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GARBAGE CHARMS DENVER CROWD

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Industrial grunge band rocked the Fillmore Auditorium

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VP BIDEN VISITS DU FOR KORBEL DINNER

SEXUAL ASSAULT: IS ENOUGH BEING DONE?

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EASY WAYS TO THINK CLEAN AND BE GREEN

HIGH HOPES FOR PIONEER HOCKEY

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VP Joe Biden visits DU

EDITORIAL STAFF JILLIAN QUERI, Editor-in-Chief KELLSIE BRANNEN, Executive Editor JOHN POE, Business Manager SASHA KANDRACH, News Editor BRAIDEN ALBRECHT-REED, Sports Editor GRACE CARSON, Opinions Editor SYDNEY KAPP, Lifestyles Editor RYAN NINESLING, Entertainment Editor DUSTIN AMICK, Photo/Video Editor TARYN ALLEN, Copy Editor MADISON HELLER, Copy Editor OLIVIA HYDE, Social Media Director ANDREW MATRANGA, Faculty Adviser

DU Campus Safety: tips and information T C

ampus Safety is an organization specific to DU and is essentially the police organization of campus. They are a resource available to students 24 hours a day for both emergency and nonemergency situations alike and are focused on creating a community-friendly environment on campus while solving problems that affect the safety and daily lives of students.

If there is ever a situation in which a student feels unsafe, they are encouraged to call Campus Safety. There are two categories for when students may call: emergency and non-emergency situations.

Students are encouraged to call the non-emergency number if they require an escort home from a party or to report suspicious activity, such as a sketchy person lurking around campus.

Emergency situations are categorized as life threatening and Campus Safety stresses that students call 911 first and then Campus Safety’s emergency number.

Emergency situations can include

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anything from sexual or physical assault to alcohol poisoning.

There is even an Anonymous Tip Line which students can call if they would like to report an incident and keep their confidentiality Campus Safety also issues alerts to students when there is a situation they need to be cautionary about, including crime reports from incidences that occur around campus. These reports can range from sexual assault to robbery, and students can be notified via email, text or phone call.

If a student is ever in a situation in which they are in need of help, they should not hesitate in calling Campus Safety for assistance.

Non-Emergency: (303)-871-2334 Emergency: 911 then (303)-871-3000 Anonymous Tip Line: (303)-871-3130 MADISON HELLER | Opinions Editor

he 19th annual Korbel Dinner on Thursday, Sept.

15. featured special guest and speaker, Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden. For the first time in the event’s history, the sitting Vice President was welcomed to campus with over 700 people in attendance for the dinner, along with a student watch party held in Hamilton Gymnasium.

The Korbel Dinner honors founder and first dean of DU, Josef Korbel. The Josef Korbel School of International Studies is one of the world’s leading schools for international relations studies. Each year, the dinner honors people who have created a global impact through their leadership, commitment and philanthropy.

Chancellor Rebecca Chopp and dean of the Korbel School, Christopher Hill, recognized the Korbel Dinner honorees. Former ambassador to Iraq, Hill worked with Biden and requested his presence at the dinner.

This year, Carrie and John Morgridge received the Josef Korbel School’s Humanitarian Award for their efforts with the Morgridge Family Foundation, which has benefitted arts, education, health, poverty and wellness issues on an international level.

The chairman and CEO of DaVita, Kent Thiry, received the International Bridge Builders Award for his success with establishing dialysis partnerships internationally.

Biden’s speech and delivery emphasized the importance of maintaining international relations opposed to succumbing to isolation driven by fear.

“To push back the forces of isolationism, you have to first acknowledge that many of the fears and insecurities driving people are

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real,” Biden said. “This is the key challenge…how to build and sustain a consensus for internationalist foreign policy while managing the disruptions and legitimate dislocations that actually do stem from globalization. It sure in hell isn’t to not engage in trade. It sure in hell isn’t to reject globalization. It sure in hell isn’t to walk away from international rule-based order.” Biden continued to address the resiliency of Americans for choosing to rise up over the economic crisis, natural disasters and terrorist attacks to reestablish the United States as a leading military, economic, industrial, and resourceful nation.

