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Faire nurtures creative talent in local youth After learning to sew, Widget Taylor, 8, makes a mask at the BLDG 61 booth during the Mini Maker Faire in Loveland on Saturday, Oct. 8. The faire is a space where children are exposed to and participate in an array of activities from kite making to robotics. Photo by McKenzie Lange • mlange4@msudenver.edu
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class’s professor. Chris Davis, an MSU Denver student government senator, went to the event to ask Frank what Sanders supporters could do moving forward after the election. Davis was a Sanders delegate to the Democratic National Convention during the primary. Frank replied that if millennials wanted to change the system, then they would have to work from within. Creating a new party, Frank said, would be ineffective in the long run. Davis agreed with Frank. “As long as you vote on Nov. 8, I’m happy for you. But what I really care about is what you do on Nov. 9 and until the next Election Day,” Davis said. “All the work that we have done in the progressive movement will go to waste if we stop on Nov. 8.”
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economic background that led to the current political environment. Quoting John F. Kennedy’s “Ask Not” speech, Frank discussed how Americans evolved from viewing government as part of the solution to being the problem, which he said was best embodied by Ronald Reagan’s “government is the problem” quote. He also criticized millennial attitudes toward establishment politics. Time was given for student questions. Students from the Social and Political Philosophy class at MSU Denver were among those lined up to pick Frank’s brain on a variety of topics, such as government surveillance and the future of progressive politics after failed Democratic presidential candidate Sen Bernie Sanders. “This was a great event that connected some of the stuff we’re doing in class with current events,” said Elizabeth Goodnick, the
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Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank tackled politics, law and sexual orientation on Oct. 10 in the Adirondacks Room of the Tivoli Student Union. Frank is best known for being the first openly gay congressman to serve in the U.S. House of
Representatives. He was one of the leading sponsors of the 2010 Dodd-Frank consumer protection bill, which sought to regulate the U.S. financial system in the wake of the Great Recession that began in 2008. While today support for gay marriage among Americans is near 61 percent and the majority of millennials are widely tolerant of LGBT issues, Frank experienced the polar opposite during his childhood. “As I got older, I realized politics is something I’d like to do. The problem was that I knew I was gay. I realized that when I was 13. Apparently, according to Ben Carson, I decided at 13 to be gay. I don’t remember deciding it, but I did,” Rep. Frank said, eliciting laughter from the room. “To be in politics you had to be popular. Government was popular. To be gay was to be despised as anything on earth in 1953.” Frank talked at length about the
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“Ask-a-Muslim” demystifies stereotypes By Devyn Deeter ddeeter@msudenver.edu
A large cardboard booth with the words “Ask a Muslim” written in bold black marker greeted students in the North Classroom of Auraria Campus on Oct. 10. The Muslim Student Association held the event to foster conversation and try to provide answers to common questions regarding Muslims. Ali Alshawi, an organizer of the event, is from Iraq. He moved to the United States without his family when he was 17 and is an alumnus from the University of Northern Colorado. He said he did not face any discrimination while at UNC, and believes college campuses are more progressive. Alshawi saw the experience of Ask-A-Muslim as positive and said he wanted to focus on not letting negative experiences affect him. “In order to stay positive you have to reconsider some of these beliefs and really get to know people before judging them,” Alshawi said. Angel Guma, a U.S. Army veteran and also an organizer for the event, said that serving in Afghanistan for a year made him want to come back to the
United States to help Muslims face discrimination. Guma is not Muslim, but said that he, too, felt he had faced discrimination. “I’m mistreated. I’m told to go back to Mexico by people who, no offense, look just like you,” Guma said. Guma is not Mexican but Native American. When questioned about why people assume he is Mexican he said that it is because he is dark-skinned. When asked about ISIS and their connection to Islam, Alshawi said that he would prefer that there be a differentiation between Islamism and Islam. While they are related, he said Islamism shouldn’t represent Islam. He did not wish to comment on the views of homosexuality in the Muslim community. He said that it was a very complicated issue he felt was above him. Merve Saygili and Fathia Mohamed also stayed at the booth to try and help students understand Islam in general. Mohamed stated that she didn’t want people to associate them with terrorist organizations like ISIS. She and Saygili said ISIS does not represent Islam and they would rather people not refer to the group as Islamists because it forces people to associate
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Taylor Craver, left, talks with Ali Alshawi, right, about spreading awarness about Islam and what it stands for Oct. 10 at Auraria Campus. Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher • agebreeg@msudenver.edu
Muslims with terrorism. When asked about the treatment of women in the Middle East and the discrimination they face, Saygili said that she does not support the treatment of women in areas like Saudi Arabia, where there are laws discriminating against women. The Quran, she said, actually holds women in esteem, while those countries’ cultures were the true issue to address. Mohamed agreed.
“That’s the culture, not the religion.” They also brought up street preacher Ron Underwood, who they said antagonized them the most. They hoped the booth would help widen people’s views enough to lessen such incidents. “With us being college students, we’re just like everybody else on this campus. We just have to follow a different religion,” Mohamed said.
