Volume 36, Issue 17 - Jan. 16, 2014

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MetSports Roadrunner athletes honored Metro sports saw 53 student-athletes named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester of 2013.

To qualify, a student-athlete must hold a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Metro’s 199 student-athletes combined for a 3.14 GPA during the fall semester.

In addition, 11 former student-athletes graduated in December: Kelci Newlin and Jordan Simkins (women’s soccer), Steven Emory (men’s soccer), Alex Schrupp and Erik Cammall (baseball), Kellen Fockler (men’s cross country & track), Jessie Hecht (women’s cross country & track), Jenessa Burke (women’s basketball) and Nikki Amos (women’s tennis).

Eight teams maintained a GPA of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester.

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Ryan “Peepers” King of Champagne Charlie crushes licks during the Rainless Records Artist Showcase Jan. 9 at the Moonroom at Summit Music Hall.

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Prohibition of marijuana ends Auraria enforcing consumption laws Melanie Moccia mmoccia@msudenver.edu @melanie_themet On Jan. 1, Colorado became the first state to legalize the use of recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older, but Auraria is sticking to its policies and is still not allowing anyone to smoke on campus.

Smoking marijuana while on school property is banned and Auraria police plan on enforcing the “no pot” policy to its fullest.

Officer J. Skeen of Auraria fdoesn’t believe that the new laws are going to affect students of all three schools.

“I don’t think it’s going to affect anything,” Skeen said. “Most people come here to learn and they aren’t going to let that interfere with what they’re doing. I think, also, students and the population here are pretty educated on it. We haven’t had any issues.”

According to MSU Denver’s policy prohibiting the unlawful procession, use or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol, there are many consequences if a student is caught using marijuana on campus. A student could be fined, be suspended from the university, have to complete an appropriate rehabilitation program or even be expelled.

“We’ve had students who tried to smoke in buildings — the school isn’t going to tolerate that,” Skeen said.

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operating very similar to a liquor store.

Customers show identification and are able to purchase up to an ounce of marijuana of their choice.

Out of state visitors are able to purchase weed as well, but only up to a quarter of an ounce.

Taxes on marijuana play a main factor in its recreational legalization. Numerous pot shops in Denver and around the state are taxing purchases over 25 percent, plus 2.9 percent state sales tax.

“I think that we’re going to see a huge change in the U.S.,” said UCD student Rachel Wiggins.

“I think they’re going to see how much money we’re making and more states will make it legal.”

Even though possession of marijuana is legal, it isn’t just the campus with strict rules. The state laws apply as well.

“Marijuana is regulated and controlled just like alcohol,” Skeen said. “You can’t smoke in public.”

Public consumption is completely banned. Just like you can’t openly drink a beer in public, you also can’t light a joint as they walk down 16th Street Mall.

According to The Denver Post, when pot shops opened Jan. 1, police officers weren’t looking to actively arrest people who were smoking in public, but rather were attempting to control the patrons of the shops.

Since the start of public use, Denver police have only cited about one person per day for lighting up in public.

“My biggest concern is we have a standard for alcohol, right?” said

MSU Denver student Colton Liberacki. “My biggest concern is how we’re going to regulate smoking weed and driving.”

According to The Cannabist, The Denver Post’s new marijuana website, a $400,000 grant from the National Traffic Safety Administration is being used for a driving campaign to train more police officers on how to deal with potimpaired drivers.

As of now there are 185 specially trained drug recognition experts and the National Traffic Safety Administration hopes to train 35 more with the money.

Along with the training, the money will be used for a media campaign to raise awareness on the issue of driving high.

Now, drivers who are under the influence of marijuana are allowed no more than five nanograms of THC per millilleter of blood in their system.

The legalization process in Colorado started in 2000, when the state voted to approve Amendment 20, allowing small amounts of medical marijuana to be consumed. Medical marijuana could only be purchased with a Medical Marijuana Registry Identification Card, which had to be prescribed by a physician.

Colorado will see many changes with the legalization of recreational pot. More stores will be opening their doors to the public and with that, the legislation will most likely be revisited.

For now, Colorado is still experimenting.

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One World One Water hosted an author reading by Kevin Fedarko, who wrote “The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon” Jan. 9 at the SpringHill Suites at Auraria.

Fedarko left Time Magazine in 1997 to be a captain of a boat in a raft ing caravan, when he heard a story about three adventure-seeking river guides who got the idea to use surging waters to slingshot their way down the Colorado River, then decided to look into it.

“The stories around the campfire would always navigate back to the spring of 1983,” Fedarko said to a full ballroom at the hotel. He was there to promote his book and to sign copies for attendees and fans.

Fedarko spoke for an hour and a half and proceeded to sign books after the talk. Fellow author and writer of “127 Hours,” Aron Ralston, was first in line to get his copy signed by Fedarko.

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Aron Ralston, author of “127 Hours”, meets with Kevin Fedarko, author of “The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon,” during a book signing Jan. 9 at the Springhill Suites.

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Identity not defined by judgment Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu @nikki_themet It’s funny how something as small as a YouTube video can send you into a tailspin.

Over winter break, I came across a video of a very brave young woman from Austin, Texas who has a condition that does not allow her to gain any weight. Because of her condition, she is dangerously thin and has extremely pronounced features, and is blind in one eye. A disgustingly popular YouTube video heralds her as the World’s Ugliest Woman.

Lizzie Velasquez is 24. She dreams of being a motivational speaker. She has thus far had two books published. She is intelligent, courageous, and beautiful in her own right — for struggle is as much a part of beauty as anything.