The Vice President urged students and future leaders that continuing to engage internationally will sustain other leading nations’ respect towards the United States.

“We need leaders like you who are educating here to make the intellectual case, with rigor and conviction, that benefits of global engagement far outweigh the cost.”

The evening served as another memorable event for the university, recognizing wonderful efforts within the community and wisdom shared from the seasoned intellect of the Vice President of the United States.

Biden continued to address the resiliency of Americans for choosing to rise up over the economic crisis, natural disasters and terrorist attacks to reestablish the United States as a leading military, economic, industrial, and resourceful nation. The Vice President urged students and future leaders that continuing to engage internationally will sustain other leading nations’ respect towards the United States.

SASHA KANDRACH | News Editor

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undreds of DU students turned out to the hockey ticket camp out Friday, Sept. 16, in anticipation of receiving free or highly discounted season tickets for the upcoming season. As one of the most prestigious hockey schools in the nation, DU boasts high expectations for its on-ice program.

After advancing to the Frozen Four last season, the team is looking to progress even further in 2016-17, aiming to secure its eighth National Championship in school history. While DU lost some major firepower from its forward corps, it retains several defensemen, two goalies and adds a stellar group of incoming freshmen.

Top wingers Danton Heinen (Langley, British Columbia) and Trevor Moore (Thousand Oaks, California) both turned pro after last season concluded, leaving

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HIGH HOPES FOR DU HOCKEY center Dylan Gambrell (Bonney Lake, Washington) searching for two new running mates. Skilled forwards including sophomore Troy Terry (Denver, Colorado), sophomore Jarid Lukosevicius (Squamish, British Columbia) and senior Matt Marcinew (Calgary, Alberta) will likely vie for playing time in the top six.

Role players such as sophomore Colin Staub (Colorado Springs, Colorado), senior Evan Janssen (Green Bay, Wisconsin), sophomore Logan O’Connor (Calgary, Alberta) and senior Emil Romig (Vienna, Austria) will also be given ample opportunities for more prominent spots in the lineup.

Freshman forward Henrik Borgstrom (Helsinki, Finland)

was selected 23rd overall by the DU will be backstopped by the Florida Panthers in the NHL draft same goaltender tandem as last over the summer. Coming over season, relying on junior Tanner from Finland, he will be counted Jaillet (Red Deer, Alberta) and on more and more as the season senior Evan Cowley (Evergreen, progresses to fill a scoring role.

Colorado) to keep pucks out of the Other freshmen forwards Liam net. Jaillet was predominantly the Finlay (Kelowna, British Colum- starter last season, posting a 17-5-5 bia), Justin Cole (Bryn Athyn, record with a .922 save percentage.

Pennsylvania) and Kevin Conley While last season’s team (Wasau, Wisconsin) should also relied on a fast-paced, electrifying see plenty of game action as first offense, the 2016-17 squad may year players. see its strength come from its Five of the team’s six defense- own zone. With an experienced men are returning, giving DU a defensive corps and two tenured solid foundation on the back end. goalies, DU hockey is poised to Senior Will Butcher (Sun Prairie, bounce back in a big way after Wisconsin) had 32 points in 39 advancing all the way to the games last season and will play on Frozen Four last year. both the penalty kill and powerplay again in 2016-17.

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IS DU DOING ENOUGH TO PREVENT SEXUAL ASSAULT? A

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pproximately one in four women will be sexually assaulted in college, while men face about a one in twenty chance. Nearly three in four members of the LGBT community experience sexual assault, and they are often less educated about advocacy and prevention specifically regarding their sexual orientation or gender identity.

One in two transgender people is sexually assaulted. These statistics are real at DU and other college campuses around the world, but they don’t need to be.