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Dave Matthews rocks the vote in Denver Musician teams up with vice presidential candidate Kaine to rally voters Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine spoke at a Denver get-out-the-vote rally held in the National Western Complex on Oct. 10. Kaine recounted the second presidential debate, praising Hillary Clinton’s performance and bashing Donald Trump’s vulgar language. Dave Matthews performed a solo set at the rally, going on before Kaine took the stage in front of around 1,700 people. Clinton currently has an 84.1 percent chance to win Colorado’s nine electoral votes, according to fivethirtyeight.com’s polls-only forecast. Trump has a 18.9 percent chance of winning Colorado’s electoral votes. Photo by Michael Ortiz • mortiz26@msudenver.edu
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Experts wrangle over Amendment 69 By Jonathan Rose jrose39@msudenver.edu Opposing sides presented their arguments for and against the universal health care ballot in the second “Tap the Vote” forum. The forum saw medical doctor and ColoradoCare advocate Sen. Irene Aguilar face off against M. Michael Cooke, campaign manager for Coloradans for Coloradans. The debate took place Oct. 5 at the Denver Post Auditorium. Aguilar appealed to Coloradans’ fairness and responsibility, saying the bill would control costs and ensure comprehensive, lifetime health care for all residents. She described a dysfunctional and fi xed corporate system profiting off of sickness. “We know that our current health care payment system is rigged to benefit rich corporations, many of which are out of state,” Aguilar said. “We Coloradans are responsible. We’re willing to pay our fair share, but we want to be sure we get value for our dollar. No hidden costs in deductibles, copayments, and no narrow networks that prevent us from seeing the doctors we want to see.” Cooke described the proposal, which relies on increased tax revenue and an unelected 21 member board to make major decisions, as
risky, uncertain and unaffordable. “It’s risky because it is experimental,” Cooke said. “It takes away everything we know today, whether perfect or not, and puts in place an untested system, and it places that in the constitution. It’s uncertain with this 21-member board that will make decisions for us. That’s not a democracy. That’s not the way we do things in a government system.” Cooke argued that Colorado would be putting itself in a precarious position as the only state to offer universal health care coverage, potentially scaring away insurers and encouraging “medical tourism,” and should make changes through the legislature rather than embed them in the constitution. “There is still a concern about Colorado going it alone on a program like this,” Cooke said. “That concern doesn’t go away. But taking steps to reform our health care system through the statutory process, that’s what we should be doing instead of scrapping everything for an untested program and putting it in the constitution.” Aguilar, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s 32nd District, said her six years as a state lawmaker have convinced her that there are no legislative options to implement what she sees as necessary change to Colorado’s existing health care system. She referred to controversy surrounding President Barack Obama’s health care law in explaining the ballot’s necessity.
“Unfortunately, since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, health care has been made into a partisan issue,” Aguilar said. “And yet, illness is not partisan. The need to access medical care is not partisan, and putting something in the constitution as I’ve seen with Amendment 64 does lead to the legislature in good faith working to enact the goals of that amendment.” If approved by voters in November, the bill would require a feasibility study that could take upward of a year before going into effect. A 10 percent payroll tax increase split between employers and employees would provide $25 billion in annual revenue to fund the program. Both sides cited studies that support their positions, with Cooke saying ColoradoCare would eventually put the state billions in debt. Aguilar argued that the revenue increase would mean a $2.5 billion surplus from “year one.” The Colorado Commission on Affordable Health Care, commissioned by Aguilar and Republican Sen. Ellen Roberts of Durango, found that Coloradans currently spend upward of $30 billion per year on health care, an increase of 400 percent over the past 20 years. “Twenty-five billion dollars is less than $30 billion,” said Aguilar. “You do the math.”
Campus Beat By Cassie Ballard cballar7@msudenver.edu Campus Week of Action was created to raise awareness for the victims and families impacted by sexual violence. Student Government Assembly is hosting a series of events to train and inform college students on topics of consent and assault. Auraria Campus offers several resources for students to turn to, such as Auraria Police and the Pheonix Center. • Oct. 9 – Consent is #BEA or before all else, a mock college party while teaching the full definition of consent. • Oct. 10 – Poetry Slam centered on those dealing with sexual assault. • Oct. 11 – Art not Violence, a campus walk focused on art against violence. • Oct. 12 – Movie screening of Justice For My Sister, the story of a Guatemalan woman fighting to find her sister’s killer.
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Immigration is one of the most complex and powerful drivers behind fundamental demographic, economic and political change in the United States. Our political panel tackles the impact of possible immigration policy past the 2016 election.
Devyn Deeter: Immigration, and moreover illegal immigration, is a hot-button issue this election season. The claims of the left are that trying to stop illegal immigration is racist, sending people back to their country is racist, and that building a wall is racist. The common argument against enforcing immigration is that the United States is a melting pot. While true, it should also be understood that there are laws in place for a reason. Taxes must be paid. If someone is here illegally, they face many difficulties. They have no Social Security number and documents. There is also talk of trying to grant these people citizenship in the United States, but is that fair to the people trying to come here legally who have been on a waiting list for years? There should be a better system for allowing people into the country.
I don’t believe anyone opposes immigration per se, but it is not OK to allow people into this country whenever they’d like. Esteban Fernandez: I agree with you that the immigration system is broken and in dire need of reform, and you bring up a fair point about people on the waiting list. The question of illegal immigration is a question of degree. Opinions within the GOP vary between tightening borders from their current state to a nearly full closure. The wall represents that nearly full closure, and the idea itself enjoys popular support among the base. In my analysis, the leading solutions prescribed by the GOP are too draconian and would lead to severe economic blowback. Deporting 11 million people would mean coordination among hundreds of local law enforcement entities. Interagency competition in the law enforcement community is famous for its counterproductivity, which would exist on top of large logistical challenges. Farm commodity prices would also rise, impacting the family dinner plate due to the lack of cheap labor. Illegal
immigrants also do pay payroll taxes, to the tune of $13 billion in 2010. This is made possible due to the fake Social Security numbers they use to gain employment. Yet they can not collect benefits from the system because those same numbers would fall apart on closer inspection. Perhaps granting overnight citizenship goes too far, but could a compromise be found with a path to citizenship that takes into account penalties for illegal entry?
larger percentage of their cheap labor. When you consider all the campaigning done on campus for raising minimum wage though, I don’t think it’s bad to open up those jobs to actual U.S citizens, forcing those companies to pay their employees more money. I don’t think exploiting illegal immigrants by not paying them is the answer, and having them suddenly be legal would cause the exact same problem as having Americans do those jobs instead.
Deeter: The wall would serve as not a full closure, but a closure of illegal immigration. Deporting every illegal immigrant would be a huge mass effort by tons of law enforcement agencies and I don’t think that it will happen overnight. However, I certainly think penalizing sanctuary cities for not giving up illegal immigrants to ICE is a great start. I do think that it would have a negative impact on the economy for a time. You’re right that companies would lose a
Fernandez: You make excellent points but I fear that what the GOP base demands at the moment goes beyond reform. There is a nativist streak running through the party at the moment that would like to see far more draconian measures enacted beyond what you have prescribed. If successful, they could have a chilling effect on net immigration as a whole. Macroeconomics compels a strong argument for open borders with looser controls on immigration. That’s why I believe it is so important for the U.S. to not injure itself with a self-inflicted wound so early in the century.