In her talk at TEDxAustinWomen, she told her story, punctuating how she will not be defined by her condition, nor by the people who try to make her feel

less for her genetics. She asked the audience a simple question that in the last several weeks has shattered me.

“What defines you?”

After watching this video, I couldn’t help but follow my own thought train and really consider what I do and don’t allow to define me. As a senior, set to graduate in May, it seems everything I have used for a safe, easily constructed definition since I was old enough to hoist my first backpack is nearing its end. I, along with every other senior at MSU Denver, am standing on the brink of preimagined definitions and at the doorstep of actually making it happen.

Who am I, really? Am I as I purport, a student, an aspiring journalist, a waitress? Am I a sister, a daughter, a friend?

No. Those are just the “pretty” definitions — the ones I rely on when the others get too hard to pin down. Yes, I am all those things, but they don’t make up who I am.

Am I the big girl with the sweet

personality? Am I the loud girl with too many opinions? Am I the too-bright lipstick I swear by, or the nerdy Game of Thrones hoodie I live in? Am I my desperate need to make people laugh? Am I my inability to keep dry eyes when I am angry?

Am I what I have let others tell me is right, or is wrong, about me?

What have I let become a part of myself that truly has no space in my soul?

Here is where the hard part starts.

I have let people make me feel bad for my appearance since I was a chubby kindergartner. I have told myself if I were ever going to do anything with my life, it would have to be on the basis of my mind, which somehow I viewed as subpar to the basis of beauty as I grew up.

Where, along the line, did I let others’ definition of me so far distort my definition of myself?

Where did I decide that I was lesser because the tag on my jeans has a number that is higher? And why did I ever think that could be

right?

My New Year’s resolution isn’t to trim the fat from my waistline, it’s to fast the self-deprecation from my heart. It’s to be better than I have imagined myself to be — and not because anything will really change, but because I will rewrite the definition inked on the pages of the dictionary I let someone else write for me. I will highlight the word beautiful and I will cross out the word unworthy.

I can’t predict where my career and education based definitions will go. I don’t know what the future holds for me on that front. But I can do everything in my power to be the person I have always imagined accepting the degree, or chasing the story — the bright, confident woman who is comfortable in her own skin.

I don’t know yet what defines me, but I know that I can write that definition myself.

And I have always been comfortable with a pen.

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was the service dog that lived up the hall.

Her first day outside, she tried to climb a tree to catch an airplane that was flying over.

The over-the-door coat hanger was clearly created to give her a step to reach the ceiling.

The tables, counters and shelves of the apartment where we now live are her domain. Last year she found a cubbyhole up into my spice cabinet. She attacked my hands every time I tried to reach for the pepper shaker.

She decided only this year that she would only have skipjack tuna

for dinner — no chicken, beef or salmon and, for God’s sake, no tilapia.

Having a cat is coming home to desperate gratitude: Oh, you’re finally home. Come feed me! It’s a sudden blitz attack on your hands as you type on your computer.

It’s an entire box of cotton swabs emptied on the floor because she wanted THAT one, the one there on the bottom.

Lynor will still remind me on occasion, that she is half-wild at heart. There is always a bit of a shock when I realize that I’m living with a furry animal with sharp

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Feline roommate worth the catty attitude I own a cat.

Lynor is my shelter kitty. She fills that odd place in my life — that “I want to be alone but I don’t want to be lonely” place.

First, let me clarify. I adopted Lynor from a private home. I was the one in the shelter. I took my 8-week-old kitten home to a 12 x 8 room that contained a bed, a table and a chair. I may as well have brought home a hyperactive toddler.

The child gate I bought to keep her in my room stopped being effective after the first week she was home. When I was home, I would prop open my door and let her run down the halls visiting rooms and harassing neighboring cats in the musty halls of our roach-andbedbug-infested prison.

The shelf in my room was for her amusement, which meant the books had to go on the floor. She insisted.

Her favorite toys were Dum Dum lollipops, perfect for playing fetch. Her favorite place to lie was under the radiator. Her best friend

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teeth and claws. The realization is something akin to finding out I have a weasel in my living room. I always wonder what I was thinking.

What I was thinking is that it’s nice to have cold-nose kitty kisses on lazy days at home. I was thinking that it’s nice to wake up to purrs even if it means she’s only happy because she’s chewing on my feet.

It’s nice to sit on my sofa working on my computer as my furry roommate lounges on the ottoman with BBC programs on, watching tiger sharks eat fledgling albatross to Benedict Cumberbatch’s smooth narration.

My socks have been stolen and hidden under the bed. There is cat hair in my food no matter how careful I am with preparation.

Last night I chased her through the living room trying to rescue the mouthful of puzzle pieces she’d abducted from the box as I worked.

I threatened to trade her in for a dog.

It was an idle threat. It’s worth the shenanigans for a half hour kitty-purr massage after a hard day.

Even if it means she’s going to bite me when she’s done.

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Some artists to keep an eye out for in 2014 Tobias Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu @tobias_themet Welcome to 2014. It’s a new year and that means a lot of new music is in the future. Thankfully, such a thriving music scene that never seems to stop blossoming surrounds us on a 24/7 timetable.

Denver is a musical melting pot of every genre you could ever throw buzzwords behind. Everything from electro hip-hop soul to psychedelic infused garage-pop mixed with a deep soul infused touch of rock and everything in between.

This year looks bright for many Denver artists. Here are a few to keep your eye on over the next 12 months.