Unfortunately, in the past few years, DU has gotten a poor reputation regarding sexual assaults on campus, which is not an something to be proud of. There have been far too many incidents reported—and no doubt even more unreported—in recent years that are classified as sexual assault, relationship violence and gender violence. These are very real issues, and both the university and DU students

should be held accountable, more so than they are right now.

Efforts have increased at the university to educate people about sexual assault on campus. The Health and Counseling Center (HCC) and their Center for Advocacy, Prevention and Empowerment (CAPE) have made great strides toward informing students of how to keep themselves and others safe, while also working to create a safer campus environment. Through educational campaigns like “It’s On Us” and programs like “Be a B.O.S.S.,” more students and members of the DU community are aware of the problems that need solving at DU, which is a step in the right direction.

The university now requires a certain percentage of all members of any club to be B.O.S.S. trained in order for that organization to remain active and funded. This greatly increases student awareness of sexual

assault issues, as B.O.S.S. trainings are fairly comprehensive lessons that provide the knowledge and ability to do the following: to observe your situation, to size up your options and to speak up and act. Students who are B.O.S.S. trained have the skills to be active members of society, keep people safe and provide resources for survivors of sexual assault.

That said, not all DU students are required to be trained in sexual assault awareness and prevention. Incoming students receive short lessons and lectures on safety issues like sexual assault, but they are surrounded by other lessons and lectures about registration, classes, alcohol and other seemingly more important topics.

To me, every student should be either B.O.S.S. trained or involved in another sexual assault presentation at DU, not just at the start of the first year of school.

Another positive program that DU provides is CAPE. CAPE is an active organization on campus, and they deserve an immense amount of credit.

Through B.O.S.S. trainings and other events and services, it may seem like CAPE is fixing DU’s sexual assault problem, or at least lessening its frequency. The facts remain though, and there is still much to accomplish.

DU must do more to keep sexual assaults under control.

It is the responsibility of the university to require education like B.O.S.S. trainings to encourage accountability and awareness, to provide resources and to strive to be different from other universities. It is also up to the students to take care of themselves and others, to respect and help people and most importantly, to create a safe college environment and DU community.

TARYN ALLEN | Copy Editor

PIONEER VOICES

What are you looking forward to most this quarter?

“Making new friends, that’s pretty much it.”

Hannah Orr, Freshman; Evergreen, Colo.

“I don’t know, I just transferred here so I guess meeting new people and seeing what the school’s all about.”

Sophie Kaiser, Sophomore; Orlando, Flo.

“I am looking forward to getting involved in clubs and activities and meeting a whole bunch of people!”

Evan O’Rourke, Freshman; Yardley, Pa.

“I’m looking forward to forming closer relationships with the people that I’ve met and participating more in activities around campus.”

Ariana Cord, Freshman; Parker, Colo.

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WHAT DOES TRUMP’S “BROMANCE" WITH PUTIN HONESTLY MEAN? L

ast Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, President Obama spoke at a campaign event in Philadelphia for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. In his speech, the President criticized Republican nominee Donald Trump for viewing Vladimir Putin, the current president of Russia, as his “role model.”

“Now their [Republican Party] nominee is out there praising a guy–saying he’s a strong leader – because he invades smaller countries, jails his opponents, controls the press and drives his economy into a long recession,” President Obama said during the campaign event.

President Obama asked the crowd to truly think about the fact that Putin is seen as Trump’s role model. What does Trump’s positive view of Putin mean for citizens of the United States if he becomes president?

Trump has already been paralleled to Putin by many media outlets, including The Washington Post and Newsweek, with titles such as, “Is Donald Trump

an American Putin?” To me, their similarities are undeniable.

Both of the politicians’ campaigns are focused on making their country “great again.” Trump, besides his now famous campaign slogan, “Make Amrica Great Again,” has been very persistent in his national restoration rhetoric.

