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Vol. 120, Issue 21
Hockey sweeps weekend games
Oct. 16, 2013
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Teams tug their way to the top
by calvin jouard Sports Editor
It was a frantic flurry in front of Pioneer goalie Sam Brittain in the waning seconds of the second period Saturday night. But Brittain stood tall, and eventually gobbled up the final shot as the buzzer sounded to end the period. There was still a goose-egg on the scoreboard next to the Merrimack logo. It was a scene that summed up the Pioneers’ two-game series against Merrimack rather succinctly, as the Pios blanked Merrimack 1-0 and 4-0 on Friday and Saturday night, respectively. Brittain faced 53 shots over the weekend, and stopped them all—and he made history for the Pioneers, posting back-to-back season opening shutouts, the first feat of its kind in the program’s 65 year history. “You know it’s nice to get off to a fresh start, Brittain said. “It was a little disappointing last year with how things turned out, but that’s the way goaltending goes. Nothing feels better than getting off to a good start this year and solidifying myself as a lead goalie in the NCAA.” Brittain played 33 games his freshman year but has since played 26 games through two seasons.
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A team from the Delta Zeta sorority, who sponsored Turtle Tug, participates in the tug-of-war, which was held on Saturday, Oct. 12 to raise funds for charities.
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SEE brittain, PAGE 16
Continued: HCC reaches out to minorities Editor Emeritus
This is the second part of a two-part story examining healthcare availability for minorities. The first part appeared in last week’s issue of the Clarion. What is being done Kent, Garriott and Chao have the opportunity to address these problems by training future counselors in cultural sensitivity, with many students in the graduate school of Counseling Psychology working in the HCC. When training her students, Chao focuses on helping her students become aware of their own privilege when working with minority clients. “When they are with the session with the client, they are bringing their own world views into the therapy room,” said Chao. “If they are from white back-
grounds, how does white privilege affect their interaction with a client who is a black male? I also encourage them to explore and increase their understanding about different cultures. For example, music has a big implication in African American culture, so I encourage them to explore that.” Kent also has tried to address needs of minorities within the existing HCC staff. “Our graduate school of counseling psychology has a four course sequence available [in multiculturalism], so there is a lot of academic preparation. We [the HCC] provide ongoing professional development,” said Kent. “We have had numerous open positions this year and we have made a very assertive effort to increase our diversity - we worked with minority recruitment specialist and we identified some websites to post our openings in different locations to broaden our search and applicants, such as listserves for African
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American or Latina psychologists. We do make a very conscious effort to get a broad applicant pool.” These efforts are now beginning to be reflected on staff, Kent said, although he’s not done looking for fresh faces. “We have several therapists that identify as LGBT and have made connections in that community. We have a therapist who is Chinese American and has a bicultural background and we also have ones that identify as Latino and Latina. It is a part of our goal to increase our offerings in this area.” According to Kent, DU attempts to address not only location access, by having services right on campus, but also financial access to its mental health services. “DU requires that undergraduates pay the health fee and that is built into their tuition bill and included in financial fee. If you pay that fee, counseling sessions are only 10 dollars which is quite affordable,” said Kent. “Graduate students don’t
have to pay the health fee so they would have to pay for the services and see if their insurance will reimburse them. Basically, the health fee costs what one counseling session in the community would cost, so it’s a very good deal.” Language provides yet another barrier, especially for international students. “Well, one of the challenges I have found in terms of broadening the diversity and language capabilities of the staff is finding candidates in the Denver metro area,” said Kent. “For instance, through my professional listserves, I’ve tried to identify bilingual Chinese speaking therapists, and as far as I can tell, there aren’t any in the Denver metro area that I’ve been able to find. Like everyone else, another challenge is limited resources. Recruiting highly qualified bilingual therapists is also a challenge given our salary structure.”
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Thefts on campus last week