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A hot-pop, electro sensual garage-soul outfit hailing from Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood had an incredible 2013, which saw them dropping their first 5-track EP, You Are Your Own Dentist. The band plans to purchase a van, tour the Midwest (where the boys are all originally from), drop a new 7-inch record and team back up with Scott McCormick who did the album art of You Are Your Own Dentist for a full on produced music video. Rossonian will be playing Lost Lake Feb. 21.

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CN 220A 01/16: Portfolio Preparation (for first year faculty) 10–12 p.m. CN 103 01/17: MLK, Jr. Peace Breakfast, Tivoli Turnhalle @ 7:30-10 a.m.

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This rock ‘n’ roll band from Denver, is as they put it “a physical manifestation of sound streaming from the psyche of its members.” The three-piece outfit has some big things on the horizon for 2014. The boys released a full-length album, Love Is The Answer and will be headlining the Bluebird Theater Jan. 25 for their album release party. Joining them on keys for the evening will be producer Ikey Owens (of The Mars Volta, Mastodon and Jack White). The band will then head out on tour down South to play another album release show in Nashville, Tenn. stopping over in Austin, Texas for its annual South by Southwest festival and then head up to the Northwest for the Treefort Music fest in Boise, Idaho.

Around Denver 01/16-01/17: Denver International Sportsmen’s Exposition, Colorado Convention Center, times/ prices vary 01/20: Martin Luther King Marade (March and Parade), City Park @ 9 a.m. FREE 01/20: Denver Botanic Gardens Free Day 01/22: Denver Zoo Free Day

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The band dropped their first full-length dream-pop self-titled album with the help of local label Hot Congress and Brooklyn’s Old Flame Records.

Next, they plan to write and record a new record with some special guests all the while recording the theme for comedian Dave Hill’s new radio show, “The Goddamned Dave Hill Show.” Last year also saw Distant Correspondent teaming up with two directors and they are in talks with several more to unveil some new music videos for 2014. Distant Correspondent plays the Hi-Dive alongside Crooks on Tape Feb. 5.

Denver couple, Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley who make up two thirds of Tennis, dropped a banger of a status update in November 2013 with the release of Small Sounds. The 5-track EP was 20 solid minutes of pure musical bliss. This year, the band headed out to the West Coast with drummer James Barone before making their way back East into the studio to record a full-length album sooner than later.

Jazz, punk rock, dubbed out reggae, rock ‘n’ roll bluegrass, blues and everything in between make up these guys vast catalogue of tunes.

Backed by the vocal stylings of Ryan “Peepers” King, they’ve attacked the local music scene with a furious vengeance, playing all over Denver and making their way to the various digs around the Boulder and the Fort Collins scene. Their self-titled debut record has been around for a little while now and is gaining steam as the band plans to head back into the studio to start on a new full-length. Make sure to check out the dirty crocodile biscuit sounds of the swamp at Moe’s on South Broadway March 7.

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Electro-pop, hip-hop princess Maria Kohler (aka Kitty Crimes) had a great 2013 after dropping the music video to the song “Find a Penny.”

Kitty Crimes gained a ton of attention from listeners of all walks of life, leading her to the front of all sorts of stages including, Red Rocks. The New Year looks even more promising. Kitty Crimes plans to drop a more melodic EP with a strong R&B vibe that will no doubt propel her toward a more national appeal.

1920: The motion picture “The Kid” opened 1964: “Hello Dolly!” opened at the St. James Theatre 2009: iTunes Store reached 500 million apps downloaded Source: www.on-this-day.com

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Rainless Records showcases locals

Top: Ryan Turch belts out lyrics with his band, The Lawsuit Models, during the Rainless Records Artist Showcase Jan 9 at Summit Music Hall.

Above: Squidds Madden of Champagne Charlie fires out sweet hymns on his trumpet during the Rainless Records Artist Showcase.

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post-punk band kicked the night off in a better than Blink-182 but less than Mudhoney kind of way.

Tobias Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu The set rounded out with a few solid new-age punk tracks, solidi@tobias_themet fied by a tight rhythm section from On a cold and bassist Terry Maloney and drumwindy night on Jan. mer Tyler Merkel.

9, fans, supporters The band gave a number of and musicians gath“shout outs” to Longenecker, Rainered in Summit Music less Records, the Summit Music Hall’s Moonroom to help Hall and the other two bands set celebrate the newly founded to play. independent record label RainNext up was Champagne Charless Records. lie. The band jumped on stage to With the help of bands The finish their week of four shows. The Lawsuit Models, Champagne psychobilly feel coursed through Charlie and The Repercussions, everyone’s veins as trumpeter the first of several Rainless Re- Squidds Madden ran the gamut up cords Artist Showcases and and down his shiny brass piece of Fundraiser events played magic. out right.

Viewers on hand were in for a “As a musician, I treat as the boys from Denver beknow how hard it is to gan their set with, “Red All Over.” move forward in the The song had lingering hints of music industry,” said something one might hear at some Ryan Longenecker, underground deep-South speakfounder of Rainless easy where there may or may not Records. be an after-hours burlesque show Longenecker arfor those in the know. Drummer ranged the showcase series Mattchoo Vogel and bassist Neil to bring a sense of com“Steel Wheel” Mitchell matched up munity to local indepenbetter than butter on bread as the dent musicians and help set took off. bands grow.

Frontman Ryan “Peepers” King The show kicked off then took the helm on acoustic just after 9 p.m. as The guitar and vocals as Champagne Lawsuit Models took stage.

Charlie seemed to bottle every vice The late ’90s post-modern/ known to man and pour it effort-

lessly into listeners’ ears.