Trump began his presidential announcement speech at the Trump Tower in New York City by stating, “Our country is in serious trouble.

We don’t have victories anymore. We used to have victories, but we don’t have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say, China in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time. All the time.”

Besides the redundancy and arrogance of the speech, Trump seems to believe that the U.S. is in incredible danger and must be restored to the top once again.

Similarly, in his essay “Russia at the Turn of the Millennium,” Putin spoke of Russia’s restoration in Dec. of 1999: “Russia has [just] experienced one of the most difficult periods in its many centuries of history. She faces the real danger of becoming not just

a second—but even a third-tier country. To prevent this from happening, we need an immense effort from all the nation’s intellectual, physical and moral forces.” Putin, although more elegantly speaking, also began his campaign on the idea that Russia is failing, and indicated that there must be changes in order to be on top.

These politicians may share the desire to make their nations “great again,” but they similarly don’t explain the details of how national restoration will happen.

Trump particularly avoids talk of policy or how his proposals will be accomplished, such as Mexico paying for a wall to separate the country and the U.S. The Republican nominee indicates again and again that America needs to change in order to be on top again, but how, and at what costs?

The same costs that it took Russia to become “great again?”

Many American citizens are already paralleling Trump and Putins’ campaigns, but what if Trump wins the 2016 election?

What will the outcome be if he

idolizes Putin, who has, as President Obama pointed out, invaded smaller countries such as Ukraine, jails those who disagree with him, controls the media and puts his country into a recession? Perhaps Americans will find that Trump and Putin have much more than their campaigns in common.

As a student and American citizen, these similarities worry me. The fact that the possible future president idolizes a man who stands for what I believe to be opposite of what my country stands for — freedom, justice, liberty — makes me worry that I may live in a world where writing this article would be against the law.

It should be America’s, as well as the world’s, goal not to repeat history. To avoid doing so, citizens must vote with knowledge of the past, which is why these similarities are so important, as well as the fact that the Republican nominee and possible future president of the United States of America looks up to a man who has done so much damage to his own country.

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n more than one occasion you have surely been preached at about global warming—from your teacher in grade school discussing it on Earth Day to Bernie Sanders claiming on his website that “Climate change is the single greatest threat facing our planet.”

However, as an inquisitive college student, you might have asked yourself the following: what can I do to change anything? Participating in making our world a greener place is easier than you might think, especially if you’re equipped with the right information. With these tips, you can help make our campus—and in turn, the world—a more environmentally friendly place.

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Being green can be as easy as turning off the lights when you leave the room. Switching off lights has a bigger impact on reducing carbon emissions from power stations than originally thought, so by turning off your lights you are in turn reducing carbon emissions that destroy our atmosphere.

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Another easy way to “go green” is to put your car keys away and take out your walking shoes. Not only will it help you live a healthier lifestyle and save money on gas, but it will also help lessen carbon dioxide emissions.

Petrol and diesel, which are fossil fuels, are oils that are used to fuel most vehicles. When burned, they produce carbon dioxide, which is a major climate changing gas.

While cutting down on all vehicle usage can be very difficult, carpooling with friends can be a simple step in helping make the world greener.

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3. Along that note, public transportation should have a bigger presence in your life. As a Pioneer, you’re given an RTD card that gives you access to public transportatsion via the light rail and the bus system. There is no reason why you shouldn’t take advantage of it, especially since it is completely free. Busses, which have stops close to campus, are effective ways to utilize public transportation services. By using these methods of public transportation, you can help cut down on unnecessary carbon dioxide emissions, and who can argue with free?

4. Even though the wrapper says that the bottle is made of “30 percent less plastic,” it’s still plastic.

Instead of buying a package of plastic bottles that you’ll end up throwing away when you’re finished, purchase a reusable water bottle that you can use over and over again, which will elimate waste in our environment. Cute and sustainable is the best route to take in order to be more environmentally friendly. For an array of options, you can check out Target, Walmart and REI. 5.