Immigration by the numbers • According to the Migration Policy Institute, as of 2014 nearly 42 million immigrants reside in the United States, making up about 13 percent of the U.S. population. • Forty-seven percent of immigrants are naturalized citizens. • The remaining 53 percent are lawful permanent residents, unauthorized immigrants, and legal residents on temporary visas. • Estimates of unauthorized immigrants range between 10.9 million and 15.7 million. • Sixty-nine percent of the 11.3 million mexican immigrants ages 16 and older were in the civilian labor force as of 2014. • The current flow rate of Mexican immigrants into the United States stands at 3.5 migrants per 1,000 residents. Prior to 2008, the rate stood at 6.4 migrants, and during the recession it fell to 3.3 migrants.
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Crushing loss doesn’t have to mean giving up
By Joella Baumann jbauma17@msudenver.edu I have experienced my fair share of hard knocks in life, but I consider myself to be very lucky in terms of loss. My granddad passed away in February 2014. While I am sad that my son, his “little bit,” won’t grow up spending summers with him in the mountains learning to fish, I know that he lived a long and fulfi lling life. Besides grandad, I didn’t know the feeling of losing someone I loved. I definitely didn’t understand the aching loss of losing someone too soon. That is until, Sept. 5, 2016. That day will be etched on my heart and mind as long as my memory behooves me. Because on this day, I experienced something horrific. I experienced something that I think about and replay in my mind every single day. I think about all the lives this tragedy has affected and all the
heartache that is still to come. Six years ago, I was blessed to meet someone who almost instantaneously became my best friend. She is my little firecracker with a sailor’s mouth, a brilliant mind and a giant heart. Though I am notoriously bad at keeping in contact with my friends, she never let our friendship slip by the wayside. When we got busy and months went by, all I had to do was tell her I missed her and she was right there on the phone asking me how things had been, remembering all the little things we had talked about and knowing just how to make me laugh as if no time had gone by. When I thought I was going to be homeless, she offered me a place to stay without the bat of an eye and never judged me or asked how I had gotten myself there. When I didn’t have any family, she became mine, spamming me with birthday party and holiday invites. Her kids became mine and she is my boys’ “Auntie Vic.” Her fiancé became, at first, my tentative friend. I grew to love him for his anecdotal humor and his big heart for my son, whom he named “baby shaq.” I’ve watched their daughter grow and held their son when he was born, a week short of a year after my own. We’ve talked about how they’ll grow up together and they’ve given me advice on how to stay sane with my overactive little boy. These are people who have become interwoven into the fabric of my everyday life. People who I have learned to take for granted because I assumed that we would
continue our friendship into old age. My fragile beautiful life shattered before my eyes that day in September. We went camping for Labor Day weekend. It was the most fun I’d had in quite a while. I went tubing on the lake for the first time. I learned things about my second family that I never knew and we became even closer. We were headed home on that sunny Monday afternoon and I followed behind them because, of course, I’d gotten myself lost. We had plans to meet the next day as we
Six years ago, I was blessed to meet someone who almost instantaneously became my best friend. She is my little firecracker with a sailor’s mouth, a brilliant mind and a giant heart. always did. But we didn’t. The rear wheel on their driver’s side exploded and their car flipped so many times. What I saw that day haunts me. A cold hand began crushing, squeezing my heart and hasn’t yet released me. I often feel guilty because I couldn’t stop it and I couldn’t save him.
His smart mouth never got him into trouble that his big heart couldn’t fi x. He was a father like I always wanted and an unparalleled Broncos fan. Saying goodbye to someone who had so much life left to live weighs heavy on my heart. Yet, in this past month, I have seen things that humble me and restore my faith. When the doctors said my friend wouldn’t stabilize, she did. When they said she would be in a vegetative state, she woke up. When they said it would take weeks for her to talk, she talked the next day. When they said her memory might be impacted, she grabbed my hand, called me by name and told me she loved me. I have seen my families come together and surround my friend with love and support. I have seen her mom at the hospital every morning and her dad every evening. She has visitors all throughout the day to support her. The charity that I have seen from friends and strangers on her behalf is awe-inspiring. To all of you: We are now and forever family, tied together not by this tragedy but by the bonds and blessings it has created. Do not give into your heartbreak. Stay strong for my best friend. And to my little firecracker: We will make it through this. You are the strongest woman that I know. In time your wounds, both physical and emotional, will heal. We will make it through this.
Know-it-all brewers kill the fun of enjoying beer
By Cassie Ballard cballar7@msudenver.edu Over the years, I’ve worked serving beer at local downtown tap houses. I consider myself to be pretty knowledgeable in the beer industry. Every year the Great American Beer Festival returns to the Colorado Convention Center and with it hundreds of brewers who think they know it all. This year wasn’t any different.
Being an avid beer lover, I can’t stand another brewer acting as if they know everything about the carbonated drink. In the beginning of my drinking life, the typical beers I consumed were Coors, Guinness or, if I was feeling fancy, a pilsner. Then companies like Sam Adams and New Belgium started craft ing specialty beers and mass-producing them. This is when the fizzed-up nonsense popped the cap through the roof. Slowly, everyone decided to drink specialty craft beer over the carbonated chalk water people call Coors and Budweiser. A few held strong like the broke Pabst hipsters, who still insisted on going to the bar for a $2 beer instead of just paying for the $10 six pack and staying home. The social aspect was all they really craved. Now, everyone is a beer connoisseur know-it-all and it has taken away from the laid back atmosphere. I heard things like “This IPA used too much of wet hop” or even worse, when people start sounding like winos, saying phrases like, “I’m getting
Brewers can be almost as pretentious as marijuana growers when it comes to talking about their craft. Brewers think they know everything there is to know about beer. floral and oak notes in the back of my palate.” Really? Do you? Eye roll. I will admit I am just a simple server who has enjoyed beer since my underaged-self sipped my first drink of beer ever, a Guinness in Dublin, but after 10 years in the industry, I feel confident with my expertise. Then you meet the brewers. Brewers can be almost as pretentious as marijuana
growers when it comes to talking about their craft. Brewers think they know everything there is to know about beer. They hate everyone elses’ product and constantly find ways to cut each others’ product down. One brewer said to me during GABF, “This cider has a septic finish. Have you cleaned the lines?” I irritably responded, “Duh dude, we are a respected tap house.” He scoffed with arrogance, “Oh, well, that was horrible.” It was a free sample. He drank it anyway. I will admit that I don’t hate all brewers. Many companies use sustainable resources – like Left Hand and Odell – which were created by brewers. Avery works with the local water treatment plant to reduce nitrogen in water recycling. Odell and Avery also employ some of the most genuinely real people I have had the benefit of meeting. Those are the people who craft an amazing brew with passion. But, if you are in the industry or even a beer devotee, don’t be a snob. Beer is about having fun, not acting like you are superior.