“I was so stoked this was going on tonight. It turned a boring Thursday night into an interesting one where I got a chance to hear some bands I have never heard of before in support of something super cool,” said Denver native, Rachelle Smith.

Smith and her friends said they ventured inside The Summit out of sheer musical curiosity.

Last up were The Repercussions. The band formed in the late 1990s out in the greater Washington D.C. area, after which they migrated across the states to Denver in 2007.

The band members, who claim their sound is mostly influenced by booze, got off to an angry thrashing start. The solid shredding from guitarists Ira Dechter and Brandon Davis sounded about as close to Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield as two synchromatic guitarists could get.

The side-stage fi lled with people head banging and swaying back and forth to the up-and-down, side-to-side funky punk songs The Repercussions dished out one after the next.

As the set came to an end, the band approached the microphone with a simple message: support independent musicians in any way possible.

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Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu @nikki_themet You’re walking through Paris at night in a rainstorm and having a long, hard think. It’s a mental journey through your ins and outs, with a lingering voice singing blurry French floating through your ears. This is Shelter.

Alcest, a French black-metal band turned shoegaze dilettante, has turned out an introspective soundtrack to soul-searching with their fourth full-length album, Shelter, which drops Jan. 21. Each track on Shelter blends into the next, but carries a different emotion, from the vibrant second track “Opale,” to the heart-churning “Voix Sereines,” to the redeeming brightness of the title track, “Shelter.”

It’s hard to talk about this album in terms other than the feelings it evokes. The dreamy vocals layered over and under the alternating mellow and intense blur of instrumentals are, to put it simply, gorgeous and thoughtful.

Though I couldn’t understand the majority of the lyrics, as most tracks are sung in French, I was taken on a journey through selfdiscovering contemplation. Shelter has darkness and unsettling moments laden with distortion, but conversely also carries notes of hope and a drawn-out beauty. And even though part of me would love to know the translation of the lyrics, I am more content with traipsing through this hazy, melodic adventure of sound and evocation.

Alcest’s metal influences can be heard in some tracks, with heavy, buzzy reverb and breakneck tempos. Every time it gets rough, though, Shelter smooths itself out. No crescendo goes without a resolution and no echo goes unanswered.

The album wraps with “Délivrance,” a ten-minute building finale that goes on as musically complex a journey as the record itself. If only for this song alone, the album is excellent.

The melody starts hauntingly with a melancholy guitar line picked over the sound of an ocean’s waves. It peaks with cloudy, ecstatic croons and a constant build in instrumental intensity that is wound so tightly it is clearly hurdling toward fracture, despite how beautiful it sounds. The song levels

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“Délivrance,” ends with a resonant cello note, and then it’s all over.

You’ve arrived back from your impromptu journey through Paris and yourself via Shelter. You don’t quite know who you are, but you’re closer, and that final cello note still ringing in your ears is reassurance that closer is all you really need.

Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal A Son Damien Jurado Tobias Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu @tobias_themet Singer-songwriter Damien Jurado’s musical range spans all ends of a dynamic spectrum.

His indie-rock meets folkroots sound meshes well with a soft blend of upbeat psychedelia reminiscent of an urban Neil Young mixed with a hip blend of Bob Dylan’s vocals sided with a post-modern Lou Reed effect.

Jurado’s new venture, Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son is another installment of all things

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fantastic. Out Jan. 21, on the Secretly Canadian label, Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son marks Jurado’s 11th album, which feels like it’s meant to be a sequel to 2012’s Maraqopa.

Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son picks up right where Jurado and producer Richard Swift left off.

The album wafts of an underlying theme about a man disappearing on a journey to find himself and being forced to look inward when his dreams become a harsh reality.

The subtle undertones of a not-quite-dub vibe are littered throughout the record and Jurado implements a similar up-anddown and all-over feel that some late ‘60s Laurel Canyon greats like Harry Nilsson or Frank Zappa took to making music.

The album opens with “Magic Number,” a straightforward, down-tempo groove that plays out like an alternate theme song to the sci-fi odyssey, “Twin Peaks.” Jurado’s toned down vocals harmonize over a crucially spooky drum line that flutters from start to finish.

The third track, “Return to Maraqopa,” reiterates the notion that the album is a sequel to Maraqopa.

Jurado’s voice rings true on the track as a peaceful call and response, which echoes with hints of folky nostalgia.

The dynamic duo of Jurado and Swift stuck to what made their 2012 product successful and took it

a few steps further. The steps taken are subtle enough that this album keeps the listener coming back for more, time and time again.

Chart toppers iTunes charts Top song: “Dark Horse” -Katy Perry feat. Juicy J Top album: Frozen (soundtrack)

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Tobias Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu @tobias_themet The combo of The Shins frontman James Mercer and artist-producer Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse) have collaborated as Broken Bells for a second album.

The new album, After the Disco, comes out Feb. 4, on Columbia Records and offers 11 space-rock tracks littered with Mercer’s whiny voice and Burton’s brilliance.

Last November, the band released the lead single for After the Disco, “Holding On for Life.”

The mid-tempo track hosts a number of different compositional elements behind it, most notably, the subtle disco groove that bears witness to Burton’s production skills.

The catchy sound and radio feel behind the album makes it a surefire hit. After the Disco is neither a Shins dominated record, nor a Danger Mouse product but the two have meshed to create a solid output of alt-rock, post-disco tracks that actually work out.