Take shorter showers. For one, the showers in the dorms can be a little gross, so why would you want to spend more time in there than necessary? Secondly, even if you don’t live in the dorms, it doesn’t take forty-five minutes to wash your hair. Taking shorter showers helps save more water than you might imagine. According to Living Green and Saving Energy, an average of 2.5 gallons of water per minute comes from a typical shower head. Imagine how many gallons of water you could save by just reducing your shower

time by a few minutes. Test yourself and try setting a goal of five minutes the next time you shower.

6. Cutting down your shower time is not the only easy way to save water. By turning off the sink while you’re brushing your teeth and washing your face, you also save a lot of water. It’s an easy way to be more environmentally conscious, so make it a habit.

7. Reduce, reuse and recycle. I’m sure you are familiar with this mantra. However, it’s not just a catchy song from Jack Johnson.

These three points can legitimately help protect the environment. I’ve already touched on “reuse” by mentioning the water bottle, and I’ve also mentioned “reducing” by mentioning the showers, but recycling can be just as easy. DU has made it simple for students to recycle all sorts of materials—from that picture you didn’t mean to print to that can of soda from the C-Store. Using the recycling bins provided by DU can be a major step in helping the environment, and it’s just as easy as throwing something into the trash. A list of what is and is not recyclable can be viewed on DU’s “Recycling @ DU” page.

Familiarize yourself with what is allowed and recycling will become second nature.

There are numerous ways that a college student can be more environmentally friendly.

Though being green may not always be something you consider day to day, it’s always important to keep in mind.

SYDNEY KAPP | Lifestlyes Editor

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GARBAGE ROCKS THE FILLMORE Ryan Ninesling | Clarion

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espite being over two decades into their now storied career, Garbage continue to harness their signature sound and turn it into raw energy as they rocked The Fillmore Auditorium on September 15. Playing through a long set that highlighted multiple focal points of their always evolving sound, the band brought their power to a crowd full of fans young and old, some of whom have loved the legendary group since their humble beginnings.

Garbage was formed in 1993 in Madison, WI. Butch Vig, the band’s drummer, was fresh off producing Nirvana’s infamous album “Nevermind” and was looking to start a band along with bassist Duke Erikson and guitarist Steve

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Marker. Looking to form a grunge band around the sound of remixes they had done for previous bands, ranging from U2 to Nine Inch Nails, the trio gave it an unsuccessful shot (one early performance actually spawned their name, as a listener shouted out, “This shit sounds like garbage!”).

Then they discovered band Angelfish’s Scottish vocalist Shirley Manson and convinced her, after some growing pains, to join the band.

Their debut album “Garbage” debuted in 1995, and the rest, as they say, is history.

The Fillmore set served as an excellent snapshot of not only this early period, but of the band’s career as a whole, including some very

special moments highlighting the band’s many strengths.

From mainstream grunge pop classics such as “Stupid Girl” to newer dark anthems like “Empty,” Garbage had the crowd dancing and raging; the band itself looked as fresh and innovative as they did all those years ago Garbage’s performance of their single “#1 Crush” proved the song’s timelessness. An intense, obsessive track that defines Garbage’s darker sounds, the song is downright hypnotizing live and Manson truly brings the disturbing nature of the song to thematic life. In the encore of the show, the crowd was treated to the first live performance of the electric-soaked jam

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“Magnetized,” which is off the band’s newest atmospheric gem “Strange Little Birds,” an album that itself proves the band’s brand of industrial rock is better than ever.

The highlight of the band continues to be Manson, who breathes life and energy into the room. Backed by a signature production sound that can only be described as pissed, sad and thrashing around a warehouse, Manson brings both ferocity and emotional vulnerability to the group just as deftly as she did years ago. As a result, Garbage still puts on a show that captures the heart and soul of a genre otherwise defined by its rough edges.

Ryan Ninesling | Entertainment Editor

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