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Todd Sheaman sands a piece of wood during the Mini Maker Faire Oct. 8 in Loveland. Sheaman has been a member of the Rocky Mountain Woodturners Club for 3 1/2 years. Photos by McKenzie Lange • mlange4@msudenver.edu
Faire connects Colorado’s creators Thousands of crafters gather to display and foster talent By Keenan McCall kmccall3@msudenver.edu
Inventors, artists and creators gathered Oct. 7-9 for the Fourth NoCo Mini Maker Faire, showing attendees of all ages what creativity can do. Held at the Budweiser Events Center, the Faire served as a celebration of self made creations from around Colorado. Robotics, woodworks, hand sewed costumes and scrap sculptures filled the center. More crafts from each field were made on site throughout the weekend. Children attending the event were also encouraged to try out the many methods of creating with the guidance of the attending specialists. “It’s really bringing the kids into doing,” said Edward VanDyne, president of the Loveland Creator’s Space. “It’s just a lot of fun to see how kids challenge themselves.” Established in 2013, the Faire sought to bring information about different creative
outlets to residents from all across the state. Local organizations met face to face with attendees to help them learn about the different makers space programs available throughout the state. These spaces offer children programs that allow them to work with their hands, making their own creations or inventions. Jalali Hartman, chief member of Robauto, gave attendees the chance to see and operate a robot created by kids through a program available at the Loveland Library. The program provided all of the equipment needed for kids to create the robots with experts supervising and teaching them throughout. “A lot of it is to teach them everything around networking,” Hartman said. “We’re able to show them everything they’d see in a Google self driving car for only a few hundred dollars.” Other organizations allowed children attending the event to make their own creations on site. BLDG 61, an organization that runs a makers space in Boulder, set up a sewing station where attendees could
Kristi Rogers decides which parts to include in the sculpture she will be creating over the course of the Mini Maker Faire in Loveland Oct. 8. Rogers built a two-headed horse out of various pieces of scrap she collected.
make their own masks and costumes. Their programs cover several areas of self made creation. “It is an all ages makers space, but we do have youth programs and the response has been outstanding,” said Janet Hollingsworth, creative technologist at BLDG 61. “For kids, it’s great to have that space for tactile learning they wouldn’t have outside of school.” In the outdoor area of the Faire, Kristi Rogers and other sculptures brought in discarded metal scraps for children to build their own sculptors. Attendees could also watch the scrap sculptors in action as they built a primary scrap sculpture throughout the weekend. Rogers hoped having the hands on
opportunity would help others see the potential for art her and her colleagues see in everyday objects. “It’s all about your perspective,” Rogers said. “Nine out of ten people would be like ‘that looks like junk’ but for me any object has the potential to be something.” Along with helping children find outlets for their creativity, the Faire allowed the creators to network and plan future programs. “After every single Faire, we have stories about how people got jobs by meeting someone,” said Elizabeth VanDyne, organizer of the NoCo Mini Maker Faire. “It inspires and informs and creates collaborations.”
“It’s all about your perspective. Nine out of 10 people would be like ‘that looks like junk’ but for me any object has the poetential to be something.” -Kristi Rogers
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Art Gym offers resources for Colorado artists By Natasha McCone nmccone@msudenver.edu Humans tend to create sacred spaces, environments we make for each other to snap ourselves out of isolation and create a community. Located in South Park Hill in Denver, the Art Gym is a designated space for local artists who seek an equilibrium between being alone and being surrounded. The 17,000 square feet of space are dedicated to creation. Metalsmiths and printmakers are attracted to this institution for its specialized equipment, but it’s encouraging atmosphere also attracts painters, dancers, musicians and even one writer. The space was created in 2011, when Vicki Stevinson and her husband, Brian Stevinson, bought a closed down Safeway warehouse. Originally opened in 1953, it had corrugated fiberglass for windows and held nothing but empty space. They had no idea what they wanted to do with it. Eventually, the vision came from her own material obstacles in the artistic field. “I went to Metro. That’s where it all began with a degree in printmaking,” Stevenson said. “I later began metalsmithing, which created many roadblocks for me. I couldn’t afford the machinery, and often the materials were hard to find.” Replicating the format of a gym, membership costs $100 a month, and members can come from any level of experience and any medium or expression. The building’s layout encourages an artist to either work in silence or turn to another creator and ask for critique or encouragement. One large factor of the Art Gym’s success comes from the current cost of studio space in Denver, averaging around $1,333 a month, not including utilities. For those striving to make a living from their arts (especially straight out of college) this expense is counterproductive. On Oct. 6, the venue held
an open reception called “Dark and Obscure.” Most artists were members, but some had applied on their own to have their art displayed. The pieces all thematically addressed mortality and reality. On one wall, a sculpture that looked like a chain of bones sat next to a woodcarving of a woman with a pair of scissors entangled in her hair. These dark images ran counter to the bubbly conversations throughout the gallery and the lightness of the architecture. One artist, Melanie Bindon, was showing an oil painting entitled “To Internalize a Chickadee.” “I woke up at 4:30 a.m. and did this,” Bindon said. “I paint nightmares to walk away from them.” Bindon paintings contain layers of narrative, such as her looming dark figure over a rib cage containing a chickadee heart. When she was younger, her mother used to call her “Chickadee” for her courage and bubbliness. The figure from her dreams is trying to consume that energy. On a podium, a small book titled “Grief” encouraged visitors to flip through it. “My mom died five months ago,” said the artist Ingrid Porter. “I was trying to express what that felt like. It was important for me to have it go on and on and on, and when it’s almost too much, there’s a little light.” Porter hand-dyed the book with tea and tattered the edges to make it look worn. As it progressed, the image of tears collected into an ocean, eventually turning into the light above a mountainscape. For many, being at the Art Gym gave back that sense of belonging and purpose that college had offered them. The alternative to studio space could mean their success as a Denver artist.