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Box office chart #1: “Lone Survivor” #2: “Frozen” #3: “The Legend of Hercules” Source: www.rottentomatoes.com

Denver shows 01/17: Reel Big Fish, Gothic Theatre, doors @ 6:30 p.m. $23.50-$25 01/18: Panic! At the Disco, Ogden Theatre, doors @ 7 p.m. $29.95-$35

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Universe of endless possibilities at Baker’s PieHole Ian Gassman igassman@msudenver.edu Throughout the past few years, South Broadway’s Baker District has become a very familiar and inviting place for me, with its interesting little storefronts and warm, welcoming bars. But this area is also home to a surreal multiverse of pizza.

On any given night, your hunger might guide you through the various alternate realities of cheese, tomato sauce and crust. One wrong turn and you could run into your doppelgänger chowing down on a slice culled from one of Baker’s many parallel pizza options.

Okay, in all seriousness, there are six pizzerias in Baker, all existing within 11 blocks of each other, serving up some variation of New York-style thin crust.

Starting at Maple Avenue, for instance, you can order from Fat Sully’s walk-up window. Stroll up north one block to Bayaud Avenue and you can eat inside Famous Pizza, the oldest dough-slinging joint in the neighborhood. Head to Ellsworh Avenue and you’ll find

yourself in front of the Walnut Room pizzeria. And, if you venture to Sixth Avenue, the sleek, hip Pizzeria Locale will be waiting.

Yet, right in the middle of this pizza blur of sits the prize: the ever-alluring and always-appetizing PieHole.

“Pizza is my passion and I love eating it, making it and reinventing it,” says PieHole’s founder and owner, Cory Kriser. Upon graduating from the University of South Carolina, Kriser headed west looking for something new. And, after working in more than 10 pizzerias before and during his college career, he decided to open PieHole in May 2013.

Kriser’s intention wasn’t to beat the competition, but rather offer an alternative to the typical pizza restaurant for Baker’s residents.

“To make a long story short,” Kriser explains, “the reason we opened on Broadway is because of the great neighborhood, unique taste of the neighborhood and the solid nightlife.”

Compared to Fat Sully’s eat-and-run feel, Famous Pizza’s old-world vibe and the overly chic

presentation of Walnut Room or Pizzeria Locale, part of PieHole’s appeal is its ambience.

As Kriser notes, “The vision we set after in the development stage was to create a fun and inviting atmosphere … [one which] takes you back to the early ’90s with fun artwork, cold beer and retro games.

From the cluster of pinball machines and the foosball table, to the quirky pizza-centric murals covering the walls, PieHole is part rec room and — seeing it serves slices until 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturdays — it doubles as an afterhours lounge.

This set up is made all the better by the daily $1 PBR special and, of course, the cheap, satisfying slices.

Unlike Fat Sully’s, Famous Pizza or any of the other pizzerias mentioned above, PieHole’s take on a New York-style plain slice isn’t too oversized or heavy, too thick or thin, too greasy or over-sauced.

Instead, it’s the right size for the price, with just enough gooey mozzarella, savory sauce and a buttery, sweet crust.

Equally sweet are PieHole’s diverse topping combinations. Typically PieHole serves up eight types of slices, four of which change everyday. Keeping with PieHole’s general quirkiness, these specialty slices are given befitting titles.

A slice with meatballs, roasted red peppers and parmesan is called “The Baller.” One with jalapenos, mushroom and pepper jack cheese is known as a “Spicy Trip.”

Another with Canadian bacon and pineapple translates to “Drunk Kandy.”

“Our pizza is always evolv-

ing to meet our vision and our customer’s want for new creations,” Kriser says. “Where as most other places add toppings to a cheese slice and don’t get the true flavor out of those toppings, our slices are prepared [altogether].

After less than nine months in business, Kriser is still relying on word-of-mouth and social media to market PieHole and it’s endless specials. But as more Baker residents catch on, he may turn his focus toward expanding, allowing PieHole to explore the infinite possibilities of its own universe.

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Men and women victorious in respective games Jan. 10-11

Men’s basketball 01/17: @ Adams State, Alamosa, Colo. @ 7 p.m.

01/18: @ Fort Lewis, Durango, Colo. @ 7:30 p.m.

Track & Field 01/18: Potts Invitational Boulder, Colo.

Denver sports Denver Broncos 01/19: AFC Championship Game vs. New England Patriots Sports Authority Field at Mile High @ 1 p.m.

Denver Nuggets 01/17: vs. Cleveland Cavaliers @ 7 p.m.

Colo. Avalanche 01/16: vs. New Jersey Devils 7 p.m.

01/18: @ Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn. 6 p.m.

01/21: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 7 p.m.

Today in sports history 1896: The first five-player college basketball game was played at Iowa City, Iowa.

1966: Chicago granted NBA franchise.

1962: Wilt Chamberlain scores 42 points and gets 24 rebounds in All-Star game.

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Metro senior guard Raul Delgado throws down a dunk after a fast break Jan. 10 at Auraria Event Center. Metro defeated Colorado Christian University 95-61.

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Mario Sanelli msanelli@msudenver.edu @mario_themet Colorado Christian University had its largest lead of the game against Metro men’s basketball at the 19:50 mark of the first half — two points.

The Cougars (7-4) brought just

under a 91 points per game average into Auraria Event Center Jan. 10 and saw the No. 5 Roadrunners (10-1) hold them to 30 points less than that in a 95-61 Metro victory, aided by Brandon Jefferson’s 36 points in 34 minutes, a career high in scoring for the senior guard.

CCU’s explosive offense revolves around its ability to make

3-pointers, and Metro head coach Derrick Clark and company made a point to disrupt the Cougars’ outside game.

