

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wailed with all the pent-up energy of a wannabe actress trapped as a chambermaid. However, McMullen avoids painting Adele entirely as a caricature of herself to the credit of a character who ends up being wily enough to get herself an acting scholarship by the end of the show.

While he only appears in the third act, Frosch the jailer (Ahmed Omar) spent the entire act drunkenly staggering around the stage to the great delight of the audience.

His overly physical representation of waking up the next morning still drunk is the perfect representation of all of the other characters’ confusion as they slowly put together the pieces of Falke’s prank.

The libretto of course supplies much of the comedy, as it pokes fun at the opera—“Die Fledermaus” and the institution—as well as the aristocratic class, mostly done through Eisenstein and his wife Rosalinde (Caren Rico or Corinne Denny), who are distraught that Eisenstein will be in jail for a whole eight days. At least, Rosalinde is distraught until she discovers that her former paramour Alfred (Matthew Rumsey or Johnathan Rhodes) is in town and that Eisenstein is a philanderer.

Rounding out the starring cast is Prince Orlofsky, a trouser role played by either Jenna Clark or Melissa Sells, who is an awkward, disgustingly wealthy Russian

prince whose dry humor balances out the rest of the opera, Blind (Nicholas Lunagphithack or Welly Disayanon), Eisenstein’s stuttering lawyer, Ida (Nicole London or Madison Hall) and Frank (William Barksdale or Zachary McCulley), the unfortunate prison director.

Overall, there is rarely a sour note from the cast or the orchestra, making “Die Fledermaus” another operatic success for the school of music. The opera is Lamont’s last major performance of the year, but student recitals are occurring throughout the rest of April and May. Madeline Zann | Entertainment Editor

“Girls” ends reign as voice of a generation

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n Sunday, March 16, HBO’s series “Girls” sent out a bittersweet goodbye after five years of friendship, romance and a lot of nudity. In the pilot episode, Hannah Horvath, Girls’ narcissistic but lovable heroine, played by the show’s writer and director Lena Dunham, explains to her parents that she thinks she might be the voice of her generation, or “at least a voice of a generation.”

This scene set the tone for the show which not only spoke to my generation but will speak to many generations of young women to come, for it addressed the varied joys and pains innate to the experience of exiting girlhood.

Looking back on the six seasons, few other shows have offered such dimension and growth within each character. At the start of the series, the girls, Hannah, Jessa (Jemima Kirke “Tiny Furniture”), Shoshanna

(Zosia Mamet “Emily and Tim”) and Marnie (Allison Williams “Get Out”) are a few years out of college and each at their own levels of maturity and dependence, in regard to things such as sex or work or money. As the show progresses, the characters are at times frustrating to watch but nevertheless familiar as they run in circles of successive feats and failures. By the end, the characters are still all over the map in terms of jobs and relationships, but they at least seem to have learned from their mistakes.

Although “Girls” made an admirable commitment to representing the typically silenced or degraded complexities and urges of young women, the show will likely be most remembered for one thing: Lena Dunham’s naked body. From episode one, the show established a bold and unapologetic approach to sex and the female form. The storm of contro-

versy that arose was wholly representative of society’s distorted expectations for what women on the screen should look like. Lena Dunham does not look like your average movie star; she looks like your average woman. For this reason, along with her persistent sense of purpose, Dunham did not allow the criticisms to change her vision for the show.

“Girls” also spurred some frustrated comments and conversations over its all-white cast.

After the first season, Rebecca Carol of the The Daily Beast declared Dunham was “whitewashing her native New York.” In response to these initial critiques, Dunham agreed that there was an absence of diversity on the show and that she planned to address it in the seasons to come which she did, sort of. In an interview with The Huffington Post in 2015, Dunham explained that it just wasn’t possible for her to speak

for everyone, but she could speak for herself, and all she could hope for was that it would resonate with someone else.

The final season took a surprising turn when Hannah found out she was pregnant and chose to keep the baby as a single woman without a stable income or, frankly, a stable state of mind.

Considering the show has an extremely liberal voice as well as Dunham’s constant campaigning for women’s reproductive rights, the decision to deliver a baby into such inhospitable circumstances was a source of confusion for many. Pregnancy and motherhood, however, as seen in the final episode, can be a source of tremendous strength and peace for a woman who is ready to move on. Hannah’s new beginning with her baby Grover leaves “Girls” fans with a sense of hope.

AnnMarie Marlow | Contributing Writer