“I went to Metro. That’s where it all began with a degree in printmaking,” - Brian Stevenson
Left: The “Dark and Obscure” exhibit showcases talent from members and non members of the Art Gym. The organization opened in April of last year. Below: Kathleen Sherman views a handmade book of 22 Paintings by artist Ingrid Porter titled “Grief.” The book is on display at the Art Gym gallery among various types of arts from different artists. The Art Gym is a place for artists to work on their pieces. Photos by Abreham Gebreegziabher • agebreeg@msudenver.edu
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Tri-Institutional Open Mic gains momentum By Luis Bustos lbustos@msudenver.edu
Returning once again to amplify Auraria campus’ talent, the Tri-Institutional Open Mic Night provided students with a space to mingle and connect on Oct. 5. Taking place four times a year in the Multicultural Lounge, students are invited to rap, sing, recite poetry and even crack some jokes. The doors were open to anyone interested in participating or enjoying the show. Guests were welcomed with refreshments and snacks. Hosted by student event teams, the rendezvous is continuing its second year at AHEC. “Anytime a school has an event, that’s your events team hosting it,” said Desmond Hubbard, UCD event coordinator. “We have the CCD event team, Metro’s event team and CU’s event team come together to make this happen.” According to Hubbard, the event is growing rapidly. Last month’s Open Mic Night was the largest performer turnout the event had seen with 20 to 30 performers. Due to the abundance of participants, not everyone who signed up had the opportunity to perform. Although the event has gained momentum in the past couple months,
audiences have not always been intrigued. “When it started, there was three or four people that would show up,” said Hubbard. According to event coordinators, audience attendance spiked beginning this year. “The first one of the semester we had somewhere between 90 and a 100 people.” Coordinators do not plan to move to a larger venue anytime soon. However, in response to its rising popularity, they are considering extending the length of the event so they can continue to welcome performers. Amidst audience growth and performers filling slots, student coordinator Tatiana Shaves, MSU Denver event coordinator said that some performers are making their way back to the open mic. “We have a couple regulars.” Shaves said, MSU Denver event coordinator. Among these regulars is Ricardo Barakov who kicked off the event performing a cover of “Closer” by The Chainsmokers. “This is my second time. I went to the first one in September,” said UCD’s Ricardo Barakov. “It feels like a place where I can just let my heart out in one of the ways I know how.” The mic was handed to performers from AHEC’s three institutions and even a high school senior. Performing a slam poem for the “young brothers lost,” Bear Creek High School student Ferida Zekaria left the
Jake Howard of MSU Denver, participates in Open Mic night on Oct 6 at the Multicultural Lounge. Photo by Brandon N. Sanchez • bsanch36@msudenver.edu
crowd silent with her untitled piece on the oppression of Black Americans. “They think that black is supposed to be feared,” said Zekaria. “That’s not how it’s always gonna be.” UCD’s Allen Tran followed Zekaria with a few minutes of stand up comedy. Politically driven, Tran had the crowd laughing to themes like the presidential election and the Holocaust.
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It’s 12 a.m. Gears of War 4 finished downloading days ago, but now it was unlocked. My best friend, Jasko, and I sat on my couch. Tonight was the first night we’d sat on the same couch to play a new title in about 2 years. Not to mention we were setting out to experience the newest installment of a story we started 10 years ago. Sure, we played games together all the time. Cooperative or competitive, Jasko and I have been gaming together since we were in the third grade. But our play-through of “Halo 5” was on Xbox Live, as was our re-adventure of “Castle Crashers” Remastered, or our sneak through of “Ghost Recon.” With “Gears of War 4” being one of the first big split screen titles to release on the Xbox One, we couldn’t resist the urge to do some classic couch co-op. Tonight we were both ready to sit down and play through as much of the game as we could handle, and we did. Jasko and I played straight until 5 am, only stopping for bathroom breaks and to grab sodas from a fridge – or when Jasko was frustrated with my overwhelmingly high amount of deaths. Since its inception, Gears of War has always been one of those games where you bro-down. You and your best friend sit together and slaughter hundreds of underworld monsters who threaten mankind. But Gears of War is deeper than this ultra-manly, bloody bro fest.
Tran praised a lack of censorship at the event. “I was kind of iffy on whether or not I should do the Holocaust jokes,” said Tran. “It’s inappropriate but if Trump becomes president, that’s the reality we’re looking at.” Students from any institution are welcome to the Tri-Institutional Open Mic Night. The next open mic will take place in the Multicultural Lounge Nov. 2.
The cornerstone of Gears of War’s story is the four squad members and their relationship with one another, primarily Marcus and Dom. When one first starts up “Gears of War,” you see Marcus in prison. Players are thrown into a strange world with only a sliver of an idea of what’s unfolding. After a brief introduction, Dom is the first person we see. He frees Marcus from prison, and together the two of you venture out to confront the horde. Dom is the person who is always there to support Marcus and knows how Marcus works. This doesn’t go unnoticed, Marcus reciprocates this brotherly love, going so far as to journey to the edge of the world to help Dom find his wife in the second game. And in the third game, it is this sense of brotherhood that makes Dom’s death so tragic, and we see Marcus go to the brink of breaking down after losing his best friend. This bond and brotherhood is well established in the original game and goes further than mere cut scenes. In fact, cooperation is a crucial gameplay mechanic, if you take too much fire and go down, Dom (or in my case, Jasko) has to come pick you up, or else you both fail. Littered throughout the game there are doors and debris that can only be moved if both Marcus and Dom are working together. Most importantly, the game is easier and so much more enjoyable when you have a friend at your back.
Jasko and I have known each other since we were in the first grade. We’ve been best friends since the third grade, and 10 years ago we played “Gears of War” together. Now, sitting together playing Gears of War 4, everything felt right. Neither of us resemble the bruiser body type of Marcus and company, and we definitely aren’t the two people to save the world, but that sense of brotherhood is something we know well. Together the two of us have been on plenty of stupid adventures, and stuck our necks out for the other. I know Jasko has my back no matter what, and I have his. We’re both busy, we both work a lot and often times our schedules clash. It’s easy for me to go a few weeks or even a month at a time without seeing my best friend, which is why a late night couch co-op session of “Gears of War” is so important to us. To call off work for a night, ignore all responsibility, obligations, and most of the outside world, it’s something we’ll always share.