“We had some private goals.

The whole key was contest their three [point shooting],” Clark said.

“They had been making 12 threes a game at 44 percent — 4-for-23 tonight, 17 percent. Our guys took on the challenge to take their three-ball away, it was a tremendous effort.”

Metro’s defense stifled CCU’s Kyle Weaver for the duration of his 30 minutes of play, holding the junior guard to eight points and one assist on 2-of-8 shooting.

“It started with our pressure up the floor, we were taking the ball out of Weaver’s hands,” Clark said.

“Their threes come when they’re able to run their system.”

The Roadrunners rode a 21-point advantage into the break at 53-32, the team’s average margin of victory during its seven-game winning streak. But in the second half, CCU began to chip away at the large lead Metro mounted.

The Roadrunners shot 4-for-6 from behind the arc in the first half as Jefferson accounted for all four made baskets. Metro cooled to 4-for-14 in the second half.

“I think we just settled for too many jump shots [in the second half], and part of it was our offense,” Clark said. “The threes were coming too easy and we needed to get back to driving the ball, and getting fouled, and putting it inside [the paint] so we could set our defense.”

Clark said Metro’s missed threes generated long rebounds, and in turn, transition opportunities for CCU, although the Cougars only finished with eight fast-break

points to the Roadrunners’ 13.

Junior guard Mitch McCarron registered a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds (13 defensive), as Metro’s junior forward Nicholas Kay and junior center Will Sinclair grabbed eight and five boards, respectively, to aid Metro’s 46-31 rebounding advantage.

Sophomore guard Jourdon Hunter, a product of Denver’s John F. Kennedy High School, scored a season-high 12 points in 17 minutes off the bench and shot 50 percent from the floor (3-6), including a three pointer, while converting five of six free throws.

Jefferson’s career high 36 points was four shy of Reggie Evan’s school-record 40 in 2010.

“Here’s a guy that’s averaging 20 points and he does it in such an efficient way,” Clark said of Jefferson. “He took nine [threes] and made six of them, but that’s about our team. They realize when a guy gets hot, and they keep feeding the hot hand. [Jefferson’s] just a tremendous leader, he’s been playing like a senior all year.”

Game 2

Metro defeated No. 11 Colorado School of Mines 86-75 in front of an Auraria Event Center record 2,000-plus crowd to gain the top spot in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

The Roadrunners added to a now nine-game winning streak by way of handing Mines its first loss of the season.

Jefferson recorded a gamehigh 32 points despite being held scoreless for the first 10 minutes of the game. He also broke a school record for made free throws, going 19-of-20. His performance earned him conference player of the week.

Hemming leads way in Air Force All-Comers meet Mario Sanelli msanelli@msudenver.edu @mario_themet Sophomore Breanna Hemming, a middle distance/distance runner for the Metro women’s track and field team, won the women’s 800 meters Jan. 11 at the Air Force All-Comers Meet at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Hemming finished ahead of the field of 20 with a time of 2:18.65,

and missed a provisional qualifying time by just over one second.

Junior distance runners Amy Johnston and Evonna Ramirez finished in the top-10 in the mile out of 23 runners. Johnston was fifth at 5:23.45 and Ramirez was ninth at 5:40.08.

Freshman sprinter Sarah Johns placed 12th in the 200 meters, and fellow sprinter Haley Moreland was 15th in the 60 and 17th in the 200.

In the long jump, Mercedes

Arnold, a junior in sprints/ jumps, placed third with a jump of just under five meters. Freshman sprints/jumps Sarah Hughes landed in sixth in the long jump and triple jump.

On the men’s side, junior sprints/jumps Justin Jimmerson broke the school record in the triple jump with 13.57 meters, which topped the previous record of 13.29 meters set in 1983 by Harvey Mitchell. Jimmerson was also 12th in the long jump at 5.97 meters.

Senior sprinter Jon Clarke placed seventh out of 46 competitors in the 60 meters in 6.97 seconds, followed by freshman sprinter Glen Taylor, who was 12th in 7.11 seconds.

Both Jimmerson and junior sprinter Phil Hill Jr. ran personalbests in the 200 meters as Jimmerson finished 17th in 22.67 and Hill came in 18th in 22.74.

Metro’s next meet is Jan. 18 at the Potts Invitational in Boulder.

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Fall 2013 Honor Roll totals 53 Mario Sanelli msanelli@msudenver.edu @mario_themet <<continued from front page The overall GPA’s were: women’s tennis 3.55, women’s basketball 3.40, men’s tennis 3.29, women’s soccer 3.23, women’s golf 3.17, softball 3.17, men’s soccer 3.16, baseball 3.06.

Of the 53 student-athletes on the AD Honor Roll, nine had a 4.0 GPA during the fall: Amy Nelson, Kya DeGarmo, Deni Jacobs, Breanna Hemming, Jack Mayfield, Kevin Pocalyko, Brittany Cito, Alexie Marr and Naomi Holopainen.

The following is the complete Athletic Director’s Honor Roll:

Baseball

Cameron Stroup: 3.92 Reilly Mau: 3.72 Marcus Bean: 3.67 Nick Comito: 3.67.

Derek Stimpson: 3.56 Mitch Gibbons: 3.53 Gavin Purvis: 3.50

Volleyball

McKenna Franzen: 3.67 Alex Green: 3.53

Softball

Colissa Bakovich: 3.79 Chelsea Brew: 3.63 Aubree Maul: 3.57 Mary Towner:3.50

Men’s Basketball

Mitch McCarron: 3.83 Nicholas Kay: 3.65

Women’s Basketball Amy Nelson: 4.00 Kya DeGarmo: 4.00 Deni Jacobs: 4.00 Luisa Tago: 3.91 Fawn Brady: 3.78 Cassie Lambrecht: 3.78 Tai Jensen: 3.56

Men’s Soccer

Jack Mayfield: 4.00 Kevin Pocalyko: 4.00 Trevor Irion: 3.67 Andrew Mejia: 3.61 Brock Labertew: 3.61 Brenden Hughes: 3.50

Women’s Soccer

Men’s Cross Country & Track Nick Noone: 3.95 Kirk Harvey: 3.81 Ryan Boucher: 3.80 Chris Davis: 3.73 Kevin Huff man: 3.67

Women’s Cross Country & Track Breanna Hemming: 4.00 Janelle Lincks: 3.72 Kyetiil Vicenti: 3.69 Belle Kiper: 3.50

Brittany Cito: 4.00 Alexie Marr: 4.00.

Nicole Jablonski: 3.81.

Brandi Farley: 3.80.

Abby Rolph: 3.75.

Ashley Smith: 3.61.

Shursteen Sharpe: 3.59.

Marie Ipock: 3.56

Men’s Tennis

Trevor Jones: 3.93 John Qualls: 3.86 Luke Lundstrom: 3.72 Josh Graetz: 3.71

Women’s Tennis

Naomi Holopainen: 4.00 Taylor Thornton: 3.73

Women’s Golf

Sabrina Naccarato: 3.67 Dani Look: 3.59

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Metro senior guard Cassie Lambrecht drives to the hoop against Colorado Christian University Jan. 10 at Auraria Event Center.

Metro defeated Colorado Christian University 72-55 and improved to 5-8 overall with a win over Colorado School of Mines the following night Photo by Trevor Davis • tdavis84@msudenver.edu

Paine powers Metro to break losing streak Mario Sanelli msanelli@msudenver.edu @mario_themet Freshman guard/forward Jenae Paine had a career night for Metro women’s basketball as she scored 20 points in the Roadrunners 7255 win against Colorado Christian University.

Paine’s 13 points in the first half helped her team take a 16-point lead into halftime at 39-23, aided by a 31-13 Metro run after the Roadrunners (4-8) trailed the Cougars (5-7) for the first 10 minutes of the game at Auraria Event Center Jan. 10.

The victory snapped Metro’s two-game losing skid.

“It feels great to get a win,” head coach Tanya Haave said. “We hadn’t been playing Metro State basketball, but that game tonight, that was Metro State basketball, and we’ve got to build on that.”

The offensive output for Metro struck a solid balance behind Paine’s game-high. Senior center Tai Jensen went 5-of-7 from the floor in the second half and finished with 13 points, while senior forward Amy Nelson and senior guard Cassie Lambrecht each had nine.

Junior center Deni Jacobs finished with eight points, as did senior guard Kya DeGarmo, who also recorded eight assists and three steals.

The Roadrunners were given a big boost by the performance of their bench, which scored 41 of the 72 points. Metro also finished plus10 in the rebounding department at 44-34.

To accompany her 20 points, Paine went 4-for-4 from threepoint range and contributed four assists.

“Jenae has hung in there every day, she has trusted the process,”

Haave said. “She believes in herself. She can shoot it and she really plays hard. She is very coachable, so (I’m) really pleased for her (and) what she can do for the team, because that’s going to help other people also.”

Game 2

Metro held Colorado School of Mines to a season-low 48 points en route to a 30 point win, 78-48, Jan. 11 at Auraria Event Center.

Up 47-29 at halft ime, Metro solidified a school-record for field goal percentage in a half with 73.1 against Mines.

Nelson (17), Lambrecht (16) and DeGarmo (13) combined for 46 points as the Roadrunners improved to 5-8 overall and now take a two-game winning streak to Adams State University Jan. 17, and face Fort Lewis College Jan. 18.

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303-556-3210 Spring 2014 Schedule Monday Abs & Back PE 104W • Julie 11–11:45 a.m.

Tuesday Yoga for Stress Management Part 1: Yoga postures

Wednesday Abs & Back PE 104W • Julie 11–11:45 a.m.

Mind/Body

Thursday

Group Fit

Friday

Fitness Center Hours

Yoga for Relaxation Part 1: Gentle postures,

Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–8:50 p.m.

Friday 7:30 a.m.–5:50 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m.–3:50 p.m.

and breathing

breathing & relaxation

11 –11:50 a.m.

Part 2: Meditation

11 –11:50 a.m.

Part 2: Yoga psychology

or Yoga Nidra

& discussion

PE 103 • Svetlana 11:50 a.m.–12:05 p.m.

PE 103 • Svetlana 11:50 a.m. –12:05 p.m.

Total Fit PE 104W • Will 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.

Total Fit Hatha Yoga PE 104W • Will Location varies, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m. check website • Derik noon–12:50 p.m.

Pilates PE 103 • Beth 12:30–1:25 p.m.

Pilates PE 103 • Beth 12:30–1:25 p.m.

Indoor Cycling PE 201 • Rowan noon–12:50 p.m.

Indoor Cycling PE 201 • Jody noon–12:50 p.m.

Indoor Cycling PE 201 • Rowan noon–12:50 p.m.

Indoor Cycling PE 201 • Jody noon–12:50 p.m.

Hydrobix PE 102 • Rachel 12:30–1:20 p.m.