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Roadrunner Briefs » Women’s soccer wins one and loses one MSU Denver’s women’s soccer team finished their weekend road trip with one win and one loss. The Roadrunners defeated New Mexico Highlands, 2-0, but lost to CSU-Pueblo, 1-0. They finished the weekend with an RMAC record of 3-3-2 and an overall record of 4-4-4. The women travel to Spearfish, South Dakota on Sunday, Oct. 16, to take on the Black Hills State
» Jennifer Hankins leads Roadrunners golf team Freshman Jennifer Hankins led the Roadrunners for the third straight competition in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Event No. 2 on Oct. 10-11, in which the team finished in second place overall. Hankins finished with a tworound score of 152, which was good enough for third place in the competition. Junior Meg McMullen had her best career finish, tying for seventh place. The event marks the end of the fall schedule for MSU Denver. They return to the course in the spring to defend their back-toback RMAC championships.
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Belfrage’s 2 goals not enough By David Schaut dschaut@msudenver.edu Two goals from leading scorer Josh Belfrage weren’t enough for the Roadrunners as they lost an important game in heartbreaking fashion for the second straight week. In their second game of the weekend, MSU Denver lost to No. 5 Regis, 3-2. The weekend started on a high note for the team as they beat a struggling South Dakota School of Mines Hardrockers team 2-1. Senior midfielder Arturo Vega scored the first goal of the game, but senior goalkeeper Hayden Rus yielded a late goal to the Hardrockers and the game ended regulation tied 1-1. It only took two minutes for Roadrunners freshman midfielder Yannick Schad to end the game. He buried the first goal of his collegiate career in dramatic fashion by scoring the overtime game winner. The next challenge for the team was traveling to Regis to take on the fifth-ranked Rangers. The Rangers entered the match as the highest ranked team in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The game was an opportunity for MSU Denver to regain their status as a ranked team. They entered the week of Sept. 26 ranked No. 21 in Division II, only to lose 1-0 to UCCS when the Mountain Lions scored with only three minutes left in the game that promptly dropped them out of the rankings. The Roadrunners scored first against the Rangers when Belfrage popped a goal into the top of the net. Regis responded quickly and the first half ended 1-1. The Rangers struck first in the second half, but Belfrage countered with his eighth goal of the season to tie the game. Regis scored in the 78th minute which proved to be the game winner. MSU Denver has another opportunity to topple the powerhouse Rangers Oct. 16 at the Regency Athletic Complex.
» Tennis teams compete in Colorado Mesa Duals The Roadrunners tennis teams finished competition in Grand Junction Oct. 9. The women swept their doubles matches against Colorado Mesa University. Juniors Courtney Wright and Emily Kerr won their match, 8-6, while freshman Tabitha Porter and junior Linying Xiao won, 9-8. In the singles, the women split their matches, with Kerr, Ainsley Winterrowd and Ana-Jelena Vujosevic winning. Senior Josh Graetz and sophomore Joey Tscherne won their doubles match 6-2, 6-0. The men also split their singles matches, with Graetz, Tscherne and Calum Hayes winning. The tennis teams now have a break until January.
MSU Denver defender Brayan Molina slides for a steal against Regis midfielder Noah Chapleski Oct. 9 at Regis Match Pitch. The number No. 5-ranked Rangers defeated the Roadrunners 3-2. Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher • agebreeg@msudenver.edu
Volleyball continues to demolish By Earl Grant egrant7@msudenver.edu Teams in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference cannot slow down the Roadrunners on the volleyball court. The Roadrunners faced off against the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Mountain Lions on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the Gallogly Events Center. The first two sets proved to be highly competitive with the
teams exchanging the lead on nine occasions. MSU Denver won the match, sweeping UCCS in consecutive sets of 25-23, 25-22 and 25-14. Roadrunners senior Michaela Smith finished the match with15 kills. Junior Ryan Hoerdemann added 10 kills. Senior Brandi Torr piled up 37 assists, and sophomore hitter Santaisha Sturges made her presence felt defensively, collecting 15 digs. The conference play con-
tinued throughout the weekend for the Roadrunners. On Saturday, Oct.8, MSU Denver traveled to Utah to play Westminster College. Westminster looked to break a 10-game losing streak. Coach Jenny Glenn’s bunch showed no mercy, winning the match in consecutive sets of 25-23, 25-20 and 25-17. Preseason all-RMAC performers Smith and Hoerdemann combined for 27 kills and three blocks.
Sophomore Stephanie Laraway provided an impactful performance, providing nine kills and three blocks. Sturges added 10 kills and three blocks. MSU Denver pushed their winning streak to 10 games, with all eight of those wins in RMAC conference play. The Roadrunners travel to Las Vegas, New Mexico on Friday, Oct. 14.
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By Jake Howard Brock Osweiler (HOU) Nine points - tied 26th Ryan Fitzpatrick (NYJ) 14 points - tied 26th Case Keenum (LA) Six points - tied 14th C. Artis-Payne (CAR) 20 points - fift h Giovani Bernard (CIN) Nine points - zero points Jerrick McKinnon (MIN) Four points - tied 16th Golden Tate (DET) Three points - tied 11th Alshon Jeff rey (CHI) Seven points - tied 30th Mike Wallace (BAL) Six points - tied 42nd
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jhowar50@msudenver.edu He’s humble, courteous and quiet, but he’ll rip your head off in the octagon. At 24, Brandon “Raw Dawg” Royval is the future of MMA. His world-class striking and jiujitsu skills make him a fan favorite. He never fights for points and always looks for the finish. There is no such thing as a boring Royval fight. He is the definition of a ninja warrior. Royval fights out of Factory X located in Englewood. He was born and raised in Denver. Growing up, he learned how to defend himself at an early age against his older brother, Darian, who was known around the neighborhood for his fighting ability. “When you grow up in a Mexican family, you watch boxing,” Royval said. As a lifelong boxing fan, Royval fell in love with Mixed Martial Arts as soon as he discovered the sport in sixth grade. By the age of 15, Royval was training in Brazilian jiujitsu and Muay Thai. His first amateur fight took place when he was 18. Royval finished his first opponent via submission one minute into the second round after a beautiful striking display in the first. His second opponent also lost via submission a minute and a half into the first round. He finished his
amateur career with a record of 5-0. After a successful professional debut at 20 years old, Royval lost a decision to all-American wrestler Ben VomBaur. VomBaur held Royval down for the entirety of the fight. “After my loss to Ben, I realized I had to work on my wrestling. In my other fights I was able to secure a submission immediately after being taken down. I had the mentality that I would just box my opponent up until they wanted to take me down, then use my Jiujitsu to finish the fight. I was in the gym the next day working on my takedown defense,” Royval said. Just over two years ago in Royval’s third professional fight, he defeated Joey Welch with a triangle choke in under a minute. Because of a shoulder injury though, that would be his last fight until March 12, 2016. “I was worried my fighting career would be over when I was told I needed surgery. The doctors told me if my shoulder didn’t heal properly, that would be it, no more fighting. It’s still something I think about, but I don’t worry about it. I’m a fighter, not a doctor,” Royval said. On March 12, 2016 Royval returned to the ring to prove to the world just how raw he really is. Royval took part in the televised World Series of Fighting event 29 on NBC Sports. Royval truly stole the show with one of the most vicious knockouts. As his
opponent, Danny Mainus, dropped levels to execute a takedown, Royval landed a perfectly timed knee, knocking Mainus out cold midway through the first round. A natural flyweight, Royval has fought up at a weight class of 135 pounds his whole career. He expressed his desire to fight at his natural weight in his post-fight interview after defeating Mainus, calling out all 125-pounders. “I’m a flyweight, guys,” Royval said. “I’m not a bantamweight. I’ll take fights anywhere, but I’m a flyweight. No one wants to fight me. No one wants to fight my boy, let’s get this going.” Before his flyweight debut was scheduled, Royval was presented with an opportunity by the popular Latin American fighting promotion Combate Americas. On May 9, 2016, Royval went to war with the promotions poster boy, Ricardo Palacios. Coming into the fight, Palacios was clearly the much bigger fighter, but when the final bell rung it was obvious who had the bigger heart. Although he was on the losing end of a close decision, Royval displayed the heart of a champion. In the words of the great Vince Lombardi, “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” Royval has proven time and time again that nothing can keep
him down. He embodies every aspect of the warrior spirit. Royval enters the octagon Oct. 15 at the Denver Coliseum, making his second appearance under the Sparta Combat League banner at SCL 53. Those interested in seeing Royval compete live can attend SCL 53 at the Denver Coliseum on Oct. 15 at 5 p.m.s
Sparta Combat League 53 Main Event Featherweight Huber vs. Lugo Title Fight Middleweight Charles vs. Heinisch Welterweight Cavan vs. Stonehouse Flyweight Royval vs. Hernandez
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By Matt Stefanski mattstefan3@msudenver.edu As summer turns to fall, the Colorado Avalanche are making preparations to kick off their 20162017 season, one in which they are aiming to return to the playoffs. After failing to make it to the postseason for a second straight year, turmoil in the front office over personnel decision-making led to the resignation of Patrick Roy from both his head coaching position and his position as vice president of hockey operations in mid-August, just weeks before training camps and the preseason began. The Avalanche picked up American Hockey League coach Jared Bednar, fresh off of winning the 2016 Calder Cup with the Lake Erie Monsters, to pick up where Roy left off. Bednar, a former defenseman, has never played or coached in the NHL. He played for 11 seasons in various minor leagues before retiring and becoming the assistant coach for the South Carolina Stingrays of the East Coast Hockey League from 2002 until 2007. He became the head coach to start the 2007-2008 season, winning 47 games and taking the Stingrays to the conference finals. In 2008-2009, they improved on their performance, winning the Kelly Cup. Bednar continued his coaching career by moving up to the AHL, securing assistant and head coaching
positions with the Abbotsford Heat, Peoria Rivermen and the Springfield Falcons, who were the minor league affiliate for the Columbus Blue Jackets. When Columbus shifted their affiliation to the Lake Erie Monsters, Bednar became the head coach, leading the Monsters to the 2016 Calder Cup, the first championship for the franchise. The Avalanche, meanwhile, made few moves during the offseason after a disappointing regular season that saw the team in ninth place in the Western Conference, five points shy of a wild card playoff appearance, and the second year in a row outside of the postseason. The defensemen became a major focus as to why the team struggled. Sakic focused on the blue line by first re-signing veteran Tyson Barrie after arbitration to a fouryear deal worth an annual average of $5.5 million. Erik Johnson’s seven-year deal will also start this year, and Francois Beauchemin will be returning for his 14th NHL season, adding some veteran stability to the defense. In free agency, the team picked up Patrick Wiercioch and Fedor Tyutin, both of whom add size to the roster. However, the team may still struggle defensively as it has to fill in the roster with Nikita Zadorov, Eric Gelinas and Duncan Siemens, all young and inexperienced players, which is a cause for concern. On the offensive front, the Avalanche still have a solid core group with Matt Duchene, Gabriel
Landeskog, Jerome Iginla and Cody McLeod all returning. Nathan MacKinnon, who after a sophomore slump had a strong third season before sustaining a knee injury that ended his season early, earned himself a new seven-year deal and a spot on team North America for the World Cup of Hockey earlier in September. The team also extended veteran Mikhail Grigorenko on a one-year deal. Goaltending will remain the same strong point for the Avalanche going into the upcoming season. Semyon Varlamov returns as the primary starter on year two of his five-year deal signed in 2014. Also returning is the surprising Calvin Pickard, who last season was in the discussion of becoming the potential starter through some of Varlamov’s struggles and finds himself with a new two-year contract. The Avalanche finished the preseason off Oct. 8 and are currently attending to roster cuts and minor league signings. Despite several of their key players attending the World Cup of Hockey, the team found itself undefeated through the preseason, including two shutouts. The Avalanche will begin the regular season at home against divisional rivals Dallas Stars on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.