Warrior Women PE Green Room • Maureen 12:30–1:20 p.m.

Hydrobix PE 102 • Rachel 12:30–1:20 p.m.

Warrior Women PE Green Room • Maureen 12:30–1:20 p.m.

Ripped in 30 PE Green Room • JD 1:30–2 p.m.

Ripped in 30 PE Green Room • Jeremy 1:30–2 p.m

Ripped in 30 PE Green Room • JD 1:30–2 p.m.

Ripped in 30 PE Green Room • Jeremy 1:30–2 p.m.

Chigong PE 103 • Steven 1:30–2:10 p.m.

Flow Yoga PE 103 • Derik 3:30–4:20 p.m.

Vinyasa Yoga PE 103 • Annie 3:30–4:20 p.m.

Flow Yoga PE 103 • Derik 3:30–4:20 p.m.

Vinyasa Yoga PE 103 • Annie 3:30–4:20 p.m.

Belly Dancing PE 103 • Lia 4:30–5:20 p.m.

Zumba® PE 215 • Liat 3:45–4:35 p.m.

Belly Dancing PE 103 • Lia 4:30–5:20 p.m.

Zumba® PE 215 • Liat 3:45–4:35 p.m.

Zumba® PE 103 • Cathy 5:15–6:15 p.m.

Hatha Yoga PE 103 • Derik 5:30–6:30 p.m.

Zumba® PE 103 • Cathy 5:15–6:15 p.m.

Hatha Yoga PE 103 • Derik 5:30–6:30 p.m.

Fitness Loft

Monday–Thursday 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

Pool Hours

Monday – Thursday 6:30–8 a.m.

12:15–2 p.m.

5–7 p.m.

Friday 7–9 a.m.

11 a.m.–1 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Drop-In Basketball East Court Friday 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

West Court Monday/Wednesday 9–11 a.m.

(Half Court Only) 3:45–5 p.m.

(Full Court) Tuesday/Thursday 9–11:30 a.m.

(Half Court Only) 1:45–4 p.m.

(Full Court) Friday 9 a.m.–5:45 p.m.

(Full Court)

Premium Programs

American Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED • $60 Obtain Red Cross CPR, AED and First Aid certifications at an affordable price.

Stop by Room PE 108 to sign up for the Feb. 7 or March 7 certification.

Strengthened @ Auraria • $100 This eight-week weight-management program includes group exercise training (advanced and intermediate) and nutrition coaching.

Pre-assessment begins the week of Feb. 10. To register, stop by PE 108 to complete a registration packet.

There are no Healthy Pursuits classes over Spring Break (March 24–28) or Finals Week (May 12–16).

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StudyBreak

January 16, 2014

1. Boot Scarves

Responsible for the great Cruiser Ride Calamity of 2015

2. Colorado’s first Microbrewery/Crossfit Gym

3. A generation of children named Peyton and Katniss

You won’t lose any weight, but you’ll still think you’re a better dancer than reality confirms

Deep down you knew it was either this, or some tertiary Harry Potter character

Horoscopes Capricorn

Congratulations, you have 2020 vision, which means you can see six years into the future.

Leo

Aquarius

July 23 -August 22 If you’ve seen one kid on a leash you’ve seen the mall.

Pisces

February 19 -March 20 MTV has canceled “Teen Mom.” So at least MTV knows when to pull out...

Virgo

August 23 -September 22 The new year marks the fi rst time you’ll use the Shazam app on your new smart phone. Downside, you used it for a Shania Twain song.

Aries

March 21 -April 19 Don’t pay someone claiming to be a wizard $500 to grant you invincibility so you can rob banks. Just don’t.

Taurus

April 20 -May 20 Enjoy your last week of sweatpants wearing, Cheetos eating and Netfl ix binge watching. Soon you’ll be just as miserable as you were the week before winter break.

Gemini

May 21 -June 20 Nothing says welcome to your expensive education like not having a place to park on your fi rst day of the semester.

Photos from MSCD Memes Facebook

Sudoku

Brain Teasers Last issue’s answers (reading from right): stretching the truth, keeping you out of trouble, foreign movie, a little rough around the edges, too little, too late, double your money back

Difficulty: HARD

Overheard on campus June 21 -July 22

January 20 -February 18 Be careful not to develop tennis elbow the next time you visit Walmart after improperly handling the carts.

”sd” stands for “subdermal”

Cancer

December 22 -January 19 Your Friday evening will contain more twists and turns than a Chubby Checker record.

4. Waiting in line for the iPhone 6, 6s, 7, 7s, and 7sd

Comic created by Robert Shea • rshea5@msudenver.edu

Predictions for 2014

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Libra

September 23 -October 22 Ke$ha: weak music choice, strong password choice.

Scorpio

October 23 -November 21 Congratulations on getting yourself a gym membership. Too bad you paid for a year and you’ll stop going after next week.

Sagittarius

November 22 -December 21 Beware the Killer Rabbit.

“The line for financial aid is worse than the line to get into hell.”

“They sound like ‘Sesame Street’ on acid.”

“It was kind of like putting all your favorite songs on a phonograph, thrown in a swamp that is being eaten by a crocodile.”

“It’s not delivery; it’s bongiorno.”

“Nothing like six cups of coffee to end the day.”

“If the recorded version is better than the live version, they’re a crappy band.”

“Is this the Biggie version or the Sting version?”

Hear something that makes you laugh? Shake your head? Roll your eyes? Tweet it to @nikki_ themet with the hashtag #overheardoncampus and you may see it in next week’s paper.

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