Colorado Avalanche Regular Season Schedule Oct. 15, 7 p.m., vs. Dallas Oct. 17, 5 p.m., at Pittsburgh Oct. 18, 5 p.m., at Washington Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m., at Tampa Bay Oct. 22, 5 p.m., at Florida Oct. 28, 7 p.m, vs Winnipeg Oct. 29, 7 p.m., at Arizona Nov. 1, 7 p.m., vs. Nashville
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Fort Comedy Presents: Josh Androsky 7:30pm @ Denver Improv 8246 E. 49th Ave. Denver, CO 80238 Tickets $9
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Americas Latino Eco Festival All Day at McNichols Building 144 W. Colfax Avenue Denver, CO 80202 Free Admission
Shonen Knife 7 pm at Marquis Theater 2009 Larimer Street Denver, CO 80205 Tickets $15-$18
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Moonlight History & Mystery Tour 4:30pm at Riverside Cemetery 5201 Brighton Boulevard Denver, CO 80216 Tickets $20
Stories on Stage: Things That Go Bump in the Night 7 pm at Chautauqua Community House 900 Baseline Road Boulder, CO 80302 Tickets $15-$28
October
Reinventing The Image All Day at Museum of Outdoor Arts 1000 Englewood Englewood, CO 80110 Free Admission
Lucha Libre & Laughs: Ladies’ Night! 7 pm at The Oriental Theater 4335 W. 44th Avenue Denver, CO 80212 Tickets $10
October
An Evening with Bryan Cranston 7 pm at Alamo Drafthouse 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive Littleton, CO 80120 Tickets $10
The Interrupters 7 pm at hi-dive 7 S. Broadway Denver, CO 80209 Tickets $12-$14
Once Bitten at the Fbomb 7:30 pm at Mercury Cafe 2199 California Street Denver, CO 80205 Free Admission
Tobacco 8 pm at Larimer Lounge 2721 Larimer Street Denver, CO 80205 Tickets $15
October
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October 12, 2016
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9-10 a.m.
Every Tuesday 6-7 p.m.
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15-16 Every Thursday 4-5 p.m.
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October
Mon: 4-6:30 p.m. Wed/Fri: 4-6 p.m.
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Overheard this week
Capricorn
Almost everything you feel about life is unwarranted. You should feel almost the opposite about life at the moment and embrace your worst.
January 20 -February 18
be dead kittens and puppies
Fools die young. Please, don’t die on a whim. Whimsy and death are such awkward bedfellows.
Cancer
game?”
Terrible news is headed your way - the best way to save your sanity is by implicating as many people as possible in your demise.
Across 1. Shropshire sounds 5. Prep for finals 9. Noted shutterbug Ansel 14. Eye amorously 15. Nike rival 16. Dynamite inventor 17. Farmer’s spot, in song 18. ‘’Frankly, my dear . . .’’ 20. Diminish by degrees 22. Gracefully slender 23. Native of (suffix) 24. Metallurgy fuel 26. Flatfoot’s accomplishment 28. ‘’Made it, Ma! Top of the world!’’ 32. Tit for ___ 33. Capelet relative 34. Downward measurement 38. In a different way 40. Put right 42. Reach new heights, in a way 43. Press for news? 45. It babbles 47. Periods of good fortune 48. ‘’Cut me, Mick’’ 51. Name in a Samuel Richardson title 54. Cholesterol watcher’s no-no 55. Airport abbreviation 56. Between, in Le Mans 60. Mexican snack 63. ‘’We’re on a mission from God’’ 66. Follow closely 67. Respond to reveille
It’s never too late to accept that you’re a complete fraud.
Libra
September 23 -October 22
“Suffocating.” — David Schaut “No money.”
“Moths.” —Joella Baumann
With all you’ve been through you should be glad that this week will actually come to a close.
Scorpio
Parts of you are pleased that you are to become single once again. Mostly the groinal parts.
Dressing as a feline may give others cause for concern today.
Gemini
May 21 -June 20 A hard life will get harder for you this week as you start drinking heavily.
68. They may be ringing 69. Soup pods 70. Lollipop portions 71. Fingerboard ridge 72. Key feature?
— Chris Bjork
—Luis Bustos
October 23 -November 21
and suck it.’”
“Sharks.”
August 23 -September 22
April 20 -May 20
“As Spock once said, ‘Live long
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Virgo
Taurus
in theory, but in practice, like, no.
— Esteban Fernandez
Using gibberish may seem feasible to you at some point during the next 12 days as you attempt to do something new.
March 21 -April 19
“I feel like I should take a shower It’s like communism.”
July 23 -August 22
Aries
Controlling your situation may become more difficult than you imagine when you’re strapped down inside a barrel.
“Love.”
Leo
February 19 -March 20
“Pants are for squares. Jesus didn’t wear pants.”
Walking to work in a clown costume can help you in your search for humility.
Pisces
“Does anyone wanna do a peanut butter and jelly sandwich pre-
Met Picks: June 21 -July 22
Aquarius
and dogs. If it were, there would everywhere.”
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What are you most afraid of?
December 22 -January 19
“It wasn’t LITERALLY raining cats
October 12, 2016
Down 1. Foretell 2. Teen follower 3. More than earmarked 4. Infrequently 5. Controversial refrigerant 6. Rivulet 7. Conclusion of a ball game?
“Campus squirrels.” — Cassie Ballard “Fear itself.” — Erik Kemp
Sagittarius
November 22 -December 21 Sometimes the only way to succeed is by murdering the entire board of directors.
8. Trade center 9. Caused choler 10. Coroner’s abbreviation, perhaps 11. ‘’Steal This Book’’ author Hoffman 12. Changes states? 13. Wintry downpour 19. Mongol conqueror 21. Supplements (with ‘’out’’) 25. Noble Italian name 27. Cereal grains 28. British ethologist Goodall 29. Portable hair dressers 30. On the qui vive 31. Italian seaport 32. Hebrides headgear 35. It’s sometimes covered with pudding 36. A runner may break it 37. B. Ruth’s 714 39. Word with clock or side 41. Word with living or paper 44. Extremely watchful 46. D.W. Griffith film topic 49. Remove abruptly, as a tooth 50. Eloquent one 51. Part of some harps 52. Video game system name 53. Frenzied 57. Not kosher 58. Laugh loudly 59. Strong-willed Jane of fiction 61. Engage one’s services 62. Scandinavian name 64. Beg a favor 65. Spring-ahead letters Source: OnlineCrosswords.net
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